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

46 the last three years. And with a rookie coming in, it's just hard to believe in them. Makes sense. I am going to go ahead and pull the trigger here on a full-time starter on a stinky offense. Devin Singletary, I'm going to take him in the ninth round, just add some depth to the running back room. We're starting two flex. And so if I'm deciding on a kind of backup versus a starter, the two flex talks me into the starter with Singletary. Addison goes next, then Tua. Oh, bets, you snake. And then Chase Brown off the board. Mike, not happy with that. He will have to chase a different running back. Yeah, Chase Brown was easily the pick for me right there. He was also your pick, I believe, in the listener league. Did you get Chase Brown? Yeah, I do. I mean, it's following my research of I want running backs from those teams. So I'm just going to scan the running backs real quick of Spears. I don't know that.

I don't want to have Pollard and Spears. Benson, you know, I could have my insurance policy here for James Connor, Corum, but Jerome Ford is a starting running back, and he might only have one leg, ladies and gentlemen, but I'm going to... Because I didn't get Chase Brown. I'm going to get a player from the Chargers. I can't believe you took. I can't believe you passed on Jerome Ford. That's the, I mean, Jerome, I was looking at your team. I was like, oh, Jerome Ford, man, just fell on your lap. You've only got two running backs. Yeah. He's the starter. You've talked them up all off season. And you're like, now. That was also Dobbins over Edwards. Yeah, because that's the PPR factor. If I'm in a half, I would have easily gone Gus. But like Jerome Ford theoretically, like he's a, he's a, it's a bandaid.

and I'm looking at full season long of, like he hopefully would not crack my lineup with Connor and Pollard. Yeah, this is a really easy pick for me in a full PPR. I actually have Tajay Spears just neck and neck with Tony Pollard. This is a guy who- You liked all those snaps he was getting? I liked- The snaps of preseason? Is that what you're talking about? Yeah, he spent one game going literally the second snap of the game and then they shared drives. He is the 1B there and he is, I think, the better pass catcher. He had 52 receptions as a rookie. So in a full PPR, easy pick for me here. All right. All right. Jameson Williams off the board. Then Jerome Ford. Talk about a just perfect finish for Papa Josh. Josh has executed the zero RB.

as well as you can. And I, you know, when you get to take back-to-back picks, that can be very helpful. Sure. When you are executing a strategy like that because you have the opportunity to pile them up and white, moss, and Ford. Dude. I mean, and Dowdell now. White Moss, Ford, and Dowdell in a zero RB at the end, that's the, I mean, that feels good. And it feels so bad saying something nice about Papa Josh. It does. Like, I don't even want to talk about it because gross. But man, good job. Good job, Team 12. Yeah, I mean, what do they say about wine? Right. Yeah. It gets closer all the time. Ferguson goes next. Jason back on the clock after the Spears pick. I'm looking at the options here and in a full PPR. Curtis Samuel very well could be the wide receiver one target on this team. So, you know, in the 10th, I'm happy about it. Curtis Samuel's the pick.

Romeo Dobbs and Hopkins go next. I was eyeballing Hopkins. People in our listener league let him go so far. He is likely to play week one. And he's not DeAndre Hopkins of old. But we're sitting here where people are talking about, oh my gosh, we're going to take every single option on some of these better offenses. I like Will Levis. So Hopkins is interesting. Mike, you're on the clock after the Dobbins pick. you are in need of a quarterback within the next three picks. And that's where I'm looking. And I don't know if any of these snakes would double up just to take the shot on Jaden Daniels. But there's no one else that I love on the board, so I'm not even going to risk it. Yeah, there's no reason to risk. And Jaden Daniels in the 10th, for anyone that had a quarterback still would have been a good pick.

Yeah, that's why I'm not going to risk it. It would have crossed my mind at some point. Ah, yes, the Falcon was going to take him. Blake Corum goes next, adding to the three consecutive rounds in which Matthew Betts has stolen somebody from Mike or myself. Brooks is on the clock. He went to a last round as his quarterback and goes, Trey Benson is his third running back. And then Caleb Williams off the board at 1009. Williams is a great, like if your draft is just punting Caleb Williams, I think Williams fits the mold of that. Throw them on your team with the last or second to last pick as a second quarterback. See what you got. The way people drafted Anthony Richardson last year with basically the last pick. See what the rookie has in week one with amazing weapons. I went Singletary last round. I'm going to come back here and, you know, there's a couple starters left on the board. I guess I'll take Zeke here and just see if he's the guy, the touchdown guy in Dallas, which, look, nobody wants to take Zeke.

We saw that in the listener league yesterday. I kept kicking it down. I kept saying next round, I guess I'm willing to. And then it was like, ah, next round, maybe I'm willing to. But he very well could come out and be the bell cow. So don't draft a boat. Yeah, James, Joshua Palmer, Jalen Wright, Khalil Shakir off the board. Al Borland goes Hawkinson, which is a good gamble in the 11th round. And that brings it back to me. You better find a start. We have starting tight end. Well, the nice thing about that, so Hawkins has fallen to a place where I, so I took them in the listener league as my tight end too, because you just, as soon as the draft is over, if you've got an IR, throw them on your IR and you get a free extra pick. Well, I am attempting to draft Adonai Mitchell, I promise. I clicked the button. Nothing happened. Hit the refresh. There we go. Adonai Mitchell off the board. A lot of great reports about Adonai Mitchell right now. Josh Downs is injured. He's pushed Alec Pierce off the field and two wide.

