Backfield Battles and Polarizing Players (08/24 Fantasy Football Podcast)
We're reacting to the latest buzz on contested backfields plus talking about polarizing players like Trey Lance, Ezekiel Elliott and Travis Etienne
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Who will emerge in the Dolphins, Chiefs, Raiders, Commanders, Patriots and Bills backfields (among others)? Why are Travis Etienne and Ezekiel Elliott so polarizing? We're covering the biggest backfield battles and the most polarizing players today. First, we tell you about the biggest news from around the NFL (4:00) with Gus Edwards going on the PUP list, Bill Belichick talking about his running backs and Michael Gallup avoiding the PUP list. Then we each highlight a polarizing player including George Kittle (9:30), Etienne (13:26) and Zeke (17:35). Which RBs do we end up targeting in Round 4? ... News and notes (21:30) from around the NFL. Big news items to get to! Then we talk about polarizing players (29:30) like Trey Lance and Allen Robinson (35:50) ... The Athletic gave us a lot of good Fantasy fodder (39:00)! We react to their beat reporter takes on Saquon Barkley, Courtland Sutton, Jalen Tolbert and more. And we finish with backfield battles (47:10)! What are the ESPN beat reporters saying about some contested backfields like Miami, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, San Francisco and more? And Adam finishes the show wondering just how much we should buy into all this running back by committee talk (1:05:25) ... Email us at [email protected]
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