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

14:04Jason Moore:i am not scared off of it at all i don't look at kyron williams as a player that when i'm drafting at the two three turn that i'm drafting him because he gets 90 of the snaps and an extreme workload i still believe he will be the the lion of the timeshare you know i see i don't i do look

14:25Mike Wright:at him that way i look at him as extremely touchdown dependent and workload dependent because of the efficiency struggles the last two years opportunities though yeah that that makes sense i'm not saying that this is moving him i didn't move him off of this information either but i do look at him as somebody that i don't think would be good on limited touches it is

14:41Jason Moore:funny though the jarquez hunter truthers right it's like he is clearly not the backup here

14:49Andy Holloway:yeah that's at least what they're saying well and doing i mean you look at how the utilization and like we don't we don't have game film yet but it sounds like it yeah it'll be quorum as the

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15:19Jason Moore:The Fantasy Footballers Mock Draft.

15:25Mike Wright:There you go. The final mock. The final mock. Here we go. We have a 12-team, half PPR, one quarterback, two running back, two wide receiver, one tight in one flex four bench mock draft uh we randomly assigned draft spots today mike got the sixth spot i'm at eight jason at the turn at 12 maybe just so used to it from some of our uh other

15:52Jason Moore:drafts the early the early off season i was constantly at the back of the the draft i've been a little higher recently but um i will say i i enjoy being late so long as it's not a super If it's a non-superflex, I really like being late in most drafts. But I think with this group of all very like-minded individuals, I doubt that the players I see dropping to the 12 get there in this one.

16:18Mike Wright:Well, away we go. Jamar Chase goes number one. Bijan Saquon, CMC, off the board. 2-3-4, Mike shaking his head. CeeDee Lamb goes off the board at 1-0-5, putting Mike on the clock here in round one. This one's easy. It's Jameer Gibbs. All right.

16:36Andy Holloway:That's a shame. I don't need to do a whole thing. If I'm at six and there is another McCaffrey truther in your league and he's gone and Jameer Gibbs falls, okay. Yep.

16:49Mike Wright:That puts me on the clock at 108. I was somehow hoping maybe Jameer Gibbs slipped by. I was in a similar position in another draft, a little bit different format. I actually went Puka Nakua right here in another draft. I was on the fence between Puka and Derrick Henry, so I'm going to take Derrick Henry in this mock as for some reason we just aren't giving him his due still. So one of the Super Bowl-contending best teams in the league. Henry will be the pick for me in the first round. Mike with Gibbs, and we have Chase, Lamb, and Jefferson, the wide receivers off the board. Al Borland on the clock.

17:25Mike Wright:Well, I guess after Henry went Ashton Jinty, then Amon Ra, then Malik Nabors, and Jason, you're on the clock at the turn.

17:31Jason Moore:Yeah, this is really interesting. So given that it's a mock, what I really want to do here is take Puka and Nico. I think each one of those guys could finish as the wide receiver one. I believe both of those guys will be a top seven wide receiver. To start that way is great. When you're on the turn, it gets really dicey whether or not you give yourself the flexibility of going one running back, one wide receiver. If I was to look at the running back position here, it might surprise you. it's certainly not ADP but according to my rankings and what I would go I would go Jonathan Taylor so it would be Josh Jacobs after the previous discussion love Josh Jacobs as well but I've got Johnny Taylor even higher could Josh Jacobs finish number one overall I think Josh Jacobs could but it would be tough sledding I you know I look at Jonathan Taylor and Josh Jacobs I think they're outstanding I don't really think either one could finish as the number one running back fantasy option because they're not high volume receivers like a Bijon like a Gibbs like a Christian McCaffrey so because I think there's a tier difference I'm gonna do it I'm gonna take the the guys that I think are absolute difference makers set apart at their position I'm gonna

18:41Mike Wright:take Puka and Nico all right any um like uh purpose behind the order you took them in none

18:48Jason Moore:I don't even know which order I took them in because you disrespected Nico is what I'm saying I respected Puka. How dare you? I'm a glass half full guy.

18:57Mike Wright:It's half full for Puka.

18:59Jason Moore:It's half empty for Nico. But I look at the positive side. I'm looking at the water. You're looking at the air.

19:07Mike Wright:Puka, Nico. Nico, the first pick of the second round. A second round pick, as you'd call it. No, first pick. Drake London goes next. Josh Jacobs, Brian Thomas. I had a group of six players on my board. because I know how to use the cue. And there's only one left. And so it actually is interesting. I went Henry in the first round. I'm going to come back and take a player that is slipping way too far. Devon Achan is going to be the pick at the 205. The injury has knocked him down ADP. I like him much more than Jonathan Taylor, who goes next, putting Mike on the clock with Jameer Gibbs on his roster.

