VideoFrom Ron Stewart
An Updated Fantasy Football Draft (Stefon Diggs News)
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38 min
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Aug 6, 2026
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Thu, August 6, 2026
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Topics
Jonathon BrooksA.J. BrownAmon-Ra St. BrownAntonio WilliamsBreece HallBrock BowersBucky IrvingChase BrownChris GodwinChris OlaveChris RodriguezCooper KuppCourtland SuttonD.J. Moore
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A.J. Brown
NegativeProjection10:23
A.J. Brown is currently being drafted ahead of running backs in early draft rounds, according to observations from the source during a draft simulation.
Insight pageAmon-Ra St. Brown
PositiveProjection22:24
The source personally targets Amon-Ra St. Brown at the 1.05, citing a high floor of nearly 18 points per game and a strong track record of health. He is also noted as one of the 'big four' players likely off the board early.
Insight pageAntonio Williams
NegativeValue17:21
Ron Stewart is downgrading Antonio Williams, moving him lower in his rankings and questioning his overall fantasy viability.
Insight pageBreece Hall
NegativeProjection10:27
Breece Hall is being selected in early draft rounds, as noted by the source during a draft simulation.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
NegativeProjection10:23
Brock Bowers is being selected in early draft rounds, as noted by the source during a draft simulation.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveUsage13:07
Ron Stewart is comfortable drafting Bucky Irving as one of his two primary running backs, despite the strategy prioritizing wide receivers early in the draft.
Insight pageChase Brown
PositiveValue23:16
The source lists Chase Brown as a potential running back target to draft after selecting at the 1.09 position.
Insight pageChris Godwin
Chris Olave
NegativeValue20:21
The source expresses skepticism regarding Chris Olave, stating he is not crazy about the player, despite acknowledging that a draft start of Jahmyr Gibbs, Kenneth Walker III, and Olave sounds appealing.
Insight pageChris Rodriguez
PositiveRole10:45
Chris Rodriguez is rising on draft boards and is being moved up in rankings as the projected lead back for Washington; beat writer Ben Standig is a vocal proponent of his usage over Rashad White.
Insight pageCooper Kupp
PositiveValue34:50
Ron Stewart selects Cooper Kupp as a wide receiver target in the draft, specifically noting his selection in the 17th round of an Underdog draft as a value.
Insight pageCourtland Sutton
NegativeRole15:47
Ron Stewart is 'out' on Courtland Sutton, citing a genuine risk that his route participation could drop from 90% to 70% as Sean Payton rotates in younger receivers like Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, and Pat Bryant. Stewart explicitly prefers drafting Chris Godwin over Sutton.
Insight pageD.J. Moore
PositiveValue19:01
Ron Stewart selects DJ Moore as a draft pick to help balance his team roster.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveValue23:56
Ron Stewart identifies Dalton Kincaid as a solid value pick at 138, questioning if that draft position was even slightly early for his potential.
Insight pageDavid Montgomery
PositiveValue25:16
Ron Stewart highlights David Montgomery's upside in the RB dead zone, suggesting his ceiling could mirror Joe Mixon's 2024 performance and advising against fading him based solely on projections.
Insight pageDeebo Samuel
PositiveValue23:46
Ron Stewart decides to draft Deebo Samuel during the draft session for fun.
Insight pageDenzel Boston
NegativeUsage29:30
Ron Stewart is drafting Denzel Boston occasionally but is not fully buying into the surrounding hype.
Insight pageJahmyr Gibbs
PositiveProjection20:21
The source ranks Jahmyr Gibbs as the number one overall pick in fantasy drafts, preferring him over Bijan Robinson. The source believes the Lions' offense and Drew Petzing will unlock Gibbs in a massive way. He is also recommended as part of a sweet early-round draft trio alongside Kenneth Walker III and Chris Olave.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeRole23:16
The source is backing off their previous stance on James Cook, ranking him around 110-111 in half-PPR formats. His fantasy value is deemed contingent on his receiving role; if he fails to secure it, the source considers him a bad pick, citing concerns about potential efficiency regression and offensive line health.
Insight pageJaylen Waddle
NegativeInjury12:12
Jaylen Waddle is dealing with a minor injury, though the source does not view it as a major concern.
Insight pageJonathon Brooks
PositiveValue15:29
Jonathan Brooks is the source's highest-ranked player and is a recommended target in round eight, with potential value as early as round seven.
Insight pagePositiveValue28:34
Ron Stewart views Jonathon Brooks as a strong draft target in the ninth round, noting that he considers him an eighth-round talent.
Insight pageJordan Love
NegativeProjection10:27
Jordan Love is being selected in early draft rounds, as noted by the source during a draft simulation.
Insight pageJustin Jefferson
PositiveValue5:44
Ron Stewart identifies a start of Justin Jefferson and Saquon Barkley as one of his favorite, 'very easy' draft strategies. In full PPR formats, Stewart ranks Jefferson as his highest-available player at the 1.09 draft position.
