WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.480 How do you handle the latest bout of injuries around 2 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:09.640 the NFL training camps? What surprising Saints receiver is somebody 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:11.759 that you need to keep in mind for your fantasy 4 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:15.720 drafts this weekend and beyond. And how bullish or bearish 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:20.120 are you on a certain NFC North rookie wide receiver. Plus, 6 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:24.320 we have the three time FFPC Main Event League Champion 7 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:28.320 and twenty twenty five FFPC pros versus Joe's drafter, Rob 8 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.160 Thomasino hanging out with us tonight. We've got a great 9 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.920 show for you. Farrell Elliott is here. I'm Eric Balkman. 10 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.079 Stick around. Your high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour starts now. 11 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:40.000 It's down the pressure. 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What a great week it's been 114 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.399 for fantasy football and here with the Pros Versus Jos 115 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.480 and now joining you on Friday night, and our guest 116 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.199 is coming in from the Pros Versus Jos and yeah, 117 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:01.560 it's fantastic. A lot of good news for young players 118 00:06:01.639 --> 00:06:05.000 coming out of NFL training camps, the early start to 119 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:08.360 this season. It's good stuff. 120 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.439 It is good stuff. I mean, I'm looking at right 121 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.800 now and we're gonna talk about Rashid shakehedin a little bit, 122 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.240 but I want to just kind of go over some 123 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:19.800 quick hitters with you at the top of the show. 124 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:24.240 Number one, Elijah Royle apparently looks like a playmaker after 125 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:27.519 two training camp practices. According to John Boyle, who covers 126 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:31.160 the Seahawks for the Teamseahawks dot Com, Elijah Royle now 127 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.720 seems to be the guy there over aj Barner with 128 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:36.360 no Noah offense. You're bumping him up your tight end 129 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:39.720 premium draft boards at all. Ferrell Arroyo actually, in the 130 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.639 limited dynasty that I play, I made him a target 131 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.720 and got him. I figured that if this team scouted 132 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:49.600 him and drafted him, they had to see something. Now 133 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:52.519 I think even they're a little bit surprised about what 134 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.480 they see, but they're regularly working out wide receivers, so 135 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:58.160 they're trying to change the outlook of the way that 136 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.600 team handles and lose the balls the air, and so yeah, 137 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:03.680 Arroyo is gonna have a spot in it. And with 138 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.279 his athleticism, there's a great deal of talk about the 139 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:08.000 various places he could line. 140 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:11.920 Up all ours from last year. He's not going to 141 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.160 be Bowers, but he might be a little better than 142 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.639 anything we've seen from the Seattle tight end position in 143 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:17.040 a while. 144 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.079 Next up is Jacksonville Tank Bigsby. Apparently John Shipley covers 145 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:25.079 the Jaguars for SI dot Com said if there was 146 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:27.680 one running back on this team that stood out throughout 147 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:29.879 the practice today, it was Tank Bigsby. And I think 148 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:32.680 this is worth bringing up Parrell because Tank Bigsby would 149 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.399 normally shine when the helmets are on, the pads are on, 150 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:38.839 and it's full you know, as close as you can 151 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.519 get to full tackle practice. It was one of those 152 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:43.160 things where it was helmets and shorts that was it 153 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.120 today and Bigsby stood out. I think that's good news 154 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.319 if you have Bigsby or if you're looking at drafting 155 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:52.920 him over Etn over Michelle Tooton over Laquin Allen. This 156 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:57.040 this is a very ambiguous backfield, and Bigsby I think 157 00:07:57.079 --> 00:07:58.000 took a step forward here. 158 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.000 We've had a hard time being right about the Jacksonville 159 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:04.839 backfield and the Jacksonville team over the years and there. 160 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.160 So this is not something that I am looking to do. 161 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.680 And I don't think he's gonna drop much in the 162 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.879 draft because of this conversation. So this is a player 163 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:19.160 that I will be personally avoiding and will somewhat underscore 164 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:22.000 my lack of meaningful commentary about it. 165 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:27.600 The news was not all good today. Darnell Mooney was 166 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.160 the bad. We'll get into the bad here. Zach Kline, 167 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:34.279 who covers the Falcons for WSB, reports that Mooney has 168 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.960 a shoulder injury. Suffered a shoulder injury today and quote 169 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:40.679 will miss most of training camp. Now. We don't know 170 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.039 if this is the same shoulder that he hurt last season. 171 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:45.639 It's not like the Falcons have another guy ready to 172 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.639 step up into that number two role. They have Caderill Hodge, 173 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.720 they have Ray Ray McCloud, and then they inked DJ 174 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:56.759 Chark to a contract later today. Hopefully Mooney recovers. I 175 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:58.960 feel like I have to move him down my boards 176 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:01.279 a little bit, even though I like this player Ferrell. 