Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Live 12 Team Mock Draft, Sleepers, News & Notes, Listener Questions

So what did you have to say about that, Jay? I wanted to hear Mike, because I know Mike was the one that brought this to our attention. I wanted to know the specifics of what Big Ben said. You heard this from Camp itself, didn't you? I listened to the... We actually, we tweeted out, fellas. We tweeted out the audio clip, and Big Ben said verbatim that Marcus Wheaton is our number two in two wide sets, and then when they go three wide, he'll be in the slot. Yeah, it makes a big difference for... Yeah, that's some cold water on Marty McBride. A little bit, yeah, he moved down...

for me a little bit. This is that time I was going to say to our listeners, you know, we have all these preseason rankings. We've talked a lot about guys that we are waiting to see on in camp. Bryant's an example of that, C.J. Anderson, some other guys. And so I'm not trying to overreact to that. I'm not trying to put fear into everybody. I think Bryant's going to have a great season. He's a physical specimen, and I think double-digit touchdowns is well within his possibility. But keep that in mind if you're waiting for him to jump up into the...

wide receiver 1 range or something, but it's a great offense. Out of Dolphins Camp, this is a good thing to remember. Damien Williams is still on the team. We haven't talked enough about him. He did open Dolphins Camp as the second team back behind Lamar Miller. It makes some sense. This is in the context of Jaya. Jai. Correct. And Damian Williams was an adequate past protector. So if you're trying to hope a Jai, he sneaks him for third downs, wait and see. It might not be this year.

Seahawks signed, I haven't heard of this guy before, quarterback Russell Wilson. It's like the ball, I think. Oh, oh, okay. Yeah, from the movie. Right, yep. You got it castaway. Russell Wilson to a four-year 87.6 million dollar, for a guy I've never heard of, that's a lot of money. Contract extension, 60 million guaranteed, locks him up in Seattle. Doesn't change the fantasy landscape, but now we don't have to be distracted.

Yeah, we don't have to do that garbage of sources I will not name, leaking stories that maybe Russell Wilson will not be there next year. The most ludicrous crap you've ever read. I love because offseason it builds and builds and builds and builds. And then as soon as they sign the deal is done. You know what I mean? It's like you're never going to hear about it again.

Patriots camp. I love this. A guy I have ranked one spot ahead of Danny Woodhead in PPR leagues, believe it or not. What? Before this news. And PPR? Before this news. Well, yeah, it has to be PPR. Patriots coach Bill Belichick has talked up second year running back James White following Monday's training camp practice. Why is this important? Because the third down back that pass catching back catches passes in the Patriot system. Believe it or not, Shane Verene was the leading receiver in the Super Bowl. 11 catches for Shane Vereen. So there is a role.

And do you remember last year what Tom Brady said about the fellow? Do you remember? About James White? I do not. No, about James White. That he's a great tipper. Yeah, he was like, man. Just kidding. He was a rookie. I believe he dropped an F bomb with how much he loves him. Wow. Yeah. And that was last year. And so there were some. We're going to have to effort that. Make sure that Jason's telling the truth.

I just make things up here. But Kyrie Robinson is still there. So is Travarez Cadet. These are these are battles to watch. Yeah. All right, Cowboys. Wait, did I say? Yes, you did take. Hold on. It's whatever. Yeah. Breaking news. Read the next one for me. Breaking news. Well, no, we have to. Breaking news. No, no, no. That's Darren McFadden. No, I said Kyrie Robinson when I clearly meant cadet. Oh, I don't have a your stupid button. Hold on a second.

