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0:49But before we get to that, we want to talk about some players that are dealing with injuries because, again, very popular weekend for drafts coming up.
0:56You might be doing a draft now as you're watching us.
0:59You want to know about certain players that are dealing with injuries and just what our comfort level is and where we're
1:05looking to draft some of these guys. So, guys, let's start with the running backs because we're dealing with several different moving parts.
1:11Some guys are coming back to practice. Some guys are still dealing with injuries that are going to be out for a few more weeks.
1:18Excuse me. You see the list here. Ashton Jeanty, Kenneth Walker, Josh Jacobs, Brees Hall.
1:22We're going to talk about Gentty, Jeremiah Love, Brees Hall a little bit later, Trevion Henderson.
1:26Some of the injuries they're dealing with. These are some guys that we're looking to avoid.
1:30But, Dave, when we see Josh Jacobs on this list, back at practice, has dealt with this groin injury.
1:36But, as we found out from their general manager yesterday, they are potentially preparing to miss some time for him to miss
1:41some time due to a potential suspension. So how are we approaching Josh Jacobs?
1:45When are you drafting him? Who are some guys that you're maybe looking to compare him to when we get to that spot in the draft?
1:52Well, just to be clear, they said that they have contingency plans just, and the quote is, in case there's a suspension for Josh Jacobs.
1:59The fact that there hasn't been one so far tells me that the league may not be keen on giving him one.
2:05We're really close to the start of the season.
2:07It would almost be unfair for them to do such a thing.
2:10That being said, we know that Josh Jacobs is capable of being one of the best running backs in fantasy football.
2:16And you don't have to draft him that way.
2:18You can get him in round three at this point.
2:21I think that that's the time to go and get Josh Jacobs.
2:24There is a little bit of risk because you never know what could happen, the groin injury, the suspension, whatever.
2:29But I do think that there is a chance for him to actually end up being a very good fantasy value if
2:35you're getting him in that early round three range.
2:37For me, he's ahead of Ash and Gentty because we're really not sure where he is at with that injury.
2:43Javante Williams and Kyron Williams, I think Jacobs has more upside.
2:46Same thing with Jeremiah Love. Don't know where he's at with his injury.
2:49I think Jacobs has a little bit more upside.
2:52Heath, have you drafted Jacobs? Are you drafting Marshawn Lloyd?
2:54Is that something that you're targeting? I would like to.
2:57I'm probably not going to force it depending on the depth of the league.
3:01We were just talking about this situation before, but I think those handcuff situations with the guys that are really uncertain right now.
3:07If you're in a deeper league where it's going to be harder to have three starting running backs or harder to replace
3:13them on the waiver wire, then it's more important to me to go get Marshawn Lloyd.
3:17If it's a league where you only have four or five bench spots and you're only starting one flex, then I'm probably not quite as worried about it.
3:24It's good that we all got the memo, by the way, to wear black today, so we're all in agreement.
3:30It's a bust episode. That's true. We don't use the word bust.
3:33Do not draft. Do not draft. Do not draft.
3:35Why are we using the word bust? Let's talk about the Bears running backs because we want to be negative.
3:41Let's talk about the Bears running backs. Do not draft is positive?
3:44Well, you're going to draft them still. We'll get into that when we get to that part.
3:48Let's talk about the Bears running backs because Kyle Mononga is still dealing with this knee injury, Heath.
3:53How do you view Mononga? How do you view DeAndre Swift?
3:56How much has Swift benefited because of Mononga's absence in camp?
3:59Well, I think Swift's benefited for a couple of reasons.
4:02One is Mononga's absence in camp, and it just kind of highlights the contingent upside that he has because he's being drafted
4:07right around RB 18 to 20, which is probably where he's going to finish if Kyle Mononga is healthy all year.
4:13So you're kind of drafting him where he's going to finish, but he has that upside if Mononga misses time.
4:18The other reason he's been upgraded was a lot of the names that Dave just said, a lot of the names we're
4:24talking about right now, have fallen below him. So I like him.
4:27There's a big tier of running backs that I have at the 3-4 turn.
4:31He's in that tier. I'd prefer to draft him early in round four.
4:35All right, so we'll see how this goes with Mononga.
4:37I expect it to be ready for week one, but really helping the situation for DeAndre Swift.
4:42What's also helping the situation in Carolina for Jonathan Brooks is Chuba Hubbard dealing with his injury as well, battling a hamstring problem.
4:48So Dave Canales kind of gave us this, you know, landscape of what it would look like when both guys are healthy.
4:54How are you viewing the Panthers backfield? I don't really want to reach for either guy.
4:58And the fact that we can get Chuba Hubbard pretty late right now in drafts because he hasn't been practicing and people
5:04are worried about this injury, it actually encourages me to take him and play the long game with Chuba Hubbard.
5:09And I'm not saying that Chuba Hubbard is a better running back than Jonathan Brooks, but I can't say that he's not either.
5:15We haven't seen Jonathan Brooks play much in two years in the NFL.
5:19And so far this preseason, he's had a couple of moments.
5:22He's looked all right, but I still view Chuba Hubbard as somebody who can handle passing downs, might be better suited for the goal line than Jonathan Brooks.
5:29Maybe they want to keep Chuba Hubbard in there.
5:31And I know the coaching staff likes him a lot.
5:34If they both are there week one and they stay healthy all season long, Brooks is the one you're going to want to have on your fancy team.
5:42He should be better. He should get more touches, kind of like how Rico Dowdle did last year.
5:46But it's not like Rico Dowdle finished there. He had his moments, but he didn't finish here as one of the great running backs of fantasy football.
5:54Yeah, hopefully they'll get their tackle situation straightened out because both left tackle and right tackle dealing with injuries.
5:59So that would certainly help things. But this is going to be a team that we know is going to try and run the ball.
6:05So hopefully one of these two guys stands out.
6:08Heath, we got both commanders running backs battling injuries right now.
6:11Ja'Kory Kroski merits something's going on with his lower body.
6:13Not expected to be serious. Rashad White's got this hamstring injury that's kept him out for about a week.
6:18How do you view those two guys going into the season?
6:21Almost exactly the same way that I view Jonathan Brooks and Chuba Hubbard.
6:25I think the roles might be pretty similar. There may be a little more pass catching for Jonathan Brooks.
