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Dave Kluge
Welcome in to a new episode of the Football Guys Fantasy Football Show. I am Dave Kluge with Football Guys, joined today by Bob Harris and we are going to look ahead at next week. We've got a huge week coming up with free agency. Legal tampering starts on Monday. The season officially opens on Wednesday. Bob and I were doing this to kind of set the table because next Friday we're going to be doing an episode kind of reacting to all of the big news. So Bob, today we're going to guess and then next week we'll react. I think this is a fun way to do this, but first question I have for you before we start jumping in player by player, we what position do you think is going to be the most important to watch as we head into free agency next week?
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Bob Harris
I think, you know, like everyone will always say quarterback because it's the most important position on the field, NFL wise. For our purposes though, I think it's the running backs. There are some interesting wide receivers, but the running back position, there's a couple guys there that that have pathways to being frontline players for us and we'll be watching them closely and I think
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Dave Kluge
we know that that running backs are heavily dictated by the workload that they receive. You see good running backs in bad positions and we see bad running backs in good Positions that can make them relevant in Fantas. We'll talk about running backs at the very end of the show, but let's open up. You talked about quarterbacks and there aren't a ton of quarterbacks available, but there are some desirable spots available. Let's start with Kyler Murray, the first guy we want to talk about here. I think a lot of people are talking about him potentially going to the Vikings because we have seen, you know, this reclamation project that they do up there, taking in these broken quarterbacks, fixing them and then sending them on their way. But besides Minnesota, do you think there's a realistic landing spot for Kyler Murray that could help him potentially revive his career?
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Bob Harris
I think they're like, I think everyone's going to be interested in Kyler Murray for one reason. He's a 1.36 million dollar contract, right. The Cardinals are paying. He's got $36 million guaranteed. So it's coming, that's coming on. So I mean, I think Russell Wilson,
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Dave Kluge
almost the same thing a few years ago. You can get Russell Wilson for free because the, the Broncos are already paid him.
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Bob Harris
Right? So I think that opens the door to, you know, they're, you know, we're going to talk about Malik Willis because he's obviously the other name that's big, but you know, you're taking a gamble on him with in terms. And you know, there's uncertainty with both Murray and Willis. Right? Murray, the health has not been great, but we've seen the upside. We've seen him produce at a super high level over extended periods of time. We can go Back to what, 20, 22. He was a monster for our purposes, right? So, so he had. He can be that guy and he could be that guy for teams. So like, I think everybody's open. I think the Vikings are open. I think there's probably a long list of teams that are going to be very interesting. Quarterback. The Jets. I think the. I looked at DraftKings theory gods. The Vikings are the favorite. Jets are next. Dolphins. Jets are plus 175 Dolphins plus 320 Browns and plus 450. I think those are the teams I do like the long shot, the Rams. I think that would be the, the greatest thing in the world for Kyler Murray to go sit behind Matthew Stafford with Cliff Kingsbury on this staff waiting around. And there's things, you know, he can look back to Baker Mayfield kind of starting his kicking off his reclamation or his resurrection, you know, with the Rams. So we'll see. He'll he'll be able to pick and choose. And there's some teams like we have, we think teams like, we think the Steelers and, and let's say even the Falcons might feel like they have things, you know, figured out. Maybe they don't have them as figured out as they think. And maybe he'll be in play somewhere a little more surprising than the, than the favorite spots. I'm with you. I think the Vikings make the most sense. Get them through here and see if they don't get more. Maybe they'll make a different decision this time next year than the one they made this time last year.
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Dave Kluge
So. So we've seen a lot of instances of quarterbacks drafted number one overall, you know, showing some flashes with the team that they were drafted with, but never really becoming that franchise cornerstone guy and then having much better second and third acts. I mean, I think about like, Jared Goff, like playing better football in Detroit than I think we ever saw him playing in Los Angeles. You already talked about Baker Mayfield. Of course we know Sam Darnold. Not a first overall pick, but a highly drafted guy who has changed his career. Do you think that is something that we can expect with Kyler Murray now? I mean, it just feels like everybody is just kind of written him off because of the memes about his, his height and playing video games and all these sorts of things. But I don't know, when I see a guy like, with that skill set, still relatively young, I am hoping, and I don't want to say expecting, because crazy things happen, but I really think that Kyler Murray, his story is far
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Bob Harris
from over in the NFL, I guarantee you, NFL thing, teams are thinking all those things. You're thinking, I mean, this is this possibility. And then you layer on the recent successes of the reclamation projects that we've seen. And Matt Waldman, I've ch. Channel my inner Waldman here and I mean, he would tell you that none of these guys should be starting anytime. They should all be, you know, given plenty of time to. To rise up and learn their trade. And, you know, maybe, maybe Malik Willis has benefited from that a little bit. Right. And so, so yes, I think, like, I think this is a, this is NFL is a copycat league team. See somebody have successful. Who had more success in Seattle last year? Nobody. They did it with Sam Darnold, the reclamation project. We've seen him like, I think teams will be interested in Mac Jones, you know, for that same reason, thinking that he's worked through the path and often the path seems to lead through Sean McVeigh or Kyle Shanahan. Right. And Kevin O' Connell can be part of that. I mean, but he is part of that tree. Right? So, so I think there's, there's a lot to be said there. You could say the same thing about the Buccaneers with Baker Mayfield. They were part of that tree as well. So, so we'll see, we'll see how it plays out. But I, but to me, the thing about Maria's, the questions are, you know, we've seen the acl, then last year, we saw the ongoing footage, is he just hit that point where he can't hold up physically. Right. That'll be, you know, the concern of teams. And it makes sense, especially for a running quarterback. That's going to be a big issue. Can he, can he retain that mobility? Can he do the things that he did?
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Dave Kluge
Small running quarterback. This isn't a Josh Allen, Cam Newton type. This is a guy who plays like them, but doesn't have the same size.
