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Eight weeks. Eight good games in his career? But I contest that. I say that that's incorrect. Okay. No, no, no, because of facts and history. Go back and look. Now, here's the thing. I've always loved Kenya Drake. I've been a supporter of truth for a long time. He never got the workload. But do you remember the stretches where everyone around him got injured and then he was thrust into those workloads and had like a half a season?

I mean, I know if you look at season totals, they're not going to be great. But look at the context of when he's done it with the dolphins, with Adam Gaze, and he dominated certain stretches. He's shown it on the field. That's my opinion. And facts. Like I said, like eight weeks? Yeah, he's shown it in spurts. He's not shown it over the course of a whole season. And he fit.

like a glove in the Kingsbury system. So it's a matter. I agree with Mike. It's all about what you believe Kenyon Drake's destination might be. If Drake's back in Arizona, hands down, I'll take Kenyon Drake. Are you taking Kenyon Drake if he's signed as part of some sort of platoon in Houston? Yep. You take him over Echler? Yeah. Yeah. Okay, now he actually is disrespecting Austin. I'm not. I believe Kenyon Drake is a very, very good running back. And what do you believe about Echler? I think he is a

an exceptional pass catcher, and I'm not sure how that role will be there without Philip Rivers. So if that's disrespecting Austin Eccler, then guilty. The truth is, is despite the spurs for Kenyon Drake, you cannot contend that he's had or shown the ability, much like Lamar Miller when he left Miami, to carry the work over the long part of, you know, an entire season as the guy. 133 carries, 120 carries, 170 carries. Yes, he's never been given the opportunity. When he was with...

Adam Gaze. I mean, look at 2017, right? 2017, here's what happened. His attempts through that year when he was into this platoon, six, nine, seven, seven, nine, everybody gets injured. Then he gets 23, 25, 16. The rest of the season, he was on pace for 291 carries, 1,400 yards. I mean, he just didn't get the opportunity. You're 100% right. He's never had the opportunity to show it. I feel like you're talking about Lamar Miller.

I mean, this is exactly what happened with Lovar Miller. Three years with the Dolphins, 5.1 a carry, 4.5 a carry, 194 carries, 216 carries, got all the work. Efficiency went down. That's a risk with Kenyon Drake. Yes, and I'm not saying he's going to be some top five back. But Lamar Miller, while he very much disappointed because he wasn't that top five, top six back, he was still fine for fantasy. He was actually really good. He just wasn't good compared to what we hoped. But, you know, Lamar Miller wasn't.

you know, a bad fantasy option. No, but he didn't deliver. We've just seen that a lot. He didn't deliver. It's the C.J. Spiller effect, you know? Well, Lamar Miller was, like, running back 10 or 12 or something like that. Yeah. What was Austin Eckler this last year? I don't have it pulled up. Anonymous answer. It's a fair debate. That's why it was a question. Yeah. All right. YouTube question of you three is from John Anderson. Of you three, who is the most obnoxious winner? Hmm.

I honestly used to think it was me. But it's been a while. So we don't remember. I thought it was me, but it's not. Yeah, I don't think it's you. No. It's Jason. Probably Andy is Jason. What are you talking about? But also, we can follow that up with who is the most annoying?

Loser. Oh, it's definitely me. That one is Jason. There is no, there is no doubt who's the worst loser. That's this guy. So I don't know why this question's in here, but it's also Jason. Uncle, uh, chai, chui, uh, says out of the footballer, too. Chewy who wins a naked mud wrestling match. Yeah, that would definitely be me. It's also Jason. Go with the weight.

I would, uh, you got some jihitsu skills. Yeah. How fast can you turn and run and leap out of a ring? Because that would be my strategy. If I see naked Jason straight across for me. And I'm like, what am I doing in this rest? I turn and I run and I dive. No. I will be an obnoxious winner. And I probably get, get some rope burn in places I don't want it on my way out of that ring. Okay. Goodness gracious. Are these all from you, Al Borland? Every one of them.

Every one of these is from you. Okay. The hardest part was making up unique names for each one. All right. Twitter. Oh, you're pretending that it was you actually wrote the questions. Yeah. I just meant put them in the dock. You actually wrote, you wrote them all and made up names. Yeah, he did. Got it. All right. Brett Garton from Twitter. What a great name. When it comes to making projections, what's the most important thing you guys look at? Was that answered in your previous success question, Jason?

Well, I mean, we usually don't even include that, you know, because it's so obvious, but that's probably true. The most important thing is having done it before. If you take that out, I think that's the spirit of the question is kind of what are some of the things that you look for the most. And I would say percentage of a total is one of the things that I look at, whether that's...

target market share or it's opportunity yeah that's the word i was going to use is opportunity yeah and so what what i like to do is you look at what you believe a team is going to do are they going to be on the higher in the lower end middle of the pack and and you've got the data for what what range that puts team at for carries for uh you know passing yards for all these things and then you look at you break it down positionally and you look at each player and say okay it's not realistic that this guy's going to get

45% of the team's targets. And that's what these stats might imply. So you've got to adjust those things to where they're realistic historically. All right. Chris wants to know, would you trade McCall Hardman for the 203 rookie pick in a 14-team dynasty league? Or would it take more? I also have the 208. Should I throw that in as well? Oh, so Chris is trying to get Hardman. Yeah. I don't think 203 is enough for Hardman. I would agree. I would not trade.

Hardman, or yeah, if I had Hardman, I would not accept the 203. You would have to bring more. Would you accept the 203 and the 208? That seems maybe more in the ballpark, but we just read a bunch of second round picks and only one of them looked nice. I think, so if he's the one going after Hartman, I think that you can offer the 203 and then add the 208 if necessary. I would be willing to trade both of those for Hardman, so yeah. So you'd rather have Hardman than both those picks. Correct.

Yeah, I think I would too. I mean, if Sammy Watkins truly is gone from Kansas City, that's a factor that we just, we don't know right now. We've had our weird vague booking from Sammy Watkins on Twitter and kind of implying a new path is about to open up for him. But, I mean, if he is gone.

Well, it's not even a matter. DeMarcus Robinson. Isn't he in... Yeah, DeMarcus Robinson is also a free... They're not going to be able to afford to bring him back, I doubt, considering their cap issues and their struggles with Sammy. So there's a potential here that DeMarcus Robinson and Sammy aren't there, but even if one of those guys certainly won't beat it. And that right there is enough of a pathway. You talk about second year jump, too. More time and Reed system. I, as a dying story owner, McCaul Hardman, really like the sound of this conversation. I have...

This season. Yeah, I wish she was on my team. I have looked up in our league. I was like, okay, I'm going after Hardman. I looked them up, and I saw he was on your team, Andy. You gave up? You have never received an offer because I know that you like them and you get it as well. So, yeah, take this as a compliment to you and all Hardman owners out there. You've never made an offer in those sunglasses, Jason. You might be able to bring a real deal my way with those sunglasses. I'll take a look soon. So you can take a shot.

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