2026 Fantasy Football Standard Mock Draft: Biggest Non-PPR Values, Touchdown Picks & Draft Strategy (Ep. 2148)
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1 hr 11 min
Duration
Estimated from transcript
Aug 22, 2026
Published
Sat, August 22, 2026
63
Player insights
49
Players mentioned
Topics
Brock PurdyChristian McCaffreyDallas GoedertDerrick HenryEmeka EgbukaGeorge KittleJahmyr GibbsJalen HurtsJavonte WilliamsKyren WilliamsMike EvansRashee RiceSam LaPortaSaquon Barkley
Player analysis
Player insights
Alec Pierce
PositiveValue32:49
The source likes Alec Pierce as a bench wide receiver in standard leagues, citing his big-play ability and the team's commitment to him via a contract extension.
Insight pageBijan Robinson
NegativeUsage65:07
Bijan Robinson was drafted as a starting running back for D-Bro's team.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
PositiveProjection67:35
The analysts suggest that Brock Bowers has the potential to finish as the number one tight end, which significantly bolstered the team that drafted him.
Insight pageBrock Purdy
NegativeUsage58:31
Brock Purdy was selected as the starting quarterback for the team drafted by the source known as D-Bro.
Insight pagePositiveProjection75:13
The source remains confident in Brock Purdy, citing his outlier passing touchdown rates as a sustainable trend for the upcoming season.
Insight pageChris Godwin
PositiveValue34:58
The source highlights Chris Godwin as a nice value pick in the eighth round for standard leagues, specifically for his touchdown equity.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveUsage18:27
The host highlights Chris Olave as a key touchdown producer for his offense, making him a strong selection in standard formats where touchdown equity is prioritized.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
PositiveUsage65:17
The source targets Chris Rodriguez in the ninth round specifically for his touchdown equity and goal-line role, noting he is there to score touchdowns.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeUsage12:06
Ryan expresses concern regarding Christian McCaffrey's 2026 outlook, citing the heavy usage he endured last season and his current injury status. Ryan notes that he would typically avoid drafting him, but selected him at the 1.09 in this mock draft solely due to the value falling to that spot.
Insight pageNegativeUsage62:48
Christian McCaffrey was drafted by Ryan in the mock draft, paired with Jeremiah Love as his running back duo.
Insight pageChristian Watson
PositiveRole28:39
Derek Brown selected Christian Watson, noting that he is the clear wide receiver one for Green Bay and demonstrated high touchdown efficiency last year with six receiving touchdowns in only 10 games.
Insight pageColston Loveland
PositiveValue19:54
The source suggests that in a standard format, Colston Loveland is a strong target in the third round, even suggesting he could be considered as a first-round pick in the context of a promotional giveaway.
Insight pageCordarrelle Patterson
PositiveUsage30:18
The source notes buzz from Steelers camp that Cordarrelle Patterson is positioned to be the RB1 and potentially the primary goal-line back, making him a late-round value.
Insight pageD.J. Moore
PositiveProjection22:04
The source projects DJ Moore to be a focal point of the Bears' offense, comparing his expected role to Stefon Diggs' role with the Buffalo Bills, and notes he is part of a top-six scoring offense.
Insight pageDallas Goedert
PositiveValue59:07
D-Bro highlights Dallas Goedert's value, noting he finished as the TE5 in standard scoring last year and was undervalued by the mock draft's automated grading.
Insight pagePositiveProjection66:49
The source highlights Dallas Goedert as a sneaky pick in standard leagues, noting he was TE5 last year with 11 receiving touchdowns and expects him to be heavily involved in the red zone.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveValue83:28
The source considers Dalton Kincaid a must-draft value in the 11th/12th round due to his high-powered offense and previous performance before his injury.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveValue13:44
Tara Roberts highlights Derrick Henry as a massive advantage in standard leagues due to his high touchdown equity, justifying his selection at the end of the first round.
Insight pagePositiveUsage61:20
Tara expresses strong confidence in the Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley running back pairing for standard scoring leagues, stating she would double down on that strategy every time.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveBreakout84:04
The source suggests Dontayvion Wicks could have a breakout season, noting his strong separation metrics and impressive camp performance in a full-time role.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveProjection15:46
Ryan is high on Drake London, noting his dominance prior to injury last season despite poor quarterback play. He expects the Falcons to play from behind frequently, necessitating a high volume of passing, which benefits London's fantasy outlook.
Insight pageDylan Sampson
NegativeUsage82:02
The source views Dylan Sampson primarily as a handcuff with potential standalone value if Quenchon Judkins faces any injury issues.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveProjection24:06
Tara Roberts prefers Emeka Egbuka over Chris Godwin in standard leagues, projecting Egbuka to see more yardage and touchdown production, while Godwin may be limited to higher reception volume in the slot.
Insight pagePositiveSleeper85:22
The source identifies Emeka Egbuka as a high-end touchdown-upside running back flyer to roster in case of injuries to Kenneth Walker.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveValue34:04
The source considers George Kittle a 'touchdown monster' and a strong pick, noting that even if he starts the season as a part-time player, he is worth the investment for his high-ceiling production.
Insight pagePositiveValue59:07
D-Bro defends his selection of George Kittle, noting that the mock draft's internal grading system undervalued him by ranking him eighth at tight end despite his consistent production.
Insight pageJadarian Price
PositiveSleeper23:25
The source likes the draft capital of a fifth-round pick for Jadarian Price in standard leagues, citing Seattle's effective ball movement and his potential for end-zone carries.
Insight pageJahmyr Gibbs
PositiveProjection9:04
Jahmyr Gibbs was selected first overall in this standard mock draft, indicating he remains a top-tier asset regardless of the non-PPR format.
Insight pagePositiveProjection67:35
The analysts suggest that Jahmyr Gibbs has the potential to finish as the number one running back, which significantly bolstered the team that drafted him.
Insight pageJake Ferguson
PositiveUsage85:03
The source selects Jake Ferguson as a backup tight end to provide touchdown equity and depth behind Travis Kelce.
Insight pageJalen Coker
PositiveValue80:58
The source highlights Jalen Coker as a great value pick in the 11th round, despite concerns about the overall Panthers offense.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
PositiveValue28:59
The source views Jalen Hurts as having QB1 upside due to his rushing ability, making him a valuable pick in standard leagues where touchdown production is paramount.
Insight pageJameson Williams
PositiveBreakout24:05
The source defends Jamison Williams as a fine flex option, noting a shift in offensive play-calling, the departure of David Montgomery, and a favorable strength of schedule for the Lions.
Insight pageJavonte Williams
PositiveUsage20:30
Derek Brown highlights Javonte Williams' high red-zone usage, noting he ranked fifth in red-zone touches last year. Brown prefers him over other options due to this touchdown equity and the relative flatness of the wide receiver tier in standard leagues.
Insight pageNegativeUsage58:31
Javonte Williams was drafted as a starting running back for D-Bro's team in the standard mock draft.
Insight pageJoe Burrow
PositiveValue25:38
The source highlights Joe Burrow as a consistent top-five quarterback when healthy and a strong value pick in the sixth round for standard leagues where touchdown upside is prioritized.
Insight pageJordan Addison
PositiveProjection59:57
The mock draft's pick analysis suggested that drafting Jordan Addison over Dallas Goedert would have provided a significant boost to D-Bro's team score.
Insight pageJordan Love
NegativeProjection25:51
Ryan expresses regret over drafting Jordan Love in the fourth round of the mock, noting that he does not plan to draft him in actual leagues because the offense is expected to play from behind, and he lacks the receiving equity needed for standard formats.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
NegativeInjury68:25
The source expresses concern regarding Jordan Tyson due to a lingering hamstring injury that could keep him out for two months, making him a risky draft pick.
Insight pageJosh Downs
PositiveValue76:45
The source argues that the market is writing off Josh Downs too soon, viewing him as a valuable bench wide receiver despite concerns about target competition from Keenan Allen.
Insight pageKyle Monangai
PositiveSleeper31:51
The source views Kyle Monangai as a high-upside bench stash in standard leagues, noting that if D'Andre Swift were to suffer an injury, Monangai's upside would be top-five.
Insight pageKyren Williams
PositiveProjection18:49
The host targets Kyren Williams in the third round of the standard mock, arguing that his role in a high-powered Rams offense makes him a premier touchdown-scoring asset, despite concerns regarding potential committee work with Blake Corum.
Insight pagePositiveUsage65:57
D-Bro highlights Kyren Williams as his RB2, noting that the mock draft's strength analysis correctly identified him as a top-tier RB2 option.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
PositiveUsage87:02
The source views Marshawn Lloyd as a clear and definitive handcuff for the Packers, noting he is a top priority if Josh Jacobs faces suspension or injury.
Insight pageMarvin Harrison Jr.
NegativeProjection29:38
The source projects Marvin Harrison may see fewer receptions than Michael Wilson but could lead the Cardinals in red-zone targets and touchdown equity.
Insight pageMichael Pittman
PositiveProjection68:38
The source views Michael Pittman Jr. as a potential low-key breakout candidate, arguing he has never received a fair shake and could benefit from competent quarterback play with Aaron Rodgers.
Insight pageMike Evans
PositiveBreakout20:54
The source identifies Mike Evans as a 'smash pick' in standard formats due to his touchdown equity, comparing his potential upside to Davante Adams if he stays healthy.
Insight pagePositiveValue65:48
D-Bro strongly disagrees with the mock draft's assessment that Mike Evans was a subpar wide receiver selection in a standard league, arguing his value is higher than the grade suggests.
Insight pageMike Washington Jr.
PositiveUsage87:02
The source is a big fan of Mike Washington Jr., labeling him a clear handcuff and a high-quality prospect who has looked fantastic in camp.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
PositiveProjection10:13
Derek Brown selected Puka Nacua at the 1.04, noting that in standard leagues, he is a prime candidate for touchdown equity. Brown suggests that if the touchdown distribution between Nacua and Davante Adams flips this year, Nacua will be a massive asset in non-PPR formats.
Insight pageRashee Rice
PositiveUsage22:23
Ryan selected Rashee Rice in the third round, specifically targeting his role as the primary red-zone threat for the Kansas City Chiefs to capitalize on touchdown equity in a standard league.
