Fantasy Football - NFL Draft Recap: AFC Winners & Losers - Podcast for 4/28

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Fantasy Footballers Podcast: NFL Draft Recap - AFC Winners & Losers (4/28/26)

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This episode of the Fantasy Footballers (Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike “The Fantasy Hitman” Wright) is a deep-dive recap of the 2026 NFL Draft, with a sharp focus on AFC teams. The expert trio break down the biggest winners and losers from a fantasy football angle, highlighting rookie landing spots, draft strategy gaffes, and how team decisions shake up the dynasty and redraft scenes. As always, the crew combines sharp analysis, sarcasm, and league-winning takes—serving up what moves matter most for your rosters.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Running Back Draft Realities & "Vomit Sound Effect"

• The team immediately addresses the state of rookie running backs in this class, lamenting the lack of high draft capital spent at the position and the general lack of fantasy promise among the RB group.

  “The original vomit sound effect… was more about just expectations for where a lot of running backs were going to go. Didn’t come to fruition.” – Mike (06:09)

• Day 2 only saw one back (Kaylin Black, drafted by the 49ers—the team notorious for whiffing on RBs).

  “If the 49ers draft you… your chance of not being a good player is very high… Lynch sucks.” – Andy (06:46)
  “Day two sucks.” – Jason (06:58)

2. Cardinals’ Questionable Pick: Jeremiah Love at #3 Overall

• All hosts agree Jeremiah Love is an excellent player and will have significant fantasy relevance. However, they critique the team’s process for spending the #3 overall pick (and a record $50 million guaranteed) on a running back.

  “It is indefensible to use the number three overall pick on a running back, no matter how good they are.” – Jason (03:38) “Jeremiah Love doesn’t deserve any hate. No, he’s going to go and be great in Arizona and he’ll be the number one pick in Dynasty rookie drafts.” – Mike (05:04)

  • Andy further points out the opportunity cost and lack of positional value.

• Discussion of the Cardinals’ roster construction—already re-signing James Conner and Tyler Allgeier, and the implications for fantasy depth charts.

3. Rookie Draft/Landing Spot Standouts

AFC West

• Raiders:

  • 1st round: QB Fernando Mendoza
  • 4th round: RB Mike Washington Jr.
  • Bowers will be the “de facto No. 1 WR target.”
  • Jack Bech, Trey Tucker, and others aren’t meaningful threats.
  • Genti remains the main back, but Mike Washington's presence means potential for more of a committee.

  “This is really… Bowers is, I mean, obviously their number one wide receiver, but he’s a huge [target]. I will probably be taking him over Trey McBride. I think Bowers is the tight end one for sure.” – Jason (25:31)

• Chiefs:

  • Early defense focus; Emmett Johnson added in 5th round—simply a backup, doesn’t threaten Ken Walker’s top-dog status.
  • Roster stability: “The big fear… of Rushy Rice being moved on… if they had taken one of those big three wide receivers… Rice is… a little bit more solidified…” – Jason (30:35)

• Chargers:

  • Minimal fantasy impact picks; Brennan Thompson (4th round, WR) is a pure speed threat—called out as a “McDaniel special” for scheme fit, not fantasy gold.
  • Offensive line additions are good news for Hampton and Herbert.

• Broncos:

  • Fourth round RB Jonah Coleman is Jason’s fantasy RB3, but that says more about the weak class than immediate opportunity.
  • Backfield likely to be a frustrating committee.
  • “The gap is the Grand Canyon. Someone has to be at 3. That does not mean they’re good and that does not mean draft them like you usually…” – Jason (35:24)

AFC South

• Titans:

  • Surprise at #4 overall: WR Carnell Tate is “a certifiable number one,” which boosts Cam Ward (QB) and spells trouble for Calvin Ridley’s value.
  • “I think he will be [the WR1 this year]… number four overall, he’s going to come in… and dominate targets from the jump.” – Mike (39:06)
  • RB Nick Singleton (5th round) is worth monitoring in a light class.

• Colts:

  • Did little, making WR Josh Downs a big winner in terms of target share with both Adonai Mitchell and Michael Pittman Jr. gone.
  • “Downs is a great fantasy asset going into this year.” – Jason (41:23)
  • TE Tyler Warren could lead the team in targets.

• Texans, Jags:

  • Minimal fantasy shakeup. The Texans added blocking TE Marlin Klein (2nd round)—good for David Montgomery but not exciting for fantasy pass-catchers.
  • Jags spent a second rounder on blocking TE Nate Bork Kercher; the biggest winners are incumbents at RB and WR due to no new skill-position threats.

AFC North

• Browns:

  • Praised for a smart, balanced draft (OT Spencer Fano, then high-upside WRs Concepcion and Denzel Boston, plus a QB at value).
  • “Those are great picks… giving help to whoever that quarterback is.” – Jason (20:10)
  • Addition of two different WR archetypes (Concepcion—playmaker; Boston—size), which may ding Jerry Jeudy’s outlook.
  • Taylor Green (QB) is a stash in superflex/dynasty.

• Bengals:

  • Defense heavy draft, traded first for Dexter Lawrence.
  • Chase Brown remains a fantasy winner for surviving another year without additional RB competition.
  • “That’s money’s coming. Chase Brown… get the pen ready.” – Andy (52:15)

• Ravens:

  • Jacoby Lane (3rd round), Elijah Surratt (5th) added to a crowded but shallow WR group—no immediate fantasy studs, opportunity possible if injuries arise.
  • “Mark Andrews is a winner… his role as the receiving tight end is pretty safe.” – Jason (54:32)
  • Rashod Bateman is the “loser.”

• Steelers:

  • Drafted Jeremy Bernard (WR, 2nd) after missing out on Makai Lemon, further bolstering WR depth.
  • Drew Allar (QB, 3rd) is a candidate for early opportunity and could have sneaky dynasty relevance.

AFC East

• Jets:

  • Kenyan Sadiq (TE) and Omar Cooper, Jr. (WR) both go in the 1st—values, but both were hosts’ “overrated” label pre-draft.
  • Set up for a post-Geno Smith quarterback future (Cade Klubnik, 4th).
  • “Perfect for the future… this was a dream come true for me.” – Jason (60:02).
  • Meowson Taylor’s upside is squashed.

• Dolphins:

  • Waited on WR, then took Caleb Douglas & Chris Bell (both 3rd round) to address the dearth at the position. Bell is a sneaky dynasty watch.
    • “If you’re talking about a first round talent who simply dropped because of injury, finding his way on a team that desperately needs an alpha wide receiver… there is a path to emerge here.” – Jason (61:38)

• Bills:

  • Skyler Bell (WR, 4th) profiles as more depth/slot, similar to Khalil Shakir. Keon Coleman could be the boundary WR, but Bell’s fantasy value is limited.

• Patriots:

  • Very little fantasy movement. Eli Raridon (TE, 3rd) is "draftable" in very deep rookie drafts. Pending potential A.J. Brown trade could completely change team outlook.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Cardinals’ RB pick:

  “Indefensible to use the number three overall pick on a running back, no matter how good they are.” – Jason (03:38)

• On rookie backs:

  “Day two sucks.” – Jason (06:58) “If the 49ers draft you…your chance of not being a good player is very high.” – Andy (06:46)

• On Browns’ draft:

  “I love their draft…they end up with a back-to-back combo of Concepcion, who a lot of people like, I love him, and Denzel Boston.” – Mike (47:19)

• On dynasty rookie drafts:

  "The gap is the Grand Canyon. Someone has to be at [RB] 3…that does not mean they’re good and that does not mean draft them like you usually would." – Jason (35:24)

• On Dolphins’ WR room:

  “I’d love to tell you there are some existing wide receivers on the roster that are quote winners…but there aren’t any.” – Mike (61:06)

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Important Timestamps

| Time | Segment/Discussion | |-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:30 | Cardinals’ Jeremiah Love pick and RB positional value | | 06:09 | Running back draft fallout; lack of fantasy RB upside | | 09:24 | AFC Draft predictions and rookie draft games | | 13:07 | News: Jaden Reed contract/Packers receiving room | | 14:17 | Vikings & Jordan Addison—new outlook with Kyler Murray | | 17:29 | Dallas/George Pickens franchise tender drama | | 24:17 | AFC West breakdown: Raiders, WR depth, Bowers, Genti | | 29:57 | Chiefs: No impact WRs/RBs, good news for Rice, Walker, Kelsey | | 31:10 | Chargers: Brennan Thompson, O-line winners, Herbert outlook | | 33:46 | Broncos: RB Jonah Coleman lands in 3-way timeshare | | 39:06 | Titans: Carnell Tate as new WR1, impact on Ridley, Singleton | | 41:23 | Colts: Josh Downs big winner | | 47:19 | Browns: Offensive overhaul, Concepcion & Boston praised | | 52:15 | Bengals: Chase Brown survives as RB, defense focus | | 54:32 | Ravens: Jacoby Lane, Surratt added, Mark Andrews wins | | 56:02 | Steelers: Bernard, near-miss on Makai Lemon | | 58:09 | Jets: Sadiq and Cooper to NYJ, future indicators | | 61:06 | Dolphins: Third-round WRs land, dynasty implications | | 62:48 | Bills: Skyler Bell’s role, Keon Coleman’s opportunity | | 64:28 | Patriots: Eli Raridon, pending AJ Brown trade speculation |

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Flow, Tone, and Takeaways

The episode flows with the Footballers' classic blend of humor, sarcasm, and sharp takes—lamenting the fate of fantasy managers chasing RBs this season, voicing incredulity at several front offices, and emphasizing the importance of target volume and draft capital over hype.