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Bob Harris
But, but we're talking about a guy that was a rookie of the year in 2019, so one of five players in NFL history, along with Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson and Cam Newton, to throw for more than 20,000 yards, run for 3,000 yards in their seven seasons. I mean, throwing for 121 touchdowns, 60 interceptions. He has 32 rushing touchdowns. And he's going to cost you a million and a half dollars. He's going to, he's going to be employed and gainfully employed and probably someone. I, I, I, I was looking, we have the early ADP data, but football guys, I think he's like, you know, the uncertainty for sure is the big reason for it. But he's down in the 20s, lower end of the, you know, quarterback twos, maybe right outside that, which, which is right for now. But as soon as he has a job, you know, he immediately becomes a value. You know, if you're out there in the best ball mean streets with me right now, grab some shares of that while you can. But, and, but even if he rises up, will he rise up enough to reflect, you know, the true upside? I don't know. He'll still be available, likely very late in leagues just because there will still be some uncertainty, new home health, all those questions. So he's definitely a player I'm super interested in watching, and I think if
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Dave Kluge
he lands with Minnesota, that's the best case scenario. We've already seen that smoke there, you know, getting a throw to Justin Jefferson, TJ Hawkinson, Jordan Addison. I think then we could probably see him sneak into that like QB12, maybe even as high as like QB8 range in fantasy drafts. But if you're doing these early drafts right now, you know, bet on the potential upside, he's almost assuredly going to be starting somewhere. Now I'm glad you mentioned Mac Jones because this is a weird. When you look at the available quarterbacks, you've got Kyler Murray, who is essentially free. You've got Matt Jones, who would cost a first round pick. We're hearing from San Francisco. Sure. And then you've got Malik Willis. $35 million is the number that we're hearing here. How much do you think Kyler Murray becoming available now has potentially impacted the Malik Willis asking price? Because I don't think think that he's getting $35 million when you've got Kyler Murray available. I mean, there, there might have been a bidding war for some desperate teams, but I don't see that happening now.
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Bob Harris
Yeah, I don't see that happening either. The one team that would probably be the heaviest bidder for him, Miami, given the connections to the new head coach and the GM there, and they're obviously new, but they're going to be in the hole for $99 million to, to a Tonga Valoa. So that ties their hands to a degree. So I think probably the team that would be most interested in paying him, it's gonna be not, not as interesting. So I don't think he'll make as much money. But look, man, 11 appearances, three starts for the Packers. He's completed 78 of his passes, 976 yards, six touchdowns, no interceptions, passer rating was 134, has 261 rushing guards on 42 attempts. So like I'm old enough to remember Matt Flynn who took a very narrow band of production in Green Bay and turned it into a big contract I think at the time. But 15 million or something was a big contract with Seattle and Russell.
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Dave Kluge
Starting job for Russell Wilson in training
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Bob Harris
camp and kind of created a paradigm shift. The approach of, hey, get this rookie quarterback on a rookie contract and build around him. That's a path to success. So that was an interesting bit, but I think, you know, somebody's going to take a chance on Willis and maybe one of the teams we already mentioned. I mean it just like it'll depend on the price, but I do think, I do think it's come down. But he will absolutely be one of the, you know, the second quarterback. Viewed this as the second quarterback in
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Dave Kluge
this class and with the Rushing upside there. I don't know how you can't not be allured in fantasy football, especially if he's in an offense where he's thrown check down options to Devon Hn and you know, hitting Jalen Waddle on screen passes. I think Miami would be the really fun outcome here. So another guy right now that is falling quite a bit in these early best ball drafts that, you know, it's just uncertainty. Like people don't want to bet on uncertainty. As soon as these guys say sign, even if they sign in like not great landing spots, just if they sign with starter, they're going to move up. Yeah. So just take advantage of that uncertainty discount right now if you can, because you're only getting it for a few more days.
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Bob Harris
And just, you know, just to add to the reclamation kind of, you know, arc here, you know, Mike Laflore, Matt Laflore, you know, Mike Laflor, the connection there. So the Cardinals, maybe they're in play there as well. But also the McVeigh tree, another, another example of a like look, we can, we could say maybe Malik Willis didn't get fair shots, you know, prior to arrival in Green Bay. But we can also say, man, somebody coached the hell up out of that guy and got him to be a much better player than the guy we saw at Tennessee.
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Dave Kluge
Another potential reclamation project. I think that's going to be the theme with a lot of the guys that we're talking about today. But let's go ahead and talk about some of the wide receivers and obviously the guy that is the marquee free agent in this class, Alec Pierce, coming off of his best season, we know this guy has always been a downfield burner, a guy who could make contested catches. This year we saw him start to develop as a little bit more of a well rounded receiver. Pulled the highest target total of his career while still maintaining that very deep A dot downfield. So you know, we've heard so much about his contract, Bob. Do you think it's all but certain that he's going to command the biggest contract? Because we're hearing some rumors now that he's going to get 100 million-plus in free agency next week.
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Bob Harris
Yes, he's going to get the most money for sure. He's, he's the guy and it's just going to be an answer point and it makes sense. And by the way, you talked about the more well rounded. Over the past two years he leads the NFL in yards per catch receptions of 40 plus yards. He's got 12 of those 21 yards per game, 21.3 yards per catch last season was the second highest mark by a player with a thousand receiving yards since 2000 trails only Deshaun Jackson. So huge numbers. 20, 25. No other receiver averaged more than 18 yards per catch. So the gap was big. So it's just going to make him stand out all that much more and somebody's going to take a chance on him.
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Dave Kluge
And.
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Bob Harris
And, you know, a couple weeks ago I wrote the Fancy Notebook. He. He might be a, you know, a kind of market reset. I'm kind of dialing back on that a little bit. I don't think it'll be a total reset, but he's going to make a ton of money. I don't know if he'll hit 30 a year, but. But it's possible.
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Dave Kluge
And we see this all the time. These guys that, like, I don't want to say, I don't want to like, disparage his name at all. Like, he's a very, very good receiver. But we see, you know, you don't get superstars hitting the free market. Like, these guys get traded. They get signed by the teams that they're with. So every year it seems like free agency opens up and these receivers, like Christian Kirk, like Christian Kirk at 70 million. And we're all just like, where did that come from? Because, right. These guys don't hit the market and every team is looking for receivers. So I agree. He's going to get a lot of money. Next question I have for you. I have talked so much this off season about how Alec Pierce would just be a perfect fit in Buffalo. I wonder if they're out of the running now after committing all this money to DJ More, trading the second round pick for him yesterday. So now I'm wondering, what do you think is the best fit for Alec Pierce? What's the team that you would like to see him playing on?
