2026 Half-PPR Fantasy Football Mock Draft: Expert Strategy, Sleepers & Best Picks (Ep. 2135)
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1 hr 15 min
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Aug 16, 2026
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Sun, August 16, 2026
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Players mentioned
Topics
Amari CooperJalen HurtsJames CookStefon DiggsTrey McBrideBijan RobinsonBrock BowersBrock PurdyBucky IrvingChristian McCaffreyColston LovelandCourtland SuttonDalton KincaidDeebo Samuel
Player analysis
Player insights
Amari Cooper
PositiveSleeper56:58
The source views Cooper as a late-round upside play, betting on his talent profile and the expectation that the Jets' offense will be average rather than below average this year.
Insight pagePositiveValue56:58
Despite concerns that he might be supplanted in the offense, the source views Amari Cooper as a nice upside play at his current draft position.
Insight pageBijan Robinson
PositiveProjection7:25
The source argues Bijan Robinson is a top-tier pick, noting he outscored Jahmyr Gibbs in PPR last year and maintained over 100 targets. Despite concerns about competition from Tyler Allgeier and Brian Robinson, the source believes his floor is higher than Gibbs' and his ceiling is comparable, making him a strong candidate for the 1.01 or 1.02 spot.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
PositiveBreakout14:07
Andrew Erickson is experimenting with drafting Brock Bowers in the second round, believing he could "break fantasy football" this year. Erickson suggests Bowers could see a target share similar to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, which would allow him to overcome quarterback efficiency concerns.
Insight pageBrock Purdy
PositiveValue60:54
The source highlights Brock Purdy as a massive value, noting he was available as late as the 13th round in their mock draft.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveRole66:19
The source is high on Bucky Irving, noting that even at 60% of the workload, he serves as an excellent flex option.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeValue9:04
Derrick Brown describes drafting Christian McCaffrey as a binary decision: if he stays healthy, he is a top-two running back, but if he gets injured, the fantasy team is effectively ruined. Brown notes he considered James Cook but ultimately prioritized McCaffrey's elite upside.
Insight pageColston Loveland
PositiveValue23:53
Derrick Brown notes that Colston Loveland is consistently moving up draft boards and is now a reliable third-round pick. Brown suggests the gap between Loveland and Trey McBride is closing as the draft season progresses.
Insight pageCourtland Sutton
PositiveValue38:54
The source argues that the hate for Sutton has gone too far, noting he has been a top-20 wide receiver over the last few years and is now being drafted in the WR3/WR4 range. With Denver expected to be a top-five team in pass attempts, the source believes the offense can support both Jalen Waddle and Sutton as top-24 wide receivers.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveProjection55:46
The source believes Kincaid has top-three to top-five tight end upside if he runs more routes this year. The source notes that Kincaid led all tight ends in every discernible per-route metric last season.
Insight pageDeebo Samuel
PositiveProjection47:02
The source defends the Deebo Samuel pick, noting he finished 24th in half-PPR scoring last year and was top 10 in yards after catch per reception and missed tackles forced. The source believes he is not washed and will benefit from returning to his old offense.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
NegativeInjury42:34
The source expresses concern that Kittle may not be 100% healthy early in the season, potentially limiting his usage to blocking or shorter routes. The source suggests it could be week four before Kittle is fully unleashed.
Insight pageJakobi Meyers
PositiveUsage48:35
The source describes Meyers as the most underrated wide receiver in the NFL, noting he led the Jaguars in targets and routes after being traded to the team. He is highlighted as a player who does not come off the field.
Insight pageJalen Coker
PositiveBreakout50:40
The source argues that Coker should be a top-35 wide receiver at worst, citing historical data that wide receivers with 100+ targets and a 20% team target share consistently finish in the top 25-50. The source expects him to be the clear WR2 in his offense.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
PositiveProjection27:14
The source projects a big bounce-back season for Hurts, citing his improved performance throwing over the middle in training camp and comparing his fantasy outlook to Lamar Jackson.
Insight pageNegativeValue60:50
The source notes that the draft simulator heavily penalized the selection of Jalen Hurts, suggesting that taking other players like Brock Purdy in the 13th round would have resulted in a significantly higher point projection.
Insight pageJames Cook
PositiveProjection10:45
Andrew Erickson highlights James Cook as a favorite pick in the late first round, citing his progression over three seasons, 18 touchdowns in 2024, and his role as the NFL's leading rusher last year. Erickson notes that the coaching staff plans to increase Cook's involvement in the passing game, supporting his potential as a top-three running back.
Insight pageNegativeValue63:16
Erickson expresses regret over selecting James Cook in the first round, stating he should have taken Jackson Smith-Njigba instead to better balance his roster.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
PositiveProjection36:33
Despite injury concerns, the source remains high on Daniels as a top-three quarterback candidate, noting his rushing ability and potential to challenge for the overall QB1 spot.
Insight pageJaylen Waddle
PositiveUsage19:36
The source expects Waddle to see significant red zone and two-point conversion volume, comparing his potential usage to elite wide receivers like Amon-Ra St. Brown and Davante Adams, provided he remains healthy.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveBreakout31:09
With Chuba Hubbard dealing with a hamstring injury, Brooks has a prime opportunity to seize the RB1 role. The source notes that if he shows explosiveness in the preseason, his ADP will likely skyrocket.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
PositiveValue37:32
The source views Tyson as a strong value pick, noting that even in a 50% workload split, his playing style in the current offensive scheme makes him a viable RB2.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveUsage16:42
Derrick Brown selected Kenneth Walker III over MarShawn Lloyd, noting that he views Walker as a 60-70% snap share player. Brown indicates he is less concerned about red-zone competition for Walker than he is for other backfields, making him a preferred choice in the second round.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
PositiveBreakout23:07
The source is highly confident in McConkey as the clear WR1 for his team, praising his fit in the offense and his ability to work over the middle and create after the catch, dismissing last year's performance as a reason for hesitation.
Insight pageMakai Lemon
PositiveValue45:20
The source views Lemon as a strong eighth-round value, noting that while injury concerns exist, he is the clear starter when 100% healthy. The source suggests drafting him as a bench stash to wait for his incorporation into the offense, with top-25 to top-30 potential.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeProjection21:54
The analysts express caution regarding Malik Nabers in the third round, citing concerns about the quarterback's passing ability and potential health issues early in the season. While acknowledging his talent, the source suggests there are safer options available in that draft range.
Insight pageMike Evans
PositiveValue28:28
Evans is viewed as a locked-in asset for half-PPR formats due to his touchdown equity and ability to make downfield plays, even if his volume is not elite.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveUsage30:37
The source believes Washington will be the team's number one receiver and expects a target-heavy role, providing valuable depth and insurance for fantasy rosters.
Insight pageQuentin Johnston
PositiveBreakout23:33
The source believes Johnston can break through further this year, noting improvements in his route running and hand usage, and suggests he could emerge as the clear number two receiver.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
PositiveUsage24:28
The source is strongly in on Judkins, projecting him as a backend RB2 with top-15 upside due to a potential 300-touch workload in a bell-cow role, despite concerns about the overall offense.
Insight pageRashee Rice
PositiveValue28:33
Andrew Erickson defends drafting Rashee Rice in the third round, arguing that his value is excellent given his top-five wide receiver finish in points per game last year. While acknowledging the "boom-or-bust" nature of the pick, Erickson believes the upside justifies the price.
Insight pageRico Dowdle
PositiveRole44:54
The source believes Dowdle will receive a share of the goal-line work in Pittsburgh, noting that the backfield situation may be week-to-week rather than having a true RB1.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveValue46:14
The source considers Diggs a great value at his current ADP, noting he was a top-25 wide receiver in points per game last year despite playing only 65% of snaps. The source expects his snap share to increase to 80-85% with the Commanders.
Insight pagePositiveValue63:54
The source notes that Stefan Diggs should have been drafted higher than the ninth round, with Erickson admitting it was a mistake to pass on him in the eighth round.
Insight pageTerry McLaurin
PositiveProjection20:52
Despite concerns regarding the loss of left tackle Laremy Tunsil, the source maintains McLaurin as a locked-in top-20 wide receiver with WR1 upside, noting that the team will continue to pass and the new offensive scheme may offer more creative usage.
Insight pageTrey McBride
PositiveProjection18:37
Jake Seeley defends drafting Trey McBride in the third round, dismissing concerns about the quarterback situation. Seeley argues that regardless of who is under center, McBride's projected 140+ targets make him a top-two tight end candidate.
Insight pagePositiveValue68:14
Jake Seeley notes that while he typically avoids tight ends in the early rounds, Trey McBride was the best available player at his draft position and helped anchor a successful roster construction.
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. Grainger, catch some bench spots, and my fellow drafters, we've got Andrew Erickson, we've
0:10got Derek Brown, and we've got the Athletics' own Jake Seeley with our Discord members.
0:14This is going to be a little bit of chaos, and Erickson, it's kind of hard not to see the shirt that's going on.
0:21Is Drake Maye or AJ Brown going to be in Target?
0:24That is the loudest, but it looks great on you.
0:27A lot of shirts I've ever seen. I need to put these on.
0:30Yeah, yeah. Actually, hold on. Yeah. Erickson, keep going, please.
0:33High chance that I get AJ Brown in this draft.
0:36Probably not going to get Drake May. He's not part of my perfect draft strategy this year, but AJB, he's in the forecast for sure.
0:43Okay, okay, we got that. I mean, I look away for a second, so hold on a second, I'm looking away.
0:49All right, Derrick Brown, prepare for pain as mentioned.
0:51We have one of our Discord members that's in this that is going to absolutely wreck your draft strategy.
0:57But you know what? I think you need it, brother.
0:59I think you need a big old test in this draft strategy where you're in a room where someone knows exactly what
1:06you're going to do, and it's going to get nasty, D-Bro.
1:09Every mock draft Monday, I'm in the Discord. So if you're not in the Discord, I don't know what you're doing, but
1:15every mock draft Monday and every mock draft I do with Grimm, he's that snives me incessantly.
1:20So I'm just ready for pain and overreactions here.
1:22And Jake, like what, are you afraid of the sun, sir?
1:25No, this is for Erickson's shirt. You're still looking at Erickson's shirt.
1:28I just have two pairs sitting over here because I had to, I forgot these on the vacation.
1:34And then so I bought these little $8 ones from Walmart that were still sitting here.
1:38So yeah. You might be able to see what I'm planning.
