Analyzing NFL Running Backs: Jones, Connor & Benson

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00:00You got Aaron Jones on one side and you have James Conner on the other and according to

00:06James Conner's people and his agent, he will not attend this conversation without having

00:10Benson sitting exactly right next to him.

00:13So let's have the conversation because I don't, Conner's going to be in that backfield week

00:16six.

00:17You tell me.

00:18You know, I mean, that's not like Aaron Jones was the pinnacle of being on the field.

00:27He only played 11 games last year.

00:29So I guess, you know, the meta answer is what wide receivers on the board, is there a wide

00:34receiver on the board?

00:37And this is why I think it's very important to, to map out what you're looking for, because

00:40this is a whole grouping in a row, right in the same ADP that we're talking about here.

00:45We've got Aaron Jones, James Conner, David Montgomery, Romandre Stevenson, literally

00:50in a row in ADP.

00:52I don't think it matters.

00:53I think each one of them comes with risk.

00:54I think each one of them comes with some upside, Romandre Stevenson, the younger guy

00:59in that grouping that I think is probably the way you'd want to go.

01:02Always go with the younger guy when it comes to running back.

01:04David Montgomery in the best offense, arguably of the three.

01:08I think the difficulty now with Aaron Jones is whenever you see guys that get jettisoned

01:12and end up somewhere else, I'm looking at you, Joe Mixon.

01:15I'm looking at you.

01:16A lot of those players, Derek Henry is the exception to the rule.

01:19They typically, things don't go well for them.

01:21So I like to kind of fade those scenarios.

01:24Now that Sam Darnold's quarterback, I just don't know how well the chains are going to

01:27move in that offense.

01:28And that's a problem.

01:29And they have to rely more heavily on Aaron Jones.

01:31And that might also be a problem at this stage in his career.

01:33He to me tracks more like that running back that, you know, you're in the league for five

01:38years and that's about what your lifespan is in the NFL for running back like Aaron

01:42Jones, who has consistently outperformed and consistently been a surprising RB one time

01:47and time again.

01:48I just don't know if he could do it this year.

01:50So I have to pick between those two.

01:51I'm going to lean with Connor, which is probably surprising.

01:54But the reason I lean with Connor is because it's very easy.

01:57It's one of the few scenarios too, where I really like the backup.

01:59And if I'm a little bit more aggressive and I get the handcuff of Trey Benson, it's one

02:03of the few handcuffs for the same running back on the same team that I actually do like,

02:07because I am confident if Connor goes down, not only would Trey Benson be the three down

02:12back, he would be very good at it.

02:14And I think that is the difference maker between those two.

02:17So you have to have an insurance policy.

02:19The Aaron Jones insurance policy to me does not look nearly as good as the Trey Benson

02:22one in Arizona.

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