Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.

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Huh? I'll let it go.

Mike. After 2000 episodes, you of all people know that your mailbags, they, they, you know, they got different flourishes and.

Sure, sure they do, prospector.

They.

You know, the volume of laughter from Deucers Alley this morning is tremendous. That's the second show in a row where it begins. And. And there's just a. Just a faint whistle coming from an unknown location.

Ah, Stinky Pete. That was the name I could not remember.

That's a bad nickname, man.

Stinky.

Is he a stinky Pete? Stinky prospector.

Stinky Pete was the toy story two.

Prospector, which I feel like people are confused with what's happening.

No, they're not. They. They know.

They know that. Look, if you were at the live show, you got. You heard full details because we did a q and A, and people wanted to know about. They wanted to know about my tooth and getting my tooth knocked out. And so I explained the whole situation and I told them occasionally, the fake tooth that I now have in my mouth as a temp, it's known to whistle.

Right.

Just unexpectedly from every once in a while. Like an old timey prospector.

Yeah.

Stinky Pete hosting the show, which, I mean, I don't.

Maybe it's something I thought about a long time ago but I had forgotten about. I'm now putting it together of Woody's gang in Toy Story two. And you got this guy named Stinky Pete. You wonder why this guy's a little bit salty? Calling him Stinky Pete.

That's getting the box. Yeah. No, you get. You grew up with Stinky Pete nickname. You're. You're probably upset. We have a mock draft on today's episode. In fact, we have nearly the entire team in the mock draft. So we've got the Falcon and Al Borland. We've got Brooksie in the mock draft.

You've got our Borg and Bets boys.

Yeah. Borg and Betts are in there, the rapscallions in there, and the elder bald Mandev, which we call Papa Josh.

Yeah, he's at the turn.

And so we've. We've got everybody in the mock draft, so it should be a good one today. A two flex mock. Our final mock draft before the season begins. So I had sent out a little. We had an email. Yeah.

One week.

Today's Thursday.

Yeah.

It's a week from today.

Yep.

You.

It's like, hallelujah.

It's like your heart rate went up.

It did. It did I. You know, every year we get to.

A point, are you working out?

We get to a point, which is usually week 18, which is like, okay, football. And then we get to a point, which is about two weeks ago, which is like, okay, come on, football. I need it. I need it in my veins. Very excited for week one. Week.

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Well, well, well. Mike is shaking his head because he knows that somebody put their foot in their mouth and that man, it's Zach Taylor. After returning to practice this past weekend, Jamar chase did not practice on Wednesday, and Zach Taylor is now calling it day to day because Zach Taylor came out and said, oh, yeah, he's gonna be practicing. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

I've never seen day to day referred to without an injury. This has, this is just like, it's a situation that's, yeah, that's day to day. And I guess it's true because he has every day, has no idea if Jamar Chase will be there. We certainly, I think we all move Jamar Chase's risk rating up. You know, it's.

What's the panic level? One through ten?

I would say it said a seven for where he's being draft.

Okay.

I'm not worried about Jamar Chase on the course this season. I don't think he's going to be a bad draft pick, but I do. It feels like there is a legitimate chance he's not playing football next Sunday.

Yep. I'm super really soon super excited for my dynasty squad guys. Week one, to not have Jamar or.

Brandon I, Brandon I, you also, you can see the frustration with John lynch.

Oh, man. What? Who's like a dummy song.

Like, I'm not going to talk about it, but at some point you got to play. Like, you can tell this guy is Brandon Iuke. So frustrated.

He sent a message and said, john, sometimes you got to pay.

Whoo.

Wouldn't. Look at, look at Dallas. Just take a look, take a look at the Cowboys. They played their game of chicken where the report came out, that cd in his camp, they were at 34. That's what they entire time. They just said. And the cowboys like, how about 31? How about 34? Mm hmm. Okay. Okay. How about this? How about, how about 31 and a half? How about 34? And then they get to the season, they're like, hey, CD, we got a great idea. How about 34? And they're like, yeah, we got, you got yourself a gosh darn deal over here. It's money.

It's so funny because we talked about this a month ago where it's like you're gonna give, you're gonna give CD every single penny he wants. Every single one. We all know, the whole world knows he's gonna get every dollar he wants.

Yeah.

So do it where he can be participating and, you know, with, with the team and practicing and like, you're hurting your franchise.

And now lynch football so soon.

Lynch the GM of the Niners. He was so frustrated on, I'd say on the stand. That's what it's, that's what it felt like his press conference. He was so frustrated being like, he's got it. He's, he's, at some point he's got to play. It's like, this is up to you.

This is your, if we're all trying to find the guy, right, responsible, like.

He wants to, he wants to play. And there are other, well, I mean, there are other teams that are willing to pay him now to play. Now.

I don't agree with you. Oh, I don't agree with you. Jamar Chase has two years left on his deal. Brandon, you can one year left on this deal. So, yes, it is. It's still, it's still a two way street. It's still a decision that Brandon and you makes that he believes is in his best interest and the teams are making in their, what they believe is their best interest. And I, and you know, when you're under contract, it's still a debate. I mean, it's not just like, you know, how many years under contract can you be where it's the team's fault? I mean, you're. Jamar Chase has two more years under contract.

Yeah. With, with the Jamar Chase situation, I understand it a little bit more now that second year would be the fifth year option. But the, you know, this is one of those situations where this is how the NFL works. You know, a decade ago, 15 years ago, when people were holding out, it's like, well, you signed this contract. It's like, no, this is, this is how contracts at the NFL work. If you're underpaid and undervalued and you're near the end of your contract, you get an extension. That's, that is, that is normal, you know, operation.

But see, I don't expect these to end the same way. And so that's where I would disagree. I don't, I think that Jamar Chase will play football without a contract, and I think Brandon Iuk will play football without a contract.

Hold out, Brandon.

That's what I think is going to happen at this point. And I think that, you know, yeah, I remember this with Arizona ankle and Bolden. Did it twice, held out the whole offseason, didn't get a deal and played. I mean, it, they should pay these guys. I'm not saying they shouldn't. They're worth the money. And guess what? It's always worth doing it now. Like the now is cheaper than the later. Like it always is. DJ Moore just got a deal because the team saw that. And it is like, Jamar Chase isn't getting paid more after this season. I mean, that's silly. It's going to happen. And what do you want Jamar Chase to do on the field? You want him to go out and have the best season of his career? I think you do. Right? Let's pull him. Let's pull him before the touchdown so we don't pay him more. I mean, it's, it's counterproductive. But we did see this, this happened last year. We just did it. Jefferson just did this. Jefferson wanted money, held out for a little while, didn't get his money, played the season, got paid his money.

And I do think with, with Chase, that seems like the path with IuK. This is, this is silly because he has had offers from other teams that are just waiting for the Niners to, you know, fair, to do something, to.

