Fantasy Files: Javonte Williams worth buying as a true RB2?
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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Hartitz breaks down the fantasy football value of Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon ahead of 2021. The podcast begins with a breakdown on what makes Williams tick as a running back. Spoiler: almost everything; there isn't much Williams does wrong, and he typically goes about picking up yards in the sort of violent manner that would make Marion Barber blush. Still, fantasy football'ing is usually more about volume than ability, and the presence of Melvin Gordon complicates the potential for Williams to see a featured role from day one. Ian is confident Williams' standing with the Broncos is in enough of a better spot compared to Gordon to warrant his standing as the fantasy back to own, but it might not be as quick of a turnaround as many are looking for. The podcast concludes with Ian's specific rankings for both backs.
00:00 - 00:50 Intro
00:50 - 02:00 Broncos backfield
02:00 - 04:30 Javonte Williams’ background
04:30 - 09:20 How the Broncos RBs fit
09:20 - 12:50 Javonte Williams this season
12:50 - 13:57 Outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm your host Ian Hartons and today we continue our fantasy file series. |
| 0:07.0 | So look at Devonte Williams, Melvin Gordon and this Denver Broncos backfield. |
| 0:12.0 | Hope you are all enjoying the week and recording this on Monday. |
| 0:16.0 | Just had the Carson Wentz foot injury news break. |
| 0:19.0 | You know, maybe if your entire team success hinged on whether Carson Wentz could go |
| 0:25.0 | from being one of the worst quarterbacks from the league to an average quarterback |
| 0:30.0 | and Jacob Beeson is the only backup plan. |
| 0:33.0 | Maybe that wasn't great, but I don't know. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm just a guy recording from a Myrtle Beach or fantasy football podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | So we'll focus on the task and hand and that is the skirting. |
| 0:42.0 | What's going on in the Denver Broncos backfield because you don't trade |
| 0:46.0 | up to get the number 35 overall pick and use it on a player that you don't |
| 0:50.0 | plan on featuring a stomach stat and that's the best way to do it. |
| 0:54.0 | So I'm extent and that is running back. |
| 0:57.0 | Devonte Williams, if you guys saw him at North Carolina, you might have seen him |
| 1:00.0 | just absolutely terrorized Miami and pretty much every other defense that he found |
| 1:04.0 | his way against. |
| 1:05.0 | So Devonte was a consensus big three running back coming out of this class |
| 1:09.0 | and a lot of people's minds. |
| 1:10.0 | He was the best, but regardless of his him, Najee Harris, Sloan Kettering, |
| 1:15.0 | Johnny Hopkins and of course Travis ETN as the big guys that everybody was focusing |
| 1:20.0 | on going into this last draft. So Devonte ended up being the third one of the group |
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