1:41So I can't really like, yeah, we can see your queue.
1:44Why don't you just keep those on? Yeah. Also, you're not going to see the T-shirt because we cut off for these
1:50very small boxes, but I am wearing my shirt when you said pain.
1:54I don't know if anybody knows the reference. No.
1:56Do you know the reference? Nobody here? Why don't you tell the audio listeners too?
2:01Yeah, go ahead, Jake. The Naruto reference. So by the way, I'm wearing the Anatsuka shirt.
2:05No, sorry. I appreciate it. I'm disappointed in all of you.
2:08Yeah, it's not. All of you. This is a Wendy, sir.
2:11This is a, I'm not going to be able to get that reference, but what we can get is some mock drafting.
2:17And so if you guys not only want to follow along, but you want to do this yourself, you can jump over
2:23to the draft wizard at any time. And I highly suggest you do it because today's half PPR mock draft is on fantasypros.com slash draft wizard.
2:31And you can take part with these multi-user drafts, allowing you to practice quick and fun mock drafts against both real like
2:37we're doing here or the CPU, the robots, those opponents.
2:40And it uses the same easy interface. As our draft simulator.
2:43You can join a public mock draft or create a private one for your friends over at fantasypros.com slash draft wizard.
2:49You can test out all the theories of the things you've been thinking about in drafts.
2:53All of a sudden, Chuba Hubbard's down and where can I get Jonathan Brooks now?
2:57We'll come and talk about, we're going to talk about that in the show and you can experiment with that.
3:03So get in the draft wizard today. But before you do hang around as we are going to be mock drafting here.
3:09So we've got some of our best friends. We've got some of our best analysts in here and we are going to kick this bad boy off.
3:17And from the drafting perspective, people are yelling at us for not taking the middle spots, I think, in a previous draft.
3:23So if I remember correctly, I'm at 10. Erickson's at eight.
3:26Debro wins straight five. And then Seeley, where did you take?
3:29Did you take two or three? I took two.
3:31I haven't been in the one, two spot yet.
3:34So I was kind of curious about that. Similar to Andrew's specifically only going for his leagues of where he's drafting.
3:40I'm trying to pick a different spot every single time so we get a little bit of different analysis.
3:45That's why my team name is what it is for Andrew finally not being in the 11th, which I appreciate it.
3:51But just jokes aside, I just try to get like every different spot and kind of see how drafts fall.
3:56Yeah. And everybody takes the drafting process different, by the way.
4:00Like whether it is testing out theories, whether it is just going into the right position and drafting and winning every single time.
4:06Like it's all there's no wrong answer, if you will.
4:09Jameer Gibbs was the one one. We had B.
4:11John Robinson, Jamar Chase, and then Amon Ross St.
4:14Brown. So you could you guys screwed up all the names?
4:17So it's going to screw me up here. B.
4:19John Robinson, not too much of an issue for you, Celia.
4:22And thank you guys for changing those names. It's going to be an absolute nightmare for me this entire show.
4:28But talk about B. John real quick. There's only two that like not 11th is Andrew.
4:32Thank God. Andrew isn't 11th is me. And I'm here not to get sniped as Debra.
4:37I'm not going to be able to follow him.
4:39I'm just here so I don't get sniped. All right.
4:42Well, what? OK, so give me a quick B.
4:45John breakdown at two here. Is that a gift?
4:47I would actually take B. John and one mostly because this was even before the offensive line injury.
4:52And I know we're nitpicking here, but I just find it strange that everybody's talking about all the competition for B.
4:58John, which Tyler Algier just had all those touches last year and Brian Robinson is going to get more.
5:03No, he's not. But also the fact that he's still going to be second, if not third at worst in the pecking order when it comes to reception.
5:11So I think that got overlooked for last year, that over 100 targets and the fact that he outscored Gibbs in PPR.
5:17Now, I'll admit Gibbs has the higher ceiling. I just think that B.
5:21John has almost just as high a ceiling again, just beat him in points per game last year.
5:26And I like his floor slightly better. I think we're kind of the Lions are starting to feel a little bit with 49ers ish.
5:33And like every day we wake up and there's another injury.
5:36All right. So then coming off of B. John, we had Jamar Chase.
5:39We had a monitor St. Brown going for Messer took Puka Nakua and then D bro.
5:44You jumped in with a Christian McCaffrey, actually. The six get sniped.
5:47Did you get sniped? I did not. I did not get sniped, although I was surprised that Puka fell.
5:53But, you know, possible suspension news. I get it.
5:55But yeah, man, like again, I've said this before.
5:58I mean, really, this was between CMC and James Cook for me.
6:01And I just went with Christian McCaffrey. I easily could have gone James Cook with this pick.
6:06But CMC, I've said it before and I'll say it again.
6:09It's a binary decision. If he stays healthy, he's a top two running back.
6:13If he gets hurt, you're screwed. It's that simple.
6:15I thought a tiny bit when I was in the flex draft, I had the option of Puka Nakua or to jump in and get Christian McCaffrey.
6:23Had I had the news and the injury and all that, I probably would have gone McCaffrey over Puka.
6:28But that's why we went there. I am up here and I am going to take this guy and then we are going to jump over.
6:35And hopefully that was a snipe. After Christian McCaffrey, we had Jonathan Taylor, James Cook, Jackson Smith in Jigpa.
6:41And I passed over because of your names. James Cook went to you, Erickson.
6:45So I actually also went with this running back side.
6:47But talk to us about James Cook. I know that D-Bro is heavy in those streets.
6:52You seem to be as well. Yeah, I like James Cook a lot.
6:55I think that he's shown a lot of progression throughout his NFL career over the last three seasons.
7:002023, he was very good in the passing game.
7:032024, he scored 18 touchdowns. And last year he led the NFL in rushing yards.
7:07So I think that he's a player that is in his prime.
7:10He plays in one of the best offices in the NFL where we've already seen this play caller, now head coach, use
7:17James Cook in a variety of different ways. And all the praise out of training camp is they're going to use him more in the passing game.
7:24So he just checks off all the boxes of a player that could be a top three running back.
7:29So getting him at the end of round one.
7:32He's one of my favorite picks. If you are picking eight, nine, ten, because oftentimes very available to you there.
7:38So JSN went nine. Boy, I would have like lost it.
7:41Why did JSN drop so much? I think that's a good thing.
7:44He did the same thing in both flex leagues.
7:46I think I think everybody's scared about the offensive scheme changing.
7:50I guess JSN is not going to. I don't know.
7:52I would have. I would have jumped at it.
7:55I went with a little bit of a different thing than I've done in other drafts because also I jumped in at ten.
8:01I went with Jinty at ten. We had two wide receiver to running back.
8:05I really liked the depth that wide receiver Jinty is going to do a bit of everything.
8:10So I picked him at ten and then I came back around thinking like Lamb and Jefferson were there.
8:15I usually don't ever pass up Jefferson. I did this time hoping one of Lamb, Jefferson or London maybe fall.
8:21They didn't. But then my consolation prize was AJ Brown.
8:24And so I went with an AJ Brown Jinty stack to start this off here.
8:28The rest of that round ended up going C.D.
8:30Lamb. That was the biggest sigh ever. Did somebody get sniped?
8:33Good Lord. Yes. Was that your snipe? No, it's not me.
8:36No, that was mine. That haunted me. Uh, C.D.
8:39Lamb, Justin Jefferson finished out the first round. London, uh, uh, Chase Brown.
8:43I took AJ Brown, Barkley, and then Erickson. Let's jump back to you in the second.
8:47You took Brock Bowers. So you started the tight end run.
8:50Yes, I have been experimenting with Brock Bowers in round two.
8:53I think that it's something that if you want to go early round tight end, it's important to do these practice and
8:59get these reps in because your build is going to be way different than if you go with a running back wide
9:05receiver start because then you're playing catch up at some of these other positions.
9:09So I'm hoping that we don't get an insane wide receiver run like we did the last mock draft and Dick Ercolano
9:16where I think we had like nine or 10 wide receivers drafted in a row.
9:20So that will definitely nuke me here, but picking closer to the middle.
9:23Hopefully I don't get left in the dust and hopefully I can make up ground at receiver in rounds three and four
9:30because I think Brock Bowers, man, he could just break fantasy football this year.
9:33Yeah, planets align and he just sees a JSN S type of target share, which I think is more than possible based
9:40on the other Raiders receivers in the offense and based on how good Brock Bowers is when he's fully healthy being ready to go.
9:46Just the only thing holding him back is like, I mean, he's Kirk Cousins just told dust and Mendoza's a rookie quarterback.
9:52But that being said, 30% target share can make up a lot from quarterback efficiency standpoint.
9:57I'm super interested in this one. So Pickens went to six and then to seven D bro.
10:02You went Ken Walker, not that it was Ken Walker that you went Ken Walker over a Marion Hampton.
10:07And is this you at all showing a little bit of the fear of the three rounds a fear, but you know what I'm saying?
10:14Like they're going to run the three backs and they're kind of throwing that in our face.
10:19And do we need to consider any type of drop?
10:21Did that play a role in your pick of Ken Walker over Hampton at all?
10:26It did. I mean, the top of the queue for me was Ken Walker, Marion Hampton and Derek Henry, and they go in succession here for me.
10:33And I think where you're just splitting the difference between somebody like Walker and Hampton, if both of those guys are going
10:39to be 60 to 65, 70% snap share players, then I don't have to worry about who's getting the red zone work for for Casey.
10:46So I'm not worried about that as I would be opposed to some of the Chargers news coming out.
10:52And I don't think it's like obviously got coffin nail for Hampton.
10:55I think he should still go in this range, but if you're splitting hairs at these running backs that you're taking around too.
11:01I mean, I definitely I moved after some of that news.
11:04I moved Ken Walker right above a Marion Hampton, but I think you can make a case for any of those three backs.
11:11Really interesting. Derek Henry went to nine Devon HN and then Sealy, you did the tight end that you we just weren't
11:17going to have any host come out with without the big tight end.
11:21So you went with McBride kind of a I was a little interested in it just because simply, you know, your projections
11:27you've talked about on these shows, your projections have had Loveland coming in at number one that maybe you weren't willing to risk going third round.
11:34You just have much more faith in McBride. Yeah, it's not so much, much more faith.
11:38It's what I mean, there's twofold here is one is yes, that exasperated side was wanting HN as my RB to at
11:45the end and then like all four of those running backs went and I just as a sidebar, it has nothing to
11:51do with the 40 touches and we're gonna have to carry him off the field because Fitz mentioned it on the other show.
