Fantasy Football 2017 - Top 10 Running Backs + ADP Price Check

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Hey, Fookland, we're going to be talking running back on today's show. But before we do that, I want to remind you about the Ultimate Draft Kit, the one thing. This is all you need to be ready for your fantasy football drafts at Ultimate DraftKit.com. You have our premium rankings, our projections for all offensive players. You have 100 plus player profile videos. You have sleepers, values, breakouts, bust. You have Matt Harmon.

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And Mike Wright. Oh, my goodness. Ooh, yeah. Welcome to the show. Talking about running backs. Tuesday, August 8. Today's show is going to be hot. We're talking Targaryen levels. Oh. Jason, you're caught up? Oh, dude. It's a straight fire. We're still a spoiler-free show on a Tuesday. Oh, yeah. Hot show today. Hot show.

Top 10 running backs. We're jumping right into the rankings shows here on the podcast. These are some of the most popular offseason shows, and we're excited to talk running backs today. I'm going to try to get through the top 10. I think we can do it. I think we can put our mind to it, make it happen. We're excited. It's going to be a lot of fun. Go through the next 10 and some sleepers on tomorrow's episode. Go as deep as we can go, as far as we can get.

We have an exciting announcement coming very quickly here on the show. You just tell me one to release. I'll give you a point. I'll point at you and then you go. Or maybe we sound the, we'll sound the horn, the horn of Gondor. I'm just warming up. You can follow us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. We are going to do a quick ADP price check for the quick question today. I'm going to quiz. I'm going to quiz these guys on quiz.

That is Jukwiz and four other players. That's a Mike joke. That is a Mike joke. And I'm going to ask you guys where you would draft them, what you think their current ADP is. And we're going to compare that to July, early July, and see if you guys know where they've moved around in the draft. But I guess before we do that, I'll let Mike share a very exciting announcement, something he's been working on. I teased this last week, Foot Clan, an announcement. We are very excited about.

The beard is coming off. No. Oh, that's not it. No. But you may be able to see the beard perhaps touch it in person live because we're taking the podcast out of the studio and we're bringing the fantasy footballers live. A live show. It's going to take place on Monday, September 4th at 7 p.m. That is, in fact, Labor Day. So I know you're not doing anything.

So come on out. Like I said, in Phoenix, Arizona, it's going to be at a venue called the Crescent Ballroom. Tickets will go on sale this Friday. You're going to hear me talking about it this week, but Friday, you head to ballerslive.com. You grab some seats. This is a show for 16 and up. And if you have some young ones who are 13 and up, as long as they have a guardian, they can come. So we're trying to make this for everyone. It's going to be so much fun. We're going to be taken.

questions live on the show from the Foot Clan, play some games. Hang out, huge meet and greet hugs. Hugs for all. So it's, I'm very, very excited. Touch the beard. But just a little bit though. Make sure the hands are clean. Not a requirement. You don't have to touch the beer. We don't want people to go. I was going to go. But then they said, I got to touch the beer. Yeah, I guess that's, that's fair. But I'd.

Who doesn't want to touch the beard? Yeah, that'll be a lot of fun. Monday, September 4th, it's at ballerslive.com this Friday. Tickets are limited. So if you want to go, if you're in the southwest region, or if you want to fly in, our good friend Dr. Football, trying to figure out how to fly over from over the sea. I don't know if he's going to be able to do it. But just saying, it's going to be a plane. It's going to be so much fun. And I hope that you can be there. Cool. Awesome.

Let's jump right into that ADP price check, guys. Let's start with Jaquiz Rogers. On July 7th, his average draft position was the fifth pick of the 11th round. So let me know where you think their current ADP is and where you would draft them. Jequiz, Rogers, where do you think he's currently being drafted? I assume in the last month, especially when the news came out that Doug Martin said,

or the news came out that Doug Martin is not a lock to reclaim that starting role that he's gone through the roof. I start looking for Jaquiz in the 10th round. I want those double digits. I assume he's creeped a little higher than that. It's all about roster construction. We brought him up on yesterday's mock draft show. But I'm with Jason. 10th round is where I'm looking for him. But depending on how my roster is shaping up, I'm willing to go.

eighth, ninth round for this rental who's going to give me three stars. If you drafted someone like Zeke and you're not sure yet still where you're at, then, yeah, eighth ninth round. He is a, he's the second pick of the ninth round now. Okay. That's still a little more than two rounds. That's still manageable. That's not a problem. All right. How about Cameron Meredith? July 7th, his ADP was 10.01. So the first pick of the 10th round. What do you think Cameron Meredith is going now? And, um,

Yeah, take a guess. I would say that, I mean, there's been little to no buzz publicly about Cam Meredith. The fantasy community is talking about him, but I don't think that he's gotten enough. Like, there's no, there's been no Terrell prior training camp catch for Cam Meredith. There was a tiny little bubble for him where people were talking about him. And then he had the kind of got sidelined with a little injury. And then it just, it's like everybody zipped their lips. No more talking about Cameron Meredith. I think he benefits, though, from the.

core news that's been coming out from Kevin White. I mean, everything about Kevin White is like, hey, we're talking to him about how good he was in college to get his hopes up. Did you hear about that, the rest of that report? No, do tell. The court, the wide receiver coach came out and said, hey, I showed him film of his old highlights to get him pumped up. And then Kevin White denied the story. What? Yeah, it's all the receivers coach told him that. And then Kevin White's like, no, they didn't happen. Someone lying.

