First MOCK DRAFT of 2026! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 5/19

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Fantasy Footballers Podcast: First MOCK DRAFT of 2026!

Episode Summary – May 19, 2026

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The Fantasy Footballers—Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright—break down their first fantasy football mock draft of 2026. In this highly anticipated episode, the trio provides an early look at player values, team-building strategies, and positional depth, mixing data-driven analysis with their signature banter and strong opinions. Packed with league insights, sharp edges, and laugh-out-loud moments, this episode is essential listening for anyone gearing up for their 2026 fantasy drafts.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening & News Highlights

• Aaron Rodgers Returns to Pittsburgh
  • Rodgers signs a one-year, $25 million contract with the Steelers. The hosts debate if the Steelers should embrace Rodgers or tank for a QB in next year's draft.
  • "We're at the party too long. My memories of him are becoming tainted." — Andy (05:10)
• Bucky Irving’s Recovery Timeline
  • Buccaneers GM: Bucky Irving, recovering from shoulder surgery, is expected to be fine for training camp. (08:14)
• Alvin Kamara’s Uncertain Role
  • Saints are “trying to see how Alvin Kamara will fit on the roster.” (08:36)
  • Hosts see this as a major warning flag for Kamara and a boost to Travis Etienne Jr.
• Cardinals’ QB Saga & Fantasy Fallout
  • Jacoby Brissette skipping OTAs amid a contract dispute; concern for Cardinals’ pass catchers, particularly Trey McBride.
  • “If you told me Jacoby Brissette was not the starting quarterback for the Cardinals…my Trey McBride projection changes tremendously.” — Andy (09:25)
• Kayshon Boutte Trade Rumors
  • Patriots reportedly willing to move Boutte for a late-round pick, leading to speculation about possible fits.

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2. Mock Draft Rules & Format (11:44)

• 12-Team, Half-PPR format
  • 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 1 TE, 1 Flex, 4 Bench spots
  • Every pick made by a real person (no computer drafters).
• Key early team assignments:
  • Brooks picks 1, Andy picks 2, Jason picks 6, Mike picks 11.

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3. Early Rounds Breakdown

First Round (12:37)

• Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Jamar Chase, Puka Nacua, and JSN make up the consensus top five.
• “If you were at one, you would have gone Gibbs?” — Jason
  • "Gibbs is my number one overall. Yes." — Andy (12:46)

Value Debates & Tier Breaks

• Chris McCaffrey vs. Jonathan Taylor: Jason prefers Taylor’s age and upside (14:11).
• Jason: “Those first five are probably going to be the same first five in every draft.” (13:55)
• Mike creates a running back-heavy build from pick 11—“It feels like that's an impossibility, and yet here we are.” (16:47)

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4. Player Takes & Notable Picks

Noteworthy Picks (With Timestamps)

• Ashton Jeanty’s Upside (16:01)
  Andy highlights Jeanty’s fit with Kirk Cousins and pass-catching potential.
• Drake London at 2.04 – Leap of Faith (18:22)
• Rashee Rice in Middle of Round 2
  “When he’s on the field with Mahomes, he scores a ton of fantasy points, and that's the game.” — Jason (19:11)
• Jeremiah Love's Volatility
  Andy agonizes over Love’s potential in Arizona: “There's a percentage chance he is much better than this spot…He feels like a nuclear option.” (20:21-21:06)
• Nico Collins as 2nd WR (22:56)
• Trey McBride as TE1 (23:10)
• Derrick Henry slips to the middle of the 3rd
  "He rushed for 1,595 yards with 16 rushing touchdowns last year…in the third round. It's a steal." — Andy (26:01)

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5. Building Draft Strategies

Going RB-Heavy Early

• Jason (Taylor, Henry, and later Travion Henderson): “I'm very running back heavy to start this draft.” (32:01)
• Mike starts RB-RB (H.N. and Walker), considers the challenge of catching up at WR:
  "This is a scary problem now. When you go two running backs, you have to say, who do I hand the keys to my wide receiver room to?" (27:55)

Navigating Tier Breaks & Positional Runs

• Tight end and quarterback runs highlighted in rounds 5-6 (Lamar, Burrow, Daniels, Hurts—39:00)
• Commentary on how positional “cliffs” develop as the draft progresses, especially at running back (54:01+, 65:26)

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6. Late-Round Value and Debate

Wide Receiver Depth Late

• Mike, on Romeo Doubs, Rashad White, Chris Godwin, Jalen Coker (57:12–59:11): struggles to find “upside pick” vs. “boring but useful.”

Tight End & Late QB Strategy

• Jason punts on the tight end position: “I will get a tight end in round 11 because that is our last round. If I don't end up with one of those top guys, I don't care. I just will punt.” (53:25)
• Quarterbacks left after Rd 10: "Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Patrick Mahomes…It’s so weird to see Mahomes.” — Mike (61:44)
• Andy on picking up upside rookies: “I’m taking Casey Concepcion for the Browns…He’s very good.” (52:46, 52:50)

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7. Reflections on Draft Results & Key Takeaways (63:11+)

• RB Depth Drains Fast:
  “It thinned out extremely fast…My running back draft—yeah, that running back thin-out can make you feel gross.” — Mike (64:34, 64:39)
• Don’t Overthink Early QB:
  QBs lasted longer in this mock; don’t panic if you miss out on your “guy.”
• Potential Regrets:
  Andy: “I could have had Derrick Henry. That was the pick I was thinking about long and hard at 3.02—Gibbs and Henry with Judkins feels great.” (65:08)
• Mid-Rounds at RB Held Value:
  Jason: “There is an absolute—once these guys are gone, there’s no one left.” (65:26)
• “I love Burrow, I love the value in the sixth round. But imagining my team with Chuba right there, or even just a disgusting David Montgomery pick…” — Mike (64:03)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “We're at the party too long [with Rodgers]…my memories of him are becoming tainted.” — Andy, 05:10
• “Just because someone is there and has a sign that says ‘this is a trap,’ doesn’t mean you want to take Tony Pollard.” — Andy, 43:59
• On draft strategy:
  “If you’re taking this as your first wide receiver, I want someone that’s going to have 150 targets.” — Jason, on Garrett Wilson, 29:04
• “All the extra time though for Harvey in the back half of the year and drafting the pick, I don't think it's going to be status quo…I do, because I watched Harvey play football.” — Mike vs. Andy, 49:24–49:44

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Timestamps for Major Segments

| Time | Segment | |-------|--------------------------------------------------| | 02:02 | Introduction; Mock Draft Preview | | 04:46 | Aaron Rodgers / Steelers News | | 08:14 | Bucky Irving Injury Update | | 08:36 | Alvin Kamara Fit in New Orleans | | 09:13 | Cardinals/Jacoby Brissette Drama | | 11:44 | Mock Draft Rules & Assignments | | 12:37 | 1st Round Picks Breakdown | | 14:35 | Jason Debates Taylor vs. McCaffrey | | 16:01 | Ashton Jeanty Rises | | 18:22 | Drake London, 2nd-Round Leap | | 22:56 | Nico Collins Pick | | 23:10 | Tight End Run: McBride, Bowers | | 26:01 | Derrick Henry in the 3rd Round | | 29:02 | Wide Receiver Runs: Wilson, Higgins, Burden | | 39:00 | Mid-Round QB Run: Lamar, Burrow, Daniels, Hurts | | 54:01 | Late-Round Running Back Cliff | | 61:19 | Late QBs Still Available | | 63:46 | Draft Reflections and Takeaways | | 65:26 | Final Thoughts on Running Back Depth |

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Conclusion

This episode delivers an action-packed, insightful first look at 2026 fantasy football drafts. The Fantasy Footballers offer up strong positional opinions, point out emerging trends (such as RB scarcity), and highlight the importance of value in every round—while keeping things fast, funny, and highly actionable for listeners preparing to win their leagues. For more, check out their Ultimate Draft Kit and stay tuned for follow-ups including stat surprises and mailbag questions.

