FINAL MOCK DRAFT! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/29

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast — FINAL MOCK DRAFT! (8/29/2025)

Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright
Theme: The trio conducts their final fantasy football mock draft before draft weekend, offering real-time analysis, roster construction advice, and reactions to breaking NFL news and player movement.

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Episode Overview

This episode serves both as a live, high-stakes mock draft and as a primer for fantasy drafters ahead of the season. The Fantasy Footballers walk listeners through each round of a 12-team, half-PPR mock draft, revealing their strategies, discussing news affecting player values, and sharing actionable tips for listeners ready to draft. The tone is fun, fast-paced, and deeply analytical—perfect for managers preparing to win their league.

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Key Segments & Discussion Points

1. YouTube Ad Glitch Apology & Listener Engagement

(02:02 – 05:42)

• The guys open with a candid apology for excessive mid-show YouTube ads, which stemmed from a technical glitch, not their own design.
• Andy: “We have two dedicated, defined ad breaks... but YouTube was overriding what we did, like every three minutes. And I am like, Jason made the comment to me. He goes, I can't believe we still have subscribers.” (04:16)
• As a gesture of goodwill, they’ll select five YouTube commenters for a free jersey.

2. NFL News and Its Fantasy Implications

(07:03 – 15:03)

Blockbuster Micah Parsons Trade

• Micah Parsons traded from Cowboys to Packers—a seismic NFL move with big fantasy ripples.
• Jason: “If you look at what the Cowboys defense has been with Micah Parsons... it's basically one of the top three or one of the bottom three defenses. And if you're telling me that the Dallas Cowboys have no run game and no defense... they're going to have to score 30 points to win.” (08:05)
• Packers become all-in Super Bowl contenders, but lose future picks and cap flexibility. Vegas odds move: Packers from +1800 to +1400; Cowboys' odds worsen.

Other News Notes

• Chris Godwin (Bucs) out until at least Week 5; A.J. Brown expected to play for Philly’s opener; Marvin Mims set to return for the Broncos.
• Rams: “...plan is to split carries up a little bit more with Kyron and Blake Corum.” Jason frames Kyron Williams as the 1A in a manageable timeshare. Andy notes his workload dependency.

3. Mock Draft Set-Up

(15:19–15:53)

• 12-team, half-PPR, traditional lineups.
• Random spots: Mike (6), Andy (8), Jason (12/turn).
• All hosts in live leagues, so this mock reflects “serious” approaches.

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Mock Draft Rounds & Strategic Highlights

First 4 Rounds — Foundation Building

(15:53–28:11)

Round 1

• Off the board: Chase, Bijan, CMC, Lamb, Jefferson.
• Mike takes Gibbs at 1.06: “If McCaffrey... is gone and Jameer Gibbs falls, grab him.”
• Andy: Derrick Henry at 1.08 (“one of the best on a Super Bowl contending team—still falling”).
• Jason (12/13): Puka & Nico — doubles up on high-end WRs for a difference-maker build.

In-Round Commentary

• Prefers difference makers over positional runs; “when on the turn, lock in positional advantages.”

Rounds 2–4

• Mike mixes and matches, balancing RB and WR, snagging A.J. Brown and James Cook.
• Andy goes Henry/HN, then Marvin Harrison (WR) and McLaurin (WR).
• Jason, after loading up on WR, is forced into a "zero RB" vibe and adapts by grabbing Lamar Jackson and George Kittle for elite “onesies” (QB/TE).

Jason: “This is something where you have to stay water. I’m always going to try my best to take difference-makers over average guys... if that’s what the value is when you’re on, that’s what I’m going to have to do.” (27:08)

Value Debates & Player Analysis

(Mid Rounds, ~29:00+)

• Xavier Worthy: Andy & Jason bullish, see him as KC’s true WR1 after Rashee Rice’s suspension; Mike is lower, concerned about TD/dependency and target quality.
• Breece Hall: Mike drafts him at value in the 5th round: “It still feels bad... Feels bad. But we should probably be drafting him there.”
• Late RBs: Jason nabs Tony Pollard (expecting strong early production) and Caleb Johnson as RB1/2 after a receiver-heavy start.
• Tyler Warren, Matthew Golden, Cam Scadabo, Tyrone Tracy: Receives extended attention as late targets or depth roles, reflecting how deep and unpredictable drafts get post-Round 7.

Roster Constructions & Targeted Late Picks

• "Scroll down, folks!" — Reminder not to get trapped by ADP, dig for value (e.g., Mike with Emeka Egbuka).
• Tough choices on sliding former stars (e.g., Cooper Kupp in Round 9: “There’s a point where Cooper Kupp... is dropping way too far”).
• Jake Ferguson as a strong late TE, especially if "stacking" with Dak.

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On adapting draft strategy:
  “This isn’t like I’m going to test this theory. This is—I’m a go time.” – Mike (06:24)

• On “Zero RB” drafting:
  “At the end of this draft, this is going to be more of a 0 RB draft... In a real fantasy league, I’m going to be crazy on the waiver wires.” – Jason (27:52)

• On trades and NFL management drama:
  “Nobody likes a press conference more than Jerry Jones.” – Andy (10:52) “You ain’t got time for picks.” – Jason (11:21)

• On the pain of passing up a favorite player:
  “Am I okay risking that and just taking Baker as the fallback?... the answer is I am not.” – Mike on Dak/Late QB (47:27)

• On late round favorite picks:
  “If I didn’t like [my WRs] more, I would swing for the fences with Jaden Higgins... but I’m going to play it a little safer in the 10th round and grab Keenan Allen.” – Jason (52:33)

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KEY TIMESTAMPS

• 02:02 – YouTube ad apology, jersey giveaway
• 07:03 – NFL news: Micah Parsons trade, Packers go “all-in”
• 14:03 – Kyron/Corum timeshare breakdown (Rams RBs)
• 15:19 – Draft setup, roster spots, randomized order
• 18:11 – Jason outlines WR heavy strategy from 12 spot
• 27:08 – Strategic “difference-makers over need” advice
• 29:21 – Xavier Worthy deep-dive
• 36:37 – Chicken fighting running backs: Henry & HN analogy
• 41:55 – Tyler Warren/TE late option analysis
• 42:41 – Debating Tyrone Tracy vs. Cam Scadabo for late RB fliers
• 53:25 – Andy gambles, takes backup RB over QB stack (Kyler/Marvin Harrison)

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Final Rosters (Rounds 11/Full Recap)

(56:27–57:09)

Andy:

• RB: Derrick Henry, Devon Achane, Javonte Williams, Ollie Gordon
• WR: Marvin Harrison, Terry McLaurin, Davante Adams, Rome Odunze, Cooper Kupp
• TE: Sam LaPorta
• QB: Jordan Love

Jason:

• QB: Lamar Jackson
• TE: George Kittle
• WR: Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, Deebo Samuel, Keenan Allen, Jaden Higgins
• RB: Tony Pollard, Caleb Johnson, Austin Ekeler, Trey Benson

Mike:

• RB: Jahmyr Gibbs, James Cook, Breece Hall, Tank Bigsby
• WR: A.J. Brown, Tet McMillan, Emeka Egbuka, Jerry Jeudy, Luther Burden
• TE: Jake Ferguson
• QB: Dak Prescott

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Takeaways & Tips

• Stay Flexible: Mock drafts rarely go as planned; be ready to pivot based on positional runs and value on the board.
• Difference-Makers > Filler: The hosts repeatedly emphasize securing difference-makers, even at non-glamour spots like TE and QB, before plugging holes at RB/WR out of desperation.
• Avoid ADP Traps: “Scroll down!” and don’t be a slave to the consensus—find your guys, especially in mid and late rounds.
• Monitor News Closely: Trades and injuries (e.g., Parsons, Godwin’s absence, Kyron/Corum timeshare) must factor into your ranking and draft decisions.

