In short
Fantasy Footballers’ “Fantasy Football - The TRUTH” series ranks the top 10 fantasy running backs using consistency thresholds (great 21+ points, good 12+, bust <7). They also discuss NFL news and run a “Wheel of Shame” segment (Jason is shamed for tying/losing tiebreakers). They end with a countdown of RBs 1-10, plus brief coaching/offense outlooks.
Guests
No external guests. Hosts are Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
Key claims
- 2025 RB fantasy production was huge: second-most rushing fantasy points since 2011 and second-most rushing TDs in that span.
- RBs were less efficient as receivers (fewest RB receiving yards since 2011; only 7 RBs had 50+ catches).
- Health improved: more top RBs played full seasons, boosting RB draft value.
Notable examples
- #1 Christian McCaffrey: 47% “great” games, 0 bust games; 311 carries/1202 rush, 10 rush TD; also elite receiving (would be WR1 by receiving alone).
- #2 Jonathan Taylor: strong early, weaker late; big splits vs defenses and home/away; QB uncertainty (Daniel Jones recovery).
- #3 Bijan Robinson: 76% good games, 47% great; dominant per-play and vs bad defenses; coaching/QB context discussed.
- #5 Devon Achane: elite consistency; new coaching/OC possibilities in Miami discussed.
- #6 James Cook: “steal of the draft,” top-6 fantasy finish; workforce role; fumbles noted.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOHot Dog Lunch and Self-Control
0:43 to 1:21
The hosts share a humorous discussion about lunch choices and self-control.
“Some won't wash their lucky mustard-stained jersey until the season's over.”
Hot Dog Lunch and Self-Control
2:01 to 3:48
The hosts share a humorous discussion about lunch choices and self-control.
“I mean, I don't know if he's proclaiming he is a goat or it's just stating there's a goat on my hat.”
Fantasy Face-Off and Wheel of Shame
3:48 to 6:30
Discussion about the Fantasy Face-Off competition and the Wheel of Shame.
“We have another fantasy face-off and a Jason Moore wheel of shame.”
FootClan Vote Announcement
6:30 to 6:53
The hosts urge listeners to participate in the FootClan Vote for awards.
“No matter what the results are, we'll get rid of him.”
Playoff Teams and Storylines Discussion
6:53 to 14:02
The hosts discuss which playoff teams and players they are rooting for, delving into various storylines.
“David writes in from the website, among the remaining playoff teams, which players, teams, and storylines are you rooting for the most?”
NFL Offseason News and Drama
14:02 to 20:12
Discussion on player updates and GM strategies in the NFL.
“I love what he did even this season with the running game in Devon HN in Miami as well.”
Top 10 Fantasy Running Backs Analysis
22:20 to 28:00
Deep dive into the performance and consistency of top fantasy running backs for the season.
“Well, the last couple of episodes, we've looked at the quarterback position.”
Analyzing Christian McCaffrey's Performance
28:00 to 29:09
A deep dive into Christian McCaffrey's stats and performance metrics.
“and a nice 102 and 924 and 7 through the air.”
Jonathan Taylor's Inconsistent Season
29:10 to 30:39
Examining Jonathan Taylor's performance and injuries throughout the season.
“John's going to be the top one pick, but it's like Gibbs, you know.”
Bijan Robinson's Dominance in Fantasy
30:40 to 36:14
Discussing Bijan Robinson's season and his potential impact in the future.
“There's going to be guys that I will consider over McCaffrey.”
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Jameer Gibbs and Future Potential
36:15 to 42:05
Looking at Jameer Gibbs' performance and what to expect if Montgomery leaves.
“So Anthony Richardson, I just did a quick look.”
Evaluating Fantasy RBs: Upsides and Concerns
42:05 to 48:09
Discussion on various running backs, their performance metrics, and potential coaching changes.
“Now, I think Ramondre has more fundamentals.”
Evaluating Fantasy RBs: Upsides and Concerns
48:10 to 49:04
Discussion on various running backs, their performance metrics, and potential coaching changes.
“No matter what triumphs are in store this season, legendary game days start with a Miller Lite.”
Evaluating Fantasy RBs: Upsides and Concerns
49:09 to 49:23
Discussion on various running backs, their performance metrics, and potential coaching changes.
“Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.”
Analysis of Top Fantasy RB Performances
50:20 to 56:00
Deep dive into the performance of various top running backs and their fantasy impact.
“So, you know, just a real quick follow-up.”
Fantasy RB Rankings Discussion
56:00 to 1:01:19
Learn about the top fantasy running backs and their performance metrics.
“I'm going to give you the last three names on this list and some of the basic numbers, and then we'll move on to the fantasy face-off.”
Fantasy Face-Off Segment
1:01:20 to 1:06:41
Engage in a fun fantasy face-off game with player projections.
“This guy can't throw a pistachio to save his life.”
Transcript
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0:40Jason Moore:This episode is brought to you by State Farm. Every football fan is different. Some won't wash their lucky mustard-stained jersey until the season's over. Some insist they can't sit down on third downs. And some pick their favorite team because, I don't know, just like football fandom, Nobody's life is exactly the same. And that's why State Farm gets to know you, not as a policy number, but as an actual person. So they can help personalize a coverage plan that's just for you. Whether it's game day or just another Tuesday, State Farm has you covered.
1:21Jason Moore:Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
1:38Mike Wright:Welcome in.
1:47Mike Wright:Thursday, January 22nd. Welcome into the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Mike Wright is here. Jason Moore. The goat himself. Andy Holloway. I think it's the hat. Look at his hat.
2:03Andy Holloway:Oh. Yeah.
2:04Mike Wright:Self-proclaimed goat.
2:06Andy Holloway:It's just a Christmas present. I mean, I don't know if he's proclaiming he is a goat or it's just stating there's a goat on my hat. There's a goat. Only the goat would eat two hot dogs for lunch.
2:17Jason Moore:Oh, baby, hot dog lunch. Hot dog lunch. I ordered three, so I had a lot of self-control. Did you? Dude.
2:24Mike Wright:So you left the hot dog?
2:26Jason Moore:Yeah, I didn't know how big they were going to be. I think that's a good strategy.
2:29Andy Holloway:Right?
2:30Mike Wright:Order one more than you should eat.
2:32Andy Holloway:Yeah, because you know what Jason did? He didn't finish it. That's right. He was like, no. If I only ordered -
2:38Jason Moore:It's too much. If I only ordered two giant hot dogs and I ate them, then I ate everything I ordered. But if I order three and I eat two -
2:47Mike Wright:You showed self-control. Absolutely.
2:49Jason Moore:What a - Because here's the thing. Incredibly wasteful way to make yourself feel better. Yeah. Well, it's not just to make yourself feel better. I was asking Chad GPT. No, he feels terrible. Yeah, no, it doesn't make you feel good. Do you feel? No, I feel awful. I feel like I ate two giant hot dogs. But one of the tips for fitness that I was just getting from Chad GPT was eat 70 % of your meal. Oh, so smart. I'm at 66%.
3:14Andy Holloway:That's what I'm saying.
3:15Jason Moore:How do I not lose weight if I keep ordering that much? It's pretty scientific. Oh, man. Amazing. We figured out a pretty – I got a new diet coming out, America.
3:24Andy Holloway:Get ready. Your lunch could have been 1 ,700 calories. Yeah.
3:28Jason Moore:But it wasn't. No way. Because you stopped. Because I'm not going to go all the way and eat that bad.