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Welcome to the fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

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Welcome in one and all. That was me.

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That was disturbing.

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It was. I wasn't sure if there would just be silence.

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The silence was deafening. That was not gonna work for me.

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Welcome in to the Fantasy Footballers, Mike Wright, Jason Moore, Andy Holloway, back with you Tuesday, May 19th. Apparently it's not too early to mock draft because that's what we're doing today. And why not? Yeah, rookies have teams.

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We've actually.

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Aaron Rodgers is finally back.

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Oh, man.

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We've been waiting on that to mock draft because he's going. Thank goodness he's going so high in mocks.

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He's going to fix it for the

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Steelers fans and loyal. I was really afraid they weren't going to finish six or seven wins.

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What do they want? Do they want Rogers there because he's clearly better than their other options, or do they want to have a chance at getting a quarterback in next year's very good quarterback draft class?

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I think they don't want. I mean, the ones that I know that are lifelong Steeler fans, the people that I've talked to, I asked them that question all off season and they don't want him back but sorry, but you got him. You got him back. I mean, we. We've got Aaron Rodgers again. So I'm happy to be back on the show. Voice is mostly there. Not quite, but at least we're not like doing a mock draft show.

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Right.

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Where I have to talk through everybody's pick. But no, it'll be fun. We've got a lot going on. The UDK is less than two weeks away. You can find that@ultimate draft kit.com. we've got some really exciting new features that we haven't announced yet that are also going to be soon launching for the UDK at no extra cost, but really, really cool features that we've been wanting to add for a long time.

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No extra cost, but it is extra, boss.

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Thank you, Mike. That's a fact. Ultimate draft. Get.com for that.

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yeah, yeah, they are.

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No, I'm with that. That's hip.

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And I would give it a three out of ten. I'm gonna be honest.

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Well, you're not from the seventies.

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No.

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Thank goodness. No.

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First of all, Papa Josh, you don't get.

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Yeah, Josh loved that joke.

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You don't get to rate anybody's jokes today because we already started doing video player profile videos for.

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Oh, goodness gracious.

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A number of the players that go there. The UDK has over 100 player profile videos and you chose to crush it to make some jokes that really. We just left them in. Yeah.

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You're gonna love it.

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You're gonna love it. They're special. So we'll get into some news and we'll get right into the MOP

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news

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and notes from around the league.

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Just checking in with Al Borland real quick. Were the. Would you say Jason crushed it with the jokes? I crushed it is not the term

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I would have used. Okay.

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I did laugh at one of them. I'll take it.

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That's awesome. The Steelers resigned Aaron Rodgers. One year contract worth up to $25 million.

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I hate this man. Like, Aaron Rodgers is an all time great, an all time great elite quarterback. And we're. We're at the party too long. We wanted, you needed. I get it. If I'm him, I'm probably playing till the wheels fall off because then after this, you're like, you're totally done. You'll never play football again. But it's. My memories of him are becoming tainted.

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Negative. Yeah.

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They'll come back to. You'll be remembered for the packers years. But do you think that Aaron Rodgers is like, full of himself What?

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The whole world knows that Aaron Rodgers.

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I love me some me.

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Okay, so let me. So that was the table set for Ex Con.

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I think that he is.

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I just wanted to make sure that

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was the perception in his ability.

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My point being, how can you not have that sense of self if you can just completely blow this team off for the entire off season and meander back into the building and be handed $25 million, that is, I mean, not

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going to help the ego, you're saying.

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I just think that it's an impossible. If you can just at this stage of your career, just walk into. I don't know if I want to come back. All right, I'll take the 25 mil. Like that's a tough place to be. Saw some OTA clips already. He was one of the first guys in the building. Throwing to Pittman, throwing to Metcalf.

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He's. He's in the building. Jacoby Brissette is not.

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I'll say. There was also a guy taking snaps in the backfield.

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Jason, in that one.

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Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Is it club?

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It was Caleb.

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I don't know who you're talking about.

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Your favorite.

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I have no idea. I have.

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Well, he wasn't really a mic.

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He was not a Mike. No. Okay. But I don't.

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I bet he thought about it. He didn't.

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Shut your mouth. Hold on. I can still mute Andy. All right. Andy's muted.

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Wait, what?

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Oh, yeah, I've got a mute.

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This was a new thing he figured out that was funny. And now he gets to do it all the time.

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Do what? You can't say nothing.

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Jeremy, remove this immediately.

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I told him that and he's left it for like five shows.

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There will be a problem. Yes, that will happen.

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Yeah.

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67% of Aaron Rodgers passing yards last year came after the catch. The highest total in the entire NFL. Dead last in average depth of target gross, lowest yards per completion of any 10 win team in a decade.

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When your leading receiver is Kenneth Gainwell. That's going to happen.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. But there's a. We're all looking for whose fault this is. We're looking for the guy who did this.

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Well, let's give $25 million.

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The reason that happened is because of Aaron Rodgers.

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You look at like there was a part of this offseason we thought Will Howard would be the starting quarterback. Then they draft Drew allergies and now Rogers comes back and you look at, well, Howard like, is he ever going to have a shot to do anything?

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Allegedly Howard was second up as of the Very, very early start.

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Well, there you go. Bucky Irving, Buccaneers general manager, talking about Bucky Irving saying he will be limited due to the shoulder during organized team activities, but should be ready for training camp. I mean, this is, this has been a long time.

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Yeah, I mean, it was a recent surgery. So I think what happened was we, we just didn't know when he had the surgery up front. And so recently it's been reported, hey, he just had surgery a little while ago, but the timeline on this specific surgery should really be fine. He's, he's not in jeopardy for a week one absence, a pop, anything like that. He should really be fine.

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Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said the team is, quote, trying to see how Alvin Camaro will fit on the roster.

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I don't see how he does.

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Please don't.

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Yeah, so that will change things for Travis H.N. jr. Cardinals. Jacoby. I hate the Cardinals.

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Welcome.

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So does this guy.

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I mean, how do you manage to be like the worst schedule release in the league and then now you're in a contract dispute with Jacoby Brissette who didn't show up to the first practice. Do you know who's not showing up to practice is Jacoby Brissette and we have to worry about this because he's the starter.

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I'm not worried.

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Cardinals.

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No. I take underdog for fans to football purposes.

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Oh, he's super importantly worried.

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Yes. The Cardinals are underdogs in 17 out of their 17 games.

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If you told me Jacoby Brissette was not the starting quarterback for the Cardinals. Oh, man, my Trey McBride projection changes tremendously. Like Trey McBride is amazing, but his numbers were incredible with Berset.

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Do you think with being underdogs in 17 games, going after the number one pick presumably towards the end of the season, that Jacoby Brissette is going to play 17 games even if healthy?

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It's concerning so that Carson Beck will see time on the field and he'll

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see time in the fantasy playoffs. This is why one of the reasons why to me I prefer Bowers to McBride this year.

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It's just a really difficult one to project when that change could happen. If it happens, if they pay Brissette, maybe they play him longer. You know, it's kind of weird to pay a guy to be your starter and then say you're going to pull him in 10 weeks. If you're losing consistently with him, I think you keep on losing. Fair K Sean Booty is not practicing or participating in offseason workouts. It seems the Patriots are trying to move on. There's been rumors of them willing to take a fifth or sixth round pick.

