Washington's Revamped Running Game and Fantasy Football Insights

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00:00We'll start off with the running back situation in Washington, which actually I think is going

00:03to be a little bit better than it's been the last few weeks because Marcus Mariota is turning

00:07the ball back over to his buddy Jaden Daniels. So I would assume that their running game

00:13gets better. Chris Rodriguez Jr. is out there. This was a story of the season,

00:19the early part of the season that we talked about here. Jacory Krosky Barrett was the pick

00:24of the year in fantasy for people on Twitter, and they were bragging about him for about five weeks.

00:29Those people are nowhere to be found at this point. The guy is not even playing basically

00:33anymore. I feel like Washington may play Rodriguez a little bit more and play toward the future

00:37because I don't think that Bill, and I hope he has a great career in the NFL, but I just

00:42don't think that what he did was sustainable at all. It proved out to be that way.

00:46Yeah, I don't think they're running back in the future. The number one running back in the

00:50future is on the roster. They're either going to draft or sign someone in a free agency.

00:53I think all these guys are number twos as far as NFL is concerned. There's not much there.

00:59The running game should get some help this week with the return of Daniels, right? He

01:02is a little bit more of a threat here. I don't know how much they're going to have Daniels

01:06doing design runs. They should want to protect that elbow. This is a lost season. Nothing

01:10going on for the commanders there, but Rodriguez is a play this week. He's a nice pickup. He's

01:16on your waiver wire, and by the way, even if you're fine at running back, you don't need

01:21him in flex, pick him up anyway. You should have done that to play defense. If I'm playing

01:25Craig and he's a running back, I'll claim Rodriguez over Craig. I don't care if he's on my

01:28bench. Why would I want Greg to go get him or anybody else for that matter? I may have

01:31to play you in the playoffs, so it would have been great defense to go get him as

01:34well. I picked up in two leagues, and I am starting him in at least one. I might start

01:37him in the other league as well here. I think he's going to have a decent representative

01:41day here. A little bit of a tough matchup against the Vikings, so keep that in mind,

01:44but I do like C-Rod this week.

01:46Jaden Higgins has become a nice play for the Houston Texans as their offense has come alive

01:50here a little bit the last few weeks. He's now up to 40% owned. He's got 32 catches,

01:56George. He's got double the amount of touchdowns this season than Justin Jefferson with four. How

02:00about that? 359 receiving yards, borderline playable, especially in a bye week with several

02:06players out.

02:09You know, once again, we talked earlier, they're playing Kansas City. We saw Kansas City get lit

02:16up by the Cowboys on pass defense, right? Now, I understand. Listen, Stroud is not Dak Prescott,

02:22doesn't have land, doesn't have Pickens. Not quite as good a matchup there, but they can

02:26be thrown on here. So, I think this is more matchup dependent. Once again, who else do you

02:31have on your roster that you're going to start him over? So, I don't think he's a definite

02:34start. I don't. You know, I'd be lying if I said I trust Stroud, but I probably like Stroud a little

02:39bit more than I did two weeks ago. You know, so he's certainly in the conversation to me, more on

02:43that low-end wide receiver three flex range. So, he's someone I'm thinking about starting.

02:48Oh, I don't really have him anywhere, but I would think about starting him, but I think

02:52your upside is limited. So, that might be where I go with that there. What do you want? You just

02:56want double-digit points? Okay, you're good there. You should get it. But if you're looking

03:00for 18, 20, 22 points, then you may have to look in another direction.

03:04The Jets are really thin at wide receiver, and so the hot pickup a couple of weeks ago

03:08was John Mechie after his big game. Now, he's quiet, and Adonai Mitchell seems to be getting

03:14hot. He's got 20 receptions, virtually all with the Jets, 300 yards, a touchdown.

03:18On 41 targets, but it does feel a little bit like an uncertain situation, George. It

03:24wouldn't surprise me to see Mitchell have a good game this week against the Dolphins.

03:27It wouldn't surprise me to see Mechie have a good game, but I don't think you're going

03:31to get both. It feels like a coin flip.

03:34Yeah, it's the Jets, right? You're not going to get both, as I don't think you are.

03:38You might get one. Miami, not the greatest defense here. It is in New York, and as you and I

03:42have been talking, the weather's not going to be beautiful here, all right? Not going to be

03:46an awful lot. I don't think we're getting any precipitation on Sunday, but it could be

03:49a little windy there in the Meadowlands and stuff like that. I would prefer Mitchell, I

03:55think. You know, I think. Listen, to be honest with you, Craig, I don't want to have to start

04:00either one, because if I do, it means I probably might be in a little bit of trouble, especially

04:03if I'm in a 10-team league. 12-team league, okay, is what it is there. But I just don't

04:07trust Taylor. Not sure I trust Mitchell either, by the way. Did he drop? Was he one of those

04:11guys earlier this year, by the way? He was running at a touchdown and decided to dust

04:14the ball before the end zone? That's him. Yeah, that's him. Yeah, I think it's one of

04:17two players that do that this season, Di Mercado being the other one. So I don't want to have

04:21to start him, but if you have to, I don't hate it either.

04:26Deshaun Vele of the Saints is getting a lot of playing time. They're basically dismantling

04:30at this point, so they've given him some looks. 17 catches, 184 yards, two touchdowns.

04:35I got no interest here on Vele, but he's got a cool name.

04:42Do you get points for that? Do we get points for cool name? You remember when I said I don't

04:46hate Mitchell? Well, I would hate Vele if I had to go that direction, okay? I really would.

04:50Olave did practice. I think he's going to be okay for the game. If Olave was out,

04:54I might think about it, but he's not.

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