In short
Fantasy Footballers extra episode (Aug 27) featuring a 12-team half-PPR mock draft plus quick NFL injury/news updates and “Leader of the Pack” debates.
Guests
No external guests. Hosts are Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
Guest backgrounds (hosts)
Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright are the Fantasy Footballers podcast hosts and run fantasy football analysis, mock drafts, and player-target strategy discussions.
Key claims
- Steelers backfield: Jalen Warren is projected to handle more passing/overall work; Rico Dowdle has higher touchdown upside. Hosts debate who should be drafted.
- Packers signing: Former Pro Bowl TE Johnny Smith to a one-year deal adds another weapon for Jordan Love.
- Colts WR Alec Pierce: Keenan Allen’s arrival plus Pierce’s delayed return makes Pierce a risky early pick; one host prefers waiting/waivers.
- Mike Evans: confidence he can dominate when healthy, but injury risk makes him a “manager special.”
- Zay Flowers: held out for precautionary reasons, expected to be ready for Week 1.
Notable examples
- Steelers RB opportunity stats for Rico Dowdle (similar attempts/yardage/receptions across Dallas and Carolina).
- Mock draft highlights: Jameer Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Jamar Chase, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Justin Jefferson, plus later picks like Zay Flowers and Malik Nabers (walked off practice; uncertainty discussed).
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOMock Draft Show Kickoff
0:32 to 1:26
Discussion on the excitement of the mock draft and recent player news.
“Some won't wash their lucky mustard-stained jersey until the season's over.”
Mock Draft Show Kickoff
2:36 to 4:12
Discussion on the excitement of the mock draft and recent player news.
“And I want to give you context for that moment.”
Analyzing the Steelers' Running Backs
4:12 to 6:06
In-depth discussion on the fantasy potential of Steelers running backs Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle.
“So this weekend and next weekend, Labor Day weekend, are the two biggest draft days of the year.”
Leader of the Pack Discussion
6:06 to 14:02
Analyzing the competition between Jalen Warren and Rico Dowdle for the starting role.
“Yeah, today we are talking about the Steelers running backs.”
Breaking News and Player Updates
14:15 to 21:46
Discussion about recent player signings, injuries, and their implications on fantasy football.
“This is more of a Musgrave than a Tucker Craft.”
Mock Draft Strategy Discussion
23:27 to 28:00
In-depth analysis of player selections and fantasy strategies during the mock draft.
“Okay, we're back into it, trying to prep up for the weekend.”
Draft Strategies and Player Picks
28:00 to 29:10
Discussion about draft strategies, player choices, and their implications for the mock draft.
“but I didn't think he'd be there necessarily at 10.”
Analyzing Wide Receiver Potential
29:10 to 30:50
Debate over wide receiver selections, focusing on A.J. Brown and Justin Jefferson's potential.
“I'm going to take Ken Bone Walker here in the first.”
Injury Concerns and Player Performance
30:50 to 33:15
Discussion surrounding player injuries and their impact on performance and draft decisions.
“Oh, you don't think he's going to keep him down?”
Drafting Rookies and High-Risk Picks
33:15 to 34:35
Exploration of rookie picks and the risks associated with them in the draft.
“The Van Buren boys, their secret signal was...”
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Drafting Rookies and High-Risk Picks
40:45 to 41:54
Exploration of rookie picks and the risks associated with them in the draft.
“All right, Foot Clan, whether you are on the go or at home, T-Mobile, well, they're built to keep you connected wherever you're scouting your fantasy team.”
Speed Test Data Discussion
42:00 to 43:10
Analysis of mobile network speeds in the U.S.
“of speed test intelligence data of national speed score results for the second half of 2025.”
Chase Neighbors and Player Risks
43:10 to 44:25
Discussion on player risks and strategies in fantasy football.
“DeAndre Swift would have been a delightful pick right here had he fallen to me in the fourth round.”
Draft Picks and Player Opinions
44:25 to 46:04
Analysis of draft picks and insights on players' performances.
“It was kind of a – What's he got to say these days?”
Devontae Adams vs. Other Players
46:04 to 48:54
Comparative analysis of Devontae Adams and other potential picks.
Joe Burrow's Value in Draft
48:54 to 51:46
Debating the value of picking Joe Burrow in a fantasy draft.
“Some of the quotes coming out from McVay about watching the film and seeing that he had a lot more to give as part of the reason they backed out of the A.J.”
Concerns about Offensive Lines
51:46 to 54:26
Discussion on the implications of poor offensive lines on player performance.
“Yes, because he – I mean, even Drake Mays is a dumb pick for you there, man.”
Final Rounds of the Draft
54:26 to 56:01
Analysis and strategies for the last rounds of the fantasy draft.
“You've got Walker, Jacobs Henderson with A.J.”
Analyzing Running Backs and Draft Strategy
56:01 to 58:15
Discuss the value of certain running backs and draft strategies.
“like Chuba and Tony Pollard, starters, that you just don't want.”
Quarterback Decisions and Late-Round Targets
58:15 to 1:01:08
Evaluate quarterback options and potential late-round picks.
“He was, when I got to the end of my CBS draft, and you look at the ADP, I scrolled three or four times, and I was, oh, there's Hawkinson down there.”
Tight End Considerations and Player Comparisons
1:01:08 to 1:04:21
Discuss tight end choices and compare different players.
“Dalton Kincaid, I can make the path for Dalton Kincaid to really pay off.”
Final Rounds: Draft Wrap Up and Strategy
1:04:21 to 1:06:31
Wrap up the draft with final picks and overall strategy.
“Cyrus Allen, Aaron Jones, Jalen Coker, Trevor Lawrence, Tyler Algier, Woody Marks.”
Transcript
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1:35Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.
1:53Welcome in.
2:00We're back again. check it i mean we're back every day i know we never leave we even have a party people extra episode this week oh that's right we have a a very important extra episode hitting on saturday special edition uh today is thursday august 27th we have a mock draft show today we have the fantasy football time machine tomorrow and then we have a bonus episode to the show that will hit your feeds you can watch it saturday it is our live show here in phoenix 800 foot clan members strong attending that live event our bold prediction show tons of special stuff happening out there and uh i mean it's gonna be quite it's gonna be crazy it's going to be quite enjoyable listen no what popped into my head mike was we have said before at one of the live shows, Andrew Luck retired.
2:57Yes. And I want to give you context for that moment. So we had the show prepared. Andrew Luck retires literally while we're in the green room about to go out. We all on. We thought it was a bit just that we were like, oh, man. Are we getting got? Someone got got so bad. Do you want to know what that would be equivalent to today? That would be Joe Burrow retiring at our live show. That is the age equivalent. Are you calling your shot? No, no. The Reaper does not come for Joe Burrow. But that was the equivalent. He's not the fancy retirer. No, not currently. You also killed the queen, but. Yeah, I mean, there have been.
3:35You really did. Well, I mean, when you comp anybody to somebody in their late, probably, what was she, 80, 90 years old? Yeah. I mean, your odds are there that something might happen. Sure. In the near term. But, no, we're so excited. It's going to be so much fun. So much going on. Like I said, a mock draft show today. We have some news to catch you up on. I don't think we have any catastrophic injury news to share with you today, which is nice. In fact, we have some of the opposite, some players getting off the pup. All right. We are less than two weeks until kickoff. Wow, yeah, two weeks from yesterday.
