Mock Draft + Superflex Strategies, The Nasty Man - Fantasy Football Podcast for 7/29

In terms of volume. Absolutely. In terms of him leveling up and taking a step up in targets. I agree. So for everyone listening and you're in a Super Flex League, you want to leave with three quarterbacks. Buy weeks, injuries, problems. And there's a finite resource. There's only 32 starters and then a couple of backups you know are going to see the field. So not every team can get three. My favorite three quarterbacks to target late.

for that third are Ryan Fitzpatrick, Derek Carr, and Ben Rothlisberger, guys that are not fought over. These are, people aren't scrapping and clawing. And they will all three be very useful. Yeah, yeah. So I think I can play the game with all three of them still there. I doubt all three go. And I'm going to look at a different position. I still only have two running backs. So that's where I think I need to look that direction. And I'm between.

The youthful upside of a Michael Carter, who we saw coming out of camp, he got the first team reps, but I'm not in love with that offense. Or you have James Connor, elder statesman. I realize he's the second running back being drafted from his team. But Kenyon Drake was, you know, the running back 14 last year.

but he costs you a first rounder. In the ninth round, I think a good safety piece who I expect to get a lot of touchdowns on the ground, I will take James Connor in the ninth. Jason selects James Connor. We go Mike Gassicki, Logo Thomas, Zach Wilson, Leonard Fournett for the ninth for the ninth. The ninth starts with David Johnson, Tyler Boyd, Will Fuller, and Curtis Samuel. Will Fuller in the 10th is incredible value. I...

Love that pick. I wish you would have dropped to me. But Curtis Samuel and his groin did not drop to you. I wish I'm thrilled about because that means I can't take him. And I would really like to. So I'm looking at my team here. I'm looking at that third quarterback now that I've shorted up my running back. I'm happy with wide receiver. So it's between do I take a third quarterback or do I take my starting tight end? At tight end, there's Tyler Higby. And then.

You've got the Troutmans and the Blake Jarwin. Oh, yes. I mean, guys that I call you nasty. Yeah. Talking nasty to me right now. Get nasty up in hill. But I don't believe in them quite as much as Higby. So I'm going to take, I'm going to. I think it's a solid pick. Take a guy that I've got as a top 10 tight end who we've seen on the field has top five upside and hope that.

that he's as involved as he was when Gerald Everett was off the field last time. And my next selection is incredibly easy. I'm taking Michael Pittman from the Indianapolis Colts. He has been rapidly rising up my draft board. He is another one of your guys. He is very close to my guy contention. Double-digit rounds for the first patch, pass catcher for the Colts, a second round player.

His second year second round player. I think that the sky is the limit. Athletic profile. All the boxes are checked for there for Michael Pittman. A bigger question would be Carson Wentz. Does he have anything left? And you guys keep trying to convince me that he does. For fantasy, yes. So I'll buy in. So I got Michael Pittman. Very happy about that. After that, Michael Carter, Zach Moss, Brandon Cooks, Jarvis Landry, Gronk, and Irv Smith.

Round out the 10th. Kenyon Drake, Antonio Brown, Hunter Henry, Gus Edwards, Marquis, Hollywood Brown, and A.J. Dillon would have been, would have made me very happy if I were able to grab him right here. But this is a family podcast. So we didn't want it to get not safe for work. Right. Yes. And have A.J. Dylan fall to you. And you are, you are correct. And Hollywood Brown, Jason, but who was just talking about him?

Uh, that was, it was Mark Andrews? It was, I believe it was Mark Andrews who was saying he is going to have a shock the world season. Um, and I, man, what I love that because I, I was wholly convinced that he is, his talent is completely elite on the NFL level. Like he is not good. He's great.

And he did show enough flashes where I believe that. The problem is the passing game is so small that for fantasy purposes, I'm not sure that can happen. And now you have Rashad Bateman come into town and you go, okay, well, that's even more to eat into the pie. So Marquise Brown is being left for dead, but there is still clearly a path for him to emerge. He was great the second half of last year. That was pretty touchdown dependent, but he still got it done. And saw people talk about on Twitter.

Marquise has never had an actual offseason. Coming out of the draft, he had the foot problem, and then you had COVID last year. So I don't think we should bury him just yet. So I'm not overly excited. I'm definitely not caping and touting for Marquis Brown, but I'm with Jason. Let's not bury him just yet. I am up. I get my pick of the bunch for my quarterback three.

I wish I could confidently take one of the Saints quarterbacks here because that would be an easy selection for me, either Taysom or James. So I will simply... If it was easy, they wouldn't be here. That is true. Which, if you're drafting, honestly, if you're drafting right now, it's a great pick. I would, we have three more picks left. If you wanted to take both of those quarterbacks this late in your draft, that's, that is... I'm, I'm, I'm...

Fully on board. That is a great strategy because all that lets you do is drop a clear player. You are guaranteeing an actual top fantasy producer at quarterback. And then you get a drop for waivers in week one. I've got no problems with versus clogging your roster with, you know, some random, you know, okay, great. I've got T.Y. Hilton on my bench. Right. But because I don't know and I've just.

laid out that possible strategy. There's no way Jason's going to allow it to happen. So I will just take Ryan Fitzpatrick. Yeah. Sexyest quarterback in the league. Absolutely. So I talked earlier, Derek Carr, Ben Rothsberger, Ben Rothlisberger would. Oh my goodness. I've never had a problem saying his name, but Ben Rufflesberger. He would be my pick here.

But because of Robbie Anderson, I am fine playing another round of gambling and waiting. If Sam Darnold gets to me. Get that elite Sam Darnold stack, baby. So I'm fine with that. At running back, I think I could use a little bit more depth. I've only got Aaron Jones, Joe Mixin, and James Connor.

