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5 Running Backs That Will Win Your League (Trade For Them Now)

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If you're in a fantasy football league, you're in the perfect place because today we were talking about the five running backs You need to trade for before week one before the season even kicks off now These are the guys that by the time week one comes their value might skyrocket and you'll never be able to trade for them again So get them right now because things are currently changing in their backfield Now we got to start with a guy in Travis ET and the Saints new running back They signed him the second most money other than Kenneth Walker this off season in free agency at the running back position And honestly, I was never a fan like if you watched my content earlier in the summer You could tell that I didn't really like ET and like unless Alvin Kumar was gonna get cut or got hurt Which we got to talk about now. I wasn't gonna be a fan of ET and but things have now changed This is now a player who was top 1300 totally yards and three of his four seasons the other season He was banged up last year He had almost 1400 yards. He was one yard short between his rushing and receiving yards Obviously a different team with the Jaguarsly and Colum 13 touchdowns 36 catches was trusted in so many different areas People thought to and would take over or tank biggs be they traded away biggs be earlier in the year to and never took over and they wrote ET and for a 70% or so opportunity share He was a big piece of this offense and down the stretch last year is really where he made his money in free agency

Because over his final 10 games when the offense started to get clicking they acquired Jacoby Myers Parker Washington starts breaking out During this stretch Trevor Lawrence looks like an MVP candidate those final 10 games ET and was a big piece of it over 16 fantasy points per game He was averaging over 16 carries per game when you factor in his receptions a lot of games He was going for like 20 touches This was a player that was a massive league winner for people He finished the year depending on your league scoring format as the RB 13 But down the stretch he was a top 10 running back in this off season He became a saint and these were the reports that were worrying me before some recent news that we got like I was worried when we're getting reports of Travis ET and Kamara like Kamara was gonna remain with the team take a Pick up whatever and we're getting coach from the head coach Kalimor saying these guys can play a lot of number of snaps together They can play separately obviously we got to run the football better so those guys are going to help us lead it So ET and doesn't look like a workhorse here Number getting reports that ET has been getting most of the first team reps on early downs But Kamara has been the first option on third downs and passing situations Which is the expectation even though Alvin Kamara is aging He is like basically if anything when he's getting older like he's just gonna provide a lot more value not as a runner

But as a pass catcher third downs has the experience and still has that supportive skill set his hands are still gonna be good So this is why I was worried about ET and he was going in like round three of fantasy drafts And he was gonna be in a split backfield however that is no longer a concern and man I wish I knew this information when I was going through the flock league where he felt to the second pick in the fifth round And I passed up on him at the four five turn because if I had this news that Alvin Kamara was gonna miss at least a month with the sprain MCL This is an aging running back. He's dealt with this injury twice before one of those times He missed six weeks So who knows when he'll ever even be back and really back to his full self at this point in his career It might be a while and then you also get reports that Devoniel who would have been the RB 2 when Kamara was out He ends up being on season ending IR. So let's look at what we're looking at Let's look at what we're looking at let's look at this backfield for the Saints Obviously have ET and you have Kamara dealing with the knee injury at an older age to start the season That's catastrophic you have an devoniel on IR heck even Ty Chandler who was pushing to be a Running back to make their roster suffer to season ending injury So right now Kendri Miller and Audrey Katsume are currently the guys who are gonna be backing up Travis ET and ET ET is a much better past catcher than any of those guys He's a better all around running back

So there's no threat like there was when Kamara was healthy at least to start the season for ET and to be losing touches And now he's definitely worth a third round pick So if you got him on your team you should be happy about that Especially if you got him later on now if we want to talk about Kelli Moore Like he's gonna be in this new offense he leaves Lee and Cohn which is just sad because Lee and Cohn the last two to three years Has had some nice rush offenses even dating back to college when like Chris Rodriguez was having these 12 1300 yard seasons at Kentucky like Lee and Cohn knows how to design an offense around the run game But Kelli Moore is a guy who is gonna go out there as a head coach and he's gonna play with pace They're gonna run a ton of plays we got to see Joanne Johnson last year be like a fantasy relevant player Chris Alavega at top five fantasy wide receiver because they just ran so many plays They didn't even have to be overly efficient. They just ran enough place check this out the league average pace is about 1557 plays ran in a minute however Kelli Moore is averaging over 1100 plays per season in 2023 with the chargers He had 1100 and six 2024 with the Eagles say quans big year 1114 and last year with the sands he had 1075 he's always been in above league average pace I mean if you're gonna be running an extra five to 10 plays per game that's gonna matter over the long haul

