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Fantasy Football Today

The Best Running Backs in the NFL Draft (04/21 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Fantasy Football Today

CBS Sports

Football, Sports

4.68.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

CBSSports.com Draft Analyst Josh Edwards joins us to talk about his favorite running backs. Ken Walker or Breece Hall? How concerned should we be about Isaiah Spiller's speed? Are people sleeping on Florida's Dameon Pierce?

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0:55.6

Thank you for being here. Tell us about maybe your two favorite running backs.

0:59.1

If you were an NFL GM, who would be the top 200 draft board?

1:02.2

My top two would be Michigan State's Ken Walker, the third, as well as Breast Hall from Iowa State.

1:08.4

I think when you look at these two guys, Walker is actually a little bit like what we saw

1:13.0

from Javante Williams last year, who was my top rated running back coming out.

1:17.8

Not quite as good as in past protection, so he may not be on the field as much in third-down

1:22.8

situations, but a guy I really like in this draft class and then Breast Hall, you just

1:27.1

got to love his size and speed combination.

1:30.2

Is Walker, you mentioned the past protection, is he just the two-down guy?

1:34.3

Is he Damien Harris, basically, we can expect? He had 19 catches in three college seasons.

1:40.4

Can we just expect maybe one a game?

1:44.0

I think initially that's probably the safe bet. I think that's probably the best way to go

1:49.2

from a fantasy perspective. Now, people out of Michigan State think that he can catch the football,

1:54.4

so that's something that he might be able to show more of at the next level. Obviously,

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