Potential must-plays from Giants-Eagles game

The New York Giants (5-11) host the Philadelphia Eagles (11-5) this Sunday at MetLife Stadium in the 2023 regular season finale.

The Eagles, depending on the day’s outcome, will either be the NFC East champion or the 5th overall seed in the NFC Playoffs.

The Giants have been eliminated from postseason play for several weeks now.

The teams met just two weeks ago and put up 58 points (Philadelphia won, 33-25), so there is a chance this could be another high-scoring affair.

Here are three fantasy plays for you to consider.

Caveat Emptor: There is a possibility that some key players may sit on both sides, so please check the inactives on Sunday to make sure your choices are playing.

Giants defense

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Sure, the Eagles have owned the Giants over the past decade and have averaged 35 points per game during their current five-game winning streak against Big Blue.

But in fantasy football, points allowed aren’t everything. The Giants have been one of the NFL’s top teams when it comes to takeaways (they are +9 on the season) and the Eagles have been losing the turnover battle the last four weeks (8 giveaways, 3 takeaways for a -5 differential).

The Giants also scored on special teams last week on a 94-yard punt return and have three defensive touchdowns to their credit this season.  Last week, against the Rams, they had four sacks and could be heating up in that area as well.

Giants RB Saquon Barkley

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The Eagles were shredded by Arizona’s James Conner last week, who racked up 29.3 FPS on DraftKings in the Cardinals’ 35-31 win.

While Conner is a solid back, he is not Saquon Barkley. The Eagles look like a team that has peaked and are struggling to stop the run. In the seven games since their bye, Philly has been allowing 150 yards per game on the ground.

Two weeks ago, Barkley scored 19.4 FPS against the Eagles. He had a down week last week against the Rams, but this could be his last game as a Giant and he’ll want to make it count. The Eagles may not be able to stop him.

Giants WR Darius Slayton

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The Giants — and Darius Slayton — want to end the season on a high note. Slayton has been hot, scoring 18.0 and 23.6 FPS in the last two games.

With Tyrod Taylor under center and taking more deep shots, I like Slayton against the Eagles defense, which has been dead last when it comes to defending wide receivers this season.

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Potential must-plays from Giants-Saints game

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Saquon Barkley is almost matchup-proof at this point for two reasons: he’s healthy, and he’s the only respected and reliable weapon in the Giants’ arsenal. He is also the NFL leader in touches per game (21.6) and you know, where there’s an opportunity…

Barkley has logged in games of 24.1 and 30.0 FPS on DraftKings in two of the Giants’ last three games in which they had rookie Tommy DeVito under center.

The Saints, on the other hand, have fallen off a cliff when it comes to defending the run, allowing a league-high 191.1 yards per game on the ground over their last three.

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Potential must-plays from Giants-Seahawks Week 3 game

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Daniel Jones is a ‘fade’ if he has to go up against a league power such as Dallas, Philadelphia, San Francisco et al.

But is Seattle a league power? No. They are ‘playoff-caliber’ at best if everything breaks right for them. That means Jones should be considered here.

The Seahawks are ranked 27th out of 32 teams against quarterbacks over the first three games. Jones, when given time and allowed to throw deep, has shown some prowess. If the Giants go for broke in this game, he could pop.

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Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is Madman’s fantasy football MVP

Every NFL season is strange, and 2022 was no different. But one of the weirdest things about this season was how it lacked the meteoric rise of an off-the-radar player.

We didn’t have a mid-round pick finish in the top five or 10, like Deebo Samuel last season. You didn’t have a player go from complete obscurity to top-three at his position, like Robert Tonyan in 2020. You didn’t get a surprising vault to the top like Lamar Jackson in 2019.

Primarily, the top of the scoring charts were dominated by those who were near the top of draft boards. That virtually eliminated draft value as a component in choosing our fantasy MVP, which means it came down to performance and availability, and separation from positional peers.

The Madman just can’t award the MVP to a QB. Even if it was harder than normal to get by at QB this season, it still isn’t as hard as dealing with subpar running backs or wide receivers.

Speaking of running backs and wide receivers, they again populated the top of the scoring charts. Yet the top four RBs only had about one PPR point per week separating them on average. The top four wide receivers had a similar quad cluster at the top. The top QB outscored the next best QB by less than a point per week.

