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The Ultimate Guide to CRUSHING your Fantasy Draft | Fantasy Focus

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The Ultimate Guide to CRUSHING your Fantasy Draft | Fantasy Focus

The transcript covers a fantasy football discussion focused on Mike Clay’s article about the best draft picks in each round, using industry ADP for a 12-team PPR league. The hosts, including Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay, and Liz Loza, analyze players round by round, highlighting value picks and strategic approaches. In early rounds, they favor elite running backs like Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs, but also endorse Devon Achane as a second-round steal despite Miami’s offensive concerns, citing his elite rushing efficiency and workload potential. Jeremiah Love is a third-round favorite, with a stat showing top-12 rookie running backs often succeed, though his injury risk is noted. Garrett Wilson is debated, with some preferring Malik Nabers for higher ceiling. Later rounds feature Courtland Sutton, Michael Pittman Jr., and tight ends like Tyler Warren. The hosts emphasize waiting on quarterback, recommending Jackson Dart, Bo Nix, and Brock Purdy as late-round values. They also discuss news items, such as Kay Sean Booty’s minimal fantasy relevance and Trey Benson’s release, which boosts James Conner and Jeremiah Love. The show concludes with advice on late-round flyers like Ricky Pearsall and Chris Bell, and answers audience questions on players like Jalen Naylor and handcuffs for Devon Achane, ultimately stressing a balanced draft strategy with early running back focus.

