Saquon Barkley's Record Chase and Fantasy Strategy Insight

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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.

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