00:00So with Jeremiah Love going three, he is set up now as the offensive rookie
00:08of the year favorite.
00:10Then it's Fernando Mendoza.
00:12Then it's Cornell Tate.
00:14Then it is Jordan Tyson.
00:16Then it is Jeremiah Love's college teammate and backfield partner,
00:22Jadarian Price.
00:24Of that top five, Tom, what interests you most in the offensive rookie
00:32of the year, Mark?
00:35Mendoza interests me the most, but I don't like his odds.
00:39Because really for this entire grouping, we can poke holes in all of these players.
00:45We can poke holes in saying Love may not see a lot of playing time
00:49because they re-signed Connor.
00:50They brought in Algier.
00:52They still have Trey Benson on the roster, and they like Trey Benson.
00:55Arizona does just because he's a sturdy backing that can give you carries.
00:58So the path through production for Love isn't always there.
01:02Mendoza, if he starts all the games, he could very easily be in that conversation.
01:06Tate could also be there, but it also depends a lot on the steps that we see
01:12the Titans overall take just as a franchise moving forward with a new coaching staff
01:18and whatnot.
01:19When it comes to Tyson, it depends on Tyler Shuck's development.
01:23We know that.
01:24And then Price, again, the path for his production and usage just may not be there.
01:28So I can poke holes in all of them.
01:30If Mendoza starts week one, I think he'll immediately jump to being the favorite.
01:34I do think you're correct.
01:35I do think you're right that Mendoza would be – he would be the favorite right now.
01:39And his price tells you they see it as quarterbacks are tough to beat, get him way up there, right?
01:49And I think that's why you see the number, you know, settle in where it does for Mendoza.
01:56Love is tricky because Arizona projects to be bad.
02:00Again, I don't know if they're going to give him the requisite touches.
02:05I don't know.
02:06I really don't.
02:07Like, let me ask you a question, Tom.
02:12Who takes the first carry of the season for the Arizona Cardinals?
02:18James Conner.
02:19I think I agree.
02:22He's – you know, he comes back from the injury.
02:25He's been the mainstay on that team because, like, you know, Kyler's gone, right?
02:29We all know that.
02:31You know, okay, we're having the issue with Brissette and the quarterback.
02:35He's not showing up, this, that, the other thing.
02:38Like, if it's a pass attempt, they, you know, they have Marv Harrison.
02:41You know, what are we going to do from there?
02:43Like, I think it's going to be James Conner.
02:44He'll be the starting running back on the depth chart.
02:47People will be very interested in love just because the opportunity could be there.
02:51For him, he's one injury away type of player.
02:53But I think it would be James Conner.
02:55I agree.
02:56Now, I think Jeremiah Love will have the most carries on that team.
02:59I think Jeremiah Love eventually will become the first handoff of the game guy.
03:04But I tend to believe Jeremiah Love gets handoff number – or, excuse me,
03:09James Conner gets handoff one for Arizona.
03:14I think Janarian Price is the starting running back in Seattle.
03:19Okay.
03:19Maybe I'm missing something, Tom.
03:21But, you know, Zach Charbonnet off an ACL is not the most threatening proposition behind that.
03:32He may also not be ready at that time of year.
03:34He may simply not be ready.
03:36Right.
03:37So then we're talking about Emmanuel Wilson and George Helani.
03:40No.
03:41Like, so this is the interesting thing.
03:42Like, if Mendoza isn't the week one starter, I am not going to sit here and say automatically that's his
03:48fault.
03:49If Jeremiah Love isn't the week one starter, I'm not going to sit here and say that's his fault.
03:55I will raise an eyebrow if Jadarian Price doesn't get the first snaps for that Seattle offense.
04:01That would be something.
04:03And they project, obviously, as a winning football team, carries, goal line work, all of that could easily be there
04:10for Jadarian Price.
04:12So, I feel as if his number, you could make the case.
04:16Should it be a little bit lower?
04:18If you had to pick right now, Tom, between Tate or Tyson, right?
04:22If we take a look in terms of the season-long markets for these guys, and again, very certainly book
04:28-to-book, I've got 750.5 Carnell Tate.
04:31I've got 800.5 Jordan Tyson.
04:35I would lean towards Tate.
04:38Maybe it's just because I believe in Cam Ward just a little bit more than I believe in Tyler Shuck,
04:43and I think that's fair.
04:44But, you know, we also saw with the Saints, you know, making some additions in the offseason, you know, bringing
04:50Etienne, you know, kind of signals to me that they may want to have a bit more of a running
04:55game when what we get from the Titans in the backfield doesn't really move the needle for me.
04:59And if you truly want a quarterback to develop, he's got to get out there and start throwing.
05:03They brought in Wanda Robinson, the Titans as well.
05:05So, get Cam Ward, get your quarterbacks in pieces, and get them out there throwing.
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