3:34Mike Wright:No. No, you did a great job, and we're glad you're here. There may be weird sounds emitting from your microphone, but that's okay. Yeah, it's not from the microphone. We've got NFL news to talk about. We have the truth of the running back position on today's show. We have another fantasy face-off and a Jason Moore wheel of shame. Dominating the wheel of shame. Okay, okay.
3:59Jason Moore:This is not fair. During the playoff. This is not fair. I'm the shame every week, but what's happening, everybody, is I'm tying. You're tying. Not with me. Yes, Mike won this week. Andy and I tied. It's a win. Mike went two for three because one of us was a tie. Yes, he won. anyways two out of three hot dogs but the last the last two times that i have been the shame i have not been the sole shame i tied and i lost in a pistachio throwing contest actually twice
4:31Mike Wright:it was pistachio once you lost the tiebreaker oh no you don't lose because yeah yeah i'm just saying
4:36Jason Moore:the the pistachio off um which we're doing around the the studio throwing it yeah you love that close to the wall i'm not as good as andy at that and i'm just gonna say it you're better throwing a pistachio than I am. Thank you.
4:47Mike Wright:I've been waiting for that for a long time.
4:48Jason Moore:But it sucks that now I get shamed. You can pick a new
4:51Andy Holloway:game. Any...
4:53Jason Moore:If we have a few of them,
4:55Andy Holloway:anything you want to throw, we'll throw it.
4:57Jason Moore:I don't do paper clips. He doesn't want to throw. I want to do tic-tac-toe.
5:02Andy Holloway:Well, that's just... That's a lame
5:04Jason Moore:game. No, it's not infinite.
5:05Mike Wright:It's infinite. The point is...
5:08Andy Holloway:There's one way to win.
5:09Mike Wright:Jason is getting shamed today. So you can look forward to that. is it more hot dogs you will be in a hot dog outfit no we're bringing the third dog out it's still on the table you've got an announcement for us
5:24Andy Holloway:yes I do Foot Clan it's time to assemble we have something we need to help we need you to help us out go to footclanvote.com the annual FSGA awards are going on right now it's the fantasy sports It's a gaming association industry we're a part of, and every year they do a best social media award, and it is a vote award. So we really need you to go out, click FootClanVote, or go to FootClanVote.com, click. It'll be really, really fast. It's just like a SurveyMonkey thing. I promise it'll take you two minutes at the most. And assuming we win with the FootClan, who are strong and mighty, Matt the Falcon, our social media director, doesn't get fired.
6:14Andy Holloway:So maybe don't vote?
6:16Jason Moore:Is that what you're saying? I don't want to sway people to not vote.
6:19Mike Wright:Wait, did I convince people to not vote? I do feel like you talk people out of doing this.
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6:22Andy Holloway:Now, if we lose, he will remain on board. Okay. Alright.
6:28Jason Moore:So if you want him out, go vote right now. Okay, there we go. Either way, go vote. And we'll get rid of him. We'll do whatever you want. No matter what the results are, we'll get rid of him.
6:37Andy Holloway:Totally up to you what you want us to do. If we win, I will put a poll up that It says, should I fire Matt? And then I'll just, whatever the poll says, that's what we do.
6:44Mike Wright:Let's check in with Matt real quick.
6:46Andy Holloway:Oh, he's not here.
6:48Jason Moore:Pre-fired. He's not here today.
6:51Mike Wright:Footclampvote.com. Thank you very much. Quick question of the day. David writes in from the website, among the remaining playoff teams, which players, teams, and storylines are you rooting for the most? We have the Patriots and Broncos game, Jarrett Stidham. We have the Seahawks and the Rams. I am
7:14Andy Holloway:I've got a reason You left yours blank, I don't even know what it is Because you don't know? You want me to go first?
7:20Mike Wright:No, I'm not a lack for words I'm just, I don't really
7:24Andy Holloway:You don't care
7:25Mike Wright:I don't really want any of them to win If I had to choose one, it's New England I'd pick New England to win because I'm a Drake May fan I'm a Mike Vrabel fan But then in the back of my head, I'm like, they've had enough winning They don't need more winning Then there's only one team for you to choose
7:40Jason Moore:And that's the team that I am choosing. I want the Broncos to make everyone upset. I don't like Sean Payton at all. That's true. You don't. I do. I think Broncos fans are awesome, so I want it for them. Love the city of Denver. It's delightful. It's a good place. And I like the team. I like Bo Nix. that story of losing, the story of having your backup come in Nick Foles-esque and win a championship. I don't believe that the Broncos are going to win the Super Bowl. I think they can, but that's where it's the most fun outcome for me.
8:19Mike Wright:So would you say you're rooting for them? Would you say you're rooting for the Broncos to win?
8:24Jason Moore:I say -
8:25Mike Wright:Because I will open this can up on this show right now.
8:27Andy Holloway:There was a problem with the definition of a word.
8:31Mike Wright:They're meaning something. You're defining rooting, and Jason defined it in his own upside down. Are you rooting? No, I just hope that they win. Yes, that's rooting. No, but the thing is, you think the realistic chance of a team winning is tied into rooting. That's insane.
8:50Jason Moore:All right, hold on. If we're opening the bag of worms. Do you agree with me? I do agree with you. If we're opening the bag of worms, you've got to get it right. This was right after the injury, and my point was, if I knew that the Broncos -
9:02Andy Holloway:Just let him do it, man. I know. Just listen to my case.
9:05Jason Moore:Just listen to the case. Okay. If I knew that the Broncos would win the Super Bowl, right? Like, go forward in time. They won. That would be like my favorite - With Stiddy. With Stiddy, obviously. With Stiddy. After Bonex goes down, that would be my favorite outcome. because I don't believe they can win in the Super Bowl. I do think they can beat the Patriots. I don't think they'll win in the Super Bowl. I don't want that to be the actual game I watch. I think the most fun game would be Drake May against Sam – not Sam Darnold. I would think Matthew Stafford, Drake May is the most fun Super Bowl.
9:44Jason Moore:Therefore, I'm kind of rooting for the Patriots to win that game. I'm not actually rooting for the Broncos, but my favorite outcome would actually be the Broncos winning the Super Bowl. Both of those two things.
9:56Andy Holloway:The one that you hope is the outcome. You're not rooting for that team. Is the Broncos. Correct.
10:03Mike Wright:Okay. All right. Now the people out there know exactly what we're dealing with. And by the way, let me just say this. Papa Josh immediately wrote, I feel like I'm looking in the mirror with a dumb argument, which should alarm you.
10:13Jason Moore:It is very alarming.
10:15Mike Wright:That should alarm you. You root. To me, rooting is all about. It doesn't matter the probability of winning. It's who you'd want to see win the most, which you said is the Broncos. You'd want the Broncos to win the most.
10:25Jason Moore:I will say this. It is such a fascinating thing in sports when as soon as a game starts and no matter what you thought prior to kickoff, all of a sudden you know exactly who you're rooting for. This happened to me with the Bears. You realized that they were the team you wanted to win. A hundred percent last week. I mean, the game started, and I had said earlier that I was literally rooting for the other team but as soon as it started there was no doubt my heart wanted you don't know what rooting means it is pretty unanimous on that opinion i think i can root for a lot of
10:59Mike Wright:things mike my heart is bigger we'll study his his brain for science later on i i'm rooting for
11:05Andy Holloway:nobody i'm bitter and buffalo i'm rooting for buffalo i am in on the denver broncos and jay steady just the chaos the chaos that would ensue would be very i'm not rooting for any of the
11:18Mike Wright:NFC West teams. I can't do that. Principally.