6:30And we may be a little more certain that Bill Ja'Kory Kroski merit is a good NFL rusher because he did lead
6:36the NFL in success rate last year. But I have Brooks one spot ahead of Ja'Kory Kroski merit.
6:40I'm taking both of those guys in round seven.
6:43I have White one spot ahead of Chuba Hubbard.
6:45I'm taking both of those guys in round 10.
6:48Yeah, it makes sense if you're just looking at it from who's going to do what roles.
6:52I just wonder with the commander situation that Rashad White can probably do everything.
6:56Yeah. I don't think Ja'Kory Kroski merit. They want him to do everything.
6:59Well, I think that's kind of with Chuba too, though.
7:02Like, we've seen him be a workhorse running back in the past.
7:05Like, he could do everything. Right. All four of these guys, if one guy gets hurt, I think could really crush their value.
7:11And Washington's another team with offensive line issues. In fact, they're worse there than they are in Carolina.
7:16We're hoping that the tackles for the Panthers come back.
7:19There's not going to be a return of Laramie Tunsil at left tackle for Washington.
7:23And their center is also banged up. Yeah, not ideal.
7:25And they were really struggling in their joint practice with the Ravens this week.
7:29Let's look at the wide receivers here. We'll go a little faster on some of these guys here.
7:34So we'll show you the list of the players that are battling injuries here.
7:38It starts with Puka Nakua, goes down through Xavier Worthy there.
7:40We'll get to a couple of these guys when we talk about our do not draft list as well.
7:46Mike Evans and DK Metcalf are on those lists.
7:48But Heath, when you look at the situation with the Rams, Pukunakua has now missed significant time with a groin injury.
7:54Another player who may be facing a possible suspension.
7:56What does his injury status do for him? Because he's going to be considered one of the top five or six overall players.
8:02Have you downgraded him at all? And then if he does miss any time, what does that do for Devontae Adams?
8:08Yeah, I haven't downgraded him yet, but I did have him fourth.
8:11We've got that group of round one wide receivers, Chase, JSN, St.
8:14Brown, and Puka. He's been fourth for me. He's still fourth for me.
8:17It would take something more for me to move him behind CeeDee Lamb, Drake London, Jefferson, that group.
8:22Devontae Adams would make us all look foolish for drafting him so late if Pukunakua misses time.
8:27It sounds like he's had a very good camp.
8:29I think he's the most obvious touchdown regression candidate at wide receiver.
8:32But the one that people may not be thinking about is if Pukunakua does miss time, Terrence Ferguson's going to pay off
8:38for a lot of people that I think have maybe been overdrafting him if everybody's healthy.
8:42If one of these guys is not healthy, Ferguson could be awesome.
8:46We know they're going to be in a lot of 13 personnel.
8:49We know that he's going to be probably the tight end that they feature.
8:53Last year it was Colby Parkinson. This year they're seemingly going toward Ferguson, so a good late-round target if you are taking two tight ends.
8:59Dave, I know you've been very excited about Emeka Buka.
9:02We're all looking forward to seeing what he could do without Mike Evans there, but still battling this toe injury.
9:07Similar situation. How do you view Abuka? And then what does this do for Chris Godwin?
9:11I saw the Buccaneers practice against the Jaguars earlier this week, and there doesn't seem to be much pessimism about Abuka's availability
9:17for week one, but there is a little bit of cold water being thrown on him making that huge leap.
9:23The leap that I was kind of hoping that he would take this year and maybe be the 2026 version of Jackson Smith and Jigba.
9:29He should be ready to go week one. I'm drafting him like he can finish the year as a quality number two
9:35wide receiver, but after watching the Bucs practice, I really liked what I saw from Chris Godwin.
9:40Looked like the Godwin of old, lined up in the slot a lot, was on the same page with Baker Mayfield on a number of plays.
9:47He didn't get the same type of target volume in practice as Ted Hurst and Tez Johnson did, and I think that's
9:52because the Bucs are trying to get those young guys acclimated.
9:55They know what they've got in Chris Godwin, and that's a role that he's got locked into.
10:00I wouldn't be surprised if this year ended and Abuka and Godwin were both north of seven targets per game.
10:05Would be awesome. Mike Evans basically averaged nine targets per game, so there is some opportunities to go around for both of those receivers.
10:12Not to mention Evans dominating touchdowns, red zone looks.
10:14That's open now. That's right into Abuka and Godwin's hands.
10:17And Jalen McMillan should also be a factor too, so we'll see what happens there.
10:21Heath, you said a few weeks ago that Luther Burden's injury saved you from taking him in round three.
10:26Well, he returned to practice yesterday, so trending in the right direction.
10:29Should be available for week one. Are you back in Luther Burden round three, or are you just buying the dip and taking him?
10:35In this case, it was early round five. Did I tell you guys that I got Luther Burden in round five last night?
10:41I think I told everybody 17 times. I was so excited.
10:44I've got him right in the middle of round four right now.
10:48It's funny. The guy that I have ahead of him is Abuka, and one of the reasons I had Abuka ahead of
10:53him was because Burden was hurt and Abuka wasn't.
10:56Now it's kind of flipped, and I was just kind of looking at this.
10:59That's my wide receiver 18 and 19. I may swap that back and put Burden ahead of Abuka.
11:04He'll probably still be a high round four guy.
11:07That round three, four turn is more running backs for me, but Burden will be the top wide receiver in round four.
11:13Yeah, we like that he's trending in the right direction, so view him appropriately now and maybe downgrade Romo Doosie just a
11:18little bit because now Burden back on the field.
11:21Dave, I'm going to give you the entire Colts passing game here because we have exciting.
11:25We're going to transition to tight end, so if you guys want to throw up the tight end list as well.
11:31So we've got Josh Downs now with a calf injury.
11:33Alec Pierce, we got the news today, off the pup list, dealing with that ankle injury.
11:38And then you've got Tyler Warren who's been battling this groin injury.
11:41So how do you view the Colts passing game?
11:43Not great because everybody's banged up. Warren is still the one I want, especially if it's a league.
11:48Well, it really has to be a league where I'm starting a tight end.
11:52If I'm not being forced to start a tight end, then I'm less interested in taking Tyler Warren with a top 50-ish type pick.
11:58But he's the first one that goes off the board.
12:01And right now I have Downs ahead of Alec Pierce.
12:03I've got to still react to the news of Pierce coming back to practice.