The team pokes fun at themselves (Mike’s Browns optimism, Jason’s keeper lottery loss), mocks bizarre NFL GM logic, and highlights both the micro-dynasty and macro-NFL implications of this year’s AFC rookie class.

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Summary Table: AFC Fantasy Draft Winners & Losers

| Team | Biggest Winner(s) | Fantasy Loser(s) | Key Insight | |--------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------| | Cardinals | Jeremiah Love | Allgeier, existing RBs | Talent is great, but draft process/contract panned | | Raiders | Bowers, Genti (still) | WRs not drafted | Bowers is de facto WR1; RB committee risk rises | | Chiefs | Incumbents (Rice, Kelsey) | N/A | No offensive skill guys drafted; Rice more secure | | Chargers | Hampton, Herbert | Trey Harris (maybe) | O-line upgrades, pure speed in WR adds | | Broncos | Coleman (due to RB class) | Harvey, McLaughlin, Dobbins | Committee headache, RBs have little upside | | Titans | Carnell Tate, Nick Singleton| Ridley, Wandale | Tate as WR1, Singleton a watch in uninspiring RB group | | Colts | Josh Downs, Tyler Warren | Pittman (gone), Alec Pierce | Huge target opportunity in WR group | | Browns | Concepcion, Boston | Jeudy | Draft fixes both OL and WR issues, unlocked potential | | Bengals | Chase Brown | N/A | No RBs added = opportunity sustained | | Ravens | Mark Andrews | Rashod Bateman | Added WRs, Andrews safely top pass-catcher | | Steelers | Offensive depth, Allar | N/A | Bernard WR depth, Allar could start early | | Jets | Future QB (Klubnik), Sadiq/Cooper | Meowson Taylor | Loaded up for post-Geno core, current TEs value dings | | Dolphins | Chris Bell (sleeper), Douglas | Incumbent WRs | WR competition open, Bet on upside post-injury | | Bills | Keon Coleman (outside shot)| Skyler Bell, Shakir | Similar slot types added, Coleman boundary potential | | Patriots | Eli Raridon (deep only) | N/A; pending AJ Brown trade | Quiet for now, but trade could change entire offense |

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Final Notes

• RB class is the clear loser for 2026 rookie drafts; target WRs where possible.
• Certain teams (Browns, Titans, Chiefs) made savvy moves for both real-life and fantasy.
• Mid- to late-round WRs and TEs in this class have open lanes for dynasty value because of landing spot + opportunity.

For a deeper dive into the NFC, tune in for Thursday’s episode.

Transcript

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[Jason Moore]

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

[Mike Wright]

Welcome in.

[Andy Holloway]

That's me doing rookie drafts, guys.

[Mike Wright]

Ah, you're not having a good time. So, I mean, this is a, this is a big show because we have not got to really come together and react here on the 2026 NFL Draft. So this is our first chance to get the opinions.

[Jason Moore]

They're bad shared.

[Mike Wright]

What about about Cardinals, though? They're bad. Okay.

[Jason Moore]

No, they're, they're. They're much worse.

[Mike Wright]

There were things.

[Jason Moore]

They're much worse with the Cardinals.

[Mike Wright]

No, the Cardinals are. I mean, it's like a child is running the organization on some level. And it's such an insult to Jeremiah 11, the talent that he is, to say that because. Quick thoughts on the Cardinals. We can all share them. Fact number one, Jeremiah Love is an incredible football player.

[Jason Moore]

Absolutely.

[Mike Wright]

And will not bust.

[Jason Moore]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

He will be a valuable, important, fantasy relevant player for the Arizona Cardinals for many years and $50 million.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And for whoever his Next team is as well. He could go on to great success, like maybe he'll win a Super bowl with his next team. Jeremiah Love is great. And so the argument of, look, you take the best player, and I will say this, if you draft an edge rusher who busts, it is less valuable than drafting Jeremiah Love. Who is good.

[Mike Wright]

Yes. Who you have a more guaranteed outcome with.

[Jason Moore]

But it is, it is indefensible to use the number three overall pick on a running back, no matter how good they are. It is. And people are like, you know, it's all about the contract. That's kind of the argument, but that's not really what it is. The 50 million guaranteed, which is the most guaranteed money that's ever been given to a running back in the history of the NFL just simply because you're slotted in at the number three pick

[Mike Wright]

overall, 11 million more than any other running back in the game today playing.

[Jason Moore]

And people say, well, look, if it's a good player and you're going to be on a rookie quarterback contract, you can afford him. You've got the cap space. That isn't the point. The point is what you're giving up.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Look, will opportunity costs.

[Jason Moore]

Will Anderson is getting $50 million a year now. He just signed a year. We just said $50 million in guaranteed money was the most of all time for a running back. It's because they don't matter as much. They just don't. You can't get an edge rusher. You can't get one on the free agent market. They don't hit the free agent market.

[Mike Wright]

Once upon a time, the Cardinals passed on Adrian Peterson in the first round for an offensive tackle that didn't pan out. And we lived and watched what Adrian Peterson did for the rest of his career. So on that level, yeah, you don't want to whiff on an Isaiah Simmons or Andre Wadsworth or whoever else the Cardinals took. Everything you said is correct. Love will be very good. It's compounded by the fact they spent off season money resigning. James Conner, Tyler Algier, they have Trey Benson, they have running backs on this roster already. And so everybody, I mean, I have been asked about my opinion on this pick more times than I can count and everybody wants to hear our opinion on it. Jeremiah Love doesn't deserve any hate. No, he's going to go and be great in Arizona and he'll be the number one pick in Dynasty rookie drafts. And we'll talk about him on our winners and losers today. I think we're Doing afc. But, yeah, I mean, good news.

[Jason Moore]

The genuine good news is I think that drafting Jeremiah Love and then a couple rounds later with. With Carson Beck is a. Is a very good recipe. Oh, man. For marching for Arch. Like, get the number one.

[Mike Wright]

Is that what you're calling it?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. The march for Arch is on. For Archie Manning. Let's put Manning with a Harrison. It's got to work again. It worked for their daddies or their. Their, you know, their relatives, I guess you should say. But yeah, yeah, I think it's. It's a great way to get the number one, so.

[Mike Wright]

So the original vomit sound effect that Mike produced at the top of the show was more about just expectations for where a lot of running backs were going to go. Didn't come to fruition. We didn't really get a lot of. A lot of names with the draft capital that correlates to fantasy success.

[Jason Moore]

Got none. We got. We got none.

[Mike Wright]

But we got Jadarian Price.

[Jason Moore]

Sure. But I'm saying day two.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we got none.

[Jason Moore]

Day two, There was one running back on Caleb Black. Yeah. And he wasn't invited to the combine.

[Mike Wright]

And he drafted by a team that is whiffing on almost all their picks.

[Andy Holloway]

If the 49ers draft you, I mean, I could just say if they draft you, your chance of not being a good player is very high. But specifically, did he. Lynch sucks.

[Jason Moore]

Day two sucks.

[Mike Wright]

No, he does suck. And there have been great articles.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a Cisco fan.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, we got one over there.

[Jason Moore]

What do you.

[Andy Holloway]

What do you think?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's not good.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, thank you.

[Jason Moore]

Could you imagine how good your team could be with Shanahan coaching if they were given quality players?

[Andy Holloway]

But, like, how many years in a row are we now of the 49ers taking a running back in essentially the third round and then it never being the guy?

[Mike Wright]

I feel like we'll get hate. Like we're attacking the 49ers as Cardinals fans. No, I'm attacking them as football fans.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. One specific gm, and your team is always great.

[Mike Wright]

Would you rather be Kaylin Black, who was not invited to the combine, drafted by a team where these. These home run picks never work out, or would you rather be. I think it's Adam Randall, who was not drafted by the general manager, not drafted by the coach, but given a token opportunity to the owner of the Ravens? That said, he's been begging me for a pick, so I just let him pick somebody.