11:21Andy Holloway:So just jump to the Broncos. Sure. I'm rooting for Ken Bone Walker who now has an opportunity to get the bag. Yeah, so is Andy. Get the bag. Go get a starting feature role. Do it on the biggest stage.
11:38Mike Wright:You just helped me figure out who I'm rooting for. You're rooting for the Seahawks, aren't you? You're putting it into fantasy football. I've got Ken Bone Walker on my main league team. That's my new that's who I'm going for.
11:47Jason Moore:How crazy is it to think that the incredible draft, the incredible NFL draft.
11:53Mike Wright:My guy, Ken Bone Walker.
11:55Jason Moore:Andy's guy. Yeah.
11:58Mike Wright:It's happened. What were you saying? How incredible is what?
12:02Jason Moore:I think the 2018 draft where Josh Allen was drafted, I think was Lamar in that draft class? Yes, he was. Like 20. Baker. Darnold. That's my point. Who's going to win the first Super Bowl? Is it Josh Allen or Lamar? No, right now it seems like it's Sam Darnold has the best chance. It's not Josh Rosen. No. He was. Man, there were a lot of wins and won Josh Rosen in that draft.
12:29Mike Wright:We will go ahead. What did we get? That one.
12:36Jason Moore:News and notes from around the league.
12:40Mike Wright:Well, we'll have coaching news probably every show for a while. the more exciting offensive coordinator options out there mike mcdaniel of the formerly the dolphins head coach the report was it shepter it's it's a little bit of everybody yeah the expectation is he will become the chargers next offensive coordinator this is this is good greg roman was let go very disappointing playoffs once again for herbert and the chargers if mike mcdaniel ends up with miami i or sorry with los angeles i think that's pretty exciting and everyone would agree on that yes yeah i mean you makes me happy for hampton i all it's like hampton and
13:24Andy Holloway:and like gadston we we just talked about gads and on today's dynasty podcast which we recorded that yesterday so we didn't have this mike mcdaniel news and it's like that's it's it's nothing for sure of course that that McDaniel would come in and be like oh no Getson I need to I need to have some real offensive packages surrounding him like he you know we had a few of those in in Miami it's not for sure but you have you have hope because you have proof of concept that there were great players on the Miami Dolphins and then out of nowhere John who Smith is the one who's just dominating so this is super exciting uh the herbros around the nation are they should be
14:10Jason Moore:celebrating yeah i mean a couple of seasons ago tua led the nfl in passing we we don't we don't even really think of it like that that this dolphins offense was the you know the most passing yards in the nfl and so getting herbert and the weapons that this team has which you know other than Keenan Allen are very young and explosive. I'm very, oh, I love Trey Harris.
14:36Mike Wright:I love what he did even this season with the running game in Devon HN in Miami as well. I just feel like his running schemes, they work out. So that makes me excited for the whole offense. We found out, I guess this would be what, criminal charges are not going to be filed against Jordan Addison. Which that's great. He's preparing for a civil claim arising from the wrongful arrest. Oh, he's going to file his own civil claim. Yes. Yeah. against what he's alleging to be a wrongful arrest. Brandon Bean said Josh Allen may need a procedure on his foot, but if he does, he will be ready for OTAs. This would be the Buffalo Bills superstar general manager, Brandon Bean.
15:13Andy Holloway:This is not in the doc, guys, but it's too amazing to me. This whole, like the fiasco of McDermott being let go and Brandon Bean retaining his job. Promoted. promoted thank you improving his job in spite of the the fact that brandon bean and when it comes to drafting has not been good he has not been good for the buffalo bills and then more stuff starts to leak out that oh man there was like him and mcdermott it kind of got a little heated of mcdermott thinking i don't have the right staff to win a super bowl that would upset the general manager i get and then yesterday you had everything coming out of there was a a press conference with brandon bean and the owner of the bills and the owner starts going hey uh because keon coleman comes up and it's like you guys need to leave brandon bean alone on that one the coaching staff wanted keon coleman this was not brandon bean's guy this was the coaching he's like throwing the McDermott and crew under the bus.
16:25Andy Holloway:And since then, we just have a steady trickle of draft videos behind the scenes of Brandon Bean highlighting who's the guy that we're going to draft. It is for sure Keon Coleman.
16:37Mike Wright:Keon Coleman had been great. Oh, dude. Brandon Bean does. Brandon Bean's a genius there, huh?
16:42Jason Moore:What's craziest about that situation, I mean, now it's really funny looking at the receipts. This is disgusting drama. The receipts that are coming out showing that this was obviously not just. the coaching staff running. You're a liar. But the craziest part is Keon Coleman is under contract right now. You're bodying your own player like, oh, dude, the general manager did not want Keon Coleman. That guy sucks. He's under contract. He's probably watching your press conference. It's definitely gotten back to him. Brandon Bean. Mr. Bean, which is his new name. Oh, we're going Mr. Bean? That is his name.
17:19Mike Wright:Exactly. Totally for this.
17:20Andy Holloway:respectful of us. Mr. Bean, there is no other reasoning to me other than he has, you know, in Aladdin, Jafar has his staff, right? And the Sultan is just under the spell. That's the only thing I could think of that is going on for Brandon B. He's like, no, Sean McDermott wanted Keon Coleman. And he's like, yeah, but I'm watching this video. No, you are not. Sean McDermott wanted
17:46Jason Moore:Keon Coleman.
17:47Andy Holloway:Oh my gosh, Mr.
17:48Mike Wright:Bean. Can't wait to follow this. It is pretty unprecedented when the player's still on the team to talk about how much of a whiff he is.
17:59Jason Moore:Unredeemable pick at this point. The only thing that's fun is the Mr. Bean GM situation is the Giants GM situation where they hire Harbaugh, and Harbaugh, this has been such a fun time.
18:13Andy Holloway:Yes, it really has. And this is why John Harbaugh does not work for Bidwell and the Cardinals.
18:20Jason Moore:100%. And so the hardship in getting the contract signed was apparently he needed to know that he has final say over Joe Schmo. Joe Schmo. Joe Schmo, their GM. That's right. And then the quotes that have been coming out from that guy. First of all, when he introduced Harbaugh at the press conference, he looked like the most nervous man on the planet.
18:46Andy Holloway:I have presented, I have given speeches in the midst of a panic attack. That's what it sounds like, where you just, you can't talk. You can't catch your breath. You can't get air in. Yeah, you can't catch your breath.
18:57Jason Moore:And then he was asked later. I'm just surprised he's not excited. Right?
19:01Mike Wright:Well, because he's. Why is that a nerve-wracking one? I think it's because. You've had a lot of other. How about the press conference when you're like, I traded Saquon. That one you should be hyperventilating.
19:09Jason Moore:He is holding on for dear life for his power. Did you hear what he said about the -
19:16Andy Holloway:I'm still very important here. When he was talking about, well, you know, question about Harbaugh's, this was the hold up of the final say. And he's like, yeah, it's really no big deal.
19:25Jason Moore:Yeah. It's just a thing on paper. It doesn't really matter. It's just a thing on paper.
19:29Andy Holloway:It's just a contractually binding thing that says, I don't have the final say anymore. But I am still a very important person.
19:35Mike Wright:I drive a Dodge Stratus.
19:37Andy Holloway:Dude, it's the... I'm one of the people here. It's Star-Lord and Thor. He's like, oh no, we all know who's in charge here.