Trade or not trade. And I, at this point with IuK, Mike, how are you treating the draft pick? Because he went brutal. We had a listener league draft yesterday, and he kind of lingered a little bit longer in the draft and then he went and, you know, is he a stealer, is he a 49 er? Is he behind the eight ball in preparation like that? This is one of the reasons why I, the 49 ers have the personnel to repeat in the division and go back to the Super bowl. But there's also just, the NFL is so wide open and competitive, and the emotions of them losing in the Super bowl like that is hard. It is rare to be able to do that again. And now you have this drama with Ayuk and, you know, one injury or one problem, it's hard to do it over and over again. And this is just adding to the pressure.

The IUK situation at this point feels more dire because he is not even showing up like Jamar did. The Jamar heard his coach say, yeah, we expect him to play week one. He said, oh, you do? Cuz I'll show up to practice, but I'm not gonna practice. I'm just gonna be in these clothes so you can't find me where Brandon Ayuk is missing his. The fine for the first one is 6.4k. That goes up to 11.2. Should he skip the next one? So on and so on. With then a maximum fine of up to 45,000. Almost 40.

I have the solution.

Grand.

I know what to do.

What do you got?

IU goes to Bengals practice. Chase goes to 49 ers practice.

Oh, I would not like that. I would. I would very much not like Chase to be part of the 49 ers.

They can't just swap. No, pay the other guy. All right, we did. We reported that this was likely to happen, but some actual reports came out. Rashi Rice not expected to be put on the commissioners exempt list, which means.

They'Re going to let the entire legal procedure play out before they make a decision on NFL punishment. You would, you would expect that they'll be able to push that beyond the season.

It does add a little bit of now, I don't know, maybe, you know, more information, Jason, but if it were to play out during the season, I doubt the NFL is going to delay a punishment. So if it did come to a conclusion, if it came to a conclusion, you could just all of a sudden be without Rashi rice.

Yeah, I think we had this with like Zeke, right? Wasn't the where we were going into an offseason and we thought he was gonna miss time early.

He on a boat. I remember him on a boat.

He was doing very inappropriate things?

Yes.

On a boat, maybe.

Where was the boat?

Was it international waters?

I think it was. I don't.

Okay.

I don't remember. Don't want to speak at a turn.

I think there was a boat involved. All right.

So, Jason, you said very convinced about this boat.

Now you, you did mention.

Are you thinking about the giants boat picture?

No, I still think Zeke was on a boat, man.

The whole giants team on the boat.

Totally impossible to figure out whether this is a fact.

Just speculating, googling boat and I'm not finding anything.

Just look for boats from the past.

Love boat.

But to Jason's point, Rice. We think it could get delayed further. But that, that's how it is a variable in play.

It is.

Which also factors into how you might view worthy and Hollywood and those guys.

But the, the. If it happens, it would be much later in the season, I believe. So I'm drafting him like he's going to play the whole season because if I get the first half or whatever with Rasheed Rice and then I have to figure it out at the end, I'll get fine.

22Nd 2017 is it a boat? The NFL has announced the suspension of Ezekiel Elliott from a boat who partied on boat on cowboys off day amid suspension appeal. So the boat wasn't involved in the incident. This guy's where he spent his appeal.

Is his boat memory over here.

Incredible work.

I know boats.

I know everything that's ever happened on a boat.

Now, was this like a yacht? I would imagine it was a party boat.

I'm sure it was a yacht. I. All right.

They would have called it a yacht. It's a boat.

Jacoby Brissette and Russell Wilson have been named the week one starters for their respective teams. If you want to choose a new sacrificial baby, I believe Jacoby Brissette is willing to accept that role.

Yeah. The offensive line there for the Patriots is bad. And so Jacoby Brissette will not be the long term starter there. This is a, you know, the schedule is not easy for the Patriots to start the year, and you've got, you. You've got to set your incoming rookie up for success. I I think this is the.

Probably the right move.

I agree.

Yeah. This team is not ready to compete today. So I'm with you. Like, at least Denver, I think they have some personnel. They had a run last year putting Bo Nixon their best chance to win. So. Yeah, I agree with you.

Yeah. And then the Russell Wilson starter, that, that was, I think, everyone's expectation from the get go. Tomlin was pretty clear that he was in pole position from the beginning. Nothing changed. So he will be the starter. And, you know, they've got that, that bye week in the middle of the year. Maybe they could make a change later. But it's just one of those things where I expect the Steelers to be above 500 because they always are. And if that's the case, you're not going to have Tomlin want to have the turmoil in the locker room of quarterback questions. I think he'll squash things early and often.

I'm disappointed that it's not fields because I would like to see Mike Tomlin sideline reactions to Justin Fields on a regular basis. I want to see those eyes roll into the back of his head. I think you'll get humble and random toss into the stands. We got Deontay Foreman back on the Browns.

Yeah. As expected, he resigned.

We've got the chief signing, Samajp Ryan.

Yeah. So running back who caught 50 passes.

Last on the Broncos.

He is now on the Chiefs. If you had not seen it, there's been some stuff scattering out here about Clyde Edwards. All. They're having massive, massive difficulties with mental health and some PTSD things going on. I don't have all the information on.

Had been in and out of, like, facility.

Yeah.

Like, to help him, and that is.

He's really struggling right now. So someage a p Ryan is.

He's.

He's a late round dart throw that I think is. Is okay to throw.

You view him like McKinnon.

Yeah. I hope he is less than McKinnon for. For Pacheco's sake. And I do think he had less juice than McKinnon. He did, you know, p Ryan, he was okay last year, you know, 50 receptions, but not explosive. And then it does appear, digging deeper, that this was a yacht party. It was not just about. It was a yacht back in 2007.

We're going back to that.

Yeah. I just wanted to confirm what matters.

All right, speaking of what matters, Jason Jaron hall was cut by the Minnesota Vikings. He was one of their backup quarterbacks. And they brought in, speaking of stinky Pete, they brought in Brett Rippin farts.

Yes. Yes. I hope he. I hope Sam Darla is ripping them on. Rip them farts.

I I think I tweeted something this morning, like, I don't know what it says about my career and the choices I've made. My life, accomplishments that a bit part player like Brett Rippin leads to us being tagged a million times on x about the player, but here we are Brett Rippin back in the league just for the show. I'm sure he is ready and able to rip some farts.

Oh yeah.

So we are going to take a break here. By the way, that was today's news and notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more@usaa.com Insurance we'll take a break and then we're going to jump right into our final mock draft of the year. Now, I did mention before we jump in here that all of our staff is participating in this mock draft, the majority of them, and I have it on good authority that there is already a good deal of behind the scenes panic and tilting taking place here. And the important thing to remember, guys, is that it's only half a million, maybe a million people that are going to see what you did in this draft.

The fantasy footballers mock draft.

Again, no pressure. First pick in the draft goes to the Falcon who can kick things off. Now I am at three, Mike is at seven, Jason at the ten spot. It is a twelve team mock draft.