[Jason Moore]

Unbelievable. The gm, if you haven't heard this story. Yeah. The owner asked for a pick and the GMs like, well, it's your. Yeah, of course you can have a pick. Oh, and the way he talked. But he's like. And he did his research. It was like he's tied like. Like he gave the pick to his son. And what's so sad about this is like Mike and I, I know both like Adam Randall. He's one of the more sleepery, deeper picks that were Deeper. Yeah, Sleepry deeper. He picks that we're like. I could see how that works.

[Andy Holloway]

Does Steve listen to our show?

[Jason Moore]

I mean, he probably does, honestly. Probably. But I would say that there's no

[Andy Holloway]

other explanation for this.

[Jason Moore]

When the pick came and the Ravens took Adam Randall, I was like, that's not a bad landing spot for him. You've got King Henry who's indestructible, but he's also human and at some point will stop and will self destruct. And Adam Randall is. That's a good spot. You're on a good team. And then you find out later. It was like a gift pick. It'll reflect so silly.

[Mike Wright]

It'll reflect on the gm, on his future resume. I know that.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. It was a wild draft. We're going to get into our AFC draft recap show today, talking through the picks and what we think. You know, there are opportunities out there. There are a number of players that slipped in the draft or went to teams that look like, you know, Makai Lemon being one of them. That went to a spot we didn't expect, a team that traded up to acquire them, that has plans for them.

[Andy Holloway]

He went to a spot that the team drafting him didn't expect.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. And that the Steelers didn't expect. But lots to talk about our draft. I didn't even know what was the final total for our draft.

[Jason Moore]

You won by one.

[Andy Holloway]

I think I got one right.

[Jason Moore]

Because I changed on Jadarian Price last second, moved away and you got him

[Mike Wright]

and I got Stowers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Is that what. Because you had gotten Jordan Tyson, so. Yeah, it's always tough in the streets because once a couple trades happen, the ramifications. Yeah. The domino effect. But I mean, goodness, you've won for so many years in a row. I just assumed you'd pull it out. We've decided to extend the UDK preorder giveaway in additional days. Yes, through the end of the day, Mike. Oh, and we're going to give away some extra swag. So not just the Jamar Chase signed jersey, not just the B John signed jersey, not just the listener league spot.

[Jason Moore]

Dude.

[Mike Wright]

But some extra swag as well.

[Andy Holloway]

You know what I realized through the

[Mike Wright]

end of today, Tuesday, just now looking at.

[Andy Holloway]

Because the. If you haven't tuned to YouTube.com the fancy footballers and check out Magic Mike's wall, the signed jerseys that we're giving away. Those guys are on my league of record team.

[Jason Moore]

Oh my gosh.

[Andy Holloway]

Still.

[Jason Moore]

They made it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

B. John made it, everybody.

[Mike Wright]

Mike. Mike. We had our.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh yeah, there we go.

[Jason Moore]

The Magic Mike wall.

[Mike Wright]

We had our keeper lottery this weekend as well, which we do in our league if you're new to the show. We. We have kind of a cool format where you get a franchise player and then you pick three players from your roster. There's a keeper league and those three players go into a keeper lottery and two of the three remain on your team. One drops into the draft. In our keeper lottery, we saw the likes of Jameer Gibbs drop back into the draft. We saw, well, Jason who jsn. We saw Puka and we saw CMC and then Jason

[Andy Holloway]

who was in your lottery.

[Jason Moore]

My lottery was Josh Jacobs, Travis H.N. jr. And Jonathan Taylor.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And I no longer have Jonathan Taylor. It was. I was not happy about it.

[Mike Wright]

Jason popped into the lot. The zoom. Oh, that looks so cool. Jason popped in. There's a cool new graphic up on the wall.

[Andy Holloway]

I like it.

[Mike Wright]

He popped into the zoom. He found out he had lost Jonathan Taylor in the lottery and then he disappeared.

[Andy Holloway]

Smoke bomb.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And he was gone.

[Jason Moore]

Well, because of course I show up right after everyone tells me I lost Jonathan Taylor. I didn't even get to see it. It was like, oh, you just lost John to the tour.

[Mike Wright]

You weren't on time.

[Jason Moore]

I was driving through mountains. I didn't have service. You didn't. Wait,

[Mike Wright]

there you go. So Jason was super happy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But yes. Ultimate Draft Kit.com through the end of the day today and we'll give away that listener league spot. We want somebody to come and play with us in the listener league in 2026. Super excited about that. And yeah, there you go.

[Jason Moore]

On that note today, all of our ultimate draft kit, the next the plus, all the dynasty information all got updated post draft. So our rookie rankings, our dynasty startup rankings, all that stuff is fresh. It is ready to be drafted. A lot of details and more than just that, the opportunity pages everything in it got the post draft refresh. So if you already have the ultimate draft kit and you're in the contest, great. Go check out all the new information if you need a reason to pick it up now. All that new Information is there.

[Mike Wright]

All right, let's get into the news.

[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Mike Wright]

Just a few bits of news here. Jaden Reed, three year contract extension with the packers. Who said goodbye to Don Tavian Wicks and Romeo Dobbs this off season and

[Jason Moore]

they did not draft any major replacement. This was a big win for Jaden

[Mike Wright]

Reed and Matthew Golden. The fact that they didn't draft anybody. They do seem to have plans, I mean for him and at least we had one game. So the Jaden Reed three year 50 million.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So 20 guaranteed. The Romeo Dobbs contract was much bigger.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Yeah, Reed is.

[Andy Holloway]

I hadn't thought about it till now. That's.

[Mike Wright]

Reed has been a good player but not a high volume player, not a high route participation player.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

His talent has always been there. I've always really liked what I saw from him on the field. He's always flashed.

[Jason Moore]

But the issue is he is only a slot wide receiver when they're in two wide. And even now, even though they lost Romeo Dobbs, it seems like it'll be golden and Watson and Watson in two wide, which Jaden Reed is valuable to the team unlike. You know, you look at what's happening for the Colts and you look at downs and you go, oh, you know, I think he's going to be on the field and too wide now. A huge upgrade. This is like, oh, it's good for Jaden Reed for the draft. But he didn't get to me an upgrade over what he has been.

[Mike Wright]

The Vikings officially exercised Jordan Addison's fifth year option.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Is Addison. He's interesting. I feel like he's not been talked about a lot. Whereas, you know, we talk about the uptick that Jefferson should receive by a competent quarterback in Kyler Murray, who I think will be a competent quarterback. Addison will benefit tremendously. I mean Tyler has, you know, it kind of reminds me of the Christian Kirk era for the Cardinals. Sure. In Arizona where you had Hopkins on one side and Addison who's capable of taking advantage of defensive backs and especially on deep plays. That combination kind of reminds me of that.

[Jason Moore]

That's a good comp. I believe it was Kyler who was with Christian Kirk when he was a wide receiver one in fantasy. I'll have to look that up.

[Andy Holloway]

Kyle, get on Christian Kirk. No, Christian Kirk was a wide receiver one in Jacksonville.

[Jason Moore]

Really?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, okay. It was not Kyler.

[Andy Holloway]

No, it was not.

[Mike Wright]

The NFL Network's Ian Rapaport reporting that Brandon Ayuk will be playing with his good friend Jaden Daniels for The commanders soon.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. I mean that the IUK saga is. It's still going for those who have forgotten because it had been kind of quiet there for a while. No one's going to trade for him. And I, I would imagine he's not let go yet because the 49ers hate him. Like, they're. I think they're legitimately mad about everything. Yes. Everything that has taken place with Brandon Iuka. You won, dude. You got your money and then you were not good. And then there's the reports of not taking rehab seriously on his injured knee. And no one, they've trashed him, you know, publicly. No one's going to come trade for him because they. Why we'll wait for you to release him, but I feel like the Fortnite is like, we're not going to release him. We're just going to hold on to him.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, the thing is, usually you would say you want to get the most value out of the assets you have. And the 49ers proved they don't care about that at all. The strat, like value means nothing to them.

[Mike Wright]

MVS still playing football. Marquez Valdez Scanling signing a one year deal with the Cowboys.

[Andy Holloway]

Good for you, man.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, and then the other news. George Pickens has not yet signed the franchise.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, there was a lot of reporting on.

[Mike Wright]

They say he did.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Night one of the draft, they were saying George Pickens has signed his franchise tender, which felt very much in the moment of like, well, the only reason he's going to sign that right now after they have said we're not going to give you a long term deal is because to trade him, you can't trade him unless he signs the franchise. So it, with all the reporting, that's what it seemed to be, the implication. But now they're saying he didn't even sign it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Then it came out that the Cowboys aren't going to trade him. Well, at first it was, at first, I believe it was Ochocinko that had this cryptic tweet.

