Mock Draft! + A Final Farewell - Fantasy Football Podcast for 5/21

Are you going onesie? I'm just, I'm trying to work through it. Those two tight ends are there. But then at the running back position, Kenneth Walker is, he's still available. Still there. I, it's hard for me to, like, it wasn't great. It wasn't great last year for Walker, but he's still young and has just upside each and every week. But the rest of the running backs are okay as well. So, I mean, let's, I think I know what my next. pick wanted to be though so i don't know whatever whatever well you're not you got to give me some names to the well i don't oh yeah you took your quarterback yeah it's it's anthony richardson i'm in the four no with my next pick oh yeah yeah i won't take him i promise but but now like i'm weighing that that's part of the way you don't want team one to hear you that's part of weighing it with the the tight ends like if i take you can't go double onesie is what you're not going to do i don't want to

Because then Rashad White is just your guy. Yeah. Yeah. That seems terrible. But maybe we'll do it anyways. Whatever. I'm going to take, I'm going to take Trey McBride. All right. Off the board. Let's find out what happens. Mike's immediate reaction went to like intently glancing at the board. Look, I love how this has dropped for me. There are, I would say, three wide outs that I'm very cozy with right here. And so I'm going to take D.K. Metcalfe with the. first pick and then I'm going to see Mark Andrews go and take Delgo and I'm back on the clock and it's T. Higgins Amari Cooper. Those are the two names. Right now I have T. Higgins. Let me see how close you. They're both very close. Oh, are they? It's not close for me. You have Higgins hire? Yeah. Yeah. I do have, I've got them very close. Pickens is there just to fill out the names that I would be looking at. You know, Pickens I think we'll have a level of

probably under drafted nature to him. Pickens is very interesting to me at this point. And there's one other name that I think will be, it looks to be underdrafted based on current ADP, but I think Calvin Ridley is going to be very under. And this is the challenge for me right now in this draft, is I actually have Calvin Ridley ranked higher than I do T. Higgins. Yeah. But Calvin Ridley's ADP right now is way down. Well, there's also just like rankings are, the way I use my rankings and my projections, it's a guide for me. Like the projections is you're looking at a more of a median outcome of more so than projecting or statting out a true outlier season. Like that's why we have in our rankings. That's why we have our risk rating and that's why we have our upside ranking because.

There's some players you can just, you can't give them. I mean, even guys like Tyree Kill, it's like, standing a guy out for 1,700 receiving yards, that feels pretty wild. It feels like you're just like, I'm not, I'm not being realistic. And yet they do hit those marks. So that's what that's the difference between the rankings and the upside. To say all that, I'm not going wide receiver after looking at this board. I'm going to wait because there is a chance to Calvin Ridley, who I would love to have as my wide receiver too, comes back to me. And I think there's some other interesting names down that list that I'm comfortable with. But what I can't get is my RB9 in the fifth round unless I take James Cook right here. And that is what I'm going to do. James Cook in the fifth round. You just want to be disappointed? I have him ranked at RB9 just behind Rashad White. You had to take Rashad White at 303. Yeah. I just got James Cook at five.

Well, that's because he's way lower in my rankings. Oh, and they're using yours? Yeah. Look, there you go. D.K. Matt Cap, I think I can get Calvin Ridley next round. I'm going to play that gamble. See if it gets through me. Well, you might not get through you, but. Don't. And now that I had some time to sit on the thought process of I took Trey McBride in the fourth, I do really want Anthony Richardson. You won't get him if you don't take him here. I want exposure to him, but I got Trey McBride. And our other, like, big value quarterback at this moment is Kyla Murray. And you're going to try to wait for him? Yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to wait for Kyler, try to get that stack going on. And I just, the running backs are about to go to the Phantom Zone. So I'm going to take Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker is a great pick there. Thank you. So impressed with you.

Kenneth Walker, James Cook in the fifth round. Those are, those seem like wild values to me. Burrow goes next in Kincaid, Higgins, Camara Mixon, Pitts, Pickens, Conner and Kettle to finish the fifth round. Aaron Jones at 601. What's your reaction to Aaron Jones at 601? Dude, he is, he is one of those real mystery players of, I think that, I think that Aaron Jones still has juice left. despite him being at the age where he should not for the running back position. I'm on the other side. I think that the beginning of the end has happened. I think he has juice, but I just, we've talked a little bit about it, but that we're in agreement that Ty Chandler will get more run than people are counting on right now. For sure. So Aaron Jones, to me, kind of, it feels like a more uninspiring pick. I don't know that it's bad, but just.

