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

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Well, I was sharing that wonderful information from one of our sponsors. Jason was grimacing. He may be dealing with some constipation on top of whatever else is going on in his head. It's not feeling good in the tummy when I'm looking at this board that looked so great two picks ago. I just, Robert Woods or AJ Brown, I will take either one of them. So I draft AJ Brown. Did you forget where you were in the draft?

No, no, I know exactly where I was, but I'm disappointed because they represented a higher tier. Now it's pretty much even. If I look, you know, when I'm not really loving either option, I'll glance at quarterback in tight end. Dak Prescott's out there. He's great. I'm not taking him this early. No tight end, you know, Darren Waller. Look, we love the Wallerous, you know, gooo, gooo, but I'm not taking him this early. So I am looking at a wide receiver or a running back. The wide receivers here.

Cortland Sutton, Keenan Allen, Tyler Lockett, they don't inspire me. I was going to say, do they make you excited? Nope. So I am picking between David Johnson and Melvin Gordon here. And while it's not my absolute... What year is it? Yeah, exactly. I wish this was a couple years ago. When I compare these two players, they're back to back in my rankings. They're almost identical across the board. However, one of these players, I believe, was brought in...

to be given the workload, not split it as much. I think that the departure of DeAndre Hopkins is going to require more throwing to the running back position. And I am going to draft David Johnson. Oh, David Johnson. Yeah. Houston. Houston. David Johnson will be my third running back on this roster. So Dalvin Cook, Miles Sanders, Amari Cooper, and now David Johnson is.

are the four guys on Jason's team. And you did kind of jump in on David Johnson before maybe another tier was extinguished. Lev Bell went next, then Melvin Gordon. I had Gordon and David Johnson back to back in my rankings. Jonathan Taylor ends up going in the fourth round. And then we saw you.

Maybe this will make you feel less comfortable, Jason, but you see a lot of wide receivers go off the board. Keenan Helen, Cortland Sutton, Tyler Boyd, Tyler Lockett, then Chris Carson, then A.J. Green, Stefan Diggs, Devante Parker, and T.Y. Hilton. Oh. You're back on the clock. Middle of the fifth round. I imagine you'd like to pick up a wide receiver, but what does the draft want you to do? Yeah. I mean, when I'm looking at my team, I think wide receiver is the right spot here.

I don't see any running back that forces my hand. What about Dak Prescott? Do you think he's enough upside here in the middle of the fifth round? No. If I were to take quarterback or tight end, I would take Darren Waller over Dak Prescott because later in the draft, there's some tight ends I love, but they're no sure thing. Later in the draft, there are 10 quarterbacks that are pretty sure things of being successful that I'm happy to walk away with here. So I am going wide receiver.

I'm going to say this out loud, even though it is not to my benefit. I'm going to play the ADP game here. What I want to have happen here is I want Terry McLaren and I want Marquis Brown. I want those two second year wide receivers. And if I play the ADP game, I got to take Scary Terry first. So I'm going to draft Terry McLaren and hope that you two gentlemen don't grab my, my Hollywood Brown and hope I can put him on my roster next. Because if I can get both those guys, I'll be thrilled. That's my strategy here.

So Tara McLaurin will be added to Amari Cooper. I like it. All right. Well, one of the things I was hoping for, I'm on the clock here, ninth pick of the fifth round, when I drafted Robert Woods, went back-to-back wide receivers, I saw kind of a grouping of running backs, David Johnson, Lev Bell, Melvin Gordon, Chris Carson, and two other names that I was hoping one of these guys would come back to me. The two other names being David Montgomery and Rahim Moster, both players that I...

believe we'll have a good deal of work this year. I like the upside, the breakout potential for somebody like Rahim Moser, but I actually have David Montgomery as uninspiring as he was last year, ranked a little bit higher. So much volume. Very excited. He'll have it again. So much volume, man. He's a good pass catcher. And look, he's the pick here. I'm getting a bona fide starter. Do I know who the starting quarterback is? No. Oh, no.

Oh, you wanted James Connor, didn't you? I did. But David, let's make sure we go through these. David Montgomery was my pick. Dak went next and then James Connor before Mike's pick at 512. Dang it, man. I thought for sure I would get Connor. So what are you thinking about here, Mike? Because you have two more picks, but then you don't pick until the seventh round. Assembling your roster, you got two running backs, Aaron Jones, Austin Echler. You've got DJ Moore and DJ Chark. I don't.

Think you can take another DJ here. That would be... Ooh, can we find one? Deontay Johnson? No, doesn't count. That one doesn't count? Nope. Okay. Well, what are you thinking? So right now, D.K. Metcalf is still on the board. It's close to DJ. Yes. That's true. So my motif will stay alive at least a little bit before it vanishes into dust. I'm actually being a little bit tempted here.

by a curve ball that I would not normally do. Is it tight end? No, it is not a tight end. It is, no, like I said, it's not something I usually do. Off brand. We're talking to Kyler. We're going off brand. I'm going to take a player that I, and I want to see what, well, I want to see what happens. I'm going to take my number three quarterback. I'm going to draft Kyler Murray, who talk about.

