First Post-Super Bowl PPR Mock Draft Review! (02/12 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today: First Post-Super Bowl PPR Mock Draft Review!

Release Date: February 12, 2025
Host: Adam Aizer
Analysts: Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings
Guests: Thomas Schaefer, Joey Wright

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1. Introduction and Super Bowl Recap

[01:17] Host (Adam Aizer):
"Welcome to Fantasy Football Today, your go-to source for dominating your fantasy league."

The episode kicks off with a comprehensive post-Super Bowl analysis, reflecting on the performance of key teams and players. Adam and the analysts delve into the Philadelphia Eagles' dominant performance against the Kansas City Chiefs, highlighting standout players and pivotal moments from the game.

[03:32] Dave Richard:
"I think it's possible we’ll see the Chiefs and Eagles in contention for many years, setting up exciting future matchups."

Key highlights include:

• Jalen Hurts: Celebrated for his exceptional performance, earning the title of an elite quarterback.

  [04:06] Adam Aizer:
  "Jalen Hurts has continually produced and secured his position as an elite quarterback, finally silencing his critics."

• Nick Sirianni: Praised for maintaining a high winning percentage and leading the team to two Super Bowl appearances.

• Vic Fangio: Potentially joining the Chiefs as a coordinator, adding depth to their strategic prowess.

• Saquon Barkley: Finally securing a Super Bowl ring after years of fluctuating performances.

• Team Outlook:

  • Philadelphia Eagles: Commended for their all-around elite performance, especially their defense's ability to pressure opponents consistently.
  • Kansas City Chiefs: Despite the loss, the Chiefs are noted for having a young, promising core that could sustain their competitiveness.

Notable Quote:
[05:51] Heath Cummings:
"Best two rushing performances by a quarterback in Super Bowl history. 72 yards in this game. 71 yards in the first game, so he's been pretty consistent."

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2. First Post-Super Bowl PPR Mock Draft Review

The core of the episode centers around the first post-Super Bowl PPR mock draft for a 12-team league. The analysts and guests dissect each round, providing insights into their strategic choices and the potential impacts of their picks.

Round 1 Highlights

• 1st Overall: Jamar Chase selected by Dan Schneier.
• 2nd Overall: Bijan Robinson chosen by the host, Adam Aizer.
• 3rd Overall: CD Lamb taken by Heath Cummings, sparking a discussion on his rising fantasy value.

[07:27] Adam Aizer:
"CD Lamb came out as the number two wide receiver in my projections because I'm still scared of Saquon Barkley. I would have taken him at 4 or definitely by 5."

He emphasizes the rising reliability of Lamb, anticipating his full health next season, which could push him into the top two wide receivers in fantasy rankings.

Strategic Insights

• A.J. Brown Controversy:
  [09:17] Dave Richard:
  "A.J. Brown's average of almost 17 PPR points per game in 2024 doesn’t warrant his fifth overall pick compared to players like Justin Jefferson."

  The analysts debate the premature drafting of A.J. Brown over higher-upside receivers, with consensus leaning towards waiting for more consistent performers.

• Nico Collins Decision:
  [11:06] Thomas Schaefer:
  "I believe Nico Collins will get peppered more with the football, making him a valuable PPR asset despite the competition with Jameson Gibbs."

  Collins is highlighted as a strategic pick, banking on his potential to thrive in a revamped offensive scheme.

Round-by-Round Analysis

Each round is meticulously reviewed, with analysts discussing the merits and potential pitfalls of their selections.

Round 2-4

• Round 2: Emphasis on securing valuable wide receivers like Malik Neighbors and Brian Thomas Jr., positioning for depth over immediate high picks.

• Round 3:
  [23:03] Dave Richard:
  "All three running backs—Breece Hall, Chase Brown, and Bucky Irving—are top 12 fantasy running backs with strong potential if they maintain health and opportunity."

  The focus is on balancing risk and upside, particularly with Breece Hall’s potential resurgence.

• Round 4:
  [28:52] Dave Richard:
  "Alvin Kamara offers good value as a RB2 in full PPR formats, despite questions about touchdowns and usage."

  Kamara is discussed as a high-value pick given his receiving workload, though age and offensive line stability are points of concern.

Rounds 5-8

• Round 5:
  Chris Olave and Chris Godwin emerge as late-round wide receiver steals, with analysts predicting their continued high target shares.

• Round 6:
  Devonte Adams is targeted as a high-upside WR2, contingent on his landing with a competent quarterback.

• Rounds 7-8:
  The selection of veterans like Jalen Waddle and emerging talents like Devin Smith are evaluated for their potential breakout performances.

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3. Team Reviews and Final Thoughts

Towards the end of the episode, each participant reviews their drafted teams, discussing strengths, weaknesses, and potential trade targets.

• Dave Richard’s Team:
  Highlights include securing Jameer Gibbs early and addressing depth with Drake London and James Cook.
  [54:20] Dave Richard:
  "Gibbs in round one was strategic, knowing that Drake London would be a solid pick in round two."

• Adam Aizer’s Team:
  Focus on a balanced receiving corps with CD Lamb, Trey McBride, and Calvin Ridley, complemented by strong running backs like Chuba Hubbard and DeAndre Swift.
  [57:45] Adam Aizer:
  "Jaden Daniels in my projections tied with Lamar and Josh Allen makes him a strategic quarterback choice."

• Heath Cummings’ Team:
  Emphasizes elite quarterbacks and tight ends, with picks like Jaden Daniels and Trey McBride adding significant fantasy potential.
  [57:45] Heath Cummings:
  "Chuba Hubbard was surprising in the top 12, but if Jonathan Brooks is out, this is where he belongs."

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4. Final Recommendations and Conclusion

The analysts conclude with strategic recommendations for fantasy managers entering their drafts post-Super Bowl.

• Value Picks:
  Players like Nico Collins and Devonte Adams are highlighted as high-upside selections in the middle to late rounds.

• Avoiding Overvalued Players:
  Caution is advised against early-round selections of aging wide receivers like A.J. Brown and Tyreek Hill, emphasizing the importance of balance and depth.

[52:20] Adam Aizer:
"I like the David Najoku pick a lot. As long as the Browns find someone competent at quarterback, Najoku should be right behind George Kittle."

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Notable Quotes

• [04:06] Adam Aizer:
  "Jalen Hurts has continually produced and secured his position as an elite quarterback."

• [07:27] Adam Aizer:
  "CD Lamb came out as the number two wide receiver in my projections because I'm still scared of Saquon Barkley."

• [09:17] Dave Richard:
  "A.J. Brown's average of almost 17 PPR points per game in 2024 doesn’t warrant his fifth overall pick compared to players like Justin Jefferson."

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Conclusion

The episode serves as a comprehensive guide for fantasy football enthusiasts, providing detailed analysis of the first post-Super Bowl mock draft. With strategic insights, player evaluations, and team reviews, Adam Aizer and his panel equip listeners with the knowledge to make informed decisions and dominate their fantasy leagues in the upcoming season.

For the full draft results, visit CBSSports.com.

