Fantasy Football 2026 Ranking the RBs

Running Backs are the prime position of fantasy football. The Dork and Dude give their top 20 and some sleepers. 

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Right in this is fantasy football with the dork and the dude. It's the dork, and that would be the dude. That's it. We're going to talk running backs today. First, I wanted to mention something. I would think we, you know, we got to talk up why they should tune into us. And what why don't you just let them know? I mean, I had last year, I was around 60% on best bets, of which I do five a week. Uh-huh. But tell them the season bets that you won last year.

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Well, you know, I went to look those up, Doric. And uh uh I can probably find them somewhere on DraftKings, but no bets after the first of the year show up in my account as one or loss or whatever. So anyway, uh I had um I had the Seahawks at 65 to 1. That paid six uh 650, of course. Uh then I also uh about mid-season when I saw they were starting to roll, I grabbed them again at 11 to 1. That paid me another 300. So I won a grand practically on just the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, besides all the uh prop bets and stuff I had going in the Super Bowl. Yeah. And then I threw another $100 on top of them on the money line. Yeah. Anyway, uh I had uh uh Swessinger defensive rookie of the year 40 to 1. That uh I threw five bucks, paid 200. Uh I had Stafford MVP 35 to 1, it paid 360. Uh and then these didn't show up. I tried to remember what I had, but I had a bunch of uh uh over-under bets and stuff like that. I won the Jags over on their win total. I also had them in the win the AFC South. That paid 230 bucks. Uh I had the bucks to uh over their win total. I paid another 40. And then there's probably another $150 that I can't remember.

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But you meant you nailed three huge um long shots um on the awards and the Super Bowl.

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Shit like that only happens to you once in your life sometimes. Exactly.

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Oh, but I checked our stats recently, and our uh Frankfurt Germany guy is still number one. Okay, but there's some cat right behind him, and he's listening, uh uh it's starting to listen more and more in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines. Yeah. So shout out to you out there in Des Moines. Yeah, thanks for tuning in. And we got Hawkeye. We've got some regular listener in Singapore. Singapore. Yeah.

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Wow.

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Uh yeah, and then some other European countries. All right, so uh we're going all around the world, Dor.

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I know. We are going, we're not just coast to coast, we're worldwide.

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That's it. Uh, and talking about your 60%, that's awesome. Uh the pros say with juice, and and depending on on if you played uh well, negative money on the money line on your bets or something uh across the board, you have to have 54% to break even. And again, that's pros figure 58% they can make a living.

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Yeah, and um, so that was good. And uh, I just hope to match it again this year. You know, just do the same, uh do the same process.

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I hear you.

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Trust the process.

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That's it. And uh so I figure on the season, uh, over uh overall and everything, Dork, I profited about two grand. I've nice, I've reinvested 700 of that in futures.

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Right.

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But um, you know, it's so a $2,000 a year, I'll take it.

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Yeah, absolutely. Okay, ready to talk running backs?

SPEAKER_01 5:33

Let's do it. We're gonna talk our top 20, and then we're also gonna give you some sleepers. Yeah. And uh I was thinking we need to do a show, and we can do it across all positions. Yeah, but maybe do our top ten dudes that we will not be drafting.

SPEAKER_02 5:49

I like that. All right, I like that. Let's do that. Okay, umber one running back um is uh for me, it's Jameer Gibbs. Yeah, me too. Um, I got him and Bichon real close.

SPEAKER_01 6:03

I do too. Uh last two years, uh, Gibbs totaled 18 and 20 touchdowns.

SPEAKER_02 6:10

Yeah. They're both that guy's money. Both run for a lot of yards, both catch a lot of passes, both get in the end zone. That's that's what you want. The only reason I got Gibbs ahead is he plays in a better offense. Uh it's it's that simple.

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He does. And with the question marks in Atlantic QB, uh uh, you know, that that's cause for pause.

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Yeah.

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But yeah, I got Gibbs too, and I got Bichon number two.

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Okay. Um, and you know, not much else to say there. I think they're obvious, they're both obvious choices, and you just hope they stay healthy. That's it. And don't get too many touchdowns vultured. Okay, for third, I have James Cook.

