Fantasy Football - Mock Draft! Top 12 Picks for 2026 - Podcast for 2/19

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: "Mock Draft! Top 12 Picks for 2026"

Release Date: February 19, 2026
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore

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Episode Overview

This lively episode centers on the hosts’ first round fantasy mock draft for the 2026 NFL season. Andy and Jason run through their top 12 projected picks for next year’s fantasy drafts, weighing recent performances, team changes, off-season rumors, and long-term trends. With signature humor, banter, and sharp insights, they dive into the arguments behind each selection, offer dynasty and redraft perspectives, and sprinkle in plenty of “foot clan” inside jokes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Setting the Stage for the Mock Draft

• The show emphasizes this is not a typical "statistical projection" mock draft, but rather a "vibes" draft: leaning into early off-season hunches, league trends, and speculative roster changes.
  • “These are not statistical projections. These are vibes.” (Andy, 02:39)
• Early talk touches on dynasty season, off-season moves, and speculation about players like Tyler Allgeier (potential role change, fumble stats, possible landing spots).
  • “The situation here, if you get a lay of the land of incoming rookies and free agent running backs, you can kind of see that there might be a place for Allgeier to go and get a starting contract or at least get a more guaranteed workload.” (Jason, 07:21)

Mock Draft — Top 12 Picks for 2026

(Draft begins at [15:00])

Picks 1–4: The Clear Top Tier

• 1. Bijan Robinson (ATL, RB) – Andy selects Bijan for his elite skills, possible increased workload post-Algier, and sheer upside:
  • “Bijan Robinson… was, on the field, the best running back in the NFL. I don’t think it’s even close… If we can truly get Bijan all of those touches in the green zone, he would end up lapping the field, I believe.” (Andy, 15:36)
• 2. Jamar Chase (CIN, WR) – Jason values Chase’s immense talent and revived Bengals offense, picking him over other elite receivers:
  • “Jamar Chase is I think the most talented of those three and I think his quarterback is the best of those three. You gotta swing for the fences.” (Jason, 17:41)
• 3. Puka Nacua (LAR, WR) – Andy, despite concerns about TDs and changes in LA, lauds Puka’s ascendance:
  • “He’s ridiculously good at football.” (Andy, 22:03)
• 4. Jaxon Smith-Njigba (SEA, WR) – Jason is confident JSN will command a massive target share:
  • “He is going to have 30% of the targets… pretty much a guaranteed wide receiver one.” (Jason, 24:57)

Picks 5–8: Elite RBs and Tier-Solid Wideouts

• 5. Jahmyr Gibbs (DET, RB) – Andy points to Gibbs’ breakout, Montgomery fade, and dynamic offense as reasons to bump him up:
  • “A guy who can rattle off multiple games of three or more touchdowns… I’m going to take Gibbs here as my RB2.” (Andy, 27:09)
• 6. Jonathan Taylor (IND, RB) – Jason values Taylor’s explosive upside and believes a healthy Colts offense will revitalize him:
  • “He is just too special. I will not be scared off his situation.” (Jason, 30:23)
  • “When I had you and you were healthy, and he was outrageous… you won that week.” (Andy, about Taylor’s monster games, 29:00)
• 7. Christian McCaffrey (SF, RB) – Andy’s trust dims slightly due to age and workload, but McCaffrey’s legacy and recent output keep him in the first round:
  • “I’m not as in as I was last year. Don’t hear what I’m not saying. I’m not afraid of Christian McCaffrey.” (Andy, 36:37)
• 8. Amon-Ra St. Brown (DET, WR) – Jason praises his reliability and consistently elite but unsexy production:
  • “He is the perennial wide receiver three, taking Amon-Ra St. Brown... there’s no downside.” (Jason, 37:54)

Picks 9–12: The Next Cut/Spicy Picks

• 9. James Cook (BUF, RB) – Andy sees the perfect storm of talent, role, and offense for Cook, despite low snap share:
  • “The juice is still there right now at a very, very high level.” (Andy, 44:04)
  • “If they’re on your opponent’s roster, every time they touch the ball, you go ‘tackle, tackle, tackle.’ Because you know—yeah, we’ll put Hn in that list… They can rip off 50-yard touchdowns.” (Andy, 44:11)
• 10. CeeDee Lamb (DAL, WR) – Jason defends Lamb’s long-term role as an elite WR1, dismisses any “beginning of the end” narrative:
  • “I will not stand for any CeeDee Lamb slam or slaughter, if you want to do a Lamb joke… He’s a dominant player.” (Jason, 47:48)
• 11. Chase Brown (CIN, RB) – Andy’s boldest, “spicy” pick is Brown, betting on his second-half 2025 breakout becoming full-season reality:
  • “Chase Brown will not be drafted in the first round of fantasy football drafts. His production by the end of the year will yet again be that of someone who should have been taken in the first round.” (Andy, 50:00)
• 12. Josh Jacobs (NE, RB) – Jason wraps by highlighting Jacobs’ pre-injury dominance and high volume in a cleared-out RB tier:
  • “From weeks 1–10, Josh Jacobs was the running back 5… His pace would have been 20 rushing touchdowns.” (Jason, 54:36)

Near-Misses and Apologies

• Several stars don’t make the cut; hosts "apologize" to:
  • Devon Achane (MIA, RB): too many unanswered Dolphins questions (56:41)
  • Ashton Jeanty (DEN, RB): belongs in Round 2 (56:51)
  • Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley: “honorary apology”/head nod for old times’ sake (57:02, 57:05)

Notable Banter & Memorable Moments

• Lots of recurring gags about hosts’ health, foot clan “gorgeousness,” cardboard bear Jay Gris (05:34–06:10), and inside jokes about always forgetting George Pickens’s name (“It’s George.” 12:43).
• Real talk on dynasty team building and trade strategies for aging RBs.
• Word-nerd digression: Andy tries to use "squelch," checks definition.
  • “What am I… a word of the day, vocab calendar?” (Andy, 52:50)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------------|------------| | Dynasty off-season/Algier speculation | 06:07–11:17| | Top 12 Mock Draft – Picks Begin | 15:00 | | Post-pick deep dives and debate | 17:01–37:08| | Mini-debates over McCaffrey/Gibbs/Taylor | 26:00–36:37| | James Cook upside and RB archetypes | 40:17–45:12| | First round wraps, apologies, spicy picks | 47:11–57:00| | Honorable/unlucky mentions | 56:33–57:27|