Insight pageNegativeBust64:55
D-Bro admits he is dramatically below consensus on Rashee Rice and Jeremiah Love, expressing fear regarding their outlooks, which influenced his low grade of Ryan's team.
Insight pageRhamondre Stevenson
PositiveUsage28:02
The source argues Rhamondre Stevenson should be drafted ahead of Tyjae Spears, noting he had a higher explosive run rate than Spears last year and is projected to remain the goal-line option in a high-scoring Patriots offense.
Insight pageRomeo Doubs
PositiveProjection78:22
The source expects Romeo Doubs to score more touchdowns than anticipated, projecting him to be a primary target in a high-scoring New England offense.
Insight pageSam LaPorta
PositiveValue31:23
The source identifies Sam LaPorta as a 'mad value' in the seventh round, noting his role in a high-powered offense.
Insight pagePositiveValue63:55
Ryan considers Sam LaPorta falling to him in the draft a blessing, noting his value in a standard league format.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveRole14:48
Tara Roberts expects a bounce-back season for Saquon Barkley, citing new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion's aggressive commitment to the ground game as a key driver for his production.
Insight pageNegativeValue62:05
D-Bro notes that he has Saquon Barkley ranked lower than the current consensus, which likely contributed to the negative feedback on Tara's team structure.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveValue35:09
The source argues Stefon Diggs is consistently undervalued in drafts and should be considered a top-36 wide receiver, urging drafters to target him in the 30-36 range.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
PositiveUsage30:49
The host selected Travis Etienne in the later rounds, prioritizing his touchdown equity in a standard format where running back volume is essential.
Insight pageTyjae Spears
PositiveUsage80:26
The source views Tajae Spears as a solid depth pick, noting that he has proven he can handle the workload when given the ball, especially given skepticism toward Tony Pollard.
Insight pageTyler Allgeier
PositiveValue70:15
The source targets Tyler Allgeier due to the injury to Jeremiah Love, noting that a high ankle sprain could linger and provide Allgeier with valuable opportunities.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed Human. Call 1-800-GRANGER, click Grainger.com or stop by.
0:04Grainger, for the ones who get it done. It's not so standard anymore, but we're still going to tackle it because that's
0:10what we're doing on the Fantasy Pros Draft Wizard.
0:13We have got a standard league mock draft where two wide receiver, two running back, we're even doing kicker and defense.
0:19We're doing a little bit of all of it.
0:21And joining me today for the episode, we've got the King of Bros, Derek Brown, Tara Roberts and the Fantasy Dude.
0:27All of us in here, 2D Bro, as I mentioned before, tackle something that's not so standard anymore.
0:32It doesn't mean that like, you know, maybe like a majority of ESPN leagues are still doing it.
0:37Tons of people are still doing it, but the term, we do need to retire the standard term for this format.
0:43I, I emphatically agree. I think this should just be however we want to phrase this, touchdowns only, touchdown hunting, like whatever,
0:49however we want to coin that term. I think that's what you're looking for in standard leagues right now.
0:55And that's really how it should be framed. Tara, non PPR is essentially all it is right now.
1:00Yeah. Yeah. I was going to say, yeah. Non PPR, because like I was saying off air when we were doing this,
1:06we, we almost have to actively kill the term standard because it, I think it, it makes people feel like that's the format.
1:12If we don't want to get cute with fantasy football, you do.
1:16But I think a lot of the, the sites and stuff have changed to what their default format is, is like a
1:22half PPR Tara, but we just got to kill the name, even though we're literally calling it the standard.
1:27We're not going to do our job here. Yeah.
1:30It's okay. Yeah. Non PPR touchdown, happy, all that good stuff.
1:33Um, it's fun. It's different and it's fun to mock draft.
1:36And apparently the standard league is very loud and very bright because the fantasy dude rocking with this.
1:41I don't think I've mock draft with anybody with a sunglasses before on an episode, but I appreciate it.
1:47What's up, my man? Not much. Not much. Uh, my group of friends, we actually call it retro ball now because it's
1:53the old way we used to play. Oh, yeah.
1:55I like that. I like that. All right. Well, yeah.
1:58Yeah. Let's try to make it. Remember, Barry ball, whatever you want to call it.
2:02Old man yells at fantasy, something like that. That's what it is.
2:06We used to check our stats in the morning paper on Mondays.
2:09Yeah. That makes it cloud fantasy. Yeah. Old man yells at cloud fantasy.
2:13There we go. Cloud fantasy. Whatever your style is, we've got it available on the draft wizard.
2:18You can go and do standard half PPR super flex.
2:20You could just sync your league if you guys have got some cool special settings or whatever, and you guys can do
2:27exactly what we're doing today as we are going to be jumping in at fantasypros.com slash mock.
2:31You can download the fantasy pros app and then you can create whatever you want, whether you're jumping into the fantasy mock
2:38draft lobbies or you want to create some private ones for yourself where you can mock draft with buddies or you could just mock draft against the system.
2:46Everything is powered by ECR, the expert consensus ranks, and there's a bunch of great stuff in there.
2:51You've also got coach that's going to help you out.
2:53So you want to start tackling and get ready for your draft.
2:57Go into the draft simulator, fantasypros.com slash mock, just like we are going to do.
3:01And we are going to tackle this mock draft right now.
3:04So we have also got our wonderful, awesome discord members, which we posted this into, and this is full of our discord.
3:10So fantasypros.com slash chat, if you go and check that out, you could be a part of these mock drafts.
3:16And that is what we've got. We've got like DVR.
3:19We've got a bunch of our insane people that are looking to hurt Debro's feelings for sure.
3:24And then we are also tackling this. I jumped into the two spot for this mock draft.
3:28Debro went to the four. I believe the fantasy dude is at nine and Tara took the wheel.
3:34So we will get screamed about Debro that we did not take five, six or seven.
3:38Just warning you, we're going to get yelled at, but we are, we are balancing that out by drafting kickers and defense.
3:44So I took the four spot because the YouTube comments told me that nobody is drafted from the four spot.
3:50And I will not mention the two numbers between five and eight on a show right now.
3:55So picking that draft spot, I will not do not in the year 2026.
3:59That is man with a child. In the big two six.
4:02Yeah. Tara on the 12 spot, anything that you wanted, was that something you wanted to do?
4:07Is it your favorite spot? What was the impetus of taking 12 in the standard mock?
4:11Yeah. Yeah. In my defense, the reason that I did not do a mid round one was because we did that perfect draft one.
4:18And I challenged myself with that mid round. It is miserable.
4:21Right. So I thought that was a nice reference point.
4:24So I'll go to the end here, give myself a wrap, uh, end of the turn experience.
4:29I like that, especially in standard. It'll be interesting.
4:31And the dude abides with the nine pick. And I can appreciate that.
4:35And I actually really like that spot because it's like early enough to still have something cool happen.
4:40And then you have a quick turn. Was that your approach there?
4:43Uh, kind of my lead personally, we do a third round reversal.
4:47So I like to pick near the end of the draft most of the time.
4:51So I like, I like to have the 12 11 spot, but I figured if I move it up a little more,
4:57I could still play with that same kind of draft strategy, but a little bit more skewed to the side.
5:03All right, perfect. Well, we're going to start this up.
5:06By the way, would you like us to go by your government name of the, or would you like the fantasy?
5:11You can actually call me Ryan if you would like to.
5:15Okay. I didn't want to kill the real government name.
5:17Your actual government name. I don't want to kill the mystery behind it.
5:21Oh, it's okay. People know who I am. Okay.
5:24Well, good. I even have eyeballs behind the glasses.
5:26As a fellow, the Welsh, I can appreciate it.
5:29So I just want to make sure. All right.
5:31Exactly. When he snipes you, you have to mention his middle name though.
5:35That's the only rules. A hundred percent. All right.
5:37Mock draft is underway here again. Two running back, two wide receiver quarterback.
5:41We do have a flex. Jameer Gibbs goes on the number one spot.
5:45I am up here and I am going to also tackle the running back.
5:49I took the two spot here. Just, I mean, also as a host, it's a little bit easy to jump in here,
5:55but I wanted to tackle one of these early running backs.
5:58And I don't think I've actually drafted high in drafts so I could see what the back end of the second round looks like.
6:05So nothing different from full PPR, half PPR or standard here with Jameer Gibbs and Bijan going.
6:10The third pick is Jamar Chase. Debro, you're up at four.
6:13Also, I'd kind of be curious. What do you think is going to deviate?
6:17You took Puka Nakua. So again, nothing has really changed for anybody versus any of these formats.
6:21Real quick on Puka. Obviously no concerns on any potential suspension or injury.
6:25And was there any hesitation of something maybe you wanted to do different being this a standard league?
6:30No, I mean, right now, again, touchdown hunting and stuff.
6:33So, I mean, I still think the right approach here is between if you're sitting at the four spot, whoever falls to
6:39you, whether that's one of Bijan Gibbs, Chase or Puka.
6:42I went with Puka over somebody like a JSN or Amunra.
6:45You can make the case. But like, I think it's equally possible this year, the touchdowns flip between Adams and Puka.
6:51And if that happens this year, then again, he's wonderful and standard.
6:54And unfortunately, all I ask for Puka, stop acting like a freaking pigeon, man.
6:58Just open the glass doors. It's fine. You don't have to run into him.
7:02Yeah. Someone get him a pacifier so he doesn't bite anybody.
7:05Have a glass door. Like, just chill out. James Cook, Jackson Smith and Jigba.
7:09Amunra St. Brown. That is the 5-6-7. Ryan, you are up in one pick.
7:13We've got a pick before. We have not seen Jonathan Taylor go, Christian McCaffrey.
7:17So, I mean, maybe there's really nothing deviating here.
7:20But what are you looking at doing as Jonathan Taylor goes?
7:23I would have probably taken Taylor there had he fallen.
7:26I'm not big on Christian McCaffrey this year based on what's happening already based off of the usage he had last season.
7:32What we've seen happen to him after that amount of usage has happened to him in the past.
7:37He's already dealing with injuries. We're trying to figure out what that is.
7:41We don't know what timeline they're saying. You know, it's not.
7:44But last time they did that, we don't know what happened.
7:47And he missed half a season. So, I'm still going to take him here just based off of the value that has fallen to me at 9.
7:54But normally, because it's a mock, normally I would not do that in a regular league.
