2026 Preseason Rookie News: The Players You Need to Know

Well, we had our first incident, guys, where a rookie running back who we were hopeful would go to a team with opportunity becomes the backup.

He might get to play.

Well, I was at a baseball tournament when I got the Genty news and I almost fell to the ground screaming.

And then I saw Jacob immediately post on Thinkique about thinking it.

I went, "Oh no, it's real.

The news is real," uh, before I got to check.

And I wondered why I already had four trade offers when I checked my sleeper account that involved Mike Washington.

And that led me to think, and now we've got the Ken Walker news that came today.

We're recording this on the 25th.

That's the Tuesday.

So when you're hearing this, it'll be the 26th or later.

We get to talk about Emmett Johnson in this regard as well.

I'm of the belief that you need to acquire these guys before the injury happens.

When they happen, the player that has drafted these guys or traded for these guys, this is what they were waiting for the whole time.

I went and checked the ADP.

Mike Washington was, ended up going and is going in the third round.

And now you're getting trade offers that require 27 seconds, which were held in higher regard than 26 seconds.

So guys, let's talk about how you're approaching these guys, how you would approach them moving forward.

Uh, because while the one scare is, it is just a scare, we don't know what's gonna happen in the future.

So Jacob, I'll kick to you.

Mike Washington, Emmett Johnson, kinda how do you approach this?

So I, I wanna split up the specific and the general a little bit.

So on the specific point, you know, it was a whirlwind on Sunday.

It, it felt for a few hours that the most likely scenario was that Ashton Genty had potentially suffered like a multi-ligament tear that would end his season and put his career in jeopardy based on the way that the injury was described.

And then we get the notification a few hours later that night that, okay, it's just a sprained ankle.