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Notable Quotes

• "Bijan Robinson… on the field, the best running back in the NFL. I don’t think it’s even close." – Andy, 15:36
• "Jamar Chase is I think the most talented of those three." – Jason, 17:41
• “He is going to have 30% of the targets… pretty much a guaranteed wide receiver one.” – Jason (on JSN), 24:57
• “No, you are afraid.” – Jason, challenging Andy’s McCaffrey risk aversion, 34:18
• “If you play fantasy, you know exactly what the feeling is… you’re up 35 points… and James Cook is on the other side, you’re not sleeping well!” – Andy, 45:12
• “I will not stand for any CeeDee Lamb slam or slaughter, if you want to do a Lamb joke.” – Jason, 47:49
• "Chase Brown... his production by the end of the year will yet again be that of someone who should have been taken in the first round." – Andy, 50:00

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Conclusion

The Fantasy Footballers’ early 2026 mock draft delivers both laughter and actionable takes for fantasy players prepping for next season and dynasty strategists alike. While projecting this far in advance is equal parts science and art, the hosts lay out clear, detailed reasoning for each pick and spot big-ticket breakout candidates—Chase Brown, James Cook, and Jahmyr Gibbs among them—in addition to their usual scrutiny of already-elite names. Through it all, their chemistry, humor, and love for “foot clan” culture make for an engaging listen and a must-read summary for anyone eyeing a fantasy football title.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host.

[Andy Holloway]

Just a reminder, this won't air for a week.

[Jason Moore]

Jason Moore and Mike Wright, Ladies and.

[Andy Holloway]

Gentlemen, welcome to the podcast. We're still the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. If you nasty.

[Jason Moore]

It's hey, Mike. And it's me, Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

We're just. Just two cool dudes. Just two best friends.

[Jason Moore]

Just two healthy men.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Are you throwing up?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

You got the diarrhea?

[Andy Holloway]

Sometimes. Right now, A lot of times. I mean, I. I can't actively.

[Jason Moore]

My point is, Andy is sick. Andy.

[Andy Holloway]

Give me 10 minutes.

[Jason Moore]

His weak body, right? He doesn't have a strong man body like us. His weak body is failing him. So soft and. But we're here.

[Andy Holloway]

We are here. We are recording this a little bit early. Just for everyone's information, he can't screw.

[Jason Moore]

Up our mock draft today.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And it's not a full mock draft, but, I mean, we're going to go first round. Let's talk about some heavy hitters at the top. How are we feeling about these guys? Because Honestly, I mean, these are not statistical projections. These are vibes.

[Jason Moore]

Well, yeah, I mean, this time of year, looking at how the top of the draft is going to go still can make a lot of sense. Most of the players at that level aren't going to have drastic things happen to change a rookie pick, a veteran coming in. It's not going to really change the lay of the land for these guys.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I'm very excited for Jeremiah Love to sneak into the first round.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Hey, not impossible.

[Jason Moore]

I've got the second pick, so see, Don't.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

We pulled this entire office and every employee here, we asked, do you think ultimate members are more attractive? And the only reason, the only one who said no. Right.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I saw it. Can't you go through my insult?

[Jason Moore]

I threw Josh at the Falcon.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a twofer. Got them Both. All right, quick question of the day.

[Jason Moore]

Before we get into that, I can't help but notice you forgot one introduction at the top of the show.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yes. Shame on me. Jay Gris, the cardboard bear extraordinaire. Co host, Always reliable, always filling in. Honestly, never had a sick day in his life.

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Always here.

[Jason Moore]

Never leaves the studio.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, he doesn't even have a lower half of his body and he.

[Jason Moore]

Still shows up to work. You can't have diarrhea when all of.

[Andy Holloway]

Your insides have fallen out. You can't have bowel problems because you got no bowels. It's Dynasty season. So I actually, I like this one because we're talking dynasty. The best part about Dynasty in the offseason is Nasty boys is calling your shot on guys who aren't superstars and a guy who, let's see what can happen. Tyler Algier, who before Bijan Robinson was drafted to the Atlanta Falcons, he broke the rookie rushing record for that team. I believe Bijon took it away from him. Oh yeah, but like Algier is a good player, good friend of the show. Ian Harditz tweeted about this that Algier is currently the all time NFL leader for most career touches without a single fumble at 737 touches. So coaches will like that. He has been obnoxious in the green zone for us who love Bijan Robinson so much because Algier is honestly, he's a good player. So, Jason, we don't know the landing spot. What is your perception? Do you like a, a low speculative ad of Tyler Algier? Are you holding him?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, you really have. So, so the situation here, if you get a lay of the land of incoming rookies and free agent running backs, you can kind of see that there might be a place for Algier to go and get a starting contract or at least get a more guaranteed workload. Now if I had to predict where he's going to go, I think the odds are still that he's back in Atlanta. Okay, that's probably the number one spot. But my second place pick for him, he is going to be someone that is better than his name. Like he is a better player than the, than the hype. No one's going to be like selling tickets to season ticket holders because they went and got Tyler Algier. He's just the put on the hard hat and go to work type of player. So I think a smart franchise is the type of franchise. It would be like instead of going and getting Breece Hall A sexy name that'll sell tickets and cost a lot of money. Who is clearly a better running back than Tyler Algier? Let's save some cash, put it to more important positions and go get a quality back. And if I'm looking at teams that are well built with a general manager who's doing great work, it's got to be Seattle.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I was going to throw out Kenneth Walker.

[Jason Moore]

Costs a lot of money. The gap between what the Seattle Seahawks and how they play and what they want to do. If you swap them, I mean they don't have Charbs right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Jason Moore]

Currently injured and I could see a team like that going out and making a play if that were to happen. And you basically swap Ken Bone Walker with Tyler Algier. He becomes very interesting for fantasy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, the. I did think about that as a potential landing spot. Just want to throw out some teams our dynasty pass our opportunity grades for an incoming running back. Where things are currently because of contracts and free agents and projected guys moving on teams that have an A minus to an A plus from us. We got the Chiefs, the Jets, the Seahawks, the Manders, the Cowboys, the Jags, Saints and Titans. Now not every single one of those teams is exciting. But. But there is opportunity. They're 100% the Seahawks. I thought about it. It's interesting. Where would they want to do that? Where. Because it's like Algiers, kind of like a charge.

