👀 Joe Burrow, Christian McCaffrey & Malik Nabers: Brand Names To Avoid

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**Daniel Dopp** (0:30)
All right, we're going to pivot to the running back position, and maybe we're going to slander the best running back of the last decade in Fantasy Football a little bit. Why not?

**Liz Loza** (0:38)
Hey, I'm Liz Loza. This is Facts Versus Feelings, and today's fact is that the label shouldn't cost more than the product.
Daniel Dopp, in your cozy little box. Welcome back. It's so good to see you again. Hello, Liz Loza.

**Daniel Dopp** (0:54)
Thank you so much for having me back. You're on vacation for like two weeks. It was unbelievably boring here.

**Liz Loza** (1:01)
I was not on vacation two weeks. I was on vacation six days. Thank you very much.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:06)
Well, it's been forever since I've seen your face, and don't ever do that to me again. It was far too long. That's all I'm saying.

**Liz Loza** (1:12)
Okay. You and our bosses think the exact same way. You're right. But totally fine. Yes, I got a tan. I drank a lot of rum. That should make for some excellent fantasy takes because I am fully refreshed and maybe still a little tipsy.

**Daniel Dopp** (1:24)
Let's get into it then, because our bosses do want to talk about a little bit of fantasy here.
We are going to talk about a bunch of brand name players. We are going to let our league mates draft instead of us. I'm going to start in Cincinnati with Joe Burrow, Joey B. Remember in that quarterback episode where we watched his dad tuck his son's jersey into his jeans, and how it's just like the most endearing thing in the world. That made me fall in love with Joe Burrow in general, but we're talking fantasy. 2026, Liz, how are you feeling about Joey B here this year?

**Liz Loza** (1:56)
I mean, I don't know how anyone doesn't love Joey B. To your point, his dad's jersey jean tuck, chef's kiss in terms of a sweet dad move. We love it. We love the ice water that runs through his veins. We also, some of us love watching him smoke a stogie in the locker room. That didn't hurt anything. But most of all, we adore the fact, we revere the fact that he is such an elite passer. I mean, he has been a top 10 fantasy producer at the position in three of his last five seasons.
But he's also had some tough injury luck, right? Like part of that is due to an aggressive playing style, and we dig that. But also, largely, he's missed time because of really porous offensive line play. I mean, Joe Burrow has managed three seasons, just three seasons with over 10 games played. Meanwhile, he's also had three with 10 or fewer games played. So, there is a lot of optimism in Cincinnati that this offensive line will be better in 2026 with all five of the starters returning.
But that's quite a gamble given everything we've seen from the past. And also, this I think is the most key part. Burrow doesn't really offer a lot of rushing upside, so he's going to need to have a meteoric season via his arm to get you the stats necessary. For context, Burrow has recorded exactly 330 total rushing yards over the past three seasons combined. Twelve quarterbacks did that last season alone, and 12 of the top 15 quarterbacks last season scored over 16% of their fantasy points on the ground. Burrow, meanwhile, only 3% of his fantasy production came via his rushing totals. So that just shows you how much he's going to have to do as a passer alone to pay off his ADP, which is currently in the sixth round and at a position that is so deep.

**Daniel Dopp** (3:54)
Yeah, it's really tough for me to want him to run the ball more, too. Given that injury history that you talk about, Liz, I want him to be on the field throwing the ball healthy as much as possible. So I want to ask you this, then.
It kind of sounds like you might be out on drafting Joey B this year. Let's say that you are. Would you rather target a quarterback in the tier ahead of Joe Burrow or wait a little bit and target a quarterback in the tier after him?