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Bob Harris
I think right now the Patriots are like, probably the leading team. There's, you know, the discussion, will they trade for AJ Brown? I don't know if anyone's trading for AJ Brown. Now that we see what DJ Moore is worth. AJ Brown, nobody has the resources now. I mean, whatever the Eagles were asking for, and it was a Quinn and Williams type deal that's not going down any. So I, I think, you know, like the Colts are possible and maybe, maybe, maybe they, they're able to resign them and maybe we see Michael Pittman Jr. Become a cap casualty at that point. So that's one possibility.
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Dave Kluge
I just Want to say that's something that I've talked about quite a bit. Didn't mean to cut you off here, Bob, but it just makes so much sense. Sure, they owe him $29 million or they can release him and save 24 of that $29 million. So to me, like, I'm not running the Colts, I would much rather just eat 5 million in dead cap and use that money on Alec Pierce than paying Michael Pittman $29 million.
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Bob Harris
Yeah, I think. I think that makes perfect sense to me as well. And he did mention, I think this week he talked, acknowledging, you know, he had a tight bond with, with Daniel Jones in the 10 months since they've been Team Mesa. But also it is four years as a Colt, he's caught balls from nine different starting quarterbacks. He would like a little more. He would like something a little more stable. So we'll see. And like, you know, I think you talk about New England, where, you know who that quarterback's going to be for a very long time. I think that makes sense. The Titans. I know that's. That doesn't sound that appealing, but, you know, Cam Ward's not going anywhere for a while, I don't think. Or at least, you know, and you go down there with Brian Dable and, and that offense and see what happens. That'd be interesting. The Raiders are, you know, are going to be on the list of everybody looking at wide receivers as well.
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Dave Kluge
And I like the Titans a lot just because Cam Ward is a gunslinger. Like, he likes to just chuck that ball downfield and have faith in his receiver to make a play on the ball. And Alec Pierce is one of the best receivers at making a play on a ball deep downfield. So I think that would be a lot of fun.
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Bob Harris
I'll regularly push on, on upside and be aggressive in chasing that, you know. And what I saw of Cam Org the last month of the season, he was a different Cam Ward. I'm. I'm interested.
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Dave Kluge
I am very interested as well. Another wide receiver that we're hearing a lot of smoke about Tennessee, is Wandale Robinson. We're hearing that it sounds like it's kind of between the Giants and the Titans at this point, but this is one of the toughest players for me to get a read on. I loved Wandell Robinson coming in out of Kentucky. You know, if you saw that Citrus bowl game, like, he just completely dominated in his final college game, was off to a hot start in the NFL and then he suffered the ACL tear coming back from the acl. He was kind of relegated into this gimmicky role where he was an extension of the run game, catching the ball like three yards off the line of scrimmage. And then last year we see him just get completely unlocked, looking like the player he was at Kentucky. Winning downfield, winning intermediate routes, still getting those short easy targets as well. So when I'm trying to look ahead at where he is going to play, I don't really know what to expect. How are we supposed to project a player like Wandale Robinson when he does sign with a new team? Is he just going to be this gimmicky, gadgety player or can he step up and be that versatile wide receiver, one that could win all over?
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Bob Harris
Join Malik Neighbors is the only thousand yard receivers in New York since 2019. What's got like 90 catches each of the last two years. I mean it's been, it's been a good run. I, I think your question is the right question. What will the real Wandale Robinson please stand up? And maybe, maybe the answer is he can be both those things and maybe more varied usage would serve him well. Maybe just a, a solid number two role. And I know, you know, the Giants makes a lot of sense to me. I mean, you know, I think it's probably staying there is the best thing I would throw in though like the jets and the Commanders. The Commanders, he seems like he'd be a great fit. I don't think Devo Samuels, they're moving on from Devo Samuels. You need a guy opposite Terry McLaurin. You say the same for the jets though with Garrett Wilson it's just will they have the quarterback to, to make it work. But in, in Washington you have a young quarterback ascending we hope when Jaden Daniels gets back on the field. So I think that's possibility too. Plus you, you know, you do something to hurt a divisional rival. I think that that's a, that's a boss move for, for the Commanders if they could pull it off. But, but I think that a lot
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Dave Kluge
in the NFC east, right, these teams kind of like signing old NFC east players, like taking jabs at the other teams in the NFC east. It's a very hostile division, I think.
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Bob Harris
You know, I think in the last year notwithstanding, you know, you got 5, 8, 185 pounds. There's going to be a lot of teams that just don't view him as anything more than a guy you throw to near the line of scrimmage and let him make plays, right? That's That's, I think that's how he's probably going to be typecast last year notwithstanding.
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Dave Kluge
And I think that you're in the right mindset. Like when you're talking about landing spots, you're talking about like, this team has a good X receiver.
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Bob Harris
Right.
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Dave Kluge
Like, you know, when you're saying Taryn Glorian and Garrett Wilson and Malik Neighbors. And I think that's kind of. I, I like Wanda Robinson a lot, but he's not a guy that I want to see on the Titans.
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Bob Harris
Titans.
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Dave Kluge
Like, I, I don't think he should be the guy that you build the passing attack around. I think that he's the guy that, like, defense is focused on this guy. We've got Wandell Robinson open in the flat. I think he's a very good player, but I almost do prefer to see him in a complimentary role. But I could be wrong. And you know, the Giants like this guy a lot. They took with an early second round pick. We've seen him be productive through his career, but I think a lot of his production has come because there's nobody else to throw the ball to or he's playing opposite Malik Neighbors. So a guy that I'm going to be very interested to see and I think will surprise a lot of people. You know, everyone's talked about how much Alec Pierce is getting paid. Wouldn't surprise me if Wandale Robinson ends up getting like three or $70 million himself just because that's the way the wide receiver market works. Next guy. We want to talk about Rashid Shahid. The Raiders feel like such an obvious landing spot here, right? Like, Rashid Shahid look great with Clint Kubiak in New Orleans. Then he follows him up to Seattle. Now Kubiak is in Las Vegas. Assuming he does land with the Raiders, they don't really have a wide receiver one right now. How high would we be ranking Rashid Shahid in fantasy if he lands with the Raiders?
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Bob Harris
Higher than we should. I, I think there would be a lot of enthusiasm. I, I won't be surprised if he stays in Seattle. All right. I mean, when you look at the things he unlocked for Jackson Smith and Jigba, you know, talking to the beat writers in Seattle. Well, even before Shahid was making an impact, which kind of started coming late in the running, the impact was there. I mean, safeties reacted totally differently. The, the whole, the things looked much different for Jackson Smith and Jigbo. Rashid Shahid there. So no move might be the best move for him as well, but, but if not, it's The Raiders is the obvious move. I mean like he doesn't seem like, like a jacoby percent. Like there have been guys in the Raiders I would draft no matter what that are because they're right. Price I think people would be. I think the price would rise higher than my expectations for him.
