Would You Rather: Derrick Henry v Travis Etienne

all right let's get to our would you rather would you ra poke a stick up in your a bag of sit up on a PPP throw it on her dick I said I would you rather all right now we're at our would you rather Frankie we've got two guys here this is tough man this is a very difficult would you rather I almost hesitated doing it because it's re I it's really difficult to figure out which guy to take here but these guys are literally backto back they're right there in the second round waiting for you we've got Derek Henry and Travis etn Derk Henry of the Baltimore rat birds the Ravens Travis etn of the Jacksonville Jaguars all right Frankie King Henry break him down for us let's talk about it King Henry the 10th baby he is running back nine he is ADP is 18 so what does that mean you're going to need to take him in the first first two maybe three rounds depending on your particular League guys what he has done is looking at stats when we look at last year again it is a King Henry kind of year 243 fantasy points and that of half PPR what does that mean he averaged 14 points a game just about and so then you look at okay well what is his hard stats hard stats meaning rushing yards Etc over 1100 yards rushing 12 touchdowns 36 targets 28 reception cions 214 yard receiving dude was a freaking stud once again man now John we got to break this down even further because just by looking at Stats with King Henry we got to really start diving in and the first thing that comes to mind for me man is the strength of schedule what does this look like when you're comparing him to another top tier caliber running back the Baltimore Ravens end up having the fourth hardest schedule based on Vegas forecasted win totals so they have the fourth hardest schedule in the NFL um this this year so what does that mean what are some pros and cons for that then of King Henry well the biggest Pro there is is he's no longer playing with tanah Hill he's no longer playing with Will Levis John he is playing with two-time MVP Lamar Jackson Who by the way just so happened to run for 800 yards last year what's also interesting is the Ravens had um last year they had the most rushing yards of any particular team in the NFL last year and if you remember who was their top running back it was Gus Edwards man and so when you're layering on King Henry and swapping him for Gus Edwards that's like I mean do you want five guys or do you want a steak dinner filet from you know Marble Room in Cleveland right so completely different tears here man so then we layer it you know Break Down The Onion even further here he's going to to a way better offensive line unit man last year the Titans offensive line was terrible absolutely pathetic and so now you're going to an offensive line again to where they already had the number one rushing team in the NFL in addition man Derrick Henry still led the league with the most rushing attempts how crazy is that led the league with the most rushing attempts and over the last six years he's never had less than double digigit touchdowns here's what's crazy the last 6 years never less than double- digit touchdowns that includes his eight game season in 2021 where he got hurt he still had 10 touchdowns John what this dude is doing is nothing short of incredible um what he's done for the Titans and now he's going to be able to bring that to that of the Ravens okay cool what's a con for him then well the biggest con that I can see man is number one Lamar as much as I said that that is a pro it could slightly a con and I say that because Lamar is a rushing quarterback could certainly take some of those rushing attempts whether it's around the goal line or even the in short yardage formats Lamar does really well because he's so Shifty the other key call out is the defenses that Derrick Henry played against when he was with the Titans much different caliber than that of the AFC North AFC North though they ended up having two top 10 defenses last year and then in addition already looking at that of 2020 4 the Browns are projected number one and the Steelers are projected in the top eight so now King Henry is going to have to play four games against projected top 10 defenses that are already within their division so that is yeah it's a little bit rough but overall man man am I a big fan of King Henry he's a stud man I mean it's it's a new face in a new place it's always a risk when an aging running back goes to a new team always but man I've been calling for the end of Derrik Henry for like three years now man and it just hasn't happened I mean the guy played every single game last year he didn't miss a single game he had 12 touchdown he had a stretch week 12 13 and 14 three games in a row with double touchdowns two touchdowns in each of those three games in a row yeah I mean the one thing I'm concerned about are the touchdowns absolutely because Lamar Jackson um you know does get a lot of touchdowns does run the ball a lot inside the 10 but maybe he won't as much because they have Derrick Henry then they can keep hands off of Lamar Jackson which I think needs to happen as much as possible so I love it I love the spot he's in I love the team he's on I love his competition which isn't much Keaton Mitchell it's kind of a home run guy very much like a tshi Spears type running back injury coming off an ACL injury yeah um and then you've got some of the other you know common names that we've seen in that backfield for quite a while but nothing that's going to take a lot of volume away from Derrick Henry there so yeah they're going to be in a scoring position much more often than what we've seen Derrick Henry so maybe his yards go down but his touchdowns go up because they're just in scoring position much more so it's really interesting I mean all of these things I think are very very good things for Derrick Henry so I love him I'm all over him this year all right who's uh who are we comparing him to here Frankie John it's Travis Edan as you mentioned earlier on guys the in Johnny you hit it the nail on the head they are being drafted right next to each other it is's Travis etn is running back eight and his ADP is 17 right Derrick henway was running back nine his ADP is that of 18 so literally right next to each other so what did Travis etn do well Travis etn ended up being a top five fantasy football running back last year absolutely amazing man ended up having 258 fantasy points and a half PPR he's averaged just about around 15 points a game and he ended up having 1,8 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns but if you are in a half PPR PPR come here get a little closer he ended up having 73 targets he had 58 receptions 476 yards receiving and one touchdown let me repeat that 73 targets as a