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Okay, I have Jonathan Taylor.

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Okay, I I you know I can see that, but I thought Cook just felt like the most solid play to me at that point.

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Uh well, I got him four.

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Um right. I'm not worried about age injury as much with him.

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Yeah, um, I uh you can flip them uh either way. Uh Taylor a little concerning. He had 369 uh touches and he wore down at the end of the season.

SPEAKER_02 7:21

Although that could have been the fact they had a quarterback who couldn't throw the ball and they they had what uh 10 in the box?

SPEAKER_01 7:28

Yeah, and they just kept they just kept pounding him into the line. Yep. Uh as for uh Bijan in PPR leagues, the dude's gold. He's averaging over 10 yards per catch.

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Yeah.

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Yeah out of the backfield. Yes.

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Yeah, those are yeah, those two are so so good. Okay, who you got at five? Well, at four, I have Henry. Derrick Henry. I got the king at five. Okay, and I have Taylor at five. Okay. Um you can't argue with any of those top five. No, you can't. Um, it's a matter of preference. Henry, the age is a little concerning.

SPEAKER_01 8:06

Yeah, what is he, 32?

SPEAKER_02 8:08

He'll be 32 this year. Um, but he doesn't slow down. And he doesn't. It's better to just try and roll with them another year as opposed to just saying, I'm guessing this is a year. He's uh because people have been doing that for three or four years with him.

SPEAKER_01 8:24

Yeah, and he's uh uh he's winning a lot of people championships.

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Yes, he is.

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Uh he's he's over the last eight seasons, he's had ten or mutt more touchdowns every year. Yeah. I mean, that's it that's the ultimate floor.

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Yeah. I mean, 1,500 yards, 15 touchdowns. Yep. That's in the bank. Yeah, pretty much. Um, yeah, I like him. Uh Taylor, I have Taylor next, and I I just have him in a group uh that I call could win or lose the league for you. Sure.

SPEAKER_01 9:00

And my next uh And if they don't have good quarterback play, uh he could lose the league for you because he's gonna be stacking them boxes.

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Because these might be the guy you take at the end of round one, one of these guys, and you just gotta hope for good health, hope uh their situation is good.

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Yeah, uh uh he might not make it to the end of the first round. Yeah, he's gonna be a top six pick, seven, depending on your scoring.

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Yeah.

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Okay, uh uh who you got for six then? Uh Barkley. I got um McCaffrey. Okay, I have him seven. I've got Barkley seven. Yeah, uh this is predictable shit at this point. Yeah. Uh Barkley, I expect to bounce back. Uh, although he had a decent year. Yeah, he would but after you come off 2,000, people had expectations. Yeah. So uh and McCaffrey, you know, it's all about injuries.

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Yeah.

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It's uh been healthy the last two years.

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Yeah, yes, he has. Uh two of the last three, I think. I think 24 he was down for a while. Right. But um, yeah, I mean he might have a late season, a late career resurgence. You never know.

SPEAKER_01 10:12

Well, the problem with McCaffrey, and I owned him last year, uh, and he wasn't bad. I think he ended up fifth in our league scoring or something. Uh but uh what was frustrating to watch was he didn't have any breakaway runs.

SPEAKER_02 10:27

Right.

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Uh 20 plus yard runs, they weren't there. Uh it was all about volume. Uh so that's a that's a thing. Does he still have the breakaway speed, or is he just becoming a very great uh you know back who can just uh keep pounding?

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Keep pounding, catch the passes, do all the little things.

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Yeah, he's gonna catch 75 passes.

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Okay. He might catch a hundred if he plays uh the whole season.

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You never know.

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Um eight I have uh Devin Achan Achan.

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Okay, I uh okay. Why do you like A-chan there?

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I is just a damn good back who can't.

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But how many points are my is Miami gonna score?

SPEAKER_02 11:13

Well, he's gonna score most of them when they do.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

Well, that's what you could have said about Genty last year, and it didn't work out too fucking good.

SPEAKER_02 11:20

Yeah, no, I I agree. Um I think it's a little risky that high. It could be, yes. But I I look at what's out there, and I would rather roll the dice on them, on him, than anyone else right there.

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And who knows, Miami could surprise.