12:07And I could see myself making a switch and putting Pierce ahead of Downs because Downs is banged up.
12:12But neither one of these wide receivers I'm excited to draft until round eight.
12:16And if I'm getting that late in a draft, then there's immense value in both of them, particularly in PPR leagues as it applies to Downs.
12:23But we've just got to see him get back on the field.
12:26He dealt with injuries last year, dealing with injuries again now.
12:29At least Pierce is healthy, and we know that his role is going to evolve in Indianapolis.
12:33Should be able to not only be that deep threat that he was last year, but also pick up a bunch of short and intermediate throws too.
12:41I'm really worried about the fact that he's going to try to do something new.
12:45Dave talked about the role evolving and hasn't got to practice at all.
12:48Like all offseason, he's not been healthy enough to do all the stuff.
12:51And now I don't know that he's 100% healthy.
12:54He's off the puff. He's going to, I would assume, be doing individual drills first, and then he's going to try to get through some team drills.
13:01We've seen some videos of him walking around that don't look like a 100% healthy person.
13:05So I'm going to wait to move him up until he gets through a couple of team practices and then is still okay.
13:11But where would you move him up to? He's got two weeks before this.
13:15He's round nine right now. Okay. He might get to the very end of round seven for me.
13:20I don't imagine he'll be a top 80 pick.
13:22Right, but a round eight pick is where I think he lands.
13:26Yeah, I'm just, I think, out altogether. He probably won't get into the single digits for me.
13:30I just don't like what I've seen. I don't like what the expectation is.
13:34You know, you still have Daniel Jones coming off an Achilles injury.
13:37And they were not great together. And Keenan Allen.
13:39The majority of Pierce's... Yeah, we can't forget about Keenan Allen.
13:42We forgot about Keenan Allen. The majority of Pierce's production came without Daniel Jones, which is shocking that he was the one
13:48that was thriving with Phillip Rivers and then at the end with Riley Leonard.
13:52His production, you know, I know you like to do this.
13:55The percentage of his fantasy points was the last six games of the season when Daniel Jones...
13:59It's true. ...was not there. All right, so on top of Tyler Warren battling the groin injury, a couple other tight ends,
14:05three other tight ends that are dealing with injuries.
14:08Some positive, some negative. You got Sam Laporta with a hip injury back at practice.
14:12That's positive. You got Tucker Craft doing the injury.
14:14We just got a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter that Packers are signing Jonu Smith.
14:18So another tight end in the mix there for Green Bay.
14:21And then George Kittle dealing with the Achilles injury.
14:23So of these three tight ends, Heath, which is the one you feel the most confident in based on an injury standpoint?
14:29On the injury standpoint, I'm going to go with Sam Laporta because he did have a back injury through the offseason.
14:35He was cleared from that. When I saw hip, I was worried because hip and back can sometimes go together.
14:40This sounds like it was just he got hit really hard in the hip.
14:44He took a couple weeks off. He was back.
14:46They said it was a very physical practice in his first practice back.
14:50And he was doing 11 on 11 work and was fine.
14:53So Sam Laporta, I'm not that I'm not worried about.
14:55And in the case of Kraft and Kittle, both guys coming back from injuries last year, both have been activated off the
15:01pup list, trending in the right direction. I wouldn't worry too much about Jonu Smith going to Green Bay, impacting Tucker Craft.
15:07Just another pass catcher that they can rely on there in Green Bay if they need it.
15:11Real quick, if you draft George Kittle, do you draft another tight end with him because of the concern that he might miss week one?
15:18I think just given the fact that the games in Australia, still the uncertainty of it, you should absolutely put somebody on your radar like a Terrence Ferguson.
15:26If you want to go with a higher end guy, Mark Andrews.
15:29Dalton Schultz. Dalton Schultz would be great. Jawan Johnson would be great.
15:32You know, if you want one of these veteran guys that can still produce and be heavily involved.
15:37Speaking of tight ends, we're going to take a break right now.
15:40When we come back, we're going to tell you why Heath does not want to draft Trey McBride, one of the guys
15:46that Heath is looking to avoid in drafts this year.
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16:36Welcome back to Fantasy Football Today. We're talking about players that we're looking to avoid on draft day.
16:41Our final do not draft list or our bust list if you want to frame it that way.
16:45I think just in the case of, for context, you will still take these players if they fall to the appropriate spot.
16:51When we say do not draft, it's do not draft at their cost, at what their average draft is.
16:56100%. So that, I think, is a big part of this conversation.
16:59So let's start. We're going to do Heath's guys.
17:02We're going to do each segment for each of our do not draft list.
17:06So this is Heath gets the spotlight here. Okay.
17:08Your five guys that you're highlighting here for this are Trey McBride, Cam Scadaboo, David Montgomery, Mike Evans, and Caleb Williams.
17:14Trey McBride is still your number one tight end, Dave?
17:16Still my number one tight end in full PPR.
17:19For people that look at it as McBride, as Brock Bowers, they're at the top.
17:23Why is Trey McBride a do not draft player for you?
17:25So I think one of the best compliments that you've ever given me, Jamie, was earlier this year you said, I'm consistent.
17:31And I'm not always consistent, but I try to be consistent.
17:34And I've given a pretty significant boost to both Sam Laporta and Kyle Pitts because of the tight end friendly head coaches
17:40that they inherited from Arizona and from Cleveland. Drew Petsing was Trey McBride's offensive coordinator for the last three seasons.
17:45He will not be this year. I don't think they're going to go away from McBride, but I have taken away from his target share.
17:52I think he probably has some touchdown regression. He ran two full games more routes than any other tight end in football
17:58last year because this was a team that was always down two scores in the second half.
18:02And Trey McBride was out there running routes on every play.
18:05He'll still be running routes on every play. They may still be down a lot.
18:09There's going to be some regression in terms of the number of total pass attempts.
18:13We're going to, we've had now the emergence of Michael Wilson.
18:16There was not a part of Trey McBride's big breakout, especially when it came to touchdowns with when Marvin Harrison Jr.
18:22was hurt last year. And maybe most importantly, I'd just rather draft Colston Loveland and he goes later than Trey McBride.
18:27So if I have to choose between the two, I'm going to take Loveland.
18:31I would take Trey McBride if he was going 10 picks later.
18:34I think every coach that gets their hands on Trey McBride is going to be a tight ends coach because of how
18:40good of a player that he is. Last year with Jacoby Brissett, and I think Brissett is part of the solution here for Trey McBride.