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Transcript

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Oh, we got a fun fantasy football today for you on Wednesday. It's fantasy football today presented by BETMGM on Jamie Eisenberg. That's Steve Cummings. That's Dave, Richard. As you can see, Adam Mazur is on his way to Philadelphia to celebrate the super bowl parade. So take a look for him on Friday. He'll be out there in his favorite green jersey celebrating his new favorite team. So this is our first show officially following the Super Bowl. We did a post super bowl wrap up but we didn't have Dave here. We did not obviously have Heath here. He was, I'm sure, avoiding us like the plague. But gentlemen, what were your thoughts on the Super Bowl? Because Adam and I have already shared our sentiments on the game and everything that unfolded. Uh, Keith, I'll let you collect your thoughts. So, Dave, when you, uh, when you watch that unfold. Uh, Eagles obviously dominating that performance. What were your. What were your takeaways? Football wise and fantasy wise?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I, I don't know if anybody really cares what I have to say. I think they want to hear from the Chiefs fan. But I, I was pretty upset that everything that I thought that was going to happen in the game absolutely did not happen in the game. Jalen Hurts was awesome and very much Super Bowl 55 vibes. With the Chief's offensive line completely not stepping up to the moment and the Eagles defense being great all game long, getting pressure. Everybody read about it. There's no blitz. I, I started thinking about it after the game and I posted something on X about it. They've got a nucleus of players that are all like 26 and younger that they can just. They'll be able to keep most of them long term. Some of them are already on extensions anyway. They've got a shot to build something really great in Philadelphia. Not saying that they're going to be my super bowl pick next year, but they've really set themselves on a. On a course to be very competitive for a long time, so.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Jump in.

[CBS Sports Host]

Heath.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Hold on. Any fantasy takeaways, Dave, for, For the, the Chiefs or Eagles, from the game itself? I mean, I mean, Xavier Worthy, big game. We'll talk about him during our draft and the whole.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Yeah, right. Like, I'll wait to talk about Worthy because he went super high in our draft. You're going to see the Chiefs have a new running back next year. I'm pretty confident in that. And they'll definitely address the offensive line. And Philadelphia, you know, maybe they draft a tight end to eventually take over for Goddard, but I'm telling you, they've got a crew in place right now that they can feel really, really good about.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

All right, Mr. Chief, take it away.

[CBS Sports Host]

I don't know how much of what I said yesterday on FFT Dynasty I should just repeat, but I know the audience is bigger here, so I think I can repeat most of it. I, I thought it was a fantastic redemption story for some of the most underrated stars in the NFL. Jalen Hurts has continually produced and won like an elite quarterback. And everybody has doubted whether he's an elite quarterback. Now he's got the ring. Now he's the guy who beat Mahomes and slayed the dragon in the playoffs. Jalen Hurts is an elite quarterback. Nick Sirianni has been talked about multiple seasons, about getting fired in the middle of the year, and he's got the highest winning percentage in the regular season of any active coach and has now been to two Super Bowls already. Nick Sirianni is a great head coach. Vic Fangio I like. I know that he kind of wanted to leave so he could be closer to his family, but he technically got fired from the Dolphins last year. Vic Fangio may join Spags as the coordinator in the hall of Fame tier. Just a masterful job by him, obviously. Saquon Barkley. Fantastic for him to get his ring after all those terrible years wandering in New York. I, I just thought the Eagles honestly one of the greatest super bowl performances that I can remember. They were elite across the board. The defense smothered Mahomes, never gave him a chance, destroyed the offensive line. Jalen hurts the second time, and Dan mentioned this on the show, second time that he's played in the super bowl and played the best game of his season. Like you're talking about stepping up in a big moment. He was incredible against the Chiefs in the first time they met in the super bowl and maybe even better in this one.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Best two rushing performances by a quarterback in Super bowl history. 72 yards in this game. 71 yards, I believe, in the first game, you know, so he's been pretty consistent in his super bowl appearances. As Dave alluded to, they may be visiting the super bowl many times in the near future or maybe for the significant future based on how Howie Roseman builds that team for Philadelphia. So I'm sure we'll see the Chiefs there again. I'm sure we'll see the Eagles there in contention again. 40 to 22, the Super bowl victory for the Philadelphia Eagles. And we'll talk about some of these guys throughout the course of today's show because we will be reviewing our first Post Super Bowl PPR mock draft. It was a 12 team mock draft that the three of us, Thomas Schaefer, Adam Azer, participated in. We also had a couple of guests joining us. Matt Donnelly of the Dynasty, Dynasty Vipers and Joey Wright of football. Guys. So you see on our programs in our drafts before they draft Latif quite a bit Joey drafts with us quite a bit Joey. I'm sure we'll jump on the stream at some point, maybe today as well. Maybe we can bring him in if he's on the stream also. And we'll get through some of these picks. So let's go through a few rounds here early. You'll see the draft board on YouTube. Uh, you can see the full results of the draft on CBSSports.com for those of you that are just our listening audience and we'll start at the top here. So no surprise with the first two picks. So Jamar Chase goes number one overall to Dan Schneier, Dijon Robinson for me at number two overall. And then Heath, you surprised me a little bit by taking CD Lamb at number three. We knew they have. We know they have a new coach coming in with Brian Schottenheimer taking over for Mike McCarthy. So why CD lamp at three over Saquon Barkley, Justin Jefferson, Pukinakua, some of the other receivers there as well.

[CBS Sports Host]

You know, this is probably a good time to mention that the week leading up to the Super Bowl, I built my way too early 2025 projections. And this week they are coming out on the site. Quarterback and running back already out [e-mail] Wide receiver coming today, tight end coming tomorrow. And CD Lamb came out as number wide receiver two in my projections. And I honestly, the reason is because I'm still scared of Saquon Barkley. I probably would have taken him at 4. I definitely would take him by 5. But I just, I think Chase, Bijon and Lamb are the three guys that I'm going to take ahead of Barkley. I don't really care what the final numbers say for CD Lamb. Last year he was playing without Dak Prescott. He was playing through a really significant injury. I expect he's going to be fully healthy next year. Dak's going to be fully healthy next year, and Lamb will be one of the top two wide receivers in fantasy.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

I mean, look, makes a lot of sense and we'll see how the rest of the off season looks like for Dallas. What they do at running back. Obviously number two receivers needs to be addressed as well. An offensive line is something that they need to prioritize also. But look, CD Lamb was in the conversation to be the number one overall pick this past season. Certainly number one over certainly number one receiver. You know, he was up there with Tyree Kill. Just think about where we were a year ago, but Tyree Kill, CD Lamb were the guys who were debating number one. And in this draft, he goes as a number two receiver. CD Lamb does number three overall. So Barkley comes in at number four, AJ Brown at number five ahead of Justin Jefferson and Puka Nakua. So this may be a little bit of a Super bowl bias. I'm not exactly sure. Dave, you were picking at number eight. So I was number two. He's number three. Dave is number eight when you saw A.J. brown, because I don't Think you have Brown ahead of Jefferson, Nakua or Gibbs. That had to make you a little bit excited to see that. And then just talk about Brown going fifth overall.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

So it's, it's definitely too early. And I'm a big fan of A.J. brown. He's super talented. Averaged almost 17 PPR points per game in 2024. Seven and a half targets per game. I'm not saying that A.J. brown's a bad player for fantasy. I just think that there's other players that have more upside. And so taking AJ Brown this soon when so many other wider. I mean, you can look at our screen right now and you mentioned Justin Jefferson was on the board. Nua, it's, it's just way too soon. I can't justify that, especially knowing Devonte Smith's still going to be around. Saquon's still going to be around. This team will still run the ball as much as they can afford to over the course of a game. I, I think A.J. brown's good. Honestly. By the time we get to August, he might be going a full 15 picks later. He's not a first rounder at this point.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

A little bit too soon again, ahead of Jefferson, ahead of Nakua. I don't think anybody is going to necessarily sign off on that on, on this show. Right. Heath, you don't AJ Brown projected ahead of those guys, do you?

