Fantasy Football - Mock Draft Episode + Leader of the Pack - Podcast for 8/6

It is Jemir Gibbs, the differentiator to me between him and the rest. He's right in that prime on a great team. So I'm going to go with Jemir Gibbs. Yeah. Jamar Chase going number two overall in this mock draft as we kick it off. Bejohn Robinson coming in at 103. Unsurprisingly, we go running back, wide receiver, running back as we get this thing started. I mean...

Do you believe, are you both in the Jemir Gibbs at 101 camp right now? I am very, very, very much in the Jemir Gibbs 101 camp, unless it came out that it truly was not a contract issue and he's dealing with injuries. Injuries would be a reason outside of injuries. He is projected to easily score the most points by a country mile. He's on the best offense that doesn't.

come close to the Atlanta Falcons offense, the scoring opportunities, the vacated rushing yards and touchdowns, the depth chart with, he's competing with Pacheco. To me, he is the clear 101. Well, the pick has been made. Pooka Naku goes 104. Jonathan Taylor at 105 and J.S.N. at 106. We went running back wide receiver back and forth for the first six picks.

Amon Ross St. Brown goes 107 putting Mike on the clock, Mike and Jason back to back in this draft. That should be interesting to pay attention to. I don't like it. I mean, it's very clear, I think, where Mike's going to go, but we'll see. I have. What are you between? I'm just, I'm taking a back of, I haven't, of all the mocks we've already done this year, I have not been in a situation to take my sweet, sweet Christian McCaffrey, which.

We'll see how hungry the power station is going to be. But I'm in as running back four at this part of the draft. So it's like, do you take McCaffrey or C.D. Lamb, I think, would be the other pick that I would consider there. But I'm playing to win. All right. So CMC off the board to Mike. Jason, you're on the clock as we get towards the back of the first round. Extremely easy for me. To me, C.D. Lamb is a tear break. If you want to throw Justin Jefferson in there, great. But he obviously played last year with bad quarterbacks and wasn't great.

AJ Brown, Drake London. They're good players, but they are a tier down from C.D. Lamb to me. If I look at running back, running back, it's like, okay, James Cook, awesome. Yeah, I don't think he's, I don't think he's, great, Barkley, great. I don't either, but I really like Hampton. I really like Kenneth Walker. I really like Chase Brown. Like, there's whoever someone's naming me and Mike's running backs in League of Record. Yeah, someone's getting back to me after this turn. So I'm going to take Lamb. He was the end of a tier for me, very, very easy pick for me. All right, we are.

Well, we saw James Cook go off the board next. So C.D. Lamb, then it's James Cook, puts Brooksie on the clock. He went Barclay in the first round. This is interesting. Barkley, as a bounceback guy, there's been a lot of talk, the change of Petulow going to Sean Mannion. Sean Mannion has said they want to go under center. And I don't know if that's great for, I mean, Jalen Hertz has played well under center, but I don't know that he'll scramble as much, but it's really good for Barclay. Or if.

potentially the tank gets involved. I could see tank pigs be eating into some work this year. So Jefferson goes at the 112 to cash. How are you guys feeling about the quarterback competition right now between Kyla Murray and J.J. McCarthy? I think it's just inevitable that it's going to be Kyler. I think it's going to be Kyler by a lot. And it gives me a lot of optimism around Jefferson. Okay. That's what?

That's where it went. Like if you are feeling like it's Kyle, which I agree, the news coming out from different places does seem to be uneven on both sides of the quarterback battle. I think it'll be Kyler. So it's just, if it's him, are we confident in Jefferson being a first round pick? I went on a little bit of a soapbox yesterday at lunch when the three of us were out there. I really, really hate, like we've gone too far on the level of hyperanalysis at.

practice in OTAs in terms of completing this guy went 10 for 11 today this guy went 11 for 14 today I don't care that much and I really don't believe I mean there's a level where I care if a guy goes one for 11 and throws seven picks but the small minute details and accuracy when a player Kyler Murray's never been in the system you think he's going to be super accurate on day one of OTAs and that's going to be what what Kevin O'Connell cares about