177 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.399 When you look at that Atlanta passing game, are you 178 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.360 bumping up pits at all? Is there somebody that you 179 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.360 look at late? How are you drafting Darnel Mooney now 180 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.799 that we know he's probably gonna be missing most of 181 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:15.840 training camp over the next four or five, even six weeks. 182 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:18.759 I was trying to warm up to him during the 183 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.080 pros Versus shows. The more I looked at him, the 184 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:27.919 more I was beginning to do that. But it's he's 185 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.679 the type of player, body, physique, and skill set that 186 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:35.039 doesn't respond well to the shoulder or joint injuries. They're 187 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.639 just basing things that he has to do. You know, 188 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:42.399 I like, I don't like any player to be injured. 189 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:44.200 But if you're in fantasy ball, if you want a 190 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.000 guy that struggles with injuries, you want a bigger player 191 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:52.639 that can physical still physical his way to make certain catches, 192 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.639 to make the proverbial fifty to fifty catch, Mooney's not 193 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:57.440 going to make any of them, and if he's hurting, 194 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:00.480 he's going to make less than them. So I don't 195 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.120 know is a big He's a run after catch guy 196 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:07.240 for me too. He should be elusive. He runs sometimes 197 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.679 like a running back. All those things come to play 198 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:15.759 and make you somewhat skittish about him to repeat some 199 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.679 of the success he's had. Put that in the fact 200 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:21.799 that he is still a falcon, and you continue to 201 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:25.879 be further discouraged about his opportunities. 202 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:29.720 You know, I think I am leaning towards everything you said. 203 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.000 I respect, obviously, but I think I'm leaning towards buying 204 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:34.759 the dip on Mooney. This is a player that I 205 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:37.600 was already in on. He was wide receiver fifty one 206 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.960 at the ten or three According to Fantasy Mojo dot com. 207 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:43.000 That's Darren Armani's website. He is the godfather of the process. 208 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:45.120 That show's challenge. If you are playing in the FFPC, 209 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.240 I highly recommend you get a subscription to Fantasymojo dot com. 210 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.840 And so I would imagine with this shoulder news, he's 211 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:52.600 probably going to be dropping in the twelfth or three. 212 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.240 I must be able to get him as wide receiver six. 213 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:57.799 And if that's the case, whether it's in Best Ball, 214 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.840 whether it's in manage leagues or whatever, I'm still on 215 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:02.519 board for that. It's a long season. He is not 216 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:04.320 a rookie, he is not a second year guy that 217 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.000 he needs all these reps. I don't think that there's 218 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.120 an obvious guy ready to step in for him. I 219 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:11.799 am not a DJ believer. So I think when Mooney 220 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:14.879 slips to that twelfth round, which he inevitably will do, 221 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.600 maybe even later than that, I'll be scooping him up. 222 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.720 It's fair enough as long as it's after Pittman. Wow, 223 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:23.159 it only took us twelve minutes to get Pittman into 224 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:27.440 the conversation. Yeah, and I'm just and I agree with 225 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:32.360 everything you're saying. However, if his injury is a nagging 226 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:35.639 one throughout the year. The kind of athlete he is, 227 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:41.279 what he does to be successful could be put in peril. 228 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:44.600 The other thing I want to bring up here we 229 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.600 have Rob Thomasino coming up the FFP. It's a ghos 230 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:54.279 drafter Dallas Morning News is Calvin Watkins was asked or 231 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:56.960 excuse me, asked Brian Schottenheimer, the head coach of Dallas, 232 00:11:57.000 --> 00:12:01.360 about the running back situation, and Shottenheimer hinted that a 233 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.279 rotation could be the way that Dallas goes once the 234 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.399 season starts. Watkins listed Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders as 235 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.759 the two guys who are competing for the starting running 236 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:14.519 back job in Dallas. Did not mention Jayden Blue. And 237 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.840 obviously we saw the report last week from a Cowboys 238 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:22.679 former Cowboys coach saying that he's been lazy and they've 239 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:24.519 had to force him and kind of kick him in 240 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:26.639 the gear, kick him in the rear to get him. 241 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:26.919 Ye. 242 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:31.159 That's yeah, basically that's what it was. So here's the thing. 243 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.639 Javonte Williams has not been good in several years. Miles 244 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.080 Sanders has not been good in several years. I am 245 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:38.919 still like we got the KFFSE Dynasty rookie drafts going 246 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:40.720 on right now. I've gotten Jaden Blue and at least 247 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.919 two of them already. I'm still on board with that. 248 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.480 As far as redraft goes again, this is a player 249 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:47.120 I'm buying the dip on. I feel like if you 250 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:49.399 can get him as running back five, that could really 251 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.600 pay off. And with the news coming out of Dallas 252 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.399 not being glowing, I feel like this is the opportunity 253 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:57.240 to buy Jayden Blue now before he starts turning heads 254 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.360 in the preseason. I agree with that. 255 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:07.519 Players that come in and get labeled publicly lazy usually 256 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.039 have a chip on their shoulder, maybe as coaches that 257 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.919 are trying to light light the proverbial fuse in this player. 