running back you never see that outside of CMC so and maybe Alvin Kamar in his hey day and oh how about this maybe a Matt Forte bringing that way back but yes man so really really Sol and have PPR PPR so let's talk about the strength of schedule right the rat birds have the fourth hardest what are we looking at for the Jags well the Jags have the 14th easiest right so they're kind of in the middle of the pack there and again this is based on Vegas forecasted win totals so it's really really positive right because you're not having to play a lot of these top tier defenses multiple times so what are some additional pros this is really fascinating John in 2022 Travis etn ended up averaging 5.1 yards a carry in college he ended up averaging in total 7.2 yards a carry last year he averaged 3.8 yards a carry due to a terrible line and still performed the way he performed that is why I'm saying this is a pro what we have seen hisor Al from Travis etn has been nothing short of magical in terms of his yards per carry last year wasn't even four yards and he still was dominant really nice the other is massive upside with Target share guys he ended up having 73 targets with Calvin Ridley with Z Jones with Christian Kirk right a lot Evan Ingram you name it right he's been there and now with Calvin Ridley gone now is z Jones gone and and you bring in a rookie receiver and Gabe Davis we know Gabe Davis's thing he's a boom bus guy he's not going to get a lot of receptions his a DOT is his key so then you're going to say okay well is the is the reception or Target Monster going to be a rookie highly doubt it highly doubt it not knocking Brian Thomas Jr love the dude totally should draft him if you get the opportunity but it's not a possession kind of receiver and so then you start looking at okay so now there's vacated targets all over the place I think that only bodess wealth for Travis etn and in addition John as I mentioned the offensive line is continuing to improve there's a lot of continuity here they struggled last year They're bringing back just about everybody and everything from the preseason perspective so far Doug Peterson has been really really high on this offensive line good to hear what are some of the cons what do I need to be worried about with Travis etn well the Jags have talked a lot this offseason about getting Tank bsby more involved so whether that's lessening the load of of Travis citan or whether that is actually putting tank bsby in more of a goal line format we have yet to be seen that could also be coaches speak who knows but I do know watching tanks Big B in college at Auburn the dude was a freaking stud and so now that is something that o do we need to be a little bit worried about something we might want to pay attention to also huge call out John etn sold 22 roughly about 22 touches a game G and about 106 total yards a game through weeks 1 through eight amazing incredible the issue is and that's by the way he ended up being running back four the issue is it dipped significantly in games right 9 through 16 and so he ended up having John it dipped down to 16 touches a game and actually 70 total yards a game which equates to running back 22 so then you kind of pull yourself out of this and what do those numbers mean that means he was really solid in the beginning when he had fresh legs towards the back half of the season when he started getting a little bit tired banged up right the season starts getting to you Tad he dropped to running back 22 so totally things to keep in keep in mind and just to list them out so I actually went back two years John just to validate what this looks like in 2022 when we look at Weeks 13 through 15 he was ranked running back 38 running back 44 running back 22 running back 15 why did I say weeks third or excuse me 13 through 16 not 13 through 15 13 through 16 because that is the fantasy playoffs that is the Super Bowl so now you're seeing him taper down what did he do last year that was in 2022 what did you do last year running back 12 running back 15 running back 30 and running back 48 that is not making me warm and fuzzy inside when you start seeing your your second round draft pick right now being tapered down significantly in the back half of of the Year toward your playoff so John all in all I love both of these guys but for me man it's it's it's easy when we start breaking this down I get Travis etn was a top five running back last year hats off to you I get that uh Derek Henry is King Henry and will always be for me man I am going with Derrik Henry going with the upside of an offensive line that already had the most rushing yards last year they're adding a significant piece in King Henry that is totally different than that of Gus Edwards and King Henry gets stronger throughout the year so when you're going into your playoffs and you're going down the stretch and the weather gets cold and it gets really tight and things like that you know you can Ling on that lean on that of Derrick Henry towards your potential Fantasy Playoff and hopefully what would be your Super Bowl what are your thoughts man it's a really tough one for me I was actually looking at their Playoff schedules and yeah I mean they're both they're both about the same year yeah I mean looking at and even looking at Travis etn these guys are so similar in stats and everything believe it or not and situation even though they're very different players but I mean Travis etn played every single game as well last year 11 touchdowns to Derrick Henry's 12 actually had 12 touchdowns if you count the uh the uh receiving touchdown the receiving touchdown yeah uh also had three games in a row with two touchdowns exactly like Derrick Henry did so it's really interesting I think mine is going to be contingent I think in a standard League non PPR I'm taking Derrick Henry and I'm not even thinking twice about it it's not even close in my mind but in a PPR full PPR I'm absolutely taking Travis etn I will switch based on the format and that's something you guys really need to pay attention to what about half half PPR come on put your stamp on it Johnny man come on I um I I think I would much rather anchor my team with a Travis etn okay if we're talking about yeah if we're talking about a half Point PPR and I'm staring at you know this is going to be probably my rb1 I I go very heavy typically in these drafts with running or receivers in the first round or two so this likely to be my my running back one um I'm just going to take a little bit more you I'm going to take a little bit more in the passing game um even though I think Derrick Henry is going to have an excellent season and I do love him but I do steer more towards Travis etn and a half point or full point PPR in a standard League I'm taking Derrick Henry love it