Analyzing Hunt vs. Pacheco: NFL Backfield Strategy

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00:00And it's time for some sports millions pick them and I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to try and

00:05Work through the backfields. They're all

00:07Actually a little crowded

00:10today

00:11And we'll start in the opening game

00:14with the kareem hunt isaiah pacheco backfield where

00:20you have

00:21Pacheco opened the season as the guy right?

00:25And the injury came in, you know, you figure out whatever he gets back things will be fine, right?

00:31We'll see who holds it down and they brought kareem hunt in

00:35Who ended up being much better than people had anticipated?

00:38So pacheco comes back. You're like, all right, that's fine. But eventually this will probably still be pacheco's backfield

00:44pacheco doesn't look right and

00:47Hunt is still getting

00:49Work here, right?

00:51There there is not a

00:52clear star

00:54I think the best option on sports millions pick them would be kareem hunt higher 34 and a half rush yards

01:00I do think kansas city will look to run the ball quite a lot in this game

01:04That's you know

01:05because again

01:05I don't think at any point houston will

01:07At least not for you'd have to be way deep into the game where casey would lose the opportunity to run right later

01:13It'd be way way deeper within that game

01:15I think that

01:18hunt at the lower number

01:20Who's been?

01:22Maybe a bit better is the more intriguing option. What do you think of the backfield in kc?

01:27Lisa, I like hunt as that option again. He the both running backs are you know physical runners?

01:32They're tough between the tackles and that's the way you basically have to attack the houston front seven

01:38So hunt with a a 34 and a half a number today

01:41I I think is a pretty good look to go higher

01:44because again

01:44He he sealed the deal if you watch the first game in terms of that fourth quarter had a number of different carries if they

01:50Start the game running the football. I think it's a pretty good look and you're not talking

01:5550 60 70 yards you're talking basically what 35 yards to to go higher. I I think it's a great look

02:02I I like hunt if we're looking for check on we're looking hunt overall

02:07I think hunt does get a bulk of the carries today and can get through that or worst case scenario

02:12They both split the bulk of the carries which means you're getting 25 carries for running backs

02:16Maybe you sprinkle in p run for a little bit

02:17But let's just say you do get 10 carries out of hunt, of course

02:20Hey average four yards a car you blow that number out of the water

02:23It makes a lot of sense and also understand this when you're taking veteran running backs here

02:27When do you want to take them joe?

02:28I don't know they haven't played for a couple weeks and they're rested and ready coming right out of the gate and you're right about

02:33That as a pacheco that little chest injury

02:35It has he's probably through that but kareem hunt is probably just as involved if not more involved than isaiah pacheco makes sense

02:41Let me then ask you about the detroit backfield jameer gibbs and david montgomery and it's very interesting

02:47because you guys know that I had been a big proponent of

02:51Just give gibbs the football this stuff is a little ridiculous and you were always great about yeah, that's cool

02:57They're not going to do that. Let me just take my winning montgomery action

03:01I think today could be a little bit different

03:03I am still pretty stunned that monty is playing within this game and I think it's if he's healthy enough to play

03:10Okay

03:11But I don't know if that means he's healthy enough for a full workload again

03:16Especially not when the running back who joins him in the backfield is one of the five best players at the position

03:23Like this doesn't even have to be a slight to david montgomery. He's obviously not jameer gibbs

03:29Very few are

03:31I think the best option would be lower for montgomery's 46 and a half rushing number on the sports millions pick of options here

03:39Donnie, what do you make of the detroit backfield?

03:40It's a tough one here and understanding what dan campbell likes to do if montgomery is healthy

03:45They're probably going to throw him right out there

03:47but also we're under the belief that without really being tackled joe that he's 100 healthy and ready to

03:52Stand in there in a playoff game on turf, which you know is going to stress the knee right away

03:57The confidence factor for me is the home run ability always relies with gibbs. You give him the nod here

04:03It's just hard to bet into the unknown for certainty by taking it over

04:06So I do I wouldn't like necessarily bet this one myself

04:10But if you're looking at all capabilities, what's more likely joe 10 carries 37 yards feeling his way back

04:17Five carries 25 yards or let me give you the full workload 16 carries 122 yards and two touchdowns

04:23He might be a role player today and role player meaning where do they love to utilize him inside the red zone, right?

04:29So maybe he gets you know carries inside the five which cuts down his yardage and he goes lower than that total

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