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1:45What a play! Can you believe this? It's time to dominate your fantasy league.
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1:52He's just gonna go the distance. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
1:57Oh, hey, we're live. Yeah, we're live. There we go.
2:00Welcome to the show. Big show today. Big day today.
2:03Auction items for the Draftathon and tonight. I'll tell you that right now.
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2:15The Podcast League, the Leftovers League, the Eliminator League, the Dynasty League, all that stuff.
2:19Let's talk about how to draft from picks 10 through 12.
2:23We got two, 1 through 9 yesterday. We'll do 10 through 12 today.
2:27And I want to discuss some players where the ADP just doesn't make sense to me right now.
2:32How can Rasheed Rice be a round 3 pick?
2:35Where's the respect for Javante Williams, what he did last year, and the lack of competition in Dallas?
2:40And Javante Adams. I mean, what else has this got?
2:43Jamie, let me give you a list of wide receivers who got injured last year.
2:48Because, oh, he's 33. He's obviously going to get hurt.
2:51Based on ADP, last year's ADP, here are some wide receivers who missed three games or more in 2025.
2:56Malik Nabors, Brian Thomas Jr., and he played hurt.
2:59Drake London, Tyreek Hill, Terry McLaurin, Mike Evans, Devontae Adams, Garrett Wilson, Marvin Harrison Jr., Xavier Worthy.
3:04We've got four guys on that list. That's 10 of the top 23 wide receivers last year, by the way.
3:10He was not. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can keep going down the list.
3:14But those were 10 of the top 23 wide receivers drafted last year.
3:18Four of them, at least four, Neighbors, BTJ, Marvin Harrison Jr., Xavier Worthy.
3:22Yeah, those four. They were year two guys. And I'm just saying, if you're going to play the injury card against Devontae
3:29Adams, I'm going to understand young guys get hurt all the time.
3:32Tyler Warren got hurt yesterday. James, I'm so sick of the injuries, by the way.
3:37Are people? Yeah, me too. Are people playing the injury card with Devontae Adams?
3:41I think they're playing the age card. It's like, oh, he's old.
3:45I don't know if they're playing. I think people think old guys get hurt.
3:49Well. If you're playing that card. I haven't really heard that one, but I certainly can see the old card being played.
3:56I don't know if the injury card being played.
3:58I think if there's an injury card being attached to an older player, it's probably Mike Evans.
4:03Yeah. Who's been injured each of the last two years.
4:06I think for me, in the case of Adams, it's the lack of receptions and yards.
4:11You know, so there was a big decline there.
4:14And asking him to score 14 touchdowns again is nearly impossible.
4:17Now, can he be north of eight? I think that's realistic, which is why he's in still around five pick for me.
4:24But he's not a top 24 receiver, mostly because the position I feel like is very crowded.
4:29And so you hear me say this a lot.
4:32Once you get to like wide receiver 18, 19, 20, like through 30-ish, it's still a number two receiver.
4:37You know, so I don't want to reach for Devontae Adams, but I still think that Adams is a quality player worth
4:44taking in the top half of the draft. Yeah, for sure.
4:47I mean, the funny thing is I totally understand all of the ADP.
4:51The point of this, of talking about Rasheed Rice, Javante Williams, and Devontae Adams, is that they are going a lot lower than where they finished last year.
5:00Devontae Adams was wide receiver nine per game last year.
5:03He's being drafted basically 23rd. Javante Williams, RB 15 on NFC right now, 18 on CBS, 16 on Fantasy Pros.
5:09He was RB 12 last year. And that was playing the last three games basically on limited snaps.
5:14He's the one that's weird here because there's reasons to be concerned about the other two.
5:19I don't know what the reason to be concerned about Rasheed Rice is.
5:23It's got to be the knee. If it's not the knee, I don't know what it is.
5:28Well, I think it's a few things. You know, so the minor thing for me, and this is not usually something that
5:34would be minor, is the change in offense. Because Eric Bien-Ami's offense, I don't think necessarily – what Eric Bien-Ami brings to
5:41the offense, I don't think necessarily caters to what Rasheed Rice does best, which is a little bit more downfield opportunities and downfield throws.
5:48And so maybe some things have changed with Taekwon Thornton getting hurt yesterday and Cyrus Allen's performance.
5:53But I think that Rice is going to have to do a little bit of a – perform in a little bit
6:00of a different way because obviously it's still Andy Reid's system and it's Patrick Mahomes.
6:04But I do think that the knee has to be taken into account.
6:08The concern about any off-field problems has to be taken into account.
6:12And then when you've seen him in anything sort of shown, you know, clips, whatever, there's clearly some positives.
6:18But it's been like a little sluggish, you know, looking – maybe, you know, you want to just tie that to the end.
6:25I don't know if that's where you're going. But like it hasn't looked great.
6:29And so when you start to compare him to some of these other guys – so like I'll just give an example.
6:35We're going to talk about Jaden Higgins. I moved Nico Collins ahead of Rasheed Rice because I think there's so much upside for Nico Collins now.
6:43Now Rice has so much upside also. But I think when you start to weigh the downside for those two guys, I
6:50give a slight edge to Nico at this point.
6:53So the Javante one, which is why I say it's weird, is like what has gotten worse for him?
6:58Yeah, exactly. That's the one I just don't get.
7:01Like you could say Rice this, this, this. You could say Adams older and, you know, lack of a couple of, you know, performance metrics.
7:08For Javante, it's like, hmm, this team feels like it could be really, really good.
7:13And he's still the lead running back with not a lot of competition.
7:17Yeah. All right. So we'll get into that a little bit later.
7:20Let's do some news and notes, and then we'll talk about it.
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7:53All right. Jaden Higgins out for the season with a torn ACL.
7:57That is a tough blow. Jalen Knoll has been dealing with hamstring and finger injuries, but he'll be back.
8:02And Tank Dell still working his way back from the – tearing everything that ends in L in his knee two years ago.
8:09So, yeah, this stinks for Higgins, but what impact does it have?
8:13You already mentioned moving Nico over Rasheed Rice. What else?
8:16Dalton Schultz. I mean, you know, he was great last year.
8:19And the thing about Schultz is he had over 100 targets last season.
8:23He basically averaged about 85 targets in the previous two or three years in Houston.
8:27So bump up for him in the rankings and bump up for him in production potential.
8:32You know, he was a solid, you know, waiver wire addition for fantasy managers last year.
8:37So he went from about like tight end 18-19 for me to tight end 15.
8:42And you could certainly make a case that he could be better than the two guys I have in front of him.
8:48I don't think I'll put him ahead of Goddard or Kelsey or Kittle unless Kittle is going to miss a significant time.
8:55But when you compare him to Andrews and Kincaid, who are tight ends 13 and 14, Schultz coming off a better season.
9:01Now target opportunity is there. And so he's firmly entrenched if he wasn't already, but he's firmly entrenched in the greater late
9:08conversation as one of the later guys. So both he and Juwan Johnson, two veterans who finished last year on a high
9:15note, get bounce back potential because of injuries. Okay.
9:17It's important to know that we only had 70, we only had 68 targets from Jaden Higgins last year.
9:23And it's not like Dalton Schultz was, was great.
9:26He was wide receiver 14 per tight end 14 per game.
9:29So, you know what I'm saying? It's like, I understand like it's not as bad for Schultz because Higgins was expected to
9:36take a jump, but Higgins did very little last year.
9:3968 targets in a full season. And we had 106 targets for Dalton Schultz.
9:43I think he gets back to that. Yeah. Yeah.
9:46Only three touchdowns. I mean, you can tell me a guy's going to get 106 targets.
9:50I think I'd like his chances to finish better than tight end 14.
9:54Maybe not much better, but better. All right. That's the Jaden Higgins news.