It's full PPR.

Full PPR. Thank you, Jason. Didn't know that till just now.

Well, you are on the clock, so.

You'Re welcome to running back to wide receiver and two flex. So we are full PPR with two flex spots. So a little bit different than we have done recently. The first pick was cd lamb. The second pick off the board, Christian McCaffrey to producer Borland. That is going to make my selection rather easy. The full PPR and the two flex. You know, I've been known to dabble in a little breeze hall at the three or four spot.

You be dabbling.

I've been dabbling, but not today. Today it's going to be a very easy pick for me.

All right.

With CMC off the board, Tyree kill is going to be my first selection. Amon Ross St. Brown goes at 104. I have, I've also kind of been curious, guys, about whether you're willing to promote Amon Ra in your, in your minds to be with that top tier group. Like, I've thought a little bit more about it this offseason. Like Amon Ra in a full pBR might belong.

Yes.

With CD and Tyreek definitely in the same tier as chase.

Yeah, in a, in a full ppr. I mean, he's so consistent. He is the, he is the passing offense for that team and, and full PPR, I think does push him up at half PPR. He's still not the explosive downfield threat that, that Tyreek and CD and even Chase are so I, that to me is the tiebreaker is, is scoring for Matt.

All right, Brooks, he went with Bijon at one oh five and then Bruce hall off the board to Betsy at 01:06. So I have Tyreek. Mike is on the clock with the 107.

And this is somehow brutal of. We had gotten to the point where it felt very comfortable taking Jamar Chase with bypassing Justin Jefferson. If you're somehow here in Chase, is there, that's an easy pick. The situation that is brewing. Like we said, we, we've all raised his risk rating in the ultimate draft kit. I.

What about Garrett Wilson?

I just, I can see. I can see that type of a movement, but it also. That's. I mean, that is playing super scared of. Can Garrett Wilson get to the elite echelon that has Jamar Chase? And I'm still going to take him. I'm going to take Jamar and really hope that he puts some pads on.

Well, he still has a 87 and a half receiving line for week one on the sleeper picks against New England. So hopefully we get to see him out on the field in week one and if not week one, very soon after that, we have Mike with Chase. And then Jason made a weird face in my periphery. He's on the clock at 110. It went Chase, AJ Brown and Gibbs. Now, I think Jason, Mike not want to be staring down Jefferson here, but I feel like in a full PPR. This is a. This is a dude. This is a great pick.

Be ripping.

Well, now that Rippon Farts is on the team, just.

He's in the locker room and that's where they're really dangerous.

Yeah.

Open air. You're okay.

That's a hot box.

It's. This is a spot that I don't personally want to be. I still worry about Justin Jefferson's capped upside now. I do think obviously he's the best wide receiver in the league or one of the three best wide receivers in the league. And between the twenties in a full PPR, he's going to get massive volume. So I will take Justin Jefferson. But I guess in my world, there's a break of the specific nine people that went ahead that I would much really like. Like I would much emotionally, you're not.

Feeling as good as the pit could turn out to, correct?

Yes, obviously, it's weird.

A world.

I love that at 110 I am.

Yeah, what a world.

I'm kind of Jefferson and, and Garrett Wilson in particular. I'm kind of rising on. On them and feeling very content taking them now.

Edge of being at 110. And the best wide receiver of football.

Drops you, I don't know, in full PPR.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's a great.

I get it, I get it. Look, I I did take Justin Jefferson. I didn't. I didn't.

Yeah, but I saw your face.

That's true. The face was on. Stinky face was unhappy.

Garrett Wilson went next to Kyle. Makes sense. And then we got a back to back wide receivers from Papa Josh at the end of the round. And beginning the second round, Harrison and Puka very well could be 200 plus receptions between those guys. Full PPR.

That hairline shouts low t. That's why he took those two wide receivers.

Nice, Mike.

Yeah. Kyle went with you.

Bald idiot.

It took me a second. I was trying to make sure there wasn't like, like Puka's hairline.

Oh, no, no, no. Those guys are luscious locks. This is a papa.

Well, we know that a rookie can come out and.

And not. Yeah.

Shout out.

Yeah.

Mister Perryman.

Yeah.

Um, Jonathan Taylor goes at 02:02 to Kyle. So he's got the Wilson Taylor combination. Jason, back on the clock. I haven't seen a bit of beer face from you yet. Are you okay?

This one is pretty easy. In fact, when I was on the clock in the first round, this player was in consideration. I have risen recently. You've got to make decisions. It's draft time, and you've got to, you know, there's. There's certain guys like Saquon Barkley, who you're not sure, like, is it going to work out? Is he going to be vultured on the goal line? I believe Saquon Barkley is a great running back, and he is on. He's on a great.

Is a significant change. This is a significant change.

He's a. He's a great running back behind a great offensive line for what I think is a great offense.

So now we're dealing with this right now, okay? We're dealing with this because, first of all, if you want to watch this draft, I suggest you do it on YouTube because you can see the draft board, YouTube.com dfantasyfootballers if you want to follow along. But this is. This is a problem for me because we came in here yesterday with the punter news, the punt return news about Kyra. And Jason was here to calm the fierce. He was here to say, we're really. He's always viewed Kyra in the exact same way. And, you know, I talked about a duck costume, right? You put another item on eventually you look like a duck. Jason just put the freaking duck hat on. He gave me a duck hat like you gave you. You factor into the narrative. Now, your decision of Barkley over Kyron right here, right now is one more thing for me to doubt. Now, I don't know if this is just 4d chess you're playing and you want me to feel bad about the guy I got on my team, but you going Barkley over Kyron, I asked you that question verbatim yesterday and you.

Said Kyron Williams, you in our league of record, which is a keeper league, you had Saquon Barkley and traded him for Chiron and a move up of a few spots and have been regretting it. So how do you feel that I took Barkley? Does it make you feel bad?

I feel like you did this to hurt me? To make me feel bad.

I don't know, man. We'll never know. But I do. I will say this.

How will we find out?

Even we'll never know. For the listeners like to me, the difference between Kyron Williams, Saquon Barkley. I'll throw Jonathan Taylor in there as well. There, there. These are all good picks, good players. I will. I think that Kyron might have the strongest ceiling and we saw his ceiling last year when he was the running back to an appoints per game basis. But he also has some flags that, you know, you, you brought them up yesterday. They're concerning for you. I'm nothing concerned to the degree like I would have been just as happy if I took Chiron there. The truth is I take care in a lot of these drafts. And Barkley I wanted to talk about. I wanted to say that I believe he's going to be really good this year.

You got that chance. You took him. And then the rap scallion had Gibbs in the first round with a chan in the second. Yeah, so I don't know if that's not high tea though. Gibbs and Hm don't fit into the high tee category.

They don't. They're not big body 300.

Like lowercase carry. That's lowercase tachyde.

