Fantasy Files: Saquon Barkley is still a top-three RB
PFF Fantasy Football Podcast
Fantasy Football
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Hartitz breaks down Saquon Barkley's fantasy outlook ahead of the 2021 season. Whether or not the Giants should have used the No. 2 overall pick on Barkley aside: the man is anyone's idea of an elite RB. He's proven it whenever healthy throughout his short career; the larger issue is the Giants' combination of a meh offensive line and mediocre play-caller. Ian is confident that Barkley has enough volume to overcome these things and also has reason to believe the rehab from injury isn't as big of a deal as many think. The podcast closes out with Barkley's 2021 ranking.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome to PFF Fancy Football Podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm your host Ian Harditz and today we continue our fancy file series with a look at |
| 0:15.6 | Saquon Barclays. |
| 0:17.1 | So you drafted Saquon last year. |
| 0:19.3 | I did my favorite league with my called friends. |
| 0:22.5 | You were disappointed awfully quickly because a week one he basically got completely stalked |
| 0:26.9 | by Steelers defense that just made a living three yards deep in the Giants backfield. |
| 0:31.8 | And in week two, only had four touches before unfortunately tearing his ACL did not get |
| 0:37.0 | to see the same guy that in my opinion was the single best running back in the NFL during |
| 0:42.3 | the 2018-2019 season. |
| 0:45.0 | So look, I would just say this at first. |
| 0:47.1 | I think Saquon almost gets penalized for being the number two overall pick and having |
| 0:52.0 | this sort of contract that goes along with it. |
| 0:55.3 | Guys don't matter. |
| 0:56.3 | We say this because of the salary cap. |
| 0:58.5 | Of course they matter. |
| 0:59.5 | Look at high school. |
| 1:00.8 | We are one if your best players are playing quarterback, they are playing running back because |
| 1:05.1 | the position touches the ball more than anybody else. |
| 1:07.7 | If running backs didn't matter, why would Alabama, why would Ohio State and every school |
| 1:11.3 | be trying to recruit the best running backs from high school? |
| 1:15.3 | They matter until we get to the NFL and the NFL says, hey, here's our arbitrary salary |
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