FINAL MOCK DRAFT + Sneaky Picks - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/29

So I think Iyuk is the pick. He just willing your dynasty wide receivers into existence. If I were to go running back, this is where I would take Isaiah Pacheco. People, you can, I've seen different reactions to Pryan getting on the team. To me, it's like a slight move down for Pacheco. It's not a huge movement for me. But I'm going to go back to wide receivers. While this is not a. full PPR, like, I'm going to get, oh, I'm going to get Amin Ra levels of receptions. I'm still going to take Nico Collins, who I think the big plays can overcome the little bit of a lower reception total. I did bring up in the studio yesterday. I'm kind of, I'm softening on Nico and Tank Dell just from a consistency standpoint with Diggs presence. I think Nico, we rode that, I rode that ride all the way to the tippy top, but I still think it's going to be challenging for both of those players to.

To give us what we really want on a weekly basis every single week with Stefan Diggs's target share involvement. I do have a little bit of like I think Nico's a little lower on my board, but I know you love him. So Chase and Nico, a couple big play guys. He's definitely higher on my board than I think most. Betsy went with Olavay next. Then Devante Adams off the board. And then Travis ETN, which positions me perfectly for. See, normally when we're drafting against the computer here, I would tell you what I'm trying to get in the third round. Oh. So we'll put that into the headspace of the Falcon and Al Borland who pick after me. But this pick is Josh Jacobs. Josh Jacobs is joining Tyree Kill. Jacobs is, I posted a screenshot of the depth chart yesterday. He is currently the first, second, third, and fourth running back on the Green Bay Packers. Yeah, and you take him as the running back 10.

which I think is a great spot for him. Obviously, I've risen on him with the injuries to the backfield. To start the season, at the very least, Josh Jacobs should have the volume. Oh, man. So you wanted live people in the Moks are out. Okay. Here's the best part, because I think I'm the only person in the world that knows this happened. We don't have the video on Deucers Alley. But when Andy reacted to being sniped, apparently, we had the Falcon inducers alley, give him the double. You went the double guns. He went double guns right towards Andy. I turned to him when I saw what he did, and he double gunned me. And I don't know if he makes that pick if I don't tease it the way I did, you son of a gun. I went Jacobs. Josh Allen went next to Al Borland, Isaiah Pacheco. Good stuff. So here's what's going on.

The Falcon is trying to hurt us. And that's his best effort. So he goes to Pacheco at 212. Then he comes back with the player I wanted, which was Cooper Cup. I think Cooper Cup is worthy of being picked in the second round of a full PPR. So I was considering him with Jacobs, but I played the ADP game. He was way down the board. And I got burned by the Falcon, who is amazingly here at work today. Drake London goes next to producer Borland, putting me into a fresh situation here. I've got Tyreek and Josh Jacobs. And on the board at wide receiver, I like Metcalf. I think Metcalf is the lead dog there, obviously. Ayuk is the highest by ADP with the fears in the back of the mind. Debo is there. If I'm looking elsewhere, not looking at quarterback right now.

I'm going to go with somebody that I think is less fortuitous by way of public opinion, but is the right pick here in a full PPR. I'm taking baby CMC. I'm taking Rashad White at 303 to pair with Jacobs and Tyreek Hill. Tyreek Hill can serve the role of hero wide receiver for this roster, and I think I'm getting myself a nice 80-90 receptions with Rashad White. All right. Evans. DJ Moore and Debo, Samuel, three wide receivers go next. The hit man on the clock with Chase and Collins. Yep. And despite what's going on with the injury fears of Jalen Waddle, if you have not seen. I did tweet out about it that I have slightly bumped him down because of the injury. Like he's still in a non-contact jersey, still wearing a sleeve on his left calf. But.

The actions of the Miami Dolphins are they have five wide receivers on this team right now. So that... Does that include Odell? No. No. No, Odell's on the... When they put Odell on the pup, then they claimed another guy off of the waiver wire. Someone Grant? Yeah, yeah. I've never heard of this guy. Anyways, to say that I'm going to read into the actions of the Dolphins saying that they are just getting him ready for the season. And I'm still going to take Jalen Walker. Wow. I can't believe genuinely. Like I thought this lined up perfect. And I figured you'd be super happy that, you know, five of the first six picks right before you were wide receivers leaving James Cook one of your. If I had gone, if I had gone running back, that's where I would have gone. It was Cook or white for me. So Mike goes with triple wide receivers. Leaning into the double flex PPR. And the unavailable currently.