Yeah, that's baby, baby boy tea.

Chiron goes at 02:05. And Mike, you're back on the clock. Jamar Chase on the roster already, so I think Iook is the pick.

You just willing your dynasty wide receivers into existence.

If I were to go running back, this was where I. I would take Isaiah Pacheco. People. Either you can. I've seen different reactions to P. R. I'm getting on the team. To me, I'm. It's like a slight move down for Pacheco. It's not a huge movement for me, but I'm gonna go back to wide receivers. While this is not a full PPR, like, I'm gonna get all, I'm gonna get almond, raw levels of receptions. I'm still gonna take Nico Collins, who I think the big plays can overcome. The little bit of a lower reception.

Total I did bring up in the studio yesterday. I'm kind of, I'm softening on Niko and Tank Dell just from a consistency standpoint with Diggs presence. I think Nico, we rode that. I rode that ride all the way to the tippy top. But I still think it's going to be challenging for both of those players to give us what we really want on a weekly basis every single week with Safon Diggs target share involvement. I do have a little bit of, like, I think Nikko is a little lower on my board, but I know you love him. So chase and Nico. Yeah, big play, guys.

He's definitely higher on my board than I think most.

Betsy went with a lava next, then Devante Adams off the board and then Travis ETN, which positions me perfectly for. See, normally when we're drafting against the computer here, I would tell you what I'm trying to get in the third round.

Oh.

So we'll, we'll put that into the, the headspace of the Falcon and Al Borland, who pick after me. But this pick is Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is joining Tyree kill. Jacobs is. I posted a screenshot of the depth chart yesterday. He is currently the first, 2nd, third and fourth running back on the Green Bay packers.

So.

Yeah. And you take him as the running back ten, which I think is a great spot for him. Obviously, I've, I've risen on him with the injuries to the backfield to start the season. At the very least, Josh Jacobs should have the volume.

So you wanted live. People in the mugs are.

Okay, here's the best part, because I think I'm the only person in the world that knows this happened, that we don't have the video on Deucers Alley, but when Andy reacted to being sniped, apparently we had the Falcon inducers. Alley, give him the double. You wait, the double guns. He went double guns right towards.

I turned to him when I saw what he did and he double gunned me. And I don't know if he makes that pick, if I don't tease it the way I did. You son of a gun. I went Jacobs. Josh Allen went next to Al Borland, Isaiah Pacheco.

Good stuff.

So here's what's going on. The Falcon is trying to hurt us. That's his best effort. So he goes Pacheco at 212, then he comes back with the player I wanted, which was Cooper Cup. I wanted. I think Cooper cup is worthy of being picked in the second round of a full PPR. So I would, I was considering him with Jacobs, but I played the ADP game. He was way down the board and I got. I got burned by the Falcon, who is amazingly here at work today. Drake London goes next to producer Borland, putting me into a fresh situation here. I've got Tyreek and Josh Jacobs and on the board at wide receiver. I like Metcalf. I think Metcalf is the lead dog there. Obviously Ayuk is the highest by ADP with the fears in the back of the mind. Debo is there. If I'm looking elsewhere, not looking at quarterback right now, I'm going to go with. I'm going to go with somebody that I think is less fortuitous by way of public opinion, but is the right pick here in a full PPR. I'm taking baby CMC. I'm taking Rashad White at three oh three to pair with Jacobs and Tyreek Hill.

Tyree kill can serve the role of hero wide receiver for this roster and I think I'm getting myself a nice 80 90 receptions with Rashad White. All right, Evans, DJ Moran, Debo Samuel, three wide receivers go next. The hitman on the clock with chase and Collins.

Yep. And despite the. What's going on with the injury fears of Jalen Waddle? If you have not seen, I did tweet out about it that I have slightly bumped him down because of the injury. Like, he's still in a non contact jersey, still wearing a sleeve on his left calf. But the actions of the Miami Dolphins are they have five wide receivers on this team right now. So that.

Does that include Odell?

No, no, no. Odell's on the. When they put Odell on the. On the pup, then they, they claimed another guy off of the waiver wire.

Someone grant?

Yeah. Yeah.

I've never heard of this guy.

Anyways, to say that I'm going to read into the actions of the Dolphins, saying that they are just getting him ready for the season and I'm still going to take Jalen wall.

Wow. I can't believe. Genuinely, like, I thought this lined up perfect and I figured you'd be super happy that you know, five of the first six picks right before you were wide receivers, leaving James Cook one of your.

If I had, if I had gone running back, that's where I would have gone.

It was cook or white for me, cooker white for me. So Mike goes with triple wide receivers.

Leaning into the double flex PPR and the unavailable currently. Yeah.

Waddle walls. Not I you, but I may, I.

May have Nico Collins only on this roster.

Lamar Jackson goes next and then James Cook off the board to Rapscallion, who has three. Okay, now you're high t. When you go three, like the lowercase became an uppercase t, we've got three running backs. The testosterone is flowing because you're gonna pound the rock. Yeah, three lowercase teas do make one uppercase. Okay, there you go. Jason, you've got Jefferson and Barkley. You've got some options here. You could go running back with kind of a below ADP situation for Derek Henry. Seems like people are nervous to take him in a full PPR.

Yeah, in a full PPR. That makes sense. I don't, I'm not going to pull the trigger here on Henry either. There are a couple of players that I really like. I'll just say this. You know what, what I would love to do here is something I've done for pretty much this whole offseason. I would take Jalen Hurts and then I would come back in the beginning of the fourth and, and grab Devontae Smith to get that stack. I like that three four stack. Ky Borg will have two picks between me. I just said that out loud and I know he also loves them.

You would do that with Barkley on your team?

Just go full eagles. Yeah. Here's the nice.

Better than full saints.

I don't think I would with, I don't think I would do that with Barkley. But the truth is Alvin Camara is a PPR machine. So when you look at Derek Henry, who I've got ahead of Camara, generically speaking, in a PPR, full PPR, Alvin Camara is the number two target on this offense. I think pairing him, you know, I've got Justin Jefferson and Camaro who they'll, they'll both have 100 receptions this year.

So Jason goes Jefferson, Barkley, Camaro to start his draft hurts, goes next to Kyle and Papa Josh goes with Kyler Murray.

Goodness gracious.

To finish the round.

Nice, Kyle.

And then he goes Sam Laporta. First tight end off the board at 04:01. I don't mind that price. We were worried about you know, two nine.

No, I don't.

401 is fine and Devontae Smith. So Kyle does the stack hurts and smith it.

For me, the way that Josh handled it would be just of going with two onesies at the turn as he's, I mean, whatever, 20 plus players about to fly off the board and. And if you're going to take Kyler Murray that early, I would at least correlate with Trey McBride personally.

So you just. You just don't like what, what the bald man's doing.

