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0:18Actually, the Mock Draft Podcast because that is what we are doing today.
0:21We have got a full PPR 12 team. We've got a couple awesome people that are going to be joining us.
0:27Of course, here at Fantasy Pros, we've got Pat Fitzmaurice and Scott Bogman.
0:31But, the big dog. Lord Reeves himself. It is Rich Rebar, my best friend who I have not talked to in a year, but we are best friends.
0:39We've already determined this from last year. Rich, what's up buddy?
0:42What's going on guys? You know, we're closing in on, you know, 4th of July.
0:47And then basically after 4th of July, it's just the season for me.
0:50You know, I have a new content series that comes out every week for the opening kickoff of the season.
0:56So, I feel like my summer is already over.
0:59Oh, you got it. Well, let's finish the plug real quick.
1:02What is the series? Let's hear it real quick.
1:04Well, it's just a different series every week. So, the opening series will just be like all of my like kind of
1:11in-depth tiers where it's almost like an almanac on like every player.
1:14And then I do like league wide trends, positional trends, like ADP trends, all these things to kind of formulate like a
1:21big draft kit that ends up being, you know, hundreds of pages long when you sign up for that.
1:26So, you can check that out. SharpFootballAnalysis.com. Go check that stuff out.
1:29Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautimous. Love it. We've also got the draft kit going on here.
1:33Pat Fitzmaurice has been hard at work at here on Fantasy Pros.
1:37Scott Bogman, a master of all the things in the rankings world and all the shows and really the clip master here
1:43at Fantasy Pros Boggs where you get the greatest clips that are on Instagram and whatever and people are fighting.
1:49I love it. Gentlemen, we've got a mock draft here.
1:52We're not going to be drafting kickers and defense.
1:54We are going to be drafting three wide receivers, two running backs, a quarterback, a flex.
1:59Did I say tight end? Tight end. A couple bench spots here.
2:02Twelve rounds. We're just getting out of the no fluff here.
2:06No kickers and defense. We don't need to mess with that in a full PPR format.
2:10That is what we're going to jump into. And I don't want us to wait long.
2:15But what I would like to tackle for one second is the positions that you guys have picked in the draft.
2:21For myself, I am going to be drafting in the three hole and really one of the main reasons for it outside
2:27of, you know, it is nice when you're hosting one of these shows.
2:31Nice to be in a spot that you can quickly manage.
2:34Top three spot is great because you either get Jamar Chase or you get one of the two great running backs as
2:40Pat Fitzmaurice just put an article out in the draft kit saying like, Hey, listen, if I got the one, two spot, I'm taking B.
2:48John or Jameer Gibbs. I'm putting a position where I'm getting one of those three.
2:52It's very easy for me. But let's see where the rest of you guys are at, whether the purposefulness of it kind
2:58of almost think of this like a KDS system.
3:01We all got to kind of pick where we wanted to draft, whether it's a specific spot positionally.
3:06Pat, why don't you start us off here? You ended up picking, I believe you're drafting in the five spot.
3:12So pretty close to me. What intention was behind this?
3:15If it is maybe merely practice into this spot, that's a big point.
3:18People should remember about mock drafts is a great practice, which fantasy pros helps you allow you to do.
3:24But what was your intention behind the five spot?
3:26It seems like I've been getting low spots or really high spots in a lot of the best ball drafts I've been doing so far.
3:34Wanted to explore five and particularly see what's available to me at the second and third rounds.
3:39Okay, Rich, you are in, it looks like the seven spot.
3:42No, eight spot. I apologize. Eight spot here. A little bit later in the draft.
3:46Again, is this an intention to maybe starting the draft off with a player or is this to get some reps maybe
3:52on the back half of this draft? Yeah, more so the latter.
3:56So this year in general, I think it's just so advantageous to be, to have a top selection.
4:01You know, and I'm not saying you can't win your league if you don't get B's and Robinson or Jameer Gibbs.
4:07But those, when you look at those two players in terms of archetype, like where are they at and like the age,
4:13age spectrum and the types of players there. Like these guys are like peak, like Marshall Falk, LaDainian Tomlinson type outcomes, you
4:20know, CMC, Le'Veon Bell, like 400 point PPR type scores.
4:22Right. So that just feels like such an advantage to get one of those two guys this year.
4:28And then, you know, like you said, you're picking three and just know you get one of the other guys that are left.
4:34I think like Pat at five is similar, just like typically you'll see Puka just be the typical four.
4:40And then like the draft starts at pick five for a lot of leagues.
4:44So I was I just wanted to pick kind of in like the middle back just because it's kind of like a
4:50nebulous spot because I'm still trying to formulate my kind of game plan from those spots.
4:55And I'm looking just like fire off a bunch of drafts in that area just to see what I want to do
5:01come August, like when we're when we're when the big chips are down.
5:05Well, and full PPR also kind of opens up the spacing for a few players as well.
5:10Some guys that can just be, you know, like media and they're fine.
5:13Some running backs can become a little bit more valuable in full PPR.
5:17There's a few wide receivers that jump some significant values.
5:20Boggs, you're on the back end. You're drafting 11 of 12.
5:23You're almost on the wheel. Well, is this going to be about, you know, three wide receiver full PPR, the advantage of wide receivers and double tapping?
5:31Or is this like you want to you're going to take advantage of a high end running back even though this is full PPR?
5:38I think I just really like the back end of the first and that early pick in the second because I think
5:44I just really enjoy the combo of that back end.
5:47I think that's what it is. I do. I do enjoy the middle as well, but I feel like making decisions on the fly.
5:54It always feels better to be on the end as well.
5:57And I was the second person in there. So I was like, hey, winner, winner.
6:01I'll go low here because Welsh is already picking high.
6:04So went ahead with pick 11. There you go.
6:07I go high. You go low. Perfect combination. Great tag team in there.
6:11What do you guys think? You can drop in the comments below.
6:14Favorite spot in the draft so far this season.
6:17Real, real draft season is getting ready to kick off.
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7:00That is fantasypros.com slash mock. So as I said, drafted from the three spot here, the decision is going to be made for me.
7:07Jamar Chase, Bijan Robinson, Jameer Gibbs. Those are the three I really like, though, like Rich did say, the top four might be Puka.
7:14That's when the draft starts. Puka is actually at the pretty high end of where the experts are pushing.
7:20But I actually will have that decision if I want.
7:22It went Jameer Gibbs one, Jamar Chase two. Pretty hard to pass up Bijan Robinson if we're being frank here.
7:28So despite the suggestions, maybe pushing Puka a tiny bit, 58% on the experts, go Bijan Robinson.
7:33Gentlemen, that is what I'm going to do. That is going to take us to Mr.
7:38Pat Fitzmorris with the fifth pick after Puka Nakua went.
7:41So, Pat, what are you going with? I'm going to take Jackson Smith and Jigba.
7:45Just in a PPR league where you have to start three receivers.
7:48Nice to be able to get a cornerstone. Maybe he doesn't have a 35% target share again, but I also think maybe
7:55Seattle throws a little more than they did last year when they were the third run heaviest team in the league.
8:01So we'll start with JSN. I know you could probably make a case for McCaffrey there, but I'm pretty happy getting the wide receiver early.
8:08Yeah, I mean, I'm hoping for some wide receivers laid in here.
8:11McCaffrey is an interesting one that you say that he ended up going seven.
8:15CeeDee Lamb in between your pick and Christian McCaffrey.
8:18Rich, you are up with about 20 seconds left.
8:21Decisions, decisions. What are you thinking, my friend? Yeah.
8:23Yeah. So for anyone who wants to know how the sausage is made here, I didn't know how this room worked on the original show.
8:30The reason I kind of like the eight spot is because typically to get reps is that typically you see like a
8:37prime seven, like the four guys you guys take.