7:59But if the mock draft, I like to try things out.
8:02I want to see how my team is going to look in the end.
8:06That's what you're doing when you do a mock.
8:09You're not trying to win the draft. You're trying to just have fun and see what your team is going to look like.
8:15Yeah, I like the buildup of like, here's the negative, negative, negative.
8:18I'm going to take him. I'm going to take C&C anyway.
8:22Yeah. That's my boy. I'm down with that. I mean, especially for touchdown equity.
8:25He's such an advantage in PPR, but that doesn't really matter because he's still a high touchdown equity.
8:31Now, Terry, you did the thing that I really wanted to focus on.
8:34Lamb goes 10. Jefferson goes 11. You went back-to-back running back.
8:37And I think the biggest advantage early on in standard is a guy like Derrick Henry, who you did take at 12.
8:44You backed him up with Saquon Barkley. So those are two monster picks here.
8:48And I wondered if Derrick Henry was going to move into the first round and you made that happen.
8:53Yeah, it was interesting. I was worried that we were going to see one of those guys go and that I was
8:59going to have to make the decision. Because, you know, in full PPR, I am taking a guy like Ashton Gentry before
9:05both of those guys for the massive receiving upside that he has.
9:09But we're talking about standard high touchdowns. Derrick Henry, obviously massive advantage there to get to 15.
9:13And when it comes to Saquon, I think we're getting the bounce back of we're getting new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion leaning aggressively on the ground game.
9:21As they try to figure out who's going to step up opposite of Devontae Smith, if that's going to be a reliable
9:27option, they need to lean on Saquon Barkley. I really like that start.
9:31Then it went AJ Brown, Jinty. And then Ryan, you came back with Drake London.
9:35Really, really solid pick on the wide receiver. Any sniping happened before?
9:39Was that what you were locked into for the second round?
9:42Oh, Falcons hat. Yeah, he's my boy. You got anything for us on the Drake London pick?
9:46I'm just a big fan of London in general.
9:49We saw what he could do last year before the injury.
9:52He was he was dominating. And that was with, in my opinion, poor quarterback play.
9:56I don't think he's going to have any better quarterback play.
9:59But besides the B. John and Pitts on the team, who else are they throwing the ball to?
10:05I mean, they're going to be playing from behind quite often.
10:08They're going to be having to air that ball out.
10:10I love the talent there. And I'm not opposed to taking him that early in a second at all.
10:16I would have taken him on the turn had he still been there if I was if I was Tara.
10:21So Nico, Chase Brown, Pickens, Diviar took Ken Walker and Debro.
10:25You took Omerian Hampton. So Omerian Hampton at 2-9.
10:27Let's hear it. I was in between the top of my queue was Kenneth Walker and Omerian Hampton.
10:32I mean, both those guys, I think we're looking at similar touchdown equity.
10:36I think in a standard, is there a little like I have no qualms or questions about Kenneth Walker being the definitive
10:42red zone guy for the Kansas City Chiefs. I have more questions about Omerian Hampton.
10:46But again, if he is the red zone guy for this offense, he could score 12 plus touchdowns this year.
10:52And it's fantastic. So the fact that I was able to get one of those two guys over somebody like Devon H.
10:58And where I have questions about the scoring potential of the offense, very happy one of those guys fell to me.
11:04Follow that up with Devon H. And went right after you.
11:07And I took Chris Olave, who I was locked into.
11:10I mean, who the hell else is going to be scoring touchdowns there at this point in Debro's offense?
11:15So I loved Olave. Bowers was interesting. Bowers went 2-12 and 3-0-1.
11:19I'm up and I am battling a couple different plays here.
11:22And I don't know if I want to go super unpopular.
11:25I love this one in a standard league. I'm going to go with Kyron Williams.
11:29And I think that's like something to talk about.
11:32I like them so bad. Yeah, well, what are the adjustments in standard versus what everybody might be used to in half PPR?
11:38Again, go back to the Derrick Henry pick. You're talking touchdown equity.
11:42Yes, there's some stuff around Kyron Williams and sharing and Blake Corum.
11:45But it is like one of the top-end most powerful offenses.
11:48We've talked about it. You know, if you're looking at, you know, whatever it is, like sharp football.
11:53And you're looking at the top projected team totals.
11:56The Rams are at the tippy top. So why would I not want to take a high-end running back for a high-end offense?
12:02Because I need touchdowns. That's all. We are battling touchdowns in big yards.
12:06And that was my touchdown play. I actually love the play that went right after in Trey McBride.
12:11I kind of gave some consideration to him. D-Bro, you went with Javante Williams.
12:15You also went running back here. So hit us with Javante Williams.
12:18What do you think is starting to change, by the way, versus like what we do in PPR and half PPR for
12:24standard as we move through these rounds? Do you feel any formatic type of changes to what you normally are doing?
12:30Yeah. I mean, pulling Javante up the board, I think a lot of places he's still like a fourth-round pick.
12:36I think people would be surprised that I took him over Josh Jacobs, but I'm worried about the suspension with him.
12:42Brees Hall has got the groin issue. Jeremiah Love and a Cardinals offense that, how many touchdowns are they scoring this year?
12:48Heck no. So looking at Javante, it was really kind of between Travis Echian and Javante as far as touchdown equity offenses that I want to invest in.
12:56Javante was fifth in red zone touches last year, so the touchdown equity is definitely there.
13:01Plus, I look at this whole tier of wide receivers.
13:03I think it's really flat when you look at standard leagues right now.
13:07Like, you can make a case for a ton of guys that are going to score between six and maybe upwards of like eight to ten touchdowns.
13:15So like, if I think the wide receiver tier is flat, there's only two running backs that I like that I think
13:21can really probably score ten-plus touchdowns that are kind of left on the board versus a lot of other options.
13:26Yeah, I took the running back here. That was a guy that I was considering as well.
13:31Zay Flowers win 3-5. Brees Hall, Malik Neighbors, Josh Allen, our first quarterback in here.
13:36And then, Ryan, you actually did something I gave heavy consideration to.
13:39Again, this is the standard thing. You took Rasheed Rice, and if you're talking touchdown equity, I'm not the biggest Rasheed Rice
13:45guy, but for obvious red zone coverage, that's why I liked Rice.
13:48So talk about your 3-9 pick. That was basically the reason I went with it.
13:53I was considering Allen if he had dropped to me.
13:56I'm not a big quarterback early person, but being that it's a standard league, you're trying to find an advantage in certain areas.
14:02And I kind of view my build as a hero RB build at the moment.
14:06And when he got sniped the pick before me, I looked at Rice and considered the amount of touchdowns that he could
14:12potentially have as the red zone target for the Kansas City Chiefs, and I pulled the trigger.
14:17Yeah, don't hate it. Josh Jacobs went 3-10. Colson Loveland, 3-11.
14:20So we did get a couple of those tight ends here.
14:23And then, Tara, you did a wide receiver, wide receiver, 3-4 split here with Emeka Ekbuka and Tee Higgins.
14:29So I love the Emeka side. Maybe Emeka is a slight little baby downgrade in a standard just touchdown league, knowing what
14:35they've got in the rushing game and Chris Godwin and stuff, but love Tee Higgins there.
14:40So talk to us about your two picks. Yeah, I actually think that Emeka, when I bump up Emeka next to Chris
14:46Godwin, considering that Godwin's going to be out of the slot, I actually think that we're going to see Godwin in the
14:52production that we kind of saw around that 2023-2022 timeframe where the touchdowns weren't, where they were early in his career, it
14:58was more of like a max of five. So I actually like it to be more potential receptions tilting over to Godwin,
15:04but more yardage and touchdowns with Emeka. So in a standard, I give him that slight edge over Godwin.
15:10Tee Higgins, I debated on this one, not going to lie.
15:13If Colson Loveland didn't go there right before, I was eyeing him down.
15:17I was like, oh yeah, I'm taking Loveland right here.
15:19Would be a great red zone target. So then it had me debating whether Tee Higgins or Tyler Warren, you know, touchdowns.
15:26I'm kind of worried that maybe we get a little, I'm not worried about Keenan Allen, but you never know how things might shift.
15:32And they have Jonathan Taylor, the aggressive use on the ground.
15:35So decided to just go ahead and lock in that second wide receiver there.
15:39We had Lad McConkie, Lamar Jackson, a couple of quarterbacks have gone on this round.
15:44And then Ryan, you took what is going to be seen as, you know, whatever it's controversial or it's polarizing, at least at this point, Jeremiah Love.
15:51So you jumped in with Jeremiah Love at the, what is it?
15:55The four, four spot. And it's interesting in this format too, because you're not going to get a ton of that receiving
16:01equity and you're talking about maybe volume going out.
16:03So what was the, what was the power behind taking him in the fourth round?
16:08I was, I was debating between him and Travis HN.
16:10And I really wanted to go with the new Orleans.
16:13And I'm going to be honest with you when it comes to like a breakdown of why I made that pick, it
16:19was because we're in a mock draft and I wanted to try things out.
16:23I'm just being a hundred percent honest. I would, I w I haven't taken Jordan Love in any of my mock drafts this off season.
16:30Um, and I'm going to be honest with you when I took it, it didn't feel great because I don't think I'm
16:37going to be taking him in any of my leagues.
16:39The, the, the offense is going to be playing from behind most of the time.
16:44If this is the standard league that I'm playing in, uh, you're not getting that receiving work.
16:48You're not getting all that extra stuff that you're, you're, you're accustomed to with what we play, uh, when, when it comes to the PPR standard.
16:56Um, but with this pick here, it was just more along the lines of we're, we're trying mocks.
17:01I'm trying things out and I wanted to see what the team would look like.
17:05I'm going to be honest. I'm not happy with it, but we're trying things out.
17:09I like that. That's usually mine. That's how I approach, uh, Tedrow McMillan for five Jalen Waddle, Drake may who I gave some consideration to.
17:16And then, uh, D bro, you jumped in with Christian Watson.
17:19Uh, so Drake made Devante Adams, by the way, the one right before you, I was heavily considering Devante Adams if he had fallen to me.
17:27Uh, so did you get a little bit snipe there, um, pivoting to Christian Watson or were you locked into Watson?
