News broke Tuesday that the New Orleans Saints and running back Latavius Murray are parting ways. That move has rookie Tony Jones Jr. landing in the No. 2 spot on the team’s running back depth chart. If you’ve been following the FantasyPros Football Podcast, you’ll know that our own Kyle Yates has been on this for the past few weeks, steadily moving Jones up his draft rankings. With the official move, Yates is back to provide his fantasy football impact of Murray’s release and Jones Jr. stepping into the No. 2 role.
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It’s not every year that we have a player like James Robinson emerge out of nowhere. This year, it seems like we’re trending towards Jones being the type of player that could truly break out and be a consistent fantasy contributor all season long. Jones has taken advantage of his opportunity in New Orleans throughout the pre-season and training camp and Sean Payton has talked about potentially having him as his RB2 heading into this season behind Kamara. With the release of Latavius Murray, that appears likely. If that’s the case, Jones is a screaming value in drafts right now, and he’s worth taking a shot on in your drafts late or off the waiver wire to see if he can get this job and run with it.
Kyle Yates’s Updated Fantasy Football Rankings for Tony Jones Jr.: RB43 in half-PPR formats
Check out Yates’s full updated draft rankings
Players Yates would drop in order to add Jones Jr include:
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