8:39Then you see usually Christian McCaffrey, Amon Ross St.
8:42Brown, but in this instance of the do over, Amon Ross St.
8:45Brown falls to me at eight. And he's kind of like a clear firewall pick.
8:50Just the kind of a Gibraltar and fantasy football, 90 catches or more every year of his career over, over a hundred catches the last three years.
8:57So he's kind of a no brainer here from the way with the way it fell.
9:02Kind of hard to go against Justin Jefferson at nine, Jonathan Taylor at 10 Boggs.
9:06You popped up and with your 11th and your second pick in the second round, you went with a wide receiver running back combo.
9:13So talk to us about that. I actually kind of thought you might go wide receiver, wide receiver finally, but you did not push that.
9:20No, I mean, I wanted, I, this is the combo I like.
9:24I like to get one running back and one wide receiver.
9:27Drake London, ninth in targets per game last season.
9:30Still very high way up there. Didn't add a lot of, you know, competition for him.
9:34Just got him maybe a better quarterback into it, but at least some QB competition.
9:38But love Drake London in the first. And then action.
9:41Gentry is just going to get so many touches.
9:44So I went with Gentry with that second pick.
9:47Some surprises may be in there. We also ended up seeing Malik neighbors go at the back end of the first.
9:53It seems a little bit high, but if you think he's good back with Devon, a chance.
9:57So that's a YOLO team neighbors and a chance.
10:00You took Gentry, Nico Collins, or she rice rich back to you.
10:03And you have the running back or wide receiver combo idea.
10:07What was the decision? Yeah, I went with James Cook.
10:10I like a lot of running backs here on the board.
10:13Just opening with just two high scoring offenses, right?
10:15You know, Lions, Bills. James Cook also in full PPR, even for you can make the case he's been underutilized as a receiver.
10:22But even full PPR, he's been the RB13 or higher in 22 games over the past two years.
10:27So you get a lot of insulation and high ceiling, high floor with him.
10:31Oh, man. Patty, Pat. I am proud of you, but you started the push here.
10:35Pat needed to live up to what you have been selling us.
10:39And you did so because no tight end had gone.
10:42Saquon Barkley went with the, I guess it would be the sixth pick in the second round.
10:47A.J. Brown went up. So there's a double wide receiver combo there.
10:50And then no tight end had gone, Pat. And then you came in and slapped down a little bit of Brock Bowers,
10:56just like you said you would do. And you're living up to it, my friend.
11:01Yeah, I feel like there's a case that you could even take Bowers early in the second round.
11:06I think he's going to go in the back half of the second round in most drafts.
11:11But here's a guy with the potential to break fantasy football.
11:14Finished, you know, top 10 amongst all pass catchers in a lot of different categories as a rookie when he was healthy.
11:20Last year, obviously not healthy. But he almost broke fantasy football as a rookie, and he did it with Gardner Minshew, Aiden
11:27O'Connell, and Desmond Ritter as his quarterbacks that year.
11:29And now he's got Fernando Mendoza, Kirk Cousins holding down the fort for a few weeks early in the season, who's been
11:35really tight end friendly, floating some good years for, geez, Jordan Reed, T.J.
11:39Hawkinson. Last year when Kyle Pitts had that crazy three touchdown Thursday night game, it was Kirk Cousins, a quarterback for the Falcons.
11:46I just feel really good about Bowers and the upside this year if he can stay healthy.
11:51Love the pick. I wanted one of Bowers and McBride, but that did not happen because McBride was the very next pick.
11:57So back-to-back tight ends. I did go with George Pickens.
12:00I need to pay attention a little bit more on the wide receiver.
12:04I thought really hard on Chase Brown and O'Marion Hampton.
12:07Probably put myself in a little bit of a bind and needing to be probably wide receiver focus.
12:12And then both went. O'Marion Hampton and Chase Brown on the back end of the second round.
12:17Third round, flip back over. Team one has a three running back strategy.
12:20So that's going to be in the flex with Ken Walker, Derek Henry.
12:24I went with another wide receiver. I was really torn between Chris Olave and Devonta Smith.
12:29Almost clicked on Devonta Smith, but I just went on the Chris Olave side.
12:33Tyler Shuck has changed that offense. I don't know.
12:35I mean, PPR maybe could have slighted me slightly towards Devonta Smith, but I went with Chris Olave.
12:40Devonta Smith did go with the next pick. And Pat, you went up with another ball hawk in Tedrow McMillan.
12:46So you've got the wide receiver, tight end, wide receiver, strat going.
12:50Man, that was a real dilemma because I was torn between McMillan and Jeremiah Love.
12:54And, you know, Love, we didn't love the... We didn't love a Love landing spot.
12:58Yeah, sorry. That was totally unintentional. But we have seen over the last, what, 11 years, running backs chosen top 12 have
13:05averaged like 1,400 plus yards and 10.9 touchdowns a season.
13:07It's just kind of a form pick. But I couldn't get past McMillan, a guy who had a really impressive rookie season
13:14as an early declare entrant, playing with kind of a mediocre quarterback.
13:17And I just, I was really impressed by him.
13:20We know he's going to get a big target share this year.
13:23So I think we're in for another strong showing from Ted McMillan.
13:27By the way, Jeremiah Love went the very next pick.
13:30He did. So T. Higgins went. And then, Rich, surprising, not surprising, you went with...
13:34There's a little bit of controversy just in it with Josh Jacobs and, you know, whatever could be, you know, coming of a potential suspension or whatever.
13:42It's hard to deny the production. But you went with him with your third round pick.
13:46You now have a double running back in this full PPR.
13:49Talk to us about that. Was Jeremiah Love on the table for that?
13:53Or was Josh Jacobs always the guy? Yeah, I've been buying the dip on Josh Jacobs just, you know, under the premise of like...
14:00It seems like we're trending towards him not having any, you know, disciplinary action based on the offseason.
14:05It's still a non-zero chance. But he would be going at least at the 2-3 turn if it was non-zero.
14:11So getting like a full round dip. And I needed another running back.
14:15And I liked him more than a little bit more than Kyron.
14:18But you look at two the last year before his knee injury.
14:22I mean, he was the RB9 in total yards per game.
14:25And one of the sneaky things in flux for the Packers is they're probably going to have to throw more this year.
14:31And especially with the wide receiver room getting condensed.
14:34Josh Jacobs was utilized as a pass catcher way higher to a degree than I think anyone realized last year.
14:39Was running a career high routes per game. And was getting involved in the pass catch game too.
14:45And you know we're getting that touchdown upside. So I look at this and I've got, you know, two running backs and a wide receiver.
14:52Like I'm looking at double digit touchdown upside out of all three of my players here.
14:56100%. I love that pick. Like Jacobs has been undervalued in early drafts that I've seen.
15:01And Matt LaFleur doesn't mess around. He likes to run the ball.
15:04He's one of the more underrated run game designers I think in the NFL.
15:09Jacobs has averaged basically a touchdown a game since coming to Green Bay.
15:12And like Matt LaFleur doesn't mess around when he gets into the five.
15:16He just lets Jacobs pound the rock in. The first quarterback went off the board.
15:20Josh Allen with the ninth pick in the third round.
15:23Brees Hall. Bogman, you made sure to get the other of the tier one tight ends.
15:28Colson Loveland, a little bit of a deal compared to the other guys.
15:32And then you swung back around with Garrett Wilson.
15:34So Colson Loveland, Garrett Wilson with your five seconds, Rich.
15:37You better make make up here. You got it.
15:40You got it. You got it. Just make it short.
15:42Don't worry. Rich is a pro here. Don't worry about this.
15:46He's a vet. He's figuring it out now. You learn from your mistakes.
15:49Look, Colson Loveland, I think it's just a smoking deal at this point.
