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Offseason Obsessions: 10 Players We KEEP Drafting in Every Mock! (05/22 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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Jamie Eisenberg
18/ DNC supply time now for Fantasy Football Today Express we're looking at players that were drafted a lot in the mock drafts that we've done so far. I'm Jamie Eisenberg, that's Dave, Richard. Obviously our buddy Adam Mazer is taking the day off today for FT Express, so we'll get you covered with some players that we're looking at that we tend to be gravitating towards. So we'll each go with a player at each position. Dave, I'll start with you. Give me a quarterback that you're drafting a lot so far, or someone that you think you're going to be drafting a lot, but someone that you've been taking so far.
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Dave Richard
You know, I started the off season thinking that I would take a lot of Justin Herbert and then I've seen this huge collapse in ADP for a lot of quarterbacks and one of the quarterbacks who I would take ahead of Herbert is Jared Goff and he had a great year last year. Hyper efficient, huge touchdown rate. I think he's not going to be quite as amazing as he was last year in terms of efficiency, but I think his volume could go a little bit higher. I think the Lions will have more competitive games and I'm getting him to be like my backup quarterback in some leagues. We did a half PPR draft yesterday. I took Caleb Williams first, I took Goff several rounds later. I love that combination and I don't think golf is a bad quarterback at all. He's been pretty steady for fantasy managers. I could see him with more volume being nearly as good as he was last year and I don't mind taking that guy well into the double digit rounds.
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Jamie Eisenberg
Very curious to see how the Lions offense will look without Ben Johnson there. But yes, one of the safest quarterbacks I think you could find and still has plenty of upside to be a top 10 guy. I'll, I'll take the other guy that you mentioned and that's Caleb Williams. I draft him a lot. I think there's just so much upside with the offensive line improvements, the coaching improvement, the receiving core getting, I think a little bit better, you know, when you factor in Loveland and Burden replacing Keenan Allen. So I think those two guys will outdo what Keenan Allen was for this Bears offense. We don't know how the run game is going to play itself out again. I think everything will be better because of the blocking up front and the coaching change. But yes, it's still DeAndre Swift, it's still Roshan Johnson, at least as of now. And just look Caleb Johnson, Caleb Johnson. Caleb Williams was, was, was really a hard watch at times last year. You know, there was some, you know, flashes of brilliance, but taking the 68 sacks and you know, struggling with holding the ball too much, he's not going to run to the extent of, let's say a Justin Field, but I think he'll run enough and you mentioned it, the value for him is still very good. You know, the hype may get a little bit out of control, but I think just where Caleb Williams comes in right now and where you're able to draft him, plus able to pair him up with still a safer, if you want to put that word in quotes, safer quarterback. But the upside for Caleb Williams could potentially be top five. So I like what you did there with Williams and Goff and I think that's a good approach. If you're going to take Caleb Williams, take somebody with a high floor. All right, let's go to the running backs. Dave, who's a running back that you're drafting a lot of.
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Dave Richard
I want to give two names and I feel like you and I specifically fight over these guys in our mock drafts. It's Isaac Garendo, who we both had on our late round sleeper list on the main show, and Jordan Mason in Minnesota. Funny how one guy is a current 49ers backup running back, another one is a former 49ers backup running back. But I like them both for. For different reasons, actually, for similar reasons, too. They're both behind starters who are older who have had injury concerns over the past few years. And Garendo, I don't think will play that much as long as McCaffrey is healthy. Mason, I think, could end up seeing seven, eight touches per game, maybe some weeks with 10 touches per game alongside Aaron Jones. And there's obviously the lottery ticket factor with both of them. Both strong offenses, both should put up a good amount of points. Both should get a lot of touches if they're the main guy for their teams and the value on them. I mean, Garendo is going like, in that round 9, 10 range. We know that Mason's ADP is well past 100th overall. I don't think you can beat that. I think that these are two running backs that you can draft and stash and kind of carry all year and wait for them to pay off.
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Jamie Eisenberg
If you don't draft McCaffrey, which one are you drafting first, Mason or Grundo?
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Dave Richard
I think I have Garendo ranked higher because I think there's more upside with him in San Francisco if McCaffrey were to miss time. That's a good question.
