Fantasy Football 2018 - Early RB Rankings Part 1

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whose conclusion is dispersing a wide range of insults upon my inmates. Things like, you're one pathetic loser. Or you must be a major disappointment to your parents. Or my personal favorite, you suck. But face. You know it's going to be the toilet ball champion this year? Not me. To join me on this journey, it's a www.

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Morgan and Dorson. That's what he does. Welcome into the fantasy footballers podcast. Andy Holloway here, joined by Mike, the fantasy hitman, right? That's me. And Jason the more. I'll take it. Jason. Jason constantly more. Because there's constantly more. I'm growing. More than you need. At a rapid rate. More than you need, more than you want. More of the time than you want it.

Welcome into the show. We've got a great one. Look, this is the beginning of the ranking shows. We've got our early running back rankings on the podcast today. So we have our consensus rankings. We'll see where we differ, what we think about these players, but we're going to debut them on the show today. 2018 is on the way. It is April 3rd already. So we are in draft month, as we like to say.

And I'm excited. That's what they like to say. That's just what Andy likes to say. This is what he likes. All right. Apparently, Brooks is prepared for us a voicemail quick question. Is that correct, Brooks? What? Oh, yeah. First time ever. Well, let's just jump into it. Oh, ballers. Well, thank you for that very thoughtful question. Deep. I think that...

we are masters of all things that we are masters of food analogies are the best are what we're best at so uh jason i think you would be the right man to lead this one off you are correct um there's not more of me for no reason so the question in here is what is my opinion of pineapple on pizza and and what player represents pineapple on pizza i i am not like a guy that will go out and order a hawaiian pizza

But it is good. I enjoy pineapple on a pizza, but I don't really like it. It's not my thing. So it's just one of those. Now, do you need to have ham on the pizza with the pineapple? I certainly would want meat on every pizza. I mean, don't be silly. You know, so the way I look at pineapple on a pizza, not something I would order, but I think in the end it works out. And that, to me, is Jimmy Graham. Because I'm not drafting. You wouldn't order it. I'm not drafting Jimmy Graham, but.

I think it's going to end up working out where he has enough touchdowns to be a top six tight end, which is shockingly not that difficult. Surprisingly. Yeah, he'll work out. It's not my tempo. Okay. All right. Not my topping. There you go. Not my topic. Come on. Not my topping. All right. So you think Jimmy Graham, surprisingly delicious. Wouldn't order it, but if you end up with it, you'll eat it. Surprisingly okay. Yeah. I wouldn't go soap. I don't eat the pineapple on pizza and go delicious. Delicious.

And I don't do that with Jimmy Graham. All right. Mike, thoughts on pineapple on a pizza? Here's the thing. Pineapple is my favorite fruit. Really? In the entire world. Pineapple and strawberries is the best. Okay. But pineapple does not belong on pizza. It's great by itself. And that's why this player is my pineapple on pizza because David and Joku is great. The greatness of David and Joku.

should be unlocked for all to watch, for the NFL to see, for fantasy football players to properly enjoy. The greatest? I love it. David and Joku on the right team would be fantastic. But he's on the Cleveland Browns. He doesn't belong there. The same way pineapple does not belong on pizza. So David and Joku is my pineapple. I like it. All right. I am like Jason. I would never order a Hawaiian pizza, but I would never order it, and I would say happy birthday to the ground.

If you had to, if you were handed one. You wouldn't pick the pineapple off being your favorite fruit. Oh, of course. I'm not a savage. Just like you have to pick. You have to pick and choose your Injoku week. So you pick them off. The problem is, though, is that the sweet juices have already infected the pizza. Oh, okay. And they changed it. You love pizza. You love. Yes. Pineapple. You just don't put them together. Correct. You love David Injoku.

Yes. You don't love the Browns and you wouldn't put them together. We're seeing eye to eye right now. I would never order it. I've been to many a party where somebody has made that choice. I've eaten the pizza. Everyone's got that for it. Everybody's got somebody who's like, let's get a Hawaiian, right? Right? Nobody nods, but he still orders it. And that dofus is wearing a Hawaiian shirt too. Yeah, that's true. And cargo shorts is like, hey, love pineapple pizza. So who's your? So do I like it on pizza? Okay. It's all right.

More than willing to eat it if the alternative is no pizza at all. And that's how I feel about Sammy Watkins. If I can get a good value on Tyreek Hill, I'd rather have him than Sammy Watkins. But I think I'm probably going to have to swallow down some Sammy Watkins in the later rounds. You're going to eat the free pizza at the party. That's coming back to haunt you. Yeah, I know. On the sound bites. I know, I know. It's analogies are a difficult thing and troublesome. And ultimately.

