Head-to-Head Mock Draft Episode! - Fantasy Football Podcast

two of my top 10 projected running backs, which sounds like an outstanding start. And who would that be if you went running back? Would that be? Kenyon Drake? Is he one of them? Yeah. So Kenyon Drake and Aaron Jones. Or actually, I'm sorry, but when I have, right now I have Drake at 14. I actually have Echler and Aaron Jones inside my top 10. So going between those two guys. Then Julio Jones is there and Julio Jones is just.

He does what Julio Jones does, and that's finished fantastic. Or do I take the pivot and get superstar tight end Travis Kelsey and see if I like the build of my team that way? I'm going to go. I'm being boring. I'm going to be boring. I'm going to take the running back. So I'm going to take Aaron Jones. And I have Echler ranked significantly higher at least.

balancing out the weight of a first round pick. So I'm going to take Echler and Aaron Jones. All right. So we all went running backs in the first round. Mike comes back with Echler. Jason's shaking his head a little bit because I took Echler. No. Over Ken you Drake? No. That's not why I'm shaking my head. I'm shaking my head because I've got the dream.

that King and Drake can make it to me, but Andy is on the board. This is a really unique, this is a really unique spot where we are, for your service, going to say what's in our mind and our head, but at the same time, we're letting our opponents here know exactly who we want to come back to us. Yeah, I was kind of curious when Mike passed on Julio Jones, if there was a chance, Julio would make it back to 204 to me. I'm realizing I kind of like being at the ninth spot in the draft.

feeling pretty good with Josh Jacobs in the first round. Mike went the running backs. Julio ended up going with the second pick in the second round and Nick Chubb at 203. So I would have had to stare down Nick Chubb and Kenyon Drake in this situation. Unfortunately for Jason, Kenyon Drake is going to be my pick here. I am very, very tilted now. I don't like this one bit. I certainly wanted Drake to be there. If I could have started with Dalvin Cook and Kenyon Drake, I would be

I would have left the show because I would be running down the street. You would have walked off? You're done? Two-round draft. DeAndre Hopkins ended up going next, by the way, so you do not have him to choose from. Two Cardinals back to back. Here you are. This is where I will honestly start considering a Travis Kelsey, someone that I think locks up that position.

That being said... It better lock up that position. Yeah, but I'm just saying, you know, if you want that out of the way, you've got to take them pretty much in the second round in most drafts. That being said, there is still one running back left that I project to have a phenomenal season coming up with how the roster stands right now, and that would be Miles Sanders. There's a whole other tier. You got the four net, the girly, the, you know, the other options that I think are a step below. But Miles Sanders, if he

takes that step forward. He can be a top 10 back this season. I have him almost ranked there. So I'm going to draft Miles Sanders, pair him with Dalvin Cook so that I could focus on wide receivers in those middle rounds because there's so many I like there. Well, and I went on a podcast last week, talked a lot about Miles Sanders. He's being drafted as the RB8 in basketball leagues right now. That was one of those things where like if you're projecting him, like he's being drafted pretty much to reach that next level on a consistent basis in 2020.

So boring or not, we all have two running backs after the first two rounds. After your Miles Sanders pick, I'm not going to have to stare it down in the second round here because Mahomes, Godwin, Juju, Clyde Edwards, Aller, Ghaladay, Kelsey, Kelsey. Kelsey at 212. You like that placement for Travis Kelsey? Yeah, I'd be very happy to start McCaffrey, Kelsey. And then coming back with O'Dell Beckham at 301, George Kittle, Alan Robinson.

Lamar Jackson, Mike Evans, and Todd Gurley. Would you have been thinking about Gurley at all after going running back, running back, Jason? So I know you like Gurley this year. I do like Gurley. And I would be thinking about going running back, running back, running back to start a draft. I have done that many times this off season. I'm 100% fine with that. However...

