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Rookie Review: Running Backs - Biggest Impact Rookies 2025
Power, speed, versatility, and opportunity – the 2025 rookie running back class has it all. This deep dive examines why six rookie running backs are currently being drafted in the top 30, with insights that could make or break your fantasy season.
Leading the pack is Ashton Jeanty, the sixth overall pick by the Raiders who's already climbing into the first round of fantasy drafts. His combination of power and elusiveness in the open field has drawn LaDainian Tomlinson comparisons, and Pete Carroll's run-heavy approach makes this a match made in fantasy heaven.
But the real values might lie further down the board. Quinshon Judkins brings bruising power to Cleveland's scheme, while Omarion Hampton offers three-down potential in Jim Harbaugh's run-first Chargers offense. Caleb Johnson lands in the perfect situation with Pittsburgh – a physical AFC North back with surprisingly nimble feet and no established competition.
We also uncover the sleepers you need on your radar: RJ Harvey's potential in Sean Payton's offense, Trevion Henderson's home-run hitting ability, and why Cam Skattebo might be the most underrated pass-catching back in this entire class.
For each prospect, we provide detailed analysis of their college production, physical profile, landing spot evaluation, player comparisons, and realistic rookie-year projections. Whether you're drafting at the turn or looking for late-round lottery tickets, this episode identifies which backs are positioned to contribute immediately and which might require patience before delivering fantasy gold.
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Rookie running backs. That's what we're talking about today, guys Rookie running backs from 2025's NFL Draft. If you like what we're throwing down, like, subscribe and share to others. Guys, let's go, All right, all right, all right. Welcome to the show. This is the Frankly Fantasy Football Podcast. We are your hosts, Frankie and Johnny. Welcome back, brother. Season five of the podcast. How you feeling, man Feeling fantastic, Johnny boy.
Speaker 2:Season five let's go.
Speaker 1:Once again, we get to get together and talk about fantasy football, frankie. Today we're talking about the rookie running backs. I mean, this rookie running back class was the bell of the ball baby. I mean, this is what we wanted. Was the bell of the ball baby? I mean, this is what we wanted. There are six running backs in this rookie class, as far as ADP goes, right now, in the top 30.
Speaker 1:So pay attention, guys. These are people you will be drafting. These are people. There's a handful of them in here. You're going to be starting in week one, so this is very, very important. Let's get right after it, frank. How do you feel about that? Let's get right after it, frank. How do you feel about that? Let's do it, baby. All right, let's go. Man, we're going to start with our number one, number one with a bullet, by the way, not even close. Feel good about this guy. We're talking about Ashton Genting. All right, from Boise State to playing on that beautiful, bright blue field. You got to love that D that Drafted in round one, pick number six by the Las Vegas Raiders. Right now, Ashton Jenty's ADP is 17. Doing a lot of mock drafts right now, though, frank, and he's going right in that turn in round one. It's a little crazy and a little scary. Number six running back off the board. His profile he profiles at 5'8", 211 pounds, 4'4, 5, 40. Frankie, talk to me about dud Ashton.
Speaker 2:Jenty Ashton. Jenty guys is one of those premier backs that come around so very few. That didn't make any sense, Not a lot of times.
Speaker 1:John, you know real quick Frankie, season five. You didn't waste any time coming in with a phrase like yeah, it sounds like a you didn't waste any time coming in with a phrase, we'll jump in. Yeah, it sounds like an Eastern European trying to say slang or something. Good job, way to kick us off for the season, buddy.
Speaker 2:So very few times. How about that? So not often, guys, do we see a back of this caliber come through the NFL draft and, honestly, it's probably been since Saquon Barkley. That is how few and far between this is John. Just to give a little bit of context as to how good this cat really is between the years of 2023, man, in 2024, he actually combined for 594 rushing attempts. Think about 594 rushing attempts, which eclipsed over 4,000 total yards, 49 total touchdowns. He's a mega superstar man and here's what's crazy he's going to a situation to where he should absolutely thrive.
Speaker 2:When we think about the Raiders man, we saw who they had. They had Zemir White starting at one point. The Raiders man, we saw, like, who they had. They had Zemir White starting at one point and, by the way, now he's actually fourth on the depth chart, behind that of Ashton Gentry, raheem Morris, mccormick and then it is that of Zemir White man. So, knowing as well that Pete Carroll has come over this offseason and we've seen what Pete Carroll does in a Pete Carroll type of offense, this is incredible. We could really see a massive jump from what we've seen in prior rookie running backs, pretty much again since Saquon Barkley, to what we're going to see with Genting. This is exciting as hell yeah, this guy is.
Speaker 1:I mean he does it all. I mean this is a guy you can confidently we don't say this often but a rookie in the first round at the turn. I know everybody's getting burned, talking and feeling that last year with Marvin Harrison Jr and a little, you know, gun shy on drafting rookies that early. Not this guy, man. I mean this guy landed in the perfect spot. He is the bell cow. There's no one breathing down his neck and he can do everything. He can do every piece of this offense. And not only did you talk about Pete Carroll and how he loves to run the tits off of his running backs. Yeah, you got Chip Kelly as the OC, which is super interesting. So it'll give a little creativity to add to the Brock Bowers. That's in there. You know they drafted a rookie receiver as well.
Speaker 1:This is going to be an exciting offense, man. I really do think so. There's been a lot of changes there. You've got Geno Smith at quarterback, so you've got a competent quarterback. Now this offense is going to look completely different. But the bottom line is we're talking about running backs right now. This offense is going to run straight through Ashton Genting. He is the focal point of this offense. So draft this guy with confidence. I he is the focal point of this offense, so draft this guy with confidence. I am excited to see what he can do.
Speaker 1:Watch his tape. He looks like a goddamn beast. I mean, he looks just like a smaller version of Derrick Henry out there. Yeah, it's so hard to tackle. The open field tackles that I've seen on this guy's film were absolutely insane. He's so hard to bring down. Frankie, let's talk about the other thing we're doing here is we're going to give you some player comps with these guys, A lot of these guys. People haven't seen him play in college. We want to get an idea of who they kind of emulate in the NFL, of somebody that maybe we've had on fantasy teams. Who does he remind you of?
Speaker 2:This is super hot take, super hot take, guys, because this comp is actually to my favorite player of all time. It is LaDainian Tomlinson, and I understand when you compare a rookie to a Hall of Famer shit, you better be backing it up. Well, john, if you remember, last year and those listening last year we had a couple of hot takes. Right, we said Brian Thomas Jr reminds us maybe of Julio Jones, and guess who performed like Julio Jones did Brian Thomas Jr. So I'm going with LaDainian Tomlinson, and the reason being, john, is exactly what you said Him in an open field is nothing short of impeccable. Not only does he have the strength to run through you, he has the skill set, from an elusive perspective, to get around you in a way that he's not, he's going to be impossible to bring down.