18:4710.6 targets per game, 21.1 PPR points per game, and 10 total touchdowns.
18:50That's amazing. And I don't think he comes close to those numbers this year, but is still the guy to get in
18:56full PPR leagues as the number one tight end.
18:59And I don't think anything's really changed for Arizona.
19:01I don't think their defense is any better. I know Jeremiah Love's there.
19:04He's banged up. How much more effective will they be running the ball?
19:08It'll be a step forward, but it's not going to be a lot better running the ball.
19:12I don't think so. I think they're going to have to throw a lot.
19:16They were so bad last year. And Jeremiah Love is an awesome talent, but he's banged up right now.
19:21That offensive line isn't great. I still think they're going to end up throwing a lot.
19:25So it wouldn't surprise me if this year ends and Trey McBride, I don't know about, what did you say, two games more worth of routes?
19:32Yes. Maybe like three quarters of one game more worth of routes compared to everybody else.
19:37I think this Cardinals team is still going to sling it.
19:40I think McBride's going to lead the team. Targets catches yards and touchdowns.
19:43I think it'll be good enough to be the number one tight end.
19:46But it's only in PPR. Half PPR, non-PPR. I'll drink the Kool-Aid on Brock Bowers.
19:50And I do think that offensive line being bad in the Stefanski-Petzing system, and you noticed this.
19:55We're going to talk about Kyle Pitts a little bit later.
19:58But in the Falcons' first preseason game, when the quarterback doesn't have time, they've always got the tight end out there in the flat.
20:04We're just running underneath right behind the blitz. And we're just going to dump it off to the tight end.
20:10I think a lot of those targets may go to Jeremiah Love in this offense.
20:14And they won't be designed to the tight end.
20:16Because most teams don't have those dump-offs to tight ends.
20:19It's really that specific coaching tree that does. Certainly more than last year.
20:22But don't discount McBride getting a bunch of those types of targets.
20:25And that's what helped him be so great for PPR last year.
20:29Let's talk about the two running backs. We'll sort of combine them together.
20:32Because they do go in a similar range. I know the ADP doesn't necessarily suggest that.
20:36But I think we're going to see them maybe get a little bit closer because of the concern about Cam Scadaboo.
20:42So you've got Cam Scadaboo and David Montgomery. Scadaboo's ADP right now, 34.9.
20:45I think that's the biggest reason why anybody should be a going ahead.
20:49David Montgomery is 50.7. Scadaboo is RB16. And on CBSSports.com, Montgomery is RB22.
20:52What's your concern about both these guys? So, yeah, for Scadaboo, it was, I think, coming into the year, it was the injury.
20:58And we think that's okay. I mean, it was a gruesome injury for both him and Quenshaw Judkins.
21:03But they've done enough in the preseason that we're kind of discounting that now.
21:07I'm kind of starting to wonder if his head coach likes him.
21:10They just brought in Najee Harris. I believe Coach Harbaugh was asked yesterday about Scadaboo's infectious energy.
21:15And he said, yeah, he got a 15-yard penalty in our last play.
21:18He's more of an infectious disease. And it's just not exactly the type.
21:21Scadaboo and Jackson Dart and this whole Giants offense was such a weird thing last year just in the way they had success.
21:28And now you've got Harbaugh and Nagy and Roman.
21:30I think they're looking for a little more professional football.
21:33Najee Harris is that. So I'm worried that Scadaboo is not the full workhorse running back that we need him to be.
21:38And this offense is not very good. David Montgomery, I think he's just going to share more than people think he's going to.
21:45We've heard that a little bit. Woody Marks probably can handle passing downs maybe to have more carries.
21:49I think Montgomery and another guy we're getting ready to talk about are very, very similar in that if he scores 10
21:55touchdowns, he may pay off at his current ADP.
21:58I don't think there's much upside at his ADP.
22:00I'm worried about how many running backs are in that kitchen for the Giants because Najee Harris is probably going to elevate to being the guy behind Scadaboo.
22:07And then they might keep Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary.
22:10That's four running backs that they could use on a week-to-week basis.
22:13People that are drafting Cam Scadaboo based on what he did last year are going to get burned for it.
22:19He's a round five pick and a late round five pick at that.
22:22Mike Evans is still very popular for fantasy managers, going as wide receiver 27 at 66.5 and his overall ADP.
22:27What's the concern level for you? I feel like Chicken Little running around saying the sky is falling, the sky is falling.
22:33But all offseason, I was worried that Mike Evans at his age and has had struggled with soft tissue injuries each of
22:39the last two years, can he stay healthy? I'm not even going to make any substation jokes.
22:44It's just the fact that he's got the injury history, he's got the age concern, and then he can't seem to get
22:50through a week of practice without another soft tissue injury popping up.
22:53He had the quad, he's got the groin now.
22:55I just, I think, I wouldn't be surprised if he scored the touchdown in most of the games that he plays this year.
23:01I would be surprised if he plays more than 12 or 13 games.
23:05And this Shanahan offense has not been one that generally features a number one wide receiver with a lot of targets, especially
23:11if Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle are both healthy.
23:13I think the thing you're hoping for is Juwan Jennings scored nine touchdowns last year.
23:17Can Mike Evans get to that level or better, which he's got six years in his resume with 1,000 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns.
23:23So that's the guy I think a lot of fantasy managers are hoping for.
23:27But 33 years old, like you said, it's been one injury after another.
23:30All right, last guy for you is Caleb Williams going as QB 8, 75.1 overall in the CBS Sports ADP.
23:36And I get it because the fun stuff that he does is really exciting.
23:40And you think if he could just be a normal quarterback the rest of the time, he could be so awesome.
23:45He could be. But there's just too many quarterbacks with a very similar projection.
23:49Everybody that's listened to me talk all summer knows that I prefer Brock Purdy.
23:53I'd rather draft Justin Herbert. I'd rather draft Trevor Lawrence.
23:55I think that there's, I think Jared Goff is very likely to score just as many fantasy points or right in that same range.
24:02And those guys go a lot later. If any of those guys in that group had an ADP at 75, I wouldn't draft them.
24:08Because I can get somebody else at 90 or 100 that I think is going to do pretty much the same thing.
24:14Just repeat your quarterback strategy about waiting. You need to wait and get a steal on draft day.
