FantasyPros - PPR Mock Draft with Jerry O'Connell | Expert Picks, Strategy & Advice (Ep. 1680)

Summary

The Herd with Colin Cowherd: FantasyPros – PPR Mock Draft with Jerry O’Connell

Episode 1680 | Release Date: September 2, 2025

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Overview

This episode of the FantasyPros Football Podcast, hosted by Joe Pisapia (“Joey P”), brings together fantasy experts Pat Fitzmaurice and Derrick “D-bro” Brown—and special celebrity guest Jerry O’Connell—for one final PPR fantasy football mock draft before Labor Day weekend. Amid lively banter, audience questions, and real-time draft decision-making, the group offers insight into player values, positional strategies, and how to handle obstacles like family interruptions to your draft. Jerry O’Connell brings humor, authenticity, and stories from his own league experience, making the episode accessible for beginners and diehard fantasy footballers alike.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening and Guest Introduction

• Joe Pisapia welcomes listeners, jokingly bans the overused “szn” slang in fantasy circles, and highlights this as the most important draft weekend of the year.

• Pat Fitzmaurice and D-bro Derrick Brown join, with Pat in a good mood (celebrating a Packers trade).

• Jerry O’Connell (actor, fantasy enthusiast, and self-described “degenerate”) explains how using FantasyPros DraftWizard tools turned his results from perennial last place to winning and placing in his leagues.

  “I use power ranking. I just use the power rankings with my team...Not this last year I came in second, but the year before I finally won my fantasy league that I came in last place in every year. So I'm a real believer in fantasy pros.” —Jerry O’Connell (02:47)

2. Mock Draft Structure & Team Builds

• Draft Format:
  • 1 QB, 2 RB, 3 WR, 1 TE, PPR, no kickers.
  • Jerry drafts fifth, Pat fourth, D-bro eighth, Joey P twelfth.
• Early Rounds:

  • Pat goes CeeDee Lamb (1.04) for WR anchor, favoring WRs in 3-WR leagues.

  • Jerry: Drafts Jameer Gibbs over Justin Jefferson (concerns about QB play) and then grabs Brock Bowers early—a move he shares consistently pays off.

    “I’ve been really designing every draft I'm in...Brock in the second.” —Jerry (09:14)

  • D-bro: Double taps rookie WRs—Malik Nabers and A.J. Brown—anticipating increased Eagles passing volume and betting on upside.

    “It's not a question of if, it's a question of how much they are going to throw more this year.” —D-bro (08:30)

3. Flexible Drafting and Adjusting to Runs

• Tight End Run:

  • Jerry’s early Bowers pick forces others to adjust; Pat pivots to Bucky Irving when Bowers is sniped.

• Quarterback Strategy:

  • Early selection of Jaden Daniels by Jerry (despite ‘expert’ recommendation he wait till later), believing in Daniels’s dual-threat upside.

    “I think he's going to break all sort of rushing and passing records this year." —Jerry (11:54)

• RB and WR Depth:

  • D-bro hammers RB middle rounds (Kenneth Walker, RJ Harvey, Tony Pollard), exploiting value and loading up at positions with scarcity.
  • Joey P and Pat “win race to flex” by stacking productive WRs early.

4. Balancing Family, Life, and Fantasy Football

• Jerry discusses the very real challenge of drafting with family distractions at home, resonating with listeners:

  “The hardest thing is finding a couple of hours...where no one is bothering you and your family doesn't understand...You're stuck with this team for the rest of the season, and your family's like, didn't you already do a draft?...I have six more leagues. You don't understand." —Jerry (16:10)

• Laughter and commiseration from the co-hosts follow; strong “voice of the people” moment (33:32).

5. Key Player Debates and Notable Picks

• Brock Bowers: Is his drop in expert mocks justified? Jerry and Joey P think not, grabbing him wherever possible.
• Mike Evans: Perpetually undervalued; Jerry selects him asserting, "Every single year people say, well, maybe this is the year Mike Evans doesn't do it, but no one's been right yet." (13:46).
• Malik Nabers, George Pickens, Travis Hunter: All identified as upside WRs—D-bro calls Jerry’s mid-draft recovery “all upside picks” (20:46).
• Running Backs:
  • RJ Harvey, Tony Pollard, Jacory “Bill” Croskey-Merritt: D-bro articulates why late value RBs on high-volume roles with touchdown upside are coveted (32:14).
• QB Rushing Value: The team discusses the new meta in targeting mobile QBs; D-bro and Jerry debate where rushing should weigh in on ranks (24:32).

6. Round-by-Round Banter, Trades, & Snipe Stories

• Many picks made for strategy and to “spite-draft” or snipe a rival, reflecting authentic league behavior.
• Hosts regularly reference ESPN/FantasyPros tools, discuss chasing “upside,” and direct listeners to lean on draft software.

7. Mock Draft Results and Review

• Draft Grades:

  • Pat Fitzmaurice ("hero RB" build) takes the win (A grade), Jerry O’Connell finishes 2nd, Joey P 3rd, D-bro 7th (51:15–54:00).

• Jerry’s Draft Blueprint:

  • Analysis shows how going early on BOTH QB and TE can work if you aggressively target high-upside WRs/RBs in middle rounds.

• Honest Self-Assessment:

  • Jerry offers a candid breakdown of his own team—calls out where he reached, where others “let him have” targets, and appreciates FantasyPros mock tools for trial-and-error.

  “I think you laid out the blueprint for people here. It's a really good roster.” —Joey P (52:10)

8. Final Advice and Fantasy Philosophy

• Be flexible: “Get your guys, be prepared, stay flexible.”
• Use the full draft board, price enforce at premium positions when value falls.
• Family-friendly takeaway: Football and fantasy can “actually bring us all together, have a good time, get us passionate, give us an hour to zone out and hang out.” (57:41)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On recovery from early positional picks:

  “You’re putting yourself in a hole going premium quarterback and premium tight end. But Jerry dug himself out, man.” —D-bro (20:46)

• On life/fantasy balance:

  “I don't do drugs. I don't cheat. I don't like...I'm not with hookers. Like I ask for a couple fantasy drafts. Leave me alone.” —Jerry (33:33)

• On family reactions:

  “One of the hardest things about fantasy football is not like being on the clock and making choices. The hardest thing is finding a couple of hours...where no one is bothering you.” —Jerry (16:10)

• Draft snipes as friendly rivalry:

  “Let me just talk about my pick...I had jsn, I had Garrett, I had Devonta Adams, all those guys. I'm too afraid to take any Rams..." —Jerry (11:21)

• On trusting the process/tools:

  “I just believe in all of your abilities.” —Jerry (39:57)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:01] — Jerry’s introduction and FantasyPros success story
• [06:09] — Jerry’s thought process: Avoiding Jefferson, trusting the tools, landing Jameer Gibbs
• [09:14] — Jerry’s early Brock Bowers pick and TE strategy
• [13:46] — Jerry grabs Mike Evans: Perpetual value
• [16:10] — Jerry on family life & the real cost of fantasy football passion
• [20:46] — Hosts analyze Jerry’s ability to recover after early TE/QB
• [33:32] — Jerry becomes “voice of the people” for frustrated parents/fantasy GMs
• [51:15] — Draft results: Pat wins with hero RB build, Jerry second
• [56:35] — Jerry’s honest breakdown of Joey P’s roster

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Conversational and playful, with competitive energy.
• Expert analysis meets “everyman” perspective (Jerry bridges both worlds).
• Accessible for fantasy players of all levels – no jargon left unexplained, emphasis on process over luck.

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Conclusion:

This mock draft episode serves not just as a tactical tutorial for late-drafters, but as an ode to the communal, sometimes chaotic, always passionate world of fantasy football. Jerry O’Connell’s openness about victories and struggles both on the draft board and at home makes this episode especially relatable—and fun.

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“I am such a degenerate. I had an awesome...The league I hate the most — I hate these people. I don't even care if they hear me saying this. I hate them. ... It took four hours to do it, but...how can we use fantasy pros to our benefit in these stupid, useless auction drafts?”