Well, let's look at a good thing that the guy with hair did. Kyle use my strategy. He took Jalen Hurts and Devante Smith right there at the the turn. Got that stack. I love it. But I also love. So I need a wide receiver. I've only got Justin Jefferson. There are wide receivers on the board I really like. Like DK Metcalf. You go high upside with Malik neighbors.

You got a long wait before your next pick.

I love tank Dell. I'm not going to get any of them because truly my quarterback won. Assuming this is six point per passing touchdown league. I mean, I don't think we have that detail in the mock draft.

Mahomes.

Mahomes is my number one quarterback.

This.

I think he's going to be unbelievable. And I don't usually like taking him where he's gone in the last couple of years when he's a second rounder. But if I'm getting him fourth, if I'm getting him as the fifth quarterback off the board and he's easy to stack with because I can go Xavier worthy late or rushy Rice Lee or, you know, take, take shots on players. So I, I haven't drafted him much this offseason, but I love the value there in the fourth round.

Well, Metcalf goes next. The reps cannon finally grabs himself a wide receiver. And honestly, Metcalf as your wide receiver one in the fourth round is not bad. It was a gamble that paid off. I think Gibbs a chan and cook are powerful trifecta. We've got Kelsey off the board at 04:05, three picks after La Porta. And then Mike is back on the board now. Mike, I do want to make sure you understand Iuka still available to you if you want.

I do see that.

Rebuild your dynasty opportunities.

I do see that. And if I just want to add on guys who will not be available week one.

Sorry. Jalen Waddle, Jamar Chase.

Hey, what are you going to do? So it is. This one is a tougher decision for me. Ken Bone Walker made it back to me, and I have, I have him still projected to be top ten running back. PPR could be not as great. He was only an 8% target share player the last year. However, new oath, new OC. Mister Grubb up there has been talking about Walker as a three down running back. That doesn't mean it'll happen, but at least it is being talked about. If we got to get these, these running backs catching some more passes and, but passing on Trey McBride here would be pretty tough. The tight ends are about to. The run will happen, and I'm going to do it. I'm going to take Trey McBride and, and bank on his connection with Kyler to put him up over 80, maybe 90 receptions.

I, I'm surprised. I'm surprised that wasn't Ken Walker.

Yeah.

McBride off the board. Malik neighbors went at four oh seven. I was kind of, I was dreaming of Malik neighbors there with my 410 didn't get back to me. Betsy took him. And that puts, that puts Brooks in the driver's seat. Here he goes, Michael Pittman. And then digs off the board at 04:09. Which means I have Tyreek, Josh Jacobs, Rashad White. We'll take a quick break and then I'll come back and let you know who I'm taking. All right. Full ppr, two. Flex Tyreek in the first, Jacobs and Rashad White in the next two rounds. If I didn't have those two running backs, I think it would be Ken Walker for me here. Or, you know, there's some good running backs available. They've, they've kind of slipped down the, the board with the full PPR, but I am actually going to turn right back to the wide receiver position. And, you know, we got news about him this morning. I'm going to put Rashi Rice on this roster.

You son of a turkey.

Thought he was making it all the way back to the speaker three.

I totally thought he would make it back to me. No, I mean, so rushy rice is really, really interesting in drafts right now because where he is in average draft position is. You got to scroll, you need to scroll for him if you've got your draft coming up this weekend, like a fourth round pick, 410. I don't have any problem with it. I really wanted to pair him with, with my homes. He's, his average draft position is probably closer to the 7th round than the fourth. Like you, you reach pretty far for rushy, but if you just look at what moving on do, you're going to need to take him before you think you need to take him if you want him in your draft. Stupid pick.

Thank you. Thank you. I always like to hear that after Rashi Rice, we got tank Dell off the board, Mark Andrews at 412, and then Brandon Iuk finally comes off.

That could be an unbelievable value.

No question. Ken Walker does go up 502, probably just to make sure I didn't get him, let him sneak through. But Al Borland puts him as his RB two with CMC looking pretty good there at this point. Kind of a ridiculous level of value here. So I'm going to take Derek Henry at five oh three. I don't, you know, we play half PPR a lot of the time. I'm not going to let full PPR dissuade me from potentially 15 touchdowns. So I'm going to take, you know, three workhorse backs with Jacobs, White and Henry feeling pretty good. Rice and tyreek as my whiteouts.

All right, that's more real tea.

Yeah. Yeah, that's like that font changed. It's a much larger teeth than any other font is bolded. Yeah.

All right.

Stroud off the board at 504. Mixing and then Kincaid. Kincaid off the board at five oh six. That was the only real player I thought about at 05:03.

That was who I was targeting to hopefully get to me. I know the hitman and team eight already have their tight end, so if he got past bets, pretty good chance to get to me and I would have taken him there at the back of the fifth.

Well, boys, the plan is working. Jamar. Oh, no. Oh, gosh.

Is it, though? It.

It was.

That was a quick change.

Well, because it was like I had deleted Jamar. And I'm like, yeah, baby. Tea Higgins is dropping. To me, this is perfection. And then I'm like, do I really want to overload on the Bengals like that?

Just get burrow and stack with Chase.

Like when you're trying to host a show and you lose track of your team, some bad things.

You just drew attention to Jason. Having said maybe not wanting Jalen hurts.

And I. I almost did it, so.

So you have chase, Collins, Waddle and McBride. Man, no running back.

I really wanted to go t Higgins right there. So at the running back position, ADP wise, Jones, Swift, James Conner is there. He's probably the pick. If I'm going to go at the running back, let me peek real quick at the quarterbacks. Richardson presenting at least a little bit of a value right now with the other quarterbacks that have gone burrow. Prescott. I'm gonna I'm just gonna take old man James Connor, be my anchor running back here right in the fifth.

All right, so you went back to that Cardinals, McBride and Connor in the. I had the Connor.

I am okay with that stack.

By the way, I had the Conor remondre decision yesterday in our listener league where he was going to be my RB one, one of those two guys. I went with Remondre, but it was close. And you went with Connor here, probably Connor a, I mean, they're, I guess they're both probably the same value in a full PPR, but Connor is probably a little better there.

No, I would think Remandre would be the, the one to receive more passes.

With Gibson there and Connor not having an alternate right now in the passing game, I kind of went the other way.

Touchdowns?

Sure. Yeah. I do think Conor has more touchdowns than remandre. That is, that is.

Yeah. Remondre did have a prolific receiving year before, so we'll find out. Flowers and Higgins go next out of the AFC north. And then Jason on the clock with Jefferson, Barkley, Camara, Mahomes and another player.