258 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:22.399 I I've seen coaches talk to players about being lazy, 259 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:27.200 line thinking lazy, having a hard time focus, line up wrong. 260 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:31.120 You know, there's nothing more entertaining for me than you 261 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:33.440 go to a practice and you got the guys lined 262 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:36.240 up and some coach runs screaming onto the field at 263 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:38.879 one player that he's lined up in the wrong place. 264 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.679 The poor players trying to figure out all these aspects 265 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:44.600 of the play call, and it can be a difficult 266 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:48.360 process for it. But yeah, let's let's just give the 267 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:50.840 Let's give the young player a break and see what 268 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:53.759 you see how he shakes off the lazy label. 269 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.879 I want to get into New Orleans here. Rashid Shakid, 270 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.519 according to Aaron Summers and covers the team, says that 271 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.840 he put on weight this offseason to hold up better 272 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:06.039 against contact. Rashid Shahed weighs in at one hundred and 273 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.240 ninety pounds at the start of this season. At this 274 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.200 time last year, he weighed one hundred and eighty. This 275 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:12.679 is his fourth year in the league. He's coming back 276 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:16.600 from a torn meniscus that he suffered last season. Apparently 277 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.480 looked completely recovered from this meniscus, not now, but all 278 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:23.120 the way back in May. Per Matthew Paris, who covers 279 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:27.679 the Saints, he averaged sixteen point six yards per reception 280 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.200 in his career before he got hurt. Last year, he 281 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.240 was on pace for just under one thousand yards and 282 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:37.559 nine touchdowns. John Dagel from established around another process as 283 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.240 Joe's drafter that we saw this past week. Pharrell posted 284 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.200 that in the games win a Lave and Shahied were 285 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.399 healthy last year. I think it was like five four 286 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:50.039 or five games, Shih had actually out targeted Chris o'lave 287 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.000 by like eight or nine targets. Now, I know target, 288 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:54.679 it's like the T word on this show. We don't 289 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.679 like to talk about it. We like to talk about receptions. 290 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.480 But when you talk about where these players are going, 291 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.320 the FFPC big gorilla over the last three days. Knowing 292 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.679 what I just told you, what John Daegel said about 293 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:10.159 a lobby being out targeted by Rashid Shaheed, you have 294 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.799 to pay seventh round draft capital, sometimes sixth round draft 295 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:17.399 capital for Chris o'labby Rashid Shahed is only going to 296 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:20.879 set you back twelfth round draft capital. I'm becoming a 297 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.120 fan of Shaheed, my friend. 298 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.240 I think you've been a fan for a while. Bulkie, 299 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.559 you know we were back in the day. We were 300 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:32.720 talking about this player before really anyone else was that 301 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.639 I can recall, and we've always liked him. I think 302 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.440 that he is tied to the quarterback Tyler Shuck. As 303 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:43.440 I recall, Shuck has great downfield accuracy and that's where, 304 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:46.720 especially in best Ball, you'll get your spikes from Shaheed. Now, 305 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.200 why is he targeted a lot? He's targeting a lot 306 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.759 because he gets open, and then you know he is 307 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:55.960 open and he's had quarterback. You know, say what you 308 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.759 will about mister Carr, There's there's a quarterback they could 309 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.240 run through the progressions. Now he gets at the other 310 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:05.720 end of the spectrum with a rookie quarterback. A rookie 311 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:09.039 quarterback can lean on a player that gets open and 312 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:15.320 has speed. And also Shaheed could look a lot different 313 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.159 in what they ask him to. 314 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.320 Do with this quarterback. 315 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.159 So I'm with you, Bulky. This is a player that 316 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:25.240 I will be targeting in the drafts and that I'm 317 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.600 thrilled to have on my dynasty teams that I barely 318 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.240 paid for I think got him off the waivers in 319 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:36.600 most cases. And I'm beginning to notice that a lot 320 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:40.200 of people is a lot of people are going to 321 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:45.519 catch up to this player because I'm getting a lot 322 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.360 of trade offers. And Scott points says, who is going 323 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:51.200 to get him the ball? Well, it'll be a rookie quarterback, 324 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:53.720 or it'll be Jay Hayner. It'll be one of those guys. 325 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:56.960 And they won't win many many games for New Orleans, 326 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:03.120 but they will successfully present this player with enough opportunities 327 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.440 to cast seventy seventy five balls. If he continues to 328 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.160 separate and get the yard, as you're talking about a 329 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:14.279 few touchdowns, that'll be quite an acquisition for the twelfth round. 