Rankings Changes and News Reactions: Jonnu Smith is a Steeler, Silva Has A New No. 1 Overall Player (Episode 879 with Evan Silva and Adam Levitan)
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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Adam Levitan and Evan Silva return for a post-4th of July roundup of all the NFL news, including the blockbuster trade that saw Aaron Rodgers get another weapon in Pittsburgh and brought Darren Waller out of retirement.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Which player has knocked Saquan Barkley off of Evan's #1 spot on his Top 150?
- Why Evan believes this Running Back stands to benefit most from Jonnu Smith being traded to the Steelers.
- Is this the year to fade Travis Kelce?
- Updates on how Jordan Addison and Rashee Rice's legal cases might impact their fantasy outlooks
- What can we realistically expect from Tyler Warren's rookie year?
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Jonnu Smith Trade Impact on Miami
13:25 - Jonnu Smith Trade Impact on Pittsburgh
16:07 - Rashee Rice Faces “No Limitations”
19:01 - Andy Reid Open to Resting Travis Kelce
21:37 - Tyler Warren Sees Plenty of Action in Colts Practices
25:45 - Travis Hunter Loading Up on Offensive Workload
29:35 - Jordan Addison Trial Date Set
30:53 - Christian Watson Back Running After January ACL Tear
33:06 - MarShawn Lloyd Easing Back From Injury-Marred Rookie Season
34:47 - Giants Offseason Quarterback Rotations
36:19 - Jahmyr Gibbs
40:32 - George Kittle
42:33 - Tetairoa McMillan
44:04 - Jaguars RBs (Etienne, Tuten, Bigsby)
46:50 - David Njoku
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 879 of the official Establish the Run.com podcast. |
| 0:06.8 | My name is Adam Levittan. |
| 0:07.9 | I am one of the co-founders here at ETR. |
| 0:10.1 | Join by fellow co-founder Evan Silva, an NFL training camp, is just two weeks away. |
| 0:16.2 | We are nearing peak fantasy football season. |
| 0:20.3 | Almost makes you feel happy to be alive. |
| 0:22.4 | Evan, how's it going today? |
| 0:23.9 | It's going great. |
| 0:24.9 | Got a new top 150 out is, it's pretty similar to the one in May, but there have been some |
| 0:30.9 | significant changes, and we'll be going over all those, plus all the news and notes lately. |
| 0:36.3 | On today's show, as Evan said, we're going to discuss some of the latest rankings changes that he has made to his top 150. |
| 0:42.5 | Plus, we will give our reactions to the latest trades and news around the league. |
| 0:48.2 | Reminder, it is now after July 4th, aka time to get serious about your fantasy league. |
| 0:52.9 | Our draft kit pro is just 4999, includes Silva's top 150 ranks, |
| 0:57.2 | all of our rankings for all formats and the context you need to get ready for your draft. |
| 1:01.1 | Plus, in during the season, Waverwire, Thorman's rankings, |
| 1:05.9 | rest of season top 150, and tons more during the season. |
| 1:09.2 | For details, head to the subscribe tab on Establish the Run.com. |
| 1:15.5 | All right, let's get into it here. |
| 1:16.7 | Going to start with some news to catch up on. |
| 1:19.4 | First big one, Evan, was this Johnny Smith trade. |
| 1:22.1 | Basically, Dolphins send Janu and Jalen Ramsey |
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