4:11That's wild. Yeah, Wednesday night. So this weekend and next weekend, Labor Day weekend, are the two biggest draft days of the year. And if you're not prepped up and you're not ready, the ultimate draft gets available now at ultimate draft kit.com. Let's get it going.
4:32Leader of the pack presented by pet smart. Well, this has been a fun debate each and every week, guys. We're talking through unsettled situations, committees at the wide receiver running back position and where we think the fantasy value is going to end up. I mean, we did the Dolphins, I believe, last week, right? We talked through that mess of a wide receiver room. And a little update. That one might be less messy. Than this one today? No, no. I'm saying with Chris Bell, who is actually like. You don't think that makes it more messy? Well, I think it makes it less messy in terms of like, he's good.
5:13Right? Yeah, no. Yes, Chris Bell was. That's been the question all along. He's good? Well, no, it's like we're – I think, yeah, he's a first-round talent with an injury recovery that pushed him down in the draft. We think that these other guys – you're calling your shot on who's capable, but it's like Chris Bell is a player who should have gone in the first round. Pause. That is a fabulous future segment. He's good, right? I want that segment on this show. That would be amazing, but go on. Yeah, the issue is, yes, he is probably the most talented of their wide receiver core coming out of college.
5:46However, week one for a rookie off an ACL who hasn't participated, you can't possibly expect him to be even decent for fantasy, which means all he does is muddy the water. Which, to be fair, our big takeaway, I think, at the end of last week's segment was there is no value. But there is value here. Yeah, today we are talking about the Steelers running backs. you know it's a strange thing when Kenny Gainwell departing was the departure of your best receiver well you're leading leader in receptions anyways and honestly he played great he was fabulous for this team Jalen Warren is still there he is the first player off the board in fantasy right now for the Steelers in the sixth round I don't know if it is warranted but he feels like sort of a fart of a pick to me when i get to that point in the draft and then you get rico dowdle who has at times been maybe mike's favorite player in the world proved last year because it was the year of mike that after being sir he proved multiple years ago do you think he proved what he did last year in dallas i don't i don't think he had a thousand yards in like half a year i think that's proof i don't i don't think his run in dallas was ever as impressive or close to as impressive as his run last year in carolina in terms of explosive game i mean there were times there was a stretch of weeks last year where rico dattle was the primary discussion point for yes we have the explosive we had the 206 rushing yards followed up by 183 rico compliment because he needs it to be bigger rico compliment well that's his rico tattoos get offended.
7:29Yeah. So Rico Dowdle is now on the Pittsburgh Steelers sharing the backfield with Jalen Warren. We know one thing about this backfield. We know Caleb Johnson won't be taking away any carries from Jalen Warren or Rico Dowdle. But Dowdle's going around later than Jalen Warren. I have Dowdle ranked higher. What is the takeaway for you? Like this team, Aaron Rodgers, you know, Metcalf-Pittman, new head coach new identity we're so used to the tomlin identity in the backfield it seems wide open it's it is and that where it's more difficult of you know when rico is on the the the panthers with chuba i felt like it's rico's the better player to me so it was the i can you know it took a while for rico to to take over the job but it felt like this is something that could and should happen jaylen warren is an excellent player like he's he's far better on the ground than i think that most people realize or give him credit for and he's i he's a multi-faceted running back and his face just did something i have just discovered the wildest rico dowdle information okay please have it so he played in dallas in 2024 and he played in Carolina last year.
8:51Correct. And neither season was he just declared the starter and played from the beginning, right? Correct. It took about half of the year. Listen to this. His opportunities in Dallas, 284. His opportunities in Carolina, 286. Okay? All right. His attempts, rushing attempts, 235, 236. Okay. His yardage, 1079, 1076. His receptions, 39, 39. So would that make the Dallas year impressive? Because it's the same thing. Six touchdowns last year for Carolina, two for Dallas. But I would say yes. I will stand partially corrected there. I think he was a dominator for a small stretch last year. But, man, talk about just doing what you do.
9:33Yeah, it's funny because he's shown in stretches that he is a very talented back. You know, hard to tackle, fully capable in the receiving game. Rico has had his moments to shine. yet no one has ever in his entire not short career been like you know what let's build around Rico you know what let's just make Rico our starter no one's even been like he's our starter ever it's just he starts every year as the backup and he's like okay he's good enough let's give him the ball and I do agree Mike that this is his toughest I think Jalen Warren is going to be his most difficult guy to usurp it was like washed Zeke yeah come on and then Chuba who's Chuba who was injured when he was fine but Rico was better and so year five for Warren never had a thousand yard season never had a thousand yard season but also never never really been the full starter to me for a full year to me I I am on the Jalen Jalen Warren side um and the reason first of all he is the wide receiver running back one on their depth chart right now in both preseason games he got the first snap and did not play much which you kind of like to see those two things in conjunction.
10:43He also has played with Aaron Rodgers now for two seasons. And when I look at the opportunities here, I think that the way that I project this is, I think Jalen Warren will be the more prominent passing, you know, passing game, not third down back, but the passing game back than Rico Dowdle will. I think that Aaron Rodgers will look for him the way that he looked for Kenny Gainwell. There's a reason why Kenny Gainwell led the team in receptions. It's because Aaron Rodgers is borderline dead and just checks everything down the goal line opportunities I would imagine go more to Rico I just don't see this offense as one that's going to be like it is scoring a ton it is a little funny though the idea that like Aaron Rodgers was there with Jalen Warren and not Jalen Warren was that receiving factor yeah but I mean Jalen Warren does one thing for sure he tends to get banged up and he tends to give a backup an opportunity to have a few starts can Rico take advantage of that yeah and last year Jalen Warren 14 carries uh inside the five wait total and only four five zone uh touchdowns like and Rico is just it's hard because you want you want the running back to get the receptions and the goal line work I don't think that that's how it will shake out but it you what you do have is um Mike so Mike McCarthy was in Dallas when Rico had the breakout over the second half.
12:09Mike McCarthy is in Pittsburgh, brought in a familiar face, so he should be ready to go. I think it's worth getting some exposure to this backfield. I'm not overloading this where every league I'm in, I'm like, I gotta get one of these Pittsburgh Steelers, but I think that there's a decent chance that one of them actually pops. Whose upside is higher? Rico. Rico because of the touchdowns. But if it goes with any history of Rico, just draft Jayla Morin and then around week, I don't know, seven or eight, pick up Rico Dowdle. I'm actively targeting Dowdle. He's the winner in this competition for me on this show for leader of the pack.
12:53But I went through my UDK for the League of Record and I went and I marked my targets for these rounds where I have picks and Rico's marked for me. I actually just think that there's a lot of opportunity for him to become the identity of this team, and that puts me kind of farther in that camp. Leader of the pack for you, Jason, you said Jalen Warren? Jalen Warren would be the guy I would draft. I think he starts as the starter and has more passing work and stays healthy. And Mike, which side are you on? What do you think of this quote here? I know the quote's crazy. I apologize if I mispronounce the name, but Mark Cavalli, Steelers beat writer.