19:49Jason Moore:I will say if you want to talk about could could x player be the number one I think Devon Achan has a higher odds to be number one than Taylor because he could catch you know 90 passes this year. Okay.

20:04Andy Holloway:Well Mike you're on the clock what are you thinking about. So I'm looking at the wide receivers ADP wise it's AJ Brown lad Tyreek T so the way that I have it projected out it would be a. You know, it's A.J. Brown would be the clear pick there. At the wide receiver, or I'm sorry, at the running back position, Kyron, Bucky, Chase Brown. Man, I love Chase Brown there, but the fact that A.J. Brown dropped to me, I'm just going to take him, make it easy.

20:36Mike Wright:So you split. Jason went two wide. I went two running back. That'll be fun to play out in a mock draft. And, Mike, with the one-and-one situation. Chase Brown, any temptations there, Mike?

20:48Andy Holloway:yes yeah there there's definitely temptations to have him but i want the you know i want a top

20:54Mike Wright:wide receiver right there t higgins goes next at the ninth pick of the second round kyron at 210 so brooksy stacks the running back saquon and kyron lad mcconkey going at 211 i have found myself having a harder time drafting loud lately jsn rounding out the second round any thoughts before

21:16Andy Holloway:we take a break is the lad mcconkey just keenan allen based or is it shifting philosophies or

21:22Mike Wright:yeah it's mostly keenan allen based and just the fact that i think the running game will be successful and so you saw the second half of the year where they had no choice and no players and lad benefited like i have him slightly under his reception and target totals of last year believe it or not so i i love lad but i i do think that keenan will have a role they really didn't have

21:42Jason Moore:a lot of options at the end of last year lad was really really good and then it was like well we We could throw to Kuge on the outside, and we can't run the ball, so let's just keep throwing to Ladd.

21:51Mike Wright:Yeah, and I would say this, too, in basketball leagues and things you're drafting this weekend. Don't forget that Kuge exists. He ends up really, really low in ADP. And if you're in a basketball league, he can score for that team, and it's not like he's out for the year or anything like that. He's just recovering from a concussion. We'll take a break after the second round here and come back and continue the mock.

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24:22Mike Wright:Brock Bowers, the Brock of the Mock. Third round, first pick. They both made it to the third. Bucky Irving, Tyreek Hill, Omari and Hampton, Trey McBride. I noticed as Brooks' first wideout, Tyreek Hill, how do you think he feels about Tyreek as your first?

24:43Jason Moore:Hopeful. If Tyreek is your first, there's only one way you can feel. It's hopeful.

24:50Mike Wright:He says he regrets not taking J.S. in with the second pick after being left with Tyreek. But, Mike, you're on the clock. Gibbs, A.J. Brown.

25:00Andy Holloway:So looking at the wide receivers real quick, ADP, we've got Marv Evans Garrett Wilson so a different tier while the running backs are about to deplete so you have James Cook Ken Bone Walker is there as much as I love Ken Walker I do have James Cook ranked ahead of him so I think the running back is going to be an issue on the way back and like those mid-round wide receivers so I'm going to take James Cook

25:30Mike Wright:I have been much more comfortable with James Cook lately.

25:36Andy Holloway:He's been much more comfortable in his 3 ,000 thread count sheets.

25:40Mike Wright:Oh, okay. Yeah. No, that's a good way to sleep. He can sleep at night for many years. Do they even make those?

25:46Andy Holloway:I don't know. What's the highest thread count? Does anyone know this? Jason would know. Yeah, Jay, what's the highest thread count?

25:52Jason Moore:How high does it go? It goes to 3 ,000.

25:55Mike Wright:I don't know. All right. Mike Evans goes off the board next. Interesting. Evans over Garrett Wilson. over Marvin Harrison. I would have. I'm going to pull the trigger here on Marvin Harrison as my wide receiver one after drafting Henry and A-Champ. So Marvin at 308, Ken Walker off the board at 309. Al Borland has Josh Jacobs already on the roster. He just drafted Micah Parsons. Wow.

26:23Andy Holloway:In the third round? I asked the AI overlords, what's the highest thread count sheets available? some brands advertise thread counts up to 1500 or even claim 3000. baby. You're right. The random number apparently is the highest it gets. Oh boy. Are those, uh, can you even,

26:44Jason Moore:it's the highest it claims.

26:44Andy Holloway:Yeah. Like, can you even lay on it or did you just like slip just the over overnight? You just slowly slide off the bed. Yeah.

26:54Mike Wright:That's, I, you nailed it. 3000, uh, Ken Walker, Alvin Kamara, Travion Henderson at 311. Too rich for your blood, Mike? Or are you okay with that?