You know, sometimes you want to draft guys where you really believe that the true upside is there. So I'm more of a pass on Aaron Jones, but in the sixth, I don't think it's terrible. Amari Cooper, Roma Dunes Day, Anthony Richardson, Mike. He is gone. Rashi Rice in the sixth right now, Montgomery, Ingram, my tight end three. Jordan Love and DeAndre Swift, I think that's a good pick at 609. DeAndre Swift. And then Mike, you're back on the clock right now with Tyreek and Debo, Rashad White and Kenneth Walker, Trey McBride, and do you gamble? I am with Kyla Murray. I'm going to gamble one more time because I know you won't take him. We'll see. We'll see. Dak is sitting at the top of the ADP. Not that that is every, I mean, it's a one-player buffer. So it is certainly playing with, it's playing a little bit of a dangerous game there.

I'm trying to look over at my wide receiver rankings to see who I would like to take at this point. And I mean, he is at the top of the ADP and he's at the top of the rankings where I would want to take. I'm going to take Christian Kirk. I think that Kirk is, I think he's being undervalued for like the, yes, the big splash. Gabe Davis is there. Brian Thomas is there. I like Brian Thomas a lot. Yeah. I think he's a fine player, but it's like Christian Kirk. Try it in true. He's just, he is established. I mean, we had the week one disaster of last year. And then Christian Kirk. Do you have your rankings up? Yeah. With your staff projections? Yeah, I can pull him. I want to, I'm curious how many total fantasy points you have Christian Kirk projected four and a half point. 194. Okay. I've got, I've got him at 170. So I like him a bit more. Yeah, and I got Brian Thomas at 190. So I actually like Brian Thomas more.

What you're taking Brian Thomas to be their wide receiver one? Well, I think that's a difference of semantics a little bit. Oh, for fantasy. Fantasy production. Yes, I do. Wow. Yeah. I don't have that at all. Clearly. Hey, guess what? I do have Calvin Ridley, though. He goes at 611 alongside Matt Kaff as my wide receiver two. I think Ridley's going to have a great. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Mike is screeching because he took Christian Kirk. I do Christian Kirk. What a stupid pick. And Kyla Murray goes after Calvin Ridley. And he loses out because he gives me a big talk about Christian Kirk. You know how boring that Christian Kirk pick was compared to getting your... That pick sucks. Your stack? That pick is terrible. Oh, Team 1 is actually Jay Gris. What in the world?

So Kyla Murray. What are you doing, Team One? They needed a quarterback. I'm shocked you didn't take him. They also had the onesie position. Xavier Worthy goes next. What a load of crap. And I'm back on the clock. Gosh darn it. That is so upsetting. Yeah, you don't get your stack at all. I have Breece Hall, Travis, ETN. and James Cook at Running Back, Jalen Hertz at quarterback, Metcalf and Ridley. And I can come back to the wide receiver position again here, which is what I'm looking to do. And I'm going to take Brian Thomas. I'm going to take the better of the two wide receivers. You took the one instead of Kyler and then I'm taking Brian Thomas now. We can put that one on the board. Oh, do we want to do it? Please, please. You don't have the, you didn't like Brian Thomas very much anyway, right? I thought he was okay. Let's do it. Waterbed. I'm in love with Brian Thomas.

I think he's going to immediately be their, their guy. Okay. Well, let me, let me ask you this question. If Calvin Ridley was still in Jacksonville and nothing had changed, would you have taken Kirk or Ridley? Man, I really haven't put thought into that. Yeah, because it's a hypothetical. So if you had put thought into it, that would have been a weird thing to have done. Well, sometimes people have a nice thought experiment. It would have been really close. I probably would have gone Calvin Ridley just for a bit more upside. Yeah. And so that's the fact that you're even there in that discussion is that's how I view Brian Thomas. But Calvin Ridley, I know that he's good. And I mean, like, see all that money he got? I know Brian Thomas is good. Ooh. So I know he's a good college player. If it matters to you, he's third in total receptions. Does that make you feel any better? Evan Ingram's number one on my list. Christian Kirk.