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♪ Fantasy, you in the '06 ♪ ♪ Don't wanna poke us ♪ ♪ Fantasy, fantasy, focus ♪ What's up friends, welcome into fantasy focus. Football alongside Mike Clay, Liz Lose of Field Jakes. My name is Daniel Dopp. And if you're joining us today, after watching us for four hours last night on the fantasy football marathon, you're a sicko and we love you. Yeah. We did four straight hours of TV last night. We are a little bit loopy, but it's just the beginning of the fantasy marathon. As we have even more fantasy content for you today, all throughout the entire network, over a million teams drafted. Field Jakes, very exciting. Gonna be very fun to be able to keep on going here with the marathon on today's show. We're gonna be diving into Mike Clay's. Best picks at each round, you had an article. Just came out on.com, go check it out as well. But we wanted to dive into it as well. The best pick from every single round. And that's really it. We're just doing that the entire show. We're gonna take some questions for you guys as we always do. But let's start at the top as we often do with some news, guys, because the Texans said, give me that booty. - Yeah, they did. - Kay Sean Booty, guys. Do you need to, like, have a conversation with Daniel Booty? - This isn't, it's not like 10 p.m. Eastern anymore, man. It's the morning, okay? - You guys, when you guys talk about booty cheeks, you do it the wrong way. I'm trying to do it the right way. And the Texans were pumped about for the Kay Sean Booty. Those that might be watching the show right now and they're saying, like, feel like, why are you so dressed up? You're wearing suit and tie right now. For those that are watching them. - Oh, thank you, Mike. - That's sharp dresser. - Kind of you to say. But the reason why I'm wearing a suit and tie right now is to compensate for the fact that Daniel was nearly naked last night. - That's true. - That's true. - Daniel and Dan Graziano during only dance were barely clothed. - Yes. - In Asana. - Iful. So that segment was taped before our show for obvious reasons. And so I didn't see it until it ran live. And I almost couldn't believe what I was seeing. - My wife texted me and was concerned that all of them were watching that. - I thought you were saying you were watching that. - No, no. - I don't know. - My four kids were watching it. - Yes. - I just got off the TV. - Someone had to do some explaining after that. - I know. - I meant, yeah. - Great. - Thank you. - Thank you. - It's going to say, rating spiked the female demographic last night ages 18 to 49. During this, there's only dance segment, yeah. - So yeah, this case on booty trades interesting. Do we think it has fantasy relevance? Like we thought that Jaden Higgins was a potential late round sleeper. Maybe he takes over that role. - And the Texans, yeah, presumably takes on the Jaden Higgins role. Do you guys think Case on Booty is a better player than Jaden Higgins about the same level of prospect? - Different. - Maybe a little worse. - It's a different skill set, I think. - Okay, so it's all like, I don't think any of our conviction on Case on Booty is enough for us to be like, Case on Booty goes to the Texans. What a landing spot for him. He now bumps up to wide receiver 42. - Yeah, exactly. - Yeah, I would agree. I thought Higgins had a chance to kind of lock in that two job in the Houston offense and maybe be on the flex radar. I think with Booty, more of a rotation there. A son of Jalen Noel's there and Tank Del's going to be worked in. I think even Xavier Hutchinson's going to run routes. I don't think there's enough there for Booty to be on the fantasy radar. - Much like was the case in New England. - Yeah. - I don't think the usage is going to be that consistent. - Yeah, inconsistent, yeah, I would say. - Mike, you and I were talking last night. Unfortunately, Cardinals cut Trey Benson. Many dynasty squads were so bummed when all the J.M.I. love stuff happened. Now it's even worse at this point. You think Trey Benson goes to another squad? - We'll see. So just one technicality worth noting is that he was waived injured, which he's banged up to the point that if he clears waivers and a team that will be acquiring him understands that he is currently not able to pass a physical, that if he clears waivers, he would just go back to the Arizona Cardinals roster and go on IR. - Okay. - Yeah, but of course, if there's a more straightforward path for him to go to IR, which is the Cardinals, just place him on IR, which didn't happen, which might take away from that, is it's probably not something significant, but we'll see whether it's not common that teams claim injured players, but we shall see here. He is a really, really talented guy. I still believe that. I don't exactly know why it hasn't worked out at all in Arizona. - Yeah, and well, health has been a big part of it. Every time he seems to get an opportunity, he's been hurt, but by the way, to your point, if he does clear waivers and go to IR, probably an injury settlement situation, and then he'll be a free agent and consign elsewhere, that would be my expectation here. If he's not claimed, some team might, with running back depth issues, may just claim him today, and we'll see how the physical goes. - But it only emboldens the fact that Arizona's backfield is gonna be Jeremiah Love. - Yeah, obviously, James Conner's gonna be a cardinal. - You think so? - Yes. - Okay. - I just don't think, you know, you can't thin the backfield down by two. - Oh, bam night. - I think they like him. - I think James Conner would be, it would take maybe an offer that Arizona couldn't refuse. I don't know who's making that offer for a veteran running back at this point of his career. We've talked about this before, we've used this phrase. I think James Conner is too much of a heart and soul player for Arizona to move on from him lightly. Now, you might ask, well, why are they signing Tyler Roger and drafting Jeremiah Love? You could be a heart and soul player, and also not be, you know, a starter or a guy that plays a gigantic role. Yeah. Adonis has him played for like nine years for the heat after he actually was logging in. - He got said words is another good example that he's the glue guy. - Yep, yep. - So, I get it, but like us Edwards had a role. I can't imagine Conner has a role here. I really just don't think so. Maybe it comes into his way. - Like if it's his last year, is he gonna want to be like, I'm cool just not playing snaps or special teams just like chilling out in the sideline? - Do you mean of all the places to know that? - Personal conviction, right? - You're exactly right. - But I don't know. - Up to the individual. - I think like it's at a respect for him. Like let's give him an opportunity. There's teams out there that need running back help. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. - We'll see. - I want to ask you guys about the Patriots because this is the time of year now because drafts are literally right around the corner where we start to kind of overanalyze some of the injury tweaks that we hear on and off the field. Travian and Henderson with a little bit of an ankle thing. It sounds like anything that made you guys feel like this is going to change the way I'm approaching him and drafts are just something to monitor. - I would say if you're looking for good news on Travian Henderson, I'm interpreting it that way, is that we haven't heard any follow-up reporting, which this was a tweet yesterday from the incomparable Mike Reese about Travian Henderson, who didn't finish practice for the Patriots. That was, I don't know, 16, 18 hours ago. The fact that we haven't had a subsequent follow-up report that's like, hey, Travian Henderson has a high ankle spray and he's going to miss X number of weeks to me is probably a positive indication. - Sure. - Practice at 8.230. So we'll have a little more clarity about whether Travian Henderson is available. I would say though, I just don't think Ramondra Stevenson is going to be some fantasy game changer unless Travian's off the field and the early indications are not serious. I'm still treating Ramondra as just a usable flex. - Fair. - I agree. My larger concern is just all of the negative Henderson reports. Just the fact that Stevenson is better than him at everything. I mean, that's the larger concern, but at the end of the day, they're both going to play. And this is an offense that is a little bit of a tougher schedule than they did last year. As better receivers, they're going to use them more often. I'm just not sure they can run this thing through the running backs like they did for a big chunk of last season. So I'm avoiding, for the most part, both of those guys. Maybe Stevenson, if he falls far enough, because he could flirt with the flex radar, but Henderson at his ADP is still out of control. Like he's just untouchable right now. - Yeah, it got out of control. Last year, we unfortunately fell for it. A lot of us did and we did not have it materialized. Still feels like it's too high. It was a moment last year. This year, I don't know if he's going to play 10 snaps week one at this point. - Well, I think the issue is that he had so many of those moments and they were so highlight worthy that we can't quit him, right? We know that the big play potential is there. It's been validated on the field, but Stevenson to your point, I think most specifically, is just a better pass protector. So he's going to be on the field more. And obviously, the Patriots number one objective is keeping Drake Maypert protected. - Yep. Travian Henderson had three huge games last year. If you take away those three, and I don't want to take them away, but if you take away those three games, Stevenson is out for two of them. So just to note, he averaged under nine fantasy points if you take out those major games that he had. So he's still trying to figure out his role within this offense. And Ramirez Stevenson, as we've been saying, the entire off season, isn't going to go away. - Travian Henderson last year reminds me of my golf game, because I basically stinking golf. - Okay. - I'm just, unfortunately, the amount of effort has not equated to the amount of progress that I love, right? - Welcome to the club. That was funny, Mike. - I did that on purpose on Mike. But man alive, is there a feeling when you make that rare birdie where you're like, "Gosh, I could do this game." And so last year, I waited all season for Travian to have a real role. And then for Travian to turn that real role into something. Thursday night football against the Jets three touchdowns. We are so back, baby. There's no way the Patriots can ever get Ramirez Stevenson back into the fold. He goes to Tampa Bay. He runs for two touchdowns. Each of them was like 60 yards. How can you keep this guy off the field and then eventually Ramirez Stevenson gets healthy and he goes back to being completely useless for fantasy purposes? It's like me, you know, I have a birdie and then I followed up with a triple bogey. It's what I do. - Yeah. - So he is my golf game player. - I love that. - And I love that. - That changes in 2020. - That is such a great analogy, feel Jets. - All right, let's dive in. And the first thing that keeps texting me about whether I need to have my roof or play stops. - I'm telling him Texer, I have control of my life with him. We've got a lot of them lately. - I've said it, no, 100 times. They keep asking me if I want to work for Amazon. I don't know why. - Are you applying to them? - No, I'm not applying. - I don't know. Don't you get it? - I hate to report a spam every single time. Hey, big shout out to our guy, Eric Moody. Follow him on social media at Eric and Moody. He is in the chat today. We're gonna take some questions from you guys and a little bit, but first we're gonna dive into Mike's best players from every single round. Love this piece might give me a little bit of context here. We're doing a 12 team league with this So that's the ADP that we're going off of. Yeah, it's