15:53So I want to stay with wide receiver and running back.
15:56It is tough, specifically in PPR, wide receiver to keep going in the arms race.
16:01But I saw like four wide receivers I wanted here and just one tight end.
16:05So I went Colson Loveland and then Garrett Wilson was wide receiver that fell back to me.
16:10And I went with Garrett Wilson as well. So liking this, maybe my wide receivers might be a little injury prone with Garrett Wilson and Drake London.
16:18But we will back them up appropriately. Kyron Williams and Zay Flowers was the swing.
16:22Garrett Wilson has mentioned. Lamar Jackson was in the fourth round.
16:25Luther Burden. And then, Rich, you went with Lad McConkie, who is definitely someone.
16:29There's a couple guys in this I was really hoping might slide or slip a little bit for me.
16:34I love Lad as the second wide out comboed with the other two running backs in Amon Ross St.
16:40Brown. So talk to us about the Lad pick.
16:43Yeah, I mean, Lad just had a little bit of the dip last year.
16:47We know the back half of the year, the Chargers had all those offensive line injuries.
16:51Their starting offensive line, even accounting for the Rashawn Slater injury, only played 15% of their offensive snaps last year.
16:57That's going to go up. Anytime this Shanahan system has had a quarterback that is talented.
17:01Remember, like they've turned, you know, water into wine out of so many guys.
17:06In this system. But anytime that we've seen like real talent, core exercise, these guys have flirted with like MVP.
17:11You know, Aaron Rodgers won two MVPs in LaFleur's system.
17:14We saw Matt Ryan win an MVP with Shanahan.
17:17So I think Justin Herbert's going to have a hyper-efficient season.
17:20I think it's going to trickle back down to Lad.
17:23And all his usage was the same last year.
17:25The only thing was his third down target share completely fell off.
17:29Because I don't know if anyone remembers this, but Keenan Allen was second in the NFL and third down target share last year.
17:35Because he was Herbert's foxhole guy. So Keenan Allen not being back, I think Lad's going to bounce back in terms of targets.
17:42And then the efficiency in Mike McDaniel and the Shanty system is going to be here for these Chargers receivers.
17:48Pat, Jalen Waddle went after the Lad McConkie pick.
17:50I was desperate for him to fall. I don't know if you cared at all for that pick.
17:56You jumped in on Terry McLaurin. There's a little bit of like, you know, there's obviously high upside.
18:01Maybe floor is a little bit less. Were you at all sniped in that McConkie, Waddle, Egbuka run?
18:06Or was Terry McLaurin your target the whole time as you picked up your third wide receiver in four rounds?
18:12I would have taken a Buka had he been there.
18:15Or, um, I'm sorry, who? Well, uh, I mean, I don't know if Lad or Jalen Waddle were in your, you know, your eyes at all.
18:22I've got McLaurin ranked just ahead of Lad. Um, so I don't know.
18:26I just running it back to that 2024 season when we got a healthy Jane Daniels and Terry McLaurin and things look
18:32so good and we got the career-high 13 touchdowns from McLaurin.
18:35Um, there's just not much else in terms of target competition there.
18:39Maybe they sign some, like, I'm not worried about Brandon Ayuk coming in if they go after him.
18:44Stephon Diggs, if he were to sign there, maybe that's a little bit of a kneecap, uh, kneecap job for McLaurin.
18:50But I still think he's going to have a pretty robust target share and he's getting those targets from a good quarterback.
18:56So we know he's a good player too. He's got over a thousand yards, what, five seasons.
19:01So, well, you're coming up here. You got about 10 seconds left on your pick.
19:05I jumped on because a lot of my receiver, why do you pause for me?
19:10I can pause for you real quick. Sorry. Um, uh, Terry.
19:13Yeah. You took Jerry, Terry McLaurin. Javante Williams was the next pick.
19:16I was a little bit surprised, um, that we were even going to have the option to get Bucky Irving because, uh, Pat's a Bucky Irving guy.
19:24But I think he felt compelled and maybe a little bit early.
19:28So I jumped at the opportunity to get Bucky Irving in the fourth round to pair with Bijan Robinson.
19:33Uh, Tucker Craft and DJ Moore finished out that round, swung back around Devonta Adams, Alec Pierce.
19:38And then the guy that I was staring at, call me a homer all you want.
19:42But I know Pat has agreed with me on this.
19:45The touchdown equity for Mike Evans is through the freaking roof.
19:49I expect there to be a decent target share and to get him in the fifth round to pair with George Pickens and Chris Olave.
19:56Uh, that's what I was jumping at doing. I almost considered taking him on that front end there.
20:01So I want Bucky Irving and Mike Evans. Pat, you came back around off of the pause.
20:06Joe Burrow was in between us and then you took Travis Etienne.
20:09Just really quick, Pat, your thoughts on the Mike Evan, Bucky Irving pick since we've had a lot of conversations about them.
20:16And then your pick of Travis Etienne. I was kind of, love the Evans pick.
20:20Would have taken Bucky had he fallen. Thought about Bucky the previous round.
20:24You know, I'm leaning into the Bucky stuff when a lot of other people seem to be fading him.
20:29I just can't forget how good he was down the stretch in 2024 when the Buccaneers offensive line was a lot healthier
20:35and better than they were in 2025. So, um, so with Etienne, like he and Scadaboo close call between those two.
20:41I just want the healthier guy. And, um, you know, I like the fast pace that Kellen Moore operates at as a play caller in New Orleans.
20:49And, um, just, I think the threat of Alvin Kamara is maybe overstated by some people.
20:54I know there's some scare quotes about Etienne saying he's excited to share the load with Kamara.
20:59I don't think it's going to be a lot of sharing.
21:02I think it's going to be a pretty healthy two thirds dose to Etienne.
21:06And, uh, you know, the rest chopped up among Kamara, Devin Neal and whoever else.
21:10Another quarterback went in there, Drake May, followed by Jamison Williams.
21:13And then Rich in the fifth round, you got your third wide receiver.
21:17You went to Green Bay and you tabbed Christian Watson as one of your starters.
21:21So talk to us about the Christian Watson pick.
21:24We just needed it. We knew one year you're injury prone to your not.
21:28And, you know, just need one year. We saw the, you know, the, the trade, uh, trade of Dontavian Wicks and Romeo Dobbs.
21:35Romeo Dobbs is the only player, uh, the Packers last year that ran a route on over 60% of the drop back.
21:41So we can have that kind of trickle down to Christian Watson with his per target upside.
21:46I think we're looking at like a 2024, like Terry McLaurin season.
21:49Cause he's not getting like 140 targets, but if we can get him near 120, he's a guy that has the per
21:56target upside to kind of really kind of pay off here in this spot.
22:00And the Packers could have to throw a little bit more too, even though I'd like it already took Josh Jacobs, like
22:06I said, too, but you definitely am in on the upside as a wide receiver three.
22:11You'd almost think Reeves is the, uh, Green Bay Packers shareholder on this podcast instead of me.
22:15Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Josh Jacobs and Christian Watson, uh, wide receivers are becoming a little bit more of a premium.
22:21Now we did have Cam Scadaboo after Watson, Michael Wilson, and then Boggs, you jumped in with Roma Dunze.
22:26And then when you came back around, you actually got one of the higher end quarterbacks.
22:31A little surprised at that Roma Dunze at five 11 and six Oh two Jaden Daniels.
22:36So talk to us about those two picks. I was upset that a couple of my running backs that I wanted here didn't fall.
22:42And now I'm kind of have a big tier of them.
22:46So I decided to pivot from a running back.
22:48Roma Dunze was definitely going to be one of my picks.
22:51Um, I think the value here is just too good.
22:54Even though I already have Colson Loveland and I know I have a bi-week issue a little bit.