24:19There's people that are telling you, just wait on quarterback, wait on quarterback.
24:22Well, if you do that and then a quarterback falls to a really good spot in your draft, why would you pass that up?
24:28What if it's Josh Allen in round three? What if it's Lamar Jackson in round five?
24:33Drake May in round six? Joe Burrow in round six?
24:35If you see something like that and you just can't believe it, the steal is sitting there in front of you, take the quarterback.
24:42Don't pass it up. Right. And that could be Williams or it might not be Williams because he's going too soon.
24:47All right. So we'll see where, you know, Caleb Williams ends up in your leagues.
24:51And if you're somebody that's going to pass on him or if you're going to get excited and draft Caleb Williams.
24:57All right. We're going to take a break right now.
25:00We come back. It's Dave's turn to talk about a couple of running backs he's concerned about.
25:04You've heard him say this a lot about Brees Hall.
25:07He'll defend, or maybe not, Brees Hall's draft value for 2026.
25:10That's next on FFT. Welcome to the Brees Hall segment.
25:12This is Fantasy Football Today. I'm Jamie. That's Dave.
25:15That's Heath. And we're talking about Dave's players that he's looking to avoid on draft day, the players he is not planning to draft.
25:21And Brees Hall has been a very fun topic of conversation for these two to debate.
25:25So let's just start right there, Dave. We can show the list of the players that you're looking to avoid.
25:31But really, the headliner is obviously the guy at the top.
25:34So let's talk about Brees Hall. He is RB19 going basically the beginning part of the fourth round, 39th overall.
25:39That's not good enough for you? No, that's not.
25:41I'd still wait a little bit longer. The back part of round four is where I'm going to be on Brees Hall.
25:47But at least I appreciate that his ADP is falling a little bit.
25:51And I don't know if it's because of anything I'm saying.
25:54I think it's because of the groin injury they have and that it's cost them a big chunk of training camp.
25:59But that doesn't help Brees Hall's cause. This is still a Jets team that wants to use three running backs.
26:05The coaches have said as much. Frank Reich is the new play caller there.
26:08I'm not excited about him. His track record with running backs in 10 years as a play caller is terrible.
26:14Four times has a running back had 13 plus PPR points.
26:16Three times with 15 plus. And once has he had a guy that's been awesome.
26:20And that was Jonathan Taylor when he was a younger player in the league.
26:24Brees Hall obviously with the injury. Questions about the offense and how much they're going to score.
26:29They've been bottom five in points scored. Six of the last seven seasons.
26:32Last year he had a workhorse role, Jamie. 17 plus touches per game.
26:3613 PPR points per game. Half his season was a total disaster.
26:39I'm not excited about drafting him. And I don't want people to reach for him in round three when they start to
26:45see those running backs go off the board. I think his ADP is absolutely perfect.
26:49So I've got him a little bit higher amongst the running backs.
26:52I've got him at 38th overall. One of my favorite Brees Hall stats.
26:55There have been three running backs since the start of 2022 that have seen 200 targets and averaged 6.5 yards per target.
27:01Those three running backs are Bijon Robinson, Christian McCaffrey, and Brees Hall.
27:04He's awesome in that role. And the coaches have said I want to use three running backs.
27:09The offensive coordinator also recently just said Brees Hall is a bell cow.
27:12So I do think what really went wrong last year was the shape of those touches.
27:17He had more carries. He had fewer targets. And then he didn't score touchdowns.
27:20He's never really scored rushing touchdowns, but he had nine total touchdowns two years ago when the offense was awful.
27:26He had eight total touchdowns the year after that when the offense was awful.
27:29Only scored five last year. I think the touchdowns bounce back.
27:32The shape of those touches change a little bit with Braylon Allen staying healthy.
27:36So you use him more on the early downs in the trap back role.
27:40Use Brees Hall more on passing downs role. Would not be surprised at all if Brees Hall is a top 12 running back.
27:46I'll add this. I do think the early schedule is favorable for the Jets.
27:50So if you already have Brees Hall on your team and you're a little bit nervous.
27:54No, no, no. I'm just saying. If you've got him and you're a little bit nervous, you can enjoy the first part
28:00of the season and then sell high on Brees Hall when the schedule gets worse.
28:04This guy I think is relatively obvious. Trevion Henderson.
28:06He's going as RB26. 66th overall. That's too soon.
28:08The thing that's crazy to me is that Ramondre Stevenson is going three running back spots later and 13 picks overall later based on his ADP.
28:15Think about where we were last year with Trevion Henderson.
28:18Every report out of New England was positive. And we were all excited.
28:22We, all three of us, were really into Trevion Henderson.
28:24I was taking him in round three. Yeah, yeah.
28:27How stupid I was. You were really into him.
28:29I was taking him around four. Where were you taking Trevion Henderson?
28:32Behind Jamie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So like, Heath obviously is the genius here when it comes to Trevion Henderson.
28:37And then what happened? He really wasn't that great.
28:40And honestly, neither was Ramondre Stevenson until injuries came into play.
28:43When Ramondre Stevenson got hurt in the middle of the year, we saw great numbers from Trevion Henderson.
28:47But otherwise, he wasn't really that great. And Ramondre didn't really step up until the end of the year when they just gave him all the work.
28:55This year, the reports out of training camp are not positive for Trevion Henderson.
28:58He hasn't improved in pass protection. His vision is still a question mark.
29:02Meanwhile, Ramondre Stevenson getting all the reps with the first team offense, having a bigger role in the red zone offense.
29:07I can't believe the words are coming out of my mouth.
29:10But I'd much rather have Ramondre Stevenson than Trevion Henderson.
29:13Henderson's being drafted at least one full round too soon, if not two full rounds.
29:17Don't go after the hype on this second year running back.
29:20Ramondre is the safer pick. I think our podcast host hosts a show during the season on this network on Tuesdays.
29:25Adam Azer says it best. If you want a similar profile of a player, just wait two rounds and take Blake Corum.
29:31Wait and take Kyle Menongai. They're injury lottery tickets that if the starter gets hurt, you're going to want that player.
29:37Trevion was awesome in the three games that Ramondre missed last year, but otherwise struggled when Ramondre was healthy.
29:42Let's combine two receivers that you have on your list, Cardinal Tate and DK Metcalf, because they are going back-to-back.
29:47So not necessarily in their overall picks, Tate is 90.5 overall.