17:33I was, I was willing to, because that would have, I would have Puka and Adams there, but I feel like if
17:39that's the case, then I was fine taking Adams if he fell to me because I'm legit locking up.
17:44Most of the touchdowns definitely would probably like all of the touchdowns are at least a large part of it through the
17:51air for what we consider to be one of the best offenses in the NFL with having Puka and Adams.
17:56Um, but Watson, man, I mean, 10 games played last year, six receiving touchdowns.
18:00He's going to be the clear wide receiver one for green Bay and certain.
18:04One thing I do want to zoom out and just kind of discuss here real quickly is that when you're looking in
18:10your touchdown hunting and standard for these players, it's not just the red zone usage.
18:14I like to look at the quarterback positions, like consistently year after year, after year, who are these outlier guys and passing
18:21touchdown rates that were like, okay, that's going to regress.
18:24It's going to regress. And then it doesn't Jordan love comes to mind.
18:27He's consistently above that. I think that happens again this year.
18:30Another guy is also on this list, but I'm, I'm not going to tease this too far.
18:35Cause I'm, I'm curious if a guy comes back to me here, uh, in a second.
18:40Okay. I got a couple, there's a couple of sneaky ones in here.
18:43It's a couple of sneaky sneakies. Uh, Deandre Swift went, I decided, I kind of had this in my brain that with
18:49a standard format, I tend to lean more running backs just for touchdown equity.
18:53And, uh, Travis HN is where I decided I wanted to go.
18:57I do have two saints in here. Not necessarily what I'm wanting.
19:00D bro's got to love this. It's the new powerhouse offense of the saints for this division.
19:05But you know, Camara being down, I think it helps this a little bit more.
19:09I mean, both really my Olave and HN picks are like the pieces around them falling apart.
19:14Like with, I remember I've done shows with you, Tara, where you've had a lot of questions about, you were kind of
19:20wanting to avoid HN and everything, but it's just like, there's nobody else around.
19:24So I just wanted to have a little bit more of a hyper focus on RB.
19:29So I put an RB in my flex. There were a couple of guys I was looking at.
19:34Judkins is really interesting. I do like Bucky, but I just felt I wanted to, I wanted to lock that up, but
19:40also because I like where we're at with wide receiver.
19:43And I think there's some values and I might start doing some tricky stuff here coming soon.
19:48We'll see, uh, as we move into the fifth round before we do though, we talked about Colson Loveland a little bit ago.
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20:33So we are going into the fifth round after my HN pick.
20:36It went Terry McLaurin at four 12. David Montgomery was the wheel at five one.
20:40So you can see some of the running backs are going, but I will point out Dave Montgomery just went ahead of Judkins, Scadaboo Irving.
20:47That's kind of fun. As he should. I got, I got to tell you guys, I'm staring at wide receiver and I
20:54really want to take my Gevins here in the fifth round.
20:57And I want to take him over there. There's a couple of good wide receivers.
21:01Uh, interestingly enough in the standard format, draft wizard is pushing Jamison Williams.
21:05Garrett Wilson also seems to be falling, but I hate that jets offense.
21:08Uh, I'm going to do it. I'm going to see what happens.
21:12Screw it. I'm going Mike Evans. I want my touchdown equity.
21:15I didn't want to tease. I figured you were going to do it.
21:18I was hoping you weren't because I was going to make the case.
21:22Brock Purdy consistently. Every freaking year is over a 7% passing touchdown rate.
21:26Welsh. Yeah. You did a good job though. What you're supposed to do is you're supposed to play coy and you're supposed to not say anything.
21:33And you did a very good job, but your 49ers homer dumb.
21:36And the fact that Evans is a smash pick, uh, definitely crushed me here.
21:40It's a smash pick again. This is one of those format changes.
21:44I don't want to like, I don't want to be annoying about it for everybody, but I do want to continuously hyper-focus on that.
21:51There are some differences. Some, I feel like half PPR and PPR tend to kind of flow more of the same.
21:56And then when you jump into standard, things are going to start to alter and go nuts, uh, because you're going to touch inequity though.
22:04It is funny. Luther burden went five, three DJ more at five, four D bro was the other guy that I was looking at.
22:10I was battling those two players. Cause DJ more has looked fantastic.
22:14Going to be a big point of the offense.
22:16So I do like this as a consolation prize.
22:19Yeah. Those are the two packet guys that I was looking at.
22:22I mean, again, I would love to have Evans.
22:25I think he could be this year's Devante Adams and lead.
22:28If he could stay healthy, lead the NFL and receiving touchdowns.
22:31But I think DJ more is going to be Stefan digs for the Buffalo bills.
22:35I think they told us that loudly and a week one of the preseason.
22:39And so again, you're vesting in a top six scoring offense.
22:42Yes, please. Cam's got a boo. Bay shell. Tootin went five, five, five, six.
22:46Uh, another thing you can do is, is we're closing in here, uh, Ryan, you're about to be up, but, um, if
22:52you guys have questions kind of throughout the draft, make sure not only are you going to get suggestions from coach, but
22:59you can ask coach live in drafts of, you know, what are some advantages?
23:03Who are some players for standard, even though it's going to kind of give you some of those suggestions, coach is going
23:09to be there in the draft wizard while you're drafting.
23:12So you can ask questions and, or it is going to give you suggestions based on what's happening.
23:17So just a little fun aside. Uh, we have after tootin, it went Jaden Daniels.
23:21So another quarterback quinch on jutkins, as I mentioned, and Ryan, you went with Jadarian price.
23:25So you're going with the young dudes. You've got a backfield of a Jeremiah love and Jadarian price.
23:30Yes, I do. I was just, again, we're going with the standard.
23:34We're looking for touchdown upside. I see Seattle moving the ball quite effectively this year, just like they did last year.
23:40I see a lot of, you know, end zone, uh, runs for him.
23:43I, I don't dislike the, the draft in the, or the draft capital of a fifth round pick and near the end of the fifth round.
23:51I'm all for it. If he's there for me, uh, standard or PPR, I'm jumping all over it.
23:56I like it. Uh, Garrett Wilson really fell to five, 10 in this format, Bucky Irving.
24:00And then Tara, you just did a double tap of Tyler Warren and then Jamison Williams.
24:05Jamison Williams has kind of been floating up as one of the top, uh, top polls from fantasy pros on the draft wizard.
24:11So talk about those two picks. Yeah, I feel like the gap, we had a nice little gap there after Colston Loveland.
24:18I think that makes a lot of sense when it comes to a standard league, because a lot of these guys after
24:24them shift into more questionable offenses, questionable touchdowns. So there should be a gap.
24:28There's only so much of a gap that I can leave.
24:31So I was like, okay, it's been enough picks.
24:33Let me go ahead and grab Tyler Warren, shore that up.
24:36And yeah, Jamison Williams. This is funny. This has been a controversial one because I've done 10,000 shows with Pat this off season and he loves Jamison Williams.
24:44And the comments are always like, Oh, but last season, it wasn't great until the end.
24:49And I, I want people to let go of what happened last season because it's a transition, right?
24:54We've got a change in offensive coordinator. We saw the offensive play calling shift in the middle of the season that helped out Jamison as well.
25:01And then we've also got a different setup here in terms of David Montgomery is gone.
25:06We've got the elevation of Jameer Gibbs, and we've also got this beautiful schedule.
25:10It's a wonderful schedule for the Detroit lions. Very easy, a top three strength of schedule for Jared golf, lots of domes
25:16in the back half of the season. So there are going to be a lot of high upside games, especially in the
25:22critical moments in the back half of the season, as you're making playoff pushes.
25:26So Jamison is a fine flex option. Uh, we had like a murderer's row of picks in here that, that I liked Parker Washington went six to Roma.
25:34Junsey at six, three Ryan, you took, uh, Joe burrow at six, four.
25:38We had Travion, uh, Brooks, Pollard, and then Tucker craft up to D bro.
25:42But Joe burrow, Ryan, I was with you. There's another kind of thing.
25:45I put maybe like a tiny bit more of a focus on quarterback in standard leagues.
25:50I would have loved to have gotten Drake may if there was a value I'm, I'm in this space.
25:55I've got to be careful where I'm like, Ooh, I think I want this quarterback, but then I'm letting things slide and
26:01I'm going to keep playing this game until I screw myself.
26:04But I really like your pick of Joe burrow here.
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27:27I consider taking him the round before, but I took the gamble of letting him slide.
27:32If he did, I was actually hoping that Warren would slide to me on that last one, but Tara snagged him up.
27:38But I was, I was considering him for the last couple of picks.
27:42And the fact that he was still there in the six, we're playing standard.
27:46We went, we need that touchdown upside. He's a consistent top five quarterback when healthy.
27:50I just didn't see a disadvantage to taking him there.
27:53Yeah. I like that one a lot after Burrow, it went Henderson, Brooks, Pollard, craft, and then deep row.
27:58You went with reminder, Stevenson, Erickson will be very proud of you in this.
28:02Cause he is still the theoretical one, but I don't know if we have seen in many drafts, we've done Henderson and reminder go in the same round.
28:10So I thought that was really interesting. It is interesting.
28:13And I think, I think Ramondre should go ahead of Henderson 10 times out of 10, like this theoretical upside for Travion Henderson.
28:19Uh, I don't disagree with it necessarily, but it's all theoretical.
28:22Like Ramondre has been the guy. I think he remains the guy he was for all this explosive talk about like, Oh, his big runs and stuff.
28:30Does everybody realize Ramondre Stevenson had a higher explosive run rate than Travion Henderson last year.
28:35So like people frame Ramondre as being this slow plotting back and stuff.
28:38And that's just definitively not the case. And I think he's going to remain the goal line option for what we, again,
28:44what we project because, uh, another part of like in standard leagues, invest in good offenses that you think will score a crap ton of touchdowns.
28:52We think the Patriots are going to do that.
28:54Yeah. A hundred percent. Uh, after your Stevenson picket win, Jalen Warren, I was so inspired by Ryan.
28:59I'm going to take the, um, I'm going to take the value of Jalen hurts falling.
29:04I, I like hurts kind of in general, a little bit more than a board, but the rushing upside and a standard league as well.
29:11And if they're going to let it fly a tiny bit more, either way, Jalen hurts is obviously got like QB one
29:17upside and we need to play touchdowns. And if he's not doing it in the air, at least we know he's going to do it on the ground.