on several opportunities. So Mitchell will have a quick opportunity there to, like I'm curious how you guys view Mitchell in context of Michael Pittman because Pittman is very reliable. But there's nothing about Pittman's game that is kind of explosive and exceptional. In my opinion, he's just a great, I kind of look at him like Higgins maybe, you know, where maybe there's an opportunity if Richardson hits for somebody to come and be the athletic alpha if he's the kind of tried and true alpha. I don't mind it here in the 11th. My concerns are just they're Josh Downs related. I know he's hurt right now. Sure. But when he comes back, I expect that Josh Downs goes right back into being a full-time player and then does... It's funny to think about... Is there enough volume for Adam? Jason didn't like Josh Downs and he went to the Colts and he didn't like Adonai Mitchell who also went to the Colts. I wonder if

You and what is it? Who's their general manager that's names escaping me for the Colts? Someone help me out here. Chris Ballard. Ballard, I knew it was a B. Maybe you and him are kind of like opposite takes. Maybe you guys scout, like he, you put the film on upside down, he puts it on regular. Not usually. I think Ballard and I are usually in sync. I like a lot of their other picks. Did you see they cut their fifth, sixth and seventh round picks? No, I didn't. That's not a great sign of drafting. well you were yeah maybe like this year's fifth six and seventh round picks didn't you just say the GM was watching the film right side up yeah are you supposed to go upside down if you're if you're cutting that many people from your draft yeah you're watching the wrong footage all right Mike went with Jared Goff to stack with Daniel something he likes to do and then Jason back on the clock at this point I I like my wide receivers and I think there's good depth I like my running backs I think there's good depth so I'm only looking for upside I'm looking for someone that can come out and just shock

and be great. I'm going to take Xavier Liget and hope that his mammoth body and unbelievable production as a 20th year college player, you know, is out there week one. Fun fact, Josh is one year younger than Xavier Ligette. Yeah. Lockett goes in the 11th round, followed by Jermaine Burton. Mason goes at 1202. Mason is a great pick that people need to star and put on there. Yep. You know, he's going to be super low in ADP. I'm going to take a guy I often take at the very end on Tavian Wicks and hope that his talent gets on the field because if he's on the field, he does great things for the Packers. All right. Well, that means Dalton Schultz is a 12th round pick here for Team 8. And Mike is closing things out. Throw one more guy in your roster, Mike. Yeah, looking at my team, I only have the three running backs. I got my two starters.

And then J.K. Dobbins for some upside. Let's take some more PPR action. I'll take Julelea McLaughlin. Great, great pick. I got him in the second to last round of our listener league. And he's somebody that you can start in a pinch because he will have a role. You were talking about standalone value. Yes. He will have a role. My final pick is between two names. And I'll say it really quickly here. I've been taking Jerry Judy with the last pick of almost every draft. I feel like you said that normal. You said you were going to say it really quickly. And I was excited to see.

how you would say like micro machines. Yeah, like Jerry Judy. Well, and now it's taking a lot longer. You know what I mean? Don't forget that people were all about Elijah Moore in drafts last year as a second option in the offense. You know, people wanted to make a big deal about Elijah Moore with Deshawn Watson. Jerry Judy is a much, much better wide receiver than Elijah Moore. And what we knew. I knew, hey, I knew that a long time ago with Elijah Moore for the record. But I'm actually going to go with Ricky Pearsall because if something happens with Ayuk, he's a great, you talk about starring a name for your last round. You could be in a situation five days from now after the weekend where Ayuk is not a member of this franchise and Ricky Pearson has an important role in a team that is such an effective offense. First round draft pick. Yeah, I mean, there's a first round pick that they believe in. So that will wrap up the vicious.

Fantasy footballers in-house draft. I didn't forget what you did. Falcon, you took a dump on my target of Cooper Cup in the third round. But if you want to see the entire draft board, go to YouTube, check out the draft board there. And any final takeaways? I'll read my team real quick. Tyreek, Rashi Rice, Keenan Allen, Mitchell, and Pierce, all at wide receiver. Jacobs, White, Henry, Singletary, and Zeke at Running Back with. Jordan Love and Evan Ingram as my onesies. Yeah, I'm pretty happy with how mine turned out. My wide receiver core is Justin Jefferson, George Pickens, Calvin Ridley, Curtis, Samuel, Xavier Liggett, and Don Tavian Wicks. At running back, I've got Sequin Barclay, Alvin Kamara, Najee Harris, and Tajay Spears. And then I've got Mahomes and David Najoku locking down my onesies. I've got Jamar Chase, Nico Collins, Jalen Waddle, Deontay, Johnson, Christian Watson.

at running back, James Connor, Tony Pollard, J.K. Dobbins, Delia McLaughlin. Then I got my guy, Trey McBride, anchoring down the tight-end position. Jaden Daniels and Jared Gough with the double tap at quarterback. I think my only regret is not fully, not playing the draft board of letting Josh get Jerome Ford. I could have gone Ford there and. You would have gotten Dobbins on the way back. I think I would have got Dobbins on the way back. I was more nervous about Jason taking Dobbins with one of those picks and not factoring in Josh. And just to create some inner office turmoil, my favorite three teams that aren't our teams, Papa Josh, Rapscallion and Matthew Betts are my favorite three other teams, certainly not the other guys at all. So is how I like to put that. So yeah, I worked out well for Josh to punt the running back position.

It actually worked out for both, like, it was like an inverse situation for the Rapscallion and Papa Josh, where one went heavy whiteouts, one went heavy running backs, and it worked out for both of them. One is old, one is young, one has hair, one has time. Vrial, high, T, low T, yeah, we got it all. All right, that is going to do it for today. If you didn't know, in addition to being the number one fantasy platform, Sleeper also has DFS picks, download the app now. Use the... promo code ballers to get a 100% deposit match. Never said it like that before. Terms and conditions apply. We've got a very big episode tomorrow. MVP. The fantasy MVP show. Not only will we debut our fantasy MVP's for the 2024 NFL season, but we will have several special guests on the show.

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