So Travis ET and to me it's interesting especially to start the year like those first four weeks of Kamara's out or limited You can maybe get Travis ET in performing like a top 10 running back in fantasy And maybe that's the exact time to swap him before Kamara comes out before he falls down to earth a little bit But let's not forget that this is a good situation for him I was always worried because I didn't think he was worth a third round pick I thought I liked him a little bit more in that fifth round range the cam scatable range over earlier in the summer before this Kamara injury But if you're gonna be on a Kelli Moore offense where we've seen charges running backs have success with him Saquon ran for two thousand yards in 2024 under his scheme now We're gonna get a good running back which I didn't have last year in this offense the third round if you try and trade for him If you can right now somebody really doesn't value him like that because as of this recording He's a top 30 player for me if you still have a fantasy draft coming up Which is crazy that I wasn't able to get him in the flock life I just knew this at that time I obviously would have drafted him But we didn't have this injury information what a bummer But right now you could do one for one trade for Alec Pierce do that all day Garrett Wilson I really like Garrett Wilson But I'm preferring Travis ET and straight up in a draft George Kettle What are we even doing here? Yes, Devon to Smith is a little bit closer, but I would still lean Travis ET I mean we can keep going here ETN overwaddle from ES flowers is close DJ Moore's an easy yes a Tyler Warren's an easy

Yes, Travis T Higgins that one's closer Deandre Swift give me ET like we can keep going here These are recent trades that have currently happened those are not like hypothetical trades Those are trades the database is called fantasy Calc database. I'm not affiliated. It's a free site You could see like all recent trades that have happened in fantasy leagues some smart leagues some dumb leagues But ETN is like clearly the best pick and all those trades that have been happening next up I don't talk about a guy that I actually drafted in the flocc league I spent a third round pick on him somewhat controversially and this was before the minor groin injury But that's all it really is it's minor We basically out of talk through this because he's been falling whether it's in fantasy drafts or just like perception in my opinion He was a top 25 fantasy player Kind of borderline still is for this overall season if you're talking about like drafts And he's falling like outside the top 40 because of this groin injury because he suffers a non-contact injury Which is kind of like anchoring bias like the first thing that you actually happen to you like that's what you remember the most so People are anchored on the fact that it was reported as a non-contact injury But then it comes out that it's only two to three weeks in its pretty minor and then it comes out that three weeks before the season He's on track to play week one and three weeks before the season a PT is literally saying He's gonna be back soon don't fade him because of the groin injury and you're getting like reports like this of him

He's not running a hundred percent full speed here But this is a guy who's one week removed from having a groin tweak and he's like, you know He's extending like he's opening it up a little bit. That's at least 50% I would say speed if not more for him full strides like there's no concerns about the groin there I would say and I've been saying like even as of this recording we still have over a week until Brie Sal's first game Literally today or even last week if they had a regular season game he'd be playing But he is a player that they're putting all of their chips in more than anybody else on this offense in my opinion to be the guy for the team this year Their contract extension of the soft season some of the quotes are about to get into so why risk it? Just let him sit for two to three weeks during meaningless camp and preseason games because literally in the worst offense in football That through for a league low 140 passing yards per game significantly worse than any other offense And that's talking about like often is like the Raiders and Browns last year you had Brie Sal going for a thousand rushing yards 350 receiving so 1400 total yards 36 catches the only reason he didn't finish higher in fantasies because the offense stunk and only had five touchdowns But they should be a little bit more improved this year under Geno Smith And if you're gonna get a top five or close to a top five Opportunity share like last year out of Brie Sal where last year you saw 74% of the backfield carries in targets