[Jason Moore]

He is more of a Charbs clone.

[Andy Holloway]

So you won't have.

[Jason Moore]

But if they.

[Andy Holloway]

If they could have different dynamic.

[Jason Moore]

But if they could have six Zach Charbonnets. Yeah, they would. They went out because they know how much better he is than Kid Walker.

[Andy Holloway]

And they would Charbonnet get a taste of his own medicine where he gets to be the main guy. He's pulled off on the year getting all the touchdowns. He's like what the heck. Dud. But there, there's a lot of teams.

[Jason Moore]

Where there's honestly the best part of Tyler Algier testing the open market and maybe getting a job somewhere else. Like I would love it if he goes.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a reminder he was a. Was he a fourth rounder? I believe he was a day three pick. So he needs to get money.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Like he's. He's an NFL running back. This will.

[Jason Moore]

He was a 5th round pick.

[Andy Holloway]

5Th round pick. This is his chance. I don't know. I don't know what the appetite is for. For. For a guy like Algier. But like this is his one chance to go really make his money as the odds of, of someone, a player like Algier getting a second contract extension that is anything more than just like, hey, you're a, you're a vet. We'll give you the, the minimum. And not, not saying that that's not good money, but like the money money where you have that short window in your NFL career. This is it.

[Jason Moore]

So if he can go get 10, $12 million somewhere, he's. He. He needs to take that. I think there's a good chance. And the best part about that is actually B. John Robinson, because if you take the eight touchdowns that Tyler Algier had, goodness, maybe two of them go to someone else and six of them go to Bijan. Bijan is the clear 101 in fantasy, I'm saying last year, not in today's mock draft. We don't know yet, Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

We're all trying to figure out who's going to go 101. I do have the first pick. I won't spoil it just yet.

[Jason Moore]

Thank goodness.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I don't. People got to stay tuned. Yeah, stay tuned for the, for the 101. For the guy that we have been saying for a couple of weeks is the 101. Like I said, we are recording a bit early, so I don't want to do a whole new section. But there was an exciting hype train piece of David Blau, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The new OC for Washington, quote, the Washington offense will be built around getting Terry McLaurin 10 targets a game. We do like to hear that. We're reporting that Mike Evans is expected to continue playing Brooks. What are you doing to me? Of course he's going to keep playing.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, because he's pretty far away from a first ballot, Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

It can't.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, now they can't.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, after the fiasco of Bill Belichick and like Larry doesn't count because Larry is the second or third best wide receiver of all time. And no, I will not be taking comments about this. He's probably number two in my opinion. Randy Moss.

[Jason Moore]

He's number three.

[Andy Holloway]

It's Randy Moss.

[Jason Moore]

Rice Moss check out.

[Andy Holloway]

And then we know that George is going to get franchise. But we'll see. We'll see if the trades are going to come through. That's George Pickens of the Dallas Cowboys.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, we just call him George. All right, It's George on this show.

[Andy Holloway]

It's George Go to. Go to the.

[Jason Moore]

You ever listen to this show before? I have, but some people haven't. Yeah, well, they're. They got to Figure it out. Sometimes inside jokes need to be learned over time. Welcome, folk land.

[Andy Holloway]

Apologies. It's George.

[Jason Moore]

George.

[Andy Holloway]

Carry on. Which. A joke that appeared because Jason Moore, professional fantasy football analyst, can never remember George Pickens last name.

[Jason Moore]

It was a real problem. I was just reminding Jason. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. I had no idea who he was talking about, but they are. The rumor was that they're willing to basically trade him for a second round pick. I saw that reported.

[Andy Holloway]

So Buffalo. Buffalo. If George Pickens is available. If you can get George Pickens, I know you have to pay him, but imagine that game against the Denver Broncos in the playoffs and you have George Pickens as your number one weapon.

[Jason Moore]

That would be very.

[Andy Holloway]

I think we have. Honestly, I think we have a different outcome.

[Jason Moore]

Yesterday we were, we were going to talk about Brian Thomas Jr. And where we want him to go, and I was thinking about, you know, if he were to be traded. Obviously he's under contract right now with the, with the Jaguars. It doesn't seem like he's going anywhere, but the comment of like, oh, just put him on the Bills because they need an alpha wide receiver. One so bad.

[Andy Holloway]

But is he.

[Jason Moore]

But that was like, Izzy, exactly. When you talk about George Pickens. He is, he is. And I'm. And I'm very confident if he went there, he would just dominate. If he were to be traded right now, would he go in this first round?

[Andy Holloway]

He. Honestly, I was staring him down like, I can't put him in the first because we just don't know. But even if he, if he stays, if he stays in Dallas, he's probably a second round pick. If he goes to Buffalo. I don't know if he can sneak into the first. I don't. I think he'll probably. He would probably stay around the same range, I would think.

[Jason Moore]

I'll bet he. I mean, to me it's like him or Justin Jefferson.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I would.

[Jason Moore]

I. Yeah, exactly. You start to answer quick and then you go, oh, there's. There's a lot to think through there.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I don't want. I think it's George. Let's get into the mock.

[Jason Moore]

The fantasy footballers mock draft.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Some fun February fun. Who put that R in there?

[Jason Moore]

Some stupid Englishman.

[Andy Holloway]

February. It's ridiculous. But some, some fun February fun here. As we're looking at the, the high end, the, the top guys that we're. We're thinking about the 101. I will not let you wait any longer. I won't bring my.

[Jason Moore]

Is Bijon Robinson. Oh, man. I thought I'd get him.