a you can use it for obviously for a bunch of different formats But I kind of lean toward 12 team PPR formats, which is roughly our Default and I use ADP them like the most recent ADP across the industry So it kind of kind of help everyone. It's not just ESPN It's kind of gives you a good idea of where the industry is and then I picked my favorite values from each of those rounds Our ADP is available obviously on the fantasy site you can head to comm and find the ESPN live draft trends when you are grabbing This just for people to know for their own context where you're getting your industry ADP before our friends at draft sharks have an excellent ADP Totally look at all the different sites formats. Those guys do an awesome job at that I work with them a little bit to like here's some suggestions the things that can make it super usable So it's a great feature love that all right. Let's dive in with round one Mike. Oh do it If the ADP you're using is industry ADP it might be a bit let's say Sharper quote unquote which could allow ESPN users to find some considerable value Exactly because like in ours for example if we have let's just say we'll I'll use a real example Mike Evans lower in our rankings He's probably his ADP because of auto drafts and such. He's he's gonna go later in our drafts But another site you might go higher So obviously if I'm drafting at ESPN I might actually pick him if he falls far enough But anywhere else or drafting in my neighborhood. Like there's no way. I'm ever going to take my Gevens in the fifth round It's a good actualization. Yep. All right. Let's dive in round one Mike You're gonna bring a bunch of names to the table. We won't be able to talk about everyone We just want to give as big of a conversation around this as we guys just what I'm thinking each round as we roll through What's available that kind of thing so for each round I kind of pick my favorite target for round one as always That's kind of impossible because it depends where you're Everybody in round one. So I kind of hate doing that because I want to put my favorite target But the reality is it just depends so yeah, give me like Jameer Gibbs one overall, but I might not get that pick So obviously first two picks Jameer Gibbs, but John Robinson We've talked to that we've talked about that endlessly if I can get one of them two guys. I'm happy if not You have Christian McCaffrey or Jonathan Taylor in the middle of the first round which are running back options and later in that round Jamar Chase Pukin Akua JSN Aman Ross CD Lam Justin Jefferson all of those guys. So again, I'm just taking the best guy for my overall top 10 Yeah, top 10 top 12 whatever it might be the round one's pretty straightforward to me feels really chalky and at that point It's like who falls to me that I think is just the best player that's available on the board You haven't even set up your roster so you can build around them. I'm with you on that mic. Let's move ahead because we talk a lot about the round one That's that's a nice easy one. Yeah easy one Let's do it. Round two. Let's keep on moving. All right round two for me is a guy. And again, this is tricky because if I'm picking at the beginning of the first round I won't get him but if I'm picking toward the end of the first round I can actually get him in round two. No, he has fallen. It's Devon Achan Again, not afraid to take him late in the first. He's the 10th overall player on my board But if you can get him in round two you do that we've we've picked him apart. Obviously this offense might be one of the lowest scoring Offences in the NFL. That's going to be determined by how well I'm leak will us plays But as far as I'm concerned, this is one of the best running backs in the NFL Elysian NFL in the arts for Carrie since he was drafted week and he can do it as a pass catcher as a rusher and we know what Jeff Halfley's new head coach said they're going to he's going to have to drag him off the field at each week because he's going to get the rock a ton Even if they don't score a lot. It's this guy's getting 20 25 touches a week He's going to be outstanding in fantasy so if I can get him early round two that is my guy I made this point last night during the marathon I think it's worth reiterating. It's like a little bit more nuanced than I think some of some of the conversations we have about player of fantasy value now As I understand the concerns about this offense offense being bad and it might well be bad I do think they're going to be able to run the football. They ran the football effectively with Devon H and last season This is a matter of facts since he entered the league. He has three thousand and fifty seven rushing yards That's three seasons for Devon H and that's nearly 200 more rushing yards than Christian McAfry and that same span on 89 Fewer carries, but this team invested in the running game this soft season. They drafted Kate and Proctor 12th overall out of Alabama and while you can nitpick parts portions of his game He is a massive people mover in the running game. That's where he's going to be at his best in the NFL He's going to play guard for them and then a lot of blocking tight end analysis baby will Kaz Merrick third round pick out of Ohio state Who was the best blocking tight end by a mile in this year's draft class We talk about running games are impacted in a positive way by like a great fullback or great blocking tight end Kaz Merrickson help as well So I have confidence that you're going to see a really solid rushing year from Devon H and I love this take Then I field is bringing up because I think a lot of the blocking talk that you're discussing Is there to offset the argument that there will be many boxes loaded obviously without field stretchers on the field Four Devon H and and against him, but last season I also said this on the marathon and believe it believe it bears reiterating He 23% of H and carries came against loaded boxes last season and he still was the RB2 and yards per touch at 6.0 So we know he can get past them right he had the number one explosive rating at the position last season So it's not like this isn't a position that he's been in and succeeded in before sure If they can find a way to be able to utilize the dual threat quarterback I mean we knew that Tua was never going to scramble out of the pocket Maybe that can be another way for him to be able to have a few more open lanes as well By the way, don't forget like you would say Devon H and was pretty darn good at fantasy last year right? He was very good at fantasy last year. Would you say that dolphins offense was good last year? No, they were terrible. Maybe they were like they were last in plays per game They were outside the top 20 in touchdown So maybe you were a little worse than that, but it was already bad last year and he was outstanding But he's falling to the back of the second or the beginning of the second round So you get more value. You would have only the only narrative that I feel like we all keep coming back to is There's a rushing quarterback that maybe doesn't dump the ball off enough But if Malik will us can just do that like I want to think is most fair. Yeah, I think it's fair But also they're going to actually it's not going to be just dump off So they're going to design they'll have like they have and you mean the point field too about this team needing to play catch up Because they're probably not going to be ahead often. Yes, very rarely Yes, very rarely. Yes, me. All right, let's keep moving. That was round two. Give me around three favorites All right, round three for me no surprise here. Oh, it's my guy I have a staff for you guys about your my love Is the stat the last nine running backs drafted inside top 12 in the NFL draft also finished as top 12 in fantasy football As rookies. Yes. Yes. Okay. Got it I'm waiting. I heard that before that's a lot of numbers and qualifiers to work through but you got there So I mean there's three there's three nice well swaps. Yes. Yes, a rookie. Yeah, okay. Oh, you've got there So anyway end of analysis, I guess no luck. I got it. Don't worry Mike. His look. He's ADP has fallen a little bit because he's We'll say questionable for week one. It sounds like it's running in a positive direction The bottom line for me is I don't care if he starts slow the guy has the potential to be a league winner I love the talent. I feel like this time next year more sitting or we're going to be like germ. I love I I'm thinking about him like fifth overall in the draft like he the guy is going to be the next superstar in fantasy And we're getting him in the third round right now. So I'm in on him and what I really love to is I'm fantasy playoff time that schedule looks pretty darn good for the Cardinals This is a potential league winner So as he continues to fall in drafts. I'm going to keep bouncing on Jeremiah love This is a hilarious tweet by the way Jeremiah love might be the in all capital letters most explosive player on the cardinals roster They're not who else would be in the conversation for that right? Like who else are we considering? Love has reportedly quote stood out Is RB one? Is that right? He went third overall. I had no idea to track with what a running back third overall goes His footwork and burst have reportedly blown away those in attendance. So Yeah, what is that? That's what we was a new world of social media Last year with Ashton genty it was a bad team. We were worried about the offense But we were still in on the talent. We were still in on the kid and because of that we took him quite a bit higher We never want to root for injuries But Mike you talked about how this high angles brain actually pushes him down the board Maybe do a more appropriate spot to be drafted right now in this year's draft fine. I'll take the discount I liked him where he was going initially, which was still too low now It's even lower to be honest your entire third round is full of red flags You got Malik neighbors Rashi rice is guys that you're happy with and later in the round you got Breast Hall and Josh Jacobs Those are some red or yellow flag players there in the fourth round All guys are going earlier though if they were 100% if we had no question mark So yeah, I'm taking discounts on potential. I'm taking the discount. I'm potential league winners here. I like that I like that call all right fourth round. Keep it moving. I fourth round speaking of red flags. How about a jet Garwielson. I love Garwielson. I continue to be stunned that he's available in the fourth round He actually I think did you take him yesterday in the mock? Are you in the third round? I think of our 12 team or yesterday, but I can't remember who took him anyway What a little earlier here in an ESPN staff mock, but generally he goes in the fourth round We're getting a discount on this guy as well after he was injured last season remember This is not a guy that is injury red flags his first three years in the NFL missed zero games Was very healthy was top six at receiver and targets all of those seasons I pointed this out about the quarterback situation field I know you're worried that maybe they may change at some point But you know Smith during his time in Seattle a three-year stint and again There was just one year with the Raiders. Bowers wasn't healthy. The receivers weren't good It was kind of a mess there But his three years in Seattle. They were top 10 in passing yards They were top 10 and wide receiver fantasy points DK McAf Tyler lock at JS and they all had top 16 fantasy campaigns during that stretch Garwielson is going to be the clear feature target in this offense And I think the fourth round is a great place to pounce on who I think is one of the best talents At receiver in the NFL incredibly talented worth every penny the jets are now paying him But just comes down to my concerns over the quarterback. I'm not as sold as you are on Gino Smith. And Garrett Wilson has had a lot of time with bad quarterback and has produced okay, but not spectacular fantasy seasons He has 18 touchdowns