Week 6 Fantasy Football Buy Low & Sell High RB Targets (Ep. 2260)
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52 min
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Oct 13, 2026
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Tue, October 13, 2026
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Player insights
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Aaron JonesJayden DanielsWoody MarksDalton KincaidJames CookJaylen WarrenJeremiyah LoveJordan MasonKeon ColemanOllie Gordon IIOmarion HamptonPuka NacuaRico DowdleRJ Harvey
Player analysis
Player insights
Aaron Jones
NegativeUsage39:49
The source recommends selling Aaron Jones because his current workload is unsustainable; he is on pace for 370 touches, a career-high, and is an older running back. With Jordan Mason expected to return and reclaim a major role in the Vikings' offense, Jones's volume-dependent production is likely to decline.
Insight pageNegativeProjection48:35
The source expresses concern regarding Aaron Jones's rest-of-season outlook, specifically questioning his ability to maintain lead-back status compared to Ollie Gordon.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
NegativeProjection6:00
Dalton Kincaid has struggled significantly, recording two targets or fewer in each of the last two games despite running routes on 95% of dropbacks. While he remains a high-upside player, his recent production (TE37 or worse for three straight weeks) makes him difficult to rank, and the Bills' failure to feature him despite DJ Moore's absence is a major concern.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeUsage8:28
James Cook struggled with ball security in the game against the Rams, losing a fumble and fumbling twice in total.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
NegativeValue39:02
The source recommends selling Jayden Daniels due to persistent injury concerns regarding his elbow and the risk of future hits, combined with a difficult Week 6 matchup against Fred Warner's defense and a Week 7 bye. The source suggests packaging him with another player to target a team in need of a quarterback.
Insight pageNegativeInjury57:37
The source recommends selling Jayden Daniels due to significant injury risk regarding his elbow. Reports suggest NFL doctors believe another dislocation is likely if he continues playing without surgery. Additionally, his upcoming matchup against the 49ers' defense, which excels at neutralizing mobile quarterbacks, makes him a risky start.
Insight pageJaylen Warren
PositiveValue14:41
Jalen Warren is an elite 'buy high' target who is currently undervalued as a consensus top-12 running back. Despite the looming return of Rico Dowdle, Warren's efficiency and role as a receiver make him a must-start. The source argues that even if the backfield becomes a split, Warren's talent and usage in the Steelers' offense justify spending up to acquire him.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
PositiveValue12:02
Jeremiah Love is a strong 'buy low' candidate despite recent poor performances. While he has faced environmental challenges like offensive line injuries and a potential quarterback change, he has dominated running back opportunities (14 per game over the last two weeks) compared to Tyler Allgeier. He fits the profile of a rookie running back who typically breaks out in the second half of the season.
Insight pageJordan Mason
PositiveBreakout42:12
The source identifies Jordan Mason as a priority buy, expecting him to take over as the lead running back for the Minnesota Vikings upon his return from a thumb injury. Coaches have indicated he will be a major part of the offense, and he is currently undervalued or available on some waiver wires.
Insight pageKeon Coleman
NegativeUsage5:48
Keon Coleman saw five targets in the game against the Rams, though three were negated by penalties, contributing to an underwhelming overall performance from the Bills' pass-catching corps.
Insight pageOllie Gordon II
PositiveRole46:25
The source views Ollie Gordon as a buy/hold, noting he has cemented himself as the RB1 for the Dolphins over Jalen Wright. Despite playing on a poor offense, he has been productive for three consecutive weeks and is preferred over Aaron Jones for the rest of the season due to higher projected touch volume.
Insight pageOmarion Hampton
NegativeRole43:00
The source labels O'Marion Hampton a sell, describing his role in the Chargers' offense as a 'total mess' and noting he looks like a 'fish out of water' in the current scheme. He is part of a three-headed committee on a struggling offense.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
PositiveUsage0:25
Puka Nacua is fully back from his sports hernia injury, evidenced by a massive 24-target performance against the Bills. This volume is historic, marking the most targets by any player since Brandon Marshall in 2009, and confirms he is providing the expected return on investment as a top-five draft pick.
Insight pageRico Dowdle
NegativeDepth Chart17:49
Rico Dowdle is expected to return to the lineup next week, creating a potential 'crease' for fantasy managers to buy Jalen Warren. However, the source notes that Jalen Warren's recent performance has forced the coaching staff to reconsider their initial plan for a one-two punch, suggesting Warren may remain the primary back.
Insight pageRJ Harvey
PositiveUsage45:06
The source identifies RJ Harvey as a buy, expecting his target share to bounce back after a one-game blip. He was heavily involved in the passing game under Sean Payton at the end of last season and is utilized frequently in the red zone.
Insight pageTerry McLaurin
NegativeInjury40:58
The source notes concern regarding Terry McLaurin due to a hamstring injury and the overall poor state of the Washington offensive line.
Insight pageTony Pollard
NegativeValue43:57
The source suggests holding Tony Pollard, citing the potential for him to be traded to a better offensive situation as a veteran on an expiring contract. While his current production is limited by the Titans' offense, his trade potential provides value.
Insight pageTyler Higbee
PositiveRole4:03
Tyler Higbee has stepped up in the absence of Terrence Ferguson, setting a season-high with 83 receiving yards. While his route participation (65%) and target share (12% over the last two games) are not elite, he has earned Matthew Stafford's trust and ranks third in yardage among tight ends over the last three weeks, trailing only Brock Bowers and Sam LaPorta.
Insight pageWoody Marks
NegativeValue46:25
The source recommends selling Woody Marks, noting that while he is in a decent offense with CJ Stroud, his market value is currently inflated, making him a prime candidate to trade away for more assets.
Insight pageNegativeValue48:24
The source advises selling Woody Marks, viewing his current value as inflated by the temporary opportunity to start for the Texans. The team's rushing attack is struggling, the upcoming schedule includes a tough matchup against the Jaguars followed by a bye, and there is uncertainty regarding how long he will hold the job over David Montgomery.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Hello everybody, welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast.
0:05I'm Ryan Warmly, joined by Andrew Erickson on this Tuesday morning.
0:08We are talking week 6 buys and sells. This is our running backs and quarterbacks edition of the show.
0:14Part 2 will have our receivers and tight ends.
0:16You can find that on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:20Yes, Erickson, let's dive right in because I want to talk about Monday Night Football here.
0:25Puka Nakua, we were just laughing about this before we hit record.