Yeah, I mean, right now with Mahomes, Camara, Barkley and only Justin Jefferson at a full PPR as a wide receiver, I'm, I'm looking towards the wide receiver and honestly, like, there are a lot of wide receivers I like here. If, if four, if all four picks from now until the next one come, they're still wide receivers. I like because of that. Like, I had queued up guys a little bit lower, but because there are still going to be guys for my next pick at wide receiver I like, I'm going to take the shot on someone. I haven't, I have not unloaded a single bullet out of the gun this year for George Pickens. But I, you know, Iuk has dropped picking so far, right? And if I you does not go, which it seems like right now, you, I can't imagine that trade getting done. It could get done as I speak, but right as it stands, George Pickens is the clear number one target without really a solid number two. I mean, I'm making the case, you know, for Pat Fryermuth to be the number two target in this offense. And if that's your competition for targets, Pickens should be good this season, especially at this value in the back of the fifth.

All right, we have Montgomery and Cooper rounding out the fifth round. McLaurin goes at 06:01 to Papa Josh, who still has no running backs, the smallest team going. Keep it going, Josh, honestly, with age, you lose testosterone, so it makes sense. Chris Godwin goes next at 06:02. Jason back on the clock. Jefferson and Pickens a wideout. Barkley and Camara at running back. And Mahomes is your quarterback.

Yeah, so I was, I was between two players left after Amari Cooper and Terry McLaurin were on my queue. Love both of those picks at the turn there, Josh. And then there were two wide receivers left for me, Calvin Ridley and Xavier worthy to stack with Mahomes. I would love to have that stack, but I'm not going to take the unknown rookie who I think is, you know, at best right now, the wide receiver, three on his team over Calvin Ridley, who should be a PPR machine.

Calvin Ridley at six oh three. Joe Burrow goes next. So that's out of, out of contention for Mike to stack with Chase. But he does get the rapscallion, Higgins Burrow and the fifth and 6th round combination, which is very nice.

That was honestly the, that was the plan. Like before. I had forgotten that I drafted Jamar. It was gonna be Higgins there and hope that Burrows sneaks back to get that. I've done that a few times now in drafts and it's always felt good.

Real good.

Yeah. Like it's, it looks, you know, sometimes the vibes got to be on. So I'm back on the clock here. I have two cardinals. I don't know if I want to then super stack another team because of Raheem Mostert, I think is a, just a fantastic running back pick here, but for my build, I don't know if I want to go that direction. So I am going to pivot. And Tony Pollard is slightly higher than most in my rankings. The, the youth, the preseason usage has been very encouraging. Tony Pollard is a pass catching specialist. We'll see if that works out.

All right, well, this was going to be my pick if he slipped to me, but he didn't. Richardson finally goes at six oh seven.

Anthony, you've talked Anthony Richardson down to people, to a place where now he's.

It's just, I, it's insane. Like, I. He. Okay, listener League superflex. We did the draft yesterday. I took Richardson, like, as your quarterback. Two, it's about, it was like QB.

He was the QB ten, which is a yde, which is where he should be going. Like, if you look at his, his week one lines on sleeper picks, you know, and you remind yourself of how fantasy scoring is, you've got him down with 45 and a half rushing yards. That's his line. For week one with 213 passengers, that would be a combined 327 passing yardage for just total fantasy value. That's his week one line.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is tremendous value there in the right spot. And that's what all of our every discussion we have about every player is about. What is the cost versus the return. Kittle and Pitts go next, and I'm actually going tight end as well. This is one of my favorite players to take in general. Definitely my favorite in a full PPR. Sure. And thrilled to get him. Evan Ingram adding him to the roster. I think Evan Ingram could have a. I think he is a tight end that can finish at one. I think Evan Ingram can finish at one overall.

Wow. That was so. I was about to be echoing most everything you said until you said that nonsense. But genuinely, like, you're talking about he.

Was the wire, he was the tight end two last year. This is not a great leap.

Way down last year and he's never been a touchdown guy.

I know if scoring's way down again, then he can do it. That's all I'm saying is like, yeah, yes, he's never been a touchdown guy. But what if, like, what if he caught six? I mean, he's. He. If he caught six, he's the tight end.

One last will say in a full PPR. I would. I think I would rather have Evan Ingram over Kittle and Pitts. He's going to catch nonstop worthless passes.

And you've. You've looked at the situation and you, you've lost Ridley and Kirk was injured. He's back now. You've lost Zay Jones. You want to talk about who's there with a rapport. Kirk and Ingram. Not Brian Thomas yet most certain goes next. Dak at 612 Stevenson off the board to start the 7th round. I think that's really good value on a starter. There he goes behind Aaron Jones. It goes behind Pollard and Moser. Jaden Reed goes next at seven oh two. And I am back on the clock with Tyreek and Rice at wide receiver, Jacobs, White and Henry at running back and Ingram at tight end. I am. I'm keeping my eyes on the wide receiver spot right now. And even though. Even though he is aged, I think a 7th round Keenan Allen is appropriate.

Yes.

In a full PPR. So I will take Keenan Allen in.

Keenan Allen threat would have been my pick if he had dropped me.

And you take them over teammate Rome Doonze, who went right after. Now, you've spoken highly of doomsday as having potential and not being a bad pick. We, you know, I've been more negative on the rookie, rookie combination behind two great vets, but it was interesting to me that you chose Keenan over O'Donnell.

Yeah, I would say that O'dons a fits the mold of the kind of pick. If I can take Thomas or Rome or some of these rookies late where they're not having to start for me from week one, those are, that's the upside I have with O'Donze, Brian Thomas. If I have to start them on week one, especially in a full PPR, I'm willing to go keen where the first half of the year I think is going to be fairly solid. That would be the differentiator to me, but I think Rome has the ability to emerge over the course of the year it's been a run of wide receivers, Kirk Worthy and Mike back on the clock.

So my, other than quarterback, I'm, you know, I'm pretty close to positionally filled here. I just need one more flex. But we're so like at this point in the draft because I feel confident in the guys that I've got to be my core. This is pretty much an all upside pick for the, the remainder of the draft for me. And so like lad, McConkie, Keon Cole, the rookies kill, uh, you know, Coleman, even Brian Thomas. Then the Jackson Smith and Jigba is in strong contention here with it being PPR. I'm going to go Deontay Johnson. I'm going to, I'm going to trust in the the upgraded quarterback play for Bryce Young with canales being there and Deontay Johnson being his ex wide receiver and knowing that touchdowns could be a struggle, but looking at what Adam Thielen was able to do it at the beginning of the season last year. If Deontay is anything close to that, which I think he could be the whole season, it could be a PPR nightmare for my opponents.

All right, we, we got five and a half rounds left. Jason back on the clock. McConkie and Swift went after Mike and now, Jason, it is your opportunity to make the correct pick.

You know, I was going to take a David Najoku here, but there's two tight ends. I like only one player that doesn't have a tight end left, so I'm fine if I go with the other one. Najee Harris sitting here when I've only got Barkley and Camara, he is a solid player. He's never not finished as an RB. Two, there's already 24 running backs off the board. So even though I've got Pickens, I'm gonna, I'm gonna grab Najee Harris. I just think it's a perfect depth here if you're getting him at the seven, eight turn.

Well, started a little running back run. Gervonta, Samir White, Zack Moss.

