Pete Sweeney’s latest podcast dives into the Chiefs running back. NFL.com’s Michael Fabiano joins the show to talk about the Chiefs running back situation from a fantasy perspective, the director of football operations from Kareem Hunt’s college joins to talk about him and Buffalo Rumblings’ Jeff Hunter is on to talk CJ Spiller.
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4:10 – Pete welcomes NFL.com senior fantasy analyst Michael Fabiano on to the show
4:40 – Fabiano breaks down what he sees, fantasy-wise, in the Chiefs’ running back situation
6:15 – Pete asks Fabiano why Charcandrick West has been left off most fantasy lists
7:18 – Fabiano says there’s “no question” Kareem Hunt has a chance to unseat Spencer Ware as the starting running back by year’s end
8:25 - Fabiano breaks down fantasy value between Spencer Ware and Kareem Hunt
11:40 – Fabiano explains why it’s so tough to make projections, particularly this season
13:55 – Fabiano says that he wouldn’t touch C.J. Spiller in a fantasy draft with a 99 ½ foot pole
15:46 – Andrew Terwilliger, Toledo’s director of football operations who spent all four years with Kareem Hunt in college, joins the program
16:39 – Terwilliger explains his close relationship with Hunt
17:32 – Pete asks Terwilliger to tell him something about Hunt that most fans don’t know
18:14 – “Kareem Hunt could have been running the football, in my opinion, for any college team in the country.”
19:00 – Terwilliger explains what Hunt was like in the classroom
20:39 – Terwilliger answers what he believed changed for Hunt as far as gaining more receptions as a senior
21:00 – Terwilliger tells a story about a fascinating one-handed catch
22:08 – “I don’t have a ton to go off of, but he’s the best [college football player] I’ve been around.”
24:30 – SB Nation’s Buffalo Rumblings (Bills) editor Jeff Hunter joins the program to discuss C.J. Spiller
25:33 – Hunter discusses what you could expect in a truly healthy C.J. Spiller at his peak
27:12 – Hunter suggests the Bills’ coaching staff switch may have led to Spiller’s decline
28:40 – Pete asks Hunter whether a Spiller resurgence is possible
32:15 – Pete shares his final thoughts on the running back situation