It's only top 10 is like basically the floor in my opinion if this guy stays healthy We've seen a top five season out of him I think he has all the talent in the world Maybe and this is really saying something Geno Smith is the best quarterback of his career who just targeted 70 plus times a rookie Ashen Genti who's a worst pass catcher in my opinion than Brie Sal like I think Brie Sal could be a sneaky running back to have 60 catches this year is current depth chart is the same as last year Braille and Alan who's coming off of a knee injury And you know Isaiah Davis if he's actually gonna be the RB three in this team who never was able to pass Brie Sal's a pass catcher Anything last year so I'm not really concerned about that the quotes we've been getting all off season The jets look like they plan on featuring Brie Sal more prominently as their lead back this season Recent quote from Frank right who I'm a little bit worried about Frank right by the way Anyways, people asked about like Omar Cooper and Isaiah Williams like the rookie and like what's happening with your slot White receiver whatever he basically just said like look we have a lot of guys We don't have 11 starters. We got like 15 guys who can start dot that dot but Brie Sal's debelt cow Garrett Wilson is debelt cow as all of us know But it's important that the offensive coordinator is like saying that kind of unprompted It's good to see as I mentioned earlier We're getting the three year 45 million dollar contract extension this off season like that is very important to me because not only did they extend him

They wouldn't trade him last year when the entire jets defense and starting offense was up for grabs basically But Garrett Wilson like they said Garrett Wilson's untouchable They still wouldn't trade Brie Sal during that time even though plenty of offers were coming in from contenders like the chiefs and some other teams Because they said and this guy is gonna have a future with us He's gonna be a big part of our offense next year and for years beyond so when I look at recent trades for Brie Sal Like right now people because of this injury. They're so scared It's like the most minor injury if this was happening in the regular season I don't even think you would miss a game James and Williams Yes, give me Brie Sal Brie Sal a roster ice that one's a little bit closer. I'd still take Brie Sal Brie Sal are neighbors that one's a neighbor for me I just I even did this in my in the draft for the floccale I took them at the two three turn both these guys Jeremiah love at this point with the high ankle I'll take Brie Sal Josh Jacobs is obviously this isn't this happened sadly for this player whoever got Brie Sal on this deal with Josh Jacobs now, I don't know when you're watching this maybe he's done for the season He's on the exemplest pretty bad for that Jacob's owner there Brie Sal are Evans give me Brie Sal like we can just keep going here Brie Sal a shadow definitely Brie Sal Brie Sal are genties worth conversation after genties injury But like this is just how much people are not thinking of Brie Sal these days like he's just being sold as a guy who in my opinion

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But nine touchdowns in that offense and now you're adding pieces to this offense a J Brown Romeo dobs like Yes, sign me up for more Ramandre in the red zone on an improved offense now the craziest part about this is of course Travion Henderson the RB2 is still in this backfield who's now dealing with an injury and camp will talk about that because I do think it's somewhat serious But Travion Henderson is like the guy that everybody wants to be the next big thing This reminds me so much of like back in the day with a Zico Elliot when he was starting to get a little bit older on the Cowboys and Tony Pollard was there Or Melvin Gordon in Austin Eccler if you remember way back in those days, right? Like the guy who's the starting veteran coaches are going to trust they have years under their belt They do all the little things right Ramandre could be a three down back He has the size of 230 pounds to be a red zone back as well And he's just experienced he can pass for tech better than Travion Henderson like he just does so many things and that's exactly what we've seen All of camp as in the honey points out here daily Ramandre Stevenson RB1 reminder It's another quote by Mark Daniels and camp never in doubt this summer It seems pretty definitive in terms of Ramandre being the RB1 and this was as of August 27

So we're talking like only 10 days before the season we're getting reports that Ramandre is to clear RB1 This has been the case since the playoff last year. Yes, you could go look at the splits last season Whoops when Travion when Travion Henderson took over as the RB1 because Ramandre missed a month of the season and Henderson was great He was averaging like two touchdowns per game 20 fantasy points a game and then Ramandre came back took his job back and Handled the postseason and Super Bowl work despite all of this context Ramandre Stevenson still goes Behind like if you're drafting still in fantasy leagues He's still in the latest ADP as of this recording He's still going one pick behind at the running back position Travion Henderson and this is factoring in that Henderson is being dealing with and we could pull it up now in Ankle injury and camp the past week before this ankle injury Henderson was going like around before Ramandre in the middle of the fifth when Ramandre goes in the beginning of the seventh It makes no sense to me now as of this recording We're still getting no Travion Henderson at practice. He hasn't practiced since August 24th so this is a guy now based on the time of this recording Travion Henderson's going on 10 days without practicing for an ankle injury that starts to get to the point where is this actually a low ankle sprain