13:27so the end of the quote is Dowdle's quickness speed vision and power make him much more than a platoon back even though Warren is very good Dowdle will be the unquestioned RB1 when the season starts I mean that will be really surprising if week one to me to me if week one comes and he is the unquestioned starter that will be really surprising given that their official depth right now lists Warren ahead and both preseason games they had Warren be ahead so the unquestioned part about that it's a trick jason you fell right for it it could be you think i'm not picking rico dowdle i know i know who you're picking all right that was leader of the pack presented by pet smart visit your local pet smart store or go to pet smart.com today pet smart anything for pets news and notes from around the league we actually got breaking news during this last segment it's i mean if we call it that it wasn't the kind that you break in for but the packers are signing former pro bowl tight end johnny smith to a one-year deal he is going to join the packers this year be another weapon for jordan love uh tucker crapped i think yesterday said something like i'm done with the snap count or the uh snap restrictions or whatever that was but but musgrave has been hurt right like i haven't seen anything about him yeah four days ago luke musgrave dealing with significant abdomen injury.
14:53So a depth chart move? This is more of a Musgrave than a Tucker Craft. Yeah, I am not as in on Tucker Craft as you guys for the draft cost right now for the beginning of the year. I don't think this has any effect on Tucker Craft. I wouldn't move him down at all from them signing John Leesmith. Could I get applause here? Alec Pierce is coming off the PUP today. Oh, the people. The people love it. The people are thrilled. I mean, it is kind of. Dozens of them. It's so perfect for it to happen the day after my guys. I mean, it's too late for me. The literal day after. You've been waiting for him to come off the pup so you could have him be a my guy.
15:28A lot has changed. And then they saved you from that. Yes. Well, I wouldn't have done it if he had just come off the pup yesterday. I promise. What are you doing with drafting? Like, how slow a start do you think he's going to get off to? He hasn't been running. There's just a lot of factors in this equation right now. The Keenan Allen addition combined with the delayed return from injury is too much for me to be like, maybe it's great. Maybe it's great for fantasy because Alec Pierce will be completely ignored in your draft. This is a$100 million receiver who was super productive last year and I think will be the go-to target in this offense who has led the league in yards per reception for two years in a row.
16:06He's a touchdown monster. And maybe he's just free now. Maybe he's just not even thought about. Keenan Allen has taken the narrative, and the injuries have taken the narrative. Maybe that means that Alec Pierce can be a steal for you in the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th round. I mean, I don't even know. I think his variability on where he goes in drafts will be massive. Just completely ignored, or somebody's going to try to grab him. I think I'm going to pass on Alec Pierce in the draft and hope he hits waivers. He won't go undrafted, nor should he. But the opening schedule for the Colts, they play the Ravens, Chiefs, and Texans.
16:41for the first three weeks. And those are going to be the weeks where he's working back into shape against really tough defenses. But if you're drafting him in the eighth round, then he's not starting for you. My point is I don't want to hang on to a player who's not doing well the first three weeks, hoping that somewhere later down the line I get – like that's a month into the season. I don't want to have – I'm not willing to draft Alec Pierce for and have him someone I'm not going to play for a month. Last year against Houston, seven for 132-2. Yeah. On the road. I'm more on Andy's side. I'd be willing to draft and hold.
17:14Mike Evans plans to play week one. Good luck. I mean, he's had plans. Your legs don't. I plan to miss week one. I mean, you said your legs don't, but it's his groin. Yeah. Well, it's not just his groin. It's his quad, his groin, his hamstring. Okay. It's his meat. I'm sorry, but we've got rules here, and it's his meat. His meat is bad. Sorry. Bad meat. I didn't. You don't make the rules. I don't make the rules. If T. Higgins' meat is bad, Mike Evans' meat is. Is it like on a. . . It's like soured. It's like the manager's deal? Yeah. You show up and it's got the big yellow sticker on it. This is 100 % a manager's special.
17:55You're like, holy crap, look at the deal on this meat. It expires tomorrow, but look what round you can get him in. I was in a draft yesterday that FFT opened, and they have their default ADP on CBS, and I'm playing on there. I mean, Mike Evans just sat there and sat there and sat there and sat there. And nobody wanted to be the person to draft Mike Evans. And yet the upside is tremendous when he is playing, when the meat is healthy. I am so confident. I mean, this is a filet mignon on manager special. So the expiration date is coming. But if you cook this thing up in the right time. This ain't discount bologna.
18:30Exactly right, Andy. Exactly right. Yeah, we nailed this. I genuinely believe Mike Evans will dominate in fantasy like for fantasy when he is four games for fantasy yeah when he is playing like I don't know maybe it's a DFS play um but I I would say that uh I I have no I I came in early in the offseason thinking Mike Evans was going to be my guy the only worry was manager special age and injury history and this offseason has proved yeah the substation the substation the electrical substation got me again just a little too loud for me not to be scared i don't know where to draft him i still want him on my teams but i i think he plays half of a season i mean this is and it's going to be sporadic oh there's the manager special that's is that is that quality mike hey mike yeah um not the most complimentary graphic uh zay flower is still being held out of practice for quote precautionary reasons and should be ready for week one yeah he's fine don't worry about as week one inches closer the be ready for week one but not seeing you ready gets more nerve right yeah he'll be okay there maybe this time of year he's fine everyone is just though it's so commonly said he should be ready for week one that you can't take it serious anymore as as when we're a week and a half from week one it's like is he healthy now or not when does it change it he'll be ready for next week.
20:00It's got to be practice. If he's ready for week one, that means he's full participation in the practice for week one. Too early to tell if James Conner will play in week one. Do we care? Probably not. Algier could be a full-time starter in week one. I saw a video of Jeremiah Love doing some work, trying to get back from the injury. Let's hope he can. Genuinely, week one you could end up with Tyler Algier, Mike Washington, and Marshawn Lloyd as like must starts. It's possible that all three are like. That is nasty. Although I don't know that Mike Washington would be a must start. Let's be clear, not all of them will finish week one healthy probably.
20:41The Browns are releasing Cedric Tillman. This one's weird. Cedric Tillman went from sort of relevant for a minute. They've got a very deep core now. I feel like there was a time though that you really like Cedric Tillman. That's why I think it's weird. I think Cedric Tillman belongs on an NFL team, and he can help an NFL team. And he had to have been very cheap for the roster. Well, he got really severely injured. Yeah. Was it the concussions or a couple of things going on for Tillman? I can't remember. I think he had different. There was something where he got a concussion, and they kept holding him out over and over and over and over.
21:15That was the end of 2024. And then last year, he had a four-game stretch that he missed. I mean he really he didn't do anything of note last year. This isn't like hey Cedric Tillman's a really special player but it's why are you why are you cutting with Isaiah Bond Jerry Judy Fannin and the two first and second round rookies you're just not going to keep them on the list. It could be a move of the like hey you're not going to play we'll let you go find a job. Alright we'll take a break and we'll jump into our mock draft ahead of a big draft weekend.