0:2824 targets, absolutely insane. By comparison, and obviously two very different stat lines for these quarterbacks, but by comparison, the most targets
0:35for any player on the Bills was 4. 1 6th the number of Puka's targets for the Rams.
0:40So just a hilarious disparity there between the two passing games.
0:43Really, just in general, right? Like Josh Allen had 19 attempts in this game.
0:47Matthew Stafford 54. Like, just two very different experiences from them.
0:5137-34, the final score in this Monday Night Thriller in overtime.
0:54Lots of overtime games in week 5. Bills obviously coming away.
0:57The winners. Do you feel like you have any takeaways here in terms of, I mean, whether it's fantasy or, you know,
1:03oh, the Bills should now be, I mean, they just beat the Super Bowl favorites based on the betting odds.
1:09Now they should be the favorites. Or do you feel like this is more of a toss up?
1:15Like, what was your main takeaway from these two really highly ranked teams going at each other?
1:20There's a lot to unpack from this game. I think overtime, thriller, the NFL is doing everything in its power to make
1:26sure that I don't get eight hours of sleep every night.
1:29But hey, that's okay. We love football. We love this type of game going back and forth.
1:34There were nine lead changes in this game. So it really was a back and forth contest.
1:39And of course, the Rams special teams are the reason why they don't end up winning here.
1:44And obviously Josh Allen in his life when he was able to do over 120 rushing yards on the ground when the
1:51passing game really wasn't working for Buffalo is absolutely insane.
1:54And then Puka Nakua with the target share that he saw ludicrous, absurd insanity.
1:58I don't know any other way to describe seeing 24 targets.
2:01According to next gen stats, that's the most by player since Brandon Marshall had 28 targets in a game in week 14 of 2009.
2:08And I'm pretty sure that was with the Denver Broncos and I'm pretty sure it was Kyle Orton was his quarterback.
2:14And Orton was just dialing in to Brandon Marshall on every single passing attempt.
2:18I mean, it's absolutely just insane what type of volume he was seeing.
2:22So Puka Nakua seems like he's all the way back after this sports hernia injury.
2:27I know they talked about on the broadcast that's something that he's still dealing with, but clearly it's not inhibiting his ability to score fantasy points.
2:34So Puka Nikul, you are feeling the return on your investment of him as a top five draft pick.
2:40So we're glad to see him healthy back out on the field.
2:43Tyler Higby stepped up again in the absence of Terrence Ferguson.
2:46So he had set a new season high with 83 receiving yards.
2:50The usage for him has kind of been hit or miss though, in terms of been kind of running hot on some of these bigger plays.
2:58Kobe Parkinson was back in the lineup, played 65% of the snaps.
3:01Higby was only running a route on 65% of the drop back.
3:05So that's not elite tight end usage by any way, shape or form, but clearly he has Matthew Stafford's trust, despite the
3:11fact that he only has a 12% target share in the last two games.
3:15So tight end needy teams, Tyler Higby, it seems like he can at least fill in.
3:20He's actually in terms of yardage. If you look at him over the last three weeks, only trails Brock Bowers and Sam
3:26Laborda among tight ends with 212 receiving yards in the last three games for Tyler Higby.
3:31So not necessarily super sustainable in terms of just the volume that he's seeing, but as long as Ferguson is out, I
3:38think that you actually are going to be able to see a decent amount of usage for Higby.
3:43Although you have to kind of keep it in check a little bit because of Puka Nakua.
3:48From the Bills side, Kian Coleman actually did have five targets in this game, but three of them got wiped out due to penalties.
3:55So that was another reason why it was such an underwhelming performance from the Bills pass catchers overall.
4:00Dalton Kincaid, another dud performance from him. And it's funny because we talked about Kincaid.
4:05He was my buy low last week. And I'm thinking, okay, well, Joe Brady came out after the game and said, that's on me.
4:12I'm not getting Kincaid involved enough. Kincaid ran a route on 95% of the Bills dropbacks.
4:16He had one for two for seven yards. He did catch two point conversion, but besides that, the fact that he has
4:23two targets for the second straight week, despite playing 70% or more of the snaps, this is not ideal in any way, shape, or form.
4:30But when I look at how the Bills passing game struggled, doesn't it seem intuitive that they would, okay, let's feature our
4:37tight end that was balling out to start the season when we don't have DJ Moore, but then Kincaid's not getting more targets in the offense.
4:44So I think eventually they're going to right the ship here with Kincaid and get his usage up.
4:50But obviously you're not feeling nearly as good about Kincaid that you did the first couple games of the season, especially with DJ Moore not playing, right?
4:57For him to see only two targets when Moore was totally absent of the offense.
5:02It also goes to the fact of how important DJ Moore is to this passing attack and how it struggled.
5:08And it was really Josh Allen and his legs, James Cook, who did lose a fumble in this game.
5:13Actually fumbled twice in this game. Those are the only reference points I had.
5:17Again, a lot to unpack. If you want everything for this game, it's going to be my beyond the wave wire piece
5:24for week six, where I'll hit on every single angle from all the skill players.
5:28But those are some of my initial reactions after watching a absolute thriller.
5:32And of course, one of my best bets of the week, Bills on the Moneyline, baby.
5:37Josh Allen as an underdog. That was a fun sweat.
5:40You, I mean, lucky is maybe not the right word, but definitely had some moments where maybe it looked like it wasn't going to go that way.
5:48Don Kincaid is tied in nine in the rest of season consensus rankings.
5:51These are just amongst rankers who have updated this since, you know, this week finished last night.
5:56So this is up to date. Does that feel too high, too low, or just right to you?
6:02He's behind guys like Travis Kelsey and Tucker Craft.
6:04He's ahead of Juwan Johnson, Harold Fan, and Colson Loveland.
6:07Obviously such a crazy start. But now three straight weeks where he has been tight end 37 or worse.
6:13I mean, the last three games are two catches for 38 yards, one for seven, one for seven.
6:18It is not getting any better. So where are you at on Kincaid in terms of actually ranking him?
6:24I think he's really tough to rank because of the range of outcomes that he has gone through five games this season.
6:30The usage has not been the problem the last couple weeks.
6:33Like, he's been running the routes. He's been out there.
6:36So it's not been a problem of him not playing enough snaps, which is usually what the issue is.
6:42It's just that he's not getting targeted by Josh Allen.
6:45So I don't have an exact rhyme or reason why that is the case here.
6:49But going back to what I said, Bill's passing game was not good against the Rams.
6:54They didn't get Dalton Kincaid involved. They lost to the Patriots the week before.