[Andy Holloway]

Bijon Robinson, Atlanta Falcons we kind of, we already touched on it at the top. He was just, he was on, on the field, the best running back in the NFL. I don't think it's even close. And that's not a disrespect to like Gibbs and company of guys who are truly elite. Bijan is just different. And the fact that Algier might be moving on is exciting. It really like if we can truly get Bijan, all of those touches in the green zone, he'll. He would end up lapping the field, I believe. So I'm taking him confidently with the first pick. Good luck now.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I know now, now it gets much more dicey when you actually have to put some of these guys in the same tier in order. You know, you got the three pack of wide receivers we've talked about recently. Puka Nukua, JSN and Jamar Chase. I'm probably going to take one of them. You've got another tier of running backs. I'm curious where the running backs, what the order they go in here. Obviously Christian McCaffrey was the number one fantasy asset this last year, but now a lot of workload, another year older. Whatever. We'll see how strong you are, Mike, since you're the. Yeah. Gibbs, who obviously can be super explosive. Jonathan Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

Jonathan Taylor I think is at this moment in time, he's the hardest one to evaluate because up until the Daniel Jones injury, he was the number one guy. He was the number one guy by points per game. So I guess when I'm saying how great Bijan was, Jonathan Taylor, go ahead, take offense to that. But it really fizzled out in the second half because they didn't have a quarterback. Meanwhile, Bijan's getting it done with the likes of Michael Penix and a this version of Kirk Cousins. So that's what I'm saying. That's why Bijan's at the top for me. But Taylor is like, where will he go in this first round?

[Jason Moore]

Well, he will not go at number two. Okay. Because at number two I am going to take Jamar Chase.

[Andy Holloway]

That's the three pack. A wise man. That's exactly what I would have done.

[Jason Moore]

Puka is awesome, so consistent, but his playstyle gets himself injured. Jsn, they're coming off of a Super bowl season. They're going to be playing a number one schedule. I mean, these are hair splitting hairs. But when you've got. Jamar Chase is I think the most talented of those three and I think his quarterback is the best of those three. So you got to swing for the fences. Even though things tend to always go wrong for the Bengals.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure. I mean, they went pretty right for Jamar Chase, the wide receiver four on the season. Even with a catastrophic first month, if you don't remember how bad it was in the first month. Week one, Jamar Chase scored 3.6 points and a half PPR. Week two, electric. He's the wide receiver three. Unfortunately, though, Joe Burrow gets hurt in that game, which leads to 6.4 points in Week 3 against Minnesota, 4.8 points against Denver, and then the magic. That was Joe Flacco being number one. Being traded inter division. Yeah, number two, it's Joe Flacco. As much as we, you know, like, we praise Joe Flacco for fantasy football purposes on this show because in. In his elder years, he really has come through. But he did the thing showing up and oh yeah, he did the thing.

[Jason Moore]

That we've always said, why don't you just throw it to your best player every play? 23 times he threw the ball to Jamar Chase. 23 times in one game. Some quarterbacks don't throw the ball. They don't drop back. 23 times in a game.

[Andy Holloway]

Unfortunately. Very, very lazy. Yet co champ of the league of record. Kyle's not here because I would ask what is the most targets anyone's ever gotten in a game? I don't know if we have anyone who could be a crack researcher. Oh, gosh, Matt. Matt is so sweaty right now. I'm looking. Do you even know how to research Matt?

[Jason Moore]

He doesn't know. He doesn't know how to spell.

[Andy Holloway]

Research and ask Chat GPT real quick. Oh, no. That's gonna work.

[Jason Moore]

The. It looks like 71 targets in a game once.

[Andy Holloway]

But keep us posted if it sounds remotely good and we definitely won't report it. Yeah, I would have taken Jamar Chase at number two. And here's the thing. Puka has. I mean, he. He has his touchdown situation with Devonte Adams, who I. Adams will be back. Oh, Matt is saying Brandon Marshall with 28 targets. Sounds reasonable.

[Jason Moore]

That's awesome.

[Andy Holloway]

It sounds reasonable.

[Jason Moore]

Sounds like him with the Jets. Oh, yeah. Do it the way jets are. Bears.

[Andy Holloway]

Broncos.

[Jason Moore]

Broncos.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, you got it totally wrong. Puka has the touchdown situation with Devonte Adams, and I can't imagine Adams is not back. And then Puka has a new oc. I'm sorry, jsn. Jason is going to be one of these first four picks. But we're just saying for Things that have changed. Jamar Chase and company. It, they're running it back and we love that. We want them to run back that defense. Yeah. As well. So you went Jamar. That's who I would have taken at number two. So at number three, I'm going to go with Puka Nakua in this spot. Oh. Jeremy is saying Chase's 23 targets were tied for third most in a game. Chris Chambers had 26 back in 2005. 23 still pretty good. All right, I'm going Puka Nakua here at the third overall pick. Yes. I, we, everything we said about wide receivers, how scoring was down, especially in that wide receiver two range. But the elite of the elite were still difference makers. So I'm going to go ahead and jump on board here with Puka. He's just as we. As you said in the office, Jason, thank goodness Puka found football.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Because. Yeah. What would that Puka crazy guy be doing? He'd be.

[Andy Holloway]

Can we get this man a handler?

[Jason Moore]

I think he would.

[Andy Holloway]

We need a PR handler to just.

[Jason Moore]

All the other construction workers. You know what I mean? He'd be like, oh, Puka, calm down. Just put the next brick it is.

[Andy Holloway]

He's ridiculously good at football.

[Jason Moore]

I love him.

[Andy Holloway]

That's where. That's where I'm going to go. Before we get into your next pick, Jason, we're going to take a quick break.

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, we're back. Wait, Josh Puka. Puka's.

[Jason Moore]

He just said that he likes skydiving. That's. That was the response. I like skydiving.

[Andy Holloway]

Puka's shooting his shot publicly on social media.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, yeah, it was pretty funny.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, my gosh. Puka. All right. Anyways, he's good at football. He's good for fancy football.

[Jason Moore]

Jason, he's a fun time. This makes it very easy to me. To me it goes B, John Robinson and then the three pack of wide receivers.

[Andy Holloway]

That's how I had it too, before.

[Jason Moore]

Questioning whether it's the next wide receiver up or the next running back up. So I'll take jsn. I don't have a lot of fears here. He is going to have 30% of the targets and if you get 30% or more of the targets, you're pretty much a guaranteed wide receiver. One he's great around the end zone somehow, is always open and obviously had the breakout super bowl champs. Easy. I don't think there's much to explain there.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. It does get a bit more difficult here. I want to, you know, like, there's the loyalty bump, the pay for what you did for me, but we can't do that in fantasy football. And so, no, I will not be taking Christian McCaffrey at this spot. Not yet. No. I think pick no picking McCaffrey right here. How I feel about the 2026, that would be the coward move is just be like, no, I'm just going to take Christian McCaffrey.