Insight pageKendre Miller
PositiveValue23:16
The source lists Kendre Miller as a potential running back target to draft after selecting at the 1.09 position.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
PositiveValue20:21
The source includes Kenneth Walker III as part of a recommended early-round draft trio alongside Jahmyr Gibbs and Chris Olave. He is also listed as a potential running back target to draft after selecting at the 1.09 position.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
NegativeInjury27:30
Ron Stewart intends to lower Kenyon Sadiq in his rankings following recent injury news.
Insight pageKyren Williams
NegativeUsage30:43
Kyren Williams is viewed as a fine pick at his current ADP, but Ron Stewart notes increasing concern regarding Blake Corum siphoning away workload.
Insight pageLadd McConkey
PositiveValue12:12
The source identifies Ladd McConkey as a priority target to draft at the one-two turn.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
PositiveValue16:57
Lamar Jackson has been falling in recent draft rooms, which Ron Stewart identifies as a potential value opportunity.
Insight pageMalik Washington
NegativeValue31:13
Ron Stewart admits to drafting Malik Washington despite not being a fan of the player.
Insight pageMalik Willis
NegativeValue23:45
Ron Stewart expresses hesitation about drafting Malik Willis as a QB2, noting he is in a lower tier than what he is usually comfortable with for that roster spot, despite previously suggesting him as a draft strategy option.
Insight pageMarShawn Lloyd
PositiveValue23:16
The source lists MarShawn Lloyd as a potential running back target to draft after selecting at the 1.09 position.
Insight pageOdell Beckham
PositiveSleeper17:26
Ron Stewart acknowledges community sentiment suggesting Odell Beckham Jr. is a target in the 18th round.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
PositiveProjection33:40
Puka Nacua is considered part of the top-tier draft group alongside Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, and Ja'Marr Chase, with Ron Stewart noting he can be taken ahead of Chase.
Insight pageQuinshon Judkins
PositiveUsage13:07
Ron Stewart is comfortable drafting Quinshon Judkins as one of his two primary running backs, despite the strategy prioritizing wide receivers early in the draft.
Insight pageRashod Bateman
NegativeRole28:25
Ron Stewart dismisses Rashod Bateman's fantasy utility, explicitly stating that he is not a high-quality running back.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveValue5:44
Ron Stewart considers a start of Justin Jefferson and Saquon Barkley to be one of his favorite, 'very easy' draft strategies. At the 1.09 draft position, Stewart lists Barkley as a primary running back target alongside James Cook, Kendre Miller, Kenneth Walker, Chase Brown, and Marion Hampton.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveValue3:26
Ron Stewart has moved Stefon Diggs up in his rankings to the 98-100 overall range, positioning him between Michael Wilson and Zay Flowers/Xavier Worthy. Stewart considers this a fair ranking following recent news updates to his draft guide.
Insight pageTed Ginn Jr.
PositiveSleeper12:37
Rookie receiver Ted Ginn Sr. is recommended as a late-round sleeper target in the 18th round.
Insight pageTerry McLaurin
PositiveProjection3:26
Ron Stewart admits he may have been too harsh on Terry McLaurin, having previously baked in an expectation that Washington would sign another receiver that did not materialize. Stewart does not believe McLaurin's fantasy value is 'cooked' following the Stefon Diggs news and did not move him down significantly.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to the basement. I'm running we need some of you guys to join up here. This is a $25
0:10Best Ball Mania draft over on Underdog, of course. Use promo code Ron when you sign up for Underdog. I have links to that in the description. Live
0:18chat comment section down below. You can hop into a Best Ball Mania with us. We need six more to join. Uh that's my bad,
0:25fellas. So, pretty much where I've been, uh you know, I I had this thing scheduled for I don't even remember, maybe 9:45.
0:33It's now 10:06, I'll be honest. Uh here's what happened.
0:36I dropped the basement draftguide.com.
0:41Make sure you check it out if you have a draft coming up. It's my draft guide, rankings, tiers, all that stuff. But,
0:46this will be the first time that big news happened, and I had to get a rankings update out. Um and there was
0:51just a little bit of wonkiness on the back end. So, I had to get that fixed because I think first and foremost, I
0:56want updated rankings for this stream. I want updated rankings for you guys to have. Uh for all the people that are
1:01already on the basement draftguide.com, which I will say thank you for everyone that signed up and checked the site out.
1:06Uh it has surpassed my wildest expectations for how many people have actually purchased it, checked it all out. So, that'll be smoother in the future. Um I
1:17just gave a novel of notes back to the web designer so it could be smoother next time. Uh but yeah, that's where I was.
1:24I'm sorry. I had to uh I did that was just very important to to [snorts] uh have updated rankings on the basement draft guide. Let's do
1:34Let's pull this out. We get the 112 spot. Who's in here? I appreciate everybody's patience. I know that uh I was
1:42uh taking a little bit of time there.
1:44But, how are we? How's everybody doing?
1:45What's going on?
1:49What are the vibes tonight on a Wednesday? How are we?