Speaker 2:So let's actually look, john. So something that we did, guys, that we actually broke down, what are the expectations? What could we really see from a points per game perspective for that of Ashton Gentry and the player comp for these particular rookies? Well, ladainian Tomlinson's rookie year he averaged 17 points a game, which actually equates to roughly about 250 points for the year. So 17 points a game as a rookie, that's fabulous. So where do we see Ashton Genting and where are some of the analysts saying he's going to end up? 14 points a game and roughly 231 fantasy points for the year. And, guys, this is for half PPR. So if you're looking at PPR, it's going to be even more than that.
Speaker 2:So, john, what this is telling me is the dude is going to be a superstar. He's going to the right location. He's in a very good space in terms of the coaching, with Chip Kelly you mentioned it with Pete Carroll, geno Smith at the helm. We no longer have the shitstorm of the QB carousel that was at the Raiders right. And then you add Jacoby Myers, brock Bowers, a few of the other guys that they picked up, like Jack Beck and some of the other guys that we'll mention later on. This is a perfect storm for Ash and Jenty to take off, man. So I'm so on board and I'm so excited to see this guy rocking out.
Speaker 1:Let's rock baby. All right, let's get to our number two guy here. Frankie, I think you put him up at number two. It's a little bit of a Homer pick for you there, buddy. But those of you who are new to the podcast, frankie and I we're from Cleveland, we're from the Cleveland area. I've got the Browns helmet behind me. You know where we're going with this one. Guys, we're talking about Quinn Sean Judkins. Okay, from the Ohio State University, drafted round two, pick number four. So basically a first-round pick, if you want to look at it that way, by the Cleveland Browns. You've got to love that. Adp right now for Quinn Sean is 77. He's the number 27 running back going off the board profiling six foot 221, big body bruising guy 44840. Frankie, talk to me about Judd, oh h io.
Speaker 2:Baby, that's right, boys, that's right. So, guys, here's some fun fact, and, by the way, this is not a hom pick, even though it feels like it. We really like Quinshawn man, and to get him at number two, guys, it's just because of the situation that he's in. So let's break this down. 2024, what did he do? Well, he ran for over 1,000 yards, 14 touchdowns, 22 receptions, 161 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. Why is that important? He split time with Travion Henderson and still put this up. So what did he look like without Travion? Well, he was an All-American. His freshman year, he was first team SEC. At Ole Miss he was 2023 first team SEC. All three years that he played John, he had over 1,000 yards and 14 touchdowns in all three years that he played. Imagine what he would have done if Trevion Henderson wasn't there.
Speaker 2:Now let's think about his running style. The dude runs like a bat out of hell man. He runs with purpose, has incredible burst inside. He's not a pure breakaway runner. We actually saw that when at Ohio State and at Ole Miss, typically, we saw Trevion was the guy who was the breakaway runner, but we did see a few key plays towards that Notre Dame game man in the national championship where he took a ball and actually a few of them 40 plus yards, though he did get caught. The burst that he has to get to that second level is incredible.
Speaker 2:And now he walks in, as I mentioned, to a Browns situation. Rip Nick Chubb, and what I mean by that is he's no longer on the team. And what happened with Jerome Ford? Well, jerome Ford shit the bed last year and he actually had to restructure his contract this year. So now we walk into a situation to where the Browns drafted two stud running backs which which another we'll talk about in a minute but Quinshaw-Juckins man is walking into a scenario to where they're already talking about running a shit ton more 12-13 personnel, which means there's gonna be two, three tight ends, which means that they are gonna to run behind this cat. Everything that comes out is saying he's exactly who they wanted him to be. I couldn't be more excited for the city of Cleveland, for the state of Ohio and for football fanatics in general, because this dude is going to pop off.
Speaker 1:It is exactly that. I mean you look at the situation and man that, what a great situation that. He is the Nick Chubb replacement. He's going to be between the tackles, he's going to be first and second down. He's going to get the goal line carries. I mean, this guy runs hard as hell and it's going to be so much fun and being a Cleveland fan, that's what Cleveland fans want Get back to. We don't want Joe Flacco throwing the ball like crazy, throwing nine interceptions. We want to get back to a ground and pound AFC North Quinn Sean Judkins ripping guys' heads off in the middle in between the tackles. This is what it's about and what's great about this situation, and take away us being homers and being excited about it.
Speaker 1:The Browns are showing their priorities through what their actions are. They drafted two running backs. They went heavy on the run game. They drafted another tight end to help with that. 12 and 13 personnel. This is going to be the focus. I know the quarterback situation we're not going to know until first week of September, I think, of who the starting quarterback is. It's going to be a little sketchy, but what that means is we're going to be running the ball, playing defense. We saw what their priorities were in the draft, and Quinshawn Judkins is going to take full advantage of that, so I feel great about him right now. Frankie, if we're looking at cops, who does Quinshawn Judkins remind you of Guys? This one is easy.
Speaker 2:Think of year one, rookie year, kareem Hunt. What did Kareem Hunt do in his rookie year for the Chiefs? Man, by the way out of a Mac school out of Toledo yeah, dude, was a boss ended up leading the league in rushing and ran very similar styles. Not only does he have the similar hairstyle man they're rocking that out, got the beautiful dreads behind him On top of that man. It's the power, mixed with the agility and the burst that Kareem Hunt had, that looks so similar man to that of Quinshawn. And it's the passing game.
Speaker 2:What we saw out of Kareem Hunt was there was a lot of dink and dumps, and that is something that Quinshawn-Junkins actually did pretty damn well, also at Ohio State, even though his receptions right when we were talking about him having 22 receptions, 161 yards but a lot of those were those quick dink and dunks that he ended up taking for a first down, and that is critical. When you have a quarterback room of what the Browns have, you have to have somebody that's dynamic in that aspect. So, okay, what did Kareem Hunt do? Well, I just mentioned he was an absolute monster. He had average 19 points a game and he eclipsed 282 fantasy points his rookie year.
Speaker 2:Do I see Quinshawn Juckins doing that? I would love him to, but the reality is I actually see him floating around that. 10 points per game mark and roughly about 160 to 170 total points. And that's the sole reason is because the Browns passing attack where they stand. Their teams are going to be stacking the box against these guys and it just is what it is. But damn it, man. I think that if you can get quinch on juckins guys for john what were we talking about? His adp was 77, he's 27th running back off the board and half ppr that's gold. Target him and get ready for a show in cleveland ohio.
Speaker 1:Absolutely, I mean it. Not only see the chubb replacement, he's bigger than chubb, he runs like a combination of Kareem Hunt and Isaiah Pacheco.
Speaker 1:Just very violent runner, but he's bigger than both of those guys and he also can catch the ball, has that ability more than Nick Chubb did. So enjoy guys. All right, let's move on to the next guy. Here We've got our number three guy. I love this guy, frankie. Can't wait to hear what you have to say about him. Omarion Hampton, out of UNC, drafted round one pick, number 22 in the NFL draft to the Los Angeles Chargers baby ADP of 47, and he's the number 18 running back off the board Profiling six foot 221, 40 time4" 6. Frankie, talk to me about Omarion Hampton.