19:47Mike Wright:Of course, of course it's you. The 49ers announced they want to re-sign Juwan Jennings and John Lynch said it's safe to say he's played his last snap with the 49ers. Speaking of, Brandon Ayuk. Oh, yeah. So Brandon Ayuk is... Yeah, we know he's not... I don't know if he's ever going to play football again. I really don't. I think he's going to lose so much money he's going to need to play football again. Probably right there. But that'll do it for the news. We will take a break and jump right into the truth.
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22:19Andy Holloway:You want answers? I think I'm entitled. You want answers? I want the truth! You can't handle the truth!
22:29Mike Wright:Well, the last couple of episodes, we've looked at the quarterback position. Today, we're looking at the top 10 running backs and looking at the truth. If you're new to this series, we are basically taking a look at how fantasy players finished at the position and what their true value was to your team by way of consistency, week in and week out performances. and we have a different threshold for what a great, a good, and a bust game are for each position group. And so we walk through and tell you what we found. Kind of a post-mortem on the season, a chance to look at the reality and the truth of the situation.
23:07Mike Wright:We like to give a little bit of overview information every year. We did this with the quarterback position on how the running backs performed over the course of the year. Interestingly enough, this was the second most total rushing fantasy points so not talking about running backs performing in the in the passing game but the second most total rushing fantasy points for running back since 2011 so that you know it was a big year in terms of just rushing the football rushing touchdowns too yes yes they were uh it's the second most rushing touchdowns by running backs in that span as well 23 different running backs hit seven plus rushing touchdowns the average over the list this last decade was 17.
23:51Mike Wright:I thought it was also interesting though, that the running back position has been less efficient as a receiver. It's the fewest running back receiving yards since 2011. I don't know if you guys have thought processes as to why that's happened. I mean, I think that they're more zone, more zone defense. Yeah. I mean, I think there's some also some like highly prolific pass catching running backs that have phased out of fantasy. Like we, We had a lot of years with Eckler, right, where he was just one that comes to mind. But that makes sense. Only seven running backs this year caught 50 or more passes.
24:27Jason Moore:That's really surprising. I feel like in the modern NFL, with them throwing the ball so much more, you would expect it to not be going that way. But it's actually been a trend over the last few years. It's kind of been lower and lower each of the last couple of years. So I expect when you look at a long enough chart, those things ebb and flow and they go backwards and forwards. So I would expect an uptick in receiving for the running back position next year over what it was this year. I would also expect the health to change because running backs can't stay healthy predominantly for like the history of the NFL until the last two years.
25:03Jason Moore:They are incredibly healthy once again in 2025. You want to look at the games played from the top guys, you know, B. John a full season, Saquon Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey, Derek Henry, Ashton. like everybody was just healthy the whole season um well you guaranteed it the majority i did for bijon um and uh you know i don't see mike was 100 sure cmc would be healthy the whole year yeah he sure never in doubt um but yeah it was why i mean i remember this show um over several years where we are talking about that how few players usually like in the top 20 running backs only two guys played a full season.
25:45Jason Moore:That is more normal than what happened last year and this year, which I do think now that it's back-to-back seasons, maybe this pushes running backs even further up draft boards next year because you just think whatever just happened will happen again, and it usually doesn't.
26:02Mike Wright:Yeah, I do think the defenses and what they're doing right now in the NFL played a part. I also always, like in a neutral situation where you're not swinging the pendulum back and forth, I think that since this show started, I much prefer taking running backs in the first round of the draft. That's how I want to build my team. Injuries can sway your emotions year to year, but in a situation of true neutrality where, look, let's be honest, anybody can get hurt at any position at any time, and we're all going to blow picks in the first 10 to 12 in the draft because some injuries are going to happen.
26:34Andy Holloway:About 50 % of the first round will be bad.
26:37Mike Wright:I think this year is a perfect example of the power of the dominant running back was on display. Why? When it works out, when you take that chance on that position group, and we'll be getting into the truth of the wide receiver position, and maybe your opinion will change on it. It just showed, I think, Christian McCaffrey this year, Bijan Robinson, difference makers, Devon HN on a week-to-week basis, Jonathan Taylor for the majority of the year. When you take those players and they are healthy, you're very, very safe and secure on a week-to-week basis. Now, looking at the running back truth data, thresholds, great games are 21-plus points, good games 12-plus points, bust games fewer than seven.
27:19Mike Wright:We don't count missed games against their consistency score. We don't have to spend a long time here, but we might because there's a dude sitting across from me that might need his time to celebrate. Number one in total fantasy points, number one in consistency, number one in the first half, number one in the second half. at 29 years old. 47 % great, so almost 50 % of the time he gave you a performance of 21 or more fantasy points.
27:46Andy Holloway:That's absurd.
27:47Mike Wright:Zero bust games and 88 % good games. Arguably the most complete performance of his career, even if not the most dominant. Christian McCaffrey. 311 for 1202 and 10 on the ground and a nice 102 and 924 and 7 through the air. Two positions in one. I mean, what can you say?
28:10Jason Moore:Unfair. Unfair. I mean, it's literally two positions in one. If you just use his receiving stats only and he doesn't touch the ball on the ground, he would have been the wide receiver 11. He would have been a wide receiver one. And then he also gets all the rushing stats that on his own would be. I mean, it's just outlandish.
28:31Mike Wright:He didn't really score too many touchdowns. No, it wasn't like. number one everywhere but this was 10 rushing touchdowns i think he had seven receiving he had seven receiving that's not crazy those numbers are not crazy for the volume for the
28:45Jason Moore:i'm just saying for the volume like you talk about well a couple years ago they were giving him the like uh what was it the the accumulative games in a row with a touchdown they were forcing the
28:55Mike Wright:issue because he was breaking records i mean he he is uh he's he's ebbed and flowed on the ground but like his last full healthy season was at 14 on the ground um that same season he had seven
29:05Andy Holloway:through the third highest season in touchdowns if i'm doing the quick math yeah yeah he missed when he's healthy though yeah like when he finished number one at the position let's put it that way
29:16Mike Wright:he finished number one this year right his previous two number one finishes 15 and 14 on the ground
29:20Andy Holloway:it was just uh it was not nearly as effective on the ground uh not a lot of big plays right like injuries yeah the the especially the big plays on the ground that we saw with that we're used to as a san francisco 49er those really were not there no yards per carry do you know what it is it was 3.9 i think 3.9 yeah so that that stinks especially when you wouldn't well you know two years ago very very small sample but i think he was at four in that year kiddo did miss a lot of four oh he's at five two years last year in his like barely limited work he was at four that's what i was okay that's what i was thinking his last healthy season was yeah it was only four games but and kittle when kittle is out for the 49ers it's a really really big deal which going into next year a big deal for next year because he'll have the achilles injury you trade him to me mcafree's inefficiencies he next year will i like i'm i can't imagine i won't be in on Christian McCaffrey, but I don't know if he'll be, I'll be in on him.
30:25Andy Holloway:Let me help you. Well, B. John's going to be the top one pick, but it's like Gibbs, you know.
30:31Mike Wright:Yeah, Montgomery could be gone. If Gibbs
30:33Andy Holloway:was alone, there are... Tamar Chase, if you want to go wide receiver, you know. I'm just, just pure running backs. There's going to be guys that I will consider over McCaffrey.