1:57Oh, I scheduled it for 9:30. All right, that's my bad if I scheduled it for 9:30. I don't know. I I thought I'll be
2:03honest, I think I scheduled it for 9:30 and I'm telling you guys, I thought it was going to be like, okay, I'll just
2:06like move Diggs here, I'll move uh Terry McLaurin here and then it'll be good to go, but uh these are just the
2:12things that you kind of learn on the fly with having a digital product. So, uh like I said, in the future it'll be a
2:18lot easier.
2:22What What are What do we got in here?
2:24Just on time. That's what I'm saying.
2:26That's what I'm saying.
2:30Why is he Madison Beer leaving Ron's complex? Yo, chill, chill, chill. Good evening. What's going on? We got Trey Cobb in here.
2:36Frankie told us Who's Frankie?
2:40How many shots Ron? Uh I'll be honest, I didn't really weirdly enough I we went to the happy hour or whatever. I didn't really drink.
2:46It just didn't really seem like um I don't know. I know it was the whole it was really uh getting after it or pounding drinks or
2:53whatever. I don't know.
2:54Uh I I think the one thing you can say about There's like all this talk like my generation doesn't drink very much
2:59whatever.
3:01I think my generation isn't down to drink uh on like a Wednesday Wednesday afternoon or whatever. So, I'll be honest, I just ate dinner.
3:07I had a water. Uh chatted it up with some of you guys that were out there. Uh my buddies over in the BDG office and
3:14the snapback guys that I haven't seen in like a month or so. So, it was just cool catching up with everybody, uh meeting
3:20some fans, just kind of hanging out. And honestly, because we've been grinding so hard on the draft guide and then uh you
3:25guys saw the video today, there was an insane amount of research in it, but I'm very happy with how it came out. Uh
3:31it felt good to get out of the house and you know, I can't really touch grass in a city, uh but getting out, talking to
3:36people, not just like being confined to uh my apartment was nice.
3:44All right, let's take We'll take Jefferson, Saquon. I keep coming back to This is like one of my favorite starts in drafts is It's Jefferson, Saquon.
3:51Very easy.
3:54When you going to end a FFPC? Probably don't I I don't know when, but we'll do high stakes drafts very soon. Uh we'll
3:59probably do a quick draft tonight.
4:01I hate to say it, right? We're going to do probably a quick stream tonight, but here's what Here's the deal. It's
4:06already 10:00 p.m. I'm tired. I you know, went out with the the BTG guys today, and then also we're just now catching up. We posted a
4:15video today.
4:16Let's get a head start on tomorrow.
4:18Go to bed at a reasonable time. Wake up, and then so I can keep on giving you guys videos. We got to get into a rhythm
4:24here, uh and then we can start to have some longer streams. Maybe I can, you know, now that we can get ahead of things,
4:30maybe I start a stream at like 8:00 p.m.
4:32and we go for a few hours. So, uh that's what's on the table here. But, that's where I'm at. Can't click on the
4:39filters on my draft guide. Is this a bug?
4:42I pray it's not.
4:45The filters like what?
4:48You change you have to refresh it?
4:50Now you're bugging me out.
4:57Let me pull up the draft guide on a separate screen real quick.
5:02Cuz I like I said, I had to mess around with the back end to get things right.
5:14So, what about the filters were wrong?
5:18Like uh I think I see what you're saying now.
5:35Huh?
5:40Great. Now I'm annoyed.
5:45All right. We'll get that solved in the morning.
5:48What's usually in the filters? The filters is just like my sleepers and stuff.
5:59Let me Let me message my guy real quick.
6:17I've always Everything has been smooth sailing until having to do the update today, but uh we go Jefferson, Saquon.
6:23Nothing really crazy has happened. I guess this guy going A.J. Brown ahead of the running backs here. Bowers goes.
6:27Neighbors, I guess now is just a late second round pick. Love and Breece Hall off the board.
6:32Are your Antonio Williams bags cooked?
6:34A little bit, man. A little bit. Awesome video today. Thank you, man.
6:38Video is fire. Hell yeah. Hell yeah.
6:41Did you do a trade in Founding Fathers?
6:43I have too many tight ends.
6:45Touch grass and you can touch the draft board next to Chris Rodriguez. He got steamed up today.
6:49Back-to-back quick streams. My little brother giving me about it. Dude, chill.
6:54We're streaming every day. We got so many days. We're We're more We're more than a month away from week one kickoff.
7:01We got all the time in the world.
7:03How do you get the green background for the player list? Uh that's from the solver. I have a link in the
7:07description. Uh it's just a draft assistant tool. Uh you buy it and then you download an extension. Uh I upload my rankings.
7:17And then I can just uh it kind of just recommends people to me.
7:22Is I guess the uh easiest way I can explain it.
7:30All right, so we are on the clock.
7:32Never know what I want to do at the one-two turn. We'll definitely take Ladd. How concerned are we about Waddle's like little I guess he had like
7:38a little injury today, but nothing crazy is what it seems like.
