Week 12 DFS Main Slate Picks: Top Running Back Options

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00:00Let's start with running backs.

00:04We start with Saquon Barkley, who's listed at 10K this week.

00:08So let's just start right there.

00:10Let's start building rosters and lineups.

00:13More than one, please.

00:14Joe, your thoughts on the running backs for week 12.

00:16Yeah.

00:17I love Saquon.

00:18I mean, how do you not?

00:19But 10K is a lot.

00:20I mean, it just becomes a really difficult situation to roster anybody else.

00:25You know, he's so high up on that trough.

00:27And deservedly so.

00:28Coming off a game where he had 146 rushing yards against Washington, two touchdowns.

00:32I mean, come on, man.

00:33That guy's just been incredible.

00:34I also saw that they added the backwards leap to Madden, which is pretty cool, I gotta say.

00:40That's a very cool thing to be adding to the game.

00:43But Saquon, again, I think you have to fade him.

00:45Now, Christian McCaffrey at $500 less, I think a lot of people will be fading, which is really

00:50interesting because with Brandon Allen at quarterback and Purdy out, you're gonna see

00:54a ton of Christian McCaffrey in this game.

00:56Like, maybe more than we've seen all year.

00:59So that is also something to keep in mind.

01:02He might be an automatic fade based on price and based on that fact.

01:06But if he has a huge monsters game, and let's say he carries them to a victory over the

01:11Green Bay Packers, which I don't think is an absurd thing.

01:14I think everybody, I have called them the Friday Niners going back to August.

01:18I have said fade the 49ers every chance you get.

01:22But this could be one of those perfect storms here where everybody counts them out.

01:26They're coming off a terrible loss at home, blah, blah, blah.

01:28But let's be honest, the Green Bay Packers snuck away with a win last week and the Green

01:31Bay Packers have not looked like world beaters and they've got injuries of their own on the

01:35defensive side.

01:36Like Alexander, they got a ton of stuff that they're dealing with to or life is not perfect

01:40for the Green Bay Packers right now.

01:42And I think people are overrating this a little bit.

01:44I'd be on the 49er side with the points in this game, to be honest with you.

01:48But Christian McCaffrey, because of that salary becomes a really interesting, you know, pivot

01:53in the sense of a premium guy.

01:56Joe Mixon has been really solid, obviously, for the Houston Texans.

01:58It's amazing to think that they got him for a seventh round pick.

02:01I mean, talk about a win for this organization.

02:04Jameer Gibbs, who I mentioned earlier, I think this is the best return on investment, high

02:07end price, but not ridiculously premium.

02:11Kareem Hunt, Checo's not back yet.

02:13I keep telling everybody, the guy's coming off a broken leg.

02:17This whole notion that...

02:18I just...

02:19I love how sobering your analysis is.

02:23No, you're right.

02:24No, dude.

02:25People are annoyed at me because I tell the truth about things, right?

02:29They get pissed off because sometimes the truth isn't sunny.

02:33The guy had a broken leg.

02:34Do you think he's going to come back and get a full workout at 20 calories?

02:36Do you have any idea how the human body works and what the NFL is about?

02:40And people talk about, oh, I'm worried about Kareem Hunt this week.

02:44Really?

02:45You're not worried about Kareem Hunt this week?

02:46I don't know why you're worried about Kareem Hunt this week, because it's a terrific matchup.

02:50It's a matchup you want to be playing.

02:51I don't understand it at all.

02:54But yeah, I mean, against Carolina, one of the worst teams against a run.

02:57I mean, you've got to play Kareem Hunt this week.

02:59They should have a lead in this game.

03:01So you should see a ton of volume.

03:02And I know he's not the most efficient guy.

03:04But Kareem Hunt, Tyrone Tracy, Jameer Gibbs, again, you're gonna see a lot of Tracy.

03:08We'll get you updated on Malik Neighbors here a little later in the show.

03:11But Tracy and other guys, 6,700, a very good value.

03:14So Gibbs, Hunt, Tracy, I think that's where I want to live this week in the DFS running

03:18back group.

03:19But I mean, it's great.

03:20And people are like, they're so surprised.

03:21I can't believe Isaiah Pacheco's not back yet.

03:22Really?

03:24At some point in time, you're going to see him get 25 carries in a game.

03:26He didn't get that when he was healthy.

03:27Stop it.

03:28It's just ridiculous.

03:29Stop it.

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