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00:00And it's time for some sports millions pick them and I thought it would be a good opportunity for us to try and
00:05Work through the backfields. They're all
00:07Actually a little crowded
00:10today
00:11And we'll start in the opening game
00:14with the kareem hunt isaiah pacheco backfield where
00:20you have
00:21Pacheco opened the season as the guy right?
00:25And the injury came in, you know, you figure out whatever he gets back things will be fine, right?
00:31We'll see who holds it down and they brought kareem hunt in
00:35Who ended up being much better than people had anticipated?
00:38So pacheco comes back. You're like, all right, that's fine. But eventually this will probably still be pacheco's backfield
00:44pacheco doesn't look right and
00:47Hunt is still getting
00:49Work here, right?
00:51There there is not a
00:52clear star
00:54I think the best option on sports millions pick them would be kareem hunt higher 34 and a half rush yards
01:00I do think kansas city will look to run the ball quite a lot in this game
01:04That's you know
01:05because again
01:05I don't think at any point houston will
01:07At least not for you'd have to be way deep into the game where casey would lose the opportunity to run right later
01:13It'd be way way deeper within that game
01:15I think that
01:18hunt at the lower number
01:20Who's been?
01:22Maybe a bit better is the more intriguing option. What do you think of the backfield in kc?
01:27Lisa, I like hunt as that option again. He the both running backs are you know physical runners?
01:32They're tough between the tackles and that's the way you basically have to attack the houston front seven
01:38So hunt with a a 34 and a half a number today
01:41I I think is a pretty good look to go higher
01:44because again
01:44He he sealed the deal if you watch the first game in terms of that fourth quarter had a number of different carries if they
01:50Start the game running the football. I think it's a pretty good look and you're not talking
01:5550 60 70 yards you're talking basically what 35 yards to to go higher. I I think it's a great look
02:02I I like hunt if we're looking for check on we're looking hunt overall
02:07I think hunt does get a bulk of the carries today and can get through that or worst case scenario
02:12They both split the bulk of the carries which means you're getting 25 carries for running backs
02:16Maybe you sprinkle in p run for a little bit
02:17But let's just say you do get 10 carries out of hunt, of course
02:20Hey average four yards a car you blow that number out of the water
02:23It makes a lot of sense and also understand this when you're taking veteran running backs here
02:27When do you want to take them joe?
02:28I don't know they haven't played for a couple weeks and they're rested and ready coming right out of the gate and you're right about
02:33That as a pacheco that little chest injury
02:35It has he's probably through that but kareem hunt is probably just as involved if not more involved than isaiah pacheco makes sense
02:41Let me then ask you about the detroit backfield jameer gibbs and david montgomery and it's very interesting
02:47because you guys know that I had been a big proponent of
02:51Just give gibbs the football this stuff is a little ridiculous and you were always great about yeah, that's cool
02:57They're not going to do that. Let me just take my winning montgomery action
03:01I think today could be a little bit different
03:03I am still pretty stunned that monty is playing within this game and I think it's if he's healthy enough to play
03:10Okay
03:11But I don't know if that means he's healthy enough for a full workload again
03:16Especially not when the running back who joins him in the backfield is one of the five best players at the position
03:23Like this doesn't even have to be a slight to david montgomery. He's obviously not jameer gibbs
03:29Very few are
03:31I think the best option would be lower for montgomery's 46 and a half rushing number on the sports millions pick of options here
03:39Donnie, what do you make of the detroit backfield?
03:40It's a tough one here and understanding what dan campbell likes to do if montgomery is healthy
03:45They're probably going to throw him right out there
03:47but also we're under the belief that without really being tackled joe that he's 100 healthy and ready to
03:52Stand in there in a playoff game on turf, which you know is going to stress the knee right away
03:57The confidence factor for me is the home run ability always relies with gibbs. You give him the nod here
04:03It's just hard to bet into the unknown for certainty by taking it over
04:06So I do I wouldn't like necessarily bet this one myself
04:10But if you're looking at all capabilities, what's more likely joe 10 carries 37 yards feeling his way back
04:17Five carries 25 yards or let me give you the full workload 16 carries 122 yards and two touchdowns
04:23He might be a role player today and role player meaning where do they love to utilize him inside the red zone, right?
04:29So maybe he gets you know carries inside the five which cuts down his yardage and he goes lower than that total