[Jason Moore]

Interesting.

[Andy Holloway]

Who is in my list. He will go in this first round. But for me, with what I'm projecting to happen for the Detroit Lions and the seeming to be phased out David Montgomery, lots of rumors abound of will he even be on this team. Now I know it's, you know, the devil you know is if Montgomery's on the team, it's Gibbs and Monty. And Gibbs took over, you know, Monty, despite Guns Mahoney, AKA Dan Campbell's insistence that we're going to get David Montgomery more involved in the game plan. He was just misspeaking because he meant Jameer Gibbs, because that's what they actually did. A guy who can, you know, the rattle off multiple games of three or more touchdowns. And it was unfortunately, if you had Gibbs, there was the collapse at the worst possible time in championship week. But if you had Gibbs, there's a good chance you snuck into the fancy playoffs and he got you to the championship game. So I'm going to take Gibbs here as my RB2.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that makes sense. Personally, I would take the guy that I'm going to take now over him. And it is again, not Christian McCaffrey. It's actually Jonathan Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I think that when the Colts get reset this offseason, they dealt with so many just terrible injuries down the stretch, Obviously none bigger than the one to Daniel Jones. But it's hard to remember how good they were, how dominant they were. They were beating the crap out of everybody. They needed three quarters to pretty much shut down their offense every game. And injuries piled up and it made Jonathan Taylor into a very consistent, good fantasy option. But it took him away from being. I can't lose in fantasy football because I've got Jonathan Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

We his first 10 games, Jonathan Taylor hit the 30 point marker five times.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, my gosh. Dude was so good.

[Andy Holloway]

Me, he was.

[Jason Moore]

Johnny was so good when I had.

[Andy Holloway]

You and you were healthy and he was outrageous. And that included what, three? No, I'm sorry. Four number one overall finishes, including week two against the Denver Broncos, who as we pretty good defense, as we learned throughout the season, they were in elite defense. And then the masterpiece before everything. And honestly it didn't collapse for Jonathan Taylor over the second half after the bye week because you had, you know, 13.6 against Houston, 11.4, 11.6, 15.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's what I said. He was a really good option, but he wasn't a dominant.

[Andy Holloway]

But like, I mean the, the masterpiece was right before the bye week against the Atlanta Falcons. 32 carries, 244 yards on the ground, three touchdowns, three for 42 through the.

[Jason Moore]

Air, almost 50 fantasy points.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, you won that week.

[Jason Moore]

Yes, I did. Yes, I did, Mike.

[Andy Holloway]

That's at that, that's the part, that's the part where you probably went all in.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's exactly what happened. I was like, I'm going to live forever.

[Andy Holloway]

Nothing bad can happen.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And then you won the championship and I didn't.

[Andy Holloway]

That's where the luck portion of fantasy football shows up and can really derail and disenfranchise people. But Taylor is difficult for me because those, the second half numbers are good, but the second half numbers, those are not first round running back numbers. And I just don't know what do they. I mean, number one, Daniel Jones is not technically under contract. I think he, I think he gets a big payday from the Colts.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

But he will have to rehab and recover and like how, how much Anthony Richardson do you get at the beginning of the year? Because Anthony Richardson, Jonathan Taylor with Anthony Richardson has not been good for fantasy.

[Jason Moore]

I will say this. If it turns out that Jonathan Taylor has an opposite season to what he just had, where he gets off to a decent but slow start and as the team gets healthy and Daniel Jones comes back in the playoffs, you get this monster. You win the championship.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you absolutely could.

[Jason Moore]

I will not be scared off of his situation. He's too good of a running back, too special of a human. We always bring up Derek Henry when it comes to the outlier human being. Personally, I think Jonathan Taylor is in that boat. I know he doesn't weigh 250 pounds, but he is and always has been a different breed. He dealt with injuries. We forget that his second year in the league. Like he was the running back one overall in fantasy. Then he dealt with injuries for a while. Bad quarterback play, bad team. As soon as he's back to a good team, it was the running back one and then quarterback injury. It hasn't been a pretty ride, but he is just too special.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so that puts me up.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

You took Jonathan Taylor. There are two players who I think that they're really, really close in tier. And this, this is where I would take McCaffrey there. If you don't take my next guy with your next pick, that, that'll make it easy for me. But.

[Jason Moore]

And who would that be?

[Andy Holloway]

Why don't you pick it up?

[Jason Moore]

I already know who I'm taking, so.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. But Christian McCaffrey, the workload was just absolutely outrageous. So that definitely is a red flag. 440 opportunities for Christian McCaffrey mean 100 receptions, 102 for 924 yards. He was the focal point of the offense. I think he will remain the focal point of the offense. They have a lot to decide. With Brandon Iuk speeding his way out of San Francisco. We still aren't sure if Ricky Piersoll is an answer I think Jennings is up for. I mean, Jennings always wants more money, so, I mean, there's a lot to find out. And then the biggest piece of all is George Kittle with his Achilles tear. Right. In the postseason. Right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So George Kittle will be really up against it to, to be back to start the year. And like, there's a difference there. There's a huge difference in.

[Jason Moore]

So I'm curious what you're calling for here, because last year you were. Mr. I'm taking Christian McCaffrey every single mock draft. I'm taking him over, way over his adp because if he's healthy, if he plays the season, he's the number one running back. He was healthy. He played the season. He was the number one running back. So. Correct on all accounts. Now, the thing is, is that should still be true. I realize that the Kiddle injury is actually probably harmful to Christian McCaffrey, but it's not harmful in the sense that now he's going to be, you know, the running back 10. Christian McCaffrey is usually either the running back 1 or 2 or he was injured. Like that's, that's his entire career after, you know, his, like, sophomore season. So what are you actually calling for? Because we've had some off the air Christian McCaffrey conversations and you seem very not bullish on him this year the way you were last year.

[Andy Holloway]

You seem very worried, I would say. I mean, what did I just take him? Where are we? What pick is this? Pick seven. I took him as the seventh player.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

For a fantasy football draft. I'm, I'm not Bullish to but you. I mean the point of him like where I felt just very convicted that if he's healthy he'll just. He'll be the number one guy.