9:58Carnell Tate mispracticed, but it seems minor. Sam Laporta mispracticed.
10:01I don't think that's anything major, but Tyler Warren left with a groin injury.
10:05ESPN reported that initial, you know, initial valuation. It's not serious for Tyler Warren.
10:10Any thoughts on this? I bumped him down a couple of spots, mostly because of the combination of this and Keenan Allen signing.
10:17So not spots in the tight end rankings, just in the, in the top 200.
10:21So he was a, a player with the Alec Pierce injury that I was considering middle of round four.
10:27So Colston Loveland was a late round three pick for me.
10:30Tyler Warren middle of round four. Now I put Tyler Warren back in round five.
10:35Okay. But he's definitely closer to, so my last tears update, I had Loveland and Warren in the same tier.
10:41Warren is now closer to Laporta craft pits for me because of this injury and Keenan Allen.
10:46Okay. Yeah. By the way, we've got to talk about Daniel Jones.
10:49We're going to also going to talk about guys who are getting some buzz.
10:53Daniel Jones apparently having a very good preseason. I feel like that could be one of those things where he goes out
11:00week one, has a nice gate, has like a good game.
11:03We're like, oh, you know, he's probably just going to be good again.
11:07But we'll see. It's such a deep position. There's value everywhere.
11:11DK Metcalf's been out for a little while, but he says he'll be ready for week one.
11:16Michael Pittman, same thing. Jacksonville guard Patrick McCurry is going to miss time.
11:20He's having back surgery. He hasn't been practicing. I think they've been prepared for this.
11:24He hasn't been practicing all camp. He was a starter last year, though.
11:28And the Jaguars might not have a great offensive line.
11:31Might have a bad offensive line, depending on who you ask.
11:34Washington running back Rashad White mispracticed. Tampa Bay defensive tackle Vita Bayan.
11:38Yeah, sorry, by the way. Which one? Rashad White.
11:41No. So there was a, according to a guy that I trust, Ben Standick, who covers the commanders, there was a report
11:47somebody sent out that he got hurt doing the ice bucket challenge.
11:51So if you watch the video of him doing the ice bucket challenge, he kind of jumps up after he gets the ice water dumped on him.
11:59And it looks like he slips. Oh, no. He runs toward the camera and falls off and slips.
12:04And somebody was insinuating that that's why he got hurt.
12:07But most of the people who cover the team, and I trust Ben, say no.
12:12Okay. And Vita Bayan signed an extension, and the Seahawks want some cornerback depth.
12:16They're going to sign Trayvon Diggs, and they still plan to sign Terry and Arnold.
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12:53We got the stupid tennis match. I just want to get this over with.
12:57But I think the plan is to mic us up for the entire match, which I was unaware of.
13:03Oh, that's going to be amazing. And I was like, do you know the things I say during a tennis match?
13:09You should listen. This is your moment to let everything go.
13:12You've been clogging our feed, clogging our shows, clogging everything with this tennis stuff.
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13:20Be loose. Just flush it all out, you know?
13:23Flush it all out. I said that the match is starting at 4.30.
13:27There is some rain in the forecast, so I think we're going to try to start closer to 4.
13:32It'll be at youtube.com slash fantasy football today. Dave and Jamie will be commentating.
13:37And 4-ish Eastern. I don't know exactly when we'll start.
13:40But if you are into it, be ready at 4 o'clock.
13:43Now, more importantly, if you want to co-manage a league with us, there are now four opportunities to do that in the FFT Open.
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13:53Dan is in the John Daigle division. Heath is in the Joey Wright division.
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14:52Auction items are closing tonight, as I mentioned. And Dave is going to Las Vegas.
14:57I wanted to promote it for him. I don't know exactly what it is or what to say.
15:02And he's at the Giants-Dolphins joint practice today. So, reach out to Dave on Twitter.
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15:19All right. Jamie, picks 10 through 12. I'm going to share my screen here.
15:23How to draft from this spot. So, this was a half PPR three receiver league that we did.
15:29We talked about it all yesterday with picks one through nine.
15:32But wide receivers start to come into play at the end here.
15:36In fact, two of the three picks at 10, 11, 12 are Lamb, Jefferson, their wide receivers.
15:41And then we had James Cook who fell a little bit to pick 12.
15:45Derrick Henry went ahead of him at pick 10.
15:48He was a half PPR, pick nine rather, half PPR league.
15:51But is this the right time for Lamb and Jefferson or any other wide receivers?
15:55Because Drake London went 13th. He obviously could have been a first-round pick.
15:59I mean, I mentioned this so you can read a little bit more in depth if you want some other perspective on it from a PPR draft.
16:07But I think the draft, just to kind of tie in yesterday's show, is sort of very segmented.
16:13Now, we have seen a little change in average draft position where Christian McCaffrey and Jonathan Taylor have kind of crept into this range ahead of two receivers.
16:21I think it's ahead of JSN and ahead of St.
16:24Brown in PPR. Now, that might change when we get a lot of drafts this weekend.
16:29McCaffrey might slip a little bit if he's still not practicing.
16:32So, just keep an eye on the potential changes.
16:35But I do think we're going to see in the first 10 picks, first nine picks, four running backs and at least four running backs and four receivers.
16:43So, probably five running backs and four receivers would be my guess.
16:47I think what we'll end up seeing is when you get to the back end of round one.
16:53So, Henry went here in half PPR. Most likely, you'll see Chase Brown in round one based on ADP.
16:58That's what we're seeing. James Cook probably a little bit higher.
17:02And then one of potentially Gentty or A-chan will go in round one also.
17:06So, then you start to see the receivers come into play.
17:09I really think the only two that should go are Lamb and Jefferson because I think AJ Brown is having a phenomenal camp.
17:16Had another great day of practice. Joint practice yesterday against the Eagles.
17:20No surprise there. I'm sure he wanted to put on a show.
17:23London should still be fine. I know there's questions about his quarterback.
17:27Understandably so. Now, you have Nico Collins, Chris Olave benefiting from injuries.
17:30You have George Pickens coming off a strong season.
17:33We'll talk about Rashi Rice, where he belongs. Malik Nabors, Devontae Smith.
17:37You can make cases for those guys to be maybe in round two, back into round two.
17:42It's a very deep position. The running back depth dries out quickly.
17:45So, I am not fully advocating for running back, running back.
17:49But I'm very much in the camp of you can go running back, running back at the back end of round one.
17:55So, Lamb and Jefferson would be the only ones that you should take.
17:59And if you do that, again, from a strategy standpoint, think about the running backs that will be available at the end of round three.
18:07So, now we have Travis Achan. Now we have DeAndre Swift.
18:10You still have that trio of guys that could fall.
18:13Kyron Williams, Josh Jacobs, Jeremiah Love. I think they're all going to be in that range back into round three.
18:19Brees Hall is going to be there early part of round four.
18:23Back into round three. Javante Williams. Javante Williams. It's not bad.
18:26It's really not bad at all. I mean, there's some good running backs there.
18:30So, if you don't want to go running back, running back, and you want to lock up maybe two wide receivers.
18:36So, you want to go maybe Lamb and Jefferson.
18:39You want to go Jefferson and London. Lamb and A.J.
18:42Brown. You're still going to potentially get two good running backs also.
18:46So, I think format matters, but also looking at the running backs and how comfortable you feel with, let's say, Ken Walker, Omarian Hampton, those type of guys.
18:54All right. We're going to take a break here.
18:57I'm going to tell you why I think this is a great spot in the draft, in a 12-team league, to be picking 10 through 12.
19:05Like, I'd rather have an early pick, but I think there's a lot of really great opportunities here and a lot of
19:11flexibility here as well from picks 10 through 12.
