Josh Allen: Leading Fantasy Football's QB Rankings

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00:00And they certainly have arguably the best fantasy football quarterback in the land right now.

00:04I mean, these numbers are real, George.

00:06Crazy.

00:0640-4-0 total touchdowns this past season for Josh Allen.

00:13So, I mean, we could do hours on Josh Allen, how good he is, George,

00:17or how great he is for fantasy and how important it is to not play against this guy

00:21on a weekly basis in fantasy, too.

00:23But every year, George, we hear he's going to dial it back.

00:26He's not going to run.

00:28He's not going to throw.

00:29He's going to hand the ball.

00:30And it never happens, George.

00:31Every year, the guy just still puts up these monster numbers.

00:35So when I hear Sean McDermott say, hey, we've got to take care of Josh Allen,

00:38got to make sure he's healthy, got to make sure he's not, I don't believe any of it.

00:42The guy is still the number one quarterback or the number two quarterback,

00:45just depends on how you feel, in fantasy football.

00:48And to me, he is the one player each week, very similar, kind of similar to Lamar Jackson,

00:52where I know if I'm playing against Josh Allen, I'm just praying it's not the game of his life.

00:59Oh, exactly.

01:01And what you said about McDermott is so true.

01:03And I believe that McDermott means well.

01:05You know, I think he would like to protect Josh Allen.

01:07But the problem is, if he's not running the ball, the offense isn't going to click here, right?

01:12I mean, you don't have a true number one wide receiver there.

01:14You have Khalil Shakir.

01:15You got Ken Coleman, who maybe develops into one, but I don't think so.

01:19All right.

01:19Joshua Palmer, Elijah.

01:20We got a whole bunch of twos and threes there.

01:22So he doesn't have that number one he can rely on over and over again.

01:26You got a tight end that we thought was going to be an ace who's not, and then Kincaid, right?

01:30So Josh Allen has to be that guy, has to be that guy.

01:33I know, listen, I play in a lot of super flex leagues.

01:36That's what I think should be the norm, by the way.

01:38One quarterback leagues are boring, all right?

01:40There's more than 12 good quarterbacks.

01:42Everybody's going to get a very good one.

01:43Two quarterback leagues adds more strategy here.

01:45So in the super flex leagues that I play in, I mentioned my home leagues.

01:48They're both super flex.

01:50I have the second pick.

01:51I'm taking a quarterback.

01:52No choice.

01:52It's also a six-point touchdown pass league in that league.

01:55So once again, no choice here.

01:56And I'm wondering, am I going to get Jackson?

01:58Because my brother has number one.

02:00I know he's picking a quarterback as well.

02:01So am I getting Lamar Jackson or am I getting Josh Allen and Craig?

02:05Either way, I'm not complaining.

02:06I expect big, big years from both of them.

02:09Yeah, and it's going to be the case.

02:11And hopefully one gets to win a Super Bowl eventually because it's kind of overdue.

02:15I think for both players here at this point.

02:17All right.

02:17In terms of running back, we really saw James Cook do pretty much exactly what we thought

02:22he would do last year.

02:23Maybe the one little surprise was that Ray Davis got as much action as he did, George.

02:29I think that's probably fair to say.

02:31Ty Johnson is absolutely the third running back in their system.

02:35Cook, I know, wants a new contract at this point.

02:38You know this debate with running backs, George.

02:40It almost never happens.

02:41It feels like you've got to fight right to the bitter end to get paid.

02:44But I would expect another big year for Cook.

02:47I mean, you know, honestly, maybe people thought that maybe he wasn't as good last year as

02:50they thought he was going to be.

02:51But I have no issue with him, you know, certainly being one of my top running backs in fantasy

02:56this year.

02:58Yeah, I think he's still an interesting guy, right?

03:01Because you already said no one really saw that year come from last year.

03:04Not that he's not good.

03:05He's a good running back, right?

03:06And he deserves a new contract.

03:08But you already said running backs are generally devalued in today's NFL, although I think

03:13that's starting to tick up a little bit.

03:15But once again, it's not when you and I were growing up.

03:17You know, everybody, your first pick in the first round was always going to be a running

03:21back because you needed the running backs here.

03:22Now, any of the NFL teams don't do that anymore as it's become a passing league here.

03:27I like James Cook.

03:28Someone else is going to pick it up there.

03:30Is he a running back one?

03:33Yes, I think he is.

03:34Is he top 10?

03:35He's sort of that borderline for me, Craig.

03:37Right around there, I mean, Jonathan Taylor, Bucky Irving, Josh Jacobs, Chase Brown, Kyron

03:43Williams, James Cook.

03:44I mean, they're all sort of there, you know?

03:45It depends on which way you want to go.

03:47So I like James Cook.

03:48No problem with him being my RB1.

03:50But I don't think he's an absolute surefire RB1.

03:54Maybe he's your RB2.

03:55You know, maybe he's more that 11 range in a 10 team league, more than the number eight.

04:00It's going to come down to gut feel at that point.

04:02And we'll separate all these guys, by the way.

04:04He's obviously health.

04:05And the other thing is touchdowns.

04:07You know, it'd be nice if Josh Allen – it's funny.

04:10If you have James Cook, you hate Josh Allen.

04:13He's stealing touchdowns from you, right?

04:15You don't want that.

04:15Stop stealing touchdowns because I know I had Cook last year.

04:17I was flipping out of time.

04:18Stop stealing touchdowns.

04:20But it's going to happen again.

04:22But still, I'll take James Cook on my team.

04:23I'll take you on the one.

04:25I'll take you on the one.

04:29Thanks for listening.

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