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FINAL REMINDERS

• UDK and Megalobowl entries at: UltimateDraftKit.com and Megalobol.com
• Watch out for their “Just the Tips” YouTube miniseries for sleeper WR talk.
• No Labor Day show; next episode launches into “real” Week 1 football prep.
• Join the community: jointhefoot.com, subscribe to YouTube, and check out their new clips channel.

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Enjoy draft weekend—stay hydrated and good luck!
“This was the last mock—next time, it’s for real.” (56:29, Andy)

Transcript

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[Jason Moore]

The fantasy Footballer Studio is sponsored by Walmart. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in. Happy Friday, everybody. Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway, the fantasy footballers. August 29, back in the building, big time draft weekend just ahead of us.

[Jason Moore]

And now if you'll excuse us, a quick ad break.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

So.

[Andy Holloway]

Perfect. Jason, welcome in one and all. And an extra special welcome to the YouTube community who watches our show every day. Somehow I, we have to get something off our chests right here at the top. Real quick. I'm laying down on the couch last night. It's about, I don't know, almost 10 o'. Clock, 9:30, 10 o'. Clock.

[Jason Moore]

Whoa.

[Mike Wright]

Burning the candle handle.

[Jason Moore]

Wow.

[Mike Wright]

Goodness gracious.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I was kind of letting it hang out and I, I'm, I'm looking at the episode yesterday and I, I'm seeing these comments and I'm gonna be honest with you, YouTube, you're wonderful people, but you can be, you could be a lot in the comments sometimes. So we don't, we don't always read them. We do try to browse them and see. I want to know if something's going wrong with the show basically. So, so we check, check the comments and I'm looking and I see a couple comments and they're like, man, there's a lot of ads in this show. Like every three minutes there's an ad. I'm like, what are you. I literally replied, I'm like, what are you talking about?

[Mike Wright]

That's impossible.

[Jason Moore]

We've had two ad breaks for 10 years.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, so, yeah, our show is very standard format. You might get an ad at the very beginning, before the show begins. You get a. We have two dedicated, defined ad breaks. There's even music leading into them. And then we have a post roll sometimes. That's it. That's all we've ever had. I mean, I'm seeing these comments. I'm going, what is going on? Like, people are saying, are they just complaining about the normal ads? Like, that seems like a thing people could do.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, people love complaining.

[Andy Holloway]

And. And then so I started watching the show.

[Mike Wright]

It's really my favorite.

[Andy Holloway]

And one stood out to me. And they said that sometimes they cut off what people are saying. And I'm like watching Mike and I'm watching him do his MVP Ken Walker thing and right in the middle of a word, an ad bumps in.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, even YouTube is like, shut up about Ken Walker.

[Jason Moore]

Enough already.

[Mike Wright]

That'll do.

[Andy Holloway]

So, long story short, we discover that YouTube, in their effort to, I guess, secure more YouTube Red memberships or something to that extent, they made some adjustments to their ad placement and they started like, if you don't define the ads, which we always have done, something was glitching out over the last month. And so I would say at least half the episodes. Al, you were the one doing the legwork last night, fixing everything. Probably more than half the episodes in August, right? Yes. And we're automatically placing ad breaks and overriding what we did, like every three minutes. Every three minutes. And I am like, Jason made the comment to me. He goes, I can't believe we still have subscribers. We posted a note in the community chat on YouTube and on Twitter this morning. But we have discovered the insanity that was going on on YouTube in the last month. And we are so freaking sorry that you have been enduring these random ad breaks that, you know, if you have YouTube Red, you don't even see it. Or YouTube Premium, whatever they call it now. You don't even see it. So we had not discovered this until last night. It has been fixed. It will be fixed going forward. I'm going to do something here. We're going to pick five random YouTube comments today. I'm going to buy you your favorite jersey. We'll buy you your favorite jersey from whatever team and player that you want. Thank you.

[Mike Wright]

For as long as it's the Arizona.

[Andy Holloway]

Cardinals so we can get it on discount. Oh, yeah, no, we'll pick 5 comments today. Thank you for sticking with us through the insanity of that. It made me want to throw up last night. So there you go. We're not that desperate for cash, I promise. Yeah, we're not that desperate for cash. We're trying to give you an ad every three minutes. In fact, we want you to have an amazing experience watching the show and thank you for enduring the insanity the last month. It's been fixed. It will be fixed going forward. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right. That out of the way. We have news. We have our final mock draft today. A final lay of the land heading into the weekend. If you're drafting Saturday, Sunday, Monday or before kickoff, this will be a perfect chance to see exactly where we have players going, how we build teams.

[Jason Moore]

This one feels different because I know, I know all three of us are in like right now. We are towards the very end of the at least three legit live leagues. So we are past real drafts now and our league of record draft is Monday. So this is like, this is a. I'm taking this one serious. This isn't like I'm going to test this theory. This is, I'm a go time.

[Mike Wright]

This is the real test.

[Jason Moore]

This is the real test.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And you know, news changes all the time. We do have drafts also starting tomorrow in the megalovol. So Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and then one Wednesday draft Wednesday morning. So it looks, I don't know if it matters, but it looks like the Saturday early draft is the most popular draft so far. But we have two a days through Tuesday and then a Wednesday morning draft for the Megalobol if you want to get in and play in that league. I think we're up about 16, 17,000 people so [e-mail] let's talk some NFL news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league presented by Progressive Insurance.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it happened.

[Andy Holloway]

Michael Parsons has been traded.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Peak Micah Parsons has been traded from the Cowboys in exchange. Okay, that's Al Borland. Very excited. Packer fan been traded to the Packers.

[Mike Wright]

Here, Jeremy, I got you.

[Andy Holloway]

You're darn right so somebody yesterday said they thought that that song had always said the pet store. I'm never going back to the pet store. And they were in.

[Mike Wright]

They.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know why, but they were in on that. Cowboys no more Michael Parsons. They get two first round picks and a defensive tackle, Kenny Clark. The packers then signed Michael Parsons to a record breaking $188 million contract extension. The most money ever for a non quarterback. Okay, reactions. This is not normally fantasy football talk.

[Jason Moore]

But I mean, well, this is fantasy. This is legit fantasy football talk. Because if you look at what the Cowboys defense has been with Micah Parsons on the field and without it is, it's basically one of the top three or one of the bottom three defenses. And if you're telling me that the Dallas Cowboys have no run game and no defense, but they've got Dak and CD and George Pickens and I'll even throw Fergalicious in there right now, it excites me more for what they're going to have to. If they want to win games, they're going to have to score 30 points if their defense sticks. It's very similar to like why we love the Bengals.

[Andy Holloway]

Nfc Bengals.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. They've got the weapons in the receiving game and they're going to have to score 30 points to win. I love that from a fantasy football standpoint. And then obviously on the flip side of that, to meet Josh Jacobs becomes more relevant. This is a team that could be winning on defense and running the clock out slightly more. You know, obviously that's just what happens. People talk about, you know, when you run the ball over 25 times a game, you win. No, it's when you win the game you get to run the ball a lot at the end. So those things matter. I kind of have slight tweaks in my mind of just excitement about the Cowboys receiving game and the packers run game.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I think two of us maybe Mike and I had the packers winning the division already.