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I I I'm just feeling good vibes about Miami.

SPEAKER_01 11:39

Yeah, so they could surprise they could surprise and be a functional offense, but uh their skill positions, I mean their top wide receiver, I can't even name. Uh I've got your boy Kieran Williams. Kieran, okay. Yeah, 13 touchdowns plus the last three seasons in a row.

SPEAKER_02 11:57

He's solid. Um I'm a little worried, I guess I'm a little worried about Koram cutting into his uh that's a concern. His time, but I you know, I can't argue with that. Um he's in the group behind.

SPEAKER_01 12:11

Last year I was worried about Koram uh cutting in, and he had over 13 touchdowns.

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Yeah. Yeah, that's true.

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He's not one of the best offenses in the game. You want you want those guys.

SPEAKER_02 12:21

Oh, I agree. In fact, I I think him and Corum are both uh good draftable players. Yeah, they are.

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Okay, so the nine.

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Nine, I have Genty.

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Okay.

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I just, you know, I look at him, he's one of maybe ten backs, who you can probably put down for 250 plus rushes. Yes. And um, he caught a lot of passes last year, too. He did.

SPEAKER_01 12:51

He he has been utilized as a receiver, so I'm I'm worried about if they've upgraded that offensive line. It was terrible. He got dropped behind the line of scrimmage for losses, twice as much as the number two dude. Right. And I and I watched a lot of Raider games, and uh, it wasn't pretty, man. Yeah. I'm not going there that early. Okay. I got Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker III. So I'm one of the best teams in the league. Yeah. Uh they're giving him money. One of the best offensive lines. Uh Mahomes ain't gonna be running around as much uh off that knee injury, I'm thinking. And so, and they paid him big ass cash.

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It's he's gonna be interesting to see because um he um Kansas City just hasn't done this. This is different for them.

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It is paying a running back, but I think the last two years uh with their anemic offense, they've gone to get a running attack.

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They decided they need a and they haven't had the big uh basher like he is. They haven't. So that's interesting. That again, that's a good not a bad pick. Or, you know, I can't argue with it. I'm I am not as high on him because he just he hasn't been a great fantasy producer.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

He hasn't, but I I think this could possibly be the this could be a boost, yeah.

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Um that was nine. Yeah. Who do you got? Ten, Chase Brown. Chase Brown. I did not put him in my top 20.

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Last two years he's been a top 10 RB in almost every scoring system.

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Okay.

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I'll take that. I I'm picking him at 10. He's been top two uh ten the last two years. Money.

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So he's 10. Okay. I just I looked at I looked at him, I forgot what it was, but I I just wasn't impressed. I got him just outside the top 20.

SPEAKER_01 14:43

Well, he had he had a top 10 year last year with Joe Burrow not playing uh half the season.

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Right.

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If Burrow plays uh all year and they're out there putting up 41 fucking points, Chase Brown could be a monster.

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Well, what I'm I'm not that impressed with it with him as uh oh, how do I say this? I don't think he has elite potential.

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He's got breakaway streams.

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I think he's solid, but um that's I think he he's solid, but that's about it.

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All right, well, pass on him. I'll I'll take him in the draft.

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You do that. I at 10th, my tenth is a big upside swing, uh Trayvion Henderson. Trayvon, Trevion, I don't know how you pronounce it.

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Trayvion Henderson.

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Yeah, okay, thank you.

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That's a that's a total reach.

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Big play guy, runner receiver.

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He's one of my fucking sleepers. He's so far fucking down.

SPEAKER_02 15:35

He's a sleeper? Yeah. He's top 20 in most lists I saw, isn't he?

SPEAKER_01 15:40

Um not really. Well, I got him at 10. A lot of people have questions uh about him. Okay. Uh here's the argument against him.

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Let's hear it.

SPEAKER_01 15:51

Last year, all the metrics, Ramondre Stevenson was a better back. Stevenson was number three in uh uh breakaway rate and like number five in broken tackles.

SPEAKER_02 16:07

But Henderson had all the big plays. Henderson's a better receiver.

SPEAKER_01 16:11

You're hoping for a home run now. You're gonna have times where he gives you three fantasy fucking points.