27:02Andy Holloway:I'm okay with him in the fourth. And the Falcons right there on the turn. I don't think Jason would have taken him. I would 100 % have taken him. Oh, you would have? Yep. Well, then he made the correct decision. Because 311 or 402, that doesn't really matter.

27:17Mike Wright:Both of you had two wide outs already. So, it makes sense that running backs are on the docket.

27:23Jason Moore:Yeah, so here's the issue of double tapping the wide receivers at the beginning. It leaves you at a totally different tier of running backs allowed left on the board. Brees Hall, okay, he's next up in ADP. Chuba's a good running back. James Conner's a good running back. But these are not exciting picks that if you compare those to some of the other difference makers that are on the board, there are guys that are just way more important for fantasy. So I know I came in. So this is something where you have to stay water. you have to be willing to pivot. I'm always going to try my best to take difference makers over average guys I need on my roster.

28:03Jason Moore:I'm not a big zero RB drafter. I don't like drafting that way, but if that's what the value is when you're on, then that's what I'm going to have to do. That's a long way of saying George Kittle. It's actually something I literally never do. I recommend not... Are you the first? Oh, you're going dub onesies? I'm going dub onesies. Because I'm on the 12 spot and what's allowed left, I'm going to take Lamar Jackson and George Kittle.

28:27Andy Holloway:I feel like George Kittle disrespect because dropping him into the fourth. Unbelievable.

28:32Jason Moore:I wanted him first in that round. I didn't want him to be the last pick of a round. Yeah, that's a dumb argument. So anyways, I took Lamar Jackson and George Kittle because my running backs are going to be weaker. If I were to draft running backs there, I'm weaker than every other team in the league. Like already. Right now, I've got a strength over them at a different position.

28:53Mike Wright:I want to hear you talk about your running backs later.

28:56Jason Moore:Oh, yeah. I mean, it's going to suck. This is at the end of this draft. This is going to be more of a zero RB draft where my running backs will look very, very poor. But in a real fantasy league that is a managed league, I'm going to be crazy on the waiver wires. I'm going to be going hard after the injuries. And, you know, at the end of the draft, I'll be drafting a bunch of the backups.

29:15Mike Wright:I'm upset because after Kittle, Connor went and then Garrett Wilson and DK Metcalf. I wanted both of those players. I wanted one of them to be my wide receiver too. So I'm going to pull the trigger here on Terry McLaurin in the fourth round, who was dominant last year, just got paid, love the offense. And, you know, fourth round, I can live with it. So Josh Allen first or second quarterback off the board to Betsy puts Mike back on the clock. Gibbs, A.J. Brown, James Cook so far.

29:45Andy Holloway:I mean, it's been falling pretty easy for me, so I'm going to stay balanced. I'm going to take my guy Tedaroa McMillan here in the fourth round I thought Betts would take it for sure I have a question for you that's a nice little treat for me

29:59Mike Wright:one of the players that is not moving up in ADP but maybe in my opinion should be much higher because of the recent circumstances I'm just curious about the temperature you guys take the temperature on Xavier Worthy because this is going to be their guy He was so good down the stretch. There is no Rashi Rice for six weeks. It seems like maybe he's being slightly undervalued. I agree.

30:25Jason Moore:I agree completely. He's a more talented player than I think the Rashi Rice news and the hype of like, oh, he's not going to be suspended this year. It's going to go to next year. Oh, it's going to be in the middle of this year. He carried the cycle. And so the question that what we're doing with the Chiefs has always been assuming that Rashi Rice is the one. but the truth is Xavier Worthy could be the one for this team yes yes he definitely could be the

30:52Andy Holloway:one he projects to be that um I'm I'm torn on Worthy because like it wasn't until the end of the year that it it really came on for him you know hello he's a rookie that's normal right yeah it is but the well for well it was good for fantasy I mean it was good the games that he got you a touchdown and i just i have my concerns of if they throw deep though isn't he one of the biggest beneficiaries well they tried to use him that way at the beginning of the year and it was not working at all super bowl sure i'm not it's not an impossibility of course but when you're looking at 11 targets from mahomes turned into six for 46 11 targets turned into seven for 65 like the and then the you know the the chiefs of like hollywood hollywood brown is there and healthy right now and the end of last year they were hurting at the wide receiver position of anybody reliable so i just i have my concerns of if he's not getting you know nine or more targets on a weekly basis i think you're getting like 50 or fewer yards and then you're just hoping that he scored which it's my homes things could turn around in an instant for the kansas city chiefs passing attack i just i am i am lower on worthy than than you guys are all right mike you're on

32:14Mike Wright:the clock gibbs and cook at running back aj brown and tette mcmillan at wide receiver fifth round pick you are balanced at the moment i am we still got some one top tier quarterback maybe available We do.