[CBS Sports Host]

No, I'm not sure I'll be quite as low. Like I think it's possible that, like that 10, 11, 12 range he might sneak into the first round for me. But he, he's definitely not, not ahead of Jefferson, Nakua.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Okay, so a little bit too soon there on A.J. brown.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I'm pretty sure I came in at least six other wide receivers I would take out of A.J. brown right now.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Okay. He'll, he'll be around to pick for me, but certainly should not go number five overall. So Jefferson goes at six, Nakua goes at seven, Dave's take, Jameer Gibbs at eight, Devon Hn at nine. And then we got another somewhat, you know, controversial pick. I think Nico Collins goes to 10. So Thomas, you took Nico Attend ahead of Amara St. Brown and Derrick Henry and Christian McCaffrey who ended up taking in round two. Why Nico over St. Brown?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 3]

Obviously it was between Amun Ra and Nico. I just think we haven't seen the best of Nico Collins yet. We may have seen the best of Amun Ra two seasons ago and now that they have, he's fighting, going to be fighting with competition with Jameson Williams and Jameer Gibbs Montgomery will be back. It's more like of a volume play where I think Nico will get peppered more with less competition. I think they'll add obviously somebody in the off season. They don't bring back digs and you know, Tank Dell's hurt. So it's more of guessing that Stroud will bounce back and Nico will have an incredible season because the last six games he was so good, multiple hundred yard games and he just looks so good. So kind of betting on him, it's.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Not a bad call. I mean look, Nico obviously has been. He was great two years ago in his breakout season. He had some struggles with the hamstring injury and the concussion in 2024 and then St. Brown, you know, just sort of the model of consistency. But we did see him take a little bit of a step back in 2024 and now has new coordinator in Detroit so that could be an impact as well. So we'll see how things go there. Derek Henry comes in at number 12 and then we get into round two. So just to recap, round one, Jamar Chase, first overall, Bijan Robinson, CD Lamb, Saquon Barkley, AJ Brown. That's our top five. Justin Jefferson, Puka Nukua, Jameer Gibbs, Devon H And Nico Collins, Amara St. Brown and Derrick Henry at number 12 to our buddy Joey Wright. Let's get into round two. So Joey kicks things off with Brian Thomas Jr. Followed by Malik Neighbors. Heath. When you look at the two rookie wide receivers from 2024, is that the order you have them in from your projections or should neighbors be taken ahead of Brian Thomas?

[CBS Sports Host]

I've got as of right now neighbors just a little bit ahead of Brian Thomas. The Giants could be dumb enough at quarterback to make me change that this off season, but for now I'm accepting, expecting some sort of upgrade at the quarterb position for Malik Neighbors. And actually in the projections I have both those guys ahead of Nico and I'm on Ross ain't Brown. So I think these were like getting these guys in round two makes me feel pretty fantastic. They are my number six and seven wide receivers in the projections.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

And Thomas, I want to bring you back in here because just from a strategy standpoint, so you're looking at the board right now. You get to pick number 10. You see Nico, you see St. Brown, you see Neighbors, you see Thomas, you see you have the opportunity to take one or two of those guys potentially. And then you're also looking at Derek Henry and Christian McCaffrey still on the board. Is that how you Sort of played it like, okay, I'm going to take the receiver first and see if a running back falls to me, maybe I get one of the other receivers coming to me. How did you approach that? Because then you end up taking Christian McCaffrey with the third pick in the second round.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 3]

So I was actually hoping Brian Thomas Jr. Or Malik neighbors would fall, and I was going to go receiver, receiver. That didn't happen. And then I was scrolling and I almost considered Jonathan Taylor and. And then, like, I was like, wait, I think McCaffrey's still on the board, too. And then I was like, like, I wanted to take. I was gonna. It was between Jonathan Taylor and. And Christian McCaffrey. And I was like, I don't think McCaffrey is going to last that long, because at this point, like, I thought Azer would probably snag him. So that's kind of what I. And I was like, I got, I drafted Adrian Peterson way back in the day in 2012, off coming off his injury. So it's also like buying low on, like, the talent. So I'm. I'm more like risk avert when it's early round two, where this guy is really a legendary player. It's worth the gamble. So it's. That's kind of how I looked at.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

It, and I think we, you know, we had this conversation that McCaffrey could actually sneak back into round one if he has a good off season. Everybody's positive about him, and he looks like he's going to be healthy again. So it could be one of the biggest deals of the draft, even at the third pick in the second round. After that, we probably have the first major controversy of the draft in terms of pick selection. So Xavier Worthy, coming off the huge super bowl performance, they catches 157 yards and two scores. Dave, when you saw Xavier Worthy go right in front of you, were you anticipating that? He went ahead of Rashi Rice, who I took at the back end of round two. Talk about Xavier Worthy with the fourth pick in the second round.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I. I thought it was pretty wild, and I was thrilled because I was worried that Drake London wasn't going to make it back to me, and that's kind of who I was targeting. There were a lot of receivers that I liked, which is why I took Gibbs in round one. Not to mention the fact that Gibbs is really freaking good. But listen, speaking of really good, Xavier Worthy finished the season, if you include the playoffs, his final six games, 21.6 PPR points per game on 8.7 targets per game. That average would have been better than any other wide receiver other than Jamar Chase. Do I think he can do it next year? Nope. Not with Rashid Rice coming back. Not with other changes coming clearly to the Kansas City offense to try and make them a stronger offense. But I do think the foundation is set for him because so much of his work toward the end of the season were these short area throws and his ability to get yards after catch and, and to make some good plays and to be used in the red zone. And then in the super bowl we all saw he was catching deep balls when they were desperate to put up points late and he was running past two defenders to do it. So he's evolving. And this December, January, February for him, man, it, it really opened my eyes to just how good of a player he can be. Round two is egregious by the time we get to August. I'm not sure if late round three will be egregious for Xavier Worthy either. We'll see what happens this off season. But he's going to be somebody that I don't mind taking the chance on. Will it be in round three? Because it's not going to be in round two. Could it be in round three? Maybe. I think round four is probably the better chance to take that gamble on Xavier Worthy. But I'm probably going to have him in my top 24among wide receivers when my rankings open up.

[CBS Sports Host]

I, I think that the big thing is. Well, it's two big things. Rashi Rice's knee, Rashi Rice's suspension. Because yeah, if, if he's healthy and playing 10 plus games for the Chiefs next year, then this is way too high for Xavier Worthy. Probably. I think we still have a lot of questions because were these last six games and you could even look at seven. It wasn't quite as good. That's when he started playing. 80 of the snaps look not that dissimilar from what Rice did at the end of last year. And so I. What, what type of player is Rice coming back from this pretty unique knee injury? It's not an acl. I think it was a pcl. And then how many games is he going to have to miss? I think the bigger thing is like he has to get 100 healthy before that suspension can kick in. So we need to get him. What if there, if there is a suspension? I. I am. I'm assuming there's going to be some sort of a suspension.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

There definitely might be. Excuse my dog. So Worthy goes in the again the fourth pick of the second round. Dave takes Drake London with the fifth pick of the second round. And then we get to Tyreek Hill in round two. And we're going to do a show probably either tomorrow or next week on players that we're trying to avoid or do not draft. And Heath, you have Tyree Kill on your list as a do not draft guy. So surprised to see Tyree Kill still going around too.

