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00:02 - All right, you mentioned Jonathan Taylor.

00:05 So let's go to a running back that you think

00:06 is the way to go for 2024.

00:08 It's not Jonathan Taylor,

00:09 but it is a guy that his future depends

00:12 on what the guy in front of him does or what happens with.

00:16 And I'll let you pick it up from there.

00:17 Let's go out to Vegas.

00:18 What do you like?

00:20 - Yeah, let's go to Vegas here

00:21 and let's talk about Zemir White,

00:23 because I, look, Zemir White's another one

00:26 of the long line of the Georgia running backs, right?

00:28 Like that's a running back factory place.

00:30 They always have been for many years.

00:32 So I think when you're looking at Zemir White,

00:35 you're looking at a player who could potentially

00:37 take over this spot here.

00:39 Josh Jacobs, again, we're getting to that precipice

00:41 with him where it's kind of make decisions,

00:43 make some hard decisions.

00:44 And when Josh Jacobs got hurt down the stretch here

00:48 in week 15, Zemir White literally picked up the slack,

00:51 get 18 full PPR points in week 15.

00:54 He had 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs,

00:56 he had a great game at 145 on the ground.

00:59 He did not have a touchdown in that game,

01:00 but he still had 15 PPR points because of the 145.

01:03 Then he had 20 carries for 71 for 16 fantasy points

01:07 in full PPR.

01:08 And then he closed things out against the Denver Broncos.

01:10 Yes, a good matchup, but still 13 more points

01:13 and another hundred yard game.

01:14 So he had three straight games of 20 or more carries

01:17 with head coach Antonio Pierce being the guy

01:20 directing the game plan.

01:22 You had a guy who was able to withstand that work loop.

01:25 You had not one, but two 100 yard games

01:27 over that four game span.

01:29 I think you're gonna see an evolution here of the Raiders.

01:33 If Antonio Pierce can continue what he kind of showed you

01:37 last year at the end of the season,

01:38 which is we're gonna play defense.

01:41 We're gonna play fast and lose.

01:42 We're gonna run the football.

01:44 And I think that's a really good situation for Zemir White.

01:47 Now I know Josh Jacobs, those decisions have been made yet.

01:50 So I'm trying to get ahead of the game.

01:51 White is another one of these guys to buy in dynasty

01:54 because I think Zemir White is one of these players

01:55 where you know the pedigree.

01:57 A lot of dynasty teams drafted him when he was a rookie

02:00 and just kind of sat on him and nothing happened last year.

02:02 And this year, nothing happened for a while.

02:03 So a lot of people started to lose faith

02:05 and I understand why,

02:06 but this is a perfect example of not losing faith.

02:09 I don't think the Raiders would look for another running back

02:11 in the draft this year.

02:12 It makes no sense.

02:14 So it makes a lot of sense to me once again,

02:16 to continue to reshape this roster.

02:17 You know, it's gonna be a,

02:19 I think a focal point defensively,

02:22 because if you look at who they're up against,

02:24 the Patrick Mahomes,

02:25 the Justin Herberts of the world in that division,

02:28 you better be able to run the football and play defense

02:30 'cause those are some real deal quarterbacks

02:32 you gotta play against, okay?

02:33 We'll see what the Denver Broncos figure out.

02:36 That's a story for another time.

02:38 But if you're the Raiders,

02:40 you know, you had that big win against the Chiefs.

02:42 You showed you could compete here with some bigger teams.

02:45 I love Antonio Pierce.

02:46 He's a real leader of men.

02:47 And I think it's great that they finally learned

02:49 their lesson after a few years ago

02:51 when they had their interim head coach

02:52 who took him to the playoffs and everybody loved Basaccia.

02:54 And then unfortunately they did not bring him back.

02:57 And the team basically revolted over it.

03:00 McDaniels was a hot mess.

03:01 It did not work out.

03:02 Now Antonio Pierce is that guy.

03:04 And I think Zamir White might be the guy along with him

03:07 that you wanna be buying right now

03:08 and understand there could be a breakout

03:10 because if he gets that full workload,

03:12 he could be a huge fantasy asset

03:14 and a guy you don't have to draft

03:16 in the first two or three rounds.

03:17 Maybe he's a fourth round pick,

03:19 but he might perform as a low end RB1

03:21 and that would be a spectacular return on investment.

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