Yeah. Waddle is not IU, but I may, I may have Nico Collins only on this roster. Lamar Jackson goes next and then James Cook off the board to Rapscallion, who has three. Okay, now you're high tea. When you hit, when you go three, like the lowercase became an uppercase tea. We've got three running backs. The testosterone is flowing because you're going to pound the rock. Yeah, three. lowercase T's do make one uppercase. So there you go. Jason, you've got Jefferson and Barclay. You've got some options here. You could go running back with kind of a below ADP situation for Derek Henry. Seems like people are nervous to take him in a full PPR. Yeah, in a full PPR, that makes sense. I don't, I'm not going to pull the trigger here on Henry either. There are a couple of players that I really like.

I'll just say this. What I would love to do here is something I've done for pretty much this whole offseason. I would take Jalen Hertz and then I would come back in the beginning of the fourth and grab Devante Smith to get that stack. I like that three, four stack. Kiborg will have two picks between me. I just said that out loud. And I know he also loves him. You would do that with Barkley on your team? Just go full Eagles. Yeah. Here's the nice thing. Better than full saints. I don't think I would with. I don't think I would do that with Barclay. But the truth is, Alvin Camara is a PPR machine. So when you look at Derek Henry, who I've got ahead of Camara, generically speaking, in a PPR, full PPR. Alvin Camara is the number two target on this offense.

I think pairing him, you know, I've got Justin Jefferson and Camara who they'll both have 100 receptions this year. So Jason goes Jefferson, Barkley, Camara to start his draft. Hertz goes next to Kyle. And Papa Josh goes with Kyler Murray. Goodness gracious. To finish the round. Sam Laporta? Nice, Kyle. And then he goes Sam Laporta first tight end off the board at 401. I don't mind that price. We were worried about, you know, 2-9. No, I don't. 401 is fine. And then Devante Smith, so Kyle does the stack, Hudson Smith. For me, the way that Josh handled it would be just going with two onesies at the turn as he's, I mean, whatever, 20 plus players about to fly off the board. And if you're going to take Kyler Murray that early, I would at least correlate with Trey McBride personally. So you just don't like what the bald man's doing. Well, let's look at a good thing that the guy with hair did.

Use my strategy. He took Jalen Hertz and Devante Smith right there at the turn, got that stack. I love it. But I also love. So I need a wide receiver. I've only got Justin Jefferson. There are wide receivers like like D.K. Metcalfe. You go high upside with Malik neighbors. You've got a long wait before your next pick. I love Tank Dell. I'm not going to get any of them because truly my quarterback won, assuming this is six point per passing touchdown league. I mean, I don't think we have that detail in the mock draft. Mahomes. Mahomes is my number one quarterback. I think he's going to be unbelievable. And I don't usually like taking him where he's gone in the last couple years when he's a second rounder. But if I'm getting him fourth, if I'm getting him as the fifth quarterback off the board, and he's easy to stack with because I can go Xavier Worthy or Rysley or take shots on players. So I haven't drafted him much this offseason, but I love the value there in the fourth round.

Well, Metcalf goes next. The Reps Canyon finally grabs himself a wide receiver. And honestly, Metcalf has your wide receiver one in the fourth round. It was a gamble that paid off, I think. Gibbs, A. Chan and Cook are a powerful trifecta. We've got Kelsey off the board at 405, three picks after Leporta. And then Mike is back on the board. Now, Mike, I do want to make sure you understand IUC is still available to you if you want to rebuild. I do see that. Your dynasty opportunities. I do see that. And if I just want to add on guys who will not be available, week one. Right. Jalen Waddle, Jamar Chase. Hey, what are you going to do? So this one is a tougher decision for me. Ken Bone Walker made it back to me. And I have, I have him still projected to be top 10 running back. PPR could be.

Not as great. He was only an 8% target share player the last year. However, new OC, Mr. Grubb up there has been talking about Walker as a three-down running back. That doesn't mean it'll happen, but at least it is being talked about. We've got to get these running backs catching some more passes. But passing on Trey McBride here would be pretty tough. The tight ends are about to, the run will happen. And I'm going to do it. I'm going to take Trey McBride and. and bank on his connection with Kyler to put him up over 80, maybe 90 receptions. I'm surprised. I'm surprised that wasn't Ken Walker. Yeah. McBride off the board, Malik Neighbors went at 407. I was kind of, I was dreaming of Malik Neighbors there with my 410. Didn't get back to me. Betsy took him and that puts Brooks in the driver's seat here. He goes Michael Pittman.