While there are Leonard Fournettes, a Chris Carson's, and Melvin Gordon, you know, technically my next highest running back is actually David Johnson, according to my rankings, they are, this is where we talk about tier-based drafting. They're a tier or two down, but my wide receiver six is still on the board. I know this will, you know, be hurtful to Mike, but I believe in Amari Cooper. I think what we saw in the beginning of last year and his fantasy dominance was real before the injury. Bill, because it was.

At the time it was real. Yes. But my point is the post-injury Cooper that was hobbled out there on the field as a decoy. I don't believe that is the truth. I'm going to take the $100 million man and put Amari Cooper with my Dalvin, Cook, and Miles Sanders. I'm liking my roster so far. Mark Anders ends up going next in the third round. Didn't even drop to the fourth round in this half point per reception mock.

So Jason's got Cook, Sanders, and Cooper. It's funny, when you said your number six overall receiver was still on the board, I cringed a little bit because I thought you might steal your number six receiver. Robert Woods right then. You have Robert Woods at six. No, I do not have Robert Woods at six. I do not have Robert Woods at six. I haven't at 10. Okay. I have him at 10. But he is my next highest ranked wide receiver on the board. Oh, really? I thought you had Cooper Cup very, very high.

According to your ratings, or did you forget that he was there? Cooper Cup is still available in this draft is what you're saying. Yes, he is. That is what I'm saying. In which case, Cooper Cup is my pick. So we have, Andy and I have both started running back, running back wide receiver. Yes. Yeah, I have Cup at six. I have Woods at 10. So I will go Cooper Cup. The team after me went Leonard Fournette. So they have Mixin Chubb and Fournet. Fournet.

sitting there in the third round in every draft to either be a value or a disaster. Yeah, temperature check on Leonard Fournett. It's the same as it's been. Okay. Mine's at least gone up a little bit of... Like you're more encouraged? Because that's... It feels like every day that passes and we don't hear anything from Jacksonville, like, okay, I'll take another step towards Leonard Fornet. I don't know if I can ever get all in.

and have to take him in the third round. But I'm just, I'm just saying where you guys are at, Jayward. How are you feeling about Fournette? Look, Fournet was repeating last year. Yeah, the Fournette's going to get the ball a ton. And I'm fine having him on my fantasy rosters if he ends up getting the receiving work even near what he got last year.

75% of what he got last year. He's going to be a steal in this third round. I think the three of us have him projected to lose a significant amount of the passing work. When they lost, T.J. Yeldin they didn't have anyone else, so they just gave it to Fournette. They go out and sign Chris Thompson. That's his specialty. He's worked with Jay Gruden before. So I think that's why Fornett, we're passing on him here, even though he's a high volume player that could be a real value in the third. Well, the trouble with players like Fournet.

is that when I'm looking, and I know you're like this too, Jay, when you look at those first couple rounds, two, three rounds, you're kind of, you want some semblance of security, some semblance of knowing what you're getting, and there's at least that factor of, I don't know what I'm getting in Fournet because, you know, do I trust last year's receiving totals or do I trust every other year of Leonard Fournette and, you know, also dealt with injuries. Last year was a bit of an outlier in a good way for Leonard Fornet, but I don't know if any of us feel like he's a,

you know, lock, by any regards. So after Fournet went Thielin, and Mike's on the clock with a couple of picks, I'm fairly certain I know one of these two. Yes, you know the one that I am taking right now. I am taking DJ Moore, who I, the breakout was real. I think it will sustain. It feels like he's teetering on the edge of my guy territory for you. Look, I wouldn't mind it. I feel like I kind of am the only.

The only member who's waving the flag lately. Are you in? I'm totally in. Where do you have them ranked? If Amari Cooper wasn't there, DJ Moore would have been my next pick. Oh, okay. He's my wide receiver 10. That makes me feel a little bit better. Yeah, no, I'm in on. I'm in on DJ Moore. I think that's a good pick. All right. And then I don't think I will be leaving a fourth round without this fella. There's an extra incentive here because he's actually, there's a wide receiver who is one rank ahead of the player I'm going to take.