in four years 18 his career high is seven in a single season his career high in receiving yards Is 1105 this is not a guy who's pushed past 1200 1300 yards, and he averaged under 12 yards per catch Probably because the the jets offense. It's just been so dysfunctional that they can't create opportunities down the field You guys like say flowers are averaging over 14 yards in catch last season Teteromic milling draft in that same territory. He had seven touchdowns as a rookie I just think there are better values than Garrett Wilson I he was we did a segment last night on play on the red flags and guys were not drafting He was my red flag guy Garrett Wilson. I've just like I've I've I've we he and I are on good terms personally But from my fantasy perspective just not draft together for what it's worth your three spots lower So we're not that far off on him, but I'm in the draft. The most responsible matter. You do have other good options If I'm not going Garrett Wilson, I like Camp Scataboo here, although he's falling a little bit now Which is nice if you get him in the fifth round Quinchon Judkins if I want to go running back This that's like the end of the running back tier here So I'm definitely not afraid to take a running back, especially if I only have one so far But also Teteromic Millen mecca Buka those guys are available in the fourth round as well We haven't had a lot of Teteromic milling talk so far on the show this year Is this one of those situations where like we know that the kid is good We feel good about the talent, but what is there to say about Bryce Young when we're not sure what is quarterback is going to be in what the Sealing on his game is because the mecca Buka going right next to him I kind of feel like we got a vision of what that ceiling could be last year. Yeah I don't think we really saw it with Teteromic Millen. We just haven't had as much conversation around him this year Yeah, he's it's a small sample size It's a bit of a leap of faith I mean for a player that had 120 plus point game last year Teteromic Millen we're talking about him as a potential top 13 14 15 wide receiver Yeah, it's a big gap for him to close this upcoming season. Yeah, I think the also question is do we think that Bryce Young will be any better Is there any improvement this year because that forward mick millen did average over seven targets per game? So we do like that volume. Yep Obviously it was a wide receiver 20. I believe in fantasy points per game as well. Yeah, that's why all I mean a mick millen Kind of easily outscored a Buka last year in fantasy points, but to your point like a Buka had the ceiling Yes, the big games early on in the year Teteromic Millen of one top 10, but a much higher floor throughout the year is more consistent Because he was just racking up a big target chair target's catches all that but you're right you I feel like a Buka ceiling is higher Because of Bryce Young like I just don't know if he's going to get mick millen to the next level But at the end of the day the guy was so good He looked apart as a rookie did mick millen and you would expect a year to and we're excited about the potential of a healthy Baker Mayfield Yeah, that's also you know wants to get paid Yeah, both of those guys are fine in this range. I love to have a conversation with like a very level-headed panthers fan about like what you're feeling Is about Bryce Young right like fan fanatic like of course the people that bleed Carolina blue are gonna be like yeah He's awesome, you know, we've got our we've got ourselves a quarterback and I appreciate That sentiment. I don't really know he's going into year five and I don't have an answer But if you asked me where Bryce Young ranks amongst current NFL starting quarterback This is your five. I'd give you a sliding scale. Yeah, him is the day's travel the two quarterbacks that are quite mysteries to me right now Yeah, it's interesting because a lot of the maybe it's your is a year five or year four for Bryce Young. I apologize It is your four isn't it? Well, regardless like either way That's a lot of years a lot of those guys that were like drafted early including first overall like we've Baker Mayfield Sam Darnel Geno Smith the guys that didn't work out for a long time and then came around later a lot of them like loss their jobs and Had to go elsewhere like maybe Bryce Young Some versatility at least getting experience and sticking to your safety Maybe he does turn the corner sure at some point. It's it's possible So, but I so far we haven't really seen a high consistent ceiling from him Mike when we turned the corner in around five You were disappointed because I sniped you on your favorite pick of Tyler Warren. Yeah, so you were not able to get him here Even though I know that's your favorite guy obviously. Yeah, you want to play something on this kid I hope I'm picking before you on the ground for sure. Yeah, I didn't mention this but look I'm totally fine with Colson Loveland the round before but the reason I don't take him a lot is because Tyler Warren's available around Later and he might outscore him this year. I think Tyler Warren's ceiling is extremely high. It's not just The target volume that he's gonna have you to 21% target share last season in soft and so Michael Pittman juniors out Keenan Allen's in that should net a little bit more for Tyler Warren We would explain that though to me because Tyler Warren I have him ranked high as well, but I this is we're splitting hairs a little bit Obviously, I think Colson Loveland. I have ranked one spot ahead of Tyler Warren. Okay, but me too if Warren took 30% of his Snaps out of the slot last season. We know that Keenan Allen who was always dominated the slot Especially at this point of his career is expected to man that area of the field in Josh Downs is Used theoretically as more of a z option Then why wouldn't that take more away from Warren versus Josh Downs even with the 111 targets vacated by Pittman's action? First of all, I think we agree Warren is like a capable two-way tight end You as a draft analyst that you would probably agree with that right this guy can you do all the things? So and also you kind of have to think about who's on the field, right? So at some point Alec Pierce will be out there with Downs Keenan Allen and Tyler Warren, right? That's gonna be the four pass catchers. So Frankly, I'm not super concerned about where they lined up I think like he's good. They're gonna get them on his hands not only in the passing game But also in the running game like they're gonna he's gonna run the ball He did that well at Penn State and he did a last year in three goal line carries and scored a rushing touchdown We could see even more of that. So it's really just the the well-rounded game And then this guy's going into year two and also by the way Keenan Allen was soaking up a lot of targets last year, but he was not productive I mean he was really was not productive I think he went was he under 10 fantasy points and 10 straight to figure 10 out of 11 So I don't know what they're gonna get out of him But I do think it will be less than Michael Pittman Mike if you don't go tight end here Which direction are you going in this round in the fifth if I don't go tight end Tareem McClure and Jameson Williams Devonte Adams all available here. I mean you can go right back to the wide receiver. Well, that's going to be a trend as we actually The trend is about to be wide receivers now we're about to see it now now, you know I've addressed other positions We're about to get busy at the white for what it's worth those names are Wildly different from each other like James and Williams and Devonte Adams I do not have in the same like a stratosphere with the way that I think about them as players Maybe that's because I'm just more out on Devonte Adams with the touchdown regression or other things Especially with Sam LaPorta having the the hip problems Jamo crushed when there was no Sam LaPorta, so You said you don't have Devonte and Jamo in the same tier. I mean you're higher on Jamo the Devonte I would I would have Devonte Adams probably ranked higher Because I think he'll get more targets, but I wouldn't I don't think I would draft him draft Devonte is one of my do not draft players this time. Okay, go ahead. I'm sorry I was just going to say that I think all three of these players And maybe this is why you highlighted such distinct players from one another is meant for balance in your team because we've got Terry McFlaurin Thank you, James and Williams upside Devonte Adams maybe more of a regression candidate, but coming off of a big season So I think I'm imagining the three you highlighted these three because This helps contextualize a team and offer balance to a draft. Yeah, basically as I was doing this exercise I'm going like I'm now in round five right so everybody that's been drafted through the first four rounds and ADPs crossed off So these are my best three guys at receiver. So if I'm looking receiver those aren't the next three guys in my rankings Who are generally going in that part? Yeah, okay, which is the McClure nickname that you hate my one. No I love you love it. Oh, oh, Terry Terry Terry was just like copy-catted from Terry Rosir, right? I know I know some basketball guys I know. Wow Truly like you know, that was his name. That's why I was so critical of it. That's why I know him That's impressive. We could throw con Caniple your way and you'd be like I have no idea But I genuinely don't know that. I think it was nearly. Isn't it? Yeah, watch your mouth nearly the NBA rookie of the year last. Oh, wow Yes, he and his his college roommate Cooper flag Went down to the wire there. I don't know. Yeah, okay. All right, mom adopter six and you what is a con Caniple? Can you feel to tell me later one of the best shooting seasons for a rookie true? We have seen not a lie All right, we got round six. We're gonna do one more round with Mike Then we can take a quick break and get some questions from our chat But Mike, give me round six before we do this I'll go Bears time. Oh, oh Yeah, Roman Dunesay not Luther burden. We're going Roman Dunesay. Love that. Yeah, I have a slight lean For him over Luther burden. Remember this is an early first round pick a couple of years ago He's got up to such a good start early last season It's hard to say if he how healthy he was after that because things kind of fell apart But remember much like a buka that upside was there five touchdowns and 15 plus fantasy points and four straight games To open the season. I still think he has wide receiver one upside in fantasy So in the six round. I think he's such a tremendous value. He's the guy I want from this offense if not loveland. Yeah, no, no no Misagrees this is on that. I love Parker Washington the same one. He's more of a floor guy But again, just seems like he's gonna be the wide receiver one in this offense Maybe not the ceiling that we would see from Roman Dunesay or carnell tape But again a nice floor option there. Yeah, Parker. I've loved Parker all off season I've been taking him in best ball mocks everywhere. I've been taking him taking him taking him But the hype now is getting a little wild, you know Expensive the way that you just put it is actually interesting because I we did an episode Maybe a week or two ago where we covered the players that are going to define the upcoming fantasy football season And given the swell of support for Parker Washington this preseason. Yeah, I think I could have included them on that list Right, he's become like every fantasy football analyst favorite wide receiver to talk about and he's he was awesome down the stretch Last year I think he deserves a new contract from the Jack Seville Jaguars. I think he'll get that new contract before the season begins The Jaguars just posted a promotion about their new jerseys, which are going to be debuted this year It's one of those Nike alternate uniforms that wear a couple times. Okay front and side center in that picture. Parker Washington, like everybody here loves