Speaker 2:Absolute stud, guys. The reason why he is not second on the board is strictly due to where he landed and who else is sitting there right, and I'll get to that in a second. But let's dive into who the heck this cat is. Well, last year alone in 2024, guys, he had 1,660 rushing yards Wow, 15 touchdowns. To go along with that, 38 receptions, 373 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. Guys, that is unbelievable. In addition to this, when you look at what he did in 2023 and you mix that with 2024, combined with both those years, he had over 1,500 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons.
Speaker 2:Here's what this guy does. He has incredible bursts on the outside when he's taking sweeps and typically he needs more than one defender to bring him down Very similar to what we've talked about with Ashton Gentry. I saw some a lot of that shit man with Omar in Hampton, especially when he was playing big time schools in the ACC. He's strong between the tackles is a dream back from a three down play perspective, though the issue is, as I mentioned, najee Harris right. So Najee Harris and we'll get to this.
Speaker 2:John, you know we're teasing this a bit with some new faces and new places, but Najee Harris is now there. You have a run first style of offense with Jim Harbaugh, and we know Jim Harbaugh likes to run the ball quite often. Right, we've seen that with JK Dobbins, gus Edwards, multiple things from what he did in San Francisco and certainly from what he did in Michigan. Right, we know the Donovan Edwards and we know the Blake Coram years, and so for me, that is the only thing that's holding Omarion Hampton back is strictly where he landed Now, with that being said, we could certainly see him supersede that of Najee, but for me, I think this is going to be a tandem attack and we're going to wait and see, kind of how Omarion I love the landing spot for Amari and Hampton.
Speaker 1:We know that Harbaugh wants to run the ball. We know he's their priorities as well. I like to see what they're doing. What are their priorities, man? They wanted to boost this offense. They took running back in round one. They took a receiver in round two. They want to give Justin Herbert weapons and options. And I'm not as worried about Najee Harris, I think, as most people are. Pittsburgh would never have let him go. How many times have we seen somebody leave Pittsburgh and really not do a whole lot after that?
Speaker 2:Pittsburgh just Le'Veon Bell. Yeah, good call.
Speaker 1:They're dialed into their people. Every receiver they've said goodbye to has gone fucking crazy. I mean, they've all lost their minds, so they know something about these guys. So I'm not that concerned. I mean, yes, it's going to be heavier with Najee, but again, these are rookies guys. We talk about this every year. Look at that Amon Ross, st Brown effect. These, some of these guys are going to take a little time. Now Amari and Hampton is going to be involved very early in this offense. They're going to run a lot and between the two of them it's a really good tandem. But Amari and Hampton is much more versatile. I think he's just he's got, you know, with the receptions last year, 38 receptions. You know that's nothing to you know to scoff at here. So he's just got, I think, in a perfect position. Perfect scenario in LA with Justin Herbert, with Jim Harbaugh. I'm loving it. Man, who would you compare Amari and Hampton to? What's a good comp for him? Frank John, this one was hard.
Speaker 2:This one was hard. And, guys, for those that are just kind of tuning in, just really seeing, frankly, fantasy and Johnny and I as a whole during the offseason, we really dive in, and what I mean by that is I specifically watch roughly about three and a half to six hour or five and a half to six hours of films on these rookies just to really get a good basis In addition to me watching every particular college game as much as I can throughout the season. And so he was such a mix of so many different players I had to kind of narrow it down and where my head went with was he is a more versatile David Montgomery, and I don't want people to think of David Montgomery as like, wow, what a terrible take. David Montgomery is an absolute badass, like what we've seen for him, not only in Chicago, and then him coming over to the Detroit Lions and seeing how well he's a tandem with that of Jameer Gibbs. Guys, that is where I see Omari Hampton, especially for rookie year. Now, okay, cool.
Speaker 2:Well, what did Monty actually do then in his rookie year? Well, he had about he averaged about 11 points a game in half point PPR in fantasy football and he had about 160 fantasy points as well. So where do I see then Omarion? Well, I actually see him performing a little bit better, and it's strictly because he's in a Jim Harbaugh offense. He's also playing inside Guys. That is a huge thing to keep in mind. About these running backs when they're playing inside, the weather's not as much of an issue. These guys are a little bit more loose. That absolutely affects the play and affects fantasy output. So for me, man, I'm looking at him at roughly about 12 points a game, which equates to about 198, 200 points for the fantasy season. So a little bit better than David Montgomery from that aspect. But, man, this is going to be an absolute blast watching him as a charger.
Speaker 1:Okay, moving on here, the next guy. Hey, let's get to another guy who's above six feet, 220 pounds. There's some big running backs that got drafted here, man in this draft class.
Speaker 1:I love it. This guy, our number four running back for the day, caleb johnson from iowa drafted around three pick 19 to the pittsburgh steelers. Right now his adp is 96. He's the number 33 running back off the board profiling again a big-bodied guy. He's 6'1, 224 with a 4, 5, 40 Frankie. I'm excited about this guy. Talk to me about Caleb Johnson absolute bruiser man.
Speaker 2:I mean, this dude from all Iowa is literally the guy that's back there slamming the corn husk, eating his fill man, getting all nice and plump and going out there on Saturdays and doing this shit. Last year, 1,537 rushing yards, 21 touchdowns in the Big Ten, 22 receive or receptions, with 188 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns. So who is Caleb Johnson? Right, you're in the Big Ten and you're running over 1,500 yards. How does this comp? How does this compare? He's a patient runner. He embraces contact but plays with quite a bit of finesse. Here's the other thing he can handle large, large workloads. When we're talking about 1500 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, give that dude the rock and let him rock and roll, baby. On top of that, he's he's not he's big, but he's not overly big to where he's king henry status. But the thing is he's so big at 61224 that the 4.5740 that that doesn't bother me, man. I mean, yeah, that's a little bit slower than that of right. We mentioned Quinshawn, we mentioned Omarian, we mentioned Ashton Jenty and we're going to mention a few others here. That doesn't bother me. The reason being is because of his running style. He has great game speed and so, for those listening, there is such a thing, trust me, as game speed versus just strictly 40 time. And so, for those listening, there is such a thing, trust me, as game speed versus just strictly 40 time. And so when you're watching Caleb Johnson play, he plays so much faster than what his 40 actually says. In addition, where's he walking into? We said the Steelers. This is a beautiful chef's kiss. Pairing him with Jalen Warren. Guys, jalen Warren has the opportunity to be that change of pace, that third down back right. Somebody that comes in is like much more scatty. And this guy can come in and be that between the tackles kind of bruiser type of mentality to what he's basically a younger version of what Najee was right, and so I love this cat Perfect scenario for him.
