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I guess a half PPR? Yeah, I said half PPR, not full PPR. No, no, no, I'm saying change it however you want. Yeah, what's your. Oh, um. That's what I was asking. No, I think that's good. I'd probably go full PPR, but that's good. Do we need the DST? No. Dave, can we get rid of it? Only if we make it super flex. Okay, fine. Let's draft. Oh, yeah, super flex draft today. Let's go. Yeah, actually, very excited for that. My favorite league. Let's give. And Dave's not in. That's why it's my favorite, too. Rounds one through four, but before we do that, let's talk about the Packers, because if you're looking at CBS ADP or ADP Anywhere, Marshawn Lloyd is probably one of the best values. If you go, oh, wow, I can get him in the hundreds? No, you can't anymore. Let's talk about where all the Packers should go. Jamie, let's say that in some order, Lloyd, Christian Watson, and Tucker Craft are going to be the first three Packers. I'm not making a mistake here, am I? How would you rank those three? Watson should go in round five. And Craft should start to be in consideration in round six. I would prefer to take Craft in round six and Lloyd in round seven. Dave? I agree. What is 75th overall? What round is that in, Adam? I don't remember. It's round seven, and that's ideally where I would like to get Marshawn Lloyd. I know that there's a lot of excitement about him, but there's plenty of uncertainty with him, and that's why I love the idea of drafting him. I just don't want to reach too far into round six to do it. If it's late round six, I'm not going to fall. But I agree. I think Watson, Tucker Craft, those are the first two Packers that should be off the board. And then how about Jaden Reed and Matthew Golden? Jamie, I know you're very bullish on Jaden Reed. Yeah, I would look for him as early round eight. I'd prefer to get him in round nine. His ADP is actually round 11, so that's taking him well ahead of where you could potentially get him. I think Matthew Golden comes into play round nine or round 10, just looking at what his outlook is. Hopefully he's not, as we talk about, the sacrificial X, and he's going to get a lot of target opportunities. But the thing that we like about the Packers this year, is there should be concentrated targets. There should be opportunities for these guys to get plenty of chances to make plays. 135 targets are gone, with Romeo Dobbs and Dontavian Wicks not there. And so now you're looking at a suspect run game, the potential of a bad defense to start the season because Micah Parsons isn't there. There should be more volume in the passing game, and hopefully it goes to Watson, goes to Craft, goes to Reed, goes to Golden. And Dave, how did you adjust Jordan Love with the news of Josh Jacobs being on the commissioner's exempt list? Well, what I wanted to do, was move him up. What I did do, was not move him up. Adam, there are just too many quarterbacks that I love looking at late in drafts, and I do see appeal for Jordan Love, but I can also make a great case for Jared Goff and Bo Nix, and who was the MVP last year of the National Football League? Oh, Matthew Stafford. And who's been like one of the best stud quarterbacks in recent NFL history? Patrick Mahomes. These are all guys that are going late in drafts, and they might not even be the quarterbacks that I end up gravitating toward. There might be some that go a little bit earlier that are still a really good deal on draft day that I'll take ahead of every quarterback that I've just named. I was a little hesitant with Love before this. I would take him over Nix, and I would definitely take him over Mahomes. I think there's much higher ceiling for him right now, looking at what the scenario is for Mahomes, for example, who is not going to run to the level that we saw last year. And prior to that, the two previous years was barely over 20 fantasy points per game. Love has not done that in the last two seasons. This year, he's going to do that. I think he's going to challenge to be a top 12 quarterback. All right, let's get into the best picks in rounds one through four, starting with round one. Obviously, we got mostly great picks here, but we're looking at guys that are not just great picks, but good value that are going a little bit later than even we would take them. And Dave, you're going to start with Amon Ross St. Brown as your best value in round one. Yeah, you wouldn't let me take Jameer Gibbs. I really love Gibbs. He's worth taking at the 101. You can even make the case for it in Superflex leagues. I wonder if you had the 101, Jamie, would you take Gibbs? Nope, it's stupid Mehron. Okay, so you don't even have it. I think Amon Ross St. Brown, once you get to the middle of round one, is arguably the safest pick you can make. 10.1, 8.3, 10.3, that's not his fantasy points per game. Those are his targets per game in each of the last three years. And when I look at this Detroit team, this is another one of those squads. Jamie talked about it with Green Bay to begin the year. The Lions do have a great pass rusher, Nate Hutchinson, but their safeties are banged up. They're both on the pup list to start the year. They had to cut one of their starting cornerbacks. This is a secondary that looks like could give up a lot of points that means that there's going to be a lot of high-scoring games. It means Jared Goff is going to have to throw a lot, and if he's throwing a lot, then the dude that's been getting 10 targets per game is going to have a great year, and that's Amon Ross St. Brown. All right, Jamie, who'd you go with as your best value pick in round one? Yeah, Chase Brown for me. He's going with the 11th pick in the first round, and I think that's just incredible value for a guy that could be a top-five running back. For example, I would take him over Christian McCaffrey this season. That's how excited I am about Chase Brown. I just think the upside for him when Joe Burrow is on the field is absolutely unreal. He had over 20 PPR points per game last season once Burrow came back from the injury, and I think we're going to get a healthy Joe Burrow. I love that Burrow is talking him up. He's having a big season this year. I love the fact that he's in a contract year. And yes, Samaj P. Ryan is his competition. I don't think that's the