Parker Washington. A question is not about whether he's a good player. It's, is he going to be featured consistently enough to pay off at the level that I think people would like to see and pay off? I think the upside of Parker Washington is a guy that will be in your lineup every single week. There are just so many mouths to be. I'll be curious to see how the ball is distributed. By the way, as far as alternate jerseys go, I'm very fascinated to see those because they're like all turquoise or or even all black. I love. They're one of my favorites in the NFL. Love them. I'm a big fan as well. I know you're a uniform guy. Yeah. I am a unified. They started this last year. They did the AFC East and the NFC West last year. Cardinals played with like dirty uniforms. I think they look like Mike and Iks when they're out there just like candies. The jets had very slick. I thought the jets last year were awesome. They were the all black uniforms. They were really. I like them when they're monochrome. Yes. So we could do. We're going to rank a lot of stuff this year. By the way, I like one color. That's true. One note Mike over there. That's right. No. All right, let's dive into. Let's have a couple questions here from our chat. We're through the first six rounds of Mike's best players to draft Eric Moody, by the way, hanging out in the control room, because he's here in Bristol, Connecticut, Royal Twarth. Limit all wants to know. Yates look like an Italian. Mafioso. Mafioso. Mafioso. Field. How's your aunt's got a goal? Pretty good. That's fantastic. That's pretty good. Wow. Field looks like a 30 year old male Kuiper. I'm not sure I agree with that. Okay. Now I was taking shot. That's a great thing. I like this Lehman all man. Yeah. That's fair. That's fair. That's right. All right. We love Veronica. Yeah. When does one transition from a running back to a wide receiver? The first three picks were Gibbs Taylor and Robinson almost went wide receiver, but thought Cook was too good of a value. And then running back class is thin. I am so my rankings are as follows. One, two, three, B. John, Jameer, CMC. So I think pick four is a reasonable place to go with Jamar Chase. I would say that if you value, I mean, you've heard this many times. But if you value two players in an early round, very similarly, I'm breaking the time I go running back because you're going to get to RB 22 and you're going to be like, really? Yes. You're going to get to wide receiver 22 and you're going to be like, oh, all right. Like Terry McFloren, F1, not scary Terry. Might be like the 22nd wide receiver off the board and you're like, that could work right there. RB 22 off the board could be, could be like Ramondra Stevenson. And we opened the show talking about how like, absolutely. That Henderson being hurt. We're not excited to play tray of Ramondra Stevenson. Yeah. And keep in mind that that's what kind of why I do this exercise because I was talking a lot of a lot of running backs until we got to round four. You'll notice in rounds five and six, which we just did to mention one running back. Yeah. It's all like good tight end value loaded with wide receivers. You could start even thinking about around six like eight and Daniels, but not one single running back made it there. Just there's no value there. There's a big cliff that you fall off and then it's kind of gross. I do want to give Veronica some praise, though, because I think James Cook is one of those running backs. I have him ranked. I believe running back what three. I'm pretty high on him. So I do think that's a running back that gets widely overlooked because of all of the discussions. He's usually going like number five. So I liked the upside that me too. All right. I love him there. All right. Let's go with Ron. We have one more question here. This one comes from Ryan. Thoughts on the Cleveland pass catchers and running backs with Watson be named the starter. I got to tell you prior to this news, I wasn't particularly excited to draft any pass catcher from the Browns and following this news, I am not particularly excited to pass. No change. No change. I mean, I think there's points in the draft where it's fine to throw a dart at a KCC on or I mentioned Jerry, Jerry Judy. Just I kind of get straight at some point, but he's a finally round flyer. Of course, Harold Fandon's still going to get the rock again. He'll carry the ball too. They'll get the ball in his hand. So and Quinchon Judkins are going to run the ball through him. I mean, there's places you can attack this offense. But yeah, I don't, I mean, we already knew it was going to be Watson or Sanders. And I don't think any of us were super excited about either one of them. And also if you were more excited about Sanders, he's going to play. I think this is week three. I think all the signs point towards the Browns telling us yesterday. We're going to start to Sean Watson. And once he proves he's not fit to be our starter this year, that means he has not fit to be our starter once and for all. And then we can place your door standards the rest of the year, a young quarterback who needs reps to see whether he has any chance of being our starter. But if if to Sean struggles for three games, like what's the point that you're in year five with the player that is going to go down as the single worst trade in NFL history counterpoint as a Browns fan. What's the point of playing him now when you know that he's not good at answer because he's on the road for the first two weeks in the season. And he's being at home, apparently, which he was. So now he gets what he wants and so do the fans. Yeah, I think we said this yesterday, Danielle, but I believe it's if you start Shadour Sanders and week one, and he struggles, there might be a small group of fans. It is like, Hey, maybe we need to see what it looks like with Sean, right? And then it can create like more pressure on Shadour Sanders. If Dishon stinks for the first couple of weeks and even if Shadour comes out week three through six and is terrible, it's like, okay, what's the point of going to Dishon? I'm sorry that I don't agree with you taking into consideration what the Browns think about the fans because they signed Dishon Watson to 200 and some $1 million. You know, Watson also doesn't care what the fans thinks. So yeah, there you go. Lexed up with him. Mike, give us your seventh round here. I got to tell you, I want to just hear the names that you have listed before you tell you say anything else. Give us the names of your seventh round. The name, my list is all of them. Coral and Sutton is your favorite. Give me the rest of them among the other possible targets. So he's my main target. But the other guy's Rico Dowdell would be a guy you could look at is your B3 or flex. And then some tight ends, Sam Leporder and Kyle Pets. This round made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. Oh, really? This was my lease of all the rounds in the draft. This was the one where I was like, oh, yeah, I'm less excited about these guys. I run here. The fourth round is my favorite. Okay, round seven is, I mean, not great, but also I love Portland Sutton. If I can get him in this body, this is a guy that's had a thousand yards and as was a top 20 receiver now, two seasons in a row. And I don't think he's going to lose much with Jalen Waddle there. I think Jalen Waddle is going to replace a lot of the targets of those guys. They were rotating in through that often. So even if you knock Sutton a little bit, this is a guy that's still going to be one of Bonix's favorite targets in an offensive to score more. And also he's one of the premier, you'd most utilized receivers near the end zone. He's top 10 in end zone targets, four years in a row now, 20 most end zone targets for four straight years. White receiver five in that category last year. Yeah, I'm out. So like him, a lot, I'm happy to get him. And this is again, a lot of wide receivers in this range. This is why I'm not afraid to just load up and running back early. You know, it was interesting last night during the marathon. We had Adam chefs around with us. He was great as he always is. And we were doing a conversation at one point about old faces and new places. And I think a lot of fans know this. But chef these NFL career began reporting on the Broncos for like 25 years. He eventually became a national insider. But he is very much a guy who knows that Broncos organization backwards and forwards. And I thought when we brought up Jalen Waddle, it might be like, well, you know, like Sean Payton gets the guy that's going to unlock so many things for him. Chef, these enthusiasm was a bit more tepid than I thought it was going to be. It was kind of like, yeah, like he's going to be a big part of the offense. But don't forget the Sean Payton loves to spread the football round, which is not that I think we all agree on that sentiment, right? But you kind of wondered when they made that trade for Jalen Waddle, if it was a little bit of, we've got a darn good team. But we need a guy that push comes to shove can be the focal point of the passing game because we want to go from AFC championship game. I know they're caught up. I got hurt to super bowl favorite right away. Yeah. I think that makes sense, especially when they're just rotating in guys that they don't love like Marvin Mims is fine in his own role, but little Jordan Humphrey has even resigned yet. Yeah. Who's that? Do little George. He's there. So he's somewhere. He's on a roster. But, uh, yeah, I think it made sense for them to upgrade that spot. But yeah, I mean, you look at the target share projections for this offense. I don't have enormous target share projections for Waddle or Quill and Sutton, but it should be a good offense under Sean Payton and score a lot. And they're very, very talented duo. So, uh, I think they're both going to be fine in fantasy. I did say yesterday or last night on, on FFC though, Jalen Waddle is a little too expensive for me in the fourth round. But if you're putting the best ball stack together with Waddle, Nick's and Sutton overall, that's a tremendous value. Pretty good. I just want to say congratulations to you. You got that right, saying on FFC last night. You know what? I wanted to say that to you too. I you had to say it like 400 times last night. I don't think you messed it up one time. So well done. No coins in the jar. So I actually thought about bringing a square jar out there for saying fantasy, uh, fantasy football now is supposed to fantasy focus countdown. That's right. And we are now fantasy focused countdown with a really cool thing. The O in focus is like a target. Yeah, it's like you're focusing on it focusing on that. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's a legit creative. All right, round eight, another spot where Mike and I see things pretty similarly here. Your favorite player, Michael Pittman Jr. Yeah, it's good. We're aligned, but also I don't like that. We're aligned. Yes. And just going to keep sniping. He's got a lot of season long Michael Pittman Jr. He's been terrific. You look at his six seasons with Indianapolis. The last five, he's had at least 800 receiving yards. And he missed some time during those stints was a top 20 fantasy receiver and four of the six seasons. He's always been kind of this boring pick. No one really wants to take an ease of value every year in fantasy drafts. And I think that's the case again here. As he goes to Pittsburgh, which I know everyone wants him to have like out of vertical threat. But I just don't know if in Aaron, at this point, Aaron Rodgers career, that he's going to do that a lot. I think Pittman's a perfect fit for him. A guy that's going to generate a board of a quarter of the targets. You won't score a lot of touchdowns, but we're talking about an e-thrown player here in Michael Pittman Jr. who's very good football player and is going to see a lot of targets. So love him. Love, love the value. I think he'll pay off as a wide receiver three big flu. >> I'm not really a big ceiling here. We think with Michael Pitman and the quarterback, but he will definitely be able to cure you if you need that wide receiver here in the spot. >> Higher ceiling, Mike, if you don't want to go with Michael Pitman, we have someone on the other side of that. >> For a teammate. >> Yeah, I'll appear, we're keeping an eye on the injury. If he's going to be ready for week one, I think he'll immediately pay off his ADP. He just is plummeting. He's the guy that's the top of my queue the most often right now in the crafting because he just keeps falling and falling and falling. >> And I've discounted him a little bit because of that. I also did notice as I looked into him a little more that actually he kind of crushed it after the Daniel Jones injury, which is me a hair of pause on him, but also they paid him $14 million. So I think that he is going to be heavily involved and have a more well-rounded target tree when he plays. But if not any of those guys, Jonathan Brooks right now, if you can still get him in this range, again, his ADP is going up. But if you can still get him in the seventh or eighth round, a guy that will probably start for Caroline in week one, I would imagine a Chuba Hubbard obviously dealing with a hamstring injury, he could pay off in a big way as well. >> There are some builds that I would be less comfortable with, Alec Pierce in the eighth round. If you took based off what we know right now, use one of your first, second, first, I guess probably second or third round picks on Ashton Gentie or Jeremiah Love and you're already staring down the specter of those guys maybe missing a game or two or three to begin the season. We don't know right now. And then you eventually draft Alec Pierce like three or four rounds later. It's a sinking feeling when you begin the fantasy football season, you've been waiting eight months for it. And then it's like, yes, I'm playing three bench guys in the first week because I drafted so many her layers. That being said, if you want with a much steadier build during the first few rounds, you have a Jamar chase and you have a Kenneth Walker, the third to anchor your lineup, like getting up on Alec Pierce in the middle rounds. >> Yeah, if he's your, say, your first or second bench player, that's fine. I mean, you don't need him right away, but at some point he could be a weekly starter for you. That's a kind of what you're, what you're starting lineup is filled out. Those are the guys you want. You want potential league winners. >> Here's the thing. You're starting lineup isn't filled out yet. We're through the eighth round. And I don't think you've mentioned a single quarterback yet. We talked tight ends. We talked running backs. We talked wide receivers. You're right. Daniels a little bit earlier. You didn't mean yes, yes, I mentioned him kind of as, yeah, if you want to start the, if you want to start the run or, you know, take a shot and try to get it at your quarterback. Daniels is an option. But you're waiting, but I'm waiting. Usually as often as possible. This is my guy this year Jackson Dart in round nine. Finally a quarterback off the board. I think he's way too cheap. This guy when he started games last year was a tremendous fantasy asset. He had eight top 10 fantasy outings in just 12 games, which was fifth most among quarterback. So they played 12 games. He had eight. What did I say? He had eight top 10. All these numbers. The server just froze for a second. And I repeated it. And I shouldn't have done it. Yeah, the little, you know, like, this is so funny because before the show you and I were talking in Daniels, like, I see you, like, look at your notes before he take, but I'm like, yeah, I'm just refreshing the numbers in my head. So I don't like do what I just did. It was so funny. Yeah, eight top 10s. That was fifth most among quarterbacks. He was tremendous. He and also think about the conditions he was in last year, which wasn't good. You know, Malik neighbors, you have one half of one game. He's going to have neighbors this year. He's also going to. Darnel Mooney is in there like used to be a number one receiver. He's just a depth guy for them now. You bring an Isaiah, likely a tight end. You improve the offensive line. You have John Harbuzz, your head coach. See what you want about Maddenegg. There's a dual threat ability. I mean, everything's kind of coming up. Jartus off season. So as long as he's, he's healthy, which I know is a big question. Mark. He's going to be a fantasy difference, make and remember the if I think is okay here. We're talking about the ninth round. This isn't like Jaden Daniels or Lamar Jackson or Josh out like where you're spending an earlier. He's so late that you can hedge with him as we're about to do here very shortly. I think the biggest concern within the community is the potential injury issue with Dart. So if you were to take him in round nine, and this is your guy, are you also spending a roster spot on a backup for him late again, acknowledging for the umpteen time that the position is so deep. And I answer that question in about one minute. Sure. So I say one last thing on Jackson Dart before move on. Yes coaches have this affinity for players that have torched them in the past. And it's like Sean Payne. I never coach has done this in the past. I bill Beljack used to always do this. The Patriotic signs somebody need to be like, I remember this guy back in 2014, ripped, you know, whatever seven runs of 10 plus yards against us. And it's like those things just stick in your crawl. There are a lot of good reasons to like Jackson Darts just based off of his resume. Mike and I also went to the Giants Eagles game last year at MetLife Stadium together. And I was very caught. This was when the Giants are kind of trending up a little bit with Jackson Darts. And I was like, listen, this is about to be a reality check. The Eagles will take care of business, get back on track. And then Jackson Darts and the Giants put a spanking on Mike's Eagles last year. Yeah. And Mike, I mean, it was, it was almost a surreal experience sitting next to Mike who obviously is such a great fantasy football. But also a huge Eagles fan. It was like a state of shock. And so I'm convinced that since that time, you've had a greater appreciation for Giants. Yeah, it might be because I'm in on scataboo. Yeah, that was a wild game. It felt like a turning point for both franchise and it went the other direction. But yeah, that was, that was a wild experience for sure. The Eagles ran four straight push pushes from like the three yard line in that game. Remember that? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's like they burned like three and a half minutes of play clock on just to pushes. Yeah. Like they got, you know, first and go from the four than it was. Yeah. They got, they got crushed the last two games. I've been to the last two NFL games I've been to, which is basically my last decade, right? Because we're working every Sunday. We're that game. And the Eagles Super Bowl win over the chiefs. So like talk about polar ends of that would be as far as you get. That's great. That's it. I mean, that's the thing. I want to say this really quickly about round nine before we move on. We got three more rounds left. The delta between what you're drafting at the island positions. And what you're getting at the running back or wide receiver spot is crazy. You're getting Jackson dark. And this is a little bit of a crazy thing. But like, if Jackson dark finished as QB five, none of us I think would be shocked. I don't know if George Kittle finished as tight end three. None of us would be shocked. There's no way Kenny Gainwell or Jordan Mason are doing anything like that. The island positions in round nine. With the value right now is really good. Really go running back running back running back this year. And then you're just going to be cruising through all the other positions and never have to look at a running back again. Honestly. And just be happy. I mean, it works. I agree. I like running backs early is totally fine. It's like the top gun meme. I'm inverted. Like running back time. Yeah, and then the other one. I got it. I got you. I got a pop culture that's getting in the me and then pop culture things in me. Oil and water soap. Top gun though. Come on field. Was that tap gun one or top gun? I've got a pretty limited life. There's no top gun too. That movie is named Maverick. Wow, the chest. I look like Tom Prudard. I am back in on top gun. I live on that. I'm in on chat right now. I don't like that. Let's let's move around it. Round nine. We just took Jackson dart off the board. And now I'm looking to see who the next best player is. Mike, where am I going? Yeah, so to answer your question is yes, I will hedge on a quarterback by going quarterback here as well. I'm fine to go back to back. Dark and then I have bonix and Brock party. And this is fine. Even if I don't take if I don't take Jackson dark bonix and Brock party are terrific targets. Has finished QB seven each of his first two in the NFL and is going in the 10th round of drafts which is kind of wild to me after considering that you're adding Jalen Waddle and have probably the best offensive line in the NFL. Tremendous value here on bonix. And then Brock party is finished top 10 and fantasy points for game three consecutive years. And he was outstanding down the stretch 27 plus one back to back weeks. Yeah, 20 plus points. I think four out of five weeks late in the season when he's healthy. He's been outstanding. So remember it's a weekly game. Party can miss a few games. Dark and miss a few games. Nix can miss a few games. Whatever. As long as we have one of these guys out there every single week. We're going to put together a terrific season. And again, you're not doing it at the expense of the other positions. You're doing it in the eighth ninth, 10th round. You're going to be loaded everywhere else and work through the quarterback position. This is an excellent year to deploy that. If you draft Brock party just draft Mac Jones a few rounds later at the last pick because Mac stepping in for Brock party right in there. You're less fantastic. Party can run the ball too. And there's been reports that he's going to even more this year. So a lot to like there. All right, through 10 rounds of the draft, Mike, we got some late round flyers now. We're in that dark throat area for this next one. Why don't you give us rounds 11 and 12 some of your favorite late round flyers, my friend. All right. So look at self evaluation here. Yes. Look, this is one of them things. Why I don't like to say I will never draft a player or a situation because sometimes guys just fall too far because everyone's out. And then that's the time to pounce and take a shot. And that's what I'm doing here with. A packers wide receiver. What? Matthew golden. The heat has gone too far. Around 11 ADP is too far. There's a first round pick last year with the fastest players in the NFL. And I believe that the packers systematically are making a change this season to not just spread the ball around to a ton of wide receivers. I'm not as worried as I was last year. Okay. It should be Matthew golden. It should be Jaden reen in the slot. And it should be your boy Christian Watson and the other side. Maybe craft a tight end. That is going to be what they deploy this year saving on Williams will be rotated in as a gadget player here there, but that should be it. I think they really are making a change here. So I believe in golden. He looks really good. His best game of his career. What's his most recent game in the playoffs against Chicago Bears. So I think in round 11. This is we're getting a darker territory. This is where you pounce on a guy like this. This is the dark throw I would throw at the packers wide receiving core if I was going to it will be magical than as well. And you, by the way, you have other options here too. You see him on the screen. Casey conception is perfectly fine fallback. I can't believe I'm saying this, but post type Xavier worthy. I mean, what if