[Jason Moore]

But you took Gibbs over him and you would have taken Jonathan Taylor over him.

[Andy Holloway]

Jonathan, I would not have.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. So. But. But you think Gibbs. Is it Gibbs over McCaffrey. Is it because of what you think they do if they both play 17 or is it risk aversion? Because that's what I'm asking. It's like do you think Gibbs it's on is a better scoring asset if they are both healthy?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. No than it is. You are afraid that I am afraid.

[Andy Holloway]

Of the I do buy into the when a player touches the ball and gets hit that many times and that's.

[Jason Moore]

Just a regular season look at sake one.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. And McCaffrey is. McCaffrey will be 30, right? I believe so because he is 29.7 right now. So that should put him on pace to be 30 before the year starts. Massive workload over the last and it's hard to know the efficiency for sure because in 2024 he was at four yards per carry, but he played four games. He carried the ball 50 times. But he was at 3.9. This past year the he had 102 receptions. That's. That will be honestly like that will be everything. And that was. He hadn't been over 100 receptions since his year three in 2019 back in Carolina. Will he continue to get that level of targets? Because if he's. If he has 100 plus catches, then he's easily a top three running back. And Christian McCaffrey is. He's one of the guys. To me it was just he is different where he's past the age cliff, like the age cliff for running backs where things really start to go south is about 27 years old. And yet here he was at 29 being the number one fantasy running back. I just, I have a little bit more concerns where I'm not at the point though, you know, like last year it was at least seemingly, you know, perception. Maybe you can correct me if I'm wrong of how I remember it. You either were in on McCaffrey or you're just like, I'm not trapping him in the first round.

[Jason Moore]

Pretty much you. McCaffrey went to a McCaffrey McCaffrey truther. He didn't just fall to a spot where people are like, oh man, I'm a catheter. That's painful. Yeah. Last year it was people were in or out on him.

[Andy Holloway]

So it's like this is I'm in. I'm just not as in as I was last year. So it. Do not hear what I'm not saying. I'm not afraid of Christian McCaffrey. I'm going for a repeat in our Dynasty league. I'm super pumped that Christian McCaffrey's on that squad. I'm not trying to dump him. I'm not trying to collect a check before it all falls apart.

[Jason Moore]

He is.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm just going to like Christian McCaffrey to me in Dynasty. And if you're a rebuilding team, you should definitely trade Christian McCaffrey and do what you can if you're a contending team. I'm. I will hold the bag. I will let it.

[Jason Moore]

You'll hold until it does.

[Andy Holloway]

I will let it turn into a flaming bag of poop in my hands. Because with him, I feel like it's not over till it's over.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's what we've done with Derek Henry when like five years ago we were supposed to sell him and it's like, no, he's different.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

We're just going to keep getting fantasy points until he is done. Here's the spot to take CMC because I do think he represents kind of the end of a tier. The next running backs up, James Cook, Devon Hn. What do you believe about Genti or Hampton if it feels like a step down. So I'm going to look at the wide receiver position here.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I'm currently taking the fourth wide receiver off the board because we had the big three pack go two, three and four. Well, why take the fourth wide receiver off the board when I can still take the third wide receiver off the board? I'm talking about the guy who finishes wide receiver three last year, wide receiver three the year before and wide receiver three the year before that.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

He is the perennial wide receiver three taking Almond Ross St. Brown. I think that he is.

[Andy Holloway]

So when you are you just making a making a funny joke here about why not take the wide receiver 3 as in you don't.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. I'm just calling him the wide receiver three.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Because that's what he's finished for three.

[Andy Holloway]

Years in a row kind of sounded like. Oh man, I'm glad I didn't get those other. One of those other guys because Amon.

[Jason Moore]

Ra's actually I don't know which one of those guys will fall behind him, but mathematically it has to happen by the end of the season.

[Andy Holloway]

But we know he Won't pass.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, no way. No way. So you got to take the other two. You got to take those three ahead. 66% chance.

[Andy Holloway]

But yes, 66% of the time. It works every time.

[Jason Moore]

Every time. Amon Ross, St. Brown is. And still, like, I feel like forever won't be the sexiest pick. You don't see him as somehow able to finish as the wide receiver one overall, even though he's been pretty close every single year. But if you want a consistent, guaranteed target monster on a very good offense and just there's no questions. Right? Like, to me, I don't worry about anything. I just know he's going to be targeted around the goal line. He's going to be targeted between the 20s. He's going to play through injury. There's really no downside to Amon Ra. He's still in the middle of his.

[Andy Holloway]

Prime and he does six celebrations where he balances on his head.

[Jason Moore]

Has a good podcast.

[Andy Holloway]

Is it good?

[Jason Moore]

I don't know. He does a podcast. I was trying to give the man some props. I don't know. I don't listen.

[Andy Holloway]

But it's fake. That was phony baloney. Praise.

[Jason Moore]

People say he's got a good podcast. Who? I just did see.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

Facts.

[Andy Holloway]

I've never thought of that as a source.

[Jason Moore]

Says.

[Andy Holloway]

Never thought of that as a defense. The people are saying that it's good.

[Jason Moore]

Right. And it can be yourself.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Because now I'm telling the truth. I am my own source. I have a source.

[Andy Holloway]

I feel like the snake ate itself of your circular logic there, my friend.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Amon Ra.

[Jason Moore]

So was that so you.

[Andy Holloway]

That was not.

[Jason Moore]

That was not.

[Andy Holloway]

That was not.

[Jason Moore]

Can I guess who the other is?

[Andy Holloway]

Sure. CD Nope.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, wow.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. James Cook.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. All right.

[Andy Holloway]

James Cook, who somehow throughout the process of his career, I've never had the pleasure of having James Cook on my roster. I have had the pain of stare of like, okay, next week's matchup. Who am I? Oh, my God. I have to play against James Cook this week. And it is terrifying every single time.

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[Andy Holloway]

He can't hit or. I'm sorry, he hasn't hit. The high end of the running back finishes, the super high end, because 21 receptions. 44, 32, 33. At this point, this is just. This is what the offense is. Because I don't know that it's who he is. It's who. Josh Allen.

