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that Jason had in him from the beginning of his natural life. In that case, Marlon Mack, it's your turn. You do it for me this year. Look, just to throw this out there, because I think it's interesting, from week six on when Marlon Mac got back, from week six to 17, that's most of the season. Marlon Mac was the running back eight in half point PPR, and he's in the fourth round. All right, last year. Mark, Chris Carson. Oh, Marlon Mac.

Last Eric Ebronn's stat. Carson was much higher in that span. Last Eric Ebron's stat. In that stat, he was not. With touchdown reception leaders under with Andrew Luck under center. He had never had a player with double digit touchdowns. It was Hilton.

Like Hilton was seven, Hilton with five. You're saying for the Ebron factor? Yes. Ebron was the first one over 10. Tennessee Titans 9 and 7 last year, battled through a difficult lost season for Marcus Mariotta. Played with injury literally in every single game of the season. Had that ulnar nerve contusion. Probably didn't even say that right. Then a downward spiral of multiple injuries. He had a stinger. He had an AC joint sprain. He had a strained oblique. He had broken ribs. He had a ruptured plantar fascia. It didn't go well.

And they still ended up at 9 and 7. I think they're one of the dark horse teams in the NFL. I like what they've done in the offseason edition department, adding Adam Humphreys. By the way, I think caught the ball closest to the line scrimmage of any wide receiver in football last year. Humphreys is great for NFL teams. He will help AJ Brown drafting the second round in a third round investment on a guard. I like what they've done on defense. I think this team is sneaky good.

but that doesn't always translate to fantasy football. And unfortunately, I don't think it will at the wide receiver position. So let's start there. Corey Davis, A.J. Brown, Adam Humphreys, Tewan Taylor. Are you taking any shots on any of these guys? You just named too many guys.

for a low-volume offense when it comes to passing the ball for me to get in on any of them because A.J. Brown and Adam Humphreys are going to take away some from Corey Davis. Corey Davis is going to take away a lot from those guys. There's too many weapons here. If there's one pass catcher that I might entertain from the Tennessee Titans, it's Delaney Walker. Oh, old man Walker. Old man, he's got his Walker out and he's doing fine. He's, you know, he's activated. He didn't land on the pup.

So because tight end is so bleak and we've got a long history of older tight ends and their 30s still performing for fantasy, I would entertain him late in a draft. All right. How about the running back situation? Derek Henry, Dionne Lewis. Obviously, you just talked about them leaving the field today. No indications that that's a major injury. So let's talk about Derek Henry set the league absolutely on fire to end the year.

They just kept handing him the ball and it kept working. It didn't matter if everybody knew what was happening. But this is an offensive line that just lost their left tackle for four games, violating the league's substance abuse policy. Any concern for a slow start for Derek Henry? Their starting schedule is at Cleveland, then the Colts Jacksonville in Jacksonville in Atlanta. I think everybody wants to know what is the truth about Derek Henry.

I think the truth is he's a good running back, and I think they figured out how to use him, and he's going to be a workhorseback on the ground. But he does not catch passes. That's not his forte. I don't think he's – you know, sometimes there's players like Marlon Mack. Marlon Mack, I think, is a fine pass catcher. They just don't utilize him in that way. I don't think Derek Henry is actually a good pass catcher. I think he's poor at it, and they've got a great pass catcher beside him. So he's a guy that I think could end up with –

15 receptions on the year, and that kills you. I mean, that's one of those things where you can get game scripted out if you're losing. And if the touchdowns don't come or you, you know, you have inefficiency, which we've certainly seen from Derek Henry, plenty, then you're completely hosed. So that's why I'm really fearful to take Derek Henry, even though I believe they figured out the right way to use him and they plan to...

I think they're going to run him into the ground. So, I mean, where do you guys stand on Derek Henry? The problem with the truth about Derek Henry is you have to pay a lot of draft equity to find out. And I'm not willing to pay that price. Last year, yeah, the end of the season was fantastic, but it's not like they didn't try it before for Derek Henry. Week 2, 18 carries.

for 56 yards. Week 3, 18 carries for 57 yards. He had double digit carries seven times or so before the big one hit at the end of the season and things just went nuts. Is that Henry running against worn down defenses? I mean, there's a lot of variables. If you look at the ultimate draft kit, the 2018 consistency charts.

They look so weird with Derek Henry because the entire first half. The entire first half of the year is just completely red. And then the second half of the year is pretty much completely green. I mean, he started the year 57th, 41st, 42, 43, 43, 350. That's the rank among running backs. There's only 32 teams. Like he was terrible. Yeah, it's a complicated situation. On the past catching side, I can't put confidence in.

I don't want to take a shot on anybody except for looking at Delaney Walker at Tide End, who seems like he's healthy. Joni Smith is not healthy. Walker is a safety. Walker's been great with Mario. With Mario, and Mario, man, last year there were eight starts he had where he didn't even throw a touchdown. Eight starts. I mean, until the passing offense proves something, Delaney's the only one that you look at and say, well, you know, I'm going to punt tight end.

I'm going to grab a guy at the end of the draft that probably is not going to win me any weeks, but at least it's not going to lose me any weeks. And, you know, I'm not going to face Kelsey and Ertz and Kittle every single week, so Walker will get me by. That's probably the only passing game option I'm looking at. I'm not interested in Humphreys. Corey Davis's time has come and gone. He can have success for some other fantasy owner. He surpassed 60 yards only four times last year. He had a couple.

blow up games where you thought, okay, this is it. This is when Corey Davis is going to turn the corner and finally become the player who the Titans thought they were drafting. Mac and Henry we have at the same spot right now, our consensus. I would take Mac. Yeah, for you know where I stand. Okay. They're probably not as heavy of a run team as the Titans will be, so I was curious about where you'd be as of today. All right, let's talk about Jacksonville. Jacksonville starts at home against Kansas City. That'll be interesting.

