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00:00So, Joe, I've noticed that the way you put together this segment is where you start is
00:07a key point.
00:08We're starting at running back here and Saquon Barkley is at 10K, yay, ding, ding, ding,
00:1410K.
00:15Alvin Kamara straight behind him and then down the list we go, but let's just start
00:18right there.
00:19Let's have this conversation.
00:20Take it away, Joe.
00:21Well, he's 10K going against the Carolina Panthers, a team that has not been good against
00:24the run.
00:25That's what it's all about.
00:26And Saquon Barkley has been so good.
00:28He's on pace to be right there with Eric Dickerson's all-time single season rushing
00:34record.
00:35So that would be an incredible victory for him and for this offensive line and talk about
00:41a huge revenge of his own within that division.
00:45The Giants let him walk, he walks to Philadelphia and does what he's doing right now and a lot
00:50of its environment too.
00:51I mean, he's on a much better team with a much better offensive line.
00:54He looks like Saquon Barkley did Penn State five years ago.
00:57And that's a version that a lot of us don't even remember.
00:59We have to like go back and watch highlights and go, oh yeah, that's right.
01:02Look how prolific Saquon Barkley was.
01:05But at 10K, it's really tough.
01:06Now, one might say the oppo play today is to find a way to get a lineup that works with
01:11Saquon.
01:12It's going to be really tricky to do.
01:13You're going to have to go to the Aidan O'Connell's of the world.
01:15You're going to have to go down at tight end, right?
01:17You're going to have to maybe put in a guy like Isaac Garendo at 5,200, who you know
01:21is going to get the calories because Mason's out, CMC's out.
01:24So volume is there for Garendo in an offense that, look, any Shanahan, any running back
01:30any time, whether it's his dad, whether it's the son, it doesn't matter.
01:34Just give me the running back who's got a head coach named Shanahan and typically fantasy
01:37points will follow.
01:38So there's ways to make Barkley work, but I think most people are going to fade him
01:42just based on cost.
01:43And I understand why.
01:44After that, Bijon Robinson, again, tough matchup, might get faded.
01:47But again, a really interesting way to be oppo, if he does have a huge receiving day
01:50and does have more than one touchdown, that could be the breaker as well.
01:54Alvin Kamara, 8,900 against the Giants.
01:56Once again, you know, the logic we've been using with Kamara is like the workload has
02:00been huge.
02:01The environment for him is going to be fine.
02:05You know, he's going to get those touches.
02:07There's nobody else left for the Saints.
02:09Just keep giving the ball to Alvin Kamara.
02:11And every week we lose another one, Taysom Hill now gone.
02:13So it's basically Kamara, MBS, and Jawan Johnson now.
02:16So it's getting rough out there for the Saints.
02:18And then Rashad White at 6,200.
02:20Now, Bucky Irving's going to play, but how healthy he is, I'm not sure.
02:23I think Rashad White's another one of these sneaky guys, especially in PPR formats, that
02:27might get a little bit more work today than people realize.
02:29Because even though Bucky Irving's playing, I don't think he's 100%.
02:33So if you're going to get some of these high-priced running backs in Saquon, again, it's more
02:36of the Aiden O'Connells of the world and Gorendos of the world and slumming it tight end.
02:41Can you make it work?
02:42You can.
02:43It is going to be tricky, though.