—Jerry O’Connell, on what unites fantasy managers everywhere (58:18)

Transcript

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[A]

Welcome in everybody to fantasy pros. This is the fantasy football podcast. This is me, Joey P, Joe P. Zappia. And we've got one more in us. That's right, one more mock draft before we say goodbye to draft season. As Derek Brown likes to spell it szn, which I already have said on Twitter. I'm outlawing the rest of the year. Nobody can say that anymore. I'm sick and tired of it. I have had it up to here with every fantasy analyst saying it's so and so. It's Jakori Krosky, Merit Sizz. It's this person sizen enough of it. It's old, it's tired, and so am I. So we got a great show for you today. The last mock draft here. We know this is the biggest draft weekend every single year, Labor Day weekend. We hope you're enjoying all of your Labor Day festivities. And of course, joining me, dbro Derrick Brown, the king of bros, Pat Fitz Morris, who's in a really good mood.

[B]

Can't do it.

[A]

Wearing his packers jersey. I can't wait to see the Micah Parsons version that he's got. My goodness. Patty Cakes is in a great mood. And joining us, a very special guest, a man whose career in the acting world has spanned five decades. That's like him.

[D]

Wow.

[A]

And Michael Caine. Well, you know, 80s, 90s, 2000s, the tens and the twenties, right? I mean, that's five last time I checked. His name is Jerry O'. Connell. You know him from obviously films like Jerry Maguire, Scream franchise. You know him from, from Stand By, Me and my childhood. And he's a fellow loser Mets fan like me, which I also know. So I'm very happy to have you on the show today, Jerry.

[D]

Yeah. So exciting. I really, I mean, we got in touch with each other because I posted a photo of me at my daughter's volleyball game while I was drafting. And somebody here saw the little fantasy pros window on the side of my draft and said, like, looky here. Love fantasy pros. It's so funny. My fantasy pro story is so interesting. About three years ago, I'm actually new to fantasy pros. About three seasons ago, I was in the first round of the playoffs and I believe I was playing Hunter Renfro or somebody like that, and he had a bunch of terrible games and I dropped him. And then the first round of the playoffs, the guy I was playing picked Hunter Renfro off up off of waivers and started him. And he had 30 points. And I lost. And I went, hey, congratulations, you beat me. I'm out of the playoffs. How did you know to play Hunt? How did you know? Like, I. I had Hunter and I had to drop him. How did you know? And he went, I just had a feeling. And I went, sorry, I'm. If I'm cursing.

[A]

No, I love it.

[D]

I've had Hunter Renfro. I played him three weeks. He gave me two points a game. I played him on that sleety Raiders browns game. You don't even remember it.

[A]

Oh, we do.

[D]

I was like, how did you know? And he said, fantasy pros told me to play him.

[A]

There you go.

[D]

And I went, what is fantasy pros? And he went, it's an app that I use to help me with my lineups. And I literally. I use power ranking. I just use the power rankings with my team. I don't really look at anything else. I look at like, where am I in my league? Power rankings, power rankings, power ranking, making trades, trying to move up one point here, one point there. And not this last year I came in second, but the year before I still got money for coming in second year before I finally won my fantasy league that I came in last place in every year. So I'm a real believer in fantasy pros. And when you ask me to come up for this mock draft, I'm going to use the tools that I get on fantasy pros. And a little bit of I do have to say, when I use my own insight, that's where I actually lose points in the power rankings that we are. You got to put our little special sauce on things, right, everybody?

[A]

That's tremendous, man. I mean, that. Look, if that's not a success story, I don't know what is. So again, like I always say, don't be a tool. Use the tools. We're live on our Twitch today, Twitch TV fantasypros, because this was a last minute thing, but you're probably watching it back on the YouTube channel. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. We're trying to get to 300,000 subscribers this year and we could do it with your help. And again, Jerry is joining us here for the draft Today. Super excited to have you here. And we have our draft spots here against ppr. We've got one qb, two running backs, three wide receivers, one tight end, and of course no kickers because we don't roll that way. We've got pat in the four spot, we've got Debro in the eight spot. I'm taking the turn at 12. And Jerry, you're picking at 105. Now, I do recall once upon a time you did play Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire. Is that too much pressure being the number one pick? Is that why you moved down to five in this draft today?

[D]

You know what's funny is I'm in, count them. Seven.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

Seven leagues. And I, I found myself, I'm always sort of in the middle of the pack. And so that's where I've been doing a lot of my mock drafts. All on fantasy pros, all on draft wizard. And that's where I'm around. So I actually, in two of my leagues, I was at the fourth pick, so that's typically where I pick. But Pat took that fourth spot.

[A]

All right, well, Pat, you're on the clock. I'm gonna let Jerry make his pick here and we'll start with CD Yep.

[D]

Now listen, I like, I like picking Cowboys. I think, uh, with, uh, Micah leaving, uh, Dallas, I think they're certainly not going to be a defensive minded team any longer. They're going to be an offensive minded team. And I find that teams with fences tend to score a lot of points. Now I'm looking at Justin Jefferson, Jameer and Christian. I've really been staying away from Christian. I just.

[A]

You and me both, my friend.

[D]

It's just too frightening. And by the way, I, I don't even know what PRP is or what it stands for, but I, I'm not sure if it works. Justin Jefferson, I do have to say J.J. is a quarterback. I don't know how he's gonna do. You have him ranked pretty low, so I'm not sure he's gonna have the best season. So I'm gonna go with Jameer Gibbs here with my second pick. Even though fantasy pros is telling me to pick up Justin, it's at 70. That's what the experts say.

[A]

Well, look, you make your own decisions around here. These are just the, the suggestions. Let's go through the first couple picks. Jamar Chase at 101, Saquon at 102, then Bijon Robinson. Pat, you did take CD Lamb at 104. Why him over the running back Is it just the way you like the board where it comes back to you at this point?

[B]

Yeah, just favor wide receiver a little bit over running back in the early rounds in leagues where you have to start three wide receivers and you know, tell the truth.

[A]

Yesterday when that trade went down, did you take your shirt off and run around your house like I know your kids are all at college now so you had the house to yourself. I mean walk me through the series of events there. When that Micah Parsons trade happened, one.

[B]

Of my kids told me about the trade via text and didn't believe him at first. Quickly checked Twitter, then immediately had to drive into downtown Chicago for a live draft and was just there driving the whole time listening to the reaction from angry Cowboys fans on SiriusXM NFL Radio. And then when I parked, I had like 47 texts from all the packers fans in my life. So not too sure. It's a pretty interesting night.

[A]

Yeah, certainly.

[D]

You know, I do want to tell Pat. Pat should calm down a little bit. You still have to score points to win games.

[A]

Oh, there you go. Shots fired, bro. Look at that.

[D]

I don't know if Mr. Reed is gonna be lighten it up for you. So let's just, let's just temper expectations here, you know. Congratulations.

[A]

Justin Jefferson went after Jerry's pick of Gibbs. Then McCaffrey Dbro you took Malik neighbors. Then Amon Ross St. Brown goes. Nico Collins goes. Then Derrick Henry went right before me which I am irritated about. So I double tapped wide receiver. Then Brian Thomas Jr goes Ashton Genti, then Puka Nakua, Devon Achan 205 you took AJ Brown. So Debro walk me through Malik neighbors, AJ Brown, that stack of wide receivers to start while Jerry makes his pick on the clock.

[C]

Yeah man. I mean I haven't drafted a lot of Malik neighbors. Been a little bit worried about Russ this year. But I say like I mean the performance is preseason of Jackson dart has to make you feel good. So we're eventually going to see him at some point this year. So the target upside is there. Wide receiver, one overall upside is there. And then around the turn I was hoping to get one of Genty or HM but they both went off the board. So I'll take a swing on A.J. brown. Like I know the risk and stuff but the Eagles, it's not a question of if, it's a question of how much they are going to throw more this year. So if at this point in the second round, double tap and wide receiver. Yeah, I'll go with it.

[A]

All right Jerry, you Can make your pick at any time. Here I am.

[D]

Going to pick Fantasy pros has set this strategy for me in every one of my drafts. I'm taking Brock Bowers in the second.

[A]

Round, and he's falling everywhere. He fell to me in the CBS experts draft. I had the one.

[D]

I got to say I want. I wanted to pick Chase Brown really bad. I'm a big Chase Brown fan. But when Brock is there in the second, it's just. I've been. I've been really designing every draft I'm in. In Brock in the second.