[CBS Sports Host]

Yeah, and that's one of the reasons, like I think it's, it's, it's, it's almost torture to try to put together a do not draft list right now when we have really no idea what ADP is going to be. But this, this draft kind of helped with that process and the fact that Tyree Kill went in round two. I, I said this going into last year. I've said it a lot of times before. When you have a 30 year old wide receiver that shows significant signs of decline, I think you should generally believe that guy. Now I'm expecting a bounce back because we've gotten the excuse that the wrist was injured and now it sounds like he's making up with the Dolphins. But we don't know for sure that Mike McDaniels is going to do what I think they should do and go back to the downfield explosive offense. If they keep this short area offense, Tyreek Hill can't be as good as he was his first two years in Miami. I don't think so. Yeah, I, if he falls to round three, then I'd start considering him. But at round two cost, there is no chance. And there's, there's so much risk that, you know, the career lows across the board in virtually all categories were just a sign of the beginning of the end.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

And we get this, you know, we talk do not draft list. We're obviously gonna, you know, like Heath said, falls around 3. It's not a avoid list, it's just a do not draft that cost. Right when we talk about that for the, for the show. So then Brock Bowers comes off the board to Adam Mazer, Kyron Williams after that, then Josh Jacobs, then Trey McBride to Heath. I take Rashi Rice at the second to last pick of round two and Jonathan Taylor to wrap up round two. So again, let's give you round two here. Brian Thomas Jr. Malik neighbors, Christian McCaffrey, Xavier Worthy, Drake London, Tyree Kill, Brock Bowers, Kyron Williams, Josh Jacobs, Trey McBride, Rashi Rice and Jonathan Taylor. We're going to take a break here on fantasy football today, but before we do, let me tell you about BetMG. If you haven't signed up for BETMGM yet, use the bonus code Fantasy F A N T A S Y and you'll get up to a 1500 first bet offer on your first wager with BetMGM. Here's how it works. Download the BetMGM app and sign up using bonus code Fantasy. Deposit at least ten dollars and place your first wager on any game. You receive up to fifteen hundred dollars in bonus bets. If your bet loses, just make sure you use the bonus code Fantasy F A N T A S Y when you sign up. We'll be right back to wrap up, start or get into round three of our 2025 post Super bowl mock Draft.

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

All right, let's get into round three here of our first 12 team PPR mock draft following the super bowl here and Kicking off round three is Breece Hall, Bucky Irving, Ladd McConkey, T. Higgins, Mike Evans and Chase Brown. Dave, when you look at the three running backs in the first six picks of round three, it's pretty good value for some of these guys here. In terms of hall, who was the second overall pick last year, Irving, who had a great rookie season, who, you know, we'll see what happens with a new coach there. Liam Cohen, now gone. Excuse me, New coordinator Liam Cohen, now gone for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Chase Brown, who hopefully will not get too much competition for the Cincinnati Bengals. What do you think about those three guys?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Love the value for all three of them. I think all three of them are top 12 fantasy running backs. I think all three of them have potential to finish his top five fantasy running backs as long as health and opportunities aren't taken away from them. Or in the case of Breece Hall, I'm gonna make the bull case for him. He had 10 games where he had at least 15 touches. He averaged 19.3 PPR points per game in those 10. We've got a sour taste in our mouths after how the jets season went last year, and there's still a lot of questions that have to be answered in New York, but West coast offense incoming should be a lot more stable. I, I don't know what the passing game is really going to look like. If it's Kirk Cousins, that's not great, obviously. But I, I kind of want to give the benefit of the doubt to Breece hall and I could see him becoming one of my favorite third round picks. I could also see Chase Brown and Bucky Irving getting picked ahead of Breeze hall because people are sick and tired of Breeze hall not coming through to a huge degree. Yeah, he did for parts of 2023, but he's never been better than 17 PPR points per game. And this past year he was 15.1 because those games where he didn't have 10 touches, he was a total disappointment. Chase Brown. You said it, Jamie. He's got to continue to see a majority of work in Cincinnati. I'm. I'm a little nervous about that happening because of all the depth that we have at running back in this draft class. It's going to be really easy for NFL teams to justify adding another running back in the draft who's going to be good and won't come at a huge value. They're taking value into consideration in their drafts just like we will in our fantasy drafts. And same thing with Bucky Irving. I'm pretty sure he's going to share with somebody. I'm hoping that it's Rashad White. So then we can see a lot more of what we saw from Bucky Irving to end last season when he averaged 16.9 PPR points per game from week six on. Love the value for all three. If I had to rank them right now, it's Breece first, it's Chase Brown second, and it's Bucky Irving third.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

You mentioned Kirk Cousins potentially as the quarterback for the Jets. Heath we got the report on Super Bowl Sunday from Jay Glazer that Jets most likely moving on from Aaron Rodgers. And I sort of made the joke with Adam that it's kind of funny that their new front office member. I don't know exactly what Rick Spielman's title is, but Rick spent many years as a general manager of the Minnesota Vikings. So he gets a chance to fire Aaron Rodgers and then maybe get Kirk Cousins another payday for the Jets. So just looking at the rest of round three, we got Bucky Irving, excuse me, Bruce hall to kick off round three and then we get Garrett Wilson with the seventh pick in round three. So if there is no Rogers and part of the report I think also from the NFL Network was Devonte Adams probably not back with the jets as well. How much do you like Garrett Wilson going into 2025?

[CBS Sports Host]

So I, I do think the no Adams is significant for Garrett Wilson because when I was doing my projections with both Adams and Wilson in the projections, Garrett Wilson was a number three wide receiver, not a third round pick for me at all. He absolutely could be a second round pick once again, but it's going to take like there's significant risk and that's what I, I look at with these running backs that got taken like we talked about with the, the Day three or the UDFA running backs that get replaced. It's generally because of a coaching change. It's generally if you have and he still has the same head coach but he lost the offensive coordinator. And I'm so I'm a little bit worried about BUC in that regard, but I'm most worried about Freeze hall and Garrett Wilson. Is this just the worst offense in the NFL? They have a, a really bad offensive line. They hired a, a defensive head coach and now we have no idea who their quarterback's going to be. So I could see Bree hall being an early second round pick because they go get the guy that excites us at quarterback and they fix the offensive line and we're all the way back in. Garrett Wilson's in round two. Again, I could see me not willing to Draft these two players at this particular spot because of how bad it looks.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Who. Who's the. Who's the guy that's going to excite us at quarterback?

[CBS Sports Host]

What can they bring Sam Darnold back?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

I don't know if that's exciting.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Does that excite us?

[CBS Sports Host]

That's the best. Is there anyone available who would be more exciting than.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

If you need a quarterback, I don't know who's out there that you're gonna like? Cam Ward might be the best name.

[CBS Sports Host]