There was one position that had a clear runaway leader, someone so far ahead that the next best option finished nearly a touchdown per week behind, a guy who scored almost 100 more in PPR than the next best option.

The Madman’s fantasy MVP this season, for the first time ever, is a tight end: the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce.

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BEST QB: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs — A late-season injury took leader Jalen Hurts out of contention. Mahomes was just a touch better than Josh Allen over the course of the season and in the fantasy playoffs. Honorable mentions: Hurts (Eagles), Allen (Bills), Joe Burrow (Bengals).

BEST RB: Austin Ekeler, Chargers — Tight call with Christian McCaffrey. But Ekeler finished more than a point better per week in PPR. Honorable mentions: McCaffrey (Panthers/49ers), Josh Jacobs (Raiders).

BEST WR: Justin Jefferson, Vikings — This one is closer than it might appear. Jefferson was a monster most weeks, but when he wasn’t, he was trash (three games in which he scored fewer than seven in PPR) — and one of those came in the title week. But … he only had one other game in which he dipped below 15, and he had seven games in which he topped 30. Even a great season by Tyreek Hill isn’t enough to overcome those numbers. Honorable mentions: Hill (Dolphins), Davante Adams (Raiders), Stefon Diggs (Bills).

BEST ROOKIE: Garrett Wilson, WR, Jets — Maybe Jets RB Breece Hall would have run way with this if he hadn’t been injured. But as it stands, instead, we give it to his teammate. Honorable mentions: Chris Olave (WR, Saints), Kenneth Walker (RB, Seahawks).

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Big weeks

Aaron Rodgers QB, Packers, vs. Lions (FanDuel $7,100/DraftKings $6,000)

The best way to try to navigate Week 18 fantasy chaos is to lean on players whose teams have something to play for. It has been a rough fantasy season for Rodgers, but with playoffs on the line, at home, against the league’s worst defense vs. QBs, we’re OK using him here.

Trevor Lawrence QB, Jaguars, vs. Titans (FD $8,000/DK $6,100)

A do-or-die game, with a QB on the rise. We’re not worried about his toe injury, and Lawrence doesn’t have to worry about Tennessee’s poor pass defense.

Trevor Lawrence has made an impact for fantasy owners.
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Tyler Allgeier RB, Falcons, vs. Buccaneers (FD $6,500/DK $5,600)

Getting good volume since Atlanta’s Week 14 bye. Facing a Bucs team with nothing to play for other than to avoid injury.

D.J. Moore WR, Panthers, at Saints (FD $7,300/DK $6,100)

Seems to be clicking with QB Sam Darnold (TD in four of five games). Not worried about motivation for eliminated Panthers, since everyone is playing and coaching for their jobs.

Small weaks

Justin Herbert QB, Chargers, at Broncos (FD $7,500/DK $6,800)

It makes no sense for the Chargers to risk Herbert with little to gain and him still nursing a shoulder ailment. Oh, and Denver has the league’s second-best defense vs. opposing fantasy QBs, so there’s that, too.

Christian McCaffrey RB, 49ers, vs. Cardinals (FD $10,000/DK $9,300)

Shot at No. 1 seed is very slim and not worth the risk to CMC, who is dealing with ankle and knee issues. Plus, Elijah Mitchell could return this week. Expect more Jordan Mason as well.

Christian McCaffrey wasn’t helpful for fantasy owners this past week.
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Corey Clement RB, Cardinals, at 49ers (FD $5,700/DK $4,900)

People might be tempted, with James Conner out. But facing the league’s top run defense, without a legitimate NFL quarterback or passing-game threat, and an RB who has more than 10 carries just once in the past four seasons? No thanks.

Garrett Wilson WR, Jets, at Dolphins (FD $7,100/DK $5,800)

It should go without saying at this point: Don’t play Wilson. Joe Flacco has gotten the call, and some will point to Wilson’s monster Week 2 with him. But we would counter with his humdrum Weeks 1 and 3.