[A]

Yeah, it's been crazy like the fall. Just because we see a couple, you know, a couple of times where all of a sudden we're seeing some different personnel on the field. Have we forgotten that Brock Bowers is the best tight end on the planet right now? Dbro. In the CBS experts draft, I had the 101 pick. He made it back to me in the second, third turn, and I had. I mean, of course I'm going to take him there. So I ended up starting lad McConkey, Jamar Chase, Brock Bowers, Dbro. That feels illegal to me.

[C]

That shouldn't happen in any world, in any reality. That should not be possible.

[B]

Love it.

[A]

Especially in an experts league. It's like everybody from NFL Network and the CBS guys and all like, I couldn't believe that Jake Sealey's in that league. And he was like, I can't believe he made it all the way back to you. All right, so Brock Bowers to Jerry. I know you're on the clock again. Let's get Pat's picking. He took Bucky Irving at 209, then Josh Allen at 210, Lamar Jackson, 211. Chase Brown finally does go off the board at 212, Kyron Williams at 301, then Trey McBride at 302, Ladd McConkey, and then T. Higgins. So Bucky and T. Higgins for you, Pat. Let's talk about those picks.

[B]

Jerry got me on Brock Powers. I had designs on him, so I had to settle for Bucky Irving. But I was okay. I knew it was going to be one of those two. When it got to Jerry, I just. Bucky was fabulous by every metric last year, and in games where he had at least a 50% snapshare, I think he averaged like 127 yards from scrimmage and scored six touchdowns in those seven games. So feel pretty good about him anchoring the running back. Stable and, you know, T. Higgins coming back if he can stay healthy. The Bengals are in a situation like those Dallas Cowboys where really good weapons in the passing game, not such a great defense on paper. So they're probably going to throw a lot and get into a lot of high wire slug fast type games.

[A]

All right, great comment here from J. Chow.

[D]

Dude, I wouldn't have taken Brock if you weren't the one who set the expert.

[A]

That's right. You really have no one to blame.

[D]

It's sort of your, your fault. Let me just talk about my pick right there at 305. I went against a lot of your suggestions there. I had jsn, I had Garrett, I had Devonta Adams, all those guys. I'm too afraid to take any Rams until we see what is going on with Matthew Stafford's back. And I want Jaden Daniels and I gotta say if I wait till the 4th for him, which is what you guys all suggest I do sometimes I don't get him and I think he's going to break all sort of rushing and passing records this year. So I, I reached a little bit and I went to go get Jaden.

[A]

Yeah, I, I don't think. You know what, considering that Lamar and Josh Allen went there in the second round, it's not absurd. I mean Jaden Daniels and terrific talent there. Team 6 right after it goes ahead and takes Tyree kill then Terry McLaurin. Debro went tight end with George Kittle. We'll talk about that in a second here. Garrett Wilson goes off the board next and JSN James Cook and then I double tapped rb. So I like the strategy down at the turn. Take the two best wide receivers on the board and when it comes back to you take the two best running backs on the board. So I took Omari and Hampton and Travion Henderson. Yes sure. Najee Harris is there, Ramandre Stevenson is there. Both those guys could certainly, you know, at least share that workload. But at the same time we're talking about the guys that I think over time end up winning out in terms of touches. I think it's going to be Hampton and Henderson. I think Henderson could have a huge breakout season. I think he could be the way Jameer Gibbs was a breakout a couple years ago. That's how good I think he could be. Joe Burrow goes next, then Devonte Adams. Boy what a, what a four stack of wide receivers this team. His Team 10. Nico Puka, JSN, Devonte Adams 0 RB Strategy Watch Team 10 Alvin Camara and then Dbro on Brand, Ken Walker. So talk about Kittle and Ken here for me. Dbro.

[C]

Yeah. I'm heavy into paying up for tight end this year. If it's not one of the top three, then I'm kicking the bucket down the road. And it's. It's Andrews and Tucker Graff, but where Kittle goes with this, I could have leaned into going more 0rb, but with Kenneth Walker sitting on the board, I mean, I've been on brand the entire off season. He's one of my guys. If he stays healthy, and I know it's a big if in this rushing offense and with this type of talent and the offensive line, I think is going to play better this year. I mean, he's got top five to eight running back upside this year, so taking him in the fourth round as my RB1, I'm here for it.

[D]

All right.

[A]

Breeze hall goes next. Jen Jalen. Hurts. And Jerry, you did still end up with a wide receiver, one Mike Evans. Every single year, people say, you know, well, maybe this is the year Mike Evans doesn't do it, but no one's been right yet.

[D]

I know. You know, I know a good friend of mine who works over at Barstool. His name is Stephen Che. He loves.

[B]

He's.

[D]

He's. He's a huge Bucks fan, and he says it's a priority to get Mike Evans to break that record this season. I was looking at tutorial. McMillan. I do want to be a part of that Carolina offense. I think they're going to be getting a lot of points scored against them, and so therefore having to score a lot of points. But I just went with the. With the vet. What do you want me to say?

[A]

Well, look.

[D]

And you were suggesting it by about 10, Jerry.

[C]

I almost took him, in my opinion, so I love it.

[A]

Yeah, I don't think it's. And of course, Pat stuck it to you on the other end there because he took McMillan right after. So no chance that he makes it back to you here. So McMillan goes to Pat, then Chuba Hubbard goes at 410, 411, Marvin Harrison Jr. Then DJ Moore at the end of the fourth round, beginning of the fifth, 501, DK Metcalf, Cortland Sutton again, always undervalued. Xavier Worthy, Devonta Smith. So, Patty, you got C.D. lamb, T. Higgins, Ted McMillan, DeVonta Smith and Bucky Irving. This is your prototypical hero RB strategy for you.

[B]

Yes, sir. Win that race to the flex spots by getting there after five picks, and now should be able to start a really good wide receiver in the flex. And, you know, like, I Would have liked to get Mike Evans, although I would have been kind of overloaded with two buccaneers in my first four picks, so. Not too heartbroken to get Teteroa McMillan. Obviously. I'd love to get him a little later than that, maybe coming back in the. The fifth, but, you know, Dbro Dee Bro's with me on that. We. We want that in our drafts at all costs.

[A]

So.

[B]

Yeah. And then I just think the Eagles are going to throw more this year. Like, they ran so pure last year and were leading in so many of their games that they had run friendly game scripts all season. I don't know if they're going to be quite as run friendly all the time this year.

[D]

Guys, I do want to quickly apologize for my very unprofessional background here. My daughters just came home from high school, and this is the problem with drafting at home.

[A]

You have a lot of Jerry distractions for you.

[D]

I've moved down to my. This is not a real. I'm not really in a crappy closet that's overstuffed. This is my backdrop. I do this just to let you know, like, I don't. I come from like. Like I'm not like, super loaded and not like one of these guys who's got, like, money to throw around. It doesn't care about fantasy.

[A]

No, this is.

[D]

I'm in my wife's house.

[A]

I've got two teenage daughters. You don't have to explain anything to me, my friend. This is about as much space as I have. This is it.

[D]

One of the hardest things about fantasy football is not like being on the clock and making choices. The hardest thing is finding a couple of hours, like, usually in the evening where no one is bothering you and your family doesn't understand, like, when you're on the clock, like, how much stress this is. You're stuck with this team for the rest of the season, and your family's like, didn't you already do a draft? Didn't you already do this? And it's like, no, I have six more leagues. You don't understand.

[A]

I don't have time for this.

[D]

I don't care what you're eating for dinner. Leave me alone.

[A]

See, you get it, Jerry. Jerry is the voice of the people. Go ahead and make your pick. I don't want you to get auto picked. But that is the voice of the people. That's the voice of a man who has back on the clock, needs to make time for his fantasy football leagues. And right now I'm looking at Waddle Pickens.

[D]

Or Connor here in the. In my fifth pick, I'm going to go with Pickens because I'm too afraid of the quarterback situation in Miami. I'm so sorry to say that I. I don't think it's lack of talent. It's just I get fearful watching Dolphins again. So I'm staying away from Waddle. Although he could be the wide receiver one there. Like, who knows what's gonna happen with Tyree.

[A]

I know that DBRO likes that pick because he made a grunting sound when he took him. So I know for sure DBRO approves that pick. Am I right there? Yes.

[C]

I mean, he was at the top of my cue. So if you didn't do it, Jerry, he wasn't making it past me.

