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I'm Liz Loza, this is Facts vs Feelings, and today's fact is that it's never too late to try something new. Daniel Dopp, that hot sauce episode went so well that the powers that be put us both back in tiny boxes. What do you think about that? I think we either did so well that they were like, we can't ever do that again, or they're like, we need to find something else to help recapture what they did, which is why you're in a little box. I'm in a little box, and I think we're here to do a mock in a box. We are doing a mock in a box. It is a 12 team, one point PPR. We're only drafting three bench spots because we want to keep things moving and feel like that gives folks enough of an idea of depth. But last time you guys like the mocks, so we brought it back and because you called the voicemail line with such a plum, we got so many voicemails. We're going to do a special bonus episode where we answer a ton of your voicemails. That'll be out later, but right now we wanted to just focus on the mock and make sure you keep an eye out for the bonus mailbag episode, which was totally inspired and produced just for our listeners. Absolutely. Cannot wait for that episode. Liz, it's going to be a very good one. Excited about that. But let's get into our mock draft here today. Who are we kicking off within this mock draft? Do we know who's in this thing, Liz? We do know. There's 12 people. In fact, Kyle Soppy is going to kick us off. And he did indeed do that with who is it? Be Jean Robinson. Be Jean Robinson. Yeah. Yeah. Be Jean, Jamire, Jamar, Chase, and then you're on the clock here with the fourth overall pick. Literally chalk. This is the way that every draft has gone so far. Which direction you going? I went with Jackson Smith and Jigba. I would have taken Jamar Chase, but our guy focused chat expert Eric Moody picked Jamar Chase. And you and I have both talked about how we have JSN just a little bit above Puka because we don't know if any disciplinary action is going to come Puka's way. Very interested to see. Wow. James Cook comes off the board before Jonathan Taylor and Christian McCaffrey, which is actually where I have him ranked as RB three. Are you in on that Liz? Absolutely. You and I have him in the same spot. We've both talked about it. I don't think that CMC ordered Jonathan Taylor is going to finish the season if James Cook gets hurt. Maybe some bad luck, but if CMC or Jonathan Taylor were to miss time. Well, I should have seen that coming. I think the same thing. I'm on the clock right now. And I've got Christian McCaffrey and I'm on Ross Saint Brown staring me in the face. And I have been preaching it all season. I'm going to continue to pass on CMC and go with the secret sector of I'm on Ross Saint Brown. That's right, girl. So now we got three picks until we get to the end of the turn. CD Lam comes off the board to our buddy Kevin Paul Sufer. And now I'm going to be in a spot after taking I'm on Ross Saint Brown Liz. We're probably going to look at going with a running back here. Has anything changed with the way that you've been approaching your mock drafts over the last little bit as we get to the final push of draft season? I have found myself more willing to draft Sequan Barkley. I think in a year that the Eagles are dealing with a passing game transition. There might be more emphasis on the ground game. And even though Barkley disappointed based on his ADP in 2025, he did still finish inside the top 15 overall fantasy producers at the position. So I think that he offers a nice floor. Yeah, I'm with you on that. All right, Liz, we're through the first round. I'm going to read it off. Let me know if there's anything here that stands out to you. But John Roberts and Jamire Gives, Jamar Chase, JS and Puka James Cook, Jonathan Taylor, Aman Ross Saint Brown, CD Lam, Christian McAfry, Justin Jefferson, and Chase Brown at the 12 spot. That is your first round. Anything stand out to you about that? Well, I make my pick here in the second. I think it's interesting that Chase Brown is going above Sequan Barkley whose floor I just talked about above Devon Achan who does not have the most optimal situation as we've talked about all summer in Miami, but does have such breakaway talent that it's hard to completely ignore him. I might have said this previously, but it just bears reiterating. Last season, 23% of Achan's carries came against a loaded boxes and he's still averaged six yards per touch. So obviously a dynamic weapon, both via the ground and through the air. And then Jeremiah Love, that high ankle sprain issue is causing him to fall a little bit. And I hope we'll see if this becomes a spoiler, raising the stock of Tyler Algier. Yeah, we'll see what happens with that one. Definitely something to monitor, though, as we keep getting closer to week one. Second round, Sequan Barkley Devon Achan, Jeremiah Love, as you just stated. I then, excuse me, we had Ashton Genty after that. And I took my guy, Omari and Hampton. I've been pounded the table for him as the RB1 in this Mike McDaniel offense. Love him to be able