he just wasn't. healthy last year. I mean, you look at it. This is why I enjoy doing targets, right? Or doing projections. I mean, because you look at just target distribution and what should be a good passing offense in Kansas City with Patrick Mahomes. You're like, if I'm not given the worthy, where are they going? Like we're giving them to like he has to be heavily involved in that offense. So he's a name, Zach Charbonne, if he comes back at some point in the first month or so, the seasonal payoff at this cost. So you have some options here. I will go back to something that was set on the broadcast of the first game for the chief last year. They played in Brazil against the charger Friday night football game and Kirk Warner was calling the game as the game analyst and they were talking about how they were speaking to Andy Reed and how their expectation was building a lot of the passing game until Rashi Rice returned around Xavier worthy. Now, maybe the chiefs have just soured a ton on worthy from 12 months ago, because he was really disappointing last season while coming back from that hit that he took from Travis Kelsey, three snaps into the season. But there was a point last year where the chiefs had big plans for Xavier worthy. They traded up in the draft to get him. I agree with you, Mike. He is an interesting at the very least 11th round. All right. In the 12th round, Mike, I feel like then came here about to mention is just continues to climb up boards. I wonder how much higher it's going to get as we get closer to the start of the season. Yeah, usually don't do this in this exercise, but I reached by around on his current ADP. When I wrote this as ADP is probably working its way up to the 10th, 11th round, maybe the 12th round, but in the 12th round, I've just gone struggling from 49ers. The hype seems real here. This was a borderline first round pick, 33rd overall pick. I know they were kind of kind of rudely criticized for reaching on some guys in this draft, but so far they look like they're correct on struggling. He looks the part and with Mike Evans not getting through some practices, 33 years old. Debo Samuel was just brought in. No Ricky Pierce all George Kiddles coming off a major injury, CMC's 30. They need to look to the future at some point. And this could be an every down player for the 49ers as soon as week one. So talking about round 12 for Jajan Stribbling. Yes, sir, while watching these highlights of camp right now, Brock is slinging it. Yeah, I took Stribbling first overall. My preseason fantasy league and I am in first place because he has been ridiculously busy. He's got what 20 catches and two games for the night 15 catches and two games for the Niners. All got to know hesitation. Both in terms of skill set and in terms of how he has handled this draft process and the preseason. Mike, last chance here to be able to throw a few darts. If you can't get any of those guys, is there anyone else just at the end of drafts you'd like to be able to throw a dart at the end of the draft. So we're going to like yeah, rounds 13 and 14. I kind of just split off as guys that are kind of just, you know, dark throws across all of the position. So a few things. I'm looking at flyers at the quarterback position. Think Daniel Jones who remember that offense was so good. He was QB seven when he got her last year. Malik Willa stole threat ability. Kim Ward a year or two quarterback. These are guys to throw darts at running back insurance options are outstanding in this area. And I'm not going to mention Blake Korn because he went five rounds ago. He's too expensive. But Brian Robinson, Keaton Mitchell, as a Pacheco, Jonah Coleman, guys like that tank pigs being filled out of you. Mike Washington, Jr. Obviously, he's on the rise. Definitely fast and gentle. He injured wide receiver. I do a lot of analysis on this. I did this in the playbook where you should be looking for upside flyers at receiver. Generally, it's going to be the first year or three of their career guys that were drafted in the first three rounds of the NFL draft. Guys that fit that struggling. I just mentioned Denzel Boston, Caleb Douglas, Jacob Elaine, Jeremy Bernard, Zachariah Branch, Omar Cooper, all those guys are viable. Late rounders, Travis Hunter, Jalen McMillan, guys like that. And then tight ends. I mean, there's actually some respectable veterans available like a TJ Hawkinson is going this late and drafts Hunter Henry. And then, of course, the young guys, Terrence Ferguson, that's right. Love him. Renton Strange. Indian Sadik has plummeted in drafts because the injury is probably going to get off to a slow start. But the last five tight ends drafted in the first round, all finished top 12 and fantasy points. The tight end is a rookie, very similar to the Jeremiah love stats are very similar there. Keep an eye on him and Gunner Helm as well out there in Tennessee, replacing a guy, right? Good player. Hey, go check. Can I throw out a quick name? And I want to ask you about it because we can talk about this in news. And if we're throwing late round flyers, there is buzz that Chris Bell now on the Miami Dolphins drafted inside of the top 100 this past draft on a player that I know you were very high on before he tore his ACL and I believe in late November. Late November tears ACL and then of course, being the final game of his college career. He looks like AJ Brown in terms of build. He is just an absolute beast out there. So powerful. So strong. But that he might play in the final preseason game. Yeah, that would be really interesting. I just, I can only go as far as investing in Devon HN and this Dolphins office, right? That's about as far as I'm willing to go right now. I totally find late or last round pick is Chris Bell. But I think they'll be smart with them throughout the upcoming season. And I do think this passing office is going to leave some things to be desired. Yeah, for picking a dynasty receiver from Miami, though, Chris Bell. Yeah, the news that he could play in the preseason finale. I just wanted to just because it's a really exciting, there's so much potential here. And it's an exciting recovery for it wide open room to be someone to come in and put their stay up just for some context. I had a mock draft that came out like a day or two before the news. They Chris Bell tore his ACL, a real NFL mock draft. He went 30 second overall in that mock. So before the injury, I was thinking this is a player. And this was in November who had a real chance to be in that first round conversation. Okay. Love that. Like let's say a couple questions from our chat before we get out of here. This one comes from Steven Sittler wants to know. Thoughts on Jalen Naylor as a late round flyer. He's virtually going undrafted and is the clear wide receiver one in Las Vegas. Someone has to catch passes outside of Brock Bowers, right guys? Well, this is a good question. A little more, you know, this is we haven't talked much about Jalen Naylor or the Raiders wide receivers. The reports seem to indicate that the clear wide receiver one in Las Vegas is Trey Tucker. I think I wouldn't be surprised if Tucker got an extension prior to the season with Las Vegas. Trey Tucker. If you remember scored 43 points last year, one week as the commander. See we scored over 40. This reminds me a little bit of how I've settled with like, should you be drafting? And these guys are at a much higher level. Roman Doomsday or Luther Burton. My answer is Colston Lovelin. It's like rather than worrying about a Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver, I'm convinced that Brock Bowers has a real shot to set the NFL single season catch record for tight ends. Wow. I like it. Jalen Naylor's 27 has never had more than six targets in a game and six in a game. And when guys like Jefferson Miss time or Jordan Addison Miss time and he stepped into a starting role. He still wasn't usable in fantasy. Now he's going to the Raiders. I mean, no thanks. Okay. No thanks from Mike. We're going to move on to the next question here from our chat. This one comes from Benny. Benny wants to know is Oli Gordon or Jalen Wright, a better handcuff for Devani Chan? I think the offseason reports I saw most recently was that it was clearly right ahead of him on the depth chart. That could change at any given point. Young or Gordon is a very young player. At some point, he might develop and pass him out. But if I had to pick one right now, it's Jalen, right? The only reason neither actually, right answer is neither. But if Devani Chan gets hurt and this one of these guys becomes the de facto number one, one, I don't think it would be just the number one. I think it'd be a split. Yeah, split. That's a big or take. I'm not. I wouldn't be. We wouldn't start either one of these guys. We wouldn't have him ranked likely as a weekly starter. Yeah. All right. Next question here from our chat. This last one comes from Billy Sumner, wants to know Garrett Wilson versus a mecca of Buka. Who is a greater ceiling? This is a trading query. I think the greater ceiling is mecca. Buka guy was red hot the first half of last season. Garrett Wilson is a more talented player, but quarterback considerations, the offense in general that he plays in. I think the answer is mecca. Buka pretty clearly. Okay. Yeah. It's, you know, I like Garrett Wilson. He's going around later than drafts, too. So it's, it's a close call. I think who's more likely to finish top five this season? So higher ceiling. Yeah. I'm with you on that. Yep. All right. We've got a couple things here quickly. Before we close out the show, we're going to take a look at my friends. This one comes from Marin Auto. Marin out. Just notice Liz is shirt. That is fantastic. What is it, Liz? It's a Lizzie McGuire shirt. Oh, I figured we were all going to come clean with some fantasy takes today. So Hillary does have it a moment these days. Yeah. It's come back nothing wrong with that surgeon. It's not a comeback. That's the real one. Thank you. We got one more. Actually, we want to show before we get out of here. Lamino says field looks like Tom Cruise in the German choir. Guys. Show me the money. My gosh. Show me the money. How did that work? I think it's pretty good for sure. Yeah. Player. Would you tell completed you in fantasy this year? Yeah. Christian Watson. Thank you. Christian Watson. That's it. That's it. Hey, we're not done. We've got so much more of the fantasy football marathon today throughout the entirety of the day. We're going to be a lot of different places, but most importantly tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern time, we're going to be doing our draft, the big draft for the fantasy football marathon. It is also going to be live on YouTube in case you want to watch it there as well as a second experience. We will see you guys tonight. Don't forget to let each other and be kind to yourself. You deserve it. We'll see you guys.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The show discusses Mike Clay’s best draft picks for each round, using 12-team PPR league ADP as a baseline.
  2. Key early-round targets include Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Devon Achane, Jeremiah Love, Garrett Wilson, and Tyler Warren, with emphasis on value and potential league winners.
  3. The Texans signing Kay Sean Booty is seen as having minimal fantasy impact, while Trey Benson’s release from the Cardinals boosts James Conner and Jeremiah Love’s roles.
  4. Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson is preferred over Trevian Henderson due to consistency and pass protection, though both are avoidable at current ADPs.
  5. Later-round values include Courtland Sutton, Michael Pittman Jr., Jackson Dart, Bo Nix, Brock Purdy, and Ricky Pearsall, with a strategy of loading up on running backs early and waiting on quarterback.
  6. The show touches on quarterback controversies (e.g., Deshaun Watson in Cleveland), wide receiver ceilings (e.g., Garrett Wilson vs. Malik Nabers), and late-round flyers like Chris Bell and Jalen Stribling.