[A]

There you go. All right, let's recap the rest of these picks here. After George Pickens, terrific selection there, especially one less defensive player to stop people. Dak Prescott's gonna go throw for 6, 000 yards this year. The way this team is going. Zay Flowers, Jameson Williams. Then of course DBRO stays on Brand with RJ Harvey. His dude. Some great value there in the fifth round too. Gotta say, I'm shocked he was still there. Jalen Waddle, James Connor, Rushi Rice again. I still think it's way too soon for Rice. I think everybody's got to start to start to come around to that notion. I'm gonna go ahead and take a look at the board here. Tight ends available, not super exciting. I already got my two RBs. I could could go another RB. I could also potentially start to look at the quarterback position, but I don't think I'm going to do that. Instead, I'm going to go ahead and go with the gut here. I'm going to go ahead and take Calvin Ridley, who, you know, last year I think people forget had another thousand yard season, but it was just with Will Levis. I mean cambord is a huge upgrade. So I'm looking forward to that this year. And then I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to push forward here with a guy that I think even though Agmecha Igbuka is really intriguing to me at some point, I think it gets messy. So instead I'm going to reach a little bit for Ricky Pearsall, take him away from Derrick Brown, make him upset. And I do believe he's going to be that go to target in the wide receiver group for the 49ers.

[D]

So I just want to say this is such a reach, especially on Fantasy pros because it wasn't even.

[A]

Oh, it's gonna do.

[D]

It wasn't even. Ricky Piersol wasn't even on the. On the. On the 10 player board.

[A]

I guarantee you Pat wins this draft when everything. When it all shows up at the end. He's gonna win this draft. I can tell you already.

[B]

So thank.

[A]

I think so Ag Mecca Egbuca, Sam Laporta, then Pat Mahomes. Dee, bro, you just took Harvey. So what's the next pick for you?

[C]

I'm reloading at running back. This is why you can lean heavier into wide receivers. Get the premium tight end because of the volume at the running backs that I just slammed for the last three. For the last three rounds with Kenneth Walker, RJ Harvey and Tony Pollard. I mean, come on, guys. Like, everybody's acting like we don't know Taj Spears is going to be out for the beginning of the season and we didn't see this last year. Tony Pollard's been a value up in Smash in the entire offseason, and he's still here.

[A]

It's. He's still around. Tony Pollard solid again and Tasha Spears not being there to the start of the season doesn't give you that impending doom of somebody taking his job. So after Pollard, Kelsey Swift, Jerry, you're up on the clock.

[D]

All right, here we go. I got 50 seconds to do this. I'm looking at. You guys are all saying I should be taking Travis hunter here at 43, but I'm really. I still have a. I have a. I have a running back and a wide receiver slot. I'm afraid I'm going to miss my running back target of Caleb Johnson here. And now that I just said it out loud, one of you guys is.

[A]

Going to take it.

[D]

But because I trust fantasy pros and I want to get a good grade from the computers after this, I'm going to be taking Travis Hunter. I also want to watch the Jaguars this season. I think they're going to be a lot of fun to watch.

[A]

All right, so there you have it. So this pick is in Travis Hunter. Look, I think you did a great job here, Jerry. Whenever you go early tight end, it's tough because sometimes you're passing on the wide receiver talent, but then you went early tight end and early qb. That's tough to recover from. I want to just give you some props here. I'm giving you some love. Not because it's your first time on the show, but I think this is a really good job here by Jerry taking Evans, Pickens And Travis Hunter making up ground. Debro, would you agree that? I mean, that's about as good as you can get if you're going early tight end and early qb.

[C]

Oh, absolutely. And I've said it for the off season like Mike Evans should not be being drafted as a wide receiver too. So Jerry making up a ton of ground with which all three of these picks and this is not just me blowing smoke like all three of these picks are aiming all upside. If these guys stay healthy, if they hit there at the top of the Ranger outcomes like Evans is a wide receiver one Pickens is a top 15 wide receiver. Hunter in that consolidated passing attack, all we need is for him to play 80, 85% of the snaps, which can happen in that offense and he is going to crush his ADP here. So no, Jerry made up a ton of ground where it's like if you're putting yourself in a hole, going premium quarterback and premium tight end. But Jerry dug himself out, man.

[A]

He certainly did. Very impressed, Jerry. Very. See, you are a man in seven leagues. You are.

[D]

Hey, I. I learned from the best.

[A]

Thank you, fancy pros.

[D]

Let me just say I don't know if you guys are being super nice to me because I'm a celebrity. I was in Jerry Maguire, whatever. But you did let Caleb Johnson come come back.

[C]

I was worried if Pat was going to stick the knife in, but he didn't do it.

[A]

I. I can't believe Pat didn't. I. So I don't know. He's still on a high from yesterday's trade.

[D]

I think you're treating me with kitten gloves here, but I'm going to be taking Caleb Johnson, I think, in. Oh, gosh. What's the offensive coordinator whose dad invented Arthur Smith? Arthur Smith. I think he's going to run Caleb a lot and I think he's going to be the RB one.

[A]

I don't disagree, my friend. All right, let's go through Pat's picks here because after Travis Hunter went to Jerry, then Isaiah Pacheco, Jerry Judy, David Montgomery and then Baker Mayfield at 6:12. Roman Dunze begins the seventh round. Then Chris Olave, Stefon Diggs.

[D]

Pat, you better be taking Matt golden here.

[A]

Aaron Jones, all eyes are on you, Pat. You made up your so you have your hero rb, right? You took Bucky Irving, then three straight wide receivers to follow up with cd Then you went back to back RB again. I think this is a great example of how to do that hero RB build. Let's talk about Pacheco and Jones for You?

[B]

Yeah, I just think Pacheco is back. Clearly wasn't the same last year. After coming back from a broken leg in two and a half months and in what little we have seen from him in the preseason, I'm seeing the old Isaiah Pacheco. So feeling good about him in a powerful offense and then, you know, I'm a Packer fan who still thinks Aaron Jones is good and I know he's going to share with Jordan Mason. But Jordan Mason doesn't catch passes. Aaron Jones does. I think he still has more value than Mason for that reason. And I just need to say to Jerry, Jerry, the, the whole faith in Arthur Smith thing, that that's a pretty thin branch or going on.

[D]

It's probably something I read on your site.

[A]

All right, so Caleb Johnson goes to Jerry next and then Jacoby Myers at 706, Bo Nicks at 707. Dak Prescott D. Bro, I thought we had an agreement. We were gonna wait as long as we can for QBs this year. Seventh round here, you're going for Dak already? What changed your mind?

[C]

I mean, he's the NFC version of Joe Burrow. Now with that defense behind him and the two pass catchers, I mean they're going to be top five in passing attempts. I look at him as almost the end of a tier. I bumped him up in ranks and I don't think it's too aggressive. And especially where we see in quarterbacks like a lot of these guys going off. I didn't want to miss the QB run. I'm not against it. But I still think that we're. I want to be very clear about this. We are only one year removed from him being the qb. Four and fantasy points per game and that's top five. Top five percent.

[A]

Yeah, all day.

[D]

Tell me about his rushing ability though.

[C]

I mean he ran for to over 200 yards. What was it? Not last year but the year before. So I, I think he can get in that 300 yard range again if he's truly healthy this year. Jerry?

[A]

Well, he hasn't gotten to 300 since 2018, but 242 in 2023. And look, that offensive line isn't good. So he might have to run a little bit, might have to get out of the pocket.

[D]

I mean, help me out here. Like the new quarterback that we should be drafting are rushing quarterbacks. And fantasy is always changing, you know, I mean remember we always used running backs the first three rounds. Like rushing quarterbacks is what we're looking at. Which is why Justin Fields is a, is you guys are projecting is going to be a top 10 quarterback.

[A]

Debro, why don't you take that and talk about like the, the difference between those guys at the top with the big rushing ability. And then look, there's a couple of these guys like May and Fields going later with rushing ability. But there's also guys like Dak, even Justin Herbert, who let's not forget, you know, came into the league. Justin Herbert was able to break the rookie passing record, then followed up with a 5,000 yard year. I understand it's a different offense now, but you're adding Keenan Allen back in. You saw the emergence of Vlad McConkey and what he's been missing is the guy for the yards after catch, which is what Echler used to do. That I think Hampton can bring back to this offense and pad those stats of Herbert a little bit.