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23:26The Fantasy Footballers Mock Draft. Okay, we're back into it, trying to prep up for the weekend. 12-team, half PPR mock, one quarterback, two rounding backs, two wide receivers, One tight end, one flex, four bench. I didn't listen to you. You should have. It's just the normal one, right? Yeah. Okay, I got it. I'm good. It's the normal one. What were you doing, perchance? I was just reading. Were you drinking? You were taking a sip of water? Yeah. And that clogs your ears up. He can't do two things at the same time, man. I really can't. I mean, that's not a lie. What he's doing, he does well. but if he needs to do multiple things yeah he's locked in like we have let's just put it this way we have like very active slack conversations mid-show like the producers mike and i everybody on the team um i most of the time read them after the show like very necessary communication do that um but yes one quarterback two running back two wide receiver one tight end one flex four bench Jason and Mike is in the third spot random selection Jason and I get to go back to back in a spot of the draft I don't love 10 and 11 that should suck well we'll see and then we have our writing staff production staff and team grabbing the other spots in the draft it starts with Jameer Gibbs as the offseason has progressed it started with who's going to be the number one and it's progressed to a if you have the one on one you're just the decision is sort of made at this point, Jameer Gibbs, I mean, I can't get enough of the way Dan Campbell talks about Jameer Gibbs.
25:10And it is proportionally insulting to Isaiah Pacheco because it is just like, we're going to push this guy. You've seen these clips from Dan Campbell? We're going to push this guy. We think he can be the best ever. He hasn't even scratched the surface because it seemed like the surface had been scratched by Jameer Gibbs at some point in time. I think a pretty deep scratch a deep scratch that's like a cut and they're just like key we're gonna stretch him we're gonna make him better yeah we he literally says yeah we got pacheco but anyways it's it's they did also and there's no pua right you don't have to deal with the the pua quarterback situation that would be pinnix and tua um we it you know not huge news but kareem hunt did visit the the detroit lions isaiah pacheco's like i'm free of you kareem stealing my touch just no so we'll see how that goes that's all Kareem Hunt's manager is like the only place we can get you to sign we just gotta find out where Pacheco is and they will prefer you I know where we got a great opportunity that's not even that was Pacheco going off the cliff oh no that's what the end of that sound effect was Jameer Gibbs goes number one Kyle had the number one pick then Bijan goes too Mike is on the clock oh wait cause Pacheco is in fact dealing with injury.
26:30Well, he had been. Yeah, he had been dealing for the last month. So I think this is looking at the depth. Oh, it's a new injury. So he had an injury and now he's dealing with a back injury. He had an knee injury. This is like a minute ago. Oh, yeah. Isaiah Pacheco now dealing with back injury. Prior knee injury no longer a concern. Sign Trey Benson, you cowards, who's also dealing with a knee injury. Shut up, Jason. Jameer Gibbs, Bijan, off the board. Mike, you're on the clock. Where are you going? I'm perfectly fine. If you want to take Christian McCaffrey right there if you want to you know ride that that situation you had your time with CMC and you were just you're doing what fantasy managers need to do which is look at every year fresh yeah and you have not pounded the table for him in any draft I don't think you've ever been against him no no I still just you've not it's not been the mic of last year yeah I still love him as the running back three um but you know it's hard to argue with the how much work he got last year can it really continue i mean if he's healthy he's going to be awesome uh but i'm going with jamar chase here i like some of these running backs in the second round uh what i mean we'll see how the draft falls but what i believe about the bangles this year i'm going to go with jamar after chase goes cmc puka jonathan taylor and james cook hampton at 108 and Jason at 109.
27:50My hope at 110 was, in fact, Almond Ross St. Brown somehow being there. He is there, and I'm going to take him ahead of Jason. Did you hope he would be there at 11, Jason? I didn't think he would be there at 11, but I didn't think he'd be there necessarily at 10. And so whenever a player gets one spot before you, just don't make that one. Just make any other pick. The Hampton pick at 108 is interesting, and I'm not criticizing it. I think you can kind of, just like Jinty, you can basically plant your flag and say, you know, the Keaton Mitchell being banged up, like Hampton could start the year on a great team, favorite to win the division being everything.
28:26But I like the fact it kicked Amon Raub down a pick. This is my absolute worst start for me because every single player picked is exactly who I would have picked before me. I would have taken Hampton here if he was available. ADP says he usually would have. So you're in shambles. So I know who I'm going to take with my next pick. I don't think he's going to go out the turn. And so I am sitting here really considering between Chase Brown and Kenneth Walker. It's a little bit high for both of those guys. Alternatively, I could go CeeDee Lamb. That's what I thought you would do. I figured you did.
29:02But I'm going to go between Chase Brown and Kenneth Walker. My goodness. That's tough. You know what? This feels like both of them are for Mike. Yeah. Well, but one is more. I'm going to take Ken Bone Walker here in the first. Ken Bone Walker. Oh, my gosh. You still have that? Now you've got that. Well, Ken Walker. I took him in the first yesterday. And, you know, I was pretty excited about it. C.D. Lamb and Devon. This is going to be the worst start. Ken Bone Walker, Chase Brown, fall into your lap if you want him. I'm not taking Chase Brown here. Let me catch people up that are not watching the screen.
29:38Sorry. Ken Walker at 111. C.D. Lamb at 112. Devon Achan goes at 201. And so Jason does have the choice of going Chase Brown. He's got options all across the board. And there's one name I'm interested to see if he passes on or he falls to me. There is the guy that is the reason I took Ken Walker in the first round and my choice of him or Brown is because I was very confident the next wide receiver would get to me. I am just – I've turned into – I'm all entirely in on this guy. I think he could be the wide receiver one this year, but I do think he will be a top six wide receiver. I would take him over.
30:19Like when I look at Lamb or this guy, I'm like, I don't know anymore. I'm taking A.J. Brown. Wow. I really think that last year's MVP runner up and that offense and A.J. Brown, either he's lost it or he should dominate. Well, I'm thrilled because I feel like everything you'd use to describe A.J. Brown is how I would describe a guy who's done it most of his career. It was a bump last year. I'll take Jefferson in the second. I'm taking Justin Jefferson at 203 with Amon Ross St. Brown. I can't do it. It's pretty tough to keep a player of that ability down. I don't think Kyler's going to do it. Oh, you don't think he's going to keep him down?
30:59Yeah, I think Jefferson's going to be – I think Jefferson had a much larger role in the acquisition position and the guaranteed starting position for Kyler Murray. There was some talk about what happened this offseason. I think Jefferson has a huge... I mean, this is a... You make the wrong call here. You don't find a quarterback to supply the man who is breaking every NFL record at his age? This dude's leaving. There were already rumors about Jefferson requesting a trade from this team in this offseason. And I think it's been kept pretty quiet, but I think he had a big role to play so it look it's scary but when it's 203 and it's not 109 or 105 i'll take it uh we'll see how it goes though it's a mock draft that's the point two wide receivers to start my draft chase brown does go next pickens barkley henry bowers first tight end off the board at 208 and genti at 209 mike you are on the clock let's see so the the it got pretty running back heavy there So that's a bit of a bummer that none of those guys really fell to me.
32:06The wide receiver, you know, Drake London, should work. Should work. We're into the names of it should work already. Are you in the camp of, like, London's not off the board, which is a little wild. Is that because we on this show have thrown the cold water on that situation as then, like, he may have a Jefferson-like year? like I'm just a little bit surprised he's this far behind Jefferson and I'm a little bit surprised that you know like who would you bet to have the better year right today like today between London and Jefferson yeah like Jefferson okay I'll go that side but I am I both of them I think have like you can see how it goes wrong not injury related just play the play of the team you can see how it goes wrong i i think minnesota corrects i'm getting more and more concerned of atlanta with with pua over there um jack strand two apologies for yesterday's show one oh i did say the third string quarterback and i didn't say jack strand's name yeah and two humongous apology to my fellow seinfeld fans i i'm glad you brought it up because this is You need to address this.