7:42Let's do Josh Allen. I think Josh Allen's an awesome pick in best ball right now anywhere in the fourth.
7:49Romo's in his bag with the video today.
7:50Appreciate it, man.
7:53That's what I'm saying, dude. I I've fell, you know, we we have like done super late night streams. I've been working a ton, but
8:00uh like I said, we'll we'll we'll do a draft here and then tomorrow I promise I I I don't want to promise it tomorrow, but
8:06we'll most likely do a high either a high stakes draft I I promise this.
8:10We'll either do a high stakes draft tomorrow or we will do two or more underdog drafts. That's what I'll say.
8:19You took down some notes from today's video.
8:22Says you have Yeah, I have I have the same thing, Matt.
8:26I just forwarded it to my guy.
8:28It's not a deal breaker part of it, but yeah, like you can untoggle the available only stuff.
8:40I think that might have been my doing by uh messing around with some of the back end stuff, so hate to see it, but I guess we'd rather
8:45work out these kinks now.
8:49What draft strategies do I plan on putting out? I'm not sure yet.
8:54I'm not sure yet.
8:55Probably a hero RB video.
9:04It's Gemini.
9:05People giving me too credit thinking that I could just like vibe code this whole thing on my own.
9:50>> All right, consider everything sent over to my web designer essentially.
9:55We'll get it solved in the next probably by tomorrow morning.
10:06Now, I'm a little frustrated, but it is what it is. I don't know cuz I just feel bad cuz people bought the
10:11draft guide and like, you know, God forbid they're drafting tonight. I mean, I will say it's Wednesday, August 5th, so I'd say very few if anybody's
10:17drafting tonight, but uh that just annoys me a little bit, but rather now than later, I guess, is what I'd say.
10:27Quick take on Scary Terry. I really didn't move him down that much. Uh I I I think that Diggs really hurts more the
10:32ancillary pieces. That That being like Tegel Konkwo uh who I already had moved really far down. I just wasn't buying the Tegel Konkwo stuff this year. Uh and
10:41then I moved really nothing else. I didn't really have Antonio Williams high in the draft guide now that I'm looking at it. Like I
10:50I I already kind of had things ranked under the impression that this was going to happen.
10:56Like do I even have Antonio Williams ranked in here?
11:00I have him ranked 174th. I feel like that's still fine.
11:06Maybe I'll move him down a little bit more than that.
11:10Let's see.
11:12So, I now have him ahead of Jeremy Bernard. I guess I could move him below Jeremy Bernard.
11:17Yeah, I'll move him down even lower than that.
11:23I ended up moving Diggs up to like this Let's [snorts] see. I actually have the rankings here. I moved up Diggs to
11:31right here between Worthy and Michael Wilson. I like this this is like a fair ranking.
11:35Fair ranking, nothing crazy. I'm happy to have 9.6% of him. I mean like nothing crazy, but uh that'll play. Let's take
11:41DJ Moore.
11:43Then we have three wide receivers, only one running back. And then we're probably going to go J'Darien Price.
11:49Yeah, let's go J'Darien Price. It's a nice little balanced team here. Let's just draft Let's just You guys mind if I
11:53just draft a good team?
11:58Any 10-man focused content? Probably not, sadly.
12:02Um I will say I think that Ryan Heath's Anatomy of a le- uh of a league winner article, like pretty much like his uh
12:09almost like draft guide is what I would call it. Not draft guide, I guess it's more of like a like a blueprint. It's a It's just a big
12:15article on how he's attacking drafts this year. Uh I think that his is with the lines of 10-man leagues.
12:23I don't know if we'll have a video tomorrow, but very soon. Probably Probably Friday would be my guess.
12:29I wouldn't say Terry's cooked.
12:37Don't want to sound the alarms, but consider Ted Ginn Sr. a late-round sleeper. I've been drafting a couple of him. A couple of uh
12:46couple guys to end the draft with in the 18th round, little rookie receiver.
12:54Fourth-round Byrd, are you really that high on him? Yeah. Yeah.
12:57I was actually just um I was actually Let me just get the camera angle a little bit better there.
13:07Uh too late round ain't stopping me from taking Judkins and Bucky as my two RBs this year. Hey, if if you can sell yourself on any of
13:14those running backs in that range meaningfully outscoring the wide receivers, then go ahead. It's just a matter of like kind of just
13:19understanding that you're behind, you know, uh you're behind the eight ball is I guess what I would say. Or I guess like you're
13:27kind of starting a race, but giving the wide receivers a a lead there.
13:33Strategies for drafting at the turns, I don't hate that.
13:36Love this start. Five players you have to be drunk to take.
13:39I keep on seeing that as like a um uh what am I trying to say? Uh like a video title, which maybe I'll do
13:48something like that. Uh we got a super chat here. Appreciate that. Two wide receiver, three flex, six-point passing touchdown, who should I keep? DeVonta
13:53Smith in the fifth, Herbert in the 12th, QJ in the 16th.
13:58In a six-point Wow.