[C]

Yeah, I think you're looking at a lot of guys that have the rushing upside this year. I mean we talk about Knicks, Prescott, we could talk about where he lands in that. But Fields, when he, I'm not telling anybody that he's a good passer but when he has been on the field, he has been legit a locked in top 10 option just because of the rushing. And you can get access to that. I mean we saw what Baker Mayfield did. Like there's so many guys in the NFL that are adding the Russian component to their games that it's raising the ceiling in the floor of these guys. And somebody, I mean Brock Purdy, he ran for over 350. So like we're getting access to that at various points of the draft. And I know I'm kind of talking the table here, but like I could have gone with Purdy after this and still gotten access to to that.

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[A]

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[D]

The jewelry exchange fantasy.

[A]

There you go. There you go. That's what we're gonna do. All right, so I am back up here at the 12 after Dak Prescott will go through these other picks. Jalen Warren goes, Justin Fields goes. So I'm gonna just wait on QB and take care of that. I'm gonna die on this hill and it's fine if I do. There's a couple running backs here, Jordan Mason and Travis Atn that I still think have a lot to offer. I know Jakori Crosby, Merit is another one too. But this is a PPR league so the first pick I'm going to make here is going to be Matthew golden when it comes back because justice just despite pathetic Morris, you know, because you know what? All year, Pat, you keep, you keep knocking my guy, my favorite guy in Texas last year the man balled out one of the best football games. Forget college, forget pro football games, period. Last year. And I don't think he gets enough credit or enough love from you. So I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna take him and then it becomes which running back. There's a couple guys also also take.

[D]

Him because you'll be able to trade him with Pat for probably tutoria.

[A]

And you know, but Jerry, you would think that Mr. Negative about Matthew golden, but he's running out of wide receivers in the packers. Like unless Michael Parsons is going to go out there and run some routes.

[D]

No offense to Pat. Who else is that?

[A]

That's what I'm saying.

[C]

I'm a known Romeo Dobbs believer. I'll put my hand up, I, I, I'll say it, I'll say it.

[A]

Looking at the rest of this grouping here again, I'm gonna throw a dart on this and if Liam Cohen is exactly the guy I think he is, then I don't think it Tanks Bigby. I don't think it's Bashal Tutin. I think it's Travis etienne who was RB3.

[D]

We're gonna get 20, 23. Travis Etienne.

[A]

Look, man, look what he did with Bucky Irving last year. It's the pass catching guy that we want. He's playing for a contract, Jerry. Right. I think sometimes, you know, you got to follow the money. And on top of that, sometimes you got to realize like, just because a guy had a down year off injury last year, it doesn't mean he can't bounce back from it. And we give all the love in the world and everything is sunshine and rainbows and unicorns when it comes to Christian McCaffrey and guys like that. But what we all hate. Travis Atn. I think it's crazy and you're getting such a value here halfway through the draft. I'm gonna take it. Mason was the other guy I was really thinking about, especially because Pat had Aaron Jones. But I don't want to be too mean in one round. So Travis Atn, Juwan Jennings, Cam Scatter Boo. Another one of my favorites, Cooper Cup. And then Debro took the other running back that I was looking at. Jakori Crosky, Merritt, AKA Bill Merritt. So let's talk about Bill here for a second dbro. Look, this feels like just a full blown committee to me. Why is Ja Cory Crosby merit the guy that shines above this for you?

[C]

Well, I've pushed back against people having problem with the Bill hype because where were we Drafting Brian Robinson Jr. Before this? The touchdown ceiling is definitively there. We talked about this on fantasy draft court a few days ago where it was like Washington Commanders last year were first in rushing attempts inside the 10 yard line. You take even Jane Daniel's volume out of that, they were still fifth in the NFL last year. So this guy has eight to 10 touchdown upside. I don't see the committee where everybody talks about, everybody's like all the Chris Rodriguez hype and hope now it's like, yeah, because Chris Rodriguez is involved in this offense. Last year he's the reason why they got rid of Brian Robinson. I have a hard time believing that. So I'm believing in Bill here. I believe in the touchdown upside and Eckler is going to have his role in this offense. But also, can we not talk about Eckler as much as people have faith in him? Two concussions last year, another year older and Debo Samuel is coming for those short area targets. So even Eckler's upside in this offense is capped where Bills is not. He could score 10 to 12 touchdowns this year in that offense.

[A]

Jerry, you're getting some love from the Audience here too. Rock Candy said, oh, hey, it's Jerry. I love sliders. Back in the day. And then Jerry gets the constant struggle between family time and fantasy time. See you found your God.

[D]

Just leave me alone for these two weeks. Get a life. Family. I don't ask for anything.

[A]

This is it.

[D]

I don't do drugs. I don't cheat. I don't like. I'm not. Like I'm not with hookers. Like I asked for like a couple fantasy drafts. Leave me alone.

[A]

Jerry, I'm so glad you're here.

[D]

Simple demands, but it's twitch. I can say whatever I want.

[A]

I'm so glad you're here. I think you're the voice of the people today. That's what you are. Ask your Krusky Merrick Godwin goes, Pittman goes. And then Jerry, I know you're on the clock. You took Jordan Mason. Excellent pick there. I'm gonna let you make your pick and I'll come back to you for the analysis. Pat, you took Zach Charbonnet, then Jordan Addison went Joe Mixon, Josh Downs at 8:12, Tyrone Tracy at 901, then 902. Khalil Shakir, JK Dobbins. Pat, you came back with Drake May. Thanks, Pat. So I guess we're even now. But Pat, you're doing a great job here of building out this wide receiver room and then building out the RB depth. Charbonnet, another guy that if something happens to Ken Walker and inevitably it does. Go ahead, Pat. Talk to me about Zach Charbonnet and then the Drake May selection too.

[B]

Yeah, I think Charbonnet is a lot like Jerry's pick right before of Jordan Mason. I think guys who are sort of the 1B in a backfield that's probably going to have a lot of success and I, I'm excited about what the Clint Kubiak slash Rick Dennison running scheme is going to do. Especially with getting Gray's able in the first round who already looks like he's going to be one of the best interior run blocking interior linemen in the league. And they've got two, two fullbacks on the roster like they want to run the Rock.

[D]

And what's the guy?

[B]

Robbie Oots? Yes, they are 270 pound fullback. So they would have run the ball and like that scheme has had historical success dating back to like Denver in the late 90s. So I'm excited about that. And then Drake May, I mean, you know, he's been a flag plant for me all off season, Joe. I think he's going to run for 800 yards.

[A]

Music to my ears.

[C]

Joey loves and hates to hear it. Seeing the selection.

[A]

Well, I understand it because the old line is still a very much a work in progress, but, you know, is what it is here. Look, nothing can be worse than the last couple years of the Patriots offense. It's so abysmal. No playmakers and giving him Trayvon Henderson. You know, let's. Let's see if Stefan Diggs looks really sharp to me in camp. From everything that I've seen, guy looks terrific. So I am cautiously optimistic about that. Jerry, we restarted the draft here. You're on the clock. You just took Jordan Mason and Caleb Johnson, so you've got a pretty stout RB room. I. I might have to recount what I said before dbro. Jerry might finish top three here when the grades are done. I'm just saying good team.

[D]

Well, listen, a reason why I took Jordan Mason and this comes from stuff that I read on Fantasy Pros. I have a feeling that he could be the RB one at some point in Minneapolis. No offense to Aaron Jones, but he's a little older. He's got senior in his name. He get injured, which is another reason why I think Charbonnet is also a great pick. We all know, and we don't root for injuries. We certainly do not. But we all know that Kenneth Walker is going to miss some time and Charbonnet is going to be scoring some points. I'm faced with a little bit of an issue. Speaking of older running backs, I'm looking at you. The experts are telling me to pick Javonta Williams at 26%. Underneath that Keon Coleman. I'm staying away from all those wide receivers in Buffalo, way down. I'm looking at Braylon Allen, but he's at only 5%. So I think he'll come to me in the next round. I'm going to take Javonta Williams, even though I prefer Jaden Blue here in Dallas.

[A]

I'm taking tries and go wide receiver there. There's a couple other names on the board. I thought maybe he goes that route, but again, you got Brock Bauer. So it's like having a fourth wide receiver basically at tight end.

