Mock Draft MAYHEM! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/21

Hold on. He is dead. I thought you were going to play taps. Yeah, he is. He is a backup, man. I mean, he is playing late in the preseason. No, no, no. He's the backup. Do the backup. He is a backup. Ronda Gadsden went from sexy new thing to old busted real quick. It's crazy. I mean. So I would take them off your boards. Yeah. And then off the backup board as well.

I thought it was interesting for the Chargers, Keaton Mitchell played the, like, full series. Because I've had the opinion that should Hampton go down to injury, that Keaton Mitchell will stay in his Keaton Mitchell role and then Vidal would, Vidal would.

usurp him on the early downs. So silky smooth. Yeah. I'm with Mike. I still believe that's how it would go. I don't doubt that, but it was just interesting to see it. It's something I'm paying attention to because I do think that the backup there is important. And I've been pretty out on Mitchell, not from a talent or offensive perspective, but just simply, I figure he's going to touch the ball seven or eight times a game. And you're just not going to be a fantasy relevant player. Right.

if you're doing that. So if they are willing to use him in more than just a gadgety role, I'm, I'm just paying attention to it. Sam, and they're saying then the, and then the Tray Lance run. Oh, man. Nobody else is paying attention to that, Mike, but you are. I bet there's some DFSers out there who are paying attention. It was just like a, oh, yeah, yeah. You're saying when he ran against the 49ers, his old team for. I'm saying it was just like a, oh, it could have been fun, but he wasn't good enough.

Sam Laporta dealing with a hip injury, Dan Campbell won't commit to him being available for week one. That sucks. I mean, I don't know. Like, Jason, what does that do to Dan Camp or to Sam Laporte of the draft? Oh, it's horrific. Oh, I care very much. I mean, this could be something. They talked about how he got hit. And so this could be simply like he got, you know, a sting or a bone bruise or whatever. But there's also this is a common.

complication off of the surgery he had last year. And so it's like, there is a little bit of reason to worry that this is more serious than the head. Don't worry about it. He took a hit. And I'm not saying it is that, but are you mean, is he off your draft board if you draft tomorrow? He is. I would just lower him around. He's not off my draft board, but I would probably, if I'm taking Leporta, there are those late round guys that I like taking a shot on. I might just draft two.

to make sure I've got someone week one. I'd probably just wait it out. Yeah, I mean, you could wait and have him throw on IR and Carnal Tate in uniform for Friday's practice with the Seahawks. The in uniform is great. Wait a minute. He's missed three practices. Is that, is that good news? Yeah, that's like back at practice. Did we finally get some good news in the news section? Oh, has it been pretty bad? Have you been here?

I don't know, man, I'm just reporting it. I'm just cronkiding it over here. This is great. We finally get something good. Okay, let's go backwards. Rashad White's hamstring injury. It's keeping him off the field. No, there's positive, not serious or long term. Positive, negative. Yeah, I don't know when you get those reports of it's not too bad. You know, it's like, but he's injured? It's like Jason will be available to golf tomorrow. Is that good? Yeah, no, it's not. That's bad. I mean, I'm happy.

Yeah, the people behind us won't be there. Quinn Sean Judkins didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday undisclosed injury, but Todd Monkin said not worried. Something nagging, nothing big. And then Parker Washington, who missed practice this week. Yes. expected to return to practice. Yeah, more goodness. We like it. The Parker Washington hype has reached a fever pitch. I saw somebody yesterday, their bold prediction was he was the wide receiver one on the year.

Okay. Okay, buddy. We're getting... Come on now. We're getting pretty whaling out there. Why don't we got to do that? Like, let's, we can be excited for Parker Washington. Too much. Like, too much. You could be really excited for Parker Washington. Can't be that. You're not allowed to be that excited. That's because Jamar Chase Pooka. We got JSC. We got JSA. We got Jamar. We got Parker. It's just, okay. I mean, that's, that's a spicy meat ball. No, listen, Al.

Al points out that he thought my spite. First of all, it's a bold prediction show. Second of all, Aaron Rogers was active when I said the Jets would win the Super Bowl. All right. The one last thing, we didn't touch on it, I think, at all right now, but enough. Is this about your cool hat? It is a cool hat. That's a pretty cool hat. It's pretty cool. It's pretty sick. No, on the Leporta news, the way that I'm pushing Leporta back, a little bit more hesitant to draft him due to the injury.

James and Williams right now, I just feel like, is a screaming value where he's going in draft. I'm pulling the trigger on. I think you're right on Jameson. Did I ever think we'd, oh, I'd have to stop that. Did I ever think we'd get to the point that the three of us would simultaneously be on Team Jamo? No, I didn't. What a world. No, I didn't. And here we are. And Ken Walker. You're there.