All right, there you go. Darren McFadden remains sidelined. This is the seventh year running, and he's hoping to get off. His hamstring has been sore for seven consecutive years. No, no, no. He switched hamstrings. That's the other one now. Oh, my God. It's true, isn't it? Yep. It is actually true. It was... If anybody wonders whether the word injury prone is an accurate statement for certain people, you just cannot avoid it. Certain people, Stephen Jackson? Stephen Jackson's...

you know, hamstrings and quads and things. They just... They were too big. It wasn't his fault. It's just genetics. Yeah, you hear some people say, you know, that there's no such thing as injury prone, but it's like just... There's a lot of data that says that the same guys get injured and that the biggest teller of a future injury is previous injury. So that to me says that it's something worth looking at. And there's a... I almost said...

Joseph Randall, but I meant Lance Dunbar. My Stumbar is going to be involved in that offense a little bit. There were some reports that Joseph Randall might get about 15 carries a game. Lance. He might get a little more if McFadden's not in the mix at all, but just pay, this is a camp thing to pay attention to. See what the rotation looks like. See who's running with the ones. Speaking of injury prone, Washington Redskins, Jordan Reed, this is good news on him. Jay Gruden says he feels a difference with Reed this summer. Is this one of those good blurbs we just ignore? Yep.

If you're going to go really late, Jordan reads a guy with massive talent, so why would you not gamble on him?

Yeah. Well, I know we're about to do the mock draft. Just to let everybody know, because we have people ask us. We have people use this all the time. What we use here at the fantasy footballers is fantasy draftwizard.com. It's super easy. It lets you actually do a mock draft from any position, any league size, any league makeup. You can draft against different rankings, and it's all free. It's all quick. So what we're going to do is...

a mock draft live so that you can hear our brains, hear our thoughts as to how... That's what my brain sounds like. Well, right. Mike and I sound way better. But yeah, you get to actually watch as we get put on the clock with what our roster is and how we decide. So let's get into it. The Fantasy Footballers Mock Draft.

All right, let's do it. Like I said, this is a 12-team standard league, one quarterback, two running backs, three wide receivers, a flex, a tight end, a kicker, and a defense. We are drafting against the Yahoo ESPN and NFL.com rankings. And we think this is a good direction to go for this mock draft because sometimes you can get thrown off drafting against expert rankings because you're going to go into your leagues and a lot of people are going to bring in cheat sheets from other...

other sources, especially if you do a lot of your drafts online. If you draft on ESPN or on Yahoo, their top list is kind of the default list that somebody can use while they're drafting. And so we're going to take a run through this. We are going to draft from the, where are we? We're the seventh overall pick in this draft. And let's get it started. So first off the board in this mock draft, live mock draft, Jamal Charles, goes off the board at number one. Eddie Lacey comes into number two. Levy on Bell.

With the suspension change from 3 to 2 is next with Adrian Peterson, Matt Forte, and Marshawn Lynch. So the top six picks are running backs. Wow, all running backs in a three wide receiver. Yes, a three wide receiver standard. So what are you guys thinking here with Antonio Brown still on the board? All of the wide receivers still on the board. We can have our pick of wide receivers, but for me, and this is...

This is probably one of the most... Most common questions that I get asked is around this spot in the draft. Like the 7, 8, 9 range, what do you do? And in most of my responses for this specific year, I'm just so in love with getting that late a value on Arian Foster. I know, Andy, you've got him ranked as your number one. We've talked about him a lot. For me, if he is there...

that's the guy that I'm always going to be looking for, and he's there. But there is a three wide receiver set up here, so what do you guys think? Yeah, I would take a running back here, but I'm interested, and I don't know if you guys want to do it because we're all working together, but of going wide receiver heavy at the beginning and seeing what our team ends up looking like.

That's fine with me. I think the hard thing with Arian and Jeremy Hill, because those names come to mind at this point in the draft, especially in the Standard League, is can you wait on them somehow? Because in a lot of drafts right now, you can still wait. I mean, I've had people send in tons of drafts where they're getting Foster in the second round, or they're getting Hill in the second round, which leaves me completely dumbfounded because I have Foster's my number one back. But I'm curious, and I don't mind going ahead.

