Why Rachaad White Deserves More Fantasy Football Respect

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00:00What is this one all about?

00:05Well this one is guys that are going outside of, you know, the top 40 picks that I just

00:10don't understand why they're not getting more respect because of the circumstance they're

00:13playing in, the teams they play for, their role in their respective offenses.

00:18And I think sometimes people just, they either get bored of players, right?

00:22You know, veterans or guys that have been there before, guys who are coming off injury,

00:26people are worried about it.

00:27That's fair sometimes.

00:29But then there's just players where maybe people just don't believe in what they saw

00:31last year.

00:33And yet the circumstances haven't changed and people still aren't buying into them.

00:37And to me, I think that's weird.

00:38And I think that's where we start with Rashad White.

00:40Because Rashad White is a guy coming off a season where he finishes RB8.

00:46He had almost 1,500 all-purpose yards last year.

00:50Let that sink in.

00:51In PPR leagues, 64 receptions.

00:54Incredibly valuable.

00:55Now he only had nine touchdowns combined.

00:57So if you add in a few more touchdowns this year, which is certainly not outside of the

01:01realm of possibility.

01:02You know, touchdowns are one of those things that are very volatile year over year.

01:06Crazy things happen.

01:07Guys get stuffed at the goal line.

01:08Some years they don't.

01:09Crazy things happen.

01:10But this is the back.

01:11Okay?

01:12It's Rashad White.

01:13And Rashad White right now is being drafted as the 14th running back off the board.

01:16And I don't understand that.

01:17Now, I love Isaiah Pacheco.

01:19He's playing in a great spot, but Pacheco hasn't proved that he could be that guy yet

01:22for a whole season.

01:23He's had some injury issues.

01:25You got Josh Jacobs in a new spot with a team that just jettisoned him.

01:29And I know I like the Green Bay Packers, but is he going to be better than Rashad White

01:33necessarily?

01:34Especially in PPR leagues, especially with Marshawn Lloyd, who was drafted there.

01:38There's some questions there about the competition in that Green Bay backfield for me.

01:42So I'm looking at Rashad White as the perfect guy that if you are an early wide receiver

01:46bill, let's say you start with three straight wide receivers.

01:48If you go wide receiver, tight end, wide receiver, widers, like you just keep pounding the table

01:52there.

01:53Wide receiver, right?

01:55If you're going to be floating around, Rashad White's going to be floating around and Rashad

01:57White is perfectly fine.

01:58Now, I love him as my RB too.

02:00I've drafted him a lot that way because I like to go hero RB and then sometimes even

02:04slips as late as the fifth round.

02:05I've seen it happen in drafts.

02:06It should not happen, but it does.

02:08But White is one of these guys where I look at the situation.

02:11I know Dave Canales is gone and he was the guy that kind of unlocked Baker Mayfield and

02:14set this offense up for success last year.

02:16But I think you take that path and you continue to progress from it.

02:19And I don't think Mayfield is going to be all of a sudden back to regression candid.

02:23I think there was a lot to learn last year of what he does well and what he doesn't.

02:27I think they stick to that.

02:28And Rashad White, I think, can only get better.

02:30So for me, Rashad White is being undervalued in the marketplace and I think has a real,

02:34I think, good return on investment the way he's currently set up in ADP.

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