Jamis.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

That'd be fun. But they're not going to the playoffs with Jamis.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Well, I think it's. It's probably a bridge quarterback and draft a guy you know or, you know, whatever they can do to maybe surprise us. But that's going to take giving up, I'm sure a lot of draft capital. And who's parting with quarterbacks that are good at this point in the NFL? So there's probably not that particular guy out there, but hopefully some semblance of hope for the future and can give Garrett Wilson the target share that he needs. And Bristol, I do think the offensive line could be a little bit better maybe, than you give me credit for. Just because they were pretty beat up last year. We'll see if those guys can come back healthy. Vera Tucker, for example, you know, if he's 100, you know, could certainly improve some things there, but we'll see. It's. It's a. It's a work in progress. After Garrett Wilson, we have James Cook, Zay Flowers. First quarterback comes off the board in Josh Allen, Joe mixon, and Terry McLaurin. So to wrap up round three, we have Breeze Hall, Bucky Irving, Lad McConkey, T. Higgins, Mike Evans, Chase Brown, Garrett Wilson, James Cook, Zay Flowers, Josh Allen, Joe Mixon, Terry McLaurin. Kicking off round four, we start with another tight end in Sam Laporta, who is the third tight end off the board, then Kenneth Walker, the third. And I want to stop at Alvin Kamara because we now have the official news that the new head coach for the Saints is Kellen Moore. So, Dave, when you look at the job, more just did with the Eagles. Heath was praising everybody but Kellen Moore with what he said about what the Eagles did. I'm sure you're going to give Kellen more credit, though. But in any event, Kellen Moore, now the new head coach for the Saints, what does that mean for Alvin Kamara? Is this a good pick in round four? Too soon, too late? How do you feel about his value at this spot.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I think the value is fine and it might be a shade too late. Meaning that by the time we get to August, maybe he's around three pick. Maybe he's higher. The flaws on Alvin Camara are pretty obvious. He's 30 years old. Touchdowns are a huge question mark. He had eight total touchdowns last year. That seems like a lot for him in the Taysom Hill era. We don't know if Taste Mill is going to be back or not, but In a full PPR format, he averaged 19 PPR points per game, 6.4 targets per game. That was the best among all running backs last year. And he actually had a better average in eight games with Taysom Hill than in six games without Taysom Hill. It's. It's going to be interesting to see, but I do know that Kellen Moore is is a pretty good wizard when it comes to using his running backs and certainly into plotting an offense. But the same issues for Camara are going to be just like what we talked about with Bruce Hall. It's the quarterback and excite us. Is the offense going to be that much better? Can the offensive line stay healthy? It's almost the exact same thing. The difference being that Breeze Hall's 24. Alvin Camara is 30. So obviously Bruce hall, someone we're going to take ahead of Alvin Camara no matter what. But Camaro in round four does offer some good value as one of Those really good RB2s and full PPR and not PPR. He still averaged 14.1 last season. James, that's pretty good for somebody who's getting so much work in the passing game.

[CBS Sports Host]

I think instead of comparing Camara to Bree Soul, like compare Camara to the guy who went at the end of round one. He's a year younger than Derrick Henry, scored 0.9 fewer fantasy points per game this year and goes 30 picks later. Yep, I think it's a fantastic value. I was just hoping that he would somehow get back to me at the end of round four. I think he might have been my top running back available early in round three.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yeah. And you know Thomas. No, no risk there with Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara as you're starting running backs. No worries there.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 3]

I'm going with the Robin or Robert Turbin strategy.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Take the best available player and the best running backs at the and it.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 3]

Doesn'T matter if they're old. Trust. Trust the talent.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yep, trust the talent. Worked out well for Robert, our colleague on Fantasy Football Today on CBS Sports Network. You could see him hopefully next year with us as well. So Laporta, Kenneth Walker, Alvin Kamara, Lamar Jackson second quarterback off the board with the fourth pick in round four. Dave takes JSN Jackson Smith, the Jigba with the fifth pick in round four. Isaiah Pacheco goes with the six pick Heath. Dave said that the Chiefs are going to have a new running back there. We'd spent a lot of time pre super bowl talking about Pacheco. What do you think about him in this spot and just the idea of what the Chiefs backfill could look like.

[CBS Sports Host]

Yeah, I don't. I, I think the Chiefs have too many free agents and too many offensive line problems to spend too many resources on a running back. I was, I think they'll add somebody. I'm sure. I was very skeptical about Isaiah Pacheco coming back mid season from a broken leg and so I'm not really holding this second half of the season against him. We've seen guys go an entire off season after a broken leg and still be hampered the next year. I expect that he will look more like 2023 Isaiah Pacheco next year than what we saw at the end of this year. He might be in a committee. That wouldn't surprise me too much. Maybe the Chiefs make the mistake again of using too early of a draft pick on a running back. But yeah, I. This is too early for me.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Well, last time, you know, Dave alluded to the previous super bowl when they got beat up by Tampa Bay was all offensive line and I'm going to be surprised if it's not all offensive line again just to try and you know, solve that well, protect your asset and your best asset in Patrick Mahomes and you know, Pacheco, yes, probably being a committee but hopefully he's healthy and the lead of that committee. This could be one of the best picks of the draft if you're getting Pacheco lead running back. What we saw those first two games of the season in round four? Want to talk about the receivers that went in the back half of round four starting with Marvin Harrison Jr. So after Pacheco it's Harrison Jr. Then David Montgomery, then DJ Moore, then Chuba Hubbard, George Pickens and Jalen Waddle to wrap up the round. So Harrison, Moore, Pickens and Waddle. Dave, who's your favorite pick of that group? Who's your least favorite pick of that group?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Give me the names one more time please.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

It was Marvin, Harrison Jr. DJ Moore, George Pickens and Jalen Waddle.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I don't know if this is going to surprise you guys or not. DJ Moore is going to be my favorite bear down. I I think that he's just gonna be still a primary part of the passing game for Chicago. Could he. I looked into this. Could he be the next of Monroe St. Brown?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yep.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

It sounds a little bit of a reach to say that because he's never been like as, as heavily used in the slot as St. Brown has. But as far as like a reliable intermediate target for Caleb Williams to lean on, which was one of the things that I thought he could be overall last year and he ended up being more of a short area guy toward the second half of the year. I I think he can be that. He averaged over eight targets per game for the second year in a row he's at when after Waldron left he averaged 17.3 PPR points per game and and I think that we will see a much better schemed offense with offensive line upgrades in Chicago and that just bodes well for DJ Moore. Assuming that he's going to remain the number one target for the Bears.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

We'll see if Keenan Allen is back as well. That could change some things also for the Bears in terms of not just DJ Moore but Romo Dunze and maybe Cole Comet also. And one thing just about tying the two together. St. Brown wasn't really a slot receiver so much in college and one thing Ben Johnson looked at when he was looking at USC tape was I read a story about this. He felt that he could be a great slot receiver and decided that that was something that they could do to move him inside a little bit more than he was at usc. So maybe something similar happens with DJ Moore also and would be fantastic for his fantasy value. So to wrap up round four we have Sam Laporta, Ken Walker iii, Alvin Kamara, Lamar Jackson, Jackson Smith Najigba, Isaiah Pacheco, Marvin Harrison Jr. David Montgomery, D.J. moore, Chuba Hubbard, George Pickens and Jalen Waddle again. You can see the draft board on YouTube if you're watching along with us or watch it later and you could read all about the story and the draft results on CBSSports.com let's get into round five. We got Chris Olave to kick off the round. Chris Godwin followed after that, Jane Daniels as the third quarterback to Heath Cortland Sutton, George Kittle at the fifth pick in round five, the fourth tight end off the board, and then Joe Burrow as the fourth quarterback. So Heath, you took Jaden Daniels, Adam took Joe Burrow. This is a good spot to take The. I don't want to say the second tier of quarterbacks, but, you know, the quarterbacks three and four after Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are off the board.

[CBS Sports Host]

Yeah, I, I don't have very much separation at all between these four quarterbacks in my projections for next year. I, I originally was looking at it and thinking, man, Daniels wasn't actually that close to Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. But then you remember he had a game against the Panthers where he played 14 of the snaps, and he played half of the snaps in week 18. He averaged over 27 fantasy points per game from week 8 through week 17. I think he probably gets a much better number two wide receiver in his second season. Jaden Daniels could absolutely be the number one quarterback in fantasy this year. And so I think my strategy might just be because Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are going to go first and second. I'm not sure what order in every draft, and I'll just wait until those guys are taken, then I'll take Jaden Daniels.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Not a bad way to go. And Adam gets the, you know, sort of the fallback option of Joe Burrow and then even later in the draft. So after Burrow comes off the board with the sixth pick in round five, we get Devonte Smith at seven, Jameson Williams after that to Dave Travis. ETN'D Thomas gets DK Metcalf with the 10th pick in round five. And then Jalen Hurts comes off the board. So even better value there for another quarterback that's got top five upside. Didn't have the same passing numbers as some of the other quarterbacks, but we know he's still going to get his rushing production based on the tush push and hopefully builds off the super bowl, maybe throws the ball a little bit more with whatever they do. They. They haven't named a new office coordinator yet. Right. If I'm not mistaken, where's this? The Eagles to replace Kellen Moore?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

No, no, no. They. They just lost Kellen Moore.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yeah, I don't know if they had a, you know, somebody in mind already.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

That I thought I remembered hearing that they did have somebody in mind, so. And that I'm guessing a promotion off from their, from their coaching staff, but we'll see.