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21:59Yeah, I mean, I think when you talk about rounds three and four and that turn, like you said, we just named
22:06all those running backs that could be available, whether it's Love, Jacobs, Hall, Kyron, Etienne, HN.
22:10If he's there, he'll be there. If you want to bump DeAndre Swift up, I'd be a little hesitant because it's not
22:17like Kamara and Menongai are out for the season or anything.
22:20They could be back very early in the season.
22:23But fine, those guys belong there. Javante Williams. And then you've got, you know, Abuka.
22:28Just stop there because I think it's important to put those guys in the mix.
22:32So if you do go wide receiver, wide receiver, right?
22:35Because I think that's the only way I think you're taking both two of those guys in that group.
22:41No, I wasn't saying take two of them. I'm just saying that they're all there.
22:45I'm just saying it does make some sense if you go wide receiver, wide receiver to come back and take those two
22:52running backs unless you just love, you know, let's say Zay Flowers falls like you did here or Garrett Wilson, whoever the case may be.
22:59I think you got to put it into context of when you start to look at that group, right?
23:05Is that group safer than Judkins, Scadaboo, Dave Montgomery, Bucky Irving?
23:08Because one of those guys may slip to the next round.
23:12And so if you take a receiver again or tight end because Loveland's going to be in play and in some drafts,
23:18well, not some drafts, every draft, quarterback's going to be in play, you know, one of the top five.
23:24So when you're thinking about what your strategy might be, do you love the upside of Travis HN?
23:29Do you love the upside of DeAndre Swift? Because to your point, yes, those other guys are injured.
23:35They're not out for the season, but they might miss a good portion of the season, at least an early portion of
23:41the season, where the starter and the better player, in my opinion, can get off to an amazing start.
23:47Yeah, yeah, right. No, I feel that. So I think my point is if you have picks 10 through 12, I think
23:54it really sets you up to do whatever the hell you want.
23:57Personally, I wouldn't take two receivers because I really want to get one of the top 12 running backs.
24:03And I'm totally like pumped about the group of Abuka and Flowers, hoping that Devontae Smith falls there or something like that.
24:10But if not, you still have McConkie and Garrett Wilson and McMillan or whatever, whoever you like in that range.
24:16I'm fine with the wide receivers there, but I think you can do whatever you want.
24:20I think if you have picks 10 through 12, realistically, you're probably not getting Bowers or McBride.
24:26If one of them falls to you in round three, awesome.
24:29We don't think you should take them in the first two rounds.
24:32So you have to decide if you want Colson Loveland.
24:35At this point, would you say Tyler Warren at around the 5-6 turn would be a great pick?
24:41Yes. Okay, so that's one you could look at.
24:44But as we said on yesterday's show, there's tight end value everywhere.
24:47There's quarterback value everywhere. Personally, Jamie, I think I'd be looking at quarterback late in round five if any of the top five guys are available.
24:55Specifically, I'm looking at Drake May, Joe Burrow, and Jaden Daniels.
24:58And in this draft, they didn't quite make it there except they went at the eighth, ninth, and tenth picks of this round.
25:05So clearly, these guys are coming into play as we get – oh, no, no.
25:10They didn't. I'm sorry. That was round six. They were all there.
25:13They were all there. Okay, so they went early in round six and not late in round five.
25:19So yeah, that's what's going to happen typically with May, Daniels, and Burrow.
25:23Late in round five, if one of those guys are there, it's certainly in play.
25:27I would take that risk because I would rather have them in like a Bejal Tootin who's clearly in a timeshare or a Jadarian Price.
25:35But your thoughts on that? So I guess we're looking at Jacqueline's draft at pick 12, one of our CBS Sports HQ hosts.
25:42And she's a very qualified fantasy player. She plays in a lot of leagues.
25:46I think if you feel comfortable with like Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, that next tier of quarterbacks, you know, Justin Herbert, wherever
25:52you want to put the cutoff at. And you want to build out your running back depth.
25:58So you see the way that she built her team.
26:01You know, again, look at the positions, not the players.
26:04If you're concerned about maybe Jameson Williams in round four.
26:07So it's James Cook, Drake London, Garrett Wilson. Let's just say instead of Jameson Williams, that could have been Lad McConkie.
26:13Yeah. So that's Lad McConkie. Right. And then, okay, now I'm a little concerned about my running back depth.
26:19I'm going to take Basial Tutin and Jalen Moore.
26:21And again, forget about the names. It could have been David Montgomery and Jadarian Price if you want to just put different names in there.
26:29Coming back and getting Dak Prescott after passing on those quarterbacks to build out your running back depth is still perfectly acceptable.
26:35So I agree on one hand, like, okay, yes, the positives of what Drake May, Joe Burrow, Jaden Daniels give you certainly
26:42outweighs what Basial Tutin does if both positions hit at their best.
26:46Right. Basial Tutin is going to have to be a top 10 running back to outscore the quarterbacks, if that makes sense.
26:52Yeah. Right. I don't know where you cut it off, but my point is, like, then you got to feel comfortable enough,
26:59like, okay, I'm now building out my depth, but I'm also pretty confident that Dak Prescott or that next tier of quarterbacks
27:05is going to bump up against what maybe Drake May, Jaden Daniels, Joe Burrow does in the tier above them.
27:11Bill May. Yeah, I think when you're picking late in the first round and you, you know, the first four rounds are,
27:18are, I think there's a decent chance. It's going to be two running backs, two receivers, maybe go three receivers with one running back.
27:25You could do any combination, whatever. I think you're going to like your first four picks.
27:30Could get a little tricky once we start to get close to pick 60 because as we talked about on yesterday's show,
27:37I think Jamie and I see it the same way.
27:40Heath maybe – I think he also sees it pretty similarly.
27:43Heath is just lumping two guys that we like a little bit better into a bigger group of David Montgomery and Bucky Irving.
27:50You may not love your running back options at this point unless – like in this case, David Montgomery did fall, and
27:56Jacqueline who had the five, six-turn picks, she took Tootin and Warren over David Montgomery, which we wouldn't have done, but that's fine.
28:03And what I'm saying is this is your chance here, picking from these spots, this is your chance to say, if you
28:10want to do it, all right, I don't love the running backs and wide receivers.
28:15Maybe you do, but if you don't, this is my chance to be great at quarterback or to take Tyler Warren and
28:21try to be great at tight end. So that's where you can maybe have your team stand out if one of those
28:28quarterbacks happens to fall to you late in round five instead of just getting that running back because you need to fill a position.
28:35That's a decision you're going to have to make.
28:38I think – Kind of circling back to something you said where you can kind of do whatever you want.
28:44Yeah. You can map out your strategy pretty quickly after round two.
28:47So you can go running back, running back, and then say, okay, I'm probably going to go receivers here unless somebody just
28:54amazing falls to the three, four turn. So you love Javante Williams.
28:57He's there. You love maybe Jeremiah Love. And by the time you're drafting, the reports are positive.
29:03Kyron Williams, as you see, is in this range.
29:05So you could just say, okay, F it. I'm going to take three running backs here, and that's just the thing I'm committed to.
29:13You could go wide receiver, wide receiver, and then you get back to it.
29:17And again, there's Zay Flower sitting there. You love him.
29:20You said Devontae Smith. We've seen him in some cases fall to the 10th pick in the third round.
29:25You love Ted Earl McMillan. You love Ladd McCock, in the other case maybe.
29:30Then you go three receivers. You may take – Again, I'll reference the draft that we did Tuesday night where I went running back, running back.
29:37Man, my receivers are going to be pretty bad.
29:40But you know what? I'm taking Coles Lovin'. I don't care what my receivers look like.
29:45That gives me such a positional advantage if he hits to the level I expect him to.