type of player that's taking him off the field for significant stretches. So this offense is going to be absolutely fantastic, and Chase Brown should smash that ADP. For example, Devon Achan going 10th overall. Give me Chase Brown all day. How about James Cook and Jonathan Taylor versus Chase Brown? Yeah, I would take those guys over Chase, but those— those are the guys that he should be in competition for, not like what we see in a lot of leagues. Now, for our drafts, I'm glad that he's going in round one, but in other leagues, other sites, other ADP, you see him going after Derrick Henry, after Saquon Barkley. I think Chase Brown's ceiling right now, at least for this season, is higher. I like Taylor the best of that group. If I had to rank the four running backs, it would be Taylor one, McCaffrey two, Chase Brown three, James Cook four. And it's tough, man, because I know that Chris McCaffrey has all these red flags about him, and, you know, we've both done the research on it. It makes us both nervous, but the upside— the upside for him, he'd be, like, the best player in fantasy. He's done that before every time he's stayed healthy. So it's tough for me to take Brown ahead of McCaffrey, but if you're worried about McCaffrey and you see those red flags and you want to run the other way, then Brown, James Cook, you could even make the case that guys like Kenneth Walker and Omar Hampton should go ahead of Christian McCaffrey. And speaking of Kenneth Walker, that's Jamie's favorite value in round two. Jamie? Yeah, I just love the setup for him. You know, all you've heard all offseason is just how excited the Chiefs are about him, how excited Andy Reid is about him. I think they're going to be cautious with him to start the season and maybe the entire season. He has not had a running back like this in the last several years, and now they have a run game to support what should still be a good passing game, just not, I think, what we're used to seeing from peak Patrick Mahomes because of the injury. But what we saw from Walker, what we've seen from Walker, really, during his time in Seattle, certainly in the postseason, when he's a featured act, it's usually 13 PPR points per game or more. I love, in 2024, he was on pace for 71 catches. He's going to be involved in the passing game in his offense. That's just going to set him apart. So touchdown potential still should be there. Opportunity to be the lead back there. this offense should be there, and I think they've been craving a player like this. So I'm taking him early round two, in some cases late round one. I think the ceiling is going to be immense, and Ken Walker, as long as he's healthy, is going to be an absolute superstar. There was an under-the-radar move that the Chiefs made. They let go of Amari DiMarcato, and maybe they tried to get him back on their practice squad, but Dallas claimed him. The running backs behind Kenneth Walker are now rookie Emmitt Johnson and second-year player Brashard Smith, who's much more of a passing-downs guy. So the Chiefs have now made it perfectly clear that this is their three-down back, and I had to move them up after that move happened because I thought DiMarcato could actually take a few snaps off of Kenneth Walker, especially on passing-downs. I think there's a ton of upside in Kenneth Walker. Borderline round one, round two pick for me. And you like CeeDee Lamb, Dave, as a round two value. And push comes to shove, I am going to take Lamb in full PPR ahead of Kenneth Walker. If it's half PPR or non-PPR, Walker's the easy pick there because the catches aren't worth as much. I love what I saw in the six games last year when Dallas had Quinnen Williams on the field. We still saw CeeDee Lamb get 9.2 targets per game, a little bit more than George Pickens had. 16.4 PPR points per game. Didn't have the same type of ADOT, didn't have the same type of touchdown production that George Pickens had in those games. But remember, CeeDee Lamb was coming back from a high ankle sprain, wasn't 100%, only scored three times all year. Do you really think that CeeDee Lamb is going to score just three times? He's my fifth favorite wide receiver on draft day, and I'm willing to take him into late round one just to have that option of a receiver who I can look at and call a stud, 17 PPR points per game, and not have to worry about who will be left for me in early round two, or even worse, who's there for me at wide receiver in rounds three or four. We got a few wide receivers in round three that we're really excited about. Two of them are Devontae Smith and Chris Olave. Jamie went with Devontae Smith as his favorite pick in round three. Dave went with Chris Olave. Jamie, I know you like both of them a lot. Who do you like better, Devontae or Olave? I do like Olave better, but you know, based on the ADP, Smith is going later than him, so I think the value is in Smith's favor. But look, if you can get both these guys in round three, that's absolute steals. Not that you're going to be able to do that unless you made a trade, but I think Olave is going to end up, once we see some of these drafts happening this weekend, as a round two selection when everybody realizes Jordan Tyson is on IR. But in the case of Devontae Smith, look, he missed some time earlier in camp with the hamstring injury. That's a concern. He's over that now. We'll see how this all sort of works together with Jalen Hurts leaning on Makai Lemon, leaning on Dontavian Wicks, two guys that have plenty of potential. But Devontae Smith should be the alpha of this receiving core with A.J. Brown. Gone. You have a three-game sample size, very small, but without A.J. Brown over the last two years, he scored 16 PPR points or more in two of them. Average 16 PPR points per game over that span. Really the most important thing, though, he had nine targets per game in each of those three outings, and so should get featured, which is what we've been waiting to see. So the runway is clear. I think Devontae Smith could challenge to be a top-ten wide receiver this year. You're getting him, based on our ADP, 34th overall. The average opposition number is actually 37, so back end of round three. If you can start, and it's a very great way to build your fantasy team. Running back, running back, Devontae Smith, I sign up for that all day long. I like