SPEAKER_02 16:16

That's true, but that's true of every back on this list. True.

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I I I just think it's a reach.

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Okay, I like second-year runners and receivers, so he is on a good identifying.

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He isn't on a good team, but he's in a 50-50 split. And how can you have someone up by the top ten in a 50-50 split? No one else is.

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Um, well, Kieran might be.

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No. It's 60-40.

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Okay.

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Nobody's got to go there. He's the young guy from the city.

SPEAKER_01 16:47

I got a guy, I got a guy. I got a guy that's gonna put up more fantasy points. Uh Javante Williams.

SPEAKER_02 16:54

Yeah, I got him at uh I have him at 13. I got him at 11. Okay, I have I have Jeremiah Love at 11, actually.

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Okay, that's uh too high for me.

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I think it's at the point. Um, I get it. This would be a reach, and again, this this is entitled Players Who Could Win or Lose A Year League. Sure. So this this tier here. Sure. And um, you know.

SPEAKER_01 17:18

I'm worried about the competition. Uh uh Okay. Uh they hell, they brought back James Connor when everybody in the world thought they were gonna let him fucking go. They still got they're gonna use him.

SPEAKER_02 17:30

They still got Benson on the lineup. Yeah. I can't imagine they didn't draft him third to use him a hell of a lot, though.

SPEAKER_01 17:38

How many fucking points are they gonna score?

SPEAKER_02 17:41

Again, we'll see. Yeah. Uh but I've looked at this before, and bad offenses don't affect fantasy running backs as much as they do wide receivers.

SPEAKER_01 17:51

Yeah, but you still got to get in the end zone.

SPEAKER_02 17:53

Oh, you do, yeah. There's no doubt about it. And that factors in tolerance.

SPEAKER_01 17:56

And that has to be scoring. If your team's scoring uh uh uh four touchdowns a game, yeah, like uh the Bengals or something, uh and and you're the Cardinals and you're scoring one touchdown and kicking four field goals. Yeah. Four field goals isn't bad. It is if you're a running back trying to get in the end zone, brother.

SPEAKER_02 18:18

Okay, but he's uh he's the I hate it. A generational talent. Hate it. Okay.

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Where are we at? Where are we at? 12?

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Yeah.

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Uh I got eight eight uh a-chan at twelve.

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Okay, this is where I got my solid vets, safe solid vets, I call them. And Josh Jacobs is 12. The cap might be suspended for six games. I I had oh, did he what did he do?

SPEAKER_01 18:42

Uh domestic violence.

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Okay, well, then I'll adjust. That's him?

SPEAKER_01 18:48

Yeah. I didn't know how'd I miss that one? I don't know. You're not paying attention. Everybody else in the fantasy world fucking knows it. Okay. No, it uh that's too high risk.

SPEAKER_02 18:57

Then then then um then kill that. Um move Javante Williams up to 12.

SPEAKER_01 19:02

Uh apparently charges haven't been filed yet. It's still being investigated and shit. NFL could still suspend them three fucking games, even if there are no charges.

SPEAKER_02 19:11

There could, yeah.

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But uh Josh Jacobs is in a world of hurt. Okay.

SPEAKER_02 19:17

That's my mistake then.

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Okay, yeah, look it up.

SPEAKER_02 19:20

Uh where are we at? 13? Uh 13. Uh, I got a Marion Hampton. Um okay. I well that's where I had Javante Williams, so I'll just go with James. Josh Jacobs in a heartbeat. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 19:32

Although I, you know, Jacobs, he he's 15 touchdowns.

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At the end of the day, he'll have double figure touchdowns and a thousand yards at the end of the year.

SPEAKER_01 19:42

I just don't want to touch him with Jacob. But if if if there is if there is something hanging over him. He might be fucking Rashid Rice.

SPEAKER_02 19:48

Yeah. Okay. Um 13 I have Williams. You have A-chan or 12. I told you 13 I had of Hamptons.

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Hampton.

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14 I have Genty. Oh, okay. You got Hampton ahead of Genty.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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Genty killed my team last year. And I'm not trusting the Raiders. Especially if they're throwing a rookie quarterback in by week six. Which they probably will be. Yeah, I want no part of that shit. Uh 15, I got Brees Hall.