[Mike Wright]

Dude, that was so long ago.

[Jason Moore]

You both did.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, I mean, because I saw, I changed.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, look, the catch here, I mean the packers, you got to do this. This is amazing. I will say, like this is the most all in move you can make. I mean you, you not only have to pay Michael Parsons, which destroys your cap situation because him and Jordan Love, I mean those are like the only 200 plus million dollar players on the same team. But you also have no picks for the next couple of rounds. I mean this is very much.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, they can't afford them.

[Andy Holloway]

This is my, this is my team last year. Like I am going all in. I'm trading everything I can for stars.

[Jason Moore]

So you think they lose in the super bowl then?

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, it's look, it's just very all in. Very nice.

[Mike Wright]

I mean speaking of super bowl, like we see players change teams and then you're like, oh, did this do anything to the odds? You know, the, the, the wise guys.

[Jason Moore]

Did it actually make a big running back signing?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they've gone from eight and a half wins to eight and a half wins. It literally does nothing. But the Micah Parsons trade. The Packers super bowl odds went from plus 1800 to plus 1400. And the Cowboys dropped from plus 5520 to plus 6500. Like this.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know about that. Jerry says this makes them a better team.

[Andy Holloway]

I've heard he was asked one question. He spoke for 11 minutes and five seconds.

[Jason Moore]

Man.

[Andy Holloway]

Nobody likes a press conference more than Jerry Jones. And nobody's gone through enough. Like, I've watched that whole documentary. I just got. I mean, it's perfect timing. I just got done with 8 part of Jerry Jones documentary on Netflix. And you go all the way back to Herschel Walker and all these other trays, and you. He just wants. He wants credit for doing something crazy. That's what he wants. That works, right? And he fought over Jimmy Johnson and the Herschel Walker trade. Who gets Credit? Yeah, you're 82. Who cares?

[Jason Moore]

You ain't got time for picks.

[Andy Holloway]

You own a team. Why do you care who gets credit? It's delusional. Cowboys fans have got to be so frustrated.

[Mike Wright]

They're plus 1200 now.

[Jason Moore]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

Goodness gracious.

[Andy Holloway]

The Packers.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Like, this is.

[Andy Holloway]

They're getting bet on. This is a hard.

[Mike Wright]

It's a huge move I talked about earlier when this was going on. It's like, yeah, I want to finally see a superstar go to Jerry Jones, you know, whatever. However, metaphorically or actually of like, no, you messed around, dude, and now you're going to find out, I don't want to be on this team anymore.

[Andy Holloway]

Did you see Micah? Did you see.

[Mike Wright]

I saw him celebrate when he was.

[Andy Holloway]

Doing a live podcast. He was interviewed, and it was. Jordan Love was on there on the podcast, and it was live, studio audience and everything. This was not that long ago. And he kind of makes a joke like, why don't you come play for us? And Mike is just like. He's like, no, I'm a lifer. He's like, jerry Jones is my guy. He's like, I will never leave the Cowboys.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. But you get to a point where you're just. You're insulted.

[Andy Holloway]

It sounded like the news yesterday. The reporting was even when the trade was ready to go, the agent and Michael Parsons went back to the Cowboys and said, no, let's talk. Like, he wanted to be there still.

[Jason Moore]

And then Jerry didn't want to work with the agent.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And it's all.

[Jason Moore]

Can't remember who.

[Mike Wright]

Jane Slater. I'm trying to remember who tweeted it, but, like, confirming that this was said of that. That conversation happened. And then the Cowboys said, no play on the fifth year option or get out of here.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it became.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, I'll see you later.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's ego.

[Mike Wright]

I'll go take all of that generational money.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's. It's outrageous. So there you go. Big time trade. We got news from Buccaneers general manager Jason, like, how do you pronounce his last name?

[Mike Wright]

Is it like.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, thank you. Said Chris Godwin is likely to return in week five or later. So that is a long time.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So what are they doing over there? I do not know. Because you have a roster spot of your 53 that'll be dedicated to Chris Godwin. I know he gets to practice, but this is.

[Andy Holloway]

And what was the GM's name again?

[Jason Moore]

Jason Lecht.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, thank you. A.J. brown is practicing. This is good news for the game. That is less than a week away. Marvin Mims returning to practice after the groin strain.

[Mike Wright]

Well, he's. He. They're saying he will return on Monday.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay.

[Mike Wright]

So that's tbd.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. And then we did get a report. Michael Ford talking about the plan is to split carries up a little bit more with Kyron and Blake Corum. I think we talked about it on the footcast. Jason, you said interestingly enough, being the Kyron truther.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I do believe that this is true. I am not scared off of it at all. I don't look at Kyron Williams as a player that when I'm drafting at the 2, 3 turn that I'm drafting him because he gets 90% of the snaps and an extreme workload. I still believe he will be the lion of the timeshare.

[Andy Holloway]

You know, I do look at him that way. I look at him as extremely touchdown dependent and workload dependent because of the.

[Mike Wright]

I think you'll see struggles though.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not saying that this is moving him. I didn't move him off of this information either. But I do look at him as somebody that I don't think would be good on limited touches.

[Jason Moore]

It is funny though. The Jarquez Hunter truthers, right. It's like he is clearly not the backup here.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's at least what they're saying.

[Jason Moore]

Well, doing. I mean you look at how the.

[Mike Wright]

Utilization and like we don't. We don't have game film yet, but it sounds like it. Yeah, it'll be quorum as the backup.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

The fantasy footballers mock draft.

[Andy Holloway]

There you go, final mock. The final mock. Here we go. We have a 12 team. Half PPR, one quarterback, two running back, two wide receiver, one tight end, one flex, four bench. Mock draft. We randomly assigned draft spots today. Mike got the sixth spot. I'm at eight. Jason at the turn at 12. Maybe just so used to it from some of our other drafts.

[Jason Moore]

The early, the early off season I was constantly at the back of the draft. I've been a little higher recently. But I will say I enjoy being late so long as it's not a super flex. If it's a non super flex. I really like being late in most drafts. But I think with this group of all very like minded individuals, I doubt that the players I see dropping to the 12 get there in this one.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, way we go. Jamar chase goes number one. Bijan Saquon, CMC off the board, two, three, four. Mike shaking his head. CD Lamb goes off the board at 105. Putting Mike on the clock here in round one.

[Mike Wright]

This one's easy, Mr. Meer. Gibbs.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, that's a shame.

[Mike Wright]

I don't need to do a whole thing if McCaffrey if I'm at 6 and there is another McCaffrey truther in your league and he's gone and Jameer Gibbs falls.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, Yep, that puts me on the clock at 108. I was somehow hoping maybe Jameer and Gibbs slipped by. I was in a similar position in another draft, a little bit different format. I actually went pookinakua right here. In another draft I was on the fence between Puka and Derek Henry. So I'm going to take Derek Henry in this mock as for some reason we just aren't giving him his due still. So one of the super bowl contending best teams in the league. Henry will be the pick for me in the first round. Mike with Gibbs and we have Chase, Lamb and Jefferson. The wide receivers off the board. Al Borland on the clock. Well, I guess after Henry it went Ashton Genty, then Amon Ra, then Malik Neighbors and Jason. You're on the clock at the turn.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, this is, this is really interesting. So given that it's a mock, what I really want to do here is take Puka and Nico. I think each one of those guys could finish as the wide receiver one. I believe both of those guys will be a top seven wide receiver to start that way is great. When you're on the turn, it gets really dicey whether or not you, you know, give yourself the flexibility of going one running back, one wide receiver. If I was to look at the running back position here, it might surprise you. It's certainly not adp, but according to my rankings and what I would go, I would go Jonathan Taylor. So it would be no Josh Jacobs.