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I think there was a question on the last episode on Dynasty week of when you put a player on the trading block, does it diminish their value? That's how it feels like. Everyone knows Kshon Booty can be had for nothing. So it's just like a game of chicken. Of like, will you take a seventh? But I would love it if he goes like to the Dolphins.

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I say he feels like a chief.

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Yeah, he does. Yes, he really does.

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They're like, they're like, is it good enough?

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No.

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But we're going to do it anyways.

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Well, this, I mean that would be, you know, the A.J. brown rumors. And then Kyle Williams is there and they've got weapons they don't need.

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What?

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He had 33 catches. They all felt like big catches.

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Yeah, he was. He was excellent down the field. Yeah, he can help a team.

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But any other news, I got breaking news. I can keep talking however long I want now without Jason Mutiny.

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Oh, man, my mute button's gone. You know what? I'm going to work on something else then.

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Okay.

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Oh, no.

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I don't know what that means. All right. We are going to jump right in

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the fantasy footballers mock draft.

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We think this is the earliest we've ever mocked draft did. 12 team half PPR.

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Oh yeah, baby.

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Thank you for the makalaka ding dong vibes. 12 team half PPR. 1 quarterback, 2 running back, 2 wide receiver, 1 tight end, 1 flex, 4 bench spots. Every single spot in the draft is filled by a human being. That's right. Take that. AI.

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Well, one of us could be a loser person. We don't know.

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Okay, well, yeah, that's possible. Brooks has got the first pick. I'm drafting at 2, Jason at 6, Mike at 11. We're going to take a little. This is a lay of the land opportunity here to see where players go. Brooks took B John Robinson 101.

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Good work, Brooks.

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And so I'm going to go up and follow him with Jamir Gibbs.

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That's a. That's a good picture.

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Now if you were at one, you would have gone Gibbs.

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Gibbs is my number one overall. Yes. So I would have gone Gibbs. So that puts the bad jobs, Brooks, two running backs at the top of the draft followed by Jamar, Chase, Buka, Nakua and jsn. It's wild because our league of record, which some of you, if you've listened for a long time, you followed along with our league of Record and you know the format and we have a franchise player and three keepers. Gibbs, Chase, Puka and JSN all available.

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And just like our league of record, I am picking where there's a big tear break because I think that those three wide receivers everyone loves. The two main running backs, Bijon and Gibbs, everyone loves. Then it becomes a question when you're at the sixth pick of do you believe in Chris McCaffrey? Obviously he was the best player in fantasy last year. Do you think he's going to repeat? He's. He's awesome. Do you go elsewhere? Do you go to CD Lamb? Do you like. There is. I think those first five are going to be the same first five in every draft. But now I have to decide where to go.

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I mean, you're a huge Jonathan Taylor fan. He's on the table as well. Almond Ross, St. Brown I think would be, you know, right there in the mix. What is he, number three at wide receiver for three straight years?

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Correct. In half ppr.

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Never drafted as the number three wide receiver by the way, ever.

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I'm going to take Jonathan Taylor over Christian McCaffrey. I believe in him. I think he's a superhuman. Daniel Jones will be back. I think the. We forget how dominant JTT was at the beginning of last year. I mean, he was lapping Christian McCaffrey for fantasy points. So I'm just going to take the younger guy that I trust more.

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All right, well, Jason went with Jonathan Taylor, so running backs for he and myself. McCaffrey goes next, CMC at 7, followed by Aman Ross, St. Brown at 108, James Cook to Papa Josh at 109. CD Lamb back in the first round this year at 110 and the Hitman on the clock. And I. I could see sometimes inside Mike Soul and I just wonder.

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Yeah. If I'm going to take Kenneth Walker.

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Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm.

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What you're going to do.

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But HN is there. Jefferson is not yet drafted.

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Oh, man.

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So, I mean, I think there are quite a few choices. It's a pretty standard format here in half. Ppr, two running back, two wide receivers. Not overemphasizing the wide receiver spot, but what names are. I mean, is Walker in the mix?

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Walker is in the mix, but I'm going to take money bags here. I'm going to take Devon. H.N.

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yeah. H.N. goes to the Hitman at 111.

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That's ETN.

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No, Jason, we can't even make this

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joke because we will break. We were Even when we were talking about Achan's name change, then I got screwed up and I was like, okay, what is it, Devin? And I'm like, I know, I know this, but you can't do these things.

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We can go back to a chain. Does that help?

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It was better.

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So Devon HN, Justin Jefferson at 112 and Ashton Genty at 201. I am, I'll say this like, I am the most bullish among the three of us on Ash and Genty by a long shot. One of the things that I love about Genty for this year, if there are those that are just needing another reason to believe Ashton Genty is going to be in a position likely with Kirk Cousins who loves to check the football down.

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Yeah.

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And Ashton Genti is very effective in that part of the fantasy football world. I mean, you want that receiving work from your running back. And I think that there's a huge opportunity for a quick start for Genti in the receiving game. One of those players, I think that can do it. So, Mike, you're back on the clock. Achan was your first pick. We're in the second round now.

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Yep. So I got the long wait to my next pick, I imagine. Like, this is interesting to me of I haven't really mocked yet or done any best ball stuff. So Achan being there at 11 and then I can draft another player who I think is an RB one. Like going RB heavy at the 111 is. It feels like that's an impossibility. And yet here we are. So I got hn. You can ask me the question, the Kenneth Walker question again.

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Yeah. Are you?

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Yes, I am.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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You know, it's a shame that, like, I felt so proud of you to be able to resist the temptation.

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Well, yeah.

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And then it just rolls back to you.

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Hn's better for fantasy football, I can admit that.

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Yeah.

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So Mike ends up with A Chan and Ken Walker. I mean, that. That's fun to see at the 11.

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What's there?

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I mean, this is the first time any of us have done a full mock with people here with the staff. So saquon at 203. I mean, that's like, that's interesting to me. Like Saquon has, you know, we spent a lot of last off season or last season with a broken down offensive line and he struggled. Saquon struggled. But if you bring back, you know, Lane Johnson, is there a chance to say Quan ends up being top three again? I mean, I think that that's at least in the Realm of possibility.

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Yes. I would say Barkley doesn't. It doesn't feel like it's completely over. And a return to a top five top three season I don't think is out of question.

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Saquon goes at 203. Drake London next at 204. I think our first, you know, biggest leap of faith so far. Amari and Hampton to Kyle at 205.

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I love it.

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And Chase Brown at 206. If Hampton feels like a tear break thing.

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Yeah. If Hampton had dropped to me, he would have been an auto selection here I'm looking, I'm in the middle of the second and there's a lot of players I like. So it really comes down to who do I think I can get in the next round, which position do I think is deeper and players that I personally like that could drop. To me, I think it's. There's more at running back, surprisingly than at wide receiver. I'm going to take my wide receiver six a little bit ahead of adp, but I'm going to take Rashi Rice.

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Yeah, you wouldn't have gotten him.

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Yeah, I don't think he would have made it back to the third round. So. Yeah, I mean he was. When he's on the field with Mahomes, he scores a ton of fantasy points and that's the game.

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Is that what we play?

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That's what we do.

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We're going for the points.

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I just want more points than my opponent.

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Right. Different than golf.

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No, no, no. In golf too.

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You do want the most.

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I absolutely go for the most.