11:57Let's remember that Hackett was going to run CJ Spiller until he puked.
12:01So I don't really care about that when it comes to the touches.
12:04HN is going to be HN even on what we think is a bad offense.
12:09So that's why I still like him there. But it came down to looking at the wide receivers of a lot of
12:15a versus the group who I still got the next pick just looping into the conversation.
12:19I kind of felt like there was four or five wide receivers were in the same conversation and then the running backs
12:25was that HN was the clear drop off for me like to get into the rest of the running backs where like
12:32so that's why it was an exasperated side and that's why I went with McBride because I was like, you know what?
12:38Loveland's not going to make it back to me all the way to the end of the fourth round.
12:43So McBride I think is getting a little bit too much hate for like, oh, well, you know, preset through 800 times
12:49a game and it might not be preset the entire season is like, I don't care.
12:54I don't care if it's the next coming to Peyton Manning, Carson Beckett, like we just saw in the preseason.
12:59I don't care if it's Carson Beck is terrible and we know that it's the fact that still 140 plus targets.
13:05He's coming off 160. So it's like 140. I'm still thinking he's going to be top one, two tight end at worst.
13:11Uh, Nico Collins was the final pick in the second round.
13:14And then we flip over. There it is. Malik neighbors, Malik neighbors, uh, almost slipped into the second round.
13:20He was the first pick in the third round.
13:22He went above a lava Devonta Smith, Zay flowers, Mech egg Buka, uh, is anybody against this?
13:27You can any, any students raise your hand. If you are firmly against neighbors, I am.
13:31I'm assuming, well, let's assume for my conversation here that a Buka is fine.
13:35It sounds like it's just as toe. He got rolled up on.
13:39I would still take a Buka. I would still take flowers being fine.
13:42Uh, and then it really comes down to Devonta Smith and T Higgins.
13:46That's around the range that I'm now willing to invest in Malik neighbors.
13:49I still think that, yeah, we could get him being with neighbors, but there's, it's funny that we're kind of like glossing
13:56over the concerns that everybody has for Jackson dart is a passer.
13:59And then we're just like, Oh, Malik neighbors is going to be fine with Jackson dart, which he could be.
14:04I mean, he's been fine with other quarterbacks. They're lesser quality.
14:08Tommy DeVito was fine with him. All that being said, and that we might not have a hundred percent neighbors week one,
14:14it might be week two, three, four, whatever it might be.
14:17It's just a lot of questions where you want to take them there.
14:20Cool. I'm okay with it. I just think there's fewer questions with those other two or three guys.
14:25And that was probably your gift because you took a lava right after that.
14:29That was your three, two pick. So a lava easy get for you.
14:33Devonta Smith just went, uh, three, three Colson Loveland.
14:35So there there's our third tight end in the first three rounds.
14:39I Debro, you've talked a lot about this, not to belabor this, but like Loveland is going to continue moving up and Loveland continues to move up.
14:46There was a time where it was like Bowers and McBride were most likely second.
14:51Maybe you could have like one cool draft where they dropped a third and then Loveland would be a fourth.
14:56I think actually you and I did an episode really early in the year where it was like, we were doing picks by round.
15:03And I think you move Loveland up because you're just like, sorry guys, he's going to move up.
15:08And here it is. Yeah. And here it is.
15:10And I mean, we're seeing like the Luther burden injury.
15:13We still are kind of iffy about Rome's foot.
15:16I think Loveland is going to be a consistent third round pick.
15:19Um, and I think the gap between him and Trey McBride probably closes a little bit more too, as we get further into draft season.
15:26Um, I think Buka went to Messer and then you guys say flowers, uh, Debro.
15:30So, so no Loveland. I don't know if Messer, uh, screwed with you here.
15:34Uh, I can't imagine. I mean, I'm, I'm a flowers guy.
15:37I'm actually surprised flowers drop like this. So talk to us about the flowers pick.
15:41I was going to take flowers over a Mecca, but I mean, I have them like right next to each other and
15:47rankings wide receiver 13 and 15, uh, respectively. But I mean, like the top of my board was trying to, again, going
15:54back to, and looking at this format, I started running back, running back with CMC and Walker.
15:58So now really trying to hit wide receiver and kind of see what falls to me here with only two, two wide
16:05receivers, uh, that you have to start in this format felt good about waiting on wide receiver, getting my two running backs
16:11and flowers would have been my top pick here.
16:13Anyway. I mean, we've talked about it, like Erickson and I have talked about it on a crap ton of shows right
16:19now, Jake, I don't know where you sit on flowers.
16:22Yeah. The anime kid down there had a question, the anime kid in the first row.
16:27What was your question? I was going to, I was going to let Debro finish.
16:31I do have a question. I mean, I'm raising my hand in the back of the class.
16:36Uh, I do like flowers. I like sitting in flowers.
16:38They're comfortable and smelling great. Uh, I am in on flowers.
16:41The, there's two things here is one is I'm glad that Debro said that I forgot to mention with McBride is that
16:48we only have two wide receivers does play a part in billion being willing to take McBride too.
16:53But the other part, two wide receivers, speaking of wide receivers, breaking news while we're doing this, I don't know if everybody
16:59else in the chat's going to see this Jordan Tyson left with a hamstring injury.
17:03So I didn't see that when he came to it.
17:06Yeah. So that's, there you go. All right. Well, picking back up here, uh, that is bad news.
17:11We had Josh Allen. Uh, this is very interesting.
17:13Rashid Rice Erickson. Did we just do an episode where we were talking?
17:17Rashid Rice. I thought, uh, at least for some, this was becoming kind of a no drafty type of guy, but you take him at three, eight.
17:24Was this just too good of a deal? Did it make too much sense with your build?
17:29Talk to us about Rashid Rice, because I feel like the public perception, as far as like a lot of fantasy analysts
17:35are going drafting, doesn't feel like a target people are looking at in the third round.
17:40Did you mean to take Cyrus Allen Erickson? No, I did not mean to take Cyrus Allen.
17:44I meant to take Rashid Rice. I think that the value here is good for him and the upside he can offer.
17:51He was a top five wide receiver last year in points per game.
17:54I get that there's concerns for him, no doubt, but that's why you're getting him at the end of round three, beginning of round four, potentially.
18:01I got, I had no wide receiver. So he's my wide receiver one, but he has top five wide receiver upside.
18:07So again, I get that he's not everyone's cup of tea.
18:10Totally understand that he's a very boomer bus type of pick, but he was a boomer bus type of pick last year too.
18:17And his price fell. And when you're in these drafts, there's going to be a lot of people that don't want Rashid
18:23Rice and you're going to see him fall potentially into round four.
18:26And I think that's worth scooping up the value.
18:29All right. And then we finished out as I had to give a little pause to catch up.
18:34We had Tedro McMillan gets to me. None of the, I wasn't in love with the whiteout situation.
18:39So I did drop a running back. I took, um, Sealy's favorite pick Kyron Williams, every mock that we've done, it's Kyron Williams time.
18:46So yeah, you dropped in with Kyron Williams. Uh, I'm really torn here on my pick at T Higgins, Jeremiah love finished
18:52out the third round and I decided to go with Garrett Wilson, Garrett Wilson, Jalen Waddle.
18:56I was just back and forth with it, trying to get some, uh, big time receptions in between those picks.
19:02We had T Higgins, Jeremiah love, as I mentioned, fourth round was Lamar Jackson, Brees hall.
19:06I took Garrett Wilson, Josh Jacobs is up, uh, or just went and then, and I actually thought Josh Jacobs might fall
19:12a little bit with some of that like weird suspension news that was kind of floating out there and maybe scaring people.
19:19Um, but I don't think he really did too much.
19:21And then Erickson, you went with Jalen Waddle. So that makes a lot of sense is, uh, I don't remember your team build.
19:28Is it Rashid, right? Yeah. Cause you took a tight end.
19:31So did you just do Rashid rice and Jalen Waddle as you're starting wide outs?
19:35Yes, I did. This is, I like the receivers in this range for that.
19:39And that's why I feel like at least comfortable going with an early round tight end, especially when you only have to
19:45start two wide receivers having an early round tight end, I think gives you a little bit of advantage having elite tight
19:51end when there's less starters at the other positions that your opponents can play against you.
19:56So while I feel good about his touchdown upside in this Broncos offense, you look at how many red zone targets, Cortland
20:02Sutton and Troy Franklin combined for last year. I mean, it was crazy to see Troy Franklin up there with all of the alphas.
20:09I'm on Ross St. Brown, Devante Adams and Troy Franklin's name is up there.
20:12And like the amount of sheer red zone and two point conversions he saw last year.
20:17I think Jalen Waddle is going to see a ton of that stuff, presuming that he is, uh, not in the blue medical tent.
20:24So fingers crossed. I feel like I have a little bit of buyer's remorse.
20:28Like I just kind of wanted to take Waddle and I went with Garrett Wilson.
20:32I've got them really close to each other. So there's, I feel like it's a little buyer's remorse.
20:37And I'd also note if we were doing three wide receiver strategies would probably alter a little bit.
20:42Obviously you have to roster more wide receivers. Uh, you can be a little bit more picky, uh, even though you're going
20:48to still have to have that flex spot, uh, after Waddle, it went Javante Williams.
20:52And then we had Terry McLaurin to D bro.
20:55Yeah, I was hoping for Waddle there. I knew Erickson was not going to let him fall to me.
21:00So I was happy with, uh, McLaurin. I didn't really move his rank with the signing of Stefan Diggs.
21:05I still think that he's going to be the clear number one.
21:09We have to see what Diggs is route share is going to be this year.
21:13I think it does move up considering he was basically Christian Watson for the Patriots last year.
21:17But I think McLaurin is still a locked in top 20 wide receiver for me with wide receiver one upside.
21:23Like none of that's changed. Did you not move Terry at all after Tunsil went down?
21:28No. I mean, they're still going to throw the freaking ball.
21:31Yeah. That was Fitzy Erickson. I were talking a lot about like, where it is like Jaden Daniels.
21:36That was a big one too. Like where does Jaden Daniels go?
21:39So what are the other pieces have to adjust?
21:41He's still going to run. Um, but I mean, that didn't move their, their ranks, but you don't you think so?
21:47My, at least my perception was, if you lose your stud left tackle, who's your best pass protector, you just can't operate downfield as much.