Insanity’s Daily Duel

Site: DraftKings
Slate: Sun main (13 games)
Type: $20 tourney
Top prize: $1M

Drew’s Crew

QB — Dak Prescott (Dal, at Was) $6,600

RB — Cam Akers (LAR, at Sea) $6,200

RB — Najee Harris (Pit, vs. Cle)

WR — D.J. Moore (Car, at NO) $6,100

WR — Drake London (Atl, vs. TB) $4,900

WR — Rashid Shaheed (NO, vs. Car) $4,200

TE — Dalton Schultz (Dal, at Was) $4,500

Flex — Ja’Marr Chase (Cin, vs. Bal) $8,400

DST — Broncos (Den, vs. LAC) $2,500

Ja’Marr Chase
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Wilk’s Warriors

QB — Geno Smith (Sea, vs. LAR) $6,000

RB — Najee Harris (Pit, vs. Cle) $6,100

RB — Kenneth Walker (Sea, vs. LAR) $6,400

WR — Brandon Aiyuk (SF, vs. Ari) $6,800

WR — DK Metcalf (Sea, vs. LAR) $6,700

WR — Rashid Shaheed (NO, vs. Car) $4,200

TE — George Kittle (SF, vs. Ari) $6,000

Flex — Alexander Mattison (Min, at Chi) $5,100

DST — Texans (Hou, at Ind) $2,700

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Season risked: $168
Season winnings: Jarad $135, Drew $27



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2022-23 fantasy football year in review: Takeaways and busts

Make no mistake, Najee Harris did not live up to his anticipated fantasy football production this season. And he certainly didn’t deliver first-round value despite his top-eight average draft position. 

But at least he played every game, right? And he performed OK, even if it wasn’t RB1 standards? Well, that kind of made it worse. He was always available, so fantasy managers were always inclined to use him. So he dragged down your team all season. 

When you take a player that high, you are expecting excellence, not pedestrian numbers — just two top-10 weeks all season. But it can get worse. 

The consensus top-overall fantasy pick in 2022 was Jonathan Taylor. Now, he did get injured and is out for the season. And you’re right, players whose seasons were ruined by injury aren’t candidates for the Madman’s Bust of the Year ignominy. But here’s the thing: Taylor’s season was ruined long before his season-ending injury. 

With even a higher draft cost than Harris, Taylor turned in similar numbers — just two top-10 weeks, six weeks in the first 15 when he fell outside RB2 status. Now, he did miss some games in that span (Weeks 5-6 and Week 9). 

When he got back on the field in Week 10, he looked “fixed” — 147 yards and a touchdown, good enough for RB1 that week. And he followed that with weeks in which he ranked 13, 12 and 19 among RBs. Not great, but much better than the 38, 57, 48, etc., he sprinkled across the first eight weeks. 

Then Taylor left early in Week 15 with an ankle injury, and that was the end of his 2022. His 13.3 PPR average at that point ranks just 19th on the season. He was in and out of your lineup for most of the year, spreading his disappointing year into the start of the fantasy playoffs. 

That is enough to earn Taylor the disgrace of the Madman’s Bust of the Year. 

Dishonorable RB mentions: Harris, D’Andre Swift (Lions), Alvin Kamara (Saints), Cam Akers (Rams). 

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QB Bust 

Russell Wilson, Broncos — Look, we weren’t expecting the world, but as the 10th QB drafted, most fantasy managers anticipated being able to cash in on his relative cheap draft cost the way they had Matthew Stafford or Aaron Rodgers the year before. Boy, did Russ disappoint. He ranks as QB18 and had just one week during the fantasy regular season when he finished in the top 12, before two strong games in the fantasy playoffs long after teams that had him had either dropped him or been eliminated. 

Dishonorable QB mentions: Aaron Rodgers (Packers), Tom Brady (Buccaneers), Derek Carr (Raiders). 

WR Bust 

Allen Robinson II, Rams — Yeah, we know, he has been out since Week 12 with a foot injury. But he was drafted WR21, 57th overall. Before his injury, he was WR54 with just two games when he scored in the top 24. 

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Dishonorable WR mentions: Courtland Sutton (Broncos), Brandin Cooks (Texans). 

TE Bust 

Kyle Pitts, Falcons — Another for whom injury played a factor, but he was so bad before his season ended in Week 11. The third tight end drafted on average, he cracked the top 12 just three times and was TE22 on average. 