[Jason Moore]

It's who he is in this offense, at least.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yes. The player. I mean, put him on a Shanahan team. I bet James cook is catching 80 plus passes on that offense. But he is, he was the rushing leader. He didn't even play the final game of the year. He has been historically a very healthy running back. And I mean snaps be darned. Like this dude was on the field 56% of the snaps for Buffalo. It does not matter. It was when he's on the field, he's getting the ball.

[Jason Moore]

The issue with him is he was so touchdown dependent and his touchdown rate was outlier high but he wasn't getting volume. He was not. This was a player who literally the year prior had 207 carries.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Jason Moore]

That is such a low number for to be a reliable RB1 running back.

[Andy Holloway]

Eight.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. That just doesn't happen. That only happens if somehow you get 16 rushing touchdowns. Oh, he did. And that's why he kind of fell in drafts because it's like you can see the riding on the wall. This is a platoon situation where you need those touchdowns. He's not a prolific pass catcher in this offense. And then they're like, how, how about we just give him the ball over 300 times and make him the leading rusher in the NFL?

[Andy Holloway]

And the team has, they're, they're going through some changes. They got rid of their head coach. They said McDermott hit the bricks but.

[Jason Moore]

They took their OC and made him the head coach.

[Andy Holloway]

And so that, so things are the same like with Joe Brady at in charge. He's still the mastermind of the offense. He, the offense is Josh Allen and James Cook until otherwise noted. I mean just, we'll just go through the hypothetical because that's where we're living right now. George Pickens is traded to Buffalo. What is your opinion of James Cook? Up, neutral or down?

[Jason Moore]

It would be pretty neutral because I am bullish on James Cook already. I think that this is a player that they're going to try to give 300, you know, rushing attempts to this season as well. He has established himself as the leader, not a committee back. They paid him a lot of money. He's going into year five. He's in the perfect age. So I, I think he's going to be great. You could say arrow up because the offense should be even better with George on it. But I, you know, he could end up taking drives away, you know, when George Pickens has a 60 yard touchdown bomb and that kind of nukes a little bit of James Cook's points. So I think it'll be pretty neutral if that were to happen.

[Andy Holloway]

James Cook, to me, if you're if you're trying to zoom out and longer term, I don't, I don't know yet if James Cook can be one of those guys that hits 28, 29 and he's still dominating for fantasy football.

[Jason Moore]

Agreed.

[Andy Holloway]

But this like he, the Juice is still there right now at a, at a very, very high level.

[Jason Moore]

He's a Dalvin James Cook because I mean, they're literally genetic. They are brothers.

[Andy Holloway]

But I mean, Cook was more beat up. I mean, Cook tore what tore his ACL his rookie year. If we had to wear the device all the time, even though somehow the device powered him up. But the point being, James Cook, he still has it. He is one of, you know, it's like, so we got Bijan, Gibbs, Taylor and James Cook. Is there anyone I'm not remembering where it's like every single time. If they're on your opponent's roster, every time they touch the ball, you go tackle, tackle, tackle. Because you know, yeah, we'll put hn in that list. Don't let him touch the ball because they can rip off 50 yard touchdowns. I thought those happen all every week.

[Jason Moore]

Those are terrifying. And you're 100% right. If you played fantasy, you know exactly what the feeling is. You're watching against this guy and you.

[Andy Holloway]

Just, or you're, you're up 35 points telling him quick going into Monday night and James Cook is on the other side. You don't. You're not sleeping well, you're not counting your w because you know what can happen.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Before you go into yours, Jason, we.

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, Jay. First round of our earliest mock draft. Three players left will make history of 2026. We have three picks. You have two of them. I only have one left, and I think mine's pretty spicy.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, let's see what you do here. Well, then it probably won't be my pick, because I think mine is, at this point, a layup. I believe that there will be people.

[Andy Holloway]

Who.

[Jason Moore]

Think it's the beginning of the end for CD Lamb. Oh, I will not be one of those people in the slightest. Good.

[Andy Holloway]

Because I will not stand for any CD Lamb slam.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, he is.

[Andy Holloway]

Or Slaughter as a. If you want to do a Lamb joke.

[Jason Moore]

Right. Oh, nice swish. Thank you. Yeah, CD Lamb was hurt this year, obviously. George Pickens was awesome and things did not go well for the Dallas Cowboys, but he is the number one target. He is in his prime. He is one of the top six wide receivers in the NFL just by talent. If you trade him to another team, he's that team's one immediately. If you trade him to another team, he is that team's one immediately. He's a. He's a dominant player who has been the wide receiver one overall in fantasy in the past already with Dak. So I have no fears about CD Lamb. And I feel like there is. You go from CD Lamb to huge question marks. Up next, Justin Jefferson. He just had a whole season where he sucked and we don't know the quarterback situation. Maybe they get Kyler and then Justin Jefferson's going to fly up. Malik Neighbors. Oh, man. So good. How's his recovery? Is he healthy? Is he healthy Week one? I don't know. Drake London, George Piggins, like you, you. You enter a tier where I think there's a lot more questions than on cd so I'm going to take CD off the board here, and if you want to Go wide receiver. You've got to do more calculus.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. CD Is, I believe, the appropriate pick. I actually, I would. Despite Almond Ross St. Brown always being the wide receiver. 3. I would take CD over him as of right now. So now I'm in a pickle because my list is. I believe at this point I would just gamble and I would take Malik Neighbors right here because I think Malik Neighbors can be the overall number one wide receiver. So I'll just throw that out. But I. But I want. I'm going to put my spicy pick in here because. Let's have some fun. It's Chase Brown.

[Jason Moore]

I knew you're gonna. It is something stupid.

[Andy Holloway]

It is Chase Brown. And the what. What I hope I'm doing here for people is Chase Brown will not be drafted in the first round of fantasy football drafts.

[Jason Moore]

No, he will not.

[Andy Holloway]

His production by the end of the year will yet again be that of someone who should have been taken in the first round. So hopefully. Look, I'm not trying to blow up ADP or anything right here. I'm just letting people know that. That my confidence in Chase Brown, especially with the. It's rumors and speculation right now of an extension because if an extension comes through, especially before the we do. I would. I would say we're early NFL draft could still ruin things for Chase Brown. I fully admit that. But I think that. I think the extension is coming for him and that will. That will squelch. Is that a real word? I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, that's a real word and it was a perfect.

