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00:00Let's have a conversation about the extended absence of Derek Carr, I almost want to keep
00:08saying David Carr in my head, extended absence of Derek Carr, and what that means to the
00:12pieces on this New Orleans team.
00:15Yeah, that's a big problem, and I think those two pieces, most notably Kamara and Chris
00:20Olavi, are ones that you really have to consider, are they at their peak value?
00:24Now, coming into the season, I was very big on Alvin Kamara.
00:27I thought that they were going to be using him a ton, and they have, and that usage has
00:30been great.
00:31The only problem is he is an older running back, so I do have concerns in the latter
00:35part of the season what that's going to look like, and if Derek Carr is going to miss a
00:38couple weeks here, how many scoring opportunities does Alvin Kamara get besides making his own
00:42with an incredible, you know, breakaway run or catch?
00:46That becomes a little bit more difficult.
00:47How many times is Spencer Rattler going to move the chains here?
00:51I think that's a big question mark here, when the offense collectively starts to play below
00:57average, the fantasy points kind of go with it.
01:00So there might be a mindset in the marketplace where people look at it and say, well, they're
01:04going to have to use Alvin Kamara more, and that's fine.
01:07They might, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to equate to fantasy points, because
01:11right now you're in a situation where the execution of those moments is in question,
01:16and that is the big declining right now.
01:19I know it's hard to come by running backs.
01:20I'm not trying to just get rid of them, but it is intriguing to put them out there on
01:23the block and see what you can get for Alvin Kamara.
01:25What are your thoughts on Kamara's workload this year?
01:28And also, you know, what this offense might look like without Mr. Carr?
01:32Well, it's funny, because you're reading my mind here.
01:35I want to put it out there to the listeners of Kamara managers out there.
01:38Would you do a Kamara for, say, Brees Hall straight up?
01:41See, I don't think they would.
01:42I think they enjoy the touchdowns.
01:44I think they enjoy the production, and I do understand the concern about the quarterback
01:48switch, but again, we talked about it earlier in the show.
01:50When you have a quarterback with questionable play, you start to look at three positions,
01:53and one of them is the running back position.
01:56So I think that Kamara may be in a situation where he may be even more valuable for this
01:59team, may be even more beneficial to be a Kamara manager right now, but I'm interested
02:04to hear what everyone out there would like to say, keep the conversation going at SportsGrid,
02:08at SportsGrid TV.
02:09If you're a Kamara manager, would you flip for Brees Hall straight up?
02:11Joe, would you flip Kamara for Brees Hall straight up right now?
02:15Yes, I would prefer to have Brees Hall rest of season than Alvin Kamara.
02:18I'd rather have the younger running back, and look, that might be a move in casual leagues
02:22when people just look at it statistically and go, well, yeah, I'm going to smash this.
02:26This is a no-brainer.
02:27Kamara's played much better, but I think going forward, you're going to get a better version
02:30of Brees Hall.
02:32Chris Olave is the other guy, too, in this offense I want to move on from.
02:35I wasn't high on him coming into the year.
02:36I thought he was limited in terms of touchdown capability, and he only had, I think, five
02:41last year, or six.
02:42No, five.
02:43I was right the first time.
02:45And so far this year, he's been wide receiver 36.
02:47He was being drafted as a 1A, and to me, he's more of a 2-ish wide receiver at this
02:53stage with the quarterback play that he's got in the offense he's in.
02:57Now the downgrade in quarterback happens.
02:59Now my concerns continue to grow for how good Chris Olave can be.
03:02Now maybe you can move him off name brand value.
03:04It's possible.
03:05And by weeks, people get in crunches.
03:07But Brian Thomas Jr., Wandel Robinson, George Pickens, Tank Dell, I think you could flip
03:14Chris Olave for Tank Dell Plus.
03:16And I think you might like what you see in the next four weeks more with Tank Dell than
03:21you see with Chris Olave.
03:22So those are two saints to be moving on from.