The problem is there's not a great running back to grab. I definitely need running back depth, but there's no one to take. I mean, I still think Jamal Williams will be involved, but involved on the Packers, he was meh for fantasy, involved on the Lions. I just don't see a path. So this is where I'm going to take player over team need because I just don't think it's, you know, there's a guy like Mike Williams.

that I think I could grab and be, you know, ecstatic with. He could really level up with the year two of Justin Herbert. And I'll take someone like that over a could-be nothing, a probably nothing at running back. So you took Mike Williams. Then I went Corey Davis, Naheim Hines, Michael Gallup, Tony Pollard, Devin Singletary, Evan Engram, Darnel Mooney, Devante Parker, and Jason, you are back up. We are almost done.

So I have Rothlisberger well ahead of Darnold in my rankings. I expect him to have a better season. But this is my third quarterback. And I hope I'm not playing Mn Rothlisberger other than a buy week here or a buy week there. So I'm going to take the shot at Darnold being, you know, past Adam Gase in the new offense. He's still a young guy and actually someone that could.

maybe level his way up into my roster versus just an injury safety blanket. And like I said, I do need some running back depth. And look in fantasy football, it's okay every once in a while to take a bite of the humble pie. Leave the possibility that your projection for a player is a bit off base. And I got Ryan Fitzpatrick. I might as well get a little...

Little smooches might get a little stack to the running back position. Leave the door open for the possibility that Jady McKissick still is as heavily involved. Ridiculous, Mike. I know. Ridiculous. It's Antonio Gibson's season. I don't buy into it personally, but that's what I'm saying of. I'm leaving the door open for that. And if that ends up being what the Washington football team goes with, then I got a steal of Jady McKissick here at the back of, or in the middle of the 12th round.

Ha ha! Well done, Brooks. All right. Rashad Bateman, Elijah Moore, Adam Troutman. Looks like Team 4 should log out because they just won the draft. Cole Komet, Russell Gage, Marvin Jones. Then in the final round, Henry Ruggs, T.Y. Hilton, Jamal Williams. Jared Kuk. Did you see, I think it was Johnu named. Oh, yeah. The Boston. The Boston Tea Party. Oh, man. It's so good. How would it?

How did we not? If you're in a deep league. But how did we fail on that? And you want to draft both tight ends from the Patriots Hunter Henry and John just so you can name your team. I'm not doing, I'm not in on either of those guys. You know, sometimes a name has to come first, you know, the Boston Tea Party. Oh, it's good. It's really, really solid. Okay, I'm looking through the list. We are just at the point of the draft where.

I mean, which sleeper do I want to highlight with this last pick? And I honestly, I don't know. Let me run through my team here. I got Derek Henry, Najee Harris, Damien Harris, and J.D. McKissick at the running back position, Calvin Ridley, DJ Moore, Kenny Gawaday and Michael Pittman at wide receiver, Jalen Hertz, Kurt Cousins, and Ryan Fitzpatrick are my quarterbacks. You know, decently balanced here.

So looking at the wide receivers, John Brown, Jalen Rager, McColl Harman was getting a little bit of Camp Buzz. Did you read that one, Jay? I hadn't read that, but it makes sense. Sammy Walkins out of there, and there's a few targets up for grabs. He's a young guy that seemed very NFL immature. So if he matures and gets a little bit more trust, I don't know if you know this, but Zacherts is still available.

Oh, the new blonde bombshells. The blonde bombshells. The new one. But it's the last pick in the draft. So I'm going to grab someone that I'll know immediately week one if this player has any sort of value. I will take Tevin Coleman. Devin Coleman. From the New York Jets, who may still be the starter for the first couple weeks. And I'm going to grab a running back as well. I brought up Jamal Williams earlier, a guy who's kind of going to be involved a little bit on a bad team.

Why take him when I could take Latavius Murray, someone who will be involved on a good offense? I think that's a solid pick. Latavius is, I mean, I like your pick more than mine. Nobody wants him because, you know, you feel like the upside isn't there. Although if Alvin Kamara got injured, Latavius would have to really have. Well, and on top of that with Michael Thomas being out for at least six weeks.

You can have Latavius getting more run as they move Camara into the slot. Well, I'm saying leave that door open. What if this team starts out the first half of the year? And they're very run heavy. Yeah. I mean, leave the door open for that. So my team ends up. Yeah, read it off. Kyler Murray, Tom Brady, and Sam Darnold at quarterback at running back. I've got Aaron and Jones, Joe Mixon, James Connor, and Latavius Murray, and wide receiver, Amari Cooper, Robert Woods, Cortland, Sutton, Robbie Anderson, and Mike Williams. Oh, and Tyler Higby.

At my quarterback position, I have Jalen Hertz, Kurt Cousins, and Ryan Fitzpatrick, Derek Henry, Najee Harris, Damien Harris, Jady McKissick, and Kevin Coleman, as my running backs, wide receiver, Calvin Ridley. It's not good. When you start reading a guy's name and you start laughing at your pick, it's not the best place to be in. A lot of times, the day after your league results, your draft results are imported, you make a waiver move. You go to the waiver wire and you go.

Okay. I didn't want to make everyone wait, so I made a pick, and it was a bad pick. Calvin Ridley, DJ Moore, Kenny Gallaudet, and Michael Pittman at the wide receiver position. Shout out to Sleeper, the Sleeper app, the Sleeper platform. Not only are they breaking news to you every day, but they are the fastest growing fantasy platform on the planet. And this is where we play the Megalobole League, the biggest fantasy football league in the world that we hope you participate in come August. Details.