29:25So he was the end of a tier at, at, um, quarterback, which I was really happy about the wheel from six,
29:3112 to seven, one went Carnell Tate and Dobbins.
29:34I was looking at Tate. So I decided to pivot to get my backup wide receiver.
29:38My third wide receiver. It took Marvin Harrison, who I'm not super crazy big on, but the one thing I do think
29:44you could see more of is I would not be surprised if you see more receiving yards and receptions from Michael Wilson,
29:51but I wouldn't be surprised if you, if you see more touchdowns from Marvin Harrison, kind of similar to those early drives
29:57that Cardinals have had, where it was like Wilson, Wilson, and then the red zone, all of a sudden I became Marvin Harrison.
30:03So maybe there's some touch on equity there. Wide receiver is also like thinning out a bit.
30:08So I wanted to make sure to get one of those guys.
30:12So that was seven, two, we had Quentin, uh, Quentin Johnston.
30:15And then Debro, you went with another running back here in Rico Dottle.
30:18Yeah. I mean, and again, highlighting this particular mock, it is only start two wide receivers.
30:23So I feel really good about my wide receiver room when I have Puka, Christian Watson, DJ more already.
30:28So I was just going to take like what I look at as being one of the last of a tier of
30:34running backs where I get all of this buzz out of camp right now for the Steelers is that Dottle is going to be the RB one.
30:42And I think if you're looking at who is going to be the goal line back in that offense, I kind of
30:48put the chances higher for Dottle than Jalen Warren, but maybe that's not consensus.
30:52But again, if he is that guy, I look at him as probably the end of a tier for running backs.
30:58Oh, we're having, by the way, speaking of running backs, like I know running backs usually go, but like, it seems like
31:04it is really thinned out in the standard format.
31:07Like it is really gross. Uh, you too. So smart.
31:10You took Rico. I have three and I probably should have maybe even considered another one there.
31:14Cause it is really thin. Justin Herbert, Blake Corum, Corey Krosky, Merritt went seven, uh, seven Chuba Hubbard, seven, eight.
31:20And then Ryan, you went with a tight end.
31:23Sam Laporta was just kind of stare. He was just floating there.
31:26This, this late in the draft, Sam Laporta is a mad value at seven, nine.
31:30I'm not, I'm that was the main reason of that pick.
31:33If I'm going to be honest, like it's just, he's there waiting for you to take.
31:38Yeah. Tied in a great offense as well. Jordan Mason.
31:41I was like, Ooh, maybe Jordan Mason will come back to me.
31:44Nope. Uh, he went seven, 10. We had RJ Harvey.
31:47And then Tara, you just did your double tap of Trevor Lawrence and Kyle Monong guys.
31:51So was the Monong guy pick a little bit based around not only like you're going to like, but also what the
31:58hell's going on with RVs right now? Like you had to get some more depth.
32:02Yeah. I'm so irritated. I had to Corey Krosky merit teed up.
32:05I had Jordan Mason teed up and I'm like, Oh, fantastic.
32:08So, uh, because I have Derek Henry and Saquon and my flex is filled there with Jamison.
32:13I can wait for Kyle Monong guy to get healthy.
32:16There were a ton of rushing touchdowns and that bears offense last year.
32:20So this is not a bad bench option for an RB three because you don't have to utilize him.
32:25It can be a back half thing. Once everything works out and he's back, um, and good to go.
32:30And you know, for all we know, Deandre Swift, whenever he could potentially suffer an injury, the upside from a non guy would be literally top five.
32:38So yeah, in a standard league, I'm cool with going this direction, but yes, it was painful.
32:43That run didn't make me happy. Yeah. And you took, I mean, when above Aaron Jones, who went eight to Brian Thomas
32:49going eight, three and then Ryan Alec, Alec Pierce, which I really like is because it's going to be a bench wide receiver.
32:55Yeah. You're talking about touchdown equity. He had big play last year.
32:59So this is a solid spot. The Keenan Allen signing does concern me a bit when it comes to his injury.
33:05It just without the team saying anything, that just tells me that they're, they're not telling us everything about it.
33:10Um, but at the same time, what we saw last year from him was just so promising.
33:15And the fact that they gave him the, the, the contract extension as well, just lets me know that they're, they want
33:21to make him an absolute piece of this offense.
33:24And to get him that late, I'm cool with it.
33:27Uh, DK Metcalf going eight, five. So again, there was like, there's a big slew of wide receivers of values have just been floating out there.
33:34Michael Wilson going eight, six. It makes me sick that he's down there.
33:38I like that pick. Kenny Gainwell. Diviar is up at D bro.
33:41You're squirming. Who do you want? Who do you want here?
33:44Oh, he took him. I knew he was going to take him.
33:48I wanted Sutton so bad, dude. I wanted Sutton because I feel like he's been disrespected at this point in draft.
33:54So I'm going to take an upside shot again, investing in a high flying offense that I think scores a crap ton of touchdowns.
34:00At this point, the risk is fine. I'm going to go George Kittle.
34:04That was my backup. That's a great pick right there.
34:07I, I approved that as a dude approved pick.
34:09I got some words. I got stuck on Sutton.
34:12So, you know, it is fam. if it'll comes back and that injury isn't hindering him, he's going to be a touchdown monster with Mike Evans.
34:19I emphatically agree. And I think there's so many good spots of tight ends that if he doesn't just say George Kittle
34:25starts off as a part-time player for the first three to four weeks of the season, there's a lot of good later
34:32tight end options that I think can kind of float the boat until Kittle is back too.
34:36yeah, sure. Like that pick D bro was, uh, as you went, Oh, that was me.
34:41Uh, I wanted George Kittle in a bad way.
34:43Turn about his fair play. Sorry. You can't draft all the 49ers.
34:47I wanted Evans. So I don't even think I have it.
34:50I have Mike Evans. You got Mike Evans. That you snipe D bro on.
34:54I forgot about that. All right. I'm going to go with Chris Godwin.
34:58Again, I mean, I guess I've got some old on the wide receiver side, but Chris Godwin at eight 11 feel felt pretty nice there for touchdown equity.
35:05Rashad white. And Stefan digs on the turn. I actually liked that.
35:09Oh, that's a good pick. Yeah. Stefan digs is continuously been sneaky just because wherever you are, his ADP or wherever he
35:15sits in a draft room has just not caught up.
35:18So like a high suggestion for Stefan digs, as you guys are going into your drafts in the next couple of weekends,
35:24if he is of any target to you, go and find him and cue him up early, early assuming hopefully you do that.
35:31But like deeper, I feel like every draft we've done, we're like, dang, how did stuff?
35:35Like, we just forget. Cause he's just floating down.
35:38He's below the Jacoby Myers and Matthew goldens, which he really shouldn't be.
35:41Right? No, he shouldn't be. I mean, like Stefan digs.
35:44And I've said this since he was signed with the commanders, he should be considered a top 36 wide receiver.
35:50So look at that in your overall rankings. And in that like 30 to 36 range, where they're going, just kind of slowly put Stefan digs.
35:57And there's another player we will get to here in a little bit.
36:01I think that's in a similar range to him.
36:03Okay. Well, last time you did this, when we stopped, when we stopped there for a second, last time you did this, you screwed yourself.
36:10Now I'm going to have to look who's that guy that you're looking at.
36:14I do have two bench wide receivers. So I probably got to float a little bit away from that.
36:20So, um, we're going into the ninth round. Stefan digs was the nine one.
36:24We're going to be tackling the back half. The quick question.
36:27I want to ask everybody. I want to do a heat check.
36:30When are we going to see our first kicker?
36:33Tara? Let me start with you. A kicker or defense goes, which one goes first?
36:37And then what round do we think we're going to see?
36:40My preference is defense first. I think, but I know a lot of people want those high end kickers early.
36:46So maybe 13th. I feel like in mock drafts, we don't see things go to sideways.
36:50Do you guys think it'll go sooner? I think someone's going to do it.
36:54I think the 11th round of kicker defense is going to go.
36:57Yeah. I was going to say, I'll pick defense.
37:00I think defense as well. So you're going to go 11th round.
37:03I'm going to say 12th round. Now what, which defense?
37:06I bet you it's going to be the Rams.
37:09It's the Rams of the Texans. Texans are the top lift.
37:12Ryan, what do you think? I was going to say, I was going to say 11th with the Texans.
37:17Okay. So that's our, just a little guess here.
37:20It won't be for many of us. I can tell you that, but that might be floating out there because we are
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38:59All right. Uh, going into the ninth round, I am up picking this back up here.
39:04So far on my team, I've got no tight end.
39:06I've got my flex at running back and I've got two backup wide receivers.
39:10Running backs are scary and bad. This is a player that I have not hyper-focused on that I'm going to take, but
39:17I'm going to take him in this spot here because we are talking touchdown equity.
39:21And I'm going to go with Chris Rodriguez. And I know Bayshel Tootin has been the dude, but Chris Rodriguez is here.
39:27He's here to do one thing and it is score touchdowns.
39:30You know, it'd be like the thing I'm here to do two things, chew gum and score touchdowns.
39:35And I'm all out of gum. Like that is what Chris Rodriguez is going to be here to do is goal line stuff.
39:42So I'm going to go with him. I want a little bit more coverage on the backup side of my running backs.
39:48I don't feel good about it though. There's a couple other of those guys, but running backs are thin and scary here,
39:54but I've got some wide receiver depth. So that is my pick here at nine to Debro.
39:59The top need I see here is you do not have a quarterback as Caleb Williams just went.
40:04Is that going to be your range or you're going to go with your super sneaky guy?
40:09I'm going with my sneaky guy. I'm going with a guy in standard leagues that was tied in five last year.
40:15And again, backing up my George Kittle, uh, pick scored 11 receiving touchdowns.
40:18I don't know if that happens this year, but he's going to be heavily involved in the red zone.
40:24Dallas Goddard. Come on down, baby. Let's go. Dude.
40:26Wow. You went back. You sneaky little sucker. Uh, Uh, yeah, I actually love that.
40:30And that would have been a nice little pair for, uh, Dallas Goddard here, but you did just take Dallas Goddard over
40:37Harold Fannin and Kyle Pitts as Fannin just went after that.