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Uh 15 is where, or 14, I have Kieran Williams.

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Okay.

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Fifteen, I have Kenneth Walker III.

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Okay. I got Brees Hall at 15.

SPEAKER_02 20:30

You, you liking a jet? How are they going to score, man?

SPEAKER_01 20:35

Well, put it this way. No, I'm going to go to the city. Frank Reich, uh, who's a fucking dinosaur running the offense, they're going to run Brees Hall into the fucking ground. And uh I'm not going to end up drafting a cat. I'm just put this is where I'm putting it. Okay. Uh I I'm I'd I would take a risk on an upside dude at 15 before I'd take Brees Hall. Oh, okay. But for our purposes, that's where I'm putting it.

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Okay.

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But I think he's never been on the team.

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And he's never been that good. He's he's been very hyped. Yeah. Um, and I can overrated. We know he got talent, but he's never been a great fantasy guy.

SPEAKER_01 21:17

That's it. When it comes to Brees Hall. This is business, and this man has taken it very, very personal. It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business. In fact, I could say that about Josh Jacobs. It's strictly business. Okay. Uh all right. Where are you at now? 16.

SPEAKER_02 21:33

Uh Travis Etienne. Uh it's Achan now. Atien.

SPEAKER_01 21:40

What? It's Achan now. A Chan? Just like HN in Miami. They pronounce it the same. You didn't hear that either?

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No, I didn't.

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Yeah, it's HN.

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Okay.

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Travis Achan.

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I like that better actually. Um brought in to be the do it all back. Uh I like it. I got him at 20.

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I got him in 20. I like it.

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He's a good pick.

SPEAKER_01 22:00

I got Jeremiah Love at 16. Okay. How about 17? Dork?

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O'Marian Hampton.

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Okay, I had him at 13. I've got Quinton Junkins.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

Can't argue with that. He's out of my top 20, but um I think he's uh I think he's a good pick. Like I said, I like those second-year backs. I hear you. I he I wouldn't let him sit too long after the top 20, put it that way.

SPEAKER_01 22:25

Cleveland's gonna be bad, but I think they're gonna be improved. I think so. Uh it's all up uh up from here.

SPEAKER_02 22:33

Yeah.

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And uh he showed he can be an every down back in a fucking bruiser.

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Yeah, he can.

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He's gonna get all the goal line.

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Yes, yes, yes.

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In fact, he has no competition, really.

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Okay, speaking of getting all the goal line, that's why I have kind of a goofy pick, and it's it might be a Homer pick, but I have Kyle Manon guy of the Bears at 18.

SPEAKER_01 22:53

Okay, uh I almost put him in as a sleeper, but he didn't make quite make my sleeper list, but he probably should have.

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Yeah.

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Uh uh I I'm I'm taking David Montgomery over his ass.

SPEAKER_02 23:03

Okay. Well, Montgomery, you know, goes into my thinking from Manon guy, his history with Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson running backs in Detroit scored a lot of touchdowns. Yeah, they did. Um, you didn't necessarily have that in Chicago. They were so-so, I want to say Swift had nine, and Menonguy had five. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 23:23

In uh, you know, playing 14 rushing touchdowns isn't very good.

SPEAKER_02 23:27

No, it isn't. It isn't. But before that, he had a history, and since the offense had been a work in progress, it's possible that starts again. I mean, he he turned Jamal Williams into a fantasy monster. Yeah. And made him rich when he went down to New Orleans and big time.

SPEAKER_01 23:46

Uh, but I like Monty, I like Monty here uh because uh Houston Texans are a pretty goddamn good team. They are. They are, they're gonna be pounding. He's got no competition. Uh Woody Marks, third down back.

SPEAKER_02 24:01

I like the fact that they went out and got him. Yeah, they want him. Yeah, they he's a guy they wanted, they targeted as someone who can help us. So, yeah, I I I like that.

SPEAKER_01 24:12

It's a it's one of those, it's not sexy, but it's solid.

SPEAKER_02 24:15

Yeah. And another thing about uh I want to mention about Manon guy, he never fumbles. He didn't fumble in college, he had no fumbles last year. I think he has the potential to be a big goal-line guy.