330 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:17.519 The level of expectation you have for a player in 331 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:20.839 the twelfth round goes increasingly down. While Scott Hoyt brings 332 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.079 up a good point, I think that's a question I 333 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.359 would ask for somebody like Olave who's going in the 334 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.839 sixth round, who's going to get them the ball? 335 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:29.960 That's a good point. And Scott, you know, it's not 336 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.519 a bit of a mess. It's not. You've got good 337 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.920 young players who are competing for the position. It was 338 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.039 a bit of a mess last year you had an 339 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.559 injured veteran that can't shake it off. Now. The only 340 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:47.359 time that the New Orleans quarterback room it begins to 341 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.519 look like a mess to be is when they ask 342 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:51.200 the tight end to start playing quarterback. 343 00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:56.640 They have young players competing for the job there. How 344 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:58.720 good they are, I don't know, we'll find out, but 345 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:00.200 I think they're good enough to get the ball to 346 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.319 a lobby in Shaheed, and obviously Shahed if you miss 347 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:05.720 on him in the twelfth round doesn't really hurt your draft. 348 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:09.039 At all. Let's go to Washington Farrell Chris Russell, who 349 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:10.880 covers the commanders that he is not going to be 350 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:15.559 surprised if Jacory Krossky Merritt earns running back one snaps 351 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.480 at some point this season. There's been a lot of 352 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.680 praise for Jacory Krossky Merrit in training camp so far. 353 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.000 He had a four point four five forty yard dash 354 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:29.160 at the scouting combine eight point nine excuse me, eight 355 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:31.559 point two to nine RAD score, which is an elite 356 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:33.880 but whatever, the next step down from elite, that's what 357 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:37.039 he's at. Should have been an early day pick according 358 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.400 to a lot of scouts, he ends up being a 359 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.720 late day three pick. An early day three pick according 360 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:43.440 to a lot of scouts. He ends up going late 361 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.400 day three. And quite frankly, you have Austin Eckler and 362 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.160 Brian Robinson. There not a high bar to jump over. 363 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:51.799 And when you consider that Jacory Krossky Merrit, I do 364 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.039 believe that this guy is going to continue to rise 365 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:57.880 up the big guerrilla draft boards sixteen o eight running 366 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:00.319 Back sixty six. I'm definitely in on that. I wish 367 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:01.880 I had more shares of Merriage just to see what 368 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:05.240 happens here because I think this Washington running game is 369 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:08.160 more ambiguous than a lot of people think. I do too. 370 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:10.599 And why didn't he get drafted. He's twenty four years old. 371 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:14.279 Why didn't he get drafted better? Well, he only played 372 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:16.559 one game his senior season, but he went down to 373 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:20.839 the East West Rine game in Texas and impressed everyone, 374 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:23.960 and that's where he began. He was the most valuable 375 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:28.680 player in that game, and people were pleased with him 376 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.839 in practice, and then he showed it in the All 377 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:32.960 Star Game. And he was a good teammate and a 378 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:39.000 great kid to be around. Three schools during his college time. 379 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:43.680 What did he not show in college? He rarely caught 380 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:48.720 the ball, which makes me think that Eckler will handle 381 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:51.680 third down and maybe some more. And you know, you 382 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.599 take a guy like Eckler and you start saying he's 383 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:56.359 going to handle a lot of the third down, Well, 384 00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:59.839 then Eckler becomes something that you can consider there, becomes 385 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:02.440 a five to six catch player per game. 386 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.680 You look at. 387 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:08.119 What's going on with with Robinson. He's in the last 388 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:13.119 year of his contract, and I think they will continue 389 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:16.519 to work out running backs. They will look at guys 390 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.240 on the street they'll look at guys that'll be waived 391 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:21.680 and try to piece it together. But I think they 392 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:24.119 were very pleased to get this player. They like what 393 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:27.279 they've seen him, and he goes by Bill. His nickname 394 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:30.319 is Bill, so you can drop all the other hyphenated 395 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.160 names and just call him Bill. 396 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.559 But I like him. 397 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:38.359 And you know, if I'm a young quote running back 398 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:40.440 trying to get a start in this league and trying 399 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:42.640 to figure it out, you can't be in a locker 400 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:44.480 room with anybody better than Austin Ekwer. 401 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.000