22:59Now, uh, I do have a lot of bears touchdowns.
23:02I know that. And then, uh, Jaden Daniels was just premium position.
23:06Like I said, I wanted the running back, but I feel like there's a grip of running backs that I like here.
23:12So I'm hoping one just falls back to me in the next round and that I'm getting value, but I am.
23:18This is a little risky. It's a mock, but I'm trying to thread the needle here with an RB that I like coming back.
23:25Uh, in between your two picks on the wheel, uh, yeah, Tyler Warren with the last pick in the fifth round.
23:31Jalen hurts with the first pick in the sixth round.
23:34It's a little bit of quarterback action, Parker Washington, Chris Godwin, and then rich, you came in, this is like off the top rope.
23:41This is definitely one of my guys I want to have in draft.
23:45So you did not allow this Dave Montgomery. You took with the fifth pick in the sixth round.
23:50I absolutely love this pick. He ends up being your third running back behind James cook and Josh Jacobs.
23:55Uh, I am obviously going to probably play that flex unless you get another wide receiver jump there.
24:00I really love this pick. Yeah. Again, just kind of sticking with the theme, looking to try to get running backs attached
24:07to the offenses that have touched on equity. The, uh, last year, the Dave Montgomery was still a really good player on a person that basis.
24:14He just wasn't Jameer Gibbs, right? And like the lions wanted to head in that direction, but the fit here is really great for David Montgomery.
24:22He was number one in the NFL and EPA per rush on man gap runs.
24:26And who was number two in the NFL man gap runs?
24:29It was the Houston Texans, you know, bringing that same system only behind the Rams where Nick Kaylee came from, uh, under Sean McVay.
24:36And when you think about David Montgomery attached to this defense, a lot of game scripts are going to be in his favor.
24:43He doesn't really have a lot of competition in terms of goal line equity with just Woody Marks kind of being the other option.
24:50So definitely like David Montgomery being kind of one of those boring, but good picks this year.
24:54I also loved that pick, uh, moving through. We had Michael Pittman, Carnell Tate.
24:58That was someone I was looking at. And Pat, you also swooped in with Deandre Swift as your second running back.
25:04You now have gone fifth and sixth round ETN and Swift.
25:08That's a pretty, pretty good, like consolation prize to not taking a running back in the first four rounds.
25:13This is similar to what you've talked about in one of your more recent articles that this isn't zero running back.
25:19This is just kind of like, you know, the prioritization of the wide receivers in a format like this.
25:25Yeah. For having waited a little bit, I'm, I'm pretty pleased with the one, two punch at running back.
25:30And, uh, I would have taken Montgomery, but I do have, uh, Deandre Swift on the same tier.
25:35And I just kind of want to attach myself to the Ben Johnson running game.
25:40If I can, whether it's with Swift or Mononga a little bit later.
25:43Um, it's just Ben Johnson probably is the premier run game designer in the end.
25:48NFL. We've seen him, uh, finish like top, I think top five and run game DVOA the last three years, either with the bears or Detroit.
25:55Um, and this offensive line is pretty good. I mean, they did have Chris Dahlman retire their center, Ozzie Trapilo, the left
26:01tackle had a patellar injury, but man, still really strong at the other three spots.
26:06And I think they're going to be able to replace those two guys.
26:09So, um, yeah, I just, even though we know he's going to operate in a tag team with Mononga guy, I feel
26:16good about this bears running game with Swift. I definitely would have jumped immediately in on taking him.
26:21Travion Henderson went, I probably would have done that as well for just playing the upside and already having two backs.
26:27I went with Marvin Harrison with the 10 pick in the six round.
26:31Uh, that's my fourth wide receiver. I think there's a potential volume play with changes in that offense.
26:36Uh, obviously they're going to be running a little bit more heavy, but hopefully we're going to have Marvin Harrison involved in the office.
26:43I just think there's upside there. Brian Thomas, Caleb Williams ended up the six round.
26:47We came back around Jordan Tyson, DK Metcalf went a little unconventional with quinch on Judkins.
26:52Um, obviously there's not a lot of like reception equity there.
26:55I thought this was relatively late for him, but more appropriate in PPR playing touchdown equity kind of torn.
27:00Didn't love a lot of players here. I almost went off board a little bit.
27:05And frankly, that would have probably been the thing to do when you're experimenting.
27:09And one of the guys I was going to take, I thought about Corlin Sutton went and then it was Basial Tootin.
27:15Uh, that was who I was looking at potentially taking over quinch on Judkins to maybe play to more of that, uh, potential PPR upside pat.
27:22And that is who you took with the fifth pick in the seventh round.
27:27Now three straight running backs. Yeah, there are concerns that maybe Tootin doesn't get as many high value touches as we like,
27:33cause there's a threat of, of Chris Rodriguez potentially getting goal line work and cutting into the early down work too.
27:39I mean, Rodriguez did have a 1300 yard rushing season for Liam Cohen when he was the play caller at the university of Kentucky.
27:46And then maybe it's LaQuint Allen taking the passing down stuff.
27:49So there is that concern, but, uh, Tootin is a pretty extraordinary athlete.
27:53Um, you know, really fast, some splash play potential.
27:55And, um, I know I, I think he does wind up as the main guy in that backfield.
28:00There are some potential problems with the competition in the backfield, but I still feel pretty good about the kind of running
28:07back Tootin is, uh, Justin Herbert, uh, Harold Fannin, Justin Herbert, little tight end quarterback action.
28:11And then we got some running back upside here, rich with Jadarian price was, uh, your pick.
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31:20Rich, you are going with some upside. I was staring at Jadarian Price as well.
31:24I like this pick, especially when you've already put together three other running backs.
31:28So talk to us about the upside pick here on Jadarian Price.
31:32It was really just taking the top player that was left on my board.
31:36I would have really loved Justin Herbert, who at one pick before me, especially having Lad McConkie, definitely my favorite quarterback at cost.
31:42I kind of ran through, you know, the reasons why and the upside paired with him in this scheme.
31:48But just the wide receiver position is kind of flat right now.
31:51I feel pretty content on just being able to kind of throw a couple guys at the wall here at the bench at wide receiver.
31:58So I just took the upside pick on this particular roster, too.
32:02You would have insulation for if something were to happen with Josh Jacobs being suspended.
32:06And then you're insulating yourself on, you know, David Montgomery's, you know, age as well.
32:11So this would be a good spot for him where I'm not really counting on Jadarian Price.
32:15You know, the Seahawks were fourth in PPR points as a collective as a running back group.
32:20We don't know when Zach Charbonnet is going to come back.
32:24It's just Emmanuel Wilson and George Helani there as well.
32:26So I feel like as an RB4, like why not shoot the shot here?
32:30I dig it. Jalen Warren, Ricky Pearsall, Boggs. You got Chuba Hubbard with the 11th pick in the seventh round.
32:36And then you came back around. I don't know if there's maybe any sniping that happened.
32:41I see Makai Lemon was in there. But you took Wanda Robinson.
32:44Obviously, Wanda is like a good PPR play here.
32:47But there's always, I feel like I always hear just like Pat in the background being like, well, what's the upside?
32:53Like, where is he? Are they empty receptions? Yeah.
32:55I mean, really thought I let you guys into my trust tree.
32:59And when I was telling you that I wanted a running back next and all three of you jerks took a running back before my next pick.
33:07So that aggravated me. Judkins were, you know, Welsh was like, I kind of almost went off my board as Lucy Goosey, whatever.
33:13Yeah. Yeah. And then you take Judkins. And then Pat followed it up with Tootin.
33:18Not who I wanted, but another running back off the board.
33:21And then I wish Rich would have got Herbert so I could have had Jadirian Price because that was my real target there.
33:27But I ended up with Chuba, who's a lead back still.