Devontae Smith in round three. Adam, I would take Chris Olave in late round two. I think he's going to be set up for a huge season, and we saw how he ended last season in New Orleans. Tyler Shuck at quarterback, 9.1 targets per game with Shuck starting, and that led to 18.8 full PPR points per game, 12.8 non-PPR points per game. That's great stuff, and he only had six touchdowns in those games, and his ADOT was 14 yards. We know that Jordan Tyson, their rookie first-round pick, not playing the first four games. We don't know when he's going to come back, how long it'll take him to ramp up, how healthy he'll be, will he get hurt again. Man, throw all that stuff out the window, because Chris Olave is set up to see north of eight targets per game. That's somebody who's worth a round two pick. Yeah, he was a top five tight end, fifth overall, fourth per game with Tyler Shuck, and that was with Shuck only on pace for 19 touchdowns. Most of his touchdown passes went to Chris Olave. He's a tough one for me, because I don't think I'd take him in round two. I'd still take Nico Collins, I'd still take Rasheed Rice and George Pickens over him. Do you have Olave ahead of those three guys? I definitely have him ahead of Rice, definitely have him ahead of Pickens. I'm a little worried about both Cowboys wide receivers being top ten this year, and I do have him over Nico Collins as well. Okay, well, I guess I will not be getting Chris Olave if I'm drafting with Dave. You will not. Let's go to round four, where Colson Loveland you're lucky if he makes it to the middle of round four, which is where his ADP is. That's what Dave loves that value. Jamie likes Ladd-McConkie, but Dave, you can start with Colson Loveland. I would take Loveland in late round three just to lock up having the next great stud fantasy tight end. You're not going to get Brock Bowers in late round three. You're probably not going to get Trey McBride in late round three. Maybe in a non-PPR league, you could get McBride there. But I love what Colson Loveland, what his outlook is in Chicago, should be the top, if not a top two target getter. He was seeing 10 plus targets in each of his last four games last year. That includes the playoffs. 20 full PPR points. I don't think he's going to get 10 targets per game, but it wouldn't surprise me if he saw seven and a half targets per game and led the Bears in touchdowns. That makes me excited to take him. It's a little bit of a reach to take him as a top 35 or 36 player on draft day, but that's the thing you have to do if you want to get somebody who's got tremendous upside and that's something that Loveland has. Jamie, does Ladd-McConkie have tremendous upside? Absolutely. You know, you're talking about the go-to player in the passing game, at least right now. We'll see if Quinton Johnson, Trey Harris, you know, maybe one of the tight ends step up for Justin Herbert, but by all accounts, it's going to be McConkie. And what we saw in his rookie campaign, especially the end of his rookie campaign, but he finished averaging over 15 PPR points per game. I think he gets back to that level as the floor. So last year was a disaster. He was banged up, Keenan Allen being part of this team. I think that just kind of threw everything off for McConkie, plus the offensive line concerns. But this team has a chance to be a very prolific offense with Mike McDaniel calling plays, with the tackles now healthy, with Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt back. And I think we'll see Quinton Johnson move around, Trey Harris move around. McConkie's going to be on the field the entire time. And this is an offense that just think about it. Mike McDaniel, once upon a time, got a passing yard season leader out of Tua Tungavailoa, and now he gets to do it with Justin Herbert. So love the opportunity for Ladd-McConkie. I would take him middle of round three. That's how excited I am about McConkie. So certainly one thing you're learning here is that there's really good wide receiver value in rounds three and four. Chris Olave at the beginning of round three, Devontae Smith mid to late round three, Ladd-McConkie into round four. These guys are players that we are targeting. We really like them. 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In round five, Dave and Jamie are each nominating a wide receiver here. Luther Burden for Dave, DJ Moore for Jamie, and Dave, I'll let you go first. Who do you like better, DJ Moore or Luther Burden? I do like DJ Moore better. We've seen the track record, and he's going to be the clear number one target of Josh Allen in Buffalo, so that seems like a pretty good spot. But there's a lot to like about Luther Burden III in Chicago, playing in more of a short and intermediate role. Might not be the top targetter in this offense, but he'll be close to it. And I think he's got a shot to lead Chicago in catches and receiving yards. And we saw last year, there was a four-game stretch when Romo Dunze was out for the Bears. We saw Burden average 6.5 targets per game, 15.2 full PPR points per game. If he can replicate anything remotely close to that, and remember, Dunze's on the team, but DJ Moore off to Buffalo now, then there's a real good opportunity for him. I don't know, about 15 PPR points, but maybe in that 13-14 range, if we're drafting him in round five, that's really good value. We draft him a lot in round four. I'm right on that round four or five fence with him in full PPR. Jamie, you like DJ Moore or Luther Burden? I like Moore better, but it's close. You know, certainly now that Burden is getting healthy, you know, the groin injury was concerning, and I think we wouldn't be having this conversation if Burden was 100% healthy based on his ADP. I think he would be going a lot sooner, guessing how everybody felt about him in the pre-draft process, but I think you look at DJ Moore's situation, as Dave said, as Josh Allen's now go-to guy, I don't think you should expect peak Stephon Diggs, but close to that type of production. And with Diggs, we were drafting him late round one, early round two. Now you're getting DJ Moore. What I would do is take him in round four. I just think there's that much upside for him. Got a little scared in the first preseason game when he got banged up, but looks like everything's going to be fine. And I think we need to have a player like this for Josh Allen to maximize his potential. And obviously, Josh Allen's going to make DJ Moore back to the receiver that he was prior to last year, which is just an absolute disaster. 