14:01Honestly, man, I think I'd take QJ there. I think I'd take QJ. QJ in the 16th is so free, and in a in a two wide
14:08receiver, three flex league, I think that's a that's pretty sweet.
14:11Like you get like a free a free flex option in a league where you need to have a lot of flex options, you know?
14:22Don't mind me while I turn on the AC just a little bit. It's a little little hot and steamy in here.
14:27I don't know if you guys can feel it.
14:31What's going on, man? What's going on?
14:40Yeah, I I think that he was always going to be boom bust.
14:44I don't know. I I guess maybe I was being a little bit harsh on McLaurin. I mean, you'll see like I don't I haven't
14:48really been drafting McLaurin. I kind of already been like I kind of have already been baking in that they were going to
14:53sign somebody. I mean, early in the off-season, I thought it'd be Aiyuk, and then Aiyuk just went full uh like Antonio Brown on him.
15:01But uh any thoughts on navigating keeper stuff, or any thoughts on how the positive pick value I'll be honest, I've been
15:11um you could probably make like a very simple formula using like an AI of like uh average draft position versus keeper
15:20round, and like have a very sophisticated way to go about it if you wanted to.
15:26Not saying you should, I'm just kind of spitballing here.
15:29Let's do Let's do Jonathan Brooks, man. He's my highest ranked player, man. Let's do it.
15:33I I don't have enough of him. I only got 6.3% His prices were admittedly way better early in the off-season, but
15:39let's just have some fun, man. Let's live a little.
15:47I'm taking Godwin over. I don't know why the thing wants me to take uh Sutton, but I'm I'm kind of out on Courtland
15:52Sutton.
15:54I saw Jacob bring up a good point today.
15:56I think that you guys are going to scoff at this idea, but I think there's like a genuine chance that uh
16:02like he starts he starts to kind of fade away and like start to rotate in the same way that Sean Payton kind of had
16:08Sutton as a mainstay and then started rotating in uh like Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant.
16:14When Sean Payton they've Waddle as his main guy and then Sutton becomes the replaceable rotation piece. Uh uh Maybe going from I don't know, like a
16:2490% route runner to like a 70% and kind of allowing for more churn with like Pat Bryant, Troy Franklin, Marvin Mims.
16:31Really namely Pat Bryant I think isn't terrible. You have 50% Diggs. Good lord, man.
16:38Jacob has the Chargers dropped. It seems like there's a lot of uh There's just a lot up in the air there
16:45is what I would say.
16:47We still don't really know. Uh when he's crazy ambassador dropping. What a ball knower.
16:56So, the draft thing tool change the draft strategy? Uh I mean, the draft thing doesn't really go on doesn't really give you a
17:02strategy, but um I mean, in a 14-team league, you're still trying to get wide receivers through your flex before the wide
17:09receiver cliff, and the wide receiver cliff will still update as you go uh no matter what the size of the room is.
17:17Lamar fell to the Dude, Lamar has been falling recently is what it seems like in these rooms.
17:23Hey, great meeting you, too, brother.
17:26Uh little round 18 Odell. You guys keep telling me to get some round 18 Odell, man.
17:32Need Demone Clayborn. I have no Clayborn. I don't know, dude. I I I don't know about that one.
17:39Lane over Surratt. I I've been seeing a lot of that. I mean, I have huge Surratt bags. Maybe I'll start, you know,
17:45trickling in some Jacoby Lane.
17:49When are you and Liam going to do a high-stakes draft together? Uh that that group chat's going. We just got to
17:53figure it out.
17:56He's been a top 25 point per game wide receiver every year since 2017.
18:00It's fair.
18:02Unrelated, but what do you think of Acid Rap? Cuz I've been listening to You guys listening to the album? I love Acid Rap.
18:07Acid Rap was the actually the name when I uh last year my FFPC team, uh that I I'll talk so much about it
18:16the rest of the off-season, but uh finished 16th, and I always name my teams like a random rap album or reference or something. Uh
18:28I named it Acid Rap, which is pretty cool. Uh so, my my best team ever in FFPC is a team named Acid Rap. Uh it's
18:35one of my favorite albums. It's why um I mean, I'm I'm sure you're asking cuz back in the early days I used to have
18:40Juice as the intro uh and the outro, and it was really nice because because it was a mixtape and it wasn't on Spotify
18:45or anything. Uh I would never get copyrighted for it, but uh it's kind of a tough trade-off cuz it's like now I
18:51can't use it as my outro, which like nobody really cares. People love to about the auto-tune or whatever.
18:57My outro song is just a dude that I went to high school with, and I like putting on local guys. I like to rep for Jer- I like to
19:03ride for Jersey.
19:05Um I guess what I'm trying to say is the trade-off was I can't use him as my outro, Juice, Acid Rap, Chance the
19:13Rapper. Uh but now you can listen to him on Spotify, which is pretty cool.
19:16Because before then you have to like go over to a SoundCloud listen to Acid Rap, but uh to me it's like one of my
19:21favorite uh like SoundCloud mixtapes ever in terms of like album stuff.