6:58They didn't get Dalton Kincaid involved. To me, it seems like, okay, so to improve the passing game, let's get Dalton Kincaid involved.
7:05But through two weeks, that has not been how the Bills led by Joe Brady have seen what they need to do.
7:11So let's jump into our buys and sells here, Erickson.
7:14Running backs to buy is where we're going to start on this one.
7:18I'll let you go first. Who is your running back to buy?
7:22Jeremiah Love, running back for the Arizona Cardinals. I think that he is a player I just really wanted to bring on
7:28here to discuss because I think that he's extremely polarizing.
7:31And I could see arguments to sell, to buy, to hold, to do a lot of different things with Jeremiah Love.
7:37And I know for a fact I'm going to get a billion questions about Jeremiah Love.
7:42So I wanted to unpack it a little bit here with you, Warren, and kind of see your read on Love's situation
7:48in Arizona and see if we can come eye to eye with the best approach for fantasy managers.
7:54So last week, still had 13 of the 19 running back opportunities for Arizona, 68%.
7:58That was actually up from the week prior, which was at 60%.
8:02And Tyler Auger actually had a season low in terms of how much usage he got.
8:06He only had five opportunities in this last game.
8:09So although Love was disappointing, played 49% of the snaps, carried the ball 12 times for 22 yards, 1.8 yards per carry,
8:15had zero touches after 14 minutes were left in the game, and he had one target, 2% target share.
8:21He has two catches for negative, or he's one catch for negative eight yards.
8:25And the last two games for Jeremiah Love, who, when he was coming out of Notre Dame, this was one of the
8:32strong parts of his game and his projection. And this Cardinals offensively, they're going to be down a ton, and he's going
8:38to catch a dump off passes from Jacoby Brissett.
8:41Well, this was like the perfect game script for that, and he's not even on the field because of this maintenance workload
8:47thing that I keep talking about with Jeremiah Love.
8:50So we hit super highs with Love a couple weeks ago when it fully looked like he had taken over the backfield,
8:56and that has not really been the case as much the last two weeks, although he has actually had the advantage in terms of our opportunities.
9:04He's averaged 14 opportunities per game the last two games, where Algier is at 7.5 with his smallest workload coming this past week.
9:11So you have environmental concerns with Jeremiah Love and the Arizona Cardinals.
9:14There are rumblings that Carson Beck could become the quarterback sooner rather than later, or at least be the backup for the next couple weeks.
9:21You have offensive line injuries that are piling up for the Arizona Cardinals.
9:25But I go back to the process in terms of when do these top-end rookie running backs hit their stride in the second half of their rookie seasons?
9:33We see this all the time. It's happened to all the biggest names.
9:37B.J. Robinson when he was a rookie. Jameer Gibbs when he was a rookie.
9:41They are clawing their way to earn a larger portion of their team's offense, and Love is still doing that, right?
9:48Tyler Algier necessarily hasn't been the biggest problem now.
9:50The fact that he plays on third downs takes away Love as a potential receiver out of the backfield.
9:56But I'm just going back to the simple fact that you want to buy these rookie running backs for the second half
10:02run, because that's when you see them be their most productive and turn out top 12 type of fantasy season.
10:08When you get drafted where Love gets drafted, I think it was 78% of these guys become fantasy RB1s in their first season.
10:15So Algier has that draft capital attached to him.
10:18He has the talent, in my opinion. But lackluster the last couple weeks.
10:21Running backs to buy, it's tough right now. There really weren't anyone that really stood out to me, and that's why Love
10:28was kind of a force pick here, but someone I wanted to talk about.
10:32Because if you just talk about the talent, I think that he does make a case where, hey, the stock is rock
10:38bottom right now, where you can go for a player like Love when we know that the upside could be pretty immense
10:45if he takes on a larger role, especially as a receiver in the second half of the season.
10:50And people are panicked, too, despite the fact that he actually has dominated the opportunities the last three games over Tyler Algier.
10:57So it's really about price for me than anything else with Jeremiah Love, because I know that there are a lot of
11:03managers that are looking to wipe their hands clean of him.
11:06When I think that maybe if you can buy him cheap enough, I actually think it's a worthwhile investment.
11:12I tend to agree. He's RB17 in the consensus rest of season rankings.
11:16It's dropped a couple of spots since the games on Sunday.
11:19And that feels a touch low to me. It doesn't feel like egregiously low, but it feels like I think that should
11:25be – I think he should be inside the top 15, even if he's not inside the top 12.
11:31And, you know, the names around him, to your point about it being tough to pick running backs to buy this week.
11:37Like, first of all, when I was putting together my names for the sheet, like, it was the last one I picked,
11:44because I just could not think of anything. I mean, I had – there's options.
11:48But who do you want to, like, pound the table for?
11:51I can only talk about Jordan Mason so many times.
11:54It's hard to come on here and be, like, just enthusiastically you have to go buy this guy at the running back
12:01position right now because everybody feels either appropriately valued and is going to be really expensive or, like, I don't really want
12:07to be making a case for this guy. So I think Love is a totally reasonable option here.
12:13And, again, I think he's a little undervalued in the rankings.
12:16I – you know, when you have, like, an ankle sprain like he had in August, rookies have to learn so much
12:22when they're coming to the NFL level. Even a position like running back where it's theoretically easier to translate than others.
12:28And I don't ever want to be the guy who misses out on this consensus most talented guy in the draft just
12:35because it was a bit of a slower start while he was, A, working back physically, and, B, working into the mental
12:41NFL game for the first time ever while trying to rehab this injury as well.
12:46So I think on principle it is a smart buy of Jeremiah Love, but it's more on principle than it is on,
12:52oh, watching these games, I think he's on the precipice of a breakout.
12:56It is a process-driven buy, which I am on board with, particularly given the nature of the position, more so than a,
13:03oh, wow, the underlying metrics are showing this guy's ready to explode, if that distinction makes sense.
13:08No, I think that you outlined that pretty perfectly.
13:10There's a reason why people are freaking out about Jeremiah Love, because he hasn't been that good overall throughout the entire season.
13:17The Cardinals are a scary offense to be invested in because of the things I mentioned.
13:21Offensive line injuries. Does Carson Beck take over as the starting quarterback?
13:25The fact that Love is not playing in the fourth quarter of these blowout games, which was part of the thesis behind,
13:31oh, he's going to catch all these dump-off passes, it's going to be absolutely great.
13:36But I think that's the buying window that's being opened for Jeremiah Love, and that you're betting on, we've seen this before,
13:42top five, rookie running back, starts the season out kind of sluggish, not the greatest, and then he breaks out in the second half of the season.