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Dave Kluge
Yeah, you're right. And I. I don't know how Rashid she skill set also fits with Fernando Mendoza. I think he kind of wants a possession receiver, a guy who can win on those back shoulder fades and whatnot. I don't know if Fernando Mendoza is a guy that wants to come in and immediately start ripping the ball 40 yards downfield and trying to hit shaheed on these deep shots.
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Bob Harris
Well, Brock Bowers is always going to be the wide receiver one, so maybe you know that that doesn't. Maybe then maybe that's just a benefit. Maybe this opens up some of the same doors for Bowers that. That Shahid open for Smith and Jigba. But like, man, he's a big play threat. I would love to see him go somewhere where he gets more opportunities. Maybe he will get more opportunities in Seattle as we saw late. Late last season. Of course, new coordinator coming in again, same offense. It's San Francisco offense. Right. That flurry is going to bring in there. So I don't know that there's going to be a huge shift and you know, we'll talk about some running backs I think might be a good fit for Seattle because of that. I mean, I just think. I think probably he's staying home, but maybe somebody will overpay and hope he can rise up. I mean that run in New Orleans was phenomenal. Right. So, you know, people are going to look back on that and think that maybe there's. Maybe they can recreate that.
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Dave Kluge
My next guy that we want to talk about here, Romeo Dubs, and my question for you is really more of a take of my own that I'm just going to reshape into a question and ask you if you agree with me on this, Romeo Dubs. Is he the most underrated wide receiver in this free agency class?
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Bob Harris
He might be. Right. Like I think. I think he's definitely been limited by a Green Bay offense that plays whack a mole wide receiver. Right. They're just. They don't care who the wide receiver one is. There's going to be someone every week who's open and he's going to get passes. He's been reliable. But you know, I think the issue there is, you know, they've invested what two of their top three picks last year in wide receivers, including Matthew golden, they extended Christian Watson, who would have been a free agent. So that kind of just seals this. Seals does fate. And I do think he's a way better, way better player. He had 55 catches, 724 yards last year. That's pretty solid. He can work in heavy traffic. He can, you know, do great things. He might be the choice for the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Dave Kluge
I think that would make a lot of sense. I think he can do a lot of the things that Jacoby Myers can do. And I'm looking right now. I mean, you talk about this whack a mole offense. Our friend Matt Harmon over at Reception Perception when he charts how these guys are running routes. Only 20% of Romeo Dubs's routes last year were vertical. Like most of what he's doing are just on these outs and digs. Like he just gets 10, 15 yards downfield, kind of finds that soft spot in the zone and catches the ball. But still just 25 years old. And I think he also thinks that he is a much better receiver than the way the Green Bay treated him. We heard, you know, there was the, the suspension after the, the missed practices and he is spoken out about his usage over the years. We saw that game coming back from the suspension, catches the touchdown, breaks down crying in the end zone. I don't want to say this guy is like an absolute stud wide receiver one, but I think that if you build a wide receiver room with weapons around him, he can be the top receiver in a good offense. So like I said, still just 25 years old, I think he's going to be one of those guys who not only do we get the production from him, but also he does a lot of the dirty work that coaches really like. He's a fantastic blocker. So when I think about the Raiders, I think that is such a good fit because Clint Kubiak asks his wide receivers to block and Romeo Dubs does that very well. So I will be paying close attention to where he lands. A couple more guys I want to talk about at the wide receiver position. Darnell Mooney. That thousand yard season feels like it was ages ago at this point. Now we hear that the Atlanta Falcons are just releasing him, moving on from him. We can answer this one pretty quickly, I think. But do you think that his days as a fantasy relevant wide receiver are behind him?
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Bob Harris
Yes. I mean, like in Dynasty, he'll be on my rosters for the next 20 years along with Josh Gordon and others who I'LL never get rid of. But no, no, in all seriousness, yeah, I think probably. Probably so. You know, I don't see him playing, you know, a primary or secondary role, even probably more of a third receiver. And I think that makes it hard for us to. To get value out of him from fantasy.
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Dave Kluge
Yeah. And. And time moves quick. Like, Darnell Mooney is already going into his age 29 season. That's not the end of a career by any means, but like, it still feels like he's this young, promising guy that we're waiting to take that step forward and all of a sudden 29 years old. So it happens quick. Next guy we want to talk about. Juwan Jennings here. Sounds like he's not returning to San Francisco. Do you think that he can be fantasy relevant elsewhere, or do you think that so much of his production just came from being a part of that offense where everybody was always hurt and he would just kind of get thrust into this wide receiver one role because they had nobody else that.
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Bob Harris
But he's been very good at it. Right. I mean, like, he's been super effective. Way, way more effective for fantasy investors than most people realize. As long as he's on the field, he's kind of beat up last year, man. He's been phenomenal, though. And I think, you know, he's not gonna. He's not an alpha receiver. Like, he's not going to get that treatment. He's not going to go somewhere where they view him as that. I know, again, to invoke the great Matt Waldman, but he's always talked about the Panthers needing somebody opposite Ted McMillan, you know, and obviously they're going to keep Jalen Coker was, you know, I've seen it floated out there that maybe Xavier Legette would be available in a trade. They moved on from Jonathan Mingo pretty quickly and maybe Jennings would be a good fit in. That offense is not the. Obviously the primary piece. So I think he'll be a supporting player, but he'll be one. I watch because I like to have him every year. Depending on his landing spot, I might expect him to outperform perform expectations.
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Dave Kluge
This next question I have for you, Bob, we're going to wrap up with the wide receivers here, and it's sad that we're talking about, you know, the. Some of the. The best names in fantasy football over the last decade, and I'm just going to lump them all together here, talking about Tyree Kill, Mike Evans, Keenan Allen, Debo Samuel. Of these four players, who do you think is most Likely and least likely to put up top 24 production next year.
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Bob Harris
Mike Evans is the most likely. I mean Mike Evans is, you know the injuries last year notwithstanding, you know, were not great but he's been pretty good. I think we want to look at the numbers.