It could be playing it safe of course But we're now at the point where we're one month away or one week away from the season starting actually less than that because they play the season Open her Super Bowl rematch on Wednesday night not looking good for Travion Henderson now Honestly Ramandre was a by-low candidate for me before the Henderson ankle injury like two weeks ago I was trying to get him on some fantasy teams now this Henderson injury has made Ramandre more expensive He's not as much of a by-low, but he's still not a sexy name in the fantasy market He's not chase brown going in the first or second round, right? He's Ramandre Stevenson We know what we're getting early people think they know what they're getting out of him So I think you can still get him for fairly cheap If we look at what the offseason moves were in the fantasy blueprint If you still have a fantasy draft coming up or if you want help from week one to championship week with all my tools for waivers trades projections start sits one-on-one access to me You can check it out and join the blueprint dot com But anyways the Patriots are trying to improve their offensive line makes sense They had a large of air Tucker They had a first round tackle and Caleb Lomo and then you're gonna get obviously the big additions this offseason a real wide receiver one AJ brown Romeo dobs is gonna take over as a starter Demario Douglas and the sought with K-Shine booty and Stefan digs out the door this offseason So by all accounts when you're replacing Stefan digs is your wide receiver one with AJ brown upgrade when you're replacing K-Shine booty with Romeo dobs

In my opinion and if you watch football at all You should know that that's definitely an upgrade and they're hoping the offensive line can get better and take a step forward this year I think it's gonna be a better offense Reminder already scored nine touchdowns in this offense last year sign me up by low and remondre Stevenson Before we keep going be sure to subscribe and if you find this content helpful or entertaining at all It really goes a long way in helping this channel grow. I appreciate it in advance another target who's rising for me is going to be Jordan Mesa the undraft former undrafted player A starter screw with the 49ers now in the Minnesota Vikings entering year two for himself and this is a player who last year very Quietly had I would say a solid season like you're gonna look at it overall and you're gonna see 16 games, but then you start to break it down like 758 carries 4.8 yards per carry in a split backfield So for like the third straight year he's averaging over his last three years in the NFL very quietly five yards per carry The problems you just never gonna catch passes can he catch like one or two a game sure but 14 catches last year in a split backfield Six touchdowns and just 8.1 overall fantasy points is what he ends with so like at the end of the day You're gonna look at that and you're gonna say yeah, that's pretty depressing like he didn't really do much

But you have to keep in mind that he was a free agent signing for this team last year That's still had Aaron Jones a guy who was already on the roster of the year before that on this team And they really liked Aaron Jones and you can see right here that in the four games are Aaron Jones missed last year Jordan Mason took another step forward 15 fantasy points per game on 15 carry 70 rushing rt Looked really good out there as well even despite like bad situations like you know Having to play overseas in London for one of those games and then come back in a relatively short week play again Like this is what Jordan Mason does we saw it in 2024 when McCaffrey missed the start of the season and five games He for suffering his own shoulder injury on a Thursday night football game By the way, we're at like half time yet over 60 rushing yards in the five complete games he played to start the year 17 fantasy points per game 21 carries per game 107 rushing yards per game at that point in 2024 He was like 1 a 1 b in terms of carries and rushing yards with Derek Henry obviously two years ago different offense Kyle Shanahan I get all that but the purpose is like whenever this guy gets a featured role He's averaged the last two years 16 fantasy points per game and based on all the camp reports Especially more recently like when these teams are actually putting their starters out there a little bit more And guys are getting healthy on the offensive line and you get to see these first units in like inner squad scrimmages