21:54And that's where Terry does a lot of his damage is as a downfield threat.
21:59So that, that also we got a different offense coming in.
22:02That just concerns me about Terry without Tunsil. Yeah.
22:04If we were talking more about the Kingsbury offense where he was stuck to one side of the formation, he's not going to get moved around.
22:11I think more creativity that maybe I'll be a little bit more worried, but you know, maybe this is also me given,
22:17you know, David Blau, a lot of, uh, flowers and we don't know what he's going to do this at this point,
22:24but I do think he's going to get different, uh, usage than we've seen in previous years.
22:28So the target quarterback yeah, like Josh Allen, Jaden Daniels, Lamar Jackson, probably named two or three others that they can manipulate the pocket and extend the plays.
22:36Even if things break down, like if we were talking about statue, Eli Manning back in the day, or somebody like Matthew
22:42Stafford, I think we'd have a, like, I think I'm not saying we, as in all of us, cause if you still disagree, that's fine.
22:49But I think I'm more with Debro on the fact that I'm not that concerned, uh, with Tunsil.
22:54I mean, I think it adds a little bit more risk if they now lose another piece, like that's kind of where you go with it.
23:02Okay. Picking back up. We had Messer taking Christian Watson's, uh, Cam Scadaboo went four, nine Travis Etienne.
23:07And then we had Lad McConkie going to you, uh, Sealy.
23:10Lad McConkie was kind of up on that list of like those, that little stack of wide receivers that was interesting.
23:16Uh, was this a pick that you were like really excited about or was this kind of like, well, this is run to the podium.
23:23Oh, okay. Yeah. Like get my pick in. Like this is like, it was easy, easy peasy.
23:27Uh, I just did an article on the athletic.
23:30It's my guys. Uh, one of my guys is Lad McConkie.
23:33I truly believe that I think Quentin Johnston can break through even more.
23:36We finally got some of the coming out of college, learn to use his hands, learn to run routes a little bit better.
23:43Still need some work there, but I think he can be the clear number two for McDaniel.
23:48But I think the question is, is like, is it him?
23:51Do we see Trey Harris step forward around a gas and blah, blah.
23:54What do we know? Lad McConkie is the one and Lad McConkie is the one.
23:59And what like Daniel loves to do is work over the middle and do things after the play or after the reception with the wide receiver.
24:06I just love the fit in the offense. And I think that a lot of people were burned last year coming off
24:12a fringe wide receiver, rookie wide receiver one performance.
24:14And then he kind of crapped the bed last year and now people are hesitant and I'm back on a hundred percent.
24:21Uh, the, in between your picks, we had, uh, you took Lad, we had DeAndre Swift, Jameson Williams, and then at five, two, you took Quinch on Judkins.
24:28So you were able to get a wide receiver running back combo, which I really love.
24:33I like that Judkins pick. What did Judkins, what did you end up pairing Judkins with in that pick?
24:38Who's your other running back? Or do you have one?
24:41Bijan. Yeah, Bijan. So Bijan Judkins is like relatively sick.
24:44Are you, uh, subscribing to the theory? I know DeBrow has definitely been pretty adamant about this that like, actually, I think so.
24:50I don't want to assume or project onto DeBrow, but that Quinch on Judkins can be more involved in the pass game.
24:56Absolutely. Quinch on Judkins, Jonathan Taylor, we could go down this list of running backs that are better, generating price, better pass
25:02catchers than people realize because of the usage and because of where the offenses they come from.
25:07That being said, I don't expect Judkins to catch 50, 60 balls.
25:11Like it just comes down to my biggest concern is, and we are on this network.
25:15So shout out to the, I do it a lot of times.
25:18I always bring up Mike Tagliere when he wrote the article about bottom five offenses and not having RB1 performances.
25:24That being said, the Todd Munkin, Ryan Switzer offense, leaning on a bell cow option, even if it's only 30 receptions and
25:30250 carries, we're approaching 300 touches and he could get more than 300 touches.
25:34And he did score seven touchdowns in his games last year.
25:37So even if it's only five or six, it's more about the 300 touches.
25:41I know this offense is going to stink, but I think that you're talking about somebody that's going as a backend RB2
25:47with top 15 upside, if he's getting 300 touches and there's potential more for that.
25:51So I am, I am very strongly in on Judkins.
25:54If Judkins would have went, I would have, you would have heard another exasperated side I would have liked it.
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26:56All right. Um, we had the pickup. We had Judkins, Tyler Warren.
26:59I, I might've sighed on that one. Cause I was like, Oh my God, he's still there.
27:04And I probably was never getting back to me.
27:07Uh, DJ more, uh, went five, four David Montgomery.
27:09And then Jalen hurts. You jumped into the quarterback market and you were you and Jalen hurts over Joe burrow.
27:15Cause I'm staring at Joe burrow right now. We had another little pause here for a second.
27:20I'm staring down the, the shoot for Joe burrow desperately for this next pick.
27:23If he doesn't go, uh, why Jalen hurts over bro.
27:26So top of my queue got wiped out. I was in on Tyler Warren and David Montgomery.
27:31And there you go. Grim for snipe of the, uh, mock here.
27:34Um, and honestly, like I, I was between Drake may and Jalen hurts.
27:38I flip flop. Who's my QB two and QB three on a daily basis.
27:42I think we're going to see a big bounce back season from Jalen hurts for everybody that said he cannot throw over the middle.
27:49Uh, he's doing it really freaking well in training camp.
27:51And that's without like, you know, learning the new offense and stuff like that.
27:55I think like all the flowers have been given to Declan Doyle and stuff.
27:59I've said it all off season. There's no difference between Lamar Jackson situation and what we could expect from him this year versus Jalen hurts.
28:06Although they are massively different, uh, different in ADP.
28:09Uh, Erickson's rude and I would like to vote for him.
28:12Well, hold on. If I'm going to talk to Erickson here for a second, let me put my glasses back on Erickson.
28:18Uh, if I'm going to look over at you for a second, a little loud on that shirt there, but, uh, I
28:24was completely dialed in for Mike Evans and you came in, uh, in between the Roman dunes.
28:29They went after the Jalen hurts pick at five, seven, but five, eight Erickson, you took Mike Evans.
28:34It was a hundred percent going to be my pick.
28:37So, you know, touchdown equity substations be damned. You're still locked into Evans.
28:40Yeah. Especially in a half PPR format where touchdowns are so critical.
28:44I mean, that's how Mike Evans produces in fantasy in 2026, not necessarily racking up a ton of volume, but making downfield plays, catching touchdowns from Brock Purdy.
28:51That is the goal here by drafting him as my third wide receiver.
28:55So in a two wide receiver set where you have to start, I have him on my flex.
29:00It's very rude. It's very rude. Who's one of the highest efficient touchdown to the temps passer in the league?
29:06Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy. Yep. Would have been nice.
29:08Yeah. Would love all these cool stats. Glad you didn't wear your 49ers shirt today.
29:12I have one. I've got it. I got a lot.
29:15I got a super loud one. You can pause the draft.
29:18Yeah. There's no chance. You know what? If I finish first, if I win this draft, I will pause it and I
29:24will go change into that shirt and I will do the rest of the show in there.
29:29Uh, then Drake may went right after and I thought Drake may was like a really great value.
29:34I couldn't get him. So I ended up going with Bucky Irving.
29:37That's a third running back. I thought Bucky was just way too good of a value.
29:42And it's kind of a, I have like a backdrop for it with already having the other two running backs.
29:48So having an elite player there, the wide receivers, I did not love.
29:51And then in between there, Devante Adams, Luther Burden finished out the fifth round.
29:55I was curious if Burden might. Behind Adunze. Yeah.
29:58I was curious if, uh, oh yeah, that's a good point.
30:01I was curious if Burden would fall further, but he did go after Adunze in this one.
30:05And that was the end of the fifth round.
30:08Oh my God. I just got sniped. Oh, oh my heart.
30:11I literally said I wanted Joe Burrow. Mine always was for you, Welsh.
30:15I know. Mine always was for you. They can't hear me.
30:18They can't hear me. No, I know. No, they can hear you.
30:21The Discord, they just have a way of being able to, to see.
30:25Erickson, just put it in the Discord. Hey, no, grab Burrow.
30:28Please. I'm actually live streaming this for my other account.
30:31This is, uh, I can't, they literally, I'll pause the whole thing.
30:34All right. Uh, screw you, D-Bro. I'm taking Parker Washington.
30:37Dang it! I knew he wasn't going to make it to me.
30:40Can I do it with more breaking news? Yeah, suck it, Trebek.
30:43Oh my God. No. Who else might do that?
30:46No, no, this one's hilarious. Like, it's only bleeding from his face and he's okay.
30:50No injury. But Puka Dukua ran into a glass door.
30:53Oh my God. At a party. What? This dude, he didn't see the glass.
30:57It's like one of those clips you see on Instagram.
31:00I mean, um, at least he didn't bite it.
31:02Puka's a pigeon? Puka's a bird? Okay. I mean, yeah.
31:05This dude, like, I mean, Julio Jones is like, man, you're, you're, you always have something going on.
31:10Erickson, for real. You take him five when he, all he can do is bite people and run into glass.
31:15He's literally like a dog. Okay. And score fantasy points.
31:18He does that. He scores a lot of good fantasy points, but he, I mean, okay.
31:23All right. So he's a dog. I got snatched really bad on Joe Monroe.
31:27I took Parker Washington. Yeah, but you made an amazing pick.
31:30Yeah, it was an amazing pick. I a hundred percent agree.
31:33I took Parker Washington over Carnell Tate. We've had a lot of conversation about where he ends up going.
31:38Uh, I, I do believe he'll be the number one.
31:41I think this is going to be very target heavy and that gives me a lot of extra depth here.
31:46Also, if Bucky doesn't end up, you know, if it takes a couple of weeks or there's any adjustment period, like Parker Washington kind of provides me that.
31:54So I'm happy with that pick. Tucker Kraft went next and then there is the one.
31:59Here's the one. He sucks. Jonathan Brooks, Erickson. We were talking about this.
32:02Jonathan Brooks officially going over Chuba Hubbard in this one and the sixth round I think is the highest I've seen.
32:08Yeah. This is where he went in a best ball draft I did with Tom Strachan, but this was before we got any news about Chuba Hubbard.
32:16So I feel like this is kind of like an appropriate range.
32:19Again, I haven't completely updated all my rankings in terms of factoring in that Hubbard's going to been labeled as week to week with a hamstring injury.