13:50So I just think right now he is attainable, and he was always a player that I was not high on Jeremiah
13:57Love in terms of his draft stock, in terms of his price in fantasy drafts this year.
14:02Redraft, you mean, right? Yeah, and redraft. Yes. But he was always someone that I would keep in the back of my
14:08mind, okay, there's going to be an opportunity to want to buy Jeremiah Love at some point, and I want to strike
14:14when his stock is hit pretty badly, and after his two worst games of the season, I think this is an appropriate
14:21time to go after him, and even get him on your bench as an RB3, a flex play, where you don't even
14:27have to necessarily be reliant on starting him. I think that he is a sharp buy low for the long-term outlook the rest of the season.
14:35Let's go to my running back to buy. I'm actually going even higher than the rankings than you did.
14:41I'm going with a buy high here, and that's Jalen Warren.
14:44You, me, and Debro talked about Jalen Warren on the tailgate earlier this week, with Debro mainly being the guy coming on
14:50to that show, and his takeaway from the week is that Jalen Warren is the most underrated running back in the NFL.
14:57And one of the things I said to Debro is it's a really great call because it's one of those examples of
15:03a discussion point that I had never really sat down and said, oh, who is this for me?
15:09I think it's Jalen Warren. But as soon as Debro said it out loud, I go, yep, right, 100%, you nailed it.
15:15Like, I do think that Jalen Warren has a really strong case as the most underrated running back in the NFL.
15:21And you look, obviously, you know, this season he has been a mix of floor and ceiling in the five games this season.
15:28He's finished. This is in half PPR scoring. Actually, I'm looking at, sorry, full PPR scoring.
15:33He's been RB25, RB26, RB8, RB22, RB2. So, like, the worst game there is RB26, which is still totally usable, but the
15:39best games have been inside the top eight at the position.
15:42Obviously, he was insane in week five against the Colts.
15:45A lot of running backs have done that against the Colts.
15:48I think he's a really good player, and he's still outside the top 12 in rest-of-season rankings.
15:53And that's why I wanted to pick him. If he had been, like, RB9 in the rest-of-season, I think Debro has him, like, 8 or 9.
16:01Like, then I would say, okay, now he's getting up there, and it's going to get pretty costly if this is how his manager is valuing him.
16:09Outside the top 12, I think if you can get a manager who's willing to accept the price of a running back
16:1513 or 14 on the season, I think you're getting a guy who's going to be inside the top 12 the rest of the way.
16:23I don't think Rico Dowdle is going to eat into this workload with how good Jalen Warren has looked.
16:28By the way, just to throw out the numbers, it was 15 carries, 101 yards, and a touchdown.
16:34Also, six catches on six targets for 87 yards and a touchdown in that week five game.
16:39Clearly his best game of the season. The Steelers' offense also has just been better than I expected it to be.
16:45Now, that could change. That's in the back of my mind of, like, Aaron Rodgers, when it gets colder, he's older, and
16:51does this start to maybe start to fall apart a little bit later in the season?
16:56Right now, it's working, and I think Jalen Warren is a big part of that.
17:00I think he's legitimately really talented and deserves to be ranked inside the top 12, or at least valued as a top
17:0712 running back rest of the season. That's not where he is in the rankings.
17:11Therefore, I'm willing to spend up and go get him.
17:14If you have a needed running back, I would give up a quality receiver or, you know, multiple quality depth pieces or
17:21whatever it would take to go get him. I think it's worth spending up because I don't think this is going away.
17:27He's not going to be RB2 the rest of the season like he was this week, but I think he's going to
17:34be very, very good and make his managers happy, even if they spent, you know, a little above market value to get him.
17:40I couldn't agree more. I think that he is a very good buy-high type of running back because there's a window to
17:47get him because of the return of Rico Dowdle.
17:49Kind of looming, right? It just opens at a crease.
17:52We talked about this last week with Zay Flowers where Tyler Huntley, he's the quarterback, so there's a little crease of you
17:59can buy this potential player, even though he's coming off a monster performance.
18:03It's expectation for me, at least, and reading what the coaches have talked about is that Rico Dowdle is expected to return next week.
18:10But I thought it was pretty interesting what Mike McCarthy actually said after the Colts game about Jalen Warren and about Rico
18:16Dowdle and how he thought, yeah, heading into the season, we wanted a one-two punch between Dowdle and Jalen Warren, but he
18:23almost had to stop himself and say, well, Jalen's crushing it right now.
18:26So, although that's what we thought we were going to do entering the season, he has kind of changed our perspective on
18:33how we actually should approach this backfield. And this comes as no surprise from Rico Dowdle where he's been part of backfields
18:39like this, where Juba Hubbard was the guy in Carolina last year.
18:43Rico Dowdle came in and absolutely smashed and he took his job.
18:46So, Dowdle knows that the best player and the best running back gets the rock and ends up being the bell cow for their respective offenses.
18:54So, I think that's going to be the case here.
18:57And that's not always how it is with a lot of these backfields.
19:01It changes because you have different coaches that are calling the plays and dictating who gets the football.
19:06Right now, it's working so well with Jalen Warren, for Mike McCarthy in this offense, with Aaron Rodgers.
19:11That's who's going to be on the field the majority of the time.
19:15So, I'm not overly concerned about the Dowdle return.
19:18And I think that's the only reason why Jalen Warren isn't a consensus top-12 running back because rankers are trying to account
19:24for, well, what happens if Rico Dowdle does come back and has an impact on Jalen Warren?
19:29I think Jalen Warren has also shown the efficiency that Debro listed off in our tailgate episode, that even if the backfield
19:36morphs into a 60-40 or 70-30 split and Warren's not seeing 95% of the snaps, he'll be fine.
19:41He'll probably be more than fine because he's going to remain really, really efficient and use as a receiver out of the backfield, see goal line opportunities.
19:49So, I think that this is a really good buy high that you listed off for him.
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21:56I'm gonna hit you with an impromptu running back trio by seller hold.
22:00These are not names that we are, I'm not moving them up from later in the show, it's just I'm looking at
22:07the rankings right now and I think it's a good one.
22:10I'm not moving them up from later in the show.
22:13Like every week this season, he's already had his buy, so you don't have to worry about a buy week coming up with him.
22:20I mean, I guess maybe you sell Basial too, and then I guess he has more quote-unquote to prove than Chuba Hubbard does.
22:27I want to be buying all three guys, to be clear.
22:30I think all three are actually worth buys at their current price.