40:40Better offenses. Nine, five, uh, Ryan, you're up in a couple of picks here.
40:44Luckily you filled out a bunch of your overall starters.
40:47It's just talking defense kicker bench need. Where, where are you hoping to go with this ninth pick?
40:52Uh, I'm looking at the running backs. It's getting pretty thin.
40:55We're looking at like handcuffs by this point. And then I'm looking at the wide receivers and there's a couple number one
41:01targets I'm still seeing out there, but some of them are attached to questionable situations.
41:05We got Jordan Tyson with his injury. Um, and you know, what did they say?
41:09Two months. He could be out potentially with that.
41:12And we all know how hamstrings love to linger.
41:14Um, so I don't really know if I want to take him there.
41:18Then we got Michael Pittman jr. Sitting there and I'm not sure what to expect with him and Aaron Rogers yet.
41:24I do feel like he's going to be the target over a guy like DK Metcalf.
41:29Um, that's kind of, that's kind of the way I'm looking at right now is Michael Pittman jr.
41:34I've kind of been a Michael Pittman jr. Truther since he came into the league.
41:38Uh, I don't feel like he's ever really gotten a fair shake yet.
41:42And not to say that Aaron Rogers is a big jump up for a quarterback for him, but with competent quarterback play,
41:48I think he could have a potentially a low key good season here.
41:51Harold Fannin went after Goddard, Makai lemon, Kyle pits.
41:54So apparently this is the tight end round. I do not have a tight end.
41:58So that's bad news for me. Um, you took Michael Pittman is mentioned and Terry, you're coming up here, uh, as Wanda Robinson just went.
42:05So you're one pick away. I don't want to take away from any of the process here, but do you know where
42:11you're or what you're looking for with these, uh, upcoming picks?
42:15The decision. Yeah. The decision for me. Well, the first one is going to be fairly easy going with Tyler Algier, because
42:21again, we've got the injury to Jeremiah love. I got high ankle sprains, ambiguous, you know, could linger throughout the season.
42:27So maybe that turns into something that is valuable.
42:29And then the second pick, this is, this is, it's torn for me because, yeah, yeah, it doesn't look pretty.
42:35I know exactly what I want to do, but I'm torn on which one that I'm going to do it with.
42:41I'm just going to go ahead and go with, I know the other guy's not going to make it back to me.
42:47So it hurts my feelings, but I'm going with Casey conception.
42:50I'm so torn. I had multiple receivers that I wanted there, but, um, yeah, I think he's going to end up being the first look for the Browns.
42:58I know people think Browns offense, but again, we're talking 10th round.
43:01This is a good discount for a guy who could be the first look on the offense.
43:06And I love how they use, um, him in the little spurt that we had in preseason, very creatively, um, little rushing upside.
43:13There can get touchdowns in a wide variety of ways.
43:15So yeah, Casey conception. I like that one too, because it's sneaky just because they're going to use him in, in different ways as well.
43:23He's not just going to be a receiver. They're going to do end around stuff.
43:27They're going to probably try to play a lot of screen stuff with him.
43:31So there's just more touchdown opportunity. And that's what we've got to play here.
43:35So I think it's a really sneaky pick. Woody marks goes 10, two Zach Charbonnet and Ryan Dijon stripling in the 10th
43:41round in a straight up standard league. He's breaking records target and reception equity of what he's getting in the preseason looks incredible.
43:47We are seeing it without McCaffrey and Kittle and Evans, but he's clearly a target.
43:52And you just, I just want to point out, you took them over guys like Josh downs.
43:56Jordan Tyson is still sitting out there. Matthew golden, Romeo Dobbs.
43:59We know he's jumped up, but talk to us about, um, Dijon stripling.
44:03Uh, I'm actually, I'm not going to say I'm a big truther of stripling, but I'm a definitely like grab him later
44:09in your drafts and in your PPR leagues. Don't grab him in the 10th round.
44:14Like I just did here, but I, I did this again.
44:17We're doing, uh, there goes Debo. I was debating between him and Debo.
44:20Oh, touchdown upside. Debo was a guy I was thinking and considering.
44:24Ah, see, I knew you were talking. Yeah. That's exactly who I was alluding to earlier.
44:28He was going to be my next pick. And that's why I've kind of had Debo sitting off to the side, but
44:34again, we're doing a mock draft and I probably would have gotten Debo there, but I want to try things out.
44:40I want to see what my team's going to look like at the end.
44:44And I want to, I just, I love trying that stuff.
44:47Uh, Dijon stripling is somebody I'm, I'm, I'm pretty big on when it comes to like later round guys to go and
44:54grab and have on your bench for later, because I think there's potential there, uh, partway, halfway through the season where he's
45:00really going to start getting, coming into his own.
45:02Like you see with a lot of these rookies, that second half really bumps up 49ers round.
45:07Uh, we had Jacoby Myers, Jonah Coleman, which I fricking love that pick Debo has mentioned Bigsby and Debro.
45:13You went with Brock Purdy. Yep. Uh, I've talked about it.
45:16I mean, outlier passing touchdown rates. I don't see how that changes this year.
45:20I was in between him and Jackson dart felt like it was a good spot.
45:24If, if Debo didn't fall to me, I was going to pull the trigger on one of these quarterbacks.
45:29Um, and, and I feel good. I mean, like the team is balanced so far.
45:33Like I've got two tight ends. I've got a bunch of running backs.
45:37I do have only three wide receivers on this team, but I feel like we've gotten to the point of the draft
45:43where like the wide receiver tier is very flat.
45:46Um, you're really just taking upside shots on guys or veterans that are too cheap in draft.
45:51So whoever comes back to me, kind of like out of this tier, I'm fine with, I decide after Matthew golden, when
45:57I went with Travis Kelsey as my starting tight end at 10, 11, it did want a Dalton Kincaid.
46:02I'll pass on that a high end offense really torn here.
46:05And this guy is taking a huge slam for a multitude of reasons, but I'm gonna take Josh downs, Josh downs falling down here.
46:12I mean, I know like PPR is the place and, and Keenan Allen, you know, he's going to take some equity away,
46:18but I just, I think overall we're writing off Josh downs a little too soon, but I do worry about what his
46:24touch on equity looks like when you've got a guy like Keenan Allen running outs in the red zone, Tyler Warren's going to dominate that and Jonathan Taylor.
46:32So that he just, it's not as sexy in this format, but I just feel like from, as far as like a
46:39bench wide receiver, I got him as like my fifth or six wide receiver.
46:43There's some pretty good value there in between my two picks.
46:46We had Boston go Denzel Boston and Jackson dart at 11 one.
46:49So there's some, you know, there's some quarterback value.
46:52Tyrone Tracy goes 11, three. And then deeper. That was the guy I was really battling.
46:56Cause I think there might be better touchdown equity and maybe it would have just been a better overall choice.
47:02Romeo Dobbs. You went with, I, again, I think I'm investing in what could be a top five, top three scoring offense this year.
47:08People talk about targets spread around for new England.
47:11That's what happens when you don't have a clear number one and number two wide receiver in the offense.
47:16I think AJ Brown, Romeo Dobbs are going to be that this year.
47:20So I think he's going to score more touchdowns than people give him credit for, uh, because the offense is going to be really freaking good.
47:27And again, just in standard, you're not only touchdown hunting, just invest in good offenses.
47:32Uh, Rashid Shahid goes next, by the way, we are in the 11th round.
47:36So we are officially onto like kicker defense. Just watch.
47:38I just want to throw out for everybody. So we'll see if it ends up happening.
47:43Let's go. Uh, Jordan Tyson. Yeah. Ryan is up here in a second.
47:47We're at a spot as well. I mean, at least for me, I've got defense kicker, and then we've got two bench spots.
47:53We've only got a couple more rounds, and then we're going to take a look at the draft grades here.
47:59Um, there it is. Oh, it is. Aubrey. Aubrey was the first pick.
48:02We thought that was gonna be defense. So kicker goes.
48:05I thought it was a kicker. Yeah. So I think, uh, kicker was right.
48:09And then Debra, I think you said 11th round.
48:12So I think, yep. I was just looking for 11th round.
48:15One of them to go. Wow. All right. Good job.
48:18Uh, Xavier. I mean, good on that drafter at 11, seven.
48:21That's the official pick Xavier worthy. And then Ryan Tajay Spears for your ninth pick in the 11th round.
48:26Yeah, that's that. I mean, when we're getting this deep in the draft, that's just more of a depth pick for me
48:32at this point, I'm trying to fill in my bench and I only had three wide or three running backs at the time.
48:39Um, I'm, I don't really believe too much in Tony Pollard this season.
48:42Tajay Spears has shown us that when given the ball, he can do the job.
48:47So, I mean, this late in the draft, I'm really not upset about it.
48:51Uh, where are we? Isaiah likely Keaton Mitchell just went.
48:53And then, uh, I just know, I was like, man, Jalen Coker's a really good value.
48:58That's kind of floating out there. I mean, touchdown equity is a little scary.
49:02That's where Tara just went with the 11, 12.
49:04And then, uh, I'll let Tara maker pick on the 12 one as we finish this out here.
49:10But I really liked that Jalen Coker value. Cause there's not a ton of value that's floating out.
49:15There's a couple of tight ends. There's a couple of quarterbacks, but from the skill position standpoint, it's slim pickings and Dylan Samson was your pick Tara.
49:22Oh yeah. I didn't love that. I was just looking at, I, I got sniped on Keaton Mitchell.
49:27Thank you. Thinker. That was a good pick. Um, because that for all we know, I mean, just based off, uh, very
49:33interesting usage, maybe there's more of a handcuff, direct handcuff situation there than we were thinking with Keaton Mitchell.
49:39Um, so I love that pick. Um, Jalen Coker knew what I was going where they're with again, you know, touchdown equity
49:45in the, the Panthers offense is shaky, but falling to the 11th.
49:48That's really good value. Uh, Dylan Samson. This is another one that is more suited for PPR, but thought process here, if
49:55there are any lingering issues, um, or perhaps a new issue that pops up with Quenchon Judkins, that would open up some more opportunities for Samson.
50:02So just a handcuffing situation with a little bit of standalone value.
50:05Khalil Shakir, Brian Robinson, and then Ryan with Dalton Kincaid.