29:50And then I just paired him with Garrett Wilson, and I still got Mike Evans and Parker Washington.
29:55So I think what you're saying is right, but I also think you've got to kind of commit some way, shape, or
30:02form, barring the free fall of somebody unexpected. But you kind of – I think, okay, I'm either going to go maybe
30:09hero RB because now the receivers are too good.
30:11I'm going to go running back, running back because I love these two guys.
30:16Like imagine you started – In this case, you could have started Chase Brown, Ashton Gentty, which are my four and five running backs.
30:23Yeah. Like, thank you. I'll sign up for that.
30:26Right. I do think the tough decision, I think, picking from this spot is like how to rank Lamb and Jefferson and London and A.J.
30:33Brown amongst these running backs. I struggle with that quite a bit.
30:37Personally, I'm not taking a lot of Jefferson here.
30:39I don't know how you feel like – How do you feel about – I don't think I'm taking A.J.
30:45– As much as I love A.J. Brown, I don't think I'm taking him with a top 15 pick.
30:51That's like the earliest I might consider him. Lamb and London would be the guys that I would – I guess I'd go with.
30:58How about you? I keep leaning into the running backs, you know, and it depends on who's available and just how much you like these guys.
31:06So, again, the draft we did Tuesday, I took Gentty and Ken Walker.
31:10And I'll be honest, it felt a little skittish to take Walker over Landry.
31:14Him and Jefferson, both were still on the board.
31:17And I don't have a rank that way. But I was trying a different strategy just to see how it played out.
31:23Walker was the next available running back. So, I believe I took Walker and I would do this.
31:29I have him over A.J. And I have him over Hampton.
31:32But, you know, you are going against the grain and passing up on what could be great wide receivers.
31:38Now, this was a two-running back, two-wide receiver, two-flex draft.
31:41So, it doesn't necessarily pigeonhole you to have to take three wide receivers.
31:45Wait, which one? The one we're talking about or a different one?
31:48The one I'm referencing where I picked 12. Okay, not the one we're showing.
31:53In this draft, it's a three-receiver league. So, I think more people would be inclined to say, okay, I want to come
31:59away with this with a Lamb, a Jefferson, a London, an A.J.
32:03Brown, you know, whoever the case may be. And knowing that, okay, I have one of the top five or six wide
32:09receivers and I have very good running back also.
32:12And I'm pretty comfortable with Javante Williams, Kyron Williams, Josh Jacobs, those running backs that should be available in round three.
32:18So, you're still getting top-tier running back, still very good number two running back, but also top-tier wide receiver and then still probably good number two wide receiver.
32:27So, format matters, but it's never a bad thing to come away with, okay, I got two dominant running backs and then
32:34two really good wide receivers or one dominant running back, one dominant wide receiver, one good running back, one good wide receiver.
32:40Yeah, it's a personal preference thing. By the way, there was this report from Ian Rappaport, Warren expected to miss one week with a minor groin injury.
32:48Okay, good, good. So, I'll just, I'll wrap this conversation up because those of you who don't have a pick late in
32:55the draft are like, shut up already. But many of you probably don't even know where you're picking yet.
33:01Team 10 went CeeDee Lamb, Ashton Gentty, Kyron Williams, Tedderola McMillan, Travion Henderson, Joe Burrow with its first six picks.
33:07Lamb, Gentty, Kyron, Tedderola McMillan, Travion, Joe Burrow. Team 11 was Dan.
33:10He went Jefferson, Chase Brown, Zay Flowers, Lad McConkie, Tyler Warren, David Montgomery.
33:14I actually really like that team. Yeah, I love it.
33:17But I think Montgomery in round six was a little bit of a gift.
33:21If he wasn't there, that's where I would have gone with like Burrow or May or Daniels.
33:26Right, or if you liked Jadarian Price, that was the next running back on the board.
33:31Yeah. But Jefferson, Chase Brown, Zay Flowers, Lad McConkie, that's a really good start.
33:35Tyler Warren and David Montgomery. And then if you're curious, he has Caleb Williams in round eight.
33:41And then Jacqueline in pick 12 went James Cook, Drake London, Garrett Wilson, Jamison Williams.
33:45But again, replace Jamison Williams with maybe Lad McConkie, McMillan, because we think that's a little too early for J-Mo.
33:51And then Bejal Tootin, Jalen Warren. And then Dak Prescott in round seven with the last pick of round seven.
33:57And Dallas Goddard in round eight. Yeah, again, this is where like with Goddard and with J-Mo, probably you might want to replace them with different players.
34:05That could have been Kittle instead of Goddard. It could have been likely.
34:09And Jalen Warren too, I would say. Yeah, and Jalen Warren.
34:12That could have been Montgomery. But the build of running back, three receivers, two running backs, quarterback, tight end, it's perfectly doable.
34:19My question is like, if you don't have Montgomery available to you, if you don't have Bucky Irving available to you at
34:26that five, six turn, what do you do? Yeah, I mean, you could still take Tootin there, still take Jadari and Price there, something like that.
34:33I probably would have done one of those running backs and an elite quarterback instead of like two of those running backs.
34:40But okay, that's picking 10 through 12. Let's get just recent buzz.
34:44We can do this probably pretty quickly here. Just kind of, I don't know, a lot of joint practices this week, Jamie, which is good.
34:51Before you go there, I just want to tease tomorrow's show because we're going to talk more drafts.
34:57We're going to do a Superflex mock draft live on the air for people that have been asking about that.
35:03Oh yeah, awesome. Fired up about that. So we'll give you some Superflex strategy.
35:07We definitely owe you auction strategy. I would say maybe we'll do it on the mailbag or maybe we'll have a separate
35:13show just for auction strategy, but it's going to happen.
35:16It's kind of a weird year because we got an extra week before the season starts.
35:21So I don't feel like that many people have drafted yet.
35:24And it's August 20th. Like usually at this point, a lot of people have drafted.
35:29So we have more time to do draft prep.
35:32All right. So just in terms of this is a great week with all these joint practices.
35:37And I think you can find out a lot more about these teams when we get these reports of joint practices rather than preseason games.
35:44And I think a lot of the starters are going to sit this week in preseason because they played during the joint practices, but we'll see.
35:52But some players getting good buzz. I think Parker Washington missed the practice and Brian Thomas Jr.
35:57was great. It's pretty clear. It seems like I've seen so much buzz on everyone in Jacksonville, but Parker Washington has been number one and Brian Thomas Jr.
36:06is apparently having a very good camp as well.
36:08So just to back that up, Pete Prisco was just in Jacksonville for the joint practices with the Panthers.
36:14And everything that you've heard is true. Parker Washington is their guy.
36:18Brian Thomas is having a potential bounce back season, has the potential for a bounce back season.
36:23Looks great. And when he was there, Basel Tootin looked great.
36:26Basel Tootin had a great practice the other day.
36:29Chris Rodriguez, the day before that, was really good.
36:31That is going to be a split. We're hoping that Tootin kind of comes out of that.
36:37It's very possible that Rodriguez is going to be great value.
36:40I'll try to check his ADP in a moment.
36:43AJ Brown, he's been kicking ass lately. Devontae Smith, there was just someone writing about how he's really emerged.
36:48He's their guy. They believe in him, obviously. Devontae Smith, now that he's back, looking good.
36:53You hope so. Yeah, one of the Titans writers was saying like, Wondale Robbins.
36:57Yes, I do. Hope so very much. One of the writers for the Titans was just saying, I don't know if it
37:04was a beat guy or someone who was just at practice.
37:07Wondale Robinson is going to catch a lot of balls this year.
37:11That's one I've come around on. He was kind of, yeah.
37:14It's not going to be a ton of yards, I don't think.
