Jahmyr Gibbs' Impactful Rookie Season and Future Outlook

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00:00So next guy on the list here at number five, another one of the players that I was very

00:08high on last year.

00:09I was taking my lumps early on in the season, but you hung on and you had patience.

00:15Jameer Gibbs did pay off in a very big way.

00:18He finished the season with a flourish and the big knock on him, George as well.

00:23David Montgomery is going to get all the rushing touchdowns, blah, blah, blah.

00:26This guy didn't do anything for the first six, maybe even seven, eight weeks of the

00:29season.

00:30You could really argue when it comes to Jameer Gibbs and he still finished with 10 rushing

00:33touchdowns and he's going into year two.

00:36Now I'm not saying David Montgomery's presence isn't important, isn't valid to knocking

00:41Jameer Gibbs down a peg, but I'm looking at Jameer Gibbs, the age, the offense, the need

00:45that they have for him in the Detroit Lions offense.

00:49And to me, Jameer Gibbs is one of the best investments you can make.

00:51If he is at the turn and I could start a team with Jameer Gibbs and Marvin Harrison Jr.

00:54I'm doing that every single time.

00:56I'm a big fan of Gibbs, especially in the PPR formats, George, where we talk about guys

01:00who are going to get those opportunities for targets.

01:05So when you're looking at Jameer Gibbs, do you see him the same way?

01:07And do you see him like I do, which is ahead of Jonathan Taylor on my board?

01:15Ahead of Jonathan Taylor?

01:16He's right there with him.

01:17I don't know if I'd take him ahead.

01:19They both, I love this Detroit offense.

01:21I mean, I truly love this Detroit offense and we're splitting hairs here, by the way.

01:25These are both second round running backs.

01:27I mean, I will take either one of them to, you know, to anchor my team here at running

01:30back position.

01:31And Gibbs is a lot of fun.

01:33Montgomery being there is somewhat annoying, but you know, a lot of teams have sort of

01:37a two back system here.

01:38So I don't let this ball get on my case too much there.

01:40The passing game is dynamic.

01:42We know that.

01:43This team is loaded.

01:44St. Brown, you know, I mean, they have everything they could want.

01:46Goss is a better quarterback than we give him credit for.

01:49You got the dynamic tight end is doing well.

01:51I mean, it's just, it's fantastic what's going on there in Detroit.

01:55Would I take him ahead of ball?

01:56Would I take him ahead?

02:00Probably not.

02:01I don't think.

02:02Only goes Taylor.

02:03Maybe is that more true consensus running back more than the prototypical running back,

02:08but I don't have any problem.

02:09Let's play it this way.

02:11I would love for the person in front of me to make the choice for me and it's what I'll

02:14just take the other guy.

02:15And I'm happy with that.

02:16I don't have to worry about it.

02:17I probably would not take, if I'm playing, I'm playing, I think, well, those six, eight

02:21leagues, wherever I'm going to play in.

02:23I wouldn't want Gibbs and six of them or Taylor and six.

02:26I'd rather split it up.

02:27You know, a couple of here, a couple of there, just do a sprawl, spread out my risk a little

02:30bit here.

02:31I like them both here.

02:32And I'll say this.

02:33I think Gibbs will do better.

02:34I don't know about the touchdowns that can be finicky, but I think his other numbers

02:37are better this year than next than last year.

02:39Right?

02:40Another year in the system.

02:41They trust him a little bit more.

02:42He'll get more work and you're right.

02:43The first, I don't know, six games, whatever it was, they didn't use them all that much.

02:47So they took a while to figure out how to use them until they really figured out what

02:50he could do.

02:51He's a dangerous, dangerous player, explosive, dangerous player, a guy in a good offense,

02:57all the things you're looking for.

02:58And what's so interesting to me, George, and I think it's one of my favorite numbers on

03:02the preseason board.

03:03Take a look right now at what Vegas is saying for his rushing total.

03:07They're saying eight 50 and a half at minus one 12 for the over under he had 945 last

03:13year.

03:14He already blew this number out of the water last year.

03:17After doing nothing for the first six weeks, people were trading him.

03:21People were dropping him in shallow leagues.

03:23That's how frustrated they were in Jameer Gibbs, George.

03:25I'm looking at this number and to me, this is an absolute smash of all the numbers we've

03:29seen so far.

03:30You know, we can argue about the CMC one and saying, okay, well, the under is really intriguing

03:33here because the over is so tempting based on what he did last year, but there's so many

03:37concerns with the injuries.

03:38We talked about that number when it comes to Brees Hall being, well, a pretty good number

03:42set pretty high.

03:43Maybe it's telling us what they think of Brees Hall this year is going to have a big season

03:46and there's Jameer Gibbs, who again, his rookie season destroyed this number.

03:50So I'm all in on the over here.

03:52Where are you at, George?

03:53I'll just do a little quick math here.

03:57850 divided by 17 is 50 yards a game.

04:03If he doesn't reach that, he missed what?

04:06Six games?

04:07I mean, he'd have to be injured for at least a third of the season in my mind for him not

04:10to reach that number.

04:11You know, something happened.

04:12He, you know, had a knee injury, whatever, a hamstring.

04:15So yes, I am with you, Joe.

04:17I think this is a great over to take.

04:18I just don't see, I don't see how he doesn't get it outside of an injury and you can even

04:21afford for them to miss two, three games.

04:23That would still be fine.

04:24We'll move it up to what?

04:2567, 68 yards a game.

04:26You'd still be good.

04:27He should still reach that number.

04:29So I said, the only reason I think he doesn't want to get this is because of a pretty significant

04:34injury.

04:35I'll go a step farther.

04:37I think David Montgomery's presence is a good thing for Jameer Gibbs fantasy value in a

04:41way because I do think it keeps him fresh and on the field.

04:43He doesn't have to have the full workload.

04:45He doesn't have to have those gold line carries all the time or those tougher carries in those

04:49third and short situations.

04:50And Jameer Gibbs, just go out there and be the dynamic playmaker that he is and stay

04:54on the field because he is a smaller frame.

04:57Okay.

04:58He is not Derrick Henry when it comes to rushing size running back.

05:02So Jameer Gibbs wheels up pound this over.

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