[D]

I. I just don't want to touch any of those Buffalo wide receivers. I don't know who's going to be wide receiver one there. And after watching Hard Knocks, it was such a boring season.

[A]

I said that the other day here on Twitch. I said I. I missed the days where it was eight balls of cocaine and guys getting arrested and thinking that Was. Hard knock. Yes. What have we done here?

[D]

Arrested, people getting cut, people crying. Coach, Coach wants you to bring your playbook. What's going on? Remember who was who, who. Who was the fantasy icon? Giovanni Bernard riding up in a Honda Odyssey. Honda Odyssey. Got everything you got. Come on, Hard Knocks. Pick it up, bro.

[A]

Let me tell you something. It was. It was basically guys getting ice cream and riding horses. That was basically. And I'm just like, yeah.

[D]

And going around on scooters.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Get out of here.

[A]

No, not happening. Not happening at all. All right, let's go ahead and make some more selections here after Javante Williams, Austin Eckler, Christian Kirk, Darnell Mooney, and then actually, that's your pick, D. Bro. Let's talk about Darno Mooney and your selection before we get to the next couple.

[C]

Well, looking at how I've built this team so far, I've got a awesome running back room, the four RBs that I have right now, and really, it was just kind of okay. Wide receiver three is going to be a hodgepodge. I'm just kind of filling it on a weekly basis. So Darnell Mooney, he's one of the guys I'm looking at. But now in the next few rounds, I'm looking at trying to catch up with wide receiver. So I will go with the steady target volume of Darnell Mooney and backing it up with Keenan Allen here with a guy that, I mean, we believe in Justin Herbert and this offense. Keenan Allen might be old and boring, but he had no issues earning targets with the Bears last year, and he should be able to do that at least. Kind of figuring out what my wide receiver 3 room looks like.

[A]

Don't disagree. All right. Ramandre Stevenson at 909. Tank Bigsby at 910. Then Brian Robinson. I took Braylon Allen. He was never making it. Back to you, Jerry. Sorry. And then Mark Andrews at 1001. So again, I go on and on about Mark Andrews. Pat disagrees. And if you want to see Fantasy Court, go take a look at it. Me and that beautiful as they called me, Timu Hamilton on the show. By the way, let me tell you something. One of our degens, you know the DJs league that we're in with a bunch of our listeners, one of them, immediately after that show changed their name to Timu Hamilton in our league. And I was awesome. Well done.

[C]

Well done.

[A]

All right, so Andrews goes.

[D]

I thought we had tariff stuff.

[A]

So Mark Andrews goes. Tight end run happens here. TJ Hawkinson, then Harris Naji. That is Rashad White. D Bro takes Keenan Allen, Jaden Reed, then Evan Ingram. So three tight ends go in the 10th round. Jerry, you're on the clock for. You don't have to worry about tight end. That's for sure. You got 15 seconds.

[D]

Look who came back to me, Keon Coleman. Now I've got a great wide receiver and a great running back on my bench, and I'm taking.

[A]

Pat is a Keon guy, so I don't think he's too happy about that. Pat, are you.

[B]

No, I would have. I would have taken. I wanted.

[A]

I like the back and forth.

[D]

Well, the experts were telling me to take him at 42% and I. I really do. Whatever is that top player on. On Fantasy pros. I just. I believe in all of your abilities.

[A]

This guy. Pat, you're on the clock at 10:09 here. Where are you gonna pivot now? The Keon just got sniped from you.

[B]

Yeah. First of all, I want to say I for one was all in favor of seeing Ed Oliver ride a horse. Okay.

[A]

I'll give you that.

[B]

Good with that.

[A]

Not from the horse perspective. I felt terrible for that horse.

[B]

Probably not that.

[A]

That horse. You know, I hope that horse. Yeah.

[D]

What about Coach Put. I mean, look, I know coach had some skin cancer, but like. Like a half hour of him putting.

[A]

On something, it was a little long.

[D]

Come on. Hard.

[A]

I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. You're. I'm with you, dude. It's. It was. It was very. It was the same flavor as the ice cream that they were going to get. Vanilla.

[D]

Pat has a pick here. Here's someone interesting. You were always speaking of the Bills. You were, You're. You guys were always telling me to pick Ray Davis. Can you tell me why that was and did that have James Cook not signing?

[B]

I mean, I like, I just think he's a good player, but like he has actually slid a little bit for me as far as the backup running backs just because I think Ty Johnson is not going anywhere. And Ty Johnson actually led all running backs in air yards last year. Like they like playing him on him on third down. I mean they just have this. This mantra with their skill, guys, everyone eats. And it's true. They play all three of those guys. So I'm kind of shying away from Bill's running backs this year just because I think it's going to be a true three man affair there.

[D]

Wow. Somebody also. Pat, you have 30 seconds until you pick. But tell me about Judkins. Is he going to play any snaps this season? Because he was. He's always there. And around the 11th round, is he.

[A]

Going to play them in the NFL or in college? Pat?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

At this point, what do you think? Patrick?

[B]

That's a good question. I think they're going to sign him eventually and I just. It's hard to expect him to do anything the first month, month and a half of the season after missing all of camp. But then again, these things can get settled pretty quickly. So this late, I think he's a decent value.

[D]

I just don't know the details. Did he miss camp completely? Did he show up? Was he walking around?

[B]

He was there for mini camp. I don't think he was at training camp at all.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

I love a Brown. I love a Brown game.

[C]

He's off my draft board. I'm worried.

[A]

Mine too. Yeah, I don't think he contributes this year. Keon Coleman goes to Jerry, then Tyler Warren to Pat. Great value there. David and Joku, Taji Spears, Marvin Mims. Then 11th round starts Tucker Kraft. Tight ends are flying here in the last round. So everybody round 10, that's when you get your tight ends. Brandon Iuk, Quinchon Judkins, then Luther Burden. So Pat, talk about Warren and Burden for me while Jerry makes his pick.

[B]

I'm just getting more and more excited about Warren who was such a weapon at Penn State last year. And everyone has spoken so highly of the training camp he has had and the sort of player he has. He, I believe in his first two preseason game played like all but one snap with the starters. Like he is not going to come off the field. And this is a guy who had eight touchdown catches, four touchdown runs and a touchdown pass last year at Penn State. Like he can do it in a variety of ways and he's just a monster after the catch. Like I'm getting really excited about him and that's the reason I have no interest in Josh Downs. Like I think he is going to just steal a large percentage of Josh Downs targets this year.

[A]

And look at you, Jerry. He got the entire Dallas backfield. Javante Williams and Jaden Blue. See you had your cake and you ate it too. Jerry. At the end of the day, you.

[D]

Know, I got to tell you, Rashid Shahid was up there and what would be quarterback situation at the Saints? I can't draft any Saints. I'm so sorry. Saints. And to me, I, I look for, I look for rookies with an upside. You know he could be the RB one down there. You, you just don't know. So I like to. I'm a gambler. I do it for the juice. And so I took Jaden Blue there.

[A]

I got to get you on the betting pro show, then that's where I really got to get you next.

[D]

Oh, I love it. I love betting pros too. I love. You gotta keep up with it though, man. Your lines are always changing. It's really tricky.

[A]

Yeah, that's. That's why we do it, dude. Get you the best line you possibly can at bp. All right. Tutin goes next, then Nick Chubb. D, bro. You took Jaden Higgins. Let's talk about when you think the Jaden Higgins rocket ship takes off.

[C]

I mean, it's going to be about week four, week five. I'm not worried about Xavier Hutchinson. I liked him as a prospect. The other part about it is, I know, Joe, you're sitting at the turn and I wasn't going to let you get him because I knew he wasn't probably going to come back to me.

[D]

Am I lying?

[A]

Tell me he was under consideration. He was. He was in the queue. He wasn't at the top, but he was in the queue. He's definitely in the queue there.

[C]

No, for my. My next selection. I was just going to say we've been talking about eight balls so much. I mean, I'm an OG CO kid, so I gotta break. I gotta get Jalen Coker here.

[D]

Come on. Oh, one day at a time. One day at a time.

[A]

There you go. He means that he. Just for the audience watching, he was the guy last year telling us about Jalen Coker in the NFL draft because he was a. He was a small time wide receiver from a small university and he called himself a quote unquote cokehead.

[C]

That's the fan.

[A]

Hebrew's only real addiction is energy drinks. Everybody knows that. Okay, all right.