37:18It's probably not going to be a lot of touchdowns, but enough catches.
37:22Let's go back to what he did two years ago.
37:25He had the same amount of targets. He had 140 targets in both seasons.
37:29Two years ago, he was not as productive, but he was just involved.
37:33PPR, he's just a cheat code. He goes off for the touchdowns that he had last year.
37:38Then you're talking about a guy that could be a league winner based on where you drafted him.
37:43Just understand, he can just be a set and forget it number three receiver in PPR where you're getting 12 points on
37:50a week-to-week basis and you're just fine with it.
37:53But two years ago, Wanda Robinson had an absolutely terrible year.
37:56He had 699 yards on 140 targets. I'd like to think he and everyone else in the NFL is better than that.
38:02It's just one of these weird random, how could your yards per catch and per target be so bad?
38:08He was wide receiver 47 per game in PPR with 140 targets.
38:12I don't really think that's his floor. I think it's probably more like 36 or something if he's getting, let's say it's 120 targets.
38:19Marvin Harrison Jr. apparently doing some good things. Matthew Golden, Jamie.
38:22Are you starting to have any more interest in Matthew Golden?
38:26I've had interest in him since the moves this offseason.
38:29Again, they showed us the blueprint of what they're looking for here.
38:32It's Matthew Golden on the field a lot. It's Christian Watson on the field a lot.
38:37And it's Jayden Reed on the field a lot.
38:40So Reed is probably going to play the least amount when they're in 12 personnel.
38:44But I don't think they want to take Jayden Reed off the field very much.
38:49And if Tucker Craft is going to be worked in slowly in the beginning part of the season, there's opportunities for all three of these guys.
38:57Now you have a running back situation. That's a little in flux, especially if Josh Jacobs does get suspended.
39:02So I think Matthew Golden is one of the biggest steals based on his upside and where you're getting him.
39:08So absolutely you should be interested in him. He's still my third favorite Packers receiver, but it's very close between him and Reed.
39:15He's still your what? Third favorite Packers. Third favorite.
39:18Okay. Yeah, their ADPs are really close. How about Matthew Golden versus Casey Concepcion?
39:22Who do you like better? I think there's probably more upside for Concepcion, but Golden feels safer because of his quarterback.
39:28Yeah. Okay. Cyrus Allen having a good camp. I don't know if this is a guy.
39:33This is Chiefs rookie wide receiver fifth round pick.
39:36I don't know if it's a guy that gets that we draft or just a guy that makes things a little muddy for the others.
39:43We could talk about that when we look at Rasheed Rice.
39:47Jalen Waddell had a great practice the other day.
39:49That's good to see because he missed a lot of time.
39:53Caught a 60-yard touchdown on Patrick Sertan and made a lot of headlines.
39:57Let's go. Jamie, you put Amari and Hampton on this getting good buzz list.
40:01What are you seeing on Hampton? So it was the same practice where Biotic got injured, but the joint practice with the
40:0749ers, he was just apparently running people over. So clearly this is going to be a guy that could be awesome if everything around him is working.
40:16Much better offense coordinator. Mike McDaniel has been very good with two different versions of running backs.
40:21You've heard me say this a lot. He got an 18-touchdown season out of Raheem Mostert.
40:26He's been fantastic for Devon Achan. And so Hampton, first-round talent.
40:29I think he has an opportunity here to compete to be a top-five running back.
40:33He's in the top 10 for me. And then in that same joint practice, I'll just – the next guy on the
40:40list, Caelan Black, return from practice, also looked really good.
40:43So it seems like he could be, especially with Jordan James banged up, separating himself as the number two running back early
40:50in the season if something were to happen to McCaffrey.
40:53That's a funny comment in the chat from Zed.
40:55Wondell Robinson is this year's Wondell Robinson. I like that.
40:58Daniel Jones. I mean, apparently having a good camp with all these injuries around him too and with him recovering from the torn Achilles.
41:05Obviously, you want to see it for yourself before you believe it just in terms of what's his mobility going to be.
41:12But I always mention he averaged 3.7 carries per game last year.
41:16He had averaged at least 6.7 in each of the previous three seasons.
41:20So he would basically career low, I think, in rush attempts.
41:23So he was that good last year without running.
41:26It wasn't like Mahomes where he had this basically career rushing year for Mahomes and he's coming out of a torn ACL.
41:32Like I said earlier, Daniel Jones could come out, look great again, and we'll be like, oh, well, we were too low on Daniel Jones.
41:40You have that fear that we're too low on Daniel Jones?
41:43I don't have that fear because the position is so loaded.
41:46So it's like when I look at my quarterback rankings, there are so many number two quarterbacks that I just say, oh,
41:53this guy should be a top 12 guy. That guy should be a top 12 guy.
41:58Like it's hard to put Kyler Murray in the top 12 knowing what his history has been and now the situation that he's in.
42:05It's hard to put Tyler Shuck in the top 12.
42:08Be a little easier if Jordan Tyson were healthy, but like finish the season really strong and Kellen Moore's history is great.
42:15It's hard to put Jared Goff in the top 12.
42:18I don't have Patrick Mahomes in the top 15.
42:20Bo Nix has been a top 12 quarterback essentially the first two years.
42:24He got Jalen Waddell. There's just so many great players at that position that it's like, okay, where do you start to
42:31tier it and where do you start to see the drop off?
42:34You know, who are the 20 point guys? You know, you've heard us say there's about 20 quarterbacks.
42:40I think that could be north of 20 points per game.
42:43Jordan Love, Baker Mayfield. Like this is just great, a great, great position.
42:47So yes, Daniel Jones could get off to a great start.
42:50I'm probably not going to drop a quarterback that I drafted barring an injury to pick up Daniel Jones.
42:56So I'm going to stick with probably the guys that I drafted because I have conviction of those guys a little bit stronger.
43:03Yeah. I just think he belongs at the very least Daniel Jones belongs in that discussion of players.
43:08You could just wait on and maybe make your number two quarterback.
43:12That could be good like a Baker Mayfield and a Malik Willis and all this stuff.
43:17So he makes the position even deeper if he's really looking good.
43:20Kalon Black, we mentioned and rookie wide receiver Bryce Lance for the Saints has taken advantage of the absence of Jordan Tyson
43:27and Devon Vele is hurt right now too. So Bryce Lance, I would have a hard time seeing him really making an impact, but you never know.
43:35It's a name to know. He's a talented player.
43:38Bad. You're glitching pretty badly on your camera. Oh, yeah?
43:41Okay. Yeah. I will leave and come back. But Jamie, I'll throw it to you.
43:45Bad. You know what we'll do? I'll throw it to you.
43:49You can talk about this and we'll take a break and then I'll come back.
43:53To a tongue of a low, I guess, didn't have very good practice the other day and he was really bad in the preseason.
44:00And my impression just from reading the Vikings joint practice report is that Kyler Murray wasn't all that great.
44:06I don't know how you feel about the quarterback situations for Atlanta and obviously it's not a race or anything in Minnesota, but you do that.
44:14I'll be right back actually. Yeah, I think with – we're taking a break?
44:18No, no, no. You go ahead and I'll just come right back.
44:22Okay. So I'll start with Atlanta. I think they're probably just waiting at this point for Michael Penix to get healthy.
44:28It sounds like Tua is going to still start the season, but clearly he's going to have to play well early in the year to keep that job.
44:36I would not run away from Drake London or Kyle Pitts yet.
44:40Certainly not from B. John Robinson yet. But when you're debating B.
44:44John versus Gibbs, it's easier to lean toward Gibbs.
44:46When you're debating London versus A.J. Brown, for me, I'm going to go Brown.
44:50And in the case of Pitts, again, if you like Tucker Craft better than him or if you're in the Laporta discussion,
44:57if he's still there, I would take Laporta and Kraft over Pitts just with the quarterback questions.