and then digs off the board at 409, which means I have Tyreek, Josh Jacobs, Rashad White. We'll take a quick break, and then I'll come back and let you know who I'm taking. All right. Full PPR, two flex, Tyreek in the first, Jacobs and Rashad White in the next two rounds. If I didn't have those two running backs, I think it would be Ken Walker for me here. Or, you know, there's some good running backs available. They've kind of slipped down the... the board with the full PPR, but I am actually going to turn right back to the wide receiver position. And, you know, we got news about him this morning. I'm going to put Rashi Rice on this roster. You son of a turkey. I thought he was making it all the way back to the 510. I totally thought he would make it back to me. No, I mean, so Rushi Rice is really, really interesting in drafts right now because where he is in average draft position is you got to scroll. You need to scroll for him. If you've got your draft coming up this weekend, like a fourth round pick, 410.

I don't have any problem with it. I really wanted to pair him with Mahomes. His average draft position is probably closer to the seventh round than the fourth. Like, you reach pretty far for Rushie. But if you just look at what he can do, you're going to need to take him before you think you need to take him if you want him in your draft. Stupid pick. Thank you. Thank you. I always like to hear that. After Rashi Rice, we got Tank Dell off the board. Mark Andrews at 412. And then Brandon Ayuk finally comes off. That could be an unbelievable value. No question. Ken Walker does go at 502, probably just to make sure I didn't get him, let him sneak through. But Al Borland puts him as his RB2 with CMC. Looking pretty good there. At this point, kind of a ridiculous level of value here. So I'm going to take Derek Henry at 503.

I don't, you know, we play half PPR a lot of the time. I'm not going to let full PPR dissuade me from potentially 15 touchdowns. Right. So I'm going to take, you know, three workhorse backs with Jacobs, White and Henry, feeling pretty good, Rice and Tyreek as my whiteouts. All right. That's more real tea. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's like, that font change. It's a much larger tea than in the other font. It's bolded. Yeah. All right. Stroud off the board at 504, Mixing, and then Kincaid, Kincaid off the board at 506. That was the only real player I thought about at 503 over Henry. That was who I was targeting to hopefully get to me. I know the hitman and Team 8 already have their tight end. So if he got past bets, pretty good chance to get to me. And I would have taken him there at the back of the fifth. Well, boys, the plan is working. Jamarch, oh no. Oh, gosh. Is it, though?

It was, that was a quick change. Yeah, because it was like, I had deleted Jamar and I'm like, yeah, baby, T. Higgins just dropping to me this perfection. And then I'm like, do I really want to overload on the bangles like that? Just get Burrow and stack with Chase. Like when you're trying to host a show and you lose track of your team, some bad things can happen there. You just drew attention to Jason having San Juan and maybe not wanting Jalen Hurts and I almost did it. So you have Chase Collins, Waddle, and McBride. And no running back. I really wanted to go T. Higgins right there. So at the running back position, ADP-wise, Jones Swift, James Connor is there. He's probably the pick. If I'm going to go at the running back, let me peek real quick at the quarterbacks. Richardson presenting at least a little bit of a value right now with the other quarterbacks that have gone. Burrow, Prescott. I'm just going to take old man James Connor, be my anchor running back here right in the fifth.

All right, so you went back to back Cardinals, McBride and Connor in the... Which I had the Connor... I am okay with that stack, by the way. I had the Connor Remandre decision yesterday in our listener league where he was going to be my RB1, one of those two guys. I went with Remandre, but it was close, and you went with Connor here. Probably Connor a... I mean, I guess they're both probably the same value in a full PPR, but Connor is probably a little better there. No, I would think remandre would be the one to receive more passes this season. With Gibson there and Connor not having an alternate right now in the passing game, I kind of went the other way. Sure, yeah, I do think Connor has more touchdowns than Ramandre. That is, that is fair. Yeah, Ramonre did have a prolific receiving year before. So.

We'll find out. Flowers and Higgins go next out of the AFC North, and then Jason on the clock with Jefferson, Berkeley, Camara, Mahomes, and another player. Yeah, I mean, right now with Mahomes, Camara, Barclay, and only Justin Jefferson at a full PPR as a wide receiver, I'm looking towards the wide receiver. And honestly, like, there are a lot of wide receivers I like here. If all four picks from now until the next one come, there's still wide receivers I like. Because of that, like I had queued up guys a little bit lower, but because there are still going to be guys for my next pick at wide receiver I like, I'm going to take the shot on someone I haven't. I have not unloaded a single bullet out of the gun this year for George Pickens. But I, you know, Ayyuk has dropped Pickin so far. Right.