22:33We've talked about Tootin a lot on this show, which is why I didn't want to pick him.
22:39Do you get more for Tootin than Hubbard? I guess that would probably be my decision.
22:43I would assume that because Hubbard was so cheap in draft season that you may not net as high a return, whereas
22:50Tootin was looked at as a projected breakout candidate.
22:52That almost makes me think that maybe Hubbard should be the buy if that is sort of weighed in at all.
22:59And again, him and Aaron having the buy week is super helpful.
23:02That is not nothing to have one more game than these guys going forward, at least.
23:07That makes sense. Yeah, but I think all three are strong pieces to have for running backs for the rest of the season.
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23:49Erickson, who is your running back to sell? Aaron Jones, running back for the Minnesota Vikings.
23:54We couldn't put Jordan Mason on the show again as a buy.
23:58So I'm naturally, I'm just going to go in the other direction and just say to sell Aaron Jones because you want to buy Jordan Mason.
24:05I think this is different than the Steelers backbuild scenario where Rico Dowdle coming back.
24:10How's that impact? Jibble Warren. I don't think it's going to really move the needle that much.
24:15I feel very differently about this backfield with the Minnesota Vikings because Kevin O'Connell, again, shout out to the Coach Speak Index.
24:21Greg Branos does an absolute great job of breaking down all these press conferences.
24:25Talking about Kevin O'Connell and how he's continually double downing on Jordan Mason, like having a big role in this offense when
24:32he comes back from the bye week. Minnesota is off in week six, but then they're going to face the Indianapolis Colts in week seven at home.
24:40A run defense that just got gashed by Jalen Warren.
24:43And I'm expecting Jordan Mason to be the lead ball carrier because Aaron Jones at this point cannot keep this up.
24:49He's coming off a career high in touches last week with 28.
24:52He has 109 touches this season. That ranks sixth highest in the NFL.
24:56He's on pace for 370 touches this year. He had 300 touches one time in his entire NFL career.
25:02As an older running back, this is just not sustainable.
25:05And I think that it's been perfect for those that were invested in Aaron Jones, that you've had him for this window
25:11of opportunity where the Vikings have no other running back to turn to due to the injury to Mason.
25:17But reminder, it's a thumb injury to Jordan Mason.
25:19This is not a soft tissue shoulder injury or anything like that where, oh, we're really concerned about him getting banged up again or re-injuring it.
25:27I think that Jordan Mason is going to be locked and loaded and ready to go.
25:32And that's what all the coaches have been talking about, that he is going to be a major part of this offense.
25:38And that's just going to really reduce the impact that Aaron Jones has just given he's been so volume dependent over the last couple of games.
25:46That's why he's been so effective for fantasy football purposes.
25:49First of all, let's not diminish the severity of thumb injuries.
25:52I was just telling you how I really badly hurt my thumb last night playing slow pitch softball.
25:57And it is like killing me to the point where I'm like, I think I might need to go to a doctor.
26:04So I'm not an NFL running back, but thumb injuries can be quite painful and limiting.
26:08No, but more seriously, like I honestly don't have that much to add because I just totally agree.
26:14And I think this is like a really almost like too obvious of a call, right?
26:18Like the workload feels unsustainable. A, for when Mason comes back and B, just add Aaron Jones's age.
26:24Like if Mason was out for the year, I would still think Aaron Jones is probably a good sell because it's just
26:30hard to imagine a guy who has been banged up in previous years, who is 31 years old.
26:35I mean, he's had 23 carries, 17, 20 and 25 in the last four weeks.
26:40And that's not even including that. He's also had like 17 targets across those games as well.
26:45Like this is a lot of touches for a guy at this stage in his career.
26:49And he's been good, but like it is hard to imagine that it's going to – it's certainly not going to get
26:56any better than this it feels like. And I think it's very likely to get worse.
27:01The real question for me is what are you actually getting for Aaron Jones right now?
27:05Like to what degree do you think his trade value is reflective of what he's done versus is it reflective of managers
27:12already being aware of this conversation we're having? He's ranked as RB22 in the consensus rest of season rankings, which is obviously
27:18very low relative to what his production has been.
27:21So the experts are already starting to hedge against Mason coming back and the workload changing.
27:26For you, what seems like a good value in trying to sell him?
27:29Like what are you willing to take back? Jordan Mason, right?
27:33I think that this backfield is going to flip.
27:35And I think that Mason's going to take over as the lead guy, especially as he gets back in week seven against the Colts.
27:42And I think when we're having this conversation heading into week eight, it's who took over the backfield for the Minnesota Vikings and Jordan Mason.
27:50Maybe it was him. That's what I'm thinking. That's what I'm banking on happening.
27:54So I think that this is a trade that you can definitely get done because there'll be some hesitation by the Aaron
28:00Jones manager or excuse me, the Jordan Mason manager about, well, Aaron Jones has been really good.
28:05Like maybe it takes a little bit of time for Mason to get reacclimated as the RB1.
28:10I mean, draft season, who was being drafted first?
28:13Was Jordan Mason or Aaron Jones? Pretty sure it was Jordan Mason because he looked like he was going to be the lead ball carrier.
28:20The fact that he has no wear on his tires so far to start this season.
28:25I think that they're going to unleash Jordan Mason and keep Aaron Jones in his complimentary role that makes him more available
28:31for the entirety of the 17 game season. So I think it's a scenario too where you get Jordan Mason probably plus a throw in, right?
28:39Because of how good the Aaron Jones production has been.
28:42So that's what I would do. And I didn't want to put Jordan Mason on as a buy again, but I feel like he is right now.
28:50The Vikings are on a buy week. I mean, he's on waiver wires floating around a little bit too.
28:55So I think this is the time to strike.
28:58This is your last chance, I think, to get Mason before this backfield potentially shifts heavily in his favor.
29:04My running back to sell is Woody Marks. He's RB31 in consensus rankings.
29:07That's jumped up quite a bit, obviously, with David Montgomery having the groin injury and being week to week out for a few weeks there.
29:15And it has been reported, you know, that Woody Marks will carry the load for the Texans with Montgomery out.
29:21But, man, I look at the player. I look at the offense.
29:24I look at the schedule. And I just feel like this is a very classic case of sell while there's still optimism
29:31of the new starter stepping into the role. And we see this, it feels like, every year where somebody gets this new opportunity.
29:37And as it turns out with hindsight, that was the selling window, was before they had actually been the starter here.
29:44Now, Marks was productive in ways last year. I'm not saying that he is a total dud who can't help your team.
