Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Todd Gurley, AFC South, Fantasy News

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Totally. But he's still the third guy and they like him a lot. So, I mean, it's just a matter of PPR leagues, guys that are relevant on that plane. I mean, I think he's somebody to watch at 23 years old, very explosive. Yeah, it named a watch. He's not a sleeper for me. Okay. That's fair. You don't have to, you know, be elite. The Tennessee Titans. We're going to get to the final team in the AFC South. How can the Jaguars be your favorite team when the Tennessee Titans?

Are your favorite team? I did not say they're my favorite. And how can the Tennessee Titans be your favorite team when the Texans are also... This is clearly your favorite division. I agree with you. I don't necessarily think I've been pronouncing any Titans love in a while. I think I've told you I believed Marcus Marietta is a very good quarterback. I still like Marioita a heck of a lot. I think this is going to be a very run-heavy offense.

I'm pretty high on DeMarco Murray. I believe Murray will carry the load. So you believe, like, all the reports right now are DeMarco, from the Titans. Our DeMarco Murray is the guy. We think he'll return to form. He's going to be our superstar. He will carry it. But they spent a second round pick. Am I right there on Derek Cameron? They did. Yeah. And I do believe DeMarco Murray will carry the load.

I completely agree. Derek Henry will not be all that involved this year, in my opinion. The downside, though, is kind of like what we just saw from the Jaguars. I don't think the Titans are going to be a good team this year, and you can want to run the ball all day, but if you're down and the game script says you're down by two scores, you're not running the ball over and over with the Marco Murray. Well, and last year they couldn't run or pass.

This is not a team that you're looking at and you're going, well, they succeeded in one area of the offense. No, they failed in all of them. They were 25th in rushing, 25th in passing. There were times when you'd start a guy like Green Beckham late in the year thinking they'd have opportunities, and the wide receivers for Tennessee would get two targets in a half. So that's a problem. And making the jump from that level to fantasy elite is nearly impossible. What kind of stock do you put into...

there's still the whispers in the bushes that Tajay Sharp, rookie, sharp, is running in front of Doreal Green Beckham. And in front of Kindle Wright, which is, what are you doing, Titans, Mararchy? You're moving on? I mean, it's exotic. Right. Look, I buy into that the best man's going to play and that Doreal Green Beckham doesn't get anything handed to him. I mean, this is.

Is this Cordobald Patterson? You know, there have been guys drafted very high that if they don't evolve as a past catching wide receiver running better routes, being smarter, building a rapport with Mariotta, that's what's going to happen. I don't think that Green Beckham's elite. I think he's an elite athlete, but I also think that he's a kind of guy that has historically needed motivation in the NFL. And so maybe that's what this is. So if you have to draft.

Any of these wide receivers? I'm easy. I'm taking Richard Matthews because I think he's going to be the most balanced even receiver. Even if his ceiling is like Ruben Randall last year. That's a good ceiling. Then that's what I'm saying. Like his ceiling is to be used, right? Like that's what I believe about Matthews. I think he catches the ball, you know.

in the middle depths, and he's consistent. For me, I am, I am definitely going to go with Kindle Wright. Wow. Kindle Wright, to me, is the guy I want for sure, mostly because he's going the latest. He's pretty much free. I think they're all undrafted. But I think when it comes to consistency, we've seen Kindle Wright be productive with Marietta, and then he got injured. You also saw, you know, he was drafted.

as an elite player, Kindle Wright was. So I think there are some tools where he could explode this year if he ended up being the guy and he's free. He's the only guy that I'm going to try to get here. I'm not really trying to get anybody. The only other player on the Titans I like is DeMarco Murray, for all the shade that I throw on him, I think his legs looked half dead last year. I think his value in the late...

Fourth is okay. I would rather have Murray than I would Carlos Hyde. Because Murray can catch the ball. And if the game script, you're talking about two bad offenses that both want to run the ball but might not be able to. But when it turns out that they've got to pass the ball, I actually believe DeMarco Murray will be involved in that game script. And I don't think Carlos Hyde will. I just don't understand why you can say something so smart like that last take on DeMarco Murray and something so dumb like your kennel right thing. I mean, champ, champ.

I mean, you can't go back in time here and tell me that Kendall Wright is a lead. I mean, he's got four years in the league. He's got one year where he was over 700 yards. I mean, it's one season. To me, you just can't harken back to that. They brought in different guys. Green Beckham and you got Hunter and you got Matthews and you got Murray. Come on. I'll water bet you right now on Matthews, Kendall Wright.

No, I don't want to water bet anything with the Titans. Yeah, because you don't like water bets on, like, I'm drafting. Because you just went back to 2013 and tried to back up Kendall Wright. Let me tell you this. If Kindle Wright and Rashad Matthews switch position in a draft, then my answer will be Rashad Matthews. Mike. Kendall Wright or Rashad Matthews, Mike. Richard Matthews. Okay. Correct. Correct. We got to talk about Walker, of course. Delaney, yes. Delaney Walker was unbelievable last year because he was getting all the targets.

for Tennessee. Is that a situation that we can expect right now? He is currently going in the seventh round, and he is the sixth tight end off the board. He's going in front of Kobe Fleener, Ladarius Green, and maximum barnage. Too hot. Those are all gross. I love Delaney Walker. He's got the best rapport with Mariotta, and Mariotta's the future. When you have that, it's the Greg Olson and Cam Newton situation. It's something you want. But it doesn't mean he has to repeat those totals. And there's other...

