Which RBs Will Break Out And Which Will Fail In 2023 (Episode 594 with Dwain McFarland, Evan Silva, and Adam Levitan)
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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Adam Levitan and Evan Silva sit down with Dwain McFarland of Fantasy Life to talk about RBs ahead of the 2023 season. They attempt to identify breakout backs and backs that could disappoint this season.
In this episode, we discuss:
Nick Chubb set to smash?
Time to panic on Rhamondre?
Injury update on Walker/Charbonnet
How to handle DET's backfield
James Cook a three-down back?
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Timestamps:
(4:28) - Nick Chubb
(9:00) - Tony Pollard
(12:59) - Rhamondre Stevenson
(18:07) - Travis Etienne
(21:32) - Najee Harris
(25:19) - Joe Mixon
(29:21) - Kenneth Walker & Zach Charbonnet
(34:07) - Alexander Mattison
(39:52) - Cam Akers
(44:02) - Dameon Pierce
(48:41) - Jahmyr Gibbs & David Montgomery
(52:19) - James Cook
(55:45) - Isiah Pacheco
(58:46) - Brian Robinson & Antonio Gibson
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, though, and welcome to episode 594 of the official established the run.com podcast. |
| 0:21.9 | My name is Adam Levitan. |
| 0:22.9 | As always joined by Evan Silva today, we have a very, very special guest. |
| 0:28.1 | This is an old, old friend of the show. |
| 0:30.5 | You may remember him from his time working with us here at ETR. |
| 0:34.7 | You perhaps know him from Pro Football Focus. |
| 0:37.3 | You perhaps know him from his current home at fantasylife.com. |
| 0:41.6 | It is the utilization king himself, Dwayne McFarlane. |
| 0:45.7 | Dwayne, how's it going, buddy? |
| 0:48.0 | Man, it is going great. |
| 0:50.8 | We've got training camps going. |
| 0:52.1 | We're talking football. |
| 0:53.1 | I'm hanging out with you two guys like I couldn't ask for a better day, Levitan. |
| 0:56.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:57.5 | We did this episode last year. |
| 0:58.9 | I thought it was really helpful and came out really well. |
| 1:01.4 | Wanted to run it back. |
| 1:02.3 | Evan, how's it going today going really well? |
| 1:05.6 | It's going to be hanging out with one of the most intense in depth. |
| 1:09.0 | Fantasy analysts in the game Dwayne McFarlane. |
| 1:12.5 | I'm ready to get after it. |
| 1:14.2 | I want to take one second here to just throw at you guys a concept that I think is widely |
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