The upside of Kyler Murray now is so insanely high. Did you know that Kyler Murray had a touchdown rate of 3.7%? No, I did not know that. Now, for the uninitiated, that is bad. That is very low. The average for quarterbacks with 300 plus attempts is 4.7. So an entire percentage point. And what did they do? But they added DeAndre Hopkins. They added.

The best wide receiver in football. So I'm going to take a shot on it. I'm going for it. So Kyler Murray is on my team. It's very interesting. I hope I don't regret it. Could have gone Mark Ingram, could have gone Rahim Moster. Well, I still have another pick. You have D.K. McAfee, as you said. You could double up on quarterbacks as we're, you know, you can get real wild money. Look, I'm not going that crazy. I do love that you're the first person. After shaking your head at us on the last show, with Lamar Jackson.

in the third round potentially. You were talking about second round. Pick 22, you're right. But you're the first one with a quarterback in this time. Yep. Look. This is for you. This is for you. Let's see what happens. Okay. In some ways, it's for me, too, because I have a pick coming up, and now two quarterbacks went off the board. Yeah, and I feel like the running backs are, they are getting dreadful, but there still is.

The old reliable Mark Ingram, I can't pass up on this value. I knew you were going to take Mark Ingram. When he's sitting there in the sixth round, or is this now technically the seventh, I don't know, that is too good of value. He is always, year after year after year, he beats his ADP. Guess what he's going to do this year? He's going to beat his ADP, and he's not one of your top two running backs. You're not relying on him to be.

the stud. He's just great depth at this point in the draft. We've talked about him recently. I like the pick a lot. All right. Now I'm in a very curious position. Mike, by the way, your team, Aaron Jones, Austin, Eklund, Mark Ingram, at running back, DJ Moore, DJ Chark, at wide receiver, and Kyler Murray at quarterback. I've got Josh Jacobs, Kenyon Drake, and David Montgomery. I feel very comfortable at running back. Cooper Cup and Robert Woods.

I've got two Rams, two top tier, top 12 wide receivers from my projections. I am wondering whether to consider Darren Waller here a little bit. It's the middle of the sixth round. It could represent a differentiator at the tight end position for my team if I get what we got from Darren Waller last year. Could also take a player like Hollywood Brown.

Might I interest you in another player such as Michael Gallup? As is good. Michael Gallup is great. Debo Samuel on the board plummeting down draft rankings due to the injury. This is still too soon for Debo for me. It is. And then at running back, you know, at this point, is there a big difference on your draft board between taking a shot on a D'Andre Swift or taking a shot?

on a Ronald Jones or taking a shot on a Sony Michelle. Let's talk to Sony Michelle real quick because we didn't really get into Sony. What if Cam Newton is the starting quarterback for the Patriots? Yes, Cam Newton will vulture touchdowns. But historically, we have seen time and time again running backs who have very mobile quarterbacks, quarterbacks that run.

The person that benefits the most is the running back. They get those easy open lanes. Specifically, Sony Michelle needs easy open lanes these days. Cam Newton's running back has usually been very good for fantasy over, you know, his career. Let's see what Al Borland thinks about that option. James White. Would you feel physical pain, Al, if you were forced to wear a Sony jersey for like a month in the office? Definitely.

Well, to figure out what those bet parameters will become. Darren Waller here, I'd rather wait and see what happens in the next round in terms of Waller and Jared Cook, I think. I'll tell you what's very funny, as it just done on me. If I were you, I would probably be drafting Cam Acres.

And, but then I was like, oh, crap, I don't know if you can do that. Three Rams. Yeah. The two names that I'm looking at here would be Cam Acres and Hollywood Brown. Oh, you did say Hollywood's name. Yeah, it will be Marquis Hollywood Brown with this pick. No, I'm seriously. You jerk! DeAndre Swift goes next. Well, you did tell him what you were going to do. I know. That's not fair. This format is stupid. I quit.

Well, I mean, I appreciate your transparency, but he was the right mix and match for my team. I have three wide receivers, three running backs. You're back on the clock, Jason. DeAndre Swift did go next. So if you were pining for DeAndre Swift, he was not available to you. I was not. Here is... Carry on is still there. Well, it's... Hold on, hold on. Just pouring dirt on him.

How could you ask me to cry no more? It's a competitive draft, Mike. This is why we do it this way. I just said a second ago, it was between Cam Acres and Hollywood Brown. The reason that I like Cam Acres over some of the other running backs, over Sony Michelle.

over the just-picked D'Andre Swift is because he has the opportunity to go into a great offense for a great head coach in a vacant Todd Gurley role, win the job, and be very fantasy relevant. So I do like Cam. You also have a variable in Delvin Cook that you could be missing a running back potentially. I could, and that is true. When are you looking to ensure, Jason? You're not taking...