Summary:

The transcript covers a fantasy football discussion focused on Mike Clay’s article about the best draft picks in each round, using industry ADP for a 12-team PPR league. The hosts, including Daniel Dopp, Mike Clay, and Liz Loza, analyze players round by round, highlighting value picks and strategic approaches. In early rounds, they favor elite running backs like Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs, but also endorse Devon Achane as a second-round steal despite Miami’s offensive concerns, citing his elite rushing efficiency and workload potential.

Jeremiah Love is a third-round favorite, with a stat showing top-12 rookie running backs often succeed, though his injury risk is noted. Garrett Wilson is debated, with some preferring Malik Nabers for higher ceiling. , and tight ends like Tyler Warren.

The hosts emphasize waiting on quarterback, recommending Jackson Dart, Bo Nix, and Brock Purdy as late-round values. They also discuss news items, such as Kay Sean Booty’s minimal fantasy relevance and Trey Benson’s release, which boosts James Conner and Jeremiah Love. The show concludes with advice on late-round flyers like Ricky Pearsall and Chris Bell, and answers audience questions on players like Jalen Naylor and handcuffs for Devon Achane, ultimately stressing a balanced draft strategy with early running back focus.

FAQs

In round one, Mike Clay prefers taking the best available player from his top 10 overall, such as Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Christian McCaffrey, or Jonathan Taylor, depending on draft position.

Devon Achane is ranked 10th overall by Mike Clay but can be drafted in round two. He's one of the NFL's best running backs with elite yards per carry and is expected to get 20-25 touches weekly, even if Miami's offense struggles.

Jeremiah Love has elite talent and a favorable fantasy playoff schedule. He's a rookie running back with top-12 upside, and his ADP has fallen due to a minor injury, offering a discount on a potential superstar.

Mike Clay likes Garrett Wilson's talent and sees him as the clear feature target in the Jets' offense, but Field Yates has concerns about Geno Smith's quarterback play, noting Wilson's modest career stats and inconsistent production with poor QB situations.

Tyler Warren has a high ceiling due to his target share and versatility, including rushing ability near the goal line. He's expected to improve in year two with more opportunities, especially with Keenan Allen's declining production.

Jackson Dart, Bo Nix, and Brock Purdy are excellent late-round quarterback targets. Dart had eight top-10 finishes in 12 games, Nix finished QB7 twice, and Purdy has been top-10 in fantasy points per game for three straight years.

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