Today we were talking about the most important position in fantasy football for this year, the running back position. More specifically, we're talking about the five running backs who could help you win your fantasy league this year. Now, if you don't know me, I'm Salvatry. I've helped over 10,000 people win their fantasy league the last few years alone, and I plan to do the same for you with this video. Now, let's start with David Montgomery, who will be 29 years old when the season starts, which feels like a little bit sketchy,

a somewhat older running back.

Montgomery has had some good seasons for sure in the NFL, but he was never like that number one running back overall or even anywhere near it, like your Sequins have been. And in past years, you know, Derek Henry's Bejanne Robinson, Jamir, gives all those guys. But the thing that's interesting about David Montgomery is he's on a new team. The Houston Texans went out there and said, yes, we want you, David Montgomery. We will trade for you. So now he's on the Houston Texans, despite being 29 years old when the season starts. And last year, no doubt about it, was a rough season for David Montgomery. He lost a lot of workload, especially in the second half of the season on the Lions. They went to Jameer Gibbs more when Dan Campbell started calling plays. Only 37% of the snaps for David Montgomery. When in past years, this was closer to 50%, 35% of the opportunities. None of this was good, including the overall accounting numbers. Like Montgomery last year probably was sixth, maybe seventh round pick. That's not going to pay off for you when you're getting 716 rushing yards. But more importantly, your touchdowns come down. You finish as the running back 32. You have your fewest touchdowns with your three-year career with the Lions with only eight. And that's because Jemir Gibbs was earning more red zone work, more goal line work, more overall opportunities from week 10 on. But when Montgomery got work last year and actually saw a decent amount of touches, when he saw at least 13 touches last season, he averaged 13 fantasy points per game, 80 total yards, and had four touchdowns in those six games where he saw at least 13 touches. Now that's the version of Montgomery we should remember because despite being 28 years old, when he got opportunities, he was still good. still good. The reason why overall in the season he didn't see as many opportunities is because he was playing with arguably the best running back in football in his backfield, Jamir Gibbs. But that's not a worry anymore because like we said, the lines ended up trading David Montgomery to the Texans in exchange for a fourth round and a seventh round pick and offensive linemen juice scrud. So a decent haul that they had to give away to acquire one David Montgomery here for the Houston Texans. So this could be an interesting situation. Like this was before free agency. It was before the NFL draft. So we were saying, okay, Montgomery's in a nice spot now. Doesn't have Jermere Gibbs anymore. But we'll see what they add potentially to this backfield alongside Woody Marks and David Montgomery. However, the NFL draft has come and gone. Free agency has come and gone. There's some guys still out there on the open market, but no name worthy running backs. So you're looking at it right now. Montgomery was brought in. No other running backs in free agency, according to the team changes tracker in the fantasy blueprint. This is my tool. You're going to have Damian Pierce Gunn.

You're going to have Joe Mixing gone who didn't play it all last year. And in the NFL draft, no running backs added. So there's absolutely no new competition here. So what does this mean? It means the current backfield for the Houston Texans is David Montgomery, the 28-year-old, soon-to-be 29-year-old, who they traded for this offseason. Woody Marks, their second-year player who's a little bit of an older prospect already 25 years old more of a past catching

running back struggled with efficiency level who they traded for this offseason. Woody Marks, their second year player, who's a little bit of an older prospect,

already 25 years old, more of a past catching running back, struggled with efficiency last year on larger workloads. And then there's Joire Jordan, who honestly, I think this is now a three-year player out of Louisville, 26 years old. DeWard Jordan, when he actually got workload last year, is putting up like these 100-yard games, but on the overall course of a season, once again,

not really somebody that you're going to trust

as much as a experienced veteran in David Montgomery. So I'm feeling pretty good about Dave Montgomery if his biggest competition right now is going to be Woody Marks. Like I liked Woody Marks coming out of college as a fourth round pick, especially since we knew that Joe Mixen had some behind the scenes issues going on last year heading into the season. And his rookie year, like, you're not going to get a lot of late round picks putting up between his rushing yards of 700 and receiving yards of 200, over 900 total yards, 24 catches, and a year where he was still like kind of splitting the workload at times with a Damian Pierce at times with the JoR. Jordan at times what he marks himself was banged up, right? So it's an interesting backfield to at least look at for Woody Marks this year in terms of like his role as a past catcher. But outside of that, as far as the early downs go, I think it's pretty proven that David Montgomery has tackle breaking ability, the bigger size compared to Woody Marks. He probably has 15, maybe even 20 pounds on what he marks from like a Redsoe role. I think it's pretty clear that's going to be David Montgomery's role. And the other thing that's interesting to point out, if we go back to the team changes tracker here, like the Texans offensive line should be improved. This is an offensive line to the last two seasons has been pretty brutal. We saw CJ Stroud struggle last year behind that offensive line once again. So what do they do. They went out there. They acquired Wyatt Teller, Evan Brown, Braden Smith, in free agency, and via trades. And then with their first round pick, they end up going out there. They might have traded up for him. I can't recall and getting Kalyn Rutledge an offensive tackle in the NFL draft in the first round. So the offensive line, at least on paper, should be decently to greatly improved. And there's no competition for Montgomery. I get it. He's a 29-year-old aging running back. He's not like the flashiest, most explosive pass-catching running back. But the situation is setting up pretty nice. Especially when you consider that his current price right now in fantasy drafts is like a fifth to sixth round pick. It's somewhat in that like dead zone if you're really into fantasy like deep in the weeds but for the most part i think it's a little bit later than that if david montgomery is going to be let's say you start hero rb you you get a be jean or jimier gibbs in the first round whoever it might be and then you don't take a running back until like the sixth round and it's David Montgomery. I feel decent about that bill.

Next up, let's talk about another guy who couldn't win you your fantasy leagues this year. And it's Rico Dotto, who like David Montgomery, will be on a new team this season because Rico Dadoodle, who will be 28 years old this year, is now a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers after signing with the team in free agency. no longer is Kenneth Gamwell there. Rico Dottle comes in, and Rico Dado is an interesting player.

Not only last year did he go for a thousand rushing yards in between his rushing and receiving yards. He had over 1,300 total yards. He caught 39 balls. Like all of this is very strong production for Rico Dotto, who is sharing a backfield with Chuba Hubbard when Hubbard was healthy for the majority of the season. So that's great. But now you're getting Rico Dottle, not only last year on the Carolina Panthers,

but the year before that on the Dallas Cowboys, you're getting him in back-to-back seasons, topping 1,000 yards, almost identical seasons here. Look at this. Last year, 236 carries, 2024-235.

Last year, 176 rushing yards.

The year before,

1,079.

Both seasons,

he's averaging 4.6 yards per carry.

Both seasons,

he's averaging, last year, 176 rushing yards. The year before, 1079.

Both seasons, he's averaging 4.6 yards per carry.

Both seasons, he has 39 catches, like almost identical seasons of really good production

from Rico Dotto, despite being put into a completely separate offense.

Now, once again, Dotto for the third straight season, we'll go to a totally new team,

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