29:50But I feel like the value is probably only going to go down.
29:54This is not an offense that is running the ball well.
29:57And I don't think Woody Marks fixes that. I think Woody Marks is the type of player who can maybe be productive if everything around him is working.
30:05If the offensive line is struggling, if the play calls are not doing him any favors in terms of running the ball.
30:12Like, David Montgomery looked really bad the last few weeks.
30:15And I'm not convinced that Woody Marks is going to look all that much better.
30:19Like, just because he's getting the opportunity due to injury.
30:22Like, they could have been starting Woody Marks and giving him more work.
30:26But they weren't. They thought David Montgomery was the better option, even though Montgomery was doing nothing outside of Week 1 this season.
30:33And then the schedule. The next game they have is not only in London.
30:37It's against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are excellent against the run and a rush defense to be feared, generally speaking, in fantasy.
30:43Then he gets the Giants. But then he has the bye week.
30:47So we're talking about this groin injury for Montgomery as a week-to-week injury.
30:50Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that it's a three-week injury.
30:54Two of the three weeks that Woody Marks is, you know, presumably the starter, he gets the Jags or his team's on bye.
31:01So there's, like, one game in here that I think you would be, like, overly interested in starting Woody Marks in the next three weeks.
31:08And if Montgomery's, you know, injury lingers beyond that, maybe you start to feel a little differently.
31:13But it's not a very favorable schedule for fantasy managers.
31:16I don't know that he's just that good of a player.
31:20And the rushing attack in this offense is not working.
31:22And this is an offense that just traded for a receiver.
31:26So I wouldn't be surprised if they say, hey, listen, CJ Stroud's playing really well.
31:30Our defense isn't as good as we thought. But let's lean into throwing the ball even more and just don't even bother
31:37with the running game quite as much. So for all of those reasons, I just feel like – I'm not saying Marks is going to be terrible.
31:45But I just feel like this is kind of a clear, like, strike while the iron's hot and sell while there's a
31:51manager in your league who is excited about the new starting running back, at least for a few weeks of the Houston Texans.
31:58What do you think, Erickson? I think that the process always suggests that when a player gains a lot of value from
32:04doing something that's not football-related, it usually makes sense to take advantage of that.
32:08Right? He's getting a boost because he has this newfound opportunity, right, where he's going to be the workhorse bell cow for a running game like you outlined.
32:17Not really excited about this season. And Woody Marks, despite what he did at the college level, has never really been unleashed as a receiver.
32:24And in this role last year, when he was kind of miscast as a bell cow running back, he struggled immensely.
32:30And although I think at times he actually has looked way better than David Montgomery, I think Woody Marks just has more
32:36juice than David Montgomery at this point. Montgomery a little bit of an older running back.
32:41Just a lot of touches on his resume. Woody Marks, we'll see.
32:45I mean, this is a really tough matchup this week against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
32:49Let me pose this question to you. Woody Marks or Aaron Jones?
32:52In terms of who I'd rather have rest of season or?
32:56Yeah. I mean, right now, Aaron Jones, okay, right, because Aaron Jones is on a bye week this week.
33:01So he definitely can't help you this week. Whereas if you need a running back production right now, are you willing to
33:08get rid of Jones because you know, okay, I know Mason's coming back.
33:11And I know that this is going to tail off.
33:14Whereas at least with Woody Marks, you can play him this week in a volume role.
33:19You can play him next week against the Giants.
33:22And that should be a good matchup. And then by the time we get back to also, is David Montgomery a lock to get his starting job back?
33:30I mean, he was not playing very well. And if Marks plays decent, I mean, I think that this is going to
33:36be a 50-50 committee or 60-40 in favor of Woody Marks.
33:40I mean, we were talking about Dave Montgomery's a sell every single show this year, right?
33:44We should have been more declarative about it after week one and he scored three touchdowns, but we weren't.
33:50I would rather have Aaron Jones for the next month than Woody Marks for the next month.
33:55I think when you're thinking long-term, the question is if you think Woody Marks holds on to the starting job.
34:01Because if you do believe that, then I do think you should prefer Marks' rest of season.
34:06But if you don't believe that, then – because Aaron Jones coming out of the bye, they get the Colts, the Lions, the Bills, and the Packers.
34:14Those are four very gettable run defenses and just defenses in general that – I know the Vikings' offense hasn't been great.
34:20But if their defense keeps playing well, it's going to be hard against the Lions and the Bills.
34:25But if the defense keeps playing well and there are opportunities for running backs to get carries even with Jordan Mason back,
34:32I like that better than Woody Marks in the next month having the Jags and a bye week and the question mark of when David Montgomery's returning.
34:40So I prefer Jones in the short term. Whether or not you prefer him in the long term is dependent on if
34:46you believe Marks holds on to the starting job when Montgomery comes back or not, in my opinion.
34:52Let's go to the quarterback here, Erickson. Are you doing a bye or a sell this week?
34:57I am doing a sell for Washington Commanders quarterback, Jayden Daniels.
35:00I am running to the hills, I think, with Daniels' rest of season.
35:04So coming off his return last week, monster rushing game for Jayden Daniels.
35:07Just electric as a scrambler. There was no hesitation with him coming off the elbow injury.
35:12And I don't even know why I question this anymore because this happens every single time these mobile quarterbacks come back.
35:18It's like, no, because when the Bullets are fine, they just do what they do and they just run.
35:24Like, Jayden Daniels isn't dropping back in the pocket thinking about, well, you know, my elbow's kind of banged up.
35:30Like, I probably don't want to scramble here when I see, like, this, like, path opening up for me to pick up 30 yards.
35:37They're just going to do it. And that concerns me about his longevity in this offense and for a Commanders team that,
35:43correct me if I'm wrong, Worm, but is this Dan Quinn's last game, potentially, as the head coach of this team?
35:49If they go to the 49ers and get curb stomped on the road on Monday Night Football, they got a Week 7 bye week.
35:56Seems like, to me, like, this could be a logical spot where, like, we're changing things up.
36:01We're going to make David Blau. The interim, I don't know what they would do.
36:06It would be Durante Jones, maybe the DC that make the interim head coach, regardless.
36:10Yeah, I was going to say, I don't feel like they really have an obvious interim on the coaching staff.
36:16Because they got rid of Kingsbury last year. Yeah.
36:19So, it's, I just have a lot of concerns about the Commanders team overall for the rest of the season.
36:25Again, when you're the first team to fire their head coach, it's usually not because the vibes are good.
36:30It means the vibes are bad. And I don't want to attach myself to those types of teams, especially with, okay, the losses keep piling up.