32:28Andy Holloway:We got Joey B is still there. The wide receiver position, Adams. I mean, Rice is there because of ADP. Worthy is there. Ooh, man. So at the running back position, Brees Hall is. Wow. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Is fifth round punishment enough for Brees Hall? That is definitely punishment enough. That we should probably be drafting him there, which I – Oh, man. It still feels bad. It still feels bad. Take him over, Burrow. Why? What's your plan here? What's your scheme? My scheme is to build my best team. I don't care about your team, Mike. I'm going to try it. I'm going to try it. Brees Hall. It feels bad.

33:17Andy Holloway:I think he likes it. It feels bad immediately.

33:19Mike Wright:He likes the pattern. um what's wild is you know davante adams yeah then george goes next who would have probably been my wide receiver pick it feels terrible george pickens went next yeah i'm back on the clock this is the worst adams was there in the third i thought about it he was there in the fourth i thought about it he's there in the fifth i mean i'm taking davante adams harrison mclaurin adams after starting henry I feel good about that. Xavier Worthy goes next to Kurt. I wasn't willing to pull the trigger on Worthy over Adams there. It was those two and Devontae Smith that were the last names in that tier for me.

33:58Mike Wright:Joe Burrow off the board. Producer Borland himself. And then Devontae Smith goes. You shook your head. I think you maybe wanted him, Jason. I don't know.

34:08Jason Moore:No, no, no. I shook my head because I was shocked. I just assumed because it was the Falcon that he'd be going after my Caleb Johnson. As a team that needs a running back and I'm on the turn, I might have to reach ahead of ADP. You're looking for a third stringer? I'm looking for my RB1. You can't play him in week one. I can play him in week one, and I have to play him in week one. Oh, yeah, you can. Looking at the other positions, though.

34:34Andy Holloway:The platform will allow it.

34:35Jason Moore:Like I said earlier, I'm never going to just automatically say I need a running back, so I have to take a running back. You have to glance at the other positions. I'm looking. I like Travis Hunter, but he's a question mark. Zay Flowers, whatever. I don't need a tight end. I don't need a quarterback. So I am. I am going to take. I'm going to double tap the running back position here. Tony Pollard is. Yeah. Okay. Undervalued right now because he starts the first four weeks of this season as a bell cow on an offense that could be majorly improved. What was it for Spears?

35:08Andy Holloway:Was it ankle?

35:09Jason Moore:I don't remember, but he's on the pop. So he's gone for the first four weeks. So I think it was a high ankle. So I'm going to take Tony Pollard,

35:18Andy Holloway:and I'm going to follow that up with Caleb Johnson. So it was a high ankle sprain, which, like, Spears is out the first four games. It would not be surprising for two weeks after that for Spears to still not be remotely close to himself. So, I mean, if you're talking five to six weeks of Tony Pollard as the main guy.

35:38Jason Moore:And now when I look at the difference between Tony Pollard or what I could have grabbed in a James Conner or a Chuba Hubbard versus now if I had gone James Conner and Chuba Hubbard and I wanted a quarterback and a tight end, I'd be looking instead of Lamar Jackson and George Kittle, I'd be at Baker Mayfield and Sam Laporta. So I'm very happy that I did the rare double onesie tap. Still going to need an RB2, though. Nope. Nope.

36:05Mike Wright:I've got a fantasy MVP. all right Ridley Kelsey Swift off the board that puts me back on the clock oh my gosh Kelsey and Swift back to back there's no oh yeah you're right Kelsey and Swift right next to each other well this is cool I have not liked to draft more than this one going double running back I don't know if it's just because of the way other people picked but I feel like I'm just getting stars at wide receiver every round no matter how long this draft goes i'm taking roma dunze in the sixth round so harrison mclaurin adams in a dunze travis hunter yes uh went next and was on the short list as well mike could you have more opposite running backs than you do derrick henry and hann is a combo just perfect i'll get my ground to pound and i'll get my through the air feel good about that

36:59Jason Moore:I see HN like up riding on the shoulders of Derrick Henry you know what I mean like if they were in a pool are we trench coat or are we chicken fighting who was the two

37:08Mike Wright:oh gosh I'm not going to remember his name when the Titans had Henry I thought you were going to Chris Johnson no no no there was a tiny running back that they had and I can't remember his name Kyle will remember when Henry was on the Titans yes because they stood next to each other in training camp one time And just like A-Chan and Henry.

37:28Andy Holloway:Well, that's because anyone – Mark Ingram looks tiny next to –

37:30Mike Wright:I cannot remember the name. It's not Al Borland, no. Dion Lewis?