30:43Jason Moore:Underdog shared this. This was Christian McCaffrey's third time topping 400 touches in a season. obviously he's he's been a workhorse many times also a scary number the other two times that he did it the following season he played three games yeah and four games yeah that was you know kind of the argument how do you think he is so fresh at 29 years old the off seasons like yeah full year off years yeah what if they did that proactively for somebody yeah just every other year like we're gonna get a good draft pick this year you're gonna sit out you're gonna be healthy
31:19Andy Holloway:for next year we're going to have more ammunition now it's obviously the the the touch threshold is not everything there's there's a bunch of other variables but if you want to put that into action you know last year Saquon Barkley on that huge season where he's just touching the ball like every play that was one of the red flags is hey Barkley's a bit older he hit this number that that we have seen statistically when running backs hit this number of this threshold of carries and touches things don't really go well the next year you realize this was a career high by the way for total opportunities that makes sense 440 it makes sense and they had the whole team was hurt like the wide receiver room was just devastated for about half the year and then you
32:05Mike Wright:won't you won't have kiddo going into next year you might have some more wide receivers that they bring in because they either need to re-sign jennings or draft somebody or do both pierce
32:14Andy Holloway:was hurt all year like you said we'll see having said all of those things he's great the he's great the receiving numbers he would have been a wide receiver one with just the receiving work he will still be able to do that if maybe the big plays are gone from the ground it's a more inefficient but he's still gonna he's cool gonna catch the ball a ton number two jonathan taylor in fantasy
32:34Mike Wright:points his consistency rank though was number five and it's really a tale of two halves for jonathan taylor the first half he was the number four in consistency you had one two three john didn't catch him you had four different number one overall finishes before week 10 by week 10 for jonathan taylor in the second half his highest finish on a week was running back 13 41 great 65 good 12 bust games 11 fantasy points less against top defenses if you look at that first half of the year um he did dominate denver's defense but then it was like tennessee twice his two number one overall finishes tennessee twice atlanta once las vegas um so you know it got tougher in the second half and you lost daniel jones it's really tough to know how he would have
33:25Jason Moore:done obviously week two against denver's awesome offense when they were with daniel jones he was the number one running back on the week that week. It's a shame that when they played Houston and Jacksonville twice and Seattle, these great defenses at the end of the year, we didn't get to see what the real Colts would have done with Jonathan Taylor.
33:42Mike Wright:Houston twice, Jacksonville twice, Seattle and Kansas City.
33:46Andy Holloway:So week 12, 13, that's Kansas City, Houston. Those were Daniel Jones games. 12 and 13? Yeah.
33:53Jason Moore:Okay, so one of the Houston games. So two Jacksonvilles and Seattle and Houston. Injury was the beginning of the Jacksonville game.
33:58Mike Wright:It's tough. I mean, you didn't have the threat. You had the Rivers games. but this is not like we know this like Jonathan Taylor was the number one overall fantasy running back in 2021 he's been through the dark ages at quarterback you got some life from Daniel Jones and suddenly he's the number one back again but that disparity between top and bottom defense is worth paying attention to if you don't have the threat in the passing game and then home road splits he was 10 points better at home it was like that's a lot Like a pretty huge disparity in both of those situations.
34:33Andy Holloway:Yeah, you don't want – it's very normal, but that large of a split for both is –
34:38Mike Wright:At home against a bad defense, you better count on a boom game.
34:42Andy Holloway:And then the question of what's the quarterback situation. Daniel Jones, as of this recording, is not under contract. Recovering from Achilles surgery. I think we all project he'll be on the team if it's just a franchise or tag or something else. but to start the year it for the first month it might be riley leonard i was gonna say anthony richardson or yeah or anthony richards oh yeah he had the busted eye i mean i think there's a good
35:09Mike Wright:chance that those guys are placeholders until daniel jones can come back and i think the team would be even happier assuming it's like a one-year deal with daniel jones a redemption deal a chance to go back to the market which maybe somebody pays them more than that elsewhere but they'd love to see Richardson do well.
35:26Jason Moore:If next year is kind of an inverse of this year because he doesn't have the healthiest version of the Colts to start, Daniel Jones maybe doesn't start week one, and when he comes back in week four or five he's not completely ready, but maybe the second half of the year the Colts are clicking, I would be so – like if you ended up having the exact season Jonathan Taylor had this year in reverse, where at the beginning of the year he was ho-hum, he was good, not great. He was like a running back two. He wasn't crushing you any of those weeks. You know, all those tough matchups without Daniel Jones, it was the running back 20, 22, 17, 13.
36:01Jason Moore:Like, you're fine. But then the rest of the season, you go on that heater through the playoffs, and we would be talking about him as the league winner right now. So he's got that potential in him. Yeah, I like that. So next year, I'm going to be very bullish towards Jonathan Taylor.
36:17Andy Holloway:So Anthony Richardson, I just did a quick look. we have uh i'm seeing 15 documented starts uh he he has surpassed 270 passing yards one time he 272 i bring that up because riley leonard in that last game of the year threw for 270 now it's last game wacky stuff happens he looked okay in his opportunities this year but that will be i think it'll be a camp battle between leonard and richardson that That was the game against the Texans, right?
36:51Mike Wright:Let me double check it. Richardson completed one pass this year to himself. Impressive. That was it.
36:58Andy Holloway:Yeah, final week was against Jacksonville. B. John Robinson at number three. Nope, that was last year. Sorry. Houston, you're right.
37:06Mike Wright:I want to get it right, man. B. John Robinson was number three. Consistency rank up number three. First half number five inconsistency. Second half number three inconsistency. Jason guaranteed the indestructible B. John Robinson. It happened. 17 games played. 12 % bust games. He had two bust games. One was week 18. Yeah, who cares? 76 % good games. Look out for those eights. 47 % great games. If you compare it to last year, very similar. Last year was 38 % great, 81 % good with no bust games. Honestly, his season was very, very comparable to last year. He dominated bad defenses. The good defenses, he was nine-point differential, which was significant.
37:48Mike Wright:Like, if you – this is very common for the running back position in general. Don't be alarmed by any of that. I mean, CMC was six points worse against good defenses. Jonathan Taylor was 11 worse.
38:00Andy Holloway:You don't want huge splits on both sides of defenses and home road.
38:04Mike Wright:No, and Bijan was even on the home road situation. He was great. I mean, he had a couple of those more significant breakaway, game-winning, week-winning type of performances towards the back of the season, number one overall in Week 13, and then 4-7-2 in the playoffs. So, you know, I don't know how much there is to say about him. He's just dominant.
38:26Jason Moore:I think the back half, if we look at him being better, he was great with Michael Penix. He was on pace for over 2 ,000 all-purpose yards and 70 receptions. You were so thrilled with what you were getting from him with Michael Penix, but he was even better with Kirk Cousins. What do you think they do?
38:45Mike Wright:Because I've seen more comments now about Cousins being their starter next year.
38:50Andy Holloway:I don't know if they will have a choice health-wise. Penix not being ready? Right. It was the same ACL, right, that we have a new re-injury of it. Kyle, am I remembering that right?
39:04Mike Wright:Kyle would be the one to know. It was, what, week 11, partially torn left ACL?
39:10Jason Moore:They were 5-2 with Kirk Cousins once he started. They won four in a row to end the season and tie for the division lead.
39:19Mike Wright:Cousins' best chance to start is to at least start a little bit of the season for Atlanta. Absolutely. But there's a deadline, right? When's the deadline for the money? Yeah, there's a renegotiation.
39:31Andy Holloway:They did something with the contract where it's the first, like right around league year starting. They have to make a decision.
39:38Mike Wright:Yeah, he was, Bijan, number one in forced missed tackles on rush attempts, number one in yards after contact, number one in all running backs in percentage of teams first read targets.
