FFT Express - Best Handcuffs & Late-Round Stashes! Your FINAL 2 Picks Should Be These Players! (08/20 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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He was one of the stars of the Combine, running a 4'3", 40 at like 220 pounds. He was really good on an awful Arkansas team in college, and he has no competition for the job. So, if that is the qualification, best backup running backs who have no value unless the starter gets hurt, I would say Mike Washington. I would also say, though, like if you're just talking about stashes at the running back position, I think the best one is Zach Charbonnet, because he's going to start the year we think still on pup, but there's been some talk that he could be ready for week one. That's probably not going to happen, but you're probably drafting him as a stash just until he comes back, and I think that the difference between Charbonnet and all the other backup running backs who may not have any value week one is that we don't have to wait for an injury. We just have to wait for his to heal. Yeah, great point, and I guess we can just talk about like strict handcuffs here, and then if you want to talk about stashes, it could be at any position. It doesn't have to just be running backs. But who is in that Mike Washington category for you? So Dylan Sampson also popped in the first preseason game. Brian Robinson, Tank Bigsby, probably Isaiah Pacheco, assuming he's healthy. Marshawn Lloyd, who may turn out to not be a stash if something happens to Josh Jacobs. Jonah Coleman, although he's kind of a tier below, and what separates Jonah Coleman for the rest of them is, and the guys after Jonah Coleman as well, is that if something happens to J.K. Dobbins, I don't think we're getting workhorse Jonah Coleman. I don't think Jonah Coleman's getting the work that R.J. Harvey did last year. I think R.J. Harvey will stay in his role, perhaps even see his role grow just a little bit. And so I would put Jonah Coleman, Emmett Johnson, Braylon Allen kind of in that second tier of stashes. Yeah, I think this is not the first time I've disagreed with someone on this, but I don't know that I agree on Dylan Sampson. I think they'll use Raheem Sanders enough if Quenchon Judkins gets hurt. I'm just trying to look at, maybe they'll cut Raheem Sanders. There was a report from Brown's camp that they've been so unimpressed with the running backs other than Sampson and Judkins that they might be in the market for one if the right one gets cut. So that could either lend itself to your point that they want somebody else in that room, or to my point that Dylan Sampson's the clear number two. Yeah, I'm on the air here. I'm not sure that Dylan Sampson, I think they're going to trust him to really carry the rock enough. And he might be a little bit too small. That's just my personal take. But Sanders, I mean, just real quick on Raheem Sanders, even though no one asked, I think he has the worst nickname on earth. That man should not be nicknamed Rocket. It's just, it doesn't make any sense. Okay. Let's take a quick break here and we'll talk about some other running backs and some stashes on Fantasy Football Today Express. As a young adult, finding the right path to your future can feel overwhelming. It starts with Year Up United's tuition-free job training program, Career Pathways. If you're without a bachelor's degree, but have a high school diploma or GED, you can get skills-first training to succeed in the industries you're passionate about, all while earning a weekly educational stipend to offset basic expenses. From there, you'll have access to internships and hands-on with Fortune 500 companies. And with Year Up United's job placement services and personalized coaching and mentorship, you can put your knowledge, skills, and most importantly, confidence into practice. Apply to Year Up United today and take the first step toward achieving the career you want. Visit yearup.org to learn more. All right. Did you mention Ray Davis, Heath? I did not. I haven't been, like Ray Davis has shown some good things, but Ty Johnson still exists, right? Yeah, he'd be the third down back. Ty Johnson plays more than we want him to when James Cook is healthy. But James Cook pretty much never plays on third down and he's, you know, a first round pick. Ray Davis would pretty much never play on third down, but I think he'd be pretty good if Cook got hurt. I am not as confident that he would be pretty good. And I'm not as confident that Ty Johnson wouldn't get more carries if James Cook was out. Not more carries than Ray Davis, but more carries than he will with James Cook healthy. Right. Okay. Any stashes that aren't handcuffs that maybe could just like work their way into a job? Well, I mean, the first one is not a work his way into a job, but I think there's a very good chance that we're drafting Jordan Tyson as a stash. So he is the best stash. Hopefully Alec Pierce is not a stash. I think I really am