to pair with Aman Rossi Brown, who gives me a really safe floor at the White receiver spot. And after that, AJ Brown, Kenneth Walker, the third Brock Bowers, the first tight end comes off the boards where producers Zach in the second, Derek Henry goes to you, Liz Lose, and you went with the old king. I did. I really do like the Ravens schedule here. I am warming up to the idea of this new offense. Declan Doyle is saying all of the right things. I'm anticipating a bounce back season for Lamar. So there's no reason to believe that Henry won't continue to hold the incredibly high floor that he has for so many seasons. Quick other note, you know, we talked about Jeremiah Love and how his ankle issue was causing him to slip a little. Interesting that the very next pick who went to Pulsifer was Ashton Genty, the other potentially banged up running back. Both of those guys going in like what the middle ish of the second round. Yeah. High ankle sprains is one of those things that does give me a little bit of pause on running backs because it feels like one of those things you just sort of have to deal with all season. I'm not sure how quickly it gets healthy when you listen to people talk about the length of the injury of a high ankle sprain. I'm not a scientist or a doctor or any of those things, but it gives me a little pause. But you are, you are experienced and I like to think of the high ankle sprains as a cranberry injury in that nailinger. Girl. Girl. Oh, I love you. You're so great. That was no. That was good. That was good. Yes. Did you have to? Thanks. Okay. Did you have to? Okay. Can you pick now that we're at this point? I love you. All right. We finished out the second round. Derek Henry, Breeze Hall, Drake London, Nico Collins, third round. Javante Williams, Chris Olabe, Kyron Williams. What are you doing here in the third list? I decided to do something I haven't done all draft season and that select Trey McBride. I've usually been waiting for Tyler Warren or Colston Loveland who I've talked endlessly about. But I feel really good with Derek Henry and Jackson Smith and Jigba that I decided to lock up that island position early. I didn't love the rest of the quarter, the rest of the running backs that were presenting to me and I feel like I can get something of value on the turn. So no need to reach past who I think will dominate the position once again in 26. I like that. I like that call is being able to grab someone. Also, this is part of why we do mock drafts. Maybe do something a little bit different. See if you like the way the strategy plays out before you get into the real draft. After you had Trey McBride, it was Rishi Rice, Garrett Wilson, and then Josh Allen first quarterback off the board. I'm on the clock with George Pickens, Malik neighbors, Travis H Ann, Devante Smith. I'm gonna go down the board a little bit and get my guy that I have as wide receiver 12 this year because if I do believe in this offense, oh no, but do I want to do that? Hold on. I love the real time thinking. Oh shoot. I took Elmari and Hampton, right? I love Lad McConkey this year. I have him as wide receiver 12. I would take him over all of the guys that are on this list right now. But already having Elmari and Hampton, do I want two of my first three picks to be from the same offense? Can you talk about what your strategy would be? Well, I think about it. Yeah, some might call that a battery. In fact, I don't know. I don't know if you know that term, but apparently it's a baseball term. I've heard but I would say I agree that I want to diversify a little bit, especially unless you were like also gonna stack Justin Herbert. But right here it is you're in a bit of a pickle and you know the clock sticking. So you went with a guy that had in my view, Travis H Ann and let me also say that I think this is a fantastic pick. I'm surprised that H Ann hasn't gone up drop draft boards a little bit more with the news that Alvin Camara's a bit banged up. And so there should be more space at least at the top of the season for Travis H Ann to perform in a pass catching capacity. We know he has that ability. So I think I'm, you know, I might actually will see if I feel compelled to move him up in my overall rankings as well. I will say one of the few things that has changed with me over the last little bit in draft season when the players have been gravitating more towards is Travis H Ann with where he is at Jordan Tyson, unfortunately getting hurt. So that's fewer targets going to the wide receiving position at that point. Alvin Camara, who you just mentioned now also dealing with something. So it just feels like that target tree and that offense is going to run through in theory three people. Chris Alade, Travis H Ann, and then the tight end, Johan Johnson. So being able to get him as my running back to here, especially with how quickly the running back position dries up, I don't mind. being able to do that and then I'm going to do something else. It's just a little bit different than what I've done in the past. I'm going to grab a third running back and go with Cam Skataboo, a guy that I think