Dishonorable TE mention: Mark Andrews (Ravens). He was drafted as the TE2 and delivered a TE3 season. That is nothing to complain about. The problem is, the vast bulk of his production came in the first half of the year. After Week 6, he was averaging 19.1 in PPR and ranked behind only Travis Kelce. Since then, he is TE15 at 8.4 per game.

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Pick right kicker, defense to chase title

Some fantasy football leagues, those perhaps run by monsters who are gluttons for punishment, play through Week 18. But with so many star players usually sitting for the final week of the NFL regular season, reasonable leagues have their champions crowned by the end of this week.

If you are playing for your championship, congratulations. You have just one more hurdle. The skill players for your starting lineup should be, injury permitting, all set, but you can still tweak some things to gain even the slightest edge over your opponent. Are you sure you have the right kicker and defense/special teams ready to go?

Most scoff when you bring up kickers, but just ask those who used Chase McLaughlin two weeks ago or Matt Gay last week. McLaughlin kicked five field goals, one of more than 50 yards, and three extra points, and Gay kicked three field goals, two of more than 50 yards, and six PATs.

Mason Crosby celebrates making a field goal in the fourth quarter.
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Digging deeper, we found their opponents, the Vikings and Broncos, ranked in the bottom two teams in points allowed by kickers. If either Mason Crosby or Harrison Butker are available, you may want to consider using one of them. Should neither be available, the teams that allow the next-highest kicking points are the Bengals, Saints and Steelers — so Tyler Bass, Jake Elliott and Justin Tucker are in play. If you are concerned about the weather in outdoor stadiums, take a look at Cameron Dicker and Matt Prater.

Choosing the right team defense can be a little trickier, as you need to check your individual league’s scoring. Points allowed can be difficult to navigate at times, so your main focus should be turnovers. The Colts lead the league in giveaways and have Nick Foles at quarterback, so the Giants, who are fighting for a playoff spot, should be a strong play. Opponents of the Rams, Broncos, Bears, Saints and Texans should be next, as those teams allow the highest fantasy points per game to team defenses. The Eagles and Jaguars are probably your best options, as both rank well in takeaways this season.

With the way the 2022 NFL season has gone, nothing is guaranteed, so looking for different ways to edge out your opponent is a must. Kickers and defenses might be your last resort.

With losses of players like Jalen Hurts and Derrick Henry, every champion is in need of a hero, and if that hero comes in the form of Younghoe Koo, then so be it. So long as you bring home that championship.

Howard Bender is the VP of operations and head of content at FantasyAlarm.com. Follow him on Twitter @rotobuzzguy and catch him on the award winning “Fantasy Alarm Radio Show” on the SiriusXM fantasy sports channel weekdays from 6-8 p.m. Go to FantasyAlarm.com for all your fantasy sports advice, player projectionsinjury updates and more.



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Fantasy football Week 13 waiver wire advice: Try these running backs

Quick hitters and waiver wire advice for a handful of notable players after Week 12 of the fantasy football season:

Looking good 

JaMychal Hasty RB, Jaguars 

A foot injury that forced out Travis Etienne on Sunday isn’t thought to be serious. But if he could have re-entered a close game Sunday and didn’t, why would we believe he will get full a workload in Week 13? 

Raheem Mostert RB, Dolphins 

Expected back this week from a knee problem. Though he plays second fiddle to his ex-49ers second fiddle Jeff Wilson. But expect both to get plenty of work — and some TD opportunities — against their former team next week. 

Brian Robinson RB, Commanders 

It wasn’t just his share of work Sunday that was impressive (20 touches to Antonio Gibson’s 12), his effectiveness and toughness also stood out. 

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Zay Jones WR, Jaguars 

Had 14 targets and caught 11 of them (for 145 yards). Trevor Lawrence might be finding himself a new favorite receiver. 

Looking rough 

Christian McCaffrey RB, 49ers 

Don’t sweat his limited use and production of late. Elijah Mitchell likely sprained his MCL, coach Kyle Shanahan said. That should free up more touches — and fantasy production — for CMC. 

Alvin Kamara RB, Saints 

Has lacked efficiency on the ground in five straight games. turning into just a PPR product. Three single-digit efforts in the past four games. Worse, you can’t bench him either because of his breakout potential. Is it past your trade deadline? 