33:30And I think a lot of people are overlooking Chuba for Jonathan Brooks.
33:34I'm not one of them. And then Wanda Robinson has had 140 targets and over 90 receptions two years in a row.
33:41He is moving to Tennessee, but they need a possession guy.
33:44I think he's going to be that. And as my fourth wide receiver, my flex and a PPR, I thought it was a pretty good move.
33:51All right. Moving back through here, jumping in where we are in the draft.
33:55Chuba Wanda, in between you was Quinton Judkins and Mikhailem.
33:58And RJ Harvey was the third pick in the eighth round.
34:01Jacoby Myers and then Josh Downs. Rich, you son of a gun.
34:05Josh Downs obviously plays up a little bit more in this format.
34:08Was staring at him. Probably should have gone a round higher.
34:11This goes together with, what is it? Three other.
34:14So this is like, you know, you can play him as a flex.
34:18He's your top backup. I like this play in Josh Downs.
34:21And obviously you do too. Yeah, he should give a lot more opportunity with Michael Pittman being out.
34:26I mean, since over his rookie contract, Josh Downs is the wide receiver 23 and targets per route run.
34:31So we're expecting more routes with Michael Pittman being off the field.
34:35So the Colts, too, are only favored in six games this year right now.
34:39So like I'm expecting him to throw a lot more than they did even over the front half of the year.
34:45There is some volatility, I think, with Daniel Jones.
34:48You know, what version of Daniel Jones are we going to get?
34:51Sochleek says Achilles was the right Achilles. And, you know, last time that was off the plant foot, that was Kirk Cousins.
34:57And he really struggled to throw downfield. So who does that benefit?
35:01You know, Josh Downs. If Alec Pierce is not still 100% to start the year with the ankle injury, who does that benefit?
35:07Josh Downs. So it feels like just right here at this spot being my wide receiver four.
35:12And I don't even have to force him into the flex if I don't want to.
35:17Just take a little bit of shot here and see if we can run into a high target count for a guy in full PPR.
35:24Jaden Reed, Ramondre Stevenson. And Pat, you kind of rolled like in this like world where we want to let quarterbacks slide a little bit more.
35:32I'm hoping more values are out there. Pat said now we're done with that.
35:36With the eighth pick in the eighth round, you took Trevor Lawrence.
35:39I think the ending of Prescott and Lawrence kind of ended all that really fun value here.
35:44So what pushed you? I mean, this isn't like the late, late quarterback here.
35:48Was that just too good of a value for you to take Trevor Lawrence there?
35:52Yeah, I would have taken Josh Downs if Rebar hadn't sniped him from me a few spots earlier.
35:57But then I could have waited a quarterback. There were still going to be other good options on the table.
36:03But I just couldn't look past Trevor Lawrence averaging like 26.6 fantasy points a game over his last seven games.
36:09And just kind of go nuclear, running, adding rushing value.
36:12We know they still have a lot of talent, pass catching talent.
36:15I am a little scared of what, and I've heard Rich talk about this on other shows, like worried about Jacksonville maybe
36:22leaning too hard into these heavy sets with all these tight ends they drafted this year.
36:26And going away from what they could do really well with all the receivers they have on the roster and just constantly running 11 personnel out there.
36:34That's what I think they should do, as does Rich.
36:37But, you know, hopefully this doesn't mean they're going to try to run like crazy with, I don't know, but I guess
36:43I've got Tootin in case they do. So, yeah.
36:46Tony Pollard was the next pick. Rico Dottle, I decided to jump in top, you know, top push on fantasy pros on
36:52the draft board trying to get some running back depth.
36:55Dak Prescott, Casey Concepcion, and then, hilarious, just as a foresight there, six of the 12 picks in round nine were tight ends.
37:02Kyle Pitts started the round off, followed by Kenny Gainwell.
37:04I took Sam Laporta. In between there, there were a couple running backs.
37:08And, Pat, we can get you to take on your running back.
37:12And then a bunch of tight ends. We had Kyle Manong guy.
37:15Jonathan Brooks went to you, Pat, and Blake Coram.
37:18Jonathan Brooks is like the official fantasy pros sleeper running back of the year.
37:22I think it's you, it's D-Bro, it's Erickson. Any article with Sleeper has you guys writing about Jonathan Brooks.
37:27So this kind of seemed like a no-brainer for you.
37:30Four of your five now last picks from picks five through nine have been a running back.
37:35And Jonathan Brooks was that dude. So you're all in on the big season and coming.
37:39Yeah, Bogman would probably push back on the Jonathan Brooks thing, even though he is the University of Texas guy.
37:45And I don't know. I think Bogman has more of an appreciation for Chuba Hubbard than I do.
37:50I kind of think he's just a guy despite that big 2024 season.
37:54And Brooks is, it sounds like, based on some of the Twitter injury docs, that they're more confident about this second ACL
38:00repair than they were about the first, which obviously didn't hold up too well.
38:04They kept him out a long time. By the time we get to training camp, I think it's going to be like 20 months since the injury.
38:12And the Panthers still have this second round investment in him.
38:15I think they're going to want to see this investment pay off.
38:19And I do think he's going to get a chance to supplant Chuba Hubbard here this season.
38:24Blake Quorum was the pick after you. And then we have this four-pick run, which was wild here, of all tight ends
38:30because the tight end pool was getting a lot less.
38:33We had Travis Kelsey, George Kittle, Dallas Goddard, and Mark Andrews.
38:36And in there, Rich, you decided to go with George Kittle, who obviously there's some question marks at the beginning of the season.
38:43I'm guessing you could probably and may potentially in some type of formats, you take another tight end to protect yourself.
38:49But obviously the upside is so high. So talk to us.
38:52I mean, you passed on Goddard and Andrews. You didn't have a shot at Kelsey.
38:56Was this the idea the whole time? When that big wave hit, I figured just, you know, might as well jump onto the ride here.
39:03And just no player at the position offers the per-target upside that George Kittle has.
39:08I do have some concerns, obviously, with the age, the injury, and Mike Evans coming in.
39:12But, you know, still has been top six in fantasy points per outrun every year of his career.
39:18And then I just follow it up and add Brock Purdy at the turn to get a little bit of an upside stack, too.
39:24So just try to insulate myself with someone to start the year.
39:28There's other tight ends I can grab for open of the season here.
39:32So Boggs, you ended up doing something I don't think you usually love.
39:35I'm curious that your thoughts here is you're really low running backs.
39:39You had Ashton Gentry in the second. You took Chuba in the seventh as your number two.
39:44You then took these next two rounds of nine and ten for running backs.
39:48You took Rashad White with the ninth pick in the 11th round.
39:51And then Aaron Jones with the second pick in the 10th round.
39:55So talk to us about the strategy that I know probably makes you feel a little bit more uncomfortable.
40:00And did this kind of ease the idea of going a little bit softer on Arby's?
40:05It didn't. Not the exact scenario I would want.
40:07I don't hate it, right? Like, Pat is right.
40:10I think I appreciate Chuba a little bit more.
40:12I'm a little more leery on Brooks. So that's a big part of it.
40:16But in a PPR to get Rashad White in a backfield where we don't have a clear cut number one.
40:22And Rashad White was the guy that Dan Quinn praised coming out of OTAs, I think, is a pretty good get.
40:28I think he's going to be the main primary back right now.
40:32He might be the receiving back. He might be the second target on the team right now.
40:37Probably third behind Akankwo. But he's going to have a lot of receptions at the running back position in PPR League.
40:43I really like Rashad White as a bench running back.
40:45Aaron Jones, you know, I think just value at this point.
40:49Get me some depth because I have, you know, weak running backs.
40:52And that was the purpose of the Aaron Jones pick.
40:55So not comfortable. I don't love it. But I really do like the starting lineup that I put together.