85 targets is certainly not something that you expect from DJ Moore. You go back to his time in Carolina when Joe Brady was his offense coordinator. Brady now the head coach of the Bills. It was 130 target season and 140 target season. So this guy can handle that, can produce at a high level. And I think you're getting potentially a top 12 caliber wide receiver in the round five range. It's just absolute steel. It's an absolute steel if you can get him in this spot. What's a bigger concern for you when you draft these players? When you look at DJ Moore, he's 29 years old. And throughout his career, he's had two years where he's been inside the top 24 per game. And when you look at Luther Burden, he had 60 targets last year. He had zero green zone targets, one end zone target. Do either of those statistics matter to you? And if so, which one's a bigger concern? I would say the Moore statistic is a little bit of a larger concern. We've seen a bigger sample size of what DJ Moore can do. And the fact that you're saying that he's only been top 24 twice, that's scary, but he's also never been in a situation quite this good with a quarterback. I was going to say a thrower. I almost said a quarter. A thrower this good in Josh Allen. So that encourages me that we can squeeze out one top 20-ish type year for DJ Moore. I wouldn't expect him to be a top 12 or even a top 16 receiver. See, the concern I have for Burden is that he's on the field with two really good wide receiving options. You know, Colston Loveland and Romo Dunze, to your point about the green zone opportunities, like those two guys may just take every touchdown chance that they get, whereas Burden may not have those chances, where I think DJ Moore, in the team that he's on, you got Keon Coleman, who's a non-factor at this point. You got Khalil Shakir, who's banged up, and we kind of know what he is. You got Dalton Kincaid, who's had a hard time staying healthy. Like, they made this move for a reason, and I think that's going to allow DJ Moore to flourish, similar to his first year in Chicago when he went there. Finally got in a situation where he was featured and everything sort of lined up. I think everything's going to line up for him. So I have more concerns about Burden than I do about Moore. It's funny, when Luther Burden, or when DJ Moore was traded to the Bills, it was really like almost everybody won in fantasy. Not Shakir, not Dalton Kincaid, but it made the Bears guys better. It made DJ Moore better. And here we are. All right, let's go to round six. Christian Watson for Jamie, Ramondre Stevenson for Dave. Dave, since we last spoke, have you reconsidered your Ramondre Stevenson stance? No, not at all. I think that Ramondre Stevenson is the lead back for the New England Patriots. I think the New England Patriots are going to be a pretty good offense this year. Will they be as prolific as some of the elite offenses in the league? No, but I think Ramondre Stevenson will have the goal line We saw last year that he averaged right around two and a half targets per game for most of the year. Maybe he can bump that up to three and he'll get some work in the red zone in that regard. They've already been saying that he's been doing more in red zone drills in the passing game. And so I just think that there's a really good opportunity for Ramondre Stevenson to deliver on his average draft position, which honestly borders on round seven. I would take him in round six. And I think he's absolutely worth targeting as one of those low-end RB2s that you look at in that round five, round six range. Travion Henderson is obviously going to be a factor, but there hasn't been much optimism coming out of Foxborough on Travion Henderson this offseason. And that makes me nervous about just how much work he's going to get when Ramondre Stevenson is healthy. Jamie Christian Watson, this guy knows how to find the end zone. He was on pace for 15 touchdowns from weeks 11 through 17. Do you think, not the 15 touchdowns, but the overall fantasy production could be even better this year than what we saw down the stretch, last year? Three of his last five games in the regular season, he had 18.3 PPR points or more. And now you're removing two threats of the passing game, really one significant one in Romeo Dobbs. But I think the best thing about it is two years removed from his ACL tear, that's usually a good sign for wide receivers or players in general when they come back from that injury is that the second year is even better. And the runway, again, clear, because we just don't know how this is all going to work with the run game now that there is no Josh Jacobs for the foreseeable future. So I think Christian Watson steps in as the alpha, gets the contract, extension this offseason, which I think speaks volumes to what they think of him. They need him to be that guy. And I think he has the opportunity to step into that role and hopefully stay healthy and be a superstar. So you look at that group of wide receivers that kind of go at the end of round five, Jamison Williams, Mike Evans, Romo Dunze, Marvin Harrison, Christian Watson. You can make a case that Watson's the best of that group just because of what his outlook is, his opportunity is, and now the situation that he's in. So I love the potential of taking Christian. I love just taking Christian Watson in round five. We saw great stuff from Watson. We saw great stuff from Tucker Kraft last year, who's the number two tight end in fantasy on a per-game basis, tied with George Kittle in PPR leagues. And he's basically a younger version of George Kittle. But let's talk about him because he is Dave's favorite pick in terms of value in round seven. The interesting thing is we never saw Watson and Kraft together. It's like first half of the year was Kraft, then Watson, basically. Right. But you like Tucker Kraft's value in round seven. Especially with the big question mark now at run game for Green, Bay, here's a short area target that Jordan Love leaned heavily into last year. And he was outstanding in terms of efficiency. He averaged 14.7 full PPR points per game on