[Andy Holloway]

After the previous discussion.

[Jason Moore]

Love Josh Jacobs as well, but I've got Johnny Taylor even higher.

[Andy Holloway]

Could just Jacobs finish number one overall?

[Jason Moore]

I think Josh Jacobs could, but it would be tough sledding. I, you know, I look at Jonathan Taylor and Josh Jacobs, I think they're outstanding. I don't really think either one could finish as the number one running back fantasy option because they're not high volume receivers like a Bijon, like a Gibbs, like a Christian McCaffrey. So because I think there's a tier difference, I'm going to do it. I'm going to take the guys that I think are absolute difference makers set apart at their position. I'm going to take Puka and Nico.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Any like purpose behind the order you took them in?

[Jason Moore]

None. I don't even know which order I took them in.

[Andy Holloway]

Because you disrespected Nico is what I'm saying.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you. I respected Puka. How dare you. All right, I'm a glass half full guy.

[Mike Wright]

Full for Puka, it's half empty.

[Jason Moore]

But I look at the positive side. Puka, I'm looking at the water, you're looking at the air.

[Andy Holloway]

Puka, Nico, Nico. The first pick of the second round. A second round pick as you call it.

[Jason Moore]

No first pick.

[Andy Holloway]

Drake London goes next. Josh Jacobs, Brian Thomas. I had a group of six players on the board, on my board because I know how to use the queue and there's only one left. And so it actually is interesting. I went, I went Henry in the first round. I'm going to come back and take a player that is slipping way too far. Devon HN is going to be the pick at the 205. The injury has knocked him down. ADP. I like him much more than Jonathan Taylor. Who goes next? Putting Mike on the clock with Jameer Gibbs on his roster.

[Jason Moore]

I will say if you want to talk about could, could X player be the number one? I think Devon Achan has a higher odds to be number one than Taylor because he could catch, you know, 90 passes this year.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, well, Mike, you're on the clock. What are you thinking about?

[Mike Wright]

So I'm looking at the wide receivers. ADP wise it's AJ Brown, Ladd, Tyreek, T. So the way that I have it projected out, it would Be a. You know, it's. A.J. brown would be the clear pick there at the wide receiver or, I'm sorry, at the running back position. Kyron, Bucky, Chase Brown, man, I love Chase Brown there, but I'm. The fact that A.J. brown dropped to me, I'm just going to take him, make it easy.

[Andy Holloway]

So you split. Jason went to wide, I went to running back. That'll be fun to play out in a mock draft. And Mike, with the one in one situation, Chase Brown, any temptations there, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Yeah, there's definitely temptations to have him, but I want the, you know, I want a top flexibility wide receiver right there.

[Andy Holloway]

T. Higgins goes next at the ninth pick of the second round. Kyron at 210. So Brooksie stacks the running back Saquon and Kyron lad McConkey going at 211. I found myself having a harder time drafting loud lately. JSN rounding out the second round. Any thoughts before we take a break?

[Mike Wright]

Is the lad McConkey just Keenan Allen based or is it shifting philosophies or.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's mostly Keenan Allen based. And just the fact that I think the running game will be successful. And so you saw the second half of the year where they had no choice and no players and Ladd benefited. Like, I have him slightly under his reception and target totals of last year, believe it or not. So I love Ladd, but I do think that Keenan will have a role.

[Jason Moore]

They really didn't have a lot of options at the end of last year. Ladd was really, really good. And then it was like, well, we could throw to Cuge on the outside and we can't run the ball, so let's just keep throwing to Ladd.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, and I would say this too. In basketball leagues and things you're drafting this weekend, don't forget that Cuge exists. He ends up really, really low in adp. And if you're in a best ball league, he can score for that team. And he is not like. It's not like he's out for the year or anything like that. He's just recovering from a concussion. We'll take a break after the second round here and come back and continue the mock.

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[Andy Holloway]

Brock Bowers. The Brock of the mock third round first pick.

[Mike Wright]

They both made it to the third.

[Andy Holloway]

Bucky Irving, Tyreek Hill, Omari and Hampton. Trey McBride. I noticed as Brooks is first wide out. Tyree Kill. How do you think he feels about Tyreek as your first?

[Jason Moore]

Hopeful. If you're. If Tyreek is your first, there's only one way you can feel it's hopeful.

[Andy Holloway]

He says he regrets not taking JSN with the second pick after being left with Tyreek. But Mike, you're on the clock. Gibbs, A.J. brown.

[Mike Wright]

So looking at the wide receivers real quick, you know adp, we got Marv Evans, Garrett Wilson. So a different tier while the running backs are about to deplete. But you. So you have James Cook. Ken Bone Walker is there. As much as I love Ken Walker, I do have James Cook ranked ahead of him. So I think that. I think the running back. I think the running back is going to be an issue on the way back and like those mid round wide receivers. So I'm going to take James Cook.

[Andy Holloway]

I have been much more comfortable with James Cook lately.

[Mike Wright]

He's been much more comfortable in his 3,000 thread count sheets.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Yeah, no, that. That's a good way to sleep. You can sleep at night for many years.

[Mike Wright]

Do they even make those?

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

What's the highest thread count? Does anyone know? Yeah, Jay, what's the highest thread count? How high does it go?

[Jason Moore]

It goes to 3,000. I know. I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Mike Evans goes off the board next. Interesting. Evans over Garrett Wilson over Marvin Harrison.

[Jason Moore]

I would have.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm going to pull the trigger here on Marvin Harrison as my wide receiver. One after drafting Henry and Achan. So Marvin at 308. Ken Walker off the board at 309. Al Borland has Josh Jacobs already on the roster. He just drafted Micah Parsons. Wow.

[Mike Wright]

In the third round, I asked the AI overlords what's the highest thread count sheets available. Some brands advertise thread counts up to 1500 or even claim 3000. The random number apparently is the highest it gets.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, boy. Are those.

[Jason Moore]

Can you even the Highest it claims.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Like, can you even land it or do you just like slip just over overnight? You just slowly slide off the bed?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's.

[Andy Holloway]

You nailed it. 3,000. Ken Walker, Alvin Camara, Trayvon Henderson at 311. Too rich for your blood. Mike, are you okay with that?

[Mike Wright]

I'm okay with him in the fourth and the Falcons right there on the turn. I don't think Jason would have taken him.

[Jason Moore]

I would 100% have taken.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, you would have.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

Well, then he made the correct decision because 311 or 402, it. That doesn't really matter.

[Andy Holloway]

Both of you had two wide outs already, so it makes sense that the running backs are on. On the docket.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. So here. Here's the issue of, you know, double tapping the wide receivers at the beginning. It leaves you at a totally different tier of running backs allowed. You know, left on the board. Breeze Hall. Okay. He's next up in adp. Chuba is a good running back. James Conner's a good running back. But these are not exciting picks that, you know, if you compare those to some of the other difference makers that are on the board, there are guys that are just way more important for fantasy. So I know I came in say. So this is something where you have to stay water. You have to be willing to pivot. I'm always going to try my best to take difference makers over average guys I need on my roster. I'm not a big 0rb drafter. I don't like drafting that way. But if that's what the value is when you're on, then that. Then that's what I'm going to have to do.