Speaker 2:And now you hear on, aaron Rodgers is the quarterback. They get crazy ass George Pickens out of there, so they bring in DK Metcalf. Now you've got to really be scared from that outside perspective. Oh, and, by the way, then you draft a guy like Caleb Johnson in there. By the way, yeah, last year their offensive line wasn't that great, but, guys, they had a bunch of young. Last year their offensive line wasn't that great, but, guys, they had a bunch of young bucks. This year that offensive line is going to be much improved. I would say average it worst. And now you layer on a guy like this. Look out, there's a reason we put him in number four guys, a number four rookie, running back over, ahead of many of the other guys we're going to mention. It's because of where he landed and his ability to get it done.
Speaker 1:It's so frustrating being a Browns fan because you look at these, the organizations in the AFC North. They're just so good. The Pittsburgh Steelers organization is just so well run. Man, they got better this year. This offense is going to be very interesting, completely brand new, with Aaron Rodgers throwing to DK Metcalf. Now you've got Caleb Johnson back there, it's going to look very different and, man, what a great spot. Caleb Johnson and Quinshawn Judkins are very similar players. Watching their tape, I mean just angry runners, bruising, big bruising guys. It's perfect. Afc North football is what it is. I mean the Browns fans are even going to be looking at this, this running back, saying God damn it, that guy's really good.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and we've seen the split work between Jalen Warren and Najee. This split will work as well. A lot of these teams are going to this, so I you know it's hard to get in it. It's very rare You're going to see situations like Ashton Gentry, where he's the guy, that's it. There's three running backs behind him. That all suck. That's rare. Most of these teams are smart. They get a handful of guys with different skill sets and work them in. So these guys have very different skill sets Jalen Warren and Caleb Johnson. So I'm excited to see it. Man, I think you can draft him with a lot of confidence and I think it's just going to get better and better as the season goes on. Frankie, who would you comp Caleb Johnson to?
Speaker 2:Yeah. So this is going to be a bit of a hot take as well, man, because this guy's a little bit smaller than that of what Caleb Johnson is. But I'm going to go with Doug Martin when you remember, right, what a pull there, the muscle hamster, baby muscle hamster here, man, and it's just because of the way he ran the ball, it's the way that he was able to get downfield quickly and and and again, the ability to break tackles, even though he's not a massive guy. I mean, I'm talking about Doug Martin, and then you apply that to Caleb Johnson. As I mentioned, caleb Johnson is not the size of King Henry, right, but the dude could still be breaking tackles and it was incredible.
Speaker 2:So for me, man, when we look at Duggernaut or Muscle Hamster right, we were looking at his rookie year half PPR he averaged about 19 points a game, which equated to 288 yards for the year. Now, let me be crystal clear If Caleb Johnson did that, that would be absolutely incredible. I don't necessarily see him doing that strictly because of Jalen Warren, but I do see him performing pretty damn well. Now Sleeper has his projection at roughly about nine points a game and a half PPRs. That equates to about 136 total points, john, I think he's going to be a bit higher than that If he starts getting the rock. Knowing now that Aaron Rodgers is there, things are going to change a bit. They're going to need somebody. They're going to need somebody in that backfield to make some shit happen, and I think it's going to be Caleb Johnson man. So I'm really digging this dude and I think it's a pretty solid comp to that of Doug Martin.
Speaker 1:All right, let's move on to our number five running back. Rookie running back, rj Harvey out of UCF, drafted round two pick number 28 by the Denver Broncos ADP, right now at 72. He's the 24th running back off the board. I like RJ Harvey a lot. His profile's 5'8", 205 pounds with a 4'4" 40. Talk to me about RJ.
Speaker 2:Yeah, man, rj Harvey. This is what's interesting about RJ Harvey. So we actually had him at number two overall. We had him at number two for the running backs. Guys, he is an absolute superstar. You don't draft this cat in the second round if you're not dead set on him. And he's walking into a Sean Payton type of offense. Here's why we moved him back and here's what he did last year. Last year alone, he had 1,577 rushing yards Holy shit, 22 touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, 20 receiving or 20 receptions excuse me 267 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns. Back to back years, guys. This is what's incredible. Right Back to back years, in 2023 and in 2024, each year he had over 1400 yards rushing and 16 plus touchdowns. Absolute, freaking stud.
Speaker 2:Here's the other thing that's that's called out with with RJ Harvey. Sure, he's a bit of a smaller guy, right? Five, eight, two, oh, five. I mean you're pretty stout there, right, you're, you're pretty stout cat, but his, he has a phenomenal pad level when he runs something that's like really overlooked for. Sometimes for running backs, if they're running too straight up, sometimes it doesn't work out really well if you're obviously not shifty enough or if you're not running powerful enough, depending on the type of back you are, it stands out. What stood out to me was the pad level that he runs with and how compact he is. So at 205, at at 5'8", I mean holy shit, that's huge for a running back back there at that stature. And then you layer on the fact that this guy has the ability to also run through the tackles between the tackles it showed for the last two years. So I think Denver got an absolute stud in the second round.
Speaker 2:And now I circle it back to okay. Well, why did he drop to five? Well, guys, just recently, as of about a week and a half ago, two weeks ago, jk Dobbins went and visited the Denver Broncos and signed a year contract, a one-year contract. So had RJ Harvey been the only guy in the backfield, with Jalen McLaughlin and a few others, he would have been the number two back as a total rookie, even over Amarion Hampton and others like that. However, we dropped to five due to JK Dobbins coming on board. We know JK had a really good year last year. We know he's an absolute stud. So for me, man, I think that RJ Harvey has a ton of upside, but I want to level, set expectation with now, jk Dobbin signing.
Speaker 1:You and I got so excited. We could not wait to see who Denver was going to draft because we wanted the running back. It was just it was a miserable situation with Javante Williams and Audrick Estime and you know all the guys they were throwing out there. It was just a mess. You could not start a running back for the Denver Broncos team even though they were a top five in rushing attempts for the season, so we could not wait for them to draft a running back.
Speaker 1:And when they drafted, rj Harvey Frank and I our eyes lit up because we were super excited, love this guy. But yes, it does change things. Adding JK Dobbins, that does change the ADP. You've got to stay water with this stuff.
Speaker 1:Guys, tune in to us. We're going to be giving you news, we're going to let you know who is where. We're going to be doing new faces and new places episodes, so you're going to see who's in these backfields and what the competition is. See who's in these backfields and what the competition is. But RJ Harvey I mean you have to look at JK Dobbins. He's aging, he's been very, very injured. I mean he came off an Achilles, he's come off of some devastating injuries. So I don't know if it's going to be JK Dobbins from last year then yeah, it might take a little while, but it's Sean Payton. He loves using multiple backs. When he had Alvin Kamara, he had four guys that he was rotating with Alvin Kamara in New Orleans and I do believe that RJ Harvey can be his Alvin Kamara. He always talks about the Joker, you know he's always looking for the Joker.