32:27That's an MRI too. So he's not even live ready for week one.
32:30So I mean, Brooks right now just has an opportunity to seize the RB one role.
32:35And as we saw last year, Hubbard is no guarantee to get his starting role back if someone else is producing while he's out.
32:41So if the Panthers face the bears in week one, like this is Brooks's chance to like come out of the gates,
32:48red hot flash that pass, catching upside past that explosiveness and relegate Chuba Hubbard to backup duties.
32:52So I think in this range where you're looking for upside in these middle rounds of running backs, again, like I took
32:58him over to it and I'm not so sure I love that.
33:02Oh my gosh. I did not realize you did that over to him.
33:05That's the thing. Like, but I think he's in that breath where toot is another guy you're betting on taking a leap
33:12again, flash as a rookie, obviously Brooks has missed time because of injuries, but I think that it's a similar type of
33:18bet, even like a Jadarian price as well. Again, a rookie coming in a little bit of an unknown commodity, but we
33:24know that there's upside attached to him in this particular offense.
33:27So I think that there's like, that's just trying to get an idea of the range and there's no guarantee Brooks will
33:33go this high potentially, but obviously the steam is going to continue to rise.
33:37So I don't know if you guys like disagree with like, again, where he's being ranked, but these other running backs is
33:43like obviously subjective, but like in this conversation, am I like ludicrous putting him here or is this appropriate?
33:48What do you guys think? What do you think, D bro?
33:52I don't think it's ludicrous, but I've got him in the sixth round.
33:55But if you do tootin versus Brooks, does that feel too off?
33:58No, I have tootin over Brooks still, but like, again, could all of this flip if we get more reporting that Chris
34:05Rodriguez is going to be a problem? This is a three-way backfield.
34:08Brooks, I know Brooks' ADP this week as we're recording of this.
34:11Hubbard is hurt. Brooks is going to play in the preseason game.
34:15He needs to rip one big run and then his ADP is going to go through the damn room.
34:20Real-time ADP is just, there's a shout out. Fantasy Pro's real-time ADP.
34:23You want to see, it'll be like, it'll be like cryptocurrency.
34:26People are going to get rich. It's going to go whang.
34:29It's going to just fly up. If he breaks a 50 yarder, it's going to be like third round.
34:35We just need Dave Canales to be like, yeah, I'm buying, I'm buying Jonathan Brooks' stock.
34:39Yeah. A hundred percent. We'll have the JB coin.
34:42One step here. So as it like week to week, I would move Brooks over Tootin because I know the work share potentially.
34:48A lot of it, we're basing that we just want to know that Brooks looks anything like we did at a college.
34:54The side of the Tootin, let's remember last year, this time, we're sitting here right now, go back a full 365.
35:00What did this team say last year? Oh, Travis Etchen, whatever his name is now, is going to be sharing with Tank Bigsby.
35:07How did that work out? Like, I'm not worried about this whole, all three running backs are going to be involved situation.
35:13I'm still high on Tootin. Heck, I just took them.
35:16And, but at the point still being is I would move Brooks one spot in front of him with this Hubbard news.
35:22I would have taken Tootin if you didn't take him, Jake.
35:25So I'm sorry. I couldn't let him go. I couldn't let him go.
35:28I got him in flex. I would have taken Tootin if I didn't take Brooks.
35:33So full disclosure. Everybody taking Tootins. Okay. I like that.
35:35All right. Uh, picking back up. I'm like, Oh, picking back up where we were.
35:40Uh, Jonathan Brooks was the last pick. Six, six.
35:42We had Harold Fannin, uh, Carnell Tate goes six, seven Pollard at eight, Caleb Williams, Jadarian Price, Jaden Daniels, and then Trevor Lawrence.
35:48So the things to jump in here was, uh, Debro Tate.
35:52That was kind of what I was looking at.
35:54It was like Carnell Tate or Parker Washington. So hopefully you agree and feel that you got the lesser of the gets since I didn't get Joe Burrow.
36:02You had to also take less. I get Parker Washington.
36:05Yeah. Yeah. Parker Washington, Jonathan Brooks, facial Tootin, top of my queue.
36:08It's been a, it's been a fun time. The last few picks.
36:11Why don't you guys pick in the middle? Yeah.
36:14Yeah. There you go. Exactly. Uh, Tony Pollard, uh, as mentioned, let me go down here.
36:18Where were we? Uh, Jaden Daniels. So Jaden Daniels right before, by the way, the Trevor Lawrence pick that was like, Oh, I wanted that next round.
36:26But, um, Jaden Daniels at six 11. I had to, yeah, this is kind of, this might be the representation of what this drop looks like.
36:33Right. Right. I, I think this is insane even with the injury, because again, if we were talking more purely passing, sure.
36:39I understand it, but let's go back to his rookie season.
36:42It's not like that was the world's best offensive line that they've ever seen.
36:46So I'm still okay with Jaden Daniels as what we were doing last year with Jaden Daniels, drafting him as a top
36:52three quarterback last year, because if we listed out the quarterbacks that could potentially unseat Josh Allen as the number one quarterback,
36:59our hand one hand would include Lamar Jackson, Jaden Daniels, Drake may, and maybe that's about it.
37:03I mean, we could probably toss another one or two in there, but Jaden Daniels is going to make the short list.
37:09So I'm okay. Six 11. I didn't want to do it taking McBride, but again, the format being too wide receiver makes it a little bit more palatable.
37:17Uh, it's just that the slide was too much for me.
37:20Yeah. Trevor Lawrence at six 12, uh, at the seventh round, we had Jordan Tyson tootin ended up going there.
37:26I mean, so technically, uh, deeper did have an opportunity, but just passed it.
37:30It had been anything but a hamstring for like, I would have taken a calf injury for Tyson, just not the hammies again.
37:36Yeah. I mean, there's enough time in camp though.
37:39I mean, it's over already. Okay. We're done. Uh, I'm already, I'm already.
37:42It's like, nevermind. Cancel the season. It's done. Tyson's dead.
37:45His hamstring is on the same list as Devon.
37:48Hey baby. Juwan Johnson. Seely, anything on Tootin? You took Tootin at seven two.
37:52I thought that was a great value. Yeah. I kind of looped him in with the Brooks conversation.
37:57And here's the biggest thing about it. Even like, just put it this way.
38:01Even if Tootin only got 50% in the workload and the other 50% went to Rodriguez and LaQuint Allen.
38:06Everybody talking about Allen being involved in the passing game.
38:09Just, just give that a worst case scenario. 50%.
38:11He's still good enough to be an RB two because his style.
38:14And this is from, I've said this a couple of times.
38:18This is from somebody that thought he would be stuck in a timeshare in the NFL, which is why I was a
38:24little bit cooler on him and fancy, but even 50% in the Liam Cohen offense, specifically his style fits.
38:29And that's why I like him so much because I think he can be a very efficient RB two.
38:34Uh, seven, three went Marvin Harrison, Jalen Warren. We had LaPorta.
38:37We had Sutton at six Godwin Stevenson met calf.
38:40I'm up at seven 10, but I'm very curious about the Sutton pick.
38:44Uh, Debra, was this just like you thought at this point we were just kind of playing like value or I don't
38:50think I've seen any of us like draft him at any point.
38:53Yeah. I mean, it's, I think he's a fantastic value.
38:56I think the hate's gone a little bit too far.
38:59Like the guy has been a top 20 wide receiver of the last few years and he's dropping what into the backend
39:05of wide receiver three wide receiver four territory based off of what?
39:08Like Denver's still going to throw the freaking ball.
39:11They're going to be top five and pass attempts this year.
39:14So if the offense consolidates around Jalen Waddle and Cortland Sutton, we're saying that Bo Nix can't support two top 24 wide receivers.
39:20I think he can. And the volume can. So I'll take them at this point.
39:24So Chris Godwin Stevenson met calf and I am going to get the last tier.
39:28I think of quarter I could wait, but I think Justin Herbert's just in that higher tier.
39:33Erickson. I talked about maybe even him over Daniel.
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41:48So I went with Herbert. We had Thomas, Brian Thomas, and Chuba Hubbard end out the seventh round.
41:53So Chuba fell. Coming back here, I am up.
41:56With Alec Pierce. That was auto picks, just so you know, for everybody out there.
42:00Oh, okay. Alec Pierce and J.K. Dobbins, and then I am up again.
42:03This is why you don't get stuck on, miss your draft, because then you get Hubbard and Pierce back to back at 7-12 and 8-11.
42:10And you'll like it. And you'll like it. I'm going to take Kyle Pitts.
42:14So I'm going to go with a little bit later quarterback in tight end run here.
42:19So I've kind of got that full roster out.
42:21You ask all the questions. Can I ask you one?
42:24Sure. Knock it out. It's your boy. Any, any, that was just an easy pick.
42:28Any thoughts to your boy, George Kittle, even with the thought that maybe he's not a hundred percent until week two or?
42:34Absolutely. But they're talking about he might potentially be week one.
42:37I don't think so. I don't think you haven't traveled to Australia and do all that.
42:42You have him be week two, but I still think it could be a little slow going.
42:47Maybe you're going to want him blocking. Maybe you're going to want him in shorter percentages.
42:51I think it could be week four until he's really unleashed.
42:54Plus you got a big touchdown option. I love George Kittle, but I think like now had Kyle Pitts gone, I would
43:00have targeted him, but Kyle Pitts, I just thought was like a different tier.
43:04So that's why I jumped on that common on guy.
43:07Rashad white, Rashad white to Erickson here. We, I think we may have even dabbled in this.
43:12You got a worse offensive line. You maybe you've got worse efficiency.
43:15Is that defense going to be able to do anything?
43:18Maybe this is just a spot where they're going to be throwing the ball a whole lot and Rashad white's going to
43:24be able to eat a bit more. So is that any theory of your pick?
43:28Or are you just like, this is the best last running back for you?
43:32Yeah. He's just my favorite late round running back.
43:35Cause I think that he has the trust of his starting quarterback.
43:38And I think that matters a ton when it comes to pass protection.
43:42And if you see issues with this offensive line, they face the Eagles in week one, like if Bill's not ready to
43:48stop that blitz, Rashad white's going to play a ton in that game.
43:51And I think when push comes to shove, unless bill really steps up, I think they're just going to go to Rashad
43:58white and he's going to catch a ton of passes out of the backfield dump off passes from Jane Daniels.