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You have had the most points in golf.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Rashi Rice, Jeremiah Love at 208, the rookie. You know, I am, I am in a tornado of pain with my thoughts on Jeremiah Love. I have gone from like our consensus. We're like down ranking wise on our

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initial rankings and it feels real bad.

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And then I start to think more about this situation and the Brissette checkdowns and how good in the receiving game Jeremiah Love is and how bad the Cardinals defense is and how many games there will be trailing in which there will be check down city. Like I just, I know that there's a percentage chance he is much better than this spot. Yes, I know it's. He's that good of a player.

[B]

He is sensational. His situation right now looks very unappealing because you do have other running backs that are going to be involved here. James Conner has been a captain of the team. They just paid money to Algier who obviously can hold your touchdowns.

[C]

They will be like dust in the wind, Jason. That's the. That's what's going to happen. About five minutes among seven running backs

[A]

drafted in the top 15 over the last decade. They have averaged 290 touches.

[C]

He will. He will.

[A]

You give Jeremiah Love 290 touches.

[C]

I'm telling you, there's this part of me that sees like, you're going to go out in week one and he's going to be like 8 for 72 through the air and then you're going

[A]

to go, oh, gosh, he feels like a nuclear option.

[C]

Well, he goes to.

[A]

In a way that, where you like, you can. You could just nuke your own draft because the Cardinals are just so bad.

[C]

I mean, you saw the Genti year last year. Genti's great and it wasn't amazing, but Cardinals also had a good offense with their set. I know, I know.

[A]

They had a lot of yards.

[C]

They had a lot of yards.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And Jacobs goes next. Malik Neighbors goes at 210. What do you think of that?

[B]

He's going to be so interesting. As of this moment in time, my expectation is that he starts on the puppet. I don't think he is there for week one. So when we come around to drafts in August, I'm curious how far he'll fall if it's confirmed like when we're doing our real draft, if we know that he's not going to be ready week one, where does he go? How far do you drop a guy who towards the end of the year should be on the field and crushing it?

[C]

For what it's worth, I don't think that he starts the year on the pop. I think he will be on the field in week one.

[A]

On the side or on in. Like in between the numbers.

[C]

Yeah. Loophole. Yes. So I'm on the clock at the, at the turn here. 2:11. You know, I'm looking at like, this is a spot where if you draft really early in the draft, you, you will definitely be tempted by the option to go onesie position here because you could take the top quarterback in the draft. You can take Josh Allen. I could turn around and take Josh Allen maybe at the beginning of next round. You could also go with one of the big guys at tight end, McBride and Bowers. Well, I've only got to wait two more picks after this, and so I'm going to let it come to me a little bit. I see one wide receiver in a different tier right now that's left over on the board and is Nico Collins. So I'm going to take Nico Collins at 211 and let Brooks make a couple of picks.

[A]

Take.

[B]

Take Josh Allen and McBride.

[C]

Well, then I'd have Bowers. See, it's just perfect. All right, so he ended up going Kyron and McMillan. So he actually made it worse on me because now I have to make.

[B]

Now you still have to make a choice.

[C]

I'm going to take Trey McBride. I mean, I have him far and away the number one fantasy tight end. So we talked about some of the risks that are in play, but that's where I'm going to go. And it starts the run of those names because McBride to my roster. And then Josh Allen goes next. Brock Bowers goes next after that. So Pickens off the board as well. And Jason, you're back on the clock with Taylor and Rice.

[B]

This is great for my beliefs. I, you know, I've got Rice as my wide receiver. 6. My running back 6 is still available in the third round. I think he'll be available in a lot of third rounds. Derek Henry.

[C]

Yeah, that was.

[B]

It's tough because at some point it can't keep happening.

[C]

I almost took Henry with my pick. That was the one I was really considering if I went running back was Henry. So we'll talk about more of that. Mike, you were laughing of just the.

[A]

He wasn't there. Like, I had removed him from the.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

From my player pool mentally and was like, okay, what do we got here? And you're like, oh, Derek Henry in the middle of the third.

[C]

It's wild.

[A]

Oh, man.

[C]

So Jason went with Henry. We'll take a quick break and come back with the rest of the third round.

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[B]

All right, Jason Derek Henry rushed for 1595 yards with 16 rushing touchdowns last year.

[C]

I'm telling you, I almost took him a two round and he's in the third round. It's a steal. Jason with Taylor and Henry with Rashi Rice leading the way as your one. I've got Gibbs, Nico and McBride. Mike with H.N. and Walker. He's on the clock now after Henry. H.N. jr. That would be Travis H.N. jr. AJ Brown, Chris Olave and Breece Hall. That could be a steal. I do think that Breeze hall is potentially if he slips into the fourth round, just please take him in every league because I think his I mean he has done so much with so little in New York. That offensive line is better than it used to be. Yeah, I think it's an interesting pick.

[B]

I do. I do think the jets offense, like I love talking poorly about Jets, Browns, Cardinals. I just enjoy it.

[C]

It's a hobby.

[B]

It's one of my favorite hobbies. I actually think the jets offense should be okay this year. Like they have some really fun weapons and Geno is not great by any means, but he.

[C]

Oh, he was the worst. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

I mean but it's like he can still support enough yards to be good for fantasy.

[C]

Mike HN, Ken Walker. Where are you looking? You're at 311. Some of the bigger wide receivers on the board are names that you've liked in the past. T. Higgins, Garrett Wilson, Luther Burden.

[A]

I don't have the courage to have gone running back, running back and then have Luther Burton be my one. I mean I'm real quick on the turn here. So I could take Bird and then another player I like if I wanted to assure I get him.

[C]

So it's either Bird in hand or to in the goodness Gracious. I got a lot of laughing back there. I got a lot. You got a lot of sympathy. I got a lot from Al. He was chuckling loud.

[B]

He did like that one a lot.

[A]

It's Garrett Wilson, who was dominant last year with Justin Fields. I agree that Geno should be better. That's just a.

[C]

This is a scary problem now. When you go to running backs, you have to say, who do I hand the keys to my wide receiver room to?

[A]

And, oh, man, I don't. So Jeremy is in between me and my next pick. I'm not. There's a name that I think he might. Oh, man. I got like, three guys. I got like, three guys. Well, I don't want.

[C]

I'm working it out, but I got. Say him out loud.

[A]

But the guy's.

[C]

I know. It's a podcast, though.

[B]

Jeremy earmuffs.

[A]

All right. So, I mean, it's like Higgins.

[C]

He put his hands over. Over his headphones, like, that would block the sound.

[A]

Higgins, Garrett and a Buka are. It's like, I want to walk away from this team. Yeah.

[C]

Also him.

[A]

So it's like, which one do I want to make sure I don't lose? T. Higgins is. As of right now, he's technically higher in my rankings than a book and Wilson, but by, you know, an overall five points. And so it's just the factoring in how he scores his points. I'm going to. I'm going to take Garrett. We're going to go to jets here.

[B]

It's the right. It's the right move.

[A]

Give me the targets.

[B]

If you're taking this as your first wide receiver, I want someone who's going to have 150 targets.

[C]

All right. Garrett Wilson joining Mike's squad.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

T. Higgins goes next at 3:12.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

He didn't. He didn't do me dirty.

[C]

Cam Scatter boo goes at 401. I wonder where Cam will end up. I think camp is going to have a big say in our confidence levels for Cam Scatter Boo because I'd like him to be back and be healthy and be good, but I. I just don't know where he's at. Mike's back on the clock. H.N. walker and Garrett Wilson. Mike make the pick.

