Watch Here - https://youtu.be/51ejm0jGFBs Speaker 1: [00:00:12] Are you ready to talk about the most polarizing player in fantasy football? If I must. Christian McCaffrey. This is a guy I definitely invested in last year, and I was definitely disappointed at the end results. We only got to see seven games of him, but the seven games we saw still looked like Christian McCaffrey. I'll read off his game logs. 18.7. 19.7. Yet four. I believe that was the injury week. 10.6, 16.1, 17.9 and 3.5. So I think, again, I want to say another injury week to get a soft tissue injury has just kind of knocked him on his ass. And I think that's the scariest part. It's not like a guy just tearing his ACL or breaking a bone. When you start to hear about these reoccurring muscle injuries makes you a little uncomfy. When we're talking about the sport of fantasy football and investing in a guy, especially investing in a guy with the number two overall pick according to average draft position in bolts standard NPR. Staring down the gun barrel, you have the number two overall pick. Are you doing it? [00:01:19][66.7]
Speaker 2: [00:01:20] So there's a lot of reasons not to, but I would definitely be doing it. I have to say that part of the reason that I would is that Derrick Henry's also got the injury issues. Otherwise he might be my choice. But Christian McCaffrey is upside is just too good. I mean, the guy is capable of dragging a bad roster to a championship if he's healthy. [00:01:43][23.1] Speaker 1: [00:01:44] And you think about the other guys in that range. So you mentioned Derrick Henry. Okay. Respect Derrick Henry. Still one of the most dominant athletes in the game. And we don't know what he's going to be because that was his first run in with a real injury. Yep. You look at Austin Ekeler. Austin Ekeler wishes he was Christian McCaffrey. Austin Ekeler has Christian McCaffrey. That's kind of what Austin Ekeler can hope to be for you in fantasy football. You just hope that he turns into what Christian McCaffrey was a couple of years ago. We're talking about a guy we talked about in another segment, DeAndre Swift targeting a thousand thousand season. Christian McCaffrey has done that, and only a few guys in the history of the NFL's game have actually done 1000 thousand. He's had in multiple seasons with over 100 receptions of the running back position. In his rookie year, he had 80 receptions. Now that there are reasons besides the injuries to be a little bit concerned about Christian McCaffrey quarterback. We're still trying to figure out is it going to be Sam Darnold or is it going to be Baker Mayfield? Even with that said, he had writer career Cam Newton throwing in the ball most of the time in his best seasons. And Cam was nothing special how he was able make it work with Kyle Allen and some other of lesser ilk. So Christian McCaffrey could do it with that regardless of who the running back is. We don't think much of Carolina's offensive line either. You look around weapons that can take away targets. I mean, he's worked well with D.J. Moore. He's worked well with Robby Anderson. Whatever Robby Anderson is now, or if he's on the field, he's fine. If he's on the field, he's definitely a RB one. I don't even think about it twice. [00:03:22][98.6] Speaker 2: [00:03:24] Absolutely not. [00:03:25][0.6] Speaker 1: [00:03:25] It just the seed of doubt is there. [00:03:26][1.2] Speaker 2: [00:03:28] There's always that scene about with them and when you draft them, it's going to be the scariest pic you make. [00:03:34][5.5] Speaker 1: [00:03:35] Like you said, he could carry a bad roster to a fantasy championship so I could fuck up in the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth round. I'd hope I wouldn't, but obviously if I did. If I have a guy who's putting up wide receiver one production and running back one production, those are my starting lineup. I'm going to still manage to win more games than I probably should. You could be one of those guys just because you have Christian McCaffrey. You're one of those lackadaisical owners that barely sets your lineup and you still happen to fall backwards into the playoffs. That's something that could realistically happen and I guess. For argument's sake. There's not a perfect running back in round one besides maybe Jonathan Taylor, right? [00:04:20][45.1] Speaker 2: [00:04:21] Right there. There's definitely not one Austin Ekeler. [00:04:23][2.6] Speaker 1: [00:04:24] Small guy hasn't had a lot of workload in his career. Derrick Henry. Again, we talked about it first major injury of his career. We could get into the wide receiver territory, sure. But Najee Harris, second year around, we just got to see what he can do with his change that quarterback position because Ben was just dumping the ball off to him. Ben trusted him as his favorite target last year, so it could be a different change of pace for him. Dalvin Cook Again, injury concerns. Joe Mixon Injury concerns, yeah. Howard The next one down that I look at is like DeAndre Swift, who again is trying to become Christian McCaffrey. [00:05:01][36.9] Speaker 2: [00:05:02] Also injury concern. Yeah. [00:05:04][1.9] Speaker 1: [00:05:04] Same. Same? Yeah. [00:05:05][1.1] Speaker 2: [00:05:06] The only perfect running back out there is a guaranteed healthy Christian McCaffrey. [00:05:11][5.2] Speaker 1: [00:05:12] I think he's still got to do it. [00:05:13][1.2] Speaker 2: [00:05:14] And do too. [00:05:15][0.4] Speaker 1: [00:05:15] So we both agree that the only one you rank above him is Jonathan Taylor. Yeah. Yeah. So if you're staring down the gun barrel, you got the number two overall pick. Just. You got to do it. Yeah. I mean, and if you really don't feel good about it, fine. Maybe you are in a league where you could trade down. Consider that. [00:05:33][17.8] Speaker 2: [00:05:34] Yeah, but, I mean, if you. If you want to win, you take a shot at it out of Christian McCaffrey and hope that he stays healthy enough to get you through. [00:05:42][7.6] Speaker 1: [00:05:43] This is one of those. Go big or go home type picks, right? Yeah. All right, guys. Well, are you putting your faith back in Christian McCaffrey? Let us know below in the comments. Leave a like on the video. Subscribe to the channel from Juju Talks Sports and Andrew Hohman stay safe, happy and healthy. We will see you next time. [00:05:43][0.0] [315.7]
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