80 receptions, Brian Thomas 74, but for 1,200 yards. And I think Brian Thomas is a monster. So we'll see. Look, you know, we can talk about it a lot. And now we have a bet. So here, you're up again, and I'm sure you're taking Kyler. It would have been great. It would have been great. So what did we learn today, Mike? Christian Kirk is not the answer is what we learned. Uh, yeah, when you, when you have the chance for the stack, don't throw it away for Christian Kirk. That's, that's the lesson. Look, I'm a gambling man sometimes and, uh, that is, unfortunately when you gamble, you can't lose. Yes, you can. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called gambling. Most of the time. I'm going to give you a second to think here. We'll take another quick break and come back with, uh, what looks to be your seventh pick in this draft. All right. Um,

I just got word from Team 1, Mike. Very pleased with their pick of Tyler Murray. Great value at 612. I'm so happy for them. You have Tyreek Heldibo Samuel and then Christian Kirk at your wide receiver position. Rashad White, Kenneth Walker, and then Trey McBride. You're on the clock here with your third pick in the seventh round. So the wide receivers to me were in a looking for upside, you know, just hoping you're going to get some volume guys that I don't. like have full confidence and love. I get really every position is that, but there's the tier of wide receivers to me, they're grouped together. So give me some names that you don't have confidence in love? Well, I'm just saying like Hollywood Brown. I can push and wait. Terry McLaren. Yeah, Deontay Johnson, maybe he gets that Adam Thielen Target share that started last year for Carolina. Jackson Smith and Jigba is still a very talented wide receiver. What about rookie consideration here? Do you like Ladd McConkey? Do you like, um,

Keon Coleman's opportunity as the one potentially in Buffalo. All those guys are having a level of interest to me. And then over at the running back position, excuse me, I would, I guess most is there as well. Most are sitting there. But I would narrow it down into Tony Pollard, who got the money from Tennessee. And despite the massive sadness that he caused for the fantasy football community. The second half, he was a much better player. Just watching him on the field, you still didn't get what you wanted for fantasy. But I think there is a chance that he is 60 plus percent of Tennessee. And it's kind of the game. What if Tennessee's offense? What if it works? All the money and the investment that they put into it. Najee, I'm okay with it here. But then the other name who is fascinating to me is Zemir White for the Las Vegas Raiders.

of this is a player that we have a massive disparity of of opinion yeah jason and i are on one side mike is on the other side of you're on the bullish side of zimir white i'm i'm like he's he's not again he's not projected chance to add a second player with the last name of white to your roster does that oh change your opinion no but but uh maybe i mean it's funny that but you could be have well i ever shot white and i'm like ugh kind of Kind of feels a little gross for both of them. But the workload that Josh Jacobs got last year, inefficient as he was, he was still getting crazy amounts of volume. And then Zemir got that exact same volume when he took over for the last four games of the season. He was far better than Josh Jacobs. The competition right now is Zemir White and Alexander Madison. So you're thinking Madison here.

Obviously. But like, does Amir White, are we set up for him to be 65 plus percent workhorse? And we just, so a problem, so philosophically, just thinking about these running backs going here is we don't know yet, is Amir White good or bad, right? I don't think we've seen enough of him on the field to make an assessment. In my opinion. Look, I agree with that. I just hope it is applied to the last four games, that reality. Yeah, no, but it's it could be there. And when you're in the dead zone, you don't, don't be drafting players where you feel like I know that he's not a great player. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I get it. I get it. So who's going to be your selection here? I'm going to go, I'm going to go as Amir White. I'm going to take him in the seventh. I think that's a pretty good value for a starting running back.

It became a run of running backs after that. Ramandre, Najee, Giovante. Then Dat goes, so you don't get him either. McLaurin Addison. Don't worry, bro. My thumb is on the button. This is the first time I've ever seen Hollywood Brown's name in there as Hollywood on Sleeper. Do you see this? Wait, they officially did it? Look at 7-10. Hollywood Brown goes. H. Brown. I've never seen that in my life. Jaden Reed goes at 7-Eleven. Honestly, Jaden Reed probably would have been my pick instead of Brian Thomas. according to my rankings, but I wanted to talk about Brian Thomas, so I drafted him. Caleb Williams goes 712, Godwin, Pollard, Moser, Chubb. That'll be an interesting player to watch. Bowers Watson, Deontay Johnson, Echler, and then Hopkins. So I am, oh, you're on the clock, actually. Zimir White was your last pick and you're back on the clock. And I feel great because the...

The wide receiver tier did not get completely destroyed. You might be looking at my team saying, I still don't have a quarterback. And I think every single other team has one. I was looking at your team and I was thinking, this guy doesn't have a quarterback. Yep. Yeah, yeah. And some of these, some of the bots here, it is very possible that they take a second quarterback. But. I think I'm okay, at least for this pick. Let's find out, shall we? Let's run it back, baby. So who are you taking? I'm going to take Keon Coleman. Yeah. I will take the rookie from Buffalo. Like, JSN is in strong contention right there, but it's the, what if Coleman is the number one wide receiver for Buffalo? What if that happens? Like, I honestly, I think that there is a, I think there's a strong chance that it ends up being Curtis Samuel.