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Dave Kluge
63 yards in his first game back from injury last year, like he just
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Bob Harris
dominated 2.3 yards per route run ranks 14th among all whiteouts over the past two seasons. I mean he can still play, he can still be dominant. Last year obviously his first non thousand yard season in the NFL. I would be, I would be surprised if he's not in. I would be surprised if he's not the guy who comes closest to making Alec Pierce money.
- [27:07]
Dave Kluge
Not you know, I, I think I bristled at first when I heard that. But yeah, I think like it'll be a shorter term contract but for sure land somewhere making 25 million. I don't think that would surprise anybody.
- [27:15]
Bob Harris
Right. I think, I think that's the thing and like you look at some of the teams that have like maybe a short term meet maybe San Francisco maybe. Look, John Spitek knows him from their time together in Tampa Bay. Tom Brady does as well. Maybe the Raiders are the place but where like to me he's the guy who's most likely to be not named Alec Pierce to be a team's wide receiver one when the dust clears. So whether that's San Francisco. Hello. Still need some help at that position. So I mean I think there are some places where, where he could really excel and I'm here for it. I Patriots if they miss out on you know, the bigger money player. Not out of the question either I think. I think Mike Evans still has a year.
- [27:59]
Dave Kluge
We'll see how that removing Mike Evans from that conversation. We're now Tyree Kill, Keaton Allen, Debo Samuel. Who do you think is the least likely to be fantasy relevant of that. Of that bunch?
- [28:08]
Bob Harris
Tyree Kill to me.
- [28:10]
Dave Kluge
Yeah.
- [28:10]
Bob Harris
Yeah, we'll see. I like, you know I, I hate to just like totally rule somebody out. I think Debo Samuel can continue Debo Samueling which may not be great for us, but it's pretty good for NFL teams. Might be good at San Francisco. A return wouldn't be like, you know, seems like it would make a little bit of sense there. Keenan Allen had most of his success in Los Angeles. Would that continue, you know, somewhere else again?
- [28:35]
Dave Kluge
I mean he was almost in like a coaching role last year. Like he was hardly playing football out there.
- [28:39]
Bob Harris
It's true. So. So yeah, I'm like, probably. Yeah, I'm probably, probably going with Debo there. Just thinking he'll continue to have a solid NFL role. We'll see about the others. Tyree Kill, though, I have the least confidence in. Although, like if he came back and totally shocked me, I would love it.
- [28:56]
Dave Kluge
Yeah. And I think what's going to happen with Tyreek Hill is he's going to do like nothing all year. And then week 15, round one of the playoffs, that six seed is going to have Tyree Kill and he's going to have like a vintage 180 yard, three touchdown game and just completely blow up fantasy rosters. That's kind of my expectation for Tyreek Hill.
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Dave Kluge
All right, Bob, let's talk about some of the tight ends next. And not a ton of marquee names available at the tight end spot, but David Nijoku probably leads the group. What is the landing spot that would get you most excited for Najoku? Because it felt like his entire time in Cleveland he was getting this frustrating inline usage. Never really got fully unlocked as the pass catcher we wanted to see.
- [30:02]
Bob Harris
Well, let's, let's pretend that Kate Otten is leaving Tampa Bay. I want to go with the connection to the quarterback. He knows a little something about Baker Mayfield. I think that'd be a fine landing spot for him there. I mean, I think there are others. There's, there's a handful of tight end landing spots that are going to be worthwhile, but I think for him that would be the one that I prefer.
- [30:19]
Dave Kluge
And I guess another kind of question piggybacking off of this, assuming David Joku is gone from Cleveland, is that a positive, negative or neutral move for Harold Fannin, everybody's second favorite sophomore tight end?
- [30:34]
Bob Harris
I'd like to think it's neutral. I think I'd like to think Todd Monk and watch his film and understands the chess piece that he has in in Harold Fannin uses him kind of in a versatile, as a versatile kind of piece like that and probably, you know, like I don't want to overstate the case, but not unlike Brock Bowers, I mean it's, you know, at the moment it's hard not to view Harold Fannin as anything but the wide receiver one in Cleveland. Right. So, so maybe that changes with new offense. We'll see what happens at quarterback. A lot of questions to be answered there what the offense is going to look like. But we've seen, you know, over the course of his time in college and the pros, Todd Monkin knows what to do with tight end. So I'm, I'm pretty bullish on Harold Fanning jr.
- [31:12]
Dave Kluge
So we talk about David Ajoku probably not getting the best treatment in Cleveland and hoping that he can land somewhere in a better position. I feel like Dallas Goddard is the complete opposite. Like this guy was in a dream situation in Philadelphia just kind of working as that underneath option, getting a lot of red zone usage. I, I do wonder a little bit that, you know, if he goes somewhere else, it's not going to be good for his long term outlook. So is there a potential landing spot that would get you more excited about Dallas Goddard than you would have been if he stayed in Philly?
- [31:43]
Bob Harris
I don't know if they're more excited but, but kind of equally or relatively excited. The NFC east beckons you, sir. With Washington commanders and New York Giants. I love Theo Johnson, but he hasn't quite gotten it done. But the commanders have the whole, you know, the Zachary size hole in their offense. I don't know that Benson that's ever going to happen. Sorry, Ben. And I think he'd be, he'd be a great spot. That'd be a great spot for him. The Buccaneers also another spot for him. You know, I think an overlooked spot for both Nijoku and Goddard might be the Vikings. Does T.J. hawkinson become a cap casualty? If that's the case, they'll have an opening and either of those guys would fit there nicely.
- [32:23]
Dave Kluge
Yeah, I think somebody's going to overpay him just because he's coming off of all of those touchdowns last year. But you know, it's, we're seeing the league push heavy towards these multiple tight end sets and I think the Dallas Goddard, even if you land somewhere that already has a tight end, you know, he can be that secondary piece, maybe the lead tight end. But we saw him early in his career playing opposite Zach Ertz and still being productive. Now the NFL focusing even more on tight ends. We don't need a guy to land in a Spot where he's the only tight end there to find a path to fantasy relevance. So last guy we're going to talk about here, and I, I don't know if you have any insight here. Travis Kelsey, is he playing in 2026? That's the only question I got here.