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33:22The Van Buren boys, their secret signal was... Yeah, the eight fingers. Was eight fingers, which is the eighth president of the United States. That was so missed. Kyle said he was very disappointed. Sometimes you get a little worked up when you're talking presidents on the show. Yeah. And you just forget what you know. Oh, there's Marty. Ebenezer Van Buren. Yeah. It was a little Ebenezer heavy yesterday. Mike, you're on the clock. Who are you taking? So I don't know how the turn is going to go, and I don't know if the ankle is ready for week one, but I'm taking Jeremiah Love here. Wow. Okay, that surprised me.
34:02He's at the top of my board. Man. All right. I was kind of hoping he might get passed on through that third round. Drake London, Nico Collins, Chris Olave, Kyron Williams. Mike, you get a pick again. I certainly do. So I got Jamar. I got Love. And this is where we're going to inject a little bit of risk already in the third round. And we're just going to take Malik Nabors. If you're following the news. Why didn't we talk about that? Because I don't know if it's a thing or not. Yeah, we haven't heard any follow-up. He left with a trainer with 20 minutes left to go in practice. But it wasn't like he was injured and left with a trainer.
34:46He just left practice 20 minutes early walking next to a trainer. I mean, literally his head coach came out and said, it's due to injury. I mean, that was the actual head. I just think it's if a guy had two surgeries and missed a bunch offseason and we have a bunch of questions around him and then he leaves with a trainer, to me that's news. I would imagine there should be more information this morning. Yeah, I mean, maybe he's fine. It's just I don't want to hear that at all about a player with an injury. Agreed. It is high risk, high reward here. McBride goes 304 again Bowers is 208 Devontae Smith Garrett Wilson Rashi Rice Tett McMillan Ladd McConkie what do you think of that order for that five pack of wideouts which by the way quite the delight for me needing a running back to see wide receiver this round has been seven wide receivers a tight end I thought I wasn't going to have a shot at a good running back so Andy it said that the tweet was Malik walked off with the trainer with 20 minutes left in practice after having a full workload.
35:42Harbaugh said he didn't get an update after practice that the early departure was injury related. Did not. Didn't get an update after practice. It's worded very strange. I thought they said that it was injury related but he doesn't have an update on it. Yeah. Maybe I misread it. Could be a different tweet. It's possible somebody else might have said something different. Here's what you need to know, Fookland. I don't like it. We don't know. Yeah. We don't know. Hopefully he's totally fine. I know who Andy's taking here. You do? Yeah, for sure. Here's a direct Harbaugh quote. It wasn't part of the plan.
36:17I'll find out what's going on. I'm sure it's something with the trainers. There's no injury. We'll talk afterwards. Okay. I stand corrected. All right. Yeah, that's good. That makes me much happier. Nice pick, Mike. We did it. I think. Honestly, every word he said in that sense, I went, huh? Yeah, it was a very roller coaster. Huh? So this is awesome for fantasy players right now because this is rubber meets the road. I have two wide receivers. I'm on Ross St. Brown and Justin Jefferson. The obvious pick with no variables in play is Josh Jacobs to be your RB1. He's made to be the RB1. I'm not going to take him here.
36:54I cannot have the risk of my RB1 having this suspension thing holding over him. And I have a player that I love. I mean, he was in my guy consideration too for a period of time or fantasy MVP consideration. I am taking Brees Hall at the 3-10. Oh, Brees Lightning. I think Brees Hall and Garrett Wilson equal Jets offense. They paid him this offseason. I have tremendous confidence in it, and I'm willing to let Jacobs go. Coach called them both bell cows. I know that Jason will probably take Jacobs. Yeah, I did. I knew you were going to take Brees Hall, and honestly, I think if I was on the clock and had to choose between Brees Hall and Josh Jacobs right now, I would do the same thing.
37:32Well, in your position, you had Ken Walker, so you're a little bit more – Like if you were surprised by suspension, you're not completely devoid of running backs at that point. So that was part of my consideration. But if I had already taken a running back, maybe I go the other way. Yeah. So now that I've got Jacobson Walker and A.J. Brown, I'm looking for another wide receiver. Trevante Williams and Josh Allen went next. Yes. Between my two picks. You know, it's funny here. There's a lot of wide receivers I like. Jalen Warren, Emeka Ibuka. one guy that I really am considering here would be Jamison Williams this is much further I'm near the turn so there's no I just have to take who I think is the best wide receiver and the and I would say that of those guys I would take I would have taken Jamison Williams if T Higgins wasn't on the board but T is a tier above for me is this because of the meat comments earlier is that in the back of your mind unrelated the meat comments are unrelated but uh you're going meet higgins i'm going meet higgins i did knowing that you're not retiring joe burrow is a pretty big deal to me yeah that's not the plan at least uh we'll find out tomorrow night live at the van buren all right uh considerations for me here i'm right back on the clock i'm on rossst brown jefferson breeze hall the trouble i have here is i am a big believer in travis h and jr in New Orleans.
38:55That's at the top of my running back list. But at wide receiver, Emeka Abuka is sitting there. Zay Flowers is sitting there. Both of those guys I see in an elite tier. So it's kind of between those two spots. I will be really thin at running back and the running backs are a bit of trouble down the way. So long wait for me. I'm going back and forth here. Bucky Irving, we've heard pretty good stuff. Cam Scadaboo's on the board. And that kind of ends my list of, you know, I'm not taking Travion, even though he was a my guy yesterday, right? Yeah. No, I know he was a my guy. I can't believe you did it twice.
39:27You should take him. You did it twice. I'm going to go ahead and pull the trigger on Zay Flowers here at 4.03. My man. I'm going to take Zay Flowers. I mean, I wish you wouldn't. I don't know if you can get much better than Amon Ra, Jefferson, Flowers. That's a lot of targets. That's healthy. Colson Loveland at 4.04. There he goes. Oh, Mr. Loveland. DeAndre Swift stolen from the grip of Mike Wright. I figured Julia would do that. Cam Scadaboo, Jalen Waddle, off the board Waddle, very excited for him. And then there goes Travis A. Chan Jr. and Emeka Abuka. So Mike has Chase, Love, and Neighbors.
40:09I'm going to give him a second. We'll take a break, and we'll come back and finish this mock draft.
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42:18I'm really happy to hear that neighbor's update compared to the tweet. I liked about half of it. Yeah, I mean, just what part did you like? Did you like the part where it wasn't injury-related? Well, it was. Why did he leave with the trainers, though, man? Yeah, that's part of the part you didn't like. Guys, they've been hanging out a lot. Was this a fro-yo thing? Yeah. they're just they're just bro and they probably were gonna miss the discount if they didn't leave about 20 minutes early all right you gotta get those punch cards filled yeah i mean you gotta get i got ten dollars off if frozen zone whatever neighbors should do everything they can to walk off practice as far away from trainers as possible so we're not confused mike you're on the clock chase neighbors love it's a little interesting because like love and neighbors are both kind of risky biscuits to start the year.