50:08Kincaid really seemed like there was some value that did you already have a tight end or was that your first?
50:14I did. Yes. I already had a Sam Laporta, but at this point of the draft, we can Cade sitting there in the 11th or 12th round.
50:22Um, with the touchdown equity that you have with a team like Buffalo, uh, I can't pass on that at all.
50:28And with, with, with how he was playing before the injury last year too, it was just unstoppable.
50:33I don't see that not stopping again. I don't see that not stopping again this year.
50:37Mark Andrews was the pick right after, the hamstring issue.
50:40I, I, I'm not projecting it this way, but I think there is a possibility.
50:44We could see Don Tavian Wicks who has been like a deeper separation, rap win rate darling over the last two years.
50:50Now in a full-time role with Philly, he's having a fantastic camp.
50:54Like there's a run out where Don Tavian Wicks shoves my high limit into a very Luther burden esque Ricky season that
51:00nobody's ready for that conversation, but it's possible. All right.
51:03I'm going to go with the backup tight end and Jake Ferguson, just simply because I had Travis Kelsey.
51:08I think I was like a little susceptible there.
51:11And again, coming back to our buzzword of touched on equity, that's what I wanted to play.
51:16And then, boy, I kind of hate everything. Um, I am going to still not get into the kicker defense range.
51:22And I'm going to take my boy, Emma Johnson.
51:24Emma Johnson is a, is a flyer touchdown, a high end touchdown RB guy.
51:28If there's any injuries with Ken Walker, and that's going to fill out for me, that's going to fill out my positional stuff.
51:34So I am going to go be going kicker defense.
51:37Does anybody here feel that there is anything? I know we didn't do it.
51:41So you're probably going to say no, but like Ryan, I'll ask you, is there any, like we should be drafting one of the kickers?
51:48Cause we, Aubrey is an advantage. Maybe defensively, the Rams are Texans.
51:52Did anybody feel the pull of wanting to take a kicker defense earlier?
51:55Or is it just last two rounds? Lock it up.
51:58Like everybody. Yeah. No. Okay. Nobody, no hands. All right.
52:01Good. All right. I thought I could get somebody, but that's the fact that I took a quarterback before round seven was a big step for me.
52:09So we had Marsha and Lloyd and Isaiah Pacheco go between my Emma Johnson picks.
52:13Cyrus Allen's a really good one. That's another one of those sneaky ones.
52:17It's just kind of floating down there. Um, we had, uh, Oh, Washington's looks phenomenal.
52:21Uh, with Vegas. he has Bubba. Yes, he has my RB two of this draft class pre-draft.
52:26Uh, loved Mike wash coming out as a prospect.
52:28He's looked fantastic. my top of my queue is Marshawn Lloyd and Mike Washington jr.
52:32So I look at both those guys are the clear and definitive handcuffs for their offenses.
52:37Jinty goes down. Josh Jacobs gets suspended. The MCL stuff lingers.
52:40I think Lloyd is going to be the clear guy there.
52:43I like that one a lot. Uh, we had our first defense in the third.
52:47So this is where they should be going about 13th round.
52:50We had the Houston Texans. Now we're going to see the run.
52:54Yeah, we're going to see the run of the kickers and the defense is going to start happening.
52:59Uh, the Rams went immediately after then Sean Tucker.
53:01And then Ryan, you've got your defense in here.
53:04You're in a good position. I'm probably in like, well, I guess I'm not in the worst position, but I sure as
53:10hell I'm not in a great position for this.
53:13Uh, you got the Broncos, the Seahawks went right after.
53:15So you're in this defensive range. Anything just, you wanted a top end defense.
53:19You value defense over kicker here. I do value defense over kickers.
53:23I just find the kickers to be so volatile.
53:25Um, it's a, it's an up and down thing.
53:28I actually haven't had kickers in any of my personal leagues in probably eight years now.
53:32So it's a very foreign concept. I have a balance though.
53:36There's, there's been some interesting discourse online where people are like, cause there's a lot of us.
53:40I mean, obviously there's like the Jakes of the world who are just so anti kicker.
53:45There's a lot of us that don't do want to go crazy into the value of trying to draft them because like,
53:51we're going to draft them at the back end of rounds.
53:54But there's a lot of people that are pushing back that it's like, well, there's some advantages and stuff like that.
54:00I'm not necessarily sure. I agree. Unless you do do like wacky scoring where something I firmly disagree with is like a
54:0641, yard field goal being like 4.1 points. Like it should just be like really standardized of like under 50 is three points.
54:13Maybe you could do four points for over 50 and then five points for over 60 or something like that.
54:18But kicker kickers are very divisive subject, at least online right now.
54:22Uh, we had the Seahawks go, we had Fairbairn and then Tara, you took a Trey Tucker and then you took a defense before kicker.
54:29You went with the Eagles. So anything to share on either of those picks?
54:33Yeah. Strategy wise, I don't, I don't mind streaming kicker.
54:36So I'm okay with saving that one for the last round there.
54:39Um, I did want to say as a side note, Debro shout out to another Mike Washington truther.
54:44There we go. I love it. He's good at football.
54:47Yes. Really good. Um, Baltimore Ravens went 14, two.
54:49We had, uh, Dicker, the kicker go 14, three cam little.
54:53That's a, I mean, that's a great pick for you, Ryan.
54:56Just, you know, get a, get an, somebody, somebody on a high scoring offense.
55:00And, uh, you know, personally, when it comes to kickers, I like to look for those offenses, offenses, offenses that are going
55:06to move the ball downfield, but not necessarily score often.
55:09You want to get those, those field goals, right?
55:11But on an offense, like the chargers, they're going to be in scoring position.
55:15They're going to get their field goals. They're going to get their touchdowns.
55:19You're going to get lots of points out of him.
55:22Not much more to explain than that. We have, there you go.
55:25Uh, we had the Steelers Malik Willis can get sneaked in there.
55:28We had the Bengals, uh, Bo Nix. There's another sneak one chargers, uh, D bro, you tackle the chargers.
55:34Any, any big defensive breakdowns you want to throw at us?
55:37Uh, they get the Cardinals and the Raiders, the weeks one and two.
55:40That's all you need to know. Draft the chargers.
55:43I like it. did it. We went with the Vikings.
55:46I took the Patriots. That was a top lift, according to fantasy pros on the defensive side.
55:51And then the Jaguars went 14, 12. This should be a big kicker round.
55:55We had Myers go 15, one. I was locked into Pinero.
55:58So again, for me, give me kickers that are either, uh, like an indoor or high powered offense, high powered offense being the first, most important thing.
56:05So love Pinero. McPherson goes, uh, McLaughlin goes to you.
56:08D bro again, Tampa Bay offense, anything extra there?
56:11No, just invest in good offense, kicker analysis. All right.
56:13I'm not going to go into crazy more of this.
56:16Let me ask you this while we're doing our last picks.
56:19D bro, since you and I are done, where do you think you are going to just do this quick?
56:25Because the draft will be done here in a second.
56:28Where do you think you're going to be? Um, bottom third, middle third, or top third of the, I actually really love this team.
56:35This is probably going to burn me horribly. I think this is going to be a top five team.
56:40Maybe I'm over my skis here, but I think I'm going to be, I also think I'm going to be top fives.
56:46This is a problem. Um, let's see. Ryan's up here.
56:49Tara, where do you think you're going to be?
56:52I'll go in the middle. I want to keep it modest.
56:55Hopefully overshadowed expectations. You don't want to get buried like us whenever we're like Welsh and I, or we're probably like assume
57:01we're a lot for the bottom five. We're guaranteed 11 and 12.
57:04We are. After that analysis, we are guaranteed to be the worst.
57:08All right. I like bell. I like bell's a big real quick.
57:11Ryan, where do you think you're going to be?
57:14Uh, I'm going to be in the middle probably.
57:16Okay. So we got two middle. So no one's going to be in the full bottom half here.
57:21So we've got Tara, Tara's last pick. And then we are going to see, Oh, I nailed it.
57:26I am in the top five. Uh, and I am 12.
57:29That again, there you go. I'm 10. I told you, I told you as soon as I said it, and I love this team.
57:36So I, I adamantly disagree, uh, with the grades here to be kidding me that you were not just low.
57:42You were the bottom. All right. So here is the finish.
57:45Yeah. That kills me. Your top 12 deep bro at the bottom trusted venom at 11 Tara.
57:50You finished 10. What's happening here. Uh, we had thinker at nine, uh, aim at eight divvy are at seven.
57:55Ryan, you finished six. So that does mean I am the big winner here of us.
58:00I finished fifth kicker. Love at four big C at three.
58:03Uh, AMM at two and, um, Maka, Maka, uh, finished with the number one.
58:07I ended up getting a B. I think that's what Ryan most likely would have got me.
58:12Yep. B or B minus. And then your score is very, um, an interesting number, by the way.
58:17Yeah. It is an interesting number. It's the mark of the beast.
58:20I didn't even realize that. I'm the mark of the beast one.
58:24Six, six, six, six, uh, D bro. Just real quick is we're going to break this down.
58:28Let's see. Dr. I'm going to look at your team.
58:31You had Brock pretty at quarterback Hampton. Javante Williams is your running backs.
58:35Puka and Christian Watson is your wide receivers. George Kittle at tight end.
58:38DJ more at flex, really strong chargers defense and McLaughlin at kicker.
58:42Your bench was reminder. Stevenson Rico, Mike Washington wide out.
58:45You had Dobbs and wicks and you had Dallas Goddard in there.
58:48Is anything you would have rather have done differently?
58:51I mean, the projections don't necessarily mean everything here, but you just, you hate to see the last spot.
58:56Should this really have been last? I, I mean, roast me.
58:59Everybody roast me. Like if you hate this team, roast me.
59:02I, I, I love this team. I don't understand why I got crushed, but I did get crushed.
59:07I mean, it has me like eighth at tight end.
59:10When I got George Kittle and Dallas Goddard, Dallas Goddard was tight in five and standard last year.
59:15So I don't, why are you? I don't flex.
59:18I, more either. I don't, I don't, I don't know.
59:21I'm like, I'm literally speechless. Like roast me Tara.
59:23We all, no, no, we all must've been really good.
59:26Well, tell me what sucks. Um, I can't tell you what sucks about your team.