19:25It's like the most polished thing in the world, but it's fun music. Uh Something that I liked growing up, but nostalgia might be carrying it. I don't
19:33know. So it's not for everybody.
19:38Let's do I'm thinking Bill.
19:43Give me Bill. I mean as you can see with his ranking I've been moving Bill up. Uh it seems like he's going to be first in
19:48line uh to kind of be the lead back. Here it seem it seems like I I really respect Ben Standig. Uh he's one of the local
19:55beat guys for Washington and he continues to pound the drum beat uh for Bill over Rashad White. So I got to
20:01start drafting some Bill.
20:1178% stribling gena scoli Yeah, so he's just boring. I mean he's okay, but we'll see.
20:21Gibbs into what dude if you can start your draft Jamir Gibbs Kenneth Walker olave that sounds pretty sweet. I'm not crazy about
20:27um olave but Hope to run into you at a barn and Jay
20:40someday probably owe you at least 10 drinks for all the fantasy help you chill.
20:45Bring the intro back dude. We live in a new age, man.
20:48We live in a new age where um you got to get right to the point dude.
20:52I clipped I I I edited the strategy video today dude. The amount of like stuff I I edited out in like that first
20:582 minutes uh you got to really earn people's attention these days, man. You can't you can't like have a you know say something
21:05in then do an intro with music and then like expect people to stick around. You got to get right into it.
21:11I moved Diggs up to Is he gone in this draft yet? He gone at 113.
21:15I I moved him I showed it earlier, but I moved him between like Michael Wilson and Zay Flowers Worthy, right in that
21:19area of like maybe like 98 or like 100, something like that.
21:25My top artist last year, I'll look it up right now.
21:30I actually don't know.
21:34I have to like pull up my Spotify Wrapped, huh?
21:37I don't really want to do that.
21:41So, wait a little just like pull it up.
21:54Hmm.
21:55I don't know how to I don't know how to look for that.
22:10Yeah, people just get right into it.
22:11It's something I try to do more.
22:13Something I try to do more.
22:17Uh super chat from Matthew. What do you got going on here? 109 full PPR start nine.
22:24Big four gone. CMC, JSN, JT, and Amon-Ra probably off the board as well.
22:30Picking from the 109. So, what's that?
22:32Big four, CMC, JSN, JT, Amon-Ra.
22:36I got to be honest, that's like my least favorite part to draft from. Um I think my highest ranked player in that format
22:42would be 109. I think it would just be Justin Jefferson for me.
22:57Think it would just be Justin Jefferson.
22:59And full PPR, especially in two wide receiver three flex, yeah. Then you take Justin Jefferson and then you see uh what running back makes it back to you
23:05cuz what? 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 So, yeah. Then coming back to you, you're getting you're probably getting
23:16one of James Cook, Kendre Miller, Saquon, Kenneth Walker, Chase Brown, and Marion Hampton.
23:23Uh So, I like that. I like that.
23:30Now, we'll say that format Uh I was going to say that format kind of lends itself to zero RB, but not really. You
23:34you can start a [ __ ] ton of uh running backs there if you'd like to.
23:41I was just going to say if you if you wanted to.
23:45Probably have to take Malik Willis.
23:46Let's take Deebo here for some fun.
23:51And then we probably need to take Malik Willis here. Like we don't have any Now, here's the question for you guys. If you
23:56take Josh Allen and then you take Malik Willis, are you cool just ending it there?
24:00I think I probably draft a third quarterback on this team. This is probably going to be a three This might be a 3663.
24:08Get a little weird.
24:10I don't know yet.
24:17Just got Kincaid at 138. Is it tad early?
24:21You got him at what Where did you get him at? 138.
24:24Hope you're Hope you're well, too, brother.
24:26I was really into Rachaad White early, but it seems like now I'm starting to really change gears. We have the We know
24:32that year two running backs take a big jump. Of course, day three year two guys are a little bit more wonky, right? You
24:36can think back to Elijah Mitchell. You can think back to Damien Pierce.
24:40Day three year two running backs, you can think back to I don't know. There's just been a Bucky Irving last year. There's been a lot of
24:47disappointment, but he's so free and I want pieces of this Washington offense where David Blau in the mix, and Daniel's bounced back. Offensive line is
24:55awesome.
24:56Uh this this offense should be fun.
25:00After Olave was able to get Waddle and Monty, I don't hate that. Montgomery, here's what I'll say is it did seem like
25:05so in the strategy video I just posted, I talked about the RB dead zone. And the RB dead zone is so tricky because
25:12you have to have upside to outscore the wide receivers in this range.
25:16But that doesn't necessarily mean that like youth means upside and like old guys don't mean upside cuz some of the hits
25:22in that range, I was looking through it, uh was like Alvin Kamara in 2024. If you guys remember that, he was at 19.8
25:28points per game Kamara that year as uh what looked like a dead zone running back, old, receptions, volume.