[Andy Holloway]

And I'm going to say George Cattle.

[Jason Moore]

It's actually something I literally never do. I recommend.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you the first off the board?

[Mike Wright]

You're going dub onesies?

[Jason Moore]

I'm going dub onesies because I'm on the 12 spot. And what's allowed left? I'm going to take Lamar Jackson and George Kittle. I feel like George Kittle disrespect because.

[Mike Wright]

Dropping him into the fourth, unbelievable.

[Jason Moore]

I wanted him first in that round. I didn't want him to be the last pick of a round.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's a dumb argument.

[Jason Moore]

So anyways, I took Lamar Jackson and George Kittle because my running backs are going to be weaker. If I were to draft running backs there, I'm weaker than every other team in the league. Like already right now, I've got a strength over them at a different position.

[Andy Holloway]

I want to hear you talk about your running Backs later.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah. I mean, it's going to suck. This is. At the end of this draft, this is going to be more of a 0 RB draft where my running backs will look very, very poor. But in a real fantasy league that is a managed league. I'm going to be crazy on the waiver wires. I'm going to be going hard after the injuries and, you know, at the end of the draft, I'll be drafting a bunch of the backups.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm upset because after Kittle Conner went and then Garrett Wilson and DK Metcalf, I wanted both of those players. I wanted one of them to be my wide receiver too. So I'm going to pull the trigger here on Terry McLaurin in the fourth round, who was dominant last year, just got paid. Love the offense and you know, fourth round, I can live with it. So Josh Allen, first or second quarterback off the board to Betsy, puts Mike back on the clock. Gibbs, A.J. brown, James Cook. So far.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, it's been falling pretty easy for me. So I'm going to stay balanced. I'm going to take my guy Ted Arroy McMillan here in the fourth round. I thought Bets would take it for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

I have a question for you.

[Mike Wright]

That's a nice little treat for me. What's that?

[Andy Holloway]

One of the players that is not moving up in adp, but maybe in my opinion should, should be much higher because of the recent circumstances. I'm just curious about the temperature, you guys. You know, take the temperature on Xavier Worthy because you know, this is going to be their guy. He was so good down the stretch. There is no Rashi Rice for six weeks. It seems like maybe he's being slightly undervalued.

[Jason Moore]

I agree. I agree completely. He's a more talented player than I think the Rushy Rice news and the hype of like he's, oh, he's not going to be suspended this year. It's going to go to next year. Oh, it's going to be in the middle of this year. He carried the cycle and so the question that what we're doing with the Chiefs has always been assuming that Rushy Rice is the. Is the one. But the truth is Xavier Worthy could be the one for this team.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Yes. He definitely could be the one.

[Mike Wright]

He projects to be that. I'm torn on Worthy because, like, it wasn't until the end of the year that it really came on for him. You know, he's a rookie.

[Andy Holloway]

That's normal, right?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it is. But the while, for while it was good for Fantasy. I mean, it was good the games that he got you a touchdown. And I just. I have my concerns of if they.

[Andy Holloway]

Throw deep, though, isn't he one of the biggest beneficiaries?

[Mike Wright]

Well, they tried to use him that way at the beginning of the year, and it was not working at all.

[Andy Holloway]

In the Super Bowl.

[Mike Wright]

Sure. I'm not. It's not an impossibility, of course, but when you're looking at 11 targets from Mahomes turned into 6 for 46, 11 targets turn into 7 for 65. Like the. And then the, you know, the Chiefs of like Hollywood. Hollywood Brown is there and healthy right now. And the end of last year, they were hurting at the wide receiver position of anybody reliable. So I just. I have my concerns of if he's not getting, you know, nine or more targets on a weekly basis. I think you're getting like 50 or fewer yards. And then you're just hoping that he scored, which. It's Mahomes. Things could turn around in an instant for the Kansas City Chiefs passing attack. I just. I am. I am lower on Worthy than. Than you guys are.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Mike, you're on the clock. Gibbs and Cook at running back, AJ Brown and Ted McMillan at wide receiver. Fifth round pick. You are balanced at the moment.

[Mike Wright]

I am.

[Andy Holloway]

We still got some one top tier quarterback maybe available. We do.

[Mike Wright]

We got. Joey B. Is still there. The wide receiver position. Adams, I mean, Rice is there because of adp. Worthy is there. Ooh, man. So at the running back position, Breeze hall is the.

[Jason Moore]

That's.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Is. Is fifth round punishment enough for Breeze Hall?

[Jason Moore]

That is definitely punishment.

[Mike Wright]

We should probably be drafting him there, which I. Yeah, man. It still feels bad. It still feels bad.

[Jason Moore]

Take. Take him over Burrow.

[Mike Wright]

Why? Why? What is. What's your plan here? What's your scheme?

[Jason Moore]

My scheme is to build my best team. I don't care about your team, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna try it. I'm gonna try it. Breeze Hall, I think he likes it. Feels bad.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he likes it.

[Mike Wright]

Feels bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Immediately likes the pattern. What's wild is, you know, Devonte Adams.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And then George goes next, who would have probably been my wide receiver pick. It feels terrible.

[Andy Holloway]

George Pickens went next. Yeah. I'm back on the clock.

[Mike Wright]

This is the worst.

[Andy Holloway]

Adams was there in the third. I thought about it. He was there in the fourth. I thought about it. He's there in the fifth. I mean, I'm taking Devonte Adams, Harrison McLaren Adams after starting Henry H. And I feel I Feel good about that. Xavier Worthy goes next to Kurt. I wasn't willing to pull the trigger on Worthy over Adams. There it was. It was those two and Devonte Smith that were the last names in that tier for me. Joe Burrow off the board, producer Borland himself. And then devontae Smith goes. You shook your head. I think you maybe wanted him. Jason. I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no. I was. I shook my head because I was shocked. I just assumed because it was the Falcon that he'd be going after my Caleb Johnson. As a team that needs a running back and I'm on the turn, you know, I might have to reach ahead of ADP.

[Andy Holloway]

But you're looking for a third stringer or.

[Jason Moore]

I'm looking for my RB1.

[Andy Holloway]

You can't play him in week one.

[Jason Moore]

I can play him in week one and I have to play him in week one. Oh, yeah, you can look at the other position.

[Mike Wright]

Will allow it.

[Jason Moore]

Like I said earlier, I'm never going to just automatically say I need a running back so I have to take a running back. You have to glance at the other positions. I'm looking. I like, I like Travis Hunter, but he's a question mark. Zay Flowers, whatever. I don't need a tight end. I don't need a quarterback. So I am, I am going to take, I'm going to double tap the running back position here. Tony Pollard is undervalued right now because he starts the first four weeks of this season as a bell cow on an offense that could be majorly improved. Even when they first.

[Mike Wright]

Spears is a. Was it an ankle?

[Jason Moore]

I don't remember. But he's on the pop so he's gone for the first four weeks. So I think it was a high. So I'm going to take Tony Pollard and I'm going to follow that up with Caleb Johnson.

[Mike Wright]

So it was, it was a high ankle sprain which like Spears is out the first four games. It would not be surprising for two, two weeks after that for Spears to still not be remotely close to himself. So I mean, if you're talking five to six weeks of Tony Pollard as.