Is day one of OTA completion percentage? He's just a much better player. He's going to win the job because he's better. And he'll get the system down. So Jefferson rounds out the first round, though. He goes at 112. Hampton, Chase Brown, Derek Henry. I assumed I was going to get Hampton in this draft, but that's also because I did not assume Ash and Genty would get to me. So it went in a different order. Very easy to me. I would take Ash and Genty here. So the tight.

decision making there for me is the Gentie Ken Walker decision. Yes. It would be between those two. Those two have bounced back and forth in my rankings a little bit. It seems like you were very convicted on Genti. Mike, you are back on the clock. I am equally as convicted to not have taken Ashti Genti right there. So that worked out for me because I will not be rattled when it comes to Ken Bone Walker, baby. The draft starting CMC Ken Walker for Mike when he has the eighth overall pick is very Mike. I just don't feel like

People don't hand us those type of starts. No, not. In the mock draft, but Mike gets it. Well, the year of Mike continues is all I'm saying. CMC falling to eight. I mean, I think that's going to happen in a lot of leagues. Yeah, I think that's a totally normal ADP. I probably would have picked him at eight and I wouldn't have picked him at seven. So that's where he should be going. Well, Ken Walker and CMC for Mike building a super team. Brock Bowers goes 206, A-chan.

What could go wrong with Christian McCaffrey and Ken Walker? Nothing. Nothing at all. Devon A. Chan goes at 207. I think that is a steal. A.J. Brown, Tray McBride at 209. So Bowers and McBride, three picks apart, unsurprisingly. Nico Collins at 210. The Nico pick. Betsy took him. Yeah. Why does Nico feel like the least sexy pick in the first two rounds? I am completely in agreement. You know,

You're not inspired by the passing game of C.J. Stroud. This is going to be a slow offense. Nico is fantastic. I mean, when he's out there, he's scoring a lot of points. But last year, it wasn't a smooth ride. You know, had some down games. But, you know, he was the wide receiver eight. So I think maybe if he keeps getting pushed down to the back of the second, you know, it could be a value. Yeah, I think there's, it's the, the.

The feelings about C.J. Stroud are not strong, and that's seeping over onto Nico. Who, like, yes, there were, there, Nico had more bad games for a top tier wide receiver than you really want, but he also had a lot of great games. So I'm still in on Nico. I still believe in his talent. He's 27, so he'll still be in his prime. And.

I mean, looking at the roster construction, Betts had Bijon. So it's the do you want to start your draft with two Atlanta Falcons? Some people are okay with it. Betsy was not. Yeah, I don't love the decisions I have to make here at the turn with such a long wait ahead of me. I want to bring it up because if you are drafting it like 101 where you've got the turn in the long wait, which is 22 picks, like I...

I'm not going to take Colston Loveland here, okay? That's too early for me for Colston Loveland. I'm also not going to get Colson Loveland. That is correct. I have to accept it because I might want him, but I can't get him at a spot where I feel like it's the right value, and the weight is too long. He's going to go in the next 22 picks. I've got back-to-backs here. My decision-making at running back here is Jeremiah Love or Josh Jacobs. I have Jemir Gibbs.

You could argue here, R.B. situation there gives me some time for Jeremiah Love to ascend a little bit in Arizona. I just don't trust that team enough to make the difference. I'm going to take Josh Jacobs and go running back, running back. Okay. And then I am going to, it's between, go ahead. You can be the highest of tea? I could be the highest. You mean to take both of them? Yeah. I mean, Gibbs' love, that's a unique, interesting start.