37:35Andy Holloway:Dion Lewis!

37:36Mike Wright:That's what it was. That's what it was. Betts wins that one. Yeah, all right. Mike, you're back on the clock. Oh, I am I. Gibbs, Brown, Cook, McMillan, Hall. Color symmetry says you want to go with a wide receiver if you want to go back and forth.

37:52Andy Holloway:Okay. So looking at the ADP, Rasheed Rice, the standoff is still going. I don't hate the idea of taking him right here, especially because I already have A.J. Brown and Ted McMillan. I feel strong there, like I can wait. But I got to know the rest of these clowns here as we are going to move into the seventh. I'm in the middle of the seventh round. I'm going to scroll. Don't forget to scroll down, ladies and gentlemen. Do not forget to scroll down because I'm going to take Emeka Ibuka. All right, so you are doing it. ADP-wise, that is a reach. I don't know in whole leagues that it will end up as a reach.

38:38Jason Moore:That's right where he's going to be going in leagues. If you look at best ball ADP, he's already way above that point. He's basically almost a fifth rounder, which is getting a little spicy. Yeah. Maybe too much. and he's my guy. I believe in him but where you took him I think is the perfect spot. You thought Warren was going to make it to you? Warren is a 7th round pick in every draft I've seen lately. I know early in the offseason he was almost undrafted.

39:06Mike Wright:The people don't know what's going on. Egbuka, Aaron Jones, Stephon Diggs, Zay Flowers, Ricky Pierce, Slaw Patrick Mahomes in the 7th or in the late 6th. Charbonnet, Tyler Warren in the 7th round, Krosky Merritt. Bill Krosky Jalen Warren, Chris Olave Mike back on the clock Alright

39:27Andy Holloway:So I gotta look at the running back Just in case I can make my pattern Continue to go But it's Mixon, Judkins, Tracy Etienne Skadaboo, Jordan Mason Is Jordan Mason wouldn't be the worst pick right there But I don't particularly love it Jerry Judy, I think, is fascinating right here. How long does Joe Flacco get to keep that job? Where did you get his temperature check on Jacoby? After the old, I want to make more money, so send me away. I don't think that's happening.

40:03Mike Wright:Yeah, I look at him exactly like Juwan Jennings. Necessary.

40:07Andy Holloway:But I'm saying, do you see him as still the same?

40:10Mike Wright:For now, yeah.

40:12Jason Moore:Jay, where are you with Jacoby? You know, it's tough because I think, obviously, if he moves, You don't know how I think I think his the fact that he's necessary is why we like him as a Raider. But then you add Amari Cooper and it makes me question whether how necessary he is. Not that Amari Cooper has a ton left, but just having anyone else there, you know, Brock Bowers is going to be the number one target. So then it's like if you're kind of fighting over two incoming rookies, you know, Thornton's looked great. You add Amari Cooper. I don't I'm not I'm not really in on Jacoby right now.

40:46Andy Holloway:Looking through the names, I'm just going to take Jerry Judy right here. I'm not 100 % confident in Jerry Judy, but in the seventh round, he is someone who could vastly outplay his ADP.

40:59Mike Wright:All right, Rashi Rice, 7-0-7. How do you feel about that pick? Matthew Betts taking Rice in the seventh.

41:04Andy Holloway:I like it. He's run with hero RB with Johnny Taylor as his only guy, but this team will get stronger as the year goes. Jason?

41:18Jason Moore:I would rather have other wide receivers that are on the board right now. I will say that, kind of echoing what Mike just said, he is the type of build that Rice works. He's his wide receiver for. I would not take Rice ahead of being my fourth wide receiver.

41:33Mike Wright:It's his wide receiver five.

41:35Jason Moore:Yes. He can't be one of your top three wide receivers.

41:39Mike Wright:All right. We'll take a quick break and come back with the rest of the mock.

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43:39Mike Wright:all right i'm back on the clock henry and hn at running back harrison mclaurin adams in a dune say a wide receiver yes i had my sights set on tyler warren making it through he would not have made it past me okay well um i'll pull the trigger on what i think would be a more difference making situation for my team at this point i could add some depth at running back uh i could add There's nobody in the quarterback tier that I need to fight over. I'm okay with the Jordan Mason choice here. I'm okay going starter. Javante Williams, low ceiling. I think I'm going to pull the trigger on Sam Laporta.