Speaker 1:I think RJ Harvey will be able to be that Joker for him. I think it's going to be that guy that he's going to be able to do a lot of cool things. Be that joker form, I think it's going to be that guy that he's going to be able to do a lot of cool things. He's a versatile back. He still hits the hole hard. He can run inside, he can run outside, he can get screens. So I'd love to see Sean Payton utilize him, like he did with Alvin Kamara. So you're going to be able to draft this guy. You're going to have to wait. You're going to have to see how the split is. We'll be talking about it a lot during the preseason and paying attention to RJ Harvey a lot. Frankie, who would you comp this guy?
Speaker 2:to John, my comp for him, this one to me, was actually pretty easy. For me it's Austin Eckler, and guys it's strictly because of the size, the stature, his ability to catch out of the backfield. But also, you know, austin Eckler was not a guy that came in immediately and made shit happen, and that's slightly a difference to where I could see RJ Harvey, just based on Sean Payton offense etc. But Austin Eckler man, what he did from a rookie season he averaged about nine points a game with about 112 points and half PPR, and he only played 12 games. So when you look at what RJ Harvey's projected, roughly around that nine, 10 point game mark, I feel like it's a really solid comp, especially when you look at Austin Eckler's body of work and you compare that to RJ Harvey.
Speaker 2:So, hey, if he pans out to be Austin Eckler-ish, and then you have him, then John, for year two, year three, year four, and now you feel really good about where this offense is heading, by the way, with Bo Nix, with that of Cortland Sutton, and then you have, by the way, this rookie that's kind of coming out of nowhere, with Pat Bryant who's being compared to Mike Thomas from Sean Payton. Yeah, man. And then, by the way, you can tell me that the number one defense in the NFL. They have the number one defense on top of that Shit man. I really think if they can get ahead in ball games and then you give the rock to a rookie to really then just keep pounding down. I could see RJ Harvey having a nice year, but again JK's there, so we really got to see how this plays out.
Speaker 1:All right, let's get to our number six rookie running back here. Here we again. Jk's there, so we really got to see how this plays out. All right, let's get to our number six rookie running back here. Here we go, baby. We got another homer pick. Trevion Henderson from the Ohio State University drafted round two, pick number six. Okay, let's go, baby, to the New England Patriots. What a great landing spot To the New England Patriots. What a great landing spot. Adp is 78. He's the number 28th running back off the board. Trevion Henderson profiles 5'10", 202 pounds. Runs a 4'4", 340. Frankie, talk to me about Trevion.
Speaker 2:I mean, man, was it so fun to watch him and Quinshawn at Ohio State? Man? I mean, what Trevion has did in his career at Ohio State is nothing short of impeccable. Let's check it out. So in 2024, he had over 1,000 yards rushing, 1,016 to be exact 10 rushing touchdowns, 27 receptions, 284 yards receiving and five receiving touchdowns. Guys, that's 15 total touchdowns for a guy who split the backfield with another top tier guy.
Speaker 2:Okay, but here's what's interesting about Trevion because him and Quinn Sean were very different in their approach, right? So Trevion was a freshman, all American, second team, all big 10. As a freshman in 2023, he was first team all big Ten and again, he would have had a monster year. I said the same thing about Quinn Sean. Had the other not have been there, right? And so what's fascinating, man, he might be the best, or he might have the best shot out of, honestly, all of these backs at taking a yard. And what I mean by this is, when Trevion got on, that outside nobody was catching him. Nobody was catching him. We saw that in the biggest moments of the biggest games in college football last year not including or including that at the national championship, but not only including that against the Texas team, UT, and against that of Tennessee and against many, many other Big Ten schools throughout the year Just absolutely incredible. So his explosiveness is what I'm getting at is off the chart, man. But here's also what was really underrated His route running. When we talk about him having 27 receptions and 284 yards receiving, that doesn't tell the entire story. So I feel like when he's going to be utilized in a Drake May type of offense here with now, they're finally getting some additional weapons on the outside to help. We mentioned a new face in a new place, with Stefan Diggs coming on board. That's certainly going to lighten the load in terms of the box there. And then you have a rookie, kyle Williams, and a few of these other guys. Right, it's going to be very DeMario Douglas being another. It's going to be very, very beneficial to the running back room.
Speaker 2:Now one other item before I kind of talk about why he's listed at six out of all of the FBS running backs right. In 2024, he was the only running back to have seven yards of carry, to go for a thousand plus yards and 250 plus receiving yards. Let me repeat that, out of every running back in the FBS, including that of Ashton Gentry, right including that of Amarion Hampton. He had seven plus yards of carry, over 1,000 yards and 250 receiving yards. Absolute stud man. But now, why is he at six? Then? He's at six because of Ramondre Stevenson. Ramondre Stevenson is still there.
Speaker 2:Certainly is going to be a part of this offense. To the level of degree I'm not quite sure, man. It's going to really depend on how training camp works. It's going to really depend on how the beginning of the season goes. I think with Mike Vrabel coming in now, he likes his Ohio State boys, let's just call it what it is right. And now he has that one-two punch with Ramondre and Trevion. Maybe there's something there. Could we see a light David Montgomery, jameer Gibbs, a light Bijan Robinson to Tyler Algier kind of thing happen Maybe. Or do we see trevion totally take the round, the helm um midway through the season? So that's to be determined. But that is exactly why he's a little bit lower on our list, just to level set expectations but here's the thing with trevion henderson.
Speaker 1:I mean, you know they, yes, remandre is there and remandre did sign a big extension. Uh, was that last year or the year before? But he was in the doghouse a lot last year, man, he was shitty he had fumble issues, they benched his ass, so did you know he's nervous.
Speaker 1:Remandre's got to be nervous. They drafted and look, look, exactly what new england did. They did the same thing the chargers did. They came right out and they went offense. They said, holy shit, we've got a stud quarterback. Drake May is a very, very good quarterback. I think he's going to be great in the NFL and I think he's going to have some sneaky fantasy value as well. But what'd they do? They got an offensive lineman. They got a running back who can catch passes and have big plays, and they drafted a receiver as well. So they're doing the same thing. They're showing where their priorities are A Mike Vrabel offense with Josh McDaniels. They're going to run the ball. They're going to do some cool, creative shit. I know every time a pass catching running back comes into New England, immediately we want to say you know he's the next he's the next James White.
Speaker 1:I can't wait 20 fucking pass targets. Yeah, james White, I can't wait. 20 fucking pass targets, yay, I mean, that's not realistic. This is obviously a much different. You know organization now, but it is that I don't think that we have to be afraid of Ramondre Stevenson, because look what Trevion Henderson did with Judkins last year. You know this is doable. They have very different skill sets and Trevion Henderson is a home run hitter. They have very different skill sets and Trevion Henderson is a home run hitter.