just 5.5 targets per game in eight games. And I know he's coming back from a torn ACL. And I know that that sounds scary. This is the same Packers team that saw Christian Watson come back from his ACL injury. And he looked better than he ever did in his career. And Tucker Kraft has already said, first of all, he said, well, they're going to need to work me in a little bit. It's going to take some time. Now he thinks there's no restriction and he's going to be a full-time player in this offense. I love looking for Tucker Kraft. If I miss on those first four tight ends and drafts, I would take him in round six as ADP is around seven. And Jamie, when would you take Parker Washington, who's your favorite value in round seven? Another guy that belongs in that conversation, those wide receivers, you know, somebody that could come off the board in late round five. So you don't want to overvalue him because there are a lot of mouths to feed in this Jacksonville offense. And we did just see a small sample size of what Parker Washington did last year. In those final four games, including the playoffs. But you all, you have, if you paid attention, you've heard all these glowing things about Parker Washington in training camp. I think it's going to carry over to the start of the season. There's just so much to love about the kid, especially the role that he plays because Liam Cohen, the head coach there, his tenure with slot receivers, Rondell Robinson in Kentucky stands out. Chris Godwin in Tampa Bay stand out. Both had amazing years. Both had over 100 catches. So I think there's an opportunity here for Parker Washington to be the best wide receiver in Jacksonville. And when you start to say, OK, can he do it again? Well, when you get to this range of receivers, certainly if you're getting him at his cost, which none of us are going to let him fall this far. But if you're getting him at this cost, it's a swing for the fence type of pick. So when you're looking at him versus Brian Thomas, I think you could say, OK, I'd rather take the chance on the guy that's been hyped up and coming off the strong finish versus the guy that may have the better profile pedigree. But Brian Thomas really struggled last year. I just think Parker Washington, if he gets those chances again, he's going to dominate. Final four games, average 10 targets per game. Hopefully that's something we see for the majority of the year this year. Probably not realistic, but eight plus targets is probably something on the table. All right, he'd be basically a unicorn. I mean, I brought up the question on a show maybe a week or two ago. Who's the guy who was a sixth round pick, did nothing for two and a half seasons? I mean, the first 36 games of his career, he averaged 37 yards per game and then ended up being a really great player. So people said Antonio Brown, but Antonio Brown, the second year of his career, he was great. You know, you just don't see it very often. I wish I could get Parker Washington in the 70s where he's going. That's a layup. If I have to start taking him in round five, I'm a little nervous about it. Like you said, Jamie, you don't want to overpay, but I can't help it. I mean, every single reporter who has covered the Jaguars has been praising Parker Washington. I mean, I was there and I saw it firsthand that Parker Washington was beating double coverage against the Bucs in practice and he had unbelievable vertical too. Like that's a part of his game that I was not familiar with. And so I'm very excited about Parker Washington and I would take him in round five in full PPR. And you're also excited about the value for Brian Thomas Jr., Dave, in round eight. I'm excited about the value. I don't think it's a good idea to try and chase him up the draft board, though. And I look at where I have Brian Thomas Jr. ranked. Right now, it's round six and I think that that's too high. I think I'm going to take a step back on BTJ. But when we talk about wide receivers that can be boom or bust number three options, there might not be a better choice than Brian Thomas Jr., who was winning on downfield targets in training camp from Trevor Lawrence. When I was there, I saw him bring a couple of them in, hurt his shoulder, left the practice, but Coach Liam Cohen says he's going to be fine. And so if this Jacksonville offense, which has a question mark at running back themselves, has Parker Washington dominating targets, let's call it inside of 15 air yards, this is the guy who's going to dominate 15 plus air yards down the field. And there are going to be some weeks where the numbers are going to be lean for BTJ. But there's going to be some weeks where he delivers 17 plus PPR points. And you'll love to have somebody like him as your number three receiver. I think round seven is the best time to get him. And his ADP right now is round eight. And Jamie, you love the value on Chris Godwin. And I think he might profile as a more consistent player than Brian Thomas Jr., but maybe he doesn't have as much upside on a week-to-week basis. I don't know. You tell me, who do you like better, Godwin or BTJ? Godwin. And I think, you know, to say he doesn't have enough upside, he was a top five receiver two years ago before he suffered the broken ankle. So the injury's been a problem the last two seasons. Godwin obviously has had a strong training camp. You couple that with the fact that you have the mecha buca injury right now, so we don't know when he's going to see the field. Hopefully it's week one, but there's still some questions. Is Ibuka going to live up to the hype and be that guy that replaces Mike Evans? Baker Mayfield loves Chris Godwin. That's very evident, and I think that rapport will show. Love that Godwin's going back in the slot. To expect a top 10 finish, I think, is unrealistic at this point. Now that he's in his early 30s, and if Ibuka does hit. But I think for what you're getting, I think he's the best value of any player in fantasy right now because aside from Marshawn Lloyd, I guess we'll see where he settles. But just looking at what the upside could be, he started as like in the 40s. Now he's crept his way up to wide receiver 36. I think he's a top 30 wide receiver. You can make a case that he should go ahead of Parker Washington, Jamison Williams, Christian Watson, all those guys, based on his resume, especially if Ibuka's going to miss any time. So love the setup for Chris Godwin. He's somebody that's an easy pick, again, if he lasts into round eight. A lot of wide receiver talk so far, but when we come back, there's a couple of running backs in round nine that we really like the value for. We'll tell you about the best picks in rounds nine through 12 when we come back. Football season is here, and my routine has completely fallen apart. 