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All right, let me explain what we're doing today. We've done this a couple times, handful of times in the past few years. It is a mayhem mock draft. Jason and Mike are going head to head in a 12 team, half PPR mock draft, one quarterback, two running back, two wide receiver, one tight end, one flex four bench. But the way this works is I will be not only explaining the picks and telling you what's happening in our mock draft as they make these decisions and think through them.

She'll be abusing your hosting powers. I've got some power over here. I have the ability at a moment's notice. By the way, Jason in the seventh spot, Mike in the 12th spot, to inflict a little mayhem on the draft. Each of you will be the victim of three mayhams over the course of the next, what is it, 12 rounds, 11 rounds. One of the mayhams, it will be my choice. I will get to make the selection for you. You will think you're going to make a choice.

And you won't get to. I'll make that selection. Whatever you do, don't mayhem my last round pick, please. Yeah, I might not save it till then. Well, good, because I mean, that would ruin it. It would ruin all of my plans. Unconvincing, Mike is. The other, we have a reach for a player mayhem, which is brand new. It's going to force you to draft a player 20 spots lower in ADP. So you're going to have to reach. Gross.

for a player and make the best of it. And then the last mayhem, I'm going to give the power. I'm going to transfer it from myself into your hands. And you will get to make the pick for your opponent. So you will get to sub, is that subterfuge, ruin their roster? Yes. And you can decide how generous, kind, or unkind you want to be. Yeah. And we also.

D.K. Metcalf, Mike. I don't care where you are. He'll work a trade to be able to give you Maycalf. But we also have a bunch of our writers and the deucers in the draft as well. So all the picks will be made by real people as you guys try to assemble a team in the face of some mayhem. So let's start it off. All right, Gibbs goes number one. Bejan, Chase, Taylor, Pooka, and

J.S.N. Jason, you are on the clock. For me, you will have to pause before you make the selection. I will tell you what I'm going to do and ask permission to lock it in. So for me, this is a pretty easy choice. I think at this point it is a difficult choice between two pretty obvious options. So you could say maybe. Mayhem. Word there already. I was going to. Here, let me explain. Okay. I thought, listen.

I didn't even hear who he was going to pick. I hadn't even mentioned who my options were. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because I was like, I'm going to let you both make your first pick is what I thought. Okay. So that I can then know what you're trying to do. Then I realized if I use my reach for a player mayhem right off the jump. Oh my gosh. I feel. I'm being.

Oh, no. I mean, why not do that right now? But my beautiful almond ross, St. Brown. I mean, you're at the 107. This is nasty. What is the, what is the opinion of the deucers? I'm getting a lot of, getting some nods. I'm getting a lot of nods. I didn't want to be that impatient, but. That's fine. That's nasty. No, this is fine.

Okay, so how far do I have to pick? 20 picks. I'm at the 7. So I've got to get the 27th. You have to take a lot later. 80P is Rishi Rice. Okay. All right. I got it. I'm going to take a guy who would be at this pick. No, it's a pretty easy one. He would be at this pick. I know where you're going. If he wasn't coming off of an injury and an ACL. And it's not a great pick. I wouldn't take him here. But I'll take Malik neighbors and say, hey, turns out he's healthy from week one. He's going to be a superstar.

Malik neighbors at the 107. I know. That is mayhem. That is... Wow. Right off the bad. You have a lot of confidence in neighbors to take him there. Yeah. Who needs Christian McCaffrey or... Amara St. Brown. Oh, man. I always look forward to these drafts mostly so that maybe a screenshot of the draft board can hit socials with no... Oh, it will. With no context. It will, and people are going to freak out. You took neighbors in the first? The kids call that engagement for me.

It's super smart. Christian McCaffrey goes at the 108 after Jason. I'll quote tweet it by saying, you won't believe who I took at seven. That's right. CMC and James Cook off the board. Ammon Rae St. Brown does go at 110. I don't know why you didn't take him at 107. And then C.D. Lamb at 111 putting the hitman on the clock. Now, Mike has back-to-back picks. He will be at the turn every single time in this draft.

So, Mike, first round pick. So wide receiver wise, you know, my rankings, it's like Nico, Crystal Lave, AJA Brown. So I'm pretty confident. How do you feel about Nico right now with the Jaden Higgins news with the rumors that Stroud wants $70 million a year? Oh, man. I saw, when I saw that news that he's looking for $70 million a year, I almost had a spit take and I hadn't drank anything.