- [33:01]
Bob Harris
I think yes. I think yes, he'll be back with Kansas City. The Eric Bman hiring seems to have re. Energized him. We'll see how excited he is. If he does play, I think it'll be for Kansas City. He won't make $17 million anymore. He'll make much less. But if he doesn't play there, I think that opens up to both the players we were just talking about. Maybe others might be interesting. I think, you know, I think Kate Otten and Chicaconquo are going to probably get a lot more money than people expect. Agents. And so, you know, so some of these unopened spots are currently open. Spots that might, might not be open. Those are going to be kind of the situations to watch. We're kind of focused on teams. Look, Denver, I don't know if Evan Ingram's ever going to be a thing.
- [33:44]
Dave Kluge
Right.
- [33:44]
Bob Harris
You know, I could see any of these guys landing there as well, so. But Kelsey is Kansas City or nowhere.
- [33:50]
Dave Kluge
I, I agree there. And some of these players you just can't even picture in another uniform. And like Travis Kelsey don't leave the Chiefs. Like, just don't do that to your career. Like Mike Evans, yeah, he might sign somewhere else, but, like, I can't fathom seeing Mike Evans in anything besides a Buck Bucks jersey. Sometimes I just want these guys to stay where they are just so it doesn't look weird, like Keenan Allen in a Bears jersey. Some things just don't work. All right, now we're going to talk about the meat of the show, what everybody wants to hear about the running backs. First guy we're going to talk about here, Ken Walker, of course, coming off the super bowl mvp. Can you envision Ken Walker in a true three down workhorse role, Bob, or do you think that he is just more of a complimentary running back?
- [34:29]
Bob Harris
Well, I can because I did last year. I thought it was going to be fantastic. So clearly I am. I did not have that one right. And like, you know, we, we heard a lot of discussion, right? You know, Clint Kubiak, you know, saying he would be the guy. All the things we heard were fantastic. And it just turns out, you know, availability is not his best ability. And it started, you know, in the summer when he wasn't available for every fourth practice or something was his thing. And you know, when you give guys opportunities at this level, they're likely to take advantage of it. Zach Charbonnet did. And so, you know, and I mean, we could point to the, what, 417 yards from scrimmage, four touchdowns in the postseason without Charbonnet. That's going to make a lot of people enthusiastic, probably going to make him some money. I don't know that it's going to help us. From a fantasy perspective, I will say like two years ago, you know, in Seattle, he was, I want to say, close to a running back. One on a points per game basis. Right. Just the number of games weren't there. So I think that's going to be the question for me. And the landing spot will be a bit of a question, but he's going to get paid and he's going to get a. Probably a decent landing spot and maybe a better opportunity. I think that it's telling. In Seattle, Bill Barnwell had a number, you know, even after Charbonnet was hurt, George Holani was on the field for 33 of the snaps in the Super Bowl. Right. So, you know, I don't know if anyone knows him better than the staff in Seattle. And, and so maybe they, they figured that out. But, but I mean, he's a big play waiting to happen. I think that's going to appeal to a lot of teams, maybe teams that have, you know, another piece. Denver Broncos seems like a, it seems like an ideal landing spot, you know, for him. Might work out well where he's not asked to handle, but his breakaway ability and playmaking ability is, is clear. He'd like us to think he's a better pass receiver than the Seahawks. Seahawks thought he was right. I don't know. Maybe he'll get some more opportunities. He will remind you that he was a wide receiver in high school. I haven't seen a lot of it translate to this point, but, but maybe with more opportunities, but I think it plays. Expecting him to share carries, I think probably seems reasonable and I think that doesn't like, make him, you know, a non play or, you know, not worthwhile. It's going to depend a lot on landing spot to me and I think
- [36:49]
Dave Kluge
I, I could do an entire show just talking about Ken Walker. Like we could have talked about him for an hour. And I'll, I'll try to keep my thoughts as, as tight as possible here, but I think there's sometimes this chasm between like what NFL teams want to see and what fantasy managers want to see. And Ken Walker, yes, the explosive plays are so exciting and like every once in a while he make these highlight plays where he's, you know, front flipping over a defender or doing something that we've never seen a guy do on an NFL field before. But the reality is he isn't good at mitigating losses and he takes losses that can really just kill a drive. Like when you give the ball to KEN WALKER On 1st and 10, you know, he could end up putting you in a position where it is second and 16. You're not getting that with Zach Charbonnet. Like, you know, if you give the ball to Zach Charbonnet on first and 10, you're almost assured to be looking at worst at second and eight, second and seven. And I think that's it is that like these big plays come at a cost, is that he's always seeking the big plays and he's trying to find the cut back lanes and he's trying to break tackles in the backfield. And that's something that a lot of NFL coaches don't want to live with. So I think that him being in a complimentary role. You talk about Denver, I think that makes a ton of sense. Like bringing him in for the occasional, like keeping him fresh, allowing him to make those big plays. You also look DeAndre Swift is a potential cap casualty in Chicago. I think pairing him with a guy like Kyle Manungai, we're on early downs and near the goal line they can rely on Manungai and his hard headedness where he's just going to get those 2, 3 yards at a time and then bringing Ken Walker in for the big play upside. But I think there's this hope that Ken Walker is just going to immediately be a three down back and that he's going to get signed to this massive contract. I also worry that some of his postseason run happened because he had fresh legs because Zach Charbonnet, you know, shouldered so much of the load during the regular season. So an interesting player to talk about and I think that there's a lot of excitement for him. I don't know if the free agency excitement is going to match the fantasy and dynasty excitement.
- [38:39]
Bob Harris
Yeah, I think that's probably true. And you know, like I probably bought in more heavily than I should have in the notion that Seattle was going to lean on him in a featured role. I won't make that same mistake again. Maybe, maybe I'll overcorrect, right? Maybe I'M like seeing it, you know, if teams are going to pay up, maybe they expect more out of them. I just think that big playability is going to keep him on the field though. 33 carries of 10 more yards last year. Yeah, the more though, you know, coaches see that and see that big playability, you get some of Those turning into 30 yard plays, it's not long before you're winning games.
- [39:07]
Dave Kluge
And we've seen that some of the best running backs of all time, like Adrian Peterson would take a ton of losses and you'd see that like he'd eat three yards and then he'd eat four yards and then he'd rip off a 75 yard touchdown. Like you know, we do have running backs that do play this way and some coaches are willing to live with it and others aren't. Next guy we're going to talk about though, Travis Etienne and I think this is maybe one of another, one of my, my spiciest, spicier takes, I should say about free agency. It wouldn't surprise me all that much if Travis ETN gets just as much or more money than Ken Walker because he does a lot of the little things that coaches like. He gets downfield quicker, he's a better pass catcher. Do you think that it would be completely out of the world of possibility that Travis Etienne ends up getting a bigger contract than Ken Walker?