29:50Oh no, they are. 90.5 and 90.8. So they're basically right back-to-back.
29:53Wide receiver 35 for Tate, wide receiver 36 for Metcalf.
29:56Are we overreacting a little bit to the preseason for the Titans?
29:59I don't think so. And this doesn't have as much to do with Carnell Tate as it does Cam Ward and the rest of this Tennessee offense.
30:06Cam Ward looks terrible. He's completed zero of six passes of 10 plus A yards so far.
30:11Air yards. What did I say? A yards. A yards.
30:14Air yards. Yeah. So far this preseason. One of those included a drop from Tate, which is problematic.
30:18I don't hate the ADP for Cardinal Tate at 90.5, but he should honestly, you should try and get him a little
30:24bit lower than that in that round 9-10 range.
30:27And that's where I'd have DK Metcalf as well.
30:29Crowded receiving core now in Pittsburgh with Michael Pittman there.
30:32I like the draft pick that they have, Jeremy Bernard.
30:34Plus Roman Wilson, once upon a time, was one of my favorite rookies coming out.
30:38He started to step up as well. I think there's just more options and more short area options for Aaron Rodgers to
30:44go to that will not only hurt DK Metcalf, but also the running backs.
30:48I don't know if the running backs get the same type of target share that they had last year because of Pittman,
30:54because of Bernard, and because of Roman Wilson all being there to take work away from them.
30:58I think part of it is the injuries for both Metcalf and Pittman.
31:02They haven't been practicing, so we haven't got to see what...
31:05That's the first two. Not being there. All right, we're going to let you guys fight again because we've got Kyle Pitts coming up here.
31:11So Kyle Pitts is tight end 5. I know that's fine for you.
31:15It's a little too soon for me. I like Laporta better.
31:18I know you'd like Laporta better as well. But you have Tucker Craft in there also.
31:22So Kyle Pitts is somebody you've been very adamant about that you're not drafting.
31:26Outside of a five-game span last year when Drake London was hurt, this tight end's averaged around 10 PPR points per game.
31:31And there have been seasons, full seasons, where he's averaged less than that.
31:35Now, he was awesome in those five games without Drake London.
31:38But last time I checked, Drake London is healthy.
31:40And now it looks like we're going to get the quarterback that we want in Atlanta.
31:45We're going to get Michael Penix Jr. as the guy under center there and not Tua Tungabailoa.
31:49I actually was encouraged by what I saw from Pitts with Tua under center because Tua was getting rid of the ball so fast.
31:55Penix won't do that. Penix will look downfield a little bit longer.
31:59And I don't know if Pitts is going to be the guy who's there.
32:02So I don't want to overvalue Pitts based on the fancy points that he had as a whole last year.
32:08The name of the game here is that Drake London is the number one target.
32:12Pitts might have the coordinator that you like, but it doesn't mean he's going to get a ton of work.
32:17And even when he has gotten a decent amount of targets for a tight end, it hasn't always resulted in consistent fantasy points.
32:23I think he's closer to tight end 10 than tight end 5.
32:26He had an awesome rookie season and he scored one touchdown.
32:29And so it didn't look that good in terms of fantasy points.
32:32But it was one of the best rookie seasons that we've seen.
32:36He got hurt, had the PCL injury. We've seen that bother guys for multiple years.
32:40He wasn't quite as good. He was very good last year without Drake London.
32:43And that's true. I don't think based on what that offensive line looked like in front of Tua, that Michael Penix is
32:49going to have the option to hold onto the ball for a long time.
32:53And I do think the offensive coordinator matters in the Kevin Stefanski, Drew Petsing system.
32:57It's not just been Harold Fannin and Trey McBride.
32:59It's been David Njoku. It was Zach Ertz when he played.
33:02It was Austin Hooper. It was Austin Hooper. It's been a 23% target per route run rate or higher for all of those tight ends.
33:09Kyle Pitts somehow is still just 25 years old.
33:11He's still very talented. Reports from camp saying he's moving as well as he has in years.
33:16I 100% believe. I prefer him at tight end 6, but I think the ADP is too low.
33:21So I love. I've drafted Sam Laporta in half of my drafts.
33:24In three of the other drafts, it's been Kyle Pitts.
33:26I just took him in our FFT Open picking on 6-7 turn.
33:30So taking him there was. Which is his ADP.
33:32Which is his ADP. And he was my next highest tight end.
33:35I didn't love the receiver value. We only start two receivers in that league.
33:39So first time that I've drafted him in a league that we're playing out.
33:43Because I'm not in that draft. You're not in that draft, right?
33:46I'm excited to somebody else took Laporta already. So I'm excited for him.
33:49So we'll see how he does. All right, we're going to take a break.
33:53We're going to come back. It's my turn to talk about some of the players that I'm avoiding.
33:58It's very running back heavy. You can imagine Christian McCaffrey is not somebody I'll be drafting.
34:02We'll talk about why next on FFT. Welcome back to Fantasy Football Today.
34:06All right, it's my turn to talk about the players that I do not plan to draft for 2026.
34:11A lot of it is tied to their value.
34:13A lot of it is tied to the position that they play and some of the injuries that they're dealing with.
34:19So Josh Allen is mostly 100%, 1,000%. No question about it.
34:21His average draft position. You have four running backs here.
34:24One that is hopefully not going to be injured.
34:27One that is hopefully not going to be on the worst team in football.
34:30And two guys that are battling injuries in Ashton Gentry and Jeremiah Love.
34:34The Josh Allen conversation can be very quick. It's just really, when you look at it, he's going in the second round.
34:40And then there's a huge gap and the rest of the field starts.
34:43You listed it off when you were talking about the guys.
34:46You might get Josh Allen in round three. Then you could get Lamar Jackson in round five.
34:50Then maybe Drake May, Joe Burrow in round six.
34:53And that's not just us talking about this as analysts.
34:56And I know a lot of it is probably going to change over the next two weeks as most of the novice
35:01drafters are starting to take part in fantasy football.
35:04That being said, the gap between Josh Allen is not that far.
35:07Should not be that significant that he is going to just obliterate the field.
35:11Please do not take him in round two. Round three, I think we all agree.
35:15We'll take Josh Allen. I'd start entertaining it then, yeah.
35:17Preferred in round four. I mean, I preferred in round ten.
