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00:00Let's pivot away from the wide receivers for a moment. Take a look at Rico Dowdle. Now,
00:06George and I have kind of thought about him all day, unless they're going to go out and
00:11make a deal for a running back. Maybe it is a Chuba Hubbard. Maybe that's a guy the Cowboys
00:17might look at. Maybe it could be a Travis ATN. If the Jags continue to lose football
00:22games, you could see maybe those guys being available in a trade in the next couple of
00:27weeks. But until then, I think Rico Dowdle is that default guy. If you need help at running
00:32back in the next couple of weeks, there's another one that's available in 40 percent
00:35of leagues, basically. And he is going to be at least the most volume-heavy guy in this
00:41backfield. And when you have injuries and you have buys, I think that's something that's
00:45still valuable, George. But let's talk about Rico Dowdle again, not just this week, but
00:49maybe in the next couple of weeks ahead, what you think his value might be.
00:53I'm going to say, it's a running back with a pulse. That's really what it is. He's a running back with a pulse.
00:59This is not much going on here for the Cowboys. They don't have the offensive line to open up the runs here.
01:04Maybe it's the running backs' fault. Maybe it's the offensive line's fault. Tony Pollack
01:08couldn't do anything last year with the same group. So it's not great. I think we have
01:13a big turnover here in the Minnesota Jets game over a muffed punt, but they're talking about it.
01:19We'll see. It'd be deep in Minnesota territory if it stands. I think right now they did call it for the Jets
01:27who recovered it, but we'll see. Anyway, the problem with Dowdle is this. Where's your upside here?
01:33This is not a number one running back in the making. It's just not there. They play Pittsburgh today.
01:38I don't expect big things against that Pittsburgh defense. You get Detroit next week.
01:41Gainscrip said you have to throw the ball there because you're going to be trailing.
01:44Then you have a bye. We'll see. Like I said, he's a body. He is going to be the number one running back
01:50for the Cowboys, but there's not a lot of upside here in my opinion.
01:54All right. Xavier Leguette showed some upside last week. He had 10 targets. Caught six of them for 66
01:59and a touchdown. Also had two rushes. It was kind of fun to see him getting a little work there
02:04just in space with jet sweeps kind of stuff. This week he gets the Bears. Next two weeks,
02:08Atlanta and Washington. You look at the roster percentage too. He's just 50% rostered.
02:12I think that's way too low at this point. I'd pick him up for free if he was still sitting out there in any league
02:18on any waiver wire. George, how do you see Xavier Leguette this week and beyond?
02:23Yeah, I'm with you. No, Adam Thielen, right? Thielen's gone with the hamstring.
02:27I believe he said he doesn't need surgery, but he's going to be gone for a while here.
02:31Once again, Carolina should be trailing. Lots of balls in the air. All right.
02:35Johnson can't catch all of them, right? Can't catch all of them here. So I'm with you.
02:38Leguette should be owned here and, you know, maybe even played more than just biweeks here.
02:43I think he's going to get his more and more his share of targets.
02:46They're going to have they're going to want the offense eventually to run through him.
02:49Maybe not right now, but by Thanksgiving, the offense has to run through him.
02:54Now, fantasy football oftentimes likes to humble me and remind me that I can be wrong sometimes.
02:59And I was dead wrong about Kareem Hunt. I did not think he was going to be a thing.
03:03And he was at least against the Chargers, 14 carries for 69 yards.
03:07He also had two receptions for 16. He gets the New Orleans Saints this week.
03:11Then the bye. I think Carson Steele is droppable. Again, Kareem Hunt is rostered in already 70 percent of leagues.
03:18So he's still floating out there. I could see adding him.
03:20But again, it's just I can. My concern, George, is can the older running back stay healthy?
03:27Can you get there? It feels like the Chiefs are kind of just kind of grabbing at straws right now.
03:31Waiting for Rushie Rice news, waiting for some more help.
03:34Travis Kelsey doesn't look like the Travis Kelsey vote, although last week was at least encouraging.