excited about the potential of Chris Bell becoming the number one wide receiver this season, maybe in the second half in Miami. And it was very encouraging that he came off of the NFI list during camp and didn't open the season on pup. So he would be a guy that often doesn't even get drafted, but it would definitely be on my stash list. I think if you're looking at stashes wide receivers, it has to be the rookies. So it seems like Jacoby lanes kind of already earning his role. It seems like Malachi fields is as well. Um, I'm the John stripling, kind of the same thing. Denzel Boston's already a starter, but Omar Cooper and Antonio Williams, I think are both stashes and especially Williams, who is a guy that I liked a lot and has a couple of 30 plus year old wide receivers ahead of him. He could actually be the rare handcuff wide receiver. And then I got into a little disagreement yesterday on Twitter about Terrence Ferguson and not really understanding the theory of drafting him in a, in a regular managed redraft league. And I do think the one case you could make is Puka has got some suspension and injury concerns. Devante Adams is old and got hurt last year. Maybe Terrence Ferguson is a handcuff tight end. That's actually a handcuff to a wide receiver. Uh, I understand exactly what you're saying there. And I, I think Caleb Douglas needs to be part of the wide receiver conversation here. I know you mentioned Chris Bell. I'm sure you're taking Douglas ahead of him. I, I don't know if you consider Douglas a stash. I do. I mean, there's like no way I'm putting him in my lineup early in the season. Unless he pops in week one. Yeah. I wasn't, I think he's going to be a starter week one. So I wasn't considering guys that I thought were starting for their team week one. Yeah. I just don't, I don't see him starting for fantasy teams week one. That's going to be like a 1%. Well, that's yeah. That's a much longer list. If we're expanding it to guys who are going to start for their own team, but not for fantasy teams, like who, who do you think? Well, I mean, at the running back position, then we're now including Kyle Menon guy and Blake Corum. And I, I would say probably one of Chuba Hubbard or Jonathan Brooks, um, at the wide risk at the wide receiver position, including the Kai lemon. I can, I can make it, I can make it, I can make it a better conversation. Um, late round pick that you just want to put on your bench and see what happens. Uh, Casey Concepcion and my Kai lemon. Okay. And so like Douglas is even later than those guys, right? Oh yeah. What do you think about Christian Kirk? Does, are we completely forgetting about him? I don't think about Christian Kirk. Were you a Christian Kirk guy last year? Uh, yes I was actually. Yeah. I'm just cause Evans, like I'm an Evans guy, but he got hurt yesterday. So they're all hurt. Everyone's hurt. We keep saying stripling, but I, I'd be afraid that to Marcus Robinson or Christian Kirk would work in there too much. You know, I, well, I think that they might play. Um, I I don't think there's any reason to expect that Christian Kirk's going to be better than Devo Samuel. Maybe he will be, but Devo's been better for pretty much their entire careers, except for maybe one season. And so I, I like, I would kind of go that it's Evans and then it's Devo. And then it's stribbling in terms of wide receivers that might matter in that offense. And there's been a lot of buzz about DeMarcus Robinson. I almost put stribbling on the stash list because I'm not sure that he's going to start week one if everybody's healthy, but who knows how long or if everyone will be healthy. Yeah. I mean, I think stribbling kind of falls into the category. It's just, you know, he's, he's probably going to be still fairly late round pick. Oh, then you never know. Last question. We're on the air now for eight minutes and 46 seconds. I've listened to about eight minutes and 44 of it. I may have missed this. Did you mention a Christian McCaffrey handcuff? Do you have any clarity on that situation? As of this second, and I'm not, I'm not drafting a Christian McCaffrey handcuff because I don't know if the guy who it's going to be will be healthy when it's time for them to be healthy. And I don't know which one it is really. But as of right now, my guess would be Kalon black. He was back at practice and he was, I saw him running in a scrimmage with the football. And so I, I, I guess him for now, maybe in a week that we say it's Jordan James and a week later, it may be who is Amir white. They sign him. Maybe they, they've got a stable of running backs. Uh, I, yes, they did sign him. They have sincere McCormick and Isaac Garendo and Jordan James and Kalon black and Patrick Taylor. And they won't have all of them. Uh, yeah, but it's tough. All right. He is currently my choice. Good. Good to know. Thank you to Heath Cummings and to all of you for watching and listening. And we'll talk to you next time on fantasy football today. Express. Paramount Podcasts