has top 10 upside if you can stay healthy, especially with what this giant's offense can be, but a little bit of an injury concern. At least he's my RB3 and I'm my RB2. I think that that is solid moves that you are making. I'm looking at the board and I had Skataboo, I was thinking about putting him in my queue, but I just don't really like pairing him with Derek Henry. I feel like that might be a little too volatile, not in terms of Henry's floor and weekly production, but the fact that he is coming off of a 300 plus carry season. So we know that Skataboo has had trouble staying on the field. I just didn't know if I wanted to pair those two. And now I don't have two. I am on the clock, though. And I am going to also do something I haven't done in many drafts. And that's select DeAndre Swift. Now I know we're supposed to take coach peak with a grain of salt, but Ben Johnson has just recently, like earlier this week talked about what a great season he expects, expects Swift to have. And obviously with Kyle Menungai, week to week, he's banged up. There is an opportunity for DeAndre Swift to make a real statement. And I believe he gets the panthers in week one that run defense. Certainly there was money invested in improving in this off season, but last year was super generous to the position. So I like what I'm building here. Me too. Two running backs, a wide receiver. You've locked up potentially the best tight end in the game. It's pretty easy to be able to find wide receivers and quarterbacks late. We have been preaching that list. So I liked the way you have started this build as well. It's going to be a minute before you are back on the clock here. Let's recap really quickly the third round. Ameca Abouca. Excuse me. We started with Javante Williams, Chris Olave, Kyron Williams, Tremac Bride, Rashi Rice, Garrett Wilson, Josh Allen, and then I took Travis Achan. Bolson Loveland came off the board, then Malik neighbors, Quinchon Judkins, and Ameca Abouca. Lad Maconkey, Devonta Smith, George Pickens, and Zae Flowers before I took Cam Skataboo. And then we find our way finishing out the fourth, Teterola McMillan, Jalen Waddle, Devonta Adams, Liz taking the Andre Swift, Tyler Warren, Bucky Irving, and T Higgins. Now in the fifth, Terry McClurent, Lamar Jackson, and Liz, you are one pick away from being back on the clock. What are you thinking about doing here with what you've built so far? Well, I don't mind taking a third running back just for depth and then not having to worry about it because, honestly, after round five, you're really just throwing darts at backups that could have a larger roll down the stretch. Beijel-Tuton is on the board. I don't know. I think we're going to talk about this in our mailbag episode, so I don't want to get into it right here. But I'm a little bit nervous about the steam that Chris Rodriguez has been building. He's been looking extra great as a powerback, so maybe I'm overthinking it, but it has me pushing away from Tuton a little bit. You know I love David Montgomery. I love the floor. He presents, and then your guy, Jadari and Price is right here as well. So I'm going to take a running back. The idea is which one, and I do think I'm going to end up with David Montgomery because he's who I've had at my flex at the position, yeah, I don't know since May, so I'm going to stick with it. Yeah, I like it. So you've got three running backs. Derek Henry, DeAndre Swift, and David Montgomery. I'm looking at a spot with three running backs as well. Amarine Hampton, Travis H.Anne, and Cam Skatabouli is in a 12-team league, being able to secure that running back spot early, as long as you don't feel like you're reaching at the position. Makes me feel a lot better when I look back at my team at the end of the draft. Right now, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of wide receivers, but there's still a lot of those guys available as we get into the later rounds. I've liked these three running back builds that you and I have. All right. Right now, we're looking at-- I have to ask you a question. Yeah. Because if I'm looking at the board, you and I both need wide receivers, and well, he just went off. I was going to say, Jameson Williams is a player that you and I were both pretty high on heading into last year, and then he underwhelmed, but now again, if you read Dan Graziano's Bold Predictions article, he thinks Jameson Williams, and again, it's a bold prediction. So there's a bit of an asterisk there, could end the season as the Lions leading receiver. He pointed out, obviously, that, you know, Sam LaPorta is banged up, and there are other issues going on. But do you think, as a Lions fan and a fantasy analyst, that JMo could actually be a consistent producer? That's a great question, Liz. Last year, when we looked at Jameson Williams' production, a good majority of it came when Sam LaPorta was dealing with the back injury that he was dealing with. And so while we've seen JMo be able to do it on the field, for sure, his biggest games are usually without Ammanra or Sam LaPorta. And when the three of them have been healthy, it's been a