44:18Mike Wright:I don't think I've drafted him in a mock. He's two rounds, two and a half rounds beyond ADP. I think Laporta late seventh is fine. Matthew Golden goes next. That was unfortunately my other pick. He was highest on my cue. so he certainly would not have gotten to you all right uh Matthew Golden Jordan Mason Tyrone Tracy often ignored and yet starting Tyrone Tracy I don't know why we ignore him so much because he was really good when he played football last year other than fumbling he was outrageously talented

44:52Jason Moore:on a bad offensive situation the reason that we as a group don't care that much about Tyrone Tracy is Cam Scadaboo and that could be very foolish Cam Scadaboo's you know day three running back that But the reports middle of camp came out saying this is Tyrone Tracy's team. It's not Cam Scadaboo's team. And so I think it's just our kind of pre-NFL draft scouting of Cam Scadaboo. I believe that's the reason.

45:17Andy Holloway:For me, it's more of a, you know, like Tracy was a workhorse. And even though maybe he is the 1A, that's fine. Scadaboo will be involved. The offense is not going to be great. and then where you're taking Tracy, like I think that Tracy – so the Falcons team, he's got Travion and James Conner. Tracy's not going to crack his starting lineup unless an injury in week one or two happened. Tracy won't make it into his starting lineup, and Tracy will lose value, in my opinion, as Scadaboo becomes more and more involved. So by the time you're like, okay, I need to get Tracy in here, you've already lost value.

46:02Mike Wright:No chance Tracy outperforms Henderson for the first part of the year?

46:05Jason Moore:I don't think there is. I would be surprised by that as well. All right, so I'm on the clock here. I'm balanced. Obviously, I had my two stud wide receivers, Puka and Nico, and my running backs are a little bit weaker with Tony Pollard and my MVP, Caleb Johnson. I'm going to go one wide receiver, one running back here because I think there's value at both. Debo Samuel is a little bit left for dead here in the seventh round at the end and at the beginning of the eighth I'm going to take Austin Eckler I think he pairs really nice I think that's a good with with my roster Tony Pollard Caleb Johnson and Austin Eckler I'm actually totally fine with those as my running backs going into a season when I didn't get my first running back until round five

46:49Mike Wright:Hawkinson off the board after Jason's two selections putting Al Borland on the clock he's taking his time with it still searching for michael parsons i don't know if he's going to be able to find him um he begged for an idp league today he can he can still take him uh and he is

47:05Jason Moore:really struggling here my computer froze for a sec uh-huh he was adding ads to the show

47:11Mike Wright:frozen on our screen as well but oh okay well yeah that's uh that's sleeper hey we see oh look at that little tiny draft board uh Khalil Shakir off the board Evan Ingram leaving me with the disgusting decision to add depth at running back a starter Javante Williams in the eighth round yeah it's it that's about I want to draft Javante in a couple of spots when I won't have to start him at all and um I like the rest of my players yeah I need that's a player I don't like I would

47:45Jason Moore:add a third caveat to that because i agree when you don't have to start them and you like the rest of your players that's a great place for javante but i would add the third tier of in the 10th round or later oh and i didn't do that no but two out of three is not not too bad yeah

48:00Mike Wright:i mean at running back at this point you're just picking if you don't take javante williams there and jk dobbins would have been also in similar situation uh but has rj harvey there if you don't

48:11Jason Moore:take those two guys you are just it's like ctn cam scataboo remandre i mean come on studs yeah i

48:19Andy Holloway:mean you stopped before there was a draftable player studs um i mean nick chubb i mean chubb

48:25Mike Wright:yeah i guess you could go chubb but uh mike you're back on the clock so i'm gonna peek over at the

48:31Andy Holloway:quarterback position uh looking at my draft there are two teams in between this and my next pick who need a quarterback and they may take the chance. I haven't made an official move to Dak's stats, but man, I really think the loss of Micah Parsons could jump Dak into just another tier and move him up. Then I'm looking at one of those teams that needs a quarterback drafted CeeDee Lamb with their first pick. If I want Dak I bet I have to do it here uh the the the fallback would be you know I have a buka do I

49:14Jason Moore:want Kyle is confirming he's that he would have that well he all he said was shove it Mike so I don't know I don't know what that means but I'm just saying like breaking it I he didn't even

49:24Andy Holloway:need to tell me I knew I knew that Dak would be either Dak would probably be his next pick do I am I okay risking that and just taking Baker as the fallback but Baker could go as well and the

49:36Mike Wright:answer is i am not so i'm going to take deck all right deck makes the tear jump right here on this mock so kyle can't take him goes keon coleman instead and i'm guessing begrudgingly sure bo nicks goes next tyler craft nick chubb tucker what did i say tyler that's not him you're thinking about tyler warren way too much man yeah i really am nick chubb uh quinshawn judkins okay is he on

