Is Texans' Woody Marks a sneaky late-round steal in PPR?
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This is wild.
I just, I don't get it.
I have been preaching and pounding the table for Woody Marks since the pre-draft process.
You're talking about one of the best, if not the best, pass-catching running backs from this 25 draft class.
He played five years in college, breaking out his final season at USC with over 1000 yards on the ground, and 260-plus career receptions out of the backfield.
Two hundred sixty.
He's a running back with 260 receptions, and then the Texans, when they could have drafted a litany of running backs, they said, man, we're gonna trade a 26th pick, move up in the 4th round, and we're taking this guy.
That's step one.
Step two, this Texas offensive line is a damn mess.
They're rebuilding the offensive line.
Keyon Green's gone.
Laremy Tunsil is gone.
Their second-round pick from last year is not performing well at right tackle.
They've got Antte Esserry out there on the right right tackle side.
And then you got two rookie wide receivers, Christian Kirk and Nico Collins.
Nick Chubb, no timetable for, uh, Joe Nixon, no timetable for return.
Nick Chubb, I love his game.
One of the best to do it during this time.
The reports are not glowing about Nick Chubb's ability to hit the second level, and he's never, Matt, he's never been a pass-catching weapon for any team that he's played on.
This is a game.
Again, almost in a weird roundabout way that we talked about Ricky Pearce, by process of elimination, Woody Marks is going to factor into this offense on a team where the offensive line is sketchy, probably a lot of dump-offs from CJ Stroud.
We know he was running around for his life last season.
The best thing for Houston is for Nixon to get healthy, but if he's not, Woody Marks, four-minute offense, two-minute drill, passing down situations, and he's not a scrub between the tackles.
He's no he's no Nick Chubb, he's no Joe Mixon, and he's never going to be a bell-cow rusher.
But Matt, you know, like I know as well as our audience knows that target is worth a lot more than a rush attempt, and this guy is very proficient at doing that.
76 running backs ahead of Woody Marks, like, stop it, stop it.
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