DRBR: Detroit Lions

If you need me to use the DRBR to convince you to draft Jahmyr Gibbs, then we already have a big problem. You should be drafting Jahmyr Gibbs. Jahmyr Gibbs should be a top-three pick in fantasy football this year. Maybe you could argue top four — Saquon Barkley, you're going to throw in Ja'Marr Chase, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs. Those are really the four guys that should be in consideration over the course of those first four picks.

And the DRBR shows nothing but good things for Jahmyr Gibbs — the top score in the DRBR from last season. The numbers across the board in a volume sense — absolutely huge. The numbers when we take a look at what he does from an efficiency standpoint — absolutely amazing. These are the type of numbers that I mentioned along with Bijan Robinson back when we talked about him in his portion of the DRBR. Jahmyr Gibbs and Bijan Robinson are the two highest-upside running backs in all the NFL.

Saquon Barkley — if you go watch his DRBR, then you'll find out what I think about him as being the other top pick and why maybe his ceiling isn't as good as these guys, even if he gets all the volume that he had last year.

Jahmyr Gibbs — huge playmaker. He's going to get touches in the passing game. And his running to the outside — outside the tackles — with the way their wide receivers block? Yes. Losing some guys in the middle of that offensive line is not going to be great. But realistically, where Jahmyr Gibbs does his best running is not where that offensive line is going to have issues.

Now, if you want to use the DRBR to talk a little bit more about David Montgomery, that will make sense. David Montgomery still has a very solid DRBR score — over 60 in every efficiency category. Yards after contact: 67. Just missed out on that 70 mark, which is really what we like to see from running backs in terms of breaking tackles, running through guys — especially a guy like David Montgomery. And if he hadn't missed three games, there's a possibility that this number would have been a little bit higher, but he just missed Jahmyr Gibbs there.

Now, Jahmyr Gibbs is the better avoidance runner, right? Like, he's going to make people miss way more than David Montgomery. David Montgomery is going to run through guys. Jahmyr Gibbs is going to make them look silly while he runs around them. And even when the ball gets dumped off to him in the passing game from time to time — really, he's not that awful. He does a good job of picking up yards.

Now, where David Montgomery does his biggest amount of running is where the line is going to be an issue. And we'll talk about David Montgomery in other portions of the draft guide and in other videos as well. I am a little bit worried about the upside that we've seen from him. If he still scores touchdowns, he should be fine.

100 score for Jahmyr Gibbs. 94 for David Montgomery. David Montgomery — if he plays in those three games — probably scores 100 as well. Both of these guys are going to find the end zone. Jahmyr Gibbs has way more upside. David Montgomery should still have a really solid floor.