43:04They are. I think that love by the time it shows, I don't know, because we're not getting full reporting out there. DeAndre Swift would have been a delightful pick right here had he fallen to me in the fourth round. But it does give me an opportunity, a player who I've been hot and bothered for most of the offseason and just the drafts have not worked out for me, but I still believe I am taking Bashaw Tootin of the Jacksonville Jaguars. I think that he will be the main guy. And, you know, I think it will, this whole LeQuint Allen is playing third down and we're rotating crowd. I think when it comes down to it, it's going to be Bashaw Tootin as the majority of the backfield.
43:49All right. After Tootin goes, Bucky Irving finally at 411. That was a tough choice. I'm sure Tootin and Irving, different committees situations there. Tyler Warren, Jadarian Price. Jadarian Price at 501. That's a good deal. And you knew Kyle was going to take Tyler Warren. With his hatred of Colson Love, man, he would, of course, take Warren. By the way, that's Price over Monty Judkins. It's Price over... I would, too. Yeah, I'm fine with that. I think it's the exact right spot for him. DJ Moore at 502. Did you guys see the comments from DJ Moore yesterday? I did not. It was kind of a – What's he got to say these days?
44:28He was so complimentary of Josh Allen that it was an insult to Caleb Williams. Yeah. You think DJ Moore is not a little bit bitter about last year? It was kind of interesting because it was about the off-the-field relationship and how it helps the on-field relationship. It seemed like it was saying some stuff. You know what I mean? Obviously, he's going to be happy and proud of his new quarterback. Josh Allen isn't out there doing the same spreads that Caleb was. He's modeling, Jason. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. No, a magazine spread is obviously what I meant. You know, look. We shouldn't have access to that so fast.
45:04Caleb is, you know, he's out there. I forgot Jason was in the middle of this picture yesterday. Caleb Williams is a much better looking dude than Josh Allen. No, he's not. Josh Allen's a super handsome guy. Haley Steinfeld. Oh, no, I'm not counting that. I'm just saying Caleb Williams is much better. I'm not saying Caleb Williams is unattractive, but it sounds like you're saying Josh Allen is unattractive, which is nonsense. Yeah, it sounds like you took this in a direction I didn't expect it to go. I'm just trying to defend my guy here. You're just driving right into the L.
45:36DJ Moore off the board, Mike, back on the clock. I'm at the 503. Two wides, two running backs so far. And this one is brutal because I know what my opportunity costs. There's two players that I am locked into, and I know I won't get one of them and that makes me really sad um all this whatever I'll just walk through it it's like my guy Christian Watson we are in the range where he will not make it back to the 610 so I love him as a wide receiver three I think that that is incredible but Joe Burrow to go with my Jamar Chase here and strike the the fear of God into everyone who is matched up against me uh in a week i mean i that's hard to pass on as well i think you might get him next round though joe burrow i mean you're good you have only one quarterback off the board you're talking lamar daniels i'm just throwing it out there sure again every person in this draft is listening to our internal thoughts they were already at this point it was so it was already you know i just wondered if you would get i feel like you would get him in a normal draft maybe not now that we've said it out loud because asking our staff not to troll us impossible there's no chance he would have gotten joe burrow this i wrote down forever ago 5.3 joe burrow because i knew you were the only guy taking him from me i mean now anybody could take him from me because i got t higgins yeah i was like just because you have t higgins doesn't mean you should take joe burrow at 5 11 no i wouldn't i'd take him at 6 2 really yeah but i i mean i was just i knew you were gonna i'm so happy you so wait hold on let me i feel like i was really really breaking news here we're like you're going to take burrow who i know isn't i mean you have probably several quarterbacks ahead of he's my quarterback three and six point oh he's gonna be here for you jay yeah i mean he usually would be there the only question is will the jamar chase person pull that stack off or not and then obviously the person between me never seen a burrow fight the dude's about to retire that's a weird i thought you said he wasn't yeah you're going back and forth you think i have any control over this stuff yes i do actually you think i tried to kill the queen i know that i don't know that you didn't try rest in peace smash mouth um jud okay so huge wide receiver run yeah that makes me feel williams mclaren evans burden tate judkins goes off the board i was kind of hoping for judkins to be my rb2 there i end up with david mopportunity we've got a fantasy time machine so we're going to talk about David Montgomery tomorrow Jason you're on the clock I'm just I mean maybe you can take Burrow at 511 and 602 maybe so obviously the person between me on the turn has Josh Allen I know I would never take Joe Burrow here but I do love the idea of stacking Joe Burrow with T Higgins however there are there are a lot of players here that might just be better for my team.
48:35Travion Henderson, Devontae Adams, and Roma Dunze are three players I absolutely love in this spot. So I'm balanced at wide receiver and running back. I'm going to take either Devontae Adams or Roma Dunze. I have been rising higher and higher on Devontae Adams lately. Some of the quotes coming out from McVay about watching the film and seeing that he had a lot more to give as part of the reason they backed out of the A.J. Brown trade, but I'm also a believer in Rome. I'm going to take Devontae Adams, old man. I'm going to pull the trigger, and I think that he will still be good this year. The nicest thing about Adams is that the worst version of Adams can still score double-digit touchdowns in this offense, and the best version of Adams is much better than his ADP.
49:24He's going to be an injury risk. He's one of the two oldest. He's less of an injury risk today than Mike Evans is, as the other oldest. Adunze does go next. Parker Washington at 6-0-1. Jason, you're back on the clock. And now I'm sitting here. This is where I said at the 6-2 I was going to take Joe Burrow, which I like. The value is fine. I stack him with T. Higgins, a great quarterback. There are a lot of late-round quarterbacks I like. Considering the fact that I already have two running backs, I know I'm – Trevo. Trevo. Trevo. Trevo. that's that's that's who i'm actually going to take i'm gonna trevo is an rb3 yes is in the sixth round is where he should be going depth chart in new england yeah sure it's it's where he should be going in the sixth round most of this offseason he's been a fourth rounder now you know you can take their rb1 right there though yes i could have taken ramondre stevenson but as my rb3 i am going for the highest upside at the pick so we'll see if there is uh burrow makes it back to I'll take Ramondre right after Trevo there as another running back for my team.
50:27There was another report yesterday about how Ramondre is performing at camp and how good he looks, so I'm all in on him. I think he could be very, very good. Lamar goes at 6.04. Krosky Merritt at 6.05. Crap. And Marvin Harrison, what a steal at 6.07, I think. I think so. Jalen Hurts goes next. Yeah, I knew you would do it, Josh. See, that's my point. It's such a stupid pick for your team, too. It doesn't make any sense, Josh. You took a tight end in the third. Nobody has the courage to just do this draft properly. But Joe Burrow goes. Undo the pick. It's dumb. Josh, you don't even want Burrow.
51:08You don't. Yeah, I'm taking it away. In fact, I'm drafting somebody. Thank you. So listen. Joe Burrow's on my team, baby. Oh, my God. Woo! But here was. Don't doubt the power of the commissioner. Go back in time. What a. The reason I thought you could get him, Mike, which I totally believed, was because even though Jason had it written down on a piece of paper, I knew when he gets on the clock, he's going to see names that when no other quarterbacks have been off the board, he's going to pass on him. You were a good friend to me today. Because he got there and he could have taken Adams and Travion.