41:00I got premiums at quarterback and tight end. So we are looking we're looking OK for what I want here.
41:06All right. Then so much between you. We had Bill Krosky, Merritt, Jordan Mason.
41:10Then flipping back around, we had Aaron Jones, obviously.
41:13Third pick was J.K. Dobbins. I kind of like that sneaky one.
41:16Tyrone Tracy and Richie did get your quarterback. You went with Brock Purdy.
41:20So we went with a little 49er stack with the last two rounds.
41:24Super underrated this late. You kind of get a lot of production for very little cost.
41:28Anything to add on the Brock Purdy pick? Not just really reliable.
41:32You know, top 10 in points per game the past two years and and with just like a scattershot receiver room each
41:38of the past two years, like 49ers haven't been able to keep everyone on the field.
41:43And maybe that happens again, too, given who they've signed and the substation jokes write themselves around Christian Kirk and Mike Evans as hamstrings.
41:50And, you know, touchdown equity per game, like what he did on a per game basis was huge.
41:55Mike Evans, a huge touchdown guy. And obviously, if you get George Kittleback, that's going to be big.
42:00Zach Charbonnet, James Conner. And then Pat, actually, your last two picks, you we have one more pick in the final part
42:06here, but you went with two wide receivers. You went with Xavier Worthy and then Jaden Higgins.
42:11I was really thinking about Jaden Higgins with my last pick.
42:14And I actually wish I had. I went just like kind of boring safe, I think, with it.
42:19But talk to us about Worthy and Higgins. Just trying to build a little wide receiver depth.
42:24I was torn between Addison and Worthy. I just can't get out of my head how good Worthy was down the stretch
42:31in 2024 when from week 11 on, I think through the Super Bowl, he's basically producing an 1100 yard 10 touchdown pace over that stretch.
42:38And I know Rasheed Rice wasn't around. I have no illusions that Worthy is going to out target Rice if they're both healthy.
42:45But I get the feeling that Worthy was never quite right after he got that friendly fire from Travis Kelsey in the
42:51opening week of the season last year, dislocates his shoulder in the collision with Kelsey.
42:55And we'll see if Rasheed Rice can stay on the field for 17 games.
42:59But I just think Worthy is a talented player, former first round pick attached to a really good quarterback.
43:05And then Higgins, another very talented player. Just a pretty amazing physical specimen.
43:08We know Nico Collins has kind of had trouble staying on the field.
43:12I think there's some plausible upside there. My last two picks, I have one pick coming up.
43:17I went with the late quarterback in Jackson Dart.
43:20My plan would be to pair him with one of those nice crusty vets that score a bunch of points that are
43:26less than exciting, a Stafford, a Goff. That would kind of be the play.
43:30That's why I ended up waiting and end up taking him.
43:33I went with Khalil Shakir in a full PPR.
43:36That played out a little bit more to me.
43:38Again, I thought that was just way too boring safe.
43:41Maybe I should have just taken a Jaden Higgins.
43:44In between there, Chris Rodriguez, Matthew Golden, Jonah Coleman started the 11th round, Romeo Dobbs, Tyler Algier.
43:49We already talked about the Higgins pick. Keaton Mitchell, Dylan Samson, and then Rich, your last two picks to even end out the draft.
43:56Jalen Coker. And then you took Isaiah Likely. How Bogman let Isaiah Likely not go to him is crazy considering where he ranks.
44:02Cool some love one. I know you took a high one.
44:05I'm just surprised about that. Jalen Coker and Likely, Rich.
44:08Yeah, just hoping that again, I was looking at Jaden Higgins too coming through, but he went a few picks ahead to Pat.
44:15And then Coker was kind of the last guy left standing.
44:18Just hopefully that he, you know, builds on the end of the season that he had in the playoffs getting the contract extension.
44:25And then Likely is the perfect bridge, I think, paired with Kittle.
44:28Because even if Kittle starts slow, we're expecting Likely to kind of have his best opportunity while Malik Neighbors comes back.
44:34And then Likely has kind of been like the go-to tight end two of choice when you wait on tight end.
44:40And so since 2010, 64% of all tight end one scores have been the first or second pass catcher on their team.
44:46And then over that same span, you're looking for guys to beat their ADP.
44:5064% of those guys that finished his top 12 scores were actually drafted ahead of their team's wide receiver too.
44:56So Likely kind of checks both those boxes as one of these late round tight ends that just objectively throw a dart at.
45:03Finishing out the draft here, Boggs. We had Woody Marks, Denzel Boston.
45:06You took Omar Cooper and Rashid Shahid in your final two picks.
45:10Two wide receivers. We also had Jerry Judy and Tajay Spears in between that.
45:14So why don't you do a quick breakdown of your final two picks of the draft?
45:18And then once we get through this last round here, we're going to take a look and see what all the insights are talking to us about.
45:26Yeah, I know I have running back issues on this team and I was looking for a running back for one of these picks.
45:33But when I look, it's Alvin Kamara, it's Braylon Allen, Brian Robinson, Emmanuel Wilson, Ray Davis, guys like this.
45:38Like they're all kind of in the same category.
45:41Maybe I could have taken like a Singleton or a Claiborne to pair with Aaron Jones or something like that.
45:47There's just not a lot of upside and it's PPR.
45:50There's a lot of wide receiver upside here still.
45:52Rashid Shahid has been getting a lot of buzz.
45:55Because I'm really high on Omar Cooper as a rookie.
45:58I just think that Adonai Mitchell doesn't offer a lot of competition.
46:01Obviously, Brees Hall is still going to catch a lot of passes and then they have two decent tight ends at catching the ball.
46:08But I think Omar Cooper might get a lot of that underneath stuff in garbage time when the Jets are losing by
46:14three touchdowns and they've got him on the field in PPR.
46:18Those points count. So that's why I went with the upside, because all the running backs on the wire are kind of the same.
46:24I feel like if I need one, I can just go to the wire and pick one out of that group.
46:30So I'll just take upside shots at wide out.
46:33Dalton Kincaid was the third pick in the 12th.
46:36Isaiah Pacheco. We talked about likely going to Rich.
46:38A couple more tight ends. Jake Ferguson, Chicka Conquo.
46:41Pat, your final pick of the draft. Trey Harris.
46:43It followed Stefan Diggs was the pick after. But talk to us about Trey Harris.
46:48In hindsight, I wish I'd take a digs. Probably a little more upside there.
46:52But Trey Harris, just a young player I like in an offense I like who doesn't really have a clear path to snaps right now.
46:59But it's the NFL and injuries happen. So maybe there's a chance he does find a role at some point.
47:05I actually went a little off book here. I love Adonai Mitchell.
47:08And getting to play a number two spot there in this crappy offense.
47:12I went with Adonai Mitchell. Juwan Jennings was the top push here.
47:15That's how I finished off the draft. The last couple picks, too, I took Adonai, George Holani, and then Travis Hunter was the final pick of the draft.
47:23Gentlemen, we look at the insides because that's the funnest part on the big board.
47:28Looking at the very tip. Are my eyes seeing this correct?
47:31Oh, I am at the top by so many more points than everybody knows.
47:35How is this possible? Fake news. Scoring Welsh at the tippy top, number one, followed by team four.
47:40Pat Fitzmaurice coming in at three. Then team six.
47:43Team one, Scott Bogman. You came in right in the middle at six.
47:46Rich, you were right there at seven. And then the rest of the evil robots were floating down there getting those bad scores in here.
47:54But I was the only one with that 900 score.
47:56So very, very interesting. Let's just take a quick look here.
48:00You guys can tear apart. Rich, we'll maybe start with you on this.
48:03But my team, Jackson Dart at the tippy top, followed by Bijan and Bucky at running back.