50:05Jason Moore:your board at all uh he is super on my board but late super well he's a target he's when i say i mean he is a he is a highlighted target for me i i think he should usually be going more around the 10th round um so maybe this is a a smidge early however man i am not interested and that's and i totally get that he doesn't he doesn't have a contract absolutely but here's the truth if he were to sign tomorrow if if if the breaking news comes he signs tomorrow and it is somewhat likely that in the next week or two he signs a contract if that happens he would be totally viewed completely differently and we wouldn't be talking about this is too early for him if he gets a suspension which is the case was dropped he might not but if he does it's an he will get he will get suspended then it's three games because there's no way that they're going like that's the automatic suspension for that you know for domestic violence they're not going to go over and above the automatic when the case was dropped if they give a three-game suspension okay if they were to sign him now and then he misses the first three weeks you're still talking about you know a second round draft pick talented running back who has really not that much competition I mean Dylan Sampson if Quinchon maybe maybe Judkins doesn't sign doesn't play this year i mean it's a huge risk but i do think that the likeliest outcome is that he plays the

51:30Mike Wright:majority of games this season mike you're back on the clock dak in the last round we got three

51:34Andy Holloway:picks left for the three of our teams close it out i was uh kyle i'm sure you'll be delighted i was punished by taking dak there uh because tucker craft went i don't think you're punished i think you've been rewarded to not draft tucker correct why is that because i think you should stack here oh what Jake Ferguson I think you should take Jake Ferguson yeah if you think Dak really leveled up

51:58Mike Wright:and the offense really leveled up there I would see Ferguson and Kraft in the same either one

52:03Andy Holloway:could outperform the other one okay I still have Tucker Kraft ahead I do like Jake Ferguson you know we just highlighted him at some time this week but uh looking at the rest of the fools we We got Betts is the only team that doesn't have a tight end. So even if I don't end up with Ferguson, there's still a couple guys that I really like there. And I don't know who's clamoring for Tank Bigsby besides me, but I don't want to risk a starter running back four. That's right, starter.

52:37Mike Wright:Yeah. Tank Bigsby, Cam Scadaboo, ninth round. I've got to get the taste of Javante Williams out of my mouth.

52:48Andy Holloway:you're going to need a lot of mouthwash

52:49Mike Wright:so I'm going to go ahead and go Cooper Cup, Cooper Cup in the ninth round

52:57Mike Wright:I'm going to wash down this Javante with another there's a point where Cooper Cup who's on the field every play is dropping way too far it's really ridiculous in my opinion to look at like Jacoby Myers and Michael Pittman went ahead of him right? Khalil Shakira went ahead of him. Like he can put up those seasons. Juwan Jennings, Brian Robinson, Jaden Blue, Jason, you have two picks left or sorry, three picks left to right here to right here.

53:26Jason Moore:Um, there there's a handful of backups. I'll just name them because when I'm in more of a zero RB build, I'm looking at guys like Trey Benson, Will Shipley, um, that I think are, are really good insurance policies. And then you've got Ollie Gordon and Kendra Miller who might be even more than that they could sneak their way into do you not think that there's a chance that Benson is Benson could be as well yeah I mean they've talked about like a 1a1b situation as far as playing time so I'm I'm probably leaning towards Trey Benson he's of that group I think the most talented back also his starter is old and usually misses games so I'm gonna take Trey Benson with one pick and then here at the very end it's a matter of you know I've only got three wide receivers I think they're really good wide receivers if if I if I didn't like him more I would swing for the fences with Jaden Higgins but I'm going to play it a little safer here in the 10th round and grab Keenan Allen who I think will be very very involved on a weekly basis

54:28Mike Wright:all right Jason goes Benson Keenan Allen Baker Mayfield off the board at 10-02 long wait for baker naji uh braylon allen i'm back on the clock i have two picks left i'm gonna need a quarterback so i'm gonna glance in that direction i could stack mr marvin harrison with kyla murray i've got i've talked a lot about jordan love how much i like him this year i think jared goff with the emergence of uh isaac tesla too oh yeah hold on cover your ears oh gosh we did not adjust it did we i did i knocked it down 25 yeah it's a brain that's 25 it's

55:08Andy Holloway:scratching your brain for you man you need to increase it 50 from this uh i'm willing to wait

55:14Mike Wright:until the last round for my quarterback here i'm gonna take ollie gordon and uh make sure that i

55:19Jason Moore:have devon a-chan insured i can't believe you didn't take kyler murray here to stack with marv that's that's shocking to me that ollie gordon there's only one team that doesn't have a

55:29Mike Wright:quarterback and if Kyle wants to disrupt his own franchise to disrupt mine that's fine if anybody else takes a double quarterback I guess I'll miss out yeah I guess I I just look at Kyler Murray as