59:30Cause I don't think it does. I know that this draft hated my wide receivers.
59:34That was really, it's telling me wide receivers, subpar selections.
59:37And then also said, Hey girl, you should have done something other than Tyler Warren.
59:41We'll look at that. We'll look at that here in a second.
59:45This is what's really funny on the insights. When you're doing the mock drafts, once you finish a mock draft, you're going to get pick analysis.
59:52The number one change it had, unfortunately for your team, it really didn't do too much for you.
59:57The, the pick analysis said that you take Jordan Addison instead of Dallas Goddard.
60:01That would have been a big boost for you.
60:04Jordan Addison and Jake Ferguson over Dallas Goddard and Dontavian Wicks.
60:07Or if I had to go on Malik neighbors and Al Isaiah Pacheco over Javante and Wicks, like the funniest thing about this though is under experts.
60:14Um, the number one lover of this team, is Derek brand.
60:17I gave myself a 94. So I, at least I'm drafting based off of what I like.
60:22He's consistent people. I'm brand. Brandon Merchinson. Lee weary.
60:25Also liked it. Uh, you had one F that was from Lawrence, uh, Icona who did not like yours.
60:30Um, nobody here or anything like that hating it.
60:33So that was a C unfortunately. Uh, we'll go take a look at Tara who Tara finished in the 10 spot.
60:39The team was, as I go over to Trevor Lawrence, a quarterback, you had Derek Henry and Saquon, absolutely sick running back
60:45pair with wide outs of T Higgins and a Mecca.
60:48I really liked that. Tyler Warren and tight end Jameson Williams at flex with the Eagles and Bates as the defense and kicker.
60:54Your bench. You have a non guy, Algier and Samson as your backup running backs, Concepcion, Coker and Trey Tucker as your wide receivers.
61:01Um, I actually, I think the structure of your team looks really good, but maybe it just didn't like some of the pairings.
61:07I'm not a hundred percent sure, but yeah, you, you were ninth at wide receiver, ninth at quarterback, middle of the pack
61:14kind of on the rest, but you finished with a ninth starter 11 bench.
61:18So any thoughts you want to throw on this Tara?
61:20Yeah. You know, I love the running books. I'm noticing as I'm looking, um, the combination of Derek Henry and Saquon Barkley,
61:27I think might've also been a weird one, but in standard, I love that combination there.
61:31I can see why that it would be a big problem in half PPR, obviously in full PPR for sure.
61:37But in standard, I would double down on that direction.
61:40100% every time. Yeah. My only worry with your team Tara is if a Mecca is toe injury.
61:45Um, it lingers. My only worry would be the wide receivers, but I think you backed it up with two great upside
61:51shots with Casey could see on and Jalen Coker.
61:53So, uh, uh, Lawrence, by the way, just as the biggest hater, Lawrence also hated yours more than anybody.
61:59And it wasn't Mecca, but funny. The second biggest hater was deep.
62:02Deeper. Yeah. I liked your team though, too. Derek Henry.
62:05You hate it. Yeah. That's fair. I have Saquon lower than consensus.
62:08So that's probably drawing a lot of that here.
62:11Yeah. Uh, and at the top spot, Seth Miller, like this team, the most with a plus 97 out of a hundred.
62:17Uh, you did have the number five consensus sleeper RB, which was Dylan Sampson.
62:21So those are a few of the insights. And, and again, they've got the, what if stuff pick analysis.
62:26Had you taken Brian Thomas, they said at seven, 12, instead of Trevor Lawrence, you would have scored 25 points higher.
62:32Unfortunately. I mean, that would have gotten you to about six, eighth or seventh or something like that, but it wouldn't have done anything crazy.
62:39So that is your team going over to Ryan, the fantasy dude finishing with an 85 out of a hundred.
62:45And we're going to take a look at this team structure.
62:48Ryan's team was Joe Burrow at quarterback, Christian McCaffrey and Jeremiah love at RB.
62:52I forgot you got McCaffrey. So you had all those rookies.
62:55McCaffrey. Drake, London and Rashid rice at wide receiver.
62:58Sam LaPorta at tight end. Janarian price was the flex Broncos and cam little defense and kicker.
63:03And on the bench, only one running back on the bench, Tajay spears, heavy wide outs, Alec Pierce, Michael Pittman, Dejan Stribling, Chris bell.
63:09And then you've got Dalton Kincaid. So what do you, what do you think overall?
63:14You think you did say middle of the pack.
63:16So you kind of nailed this, Ryan. Yeah. I mean, I said it with the Jeremiah love pick with mock drafts.
63:22You want to try things out. You want to try and take players.
63:26You're not comfortable with, see how you feel about it.
63:28You're not trying to win a mock draft. You're trying to see what, what you're happy with, with your team.
63:34I wasn't happy with Jeremiah love. I'm going to be honest with you, but I tried it out.
63:39Otherwise, when it comes to my team, I really liked the addition of Jair, a Jair and price as my flex.
63:45I think the touchdown upside, especially in a standard league is going to be pretty big for him.
63:50The having Sam Laporta fall down as far as he did was also kind of a blessing.
63:55But yeah, I'm for the most part, I'm happy with the team, but there are a couple of picks I might have done differently along the way.
64:03The biggest one on under the pick analysis is it said that you had taken Jamison Williams at five, nine over Jair and price.
64:09And then it had a suggestion on what you could have done later.
64:13You would have scored 37 more points in a row.
64:16And that would have gotten you third place. Had you made that change.
64:20So that's kind of like in tow with what you were talking about.
64:23Very, very, very funny. I got to say the running joke though, D bro, you're on this again and you hate this team.
64:30You're the fourth lowest score with a D at 66.
64:32Icona or yeah, I think it's Icona just hates all the teams.
64:36So that must be a bug. But Joel Smith from Yahoo, number one with a 96, you got a lot of 94, 95.
64:42I see Tom Strachan in here, Josh Norris. You had some really good people liking your team overall, except D bro.
64:48And that's the running theme. and I don't want to be very, very particular.
64:52My, my hate. And the reason I think that my grade is lower is I'm dramatically below consensus on Rasheed Rice and
64:58Jeremiah love just cause I'm scared about them. But the dude outlined both of those picks and the, the, you know, the thought behind this exercise.
65:06All right. So my team, I ended with Jalen hurts at quarterback, Bijan and Kyron Williams at running back.
65:11I got Chris Alave and Mike Evans at wide receiver.
65:14Kelsey's my starting tight end and Travis HN as my flex.
65:17I like that. Patriots on the defense, Pinero at kicker, my bench.
65:20I got Chris Rodriguez and Emmitt Johnson as my backup running backs.
65:24My backup wideouts for Marvin Harrison, Chris Godwin, Josh downs.
65:27And I also took Jake Ferguson. I very much like my team.
65:30I was given the number one flex. So that was me going high and running back.
65:35They, they hated my wide receivers though. I think Mike Evans in standard.
65:38It didn't, it didn't equate to because it gave me 12th at wide receiver.
65:42And if you go on the spider chart, it gave me the worst second wide receiver you could have of, of the really.
65:49Yeah. I, I just, I completely disagree. Standard league with Mike Evans.
65:52Right. If you go under strength, you can see this.
65:55Really disagree with that. Yeah. But running backs, it gave me the number two overall running back, the number three RB two
66:01in Kyron Williams and the number one flex. So I really kind of strength up strength up there, if you will.
66:07Um, C champ pick was awesome. Yeah. I mean, it ended up working out, I guess.
66:12Alex cup, uh, loved my team the most. Unfortunately, the Debro love ends here.
66:15Um, but I got, I got A's and a pluses at a 97.
66:19Uh, but Erickson didn't like my team, but I will say I did not get a single F.
66:24I got, um, one D and then a couple of C's.
66:27So no F's in there. So my team ended up being 86 out of a hundred.
66:32I'll kind of take that. And then the final thing to throw at you was what the number one team look like.
66:38I just want to give the draft board for, um, Makalaka was Jackson dart at quarterback, Jameer Gibbs, David Montgomery at running
66:44back, Devonta Smith and Terry McLaurin at wide receiver, Brock Bowers at tight end, Carnell Tate at flex, Jags and Myers, a
66:50defense kicker on the bench was Dobbins, white Pacheco, and Marshall and Lloyd and backup whiteouts were Stefan digs in Boston.
66:56I don't actually particularly think this looks like a number one, but I think this is the best bench bar none between anybody.
67:03There's a little bit lacking on the starters to me, but started a ton of touchdowns on this team.
67:08Yeah. Yeah. Do you guys agree? This is a number one, Ryan.
67:12I mean, I wouldn't, I don't know if I agree with a number one, but I definitely see why it's ranking it at number one.
67:19When you look at Gibbs, Monty Smith, you know, Bowers, all this touchdown upside here in a standard, in a standard league.
67:25The bench is deep. I love the bench. You're not kidding on that at all.
67:29So I definitely see why this one's at number one, but not a team.
67:33I would probably draft. I think the fact that they drafted possibly the two players that could finish top, like number one
67:39at their respective positions in Gibbs and Bowers is probably carrying a lot of water.
67:43Yeah. Well, we'd love to hear from you guys in the comments below.
67:47We finally rocked in a standard mock draft. What do you guys think?
67:51What was your favorite build? What were some of your favorite picks?
67:54And also who are some of the players that need to change and adjust where you're normally drafting players like we did
68:00with Mike Evans or Devonta, Devonta Adams or Derek Henry?
68:03Who are some of those players that you think need to be boosting up?
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68:26to the draft simulator, fantasypros.com slash mock. You can also just click through the draft simulator.
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68:35I'd also say you can sync up your league.
68:37You can do your draft settings. You can practice against ECR or you can jump into those public mock drafts and you
68:44can draft against people all day long. And you can use all the tools that we've been talking about on this, like
68:50at the end of drafts where you can look at the spider charts.
68:53You can look at your team strengths. You can look at the suggestions and you can get some of those other insights.
69:00That might be helpful as you are either hardcore going after a certain type of draft you're doing or you're exploring and
69:06experimenting like we kind of talked about in this mock draft for what your league has got going down.
69:11That's going to do it for Derek Brown, Tara Roberts, Ryan, the fantasy dude.
69:15I'm Chris Welsh. I hope this helped you out and good luck in your drafts.
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