[CBS Sports Host]

Like, I do think that's a little bit of a risk. The last time that they went that route, it didn't work out very well offensively for them. And like, I also think that's, that's. That. That situation and the lion situation are probably the two elite offenses that I'm just a little cautious about the offensive coordinator change.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yep, fair point. So hopefully they, they're a little bit more prepared this time around. Dave, talk about Jameson Williams and just the receivers that went here. So Devonte Smith went one pick ahead of Williams, who you took again at the eighth pick of round five. And then Thomas takes DK Metcalf and Jordan Addison wraps up the round here. So talk about these receivers and why you like Jameson Williams.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Sure. So these are low end number two fantasy wide receivers in the rankings as of mid February. And I just, I love the way that Jameson Williams played all year. He only averaged 14.2 PPR points per game, but in his final seven regular season games, his targets were at 6.1 per game. He had eight games with seven plus targets average 15.3 in those final seven. I feel like this is the type of time in a draft to target those receivers that can average around 15 PPR points per game. And that's exactly what Devonte Smith is capable of doing. He was at 15.3, DK Metcalf was at 12.8 for the season, but 15.1 in his first seven games before he got hurt. And then he, he really struggled to end the year's last eight games. 10.7. So you just kind of pick and choose which wide receiver is your favorite at this point. For me, it's Jameson Williams for Alliance Team that I still think is going to throw a good amount and, and he feels like an ascending player. So I was happy to take him. I, I didn't really even have a design for what I wanted to do in round six. I just wanted to get that third receiver because in all of these mocks that we do, we have to start three and there wasn't a running back left on the board that I had to have at that point. So it was kind of easy just to go to a wide receiver that I liked best. And Jameson is the one that I liked better than certainly dk. But I would have taken him over Devonte Smith too.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

All right, so just to wrap up round five, here is Chris Olave, Chris Godwin, Jane Daniels, Cortland Sutton, George Kittle, Joe Burrow, Devonte Smith, Jameson Williams, Travis Etn, DK Metcalf, Jalen Hurts, and Jordan Addison. Let's get into round six here as we have some older players to start the round. Aaron Jones, followed by Devonte Adams. So Heath, just in terms of Adams, again, probably on the move, there was the report again that if, if Rogers leaves, Adams may want to follow him as well. Wherever he ends up I don't know what team's going to want to do that. But in any event, where are you at with Devonte Adams right now? And you could factor in his dynasty value Also, is this just a one year situation for him? You think he's done after 2025 or are you looking at Devonte Adams maybe another two or three years in the league?

[CBS Sports Host]

Yeah, I, I think it's best the player at this age to look at them as a one year win now type player. But I don't think Dev Adams gave us any indication last year. Like I said with Tyreek Hill, a guy, a guy starts to show you signs of decline, believe him. I don't think devonte Adams gave you any indication last year. Like he came right in and just produced as a, really as a borderline top 12 wide receiver for the Jets. So assuming like his landing spot's going to matter. But like here's the funny one. What if Aaron Rodgers just stays in the building and joins Brian Dable on the Giants and then Devonte Adams goes and crushes Malik Neighbors target shares.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Oh, I don't like the. Yeah, I, I have the fantasy where they both go to Pittsburgh and the, the Steelers, you know, take the cheap route at quarterback for the second year in a row because Rogers, you don't have to pay him that much because the jets are paying them. So he, he can kind of choose where he wants to go. And maybe he would see Pittsburgh as an opportunity to, to compete for a ring. One last ring and devonte goes with him. I don't know what their caption situation is off the top of my head. I could look it up if you guys really cared. But I also remember devonte struggling a little bit when he first got to the jets to, to mesh with Aaron Rodgers and get back on the same page. And then finally it did work over the course of the season. This includes his time in Vegas. 10.1 targets per game. As long as he's in a situation where that number doesn't go away, I think devonte Adams remains a number two fantasy wide receiver.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

For fantasy look, round six is a great value to take a chance on him. Hopefully he ends up in a spot with a good quarterback. In a good situation he will probably still command targets. But aging wide receiver is just not something I'm going to want to invest in heavily. But round six is a great time to buy into Devonte Adams if he's still on the board. So it starts off Aaron Jones, Round 6, Devonte Adams, Jaden Reed then We start to see some younger players coming off the board here. Keon Coleman, Dave takes Patrick Mahomes as I believe the sixth quarterback off the board, J.K. dobbins. Tyrone Tracy to Adam, living up to his Giants true fandom. Anthony Richardson comes off the board here as QB7. We'll talk about that in a second. Then James Connor, another older running back, DeAndre Swift to Heath, Romo Dunesay, I took him with the second last pick in round six. And Tony Pollard wraps up the round. So Heath, when you see Anthony Richardson as the seventh quarterback off the board, is that a big surprise?

[CBS Sports Host]

It is definitely a big surprise and I will not be drafting him if he has a round seven cost. But we kind of saw this last year he was drafted based on his potential and not based on the risk. Now we've saw a little bit more of his potential last year. We saw a lot more of his risk last year. I don't. Here's the thing, I think that Anthony Richardson could 100% validate and exceed this cost. Like there is still upside as the seventh quarterback off the board. There's just too much risk for me at that cost. Especially when you look at it. What do we go two full more rounds without another quarterback being taken. So it's a big gap after Richardson. I'm fine with him as a borderline top 12 guy.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

And look, this is six points for passing touchdowns, four points. It's a little bit different because of what his rushing upside still is. You know he did have some great games running the ball after he was benched for Joe Flacco. But the passing definitely has to improve. So we'll see how that goes. He's got a quarterback coach that's going to work with him. A very prominent one if I'm not mistaken. And so hopefully things go well for Richardson this off season that he comes back and could throw the ball a little bit better and then he could end up being one of the better surprises. But round six a little bit too soon, especially as the seventh quarterback off the board. So to wrap up round six I want to get through eight rounds here and then we can talk about our team. So we got wrapping up round six. We got Aaron Jones, Devonte Adams, Jaden Reed, Keon Coleman, Patrick Mahomes, J.K. dobbins as the first six picks. Then Tyrone Tracy, Anthony Richardson, James Connor, DeAndre Swift, Romo Dunze and Tony Paul. We're going to take a quick break here. When we come back we'll get into two more rounds, give you our teams and some other thoughts on our first post Super Bowl 12 team PPR mock.