51:39So I just saved you all around, Mike. You got Watson and Burrow, and there was no other way you were getting both those dudes. No. No, there was not. Josh selected Drake May, not Burrow. Yes, because he – I mean, even Drake Mays is a dumb pick for you there, man. Why are you taking – Joe Burrow was actually a good pick for him, I think. No. I know what you're saying because he already had a onesie. But since he has two running backs, two wide receivers, I wouldn't have blamed him in a real draft. Yeah, but why was he taking him? It was probably for trolling. Brian Thomas Jr., Godwin, Dowdle, and Stribling, Dajon, in the seven.
52:13You're telling me the guy whose team name in the League of Records is Grumpy Old Trolls was trolling? Yeah. It's ridiculous. I think the math gets out. It got so close to, like, nobody trolling there. Yeah. Dajon's dribbling at 7.02. Goes behind Godwin, which I think is interesting. Mike, you're back on the clock here at 7.03. And you know what I must do? The running back position is getting it. Just kidding. The running back position. One leg. We're at the – currently two. At the top of the ADP is Warren, Chuba. Chuba and Tony Pollard. I could not be more – I don't want them on the team. I don't want them on my fantasy team.
53:01I don't think you would take them with your last round pick. That's where Warren is for me. Warren's in that group of those two dudes. Oh, you just don't want them? I just don't want them on my team. I just don't have interest. So J.K. Dobbins is there for me at 7.03. I have – my faith in J.K. Dobbins has been very, very strong all offseason because R.J. Harvey, I will be honest, the Jonah Coleman love that Sean Payton is bestowing upon him has me more nervous about a possible – a larger timeshare than I want. All right. We are cooking here in the seventh round. John Dobbins, Sutton, Jonathan Brooks, great pick by Cash Money.
53:43Fannin off the board. And then Jaden Daniels goes as the quarterback six. Really bad news about that offensive line lately. Dude. Losing Tunzel is a huge problem for them because the commander's offensive line with Tunzel was a huge problem. And then you lose your best player on that offensive line. And I think there is big-time concern. I think we're all concerned about that offense. I'm concerned about Daniels. I would Daniels is almost not being drafted by me like I don't I don't think I would not have considered him at 710 the there's guys I like more it's it's like and it's a bunch of people a bunch of beat reporters are like yeah what's that last quote yesterday uh well the one that Nikki uh oh gosh I'm gonna butcher that last name uh Javala this is the worst nailed it I've ever seen the commander's offensive line in years inoperable inoperable that's heavy that means the offense was not doing well yeah inoperable yeah i sounds like a tumor no it's not the tumor uh alec pearson jaylen warren uh goes off the board i'm back on the clock honestly when you have it when an offensive line is just that bad and every year there's a team or two that has the offensive line where there's there's nothing that this team can do you're running everything your quarterback your running back your wide receiver everything just gets nerfed it's not that they won't have some stats and some games but anytime they're matched up against the competent defensive line you're like can i play bill this week yeah i mean you're like probably not the running back position may be inoperable for the commander it's very possible i'm gonna take caleb williams my my guy at 7 10 here that's a good pick and uh i've got amon Rod Jefferson and Flowers, Brees Hall, Montgomery and Stevenson.
55:29I feel pretty good. I feel like the depth is there. Jason, you're back on the clock. You've got Walker, Jacobs Henderson with A.J. Brown, Higgins and Adams. That's a very similar situation. You have depth, you have upside, and you're on the clock. Yeah, and I think I'm going to probably, looking at the quarterbacks that are left, I like Jackson Dart and Dak Prescott. I'm going to take one with my next pick. Right here, I would be looking at the tight end position. If I liked Kyle Pitts the way that Andy did, I would take him. I don't, so I won't. The running backs that are on the board, they're the guys that might just illustrate, like Chuba and Tony Pollard, starters, that you just don't want.
56:09There's really no upside, and eventually they'll probably lose their jobs. I'm going to take someone who doesn't have the job yet. I would love to leave my drafts with him everywhere that I can, and if he's my running back four, I don't have to worry. He can be a stash. there is the world where he is a flex with benefits but should an injury happen to kyron williams again i've said this forever i think kyron is going to be an rb1 for fantasy i'm bullish on kyron but yes but blake corum is not a he's a great player and should an injury happen he is a league winner all right uh mason and laporta jason you're right back on the clock here with 802 uh you do have your onesies left i have my tight end left and mike you have your tight end left throughout the remainder four rounds jason has some options yeah i'm between dack and jackson dart dack and dart um i think darts why does that sound so dark i don't know i think darts upside is higher but dack is so good he's never not been a you think it is i do think it is because he can rush for 800 yards and if you do that at the quarterback position your upside can be tremendously high again i just took that huh yeah i mean he was on pace for 750 or something last year he'll be an on pace guy the rest of his career fair with the injuries yeah i mean again i i drafted dak yeah yeah he's just a pace card well dak you yeah he's always a quarterback one and oftentimes very many you know several times through his career has been a top five quarterback if he plays a season he's fantastic with those two wide receivers and a bad defense i mean it's basically joe burrow cheap it's the cheaper joe burrow we were on with mina kimes yesterday and she asked us that question after we said we kind of you know we're mostly positive about hurts for the draft price it was like hurts versus deck and we were all like well i'll take that like the price on deck with the upside of that receiving core uh i went with casey conception at 803 a little surprised yeah i look i have a long wait this is part of draft strategy i have to wait a round and a half and there's two kyle picks in there so i know that kyle probably would have snagged him at the end of the the round but this is a spot where i can get some upside at wide receiver uh i i'm excited about him harvey herbert wilson gainwell kyle's upset kittle hubbard and mike you're on the clock by the way i for tight end i have four guys at the back of the draft when i don't have a top tier name there's so many there's four names at least that i am completely willing to wait till the last one goes pitts likely goddard and kincaid those four names until that tier is gone i'm not going to rush it i'd rather take conception i would throw juan johnson in there yeah you can yeah and our manager would throw tj hawkinson in there oh man gross he is uh he's all in i'll tell you who i haven't heard anyone talking Still on the draft.
59:11This whole year. He was, when I got to the end of my CBS draft, and you look at the ADP, I scrolled three or four times, and I was, oh, there's Hawkinson down there. Yeah, I mean, Hawkinson or Eli Stowers. Well, there I'll go Hawkinson. Mike, you're on the clock. Four picks left. So cash taking George Kittle there really takes some wind out of the sails because that would, George Kittle in the eighth is. I thought about it. Kyle Pitts is there was there at least I don't know if he'll make it back to you is he still there? yep oh come on Mike you should do it standards PUA is short area targets the running back position it's like you're grabbing some high level insurance guys or Tony Pollard is still there everybody that's a great pick for you having jeremiah love right let me make the argument okay you have injury prone dobbins you have jeremiah love who might not start the year and you've got bashal tootin who may we may see some committee settling situations to start the year whereas tony pollard eight of eight opportunities in the with the starters in the last game looked good looked spry down the sideline that's all i got i let's man i'm working out some strategy in my head here so because we're in the eight we just have a couple rounds left i do need my my tight end but at this point i just i don't know if i care really who it is i am going we we always play with an ir spot which is very important for this draft pick i'm taking jordan tyson and i'm just gonna stash about that i was fully expecting him to get back to me gotcha yeah which like that i mean that's it's aggressive and early because you know mckay lemon went just after I would have taken Lemon over Tyson my dream was to get both those guys to the next turn they went at this turn so that was a stupid dream but yeah if you do have an IR spot Jordan Tyson late in drafts I would take him over Lemon myself yeah I would I just think the pathway is much cleaner despite the injury and Lemon, Addison, Lloyd and Dart off the board Mike you're in the ninth so trying to look over at my tight end rankings doesn't matter.