And that player is Robert Woods. But now I get to send Robert Woods back to Andy and see if he tilts that he's like, I have to take two Rams on this squad. I was wondering from the moment I drafted Cooper Cup whether I would be live on the air trying to have to make a double Rams decision. And I have been intentionally making it happen. I love it because that means Woods could get to me. He could. But so darned if I do or darn if I don't know. That's right. You can't win no matter who you are. So you took two DJs.

I did. I love it. I got DJ Chark. He is my pretty much my auto pick in the fourth round these days. Now, that's interesting because by taking DJ Chark, you're passing on Robert Woods, you're passing on A.J. Brandon, you're passing on Calvin Ridley, a player that all three of us look to have a breakout season. But DJ Chark is just too enticing. DJ Chark broke out. I believe in Gardner Minshu. The more I've...

look into the metrics of what he was actually able to accomplish as a rookie thrust into action. And it's like DJ Chark broke out. Calvin Ridley, we are projecting him to break out, but he's still the number two on the team. DJ Chark is not, for me, usually that this turn would be Robert Woods and DJ Chark, but DJ Moore was there. He's too entertaining to leave me with this situation. Yeah, yeah, well.

Yeah, it's more because DJ Moore dropped, and I wasn't expecting him to be there. So because we have the beauty of being live and doing this for the benefit of our listenership, for the Foot Clan, I want to debate the merits or the pros and cons of this situation. It is extremely rare. Now, I don't think any of us would have any hesitation with Julio Jones and Calvin Ridley, potentially being our two wide receivers, but there are some pitfalls, right? The Atlanta Falcons have a...

Terrible week, Matt Ryan is off. They face a difficult defense. Your wide receiver core could have issues. Same situation with Cooper Cup and Robert Woods. No Brandon Cook's there. These two guys should be on the field for the majority of snaps. Should be, yes. Should be. But what is your inclination? I'm hesitant with other players that I like on the board. I have AJ Brown sitting there, who I talked about yesterday as somebody I loved in the fourth round.

I have running backs I could choose from. I got a long wait till my next pick. I could go a Chris Carson. I could go a Lev Bell, David Johnson. I don't think I will. I think I'm going to go wide receiver here.

If you're going wide receiver, so there's a bunch of different, you know, theories on stacking players. A lot of times people love to stack quarterbacks with wide receivers. You get to double up on that passing touchdown. And people avoid stacking, say, a wide receiver with a running back. I disagree with that. I think stacking a wide receiver with a running back is fine because you get more consistency, even though you get less big blowup games. Now, with the wide receiver, wide receiver combo. There's a problem.

That I don't know if would be as consistent as a wide receiver running back. Because if the passing game struggles in a game, it's going to affect both receiving options. I would probably not do that. But I am, you know, I'll be honest. I am super happy with Robert Woods or AJ Brown. So I just want one of those guys to make it. Historically, what we've seen from the Rams, you should be perfectly fine. Like Cooper Cup.

and Robert Woods will both have high volume. They had high volume when there was a third wide receiver in the mix, and I'm not too concerned that Josh Reynolds or Van Jefferson, like they're going to come in and snatch up all this volume. Yeah, and Robert Woods was a top five fantasy wide receiver over the back part of last year when it kind of, you know, the vaunted positive regression came back and he caught a couple touchdown passes, was back on the field.

He's who I have ranked higher. He's who I have more confidence as a, you know, you look at two situations, AJ Brown 50 receptions last year. Robert Woods could push for 100 receptions this year. Considering the format where I have them ranked, I'm going to double up. All right. Nice. Robert Woods is my pick. And AJ Brown went next, which means Jason gets neither of them. Will you be petitioning for the Rams to play with two footballs?