But I'm going to take the risk right here on the rookie. Because if that hits, that's just a monster pick in the 8th. It's a great pick. I love Keon Coleman. I love him on film. My pick here, I'm going to not do what you did. There's one. There's an, my Titan 6. My Titan 6 is available. And he's available. How many are off the board now? That's 9. Nine have gone off the board. He's my tight in six, and he had an incredible finish to the season last year. Yeah. Did he get that quarterback back? No. Oh, but I'm taking David. I'm taking David Najoku here, knowing that I'm going to lose a couple of picks, and then I'm back on the clock. McConkey and Romeo Dobbs go next. So JSN's on the board for me. When I look at wide receivers, Xavier Leggett.

Troy Franklin. We did. That is straight from the man. Yes, it is Leighette. He says it's Legett. That's how we will be pronouncing it. Jalen Warren, Jonathan Brooks. Those are both interesting names. Yes. Those are probably finalists right now. Devin Singletary, a starter. Gus Edwards. Yeah. A starter. And I haven't taken a running back while James Cook in the fifth. Man. Because I think I have a lot of strength in Breeze Hall, E.T.N. and Cook. So I'm going to go for the upside here. And I'm going to give Jonathan Brooks a shot. I'm going to take Jonathan Brooks in the ninth round. Instead of going with like a committee back that's never going to crack the roster, I'm going to go with a player that I want to see if they can emerge, get involved in the passing game of Dave Canales. And that puts you back on the clock. JSN still available. Jonathan Brooks there, I think, is.

worth it. Your team is strong at the running back position. Coming off of the ACL tear, who knows when Brooks will be available, but it should be his job when he's ready to go. So I don't mind that there. The running back situation at this point is really interesting. And you still need a quarterback. Yeah, Jared Goff will be. We're going to make you draft one. Jared Goff will be here soon. Zach Moss. Oh, man, I can't wait until he goes. Cannot wait. Look, Brock Purdy, Tua, Jared Goff, Jaden Daniels, Justin Herbert. If Trevor Lawrence is your starting quarterback, I will rejoice and sing songs. He will not be. He will not be my starting quarterback. But that's five quarterbacks that I am happy to go into week one, at least with. But Zach Moss on the Bengals. Yeah.

it's that one's hard too because like is it okay and chase brown is but no is Zach Moss good or bad as a running back yeah he's mid okay he's a medium he's a get-you-by guy that's what I'm gonna call it okay Zemir white get-you-by guy that's what these guys do they're they're durable enough to make it through a season and smart enough to run through the holes presented but they don't they don't Make big plays, and they aren't the reason you win. How do you feel about Joe Mixen, like his talent level now? I still think he is superior to those two players. By what margin? Not much. Okay. So that's the question of it. And if Zach Moss is anything close to what Joe Mixon was able to give the Cincinnati Bengals, what was Mixon's finish yet last year? Five? Or wait, no, that's too high.

I don't think that's too high. Was that what it was? Five. Five on the dot. We're factoring in week 18 in that because he was the running back four. Is that Kyle chiming in there? It was. Now, how is your emphysema, Kyle? Have you getting that treated? Trying to cut back. Stay safe. Yeah. Get under 10 packs today. Dude, the running back, the running back five. Yeah, I know. And that opportunity is available. And Gus Edwards, it's the same thing of Jim Hard Dog. And the high T approach that him and Giro are going to be putting out there. It's not about, here's the difference. Okay. The difference between Joe Mixon and those two players is commitment. It's the fact that if Joe Mixon plays bad, he's the, he was still the guy in Cincinnati. If Zach Moss plays bad, he's not. If Zemir White plays bad, he's not. That's the only difference between those two players, is that you could lose the spot. Yeah, yeah, you definitely could. The upside. And.

I'm going to risk. I want a JSN on my team last round, so I'm going to go ahead. I'm going to take him here. Wasn't an option for me with Metcalf already on the roster. I get that. Ferguson, Purdy goes. Moss, Benson, Warren, Edwards, Gus in the ninth, nice value. Goddard Hawkinson. Oh, Adonai Mitchell. Oh, Jameson. For those listening, Jared Golf goes one pick before Mike. Two is already off the board. Come on, man. A nice backup quarterback for team four. I, dude, fool me once, fool me twice. I had to do it. Trevor Lawrence should be your quarterback at a penalty. I had to do it. Jared Goff, Tua, and Purdy all go before your pick, Mike. You are back on the clock. You can roll the dice with Herbert and the high tea offense. You can shut your mouth. I'm taking Jane Daniels. Oh, baby. Oh, baby.