There are other pass catchers there named Kendall Wright, named Richard Matthews, named Michael Murray, that will necessitate a reduction of targets. So when are you jumping in on Walker? I'm not ever getting Walker. I would happily take Walker before guys like Dwayne Allen. Sure, sure, sure. I take Walker in the like, where's Barnage going? Because I take him after Barnage. Barnage is going in the 8th. Yeah, I was going to say probably 9th round.

I'm fine with that. I like the totals for PPR. If I can get Delaney Walker in the 10th, I am also fine with that. My point is, you're not going to get Delaney Walker in the 10th. And the reality is, if he's there. Yeah, sure. But the reality is last year, he had his career high by a mile. So let's applaud him. Yes, let's applaud him for what he did when everybody else on his team was injured. But this year, he's not going to have anywhere near to the year that he had last year.

You are just a rhyming machine today. You can't get near to the year. I can't get near to the year. We should definitely have him record this. Drop it down. All right. We've waited long enough. It's time to talk to Todd Gurley, star running back for the... Everybody catch this. Not the St. Louis Rams. The Los Angeles Rams. You talking to me?

The fantasy footballers are very excited to bring on our next guest on behalf of Gatorade. We are talking to Mr. Todd Gurley from the Los Angeles Rams. How are you doing today, Todd? We're doing all right over here. How's the offseason been treating you? What kind of things have you been up to? Yeah, and how about the move to L.A.? Has that been a distraction for you at all? That's a pretty big thing. That's good to hear, man. So...

What we love to do from when a player comes on the show, we love to hear the draft story. What was that day like for you? The running backs in general had been going much later in the draft until you came up and you were a very high selection. What kind of emotions and things? What was that day like for you? You had this huge breakout against our Arizona Cardinals. That's our home team.

What was that like for you as a player to basically your real first game of action? You come out and you just absolutely destroyed. Did you have any kind of celebration after that? No, I don't remember the game. I know we had a flight back, so we had to take it. It was a very game, man. I definitely never could be. Talking about just referencing your college career, your sophomore year, you were dominant.

in the receiving game. And you weren't used a ton of, in the passing game last year. But when you take a look at the whole, none of the Rams running backs were really highlighted in the passing game. Have you talked? Has the team talked at all about increasing your workload in the past catching game? I've got a question here. I'm a man with a

with a very large beard. And I've noticed that your coach, Fisher, he always has a spectacular facial hair situation going on. What's he currently wearing? Is he got the mustache, the goatee, or has he got a full beard right now? I don't know how to see him like a month to have. He has a majestic mustache. Oh, definitely. So the Rams, you guys kind of have a lot of youth on your offense.

Who is stepping up into the leadership positions for you guys right now? I wish I don't know. I'm going to be able to talk to the 100,000. I think everybody knows a lot of excitement. So we are a fantasy football program. So we took notice when you were asked candidly for fantasy football should you be chosen first, which you correct. I mean, you rightly said, yeah, take me maybe behind Antonio Brown or Cam Newton.

Well, we got to tell you, we had David Johnson on our show a few weeks ago, and he said he should be the first pick. I can tell you. Yeah. All right, so that's your official rebuttal? Is David to sit down? Yeah. I was honest. I'm still my mom. Man, I love it. So how is the fantasy football community treated you so far? I hope it's been positive. Honestly, that's my standard.

But it's cool. I'm not a time to see football. I definitely know how it works. All the time, it's cool. I'm totally not going to get it. Oh, that's great, man. I'm glad to hear that. And so, Todd, we hear that you're the newest member of the Gatorade family. So, you know, a big congratulations. Can you tell us about the Gatorade Beat the Heat program and the role Gatorade is playing in your athletic career? It's tremendous. And so we're in Phoenix here.

You know, so it's extremely hot. I know about the heat. That's what I was going to say. So we have told our listeners, we have vowed to compete in a combine, our own combine. And it may not be the most beautiful thing. So you're telling us, we need to get the Gatorade because water is important, but there's some things in Gatorade that just put it over the top to keep you healthy and hydrated.

You are right. All right. Well, speaking of that, Todd, I don't know if Gatorade has ever sponsored a fantasy football show, but if you want to put in a good word for us, we would really appreciate that. All right, man. Hey, Todd, thank you so much for your time. We really appreciate it here. We hope you have a great year. We know you will because you're a fantasy football monster and an NFL star, so thank you so much, Todd.

All right, special thanks to Todd Gurley for joining us on the show, taking a few minutes out from his busy schedule, you know, traveling across the country probably, because those moves, those take like, what, weeks at a time, Oregon Trail style. Is that how they do that? That and a lot of... A lot of... Dissentery? A lot of squats. I imagine Todd Gurley does a lot of squats. You travel that way, Jason. You probably don't know this. You travel that way very slowly on the ground with the, like, wagons and things because you're hoping Nick Foles is left behind.

He's the kid? All right, before we end, real quick. Did you go as the banker? Oh, the farmer. Oregon Trail? Or I can't remember the guy who was in the middle. Ah, it's probably the banker. Yeah, you seem like a banker to me. Jason? Was there a hunter?

There was a couple of tears. Hunting was the best. Hunting was my favorite part of Oregon Trail. Shooting 400 bison to take a little bit of meat back to them. You killed 1,500 pounds. You can only carry 100. Sounds good. What have I just done to nature? And this is why the bison is almost gone. I like it. Oregon Trail. And you sold all of their pelts for profits and put it in your bank. At least don't waste it. All right. Before we close, I want to remind everybody about fantasy jocks.com. Definitely check them out. The best trophies.