[Mike Wright]

He's going to be happy.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Like there was some big news, some big contract coming his way. And then it was, oh, he's going to sign his franchise. What's. That's not what a player's happy about. Like, yeah, I signed my franchise. And so you assume he's going to get traded. And then the Cowboys come out and say, we're not trading them. And now it's gone full circle to I'm not signing that franchise, Jerry.

[Mike Wright]

Which you guys talked about on the podcast, like how he probably won't sign it. And then it seemed like the news came out that you were wrong. But maybe you know George better than he knows himself. Okay. And we know Jerry, and you know Jerry.

[Andy Holloway]

He will fold.

[Mike Wright]

I like their draft, man. I love. I love their draft.

[Jason Moore]

I hate. You know what I hate the most about this draft? And there are, oh my gosh, so many things. But two of the best drafting and acquisition teams this cycle this weekend were the defensive side of the ball for the Bengals and the Cowboys. What nonsense is this for fantasy football?

[Mike Wright]

That's true.

[Andy Holloway]

Just hold out hope that it won't work.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I liked like, you know, we'll go through the teams, but I like the Cowboys a lot their draft. I liked Cleveland again for two years in a row.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes, I did like Cleveland.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, they're doing. They're really doing good work over there.

[Mike Wright]

I think they're going to be a good team.

[Jason Moore]

It's funny, I had tweeted out.

[Mike Wright]

I actually think they're going to be a good team.

[Jason Moore]

I would.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

I would not know that part.

[Mike Wright]

They were in every game last year with nothing on offense.

[Jason Moore]

They haven't.

[Mike Wright]

Their defense is unbelievable.

[Jason Moore]

Incredible defense.

[Mike Wright]

And I might believe in Todd Monkin more than I did a week or two ago. I just.

[Andy Holloway]

Interesting.

[Mike Wright]

Look, this is going to be one of the big topics that we're going to talk about extensively. How do you react to all of these draft picks and the players and the teams? I always bring up Jalen Waddle to the hapless Dolphins and how bad of a landing spot that was at number six years ago only for him to go out and catch 100 passes and be a great player. The turnover in the NFL is so. I mean, what do we have, 20 new coaches, head coaches, something like that? I mean, when we did our coaching changes show between offensive coordinators, head coaches, the change is so tremendous. The. The inner working of 11 on 11. It just. You see change really, really fast. Teams that seem completely hapless. I'm not saying I like to Sean Watson or what you're going to get from Shador, but like.

[Andy Holloway]

Or. Yeah, or Taylor.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, or Taylor Green. I mean there is. There's just potential to win with just some small competency. On offense. We love Concepcion. I like Denzel Boston. On the other side they have Harold Fannin who we love. We love Judkins. We have a defensive player of the year. I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know. I get it.

[Mike Wright]

They're still the Brown.

[Jason Moore]

They do have the pieces there. I loved the draft. I had tweeted out that it was really bad what the Browns did to us for Concepcion and Boston, which I stand by. We don't want them going to the Browns without a known quarterback. That's not where we would ideally put them. And then you put both of them there.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I think they're sharing targets.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

However, from the, from a football perspective, from the Browns perspective, those are great picks. That's. I mean, they're giving help to whoever that quarterback is.

[Mike Wright]

Just to correct what I said earlier, it was 21 new offensive coordinators, 10 new head coaches.

[Andy Holloway]

So Cleveland at a six and a half win projected total.

[Mike Wright]

It's a. It's a brutal. It's a brutal division.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

So I. But, yeah, I would, I would take the over on that. I would. You get a little new head coach bump, a little bit of locker room. Locker room.

[Andy Holloway]

Seven games.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, seven. Seven out of 17. We can get there. Miles Garrett could do five of those by himself. I don't know why I got on a Browns tirade on this episode. What am I thinking? I do this every off season. What was that old head coach I used to talk about?

[Andy Holloway]

Marv.

[Mike Wright]

No, Marv was Cincinnati. Hugh Jackson. Yes. I should learn. All right, we're taking a break and we'll talk AFC NFL draft recap.

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[Mike Wright]

Oh, no, you're reminding me. Torod Taylor was once a my guy, huh?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. This is not the first time you've been very impressed by Cleveland.

[Mike Wright]

Is it a contrarian thing that I'm doing? Is it me wanting to find the good in something bad? Is that like a character thing?

[Andy Holloway]

It is. And you know what?

[Mike Wright]

I tried to find it in Gus Bradley once.

[Andy Holloway]

For you, as a human, it's a

[Mike Wright]

good quality as an analyst, but as

[Andy Holloway]

an analyst of the NFL, it's not a good quality because they stink.

[Jason Moore]

Does Newman.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, Newman's.

[Mike Wright]

Newman has a brown on our Browns helmet. Newman on our.

[Andy Holloway]

Careful with his head.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, This is not great audio. Okay, let's do it.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, rookie. Welcome to the NFL.

[Mike Wright]

All right, we'll start in the AFC west with the team with the overall number one pick, Fernando Mendoza, to the Las Vegas Raiders. In round one, they did spend a fourth round pick after a slew of offensive line and defensive improvements in the second and third and fourth round, they spent a fourth round pick on Mike Washington Jr. Combine standout. Yeah, and. And then a wide receiver in the six. So I think a couple things that stood out to us, or at least to me was like, who's going to play wide receiver for this football team? Because they did not invest.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, the best hive is back, baby.

[Mike Wright]

Jack Besh.

[Andy Holloway]

We are alive and well.

[Mike Wright]

He's not dead.

[Andy Holloway]

We are thriving.

[Mike Wright]

I don't know about that. But Mendoza, I like Mendoza. I think he's going to be a very. Trying to find the right word for it, like a very productive NFL quarterback. I don't know if that'll be fantasy productive for his whole career, but he is more mobile than people give him credit for. I think. I'm excited to see him with Gentian and Bowers. But, you know, adding a big name wide receiver would have been, I think more exciting for the entire fantasy world. If you had seen third round pick, you know, Denzel Boston going there.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's hard to imagine a team with such a need at wide receiver while 36 wide receivers went in this draft that they just didn't even look that direction. And I think that this is really. Bowers is, I mean, obviously their number one wide receiver, but he's a huge. He will be soaking up all of the targets. I will probably be taking him over Trey McBride. I think Bowers is the tight end one for sure.

[Mike Wright]

I feel like that's a pretty big, bold take. I think we really enjoyed what we got from Jacoby Brissette and Trey McBride last year. So I don't know if I'll go that far. But yeah, Bauer should have full confidence to be in that tight end one contention.

[Jason Moore]

And I still expect them to start the season with Kirk Cousins.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I think he's going to play. That's a good while. I think he's going to play about half the season.

[Mike Wright]

So in terms of, yeah, Jack Besh or any of the other wide receivers still on the team. Trey Tucker, who was kind of their number one last year. Dante Thornton, Jalen Naylor. The free agent signing of Jalen Naylor,

[Jason Moore]

I mean, I forgot it's.

[Andy Holloway]

Didn't they give him a bunch of money?

[Mike Wright]

They did.

[Jason Moore]

They don't have a three year 35 million through wide receiver unless one of last year's rookies steps up, which they did not do last year with plenty of opportunity. There is not a lot.

[Mike Wright]

It's not good for Mike Washington to go to this situation either. Like if you were looking at players like, yes, he'll have an opportunity to be the backup, but he could have gone to a team that he could have emerged as the starter. Like if he goes to Tampa Bay or something. You know, you're like, oh, maybe it doesn't work with Bucky and this is the dude. Now I, that's not happening here.

[Jason Moore]

It's obviously not happening where Mike Washington Jr. Will ever be the dude without an injury to Genti. That's, that's clear and obvious. He is only a backup. However, this was the team coming from, you know, the Kubes system. Now the head coach here coming from Seattle where even though they had a clearly superior Kenneth Walker on the field, they kept putting Charbonnet out there. Then Koobs comes to the Raiders and they ask him what they think about Genti and he basically says I want a two back system. We were arguing you can want whatever you want. You don't have another running back on the roster. So it's going to be all Gentee. Well now they went and spent, you know, obviously it wasn't a day to pick, it was a fourth rounder. But you know, Mike Washington was one of the somewhat touted running backs in this class and at least gives, I think it's interesting it gives a little bit more credence to the ability to have a large split for Genti.

[Andy Holloway]

It's funny because, you know, it's. We'll just. You make the natural progression of. Okay, well, Mike Washington's in the Charbs role for Kubiak except Mike Washington, athletically,

[Mike Wright]

he's nothing like that.

[Andy Holloway]

Is the opposite of charge.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I guess it just comes down to does that draft pick change your opinion of Ash and Genti? For me the answer is no.

[Andy Holloway]

As in where he's going in fantasy

[Mike Wright]

or my confidence in him.

[Andy Holloway]

I think my confidence is about the same. I do think Mike Washington, I don't think it's. Everything is Ashton Genti though. I think you will have more of a committee that people are going to want for sure.