How's it feel? Not getting any of the quarterbacks you want. No, Jane Daniels was in the crew. Jared Goff was the one I wanted. But in the list of, I listed off five, we got there. Well, we are, I got my final two picks here. I'm going to take Xavier Leggett. Okay. So back-to-back Panthers, that's got to be good, right? And then Spears and Herbert could go wrong. Off the board, and it's back to me. You know, I like taking Brooks and Legett with the two of my last three picks. A reminder of everyone out there, you end up dropping a player to participate in the waiver wire. I want to see if I can catch lightning in a bottle for the first couple of weeks. Sure. I don't want to be taking a player that I'm like, oh, ho-hum, they could be good. You know, I could take a player like Ty Chandler and he could be more involved in week one. And if he's not, I could dump him. That's an option. I could go Tyler Lockett with the final pick of the draft out of pure respect for the man. Because him going on draft. What a downfall. What a downfall for Ty Lockett in ADP?

where I get last year he got paid in this off season last year was terrible for for what we were expecting not going to argue with that at all but it was you're it maybe like if I guess we're watching lock and say it's happening the he he has lost the step but if he hasn't really lost the step we're just one year removed from a a string of fantasy dominance so I won't take him Because I have D.K. Mekha. Yeah, also makes sense. Zeke is near the top of my list just to take the flyer on what that breakdown looks like in Dallas because it should matter. It's going to be one of the best offenses in football. Or you can roll the dice with Rashid Shaheed and a wide receiver 2 there. Jalen Polk. Sure. In New England. That's where I'm going. I'm going Jailen Polk. I'm going Jailen Polk. Yeah, I'm going to go to the double rookies at the end and see if.

One of them pops off in the beginning, and otherwise I'm going to go to the waiver wire and find the best options. So, Mike, you are on the clock. You can select another quarterback. I think Trevor Lawrence is still there. No, I'm good. I know where I know the direction I'm going, because you've kind of laid out who, everybody who is there. This player is no longer a rookie. And this counts for double. Okay. Because this player last year was drafted to be a number one wide receiver. He was awful. Oh, are you doing it? He was just awful. And I'm talking about Quentin Johnston. Yeah. The opportunity in front of him is really not one I think we saw coming. We thought it would be one. It would be Kenan or Mike Williams and Quentin this year. And now it's Quentin and Joshua Palmer. And Ladd-McConkie. Yeah, they did add Ladd-McConkey. But point being of any veteran experience, it's those guys. And-

And if he's bad weak one, how good is that drop going to feel? Oh, yeah, double. So if he's good, if he's good, you're like, I knew it. I never doubted him for a moment. If he's terrible week one, that drop with extreme prejudice. Oh, yeah, it's going to feel great. Yeah, it'll feel great, cathartic. All right, so we went very different through the first two rounds. I had a couple of running backs. My team looks like this. Breeze Hall, Travis E.T.N., James Cook, Jonathan Brooks. as my four running backs. Metcalf, Ridley, Brian Thomas, Leighette, and Polk as my white outs. Feels a little thin to me, although I think Metcalf and Ridley are enough to get by with those running backs. And Jalen Hertz and David Njoku, my onesie positions at quarterback and tight-in. I will be looking immediately for running back help after week one, but I got Tyreek Hill, Debo, Christian Kirk, Keon Coleman, Jackson Smith, and Jigbaun, Quentin Johnston.

of my running back crew is very thin. Rashad White, Kenneth Walker, Zamir White. I have T. McBride, T. McB., the man at my tight-in position. And then I have Kyler Murray at my quarterback position. Try that again. I have Jared Goff. No, no, keep going. Okay. We have Jaden Daniels. Oh, man. So how do you think the populace will react to Jaden Daniels leading the way? He could be okay. Yeah, I... You don't have a choice. Honestly, Jaden Daniels is, I think he is a, like, he's just like what Richardson was in last year's draft. Yeah, I don't really want, I don't really want to go into week one with Jane Daniels as my only hope. I prefer him more as like. The second guy you drafted at the last pick. Yeah, if I had gotten Jared Goff at the 1010 and then the next round got Jaden Daniels, I would feel spectacular about that.

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