little bit harder to be able to get in the football because they also have junior Gibbs that they want to have touched the ball quite a bit in that backfield. Now with a new off-and-supportinator in Drew Petsing, it's just a little bit of prognostication on how we think they're going to deploy all of the targets within this offense. Do I think that he can? Yes. I think more and more the way that I have started this off-season. I was higher in in him as a potential low-end wide receiver, too. I've moved more into that flex radar or high-end wide receiver three on Jameson Williams because I think there are just enough pieces in that offense. It makes me a little bit nervous that he's going to be able to do more, not that he doesn't have the skill set. But if everyone stays healthy, I just think there are too many mouths to feed. If that makes sense. I do think it's important that I was very. Yeah, you are. So I'll keep talking. I was very intrigued. I totally respect Gras and he obviously travels around. He talked about how the Lions training camp is actually, he said this to me personally last week, that the Lions training camp is one of his most favorite. So I believed that this take was coming from a sincere place. So it's just something to alert people, too, that maybe if you're not a J-mo believer or you got burned by him last year, you're not just automatically looking at the player underneath him when drafting, but considering some extra data that was recently uncovered. We love that. Things are always evolving. Things are always changing. Has to keep us on our toes and hopefully those are tiptoes of excitement. All right. What are you thinking here now, Daniel? Did you pick? I think you did, no? I sure did. Speaking of getting burned by a player, my guy in case you did not watch the hot takes episode that I absolutely lost it during was George Kittle. And I drafted him as my tight end here. He is my guy. I mean, it was fun. Make sure you go back and watch it in case you haven't. And by fun, I mean, it was cool to be able to watch my pain and hindsight when I lived it in real time. It was a little bit less fun, but it was a great time. And George Kittle was my guy, who I loved. And I still love him now, even after all of this. He has moved up to my tight end five right now ahead of Kyle Pits, ahead of Sam LaPorta, ahead of Harold Fanon, Jr. I'm just nervous about what that Cleveland Brown passing game is going to look like. I'm nervous about Sam LaPorta's back and being healthy as much as I think he's going to be when George Kittle is healthy. And that is still an F. He has been an unbelievably dominant tight end. And given what the rest of that receiving core looks like, I still feel like he's going to feast in this offense. If they had gone out and gotten other players, no offense to Mike Evans in my estimation. He's just an older version of himself. He's not the Mike Evans that we used to know in Tampa. Maybe I would think that George Kittle wouldn't be utilized as much. But right now, I think Kittle is going to feast in this offense. So I'm grabbing him at the tight end spot, Liz. And let's catch up to where we're at. Because then it was Ramandroid Stevenson, Joe Burrow, Tony Pollard. And then who did you go with, my friend? I went with Michael Pittman. We have made this comp throughout the season about Pittman being the Kenny Gainwell of 2026. Gainwell obviously cleared 70 catches and managed nearly 500 receiving yards as a running back, not as a wide receiver. Interestingly enough, though, Michael Pittman has NFL bloodlines. His father played in the NFL and was a running back. And I think you see some of that actually, at least at the top of his career after the catch when you're looking at Michael Pittman, Jr. So I, this is a, since it's a one point PPR league, this was a volume play. And you know, is it the sexiest wide receiver to know? But I feel so secure running back that I don't mind making the pick. Now I'm on the clock again. And I'm looking for a little bit more upside to even things out. And Matthew Golden is staring me straight in the face. Now I would have to buy Pass Wandel Robinson, but I already have high floor. I would have to buy pass Stefan Diggs. And maybe Bryant Thomas Jr. or Alec Pierce. But to me, Golden has such a massive opportunity in this offense with over 130 targets vacated in Christian Watson, who is a more volatile player. Let's leave it at that. I don't want to talk about the hamstring factory that, you know, maybe didn't install his, as you said, soft tissue properly when he was born. I just think Golden has a more all-around skill set and could really eat in this offense. So if I'm looking for upside at this point in the draft, I don't mind doing it with Golden. After Matthew Golden, actually, since you took Michael Pittman, it was Kenny Gainwell, Mike Evans, Christian Watson, Jalen Warren, Michael Wilson, Cortland Sutton. And then you got Matthew Golden. I would have taken Matthew Golden ahead of Christian Watson in that scenario. Had it been there, Rico Dowdell, then Marsh on Lloyd. Les, we get the running back that we think