[A]

Oh, man. So the names I would be considering here would be, you know, abuka. Projecting the. A true breakout, not just a half of a season. The. Luther Burton's kind of the fun pick right here. I don't think it's terrible at the 402 to do it. But I'm going to go ahead. I'm going to go with a buka who like the Bears are difficult to project of. Who is it truly going to be? I think the answer is probably Mr. Loveland. It's just can burden as the number two or my projected number two in the offense really actually take the step? Very capable as a player. But will the targets be there?

[C]

Well, one of my targets in this round is gone. Javante Williams is gone at 404.

[A]

This is Mr. Loveland.

[C]

Yeah. And Bucky. And Bucky Irving, you. And then Devonte Smith, who Jason was apparently pining for goes at 406. So Mike has what? Two wide receivers, two running backs. Jason two running backs that are like 300 plus carry guys. And Rashi Rice. Rashi is. He's a weird one.

[B]

Yeah. You know, I do think his floor is so high. I am totally fine with having him be my number one. I would have loved to pair him with DevonTae Smith. I think Devonte Smith will be a top 15 wide receiver this year assuming no AJ Brown, which seems like a safe assumption. And what sucks here is like when I look at the board now, I was completely targeting devonte Smith with him gone. I love Travion Henderson. I think he's going to be great this year. I think he's going to take a step up and he is the best player. But I feel like with Jonathan Taylor and Derek Henry on my roster with

[C]

only Rice, that might be the best spot to take a. Trayvon is when you have stalwarts at running back and you can allow. You know it's still committee for Travion.

[B]

Yeah. This is. This is really tough. There are I think the wide receivers that are at the top of the board right now. I don't like that much. I prefer some other shots deeper in the draft. So I am. I'm going to take Trevo and I am very running back heavy to start this draft.

[C]

Taylor, Henry, Trevo And Rashi Rice Lad McConkey goes next at 408. New Denver Bronco, Jaylen Waddle at 409. What do you think about that spot for him on the.

[A]

I think that's. That seems about right. He. We did our video for Bo Nix and you know talk about his inconsistencies. I think Waddle really helps that team.

[C]

All right. I am. I'm back on the clock. Gibbs, Collins and McBride. So I went with one of the onesies which thinned out. You know a lot of running backs went between my McBride pick. You had seven, eight running backs. There is one name.

[A]

Are you counting Harvey as a running back?

[C]

Seven and a half.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Harvey went right before me. There's only one. There's a couple names at running back that I think are pretty interesting here. Actually one that's on my list. And again, I know Brooks is listening. I know he can just snipe them away if he wants to. Go ahead. I dare you. Baseball Toon and Jadarian Price. I think those are the two names of guys that I think are going to have a tremendous amount of the work. Juba Hubbard is also in that category. When you look at wide receiver, I got my choice of those two guys from Chicago. I wish someone had taken one of them so I don't have to think about Burden via Dunes A Jamison Williams, who I have ranked very high on the board, and then another rookie in Carnell Tate. Those are kind of the names coming into consideration. Lamar Jackson is also there. I might. Man, I might feel bad.

[A]

Onesie.

[C]

Onesie. I know I don't feel like I can do that. So I'm actually going to take. I try never to do that. And I'm going to go quinch on Judgins. I'm going to take Judkins at 411. I. People forget how successful he was with the opportunity he had. McLaurin and Jadarian Price go next because he wants to leave me with this stinking decision about the Bears doing great work.

[A]

Brooks.

[C]

Well, it's Roma Dunes A then I'm going to take roma dunes at the 502. It's who I have ranked higher. Harold Fanning goes next. I know it might not be right. Bayshaw Tutin at 504, DeAndre Swift at 505. So right now, just as pics are being made, Jason's on the clock. McBride, Bowers, Loveland and Fannin are gone.

[A]

I have DeAndre Swift, guys.

[C]

I know you have him very high.

[A]

I have a place in my rankings that inappropriate. My heart hurts. It's very off brand when I read it. And my very hilarious, very accurate takes about Swift not really being. Being that good. And yet last year, what was he? The RB14 because they had figured stuff out.

[C]

Well, Madanga is good, though.

[A]

Oh, I agree. I agree. My projections for Swift are not like an outrageous step up. He missed one game, but after the bye week, he had a lot of huge, huge games. Yeah. The only running backs to finish inside the top 24 each of the last six years, Derek Henry, DeAndre Swift.

[C]

Jason, you're on the Clock and I.

[A]

Kyle, that stat is disgusting.

[C]

Jason's got Taylor, Henry and Trevo with Rashi Rice. There is a name on the board I wonder if you're thinking about.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, well, what it. What is it? Would you still mean?

[C]

I tried to. I mean, I set the table a little bit. McBride, Bowers, Loveland and Fannin are off the board. One of the guys that you are in love with.

[B]

Yeah, I am in love with.

[C]

Will not be here if you don't take him here.

[B]

Tyler Warren, I think is a phenomenal talent, but I also don't necessarily want to have Jonathan Taylor and Tyler Warren on the same team because I'm so running back heavy. I want to focus on wide receiver. I'm going to try a strategy here. There's a wide receiver I really want. He's who. If this was a real draft, I would probably just take him because I believe in him the most. But I think he might come to me the next round.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And so I'm going to kind of do a reverse thing here. I'm going to take a guy.

[C]

You're going to keep it secret.

[A]

You're going to take your sixth round pick here and hope you can get your fifth round pick later.

[B]

Perfectly said, Mike. I'm going to take Carnell Tate. I want a young alpha opportunity for someone that towards the end of the year could really show that, you know, I mean, we've seen so many rookie wide receivers in the last, you know, decade that just make a huge impact on fantasy and, you know, when you go that high in the draft, I think he's going to be a good player.

[C]

After Carnell Tate goes Flowers, Tyler Warren. Drake May, the number two quarterback off the board to Papa Josh Jamo. He's gone. Jameson Williams, I have him ranked very highly. Once again, Mike is back on the clock. He's balanced. H.N. walker, Wilson and Abuka.

[A]

Oh, baby.

[B]

And.

[C]

And two picks.

[A]

And Luther B.

[C]

Still there.

[A]

He's right there for me. Let me, let me peek. So. So Jeremy's balanced at the turn. Quarterback wise. Some elites are still there. I would say there's three elites because we got Lamar, Joe Burrow and Jaden. So I could be cool just bypassing that completely. Tight end. It's really just. It's Tucker Craft and how well do you believe he will bounce back from his injury? Otherwise, just punt. Like I said, Luther Burns at the top. And then there is. There is another wide receiver who's also very high in my rankings. I'm going to play the game I'm going to take Luther Burden.

[C]

Well you got him around later than you thought you might have to take.

[A]

I did. So that. That's fun. Oh no. Jeremy took him.

[C]

I knew who you were talking about. Christian Watson goes next. My. And Lamar Jackson at 601.

[B]

You thought the Packers. I know I was going to.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

That was a bad bet.

[B]

I just.

[A]

We're going to see what happened. So it was wrong.

[C]

So the Packer fan.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Who wouldn't have wanted to take the bear.

[A]

That's fair.

[B]

You know your know your league.

[C]

I did well.

[A]

I was going with the Jason's method.

[B]

Right. Take the.

[A]

Take the. Take the worst pick and get the better pick later.

[C]

But yeah weird. We're.

[A]

It didn't work out. No, it did not work out.

[C]

You're back on the clock.

[A]

So I got. I got three wide receivers. So my flex is Luther Burden at this point. So Hn Walker Wilson Abuka Luther Burden. That feels really strong. It seems like I could afford to take a quarterback here. So is it Jaden Daniels bouncing back Joe Burrow continuing his six game pace of dominance. I mean just when Joe Burrow is healthy he dominates but he is frequently not healthy. Oh my gosh. And between those two guys I'm kind of just which day in which one am I feeling I'm going to go. I'm going to go with Joey B.