35:20Preferred in round ten. You drafted him in a league with analysts yesterday.
35:24Round four. In round four. Perfect time to get Josh Allen if you can get him that late.
35:29Let's just say round three is probably the right time to target him.
35:32All right, let's get to the running backs because that's where I think the conversation starts.
35:36So Christian McCaffrey is RB4 based on his CBS Sports average draft position coming off the board at number seven overall.
35:42We've been all over the place, I think, with him collectively.
35:45I know Heath and I think we downgraded him the most once we had this mysterious injury slash rest slash maybe contract.
35:51We don't know exactly what it was, but he came out and said this was part of the plan to sit during training camp.
35:57I'm still nervous. We have two years on his resume of over 400 total touches.
36:01The following year, each time he did not play a full season, four games max was the total in the following year.
36:07I don't want to take him in the middle of round one.
36:10Right. Does anybody want to take him in the middle of round one?
36:13Is eighth overall in the middle of round one?
36:16It's pretty close to the middle of round one.
36:18So I guess I would qualify. I guess that means I'm the high guy on Christian McCaffrey.
36:23No, our colleague Adam Azer is taking fifth overall.
36:25Right, right, right. And to me, it sounds silly to say, well, he's on my do not draft list because I won't
36:31take him fifth, but I'll take him eighth. But I feel the exact same way you do.
36:36And think about this. The last two times he had 400 plus touches in the season and then missed time.
36:41He was younger. He's 30 now. He also had the highest amount of targets per game that he's ever had in San Francisco last year at 7.6.
36:48That's nearly two targets per game. Think about what the 49ers have added this offseason.
36:52Right. Mike Evans is there. Dejon Stribbling is there.
36:54George Kittle is back. They have added pieces to try and take some pressure off of Christian McCaffrey there.
36:59Plus, they drafted Kalon Black for whatever that's worth.
37:02Jordan James is there as well. They are probably smart to lighten the load on this 30-year-old running back who's already missed a good chunk of training camp.
37:09The way I'm talking, I should be having him ranked 18th overall and not eighth overall.
37:14But I know what the upside is. And if he can handle the bulk of the season, he's going to be a league winner.
37:20On our draft-a-thon Wednesday night, Mike Florio of ESPN I think said it best.
37:24If you don't want Christian McCaffrey, you're just waiting for somebody else to take him before he gets to your spot in the draft.
37:30So we'll see how this goes for McCaffrey. I want to have the conversation about Devon HN because you guys are much more positive about HN.
37:37I'm not taking him until round two. Are you both round one picks for HN?
37:41I've got an 11th. Late round one. Yeah. About that same exact spot.
37:44Okay. So I'll make the case against. You can make the case for Heath.
37:48I just worry about this Dolphins' offensive environment. You get almost daily reports from their own beat writers saying how bad this offense has looked at times.
37:55And that's going against the Dolphins' defense. HN's going to get a lot of work.
37:59There's no question about it. He's going to be the focal point of this offense.
38:03Every defense coordinator in the world. Every fake defensive coordinator in the world.
38:07Everybody watching this knows that Devon HN is going to get every touch for the Dolphins.
38:11They're not going to win many games. Their projected win total is four and a half.
38:15I would take the under. I don't think he's going to score many touchdowns.
38:19And then you look at his history with Tua Tunga-Vailoa, without Tua Tunga-Vailoa.
38:22I know it's very wild different times of his career.
38:25But it's a 15 point per game difference when Tua is not on the field with him.
38:30So Malik Willis is not going. 15 point per game difference?
38:33Yes. 15? Yes. Is some of that his rookie year when Raheem Oster was there?
38:37No. Oh, okay. No, I'm sorry. Yes, it is.
38:39Again, it's wildly different things. But numbers are numbers.
38:41You know, so when I'm trying to make an argument, I'm using that.
38:45So Devon A. Chan is not going to be as involved in the passing game.
38:49I think it's going to hurt his overall numbers.
38:51So I would not take him until round two.
38:54So even number 11 is too high for me.
38:56He's the most efficient running back in the NFL since he came into the league.
39:00His coach wants to give him the ball 40 times a game.
39:03And I think we can laugh at that. It's hyperbole.
39:06It's also, I think his coach would love it if you told him at the end of the year Devon A.
39:11Chan is going to have more touches than any other running back.
39:15Like he is going to be the offense. Malik Willis and his rushing ability should help A.
39:19Chan to remain an efficient rusher, even with a subpar offensive line.
39:22He averaged 20 fantasy points per game last year on not a disastrous offense, but a pretty bad offense.
39:27They were a bottom third of the league for sure.
39:30And Dave went to practice and it turns out Malik Willis does know how to throw the ball to his running back.
39:36Dave saw Malik Willis throw the ball to his running back.
39:39Not just once or twice. He like five times, six times.
39:42He's practicing it. A couple of them were improbable.
39:44Which is good because he doesn't have any wide receivers.
39:47He does have some wide receivers. They're just not like stud wide receivers.
39:50Right. Yes. So to be fair, yes, he's obviously going to throw to his running backs.
39:55He is the worst quarterback in the last two years in terms of target rate to his running back.
40:00So that's true. I think that's changing. He's learning.
40:02I hope so. I think they're banging it into his helmet.
40:05I hope so. It won't be as many catches as he had last year.
40:09There's no way about it. All right. The last two guys in this list, we can just combine because it's basically injury versus ADP.
40:15And that's Ashton Gentty and Jeremiah Love. I'm not taking Gentty in round two.
40:19You said you just did it in a 14 team.
40:21That makes a little bit more sense. I would not take him until round three.
40:25Right now he's RB 10. So he is slipping a little bit based on the average draft position.
40:30It's just such a mystery right now. We don't know exactly what this is.
40:34It's been reported as a low ankle sprain. But Clint Kubiak, the head coach of the Raiders, has not come out and
40:40said exactly what this is dealing with. And normally when we get because Adam Schefter, Ian Rappaport, the NFL insiders that you
40:46all know, they're usually pretty great at getting some information about a timeline.
40:49We have nothing. We don't know if he's going to be ready for week one.
40:53I would not draft him until round three. And Mike Washington should be somebody you should be targeting as early as round
40:59seven, round eight, round nine, depending on how much you want to be aggressive in drafting him.
41:03For Jeremiah Love, hey, we got a video yesterday of him walking up steps carrying pizza boxes.