[Jason Moore]

The main guy and now when I look at the difference between Tony Pollard or what I could have grabbed in a James Conner or a Chuba Hubbard versus now if I had gone James Conner and Chuba Hubbard and I wanted a quarterback and a tight end, I'd be looking instead of Lamar Jackson and George Kittle, I'd be at Baker Mayfield and Sam Laporta. So I'm very happy That I did the rare double onesie tap.

[Andy Holloway]

Still going to need an RB2, though.

[Jason Moore]

Nope. Nope. I've got a fantasy MVP.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Ridley, Kelsey Swift off the board. That puts me back on the clock.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, my gosh.

[Andy Holloway]

Kelsey and Swift back to back.

[Mike Wright]

There's no.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah, you're right. Kelsey and Swift right next to each other.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, this is cool. I have not liked to draft more than this one going double running back. I don't know if it's just because of the way other people picked, but I feel like I'm just getting stars at wide receiver every round. No matter how long this draft goes, I'm taking Roma Dunes a in the sixth round. So Harrison, McLaurin, Adams and A. Dunes A. Travis Hunter. Yes. Went next and was on the short list as well. Mike, could you have more opposite running.

[Jason Moore]

Backs than you do? Derek Henry and HN is a combo. Just perfect.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll get my ground and pound and I'll get my through the air. Feel good about that?

[Jason Moore]

I see HN like, up riding on the shoulders of. You know what I mean? Like, if they were in a pool. Are we transferring?

[Mike Wright]

Are we chicken fighting?

[Jason Moore]

They're chicken fighting.

[Andy Holloway]

Who was the two. Oh, gosh. I'm not going to remember his name. When the Titans had Henry White.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no. There was a. There was a tiny. A tiny running back that they had, and I can't remember his name back at the.

[Mike Wright]

Kyle Will remember when Henry was on the Titans.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Because they stood next to each other in training camp one time and just like hn.

[Mike Wright]

Well, that's because Mark Ingram looks tiny.

[Andy Holloway]

Next. I cannot remember the name. It's not Al Borland. No.

[Mike Wright]

Dion Lewis.

[Andy Holloway]

Dion Lewis Bets.

[Mike Wright]

Wins. That one.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. All right, Mike, you're back on the call.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, am I?

[Andy Holloway]

Gibbs Brown, Cook, McMillan Hall. Color symmetry says you want to go with a wide receiver if you want to go back and forth.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, so looking at the. Look at the adp, Rasheed Rice. The standoff is still going. I don't hate the idea of taking him right here, especially like I already have. You know, A.J. brown and Ted McMillan. I feel strong there. Like, I can wait. But I got to know the rest of these clowns here as we are going to move into the seventh. I'm in the middle of the seventh round. I'm going to scroll. Don't forget to scroll down, ladies and gentlemen. Do not forget to scroll down, because I'm going to take a Mecca. Abuka.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so you. You are doing it.

[Mike Wright]

ADP Wise that is a reach. I don't know. It's not hopefully reach that it won't end up as a reach.

[Jason Moore]

It's going. That's right where he's going to be going in leagues. If you look at best ball adp, he's already way above that point. He's basically almost a fifth rounder which is getting a little spicy.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Maybe too much. And he's a my guy. I believe in him. But where you took him I think is the perfect spot.

[Mike Wright]

You thought Warren was going to make it to you.

[Jason Moore]

Warren is a seventh round pick. This in every draft I've seen lately. I know, I know. Early in the offseason he was almost undrafted.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, the people don't know what were. What's going on. Egbuca, Aaron Jones, Stefan Diggs, a Flowers, Ricky Pierce Law Patrick Mahomes in the seventh row or in the late, late six Charbonnet Tyler Warren in the seventh round. Crosby Merritt, Bill Crosby, Jalen Warren, Chris Olave, Mike back on the clock.

[Mike Wright]

All right, man. So I gotta look at the running back just in case I can make my. My pattern continue to go but it's mixing Judkins, Tracy etn, Scatter. Boo. Jordan Mason is. Jordan Mason wouldn't be the worst pick right there but. But I don't particularly love it. Jerry Judy I think is fascinating right here. How long does Joe Flacco get to keep that job? Where'd you get his temperature check on Jacoby with after the old. I want to make more money so send me away. I don't think that's happening.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I look at him like exactly like John Jennings. Necessary, like.

[Mike Wright]

But I'm saying like angry. Do you see him as still the same for now?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Jay, you're. Where are you?

[Jason Moore]

Kobe. You know, it's. It's tough because I think obviously if he moves, you don't know how I think. I think his. The fact that he's necessary is why we like him as a Raider. But then you add Amari Cooper and it makes me question whether how necessary he is. Not that Amari Cooper has a ton left, but just having anyone else there, you know Brock Bowers is going to be the number one target. So then it's like if you're kind of fighting over two incoming rookies, you know Thornton's looked great. You Adamari Cooper. I don't. I'm not. I'm not really in on Jacoby right now.

[Mike Wright]

Looking through the names. I'm just going to take Jerry Judy right here. I'm not 100% confident in Jerry Judy, but in the seventh round he is someone who could vastly outplay his ADP.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Rashi Rice 707. How do you feel about that pick Matthew Betts taking Rice in the seventh?

[Mike Wright]

I like it. He's run with hero RB with Johnny Taylor as his only guy, but this team will get stronger as the year goes. Jason.

[Jason Moore]

I would rather have other wide receivers that are on the board right now. I will say that kind of echoing what Mike just said. He is the type of build that Rice works. He's his wide receiver for. I would not take Rice ahead of being my fourth wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

It's his wide receiver five or that's.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, he can't be one of your top three wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we'll take a quick break and come back with the rest of the mock.

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, I'm back on the clock. Henry and H.N. at running back. Harrison, McLaurin Adams and a Dunes a wide receiver. Yes, I had my sights set on Tyler Warren making it through.

[Mike Wright]

He would not have made it past me.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, well I'll pull the trigger on what I think would be a more difference making situation for my team at this point. I could add some depth at running back. I could add there's nobody in the quarterback tier that I need to fight over. I'm okay with the Jordan Mason choice here. I'm okay going starter Javante Williams low ceiling. I think I'm going to pull the trigger on Sam Laporta. I don't think I've drafted him in a mock. He's two rounds two and a half rounds beyond ADP. I think LaPorta late seventh is fine. Matthew golden goes next. That was unfortunately my other pick.

[Jason Moore]

He was highest on my cue, so he certainly would not have gotten to you.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Matthew Golden, Jordan Mason, Tyrone Tracy often ignored. And yet starting Tyrone Tracy, I don't know why we ignore him so much because he was really good when he played football last year. Other than fumbling, he was outrageously talented on a bad offensive situation.

[Jason Moore]

The reason that we as a group that much about Tyrone Tracy is Cam Scatterable and that could be very foolish. Cam Scatter was, you know, a day three running back that the reports middle of camp came out saying this is Tyrone Tracy's team. It's not Cam Scatter Boo's team. And so I think it's just our kind of pre NFL draft scouting of Cam Scatter Boo.

[Andy Holloway]

That's.

[Jason Moore]

I believe that's the reason for me.