39:46Jason Moore:Number one in awesome per play. Yes. Like just when you watch and you go, oh, that was awesome. Like on a per play basis. Nobody can cut like him, man. It's unbelievable.
39:56Andy Holloway:No, he is very unique. So the Michael Penix was. Stay safe. He stored. I make no future predictions on him. Penix tore his right ACL twice in college, and then this one was a partially torn left. Oh, just to even it out. Yeah, it's not great. And what does the team do with Tyler Algier, who will be a free agent? Yes! Yes!
40:20Mike Wright:They bring him into Seattle to be the new Charbonnet for Walker for you. That's what they do.
40:27Jason Moore:The most upsetting thing about—
40:29Mike Wright:I mean, Algier's a great player.
40:31Jason Moore:Algier's a very good player. He has eight rushing touchdowns. The problem is twofold. That feels bad. Sometimes you get really frustrated when a player who is inferior on the goal line is getting used on the goal line because maybe he's bigger or something. But this wasn't a bad thing to do for the Falcons. Algier was really good on the goal line, and they constantly used him to success. which is what hurts the most about Bijan. Because if Bijan had all the opportunity inside the five, let's say Christian McCaffrey got percentage-wise of his team or Jonathan Taylor got percentage-wise of his team, Bijan Robinson would probably be the number one running back on this season.
41:15Andy Holloway:For sure would have been.
41:17Mike Wright:Number four, Jameer Gibbs, 23 years old. Consistency rank of 11 for Jameer Gibbs. It was not a pleasant fantasy playoffs for Gibbs. Right before that, he was pretty much on fire. He had two number one finishes, weeks 12 and 14, but a consistency gap of, you know, 4 to 11, that's a big deal. In the first half, he was 12th in consistency, 8th in the second half, it got better. There's talk of David Montgomery and the team parting because Montgomery's a good player. It's the unfortunate situation that, who do you want on the field? You want Gibbs on the field. You just can't – it's a little bit like Ramondre and Travion to a degree.
42:04Mike Wright:I think Travion, you know that he can go to the house on any play. Now, I think Ramondre has more fundamentals.
42:11Andy Holloway:Ramondre has more big play upside than Montgomery.
42:15Mike Wright:Well, and I think he also just does some of the other stuff better than Travion. Like right now, Gibbs does – everything that Gibbs – like if they do a contest, Gibbs run a round, Monty run a round. Monty runs a good round. It ain't as good as Gibbs. Breakaway, all that stuff. So, look, if he departs, I think Gibbs enters a new category. Right? We've been sitting here, the committee back situation forever. His percentage of good games went down this year. His percentage of bust games went up this year. Great games were about the same. He was worse by 10 points against bad defenses, and he was seven points better at home.
42:53Andy Holloway:Man, I'm looking through the names, and I don't want to reveal all the other names just yet because we're doing a countdown type thing here. The variables with pretty much every player we're talking about is wild. McCaffrey, not coaching, but you have the George Kittle stuff and all the touches. Jonathan Taylor has a quarterback problem. uh bjohn robinson has a coaching change yes he does jameer gibbs has a coaching change with drew petzing as his new oc devon hn is next he has a coaching change this is very interesting
43:35Mike Wright:yeah yep the uh the nice week 10 to 14 was insane for gibbs it was awesome tough division tough divisional opponents on the defensive side Gibbs has every ability like he's one of the guys that you would say could finish number one absolutely so that that's the nice thing this guy could too uh Devon Achan again new coach situation coming his way but let's give him his uh flowers yeah never tell me the odds number five
44:03Andy Holloway:like 162 pounds or something he's so good man uh consistency rank at number two the second most
44:09Mike Wright:consistent running back in the game 94 good games baby with no busts man always has breakaway potential 19 great games um less of a split against bottom and top defense is so integral to the offense they have a new head coach a defensive-minded head coach yep what their offense looks like we're going to find out who they bring in there to run it better at home but this was the picture of consistency we have if you go to the fantasy footballers.com you search the player profile you can see the color-coded map of every single game in the game log she green baby yeah it's it's i can promise you i don't need to go to the page to see he's an a in consistency yeah that's correct so um you know what more can you say about a guy who overcame drama on the ball club all the time losses all that stuff you always want to be winning right well they weren't winning
45:00Jason Moore:he was still producing for our consistency score you you you guessed that he was an a but what percentage of games do you think that he had an acceptable game 100 that was that would be correct 100 he's he was unbelievable and two years ago there were worries after because mcdaniel's been on the hot seat for a while it's like what if what if the coaching staff changes here because the reason we loved a chan when he was drafted far more than we loved him literally the day before was this is a perfect scheme to use his skill set, his 4-3-2 speed. And there were worries back then of like if it wasn't that match, A-Chan might not be very good for fantasy football as an undersized back that maybe gets only used in the receiving game a little bit or doesn't get the open lanes.
45:51Jason Moore:He has been so good through his three seasons that I have zero worry about a new regime coming in. He is one of the elite special talents in the NFL. He's established that. So whatever coaching staff is coming in, they're now going to look at this player and say, we're building our offense around him predominantly. I mean, who else on this team are you saying we're building the offense around? Not Waddle. No. He might be next, but.
46:17Mike Wright:Some of the rumored names, one of the ones coming to life, if he doesn't get, these are, if they don't get head coaching jobs, but like OCs. OC potentials that I'm reading about here from some Miami beat writers. They just talked through the idea. Joe Brady, right? Like Joe Brady could end up as an offensive coordinator for them. Dable would be somebody that they could be interested in. Anthony Lynn, if you remember him as a head coach, he's now a running game coordinator. That might be interesting. Mike Kafka, who was the offensive coordinator for the Giants, but now that job is probably gone with Harbaugh.
46:50Mike Wright:uh kingsbury manion monken if he doesn't go to new york so there's some okay there's options i am
46:57Andy Holloway:i'm not as far too bullish as jason is like i'm i have no concerns about the player or the talent but if you get an if you get an oc in here who is a die hard running back by committee and is like no matter what this is just how i do it and then i think i'll be a little more nervous i'm
47:20Mike Wright:more nervous about the quarterback there is that that's my biggest because if they are they going to be one of those players is it geno smith in miami right is it i don't think it'll be geno it's it it seems like it will certainly not be to well it could just be quinn you're and and they have
47:36Andy Holloway:they won too many games to be and i'm really as of right now it's like mendoza in the draft and no one else is really interesting if man that's what i don't even like i don't know what
47:49Mike Wright:I feel like Tua had that nerve in his brain that was firing like one, two, three, H in. And so you want to see somebody come in with that rapport. But he is too good, in my opinion. That's where I side with Jason, where he's just too good to not. The differentiator between him and the rest of the group and the offense, it's a lot like Gibbs to me in Miami. All right, we'll take a break, and we'll run through six through ten.
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50:22Andy Holloway:So, you know, just a real quick follow-up. HM, interesting stat from, so 2025, he had one rushing touchdown inside the five.
50:36Jason Moore:That's. For someone that consistent scoring that many fans' points feels impossible.
50:40Andy Holloway:He had five carries inside the five and one touchdown from there.
50:45Jason Moore:But to me, that's only positive news. He was not reliant on, you know.
50:50Mike Wright:He also wasn't a 95 reception guy. He was a 67 reception guy. So he still did it on the ground. Right. It wasn't like you're looking at him dipping from 95 to, you know, in a different offense.