[Jason Moore]

Without that pick, Genti would have had a lot more volume when I stat him out than with this pick.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Yeah, well we'll be doing that soon. I mean the full ultimate draft kit releases on June 1st, which means you're going to have every team's individual players and stats from all three of us in the ultimate draft kit and see how we break down each of those teams offenses. Kansas City, Kansas City went defense heavy early on. They traded up. They went corner two corners, two defensive linemen in the first four rounds and then their first offensive jump which we thought maybe they were going to grab, you know, a Jordan Tyson for Patrick Mahomes. It didn't happen. They had Two first round picks. They were both on the defensive side. Emmett Johnson goes in the fifth round to Kansas City. Very similarly to my opinion of Mike Washington with Genti Emmett in the fifth, who I liked, has no impact on my view of Kenneth Walker whatsoever. This was actually a huge, you know, the fact that they didn't go get more offensive weapons tells me they're focusing on the ones they have.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And so, you know, all the incumbents benefited from the way that they chose to go about this draft. Rashi Rice, Xavier Worthy, Travis Kelsey, because they didn't go after a Sadiq or Stowers. And Kenneth Walker, you know, Emmett is a. Maybe you see the field he needed.

[Jason Moore]

I like the Mike Washington comp in the sense that this is a team that really needed a backup running back. They just, they lost Pacheco. Sure, they went out and gave the bag to Walker, but they don't have anyone behind him. You have to have someone behind him. It's a good quality pick. Andy, I know you like them at Johnson, his film. I think it's a. It's just a good fit.

[Mike Wright]

Walker's gone down, I mean, in the past for sure.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think that the Chiefs are ideally wanting to do a split. That's where I view it a little different than the Raiders. But it's a good pick. And honestly, the big takeaway for fantasy for me on the Chiefs is simply that the big fear I had pre NFL draft of Rushy Rice being moved on from this offseason if they had taken one of those big three wide receivers for dynasty purposes. Rice is a little bit more solidified as in the future wide receiver for this team. They don't have someone past him.

[Mike Wright]

Kansas City thoughts, Mike? Anything you want to add?

[Andy Holloway]

I have nothing new to add.

[Mike Wright]

How about you talk to me about the Los Angeles Chargers if you can. I dare you. They had some picks, they spent them on players that we probably aren't going to end up caring about in fantasy football. Fourth rounder Brendan Thompson is the lone meaningful offensive piece in terms of fantasy production.

[Andy Holloway]

He is and Brennan is. This is a Mike McDaniel special of Thompson is fast. Now, Kyle, you're telling me this is a real quote here from Mike McDaniel.

[Mike Wright]

This is a real quote for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

So apparently Mike McDaniel talking to the GM said, quote, I mean, you didn't see this video? I did not.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, it's great.

[Andy Holloway]

McDaniel known for really, really good sound bites, but said, quote, if you can find a way to get Brennan Thompson, I Will take my shirt off in here.

[Mike Wright]

So he goes opposite of you. You're a pant. You're a no pants club. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

He's nips out.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

No, it was a good video.

[Mike Wright]

That's a fun way to put it.

[Jason Moore]

He was constantly asking for their GM to make this pick, find a way to get Brennan on their team. And it makes sense. This is a guy who ran 4, 2, 6. I don't view this as Brennan being a fantasy relevant player. I do view this as McDaniel wanting someone with such blazing speed that he can craft things where you just have to. You're going to pull a safety away. This is a player that I think opens things up for the other wide receivers on this.

[Andy Holloway]

Does it make you nervous for Trey Harris? Because if you're talking three wide receivers.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Trey Harris feels like the odd man out for like I don't think we're getting huge or lad off of the field.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And you're talking about a field stretcher. That's the role. And I think that that would be Trey Harris's role. That will be Brennan Thompson's role. So, yeah, that has an effect there. I think it's good for Herbert.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I mean it was the only real swing they took on the offensive side in terms of skill position players. They did draft a fourth round offensive tackle. They drafted a center in the second round. So we know the offensive line was a huge problem last year. They're already getting injured players back. Now they're solidifying it through the draft. So that's good for Hampton, right? If you talk about a fantasy winner. Hampton, Herbert, offense.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

Let's go.

[Andy Holloway]

We got Jake Slaughter.

[Mike Wright]

Oh yeah, they did, huh?

[Jason Moore]

Jake Slaughter.

[Mike Wright]

That's such a good name.

[Jason Moore]

It is.

[Mike Wright]

Slaughter them. Denver was 14 and 3 last year. We thought they might come into this draft, which by the way, they had very few picks. No first or second rounder.

[Andy Holloway]

Their first round pick is Jalen Waddle.

[Mike Wright]

Yes, yes, they did acquire Jalen Waddle.

[Andy Holloway]

Just remember that.

[Mike Wright]

But they did draft one of, I think Jason's favorite rookie running backs. Now it came in the fourth round, which you might not love, but they didn't have a chance to draft him in the other rounds. And they have a need at running back.

[Andy Holloway]

This Jonah Coleman right here explains the state of rookie drafts at the running back position. Jonah Coleman is my running back. 3 Fourth round running back Jonah Coleman,

[Jason Moore]

fourth round running back is my number three who will be, barring injury at best in a three way timeshare between last year's Higher drafted Rookie Harvey and J.K. dobbins. This is when it happened. This was early in the fourth round. So this is day three. You don't want him to go day three, but you're hoping someone you know pulls the trigger quick. They came in and that's who they targeted. That's what happened. For an offense that you think is good. And I like the player, so I was like, okay, this is okay, this is okay. But it's not good. It's not great. And I don't blame you for having him as your RB3, but please understand, Foot Clan, whoever our RB3 is, this fantasy football cycle, in rookie drafts, the gap is the Grand Canyon. Someone has to be at 3. That does not mean they're good and that does not mean draft them like you would usually draft most years. Third running back off the board.

[Mike Wright]

It is. I mean, my fourth running back is a fifth round Nick Singleton in Tennessee.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Because of opportunity. And you know what Jonah Coleman does. You talk about winners and losers, which is what this show is about. This is all the backfield mates are losers. Because I don't think Sean Payton has an ounce of loyalty to every one of any one of them. I don't think Harvey is going to be anything that we're happy about on a consistent basis. He's entering the I can't wait to be Justice Hill in this league phase of his career. And Jonah Coleman can come in and he's a tough runner and let's add him to Julio McLaughlin and just whoever else they can get production out of that position.

[Jason Moore]

This will be three backs being used every drive minimum. Disgusting.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I could feel that they spent two more picks on tight ends. Mike. Oh, Jolie.

[Jason Moore]

Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie.

[Mike Wright]

I was mad that we couldn't call him Jolly because his name is pronounced Jolie.

[Jason Moore]

Not anymore.

[Mike Wright]

And now I'm very happy.

[Andy Holloway]

We're begging of you, please don't take our man.

[Mike Wright]

You went to Angelina Jolie? Is that what you did? That's where my head went, okay?

[Andy Holloway]

The amount of tight ends in this draft, freaking Sean McVay and the Rams with their. I mean, number one. They were a culprit of. They duped the league, getting all the tight ends, but they changed their offense. They said, hey, wait, guys are getting smaller. Okay, well, let's beef up and put a bunch of tight ends out there.

[Mike Wright]

How many tight ends were drafted?

[Andy Holloway]

I think it was 23.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it just feels like it's like tight end Wink. Like they're offensive linemen. They're offensive linemen being drafted and getting paid well. I mean, every off season, we get these massive deals. Now for tight ends, you're like, who? Because they don't catch a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

So we got to move on, though. The AFC South, Tennessee, I just talked about them. They went and surprised a lot of people. Carnell Tate at number four overall, Jeremiah Love was off the board. They did not go defense, despite their head coach. And they went and got a number one wide receiver for a player I still believe in tremendously, Cam Ward. This makes me feel way better about it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Because it's a certifiable number one. It's terrible news for Calvin Ridley, but if you cared about Ridley, that's terrible news for you. For you.

[Jason Moore]

So this is a great landing spot. I tweeted that out and I had so many people that were like, what are you talking about?

[Andy Holloway]

Like, it.

[Jason Moore]

They hate the spot. And I'm like, look, Cam Ward is a young number one overall draft pick. Sure, he hasn't really shown that he's a great quarterback, but you can't ask for much more. I mean, not everybody's going to get.

[Mike Wright]

Joe Burrow got better as the season went on, which is what I care.

[Jason Moore]

So you go to a young, you know, future franchise quarterback on a depth chart with, like, I mean, people were throwing out, you know, all the names of the wide receivers that are at the Titans. But I.O. manor was talked about last year. Not because I. O. Manor. Manor. Yeah. Nice swish. It's not because I.O. manor was great. We talked him up because he might have been their best wide receiver because they don't have much. Ridley is old. Busted. I mean, this. They need. There's a reason they took someone fourth in the draft. The number one wide receiver off the board. He, I think, can. Has the opportunity to come in and be the number one in targets right off the bat. Now, maybe he won't be this year, but he has that opportunity.