36:38Do they shut Jayden Daniels down? Do they say, no, you need to get surgery on your elbow because we need to
36:44make this not a problem that resurfaces? You look at the matchup against the 49ers.
36:49We talked about this on a tailgate show a couple weeks ago with Welsh because he's the 49ers fan here at Fantasy Pros.
36:55Watches them very, very closely. Fred Warner is a quarterback eraser when it comes to mobility.
37:00The guy can spy the most mobile quarterbacks. I think it's really interesting that Malik Willis' worst rushing yards game came against the 49ers.
37:07Malik Willis had six rushing yards in his game against San Francisco.
37:11We just saw him last week running absolutely wild.
37:13He's a quarterback that wants to run and he could not run at all against his 49ers defense with Fred Warner back.
37:20Bo Nix also had 10 rushing yards. So again, they haven't faced all mobile quarterbacks, but 49ers second fewest rushing yards per game allowed to QB.
37:27So if Jayden Daniels doesn't have the mobility this week, I think that's going to potentially make him overvalued heading into a
37:34matchup against commanders that have been really good on defense.
37:37Concerned about the season going down the toilet for the Washington commanders.
37:40And then we also got a report from Schefter that was talking about how there are NFL doctors who reportedly believe another
37:47dislocation could occur if Daniels keeps playing. And not that it's a if or it's not a matter of if he's going to get re-injured.
37:54It's a matter of when he's going to get re-injured with his elbow injury.
37:58He took five sacks last week. Every time he gets sacked, I'm going to be looking at his elbow and think, is
38:05he going to get up from this? Is he going to get banged up again?
38:09It's really, really concerning. So I think with him just coming off such a monster game, this is the time to wipe
38:16your hands clean of Jayden Daniels because he just feels like a ticking time bomb that we did this last year too, right?
38:22He came back, played a couple games, was good, and then got hurt again.
38:26So that for me is why he's a quarterback to sell.
38:30Again, it's not always easy to trade quarterbacks in fantasy.
38:33But if I can package Jane Daniels, because again, you missed him for a couple weeks, so clearly you were doing something else with your lineup at quarterback.
38:41I would rather package him with another running back or receiver, upgrade and solidify that spot, and then stream the position.
38:47I hate being nervous about a re-injury. It's like not a fun feel.
38:51I want to just root for Jane Daniels because he's such a good, fun player to watch.
38:56But I totally, it's, and for a very different reason, it's very similar for me to watching Tua in that every time
39:02he gets hit, I kind of curl my toes a little.
39:06Like, ugh, is this going to be a concussion here?
39:08And every time Jane Daniels gets tackled until he gets the surgery that seems inevitable, I'm going to be kind of nervous
39:15when he reaches his hand out that he's going to have this horrible, ugly elbow injury again.
39:20And I'm not even saying that that's like a fair thing for me to be nervous about or not.
39:26It's just the way I feel watching him. And that, I think, highlights why he's probably a smart sell.
39:31Even if you were a believer in what's going on in the offense and in Washington, and that Dan Quinn's going to
39:38be the coach for the next decade, even if you felt that way, I would be interested in selling Daniels with the
39:44injury risk stuff the rest of the season. Then you get into sort of the Dan Quinn of it all.
39:50And like, to your point, struggling against a Fred Warner defense likelihood in week six and then week seven bye.
39:56So you're probably not getting great performances out of him the next two weeks.
40:00I was looking at the coaching staff while you were talking, and I'm like, Anthony Lynn is the running backs coach.
40:06So as interim head coach, I'm like looking at who else could even be.
40:10I don't see any, unless I'm totally forgetting somebody, I don't see anybody on this team who has head coaching experience.
40:16I mean, sometimes just somebody random, like Larry Izzo is a special teams coordinator.
40:20Like, this guy looks like he could be an interim head coach, just his face.
40:25But, I mean, it's not an obvious one here.
40:27So, like, Anthony Lynn is really the only one that stood out.
40:31But at any rate, I'm totally with you. Like, I think the timing makes a lot of sense for this possibly being Dan Quinn's last game.
40:39There's a lot of frustration in Washington. I know from all of my friends that still live there about, you know, the
40:45end of that game against the Giants this week.
40:48And I'm not saying it's 100% Dan Quinn's fault, but at the end of the day, that falls on the head coach,
40:54the botch at the end of overtime. So I think this is a great shout.
40:59And to me, the only question is, are you in a league where you can move a quarterback?
41:04Because if you're not, then it might not be helpful.
41:07But if you are in the type of league where a quarterback is movable based on somebody else's injuries or they're just
41:13overvalued in that league or whatever, then I think you should be looking to sell.
41:18Yeah, that's why I would go with the package approach where you put him with another running back or receiver.
41:24You go to the team that has a struggling quarterback that doesn't have a solidified stud in their QB one slot.
41:30And you just showcase the Jane Daniels rushing production from last week and you just ship them off because the vibes around this team are not good.
41:38I think I've talked about commanders player as a cell McLaurin hamstring injury digs hamstring injury offensive line is still not good.
41:44All the reasons why I was concerned about Daniels entering the season kind of coming to fruition a little bit here.
41:50And because he's coming off such a big game, I think that this is the time to ship them off.
41:56Let's do some buy seller holds. Eric said I've got two trios for you can move a little quickly through these at running back.
42:03Cam Scadaboo, O'Marion Hampton, Tony Pollard against Scadaboo Hampton and Pollard.
42:06Again, this is not a ranking. It is just a sort of market assessment.
42:11One buy, one sell, one hold. Scadaboo's at RB20.
42:13Hampton RB24. Pollard at RB26. I think that I'll probably buy Cam Scadaboo.
42:17Just I feel the best about the overall outlook for the Giants team versus some of these other teams that play on
42:23teams that don't have any wins, right? Like it's not helpful to buy running backs on teams that don't win games because
42:30so much of running back production is tied to positive game script.
42:33Which at least the Giants, hey, yeah, I know Scadaboo fumbled last week, but Najee Harris has also fumbled and he has
42:40not been punished in any way, shape or form.
42:43So I don't think that Harbaugh is going to go away from Scadaboo as the engine to this ground attack.
42:48So I will buy him, especially if there's a little bit of dip on his price tag because coming off a game where he did lose a fumble.
42:57Hampton, I guess, would be like my – can you sell something?
43:00Can you sell Hampton for anything at this point?
43:03Like I guess I don't know. He was the first name I wrote down because I wanted you to pick like what to do with Hampton.