And draft and wide receiver. Yeah, let me play devil's advocate there for a second because I think that this makeup of a draft is one of the most common that our listeners are going to have. And I would like to put together our best team. Okay. So, because, and people, if you're listening, use FantasyDraftWizard.com to play around and do exactly what Mike's saying. Try taking wide receivers early. See how it works. Play around. But we're going to try to do our best team here. Yeah. So best team tells me Aryan Foster should be on our team. I agree.

And for me, it would be Hill. Hill is ranked much higher, but of Foster and Hill, I believe that Hill would be the guy that could make it back. So I'm fine taking Foster right here. Well, let's take Foster. Let me give you the rundown. We took Aaron Foster at the seventh pick. Antonio Brown. Oh, there he goes. Hills off. Antonio Brown did go next. Aaron Rogers went very high at number nine, or normal, I guess, for the leagues.

that I've been seeing. CJ Anderson, Rob Grancowski goes at the tail end. I think that's good value at the 11th pick. And LaShawn McCoy ran it out the first round. Then Mike's sadness, Jeremy Hill came off the board. Yeah, sometimes you gamble and you lose. Yeah, well, my number one wide receiver is still on the board. So Jeremy Hill, O'Dell Buckham, Jr., DeMarco Murray, Des Bryant, and Demarius Thomas. And so now we are sitting in the middle of the second round, and I'm staring at two wide receivers that I am in love with.

Yeah, I think we've got the same two. Well, no, I probably have two different ones. I know one of them is going to be the same. My two wide receivers are Jordy Nelson and Julio Jones. My two are Demarius Thomas. Is he still? No, he just went. So it would be Calvin Johnson and Julio.

Jones. Well, my two are Julio and Calvin. I have them back to back in a standard. I actually have Calvin one spot ahead. So it sounds like our common denominator is probably Julio Jones. Do you guys want to run that direction? Do you have any consideration for another position here? Yeah, I mean, we should just look at the running backs on the board, right? It's a three wide receiver league, which means we're probably going to go wide receiver here. But four sets still there.

Those are really the only big names. Now, it's a standard, which means Fawcett doesn't get, you know, those 70 catches he's going to get, he's not going to get points for them, but he's going to get an extra, you know, 600 yards from that. I think in my stats, Fawcett is still a top 10 standard. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I was mocked last time because I had Fawcett top 10. Are you done?

Yes. All right. So we'll draft Julio Jones here. Julio Jones off the board. Also just like, you know, Andy, you've got him top 12. So you've got him as an RB1 instead. I didn't argue with him. I just couldn't believe how much venom. There's a lot of venom here. Because you crushed me. It's the off season, brother. No, during the last mock when I said I had four set hot, top 10 for standard.

Well, we'll see. Moving on. I'm exceptionally happy about who rolled around here in round three. So after Julio Jones, some highlight names here, Jordy Nelson and Calvin went next. So the two guys we mentioned. Andrew Luck off the board, AJ Green, Alshon Jeffrey, Randall Cobb. Fawcett went with the first pick in the third round in a standard league. So I think people are starting to agree with you, Mike. I've heard he's creeping into the second now. He sure is because he should be. So Mark Ingram went off the board. What do you think of Ingram in the top of the third?

In a standard. In standard, I like it. I still believe in Ingram, I was... Is that appropriate value or a good value? That's appropriate value, I think. I started the off-season scorching hot on him. I cooled a bit, but I still really like him. All right. Coming around to our pick here, seventh pick of the third round, Frank Goers on the board. Alfred Morris, Carlos High, Jonathan Stewart, Latavis Murray are some of the bigger names at the running back position. Some other guys we like, but probably not some... I mean, O'Gare Blunt.

Joseph Randall down a little further. So let me ask you guys a pragmatic question here. I thought you said a personal question. Let me ask you a personal question because I've got these things I've got to show you. Not body hair. Body hair. What is your stance? So the way that I look at this, we've got three wide receiver and a flex in this league. And there are a lot of wide receivers on the board right now that I absolutely love.