We record this podcast and then edit it. So who knows? Nope. That one's staying in. Okay. Fantastic. Welcome to the show. The Ultimate Draft Kit available at Ultimate DraftKit.com, pre-sale pricing. Um,

Make sure you let Andy know. Don't be caught red-faced on Draft Day. Get to your ultimate draft kit. At Andy Holloway on Twitter. Can't wait for your mentions. I took a little Twitter break this weekend. Enjoyed the Easter weekend with the family. Did you guys have a good Easter weekend? Mike, did you fill it up, live it up with your April Fool's jokes? Chop, please. April Fool's Day is a travest. It's the greatest. It's a travest upon this nation. My son is nine years old, and he doesn't understand. This is what we get.

This is what you deserve. He thinks it's carte blanche to just be mischievous and decided to pour water. My nine-year-old pours water on my wife's dress at church as a April Fool's joke. Yeah. And you deserve it. And the joke was on us. You do deserve it. I do. I just, I love, look. Why do I deserve it? Because nine-year-olds aren't going to get it. I didn't do anything. I just woke up. My younger one told me, we're in church. He goes, uh,

I don't like your pants. April Fool's. I was like, oh, it got me. He must really like them. Yeah. My children are well aware of my April Fool stance in the right household. None of that shenanigans. So you had nothing happened? No. Just silence. That's yeah. I didn't speak the word. I did. Yeah. Which, uh, oh, man, you want to make Twitter angry? Put peeps on a pizza and see what happened. So what is the peeps on a pizza player? Oh.

It's terrible. That's disgusting. It's not good. It's just a really funny dad joke, but people were, they were upset. They're about to riot. This year's Jordy. Well, I want to get to these rankings, so let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. By the way, you can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. We're also on Instagram, Instagram.com slash fantasy footballers. We're on YouTube, Facebook. Wherever you social medify, we're there. Oh, click that subscribe. Click the subscribe button. All right.

Big news for Jason. The Jets have signed Thomas Rawls, formerly of the Seahawks. Oh, you're going to rev up the Rolls Royce? All he has to do is beat out Isaiah Crowell. Shouldn't be hard. I like that you guys are throwing this on me. He is on the bottom of my dynasty bench. And so I'm happy he got a job. He has an opportunity. It's certainly one he could win. I still, even with.

Crowell with Rawls, I wouldn't be surprised if they drafted a rookie. I'm not counting Thomas Rawls as a usable asset yet. In fact, if we have to cut players, he's still on the chopping block for me, but at least there is opportunity versus not having a team. Kendall Wright, signed by the Vikings, one-year contract. Kendall Wright's days in the NFL seem to be numbered. I mean, he was okay. Yeah, he's a depth player. Browns agreed to terms of Jeff Janice. Yeah, Janice.

Chiefs have signed Matt McGloin. McGloin. Chargers have signed Gino Smith. One year deal. We are ridiculous that just in cue synchronize. We both yell out, ah, my gloin. Well, I mean, how many chances are we going to get? It keeps happening. That's the reason that's in the news today. That is the only reason, Brooks. Good work, Brooks. Have we reported on the bigger injury news around the office?

Jason's injury news? Oh, wow. It's not good. Jason literally sat out of exercise this morning because he. That's what I want to do. Because he decided to cook himself like a lobster in the Arizona sun. Yeah, I was doing yard work and I thought, you know, I think I want some color. I'm going to take my shirt off. And then I got a lot of color. Red. Red is the color. And I'm in a lot of pain. It's funny.

I mean, for us, not for you. Any other news? Marquette King was cut due to personality issues with John Gruden. Is that really the recent? Yeah, it is. And it makes perfect sense only because we had been reading more and more about Gruden's clarification on bringing it back to the 80s or 90s or whatever he said was all about veterans in the locker room and defining the locker room culture. So apparently Marquette King, who had disagreements with the previous regime too.

Fun-loven. Yeah. I love Marquette King. And Market King is a fantastic punter. But Del Rio had problems with him, too. That's what I'm saying. So there must be something that they don't want the distraction. He was also owed a lot of money for a punter. So the fact that this had to come out is strange. All right. Without further ado, the main event. Running bags. We haven't asked the question many, many times this off season. Who do you have at number one?

at the running back position. Who's the top pick? I think that's what you guys probably get me going out and around and someone recognizes you. Who's the top guy? Who's the top guy in fantasy this year? And then most people think, obviously, Peyton Manning. But outside of Peyton Manning. All right. I would say most people this year, and in fact, when I'm doing best ball drafts, the number one guy off the board most often.

in the ones I've been involved with, has been Todd Gurley, who is our consensus 100% agreed upon number two. He is not our number one guy. We all three right now have in half-PPR formats, which is what we always talk, Levi-on Bell, as our number one running back. I mean, these top, top guys, they're great. We don't need to say too much about them, but I think the conversation is...