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Jamie Eisenberg
I tend to go Mason first just because I think after what Kevin o' Connell said, it makes me more nervous about Aaron Jones and more excited about Mason because he said in two separate interviews, at least that I read. I'm sure he's maybe said it more, but prior to free agency, he said that they felt that they gave Aaron Jones more work, and they think that he thinks that he was better as a running back in a committee than he was last year when he set career highs and touches and. And had a fantastic season. But I think if you. You pair that with the second comment after they got Mason and brought back Jones using Mason in short yardage situations, then you factor in Jones's age and you talk about the fact that he played through three pretty significant injuries last year. You know, they got a little lucky with the bye week when they. When he got hurt overseas. I think Mason's going to play, and I think he has the same, maybe not the same ceiling that Girondo has, but we saw what he was doing, you know, playing ahead of Garando, obviously, in San Francisco. So I lean toward Mason, but they're back to back in my running back rankings. I just take Mason first if I got the opportunity to. Again, if I'm not the McCaffrey manager looking to handcuff for me, it's Jalen Warren. I know Caleb Johnson is going to have a huge opportunity and I would draft war Johnson ahead of I would draft Caleb Johnson ahead of Jalen Warren. The thing I like about Warren is he's a great pass protector and I think he's going to get a plenty of opportunities, hopefully protecting Aaron Rodgers as opposed to Mason Rudolph, but he's the better pass catcher. And Arthur Smith. This is the only thing that makes me a little skittish about Caleb Johnson. Arthur Smith, when he had one of the best rookie prospects in Bijan Robinson, was still giving the second running back a lot of work. And I think Jalen Warren's skill set is a little bit better than what Tyler Algiers skill set was, which was just basically a running downs guy. Jalen Warren's going to play on on passing down situations and I think he's gonna have an opportunity in PPR to be a borderline flex even with Caleb Johnson healthy. So I gravitate a lot toward Jalen Warren as a third, hopefully fourth running back depending on the build of my team. But I like drafting Jalen Warren quite a bit. Let's take a break here on FFT Express. When we come back, we'll get into the wide receivers and tight ends that we're looking at in our drafts right now.
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Jamie Eisenberg
A wide receiver that you're drafting a lot of at this point?
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Dave Richard
A wide receiver that I am all about. I'm okay. I don't know how all about I am on Chris Godwin, but I seem to draft him a lot. I think it's just because of good value and he's, he's, he's obviously got top 10 potential at wide receiver and I'm drafting him as like wide receiver 24. Like he just, he keeps fading and I'm getting him later and later. I remember I was taking him pretty early in our January and February mocks and now we're into May I can double check where he took him in our most recent draft and it's half ppr. But I'm, I'm still finding him at really good values and like he's my flex in a three receiver, one flex league. So as long as I can keep getting God when I got him at 62nd overall, Jamie, that's round six. That's, that's, that's excellent for somebody like Iwan who probably isn't going to be as good as he was last year. We know he's not 100% and maybe he doesn't even play 100% of the snaps, but he's still in tune with the quarterback. It's still going to be a team that throws the ball a good amount of time and it's still going to be a team that should put up a lot of points. I don't mind taking Godwin in round six. Maybe I am a little excited about.
