Why Jordan Mason's early ADP is too low
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Consensus ranking right now is 37, which is actually higher uh than when I wrote the article when he was running back 40.
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Um, that's a, it's a big gap between him and Aaron Jones at running back 22.
And look, I think like Jones should be ranked higher, but I wonder if that gap needs to be tighter, Andy, because like Jordan Mason last year, weeks 1 to 7, was second in the NFL and rushing yards behind only Derrick Henry.
And I think when you look at why they went out to get Jordan Mason.
Uh, the Minnesota Vikings did because this has been a very zone heavy run game.
It's been kind of a one note rushing game, uh, under Kevin O'Connell's tenure there.
And it started off pretty well with Aaron Jones last year, but then of course it faded with injuries.
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And you look what they did in the offseason, they added a bunch of beef.
Ryan Kelly, Will Fries, Donovan Jackson, fixed the interior that.
Offensive line and Jordan Mason last year at 5.95 yards per carry on gap scheme runs.
I kind of think Jordan Mason might be key to the what seems like the desired evolution of the run game here in Minnesota.
So, again, he's somebody that depending on like training camp usage and stuff like that, I could certainly see coming up from his current consensus rank.
Yeah, this is one where I think you've just kind of exposed a problem in the ranks, uh, and, and he's, he's, he's a near lock to come up, um, because people are going to remember that Jordan Mason for like a month and a half was, was the absolute right answer in fantasy, and you were, you know, until he, until the point that his injury hit, um, like he, he was a weak winner for you and and he was somebody who was going to be able to ride a great situation.
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And pretty significant talent to to an absolutely huge season, like he was gonna cruise to, I don't know, 1300 rushing yards, something like that.
He looked awesome.
Um, and there were, there were more touchdowns ahead for him as well.
So like he looked great in in there should absolutely not be whatever the whatever the gap is in the ranks between Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason is right now.
It it shouldn't be like that.
Like Aaron Jones is a very valuable player and he's one of the best like.
It's like a, like a legit route running, kind of, kind of running back too.
I think he's a really gifted receiver and we're gonna, we're gonna see that role for him throughout the year.
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But man, Jordan Mason is a really good compliment and there's no way that Jordan Mason is, is simply viewed as a straight backup, right, or somebody that they're only going to give 68 touches to.
Jordan Mason's really good.
He proved it.
Um, and he should probably be, I don't know, for 40% of the snaps and a whole bunch of touches, um, so yeah, I, I think this one gets corrected as the, as the draft season moves along.
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