[Mike Wright]

I think he will be this year, and I think it'll happen. I mean, number four overall, he's going to come in the same way Malik Neighbors did and dominate targets from the jump. It puts players like Chimray DK into the right position on their team where he was a great player for them. Great special teams player, Gadget player. Can't be your number one. IO Manor can't be your number one.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, they did sign Wanda Robinson, which is good. I mean, the nice thing is for

[Mike Wright]

you, Andy Wandale could lead in.

[Jason Moore]

They believe, you know, for those that Believe in Cam Ward.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Now you start going like Calvin Ridley. Old busted has a place if he's not trying to be the number one for this team.

[Mike Wright]

So take Wondale, Ridley and dk. That's good.

[Jason Moore]

You could end up having a good, good wide receiver core here basically because one guy can move people around. It's a good pick.

[Mike Wright]

Did you like Nick Singleton's tape?

[Jason Moore]

I did.

[Mike Wright]

So I know State running back goes in the fifth round, which you normally don't care about, but this year you do. And Tennessee has, I mean they have Tony Pollard. Dot, dot, dot.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. You had the debate between Singleton and Caitron Allen, the two guys that were on the same team. I was very much more on the Nicholas Singleton side. He was not this explosive breakaway runner. However, he is a 220 plus pound running back who caught the ball like crazy and scored touchdowns. That's pretty much all you need and want in fantasy. The opportunity is good here. He's a fifth round running back to just keep your eye on.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. What round was the old. Wasn't Barnes a Tennessee Titan, the guy you liked years ago?

[Andy Holloway]

He was drafted.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay. That's different. Yes, the Colts.

[Jason Moore]

He would have been drafted this year if Barnes was in this draft.

[Andy Holloway]

He would have.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Winners and losers for Indianapolis. They didn't do anything, man.

[Jason Moore]

Josh Downs. Josh Downs is a huge winner. Not only did they get rid of Adnai, Mitchell and Pittman, so those two guys are gone, but then the GM basically comes out and says Downs should be involved in two wide receiver sets and has the opportunity to get more work. And then they prove that with their actions. I mean they took a seventh round wide receiver who's just like a special teams guy. Downs is. Downs is a great fantasy asset going into this year.

[Mike Wright]

You're up on downs, I'm up on downs. Yeah. And the target volume. Like we loved Alec Pierce, but he doesn't profile as a hundred catch guy. I mean, Josh Downs. Tyler Warren, wheels up.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm very excited for Downs this year

[Jason Moore]

and I'm glad you brought up Tyler Warren because he very well might lead this team in targets.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that would not be a bad bet. Houston. Houston spent a third rounder, or sorry, a second rounder on Marlin Klein. Not Merlin. I thought maybe it was Merlin. Merlin would have been more exciting. Okay, winners and losers for the Texans.

[Jason Moore]

Mike,

[Mike Wright]

I know you wanted to talk about the Texans. All day you've been talking to me about that.

[Andy Holloway]

So Marlon Klein out of Michigan, have

[Mike Wright]

you ever eaten Marlin?

[Andy Holloway]

I've not.

[Mike Wright]

Jason.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Mike Wright]

You ever had swordfish? I have had the same thing.

[Jason Moore]

I don't know if. No, no.

[Mike Wright]

I consider those the exact same thing.

[Jason Moore]

Marlin is.

[Andy Holloway]

They both have the weapon in the.

[Mike Wright]

That's enough for me.

[Jason Moore]

Marlin is.

[Mike Wright]

That's what. They're the same clownfish, Jason. Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Marlin's a clownfish.

[Andy Holloway]

That is correct.

[Jason Moore]

I've watched the movie, man. I know.

[Mike Wright]

Have you ever had swordfish, Al?

[Jason Moore]

I don't think Andy.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, he doesn't. I'm allowed to move on.

[Jason Moore]

You didn't get the job.

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[Jason Moore]

Right. Marlon, the dad clownfish.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Okay. I don't have. I don't have to like it.

[Jason Moore]

No, you don't have to like it.

[Andy Holloway]

You didn't like it because you didn't get it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Because you're dumb.

[Jason Moore]

Get body.

[Andy Holloway]

Watch a Pixar movie.

[Mike Wright]

I like a. Like a good reference, but not like a deep cut that wasn't even close to the dad of the main character.

[Jason Moore]

When I think of Marlin, there's only one character.

[Mike Wright]

When you think of Marlin, you don't think of the fish.

[Jason Moore]

I do think of the fish. That's what I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Hold on.

[Jason Moore]

I think of the fish. The clownfish from Finding Nemo. Marlin.

[Andy Holloway]

Nemo. They have to find him.

[Mike Wright]

He's lost.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not the main character.

[Jason Moore]

The movie should be Marlin finds Nemo.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

But they didn't want to give away the ending.

[Mike Wright]

Nemo is not telling you how he's doing the whole movie. In a tank.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Name another marlin.

[Mike Wright]

The ones in the ocean.

[Jason Moore]

No, no. When you think of Marlin, the name who. Who comes to mind.

[Andy Holloway]

Baseball.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, baseball. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Or the old NES game. What was that game?

[Mike Wright]

Oh, gosh.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, no, no. I'm on it. A Marlon Waynes. All right. Good work, Josh.

[Mike Wright]

Marlon Wayne.

[Andy Holloway]

Blue Marlin.

[Mike Wright]

This is all much more entertaining than the Houston. Anyway.

[Andy Holloway]

So, Marvin. Marlon Klein out of Michigan. You know, an okay athletic profile. I mean, I'm trying to give you something.

[Jason Moore]

He's a blocker. Speaking of, he's a very good run blocker. This is good for David Montgomery.

[Mike Wright]

Jacksonville. Jacksonville spent a second round pick on Nate Bork Kercher. Tight end. Blocking tight end.

[Andy Holloway]

Good job.

[Jason Moore]

It's how Jeremy says caricature.

[Mike Wright]

I would say the biggest winner in Jacksonville was the existing running back room because there was rumors. And Chris Rodriguez. Who. Look, I don't think that. I think they're willing to have either guy step up there and probably both. So I think Both of those guys were big winners. Obviously you didn't have. They didn't need more wide receivers. They spent six rounders on them. But they've got a, you know, a ton of those guys.

[Jason Moore]

I think the big winner for the Jacksonville Jaguars draft is the San Francisco 49ers because they might be the only other team that had more reaches in this draft than the Niners. If you just look at like the value chart, it was wild, incredibly bad draft.

[Andy Holloway]

I will find out.

[Mike Wright]

We're just going to be talking forever.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's what we do.

[Mike Wright]

I know that they're sitting up like at a press conference. They're kind of sitting up like maybe on a step, but, man, does that come with a lot of the fart sniffing self assurance that every year these guys like, oh, I know better than all of you. Like, history says you don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

History says we're all just whiffing over and over and over again. And this idea, when you listen to lynch talk about this consensus and why do you go and reach for players and then you go look at the evidence.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Warren.

[Mike Wright]

Warren Sharp wrote an incredible piece breaking down.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Horrific.

[Mike Wright]

San Francisco, like, it's in. You don't get to defend facts. So if you make a bunch of picks, let's say you make 20 picks and 20 picks don't work. That's. Now that's called history.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And when you compare the value of what players have done versus where they went in the draft, it's kind of like how in fantasy football, when you look at adp, especially over recent time, ADP is pretty accurate. The guys in the first round score a lot more on average than the guys in the second round. And it's not like, oh, well, the fifth round bumps up. It's. It's almost linear. It's like the ADP is usually correct. Every round you get some wrong, every round you get some right. But if you reach multiple rounds in your fantasy draft, you're making a mistake. You're not taking advantage of capital and you're probably wrong. You're not outsmarting the crowd. But the funny thing is, like, they just stand there and smell their farts and they love them. And they're like, I'm so good. We don't listen to consensus. I love J.J. zachary, good friend of the show, tweeted out he was on a little Twitter rampage on this as well. But it was at one point they said, well, people don't bring up the great finds we have later in the draft. You know, like getting George Kittle and then, yes, we do.

[Mike Wright]

We're fine. That's great job.

[Jason Moore]

But yeah, and on that, JJ tweeted out George Kittle, when they drafted him, was 20 spots behind where he was going. Like that was the. You got a guy behind value, which you never do. You're always taking these guys way ahead of value. Like, no, that was a good example of what we're talking about. That's how you do it.

[Mike Wright]

Why pay $20 for something when you could pay 40? Right, right.

[Andy Holloway]

It makes it better.