45:02Although Tua still might be very good for the pass catchers there, specifically Kyle Pitts and Kevin Stefanski's system.
45:08When we get to the Vikings, I mean, there's going to be growing pains.
45:12He's no pun intended. There's things that Kyler Murray still has to do and do better.
45:17There's things that I think he's learning in Kevin O'Connell's offense.
45:20There's going to be some sluggish moments and probably he's going to look flawed, but that's really who he is.
45:26I think you're hoping for him to be, as a fantasy asset, still run.
45:30In his career, he averages 36 yards per game, which is great.
45:34And then hopefully just elevate the receivers around him.
45:37So if you're debating Jefferson versus C.D. Lamb, if you're debating Jefferson versus A.J.
45:41Brown or the other receivers, Drake London behind him, then you can pivot to somebody else.
45:46But I still think this offense is going to be much better.
45:49And Jefferson's numbers, when it has not been J.J.
45:52McCarthy, have been very good. And we're going to take a commercial break and we'll talk about those ADPs that may not
45:59make much sense when we come back on Fantasy Football Today.
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47:08Visit cash.app.legal.podcast for all full disclosures. Well, we did a little preview of this earlier, but Rasheed Rice, I looked at NFC
47:15ADP over the last five days, five to six days.
47:18More recent average draft position, high stakes leagues. It's half PPR, I believe.
47:22Rasheed Rice is going 27th overall as wide receiver 13.
47:25And just based on what he has done in his last 17 healthy games, because he broke out the last six games
47:31of the 2023 season, his rookie year. You're talking over 18 PPR fantasy points per game.
47:36You're talking wide receiver five production. So for him to be at wide receiver 13, Jamie, I mean, I know we've already
47:43discussed this, but how much of that do you think is the knee?
47:47And how much do you think is the other stuff?
47:50I think it's a combination. I don't think you can really separate this with him because, you know, spending the off season
47:56in jail, you know, and then the knee injury and then having a second, you know, cleanup procedure and then looking a little bit slow.
48:04I would still buy the dip. I would still take the discount on him if I pick in the early part of
48:10round one and he's there in the back end of round two or the early part of round three.
48:16I mean, if you go back to this as a draft that with other analysts, if you recall, our flex draft, which
48:23was two weeks ago at this point, my flex draft, you were there.
48:27And I said, you were like, oh, what are you going to do?
48:30I took Pukenuku at fourth overall. Round two, I got Jake London.
48:34I said, there's a chance I may get Rashi Rice here in round three because some people are concerned.
48:40And he went in the early part of round three or the last pick around two.
48:45I still think that this is the guy for Patrick Mahomes.
48:48I still think this is the leading target getter, despite Travis Kelsey also having a strong camp and, you know, still being such a focal point.
48:56But if he stays healthy, like there's top five potential here from a production standpoint.
49:00So when you start to compare him to the guys around him, so the guys in front of him, you know, I
49:07think George Pickens is going ahead of him. I would take Rice.
49:10Nico Collins, again, you could debate that. A.J. Brown, you could debate that.
49:14I think Drake London, you could debate that. You know, so that's kind of where it, I think, stops because I don't
49:21think anybody's taking him ahead of C.D. Lamb or Justin Jefferson.
49:24I certainly would not. And then you look at the guys behind him, Chris Olave, Malik Neighbors.
49:29I think Dave has Malik Neighbors over Rashi Rice.
49:32There are flaws with those guys. And I think you can make a case there's more flaws for those guys than there
49:39is for Rice from a production standpoint and a play standpoint.
49:42You know, if you're going to knock Rice for his knee injury, how do you not knock Malik Neighbors?
49:48And Olave, you know, Jordan Tyson, we don't know how long he'll be out.
49:52The estimation is two months. That could go longer based on his track record.
49:56So I think Rice is in a good enough spot that round two feels safe for him.
50:01And I think the middle to the end of round two is where he should go.
50:06Okay. Yeah. So that means there's good value there with Rashi Rice.
50:10One thing I've loved about him, you know, he's basically could segment his production into three different segments.
50:15The last six games of his rookie season, the first three games of his second season, then he had the knee injury
50:22in week four and his entire 2025 season, which was eight games.
50:25And he's had in those three segments in each of them, he's had a 28% target share or better.
50:31And that is just massive. And what I really like is if you look at last year in eight games, he had
50:3818 red zone targets, 14 green zone targets, and five end zone targets in eight games.
50:42So, I mean, he is, he is my homes, this guy, not just for short yards, but also where it really matters.
50:49Like, I think he's going to be their touchdowns leader.
50:52I don't think that's Kelsey anymore. So, um, I think you have the, the improved run game.
50:57Yeah. However, however improved it is. So again, I think you, bingo, uh, you, you, you knock them down a few spots
51:04or you, you knock off a little bit of production because of that.
51:08But maybe, or, or they could just score more points.
51:11Like that's where I like, they have been a middling offense between 12th and 20th and points per game.
51:16The last three years, if they get back to being a great offense, I'm a little skeptical that they do that.
51:23Cause I don't think they have the speed to do it.
51:26And, um, then, you know, maybe they're like ninth in points, you know, then, you know, you could just have more touchdowns in general.
51:33All right, let's go to Javante because as you said, what has changed the main split for Javante Williams last year, uh,
51:40running back 12 per game in PPR 10 per game and non PPR.
51:44And he's going as around 15 to 18, depending on the site.
51:47You look first, uh, man, where it's like the first, okay.
51:51First eight games. This guy is on pace for seven, 72 targets, 19 touchdowns.
51:55He's RB eight per game. Last eight games. He's RB 25 per game.
51:59He's on pace for only 36 targets. That's half as many as he was in the first eight games.
52:04He's on pace for only eight touchdowns. That's less than half as many as he was in the first two, uh, first eight games.
52:12Um, so this is a guy who had like fewer than he had fewer than 10 receiving yards in 10 of his last 12 games.
52:19He was the worst receiving running back in football last year.
52:22One of the worst receiving running backs in a very long time.
52:26He can only get better, uh, in terms of as a receiver than what we saw last year.
52:31But yeah, I mean, I think people are a little spooked by how bad the second half of the year was for
52:38him, but yeah, I do where, what do you think about Javante?
52:42If he's going to say somewhere around the three, four turn, he's around three pick for me.
52:47Um, when I look at that group of running backs, so it starts with Kyron Williams, who I just don't want to
52:53run away from because of Blake Corum, but you can make a case that Javante is in a better spot.
52:59Jeremiah love. I can't take ahead of Javante Williams right now because of the injury.
53:04I don't think Travis HN, you said it earlier.
53:07We have to factor in that Kamara still going to play at some point.
53:11So the competition, I think still is a little bit of a knock in the favor of, of HN, but slightly they're back to back now for me.
53:19And then Jacobs with the injury and potential suspension, he's also in this mix, but he's such a wild card because if
53:26he plays the full season, like he's going to, I don't think shatter his ADP, but you know, probably be in the
53:32top 12 conversation, maybe top 10 conversation. He's that good.
53:35So that group of guys, and, and you can, you can argue, I think fairly that Deandre Swift is pushing to be
53:42in that group, but the backend, so that group of guys like, and every salto that group of guys, it's like, who,
53:49who do you think has the highest ceiling? And I do think that there's legitimate reason to say the Cowboys are going to be a playoff contender.
53:57The Cowboys defense is going to be better. So we're not in all of these shootouts.
54:02They're still going to be throwing the ball a lot.
54:05Like you said about the chiefs, they're still going to score.
54:08It doesn't matter how they score. They're gonna score.