Speaker 1:I mean he reminds me of a Tajay Spears or a Jalen Warren, a guy you bring in where the fans go apeshit because he busts off a 50-yard touchdown. You know the first time he touches the field. That's the kind of guy Trevion Henderson is. So I love him, man. I mean he's a guy that I'm going to play or draft for sure. I don't know if I can play him right away. I want to see what's going on in camp. I want to see how they're going to utilize him, but I know they're going to be heavy running the ball and his big play opportunity. It just makes me I love it. Bring it on. All right, who would you comp Trevion Henderson to?
Speaker 2:This is probably my most confident comp and one of them seriously. And it's because what we've seen from this running back and this running back being the comp, especially over the last two years, it's just it screams Trevion. Guys, I'm talking about Chase Brown, and I know Chase Brown Isn't the sexy name, I know that's not somebody that's like well, what the fuck is that man? Like no, go back and look at Chase Brown's body of work. That's like well, what the fuck is that man? Like no, go back and look at Chase Brown's body of work the last two years. The dude is explosive as hell when he is. I mean he's straight up won that one, that role. I mean they even brought in Cleo Herbert, they brought in a couple of these other guys and literally Chase Brown was like nah, I got this sit down for a minute and so for me, man Travion Henderson, being that size and stature, very similar to Chase Brown, I just think it works.
Speaker 2:And when you look at what Chase Brown did his rookie year, I mean it was very minimal, right, because you've got to remember he's buying Joe Mixon, and so when you look at it it was roughly about four points a game, 47 total points and a half PPR. But then you look at what Trevion is projected. I think this was pretty damn accurate and I think honestly he could probably surpass this roughly about 10 points a game, which equates to about 158, 160 points for the season. And so that's where I think that it's more of the the comp is more of the play style of the back rather than what the actual output was from a rookie to rookie season for this particular comp. So for me, man, I am excited to see Trevion Henderson, not just because I'm a Buckeye, but more because I love Mike Vrabel. I'm very excited to see the Patriots this year and seeing Drake May in year two with weapons finally around him. It's going to be fun.
Speaker 1:The other nice thing that we can take into consideration is that he can be a three down back.
Speaker 2:He's not one of those.
Speaker 1:He's not a satellite back, who's only catching passes. Coming on third down, chase Brown, was the same thing. We didn't know if Chase Brown could take the load and be a full-time back. Guess what he can, and Trevion Henderson can do the same thing. So great comp, frank. All right, moving on to number seven here, frankie, we've got cam. Scataboo, scataboo, scataboo.
Speaker 1:he's my beau he's my boo, cam scataboo, out of arizona state, drafted in round four pick three by the new york giants adp a 125. He's the running back 42, going off the board profiles at 5'9, 219 pounds with a 4'5 40. Frankie, talk to me about Cam Scadaboo.
Speaker 2:I mean this dude. Just for those of you guys who watch that Texas Arizona State game that I mean. That speaks to who that dude is. He's that guy. So what do I mean by that? In 2024, how many yards do you think he had? I mean, like, right, first off, let's just scream the elephant in the room, a white running back in the Southwest, like what do you think he ended up doing? I'll tell you 1,700 yards, 21 touchdowns. But this is where it's brilliant 45 receptions, 605 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns. Holy shit, holy shit.
Speaker 2:First team, all-american, first team, all-big 10, or, excuse me, big 12, ranked second in the FBS in rushing, fifth in the Heisman voting right, I mean, this dude dropped to the fourth round and for me, man, I just don't understand it. Maybe it was because of his 40 time, maybe it was because people just don't believe that he's that guy, maybe they think he's a one-time wonder, I don't know. But any dude who ends up, I mean literally running for 1,700 yards in a Power 5 conference, with 24 total touchdowns in one season, and was an absolute megastar. Yeah, man, giants got them a real one. And so the thing about Cam Scadabo is that he has incredible balance and he has the ability to not only run defenders over, but absolutely has the ability to make them miss. And here's the thing. I'm going to say something hot here even over RJ Harvey, I actually think Cam Scadaboo is the best pass catching running back in this class, in the rookie class as a whole, and I don't think it's even remotely close. I want people to check me on this. All the YouTube guys and gals and Instagram and TikTok come at me, go look at that particular Texas game when he was catching the balls down the sideline, one-handed, contested. Remember, that is not a tight end, that is not a slot receiver, that is not an X receiver, that is a running back making these particular catches. And here's the other thing is that his pass, his pass blocking, is very good. He mulls people. He literally mulls people. And actually I wish I would have said that about Trevion, because I think Trevion is the best in the class at pass blocking from that perspective. But I would say Cam Scadaboo is right up there at number two. Man, he's just mean. He's got this chip on his shoulder ready to just hurt people and I personally am here for it. I love it.
Speaker 2:Now the situation where he landed is where it gets sticky right, and it's because he went to the Giants. Now the Giants are in a full-fledged freakout in terms of right. Daniel Jones is no longer there, they brought in Jameis Winston, they brought in Russell Wilson, they traded up and drafted Jackson Dart who the hell knows who the quarterback's going to be. And then, right, tyrone Tracy looked fantastic last year. And then you go and get Cam Scadaboo. So what does that look like, man?
Speaker 2:And so for me, we can start seeing a 50-50 split here, and I go back to the days of when we saw kind of Melvin Gordon and Austin Eckler in the Charger days. Maybe there's something like that that we see kind of rise to the surface. Or maybe we see Tyrone Tracy kind of be point and Cam Scadaboo come in for a change of pace. But the difference is he's not necessarily a change of pace back. That's what makes this interesting. Right, he ran a 4.5740. He's not lighting the world on fire in terms of speed. So it really depends on.
Speaker 2:I'm really interested to see how Brian Dayball actually leverages this rookie running back. But for me, man, I think it's absolutely sinful to have him at ADP 125, right, I just think, guys, if you can get him at that ADP, I think you sit on him and he's trade bait all day for somebody who has Tyron Tracy, or you end up leveraging him and he skyrockets in the back half of the year when it's cold, it's dreary, it's shitty, right, right everything else, and then you have this gritty running back coming through and ready to make waves yeah, I understand the.
Speaker 1:I understand the fear with tyrone tracy there, because he did emerge. He took that damn job from devin singletary and ran with it, but he did falter at the end of the year. Tyrone tracy got benched at the end of the season. So there, you know that, benched at the end of the season. So there, you know that's. That's not nothing. All right, he caught, uh, 38 passes last year. Tyrone Tracy did not, a dynamic guy out of the backfield catching the ball. So I, I, I do think that they are moving more towards that. Uh, you see a guy like Russell Wilson going to be throwing the ball to him, at least in the beginning, least for the first. Probably five games maybe, but he's gonna catch some passes out of the backfield. But I love this guy, I really do. I wish he was alone in a backfield because I think he's just like a. I think he's a, he's like a cmc, ultra light. You know, like I'm like a mick ultra. He's a cmc, oh yeah like a 90 calorie.
Speaker 2:he's like a 90 calorie. Like know you don't want to feel bad about it, but you know you still want to have one. Same great taste, Just lighter calories. Yeah, Shout out to Miklo.