It is interesting in the fact that, like, the wide receivers here, like Olives on the table and Pickens is on the table. But there's a lot of guys I like in a lower, I mean, I like Waddle. I don't mind taking a shot on Devante Adams, Jameson. Well, Jameson, maybe not in the same team, but Abuka, a conky I like. There's a lot of names I like there, so that's interesting. But I'm going to go Josh Allen at 301. It's a good pick. I'm going to take Josh Allen at 301. I wasn't going to obviously go.

two onesies there with like a Loveland Allen. So I'm going to go Gibbs, Jacobs, Allen to start the draft. Jeremiah Love does go next to Kyle Pickens and Olave. Those are the three other names I was between putting Al Borland back on the clock. He takes, he pulls the trigger on Rashi Rice. Man, hopefully he's healthy. Yeah, I find myself vacillating a little bit on rice where it's like he, the entire off season, he's been this guy where you know.

what he is for fantasy. And now I don't feel that way. It feels, yeah, he is a very polarizing, like, heart brain pick. Like, my heart doesn't want to take Rice from my fantasy football team. My brain knows what the numbers are. He's not cheap enough to make it a guarantee, but he goes at 305. Kyron at 306. Jason loves that. Tet McMillan at 307, and the boys are back to back here in the third round.

Mike has Christian McCaffrey and Ken Walker. I mean, if you want to just keep it going, Mike, you want to be high tea. I think there's a DeAndre Swift out there with your name on it. There is, and I mean, based off of this room of people, I think there is a low, if I pass on Swift, I think there's a low chance that he would come back. I think in your home drafts, I would definitely push Lynn let Swift come back to me in the fourth. Running back wise.

Brees, ADP, we're talking Brees, Javante, Scataboo, H.N. Jr. of the Saints. And then at the wide receiver, T. Higgins is there. You've always loved yourself some T. Higgins? I do. I do love, love T. Higgins. I think it's honestly coming down, too. So it's my wide receiver one. I want to know for sure that I'm getting a target floor, which Garrett Wilson.

strongly fits that bill. Jason, I don't know if you've been reading up on Gino Smith, which that's obviously I'm lying. I know you've been reading up on Gino Smith. I think I saw Jason and Gino on the sideline of the Chargers practice. I bring it up because it's actually been guys. It's been positive. He's wearing red contacts now. Okay. To stop the glare. He learned this trick. Wait. I have not done it. I knew you were locked in on Gino. Of course I'm locked in on Gino Smith. No, he's wearing.

Red contacts. What? Do his eyes look crazy? I haven't been up close. Like a demon? Like in the thriller video? I'm hoping those red contacts just lock on to Garrett Wilson. So, I mean, they definitely will. But so it's Garrett Wilson or do you take the risk on Malik neighbors that he's, that he's okay? I think it's a great value. You've got to ask yourself, are you okay with that being your wide receiver one? I can't hear any of Jason's.

commentary right now without knowing he's picking next i just can't yeah all i wanted was malik neighbors oh i knew it i knew it i couldn't hear i figured you would want oh he was being the straight man i i love garrett dangerous i love garret wilson but malick neighbors in the third if he ends up healthy even if he gets off to a slow start and he's 70% of what he would be it's a phenomenal that's where i still don't it is tough though with like i mean

He is his one. That was the hope that I had was that I could talk him off of neighbors by pointing out that he is. You don't have another wide receiver. I have C.D. Lamb, so I would trade you. It sounds counterintuitive. It's my one. My wide receiver. I want him to be solid. But I have two, in my projections, two stud running backs.

So it's like I can now wait on the running back position and I can kind of pad more wide receivers in the meantime. There's going to be value there next round. Jason's on the clock. I feel good about it. Lamb and Gentie. I'm on the clock. I think that running backs are going to die out quicker than the wide receivers that I like. So even though I really like Garrett Wilson here, he would be the wider receiver I would take. I'm going to take my man, Cam Scataboo.

Over Garrett Wilson? Yes, because of the position. I want to make sure I'm solid there. There's a lot of wide receivers I like in this draft later on. Later on, I have not enjoyed running backs later in drafts this year. Four teams through the first two rounds went running back, running back. Two more teams added a second running back in the third round, and we are rolling over to the fourth here. Abuka Flowers Higgins, great value wide receiver finishing out the third.