51:02Jason Moore:Yeah, I mean, that's the nice thing. He proved he can do it on the ground. We already knew he could do it through the air. I think there are enough ways to get this talented of a player involved that the new coaching staff, whoever it is, they'll do a good job.
51:13Mike Wright:The NFL's leading rusher comes in at number six, James Cook, over 1 ,600 yards on the ground. Consistency rank was number four. Really, the story of James Cook is one of the steals of the draft. I mean, a third-round draft pick that finishes in the top six, really number four in consistency. It was even on both sides, first half, second half. Again, going to have a new offensive coordinator. So we'll see what happens in Buffalo. but he proved the story of James Cook is that he proved himself to be a true workforce dominator.
51:46Andy Holloway:Yeah. I did. I was more on the side of, I didn't want to draft James Cook at his ADP. I was concerned about how many touchdowns he had two years ago. And goodness gracious, man, he just, he was so excellent on this. And pretty much every time he touched the ball, you're like, no, a big play is going to happen here. He had hit that status. and then and you saw a huge surge in volume because that was one of the other things of like james cook two years bank account there was that's it there was that uh but two years ago not the volume he need for the touchdowns he scored but then everything balanced out and just his greatness shown through so it showed itself in the denver game he tried other than
52:33Mike Wright:the fumble which was a problem he fumbled six times this year number one in the nfl but he even And he had a great game against Denver.
52:40Jason Moore:Yeah, he's a great talent. And the split that he was getting, it was at times in 2024, a three-headed timeshare. You didn't know how much that would – Ty Johnson. Yeah, getting more involved. And he got over 100 more carries than the previous year. Yeah. Over 100 more.
53:01Mike Wright:They were the number one rushing team in football overall.
53:04Andy Holloway:It would make sense. the leading rusher and then you have Josh Allen on the team too.
53:09Mike Wright:Derrick Henry at 7. 32-year-old Derrick Henry came in at 7. Consistency rank of 9. Now he was drafted as the RB5 off the board. So this is... It took some time. It did take some time. 17th in consistency in the first half. 4 in the second half of the season. Gets colder.
53:27Andy Holloway:Once you hit the bye week, things were very good.
53:30Mike Wright:Which again, it's just such a testament to how he trains to be better as the season goes on, where the defenders are now bruised and battered and they don't want to tackle this guy. But 24 % great games, 59 % good, 12 % bust. I think I forgot to read those numbers off for Cook, so let me give you those. 31 % great, 69 % good, 6 % bust rate. But back to Henry. Weird year for Baltimore overall. You know, he kind of, it seemed like it wasn't going to happen for him until they hit the bye week. You had Lamar Jackson's injuries.
54:05Andy Holloway:It was very scary.
54:07Mike Wright:And then what are we doing? We just doing this over and over and over again until the end of time?
54:11Jason Moore:It is hard when you factor in his age. I mean, we came into this year saying we weren't worried about it. He looked so fantastic in 2024. I'm glad we did and you stuck with it. He finished very good down the stretch. Honestly, the Baltimore Ravens would be in the playoffs if their team just realized, oh we should be giving Derrick Henry the ball more down the stretch it did happen a few times eventually it happened after a little too little too late but he is all jokes aside a human being and he will be 33 there will be an age where it will catch up there's only one running back in
54:48Mike Wright:history age 32 or older that has had double digit touchdowns in a season since 2010 DeAngelo Williams oh man is that the Steelers year I remember that man I mean if you're gonna bet on any human to do it at age 32 it's gonna be Derek Henry it's definitely the outlier it's um it's wild he he was very good third in yards per carry 15 yards before contact seventh in explosive run rate we probably shouldn't bet against him anymore yeah we just yeah age is just an idea man
55:21Jason Moore:man i yeah tell that to my niece well i i was gonna say can you handle the uh the hot dog lunch like you could when you're 20 oh no i'd be doing much better if i was 20 right now how hot dog hot dog hot dog check hot dog check they're doing work right now yeah they're working through the system that apparently you need to only miss frizzle find because the two hot dogs they fight that's what's going on they each want to be the only hot dog in your stomach it's like Highlander yeah they're going to be only one and they are going to war I'll let you guys know who wins in the end what does the winner get well I hope they both don't win because if they both win the winner gets a bad time for me
56:05Mike Wright:the winner gets a trophy over there you get to retain your
56:09Jason Moore:you think about it
56:10Andy Holloway:you think about cashing in the toilet trophy
56:12Jason Moore:I mean look I already got it I could walk over to that bathroom anytime I want, fellas.
56:16Mike Wright:I'm going to give you the last three names on this list and some of the basic numbers, and then we'll move on to the fantasy face-off. But at number eight, didn't seem like it was going his way for five weeks, but Chase Brown comes in at eight, consistency of eight, and consistency of two in the second half of the year. It's like what we said on the quarterback show with Burrow. We know the story. When Burrow is healthy and his weapons are healthy, they all perform for fantasy. 18 % great, 65 % good, 6 % bust games.
56:43Jason Moore:It feels impossible that it worked out for him. It really does. It felt like he was a dead man walking. The first six weeks of the season, he was hot trash. I mean, he was worthless in fantasy, crushed you, killed you. And if you stuck with him or traded for him or, heck, picked him up off of waiver wires at that point, he was everything. We call it a heater. Everything that you loved about him, Mike, coming into the season, and me too. I said behind the scenes, like, if you didn't make him a my guy, I might have.
57:18Mike Wright:He showed all of it. He was better this year than he was last year in terms of the numbers. Because last year he busted 19 % of the time the year he broke out, and this year it was only 6 % of the time. You could argue it was a better year even though he had that tough start. Which is crazy.
57:33Jason Moore:The first six games he had a combined 200 rushing yards.
57:36Mike Wright:Kyron comes in at nine, consistency of six. I don't know if this is just my perception, but Kyron seems like the most invisible, consistent player in fantasy because nothing he does is really flashy or exciting. No, he's just kind of he just kind of, you know, he's a product of a great head coach and a great system, great quarterback, great wide receivers, great line, great defense. And he just functions within it to greatness.
58:03Jason Moore:And a third of the time you look up and it's one digit off on that jersey number. Blake Coram looks pretty much the same.
58:10Mike Wright:It's really wild. What was the total carry differential like this year to last year?
58:15Jason Moore:Went way up this year. I'll get Coram's numbers. Especially over the second half.
58:19Mike Wright:Well, I guess I just, yeah, I'll look at Kyron. Kyron had 356 opportunities last year, 309 this year. And with one extra game this year.
58:27Andy Holloway:Coram was 66 ops up to 159 this year.
58:30Mike Wright:So, I mean, those numbers are something to pay attention to a little bit on where you slot him in, and there'll be more reason to doubt him, and you'll probably make a mistake to doubt him because the production is probably going to be there as long as this quarterback and this head coach are.
58:43Jason Moore:He's a really talented running back. They're keeping him fresher, it's smarter, and might help them win a Super Bowl.
58:50Mike Wright:Yeah. Travis Etienne comes in at number 10.
58:54Jason Moore:What team does he play for?
58:55Mike Wright:I know. It's wild. His consistency was 14. That feels right on the money, I mean, in terms of how it felt. And in the first half, number 19 inconsistency. Second half, number 10. They went on their run in the second half, and he was integral to it. Dang, he's going to be 27?
59:10Jason Moore:Yeah, he was drafted late, and then he missed a full season right off the bat with his knee injury, so you forget how old he is. Going on to the free agent market, I'm very curious if he is a hot commodity or just like, eh, he's a little older and he's outperformed.
