Jordan James

We've been talking up Kaylen Black all motherfreaking off-season.

Kaylen Black and Jordan James having the combination, probably one of if not the best handcuff situation in fantasy football 2026.

But also, one of the best standalone values, just like our Jordan, Mason, and Garendo, uh, secret weapon move we did a couple years back.

And we said, "This is rinse and repeat.

Kaylen Black and Jordan James are gonna win leagues." Now, there's, there's still some positives for Christian McCaffrey.

He still had 35 snaps, he still had 22 routes, he still had 10 third down snaps, he had five short yardage snaps, and four, uh, snaps inside the 10-yard line.

So it...

He looked strong.

They're gonna move, you know? The needle's gonna move.

Like, one week goes by where Bower- or AJ Brown's been out one of the six weeks or one of the four weeks, then all of a sudden he's got different value, you know? Or, or the case of Kaylen Black drafted, um, we like Jordan James, but we've liked Kaylen Black nearly the entire off-season.

But there may have been a show he was watching that he happened to call in on, where we're like, "Why'd they draft..." Like, I think maybe right after the draft, "Why'd they draft another running back? They have Jordan James.

They, they keep ruining Garendo." We were upset about, you know, that they took Stribling too early, even though we like him.

They...

They trust him.

I think they trust Jordan James, too, to be honest.

But yeah, they're going to offset the fact that Christian had 450, 450 plus touches if you mix in the playoff games.

So that's a ton of touches.

They trust him.

I think they trust Jordan James, too, to be honest.

But, yeah, they're going to offset the fact that Christian had 450.

450-plus touches if you mix in the playoff games.

That guy's going to get some carries.

We didn't even see Jordan James.

Jordan James.

Nope.

Didn't need it.

And I think he is the, you know, the Niners have three and a half running backs.

Debo is the half.

And I think he might be more of a whole running back than Jordan James becomes.

Alfred Collins and C.J. West are Their preseason play, particularly Alfred Collins, for a lot of people has left a lot to be desired.

Where's that pressure going to come from? Oso Digazoo is that dude, but can they get pressure off the edge? Can they even set the edge? Do they have enough defensive tackle help? You know, the Niners, their undrafted free agent, James Thompson Jr., he made the squad impressed a lot in camp.

That says a lot about him at defensive tackle.

I don't know if that says a lot about the Niners as a whole at defensive tackle.

You cut a veteran offensive interior lineman, then kept Carver Willis and Connor Colby.

And you're still looking for inside help? That tells me everything.

The strongest room, like you said, running back, Christian McCaffrey, Jordan James, Kalon Black.

That's real depth.

He's the third rounder.

Jordan James didn't play yesterday, but he's going to be another one that will get carries, too.

But, like, bro, we lined up and just ran the ball, too.

Look at the 49ers, man.

We talked all training camp.

about what, you know, is it Kalon Black? Is it Jordan James? Who's going to win that kind of second spot on the depth chart? And we talked about when you're the number two running back, you're not waiting for the running back to get hurt.

Like, you're going to get run.

Like, you're going to be a part of the game plan.