[D]

No, I just wanted to make sure we weren't ruining our lives.

[A]

No, the energy drinks. Well, I mean, he might be. It's an absurd amount of energy drinks that he drinks. So. Yeah, I don't know if that much caffeine is needed. Colston Loveland goes Next, then Jaleel McLaughlin, Rashid Shahid off the board. Then I took cedra Tillman at 11:12. Pat, I told you Deontay Johnson wasn't gonna make that team, baby. I knew it. Demario Douglas at 1201 again. I want the guy playing the slot roll in the Josh McDaniels offense, defense. Just as simple as that. And maybe, who knows, maybe we'll see Fton Chisholm at some point, but not this year. Tyler Algier goes next. Trey Benson, Jake Ferguson, Jalen Coker to Debro, Jerome Ford, Ali Gordon, who was also in my cue. I was hoping I would get him in that next round. I did not. Jerry, you're up on the clock here. 20 seconds. What do you have?

[D]

So I only have four wide receivers, so the computers are really telling me to pick a wide receiver here. I'm looking at Rashad, Kyle Williams from New England and Trey Harris from the Chargers. I'm going to go with Rashad, although he's probably just going to sit on.

[A]

The well play on the bye weeks. Hopefully Josh Palmer was out there too, which is another one I think is intriguing from that flyer standpoint. Pat, you're up here with the next pick at 12. 09. You took Caleb Williams, you took two QBs. Why, why you got to do that, Pat? Why you gotta keep drawing the board of QB so much if you believe in Drake May, why are you taking Caleb Williams on me?

[B]

Just in case. And when the schedule turns a little harder later on, I might want to pivot a week or two. And you know, Caleb has high upside and I, I like getting him as more of a second quarterback since I'm just. I'm not sure if it's going to work with him and, and Ben Johnson either. Like, Ben Johnson wants his quarterbacks to play on time, get the ball out quickly, and Caleb is kind of a wild stallion who likes to improvise and, and do things on the run. So we'll see if it works. But if it could work, it could work splendidly.

[D]

Yeah, it's a, it's a really funny. I mean, you think of Jared Goff and like Jared Goff had been to a Super bowl when Ben Johnson got a piece of him. You know, it's like when, like how much fixing did Jared Goff need compared to how much fixing Caleb needs? It's gonna be so interesting to see if it works.

[A]

So Caleb goes next then after Caleb, you had Ray Davis, Dylan Sampson. Actually, I thought for sure, Pat, that's where you were going with Samson. I would have if, if there was a poll up of who Pat's next pick was going to be. It was going to be Samson because I just, I felt I had enough RBs, but I was shock go there. Rico Dowdle, Isaac Arundo, Trey Harris, Zach Ertz, and then Adam Thielen back to the Minnesota Vikings. Pat, look at that. So at least in the first couple weeks probably has some fantasy value.

[B]

I Mean, he was like, what, wide receiver? 13 last year for a stretch.

[A]

Solid. He finished the last three weeks of the last four weeks. Let me tell you, five catches in all four of the last games there. And then you're right, he did have a stretch there at the end where he went off. He had 1, 2, 3, 4 touchdowns in his last six games.

[D]

And I'm allowed to make this joke as the oldest man on this. On this twitch thing.

[B]

I don't know about that, old man.

[A]

Old man?

[B]

Yeah, he's. He's really aging well and might have, like, a little bit of an opening early in the season while Addison is suspended. And then he's kind of a nice handcuff type wide receiver in case anyone gets hurt.

[A]

There you go. All right, so, Adam Thielen off the board. Jerry, 20 seconds. What do you got for us?

[D]

You know what? I'm the computers here telling me to take Kyle Williams from New England. This is the first time I'm really hearing about him. And I've done a lot of mock drafts on your site. Kyler's coming up second with 22%. You guys are all telling me I'm gonna take Kyler and just put him on my bench. I know he. I think he was the QB12 last season. So I don't know, maybe I could trade him.

[A]

If somebody's Q right after Kyler Murray goes, look, just take value, right? Something happens to Daniels, too. You have a very good backup, a top 10 potential backup, too. Dallas.

[D]

There's Kyle.

[A]

Dalton, Kincaid goes, And then Debro 1308, Brock Purdy, Marquis, Hollywood Brown, John who Smith, Xavier Leggette. And then I'm up for two picks here. Oh, my goodness. So much value still on this board as a party that wants to take Palmer. But instead I'm gonna go ahead and I'm just going to play quarterback roulette here. I'm going to play matchups every week. I'm going to take Herbert. I'm gonna take some guy named Jared Goff, who's got a lot of weapons, too. So you can wait to the last couple rounds and get your QBs and you'll be okay, boys and girls. Don't worry. Uncle Joey's got you. Kyle Pitt's finally off the board, as Jerry said, at 1402. And then Jordan Love goes next. CJ Stroud. Dbro, you took Prashad Smith. You've been doing that a lot with your last picks. Why? Let's talk about it.

[C]

Because he's got upside, man. I mean, you look at this backfield and how they've pared it down like, like, I mean, Isaiah Pacheco I do not think is going to be a bell cow in this backfield. We already saw Burchard Smith getting run with the first team in week three of the preseason. I think he's got the Jarrett McKinnon role locked up. And if Pacheco, who runs hard and injuries come with that, he could be their workhorse at some point this season.

[A]

There you go. Next pick up here is after Prashad Smith. Kyle Williams, Kyle Menangai. The Kyles go back to back. Then Jerry gets Josh Palmer. Very nice pick there at the end. And. And I'm sorry, the draft just ended. Pat, who is your last selection here before we call things out?

[B]

Chris Rodriguez.

[A]

Chris Rodriguez. Excellent last pick, too.

[D]

Okay, well, Pat, Pat, you. You can pick up Romeo on waivers. I almost picked him up just despite you.

[A]

All right, the results are in. A minus for me. Let's take a look where the guys finished here at the end of the day. Let's do the analysis. I called it out. Oh, look at this. Pat Fitz Morris won. I said Jerry up at the top five. Look at that. Pat and Jerry showing you how to do it. And what's so great about this is they showed you, which I got to tell you, Jerry. And again, I'm not blowing sunshine. I'm not. I'm not blowing smoke. It's really tough to make tight end, early nqb, early work. I think you laid out the blueprint for people here. It's a really good roster. Pat was one. I was 3D, bro. I don't see you. Where are you? You're all the way down at 7. That's kind of tough there, Debra. Jerry, what do you think about here and this finish? You think it was kind to you, the fantasy pros draft grade here they gave you?

[D]

I think you guys let me get Caleb Johnson. I think you guys let him slide. You were being nice to the celebrity guest that was here. I'm. I'm not sure I would have gotten him when I gotten him, you know? You know, I gotta say, it was just doing all of the draft wizard fantasy pros mock drafts. It kept showing me. Take Brock in the second if he comes to you, and take Jaden if he comes to you in the third. And it's funny, a few weeks ago, Jaden was actually dropping down to the fourth, and I wasn't able to get him. And you don't want to reach for someone in the third round, especially if you're giving up like a Chase Brown or something, I mean this is like, this is where you lose seasons, you know. So I was really pleased with my draft.

[A]

I think it's tremendous.

[D]

I have Jaden in a number of my leagues and I really do think he is going to have a record breaking season even though he's the third quarterback going up.

[A]

Well, let's take a look at your team here because I think it was like I said, outstanding blueprint for those people who are trying to say, okay, how do I make it work if I want to go early in those positions? Because sometimes you have to just price enforce. Brock Bowers makes it back to you there he was going at the turn two weeks ago. Now he's not. It's crazy. It's ridiculous. People are going to regret it. Jerry's got Jaden Daniels at qb, Jameer Gibbs at running back along with Caleb Johnson. The wide receivers, Mike Evans, George Pickens, Travis Hunter, Brock Bowers at tight end, Jordan Mason at the Flex. He's got the entire Cowboys backfield with Javante and Jaden Blue. He's got Kyler Murray, Keon Coleman, Josh Palmer. So one of those guys. Hopefully, Jerry, you're right about Rashad Bateman. So if you had to put money on it, Jerry, is it Coleman, is it Palmer who becomes the guy in Buffalo?