59:27Mike Wright:Ken Walker's younger, right?
59:28Jason Moore:Oh, yeah.
59:29Andy Holloway:I mean, it's like, do you pay? because etn's gonna want a lot of money it's like or tyler algier is 26 if you want to pay less
59:42Mike Wright:there's just a big versatility differential there for me it's like you you definitely want etn because you just want somebody that you know is capable of doing more in the passing game i would
59:51Jason Moore:think yeah he etn is a very well-rounded player he can do it in short yardage he can go out to the outside he can catch the ball really really well i think that's probably his strength is in the passing game um teams will want travis et and i just really hope that it's the jaguars that that want him yeah you want to go back there's no world i don't believe where he goes and scores more fantasy points next year for a different team it is unfortunate how that works out sometimes
1:00:16Mike Wright:six percent great 59 good 24 bust but ends up in the top 10 at the position so we'll talk more
1:00:23Jason Moore:the the hot dogs have new weapons guys oh they have they've really been uh putting their scientists to work and they have evolved. These aren't swords anymore. These are projectiles. No more brass ages. No way, man. Gunpowder has been found. Is the play-by-play? Gunpowder has been found. The industrial revolution has begun. Oh, yeah. The steam engine's cooking.
1:00:44Mike Wright:And you thought this was a good decision, huh?
1:00:46Andy Holloway:I didn't eat the third hot dog, Andy. When I had my stupid piece of grilled chicken and vegetables and I looked over at my guy eating two hot dogs. This is like, what am I doing? How do you feel now, Mike? Are you at peace? Not good enough to have not eaten the hot dogs. Okay. All right. Just you wait until nuclear
1:01:10Mike Wright:capabilities are found.
1:01:12Andy Holloway:With fishing.
1:01:13Mike Wright:Well, we don't have much time left for multiple reasons on the show, so we'll jump right into the face-off in your hot dog shame. Oh, man, we still have that? Your hot dog shame can become real shame.
1:01:25Jason Moore:Fantasy Face-Off. presented by PrizePix.
1:01:32Mike Wright:This guy can't throw a pistachio to save his life.
1:01:39Andy Holloway:Wheel of Shame.
1:01:45Andy Holloway:The timing is great, Jason, because it is poop your pants. Oh.
1:01:51Mike Wright:That's the shame.
1:01:51Andy Holloway:Yeah. For real? Yep. Oh my gosh, I might do it. Just go ahead. I might do it. I'll tell you what. Just go ahead, cheese head. It's Timu Mike.
1:02:01Mike Wright:Timu Mike Wright. Okay, let's start here, Jason. I get to be. Put some tattoos on. These are some arm sleeves for you.
1:02:10Andy Holloway:Yeah, there you go.
1:02:11Jason Moore:Oh, you got some skulls on there? Yeah, brother. Oh, dude. That's cool, man. I've been thinking about sleeving up.
1:02:16Mike Wright:Yeah, this is a chance to try. Get a little taste. Oh, it looks good, brother. Timu Mike Wright on the way, baby. I get to be cool, guys.
1:02:25Andy Holloway:I mean yeah here you go Mike's liking it if your ink look like that's pretty good work here you go if that were real oh yeah and the beard I already have a beard but Grizzly
1:02:34Mike Wright:that's what I was gonna go with yeah you gotta get the I mean it's not the right color so
1:02:41Andy Holloway:there you go Jay what is this beard that has no mustache
1:02:45Mike Wright:alright oh look at Mike oh baby
1:02:48Andy Holloway:yeah baby oh yeah
1:02:51Mike Wright:I dyed my mustache dark Oh, man. Yes. All right. Well, now we're jumping right in. Okay. Quarterback, Jason, why don't you kick us off? All right.
1:02:59Jason Moore:Quarterback. I'm going with Jared Stidham. Half an interception. I'm taking more than that. Yeah. I think, you know.
1:03:10Andy Holloway:But that's your green goblin, right?
1:03:11Jason Moore:That is my green goblin, yes.
1:03:13Mike Wright:I'll follow it up then because I have Jared Stidham and the green goblin. Oh, no. But I'm going positive. More than a half touchdown? 174.5 passing and rushing yards combined. 174.5. I'm taking the more for Jarrett Steele.
1:03:30Andy Holloway:That's a sneaky find. Yeah. I've got Sam Darnold in the heated matchup with L.A. 235.5 passing yards in your bra. Taking the less.
1:03:44Jason Moore:Okay. All right, team. We going running backs? So from here on out, because I've been the shame a couple weeks in a row, I wanted to have a theme to my playoff fun.
1:03:56Andy Holloway:I smell some hate.
1:03:58Jason Moore:Yeah. Kyron Williams. You love Kyron. I love Kyron Williams. You love Kyron. I love him. Yards on first reception. Five and a half. Okay. No, I'm going less than that. Yeah, okay. I'm going to defensive battle. Defenses are getting up for the first parts of these games. Everything's going to be short.
1:04:18Andy Holloway:When it came to the interceptions, though, you're like, no, there's more. Well, that's a negative. Yeah. I know. You're just – your hate. So what? Your heart is full.
1:04:27Mike Wright:That was your running back, right? Don't talk to me. I'm full of hatred here. Ramondre Stevenson. Oh, yeah. 48.5 rushing yards. No way. I'm taking the lower. No way.
1:04:39Andy Holloway:Less. Ken Bone Walker. This is my Green Goblin. One and a half receptions. Okay. For Ken Bone Walker. That's it. That's a steal.
1:04:49Jason Moore:That's a great one. Wide receiver. Cooper Cup. Yards on first reception. You love Cooper Cup. He's doing all this yards on first reception. Yards on first reception. Seven and a half. Less than that. Oh my gosh. See you next week, buddy.
1:05:05Mike Wright:Get a Cooper Cup screen. I went Rashid Shahid in the same game. And I took.5 rushing yards. I'm taking the more. Give him one end around.
1:05:16Andy Holloway:I got Kayshawn Booty. Booty. His projection is at four receiving targets. I am crossing my fingers and going more on that one. That's a scary one. That was really scary. I think he's pretty much been right at four. I expect you to just tie there. I glanced at Booty. Yeah.
1:05:36Mike Wright:Don't stare too long. I thought about it. And I went away. Yeah. I was just uncertain. Yeah. Jason.
1:05:45Andy Holloway:I was like, which direction? do you go? Do you go Stefan Diggs
1:05:48Jason Moore:or do you go Booty? Tight end Evan Ingram yards on first reception Oh my gosh 7.5? No I'm taking less than that.
1:05:59Mike Wright:Yours is going to be over so fast.
1:06:01Jason Moore:My whole game is going to be I just need everything to be short to start these games. No big place.
1:06:07Mike Wright:I went Hunter Henry in the New England game I think that the defensive backs Booty Diggs I think they're going to turn towards Hunter Henry. I'm taking 43.5 receiving yards, and I'm taking the more for Henry.
1:06:21Andy Holloway:I have Colby Parkinson. Okay. His projection is at three and a half targets, which I'm trying to go back and count the games. It seems like in the past 10 games, he has only not passed three and a half targets once. Okay. I'm loving this projection. Thank you, PriceFix.
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1:07:03Jason Moore:reactions way cooler next week i feel like let me see these look at those arms yeah i should i get asleep? You should get two. Oh, man.
1:07:12Mike Wright:And a motorcycle. I don't know about that. See you later, everybody. Goodbye.
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