Jordan Mason looks like the bell cow front runner mostly the rushing work on this team Aaron Jones has been isolated to the Passwork only because of like his health situations He's just an older running back 31 31 and a half years old dealing with injuries like each of the last couple of years And you can see that aroma here says continued drumbeat for Mason seems like a pretty heavy favorite to be the one a in this backfield Was going as the running back 38 off the board and fantasy drafts a really nice later around target Um anytime he's been able to get a workload You could see here data. Oh, my says he's been elite yards per carry explosive yards after catch all our yards after contact numbers all that So this backfield is currently Aaron Jones a 31 to 32 year old running back Jordan Mason the younger more explosive pure runner and a rookie who's a little bit on their size in demand clay Born maybe offers something on third downs, but I'm just not buying into Aaron Jones at this point like again He's 31 he will be turning 32 at some point during this season. How is that not concerning? For a player if we pull up his past injury history Um, I mean as recent as last year was dealing with injuries multiple of them last year alone You're getting a hamstring injury brutal for a running back the shoulder injury the hip injury now He's another year older the year before that you're dealing with another hamstring another rib injury

Like these consistent patterns of hamstring injuries for an aging running back who relies on his explosiveness It's just kind of curtains at that point now the obvious flaw I've already pointed out to Jordan Mason He's not going to catch passes like he's like Jones as long as he's healthy will be like the three down back If not to probably be the Mon Clayborn coming in on the third down like he's just not gonna catch passes three 11 and 14 Receptions in his three seasons despite getting some extended run in these games. That's just not as that's just not as profile But that's exactly why he wasn't going as like a fourth or fifth round picking fantasy during like that the Bucky Irving range right like in my opinion If Jordan Mason is the workhorse on this team What is the difference between him and Quinchot Junkin to and fantasy drafts was going in the fifth round Mason and like the seventh or eighth round even though Mason isn't the better offense It might even be a better player. We don't really know yet So one for one trade right now for like Chris Goblin for Mason kind of depends on the position that you need on your team But I prefer Mason Mason for Kittle again depends on the position you need I prefer Mason Mason for a mind Right that one's a little bit closer. You can talk me into either side of that same tier running back Mason for Addison Give me Mason Mason Jacobi Lane's a joke and me Mason Mason conception on conception has upside But I still on Mason you're like I can just keep going on and on Mason for Stefan digs at this point Give me Mason like yeah, Jordan Mason is just somebody that is definitely I would say rising the last week or two for me

Specifically and all the reports are saying the same thing Meanwhile they're saying the opposite about Aaron Jones like looks a little bit older and before we keep going I've got something to tell you because I've teamed up with draft Kings and you're gonna want to hear this because they just drop The biggest fantasy football contest in the history of the sport we are talking about a 20 million dollar bestball prize pool Where three different people are gonna walk away millionaires this year now look if you've never played bestball No worries. Here's what you need to know you draft your team one time in that sit no setting lineups No waiver wire no Sunday morning panicking your top scores automatically count every week You're basically getting a fun sweat all season long with your team and players without having to lift a finger or do any work after the draft Now here's the part you don't want to miss Graph Kings is running a draft one get one offer right now all customers enter a lineup into the 20 million dollar bestball Headliner contest for $25 and get a bonus ticket for a second entry that basically means you have two shots at your share of 20 million dollars and maybe being one of those three people who will become a millionaire So all you have to do now is download the draft Kings apps line up with promo code Sal and get your lineups in

Before the season kicks off in partnership with draft Kings the crown is yours next up I want to talk about your Corey Korsky Marit Who I think you could probably get pretty cheap in trades like now like I've been offered in like some leagues like in the Floc league like Nathan reached off to me It was like hey Travis Kelsey for your Corey Korsky Marit I wasn't gonna do that deal But like that's what people think they can get a deal done right now for your Korsky Marit Like that's how low his stock is going and I really don't know why for a guy who's stock earlier in the summer was pretty damn high And this should mean something coming for me because I'm not that big on your Corey Korsky Marit as a rookie You got to give him this the dude had 805 rushing yards almost 900 total yards and eight touchdowns as a Seventh round rookie almost 900 total yards and eight touchdowns and that's despite being on a broken offense We're Jayden Daniels suffered an injury in week two and then he suffered an injury in like week five Then a season ending injury later in the year McClaurne was never healthy with J.D. Like the offense was just horrendous last year and JCM as a seventh round pick still almost went for a thousand yards and at a touchdowns You got to give him credit He was decently efficient for that terrible situation 4.7 yards per touch was top 25 in the NFL despite being a seventh round pick despite being behind a bad offensive line That was banged up and whatever happened to that offense last year everything basically went wrong for them