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So, you know, Jones in his early 30s, that's something that he struggled with in terms of the last couple of years being banged up and playing through it. So, I think Mason's going to get an opportunity to be the lead running back here for the Vikings and hopefully lean on him. Both these guys don't profile as pass-catching backs. I don't think that's going to be the thing that separates them for the two of them. So, hopefully we see the offenses take off. I just have much more faith in Minnesota in Minnesota's offense than I do Washington's. Yeah, I have more faith in Minnesota's offense, too. I just love Kroski Merritt. I don't have to say hopefully with what role he'll have. I know he's going to be the running downs guy for Washington. I know his efficiency will spike when he's paired with Jayden Daniels. When you've got a running quarterback, the running back's going to have a good number two. And to be fair, Kyler Murray will run his fair share as well. I just think that the commanders have tried a lot this offseason to improve what Kroski Merritt can do. They've tried to get him going in the pass game a little bit more. There's no question that he's the fastest running back that they have. And when I'm looking for a running back in this range, I'm just looking for somebody that I feel okay starting to begin the year. And I feel just a little bit better about Kroski Merritt than I do Jordan Mason. And the reason why I feel that way is because I saw what Aaron Jones looked like in the preseason, and he looked outstanding. And I was really surprised by that. And once I saw that, I said, you know what, Jordan Mason's good. I think Kroski Merritt just has a little bit more upside. And so I'll take him when we're in this round nine range. And if we look at round 10, you both went with wide receivers, but they're so different. Casey Concepcion for the Cleveland Browns, Jordan Addison for the Minnesota Vikings. Jamie went with Addison here. And I mean, they're both big play potential guys, explosive guys. Addison's a touchdown scorer. But Jamie, you know, you picked Addison. Do you actually like Addison better than Concepcion or are you just giving us a different name here? No, I like Addison better than Concepcion. You know, I'm excited for Concepcion. I just think that there's a lot more to like about Jordan Addison's situation right now, the addition of Kyler Murray. You know, we say this all the time about what Justin Jefferson did in the four games that Carson Wentz started last year. Addison's numbers also popped, scored three of his touchdowns in those four games with Carson Wentz under center. And so Kyler Murray being a better quarterback, love the fact that Addison's in the contract here. Obviously, Kevin O'Connell being there, that's going to help. So a lot of mouths to feed in this offense. I think you can make a case there's a lot of mouths to feed in Cleveland's offense also. So Addison probably second in terms of targets. But as we've seen, it really hasn't stopped him from being a very good fantasy asset. So like both, but I would definitely take Addison over Concepcion. I'm going to surprise you guys. I've got Addison ranked out of Concepcion too, but it's really, really close. And I love drafting Concepcion. In fact, we're talking about somebody to take in round 10. The ADP is in round 10. I would take both of these wide receivers in that round eight range. But Concepcion to me has a little bit of a higher ceiling because he can be the number one wide receiver in Cleveland. And that's like being the best used card dealer in the middle of Nebraska. But I just think that it's really tough to find guys when you're in round eight plus, who can get double digit targets, who can make a lot of catches, who can be used in a multitude of ways. I know the quarterback stinks. I think Cleveland's going to be chasing points in every single game they're going to be in this year. And I think those targets will be there for Concepcion. When I watched him in college, he reminded me of Zay Flowers. I think Todd Monken feels the same way, or at least something similar. It's hard to compare Casey Concepcion to Zay Flowers, but the numbers at the end of the season, if he gets numbers like Zay Flowers got last year when Concepcion was scheming him, or when, excuse me, when Monken was scheming up Flowers, if Concepcion gets those kinds of numbers, this is an absolute steal. So I'm happy to get either one of these wide receivers, but I really love the outlook for Concepcion. - I just can't see double digit targets for him this year. - Oh no, not double digit targets per game. I think around seven targets per game for Concepcion is where I would land. Did I say double digit? - I thought you said double digit. - I thought I said double digit rounds because the ADP is in round 10. - Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said double digit. - I don't know, I say a lot of crazy stuff. Adam, you know this. - Yeah, you talk about used car salesmen in Nebraska too, but round 11 is the perfect time for a Packers round with Matthew Golden and Jaden Reed, Dave nominating Golden and Jamie nominating Reed here. Dave, talk about Golden. - I think it depends on your format, which Packers wide receiver you take here. If it's half PPR or non PPR, I'm actually gonna lean toward Matthew Golden because I think he's got just as much explosion in his game as Jaden Reed, but he'll catch the ball further downfield. And when the Packers run their two tight end formation, you won't see Reed on the field. You'll see Golden and you'll see Christian Watson. And in the case that Christian Watson misses time, Matthew Golden will stay. He'll step up and be the number one wide receiver in this offense. I'll let you talk about Jaden Reed. And if it is full PPR, you sold me on this, that Reed should be the better receiver. - Yeah, I would take Reed in any form. And obviously if Christian Watson misses any time, they're both gonna benefit. So I don't think it's one over the other in particular, but you know, you say 12 personnel and we see both tight ends on the field. We may see Jaden Reed in the backfield. Like they may have to just get him on the field as much as they can. It's one of my favorite stats. The last 23 games, 23 times his career, he's had at least five targets. 