Dameon Pierce RB, Texans 

Two straight weeks of abysmal production numbers (1.1 yards per carry). Worse, split heavily with Dare Ogunbowale on Sunday. Keep him the lineup this week vs. a weak Browns run D, but if he goes belly up, park him at the end of your bench. 

Adam Lazard WR, Packers 

Chairman of the Brotherhood of Blah. His uninspiring production led to Aaron ridgers finding a new favorite (Christian Watson). And his prospects don’t get any brighter is Jordan Love is his QB.

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New Jaguars receiver a bargain

As the 2022 NFL season rapidly approaches and fantasy football drafts are in full-swing, we are witnessing an interesting draft trend regarding wide receivers.

Though running backs continue to dominate the first round, the next five rounds are seeing a massive uptick in the number of receivers being drafted. Looking at recent fantasy football ADP, we are seeing an average of 32 wide receivers drafted within the first six rounds of 12-team leagues, with just 24 running backs, and a combined 16 quarterbacks and tight ends.

This trend has seemingly made it more difficult to land upper-tier wideouts if you prefer to draft running backs early, but it has also unearthed a few mid-to-late round sleeper receivers you will want to draft.

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If you find yourself in need of a strong wide receiver in the middle rounds, take a look at Christian Kirk of the Jaguars. His current ADP has him just inside the top 100, which makes him a fantastic bargain.

As the team’s new No. 1 receiver, Kirk has bonded well with Trevor Lawrence and had a strong camp. Most overlook Kirk simply because he plays for Jacksonville, but with new head coach Doug Pederson implementing a proven and successful offense, these will not be the same old Jaguars. Looking back, at every stop as head coach or offensive coordinator, Pederson’s top wideout saw at least 120 targets and, when healthy, posted a 1,000-yard season.

If you need to dig deeper, then draft Isaiah McKenzie of the Bills in the 13th round. We all know Stefon Diggs is the man in Buffalo, but though most people assume a breakout season for Gabriel Davis, McKenzie is the guy no one sees coming. Last season, Emmanuel Sanders had the most snaps as the Bills No. 2 receiver, but it was actually slot receiver Cole Beasley who received the second-most targets. The Bills used an 11-personnel package 70 percent of the time last year, and with that unlikely to change, McKenzie should be on the field often. With Josh Allen’s penchant for hitting his slot receiver more, McKenzie becomes an intriguing target.

The receiver position is plenty deep, so if you see them coming off your draft board in a hurry, don’t panic. There is some quality depth still to be had at the position. If you can come away with one or two strong receivers in your first six rounds, you won’t miss a beat adding these late picks.

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Best running back handcuffs for your draft

There are popular trends that you don’t always follow. The Madman is notoriously averse to the soul-selling transition to PPR that has occurred across the breadth of the fantasy community. We don’t ever initially begin a draft employing the Zero-RB Theory. And we don’t care a lot for handcuffs.

But, we do have a bit more sympathy for that idea than we do the others.

In general, we like to pick at least four startable RBs in every draft — guys we can use in any given week. Only the fifth or sixth RBs on our roster become wild-card options, and often any handcuff-useful choices are gone by then.

Nevertheless, there are some RBs who just beg for a handcuff. And sometimes, we agree. But it takes a rare confluence of events: You have to draft a must-cuff RB, that cuff must be reasonably affordable, and there can’t be any potential every-week options available when it comes time to pick that cuff.

And those are just the criteria for our RB position. We also aren’t going to pass up quality guys at other spots if they slip into our cuff target’s range.

For the sake of argument, let’s pretend all those factors have been checked off, the planets are aligned. Here are some pairs we would consider cuffing, and why it likely would or wouldn’t happen in a Madman draft (for 12-team PPR formats):


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Top fantasy football handcuffs

1. Dalvin Cook/Alexander Mattison

The ideal handcuff situations are for your best RBs. Many times, however, if the dropoff in expected production by the backup or the decline of the offense in general is so steep, or there is no clear-cut No. 2, a handcuff becomes irrelevant. Hence, we don’t like cuffing for Jonathan Taylor or Christian McCaffrey. Cook is a different story.