Yeah, like obviously Similar to Jordan Mason and the reason why Jacob Korsky Marit isn't going higher is because like in college he was never a pass catcher last year He only caught nine passes but based on reports right now this team wants to get him more involved as a pass catcher You can see right here teams are saying like he's flashing enough as a pass catcher to put himself into a larger position in that role I'm skeptical but at least they're trying to put him in that role to be a three down back Your biggest concern is that like this offense of line fell apart last year and now we're already having Laramie Tonsol out for a Significant in La Portia and basically at this point it's been updated to the entire season It seems like so that's a massive blow like the fact that he's hurt now in the flockly guy drafted You know McClaurne and J.D. Daniels I feel way worse about that now that Laramie Tonsol is there and I would feel worse about that for JCM It's well, but like it's not like he's a fifth round pick you can get him around nine or ten There's also reports that you know J.Cory Croskey merit his pass blocking has improved enough that he should see some passing down snaps again with Rashad white on this team I'm not too convinced that this happens But it's at least good things that we're getting some reporters seeing the potential for this to happen because yes As the commanders have said they don't want to have a tell on the field like when JCM comes off the field and Rashad white goes on

It's pretty obvious that they're probably not running the ball like if they can keep JCM on the field all three downs It adds a little bit more deception to your offense and a little bit more creativity This backfield is kind of a mess you have the six-round pick K-tron Allen out of Penn State Mostly a pure runner not a pass catcher. You have Rashad white the guy who's gonna be more so a pass catcher But he does have a 1300 total yard season in the NFL on his resume and then you have JCM So like yeah, there's no doubt about it Rashad white's going to be probably Decently to heavily involved in this offense But if you're telling me one player in this backfield has the potential to actually win a league I'm talking like 1300 total yards eight to ten touchdowns I'm not gonna put that on Rashad white at this point in his career or six-round pick K-tron Allen or if like I mean Jeremy Nichols is hurt right now starting to be on short term. I believe like it would be JCM based on what we saw last year And based on what we're hearing this all season like you know the commanders, you know different offensive coordinator Different members of this team of course But in Jaden Daniels rookie year when he was actually healthy. This was a top 10 offense They put up almost 6300 total yards like they were in the same realm as a good 49ers and good Packers team in like the lines Right these were where they were being discussed that year when they went to the NFC championship game You keep going here to Corey Cosmer it is dealing with a groin injury another reason why he's dropping like the biggest reason why

Shopping is this groin injury, but it's not considered serious. We just haven't gotten any updates about this because it's not serious as Zane the honey points out here to Corey Cosmer It should be fine the commanders are just being cautious with him and basically he was like back at practice jogging a day later We're not really getting any updated reports on injuries at this point because preseason is over these camps start to go dark Like seven to ten days before week one so like week one ones a practice report is when you'll get some actual official reporting So that is a little bit sketchy, but at least we got the news that it's not considered serious It's not a hamstring. It's just like a minor groin injury So is this the sexiest trade to make no, but is this the guy who could be a flex option a depth piece with upside for you? Yeah, especially when recent trades are for injured Kalman unguy for a hundred Henry a free agent tight end Tyler our year is interesting because like for the first week or two he could be a starter there with James Conner on I are to start the season and then you know the high ankle sprain for Jeremiah love, but for Mike Washington give me JCM For pitman, I'll take JCM even though some people like pitman similar analysis for Quinn Johnson I guess it really depends on your position Brandon Aubrey, I mean would it roam from the flockly make this deal for JCM? I'll say JCM there. So yeah, that's basically JCM to me right now is just like an easy cheap guy

That you can get in a trade before week one and let's say week one He's just average okay, keep him on your bench, but week one is a week where you could actually see some things happen Week one and then week two when they make adjustments like maybe he sees 15 carries in a hundred yards And he looks great and now you're never trading for him cheap again So there you have it. These are the five running backs you should trade for before week one their value is quietly rising right now I'm probably your legnates haven't noticed that now if you want to see the ten things I'm gonna put I only have one hand so I'm gonna do this twice here the ten things The key moves that you should make after your fantasy draft I made a video right here the things that you should do right after your fantasy draft to set yourself up for it Not only week one, but the rest of your season to smack around your legmits

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