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Minimum purchase required all right, so here's what we got here for round seven. And again, if you're following along on YouTube, whether you're watching live with us now or watching it later, you can see the full draft board. If you want the full draft results, check out CBSSports.com I'm guess the story will be up probably by either the end of the day on Wednesday or early Thursday. So kicking off round seven we have Brandon Ayuk, then Jerry Judy, then Calvin Ridley, T.J. hawkinson, Cooper cup and Juwan Jennings. Two 49ers wide receivers in the first six picks of round seven. And then Debo Samuel comes off the board later in this round. So we got the news late last week I believe it was was that the 49ers maybe early this week might even be super bowl day. I don't remember. It was a little crazy. But Debo Samuel 49ers are allowing him to seek a trade. So seeming more and more likely that Debo Samuel will not be on the 49ers in 2025. So Dave, talk about a destination that makes some sense for Debo Samuel, if you have one in mind. If not, just talk about the leftover receivers in San Francisco with Ayuk and Jennings and obviously Ricky Pierce, all their first round pick from a year ago. How do those guys benefit with Debo? Nothing.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Yeah, I don't. I don't have a good idea on a destination for Debo Samuel. I'd have to think about that a little bit more. But you know, half the teams in this league are, you know, coached by Kyle Shanahan, disciples, be it as a head coach or offensive coordinator. So I'm sure one or two of those teams might be interested in Debo Samuel coming in and being a fit for them. We'll, we'll just have to see. But I, I think Peirsol was drafted in round one last year with the design of him coming in to replace either IUK if he had left, if they didn't sign him to a long term deal, or Debo if he didn't earn his, his contract last year. And now Debo's on the way out. Brandon Ayuk is coming back from a torn ACL and mcl and so Pierce saw someone who might get us off to an early boost in fantasy in, in 2025. We have no idea if Brandon IU we'll be ready to go. We have a pretty clear understanding that Debo won't be there. Juwan Jennings is obviously going to be there. You know who I think could benefit a lot is George Kittle who had a very good year again. And you know the knock on him all along. There's two. He's old and, and, and that he doesn't get a ton of targets when everybody's healthy. Well, I don't know how soon everybody's going to be healthy and when everybody is healthy. I don't know if they're certainly they're not as experienced as this receiving corps had been previously. But there could be a huge opportunity for George Kittle to, to, to. To go in and, and command targets early on and we've seen him do it and he could keep it up all year long. He's my third favorite tight end. I don't. When was he picked? Round five. Jamie, is that when he was off?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

He was in round five. He was the fourth tight end off the board.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Yeah, he should have been. I, I think he should have been the third tight end off the board. I don't know who went ahead of him but.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Well it's, you know our buddy Joey Wright. He likes to draft his lion. So he took.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Ah, okay. So he, he, he should have been a 49ers fan. Yeah. And taking. Joey's a wrestling fan and George Kittle is a Penta fan. 0 meta you've got to go and, and have no fear when it comes to drafting George Kittle.

[CBS Sports Host]

He.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Do you have a destination for Debo Houston makes a lot of sense to me.

[CBS Sports Host]

Yeah, Houston is probably gonna be my favorite destination for a lot of wide receivers. Well, I thought Cooper cup would be a great fit. Debo would be great in Houston. That'd be fantastic. I. Pittsburgh would be an okay one if they don't go get Dave's dream of Aaron Rodgers and Devonte Adams.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Fantasy. Fantasy.

[CBS Sports Host]

Fantasy. It's fantasy. Yes. My takeaway from the 49ers, like where they were drafted in this. I agree with Dave that Kittle should have been drafted earlier. I think as of right now, I'm drafting Jennings ahead of Ayuk and this is a couple of rounds earlier than I'm drafting iuk. I don't know what. What point we should expect him to be 100 healthy. And things weren't very good for Brandon Ayuk before he got hurt last year.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

No, they were not. You know, the holdout didn't help or hold in whatever he was doing, you know, so we've seen that from time to time. Wasn't great for CD Lamb either, just in terms of expectations.

[CBS Sports Host]

Right.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Sometimes these guys that have these contract situations, it doesn't work out and then IUK has the injury. So we'll see. I do think though, the, the two. The two 49ers receivers taking George Kill out of the equation that I'm going to try and target heavily just based on cost will be Jennings and Pearsall because I think they're. They're going to great be great value picks assuming there's no holdout for Brock Purdy as well. So round seven again starts. Ayuk, Judy Jerry Judy, Calvin Ridley, TJ Hawkinson, Cooper Cup, Juwan Jennings. Then it goes Jalen Warren, Ramandre Stevenson, Mark Andrews, Rico Dowdle, Debo Samuel and Khalil Shakir Heath. You mentioned Cooper Cup. I know we talked about this, you know, a couple times last week. He's not expected to return to the Rams. They've allowed him to seek a trade as well. You said Houston is a potential destination. Does cup still warrant getting drafted in round seven?

[CBS Sports Host]

So I. We're really going to depend on where he lands in the perfect situation. Yeah, I think he can still be better than this in a bad situation. I think he's much, much worse than this. I think I'd rather draft him today than I would Brandon Ayuk. I'd probably rather draft him around later than this. But if you put him with a good quarterback and a decent volume offense where there's an actual number one and he can just be the. The number two underneath, then I think he can still provide some value as a borderline number two wide receiver.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

He certainly can. But you know, again, he was so in sync with Matthew Stafford and will he find that with another quarterback? And obviously what Sean McVeigh did for him. I took Jordan Winnington in round 12. I was excited about that. But we'll see what the Rams do again. We talked about this, that they could revamp their entire receiving cor with Tutu Atwell almost certainly gone and Demarks Robinson almost certainly gone as well. So it could be Puka Nakua and a whole new cast of characters. Yeah.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Jamie, I don't mean to interrupt. Are we sure that Matthew Stafford is going to be with the Rams next year?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

No. And that could be the quarterback that the jets get that excites us, you know, so we'll see if Stafford is back. But I would be very surprised if Stafford and the Rams don't come to some sort of solution here to, you know, pay him what he's looking for. You know, their, their super bowl window is open. I mean, you know, with the run that they had this past season, a lot of young players and, you know, I'd be very surprised McVeigh let Stafford walk out the door. Les needs too smart for that. So I'd be very surprised if that happens. Wrapping up round seven, then we'll get into round eight. So we got Brandon Iuk, Jerry Judy, Calvin Ridley, TJ Hawkinson, Cooper Cup, Juwan Jennings, Jalen Moran, Ramandre Stevenson, Mark Andrews, Rico Dowdle, Dalton Kincaid and Khalil Shakir. So is that. No, I'm sorry. Debo, Samuel and Khalil. I was reading the small print. Excuse me. So Samuel, Shakira wrap up round seven. Let's get into round eight and then we'll go over our teams. So starts off with Brian Robinson Jr. Then Evan Ingram, then Stefan Diggs. Thomas just could not quit Stefan Diggs. David Najoku at tight end with the fourth pick in the eighth round, Michael Pittman to Dave Taije Spears. The sixth pick, Jalen McMillan, Travis Kelsey, Baker Mayfield, Jacoby Myers, Najee Harris and Jerome Ford. So he's just a blanket question. Which plays which pick stands out to you the most as good value or potentially bad value in rounding?