- [39:49]
Bob Harris
He's the more proven commodity. Like I mean, I think, I think that's the thing to me that that makes him stand out. You know, I mean aside from his, you know, rookie season, he had the foot injury, but he's run for more than a thousand yards in three the next four years. For our purposes, that's quarterback or running back 10 season last year, running back three season the year before or two years before that. The 2024 wasn't as great, but you know, I, you know. And we're all going to sit here and let's begin the wish casting now. Everybody join with me. Kansas City Chiefs could use a running back, by golly, maybe Travis Etienne would be a great fit there. She's ranked 25th in the run last season. He's got the dual threatability you mentioned to be schemed and you know, to handle screens and backfill releases by Andy Reed. That would be fantastic. So it would add a ton to their offense. He has 26 carries, 10 or more yards with Jacksonville. That's tied for 12th in the NFL last season. I just think this is a, this would be the spot to me. But there are Other teams interested, I'm sure.
- [40:47]
Dave Kluge
Yeah. As much as we'd love to see Jeremiah Love in Kansas City, they're probably gonna have to trade up to make that happen. And I think getting Travis Etienne, plugging him in that offense would be one of the more fun landing spots for sure. Something we could all get very excited about. A few more running backs we want to discuss here. Tyler Algier. Let's talk about some of the best case scenarios we already talked about. You know, Kansas City is a spot that we want to see a lot of these guys land in. I think Washington is another spot that we'd like to see some of these top running backs land in. How high could you see Tyler Algier finishing in fantasy if he gets one of these good backfields to himself?
- [41:20]
Bob Harris
How about if we get Seattle another
- [41:22]
Dave Kluge
one that we'd be excited about? Yes, right.
- [41:24]
Bob Harris
He's a great zone runner. They're gonna run the zone. We don't know when Zach Charbonnet is going to be back. I think that to me, that could lead him to something closer to what we would like that might create some value there, a place where he could come in and get an immediate role. But yeah, I think he could. I think he could be a good complimentary piece in a number, number of places. Denver would be another one, you know, where you can pair him up with RJ Harvey and, you know, probably get similar kind of things. He's got a great nose for the end zone. So does Harvey. That might be appealing to the Broncos. I mean, the Broncos are going to need somebody, and I don't know if it's going to be J.K. dobbins. We're going to talk about him, but I think for me right now, those would be the two spots that make the most sense for Tyler Altier to me.
- [42:04]
Dave Kluge
And I think talking about the. The potential fantasy upside, I do want to, like, just mention a little bit, this guy has been pretty much a zero in the passing game. Like, even when he was the lead back his rookie season, he was still seating a lot of passing down work. So I think he's one of those guys. Again, like, we talk about a lot of these players that are better for real life football than they are for fantasy football. And I think Tyler Algier could easily come in and handle 200, 250 carries in a backfield, but if he's not getting the pass catching upside and he doesn't have the elite breakaway speed as well, that does put a cap on him. So I think you Know, regardless, even if he lands in a best case scenario, you know, a good offense with a backfield that we assume he's going to be on top of, it's going to be really tough for me in any situation to push Tyler Algier inside my top 20, top 24 running backs just because of that lack of receiving upside. Next guy, we want to talk about Rashad White. And this is a guy, you know, kind of the. The opposite of Tyler Algier. Might not be able to handle 300 touches in a season, but does catch the ball a lot. We like that in fantasy. So two years removed from being an RB one. He had a thousand yards two years ago as well. Efficiency metrics are trending in the right way. The big knock on him when he had his RB1 season was while the efficiency isn't great, increase his broken tackle rate increase. Increase his breakaway run rate increases. EPA in each of the last three seasons. So why does it seem like nobody's really talking about Rashad White, Bob? Am I just crazy here? Because I think he's a pretty good running back.
- [43:25]
Bob Harris
You know, who's probably talking about him is Liam Cohen.
- [43:28]
Dave Kluge
Right.
- [43:29]
Bob Harris
You know, pairing him up with Basil Toot. I know Quino is a guy that can handle the receiving. That's what he's there for. But, but this makes perfect sense. You know, he'd be. We're talking about a guy with like 50 catches and a thousand scrimmage yards. I mean, and pretty good nose for the end zone. I think, I think he'd be. That, that'd be a nice landing spot to me for him. But. But I think other teams should probably be interested as well.
- [43:51]
Dave Kluge
And I think another team that would make a lot of sense would be the Washington Commanders, another team that we have talked about potentially looking for. And I, I'm. Yeah, they, they played together. Jaden Daniels and Rashad White, they played together for a couple of years in college. So they've got that connection as well. Another one that would be a lot fun.
- [44:08]
Bob Harris
I think the Commanders, we should probably stipulate right now or should need to be in the mix for just about everyone available. You know, they, they definitely need a body of the Jacori Crosky merit. The bill never came due and like, showed flashes, but I don't know, you know, like, and I know people like, there's a ton of hype on him last summer and I think the person who led that hype train, Ben Scandic, will, you know, I talked to him in the middle of the season. And, and his, his view was like, if they had all the pieces, he would be doing better. I think that's a fair argument, but I don't think it's an argument. The commanders are gonna, are, are gonna say, yeah, that's, that's what we think, too. They're gonna go out and get a piece. And so all the guys we're talking about, I think we should frame in the. In as being potential for, for Washington. And, and you know, the Giants have been talked about a lot as well, but they just added, you know, resigned Devin Singletary. So I'm not, you know, there was a lot of talk about them being pushing for Kenneth Walker or Jeremiah. I mean, like, talk about going all in at the running back position, and I don't know what that says about Cam Scadwoo's recovery. I thought it was going well. Sounds like he'll be ready for ota, so we'll see what's up with that. I thought he, I thought he served him quite well last season.