And if Iyuk does not go, which it seems like right now, I can't imagine that trade getting done. It could get done as I speak. But as it stands, George Pickens is the clear number one target without really a solid number two. I mean, I'm making the case for Pat Friermuth to be the number two target in this offense. And if that's your competition for targets, Pickens should be good this season, especially at this value in the back of the fifth. All right, we have Montgomery and Cooper rounding out the fifth round. McClorn goes at 601 to Papa Josh, who still has no running backs. The smallest T imaginable. Keep it going. Keep it going, Josh. Honestly, with age, you lose testosterone, so it makes sense. Chris Godwin goes next at 602. Jason back on the clock. Jefferson and Pickens at Wide Out, Barclay and Camara at Running Back, and Mahomes is your quarterback. Yeah, so I was between two players left. Amari Cooper and Terry McLaurin were on my cue.

Love both of those picks at the turn there, Josh. And then there were two wide receivers left for me. Calvin Ridley and Xavier Worthy to stack with Mahomes. I would love to have that stack, but I'm not going to take the unknown rookie who I think is, you know, at best right now, the wide receiver three on his team over Calvin Ridley, who should be a PPR machine. Calvin Ridley at 603. Joe Burrow goes next. So that's out of contention for Mike to stack with Chase. But he does get the Rapscallion Higgins-Burrow and the fifth and sixth round combination, which is very nice. That was honestly the, that was the plan. Like before I had forgotten that I drafted Jamar, it was going to be Higgins there and hope that Burrough sneaks back to get that. I've done that a few times now in drafts. And it's always felt.

Good? Real good. Yeah, like it's, it looks, you know, sometimes the vibe's got to be on. So I'm back on the clock here. I have two Cardinals. I don't know if I want to then super stack another team. Rahim Mostert, I think is a just a fantastic running back pick here. But for my build, I don't know if I want to go that direction. So I'm going to. pivot and Tony Pollard is slightly higher than most in my rankings. The preseason usage has been very encouraging. Tony Pollard is a pass catching specialist. We'll see if that works out. All right. Well, this was going to be my pick if he slipped to me, but he didn't. Richardson finally goes at 607. Anthony, you've talked to Anthony Richardson down to people to a place where now he's. It's just, it's insane. Okay, listener league, Superflex.

We did the draft yesterday. I took Richardson. Like as your quarterback two. It's about it was like QB 10. He was the QB 10, which is a which is where he should be going. Like if you look at his his week one lines on sleeper picks, you know, and you remind yourself of how fantasy scoring is. You've got him down with 45 and a half rushing yards. That's his line for week one with 213 passing yards. That would be a combined 327 passing yardage for. Just total fantasy value. That's his week one line. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is tremendous value there in the right spot. And that's what all of our, every discussion we have about every player is about what is the cost versus the return. Kittle and Pitts go next. And I'm actually going tight end as well. This is one of my favorite players to take in general. Definitely my favorite in a full PPR. Sure. And thrilled to get him. Evan Ingram.

adding him to the roster. I think Evan Ingram could have a, I think he is a tight-in that can finish at one. I think Evan Ingram can finish at one overall. Wow. So I was about to be echoing most everything you said until you said that nonsense. Full stop. But genuinely like, you're talking about it. He was the, he was the tight-in two last year. This is not a great leap. He's just never been. It was way down last year. And he's never been a touchdown guy. If scoring's way down again, then he can do it. That's all I'm saying is like, yes, he's never been a touchdown guy, but what if? What if he caught six? I mean, if he caught six, he's the tight end one last year. I will say in a full PPR, I think I would rather have Evan Ingram over Kittle and Pitts. He's going to catch nonstop worthless passes. And you've looked at the situation and you've lost Ridley and.

Kirk was injured. He's back now. You've lost 8 Jones. You want to talk about who's there with a report? Kirk and Ingram. Not Brian Thomas yet. Moster goes next. Dak at 612. Stevenson off the board to start the seventh round. I think that's really good value on a starter there. He goes behind Aaron Jones. He goes behind Pollard and Mostert. Jaden Reed goes next at 702. and I am back on the clock with Tyreek and Rice at wide receiver, Jacobs, White, and Henry at running back and Ingram at tight end. I am keeping my eyes on the wide receiver spot right now. And even though he is aged, I think a seventh round Keenan Allen is appropriate in a full PPR. So I will take Keenan Allen in the seventh round. Kenan Allen would have been my pick if he had dropped to me. And you take him over teammate Rome Adunzee who went.

right after. Now, you've spoken highly of Adunzei as having potential and not being a bad pick. I've been more negative on the rookie rookie combination behind two great vets. But it was interesting to me that you chose Keenan over O'Donzee. Yeah, I would say that O'Donze fits the mold of the kind of pick. If I can take Thomas or Rome or some of these rookies late where they're not having to start for me from week one. Those are, that's the upside I have with Odunze, Brian Thomas. If I have to start them on week one, especially in a full PPR, I'm willing to go Keenan where the first half of the year I think's going to be fairly solid. That would be the differentiator to me, but I think Rome has the ability to emerge over the course of the year. It's been a run of wide receivers, Kirk Worthy and Mike back on the clock. So my, other than quarterback, I'm, you know, I'm pretty close to positionally filled here.