[CBS Sports Host]

I like the David Najoku pick a lot. As long as the Browns find somewhat sim someone semi competent to play the quarterback position, I would say Najoku should probably be right behind George Kittle and I'd take both of them over Sam LaPorta.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Dave, same question.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

I was pissed that David Najoku went one pick in front of me because especially since Brandon took Mark Andrews the round before he double dipped a tight end in the middle of the draft. Who does that? What are you doing, Brandon? You're crushing me. I think the joker when you took.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Three quarterbacks though, I, I, but I.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Did that at the end of a draft. I can't be that mad. I used I make fun of Scott Fish for being mad at a mock and here I was, I can't say the word that I yelled at the top of my lungs in my house when the Joku was taken right in front of me. It rhymes with dust. Listen, I, I think Najoku with without DeSean Watson under center can continue to be a high fantasy point producer. I think he's still going to earn a ton of targets. We don't know what the rest of this receiving core is going to look like, but we've seen it now each of the past two years when it hasn't been desean. It's been good for David and Joku and I think it's going to continue to be good for Dave and Najoku moving forward. Oh, by the way, he's in the contract here. One of many guys that we've talked about on the show today who will be in a contract year in 2025.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Wrapping up round eight, we got Brian Robinson Jr. Evan Ingram, Stefan Diggs, David Najoku, Michael Pittman, Tajie Spears, Jalen McMillan, Travis Kelsey, Baker Mayfield, Jacoby Myers, Najee Harris and Jerome ford. We went 14 rounds in this draft. Again, you can see the full results on YouTube if you're watching along. You can also check out the full results on CBSSports.com which will be up by the end of the week. And I think Adam or Thomas do usually do a good job of linking the results of the draft to the show as well. So you can see it there. For those of you in our listening audience. All right, let's wrap up our teams here. So I had the second pick. He said the third pick. Dave had the eighth pick. We'll go in reverse order. So, Dave, tell us about your team, which was Jameer Gibbs with your first overall pick.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Gibbs in round one, knowing that there was going to be a good receiver that would make it back to me in round two, had no problem taking him. Then Drake London was that receiver in round two. Thank you. Brandon. I can't be mad at you for, for taking Xavier Worthy when You should have taken Drake. London London fell into my lap. I took James Cook in round three. Kind of late round three for James Cook and I think he can still be a very good fantasy running back. Maybe a borderline RB one next year. JSN was the guy was debating with James Cook in round three. Thrilled to get JSN in round four, Jameson Williams in round five, super bowl loser Patrick Mahomes in round six. Ramadre Stevenson was a settle four pick in round seven and then Michael Pittman in round eight. Why didn't I just take Najoku in round seven? And then maybe Ramadre Stevenson could have made it back to me in round eight and if not him, somebody else that probably wouldn't matter that much like Brian Robinson, Taije Spears, Naji here, somebody like that. Just for everybody's ears. Last year eight games where Watson did not play or left injured. Nijoku averaged. This is a tight end. 16.2 PPR points per game on 7.7 targets per game in 20235 games with Joe Flacco, 18.2 PPR points per game On 9 targets per game. He's not going to win downfield, but David Najoku is a short area target is going to get plastered with the football and get huge numbers and that's why I think he should be tight end number four and why I'd be loving life if he had just fallen to my lap in round eight. Maybe I got a little too greedy. I won't be greedy next time when it comes to Najoku.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

So you, you took Stevenson over both Najoku and Mark Andrews. So you had a chance at both those guys.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Yeah, but I like Andrews doesn't excite me. Najoku excites me. And that's a weird sentence to say at this point but it's. I kind of feel like Andrews could be descending Isaiah likely someone who I think could be ascending by the way he went later on in this draft. I think I got sniped on him too.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Three tight ends and you took three quarterbacks.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

What do you want from me? But Nijoku was the one that I ultimately wanted. I would have taken a joke ahead of Andrews.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

And why three quarterbacks?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Because it's just good value late in a draft that absolutely doesn't matter. And I think Caleb Williams and Justin Herbert are worthy of being round 12 and 13 picks respect respectively.

[CBS Sports Host]

So I, I do have I wonder as you took Mahomes in round six and you're really upset about not getting the joker in round Eight, if you'd just taken the Joker in round six and then you'd had those two quarterbacks late, would you like your team better?

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

Yeah, probably. I mean, would I like it better? I don't know if I'd like it better, but I'd. I'd like it. Listen, I ended up with Tucker kraft in round 11, and I'm gonna be a little bullish on him. All the uncertainty that's going on in Green Bay's receiving core. I know they'll draft another wide receiver because that's what the packers do. But I. I think they've got designs on making Tucker Craft a little bit of a larger part of their offensive game plan moving forward. So when I can't get one of. Listen, I. I like trying to get McBride or Bowers if I can, if I can. But if I can't get them, I can't get a Kittle. I can't get a good value at tight end early on. I am very happy to settle for Tucker Craft.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yeah. And new general manager Josh Jacobs said that the packers need to get a number one wide receiver as well. Heath, let's take a look at your team here picking third overall. Again, we talked about it. CD Lamb was your first pick, so take us through your team also.

[CBS Sports Host]

So I've got huge difference makers at quarterback and tight end and Jaden Daniels and Trey McBride, not unlike the way I often draft. I have a wide receiving core of CD Lamb, Lad McConkey and Calvin Ridley. Chuba Hubbard and DeAndre Swift are my running backs at Flex. It'll be a battle between Jacoby Myers and probably my favorite pick of my draft. Round nine. I found Tank Big just hanging out. It was very funny because I just done a podcast with Dan the Dynasty show him talking about how Tank Bigsby would be the best running back for Jacksonville and how much he likes his talent. And then about 36, 30 seconds before I made this pick, Dan picked, made two picks and said, man, there's just not any value left after round eight. And then I took Tank Bigsby, so really felt great. I know Dan was kicking his trash can because he missed Tank Bigsby, but no, I. I will tell you, just on this team. Jaden Daniels in my projections came out basically tied with Lamar and Josh Allen for next year. So that's one of the reasons that I end up with him at quarterback. Chuba Hubbard was the most surprising guy for me to show up in the top 12 running backs. But if you think about it, if we don't expect Jonathan Brooks to play next year. I think that's exactly where he belongs. And then I thought Brock Bowers in the middle of round two was an enormous value. I came away from the projections process thinking that if the Raiders get any kind of quarterback upgrade at all, Brock Bauer should be a top 12 pick in redraft and Trey McBride absolutely deserves to be a round two pick.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

Yeah, it was great. Great pick by you. I was hoping he'd fall one more spot to me at the second to last pick of round two, but you took him and Adam took Brock Bowers in the middle of round two. All right, so Heath's team CD Lamb, Trey McBride, Lamb McConkey, Chuba Hubbard, Jaden Daniels, Deandre Swift, Calvin Ridley, Jacoby Myers, Tank Bigsby, Xavier Leggette, Rashad White, Sincere McCormick, Ray Davis and Cedric Tillman. For me, second overall pick. I started with Bijan Robinson, took Rashi Rice in round two. Really excited to get Bucky Irving around three. So like my starting running backs the most of Bijan Robinson and Bucky Irving. And then it was very wide receiver heavy from that point forward. So Rice in round two and then in rounds four, five, six and seven, George Pickens, Chris Godwin, Romo Dunes, Jerry Judy. So a mix of, you know, a couple young guys that could still pop or three young guys that could still have upside in Rice, Pickens and Odunze and a couple veterans that I'm really excited about depending on where they're playing. In terms of Godwin and quarterback situation for Judy, Naji Harris, we'll see where he ends up at round eight. Just felt like it was a decent enough value pick. Zach Charbonnet in round nine. Like the value for John to Smith in round ten. We'll see what happens with Tyree Kill if he's still with the Dolphins. Took Jalen wright in round 11, Jordan Winnington around 12 because Dave took seven quarterbacks. I was stuck with Dua Tango by Loa and Trevor Lawrence. So don't love that situation but those are my last two picks. But as we saw with two two years ago when he was healthy, led the NFL in passing yards and can still be a very good fantasy quarterback. And Trevor Lawrence. We spent some time talking about this when Liam Cohen was hired that maybe this is the coach that unlocks the potential for him. But last round pick on a second quarterback there. So again you can see all the results on cbsports.com you can see it on our YouTube page. You can comment, critique the teams that you like the best, the picks you like the best and obviously the picks and the teams that you like the worst. So Adam will be back on Thursday, I hope, and we will probably bring you the do not draft list for us there. So for you coming, stay rich. And I'm Jamie Eisberg. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. This has been fantastic.

[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 1]

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[Fantasy Football Analyst 2]

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[CBS Sports Host]

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