It's just a bad situation. Look, I like Cameron Meredith a lot. I would take Cameron Meredith in the eighth round, depending on who else is on the board. Absolutely. And he's 9-08 right now. So he was not moved. I don't think he's moved. No, he hasn't. And if you read my, by the way, pause. This should be the big announcement. Dant-da-da. My article that you mocked me for.

It has come out. It is released on the website, The Fantasy Footballers.com. Seven years in the making. The 32 shamelessly bold predictions for the 2017 season. I took a stab at a bold prediction for each and every team. It is really fun. And Cameron Meredith was, my bold prediction for him was 1100 yards and eight touchdowns. That's a hot take. Throwing it out there.

Latavius Murray activated from the PEP yesterday. Delvin Cook currently listed as the number one running back on the depth chart. But Murray was out there on the practice field. On July 7th, Latavius Murray's average job position was the 12th pick of the seventh round. Where do you think he is right now? Oh, he's plummeted. I bet he's gone down. Yeah, I think he's going to be double-digit rounds. Oh, that far? Yeah, 10th round, 11th round. And the great news is if he is there.

I assume he'll rebound, but right now that's a great deal. I watched him run routes yesterday. He looks fine right now, and it's early enough where he should get plugged into that goal line roll. Let me ask you this, though, not to prolong this segment too long before we get into the running backs, but he has ninth round. He's 902. But do you think that you would think he's a great deal if he wasn't there and it was Jerich McKinnon at 902?

Is it just the name recognition that makes him a great deal? Because this offensive line, people asked me yesterday, they said, I mean, look, Dalvin Cook, I was saying I'm rising on him, but why, they said? Because the offensive line is so horrid. I don't think the offensive line is so horrid anymore. This is one of those offensive lines that has had a big change from last year. They've made some moves. They've got some health. So.

I don't see it as bad as it was. I said that when we were a couple weeks ago when we were going more in-depth through each team. And because of that, and you add in the fact that, look, Matt Aziata had relevance and goal line opportunity. If you make the offensive line a little bit better and then you take Aziata out and put Latavius Murray in, I think he's going to be fantasy relevant, not a powerhouse. All right, let's move on. Jameson Crowder.

July 7th, his ADP was 702. Where do you think his ADP is now? Mike, are you on board yet? To be fair, I'm not off of Crowder. I like him. I just don't, I'm not projecting the breakout, like very, very many people are, including you guys. You're talking 90 plus receptions. And so I think that he has moved up. I would put him at the back of the fifth.

Oh, my guess. See, I don't think he's moved much. I would put him, where was he, top of the seventh? 702. Back of the six. If he's, if he's, Jason's on it. He's 610. Okay. So he hasn't really moved much. That's good. Last one here. Good name. Richard Matthews. This is a good one. 11th round pick in July, 1102. What's his current ADP? Oh, man. I feel like Mike and I need to apologize to Richard Matthews because we were big fans in Miami. Then we were big fans of Tennessee and we.

We jumped off that boat and said, I'm safer in the water. I don't want to. I feel like I did a, I was, I was in the water. I still had my hands on the boat, though, just in case the sharks came around and I could quickly scamper back into the boats. Okay. Where is his ADP? Similar. His ADP's got to, you're saying it was 1102.

it's got to be super low still, a 10th round maybe, but he is looking like a steel in the draft. Well, see, he's dropped a lot. Oh, great. He's 11-07. I'm sorry, he's 12-07. With the Corey Davis. Yeah, Decker showed up. But I was saying the Corey Davis injury, I guess that's probably still too new of news to have really impacted.

It should impact it. Matthews is going to make a mark this year. Also, news that Marcus Marieto is going to start the preseason game. So he's healthy and we'll talk some more news. News and notes from around the league. Did we wish everyone a happy Jeff Fisher Day? Oh, we didn't. Happy Jeff Fisher Day, everybody. Well, we want their day to be more than average. It's eight and eight day. Celebrating mediocrity. I tweeted this morning. I'm really.

It makes my heart happy to think somewhere in the hills of Montana. Jeff Fisher's phone is blowing up today. I had a... A lot of Twitter notification. I had a good friend contact me this morning. I had a good friend contact me this morning. And he said he's so excited for the announcement because it's coming on Jeff Fisher Day. That's true. He thought for sure we were going to have Jeff Fisher on the show. Almost. But we wouldn't do that to you, Phuklin.