Speaker 1:Right. So this could be a guy who could be I mean, really I know it's only it's July, so it's an absurd statement, but this could be one of those really could be a league winner at the end of the end of the seasons because he could be getting a lot of play and a lot of volume. They're going to have to pay attention to what's going on with Malik neighbors down the field, you know. I mean, they've got downfield threats now on this team that they didn't necessarily always have. So I do think that Cam Scadaboo is going to get a lot of good looks, man, a lot of good looks. Who would you compare?
Speaker 2:Cam Scadaboo to John, this one's easy. For me it's an old school type of guy that went to Notre Dame Not super old school, but just the vibe of what he kind of ran at Notre Dame. It's Kyron Williams man who's now on the LA Rams and for me, when we saw Kyron Williams in college, I mean his burst, his tenacity, you handed him the ball. He's getting it in the end zone and then we're seeing that. We're literally seeing that in the NFL unfold. It took him a year or two but he ended up getting to that point. I mean shit, he almost led the league in touchdowns, like the last two years, in something along those lines. I mean he wasn't far behind where he mostered a few years ago, right. So for me, man, I'm really excited.
Speaker 2:So what did Kyron Williams do his rookie year? Like I said, it took him a few years to get to where Kyron's at. He averaged three points a game, which equated to 26 fantasy points for his rookie year. Now, candidly speaking, I see Cam Scadaboo doing probably triple that, right, triple quadruple that I see him averaging probably six, seven points a game this year in half, ppr probably floating around that 100, 110 mark in total fantasy points, unless something crazy happens, and by crazy I mean unless this dude truly rises to the surface and they actually start actually seeing him come to fruition, to what a Kyron Williams is now, or to what Cam Scadaboo was at Arizona State.
Speaker 2:Like man, I just think that there's something about this guy. It's just like when you see him play and you hear him as a leader and you see the tenacity, you know, it's almost like he reminds me of a Baker Mayfield as a running back. That's who this guy kind of reminds me of, right, and so for me, man, I'm so excited to see him as a New York Giant and really I mean, let's see what he can do on the field. Man.
Speaker 1:You know, what he kind of reminds me of is Peyton Hillis. Peyton Hillis, that's a pretty good comp too, that's pretty good. You guys remember peyton hillis. Not bad, though not a bad comp he's. You know just the way he runs so hard, but still very good out of the backfield catching passes.
Speaker 2:I really interesting man god remember his like face mask and peyton hillis's. It was like the under, I mean dude. He was so intimidating and scary.
Speaker 1:He had one year and then he was like oh yeah, never mind yeah he got the cover of madden and then he was like, oh shit never mind, never mind, madden, curse man. Yeah, just don't put scam.
Speaker 1:Uh scam, oh my god scam cataboo scam, scam, scataboo, all right, all right, moving on here, guys, let's go number eight. Let's get back to cleveland. It's been a very cleveland-centric episode. I love it. We got a running rookie running back here, dylan Sampson, out of Tennessee, drafted round four pick 24 by the Cleveland Browns. Adp right now is 175. He's the running back 54. Profiles at 5'8", 200 pounds with a 4'4" 240. Frankie, talk to me about the lightning to Quinshawn Judkins' thunder with Dylan Sampson, this dude is special.
Speaker 2:I can't even believe the Browns drafted him because I didn't think it was necessary because of Quinshawn. And then when they drafted him, it was like, oh yeah, this is one-two, this is the one-two punch. This truly is like and I keep going back to it, man the Jameer-Monte, because they truly reset what it was like to have a dynamic, like dynamic duo back there Sonic and Knuckles, thunder and Lightning. Whatever you want to call it, I'm going to call it Quinn, sean and Samsonite. Right and so for me, man, when looking at what Dylan Samson did 1,491 rushing yards last year From Tennessee, this is in the SEC guys. Last year, from Tennessee, this is in the SEC guys 22 rushing touchdowns, 20 receptions and 143 receiving yards this dude was so good he won the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Just to remind people who's in the SEC you have Bama, you have Georgia, you have Kentucky. Have Bama, you have Georgia, you have Kentucky. You have all these monster freaking programs. And this dude in the fourth round, drafted as the second back to a team, was the guy who won the SEC Offensive Player of the Year. By the way, he set the school record for Tennessee guys with 22 rushing touchdowns, which, by the way, was a 95 old record.
Speaker 2:Okay, so this dude isn't just a flash in the pan kind of guy. He truly is incredible. He's unreal speed from the moment he gets the ball and, dude, it's almost like man, me and you. We used to play mad with your brother, sean, and my brother drew freaking out man, it's like if you were spamming the zero or the you know the circle, and he's just fucking spinning constantly. Right, that's what he was doing, man, this year. I mean, he's unbelievable spin move and then the subtle cuts that he would make truly just got him to that next level.
Speaker 2:Now here's the interesting thing. You mentioned 5'8", 200, lack size, that's that's. There's no question about it. 200. Lacks size, there's no question about it. But when you have that one-two combo now with Judkins, this could be a great change of pace back. That could be very similar to for all you Bucknuts out there, buckeye fans or Buckeye haters, you probably love hating them, right, bring it on, baby. But it's going to be very similar to that of Trevion and Quinshawn.
Speaker 2:So, knowing that Quinshawn was already in that similar type of role, and then you add a guy like Dylan Sampson, I mean John, we could see Cleveland utilizing him a bit in the slot. We can see Cleveland using him a bit in terms of the way Xavier Worthy was used, even though he's a receiver for the Chiefs, but in terms of the sweeps and things of that nature, the random play designs that Andy Reid would have lining up Xavier Worthy in the slot, rushing him around for a particular outside sweep. We could see them lining up Quinn shot as the single back, running a 12-man personnel or an 11 personnel and then having that of Dylan Sampson in a position to where now you have both of those backs on the field and you don't know what's happening. So for me, man, this is really fascinating. I am super excited to see how they utilize this guy and where he's going to kind of fit into the mold again. Quinshawn's there, jerome Ford's there, but pay attention to Dylan Sampson guys, because this guy could absolutely see the field and quite often.
Speaker 1:I agree. I think it's going to be a very quick thunder and lightning situation. I I think that's part of the game plan. That's what they wanted to do. They drafted him very early when they had a lot of other needs besides running back that they could have drafted, and they ended up taking him after they took quinn sean jutkins. So again it shows their priorities. They want to run the goddamn ball. They know they're going to have to run the ball. You know, and I love it.
Speaker 1:I mean, this is a guy, again, you can put on your team and there's a possibility of maybe potentially flexing him very early on. See what they're going to be utilizing him for in, uh, in camp and in preseason. Uh, but I love it. Great landing spot. The team is investing in their run game. This spot, the team is investing in their run game. This is exactly what they're doing and this is a guy that just complements perfectly to what Quinshawn Judkins was doing and it's what he's used to as well. So it's not like that's going to be a problem for Quinshawn. He's used to Trevion Henderson, so this is a very similar type skill set and I love it. Man, great landing spot.