[C]

I'll take Burrow, Lamar and Joe Burrow back to back in the sixth round here.

[A]

Jason. There's a.

[C]

There's a lizard dragon noise.

[A]

I warned you about the lizard people.

[C]

Guttural reaction to Mike Evans leaving in the sixth round. Papa Josh has been sitting on the clock for quite some time. Really thinking here. Devonte Adams off the board then Jaden Daniels. So we've seen a run of four quarterbacks in nine picks. Maybe Lamar Burrow and Jaden. Do you think that's what people will end up doing is somebody starts to run beyond Josh Allen and he just

[B]

goes yeah, I think so. There's kind of a tier of similar quarterbacks where if you go into a draft saying I want one of these guys like for instance right now I have Jalen Hurts kind of in that tier. I'm going to take him because he's the last of that tier.

[A]

And based off of like last year, the sixth round where we have Lamar Burrow, Daniels and Hertz, like that's not. We're getting a discount right now.

[C]

Yeah. A little bit typical of our drafts.

[A]

I think even this, even this is

[B]

later last year a lot of these tier of quarterbacks we were taking in the fourth round.

[C]

Jalen hurts to Jason. He loves himself some. Jalen hurts. David Montgomery, the Houston Texan goes next. DJ Moore off the board. And Jalen Warren.

[B]

I think David Montgomery and Jalen Warren are going to be phenomenal values in drafts this year because this is about where I expect the boring volume. Yeah, the boring volume. Guys that no one really is excited about that seem kind of like dead zone running backs. But their opportunities to score a lot of fantasy points are like. It's a very clear path. I mean, super obvious how both these guys get it done and they're in the sixth round.

[A]

You feel like Warren is clearly ahead of Dowdle.

[B]

Yeah, I personally, I do. Yeah.

[C]

Well, I, I think every team with

[B]

Dowdle always ends up hating him. Like he's. No matter how good he plays. It's like I don't know what he does.

[A]

But was McCarthy's firing the same year that Dowdle left?

[C]

He was.

[A]

I don't remember. Maybe. Kyle, do you remember?

[C]

I'm trying to remember now too, I guess.

[B]

Yeah, Kyle says.

[A]

Kyle says. Yeah, so that's what I'm saying. Like McCarthy was let go after Dowdle had the breakout for McCarthy. So that's a. It's a domino. Should have McCarthy have been retained? Was. Did Dowdle remain a Cowboy? You'll never know if you.

[B]

If you look at Aaron Rodgers and how he plays and his checkdowns. Like we said, Kenneth Gainwell led this team in receptions last year. That's not going to be Dowdle. That's going to be. That's going to be Jalen Warren.

[C]

I appreciate you guys spending so much time.

[A]

You're welcome.

[C]

I don't know who I want to pick. So there's a name that jumps off the page that I won't take because I don't want to. Too many interests in this offense. But Marvin Harrison is a six round pick and so he. But I have McBride and so there's one other player that struggled last year that I do think could bounce back and is Brian Thomas Jr. Brian Thomas Jr's here. Sitting here in the sixth round. I also think, I think about Kai Lemon. I think about Chuba Hubbard a little bit at the wide receiver position. We still haven't seen a Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver go off the board yet. Not that that is saying much.

[B]

How do you have those two guys,

[C]

the Steelers wide receivers, in terms of fantasy output.

[B]

Right. I'm just curious. I haven't looked at your guys. Are you dk metcalf over Pittman or Pittman over Metcalf?

[C]

Let me tell you.

[B]

Okay. That's why I'm asking.

[C]

I have DK Metcalf decent amount ahead of Pittman.

[A]

Liked what you saw last year, huh?

[C]

This guy. This guy and Metcalf at every turn. I mean, having met Gav ahead of Pittman doesn't mean I liked what I saw.

[A]

I was saying Pittman was quite good.

[C]

Would you believe that all of this delay in me speaking and all this.

[A]

You still haven't picked.

[B]

Just take Alec Pierce.

[C]

That's who I'm going to take. That's not. I'm not joking at that point. As you're watching Alex Pierce. Pierce Turbo is who I'm going to go with. Pierce is at 6:11 here. Brian Thomas Jr. Goes next. Chuba Hubbard goes next. I don't know if he's just doing that to mess with me because those are the two names I mentioned. But at running back, it's thinned out quite a bit. I'm back on the clock. Jcm who still has a job in Washington. Ramondre. Nobody ever wants to pick Manangai Pollard. Pollard's just like the starting running back of a team we think is going to vastly improve on offense, right?

[A]

Yeah, but it's so.

[C]

But who wants to take him?

[A]

He feels like he's there and he has a sign that says this is a trap pointing directly at Tony Pollard.

[C]

All right, I'll take Marv. I'm willing to take him around later. I'll take Marvin Harrison in the seventh round. Here I was stack up some wide receiver.

[B]

I was completely 100% in line with you where I think the. The two best values since my last pick were Brian Thomas Jr. Marvin Harrison. Those guys should not be going this late because around here, like met Gibson, Sutton, Jacobi, Myers, like just looking at what's at the top, those guys don't have a path to be like, oh my gosh, they're the wide receiver five this year. Those two, Marv and Brian Thomas could absolutely just explode.

[C]

Yeah. All right.

[A]

And Marv could have a five in his number.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But there's going to be a number in front of that five.

[C]

Well, his teammate Wilson went directly with the next pick. Then Pollard and Makai Lemon. We'll take a break and let Jason make his seventh round selection.

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[C]

all right, Jason, you're back on the clock. Hertz last round. You have a fairly thin wide receiver room.

[B]

Yes, I do.

[C]

With Rice and Carnell Tate.

[B]

That is true. I did want Marv or Brian Thomas. I wanted Mike Evans. Last round you should draft the guys that you want. What great advice. In that case, I'm going to take someone that I have. I mean I am going to choose what I believe in my rankings over what ADP is. And I'm going to not take DK Metcalf, but I am going to take Michael Pittman. I think. I mean they paid this man a lot of money. They traded for him and he is the play style.

[C]

What'd they pay Metcalf?

[B]

That was years ago.

[A]

But he's.

[B]

It's the playstyle. Like you just. We just talked about Aaron Rodgers. Like he's a check down king now. He throws the ball about 10 yards or less. This is where Pittman's going to be living. So.

[C]

So you haven't statted.

[B]

Yeah, I've got Pittman ahead. Yeah.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Pittman was really good last year.

[A]

Yes, he was.

[C]

I mean, he's always a good player.

[A]

I know. It's like the total opposite of DK Metcalf, like always good.

[C]

Jason goes Pittman, Stevenson, Manungai, Kraft and Dowdle next. Taking Daddle off the board for Mike. Yeah, Mike, you got a couple of picks here.

[A]

Julia, make them count to steal my picks. The only consolation I have here is Dowdle would have been my second pick, hopefully making it through the turn because I will take the starting running back for The Denver Broncos, J.K. dobbins. I don't. I do not see anything different. I apologize. Jonah Coleman is there. He's a variable. He's a factor. I'm saying I don't see anything different of. If you want what the depth chart

[C]

will be, eight fantasy points, you're going to get it.