15 of those times he scored at least 13 PPR points, averaging 16 PPR points over that span. So when he gets chances, he's successful. He just has to stay healthy. So last year was a very frustrating season for him. The shoulder injury, the foot injury, they gave him the contract extension despite that this off season. So I think they're gonna feature him to whatever degree we start to see. That's always been the problem with the Packers pass catchers is they don't get enough targets. Well now again, 135 targets removed, may have a suspect run game, may have a suspect defense. We see more volume for Jordan Love, more volume for all these guys. So I think it's worth your time to invest in almost all the Packers pass catchers. But if I'm ranking them, I'm taking Watson first, Krapp second, Reid third, and Golden fourth. I just think the ceiling is higher for Reid because he's gonna do a bunch of different things. And his track record suggests that when he gets chances, he's extremely successful. - I'll add one more thing on Reid. His best numbers have come when the Packers haven't been able to run the football. That's been whether Jacobs has been active or not for Green Bay. If Green Bay is able to get their run game going, and that's kind of a big if at this point, I would be worried about Jayden Reid hitting the type of upside that we're talking about. - Round 12. He likes Chris Rodriguez here. Is he actually the better value in the Jaguars backfield? - I still would take a chance on Tootin. You know, I don't wanna reach for Tootin too soon. So if I can get Tootin in round six, then I think the value definitely is in his favor. It's when you have to take him in late round four, early round five, because you get people that are overexcited about it, or there's just a huge run on running backs, then I would say take Rodriguez because he's gonna have a role, whether he's just the goal line guy or gets chances on first and second down. That's where I think we have to see where he sort of wins because he's not gonna be guy involved in the passing game, they'll use LeQuint Allen jr on third downs they'll probably use tootin if alan's not back from his injury on past but you always like to see when a coach goes out and gets somebody that he has a history with and rodriguez was with liam cohen in kentucky and they didn't make a splash at the running back position there was some talk about jk dobbins they missed on that so if rodriguez does come in and tootin fails then we see if rodriguez can be the lead rusher he had some good moments in washington last season and it didn't take much it was like 10 carries per game he got you almost 10 ppr points per game so if he gets those chances gets those goal line opportunities and steps into the travis etn role we'll call him etn because he was still in jacksville then so i there's some chance here for him to be really successful it's just an easy guy to take as you're talking about your fourth or fifth running back a good bench option to stash on your team and dave tell us why you like juwan johnson in round 12 he plays detroit in week one and we saw what he was capable of doing last year in this offense and last year jordan tyson was still in college this year jordan tyson's not going to be there to start the season so we can end up being the number two target getter for at least september in the new orleans offense and with tyler shuck nine games last year 5.6 targets per game his target per game average actually went down once tyler shuck was on the field oh well he still averaged 11.5 ppr points per game and 6.9 non-ppr points per game 6.9 is still pretty good for a tight end at least a low end one if you're streaming the position you can begin the year with juwan johnson as your tight end all right we're going to come back with even more great values in the later rounds and who had more and your tweets after this on fantasy football the best late round picks to help you win your fantasy leagues right now let's go to round 13 dave likes malik willis jamie likes jalen coker dave go malik willis has the rushing upside i think he's got a strong arm too i know there's huge question marks about who he's throwing to miami and how many points miami is going to score but i still think that he can find a way to similar to put up numbers close to what he did when he was starting for green bay last year and those numbers were north of 25 fantasy points per game a tremendous guy to put on your bench just see what happens to begin the season love the setup for jalen coker last year in the final five games of the season he outscored tetherall mcmillan including the playoffs same amount of targets we love offenses that have concentrated targets mcmillan's going to be first coker will be second easy pick round 13 i would take him as early as around 10 same round 14 a couple of backup running backs in different situations here jamie your pick is jonah coleman yeah hopefully he gets a chance to get significant touches that would probably come at the expense of jk dobbins getting injured but clearly sean payton loves him he's going to play i think in conjunction with rj harvey and dobbins because i think they just want to get him on the field so we'll see if he's the goal line option we'll see if he could also work on passing downs he really could be a three down he does get his chance he may not come off the field a great late round target one of the potential lottery tickets that could win your league i've been drafting a ton of coleman i love the fit in that offense and i like what i saw in the preseason from emmet johnson and the fact that the chiefs did move on from demarcato means that johnson would be the running back to step up and get a lot of playing time in the event that kenneth walker the third misses time this is another lottery stash i would