Deshaun Watson vs. Dak Prescott: Analyzing Rushing Equity

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00:02 For me, this one is gonna be Watson.

00:04 And the reasoning is very simple.

00:06 It's 'cause Watson has the upside to crack the top five.

00:10 And I don't think Dak does.

00:12 A lot of this has to do with the rushing equity too.

00:14 If you look at their history of the rushing equity

00:16 of Deshaun Watson, back in 2020, 444 yards rushing,

00:20 413 in 2019, and then in 2018, 551.

00:24 So in 2019 too, he missed a game or two there.

00:28 So this is a guy who's already gonna bring you

00:30 at least a floor, theoretically, of about 450 rushing yards.

00:34 That matters.

00:35 And I think that alone gives you that separator.

00:39 And then if you look at what Dak Prescott did last year

00:41 with the turnovers, people are rightfully concerned about it.

00:45 And I am too.

00:47 It's not really been his MO.

00:48 In fact, he was a guy that always took care of the football

00:50 in his career.

00:51 That was kind of the thing.

00:52 Well, Dak is unspectacular,

00:53 but at least he doesn't turn the ball over.

00:55 When you turn the ball over,

00:56 you not only stop your fantasy points,

00:58 you stop everybody else's fantasy points.

01:01 So that's the one thing that kind of worries you

01:03 a little bit about the Cowboys and about Dak Prescott.

01:05 I think Dak is a perfectly good pivot,

01:07 a good investment at QB 10,

01:09 but at QB nine in that same round,

01:11 I'd rather take Watson

01:12 because there is that potential for more.

01:14 There's also potential for less.

01:16 I think we all have to understand that,

01:17 but the replacement value at QB one leagues is much easier.

01:21 I'll find the Gino Smith.

01:23 I'll find the Aaron Rodgers.

01:24 I'll find somebody else on the waiver wire

01:26 to pick them up and play them, and I'll be fine.

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