I just need one more flex, but we're... So, like, at this point in the draft, because I feel confident in the guys that I've got to be my core, this is pretty much an all-upside pick for the remainder of the draft for me. And so, like, Ladd McConkey, Keon, the rookies, you know, Coleman, Brian Thomas, then the Jackson Smith and Jigba is in strong contention here. With it being PPR... I'm going to go Deontay Johnson. I'm going to trust in the upgraded quarterback play for Bryce Young with Canales being there and Deontay Johnson being his ex-wide receiver. And knowing that touchdowns could be a struggle, but looking at what Adam Thielen was able to do in the beginning of the season last year, if Deontay is anything close to that, which I think he could be the whole season, it could be a PPR nightmare for my opponents.

All right, we got five and a half rounds left. Jason back on the clock. McConkey and Swift win after Mike. And now, Jason, it is your opportunity to make the correct pick. You know, I was going to take David and Joku here, but there's two tight ends I like. Only one player that doesn't have a tight end left. So I'm fine if I go with the other one. Najee Harris sitting here, when I've only got Barclay and Camara, he is a solid player. He's never not finished as an RB2. There's already 24 running backs off the board. So even though I've got pickings, I'm going to grab Najee Harris. I just think it's a perfect depth here if you're getting him at the 7-8 turn. Well, started a little running back run, Javante, Zemir White, Zemir White, Zach Moss. So Josh has his two starters, which. Zemir White and Zach Moss in the seventh and eighth. That's great. Yeah, it's sketchy for sure, but that could work out tremendously. And then JSN goes at 802, putting Jason back on the clock.

And I will take David Nijoku, who in a full PPR, I think he could be really, really involved in that offense as well. It's good gamble. Good gamble with Njoku. Still get him. And then that puts Rapscallion back on the clock who started Gibbs A. Channing Cook and ends up Metcalf, Higgins, McConkey at wide receiver. And then Joe Burrow at quarterback. He ends up going Bowers, which I think is, that's my most exciting late tight-in pick to make. Sure. And then Chubb, who will start on the pup, goes to Team 8, can throw them on the IR and sign somebody. Mike, you're back on the clock. We're going to believe in science here, boys. We're going to hope that the medical teams have fixed Christian Watson's hamstring. That's my favorite comment is that it's now being reported they did fix.

Hey. Oh, really? It's been reported that it's been fixed. Oh, yeah. That's great news. Zero games of proof that it's fixed, but it is apparently fixed. Well, that's great news because I believe that if everyone is on the field, you know, I like all the Packers, wide receivers, but if everyone is there and ready to go, I think Christian Watson is the one. Well, we'll find out, Mike. We'll find out if you can hold up. Yeah, we will. Brian Thomas and Keanu Coleman go. A little disappointing. I was targeting Thomas in the eighth round here, but Betsy wouldn't let that happen. Thought about going quarterback after my Keenan pick. I have some guys I like, but I guess I will go quarterback because I've not taken this player in any draft. But at 8.10, I'm going to go Jordan Love. Okay. I don't mind it. So that puts Al Borland back on the clock. Love my quarterback. And, um,

You know, the upside was on the field and on display last year from Jordan Love. He was arguably the NFL MVP, you know, as a quarterback over the second half of the year. So I'm going to give it a go. Brian Robinson and Jalen Warren rounding out the eighth round. Sutton starts the ninth. Sutton is one of the most ignored players in all of fantasy. And yet they are, you know, they cut Tim Patrick and they, you know, they don't, it's being reported that Troy Franklin won't even have a role as a rookie. And then Marvin Mims is supposed to be a full-time player. And Josh Reynolds arrives. Like Sutton is the only proven commodity there. Yeah, it's, it's really hard. He is the clear cut number one. But it's, it's really, really hard to trust the guy. I mean, Corlin Sutton hasn't been good for fantasy since his sophomore season, which was five years ago. He was, you know, the wide receiver 35 last year, 43.