54:11So Jaden blue, Phil Moffa, Malik Davis. I don't think there's anybody that talented.
54:15That's going to say, okay, they're better than Javante.
54:17They're handcuffs for Javante, but they're not better than Javante.
54:20Yeah. So unless we get like a late, a last minute James Connor type trade, Trey Benson type trade, somebody else that's
54:27on the, you know, bottom of someone's roster that has the chance to come in and compete.
54:32It feels like he's just in a really good spot.
54:35So I know you almost want to think of Javante as just a guy that's fallen into a good opportunity and maybe that's fair.
54:42Yes. But you saw it last year. I think there's still the opportunity for him to be not top five ish, but top 10 ish.
54:50And to get him late round three, early round four, you, we, we, we showed the draft.
54:55You got him in round four. I feel like that's just amazing value.
54:59Yeah. And, and middle of round four at that.
55:02And for Javante, like I gave you the first eight second eight, uh, weeks split, but if you just want to look,
55:08he had a stinger in December and his last three games, he was very limited up until that point.
55:14He was ninth per game. So, you know, that includes some of the bad stretch in the second half, you know, Javante
55:21does feel like, um, the, the least talented running back in that mix.
55:24And obviously if the Cowboys had some great running back, he'd be a first round pick.
55:29Javante Williams had 11 touchdowns last year, rushing touchdowns.
55:3210 of them came from the five yard line or closer.
55:35So you just, you need that. You need that, but there's a pretty good chance you're going to get three in week one.
55:42Did he have three in week one? In week one.
55:45Uh, he may have had three. He definitely had two.
55:48He had two. He had two. Um, you, you need those touchdowns, but the goal line opportunities he's, he's going to get basically all of them.
55:56All right. The last guy was Devante Adams. And yeah, again, if you're worried about him getting hurt, then I think I
56:03made a pretty compelling case where even young guys get hurt.
56:06If you're worried about him falling off at age 33, he'll be 33.
56:10Basically, I think on Christmas Eve, this is essentially his age.
56:13No, he'll be 34 on Christmas Eve. This is essentially, this is his age 33 season.
56:18Um, yeah, the, the guys who are good at age 33 typically are hall of famers and he's one of them, so he can do it.
56:26Um, you, Jamie said he's worried about the catches in the yards.
56:29I think that's totally understandable, but the number I would come back to is he had 138.
56:34He was on pace for 138 targets last year.
56:37That is massive. He had one of the highest target per out run rates in the NFL, just had a really bad connection.
56:44And with, with Matthew Stafford, believe it or not, anywhere other than the end zone, any of the highest a dot of his career.
56:51So if they lower the eight out a little bit and he still gets close to that many targets, we're going to
56:58see a big increase in catches and yards. He's going to, we're going to see a big decrease in touchdowns for sure.
57:04But we'll, I think still get, I mean, I'll, I'll take more than eight for, uh, him.
57:10And I gave this that several weeks ago, but over the last 10 seasons, 86% of the wide receivers who have caught
57:16eight or more touchdowns, average 13 or more PPR fantasy points per game.
57:20And that's, you know, like the, that's the midpoint between wide receiver 24, the last two years.
57:25Uh, so got a great chance to be wide receiver 24.
57:29I'm talking too much here. I think Devante Adams is very good value.
57:32And the other thing, Jamie, is that Puka Nakua might be suspended.
57:36That's the big wild card. I was just waiting to say that like an injured, I mean, he's dealing with a significant
57:43injury right now, you know, dealing with that sniffing, but an injury enough that you have to monitor it.
57:48So I, I think there's a lot to like about Devante Adams.
57:52I think, uh, you heard me say this yesterday.
57:55Maybe it was, um, when we were at lunch that I'm going to rewrite, I'm supposed to write an updated version of,
58:01uh, basically bus and I'm just going to chop up all the bus calls that I said, which, you know, cause now
58:08that ADP is settled a little bit and we have an idea where these guys are going.
58:13Like I can't call Devante Adams a bust as the 26 receiver in our projections and a fifth round pick.
58:19That's fine for him. That's absolutely fine for him.
58:22You know, Luther burden or Devante Adams. I would still take burden because I think there's more upside there.
58:27But if you tell me Puka is going to be, you know, missing two games because of injury in two games because
58:34of suspension and a quarter of the season, like why would I not take Devante Adams over Luther burden?
58:40Yeah. Uh, by the way, just cause you mentioned it, um, Cole van Lannen is, uh, coming off the pop list for the Jaguars.
58:47So he should be good to go. I mentioned that you said the Jaguars offensive line.
58:52Oh, okay. Yeah, I did. Cause Macari's out. Yeah.
58:54So. All right. That's Devante Adams, uh, late round four, early round five.
58:58If it's heavy, I prefer him in round five.
59:01I haven't ranked around five, but he's, uh, you know, originally when I, you know, months ago, first rankings, it was like, I don't want the month Adams.
59:09He's, he's like round six for me. And then as we've seen these injuries and concerns and blah, blah, blah, it's just
59:16like, why would you not buy into a player despite his age?
59:20You know, I'm not the biggest fan of older players.
59:23He's just in such a very good spot. If they had added McKay lemon, for example, which was some of the rumors
59:29NFL draft night 16th overall, where they took Ty Simpson would have changed things immensely.
59:34And I do think, and I have, this is one rankings adjustment.
59:37You know, I, it's funny just to give you a peek behind the curtain, you know, so I'll update my rankings and
59:44I'll go back and look just to make sure I published.
59:47And I'm like, I just, I got to move Terrence Ferguson up.
59:51I got to move Terrence Ferguson up and then I, I'll do it tomorrow.
59:55So like, that's the update I'm going to make today is like moving Ferguson up because I think that's the third pass catcher for the Rams.
60:03And if there's a Puka injury or absence for whatever reason, or Devante gets hurt, I don't think it's whoever the receivers they have on their roster.
60:11It's, it's going to be Ferguson. They're going to run just a lot of 13 personnel and he's going to be the, the, the pass catcher of note.
60:19Like last year's Colby Parkinson. I think Ferguson's this guy, the guy this year.
60:24Okay. Also last thing on Devante Adams, 81.2% catchable target rate ranked 70th of out of 78 wide receivers with 50 or more targets.
60:31Shocking, right? Because he's so good. He's so good.
60:34And Stafford is so good. Yeah. And for some reason, their connection just wasn't what it could be.
60:39Um, I want to see, let's, let's spend a little time on emails.
60:43I have some emails that are about drafting from different positions.
60:46This one is from Tiago and he says, uh, he's from Brazil, by the way, he says, um, former center for the Spurs.
60:53Yep. Tiago splitter. Here it is. I need help to define my strategy for my first.
60:58The greatest heat plays of all time involved Tiago splitter.
61:01Did it? Yeah. He, uh, he tried to dunk over LeBron and LeBron blocked him at the rim.
61:06Nice. Um, I don't want to go for McCaffrey or Jonathan Taylor.
61:10I would love to get Amon Ross St. Brown or JSN, but I'm afraid they're going to be selected fifth and six.
61:17I think he has the seventh pick. If that's the case, should I go McCaffrey or Taylor?
61:22Should I reach for Chase Brown? Because I think at, oh, so he has 204.
61:26So that means he has the ninth pick. I think unless he's got a 10 team league crap, I need more context here.
61:33I think at 204, Chase Brown won't be available.
61:36Oh, I, I butchered. 10 team league. He might 12 team league.
61:39I doubt it. Um, so I, I mean, I like Chase Brown better than McCaffrey.
61:44I know I'm on an Island with that one, but I would take Jonathan Taylor over.
61:49Okay. He has this, he has the seventh pick in a 10 team league.
61:53That's what it is. There we go. So I would take Taylor, not even hesitate.