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Jamie Eisenberg
Him at that value. It makes a ton of sense. You know, you mentioned the year that he's coming off of. He was better than Mike Evans in the first seven games that they played before Godwin suffered that ankle injury against Baltimore. And yeah, five points per game. Better. He was at over 19 PPR points per game. Evans was at 14 and change. So we'll see how much Abuka plays a role. You know, you talked about this in the full length episode on Thursday that, you know, sometimes these guys just find a way to get on the field and be productive. It feels like it's going to come. It's coming at the expense of Godwin because of where Abuka lines up and has the most success to slot. And that's where Godwin's best production has come. So we'll see how they mix and match those guys and where Jalen McMillan falls into this. But I'm with you. Round six, I think is a great spot to end up with Chris Godwin and, and I think it's, it's a great, great, great call for me. It's Cortland Sutton. You know, just looking at the situation for him in Denver, you know, you talked about Pat Bryant and Marvin Mims on the full length episode. Those guys don't scare me when it comes to Cortland Sutton. The one guy that makes me nervous is Evan Ingram and we'll see how much of a factor. Having a better pass catching tight end on the field comparatively to what they had last year is going to matter here. But Cortland Sutton in two years with Sean Payton has 18 touchdowns that's hard to overlook and again, you don't want to chase touchdowns, but that with two different quarterbacks, one being a rookie, one being a fading veteran in Russell Wilson. So as Knicks continues to improve and Sutton is now chasing a contract, I think there's still plenty of upside for Sutton to be an 1100, 1200 yard receiver. Eight touchdowns in that range again and you can get him in some cases in round five. I look for him as early as round four, depending on how receivers come off the board, but He's a top 20 receiver for me. I like the setup for him. And again, still somebody that last year I wasn't very excited to draft because I thought the 10 touchdowns with Russell Wilson was a fluke. He clearly proved me wrong and I think he's going to prove a lot of people wrong once again. So I was asked this question on another show. Are you expecting Cortland Sutton to be better or just the same? And I'm fine with him being just the same. I think that's just a, a solid number two wide receiver that you're getting at a very good price and could hopefully, you know, be in that touchdown range again and be a very successful fantasy option, literally.
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Dave Richard
His outlook on the site let's close.
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Jamie Eisenberg
The show with tight ends. So who's the tight end that you're drafting a lot of right now?
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Dave Richard
It's the same two tight ends that I mentioned as sleepers on the main show. I almost don't want to say their names because I want people. First of all, I want to keep getting them as sleepers and second of all, I want people to go back and hear the main show. One is cheesy and the other is an animal. I don't know if that's vague. That might be too vague. Should I just give the names?
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Jamie Eisenberg
Just give the names.
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Dave Richard
Tucker Kraft, Cheesy Craft, Green Bay and then an animal, a cult. Tyler Warren, the rookie for Indianapolis. Just think that both of them have huge opportunities to see a lot of volume in their offenses. I don't think Tucker Craft's going to lead the packers and targets by any stretch, but he was so efficient last year on like five targets per game. If all we're asking him is to get another target per game. After Matt LaFleur lamented that he wished he had gotten him more targets per game last year, like immediately after the year he could break out the way that George Kittle did once upon a time. And then I just think Warren is a good short area option for Indy. I think they drafted him for good reason. I think they're unhappy with some of their other receivers there. And this is somebody who can step in and make a ton of plays. After the catch for the Colts.
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Jamie Eisenberg
I did this in, I did two drafts on Thursday. I drafted this guy in both of them and that's Sam Laporta, you know, and, and the questions are clearly there. Again, Ben Johnson's gone. How will this offense look? Will Jared Goff be as successful throwing the ball? Obviously, Dave told you he's, he's, he's expected to be, if not better. Jameson Williams is being touted as a breakout candidate and Laporta for the first half of last season was, was generally playing like a bust. But you look at the second half of the season, the way that he finished, he got back to seven touchdowns, which wasn't 10, but still he was still a difference maker down the stretch. And now he's entering year three. He's now going from tight end one or two off the draft board last year to tight end four or five this year. And you're getting him in some cases in round six or later. So it's a great value pick for a guy that still has plenty of upside. Still could be tight end two or three. I don't think he's gonna, I'd say tight end three or four. I think if Brock Bowers and Trey McBride hit, they're going to be better than him and hopefully George Kittle will as well. But for me, he's tight end four. I still think there's huge upside with him if he can get a few more opportunities, which I think he will. And this is another team that I think you could see getting funneled targets to St. Brown, to Jameson Williams and to Sam Laporta. Maybe Tesla has a role as a rookie wide receiver. You know, the running backs are going to be involved, but I just like the setup for Sam Laporta and I love the discounted price comparatively to where he was in 2024. So there's players that were drafting quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end. We're going to spend a lot more time talking about these guys. Clearly on our full length episodes, we're going to be writing about them a lot on CBSSports.com and make sure you hear me reference on the full length show. Make sure you check out those player outlooks. We're doing a great job and getting you a lot of good nuggets on all these players. So if you want to get ahead of your league, start reading these outlooks now. They'll be on the site in early June. For Dave Richard Thomas Schaefer, I'm Jamie Eisenberg. Thanks for listening and watching. FFX.
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