[Mike Wright]

It'S more of a, you know, like Tracy was. Tracy was a workhorse and even though maybe he is the one a, that's fine. Scatter Boo will be involved. The offense is not going to be great. And then where you're taking Tracy, like, I think that Tracy because you're like, so the Falcons team has. He's got Travion and James Conner. Tracy's not going to crack his starting lineup for. Unless an injury in week one or two happened, Tracy won't make it into his starting lineup and Tracy will. Will lose value in my opinion as Scatter Boo becomes more and more involved. So by the time you're like, okay, I need to get Tracy in here, you're already. You've already lost value.

[Andy Holloway]

No chance Tracy outperforms Henderson for the first part of the year.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think there is.

[Jason Moore]

I would be surprised by that as well. All right, so I'm on the clock here. I am balanced, obviously. I had my two stud wide receivers, Puka and Nico, and my running backs are a little bit weaker with Tony Pollard and my MVP Caleb Johnson. I'm going to go one wide receiver, one running back here because I think there's value at both. Debo Samuel is a little bit left for dead here in the seventh round at the end and at the beginning of the 8th, I'm going to take Austin Eckler. I think he pairs really nice. I think that's a good spot with my roster. Tony Pollard, Caleb Johnson and Austin Eckler. I'm actually totally fine with those as my running backs going into a season when I didn't get my first running back until round five.

[Andy Holloway]

Hawkinson off the board After Jason's two selections putting Al Borland on the clock, he's taking his time with it. Still searching for Michael Parsons. I don't know if he's going to be able to find him. He begged for an IDP league today.

[Mike Wright]

He can, he can still take him.

[Andy Holloway]

And he is really struggling here.

[Jason Moore]

Sorry, my computer froze for a sec.

[Andy Holloway]

He was adding ads to the show.

[Jason Moore]

The draft board's frozen on our screen as well, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay. Well, yeah, that's. That's sleeper.

[Mike Wright]

Hey, we sleep.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, look at that little tiny draft board. Khalil Shakir off the board. Evan Ingram. Leaving me with the disgusting decision to add depth at running back a starter, Javante Williams in the eighth round. Yeah, that's about. I want to draft Devonte in a couple of spots when I won't have to start him at all. And, and I like the rest of my players. Yeah, I need. That's a player I don't like.

[Jason Moore]

I would add a third caveat to that because I agree when you don't have to start them and you like the rest of your players, that's a great place for Javante. But I would add the third tier of in the 10th round or later.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, and I didn't do that.

[Jason Moore]

No, but two out of three is not. Not too bad.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean at running back at this point you're just picking if you don't take Javante Williams there. And J.K. dobbins would have been also in similar situation. But has RJ Harvey there. If you don't take those two guys, you are just.

[Jason Moore]

It's like ctn Cam, Scatter, Boo Ramondre. I mean, come on, Studs.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean those guys stopped before.

[Mike Wright]

There was a draftable player.

[Jason Moore]

Studs. I mean Nick Chubb.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean Chubb, I guess you could go Chub, but Mike, you're back on the clock.

[Mike Wright]

So I'm going to peek over at the quarterback position. Looking at my draft, there are two teams in between this and my next pick who, who need a quarterback and they may take the chance. The. I haven't made an official move to. To Dax stats but man, I really think the loss of Michael Parsons could jump Dak into just another tier and move him up. And then I'm looking at, you know, one of those teams that needs a quarterback drafted CD Lamb with their first pick. So if I want Dak, I bet I have to do it here. The, the. The fallback would be, you know, I have a buka.

[Jason Moore]

Kyle is confirming he's.

[Mike Wright]

That he would have that, well, he.

[Jason Moore]

All he said was shove it, Mike. So I don't know. I don't know what that means, but.

[Mike Wright]

I was saying, like breaking it. He didn't even need to tell me. I knew, I knew that Dak would be either. Dak would probably be his next pick. Do I, am I okay risking that and just taking Baker as the fallback? But Baker could go as well. And the answer is I am not. So I'm going to take Dak.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Dak makes the tear jump right here on this mock. So Kyle can't take him. Goes Keon Coleman instead. And I'm guessing, begrudgingly sure. Bo Nix goes next. Tyler Kraft, Nick Chubb, Tucker. What did I say?

[Jason Moore]

Tyler.

[Andy Holloway]

That's not him.

[Mike Wright]

You're thinking about Tyler Warren way too much, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I really am. Nick Chubb, Quinshawn Judkins.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Is he on your board at all?

[Jason Moore]

He is super on my board, but late super. Well, he's a target. He's. When I say super on my board, I mean he is a. He is a highlighted target for me. I think he should usually be going more around the 10th round. So maybe this is a, a smidge early.

[Andy Holloway]

However, man, I'm not interested.

[Jason Moore]

And that's. And I totally get that he doesn't, he doesn't have a contract. Absolutely. But here's the truth. If he were to sign tomorrow, if the breaking news comes, he signs tomorrow and it is somewhat likely that in the next week or two he signs a contract. If that happens, he would be totally viewed completely differently and we wouldn't be talking about. This is too early for him. If he gets a suspension, which is the case was dropped. He might not, but if he does, it's an odd.

[Andy Holloway]

He will get.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he will get suspended.

[Jason Moore]

Then it's three games because there's no way that they're going like that's the automatic suspension for that, you know, for domestic violence. They're not going to go over and above the automatic when the case was dropped. If they give a three game suspension. Okay. If they were to sign him now and then he misses the first three weeks. You're still talking about, you know, a second round draft pick, talented running back who has really not that much competition. I mean, Dylan Sampson, if quinch on John, maybe, maybe Judkins doesn't sign, doesn't play this year. I mean, it's a huge risk. But I do think that the likeliest outcome is that he plays the majority of games this season.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, you're back on the clock Dak. In the last round, we got three picks left for the three of our teams.

[Mike Wright]

I'm about to close it out. I was Kyle, I'm sure you'll be delighted. I was punished by. By taking Dak there because Tucker Kraft went.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think you're punished.

[Mike Wright]

I think you've been rewarded to not draft Tucker Craft.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

Why is that?

[Andy Holloway]

Because I think you should stack here.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, what? Jake Ferguson?

[Andy Holloway]

I think you should take Jake Ferguson.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

If you think Dak really leveled up and the offense really leveled up, I would see Ferguson and Kraft in the same. Either one could outperform the other one.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. I still have Tucker Kraft ahead. I do like Jake Ferguson. You know, we just highlighted him sometime this week, but looking at the rest of the fools we got Bets is the only team that doesn't have a tight end. So even if I don't end up with Ferguson, there's still a couple guys that I really like there. And I don't know who's clamoring for Tank Bigsby besides me, but I don't want to risk a starter. Running back four.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

Starter.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Tank Bigsby. Cam Scatter. Boo. Ninth round, I've got to get the taste of Javante Williams out of my mouth.

[Mike Wright]

That's going to need a lot of mouthwash.

[Andy Holloway]

So I'm going to go ahead and go Cooper Cup. Cooper cup in the ninth round.

[Mike Wright]

I'm a wash down this Givante with. With another.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a point where Cooper cup. Who's on the field every play is dropping way too far.

[Mike Wright]

It could be.

[Andy Holloway]

It's really ridiculous in my opinion, to look at like. Like Jacoby Myers and Michael Pittman went ahead of him. Right. Khalil Shakira went ahead of him. Like he can put up those seasons. Juwan Jennings, Brian Robinson, Jaden Blue, Jason, you have two picks left or. Sorry, three picks left. Two right here.

[Jason Moore]

Two right here. There's a handful of backups. I'll just name them because when I'm in more of a 0rb build, I'm looking at guys like Trey Benson, Will Shipley that I think are really good insurance policies. And then you've got Ollie Gordon and Kendra Miller who might be even more than that. They could sneak their way into.