48:08I had Pickens, Olave, Mike Evans with Quinchon Jutkins at flex.
48:11Sam Laporte at tight end. My bench was Marvin Harrison, Rico Dowdle, Khalil Shakir, and Adonai Mitchell.
48:16That was a 97. How off is the system broke?
48:19Is the system broke that that deserves a 97, Rich?
48:22I don't know if it's right. You got Bijan Robinson at pick three.
48:26It's hard to compare. There is some fragility here, though.
48:29I think if this was like we were to analyze the roster.
48:32I mean, you took two players that are coming off of major spikes where they were drafted last year in Pickens and Olave.
48:39You know, if there's any regression there. And then, you know, Mike Evans, Marvin Harrison Jr., Quinson Judkins, Buck Irving.
48:44Like there's a lot of fragility in a lot of those players.
48:48So it could be very it's a very high upside team, but also I think a very volatile team.
48:53I think this team would finish really highly or just ride Bijan Robinson anyway.
48:57Ricky Bobby. That's very much me. That's very much me.
49:00Just ride Bijan Robinson anyway. Yeah. Insights, by the way, it says if I drafted Devante Adams at 410 and drafted a
49:07running back later, I would have scored at least 17 points higher.
49:10I would have been higher. Even the robots hate Bucky.
49:13They do. Apparently they really do. The steal of the draft, though, it said Jackson Dart in the 10th.
49:18It's two rounds later. That was your best pick.
49:21OK, I'll take that. I like Laporta in round nine as your best pick.
49:25I thought those two picks, I think, make your team.
49:28Well, I think getting Dart so late, getting Laporta late.
49:31I think those two picks are the ones that put your team as the highest score on the.
49:36I love this. You can always check the expert opinions.
49:39It's one of my favorite things on the expert opinions.
49:42Ellis Johnson here. Fantasy pros love my draft the most, giving it a 99.
49:46Also, Justin Lampkin, Matt Harmon, Ed Birdsaw and Brandon Merchinson all loved my draft.
49:50Who hated me? Lou Brunson hated me. Dalton Del Don, Judy Adaby, Ryan Wise, if I'm saying those names correctly, and Joel Smythe.
49:56Those were some of my hate. But even my hate was in the B.
50:00So I will take that, I suppose. Pat, let's go to your team.
50:04You finished third here. Very, very strong team. You had Trevor Lawrence at quarterback, Travis Etienne, DeAndre Swift, JSN, Tedro McMillan, and Terry McClurn as your starting wideouts.
50:12You had Brock Bowers. You were powered by Bowers with Bachel Tootin as your flex and Jaden Higgins, Xavier Worthy, Trey Harris, and Jonathan Brooks on the bench.
50:20What do you think about your three overall spot, Pat?
50:23Were you happy with your construction? I was pretty happy with the way I was able to sort of backfill the running
50:29back position after going with four pass catchers out of the gates.
50:33I don't know if that's going to happen in home leagues.
50:36You know, maybe in basketball where everyone's hungry for the pass catchers.
50:39But in home leagues, I don't see myself being able to get Etienne in the fifth round, DeAndre Swift in the sixth round, Tootin in the seventh round.
50:48Feels like those guys go around earlier in home league drafts.
50:51So worked out for me here. But I feel like it was kind of a soft landing after going receiver heavy and taking Bowers in the second round.
50:59Boggs, just as a quick aside, when you look at Pat's team and you see how you kind of did the under
51:05value of running backs, you kind of played around with running backs.
51:08I don't think you're quite as happy. I still took Gente in the second.
51:13No, no, I know you did that, but then you didn't come back.
51:16My point of this is like you went 2-7 on running backs.
51:20Pat ended up going running backs 4-5. Do you like the overall construction, especially when he did it running back compared to
51:26when we're about to look at your team in a second with like that?
51:30I like his running backs better. Yes. Etienne and really getting Swift on that second one because I have Chuba in that
51:36tier, but there are other running backs I wanted in there.
51:40Like Travion Henderson was still there. Judkins was still there.
51:42When I decided to skip them, I was hoping maybe one of those guys came back.
51:47I just, I had the unfortunate timing in this mock of lining up with kind of the same type of strategy that
51:53Pat had and he took my guys and you, you know, laissez-faire took one of my guys.
51:58So annoying, you know, oh, I just kind of took Quinshawn Judkins because he was the best player available or whatever.
52:04Super annoying. But yeah, this is why we do mocks and it's aggravating.
52:08But I have the better quarterback and Fitzy has a better tight end.
52:12Uh, the what if, if Jordan Addison at nine five and drafted a running back later, that would have gone to put
52:18the points would have still probably maybe could have pushed you closer to second, but not quite.
52:23Uh, there's some bi-week. You and me both had bi-week issues.
52:26Uh, the re it actually had a reach stat for us.
52:29Jonathan Brooks, it felt was three rounds earlier than rank.
52:32So that's kind of that sleeper discussion that's floating out there.
52:35Uh, the hot take, uh, drew DeLuca loved your team the most with a 97 out of a hundred.
52:41Also Jeremy Shulman, Dalton Dildon, Joel Smith, and Pat Fitzmaurice.
52:44Pat, you got to love your own draft. You got to love you some you, uh, just a wiggle, Lou Brinson, Daniel
52:50Mader, Jeff Boggess and Joshua Kimmel did not like Pat's drafts specifically, uh, Lou, Daniel and Justin giving it D's and C's.
52:56So that's kind of the world of that draft.
52:59What'd they hate? They hated, uh, it looks like Tedrow McMillan is the common denominator of all of those.
53:04So that's where the hate came from. Unfortunately, uh, on Coker stands.
53:08Yeah. Boggs, we'll go to your team. Uh, you ended up constructing cause you were at the 11 spot.
53:13Jaden Daniels at quarterback. You had Gentian Chuba Hubbard as your RBs, your wide receivers, strong Drake London, Garrett Wilson, Roma Dunze,
53:20Colson Loveland as the tight end and Wondell Robinson as the flex with Aaron Jones, Rashad White, uh, Rashid Shahid and Omar Cooper as your bench.
53:27So what do you think about you finished six on this?
53:30What are your thoughts on your roster construction? I mean, the only hole I have is that second, uh, RB spot.
53:36It's, it's the, if Chuba isn't as successful, but I hold to the fact that I think that Chuba was hurt for
53:43most of the season last year, hurt his ankle early.
53:45We saw Rico Dattel then go on that crazy run where he had, you know, the 200 yard game and all that stuff.
53:52Those two massive spike games for Rico got him way more involved while Chuba was still coming back off this injury.
53:58I think he's entering this year fully healthy with a guy that is very unproven behind him.
54:03So I think Chuba still has volume and it, even if that doesn't work out, I have a guy with a really
54:09nice floor and Rashad White with the potential to take over that, uh, backfield in Washington.
54:14He isn't very efficient. I understand that, but I'm looking for volume, uh, on the bench and I have it with Rashad White in my opinion.
54:21I think that's the big question for me. Is that RB?
54:25Fitzy, any thoughts on the, cause Boggs was saying like you, he was feeling like you guys were on the same kind
54:31of trajectory of like trying to roster construct. What did you think about this team, uh, from the six spot?
54:37Do you think that was right and correct? Is there something you really loved or disliked on this team?
54:42Any just thoughts on Boggs's team? I like it.
54:45Um, it's interesting. I've, I've been, um, a couple, well, one early draft where we actually do a redraft draft really early.
54:51I was able to get Loveland in the fourth and I'm like, I know I'm not going to be able to get that a couple months from now.
54:59And sure enough, Boggs is, is getting him in the late third.
55:03Um, love the guy. I mean, I think he could be a monster and we kind of saw it down the stretch
55:09last season, but, um, you know, I'd rather get him in the fourth than the third, but I like the start for him.