is going to be the starter for the Packers in week one, although there's still a lot of question marks and fluidity around this. situation, we'll continue to monitor that. Kyle Pitt sums off the board and then I'm back on the clock and I've got an entire starting lineup without a quarterback, Maureen Hampton, Travis H. and Junior, Aman Ra, Carnell Tate, George Kittle and Cam Skataboo. So I could either go with a little bit more depth here, either at the wide receiver spot. If I want some floor plays, Wondale Robinson who you mentioned is a great floor play in my estimation, or I could go with a little bit more upside if I wanted and maybe someone like Alec Pierce or Brian Thomas who you also talked about, or if I wanted to just make sure because I want to get one of these quarterbacks here, I need to make sure I take a look. Let's see, Kevin's team at 81 doesn't have a quarterback. Pick 82 does have a quarterback. Pick 83 does have a quarterback. Pick 84 doesn't have a quarterback. So that means that there's going to be four chances for a team that doesn't have a quarterback to take one before it gets back to me and do I need to take it now or do I like waiting. There's enough here that I can wait. Okay. I'm going to go with Wondale Robinson. Sorry to make you go through that whole process, but I needed to walk through it to make sure I knew what I was doing there Liz. How do you feel about that? I think I love listening to people talk through their process and the fact that you do, like sometimes I watch these people do mock drafts and they're like, "Look at me, I'm such an expert." And here's a smart pig. Here's a smart pig. And I'm like, okay. But like show your work. Like if my, if my fourth grader has to show her work in math class, you as a professional getting paid a decent amount of money should also have to show your work. And I love that you just did that. I like to hold myself to the same standard. And I also think that using the calculus of other people's teams and their rosters is something that we don't talk about enough. It is super important when you're drafting not to just follow your rankings, but to make sure other people are following theirs. And if they are not or if they are going off script or stockpiling a position, then you have to factor that into your picks as well into your roster building. So I thought that was an excellent example of both showing your work and showing how other teams matter while building yours. And it also started a bit of a, well, they did start a bit of a quarterback run because then Kevin Pulse referred to Caleb Hurt immediately after you took Robinson. Ideally Liz, I do that whole thing in my head, not while the people also in the draft are listening to me talk about it as well. But still, that's the thought process of where we're at. And by the way, quarterback is deep this year. If I want to keep waiting at the position, I can keep waiting at the position. Right now, back on the clock, and since I took Wondell Robinson, Jalen Hurtz, Tucker Kraft, Sam Laporta, Jackson Dart, Isaiah likely, ooh, that was a stack right there, Jackson Dart, Isaiah likely, with Jonathan Brooks, Jordan Addison, and Chuba Hubbard. Two quarterbacks that I like the most there, it would have been Jackson Dart and then Jalen Hurtz. I'm going to keep waiting now that I'm at this spot. If one of them had made it, I would have taken them here. But instead, I'm going to go with the upside wide receiver play and follow some of the money normally in my leagues where I draft Tyler Warren. I don't go after this player, but in this situation, I don't have him at the tight end spot. So Alec Pierce and all the things that he maybe could be in this cold's offense, especially because as of right now, I can just put him right onto my IR slot after this draft is over, which again, is one of those things. If you think about it, you can maybe plan ahead a little bit in these drafts, Liz. I love the idea of utilizing that IR spot off the jump. Like George Elani should not be on waivers if you're using your IR spot correctly in week one. You know, like put Alec Pierce on the IR spot and then go ahead and grab someone off of waivers that you don't that has a very short window of value. I'm with you on that and I think being able to find that especially early on, that doesn't mean I have to keep them there forever, but ideally, I'm able to find a little bit of extra value because I got four more games out of a player than anyone else in the league does. All right. We had Harold Fandon, Dallas Goddard, Brian Thomas Jr., and then you're on the clock, Liz. Where did you end up going here? I decided to go through the list of quarterbacks as well because I hadn't selected one. And since you went through your calculus, I believe two more quarterbacks, both Jalen Hertz and Jackson Dart came off the board. I was looking at who was left Kyle Soppie and Eric Moody and I believe Zach have yet to draft a quarterback. I don't really like the options after like I don't really want to draft Caleb Williams. I think his schedule is a bit tough. I'm not quite sure he could be