[B]

I think he'll get a lot more than eight fantasy points if you want eight games. Oh, you go get it.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Now the injury is definitely a problem, but Harvey is just. Harvey is not it. Here's. So here's Dobbins finishes to start last year as he was a late addition to the Broncos running back. 13, 15, 12, 19, 15. Terrible game against the Jets. 23, 13 and then 32 and gets hurt.

[C]

All the extra time though for Harvey in the back half of the year and drafting the pick, I don't think it's going to be status quo.

[A]

I do because I watched Harvey play football and that guy is just that.

[C]

I mean, he was very involved.

[A]

Oh, yeah, he had to be. They had no choice. I just think Dobbins is such a superior player at this. Even at this point with all of his injuries.

[B]

Ironically, if you're just using fantasy finishes as the argument for Dobbins. If you look at RJ Harvey's finishes towards the end of the year, RB7, RB7, 5, 11, 11 touchdowns hit real,

[A]

real hot for him at the end of the year.

[C]

All right, Mike, you're back on the clock. Dobbins was the 711 pick. Crosky, Merritt and Metcalf. Go Metcalf, an 8th round pick. Wild Mike respects like he should, double

[A]

digit guy at best. Tight end wise, you know, he used

[C]

to be DK my calf.

[B]

He still is. He never on our website.

[A]

He never was. He never will be a player that, you know, I talk about punting the tight end position. Laporta finished much higher in my ending projections than I was expecting to see there. I don't feel like it's a sure fire bet, but in the eighth round, it's all right. You know, Jared Goff continues to just pour on passing yardage. It might just be Amon Ron, Jameson Williams, but I'll take the shot here.

[C]

I really think that offense is going to be great again this year.

[A]

I think they will be too.

[C]

People want to, you know, attack the change at offensive coordinator. This is not. This is not one of those teams where like Philadelphia, like the offense coordinator is doing so much like. It's not. It's a collaborative effort is what I'm saying. In Detroit, like the head coach Dan Campbell called plays for half of the year last year. He's going to have a huge influence. They're not going to completely depart from what they're doing and have had success doing.

[A]

Jared Goff in the past four years where he played 17 games, has thrown for 15, 4400 yards, 4500 yards, 4600 yards and 4500 yards.

[C]

Laporta, Gainwell, Corum, Blake Corum going at 804. Interesting pick there. Pearsall and Parker Washington.

[B]

It's funny with the Jags, I mean, you could take any of them. There's still Jacoby Myers on the board and one of them is going to be right. But none of them, sure, none of

[C]

them could be right.

[B]

That could absolutely work out. But I'm going to take Quentin Quinton Johnson.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

I mean huge. Huge is. I think he's just disappointed so much early that people forget that he's actually really good.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I think this offense, I want pieces of the Chargers offense that if you're telling me one wide receiver on that team is going to get 10 touchdowns, it's probably going to be huge.

[C]

All right, I am on the clock here. I've gone wide receivers three straight. It's thinned out crazily at running back. I need depth there. I'm taking Jordan Mason above Aaron Jones.

[A]

Interesting.

[C]

Actually Aaron Jones just went at 809. I'm taking Jordan Mason at 811. Jones a year older. Josh downs a steal there by Brooks at 8:12. Great pick. And Crawd Crawd. Chris Rodriguez goes at 901. Interesting pick there. I'm going to circle back. I wanted to get Makai Lemon earlier. I thought about Makai Lemon as a rookie with upside. So I'm going to take another rookie with upside. I'm going to take Casey concepcion at the 902 for the Browns.

[B]

You know what I like about that pick is that he's very good.

[C]

Right? That's one of the helpful attributes.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, we don't, we don't love that he's, you know, on the Browns, you don't even know who the quarterback's going to be yet for sure. But Concepcion is a good player. Really good player.

[C]

All right, after Concepcion, Jacoby Myers does go Jordan Addison, probably a steal at 904. You got like three Vikings going there and eight picks. Kyle Pitts at 905, who reluctantly I have in my top five. And this is the eighth tight end off the board. Jason, you are back on the clock. You will need a tight end before all things come to an end.

[B]

I will get a tight end in round 11 because that is our last round. If I don't end up with one of those top guys, I don't care. I just will punt. You are not wrong. The running backs got thinned out like crazy.

[C]

Yeah, I regret three wide receivers in a row. After that happened.

[B]

There is.

[C]

I wish I would have taken Chuba

[B]

hot poo poo garbage left to grab. And usually this is where like the rookies are fun, but this just isn't a very strong rookie running back class. So I'm just going to keep rolling with my three studs at running back and look to the wide receiver position. And the guy I like the most, there's no one

[A]

is.

[B]

Well, let's do this.

[A]

B. Robinson from Atlanta's on the.

[B]

Yeah, I'll take B. Robinson. I'm going to pair my Carnell Tate with Wanda Robinson. And just what I mean, I think this is a purposeful strategy. This wasn't a forgetting that I took Tate. This is me saying that if Tate,

[A]

you've given up on the draft.

[B]

No, this is if Tate. If Carnell Tate is great, if he comes out and looks awesome, I don't need Wandale.

[A]

What if he's second rate?

[B]

If he's second rate, it's probably. It probably means that Wanda is going to be 140 targets.

[C]

I understand in principle. That makes sense if it's Metcalf and Pittman. Oh, Kyle, you don't. It doesn't make sense to me if it's Tate and Wondale. Because if you. If Tate doesn't emerge Immediately, you will just know that he's a rookie about to emerge. If Wondale emerges immediately, you're not going to drop Tate. So I think you're stuck with two Titans and I'm not sure. I love that. But Herbie goes at 907. Sutton, Woody Marks, Brock Purdy.

[A]

Cortland Sutton. I know it was disappointing, but Cortland Sutton at the 908 feels.

[C]

Oh, my gosh, I'd rather never draft him.

[B]

That's how I feel.

[C]

I feel like Cortland Sutton nothing.

[B]

Yeah, give me a break.

[A]

Cortland Nothing. Completely bombed the final two weeks of the year and still finished as the wide receiver 13. Just at this point of the draft. That is. That is shocking to me.

[C]

Yeah, fair enough. All right, you're back on the clock. Your final three picks.

[A]

I don't know if you guys have noticed this, but the running back position,

[C]

it's not good, man. That's why you do the dance, man. You want to learn.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What to expect. And it thinned out quick thing.

[A]

It thins out extremely fast. So my wide receiver position, I got Garrett Wilson, Abuka Burden. I got three running backs as well. My quarterback and my tight end. I would prefer to take some shots on some running back sleepers. But.

[C]

But they're all fast asleep.

[A]

The.

[C]

I mean, you don't. Coleman.

[B]

These are just running back.

[C]

You have Rashad. Rashad White, Jonah Coleman. John White's a. Jonathan Brooks are some names. Katrin Allen. If you don't like what Washington has,

[A]

I'm going to let Jason.

[B]

Oh, I was thinking like Singleton.

[A]

Singing Singleton.

[C]

Charbonnet.

[A]

Yeah. Charbonnet is just an IR stash. The wide receiver. I want to take Romeo Dobbs, which on May 18th I think is the right pick. But in two weeks that is probably.

[C]

Why don't you do it now because you're not going to be able to give him respect later.

[A]

Because I. Now that you mentioned Rashad White, that's probably the best smart pick right there.

[C]

All right. Rashad White, drafted by Mike Wright.

[A]

Yep. White to Wright in on Rashad White and DeAndre Swift in one year.

[C]

Who are you?

[A]

What have I become?

[B]

Last year was the year of Mike.

[C]

This year, this is the year of White. Rashad White.

[A]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[C]

Romeo Dobbs and Ferguson off the board. Mike, you got to make another pick. Make it a gross one.