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He's not my top 20, which means uh uh uh he won't be like probably in my top three backs.

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Right.

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But uh fourth back, I'd love him.

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Yeah.

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Okay, uh how about 19?

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That's where I got Brees.

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That's where I got Josh Jacobs. Okay. Pending uh uh uh legal action.

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Yeah.

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Uh then at 20 I had uh Travis Achan.

SPEAKER_02 24:55

A Chan, okay. But you still put ETN down, I see.

SPEAKER_01 24:58

Well, that's just uh so it was I could shorten it. I'm lazy.

SPEAKER_02 25:02

Okay, I got another kind of a sleeper here, but if you ask me.

SPEAKER_01 25:05

Well, are we going to sleep here?

SPEAKER_02 25:06

Who I draft, this is at 20, is Cam Scataboo.

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Okay.

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Um I really like what he was doing until he got injured. I am concerned about the injury, but then the guy's a knucklehead. Yeah, he's a knucklehead.

SPEAKER_01 25:22

Uh so you know, a guy like him, uh he might do anything.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:28

Uh but uh again, I am I have him as sleeper, not top 20. Okay. Okay, let's get the uh let's uh good segment, third or well done, dude. Well done. Okay, let's uh get to sleepers.

SPEAKER_02 25:45

Okay. Mine, I just looked at guys who I saw where they were ranked, and I said, uh-uh, they gotta be higher. Okay. That's kind of what I did. And that's that's basically how it went. And then I got two wild long shots in there. Love it. Okay. Um my first one, the one I like the most is Jordan Mason. Got him. He's at number 43 on the list. This was ESPN's list.

SPEAKER_01 26:14

Yeah, only uh Aaron Jones is his only competition.

SPEAKER_02 26:17

Dude's like 32. Jones is fading. He put up his lowest reception total and um yards per carry.

SPEAKER_01 26:25

This is his last year.

SPEAKER_02 26:27

Since his rookie year, he he's 30 something. He's had a great career. Yeah, yeah. Mason has never been a regular, but career, he averages over five yards a carry. Yep. I mean, just everything about this looks like he's gonna be the number one back on.

SPEAKER_01 26:43

Minnesota's got a good offensive line.

SPEAKER_02 26:45

Yes, they do.

SPEAKER_01 26:46

And uh uh, I don't care if it's Murray or McCarthy, they're gonna they're gonna be better quarterback this year.

SPEAKER_02 26:51

Well, Minnesota has receivers you have to watch. Yeah. You know, it's it's not like, yeah. So there's gonna be no load in the box.

SPEAKER_01 27:00

I like it.

SPEAKER_02 27:00

Um you're on board with him as a sleeper, too, right?

SPEAKER_01 27:04

Okay. Um uh my guy, we talked about him, uh, but my number one sleeper is uh Ramondre.

SPEAKER_02 27:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 27:11

And then next I'm going uh Bachel Tutin.

SPEAKER_02 27:14

Bashaltutin, okay. I had him just out of my top 20. Um I'm really worried about him because he is a he has. Anybody on Jacksonville, I want. Yeah. Um, but um they did let A Shan Travis A Shann go. A Chan. A Chan. I have trouble with this shit, dude. Just so they can get A Shan on the show. It's okay.

SPEAKER_01 27:37

You'll get it by week eight. Why did they do shit like this? Do me a favor, move that glass off the off the table. Sorry, I don't know why I even put it there.

SPEAKER_02 27:48

Uh that's all right.

SPEAKER_01 27:49

Those are the rules.

SPEAKER_02 27:50

Don't worry about it.

SPEAKER_01 27:51

We did a little partying before we started. Uh yes, we did. Okay, so who you got, Dork?

SPEAKER_02 27:56

RJ Harvey.

SPEAKER_01 27:58

Okay, he was solid last year. 12 total TD. 12 total TD, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 28:03

And um, I know, and I I am, by the way, I'm a J.K. Dobbins fan. I'm pulling for him. I I'm drafting Dobbins over him. To have a great year, but he is it's with him, it's not when he gets, or if he gets an injury, it's when.