But Patrick Mahomes coming off an MVP season gets to go play that Jacksonville defense. And then they go to Houston. Oh, I'm glad you bring that up. And because Jacksonville is one of the highest drafted defenses out there because they're a great defense. But don't do it. Do not draft Jack. Like, just mark that down. Yeah, just don't draft them at all. They held Mahomes under control more than any other team did last year. I am not starting Jacksonville week one against Kansas City.

I don't recommend it. And then against Watson. And then against Watson. No, don't draft the Jacksonville Jaguars defense in your fantasy league. Pick them up on waivers week three and four. Yeah. Because they play the Titans and then Denver. This is a whole new, a whole new situation for Jacksonville. Did not work last year. Nick Foles has been brought in to lead this offense. They gave him a lot of money. Leonard Fournett at the running back position. And then you've got a wide receiving core. That's.

Pretty up in the air. D.D. Westbrook is the only player on that offense at the wide receiver position that I'm looking at in drafts at all. High draft capital guy, talented player, explosive player, checks those boxes for a guy that could, you know, be a nice sleeper breakout candidate. He was tied for fifth in broken tackles at the wide receiver positions. I mean, the guy can be shifty. Yeah. And then.

You know, they have Keel and Cole. They got Marquis Lee. Markis Lee is still on the pup coming off the ACL. Keel and Cole, despite barely playing, still managed to almost lead the league in drops. And then DJ Shark, you know, he's a guy that has opportunity. They talk up Chris Conley a ton. I think Conley is interesting. I do too. Like when they're a physical freak. He just did not have it. It could be like Albert Wilson, right? Wilson didn't have the opportunity under Andy Reed. And they didn't pay him.

Conley didn't have the opportunity, but is a physical talent. He'd be the sneakiest deep league kind of guy. But I mean, come on. Yeah. Yeah. There's, it would be shocking. Dion Kane or Chris Conley? Uh, I'll stash Conley. Yeah. Uh, but it seems, it seems like it's a really long ways off. The question will be like the, my biggest question for Jacksonville, especially knowing Doug Marone, knowing the, the cremogen.

The football crumption that Tom Coughlin is, why did they hire John D. Filippo to be their O.C. The guy that got fired because when the head coach wanted to run the ball more, he kept throwing too much. So when D. Filippo was the OC of Minnesota, which was almost the entire season, they were on a pace of throwing 645 times. In his earlier opportunity in 2015 with the Browns,

They threw the ball over 600 times on their quarterbacks that year where Josh McCown, Johnny Mansell, and Austin Davis. So DiPhilippo said, I'm not going to let the quarterback dictate how much I throw because I'm going to have them throw the ball over 600 times. Last year, there were only six teams that threw the ball over 600 times. I mean, like, that's a number, that's a volume that the vast majority of teams never even think of crossing. Now you have.

Two very opposed philosophies in offense. Who wins? Well, here's, we bring it up all the time. Where did they spend their money? They spent their money on Nick Foles. They brought Nate Foles in. Then they hired John D. Felipe. So they're going to throw the ball more than better than they did last year, which makes Westbrook in the 10th. Very interesting. If you want to take a shot there, a flex guy.

I would be very surprised if he doesn't contribute in a big way, at least in the right matchups, in the right situations, and somebody else will probably emerge in that passing game. Yeah, when I look at the wide receivers, it's too hard to make a bold prediction on for sure it's going to be any one of those guys. I would lean towards Deity, but the price of Deity says you can take the shot. It doesn't cost you anything to make that bet, and the payoff would be rather nice. Now, the real question when it comes is Jacksonville Jaguars.

is Leonard Fournett. Yep. Leonard Fornett has been one of the least efficient running backs. A lot's been made about that, that he, you know, was so highly drafted, so great in college, comes in and hasn't been very efficient. However, that does not matter. It does not matter if a guy's efficient, inefficient, inefficient, inefficient, if he is deefficient, a efficient, progressive, progressive efficient. Exactly.

The point is he has been good for fantasy and been a high-scoring fantasy option in the games he plays. So it's injury versus a good fantasy option. Do you think he can stay healthy? He's got a great offensive line. Fantasy owners would do well to just reappropriate what Leonard Fernette represents to your fantasy team in your brain. If you can get him at a value and you no longer think of them as this anchor for your roster at the running back position, then you're fine. I think that's the truth.

Don't think of them as the top tier, upper echelon. You know, you've got more risk with injury, suspension, efficiency than you've ever had with him before, and you just have to factor that into when you get him and where you get him in draft. That's what I think it comes down to. I did want to throw it circling back for just a second. If Mark East Lee can get healthy, he's the player with the money attached. He signed the contract extension. He's paid eight point...

His annual salary is $8.5 million. He's got 16 and a half guaranteed. And he had a 700-plus yard season for this team. So I just want to throw it out there. Right now he looks like you can't sift through the guys. But he's the one with money attached if he's healthy. Jason, are you, do you view Fournette differently than I just explained? Or is that how you're viewing him? Or do you even get the...

privilege of viewing him that way because of his ADP? You know, it's one of, I don't, I think you don't get the privilege of viewing him that way because of his ADP. You've just got to take the gamble on the health because if he's out there playing football, he's good for your fantasy team. Over the last two years, here's a list of guys who have a higher percentage of finishing the week, RB2, or better. Sequin, Levion, Bell, Todd Gurley, Zeke, Melvin, Gordon, Alvin Camara, end of the list. So,