You can go ahead and draft Alexander Mattison if you’re going to go with Dalvin Cook.
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He plays in a good Vikings offense. His backup is clear. His backup has performed in the past when needed. And the primary RB in this case has some mileage. Plus, you can wait until the 10th round to target Mattison. That’s the kind of handcuff bargain we like.

2. David Montgomery/Khalil Herbert

We’re not big fans of this Bears offense, and we’re not in a rush to draft Montgomery. But if things fall a certain way, he isn’t someone we’re avoiding either, so he could end up on our roster. If he does, we have a laser focus on Herbert. He averaged 13.5 in PPR over a four-game Montgomery absence last season. Even better news, Herbert is normally available into the 13th round.

3. Ezekiel Elliott/Tony Pollard

Zeke recently has had the look of an RB on his last legs, and his third-round ADP reflects that — we would rather have Montgomery a few picks later with a cheaper cuff. Pollard has been the more explosive Cowboys runner for the past year or two. The younger back has shined when given opportunities, and some of those come even when Elliott is healthy. Target Pollard in the seventh.

4. Cam Akers/Darrell Henderson Jr.

We have more confidence in Akers this season than it appears most do. He came on strong, really strong, for the Rams during the playoffs, despite missing virtually the entire regular season with an Achilles injury. He also dealt with separate rib and ankles issues in his 2020 rookie year. And right now, he isn’t practicing, because of what is being called a “soft tissue” issue. So there are justifiable health concerns. But none of these ailments seem interrelated. But if he can’t go, Henderson is the guy. Here’s the thing: Henderson is also dealing with a soft-tissue issue. At Akers’ current middle-third-round value, we’re fine with the risk, especially when you consider you can buy Henderson insurance in the 10th. The chances current ailments linger for both? Too low for us to worry about.

6. Travis Etienne/James Robinson

Robinson, like Akers last season, is coming off an Achilles injury. Akers’ recovery time was amazing; he was injured in Week 1 and made it back for the playoffs. So there is a chance Robinson, injured in December, can make his own heroic return for the Jaguars. And that would be great. For everyone except fantasy managers. If both Robinson and Etienne are healthy, it undercuts the potential production of both — since we can envision a split workload. So we’re rooting for some abundance of caution here, to get Etienne off to a good start so he can solidify his hold on the job, at which point Robinson becomes an ideal handcuff. Is that self-serving and sort of a grimy way of thinking? Absolutely. But it’s not as if we’re wishing actual harm on anyone, just, at worst, too much caution. If we get our wish, Etienne at around the round 3-4 turn and Robinson in the 10th make a nice pairing. If Robinson proves tougher than our evil desires, then, well, to be continued …

Travis Etienne is mired in a complicated fantasy situation in the Jaguars backfield.
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Here, we enter a new category of cuff stuff. These are potential tandems that are just too expensive to grab both, and/or we expect enough production out of the backup in normal circumstances that we just bypass the first guy and take the No. 2 as a fourth or fifth RB on our roster. We call this approach:

Just draft the second guy

1. Aaron Jones/A.J. Dillon

Sure, we like the Packers’ Jones. But we also worry about any RB who was out-rushed the previous season by his backup. His ADP has slipped in recent weeks from the late-first/early second round to later in the second round, making him a bit more enticing. But we would just skip him and take Dillon in Round 5 or 6. That’s how Just Draft the Second Guy works.

2. Nick Chubb/Kareem Hunt

Chubb is often drafted in close proximity to Jones. We like Chubb better as a player, but that is offset, and then some, by working for the Browns in a worse offense. Hunt goes a couple of rounds later than Dillon, despite more of a career track record for success. We’ll just wait on Hunt. But apologies to Chubb. We still think you’re great.

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3. Breece Hall/Michael Carter

Hall certainly feels like the most potent RB of this duo, and reports out of Jets camp suggest the same. At the same time, it is not as if Carter has played his way out of a job. He had a fine rookie season last year, and performed OK on the fantasy front despite being in a terrible offense. We expect improvements on that front this season. What we don’t expect is for Carter to disappear. For this reason, we think Hall might be a tad overpriced in the middle-fourth — right behind Montgomery, who we would much rather have — and even ahead of Josh Jacobs, which we don’t understand. You can often get Carter in the 10th. At that price, as your RB5, as long as his playing time doesn’t disappear, he is almost guaranteed to exceed draft value.

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