55:15Um, it's just, I think the key is what he can get out of that RB two spots.
55:21And does he have enough depth at wide receiver with, you know, Wandale and Omar Cooper being the top backups?
55:26Uh, the, the insights here, the, what if, if you had drafted, Oh Boggs, if you had drafted Zay Flowers at three 11, how hilarious is that?
55:34And drafted a Titan later, you just scored 39 more points, which by the way, would have put you in the four spot.
55:41That would have put you in the four spot.
55:43So your boy Zay Flowers, how did that not happen?
55:46I love Zay Flowers, but I want the, I want the premium Titan.
55:50And there was some, there was some crazy late tight end value as we'll talk about here with Rich's team.
55:56No, tons, tons of it, uh, on the, uh, expert opinions, Blake Fincher loved the team the most.
56:01Ellis Johnson, James Emmerich, uh, Brian Hartman and Boggs.
56:03You did love your team. Uh, there were some haters.
56:06The Judy hated the most with a 53 Lou Brunson with a 57.
56:10Your, uh, your namesake Boggess, Jeff Boggess with a D.
56:13My cousin. DeLuca. Ryan Weiss. Uh, not really cousin, but you know, cousin of name type.
56:18Uh, all of those were, uh, some of the haters on this and that is going to take us to the final team.
56:24We're going to break down. It's going to be rich.
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57:00That's twitch.tv slash fantasy pros. Final up here, rich your team.
57:03You put your quarterback up a Brock Purdy with James Cook and Josh Jacobs.
57:07Very, very strong running backs. Amonara St. Brown, Lad McConkie and Christian Watson as your three wide outs.
57:12George Kittle at tight end with David Montgomery at flex with a bench.
57:16Jadarian, Jadarian Price, Josh Downs, Isaiah Likely and Jalen Coker.
57:19So rich, do you think you were unfairly judged here on this team?
57:22Or do you think maybe there's a few too risky spots you didn't love?
57:26Maybe some stuff you absolutely were in love with here.
57:29What do you think about the team that you put together?
57:32I'd be pretty blown away if this team finished seventh.
57:35If we played this out, you know, the, the permeations of this league.
57:39I mean, as if you follow my work or if you played in fantasy with me, you know, the, the two things
57:45I value most are players that play on good teams.
57:48And I really kind of, you know, covered my ground on outside of maybe Josh Downs.
57:53And then the late picks of Jalen Coker and Isaiah Likely, all players on good offenses and touchdown equity guys that I
57:59believe have a ton of touchdown upside. And I think every player that I drafted, you know, picks one through six has plenty of touchdown upside as well.
58:07And then, you know, getting George Kittle as my onesie at my onesie spot and then insulating with Isaiah Likely, there's touchdown
58:13equity from Kittle on that side as well. So for overall, probably pretty excited to come away with this of a spot
58:20that I don't draft from often, or I've had my most trouble with early on.
58:24Now, I will say I had some luck, I think in this one, you know, having Amon Ra get the one at
58:30one eight, which doesn't always happen in a full PPR, which probably shouldn't happen in full PPR was a little bit lucky.
58:37Jerry and price. I don't expect to go on round seven and very many, you know, home leagues either by the time we get to August as well.
58:45So a couple of lucky picks as well, but maybe I would have gotten Justin Herbert if one of those guys would have went higher.
58:52I really, uh, I actually really liked the construction of this team.
58:55I like the plays that you put in here.
58:58I love like the buyback of Vlad McConkie as an RB too.
59:01I love David Montgomery throw it in here. Jadarian price was just huge upside.
59:05Josh downs really shouldn't have quite fallen where he was.
59:08I thought that was a good place. I am in a full agreement here.
59:12I don't, I would be shocked if this team really was just so middle of the pack.
59:17Pat, what do you think about this team constructions?
59:20Something you would have wanted to do different, or do you think this is the right mix of like floor with upside that we should be putting together?
59:28No, I like it. I like the value he got, especially on, uh, some of these Packers.
59:33Well, Josh Jacobs, it's, uh, encouraging to me that Rich sees the value in Josh Jacobs because I've been sort of, uh,
59:39playing him up a little bit as, as maybe a guy who's being just undervalued.
59:43Um, maybe someone people are bored with plus the off season stuff.
59:47Um, you know, the, the legal scare, although it looks like he's not going to be charged with anything.
59:52So, and I'm a big Christian Watson guy. I just, I can't get over ninth round George Kittle.
59:57Like, it's crazy that George Kittle and Travis Kelsey are punts at tight end this year.
60:02And, um, you know, I guess that helps make the case that you really can find right answers at just about any
60:08price point at tight end this year. Yeah. It's a really good point too, because everyone's preaching like the high end tight
60:15ends, but it's like, if you miss out on the high tight ends, you can get a huge value in a guy
60:21like this is the perfect way to do it.
60:24Like if you're going to miss out at that top end, Kittle and likely.
60:28Well, Boggs, I was going to say, it's literally your thing.
60:31Like you were the big likely guy. Like that's the type of thing you want.
60:35I was actually going to like ask you, how did you let him have likely despite having a high tight end, but
60:41like, this would be an ideal situation if you miss out on the top three, if you want to expand it to five, right?
60:48Yeah. I mean, I think for, for my build specifically, I already took the tight end high.
60:53Uh, look at the guys that were going so low.
60:56So there's going to be guys on the, on the wire that are fine, but, uh, this is how you do this.
61:02If you don't get a high end tight end, you don't get a Bowers or a Loveland.
61:07I think waiting and taking Kittle and then taking likely to, to, for the beginning of the season is, is nasty work.
61:14That's exactly how it's done. So, uh, very, very great pairing there, Rich.
61:17I would love to hear from you guys in the comments below.
61:21What was your favorite team build? Maybe it was a robot.
61:24I don't know. You can go up and rewatch and pause.
61:27Robots have pretty good teams. Yeah. You want to pick your robots, pick your robots, but, uh, whose team did you like?
61:34It could be mine. It could be Pat. It could be Lord Reeves or Bogman.
61:38However you want to do it, put it in the comments below, uh, your favorite and least favorite picks.
61:43And if you guys really want to get at it, go into the draft simulator and mock for yourself.
61:49Let's see what some of those builds look like.
61:51What are the craziest picks you can put together?
61:54Fantasypros.com slash mock is where you can start mocking and you can sync your leagues that you're playing in.
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62:07And you can play around, or you could just jump in and you can start drafting from all the different spots.
62:13It's kind of what we were doing here. We're experimenting, seeing the different draft positions, seeing how it all plays out.
62:19Hopefully you guys enjoyed it. Lord Reeves on Twitter.
62:22Rich, anything else, uh, you got going down? You were already talking about some of your series.
62:27What else is in your world as you get ready for the football season?
62:31That's it. I should, uh, shout out to that.
62:33We did have the 2026 preview book come out.
62:36You know, if you guys follow Warren, Warren, uh, drops that big book every year.
62:40Uh, we all contributed to that. So that's out, uh, on the site as, as well too.
62:45So if you're interested in that and looking for some summer reading, if you're going to do some beach week or anything like that, take that with you.
62:53Uh, Pat Fitzmaurse and Scott Bogman are heavy in the streets in the dynasty world.
62:57They've got articles popping up. The fantasy pros draft kit is well underway.
63:01Uh, Fitzy leading the charge. Bogman drop an IDP.
63:04You guys want all your draft prep. Make sure you get onto fantasy pros and start getting prepped and get to mocking with the draft simulator.
63:11Friends, that is going to do it. Thank you so much for hanging out with us.
63:16Love to hear from you and excited to hear from you guys all mock draft episode in the books for rich and Scott and Pat.
63:23I'm Welsh. And we'll talk to you next time.
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