41:08He's getting closer to a return. But another situation where we just don't know.
41:12I think his ADP is okay. It's 32.8. So going the early part of round three, I'm just probably not going to get him until round four.
41:19I'd rather take Travis Achan. I'd rather take DeAndre Swift.
41:22I think Javante Williams, Josh Jacobs, all these guys that he was going ahead of should now go ahead of him because of the uncertainty.
41:28Both these three guys, you want to throw Achan in there, three of the worst projected win totals according to Las Vegas,
41:34which is very good at what they do. And then you're talking about, in the case of Gentian Love, two of the
41:40worst schedules of any running backs that we're talking about here.
41:43So don't love the scenarios for both these guys.
41:45In the case of Love, we know he's going to potentially lose goal line touches to Tyler Algier.
41:50And in the case of Gentie, because of Washington, we might get a little bit more of a split.
41:55So I'm just out on all these running backs, which makes it tough to draft.
41:59But I'm going to pass on McCaffrey, Achan, Gentie, and Love.
42:02All right, we're going to take a break. When we come back, I'm going to get into your questions.
42:07Thank you for sending them to us on X using the hashtag AskFFT.
42:10That's next here on Fantasy Football Today. Welcome back to Fantasy Football Today.
42:14It's time to answer your questions. So, G wants to know, I have picked three in a 10-man PPR standard.
42:19We won't say the league. Do you hate going chase in round one and then taking chase Brown in round two?
42:25Or do you try to avoid stacking the Bengals?
42:27So we have this question a lot about two Lions in the first round, Bengals early, Cowboys, two receivers early.
42:33Dave, what's your philosophy on this in a 10-10?
42:35When it's a great offense, I don't mind stacking them.
42:38When it's a bad offense, it's kind of a problem.
42:40And that's why I always feel gross when I end up with two Browns on my team.
42:45But when it's two Bengals or two Lions, two Cowboys, yeah, of course I'd want to go for that.
42:50This isn't a problem at all. Plus, chase Brown in round two, great value.
42:54Yeah, and G just switched to a better league.
42:56All right, next question. Brian wants to know, what do you think about this trade?
43:00Half PPR, two keeper league. I don't have a second round pick.
43:03I'm keeping Omari and Hampton and have Puka Nakua.
43:06I want to trade Nakua for Gentie and give up my third round and receive a second round and swap first.
43:11Yeah, I'm not ready to do that, especially given the injury to Gentie.
43:15I think I'd rather have Puka. Just deal with not having the second round pick.
43:19Keith? Yeah, I mean, I guess Dave's got that one too.
43:22Oh, sorry. Yeah, no. So you're getting to move up a full round and you're moving from 111 to 108 to three spots.
43:28I mean, what would you need? Half PPR, two.
43:30Yeah. Yeah, I'd probably do that and I'd distract Mike Washington later.
43:33I guess. I'd rather keep Puka though. All right, next question.
43:36Heath, what do you think about this one? Three keepers, 12-team PPR league.
43:40Chase Brown in the fourth, Colston Loveland in the sixth, Rashi Rice in the tenth, McBride in the twelfth, Fannin in the fifteenth or Coker in the fifteenth.
43:47With three, are you keeping? So I would probably keep Chase Brown.
43:50I just said I wouldn't draft Trey McBride, but if I can keep him for a twelfth, I'd probably go Chase Brown, Rashi Rice, and Trey McBride.
43:57I would do the same thing. All right, next question.
44:00Coop wants to know, Kayshawn Booty or Jalen Coker, Dave?
44:03I'm going to go with Coker or Booty, but I like drafting one of those guys late if I can.
44:08Yeah, you can probably get both. I think Coker makes more sense to go first though.
44:12All right, next question. All right, last one here.
44:1512 team half PPR, two wide receivers, one flex, one tight end.
44:18What's your draft strategy? Thoughts having the first overall pick, so taking Gibbs.
44:21And then would you go with McBride or Bowers or McBride at the 2-3 turn?
44:25Heath, how would you approach the draft strategy here in this format?
44:29So that says Bowers and McBride. I would not do that.
44:31If I could get Bowers at the 2-3 turn, which I just recently did, I don't know if I told anybody in
44:37the FFT Open, I got Gibbs and Bowers and George Pickens at the 2-3 turn.
44:41I think you should expect that it's going to be a hero RB build from that spot and just hope maybe that
44:47A-Chan or Swift or one of those good RB2s falls to the 4-5 turn.
44:51But plan on taking hopefully Bowers or two wide receivers.
44:54Dave? I agree 100%, especially in a half PPR where the receivers themselves downgraded a little bit.
44:58It looked like it was a smaller league. That means Bowers just has a little bit more value.
45:03And I do like Bowers over McBride in half PPR.
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45:17TinyURL.com slash FFTDonate2026. It's just easier if you Google FFTDonate2026, all one word, search for it, and then look for the Tiltify link.
45:23Yes. So continue to donate. We are a little shy of our goal of $200,000, but we hope to get there.
45:29But I just want to say thank you to everybody because we know this audience has contributed to a lot of what
45:35we have raised as well, and we had a lot of fun doing it.
45:39The tennis match was awesome, as everybody watched. The draft-a-thon that we did on Wednesday night was awesome, as everybody got a chance to see.
45:45Tons of fantasy info in that, too. Just wanted to make sure.
45:48Absolutely. You can check it out on YouTube. Just wanted to make sure we thank everybody for donating, and please continue to donate.
45:54All right. Make sure you check out our Fantasy Football Today podcast, wherever podcasts are available.
45:59Like Dave said, you can go back and watch what we did on our draft-a-thon on YouTube.
46:03But our podcast is live five days a week.
46:06We'll be getting to the weekend portion of our shows once the season starts, where you can check us out Sunday mornings.
46:11We'll do some shows that will air on Saturday also.
46:14But the Fantasy Football Today podcast, the best podcast in the business.
46:17CBS Sports, your best place for your fantasy leagues.
46:20And make sure you download the app. The app has been absolutely fantastic.
46:23As Heath continues to make fun of me, I draft while I'm driving.
46:27I know it's not the safest thing to do, but when I get to those red lights, I make my picks, and
46:33then I keep going and make my picks in the app.
46:35The app is fantastic. All right. For Heath Comics, for Dave Richard, our wonderful production staff, I'm Jamie Eisenberg.
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