44:03That's he tries to escape the rush. And Rashad white was good at the goal line last year.
44:08Good in success rate. I think that he's just severely undervalued cause he's not a sexy runner.
44:13That's fine. He's of course, fantasy points RB seven in 2023.
44:16We have a guy. We're just like bill and we're all just like, Oh yeah, bill.
44:20Like we all are just comfortable with it. Just still makes me laugh.
44:24Um, where were we? We had Quentin Johnston. That had to be a snipe to you, bro.
44:29Not fun. Right in front of you, but you, uh, but you pivoted to Rico doubt.
44:33So were you really looking at Johnson? I was looking at Johnston.
44:37I really kind of wanted to go with Rico with this pick just based off of how my team has been built
44:43so far, like having four wide receivers, only two running backs.
44:46I needed to kind of revisit running back here.
44:48So I think we still don't know who the true RB one in Pittsburgh is going to be this year.
44:54There might not be a true one. They might just be week to week, but at least Rico doubt.
44:59Oh, like I'm McCarthy's boy, man. Like I have to believe that he's going to get some share of the goal line
45:05work here for Pittsburgh, man, snipe city here. Uh, Michael Wilson was the guy I was considering, uh, if I didn't take
45:12Kyle pits, which I kind of wish now I maybe had done that.
45:15Uh, Wando Robinson goes eight, nine Blake Corum and then Makai lemon, Makai lemon to you, Celie.
45:20I feel like there's been some negativity around lemon, but that seems like a really good value at eight 11, eight 11,
45:26because the injury does play a fact that that's big for a rookie, a rookie wide receiver that, you know, and all
45:32of a sudden Don Tavion Wicks is getting all this talk about how great he looks in camp and everything like that.
45:38And I'm not be smirching Don Tavion wicks by any means, but if a hundred percent healthy, it's Makai lemon's job.
45:44And by taking him in the eighth round, I can afford, he's already on my bench to start.
45:49He would be on your bench in any league, even who would do a three wide receiver is to sit here and
45:55be able to wait for him to get a hundred percent and wait for him to get into the mix.
46:01And maybe it takes till week five or six, but at this point you're not drafting them to start immediately in your lineup.
46:07You can be patient with him. So I'm shooting for that upside that once he's incorporated, we're talking about top 25, top 30 potential.
46:14And then I'll just jump ahead and bring in the fact that Stefan Diggs at nine Oh two was a great value in my opinion.
46:21And I get the pairing with Jane and Daniels to go back to the Terry McLaurin conversation.
46:26If something were to happen to what Erickson was talking about, all of a sudden we see Diggs get more targets than
46:32Terry McLaurin because of the tonsil injury at nine Oh two.
46:35I mean, that's just, this is one of the, he was still at playing 65% of the snaps.
46:40He was still a top 25 wide receiver in points per game.
46:43So if he's getting back to 80, 85% with the commanders and he liked this, this is, he should not be here.
46:50He should be at two rounds earlier. Oh, snap city continues here.
46:53I see, I see D bro shaking his head.
46:55I'm just like, you gotta be kidding me. All right.
46:58I am up here and I'm actually going to play this out a little bit.
47:02We've talked about him going higher. I'm going to go with Dbo.
47:06Oh yeah. Yeah. Good pick. Good pick D bro.
47:08Keenan out of this year. Yeah. Dbo moving up.
47:11Uh, I just took it the nine 10 spot in between those picks, by the way, in the ninth round, we had, uh, Jane Reed digs, Prescott gain.
47:19Well, got to move back up. Uh, Michael Pittman, Ja'Cory Krosky, Merritt, Jordan Mason, Jacoby Myers, RJ Harvey was the snipe for me.
47:25I was like, God, you gotta be kidding me.
47:28And then I took Dbo Samuel, Aaron Jones, Jordan Addison.
47:30Um, why don't we go through your Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt?
47:33And then why my Dbo Samuel pick was so great.
47:36So I wanted Kenneth Gainwell, but shout out to Austin.
47:39Dev, uh, took him ahead of me because he knows I'm high on Gainwell this year, but I think Bill was a similar bet.
47:45Like I know Erickson's high on Rashad white. I, I, I think Bill could equally take over this backfield.
47:51In camp so far that there are reports that he's doing well in pass pro.
47:55So I just want to take a shot on the commander's backfield, whether it's Rashad white or bill on who could be
48:01the early down and then lead back for that offense.
48:04So really again, going back to the running back.
48:06Well, uh, now I have four running backs kind of evening out the team and we'll see where the rest of it goes.
48:13Uh, and then my Dbo pick was great, by the way, let's just reiterate that.
48:17Um, let's see. It wasn't very, very good. We had Kobe Myers, Jacoby Myers.
48:21That was your pick Erickson in the ninth round, not sexy, but the wide receivers weren't exactly super sexy.
48:26There's a couple of rookies that are floating out there.
48:29And then there's the Myers and the Dbo's of the world.
48:32Um, any, uh, any amazing insight, uh, on your Jacoby Myers?
48:35I mean, he's the one player on the Jaguars receiver room that they actually gave a contract extension to after they traded for him.
48:42So again, he's just the one that's the most underrated.
48:45Like he's not coming off the field, right? Like Parker Washington, still a slot guy.
48:49Mostly again, you like that role and has a lot of upside, but in terms of who is actually going to be
48:55playing the most, running the most routes last year, when Jacoby Myers, after he got traded to the Jaguars, led the team
49:01in targets, led the team in routes, he got paid chemistry exactly with what'd you say, Jake?
49:06No, he's we're all good. He's just like, are you serious?
49:09He wasn't to you. I think he got, I will say, are you serious?
49:13Like, I think you're, I think you're disrespecting Parker being able to play outside, but continue.
49:17Erickson did do a little, what did you say to me?
49:20I just, nobody respects Jacoby Myers, dude. Nobody. He's like the most underrated wide receiver in the NFL.
49:25Yeah. I mean, he does get it done. Um, in the 10th round, it started George Kittle, Jackson Dart.
49:31Uh, I took Chris Rodriguez. We had Jaden Higgins, Concepcion, Isaiah Likely, Jalen Coker, Tracy Dobbs and Golden.
49:36By the way, I love the point. I just want to mention on the Debo thing.
49:40I think, um, we've heard Fitzy mention it, but like as, as sucky as he was, he still finished like 24th at
49:46wide receiver and half PPR last year in Debo.
49:49Now he's back into his old offense. So I thought he was really good actually last year.
49:54Like he was still top 10 in the act per reception and missed tackles for his Debo was not washed.
49:59Um, let's get a, uh, the conception pick. Actually, that was the one I was thinking about before Debo Erickson, anything you
50:05want to add to that conception easy over Boston?
50:08Yeah. I think that he's a better bet to just leave the team in targets overall.
50:12So we'll see. And I think that he's less dependent on good quarterback play because I think he'll be used more closer to line of scrimmage.
50:19So, and I do think it matters depending on who the quarterback is.
50:23I think Watson's more likely to push the ball downfield, which is better for Boston versus Shador, who I think is going
50:29to target more short to intermediate, which I think is where conception will be used more if he's the Zay Flowers in this Todd Munkin offense.
50:37Um, everybody on the planet knew when you walk through the door, Debro, you were taking Jalen Coker and you got yourself
50:43some Jalen Coker in the 10th round. Is that who you were sighing about Jake?
50:47Mm-hmm. Jake, Jake's not having any fun. No, you're not having a lot of fun today.
50:51And then I was going to take Tracy who went right after to your nemesis, the Grim, right out.
50:57So like, I don't even want my two picks.
50:59I was ready to walk out of the room.
51:02Just do, strap two defenses and slide off. Yeah.
51:04That's why I let the clock tick down. It's just spite.
51:07As soon as I took Coker, I just hear Jake go, are you serious?
51:11I know. Not even a sigh, by the way.
51:14It just had to be like, are you kidding me?
51:16Well, I just put this tweet out. No, I'll just put this tweet out.
51:20So of the past five seasons, wide receivers with a hundred plus targets, then we're doing this.
51:25And I said, we're doing this for projections, right?
51:28We have average fantasy point finish median because I wanted to take out the Cooper cups of the world and stuff like that.
51:34Median 181.4 fancy points that finishes top 25 every single season you want to pick.
51:38If you include 20% team target share in there to say like, it's also the volume that you're seeing consistently.
51:44There's only been three wide receivers that didn't finish top 50.
51:47Elijah Moore, Jerry Judy and Elijah Moore again. And if you want to talk about the 20%, there's only been one that hasn't been top 40.
51:54And that was Jerry Judy last year. So the Jalen Coker, a hundred plus targets, 20% of the team target share.
52:00He should be a top 35 wide receiver at worst.
52:03Like I'm so aggravated. I cannot believe what just happened here in the round.
52:07You're not going to let Debra talk about Coker too.
52:09Yeah, go ahead. Talk about Coker. So you jumped in there.
52:13Talk about Coker. Let's let me, I don't think the gaps on him between him and Ted should exist as far as it does.
52:19I mean, you look over the back half when he was a full-time player, their target shares were close.
52:25Production was close. I think that, you know, you look at a more consolidated target tree.
52:29No, I'm not worried about Darren Waller right now.
52:32Jalen Coker is going to be the clear two.
52:34And if Bryce Young sucks, I mean, I can't say that Kenny Pickett's going to be any worse or Haynes King.
52:40If we see him come play snaps this year.
52:42All right. Uh, I'm just taking old, uh, crusty guys.
52:45My team would have been really good a couple of years ago.
52:49And let's see where were we, if I can pick back up, I think we finished out.
52:53We had Matthew Golden in the 10th, Romeo Dobbs, Tracy, uh, Keaton Mitchell to you, Sealy and Dallas Goddard.
52:59Anything you want to add on Mitchell before we, cause we're already in the 12th before I recap the 11th.
53:04Nah, Keaton Mitchell was, I've talked about him on previous mocks.
53:07I've been getting a good share of him. He's my fourth running back, maybe flex play, maybe some more upside Xavier worthy in the 11th.
53:14Why not? If he could stay healthy and be the number two and that's screw deep, bro.
53:19Yeah, I concur. Um, like even if I missed on Tracy, like I just wanted to, so the reason I also went
53:25Coker was that that long run of young wide receivers.
53:28I felt like if I didn't take him there, one, Jake was probably going to take him too.
53:33He wasn't going to make it back to me.
53:35I think I want to do something that's going to make Eric.