61:57Yeah. I think you could get Chase Brown at, at pick 14.
62:01Um, all right. Question from Jacks. I have the 10th pick.
62:04Should I take CD lamb with a 10th pick or should I take two running backs with my first two picks?
62:11If you're comfortable enough with the group of, I'll say Jente, but Jente, maybe a Chan if he falls Hampton, Ken Walker, Chase Brown will be there.
62:19Chase Brown could be there. No, I'm talking about round two.
62:22If you're comfortable with those guys in round two, then take lamb in round one.
62:27Cause most likely lamb will not be there in round two.
62:30Now he thinks he can grab Devante Smith or a Mecca, a Buka at wide receiver one in the third round.
62:36I think you can get a Buka for sure.
62:39Right. It's tough. Right. I would not count on that.
62:42Cause we like Smith. Like if I thought if I had the 10th pick and I thought for sure that I had
62:48at least like a 70% chance of getting Devante Smith, it would really influence my draft strategy, but I don't, I just don't think it's going to happen.
62:57So that's why I was saying this to Heath the other day.
63:01Like he loves Zay flowers, absolutely loves Zay flowers.
63:03We know that. Yeah. You hate that. He loves Zay flowers.
63:07And so if he's picking 10th, I think there's a very strong possibility back end around three Zay flowers is there.
63:13Yeah, I agree. And that's what I was saying.
63:16Like for me, that guy is DJ more. I know the early powder part of part of round four middle to round four.
63:22I'm going to get DJ more because I take him ahead of everybody.
63:26So I don't want to build my strategy around that, but I don't.
63:30I love DJ more the way he loves Zay flowers.
63:33And so like, if I know I'm getting Zay flowers in almost every draft that I do, because I take him five
63:40to seven spots ahead of his ADP. Why would you not go running back running back?
63:45Because you still want to take best player available.
63:47I think he, but his, his player Zay flowers is ranked in such a spot for him.
63:52That's ahead of those players in round two. Yeah.
63:55Well, I think that if it's a two receiver league, I think you make a strong case.
64:00If it's a three receiver league that you could be like, yeah, I'll take Zay flowers around three, but I also, I'll
64:07just take a ride receiver around round one as well.
64:10But yeah, no, you make a good point. Um, this is from, uh, some, I'm not sure the name here.
64:16Uh, I'm in a 10 team PPR league. I have pick one Oh one.
64:20I plan to take Gibbs. My problem at the two, three turn.
64:24So that's picks 20 and 21. Um, the wide receivers are usually Nico, AJ Brown, Olave London.
64:29Sometimes the running backs are usually Hampton, chase Brown, Walker Barkley.
64:32Am I crazy to take two of the available available running backs at the turn and start three running backs in a 10 team PPR league?
64:40So he says Walker and who else are there at 20?
64:43He's thinking Hampton, chase Brown, Walker Barkley. Yeah. I probably in a 10 team league, if I'm going Gibbs, I might go running back receiver there.
64:51And I know they're great running backs and you're, you know, passing up another great one, but like you just listed a
64:58hell of a group of wide receivers. Yeah. So it's just the nature of it.
65:02I, I love the idea. Love the idea of going hero RB first or second overall.
65:07Because you get Gibbs, Olave, Devante Smith, Gibbs, the 12 team league.
65:11Yeah. It's a big difference here. I wouldn't do it in a 10 team league.
65:15Gibbs pickings neighbors like you do. Bijan, whatever the case, like there's just two awesome wide receivers.
65:20And then you come back in round three, you could still get another good wide receiver.
65:25You can still, you know, end around three. I'm sorry.
65:28End around four, excuse me. And then those other running backs are still in play, you know, Judkins, Scadaboo, maybe still Swift.
65:35Like it's, it's a great start. Yeah. And also don't forget about Brock Bowers here.
65:39Oh, Bowers and McBride for sure. Yeah. And by the, so I said, I wouldn't do it in a 10 team league, the hero RB.
65:47I actually, that's not true. It just would depend on if, if the top 12 running backs were off the board, as
65:53soon as the top 12 running backs are off the board, if you have a running back, if you have one running
66:00back, then you start thinking about the hero RB strategy.
66:03Um, all right. Last one is from Tim in Denver.
66:06He can pick his draft spot in a half PPR league anywhere from four to 12.
66:11He thinks the top 12 running backs, they're typically gone after the 18th pick.
66:15So he's tempted to choose pick seven so he can get two of them or at least have the option to do it.
66:22Uh, what pick, if you could take anywhere from four to 12, where would you pick?
66:27If I want to go running back, running back.
66:29It doesn't matter. If I want to go running back, running back, it would probably be no earlier than, or no, I
66:36would probably look eight, nine, 10 because I think you're getting some running backs there that are still very good.
66:42Like you get Jonathan Taylor still in that range.
66:45Uh, if you like McCaffrey, he'll be in that range.
66:48Um, you want to guarantee yourself chase Brown or gente.
66:51They're in that range, Ray Chan. They're in that range.
66:54And then you get that second part of round two where it's Walker Hampton, Barkley, Henry, like love that.
66:59By the way, AJ Brown, apparently having another monster camp, uh, practice day.
67:03Yeah. I'm so excited about it. Yeah. All right.
67:06That's it. I don't, I don't know. Like you were driving the bus, but you're pretty ahead of that.
67:12How good AJ Brown could be. Well, we don't know what, we don't really know what's going to happen here, but it just makes sense.
67:19Right. Ooh, we got a, we did a tennis poll.
67:22Who's going to win the match? 53% Dan 47%.
67:25Hey, there you go. I'm just going to tell you, I really don't think I'm going to win.
67:30I just, I'm not as good as him. It sucks.
67:33It's like, I really want to beat him. And I also want to tell everybody, and I'll tell you again tomorrow after
67:40the match, like Dan's not really this big of a pompous jerk.
67:44He was doing it to be a heel to, to kind of drum up interest in it and make people hate him.
67:50And I told him not to do it and he did it anyway.
67:54Uh, and yeah, he's, he's actually a very gracious, uh, tennis player, but I don't think I'm going to win and it
68:01bothers me because I really want to win. I'm going to give it everything I have.
68:05I'm going to go down swinging. I'm going to hit hard.
68:09I'm going to, you know, I'm going to go for it, but I'm just not as good as him.
68:14So I appreciate everyone's support. I know you're for most of you are rooting for me.
68:19So, so the thing I, the thing I did for yesterday was I said, are you on team Adam or team Dan?
68:26And I said, like, if you are on team Adam retweeted or on team that nobody retweets.
68:31So I made sure like you're going to win that, uh, by the way, Dan, Dan is at a joint practice Dan
68:38and Dave are at joint practice for the dolphins and giants.
68:41Would you like to hear Dan's, uh, post three minutes ago?
68:44Yeah. Okay. You might not love it, but it sounds like he's okay.
68:48Uh, Andrew Thomas came off the field briefly, but is our back swing back in team drills with first team.
68:54Maybe a cramp foot thing looks fine. Practice is getting really chilly.
68:58Now guessing he says means chippy. Yeah. I'm getting really chilly now.
69:01I don't think it's chilly in South Florida. Let's be honest with you.
69:05Um, I'm getting really chilly. Now 31 for Miami.
69:08Just had a borderline dirty hit on Tracy angle route, check down and JMS got caught up in his face immediately.
69:14Okay. I don't, I, I mean, dude, spell check, bro.
69:17Like just take a second and read it. I'm going to, I'm going to comment to this and say, we read this on air word for word.
69:25Check your spelling next time. You, you slob. Quote, you slob.
69:29Adam. All right, everybody. I'm going to kick his ass today.
69:32We'll talk to you tomorrow on fantasy football today.
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