[Mike Wright]

Cleveland, the Browns, I love their draft. You know, a lot of people thought Carnell Tate would end up in Cleveland. They thought they'd go, you know, they ended up trading down when. When Tate was not on the board. So maybe they would have. But they end up at nine. They draft a wonderful offensive tackle and Spencer Fano and they end up with a back to back combo of Concepcion, who a lot of people like. I love him and Denzel Boston, totally different types of receivers, which is awesome. Equipping a receiving room that really needed it. I don't know. I. And then they just solidified on both sides of the ball.

[Jason Moore]

Two offensive tackles in the first two days. Two wide receivers in the first two days. This is a great improvement for an office. They knew where their problem was and they did because in the sixth round they went and got a quarterback, which is what they really need.

[Andy Holloway]

Dude. Week 18, Taylor Green.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he's going to rule. Yeah, he's rushing for a hundred.

[Mike Wright]

Jerry Judy, a fantasy loser in this equation.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, Yeah, I would say so.

[Mike Wright]

And you could. You could argue that. I mean, I guess it would not argue that Fannin is a loser in this situation, but there's just more mouths to feed now, more opportunities. Let's take a break and we'll get into some more. Some more of these teams. Unless you wanted to add anything on the Browns.

[Andy Holloway]

Jay.

[Jason Moore]

I really like Concepcion. I think that I'm going to bet on talent over situation and hope that it works out.

[Andy Holloway]

Have you. For your. For your wide receiver rankings, did the Cleveland Browns destination?

[Jason Moore]

It did not. Concepcion? No, Concepcion. Still my number four.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

All right, we'll take a break and we'll talk Bengals.

[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

You know, it's funny to think about as we get ready to talk about Cincinnati, the Cardinals. We started the show with our normal routine of making fun of our own home team and their stupidity, but boy, those The Rams and 49ers really tried to make it up to us this year, didn't they?

[Jason Moore]

I think the 49ers sure did. The Rams. I will. We'll just talk about that tomorrow and I think we'll disagree on that.

[Mike Wright]

You can't disagree with Ty Simpson not helping you this year.

[Jason Moore]

No, no I can't.

[Mike Wright]

On a team that was a nipple from the Super Bowl.

[Jason Moore]

We'll discuss. I think Ty Simpson is a is a fascinating, great conversation.

[Mike Wright]

You didn't like him when?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, for Thursday we'll like you didn't like him when the Cardinals were going to get him.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah of course, at the end of

[Jason Moore]

the round, I can't wait to explain.

[Mike Wright]

Cincinnati 6 and 11, they had traded their first round pick away for Dexter Lawrence. They did not get a running back in the draft. They didn't have a lot of picks. But you look at Chase Brown, two years in a row, Chase Brown survives the draft.

[Andy Holloway]

That's money's coming. Chase Brown, any.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I mean, a commitment.

[Andy Holloway]

Get the pen ready.

[Mike Wright]

So, yeah, defensive end, cornerback, center, fourth round wide receiver for some depth.

[Jason Moore]

Dexter Lawrence.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, Dexter Lawrence with pick 10, you

[Jason Moore]

know, so, I mean, this was, this was a team that went out, had a great draft, drafted mostly on the defensive side of the ball, which is where their issues are. For fantasy purposes, you hope they whiffed, you know, you hope they got it all wrong and then Dexter Lawrence isn't.

[Andy Holloway]

Sorry, Bengals fans.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, for fantasy purposes, we need you to score 35 points to win a game, because super bowl purposes, you

[Mike Wright]

did the right thing.

[Jason Moore]

Absolutely. I mean, the truth is, when you are, when you've scored 21 points and you're up in the fourth, you run the ball. And that sucks for Jamar Chase and that sucks for T. Higgins.

[Mike Wright]

I think we're greedy, of course. I mean, I think we're really greedy with those two teams. And I do like consequential football, let me put it out that way. I want this team to care about the games they play late in the season. They're not going to care when their defense was that bad. I'm going to go glass half full.

[Jason Moore]

They did a good job.

[Mike Wright]

Baltimore, they had a lot of picks.

[Jason Moore]

They end up spending so many that they gave one to their owner for free.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, they did? Yes. Adam Randall with the bonus second pick in the fifth round, Jacoby Lane. Elijah Surat. Jason, you like Surat a lot out of Indiana. Jacoby Lane goes quite a bit ahead of him in the third round.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's. It's interesting because we've always talked about the pie, the passing pie of the Ravens and the Lamar Jackson era and whether or not you can support multiple targets. You obviously have Zay Flowers here as the one, and they're bringing in two, I think pretty good wide receivers. Solid, at least. Wide receivers in Jacoby Lane from USC and Elijah Surat from the national champion team. I like Elijah Surratt as a player. I really, I did not think that the gap between him And Omar Cooper Jr. Was, you know, a three round gap, which the NFL thought good pieces to add. However, those being wide receivers, they did not really do Anything from a passing tight end, a receiving tight end. I think Mark Andrews is a winner in this. His role as the receiving tight end is pretty safe.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I don't know if I'd go as far as to call Zay Flowers a loser because of these acquisitions, but I would say that, you know, they haven't had a lot of talent at wide receiver at all.

[Andy Holloway]

Beyond, Rashad Bateman is the loser. And those who still believe continue to support Rashad Bateman.

[Mike Wright]

Adam Randall has potential to, you know, if you had an injury, step into a role.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I'm on Jason's opinion of Adam Randall. I think he will be. If he gets an opportunity here for the Ravens, I think he'll be solid.

[Mike Wright]

I think Al Borland would like me to enter into consideration Elijah Sriracha.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, that's already been entered. Yeah, we've already discussed this.

[Mike Wright]

You guys already talked about that.

[Jason Moore]

I haven't heard that.

[Andy Holloway]

I have.

[Mike Wright]

So Mike talked about it with himself

[Jason Moore]

or on the Dynasty podcast. Make sure you're listening every Wednesday.

[Mike Wright]

Pittsburgh. Guys, what do we think? Jeremy Bernard. In the second round, they apparently were going to take Makai Lemon, which let me. Let me talk about the. The comedy of, like, who was the player that you thought they might reach on?

[Jason Moore]

I thought that they were going to reach on Omar Cooper Jr.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. That was the one that you thought that they would stick with Pittman and with DK Metcalf and be dumb.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Mike Wright]

And then I'm like, they're not going to be dumb. And then it comes out that they were going to be kind of maybe. Maybe not dumb at 21.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

But Makai Lemon was the pick that they were going to make. I think somebody referred to the Steelers ending up auto drafting after the trade up by Pittsburgh.

[Jason Moore]

So if you don't. Philly, if you don't know what happened. The Dallas Cowboys were the pick ahead of the Steelers, and everyone knew that the Dallas Cowboys are focusing on defense. So because they knew that the Cowboys were looking at defense, Pittsburgh called Makai Lemon and told him that we are going to draft you with the next pick. While he was on the phone with the Steelers, the Eagles traded up and swapped with the Cowboys.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, man.

[Jason Moore]

And called him, and they couldn't get a hold of him because he was on the phone with the Steelers. And then they're like, Makai's like, what? Why are the Eagles calling me? And boom. You switched teams in the blink of an eye. And then that's where the Steelers were on the clock.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. With little time and they're like,

[Jason Moore]

who's out there? Adp offensive lineman.

[Mike Wright]

So Jeremy Bernard, second round wide receiver out of Alabama, who. I think he's a pretty good player. He also spent a third round pick on yet another of the same type of quarterback. Yeah, but Drew Aller, when you look at it from a dynasty perspective, players that could have opportunities sooner. Yes, he is on the upper half of that list. I don't know if you guys would have him higher or lower than Carson back in Arizona. I toyed with those guys back and forth. Actually put Drew all in one spot ahead.

[Jason Moore]

This felt like when they were making this draft, that they were doing this draft for Aaron Rodgers. They're like trying to get Makai Lemon.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

Okay, well, let's get him an offensive tackle then. We'll get him a wide receiver. Three. Hey, come back. We improved our offensive line. Honestly, Jeremy Bernard, I believe is a perfect pick here for what they need, like a third wide receiver. He's just going to be a quality third wide receiver, not a fantasy superstar here. And obviously being behind Pittman and DK Metcalf, I don't think he matters that much. For fantasy in and of himself. However, for whoever the quarterback is, it's great. And then they did get the superstar at the end of the draft. Heidi, right?

[Mike Wright]

Man, do they even have Roman Wilson on this roster anymore?

[Andy Holloway]

He's somewhere.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man. Roman Wilson, rip.

[Mike Wright]

AFC East. The New York.

[Andy Holloway]

Who's the second round pick? Holy crap.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I know.

[Jason Moore]

He broke their streak of drafting perfectly at wide receiver.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Does he even count?

[Jason Moore]

Right?

[Andy Holloway]

He played so little. Goodness.