Josh has his two starters, which Amir.

White and Zach Moss in the 7th and 8th. That's great.

Yeah, it's, it's sketchy for sure, but that could work out.

And then Jason goes at 802, putting Jason back on the clock.

And I will take David Joku, who in a full ppr. I think he could be really, really involved in that offense as well.

Good gamble. Good gamble with Ninjoku. Still get him. And then that puts rapscallion back on the clock. Who started Gibbs a ten and cook, and ends up Metcalfe Higgins. McConkie at wide receiver, and then Joe Burrow at quarterback. He ends up going Bowers, which I think is. That's. That's my most exciting late tight end pick to make sure. And then Chubb, who will start on the pup, goes to team eight, can throw him on the IrDe sign somebody. Mike, you're back on the clock.

We're going to believe in science here, boys. We're going to hope that the medical teams have fixed Christian Watson's hamstring.

That's my favorite comment, is that it's now being reported. They did fix.

Hey.

Oh, really?

They reported that it's been fixed.

Oh, yeah.

That's great news.

Zero games of proof that it's fixed, but it is apparently fixed.

Well, that's great news because I believe that if everyone is on the field, you know, I like all the packers wide receivers, but if everyone is there and ready to go, I think Christian Watson is the one.

Well, we'll find out, Mike. We'll find out if he can hold up.

Yeah, we will.

Brian Thomas and Keon Coleman go. A little disappointing. I was targeting Thomas in the 8th round here, but Betsy wouldn't let that happen. Thought about going quarterback after my keenan picked a. I have some guys I like, but I guess. I guess I will go quarterback because I've not taken this player in any draft. But at 810, I'm going to go Jordan love.

Okay. I don't mind it.

So that puts Al Borland back on the clock. Love my quarterback. And, you know, the upside was on the field and on display last year from Jordan Love. He was arguably the NFL MVP, you know, as a quarterback over the second half of the year. So I'm, I'm going to give it a go. Brian Robinson and Jalen Warren rounding out the 8th round. Sutton starts the 9th. Sutton is one of the most ignored players in all of fantasy, and yet they are, you know, they cut Tim Patrick and they, you know, they don't. It's being reported that Troy Franklin won't even have a role as a rookie. And then Marvin Mims is supposed to be a full time player, and Josh Reynolds arrives like Sutton is the only proven commodity there.

Yeah, it's really hard. He is the clear cut number one, but it's, it's really, really hard to trust a guy. I mean, Corland, Sutton hasn't been good for fantasy since his sophomore season, which was five years ago. He was, you know, the wide receiver, 35 last year, 43 46 the last three years. And with a rookie coming in, it's just hard to believe in him.

Makes sense. I am going to go ahead and pull the trigger here on a full time starter on a stinky offense. Devin Singletary. I'm going to take him in the 9th round. Just add some depth to the running back rumor. We're starting to flex, and so if I'm deciding on a kind of backup versus a starter, the two. Flex talks me into the starter with Singletary. Addison goes next, then Tua.

All bets you snake.

And then chase Brown off the board. Mike not happy with that. He will have to chase a different running back.

Yeah, Chase Brown was easily the pick for me right there.

He was also your pick. I believe in the listener league. Did you get.

Yeah, I do. I mean, it's, it's following the following my research of, I want running backs from those teams. So I'm just gonna scan the running backs real quick. Of spears. I don't know that I don't want to have Pollard and Spears Benson, you know, I could have my insurance policy here for, for James Conner Quorum, but Jerome Ford is a starting running back, and he might only have one leg, ladies and gentlemen. But I'm gonna. Because I didn't get Chase Brown, I'm gonna get a player from the Chargers. I'm gonna go Dobbins.

I can't believe you believe you passed on Jerome Ford.

That's the. I mean, Jerome, I was looking at your team. I was like, oh, Jerome Ford, man. Just fell in your lap. You've only got two running backs. Yeah, because starter, you've talked them up all off season and they're like, no.

It'S also Dobbins over Edwards.

Yeah, that. Because that's the PPR factor of if I'm in a half, I would have easily gone Gus. But like Jerome Ford, theoretically, like he's a, he's a. It's a band aid and I'm looking at full season long of like he hopefully would not crack my lineup with Connor and Pollard.

Yeah, this is a really easy pick for me in a full PPR. I I actually have Taj Spears just neck and neck with Tony Pollard. There's a guy who you like all.

Those snaps he was getting.

I. I liked the snaps of preseason. Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, he, he spent one game going, literally the second snap of the game and then they shared drives. He is the, the one be there and he is, I think, the better pass catcher. He had 52 receptions as a rookie. So on a full PPR. Easy pick for me here.

All right, all right. Jameson Williams off the board. Then Jerome Ford. Talk about a just Josh. Perfect finish for Papa.

Josh has executed the zero RB.

Wow.

As well as you can. And I, you know, when you get to take back to back picks, that can be very helpful.

Sure.

When you are executing a strategy like that because you have the opportunity to pile them up. And white Moss and Ford, dude. I mean, endowed now white moss, Ford.

And doubtful in a zero RB at the end. That's the.

I mean, that feels good.

And it feels so bad saying something nice about Papa Josh.

It does.

Like, I don't even want to talk about it because. Gross. But, man, good job. Well, good job. Team twelve.

Yeah, I mean, what do they say about wine, right?

Yeah, it gets all the time.

Ferguson goes next. Jason, back on the clock after the Spears pick.

I'm looking at the options here and in a full PPR, Curtis Samuel very well could be the wide receiver, one target on this team. So, you know, in the 10th. I'm happy about it.

Curtis Samuels, the pick. Romeo Dobbs and Hopkins go next. I was eyeballing Hopkins like people in our listener league. Let him go so far. He is likely to play week one and he's not DeAndre Hopkins of old. But we're sitting here where people are talking about, oh, my gosh, we're going to take, you know, every single option on some of these better offenses. I like Will Levis, so Hopkins is interesting. Mike, you're on the clock after the Dobbins pick. You are in need of a quarterback within the next three picks.

And that's, that's where I'm looking. And I don't know if any of these snakes would double up just to take the shot on Jaden Daniels. But I. There's no one else that I love on the board, so I'm not even going to.

Yeah. Why? There's no reason to risk. And Jaden Daniels in the 10th for anyone that had a quarterback still would have been a good pick.

Yeah, that's why I'm not going to.

Cross my mind at some point.

And yes, the Falcon was going to take him.