consistent. Trevor Lawrence starts the season a bit difficult, difficultly, difficultly and I have loved. I've loved Justin Herbert since the beginning of the season, but I'm in so many dang Mox and regular drafts with Field Yates that he always ends up sniping him. So I figured I would finally get my guy here since Yates was not in any of these little tiny boxes or the draft room. That was sort of where I was at when I was thinking about the quarterback I wanted last time because having the running back of Maureen Hampton, even though I could build a running back quarterback battery of that offense, I would rather have the quarterback and wide receiver so decided to pass there. I think you get really great value here in the eighth round with that after you took Justin Herbert. It was Jacobi Myers, then Travis Kelsey, Deck Prescott and Jordan Mason with JK Dobbins coming off the board and you got one more pick you are currently on Deck Liz, Chris Godwin Jr. comes off and now you're back on the clock. Which direction you think you're going to go? I do. I think I am going to draft Aaron Jones, senior. I have drafted him quite a bit for a bench stash. Now Jordan Mason that last year didn't pan out this year again is garnering a good amount of hype. We do expect this to be a split backfield, but again, because it's one point PPR and because I am not totally convinced that Kyler Murray's downfield downfield accuracy will be back the way it was in 2020. I don't mind Aaron Jones as a safety valve and you know, there is the Kyler Murray maybe doesn't check down as much because he has his wheels, but I just feel like Jones is a solid floor option here. He's not going away as much as people would like to wish him away and like speak the Jordan Mason time into existence. I am with you on that he is still going to be a part of this offense. After Aaron Jones, we had Trevor Lawrence, Xavier Worthy and Stefan Diggs, Liz, I think I know which direction I'm going to go, but I want to ask you before I make a pick, Josh Jacob still hasn't been selected. At this point, if I was doing a draft from here on out until I hear any additional news, I think I've made the decision for myself. I won't be drafting Josh Jacobs. Where are you at right now as of Wednesday, September 2nd, which is the day that we're recording this on your Josh Jacobs take? I think that we are in what, round 9, if he felt to me in the double digit round, so beginning next round, I would probably take him and stash him. You'd be okay with that. The tricky thing about him though is that you cannot put him on the IR. Yes, that is the part about Josh Jacobs. If you draft him and part of why, a major part of the calculus, that's why I don't want to do it. I would rather have someone like Alec Pierce, so I just talked about who I can put on IR, whereas I'm burning a bench spot with Josh Jacobs if you draft him. If you draft him, it feels like I need to hold on to him at least for a handful of weeks, at, you know, a month, six weeks plus because I'm expecting some sort of thing to happen. So this is going to be a long term hold if I do decide to draft him. Now that I'm back on the clock, we've got two rounds left, Liz Lose. The 14s after me already have a quarterback, which means I can wait at the quarterback spot, grab him with my last pick, which means I will go instead with a running back that I really like this year from your Chicago Bears, we're going to score the most points ever in the history of the NFL. That's what your front guy Ben Johnson has told us Kyle Menongai as the back up running back here. So my running backs are O'Marion Hampton, Travis H Ann, and Kyle Menongai with Cam Skataboo, all four of those guys love that team. Plus Oman Ra, Karnel Tate, and Wondell Robinson with Alec Pierce, who, I mean, my bench has a really high floor guy, and I think a really high ceiling guy, and no one I can utilize that IR spot. I like the way I put this together. Now we just wait and see which quarterback I get when we come back around the turn here. And look, Josh Jacobs did go off the board here, just a couple of picks after you mentioned him to producer Quentin. So 10th round availability, I think that makes sense. Also, part of the reason I don't mind him, and I know, I don't know if this is going to make like complete fluid sense is because Marshall Lloyd has had such trouble staying healthy that it would not surprise me that if Marshall Lloyd were to become injured, there might be some sway, and all of a sudden rule changes to see Jacobs on the field. I the guys behind Josh Jacobs do not inspire a ton of confidence. Marshall and Lloyd has not been able to stay healthy within his young career. This Brooks hasn't really done anything yet, more of a special team's guide. They just traded for Caleb Johnson, who was a healthy scratch, basically every game after a really rough start to his rookie year, even though he was a third round pick last year at the running back spot from Pittsburgh, it would be interesting to see how that one plays out. All right, I have my last pick here, Rashad White, Tyler LG, or Khalil Shakir, Blake Korum, Josh