25:36And he paid off. So, if Montgomery, you know, the upside case for Montgomery is Joe Mixon in 2024. And if he's Joe Mixon
25:42in 2024 he's one of the biggest hits in that range. So, I can't just definitively say, "Oh, well, David Montgomery is like a projection-based
25:48back in the dead zone, you fade him." I think it's a little more nuanced than that. I think you can make cases for all
25:53the guys in that range. Um I think for me it just comes down to how many running backs I have to that part
25:59in the draft.
26:01And it also depends on what range of guys are available. I think in some home leagues, you're going to have to turn
26:04down Luther Burden or Jaylen Waddle.
26:07Um It's a little bit more unclear like that round five, six area. Uh in like sharp leagues though, it starts to get a lot
26:14closer when you're debating between like Jordan Addison, Marvin Harrison Jr.
26:18versus like See, that didn't happen in this one here.
26:24This one it's tougher. I like Davante versus these options, Jameson Williams versus these options.
26:30It's tougher.
26:41Yeah, the dream I'm starting to back off my James Cook take a little bit. I still have him at my one I think I have him
26:47111 and then 110 and a half PPR.
26:50Um I'm backing off of it a little bit.
26:53Uh, I'll also say if the Tampa Bay guy is still in here, check the draft guide.
26:57It looks like maybe I think the draft guide got resolved.
27:01It seems like you can mess around with stuff now.
27:04Or no?
27:07It only populates if you're if you like strength the screen. All right, I'm have to report that as well.
27:18Seems like it's working on mobile.
27:20Grown men listening to Tate McRae.
27:23Yo, chill.
27:25Never three quarterbacks with Josh. I guess the the only reason I was debating it is just cuz like Malik Willis sucks.
27:30Or not that he sucks, he's just like he's fine.
27:33Um, It's not that he sucks. I'll let me let me revert that statement. It's it's that he's just in a lower tier
27:42uh, of what I'm usually comfortable with as my QB2. That's what I'm trying to say.
27:47Uh, let's take Brevin Strange.
27:52All right, I'll say I'm going to update the rankings in the morning. I'm definitely going to move Kenyon Sadiq down after the injury stuff today. I
27:57just wanted to get the Diggs stuff up, but tomorrow I'll push out a big rankings update.
28:04Do Jonah Coleman here.
28:11No, 3-4 return Loveland is absolutely fine, man.
28:14Timothy hating on great music. Uh, the only Tate McRae song I listen to is the Does he have a song with Morgan Wallen?
28:20Or does she?
28:25The thing about Rashod Bateman is that he's not really that good of a running back.
28:34Uh, I don't know if I could say that Tate's floor is Tate or uh, that Tate's floor is Tater Tot McMillan last year.
28:40But what I will say is his like his baseline expectation should be what Tater Tot McMillan was last year. And we
28:45were paying round three, four prices for Mcmillan and Carnell Tate is like round five, six. So, he's a value. Do you
28:51think Brooks is a good draft he's there in the ninth? Absolutely, dude. I like Brooks and I'm not really willing to
28:57scoff at any Brooks stuff.
29:08Like I'm trying to see like what my target round for him is.
29:11I know that we've seen him go high in the high stakes stuff, but yeah, I mean I have I have him as a round eight
29:15target. If he's there in the in round eight, I'm absolutely fine with Jonathan Brooks. And I'd say even his size like
29:19round seven.
29:20Gap between Burden and Rome.
29:24Rome hasn't Rome has like a small stretch of being good.
29:30Am I buying the Denzel Boston hype? I mean I'm drafting him here and there.
29:35I'm only I'm just backing off slightly because I I I'm trying to I'm trying to sift through whether or not it's me wanting James Cook to get
29:43the receiving role.
29:45Cuz if he doesn't get the receiving role, then he's probably a bad pick.
29:52He was what? 18 points per game last year. If he doesn't get the If he has the same exact receiving role,
29:57and he regresses efficiency, and he's like a 16.5 point per game guy as like the 10th overall pick, it's probably a small loss
30:06thinking through it.
30:10So, that's kind of the issue.
30:11But it all comes out to how convicted you are on Carmichael coming over calling plays, uh unlocking his upside or not calling
30:19plays. I think uh Brady will still call the plays. It comes down to if Carmichael is going to have any input at
30:26all. If they decide to go to the drawing board and say, "Let's throw the ball to James Cook."
30:31Yeah, that's the issue is is Carolina had a top 10 offensive line heading into the off season and all of the sudden
30:36it's like now bottom 10.
30:38Cuz everybody's banged up.
30:43People overthinking Kyren? Honestly, no.
30:46Uh he wasn't like some smash pick last year. He was fine. Uh like in terms of like the wins above replacement stuff,
30:52like he was fine uh last year. And then you also just have more and more concern over Blake Corum taking away more work. To me he's
30:59like he's a fine pick where he goes. I'm not crazy about it, but I'm really on only tempted to take him
31:06when We're not going to take Antonio Williams here.
31:13I don't even like Malik Washington, but I guess we'll take him.