53:39While you're thinking, here's a testament to taking your guys.
53:42Cause I thought about taking him the round before that, because then I was like, you know what?
53:47I think because he's buried, I can make it all the way back around and still get Coker there.
53:52And if you look at, uh, who did I take instead of Coker at that point?
53:56It took Stefan Diggs, still a good pick, but I'm sure pure upside ceiling, like Coker would have been the ceiling play.
54:03It's still probably a little bit aggressive at nine Oh two.
54:06But again, if you want to get your guys, nobody's going to remember, Oh my God, I can't believe you wasted your
54:12ninth round pick or like whatever you took them around too early.
54:15So dude. All right. The ninth round has been very good the last two years.
54:19Yeah. I saw your tweet. I like that tweet.
54:22Yeah. It was a ninth round pick last year.
54:24League winner. And then who's it going to be this year?
54:27You put out that tweet of all those guys.
54:30Dude. I like the, who went to the ninth round here.
54:33I thought the Dolph King K go here. Actually Jalen Coker was in there.
54:37The Dolph King K go in the ninth round?
54:39No. No, he just went, uh, in the 11th round.
54:42No. Addison, Jones, Debo, Harvey, Jacoby, Jordan Mason, Krosky, Merritt, Pittman, Gainwell, Dak, Diggs, Reed.
54:46So who's your ninth rounder? Erickson. Let's talk the names again.
54:49I was on the clock. Sorry. Oh yeah. No, no, no.
54:53It was not. Let's talk the names again. You got a one shot.
54:56The tension was palpable. I was like, Oh my God, he's going to drop a bomb.
55:01Cause I was trying to think about to say, because I did not, all I got was the last two guys, which one of them was Diggs.
55:08I don't think it's going to be Diggs. So that's just, I think Coker, we're, we're going to settle on Coker.
55:14Yeah. He probably falls in that. All right. Let me catch up with these picks here.
55:18Uh, in the 11th round, uh, Denzel Boston was the first pick Xavier worthy.
55:22I literally, I thought our system was broken. Because I typed in Stribbling and I'm like, Oh, it's going to be great for the 11th round.
55:30Nope. He went, uh, the third pick in the 11th round.
55:33We had Tyler Algier. Uh, we had Lloyd Kincaid, Charbonnet, Shahid, Marks, Camara, Kelsey and Spears.
55:37That was our 11th round. Um, let me ask, I want to go back to, God, if I can go back to it.
55:44Um, are you happy with a Kincaid pick? D bro.
55:46I mean, that's, isn't that been your guy? Yeah.
55:49I'm happy with it. I was hoping to pair him with like a Travis Kelsey or somebody like that.
55:54And I ended up did pairing him not to jump too far ahead here.
55:58I did pair him with somebody like Jake Ferguson, who I feel like there's touchdowns.
56:02He could be at low end tight end one.
56:05I think if you're waiting late, like it's kind of like pick Ferguson, Andrews, Dallas Goddard, pair them with Dalton Kincaid.
56:11Because I mean, really the, the thesis of the pick is if Dalton Kincaid just runs more freaking routes this year, he
56:17could be a top five tight end. And it's not difficult to see like on a per route basis, he led tight
56:23ends in every discernible metric you can pull up every one of them.
56:27So if he gets more routes this year, yeah, he's got top three, top five upside.
56:31So in, in the 12th round, we had at a 12, one Pacheco Bigsby.
56:35I took Trey Harris to try to get a reaction also because I like him, but to get a reaction out of Erickson, he gave me nothing.
56:42He didn't even flinch. I was too busy thinking about the round nine picks.
56:46Yeah, I guess. Kamani Vidal, Omar Cooper, go back to it because it just went up.
56:51Shakir Ferguson, Bo Nix, Brooks was in there, Coleman, Brian Robinson and Dylan Sampson.
56:55Who do I want to ask here? Erickson, let's talk about Amari Cooper.
56:58The Amari Cooper conversation has actually been around like he might potentially get supplanted in the offense, but this is, this seems like a nice upside play.
57:06Do you like this at the end? Yeah. First round pick a player that a lot of people viewed as NFL ready.
57:12She kind of throw them into an offense Omar or excuse me, Debo Samuel types of comparison.
57:17So he's my last wide receiver on my bench.
57:19So I think it's just a bet on the talent profile, the Jets offense being average and not below average like they were last year.
57:26I think that he has some upside. So I like getting him here as my last receiver, especially because I needed some
57:32receive because my receivers, my starters are fragile to say the least.
57:36Yeah. I feel like I have a bit of that in the 13th round.
57:40We've had Don TV and Wicks. Oh, of course I'm up.
57:43We had Douglas Cyrus Allen. I was even my cue.
57:46I was going to take. We had like Washington, Dolkich, Naylor, Tank Dell, Purdy and Tucker.
57:50God, this round stinks. Everybody took all of it.
57:53I think it's a good value in the 13th round.
57:55It stinks in all the right ways. Like these are all the players that I want.
58:00He's mad because nobody is left. He was super high on all the Raiders.
58:04All those. I'm trying to do. I got Jim.
58:06You took AD baby. Yeah, AD all day. But I want to tank Dell.
58:10That's like one of my big sleepers this year.
58:13Cyrus Allen was going to be my pick in there.
58:15Did not get. I ended up taking Adonai Mitchell, of course.
58:19Erickson, you got Purdy, Naylor going to Debro and Douglas.
58:21Douglas was a great pick by UCLA. Yeah, that's one that I mean, go back two months ago and I was talking about Caleb Douglas.
58:28Look, they took him as a surprise before Bell, but Bell being hurt as part of it.
58:33But what do we know about Douglas is I don't think anybody in the entire industry, whether fantasy or just straight out
58:39NFL and analyst had him as high as he went in the draft.
58:43But the Dolphins took him. And if you look at his profile, we hope he can be Nico Collins.
58:48That's very lofty. But we're kind of thinking Cedric Tillman right now, at least in my opinion.
58:53And Cedric Tillman has been a bust for the Browns.
58:56But if you put Cedric Tillman a few years ago on the Dolphins and looked at their landscape, you'd say, hey, there's a shot.
59:02He could be the number one, at least their touchdown getter and down play threat downfield play threat.
59:07And Malik Willis, like he can throw the football.
59:10Like everybody's out here pretending like Malik Willis is the word is Justin Fields throwing the football.
59:15And so it's going to be somebody. And why not take a flyer on the one that they went and invested draft capital on?
59:21All right. Well, luckily, I'm not going to have to pause and go change my shirt because I did not win this.
59:27But someone. Oh, wow. Someone here did. I think you can tell who it is now at the bottom.
59:33Here was it. It really was a fun mock draft.
59:36Yeah. You were just so pouty the whole time.
59:38You ended up winning. Yeah. Jake's happy now. He's going to think of it.
59:42Yeah. Imagine if I got Coker. Is that my is that my swap out?
59:46What if if you would have gotten maybe if you got Coker, maybe then I'm not a 10th.
59:51I'm 12th. So we'll see. All right. The top 12 was we had our boy Dev finishing 12th.
59:56K. Lest at 11. Debro, you were 10. Erickson, you were nine.
59:59I was eight. Messer at seven. Big C at six.
60:02And your top five was Jason, Sammy Aces, Panda, Moe.
60:05And then, of course, Jake Seeley at the tippy top.
60:0810 points more than the next. The team constructions.
60:10We will start with Debro's. It was Jalen Hurts, Christian McCaffrey, Ken Walker.
60:14Those are the running backs and quarterback. Two starting wideouts, eight flowers, Terry McLaurin with Carnell Tate at flex, Jake Ferguson at tight end.
60:21And your bench, Rico Dowdle, Cortland Sutton, Bill Cross, Gamerrett, Dalton Kincaid, Jalen Coker, and Jalen Naylor.
60:25What would you have done different? Do you like this team?
60:28Do you think you got kind of underscored here?
60:31You got, you know, you got a couple of your guys, you got hit in a couple spots.
60:36Yeah. Like I think this team is solid, like CMC and Kenneth Walker.
60:40What's wrong with that start? Then I've got like starting tight, starting wide receivers as a flowers and Terry McLaurin.
60:45Like if I go to the pick analysis, it apparently just hated my pick of Jalen Hurts.
60:50It was like, if you took Devante Adams and Brock Purdy, of course, we knew Brock Purdy was gonna be available in the freaking 13th.
60:57It's like if you did anything different. Yeah, it's like 50 more points, 30 more points, all this stuff.
61:02It's like it hated my pick of Jalen Hurts, but I like this team.
61:06I would rock with this team. Like with Carnell Tate as my wide receiver three Sutton as my four.
61:11And then I've got RB three and four of like Rico Dowdle and Bill, who could be the respective starters in their backfields.
61:18I yeah, I mean, outside of tight end and figuring it out, like I really, I think this team's solid, but maybe I'm wrong.
61:24This can't be right. I don't think I've ever seen that.
61:28There's no way you got an eight from somebody like I've seen bad grades.
61:31Is that real? Hold on. Now I gotta go click on D-Rose team.
61:35I was gonna try to move through this a little bit quicker.
61:38Yes, apparently I got an eight. I've never seen that in the history of getting graded on this show.
61:44Who gave you an eight? Luke Ronson. You screwed up every single pick.
61:47An eight. No, no, there's something wrong with his ranking.
61:50Basically, I signed my name and I walked away from the test.
61:53That was it. And you misspelled the first name.
61:56Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. He gave me a 10.
61:59So there's gotta be something wrong with his ranking.
62:01Oh, okay. Like, I'm dying. I gotta go click on my name.
62:05I hope, you know what? Don't fix the ranks, please.
62:07I don't want anyone to fix the ranks. I want, I'm gonna go look here.
62:12I don't know what your guy's problem is. He gave me a 68.
62:15So there you go. Okay. I have you all beat.
62:18I have you all beat. He gave me a zero.
62:21I'm the worst drafter. There's just something wrong with this.
62:24You didn't even draft a team. You're just picking up everybody off of waivers afterwards.
62:28Well, he just looked at my face and he's just like zero out.
62:31All right. Uh, God, that makes me laugh. That is so funny.
62:35Good catch. All right. Let's go to, uh, let's go, let's go to Eric.
62:39Go to Andrew. Erickson, you got a Purdy with James Cook and Ramondre Stevenson.
62:43It's a little bit of weaker second RB here.
62:45Rishi Rice and Jalen Waddles. You're starting wide outs.