Jacobs. And then Caleb Williams came off the board with Mike Washington Jr. Chris Rodriguez, and I'm going to go with Brock Purdy, go to a little battery with my tight end, George Kiddell, Brock Purdy is surprisingly not a super sexy quarterback, but he has been a top 10 guy for three consecutive years. years. I think because he looks like he's 15 years old, he just doesn't get as much respect as he should, but he is going to command my locker room. So welcome to the team, Brock Kurty-Liz. What are you thinking about doing here with your last pick of this draft? Well, I mean, I don't want to say it out loud, but I will tell you the first player in my queue is Eston Stribling, and that ding means that it is my time to draft, and I will be able to round out my wide receivers. Because again, I don't love the Michael Pittman as my wide receiver, too. He's not exactly the paragon of health or explosiveness at this point in his career, but knowing that I have Matthew Golden and Orr Stribling on the bench in case something were to happen, or in case I needed to chase points, I feel pretty good about that. Liz Los, a mock draft is over. You and I are going to go through a couple of things here. We have three questions I want to answer before we get out of here. And also, don't forget, we have a big mailbag episode coming up at the end of the week. Keep an eye out for that one. But coming out of this draft, I want you to give me your favorite pick. A thing you would have done differently, and a little bit of suggestion on draft strategy. Now that you've gone through a mock draft for all the people at home, heading into the busiest draft weekend of the year. Absolutely. Well, I don't know if it was just one favorite pick or the way the board fell, but I loved that there was so much running back value available in the fifth round. She had David Montgomery, Dodarian Price, and Basel Tutton, all available there. I thought that was a wonderful thing. And I was particularly personally pleased since I did decide to go with Tray McBride early. So that was my favorite moment of the draft. A pick that I would have changed for myself. I didn't really love there. And Joan's pick, I mean, you could hear me talking myself into it. I have done it quite a bit. And I do buy the floor argument there, but had I had Jonathan Brooks still been on the board had I not been sniped, I would have been much happier selecting Brooks over Jones. And then last minute draft advice heading into this week slash holiday weekend. You know, I love to running backs and a wide receiver in the first three rounds. But I also want to remind people to keep scrolling because a lot of the players who are rising, a lot of these drum beat players like Mike Washington Tyler Algier, Marshawn Lloyd, Deshawn Stribbling, they're still buried in ADP. That's not accurate. If you are getting stuck and you don't like the players in front of you, do scroll because I bet one of those guys will be a pleasant surprise for you and you'll be able to rostrum. I love that Liz Loza as far as mine. My favorite pick of the draft for me and I hate to pick my own pick, but I love being able to grab my tight end George Kittle at the very end of the draft. It felt like starting tight end. I am in on that. And as a part of it, my second favorite pick of the draft is what my guy Kyle Soppie did with literally the last pick, which was Grab John Johnson. If I'm going to grab George Kittle, I would love to grab him as my tight end to in case George Kittle doesn't play week one because they draw my Detroit Lions who are going to be without both of their starting safeties and their number two cornerback. They should be throwing the ball a lot in that same offense. So I like both of those picks. As far as something I wouldn't do or a pick that I would change, I was talking to you about Travis H&N. And I was saying, Hey, you know what? I'd like to draft either Lad McConkey or Travis H&N here. And then someone else in the draft drafted Lad McConkey. I should have kept my mouth shut because I would have loved to get him rather than Cam Scataboo in the following round. I was talking through the process, nothing wrong with that, but that would have been something that I would have changed. If I could have gotten Lad McConkey rather than Cam Scataboo, I'd have felt a lot better about my squad and that a wide receiver position than I've got. And the last piece, draft advice for the season. If there's one little bit of draft advice, I could give every single person heading into the busiest draft we can of the year. It is to follow at Liz Losa underscore FF on social media. Thank you very much, Daniel. I adore you. Last call. Today we learned that thinking out loud helps everyone but yourself that the fifth round of fantasy drafts can surprise with running back value and that it's never too late to try something new. Be sure to check out my pre-season edition of Facts vs. Feelings The Column, which just went live on the dot com. And remember, you can leave us a voicemail. The number to call is 323-391-4855. 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