Jonathan Taylor Round 2? Jaguars Backfield Battle (08/04 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 5 minutes
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With Quenton Nelson out 5-12 weeks, is Jonathan Taylor still a first round pick? And what do we know about the Jaguars backfield and how it will play out once the season starts?
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| 0:00.0 | More injuries for the Indianapolis Colts. |
| 0:06.0 | Does this one knock Jonathan Taylor out of round one? |
| 0:08.4 | Let's talk about it on Fantasy Football Today in one, two, three, four, five. |
| 0:13.4 | All right, if you're listening and wondering what the hell of laughing at, |
| 0:16.2 | Dave has his fun routine where he puts up five fingers when I say five. |
| 0:20.2 | Check it out on YouTube. YouTube.com slash fantasy football today and I threw him off his game. All right, Dave. So let's start with the Colts. Quentin Nelson, they're all pro-guard. Same injury as Carson Wentz. They're both out five to 12 weeks. So what does this mean for Jonathan Taylor? They got two good feet between the two of them. |
| 0:38.0 | I wasn't really rattled when Wentz went down because I figured the Colts would do something to have at |
| 0:42.4 | least a serviceable quarterback. And when Jonathan Taylor did his thing last year, it was Philip |
| 0:48.8 | Rivers, like old man Phil at under center. And he did fine toward the end of last season. But now you're talking about |
| 0:54.8 | that offensive line losing a very key part in Quentin Nelson. He's one of the best run blockers, |
| 1:00.5 | if not the best run blocker in the NFL. Losing him is a major problem for Jonathan Taylor |
| 1:06.4 | for however long Nelson is gone. And you start thinking about Eric Fisher being out, and Ryan Kelly's got an elbow, |
| 1:14.5 | and now you just start wondering if it's just almost like a semi-lossed cause, |
| 1:20.2 | maybe the first half of the season, being problematic for Taylor and for the Colts offense |
| 1:25.0 | in general. |
| 1:26.3 | I moved him out around one. I've got him as a round |
| 1:28.8 | two pick. I don't even know how excited I would be to take him in round two. I think I'd be okay |
| 1:33.3 | once it was passed, early to middle round two. I think I'd be okay with taking a chance on Taylor |
| 1:39.8 | at that point because at least he's healthy. He's supremely talented and he'll see the ball a lot in this offense with Jacob Easton, under center, behind a less than stellar offensive line. And don't forget, Carson Wentz could be ready. I would call it, but I don't know if I'd call it a long shot. I'm not a doctor. He could be ready for the opener. He could miss five weeks. Same with Quentin Nelson. Right. So that's part of the upside here, right, Adam? Because if those guys are back sooner than later and the offensive line gets healthy sooner than later, maybe you've got 12 weeks of Jonathan Taylor at its best, and that's league-winning upside right there. |
| 2:21.6 | What did you think of what Pete Priscoe said about Travis E.TN and James Robinson? |
| 2:27.3 | He basically said, Robinson looks good. He's changed his body. He's more explosive, |
| 2:31.2 | and he's going to at least start this season getting the carries, maybe a month in. |
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