1:01:31So Kyle Pitts is there. Dalton Kincaid, I can make the path for Dalton Kincaid to really pay off. Kelsey, if you just want the floor. Ferguson, only if CD or George misses time. Isaiah Likely, that's probably why Andy passed on Pitts, just because he had the Isaiah Likely ripcord. I'm going to, and then, man, running backs are absolutely a disaster at this point. I'll just take one more high upside wide receiver, which we haven't talked about him in quite a while. I'm going to take Kuge. All right, Quinton Johnson. Apparently, you really disappointed Papa Josh. I heard a groan. For Kuge? You can't Kuge groan in the night.
1:02:11That's the one guy I had Kued up. You had him Kuge, yeah, yeah. Swish. I love Michael Keaton. You can't. Josh Downs is probably such a better pick than Quinton Johnson. You can't groan for Kuge in the night. You can't. Downs, Pollard, Golden. I was targeting Golden. I was targeting Golden, Downs, and Huge. Reid Wandale. And here we go. DK Metcalf off the board. A name popped into my head a moment ago that I'm going to take here. I still have a bunch of the – I mean, Kyle Pitts is there. I'll take Kyle Pitts. Yeah, dude, come on. You got it. Because the other name that I have is going to get to me at the next pick.
1:02:49What's that name? What is that name? I think Kyle Pitts probably would have as well. I think it's Tariq Cohen. I think that was a dinosaur hunter. Love that dude. Mike or Jason, you're on the clock here. You do need a tight end, but otherwise you are free and clear. There are still. All right. You know, I, I ended up with the sloppy leftovers of the Steelers. I was going to take DK Metcalf or Michael Pittman. Once all the guys that I like are gone. Michael Golden, Matthew Golden, Josh Downs, huge, Mekhi Lemon, Jordan Tyson, like all those guys better. But I mean, Metcalf and Pittman is so funny.
1:03:26They are legitimate, highly paid, successful NFL wide receivers who are – I mean, they're being drafted after guys that are injured for the first month of the season. Pittman should be fine for fantasy. That was bread on a pit sandwich there. Metcalf, Pitts, Pittman. That's crazy. Two top – I mean, that is how we think of Rodgers' production this year. Diggs, Charbonnet, Jason back on the clock. Two picks left. This is my late round hopeful target at tight end. Is Dalton Kincaid, you know, Andy's in on Pitts at the end. I'm in on Kincaid at the end. I think Pitts is safer. Certainly. Kincaid has, I think, a path to be really, really special.
1:04:10Yeah, I can't imagine myself taking Kincaid over Pitts in any situation where, like, Pitts for all his warts had a great year. Oh, cash. By the way, I took Romeo Dobbs. That was the name I mentioned. Romeo Dobbs at 10.03. Cyrus Allen, Aaron Jones, Jalen Coker, Trevor Lawrence, Tyler Algier, Woody Marks. Algear was my next pick. I was going to bring Algier up to you at this pick, assuming he would be there. Good pick, Cash. I figured I could take huge and be safe getting Tyler Algier in the 10th, but now when Chris Cash is around, taking my picks. Sounds like a Wild West villain. Chris Cash? Yeah.
1:04:46Fastest draw on the West. The Southern Mississippi. Christopher Cash. There you go. You do need the Christopher. So looking at I need a tight end, looking through the turn, one of the teams has a tight end, the other one does not. I mean, you have the opportunity here, Mike, to take the right pick in Isaiah Likely or the wrong pick in not Isaiah Likely. Well, there's two tight ends that I am perfectly fine going into the year with. You're going Jawan, aren't you? Yeah, so I'm just at this point. Yours is funny. If you take Jawan, it's great for your team because when Tyson returns and Jawan's irrelevant, you've got Tyson.
1:05:27Yeah, I just do a little swapski. But you'll need a tight end then. I will. I'm going to take Tink Bixby.
1:05:35That was a real left turn out of that conversation between them. Well, I told you, I didn't really care if it was Likely or Jawan Johnson. Washington Allen, Nix, Likely, Jawan Johnson in the 11th. So I'll let Brittany get that. Kyle Menungai. Dart Likely. I love that pick in the last round for Papa Josh. Manungay, just because he hasn't been, you know, he's missed some camp, doesn't mean they don't like this guy, that he's not going to have a role. Chris Rodriguez, Dontavian Wicks, Patrick Mahomes off the board as we close this thing out. And Dallas Goddard goes at 11.08. We've got three picks left.
1:06:12I have Jonah Coleman queued up. He is the pick at 11.10. And Jason makes his final pick as we close this mock out. Dontavian Wicks, just real quick. As a really light round sleeper. I mean, I look at him like Dobbs. So I took Dobbs ahead of him. But both guys should start as the outside wide receiver, too, on good teams. And, look, it's probably just anecdotal. But, you know, it's teammates. But, like, I just saw Barkley talking about Dontavian Wicks. And he's just, like, real. It felt like real genuine. Like, I believe in this player. I can't believe we got him for so cheap. So I think Wicks belongs as a late-round sleeper.
1:06:58That's the first time I have ever seen Omar Cooper drafted in my entire life outside of rookie drafts. Caleb Douglas with Jason's final pick. And then, yeah, terrible final selection. But how insane is it? I took Caleb Douglas, a late-round drafted guy on a terrible offense. It won't work. Absolutely. Caleb Douglas will not work. Over a first-round NFL wide receiver this year in Omar Cooper Jr., and I would do it 100 out of 100 times. Yeah. All right. That is it for today's mock draft. Let's run it back. The rosters here. Amon Ross, A. Brown, Jefferson, Flowers, Concepcion, and Dobbs at my wide receiver position.
1:07:39I like that. Brees Hall, Montgomery, Stevenson, and a late Jonah Coleman. And my onesies, Caleb Williams and Kyle Pitts. I've got Ken Bone Walker, Josh Jacobs, Travion Henderson, and Blake Corum. I know you wanted to hit that. I did, but I wasn't on the right screen. Ken Bone Walker. I've got A.J. Brown, T. Higgins, Devontae Adams, Michael Pittman, and Caleb Douglas at wide receiver. And then Dak Prescott and Dalton Kincaid in my onesies. Jamar Chase, Malik Neighbors, Christian Watson, Kuge, and then Jordan Tyson are my wide receivers. jeremiah love bashal toot and jk dobbins and then tank bigsby as insurance are my running backs juwanson is my starting tight end for the time being and then joe burrow to go with jamar chase um we've got fantasy time machine tomorrow that's always a fun fan favorite we've got the bonus episode the megalist show on saturday if you're in the phoenix area a few tickets left ballerslive.com if you want to jump in on those um i believe there's still a few left ballerslive.com and then don't forget the megalobowl you're invited hosted on sleeper largest fantasy football tournament in the world bragging rights chance at a 2027 listener league spot some other special rewards and prizes ultimate foot clan subscription for the rest of your life yeah if you want to learn more about it and just get the overview of what it is it's a bunch of separate 12 team leagues that compete against each other to get into the megalobowl playoffs you can go to Megalobull.com.
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