62:48Mike Evans at flex with Brock Bowers at tight end.
62:50So a lot of strength outside of your second running back on the bench.
62:54You've got Jonathan Brooks. You've got Rashad white, and then you went really wide receiver, heavy Jacobi Myers conception, exception, Shahid and
63:00Omar Cooper actually really like your team outside of the theoretical second RB issue, except if Jonathan Brooks does eat and cook, you're going to be a monster.
63:08So is there anything that you would have done different or you were just ecstatic about in this draft?
63:14I should have taken JSN instead of James Cook.
63:16I think that was a mistake that I made in round one.
63:19I think I'm, I was hoping that there would probably be more of a running back run in the later part of
63:26round one into round two, but that wasn't the case.
63:28It was really more of the wide receivers that ended up going.
63:32So, cause you saw Ken Walker, Hampton, Derek Henry, a Chan, like all those guys I could have taken instead of Bowers.
63:38And I would have had a nice wide receiver running back start rather than having Rashi Rice be my wide receiver when
63:44I would have had JSN and still a really strong running back more comparable to James Cook than the inverse.
63:50And then I made a mistake to not drafting digs in round eight, right?
63:54I was looking at him. I was looking at Rashad white.
63:57I love Rashad white and I didn't really need the running back there.
64:00And Jake even made a point about digs should be going higher than round nine and he's a hundred percent correct.
64:06And I should have just taken him there in round eight and said, I took Rashad white when I didn't really need
64:12to, I think, I mean, cause I had Brooks, I had James Cook, I had Stevenson.
64:17I mean, Stevenson's the starter for the Patriots. Like I just talked about Patriots.
64:21I mean, I disagree. Like he's going to be starting.
64:23I'll push back a little bit. I think you should have taken white over that considering you started Rashad rice, Waddle and Mike Evans.
64:30Like, is there injury risk? Sure. But we're only starting two wide receivers.
64:34So like I felt okay with your wide receiver start.
64:37I mean, I guess. Yeah. Appreciate that. I was relatively strong.
64:40By the way, as we mentioned before, um, if you know, people are watching and stuff, but like when you do these
64:46mock drafts, one of the coolest thing about it is all of the information you get after, you know, cause there's lots
64:52of ways to mock draft and there's lots of people that are draft assisting you, but there's not a lot that are
64:58not only comparing it against what industry leaders are telling you and loving your drafts, but you get the steals and reaches.
65:04Uh, the pick analysis, I think is really great.
65:07Here's a perfect example of it. It said, had you skipped going James Cook at one eight and then Jacoby Myers at
65:13nine, eight and flipped it to taking Jackson Smith and Jigba at one eight and then RJ Harvey at nine, eight.
65:19So essentially where you took those guys, you just scored almost 50 points higher.
65:23So I think that's like a really, really insightful and helpful tool.
65:26You can also look at team strengths, um, with spider charts.
65:29And then, uh, the fun that we always have is looking at the expert opinions in the summary where, uh, Erickson, the,
65:35you were, nobody loved your team more than you essentially.
65:38It was given to somebody else. Uh, Daniel Mader was, uh, a number one at 96 out of a hundred, but so were you.
65:45Uh, so Erickson, you kind of are, you know, uh, you're living, you're living up to exactly what you are preaching here
65:51because you gave yourself, uh, a 96 out of a hundred.
65:54You loved it. And then jokes aside on some of them that, you know, who I gave a higher grade than even my own team.
66:01Who's that? Mr. Jake Seeley. Uh, well, we're going to talk about that in just a second.
66:06Yeah. Jake is going to get, he gets the crown.
66:08He gets the end here. Uh, my team, I finished it.
66:11I did finish above you guys. I had Justin Herbert at quarterback.
66:15My running backs were Jinty and Kyron Williams, pretty strong.
66:18My wide receivers, AJ Brown and Garrett Wilson. I had Cal Pitts at tight end and my super flex or my flex
66:24on super flex was Bucky Irving or my top bench option was Parker Washington.
66:28So however you want to look at that. I had a Chris Rodriguez and Alvin Kamara running back with Debo and I
66:34Mitchell and Trey Harris as my wide receivers. It did say I picked the number one sleeper running back currently on our
66:40system, which by the way, shout out to Erickson, me and Erickson, by the way, finished top 10 in the sleeper ranks last year in draft.
66:47Uh, Alvin Kamara is number one. Don't be so modest.
66:50You were top five. You were top five. Welsh.
66:52I was seventh. So we're both top, top seven.
66:55Listen, I'm just a dumb old host here, but for me to finish higher than all the fantasy pros draft rankers last
67:01year and sleeper, I am proud of that. But you know, let's not talk about in season where these smart guys are going.
67:08Uh, but, uh, it, like Debo is the number three consensus sleeper, Alvin Kamara at number one and kind of practicing what I preach.
67:14I gave myself the second highest grade. I really liked my draft here, uh, with a 92 out of a hundred, but that's just my team.
67:22It's just, I think it's really balanced. Yeah. I thought, I thought I had like a pretty good balance team, a couple of funny duddies and stuff that.
67:29No, but I mean, if Bucky is a hundred percent and even at 60% of the workload, that's an amazing flex and
67:35Parker Washington's Parker Washington is amazing backup flex plan.
67:38So yeah, I think you're great. You guys, if Bucky Irving is him, you're fine.
67:42And he is him. So your team should have been higher than it was.
67:46I do agree with that, but, uh, none of the, could have done what Jake Seeley did getting an a, uh, the top, top of the class here.
67:54Uh, your team ended up looking like, uh, Jane Daniels at quarterback.
67:57You got a great value. B. John Robinson, Quinn, Sean Jutkins at RB, your wide receivers were Olave and McConkie.
68:03You had Trey McBride at tight ends. You had the high tight end and you've got, uh, Bachel Tootin as your flex, which was sick.
68:10Your bench, your wide receivers were Makai Lemon, Xavier Worthy, Diggs and Caleb Douglas with bench running backs of Brian Robinson and Keaton Mitchell.
68:17So you didn't really have a strength at the backup running backs, but didn't really matter because you had a flex running back as your RB three.
68:24This team, you didn't really have any big holes here.
68:27So I have to imagine that you're going to co-sign it.
68:30You did end up loving this team, even though you complained the entire draft and you're sighing and oh, it's happening.
68:36Could you imagine if at HM? I mean, could I, could I copy paste this team?
68:40Like seriously, like if I could walk out of most of my drafts with this, mostly because I wasn't expecting to like
68:46it as much as I did taking McBride where I did, because I don't love taking the tight end in the second or even the third round.
68:54I love when towards the end of the third, fourth, I co-signed that one.
68:58And then more so I've been ending up with a lot of fan and a Warren.
69:02So I was expecting the McBride to be like, well, don't love my wide receiver too, or don't love my RB too.
69:08But I think this is a testament to like the draft falling to you is that McBride was the best available with the tier drop offs.
69:16And then a lot of things just fell into place.
69:18Like this could have gone sideways very easily. There was a few picks and you know, I know I'd be moaned Coker,
69:25but I mean, that was my bench at that point.
69:27So yeah, I really love this team. I actually, like I said, I think your team deserved better than it got, but
69:34I would love to have this team in a lot of leagues.
69:37And this is not, I'm being serious just because like, I'm not being, ha ha, look at me, but I don't think
69:43I've ever seen a draft where like two of the five worst scores are still B minuses.
69:48Yeah. Yeah. I mean, this was an interesting construction too.
69:51And by the way, I just want to point this out under pick analysis, there was a potential 60 point boost for you.
69:57It said, if you had gone at Nico Collins at two 11 instead of Trey McBride, and then in the 13th round
70:03taken Mark Andrews instead of Caleb Douglas, that was a 60 point, but I'm just saying it's an interesting thing in there.
70:09Uh, and also you had Stefan Diggs who was a number two in the sleeper consensus at wide receiver.
70:15Keaton Mitchell was number four. And I thought this was interesting.
70:18A, you had our buddy and Erickson's co-host on some shows, Tom Strachan giving us an A plus.
70:23That was one of the people that really loved it, but your, your hates, you had three people with a D, but
70:29the next jump was to a B and Seth Wolcott here at fantasy pros didn't like it, but with a B, I mean, that's not really a dislike.
70:37So yeah, the construction was really good. To go back to the pick analysis.
70:41I do like the second one more. Uh, I think Marvin Harrison and Brock Purdy swapped out for Jaden Daniels and Caleb Douglas.
70:47I would have been more on board with that again to what Debro said though, at the time is like hindsight, knowing
70:53that Purdy was going to fall the way to the 13th round.
70:56Yeah, the 13th. I mean, and that's, and that's the problem with it, but that is also why this is so great.
71:03The pick analysis can kind of help you work through some things and guess what?
71:07You can do a draft. You can start here, go with Intel, sync your league.
71:11You can use Intel on your league, then practice in a spot.
71:14Then you look at the pick analysis and it says, Hey, you should have done this and this.
71:19Then you can go back and you can start trying to implement those type of things into your draft.
71:25Keep scoring better, keep roster construction better. Make sure you're jumping on the draft simulator, whether it's a, you're jumping into public
71:31mocks or you're creating private ones, which by the way, those private ones can be just for you versus the bot.
71:37So you can have some of your league mates or friends.
71:40It's easy stuff. Go jump in there, mock, just like we did and get all the analysis that we were talking about
71:46after the fact, because it's just going to make your season better.
71:49And that's it. That's what we've got for you.
71:52Half PPR mock draft. Hey, if you guys ever want to mock with us, I didn't kind of mention this before, but
71:58we've got a fantasy pros discord that discord actually today is we're recording this.
72:02Erickson and I do a live show on there every Thursday, which you can come and hang out and be a part of.
72:08But in that discord is where I dropped this room link in our mock draft room.
72:13Those guys are insane. Mock drafting every single day, all the time, but those, those are your opportunities.
72:18So go to fantasy pros.com slash chat, just be in those rooms and we might drop a link and you could be
72:24drafting with us live on the show. So there you go.
72:27You guys can in the comments below, tell us who do you think won?
72:31What were your favorite picks? What was your favorite roster construction?
72:34And when you do so, you might've already entered yourself into win a Colson Loveland Jersey.
72:38That's pretty sweet. So drop those comments below. That's going to do it for the athletics.
72:43Jake Seeley, D bro Erickson. I'm Welsh. Good luck in your drafts.
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