[D]

I guess Coleman just based on draft position right now. You know, also I live in Los Angeles. I went to Chargers games. Palmer was, you know, a little shaky as, as a receiver. You really couldn't, couldn't consistently start him and he had his opportunities and his chances. So I would say Keon Coleman will probably be coming.

[A]

Speaking of coming out ahead, Pat Fitz Morris, the top dog here in today's draft is as predicted. I had a feeling as this draft was going, I was like Pat's really crushing this hero RB build. Drake May a qb. Bucky Irving as the big hero running back. Then Isaiah Pacheco was the two Lamb, Higgins, McMillan and Tyler Warren along with Devonta Smith as the Flex. Aaron Jones, Zach Charbonnet, Caleb Williams and Adam Thielen. Luther Burden, Chris Rodriguez. Pat, how'd you feel about this roster when you step away from it?

[B]

You know pretty good about the first 10 rounds. I have not finished top three in a mock draft episode all off season. So good to go out with a bang and yeah, thank you. I don't know if I quite.

[D]

It's just a mock.

[A]

I love how Jerry takes you back down there.

[B]

Don't worry, Jerry, I'm not getting A big hat.

[D]

Okay. Yeah.

[A]

I don't know if I stuck with the mic.

[B]

I don't know if I stuck the landing in the end game. I mean, it. It didn't feel great getting three Bears and a Vikings and with my last four picks, but you know, other than that, I thought for 10 rounds things fell pretty well.

[D]

All right, Debro, you can't draft with your heart. You gotta draft with your head. At fantasy pros has taught us anything. You drafted your head not.

[A]

All right. D RO did it both, I think drafting with your head and your heart. I always feel like Dak Prescott, a qb, Ken Walker, RJ Harvey. This is like the quintessential Debro build and just putting us out there. I mean like these are like dbros guys, quote unquote Malik neighbors. AJ Brown, Keenan Allen, great double tap of the wide receivers. I don't know about Keenan as my three, I like him more as a four, but we'll see how he holds up. George Kittle at the tight end. That's probably why you have that issue there. Tony Pollard, Brock Purdy, Jakori Crosky, Merritt, Darnell Mooney, Jaden Higgins, Jalen Coker and Rashard Smith. RIT Brooks, how do you feel about this team here as you're looking back at it?

[C]

Well, to steal Jerry's quote, it's just a mock boys. So I mean I would easily be winning this league. I mean I love this team. I think I got dinged because the roulette wheel that I'm. I'm spinning with wide receiver three and projections and stuff and honestly just shooting for upside and one of those guys emerging there. So I like the team. I feel like, especially like getting Kittle and the quarterbacks that I got. I feel like it's solid and of course I gave myself a 95.

[D]

So let me tell you what's really going to be exciting is when Jameis starts around week three or week four, Malik is going to have a 40.50 point game. I can't wait. But you honestly need to wait for Jameis to start because I, I just. A big reason why I can't draft Malik right now is I can't for three weeks. Watch Russell throwing to him. I'm so sorry, Giants fans.

[A]

Yeah, it's going to be Jackson Dart. That's what I think.

[C]

I've been lower on Malik than consensus only because worried about the Russ quarterbacking kind of really hurting him because it's funny, everybody like oohs and Oz over all the clips from camp, but it's like. It's all moon balls. Do y' all think he's throwing 40 moon balls a week? But I mean, for this, for this exercise, I haven't drafted a lot of Malik. I wanted to go that direction, this one.

[A]

All right, let's take a look at the Joey P roster here. Justin Herbert at quarterback, along with Amari and Hampton Travion Henderson. Then Drake London, Brian Thomas Jr. Calvin Ridley, Mark Andrews, Ricky Pearson, all on the bench. Travis Atn, Matthew Golden, Jared Goff, Braylon Allen, Mario Douglas, and Cedric Tillman. Jerry, since you're new around here, I'll let you break this down. What do you think of this roster? And you can shoot it straight to me.

[D]

You know, I, I gotta say, I. I thought you reached for Pierce. Saul, Derek might disagree with you. I think I. I think he would have been around. Listen, I. And, And I do believe again, I get all my research from your site, so you can blame yourselves. I do believe he is going to be the wide receiver. One on a team that has a great quarterback and is any. And he's gonna get the ball. So I, I think he should be valued there. I just think you could have gotten him around later. So I thought you reached a little bit based on. Again, on all of your percentages and when I should be picking people. But you're. You're taking a gamble, and that's what this. I mean, we're all gambler.

[A]

Well, look, man, you beat me in the draft here, so obviously you know what you're talking about. Jerry, finish second. Second. Pat was number one. I was three. So it's nice that the three of us finished here.

[D]

And. And also, I should say, I mean, we hate gun violence here at Fantasy Pros, but I mean, it's pretty cool, his recovery and.

[A]

Yeah. Brian Robinson Jr. What a strange locker room. It's like the. It's like the living meme of. Of the commando arms coming together at the same time. Right.

[D]

I never thought about that.

[A]

Strange. Like, what are the chances of that happening? And then the two guys ending up on the same team two years later. Very bizarre stuff there. But, Jerry, I gotta tell you, man, this is a tremendous fun for us to do this. And if anybody has a question about, you know, like, there's very few things I feel like in this world that actually can bring us all together, have a good time, get us passionate, give us an hour or whatever of our lives to kind of just zone out and hang out and have a good time. It's football and fantasy football and You've proven that you are an absolute degenerate, just like us. And I love that about you. That's so great. And I hope you do this with us next year, too. Let me tell you, I am.

[D]

I am such a degenerate. I had an awesome. Now the league I hate the most. The league I hate the most. I hate these people. I don't even care if they hear me saying this. I hate them. Oh, my gosh. And as a joke, they pick kickers, like, every first, like, pick that they have. It's so annoying. I'm like, people. I have a family. I'm trying to stay married. It took four hours to do it, but. But it was, I do have to say, fantasy pros, embedding pros, which I love. And I've given you enough plugs here. It was like, how can we use fantasy pros to our benefit in these stupid, useless auction drafts? Like, you give us the suggested amount.

[A]

But, well, everything when it comes to that. And I know Pat and I are a bunch of these, too, that, you know, get your guys, be flexible, be prepared. That's what you can do. Like the. The. The values for. And I wish we could do more of that kind of content here, but it's tough because, like you said, those. Those drafts take a long time. But the problem is, it's like, you know, my advice to everybody is get the guys that move the needle and then find the guys that are going at a discount. And if you do those things consistently, you will beat the other teams in those kind of formats because people will overspend on guys that don't move the needle, and then they don't have enough to fill the rest of the roster. Yeah.

[D]

You know, I mean, the thing. I want to try and have a balanced team when I do an auction draft. So I take the.

[A]

The.

[D]

I take the DKs, I look for the. The O'. Mary. Not the number one guys, the number two guys. You know what I'm saying? I look for the. The Devontas, the people you can sort of get a balanced sort of team. But I haven't won this.

[A]

Well, Jerry, next year you call me up. We'll, you know, we'll plug in there, we'll get you. We owe you one now. So we'll. We'll hang out with you. We'll do this, and we'll give you, you know, a little time.

[D]

All right, everybody. Hey, Pat. And congrats on my time. Jerry.

[A]

Football drafts.

[D]

Hey, Romeo's available on waivers.

[A]

Jerry, besides a million football drafts, what else you got going on. I know you're on with the bar stool guys. You're hanging out all over the place. Like, what, what's Jerry o' Connell September? Like besides watching all the football games?

[D]

Nothing. This is it. It's just anything I'm nothing to plug. Follow me on Yelp. I, I leave Yelp reviews for restaurants.

[A]

Hey, that's good. That's, that's doing the Lord's work right there. Making sure you steer people away from bad restaurants. I think that's very important. Jerry O', Connell, everybody. U.S. here on the show today again, shout out to him, go follow him on social media. Mr. Jerry OC on the Twitter machine and everything else. Jerry, super fun to hang out with you today, man. We appreciate you being here and of course being so kind to us.

[D]

Hey, by the way, I, I, I didn't get a discount code. I paid for all these things. I paid for fantasy and for fantasy pros and for betting pros. Invite me to one of the betting pro shows.

[A]

Well, I host those shows. So guess what, Jerry, I'm going to be bothering you next. So there you go. Let's go. Hanging out with us. That would do it for us, but the story of the game goes on. For Jerry, Derek and Pat, I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids.

[C]

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