31:26Yeah, I'm working on something that kind of maps that out.
31:31Like your point per game X because then you can position by position you can map out a point per game expectation at each
31:37draft price in terms of what actually pays off.
31:53I'm personally St. Brown at the 1.05, but I know it's not sexy.
31:59I just think like literally his floor is like damn near 18 points per game as long as he doesn't get hurt.
32:04And he's been someone that's super healthy.
32:07Any guys you have at 20% exposure? I always get asked about my exposure. I'm very vanilla with my exposures.
32:12Um I mean I'll show it.
32:16I have a few guys over 20%. Yeah, I have Garrett Wilson, Tyjae Spears, Tee Higgins.
32:21These are my top guys.
32:25Going to be cooling way off on Kenyon Drake though. Him him like missing time and being hurt or whatever is an issue.
32:31When's your draft? Uh for what?
32:34I have my home league draft that I do have to reach out to people.
32:37I've just been so busy. I have to reach out to my boys and uh get a date locked in.
32:42And then your your red elite mates draft is on the 25th.
32:47Uh no, CBS isn't compatible just yet, sadly.
32:51All the boomer sites are really tough, though. That's all uh like 2027 goals and dreams and aspirations or whatever.
33:01But it's still I mean I I I I don't mind just crossing things off by hand.
33:05Like there's still like the the functionality of the draft guide is you can just like click on a player and just, you know, get them out there.
33:15How do you feel about Like that's what I do for the high stakes drafts. Like I I just have it on a separate screen.
33:21Hey now, it paid off. It paid off his second year. He He was like one of the guys you had to have in like week 16, I
33:26think, in 2024.
33:28Feel free to quote me on that.
33:32Um How do you feel about taking Chase with the first pick in PPR three wide receiver league? I love Oh, never mind.
33:39My bad. My bad. No.
33:41Even in that format, I'm still going Gibbs and Bijan.
33:44Here's what I'll say. I mean, I keep on harping on it. You can take You can take Chase if you want. Like I keep saying
33:50Gibbs, Bijan, Chase, Puka in any order, but I will be honest, me personally, I feel very strongly about Gibbs one, Bijan two.
33:59And then really for me, if you want to put Chase If you want to put Puka ahead of Chase, you can or you you know, how
34:04whatever order of Puka Chase you want.
34:05Uh but I feel pretty strongly about the top two.
34:09Even in a three wide receiver league.
34:16Your red elite mates is superflex again, yeah.
34:40>> Let's see what comes back.
34:42Hmm.
34:50Let's take a wide receiver first. Let's take I'm kind of down to take Cooper Kupp.
34:58Let's take Kupp.
35:03Five quar- five running backs.
35:06Dude, Aaron Rodgers in the 18th.
35:14I'm doing it.
35:16I just can't turn that down.
35:17I can't.
35:20I can't.
35:2318th round Rodgers I just think it's too cheap.
35:27I really didn't have any um plans to take a a quarterback there, but I think the way that that fell Um and I'm also kind of fine with this
35:35five running backs on this team to be honest.
35:39We hit this like if anything we're weak at wide receiver, but not even like we ended up drafting seven. I think we're
35:43fine.
35:44This is a decent little team here. We drafted this from the 12 spot.
35:48We went Jefferson, Saquon, Lad, Josh Allen, DJ Moore, Jadarian Price, Jonathan Brooks, Chris Godwin, Dalton Kincaid, Bill, Deebo, Malik Willis, Brenton Strange, Jonah Coleman,
35:59Greg Dulcich, Malik Washington, Cooper Kupp, and Aaron Rodgers.
36:06Uh main reasoning for Gibbs over Bijan is just simply I I like the Lions offense better and I think Drew Petzing
36:12uh is going to unlock Gibbs in a in a pretty massive way.
36:17I prefer normal one quarterback, but superflex is kind of a fun curveball.
36:24But all right, fellas. I appreciate everyone that came out. This is going to be one of the shortest streams of the
36:28summer, I promise.
36:30We'll do like pretty much two drafts minimum.
36:34We posted a good video today. If you're looking to hear me talk about football, go check it out. Tomorrow, we will have
36:40a longer, more fun stream. I pinky promise on that. Um but that is going to do it for us today.
36:46That is just a quick little Underdog Draft stream for all the people in the chat.
36:55What else am I going to say? Nothing really. Check out the basementdraftguide.com if you have a draft coming up. Promo code Ron on
36:59Underdog if you want to hop in these drafts with us all summer long.
37:04But yeah, just something quick.
37:07We'll be back tomorrow.
37:08We'll have some fun.
37:11Let's get back on a routine, a schedule, start posting videos here again. And if you haven't watched it already, make sure you go check it out. Check out the
37:16uh strategy video that I just dropped today. It's like Honestly, I don't want to put crazy expectations on it, but I think it's my favorite
37:23video I've made so far.
37:26I don't know. In terms of all the research I did, I edited it all myself.
37:31I don't know. It's up there though. Uh make sure you check it out. Tell me how you think.
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