Speaker 2:Who would you compare Dylan Sampson to John? This one's easy for me, and it's a slightly faster not slightly definitely a faster Aaron Jones. And so for me, the way Aaron Jones played, it was very similar to that of Dylan Sampson, except Dylan Sampson's speed is just, it's a different level, right. And so when you look at what Aaron Jones did his rookie year, he averaged about 6.5 points a game, which equated to about 78 fantasy points in 12 games, right? So he came in for the Packers and obviously kind of took the job by storm eventually. And so for Dylan Sampson this is what's interesting when do we really see him from an average game perspective? I'm going to go right around that five points per game mark, and that's just because we're quite unsure how this is going to work which means it's about 75 points total for the year. Could certainly be more than that, could be more like Kyron Williams to where he had three points a game, depending on how this works out.
Speaker 1:But overall I really think he's a faster back, but very similar to that of aaron jones all right, moving on, last rookie, today we're going to be talking about, with the running backs, jayden blue from texas, drafted around five pick 12 to the dallas cowboys. Really interesting landing spot here for jayden as well. Adp is 158. He's the 48th running back off the board Profiles, very similarly actually to Dylan Sampson, 5'9" 196. A little faster though, 4'3" 840. Talk to me about Jaden Blue, frankie Guys.
Speaker 2:This is somebody you absolutely want to be keying on late in your draft, right, understanding that the landscape is Dallas brought in Javante Williams. Dallas brought in Miles Sanders right, we know that there is a big pool of backs there. However, you're drafting a guy that's that dynamic. In the fifth round, anything can happen. So what did he do last year for the University of Texas, guys? Right? So Longhorns 730 rushing yards, eight touchdowns, 42 receptions, 368 receiving yards, but six receiving touchdowns. He had 14 total touchdowns, guys.
Speaker 2:So who is Jaden Blue? Well, he's a solid back. I'm not going to sit here and scream to the mountaintop like he's the next thing, like an Ashton Gentry or something insanely out of the blue, like Quint Sean Juckins, no, but to me he's the quintessential change of pace back. So when you think of somebody with great agility, great speed, and you want to mismatch on linebackers or a strong safety, that's rolling up and you've been getting pounded by Javante Williams, et cetera, and you put this guy in here, that is where he's going to thrive. And so for me, he made this top nine list, john, and there were a few others that you know. I was like man. I kind of think this could be better than Jane blue, but the reason being is because of the situation.
Speaker 2:I actually think Javante Williams has not looked good for the last three years, miles Sanders same thing. Since he left Philly. It's been a mess right. So we don't know what's going to happen from that standpoint. So for me, this opens the door for Jaden Blue, whether it's for receptions, whether it's for punt returns, kick returns, anything like that, or just specialized packages around him. Right Now they have CeeDee Lamb healthy. You bring in George Pickens. That outside is completely taken care of, right. You have tight end Ferguson buttoned up. You're ready to rock and roll A solid offensive line, right. And you actually have Dak, who's going to be back and probably throw him pretty well. So for me, man, I think they truly needed a real pass-catching type of role out of that backfield. That's where Jaden Blue comes into play.
Speaker 1:Are we really confident that, after preseason, camp and everything is said and done week one, that miles Sanders and Javante Williams are both going to be healthy? No, I'm not that confident. I'm not that scared of those guys anyway. Yeah, and like you said, he's he's not like a super freak athlete or anything you know, based on some of the other players that we've talked about today, but I love his situation. Yeah, I just I don't think he's got very much in front of him there on that team with Javante and Miles Sanders. They need a running back.
Speaker 1:The one thing I love about him is that he I mean, first of all, 42 catches, six touchdowns received. Awesome, love that man. I mean he's a guy who can just take a swing pass to the house and I love that. He's got the speed, he's got the big playability and if he does some of those things, I think he can really get a lot more playing time on the field, especially with those two guys in front of him that I'm not touching in any fantasy drafts. I don't care if I need running back depth. Javante and Miles Sanders will not be on my teams, but I will absolutely take a chance on Jaden Blue Now based on everything you just said. Frankie, who do you comp him to? What's the best player comp you have for Jaden Blue?
Speaker 2:This is super easy. He's a slightly faster Tajay Spears, and I think that that's pretty damn accurate. Guys, when you look at what Tajay Spears came in from, Tulane, right, he was a guy that walked in and he was kind of that change of pace back to Derrick Henry. Right, Titans then brought in that of Tony Pollard Pollard, and then he still was that change of pace back. It's absolutely Tony Pollard's show. But when Tajay Spears got the opportunity, he seized it for what he was ready to do and what they brought him on to do.
Speaker 2:So for me I see a very similar path for that of Jaden Blue. So what did Tajee do? So Tajee, his rookie year, again, mind you, with Derrick Henry, had eight fantasy points per game and roughly about 127 fantasy points in total, but that was only within 12 games, and so when you look at Jaden Blue, I think he's going to be a little bit less than that Now. Again, I'm being a little bit conservative and sleepers being probably a little bit conservative because again, Javante is not healthy. Miles Sanders is kind of a shit show. Who knows what the running game is going to look like from that perspective. He could be higher, but right now he's listed at about four points a game, which is 20 or 66 points in total for the year. Again, this is half PPR. Anything can change, but you gotta be paying attention to Jaden Blue and you cannot ignore the ability for where he is at for the Dallas Cowboys review for running backs for 2025.
Speaker 1:Welcome back everybody. This is our first episode coming into season five. We're super excited to get things going again. I want to thank all of you. Everything from season four, you guys, we grew this channel so much and we just made so many improvements, and it was because of you. Thank you so much, guys. Please leave some comments down below. Let us know which of these running backs you're targeting. Which ones do you love? Do you like our comps? Do you think Frankie is an asshole? Do you think I, you know, don't know what I'm talking about. What do you want to comment? Anything, okay, because the more shit you give us, the more it helps us on the algorithm anyway. But if you love what we're throwing down, guys, please subscribe to the channel Frankly, to the channel Frankly Fantasy Football, like it. Hit the notification bell. It'll update you when we send out new episodes. We've got a lot of episodes coming out, guys. Frankie, what do we have coming up here this offseason?
Speaker 2:Guys, get ready, we're going to be breaking down the rest of the particular positions, meaning what's going on with the rookie receivers. You might not know, but we're going to be able to give you that information. Or you might know, but you're like shit. What do I do? Where do you have these guys ranked? Knowing that I got my rookie drafts coming up, knowing that I got some redrafts happening? Guys, get ready. We're going to deliver those receivers tight ends and we're going to give you some info on the quarterbacks. And, John, I'm going to tease something else. So we've been talking about the rookie reviews. Guys, Tune in. We're also going to be doing some new faces and new places. After the rookie review, we're going to be telling you who landed where, what the situations look like, and so much more.
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