Rankings Changes: Dalvin Cook is a Jet, Zeke Elliott is a Patriot + Preseason Week 1 Takeaways (Episode 603 with Evan Silva and Adam Levitan)
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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Adam Levitan and Evan Silva break down the Dalvin Cook and Ezekiel Elliott signings, plus Evan's latest changes to his Top-150 Rankings.
In this episode, we discuss:
Impact of Dalvin and Zeke signing
What to expect from J.K. Dobbins
Can Anthony Richardson break fantasy?
Herbert the back you want in Chicago?
What to make of WAS & SEA backfields
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Timestamps:
(3:06) - Ezekiel Elliott signs with New England
(7:39) - Dalvin Cook signs with the Jets
(13:06) - Dolphins avoid adding to backfield
(15:02) - Tony Pollard owns the Cowboys' backfield
(16:23) - J.K. Dobbins returns to Ravens practice
(18:26) - Anthony Richardson confirmed as Colts starter
(21:12) - Zach Ertz on pace for Week 1
(22:49) - Has Zay Jones overtaken Christian Kirk in Jacksonville?
(25:23) - Is Tank Bigsby set to be the Jags' goal-line back?
(26:40) - Greg Dulcich stuck behind Adam Trautman?
(28:26) - Samaje Perine sees bellcow role in Javonte Williams’ absence
(29:02) - Figuring out the Chiefs' WR mess
(31:14) - Khalil Herbert sees all first-team snaps in Chicago
(33:05) - Buffalo’s 11.5 personnel package
(35:00) - Luke Musgrave takes clear lead in Green Bay TE room
(35:55) - Explaining why A.J. Dillon fell in the Top 150
(37:05) - Is everyone sleeping on Allen Robinson?
(38:12) - Robinson & Gibson split time in Washington
(39:08) - Deshaun Watson’s rushing upside on display in Cleveland
(40:38) - Rondale Moore doesn’t start in 2-WR sets for Cardinals
(42:25) - Jonathan Taylor’s outlook in Indianapolis
(43:21) - Kenneth Walker & Zach Charbonnet both healthy in Seattle
(45:39) - Keenan Allen moves to playing on the outside
(47:53) - Tank Dell’s ADP surges following strong preseason performance
(48:59) - Jerome Ford pulls hamstring, set to miss time
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 603 of the official EstablishTheRun.com podcast. |
| 0:19.9 | My name is Adam Levitton. |
| 0:20.9 | As always joined by Evan Silva, we are the co-founders here at ETR and the Dominoes. |
| 0:25.4 | They are falling. |
| 0:27.1 | Preseason week one is in the books. |
| 0:29.3 | This phase of training camp is over and we got two very big running backs signings this |
| 0:36.3 | week as well. |
| 0:37.4 | The rankings, they are changing. |
| 0:39.8 | Evan, how's it going today? |
| 0:42.2 | Going great. |
| 0:43.2 | This is Tuesday, early afternoon, made a ton of rankings changes over the past couple |
| 0:49.9 | days. |
| 0:50.9 | We have actual data to work with from the first week of preseason. |
| 0:56.4 | We'll hear people say all the time, preseason doesn't matter, blah, blah, blah. |
| 1:02.8 | We don't think that the performance of players in preseason matters very much at all. |
| 1:08.4 | What does matter is where dudes are on the depth chart and it gives us hints as to what |
| 1:17.0 | is going on in practice, where guys are in terms of their competitions and dudes will |
| 1:25.4 | change their placement on the depth charts as preseason progresses and our job is to monitor |
| 1:32.3 | all those changes and have them be reflected in our rankings and we also have to use a lot |
| 1:38.1 | of field. |
| 1:39.1 | Look, we need an item doing this for a decade and a half at this point and no one covers |
| 1:47.4 | the preseason as in depth as Adam Levitton. |
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