Blake Quorum goes next, adding to the three consecutive rounds in which Matthew Betz has stolen somebody from Mike or myself, Brooks is on the clock. He went to a last round as his quarterback and goes, Trey Benson is his third running back. And then Caleb Williams off the board at 1009. Williams is a great, like, if your draft is just punting Caleb Williams, I think Williams fits the mold of that. Throw them on your team with the last or second to last pick as a second quarterback, see what you got. The way people drafted Anthony Richardson last year with basically the last pick. See what the rookie has in week one with amazing weapons. I went singletary last round. I'm going to come back here and, you know, there's a couple starters left on the board. I guess I'll take Zeke here and just see if he's the guy, the touchdown guy in Dallas, which, look, nobody wants to take Zeke. We saw that in the listener league yesterday. I kept kicking it down. I kept saying, next round, I guess I'm willing to. And then it was like, next round, maybe I'm willing to.

But he very well could come out and be the bell cow.

So don't draft a boat.

Yeah. James Joshua Palmer, Jalen Wright, Khalil Shakir off the board. Al Borland goes Hawkinson, which is a good gamble in the 11th round. And that brings it back to me, starting tight end.

Well, the nice thing about that. So Hawkins has fallen to a place where I. So I took him in the listener league as my tight end, too. Because you. Just as soon as the draft is over, if you've got an IR, throw them on your IR and you get a free extra pick.

Well, I am. I'm attempting to draft Ad and I. Mitchell, I promise I clicked the button, nothing happened.

Hit the refresh.

There we go. Hey, Adonai Mitchell off the board. A lot of great reports about Adonai Mitchell right now. Josh Downs is injured. He's pushed Alec Pierce off the field and two wide on several opportunities. So Mitchell will have a quick opportunity there to like. I'm curious how you guys view Mitchell in context of Michael Pittman, because Pittman is very reliable. But there's nothing about Pittman's game that is kind of explosive and exceptional, in my opinion. He's just a great, I kind of look at him like Higgins, maybe, you know, where, where maybe there's an opportunity, if Richardson hits, for somebody to come and be the athletic alpha. If he's the kind of tried and true alpha, the.

I don't mind it here in the 11th. My concerns are just, they're Josh Jones related. I know he's hurt right now, sure. But when he comes back, I expect that Josh Downs goes right back into being a full time player and then does. Funny to think about, is there enough volume?

Jason didn't like Josh Downs, and he went to the Colts and he didn't like Adnan Mitchell, who also went to the Colts. I wonder if you, and what is it? Who's their general manager? These names escaping me. Colts. Someone help me out.

Oh, my gosh.

Ballard.

Ballard.

I know it's a b. Maybe you and him are kind of like opposite takes. Maybe you guys scout like, he, you put the film on upside down. He puts it on regular.

Not usually. I think Ballard and I are usually in sync. I like a lot of there.

Did you see they cut their fifth six and 7th round picks?

No, I did.

That's not a great sign of drafting.

Well, you were. Yeah.

Maybe like this year's fifth six and 7th round picks.

Didn't you just say the GM was watching the film right side up?

Yeah. Are you supposed to go upside down?

If you're, if you're cutting that many people from your draft, yeah. You're watching the wrong footage.

All right. Mike went with Jared Goff to stack with Daniel, something he likes to do. And then Jason back on the clock at this point.

I I like my wide receivers, and I think there's good depth. I like my running backs. I think there's good depth. So I'm only looking for upside. I'm looking for someone that can come out and just shock and be great. I'm going to take Xavier Leggette and hope that his mammoth body and unbelievable production as a 20th year college player, you know, is out there.

Week one, fun fact, Josh is one year younger than Xavier.

Yeah.

Um, Lockett goes in the 11th round, followed by Jermaine burton. Mason goes at 1202.

Mason is a great pick that people need to star and put on there. You know, he's, he's going to be super low in ADP. I'm going to take a guy I often take at the very end on Tavian Wicks and hope that his talent gets on the field because if he's on the field, he does great things for the packers.

All right, well, that means Dalton Schultz is a 12th round pick here for team eight and Mike is closing things out. Throw one more guy in your roster, Mike. Yeah.

Looking at my team, I only have the three running backs. I got my two starters and then JK Dobbins for some upside. Let's take some more PPR action. I'll take Jaleel McLaughlin.

Great, great pick. I got him in the second to last round of our listener league and he's somebody that you can start in a pinch because he will have a role. You were talking about standalone value. Yes, he will have a role. My final pick is between two names and I'll say it really quickly here. I've been taking Jerry Judy with the last pick of almost every draft.

I feel like you said that normal.

What did I say?

You said you were going to say it really quickly and I was excited to see how you will have like micro machine. Yeah, like Jerry Judy.

Well, and now you're. Now it's taking a lot longer, you.

Know what I mean?

Don't forget that people were all about Elijah Moore in drafts last year as a second option in the offense. You know, people wanted to make a big deal about Elijah Moore with Jashan Watson. Jerry Judy is a much, much better wide receiver than now. And what we knew, I knew, hey, I knew that a long time ago with Elijah Moore for the record. But I'm actually going to go with Ricky Pearsall because if something happens with Iuk, he's a great. You talk about starring a name for your last round, you could be in a situation five days from now, weekend where Iuka is not a member of this franchise and Ricky Pearsall has an important role in a team that is such an effective offense.

First round, the last pick.

Yeah, I mean, there's a first round pick that they believe in. So that will wrap up the vicious fantasy footballers in house draft. I didn't forget what you did, Falcon. You took a dump on my target of Cooper cup in the third round. But if you want to see the entire draft board, go to YouTube, check out the draft board there and any, any final takeaways. I'll read my team real quick. Tyreek, Rashi, rice, Keenan, Allen, Mitchell and pear. Saul at wide receiver, Jacobs, White, Henry Singletary and Zeke at running back with Jordan Love and Evan Ingram as my onesies.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out. My wide receiver core is Justin Jefferson, George Pickens, Calvin Ridley, Curtis, Samuel, Xavier Leggette, and Ontavian Wicks. At running back, I've got Saquon Barkley, Alvin Camara, Najee Harris, and Taj Spears. And then I got Mahomes and David Najoku locking down my onesies.

I've got Jamar Chase, Nico Collins, Jalen Waddle, Deontay Johnson, Christian Watson, running back, James Connor, Tony Pollard, JK Dobbins, Delia McLaughlin. Then I got my guy, Trey McBride anchoring down the tight end position, Jayden Daniels and Jared Goff with the double tap and at quarterback, I think the my only regrets is not fully not not playing the draft board of letting Josh get Jerome Ford. If like, I could have gone for there and you would have gotten dobbins on the way, I think I would have got dobbins on the way back. I was nervous. More nervous about Jason taking Dobbins with one of those picks and not factoring in Josh and just, just to create.

Some inter office turmoil. My favorite three teams that aren't our teams, Papa Josh Rapscallion, Matthew Betts are my favorite three other teams, certainly not the other guys at all. So is how I like to put that. So, yeah, it worked out well for Josh to punt the running back position. It actually worked out for both. Like, it was like an inverse situation for the rapscallion and Papa Josh where one went heavy wideouts, one went heavy running backs, and it worked out for both of them.

One is old, one is young, one has hair, one has v rile.

Yeah.

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