[Mike Wright]

Do you not think that there's a chance that Benson is.

[Jason Moore]

Benson could be as well. Yeah. I mean, they've Talked about like a 1 a 1 b situation as far as playing time, so I'm probably leaning towards Trey Benson. He's of that Group, I think the most talented back. Also, his starter is old and usually misses games. So I'm going to take Trey Benson with one pick. And then here at the very end, it's a matter of, you know, I've only got three wide receivers. I think they're really good wide receivers. If, If I. If I didn't like them more, I would swing for the fences with Jaden Higgins. But I'm going to play it a little safer here in the 10th round and grab Keenan Allen, who I think will be very, very involved on a weekly basis.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Jason goes Benson, Keenan Allen, Baker Mayfield off the board at 10:02. Long wait for Baker. Najee, Braylon Allen. I'm back on the clock. I have two picks left. I'm going to need a quarterback, so I'm going to glance in that direction. I could stack Mr. Marvin Harrison with Kyler Murray. I've got. I've talked a lot about Jordan Love, how much I like him. This year, I think Jared Goff with the emergence of Isaac Tislaw.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, wait, hold on. Cover your ears.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh. We did not adjust it, did we?

[Jason Moore]

I did. I knocked it down 25%.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's a brain.

[Andy Holloway]

That's 25%.

[Mike Wright]

It's scratching your brain for you, man.

[Jason Moore]

You need to increase it 50% from this.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm willing to wait until the last round for my quarterback here. I'm going to take Ollie Gordon and make sure that I have Devon Achan insured.

[Jason Moore]

I can't believe you didn't take Kyler Murray here to stack with Marv. That's. That's shocking to me, that Ollie Gordon.

[Andy Holloway]

There's only one team that doesn't have a quarterback, and if Kyle wants to disrupt his own franchise to disrupt mine, that's fine. If anybody else takes a double quarterback, I guess I'll miss out.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I guess. I just look at Kyler Murray as the clear, best fantasy quarterback left and then you had the stack, so.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I like a lot of these other quarterbacks.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, the nice thing is if you pivot, it's not like you're going to be wrecked. I know you like Jordan love quite a bit. I don't like Goff. You don't?

[Mike Wright]

No, he loves him.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you, Mike.

[Mike Wright]

It was right there.

[Jason Moore]

Even with Mike apart. Oh, yeah, yeah. I forgot his name.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not worried about that too much, Jason. We all have one pick. Or Mike has one right now, and then we all have.

[Mike Wright]

I'm just going to take an upside rookie pick. I Like Luther Burden a lot. There's a chance of him really making some noise. If we get some slot snaps, we've.

[Andy Holloway]

Got Dylan Sampson off the board to Kyle. Ray Davis, Kyle Manongai, Jaden Reed, Blake Corum. We are coming down to the end here. Jordan Addison. I love that pick.

[Mike Wright]

Jordan Addison.

[Andy Holloway]

Final round of this mock perfect. Dante Thornton off the board. Cedric Tailman, great pick. Brooks off the board. I like all three of them so far. We're on a roll.

[Jason Moore]

Horton and then good job, people. I mean, Jordan, Addison, Thornton, Tillman and Horton. That is a four pack in the 11th round. That all could. They feel like they could all do something special this year.

[Andy Holloway]

I am. I am back on the clock with my final pick. I did not get Kyler Murray. Kyler Murray went to Kyle. But that's fine. Then I don't have to have Kyler Murray. You know what I mean? Like, if you don't take him the biggest, you do not have to have them on your team.

[Mike Wright]

Biggest advantage of someone else drafting them is that you can't.

[Andy Holloway]

So I could. I could shoot my shot with Drake.

[Jason Moore]

May, if Marvin Harrison is good, who was your first wide receiver drafted? Wouldn't that mean Kyler's better?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

So it doesn't. So Marvin Harrison levels up, Kyler's worse. Got it.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, it doesn't mean that.

[Andy Holloway]

But we definitely doesn't mean that. We've seen that a million times.

[Mike Wright]

We've seen quarterbacks have two good wide receivers and then that quarterback is not actually functional for fantasy somehow. Yeah, it works out that way.

[Andy Holloway]

We've been there. They scored what like Cardinals scored like 50 million points against the Bears and Kyler was in single digits. I mean, this team is weird now. So I will take my one of my finalists for fantasy MVP Jordan Love in the 11th round to be my quarterback. I'm fine with that. Brock Purdy goes next. Jason, get ready. You've got one pick left. I'm ready. Good one.

[Jason Moore]

I've got three guys I love but Jaden Higgins here in the 11th round. I know he's right now playing behind some other players, but he's a talented second round rookie that is needed for the Texans.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we are done with our final we did it. Mock draft of the 2025 offseason.

[Mike Wright]

Next time it's for real.

[Andy Holloway]

Henry H and Javante and Ollie Gordon at running back. Harrison McLaurin Adams dunes a cup at wide receiver. Jordan Love, Sam Laporta are the onesies.

[Jason Moore]

I've got onesies of Lamar Jackson and George Kittle, Puka Nakua, Nico Collins, Debo Samuel, Keenan Allen and Jaden Higgins at wide receiver. And then my running backs are Tony Pollard, Caleb Johnson, Austin Eckler and Trey Benson.

[Mike Wright]

I have at running back I got Gibbs, James Cook, Breeze Hall, Tank Bigsby. My wide receivers are A.J. brown, Ted McMillan, Mecca Buka, Jerry Judy and Luther Burden. Then I got Dak and his tight end, Jake Turd Ferguson, who you ended.

[Andy Holloway]

Up with the last pick in the draft. Final thoughts you guys have on the on the way the draft ended up.

[Jason Moore]

I think that this is it's hard to draft from the 12 spot. You've got to make sure that you're staying open to who's on the board. And this was a good group of drafters. So I think it was difficult, but I'm happy how it turned out. I'll just have to scour the waiver wire for the running back. You know, diamonds in the rough.

[Andy Holloway]

Gainwell still out there, I think.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

No show.

[Mike Wright]

Stay there.

[Andy Holloway]

No show. On Monday we have Labor Day off and then we'll be getting into the first week of the fantasy football season. All of the shows. Yeah. This was the last.

[Jason Moore]

This was the last.

[Mike Wright]

Did you forget?

[Jason Moore]

Well, I didn't realize that our next we are talking about week one football.

[Andy Holloway]

We are talking about week one football now. We we will have one extra episode hitting YouTube. Our final special August miniseries episode, Just the Tips will release on Saturday morning. I believe Jason will be taking a peek at some late round steals at the wide receiver position.

[Jason Moore]

Yep. Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

So a chance to jump in and hear some extra content there on YouTube which you can subscribe and have a better experience than some of the YouTubers were having in the past. YouTube.com the fantasy footballer subscribe Click the bell. We also just added a clips channel that you can find on there if you want to subscribe to that. Also, it's your last chance to get into the Ultimate Draft Kit for the weekend. So head to ultimate draft kit.com It's a great time to go into the Draft Analyzer, import the teams that you drafted. You'll get a grade from us as well as a breakdown of your strengths and weaknesses and ways that you can approach your team heading into the 2025 season. And don't forget to get into the [e-mail] that is it for today's show. That is it for the off season. So hydrate, get ready. Week one's on the way.

[Mike Wright]

Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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