SPEAKER_01 28:17

Don't care if he's my number five running back. Yeah. Oh, I had him last year. He uh he helped me and he plays for 12 games, Dobbins. If he does, yeah. Um but he's gonna outscore Harvey.

SPEAKER_02 28:31

Um maybe, maybe not. Um in when uh our guy here the Gutterstein was in uh New Orleans, he had he had two running backs, and Camara used to put up huge fantasy numbers without getting a thousand yards.

SPEAKER_01 28:46

RJ Harvey ain't out.

SPEAKER_02 28:47

RJ Harvey is uh he's a good receiver. He showed he can get in the end zone last year. He can't pass block. Well, you know, when he's going out for passes, why'd you have him pass block?

SPEAKER_01 28:57

Well, but if you're the uh if if Dobbins is gonna be uh uh the the carrying the ball the first two two uh snaps, yeah, uh that's his only his only role. Hart is a third down two.

SPEAKER_02 29:13

Okay. Uh hate it. But he managed to put up a lot of yards last year, and like I said, if Harvey's gonna get a lot of play.

SPEAKER_01 29:26

Yeah, and by that point, if he misses your fantasy team is shit because you drafted RJ Harvey. Oh man, you're you're harsh. I am harsh. Who do you got? Uh I meant we mentioned Travion Henderson, I got him as my next sleeper. Guy I really like is Rico Dowdle in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, okay. Uh they have one of the uh they're a top five offensive line.

SPEAKER_02 29:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 29:50

Uh and Dowdo, Dowdle has shown that with a good offensive line, you give him a hole, that boy can go.

SPEAKER_02 29:55

He can run. He's a good runner, so is Jalen Warren.

SPEAKER_01 29:58

Yep. Um yeah, Warren's uh uh That's Dowdle's backfield.

SPEAKER_02 30:06

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 30:07

They both have pretty good stats, so yeah, Warren's mediocre.

SPEAKER_02 30:11

Yeah, Dowdle is mediocre too. But he's a useful back. Anyway, who you got next? Who do I got next? Uh my guy Bill, Jacori Krosky Merit. I knew you were gonna bring him on. He's ranked in the 40s. I mean, look look at that team. Rashad White is a receiver. He's not gonna run out of the way.

SPEAKER_01 30:31

Rashad White's gonna probably outscore Bill.

SPEAKER_02 30:33

You think you want to bet on that? Um sure. They got it. I mean, they got a rookie I like. Um I forget the name.

SPEAKER_01 30:42

It's uh But we would have to we'd have to clarify PPR points are our league. Our league. Okay, because in uh in a PPR league, Rashad White's definitely gonna outscore Bill.

SPEAKER_02 30:54

Yeah, the buzz.

SPEAKER_01 30:55

Uh uh No, I don't want to bet that, Dork. You don't want to bet it, okay. Yeah, I'm not high on Washington this year. I wasn't last year, and I was right. Uh so and we talked about all the reasons. Uh I I want nothing to do with those cats.

SPEAKER_02 31:10

My thing is, he he's right now, it looks like he's gonna get be the lead back as far as running the ball in Washington.

SPEAKER_01 31:18

Yeah. With an in an offensive price worth 16 fucking points a game last year.

SPEAKER_02 31:23

Oh, I bet they scored more than that.

SPEAKER_01 31:25

18?

SPEAKER_02 31:26

I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 31:27

Uh we'll look it up later, George. I don't like it, but uh uh I'd rather have Blake Quorum. Well again, is is he really asleep or I you know Oh well, we're talking about guys that we think are gonna outperform their ADP.

SPEAKER_02 31:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 31:54

Yeah. Blake Corum is gonna outperform his ADP.

SPEAKER_02 31:58

Okay. If he's drafted. But so is Jakori Krosky Merritt if he's 41 here, like he's ranked.

SPEAKER_01 32:04

He probably will outperform. But what that makes him uh RB38? Uh you can't even play some cat like that in your league.

SPEAKER_02 32:14

Maybe, maybe not. He's a second-year running back.

SPEAKER_01 32:16

I got a better guy.

SPEAKER_02 32:18

He's coming off a good rookie year.

SPEAKER_01 32:20

Hey, uh talking about uh this guy was a four-year-old.