[B]

Who else do you not like?

[C]

Yeah, generally. Let me see some of these names.

[A]

So many people.

[C]

Can I interest you in Braylon Allen?

[A]

No.

[C]

How about some Stefan Diggs before he has a team if you're Tyreek if

[A]

you're in a wide open or Debo, like if you're in a real draft at this point, you know, looking at the players like, oh, I could have Khalil Shakir, I can have Worthy. It's like, why not, why not throw one of the veterans who doesn't have a job, who almost certainly will have an impact job. But I'm going to go with, oh,

[C]

man, you need another white out.

[A]

Yeah, I'm going to go.

[C]

I like that. There's no answer.

[A]

Well, it's. I've. I talked myself into Chris Godwin, but it's just. What is that? Because I think Chris Godwin will be. Will be good for fantasy. But it's just what it truly is. The upside. What it.

[C]

Well, you have a book. You have a book on your team.

[A]

Oh, yes. Thank you for reminding me.

[C]

You probably don't want to do that.

[A]

Thank you for reminding that as well.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, here.

[A]

No, I. Jaden Reed. I'm going to. I'm going to take Jalen Coker. Not that I think, you know, that his upside is completely there, but it's just he has. Whenever he gets his opportunity, he seems to come through.

[C]

Kind of reminds me of, you know, couple guys that, like Marvin Jones, right. Do you remember when, like Marvin Jones in Cincinnati when they were there, they had a couple other guys. He just kept making plays. Robert woods in Buffalo before he was a big guy. I think Coker is a good player. I'm really sad right now to see this stupidity from Matthew Betts, the double

[B]

up of the quarterback.

[C]

He goes Herbert. And then he comes back where Trevor Lawrence. I don't know. It was that just to hurt me.

[B]

That was your target?

[C]

That was my target.

[A]

I think that's a fine quarter. We're him and Han about Jalen Coker and Juwan Jennings. He's just like, I'll get a guy who's probably top 12 quarterback.

[C]

It's not super flex, Matt. Gosh dang it, Jason, you're back on the clock. You do need a tight end.

[B]

I do need a tight end, but it's not my last round yet, so I refuse to take one. I also need a little bit of running back depth. I've got three studs, but that's it. There are no running backs left. Let me make that very clear. I don't know if you guys have heard about this in our draft. Yeah.

[C]

And in this one, no, Trey Benson's still there.

[B]

Actually, I'm going to take a very Mirrored guy to Trey Benson. He was taken ahead of him in the same draft I'm going to pull the trigger on I like it on Jonathan Brooks I like it he's 22 years old. If you if you think of him like a rookie you know this year

[C]

what about a rookie with like he's better than like I would multiple acl.

[B]

There's. There's Emmett Johnson and there's Nicholas Singleton and Katrin Allen. These are the rookie running backs I could grab I feel like Jonathan Brooks is a better bet to get work

[A]

this year so you know how when you they hold you back your first year and it's called a red shirt. What if you do that twice is it like a maroon shirt?

[B]

It just gets deeper.

[C]

Deeper red I went with Matthew golden for my 10th round pick shot worth taking at the very very end of the draft Briton Strange and Stafford went next I have to decide at a quarterback position now I would I'm going to take the shot on Caleb because it is a stack for me with a dunes a so I will take Caleb Williams with my final pick this

[A]

is the hard part of quarterbacks this year is you we are and not not every draft you're in is going to be like this. You know if you're in a more casual people love quarterbacks and they take them early our final two rounds here so rounds 10 and 11 Trevor Lawrence, Dak Stafford, Caleb Bo Bo Nicks undrafted currently Jordan Love, Jared Goff, Patrick Mahomes.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

Like it's so weird to see Mahomes

[C]

Malik Willis with the rushing ups no

[A]

I kyler a strategy for deeper leagues that I like is the going Malik and Tyler Schuck as two quarterbacks thinking one of them will hit by the

[C]

way there are two teams in this that took two quarterbacks and those names are still there. Some of these 14 quarterbacks are going to be off the board. It's wild to slot Knicks Singleton Jason went with Mark Andrews as his tight end. It's a good pick in the 11th round. Don't forget about him.

[A]

Tesla got drafted.

[C]

Nice Godwin Kenyan Mitchell, Jonah Coleman, Denzel Boston Mike, your final pick. Please select a player. I said select a player.

[A]

Yeah, no, I get it. There's so much garbage that I could pick from so let's just pick one and make a case what happens if Kubiak truly has a two running back situation or the backup gets more work than we think he will for the Raiders Mike Washington. They spent the pick on Mike Washington athletic freak. I don't know if he's that good of a running back but if someone's going to get something out of that, I think coops could do it. So let's find out in the last round.

[C]

And Al Borland is neglecting to make the final pick to complete the draft.

[A]

Don't worry about it, man.

[C]

All right. I give give some concluding thoughts. Alvin Camara with the final pick of the draft. Oh dear goodness. We've been doing this a long time. I ended up with Gibbs, Judkins and Mason at running back and I don't like it. That's not enough with Judkins injury. In hindsight I probably would have taken a shot. I would have taken price again in the next round if Brooks didn't take him. But you know Gibbs is going to do a lot of the heavy lifting there. Nico Odunze, Pierce, Harrison, Conception and Golden probably the strength went with the onesie of McBride and Caleb Williams at quarterback.

[B]

I've got my three studs at running back. Jonathan Taylor, Derek Henry, Travion Henderson and Jonathan Brooks behind him. My wide receivers, Rushy Rice, Carnell Tate, Michael Pittman Huge and Wondale with Jalen Hurts at quarterback and Mark Andrews at tight end.

[A]

I got Devon Hn, Kenneth Walker, JK Dobbins, Rashad White, Mike Washington are my running backs. Garrett Wilson, Ameca Abuka, Luther Burden, Jalen Coker at the wide out position. Burrows my quarterback. Sam Laporta is my tight end. Looking at the draft, I mean I love Burrow, I love the value of the sixth round but imagining my team with like Chuba right there or even just a disgusting David Montgomery pick coming back with J.K. dobbins.

[C]

But it felt better. I think my running back draft. Yeah that running backs thin out and make you feel gross.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Because I definitely we could get more

[A]

clarity as time goes on and training camp is going.

[C]

But I mean I would much. I'll just say this. I'd much rather. I mean McBride is a difference maker at the position but Loveland went way later. Right. And Fannin and Warren went way after that. And I could have had Derek Henry. I could have had Derek Henry. That was the pick I was thinking about long and hard at 302 Gibbs and Henry with Judkins feels great. And picking up a Warren in the fifth round, you know that's a tough trade. So. Yeah, I agree. You know, first time going through the draft and seeing the running back position feel that swiftly with a lack of confidence.

[B]

It is funny because in the middle of the draft there were a lot of names. I still like that running back. So those, those middle rounds, you know you had Bucky falling and Javante falling and Tootin's opportunity even later, Montgomery. But there is a, an absolute like once these guys are gone, there's no one left.

[C]

Seems like a cliff. Yeah. All right, that is going to do it. For today's show we got some stat surprises from the UDK on the Thursday episode along with your mailbag questions. We've got Fantasy Wild Cards episode coming up soon and this is your one of your last chances to get in on the early pre order pricing for the Ultimate Draft Kit. All of our sleepers, breakouts, busts and values, all of our tier based rankings, all of our exclusive tools and resources to help you on draft day. Check them out@ultimate draftkit.com until next time for Andy Holloway, Mike Wright, Wanda Robinson, Carnell Tate and Jason Moore.

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