43:10Obviously, we've talked about him a number of occasions on this show, but it just – it keeps getting worse.
43:16You're totally right. It gets worse every week. The schedule continues to get terrible.
43:20So, yeah, I mean like last week, what, it was Vidal that had the most snaps or the most opportunities in that backfield.
43:27When he had the great rushing touchdown. Oh, yeah, Vidal had the great rushing touchdown.
43:32Regardless, the snaps, the touches, it's all a total mess.
43:35And Hampton was the least efficient of the two guys last week.
43:38And every time I watch the Chargers, it just – Hampton looks like a fish out of water when it comes to this Mike McDaniel offense.
43:46He looks like the odd man out even though McDaniel has talked about him.
43:50He's still the starter. It's a three-headed committee on a bad offense.
43:53And that's just not a recipe for success any way, shape, or form.
43:57So, Hampton is going to be the sell. And then Pollard because everyone's talking about how he's going to get traded, right?
44:04So, if he goes to a team that needs a running back, a better offense, it can't be – I mean, unless
44:10Tony Pollard gets traded to the Chargers, I don't see how he can't leave Tennessee and get an upgraded situation because he's
44:17definitely going to get dealt at some point as a veteran running back on expired contract.
44:21I don't know how much juice Pollard has left.
44:24I think that he's had okay opportunities, and he's looked okay at times this year.
44:28But it's also within the context of he's on the Titans offense, right?
44:32So, how good is he actually versus – is it just the offense that's holding him back?
44:37But I think Pollard is just at least worth holding on to because he could get dealt.
44:42We're seeing trades go down every single week now.
44:45So – and Pollard was on that list that Schefter dropped alongside Marvin Harrison Jr., and obviously we saw Harrison get traded.
44:51Scadaboo has finished between RB17 and RB36 in every week this season.
44:55He has been in RB2 or an RB3 in every game.
44:58So, there's a level of floor there, but there really hasn't been any ceiling on Scadaboo.
45:03So, one more trio here, Erickson, RJ Harvey, Ollie Gordon, and Woody Marks.
45:06So, we obviously already talked about, but I wanted to include him.
45:10I thought he was a good fit next to these names.
45:13RJ Harvey, Ollie Gordon, Woody Marks. I think RJ Harvey would probably be my buy.
45:18I know that he's coming off his worst game or least involved game.
45:21But before last week, he was so heavily involved in the passing game for the Denver Broncos.
45:26Now, it was also the first game that Sean Payton was calling plays.
45:30So, maybe that was the big thing that totally changed.
45:33All I know is that whatever J.K. Dobbins is doing is not built to last.
45:38Yeah, but Harvey, I will say, sorry to interrupt, like he was getting a lot of work in the passing game to
45:44end last season when Sean Payton was calling plays.
45:47So, you would think that Payton thinks of him as a pass catcher.
45:50Yeah, I think it's really just like a one-game blip.
45:53Besides, it's not like the Broncos' office was good.
45:56So, even though they brought Sean Payton back, the play calling was not necessarily conducive.
46:00Oh, well, now the Broncos' office is exploding. They had all the same issues, right, that they did beforehand.
46:06Except, you know, second-half comebacks, couldn't do anything in the first half of the game.
46:10So, I think that Harvey's target share will bounce back in a big way just because of how heavily involved he's been in.
46:17The younger player, second-year running back. They like using him around the red zone.
46:21So, he would be my buy. Gordon and Marks are tougher.
46:25However, I think that you could make the argument that both of them are sells based on, oh, well, they're projected bell cows.
46:31But, I mean, at least Oli Gordon for the last three weeks, man, like, he's delivered.
46:36Every single opportunity, he's delivered. And he's on the Dolphins that we know is not a good offense.
46:41But he has really cemented himself as the RB1.
46:44They did give opportunities to Jalen Wright to win back the RB2 job behind Devon HN.
46:49And Oli Gordon's kind of dusted him the last couple games.
46:52So, I think that Gordon probably is also cheaper than Woody Marks.
46:55I think you could probably get more for Woody Marks now because he plays at least an offense that you can kind of paint the picture of.
47:03Okay, Texans offense, like, maybe not a great ground game, but he's going to get so much work.
47:09And CJ Stroud has been playing well that I think that I would agree with you.
47:13Woody Marks, you can probably get more for. So, he would be my sell.
47:17And then I would just do, I would hold on to Oli Gordon and be like, hey, man, like, he's a, he was free.
47:24And he's been productive. He plays on the Dolphins.
47:27It's not great. But that's been the case in the last three weeks.
47:31And he's been able to produce. I think I'd rather, I'm with you on selling Marks, obviously.
47:36I think I want to hold Harvey and buy Oli Gordon.
47:39I mean, he has produced. He has the buy this week.
47:42But then coming out of the buy, Jets, Patriots, Lions, Colts, Bills, Jets again, Broncos, Bears, Packers.
47:47Week 17 is the bill. Like, there, again, the Dolphins offense is not good.
47:51But there are some offenses that you can get in his schedule.
47:55So, are you saying that Oli Gordon should have been our running back to buy?
47:59I'm now thinking about it as maybe I regret.
48:02I mean, no. I know. This is why we come to these conclusions, right?
48:06Yes. You throw in the other names. You come up with other.
48:10Because, again, it's not. He's my running back to buy in this trio.
48:13And that's enough, right? That's, that's. We're calling him a buy.
48:17That's good enough. Hey, man. The running back streets are dry right now.
48:21Yes. In terms of trying to find running back production.
48:23So, Oli Gordon, especially on a buy week, I think that raises an interesting angle on, hey, he's been productive.
48:29There's a chance not coming back. I mean, a lot of these running backs, right, are on expired contracts, right?
48:35It seems like, well, Aaron Jones, we're worried about, like, what's his production going to look like?
48:40Oli Gordon, to your point, man. Like, would you ever have a season?
48:44Oli Gordon or Aaron Jones? End the show on that.
48:47What? What's the answer? On, on, what was the question?
48:50Aaron Jones or Oli Gordon? Rest of season. I think Oli Gordon.
48:53I'm more confident that he's going to be the lead running back in his backfield for more weeks this season.
48:59Yeah. Obviously, like, when Mason is out, Jones is better.
49:02But Gordon versus, like, I'm more confident. If you made me, if you made me place a bet on who will get
49:09more touches the rest of the season, it would be Oli Gordon.
49:12And therefore, he'll be my pick, even though it's a worse offense.
49:16I mean, Vikings offense. All right. Not great either.
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