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The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

Rewind: Positional Value Is Not a Crock

The Late-Round Fantasy Football Podcast

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Fantasy Sports, Football, Sports

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Late-Round Podcast rewind, JJ reminds everyone that Dave Gettleman's famous quote about positional value being unimportant couldn't have been more wrong.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up everyone, it's JJ with another Late Round Podcast rewind.

0:04.0

Today shows from two years ago and it's actually one of my favorite late round podcast episodes of all time.

0:09.0

Because it's sort of just one giant rant.

0:12.0

After New York took Sequan Barkley with his second overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft,

0:17.0

Giants GM Dave Gettelman said to the world that positional value was a crock,

0:23.0

which is absolutely absurd.

0:25.0

So I broke down why Gettelman was wrong and why he's still wrong on a show from two years ago

0:29.0

and forced within the discussion, I related back to fantasy football,

0:32.0

because that's what we all care about the most within the context of football of course.

0:36.0

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy the rewind and I'll talk to you on Friday with this week's Mailbag episode.

0:41.0

Today of Gettelman, the devaluation of running backs is quote, a crock.

0:48.0

I think a lot of that stuff is nonsense.

0:50.0

I think it's someone who had decided to get into the analytics of it and went through whatever.

0:55.0

At the end of the day, a great player is a great player.

0:58.0

No guys, really, that's not a quote that I pulled from my Twitter mentions.

1:01.0

That's a quote from an actual NFL general manager.

1:04.0

And that general manager selected a running back with a second overall pick in this year's draft.

1:09.0

Now, I needed to be known that I love Sequan Barkley, that running back who was selected second overall

1:14.0

by the Giants on Thursday night.

1:16.0

I think Barkley is the best running back prospect that we've seen in probably over a decade and a half.

1:20.0

And sometimes it's difficult to understand how I can say that I love Sequan Barkley

1:24.0

and yet I can't fathom taking him with a top pick in the NFL draft.

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