SPEAKER_02 32:23

And you don't even want to bet against him, dude.

SPEAKER_01 32:25

Uh the uh I'm talking about a former uh Washington uh running back here that I'd rather have than than his ass. And that's Chris Rodriguez in Jacksonville.

SPEAKER_02 32:35

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 32:36

Uh he uh uh A-chan's gone. He's gonna get all the goal line. Ahead of Tootin? Yeah. Okay. Tootin's gonna be like the third down explosive cat. When they get down at the two, you can bet Rodriguez is getting the goal line carrying. Okay, then. And then that offense is gonna score 28 points a fucking game. I want that action.

SPEAKER_02 32:58

Okay, no, that's not that's not a bad sleeper. Oh, uh, he's a total sleeper because no one's talking about it. Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01 33:04

Okay, who else you got, Dor?

SPEAKER_02 33:06

Uh Kenneth Gainwell in Tampa Bay. I like it. Um, it's basically about uh Bucky. Um Gainwell's shown he's a good back. Bucky was injured and ineffective last year.

SPEAKER_01 33:19

Bucky's going ahead of him in ADP.

SPEAKER_02 33:21

He is, he is, which I think is kind of dumb. Really? I I can see it, but I'm thinking Bucky's in the back of the body. Because Bucky was pretty good two years ago. Yeah, he's coming off shoulders, sir. Right. But I think Gainwell has a you know, he has a decent chance to take over, I think. So that's what that's all about. I like that.

SPEAKER_01 33:43

Uh I have Scattaboo as one of mine, and that's all that's all I got.

SPEAKER_02 33:48

Okay. Um, here's two deep sleepers. First of all, if um this is according to the current depth charts on San Francisco and Philadelphia. Okay. And you'd be taking if put it this way, if I Jordan James and Tank Bigsby.

SPEAKER_01 34:07

I like both of those. And if I had McCaffrey, it's hurt now, but it's early.

SPEAKER_02 34:12

If I had McCaffrey or um Barkley, I would absolutely grab one of either or whoever was the teammate. I would get the handcuffs.

SPEAKER_01 34:22

I usually don't do handcuffs, but uh uh.

SPEAKER_02 34:25

Well we are expanding, we are expanding our league this year, dude.

SPEAKER_01 34:28

I could see both of those.

SPEAKER_02 34:30

Yeah. Or we're expanding our rosters. Yes, we are. And um I'm under the I just believe on both those teams, whoever is the running back is gonna produce. I agree. In fantasy. No doubt. But keep an eye on the San Francisco depth chart. Currently James is the backup, but that could change.

SPEAKER_01 34:51

Yeah, and he and he's uh uh he's not available for practice right now for some reason. Yeah, uh, but it it's early, it's still July and shit. Okay, anything else at all? That's all I got. No, nothing else. That's all I got too. Uh uh next week, how about mock draft?

SPEAKER_02 35:11

Oh, you don't want to do wide receivers first?

SPEAKER_01 35:13

Well, uh we can do both.

SPEAKER_02 35:16

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 35:17

Uh uh we'll come up with our top 20 wide receivers with some sleepers.

SPEAKER_02 35:22

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 35:23

Uh I timed a mock draft, uh uh eight-teamer on uh uh football calculator or whatever. Uh takes 12 minutes.

SPEAKER_02 35:33

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 35:34

What do you think? Let's do it. Yeah, we'll do it. We'll do the next one. We've got extra hours. We got extra hours this month. We might as well use 20 minutes to do a mock. Right? Right on. Yeah, so you bring your laptop. All right. Well, thanks for watching Fantasy Football with the Dork in the Dude. We'll see you next week, right, Dark?

SPEAKER_02 35:51

We'll see you next week. Football's coming, people. That's it. Um read that training camp news, see who's up, who's down in the fantasy position.

SPEAKER_01 35:59

It's great that at least training camp opened up.

SPEAKER_02 36:02

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Football's coming fast.

SPEAKER_01 36:04

Yeah, it is.

SPEAKER_02 36:05

Okay. Um thanks for tuning in and uh tune in next week, wide receivers, and then we're gonna do a mock draft. You got it.