rather have coleman but i like emmet johnson too and he's starting to make my way make his way onto a lot of my teams and he's on the waiver wire in a lot of leagues that have already drafted you could drop your last pick and pick up emmet johnson just to see what happens all right we go to round 15 now and you guys adorable here same initials for your picks kb jamie you can start kaylon black seems like he's the the leader in the clubhouse to be the number two running back in san francisco and we can't sit here and say that we're worried about christian mccaffrey not say that the next guy up has a chance to be a really good fantasy option so we'll see what happens with jordan james coming back from fbs is both would play if mccaffrey misses any time but they dropped to kaylon black in the third round they got a lot of negative attention for that i think he'll reward them i think he'll reward fantasy managers if he gets on the field k'shawn booty's got some good speed adam and that brings an element to the texans offense that they didn't have last year and really they haven't had since tank dell got hurt and i'm glad that tank dell has a chance to play this year but it's not going to be the first four weeks of the season this is a four-week audition for k'shawn booty who's in a contract year to show out in houston it's a little bit tough to buy it but it's going to into because cj stroud's the quarterback because nico collins is the top target but we're talking round 15 this is a good time to get a wide receiver just to see if he can deliver on five five and a half targets per game and i bet booty can yeah he'll be good on a per target basis because he is a downfield guy and in round 16 here's another wide receiver with speed chris bell dave for the dolphins i do think that he can end up as the top receiver for miami this year but we're going to have to wait and see we're going to have to wait and see but we're going to have to wait and see but we're going to have to wait and see but we're going to have to wait and see but we don't know if that means any more than like 700 yards and three touchdowns we'll have to wait and see but i was encouraged by how he played at louisville and how he looked in the first preseason game pretty close to the same guy i would imagine it'll take him a little while to actually step up and play to his best ability if you draft chris bell you need to be patient with him trey tucker is most likely the number one wide receiver for the raiders that's not the most ideal situation to be in but when we always talk about tight ends being first or second on the team in targets tucker should be second on the raiders in targets we'll see what happens with jalen nailer jack besh some of the other moving parts they have there but i think just trey tucker getting the chances that he should get and he did look decent in the first couple of games after bowers was injured last year tucker could be a nice reward with a last round pick yeah if you're not patient with chris bell go after chris or chris tucker chris sucker is a great comedian but trey tucker will get you more fantasy points i was just watching silver linings playbook last night and i forgot chris tucker was in that very good uh so you've been patient you talk about being patient you all have been so patient and now it is time for america's 12th favorite fantasy football game show it is time for who has more except we interrupt this programming to bring you the sister show of who has more who had more is filling in today thank you very much for watching who had more all right who had more guys first category who had more used cars in the no i don't have any who had more catches last season dalton schultz or tyler warren dalton schultz i this feels like a trick question i think i'm i'm gonna say warren i'll be different yeah it is dalton schultz that's i love these guys they think i'm like trying to trick them dalton schultz had 82 catches tyler warren had 76 and this is my reminder joan johnson and dalton schultz were both top five in catches last year at the position who had more yards last year derrick henry or jonathan taylor taylor i believe that's taylor you guys suck at this it's henry he had 10 more rushing and more rushing i mean you can't count the week 18 game okay i don't remember it was 17 it was a crazy game for derrick henry uh who had more touchdowns last year davante adams or kyron williams i'm sorry what was it more touchdowns between davante and kyron uh davante i think it was kyron he missed all those games but it's still davante who had more end zone targets davante adams in 2025 or puka nakua in his entire career davante puka it is davante finally got one you think you guys tied oh no i think jamie won jamie definitely won jamie definitely yeah you are the winner of who had more an amazing effort do i get like a celebratory bobblehead i don't know but there should be confetti and a cake for you coming in during the break we'll be right back with your tweets on fantasy football 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of 18 in a ppr guillotine league draft i have walker is it crazy to go kyron williams over drake london bowers in round two yes i think that's crazy especially in a ppr format where you can have a difference maker like bowers or london both of them are healthy both of them will give you points each week i would absolutely go in another direction than kyron williams next Keep Dak in the fourth, Burden in the fourth. the 14th or tootin in the 16th in a super flex lead if you're only keeping one i would probably keep burden but dak in the fourth is hard to throw back yeah tootin would be last on the list bird in the hand jamie team name all right next isaiah likely or jonah coleman i'd rather have likely as much as i like jonah coleman i know that likely wouldn't necessarily or tight end so he can still get likely and what if mcbride struggles what if he can trade likely who goes off instead of waiting for coleman he'll cut i would actually take likely and trade me bride because you probably get good value for it fine well that's it for fantasy football today check out the fantasy football today podcast anywhere you listen thanks to dave and thanks to jamie and of course thanks to all of you for watching and listening paramount podcasts Thank you.