55:41Jason Moore:the clear best fantasy quarterback left and then you had the stack so yeah I like a lot of these other quarterbacks yeah I mean the nice thing is if you pivot it's not like you're going to be wrecked I know you like Jordan Love quite a bit uh I don't like him golf you don't know he loves Thank you Mike I forgot his name

56:00Mike Wright:I'm not worried about that too much Jason Mike has one right now

56:08Andy Holloway:I'm just going to take an upside rookie pick I like Luther Burden a lot There's a chance of him really making some noise if we get some slot snaps

56:18Mike Wright:We've got Dylan Sampson off the board to Kyle Ray Davis, Kyle Monongai jayden reed blake quorum we are coming down to the end here uh jordan addison i i love that pick yeah now the final round of this mock perfect uh dante thornton off the board cedric tailman great pick brooks off the board i like all three of them so far we're on a roll uh horton and then

56:48Jason Moore:that good job people i mean jordan addison thornton tillman and horton that is a four pack in the 11th round that all could they feel like they could all do something special this year i am i am back on

57:02Mike Wright:the clock with my final pick i did not get kyler murray kyler murray went to kyle um but that's fine then i don't have to have kyler murray you know what i mean like if you don't take him the biggest you do not have to have him on your team biggest advantage of someone else drafting him is that you can't so i could i could shoot my shot with drake may if marvin harrison is good who was

57:22Jason Moore:your first wide receiver drafted wouldn't that mean kyler's better no so it doesn't so no it

57:27Andy Holloway:doesn't mean that at all kyler's worse got it no no it doesn't mean that but we definitely doesn't mean we've seen that a million times we've seen quarterbacks have two good wide receivers and then that quarterback is not actually functional for fantasy somehow yeah it works out that we've

57:42Mike Wright:been there um they scored what like cardinal scored like 50 million points against the bears and kyler was in single digits i mean this team is weird now so i will take my uh one of my finalists for fantasy mvp jordan love in the 11th round to be my quarterback i'm i'm fine with that brock purdy goes next jason get ready you've got one pick left i'm ready a good one um i i've got

58:05Jason Moore:three guys i love but jaden higgins here in the 11th round i know he's right now playing behind some other players, but he's a talented second-round rookie that is needed for the Texans.

58:16Mike Wright:All right, we are done with our final mock draft of the 2025 offseason. Next time it's for real. Henry, A-Chan, Javante, and Ollie Gordon at running back. Harrison, McLaurin, Adams, Dunze, and Kupp at wide receiver. Jordan Love, Sam Laporta are the onesies.

58:35Jason Moore:I've got onesies of Lamar Jackson and George Kittle, Puka Nakua, Nico Collins Debo Samuel, Keenan Allen and Jaden Higgins at wide receiver and then my running backs are Tony Pollard, Caleb Johnson, Austin Eckler and Trey Benson.

58:50Andy Holloway:I have at running back I got Gibbs James Cook, Brees Hall, Tank Bigsby my wide receivers are A.J. Brown, Tett McMillan Emeka Abuka, Jerry Judy and Luther Burden. Then I got Dak and his tight end Jake Turd Ferguson. Who you

59:04Mike Wright:ended up with the last pick in the draft final thoughts you guys have on the way the draft ended up

59:10Jason Moore:I think that this is it's hard to draft from the 12 spot you've got to make sure that you're staying open to who's on the board and this was a good group of drafters so I think it was difficult but I'm happy how it turned out I'll just have to scour the waiver wire for the running back you know diamonds in the rough Gainwell still out there I think sure yeah

59:34Mike Wright:no show No show on Monday. We have Labor Day off, and then we'll be getting into the first week of the fantasy football season. All of the shows. Yeah, this was the last moment. This was the last. Did you forget?

59:48Jason Moore:Well, I didn't realize that our next show, we are talking about week one football. We are talking about week one football.

59:55Mike Wright:Now, we will have one extra episode hitting YouTube. our final special august miniseries episode just the tips will release on saturday morning i believe jason will be taking a peek at some late round steals at the wide receiver position yeah yeah so uh a chance to jump in and hear some uh extra content there on youtube which you can subscribe and uh have a better experience than some of the youtubers were having in the past youtube.com slash the fantasy football or subscribe click the bell we also just added a clips channel that you can find on there if you want to subscribe to that also it's your last chance to get in to the ultimate draft kit for the weekend so head to ultimate draft kit.com it's a great time to go into the draft analyzer import the teams that you drafted you'll get a grade from us as well as a breakdown of your strengths and weaknesses and ways that you can approach your team heading into the 2025 season and uh don't forget to get into the megalobowl at megalobowl.com that is it for today's show that is it for the offseason so prepare yourself hydrate get ready week one's on the way goodbye

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