- [45:17]
Dave Kluge
So I'll give the, the listeners a little sneak peek at Monday's show. I'm gonna have Joey Wright joining me. And what we're doing is talking about all the best landing spots and kind of ranking those, you know, Washington RB, Kansas City, RB1 things of that nature. I, I think that the Washington running back landing spot is a better landing spot than the Kansas City one that everybody's drooling over because we've seen Eddie Reed, he wants to have this committee approach. There's always going to be guys coming in at the goal line, guys coming in on passing downs, where I think Dan Quinn, what we've seen from him historically, he hasn't had that guy in Washington, but I think if he has a running back he can lean on, he wants to lean on him. And then you pair up a running back in a backfield with Jaden Daniels, that's just a nightmare for NFL defenses to have to focus on. So I get really excited about whoever is going to land in Washington, and I think that might end up being Rashad White. Next thing, we got to talk about Kenneth Gainwell, probably the biggest riser throughout the 2025 season. A guy that had just kind of been looked at as this complimentary piece, but my goodness, probably increased his asking price tenfold with what he did last year. So is there a better landing spot than Pittsburgh? Because I think that we probably see the Steelers retain him. He just makes so much sense in this Aaron Rodgers offense. Or do you think he's a guy that's going to hit the free agent market and get paid elsewhere.
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Bob Harris
We'll see how much money he wants. New Orleans seems like if I, if, if there was a spot you got Alvin Camara, I believe he's still in Cancun. I don't know Alvin Camara. I don't know what his interest is and going forward, but certainly they would need someone to spell him. But also it seems like Gainwell might, you know, career high 73 passes make a great change of pace in, in New Orleans. So we'll see. I, I'm with you. I like, I hope it's the Steelers that makes the most, most sense. But we'll, you know, like there's been some talk there, like Aaron Jones gonna be a cap. You know, they've told him he'll be released. Is he going to be of interest to the Steelers if they miss out on Gainwell or would he be cheaper than Gainwell? Maybe that makes a difference to them.
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Dave Kluge
Absolutely. And that'll be one to watch. I think that his pass blocking also is one of the reasons that he works so well in Pittsburgh. When you have an immobile, aging Aaron Rodgers, you like to have a guy back there that can help keep him upright. Next year we're going to talk about J.K. dobbins and one of my favorite running backs. Like, just when he is healthy, I, I think he's a top 10 running back in the league. But Bob, six years in the NFL now, has never played a full season. Do you think we're ever going to see it? Like, I hate to use the term injury prone because there's experts out here who study this and say nobody's injury prone. You know, it's just a fluky thing. But got six years of data here where JK Dobbins hasn't been able to stay healthy. It started to feel like maybe he's a little injury prone.
- [47:49]
Bob Harris
I, I'm injury agnostic. I tend to like give everyone a fresh start every year unless they have a chronic injury, you know, and like, it's fair to wonder like chronically injured and chronic injuries are two different things. He has been undoubtedly chronically injured. It's great when you can get him. So I'm still in on drafting J.K. dobbins regardless of landing spot based on the price, like if you drafted him last year, the times he played, he gave you, you know, far easily returned on, on investment. And so I'm probably still willing to take a chance on him for all the reasons you said. Mostly because he does look like a top 10 back. He looks as good as anybody. And you just kind of bake in the risk. You're getting a discount because of it. You have to mitigate it when you draft that. You maybe need a little more depth at running back or, or need to have a plan in place or whatever it is. But he's somebody I will take a chance on.
- [48:36]
Dave Kluge
Last guy we want to talk about, and there are a lot of running backs still available. We could have done an entire hour just Rico Donald. Yeah, Rico Donald. We're not talking about him. We're not going to talk about Isaiah Pacheco. There's a lot of other names out there. But you know, we gotta, gotta keep this show from being a, a four hour show here. So the last guy that I decided I want to talk about, Naji Harris. Fantasy managers have just written this guy off for dead. Like he has just been a, a joke in the fantasy community and I don't really understand why. And we talked about Matt Waldman a few times on the show. I know Matt Waldman sees it as well, like he is a running back. He mitigates losses, he moves piles, he accelerates into contact. All the things that we want to see. But getting up there in age, coming off the Achilles injury, I don't even see people talking about Naji Harris. But we're seeing guys now come back from these Achilles injuries looking like they never missed a beat. And that was an early season injury. We expect him to be ready for the start of the new year. Do you think that, you know, this is a guy that is going to get a little bit of interest in the free agency market or do you think that his window may be closing in the NFL?
- [49:36]
Bob Harris
I think somebody will be interested. He'll get some, he'll get opportunities. And you know, like Gus Edwards is still getting opportunities, right?
- [49:42]
Dave Kluge
Yeah.
- [49:42]
Bob Harris
So like, I mean there's gonna be. And, and not to. I mean, obviously I think he'd be a better option than a Gus Edwards type player as Gus was at the end of his career. So.
- [49:52]
Dave Kluge
Yeah.
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Bob Harris
And I think he'll be a guy that we'll all have on our waiver wire watch list if he has a landing spot. I don't think anyone will be drafted him next year or this year. But it, but he is a guy that like I, and I've talked to Matt about him as well and Matt's like, you know, really, really a booster in terms of just what he does. But it's hard to argue the numbers Tell the story when. You know, up to last year he's been as solid a fantasy producer as you could expect. And I was surprised the Steelers moved on from him. I was surprised when the, when the Chargers drafted invested as highly in a running back as they did when they had Harris. And, and so we'll see what the future holds for him. But I, he, I think he could still be a contributor to an NFL offense.
- [50:33]
Dave Kluge
And for your Dynasty managers out there, you could probably get Naji Harris for a third round pick right now. Like I don't think anybody wants to have Najee Harris in Dynasty just given the pedigree, the type of player he is, you know, the, the footwork, the nuance to his game, his ability to press blocks and all that sort of stuff. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we still have like another five, six years of Najee Harris being in the NFL just continuing to find out a role. You talk about Gus Edwards. I think that's kind of like a, are perfect. Like he is a higher drafted, you know, he's Gus Edwards with first round draft capital. These guys don't just disappear in the NFL. I'd expect that he's going to find a place to play this year and will probably remain a part of an NFL team for the next three, four, five years. So we'll wrap up on Naji Harris there. Bob, thank you so much for taking the time today. We'll be back again next week once we have actual things to talk about. You know, everything we guessed today that is going to happen, none of it will come to fruition. We get to talk through a fresh lens next week talking about where these players are, what our expectations are for them. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll be back Monday with Joey Wright, Wednesday with Jeff Bell, and then Friday again with Bob Harris. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll see you soon.
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