[Andy Holloway]

Did I use it right?

[Jason Moore]

You nailed that.

[Andy Holloway]

Chase Brown is going to dominate for fantasy football yet again. Do not let the like. Just like Jamar Chase. The beginning of the year was awful for Chase Brown and yet once Joe Burrow was back and the offense was who they actually are, Chase Brown just. Chase Brown carried people to titles.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he was awesome. Chase Brown will be a good value in fantasy dress because he won't go here. He will. He doesn't have a big enough name, big enough NFL draft capital and early enough start to his fantasy success in his NFL career. A slow start to last season when people drafted him and got completely burned out. I mean, he was a my guy for you last year, right. And you felt like you took the biggest l. It sucked. It felt so stupid and bad. And then, you know, five weeks in, all of a sudden, he became exactly who you thought he would be.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, let's. Chase Brown. You have. So through six weeks, he did not finish inside the top 20 weeks. Week one, he was our running back 21. Week six, he was running back 20. So I'm saying that's how bad the start was for Chase Brown. Running back 34, 49, 37, 28. He started the year like that. Six weeks and yet he still finished as the running back eight over the course of the season because the second half was so good. And I don't. I don't think. I'm not saying Chase Brown could be like the. A top three running back, but he can be a top six, maybe even a top five type of a guy that you don't have to pay up for yet again. And I will be very excited to take him in drafts.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I hope he drops much further than this. Get him near the 2, 3 turn.

[Andy Holloway]

Also, Jeremy has let me know. Squelch usually means to forcibly suppress unwanted expression.

[Jason Moore]

That's basically exactly what you meant.

[Andy Holloway]

What am I? What am I? A word of the day, vocab calendar.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, we're helping people out here.

[Andy Holloway]

Please, ladies and gentlemen, find a way to use the word squelch in your. In your life today. That is a fun word to say.

[Jason Moore]

All right, so I got the. I got the last. This is the last pick.

[Andy Holloway]

This is really big.

[Jason Moore]

The issue is there's too many people that deserve to be in the first round that obviously are not going to be there because there's only one more. And you put Chase Brown in there.

[Andy Holloway]

That's right.

[Jason Moore]

So I want an apology to one of these guys from you, but here are the players in consideration. Devon Achan and Josh Jacobs at running back are awesome.

[Andy Holloway]

I will apologize to Devon Hn.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. Then I will not be putting him in so that you may apologize to him. Okay, so now it's between. And honestly, when I look at which.

[Andy Holloway]

Is that here, please hear what I'm not saying.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not apologizing to Josh Jacobs for not putting him in the first round.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, then I will select Josh Jacobs. I actually am going to take Josh Jacobs.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

Josh Jacobs super banged up towards the end of the year. It was a bad finish and it kind of got in the way of you realizing how he was.

[Andy Holloway]

He was great.

[Jason Moore]

How dominant he was. How I mean, you look before his injury, he got injured in week 11. From that point on, it was really rough. He's trying to play through it. Some games he played through it while injured and was awesome. Other games it was like, oh, I think he fumbled early and so then was basically benched the rest of the game kind of due to the injury, kind of to save himself, but you ended up starting him and he got nothing. So it was just this trepidatious end to the season that from weeks one.

[Andy Holloway]

Through 10, Josh Jacobs was the running back. 5. He was a couple points ahead of Bijan. He was a couple points ahead of James Cook.

[Jason Moore]

His pace would have been 20 rushing touchdowns through that stretch while getting over 50 receptions, basically 500 receiving yards, 1200 yards on the ground. He was. He was a dominant force, and they're not going away from him right now. I think the offense, they dealt with so many injuries. Obviously the quarterback himself and Jacobs himself going into next season. Josh Jacobs is a running back one, and he should be there now. It's tough because Malik Neighbors should be here, but the injury. I think Hampton.

[Andy Holloway]

Hampton, honestly, is the next running back. On my. When.

[Jason Moore]

When we go through the UDK rankings and stat these guys out and look at the team projections, look at the schedule, dive as deep as we do, I will not be surprised at all if Hampton is way ahead of Josh Jacobs in my rankings, ahead of Devon Hn or, you know, other. Other running backs. I mean, maybe even Chase Brown. Definitely Chase Brown. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

What? Why is it definitely.

[Jason Moore]

I'm. I'm just kidding. Because Chase Brown is a good enough fantasy asset to be taken here. It is one of those things where he's not viewed that way, in which case you want the value. Like, the greatest part of Chase Brown is that if you're smart enough to get him where he's being drafted, you're getting a great value if you reach.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Because I took him as, what, like the fifth running back?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Like that's egregiously high for adp.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. He won't. He won't go anywhere near there. So just let this be, you know, a little signal to let him drop to you and be more excited about it, but he definitely will not be in the first round of adp.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, I'm going to list some.

[Jason Moore]

Names after you give an apology.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, this is what I'm going to list some names. And do we need to apologize?

[Jason Moore]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Devon Hn. Yes. Yes, we apologize. Sorry, my man. There's just. There's too much. There's too much I don't know about the Miami Dolphins right now to put you in the first round. Ashton Genti.

[Jason Moore]

No, he earned his second round pick. This with his rookie season.

[Andy Holloway]

Saquon Barkley. No apologies.

[Jason Moore]

No apologies. None.

[Andy Holloway]

Derek Henry.

[Jason Moore]

Like an honorary apology.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, so just like a. Like a head nod.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Like we get it. We get it. But you get it.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not going to.

[Jason Moore]

Sorry.

[Andy Holloway]

But you know that. I'm sorry, Derek.

[Jason Moore]

You know, you know, you know how we feel. But you get it. Yeah. You're awesome.

[Andy Holloway]

Can I do a first round pick of Derek Henry in the month of November for sure?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Yes. The snow is falling in Vermont.

[Andy Holloway]

Unfortunately, there's the warm months. All right, that's going to do it for today's show. Hope you all had a good time listening. You know, it's the fun, the February fun. Mocked her out the first round. That's going to do it for us. Reminder ultimate draftkit.com I mean get in early, the lowest possible price. Dynasty pass is up right now. There's going to be another drop after the combine and then after the NFL draft. Get you ready for those rookie drafts. See you next time. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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