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I was just typing in Patriots running back. Yeah. Bring that up. So yes, Damien Harris was a draft pick last year by third round. Is that right? Sounds right. He wasn't, he was, third round pick. Yeah, third round pick running back, Damien Harris. And he was unfortunately not used at all. They had their, I mean, they had a bunch of running backs already had of them. Obviously they have James White.

Rex Berkette was there. And, of course, Sony Michelle, the first rounder. But I still think 100% you hold on to him. You know, you might be in some position where your roster is just loaded and you've got a ton of, you know, a ton of draft picks and you've got to make roster cuts where Damien Harris is in consideration.

But for me, I'm holding because we've seen Patriots, players, and running backs take a while to get used to the system, not be used their rookie year. And then look at James White, right? Sure. I mean, James White, here's his rookie year. He had nine carries and five targets. Now, look, and that seems terrible, but I believe that's four more carries than Damon Harris received. It wasn't nine more carries than Damon Harris received.

My point is we've seen this team use time to get someone ready. And when they're ready, they come in. I do think Damien Harris is a talented enough running back to succeed if given the opportunity. He has not received the opportunity. But one injury to Sony Michelle's degenerative knee.

that is a season ender, and Damien Harris will... Maybe. Rex Burke is still there. No, I... Yes, but then someone will take the Rex Burke head roll. Would you rather have Damien Harris or Chase Edmonds right now in Dynasty? Chase Edmonds. Would you rather have Damien Harris or Latavius Murray? Latavius Murray. There's more assurity that I'm going to get points this year. Chase Edmonds or roll the dice on Justin Jackson.

from the Chargers having a bigger role this year. So if I had to make the decision right now, I think the path for Justin Jackson is clearer, assuming they don't resign Melvin Gordon. Obviously, if they were to go ahead and resign Melvin Gordon and Austin Echler and that core is the same, then I would rather keep Damian Harrison move on from Justin Jackson. From the website, Zach in New Orleans says when should Joe Burrow?

be drafted in a dynasty startup. That's a tough question, but so I took a look at Dynasty League football. Our friends over there, they run some mock drafts and get 80P. So I'm going to ask you some questions, Jason. Sight unseen, Joe Burrow as a rookie quarterback. Would you rather have him who is presumably playing for the Bengals? Yeah, I think that's safe to say. Would you rather have Joe Burrow or Daniel Jones?

That's a great question. And I would rather have Joe Burrow. Wow. It's close. It's definitely close. But I think that the... Well, for context, Daniel Jones, DLF has him as the 11th quarterback off the board right now. Wow. Okay. That's surprising to me. So maybe Daniel Jones, you don't believe in that value. All right. Let me go down here a little bit further. Would you rather have Joe Burrow or Jared Goff?

Oh, that's great. I would rather have Jared Goff. But that doesn't really help on this question because this is in the context of a rookie only draft. No, it's a startup. Oh, there's a startup. Yeah, the question was in a startup, Dynasty startup draft, where is it going to go? That's why I'm trying to find your actual value of these guys. I would rather have a known commodity than a hopeful commodity. Okay. And I do penalize Joe Burrough. And I.

you know, I apologize to the fans out there, but I penalize him for the Bengals organization. I think that the Bengals organization is a poorly run, top-down organization, and that is going to hurt players that go there. I mean, how did Carson Palmer's career arc as a Bengal go? You know, there were major problems there, and I don't think it's, you know, to the level of the Browns, you know, as far as dysfunction.

but that hurts his ability to be a locked and loaded prospect that can't miss. So it sounds like you're going to be, if you want Joe Burrow, you should be looking at him right around, starting around like pick 130 or so. He will probably go earlier because in Dynasty startups, people go a little bit crazy with young quarterbacks. For young potential.

of what Joe Burrell could be. Because what they think is, if he's really good, I'll have him forever. I have got him for 15 years. But the thing is, is, you know, four or five years ago in the draft, four or five years ago in a dynasty startup draft, Drew Breeze, you could get it at the end of the draft. He's an old man, and he's, what do you get another year? And then five years later, you've been using Drew Breeze forever.

And you're fine. So, yeah, look at some of the aged quarterbacks. That's why I say, Jared Goff is great. I mean, and he's actually kind of, if you're in a one quarterback dynasty league, the position is still devalued. You're not going to be able to stream off of the waiver wire, but you're going to have, you can still save and draft like three quarterbacks later in your draft and then just use them as your platoon. Off of Instagram, Nicholas Boa. When did Jason last shave?

And is he trying to take Mike's bearded crown? Now, it appears that you have trimmed recently. I have this weekend. I was getting a little rough. You were a bushman. Yeah. So what I kind of do is nothing. That's kind of my avenue. That's my approach. I try to not do anything with it. And then eventually I go and I get a haircut.

Ah, okay. And Alicia or Kevin, depending on who I go to. Right. They do the head and they do the face. A little trimmy trim on the beard. And then from that point, what I do is nothing until... I'll see you at the next haircut. The next haircut. It's not my recommended approach. It is simply my approach. So do as I say, not as I do? Exactly. All right. Off of Twitter, we've seen this question before.

But people want to know from at Big Topi. Big Topi. Or Big Topi, but it looks like Big. Oh, I much prefer Big Topi. Big Topi. Keep trade cut. Pancakes, waffles, French toast. Oh, that one's easy. I'm keeping French toast. Me too. Trading those waffles and cutting them cakes. Between pancakes and waffles, I honestly don't know what has more trade value. I feel like.

pancakes are devalued because everybody always has these. It's a throwing. Would you like a side of pan? Please. Please take a side of pancakes. Yeah. We'll give you an unlimited side of pancakes. I'd like the omelet. If just take the pancakes. I'd like an omelet, please. Would you like, okay, that comes with either pancakes or toast. It's, it's synonymous. With toast. It's tradable. That's the value of a pancake. Exactly. So that's why I'm trading waffles here. All right. And then we have.

Apparently, people were very interested in asking questions for the cardboard bear extraordinaire, Jay Gris, who you can follow on Twitter. Brooks, what's his handle? Jay Gris FFL. And it's one Z? One Z. Yep. All right, yeah, go give him a follow. Excellent follow on Twitter. All right. Wrap it around here for Jay Gris. General being a bear question. What tastes better fresh out of a stream? Salmon or trout? That's a great question. Oh.

I would have thought it was the other one. From Mike, my question is, keep trade cut. Yogi, Winnie, and Ballou. Interesting. I am really shocked to hear you say that. And then off of Twitter from Brian Hughes, is there a Mrs. Jay Gris? Uh-oh. Oh, no. Someone's out there looking, huh, Jay? Oh, hey, there's a family show. Okay, Jay? Inappropriate. We might need to edit that.

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