[Mike Wright]

The jets fulfilled Jason's prophecy. Jason was not very high on Kenyan Sadiq compared to others, Stowers of powers. And he said, well, what he'd love to see is Sadiq go to the jets to where I don't have to care. He's a really good player. He goes to. I think when you brought it up, we were like, oh, cats and dogs. Because Meowson Taylor is there and Kenyan's Deke. I think the career is now over for Mason, for Mason's upside and Omar Cooper Jr. Who look a first round pick, two first round picks on receiving options in New York for Geno Smith.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, it's going to be great for next year's quarterback.

[Jason Moore]

I. Yeah. I mean, this is. This is like if you look at consensus big boards and consensus mock drafts, both Kenyan Sadiq and Omar Cooper Jr. Extremely highly valued, highly touted prospects you needed to get receiving options. So you can make an argument very clearly that this was Excellent work.

[Mike Wright]

I think they got value on both.

[Jason Moore]

Perfect for the future. They definitely got value on Sadiq. I mean Omar Cooper was starting to be drafted pretty heavily in the first round. So drop into the last. You could say they got value on both. Personally. And we just talked about being away from consensus is usually not the smartest plan to be right. But personally I thought both Sadiq and Cooper Jr. Were two of the most overrated people going into this draft. So the fact that they both went to the jets was a dream come true for me.

[Mike Wright]

And then you can hit the club. Nick. In the fourth round they added Cade Klubnick, quarterback losers. I would just say Meowson Taylor's potential as a tight end one is going to be squashed by a first round tight end.

[Andy Holloway]

Will he break a tackle? Will he finish his career with zero broken tackles?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Probably not enough opportunities.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what I'm saying. This was your year to do it.

[Jason Moore]

Although maybe now.

[Mike Wright]

Remember Frank Reich is an offensive coordinate in the NFL again.

[Jason Moore]

Maybe it gets sneaky though.

[Mike Wright]

Like I don't.

[Jason Moore]

They don't think they'll throw to Meowson. So he's on some cornerback that doesn't like a little cornerback.

[Mike Wright]

Good for some fall down. Tight first downs big time, just not breaking tackles.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

The Miami Dolphins had 652 picks in this draft and they chose to wait on the wide receiver position. I think that was the biggest shock here. I'd love to tell you that there are some existing wide receivers on the roster that are quote winners because of this decision, but there aren't any.

[Jason Moore]

Well, they don't have any.

[Mike Wright]

Caleb Douglas, Tutu Atwell. Yeah, yeah. And Taj Washington, Jalen Tolbert, Malik Washington, rather.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. This was actually a really important place. Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell, two wide receivers that went on day two in the third round. This is good draft capital. You got to take a look at those two wide receivers, see who you believe in. Chris Bell was in theory going to be a first round wide receiver. Very highly touted, big bodied guy.

[Andy Holloway]

Dane Brugler, before the season had Chris Bell ranked as his number two wideout.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean he was supposed to be great, but then he tore his acl, fell in the draft because of that. So when I look at Chris Bell, I'm a little excited. I've got him higher in my dynasty rankings than I think most people have him. Simply because if you're talking about a first round talent who simply dropped because of injury, finding his way on a team that desperately needs an alpha wide receiver. There is a path to emerge here but it could also be Caleb Douglas, their other wide receiver taken out of Texas Tech.

[Mike Wright]

Jalen Tolbert's on the roster. They're going to have to figure it out on offense. They spent a fifth round pick on Kevin Coleman Jr. As well. I mean getting more weapons for Malik Willis is a win for him because they had they started with zero. So Buffalo another Bell Skyler Bell in the fourth round defensive end, cornerback, offensive tackle before they went fourth round wide receiver. Everything else was pretty much defensive and a punter by the way in the seventh round. Are you what were your takes on Skylar Bell out of Connecticut and do you think Keon Colin's a winner?

[Andy Holloway]

Maybe it just a Skyler Bell huge production. You know over 100 catches, almost 1300 yards and 13 touchdowns but it the Bills just keep doing this of overlapping their archetype of wide receiver and Khalil Shakir. Yeah and then and not that more can't DJ Moore can do other stuff but it's still you know like these are these are yards after catch type of slot wide receivers. It's very strange to me. So you're asking Keon Coleman. He could be because you had the new head coach was talking him up yet again he would be their boundary wide receiver and Skylar Bell would not profile there at all. But I don't know what to make of this. It's a fourth round wide receiver so it's not he has the draft capital is not there to like you got to get Skylar Bell on your roster.

[Jason Moore]

He has some good metrics behind the scenes there's questions about how they came about a lot of screen work level of competition those things in the fourth round being that you project he will be playing behind Khalil Shakir in that role. There's not much to get excited about other than the fact that you get to play with Josh Allen and so should you emerge there's the chance to do something special.

[Mike Wright]

The final team we'll talk about today we'll get into the NFC winners and losers on Thursday the New England Patriots. Not a lot to talk about here. Blocking tight end right in the third round or half and half two ACL tears for Raridon.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Eli Raridon.

[Andy Holloway]

He at least when you're talking production profile markers he did okay in terms of RA receiving in yards his last year. His athletic profile is strong so that he's not a. He's not a in the nothing blocking tight ends. To me I'm not like outrageously excited to Draft him. But you know, if you're in a four round rookie drafts, he might be someone I will. I'll take at the end.

[Mike Wright]

As of right now, Romeo Dobbs is not a. I mean, he's a winner from the draft. They didn't invest another. We think the AJ Brown story is on the way.

[Andy Holloway]

The Makai Lemon draft pick almost certainly says that A.J. brown will be traded.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, it's being reported as a done deal. No, it's being reported as pretty much a done deal. I was just thinking like we launched ultimate draft kit on June 1st.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

And they can't do this trade for cap reasons until at least June 1st or after June 1st. I'm like, how are we stating out these two teams? Are we going to put like. I think I'm just going to put A.J. brown on the Patriots on both of them. I don't. I can't imagine a world where he's an Eagle.

[Andy Holloway]

I can't imagine.

[Jason Moore]

Even if he's not a Patriot.

[Mike Wright]

Seems like he is an Eagle man. They got three great wide receivers on that team.

[Jason Moore]

And finally tight end.

[Mike Wright]

Finally.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you're going to.

[Mike Wright]

Man, I feel like that was an insult to Ertz. Yeah. Hall of Famers.

[Jason Moore]

No, I was. It was really.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Mike Wright]

Well, who had a great year?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he did.

[Mike Wright]

He's not under contract.

[Jason Moore]

Right. Jalen Hurts.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I thought they, I thought they held onto him.

[Jason Moore]

I feel like Jalen Hurts is a pretty big.

[Mike Wright]

Was a one year, $7 million extension. Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Pretty big winner in this draft. Adding Makai Lemon. And obviously when you lose A.J. brown, it's going to be tough. But personally, like Makai Lemon is, I think awesome and Sours is awesome. Those two are such a better value than what the jets got in. Sadiq and Omar. They gave up two first rounders to get those two guys. If they both cost a dollar, I would rather the guys that the Eagles got.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. Goddard. One year, seven million dollar deal to just be a transition year to Stowers.

[Andy Holloway]

Yep. And don't forget about. You got James Jam Miller. Jam Miller, running back, seventh round pick. You don't need to worry about that. But, but you got, you got Jay.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. I mean, come on Thursday, NFL or rather NFC recap coming your way.

[Jason Moore]

That's where the spicier stuff is, man. Apparently the NFC West.

[Mike Wright]

Apparently Ty Simpson. Apparently. Yeah, the. Yeah, the NFC west was crazy. We'll talk about that on Thursday. A final reminder, we do have the. Today's the last day for the UDK preorder. Giveaway so if you pick it up@ultimate draftkit.com youm can win a spot in the listener league with us. We'd love to have you there. We have signed jerseys. Bijan, Jamar, Chase, Mike's keepers in in our league of records.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man.

[Mike Wright]

And which Jason's super thrilled about.

[Jason Moore]

Awful.

[Mike Wright]

We didn't give away any Jonathan Taylor stuff because we knew, you know, I

[Jason Moore]

gave away Jonathan Taylor on your own.

[Mike Wright]

So things went well for me.

[Andy Holloway]

They really did.

[Mike Wright]

I ended up winning the lottery for the number one pick.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And then getting all the keepers that I wanted.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And then Jameer Gibbs went back into the draft. So I'm going to. He's going to be on my team anyways.

[Andy Holloway]

That's fun. That's fun for you. I'll see you in the championship.

[Mike Wright]

Do you want to be a co manager on my team?

[Jason Moore]

I would love to this year, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

All right. That is going to be it for today's show. Shout out to the deucers over there, Inducers Alley. Appreciate you guys. And we'll be back with another fresh episode Thursday morning. Take care, everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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