Fantasy Football - NFL Draft Recap: NFC Winners & Losers - Podcast for 4/30

and sit down and look overjoyed about the future. This is Stafford's team. He wants to project it that way. And then it came out, you know, they were talking about, oh, they had never even met. Sean McVeigh just really, they don't ever meet with who they draft pick. Then Ty Simpson had an interview where he's talking about he was told from the Rams a lot about this. He was given a script of what, like how to behave and what to say and what to not say. Oh, I didn't read that one. And then like he had to keep. Everything under wraps about any of their meetings. They had the secret meetings with McVeigh. So this was, this was, at first, I thought this was a very GM over head coach situation. I don't believe that to be the case anymore. I think they were in sync and they're looking at the future of this franchise. They don't usually have a pick. I mean, they don't usually have a pick in the first round anyways, but let alone at the 13 spot.

They're usually, and project to have a very low first round pick. So if you have any chance to help your franchise in the future that is, I mean, you're on the edge, I can understand the argument of taking that. And then you go, well, what about the prospect? Is Ty Simpson good? Well, let me tell you, this is a fact. If Ty Simpson went to the Arizona Cardinals, he would not develop. Correct. He would not become a good NFL quarterback. If Ty Simpson... gets to sit for two years behind Matthew Stafford and get trained by Sean McVeigh. I'll bet he ends up being a pretty good quarterback. That's my opinion. I don't think there's anything wrong with any of that. I think that's all true. I think it's a shocking pick when your team is on the edge of success. I also think it's a little bit funny when it's like, oh, you never get a pick at 13. So now that we're at 13, we're going to take a guy that wouldn't have gone until the end of the round. We're going to take him at 13 because we have that pick. That part shocked me too. I don't think.

You know, maybe Arizona was very vocal about trading up to 25 and you had to do it. Yeah. But there's every chance for him to succeed. We don't know when that will be. It might be a couple years away. It doesn't do any good to debate how predicated it is. He's a ram. That's what he is now. I took him in the second round of our dynasty draft because I'm building for 2028. And I'm like, I'm going to take a shot at a quarterback. That could be the starter on the Rams with McVeigh in two years. I don't blame, especially the build of your team going with him a little bit earlier than I think he'll go in most single quarterback drafts. I really like the pick and is the Aaron Roger stuff we just read at the top of this show where the team is being held ransom by an old busted quarterback. They know the time of Stafford is coming to an end sooner than later.

Be prepared for it. This is, to me, it's like, this is nothing like Kirk Cousins getting the bag of money and then them drafting Michael Pennix. This is a, it's nothing. This is more like the Jordan Love move. This is where, yeah, that did piss off Aaron Rogers, but look where the Green Bay Packers are now because of that. Okay, but here's the counter argument to that, and I think where Andy's saying this is a bad draft. This is a very similar situation to what happened with Jordan Love, Aaron Rogers. You literally have the MVP. this year in Matthew Stafford. You're close to a championship, right? Yeah. If you rewind the tape to 2020, we can say, well, Jordan Love was a good pick. That would help their franchise. They're good. But in 2020, they were in the championship game. And they were a hair away from winning that. And they passed on T. Higgins in that draft to get Jordan Love. You telling me that maybe you don't win that?

if you ended up with T. Higgins, like, Mikey Lemon, perhaps. And you do, you still have to, like, I know McVeigh, he's not going to be a, he's not necessarily going to be a miracle worker for everybody on, at quarterback. Like, what's the ceiling for Ty Simpson in reality? Is this pick going to look more like the Michael Pinnock's pick? Or is it going to look, or can he pick it? Or somebody in the first round that just didn't develop? Or is it going to be the future of your franchise? That's where I think people debated whether Simpson was worth, if everybody believed in Simpson, he would have gone in the top five. Right.

So that's where it's going to be interesting from a fantasy perspective. I bet they all believe in Ty Simpson now. All those teams that the Cardo's like, wait, McVeigh, you like him that much? Oh, crap. Fantasy losers of this draft is the insanely deep and now probably useless tight end room that has Colby Parkinson who scored five times last year. Tyler Higby, who came back from injury. Terrence Ferguson, who they drafted and, you know, believe in. Davis Allen has flashed. Now they draft. draft Max Clare in the second round. They live for tight-ins. And he's a good tight-in. Max-Clair's like a good tight end. Betts is very excited for, or was at least very excited for him. What a terrible landing spot. Good for the Rams, a good pick, a good player, but I don't know how they're going to use all five of these tight ends. Like there are, there's Tyler. There's Tyler Higby retirement rumors floating around. So I mean like maybe not this year. And then is.

What's the contract situation for, like, Colby Parkinson. Parks had just got a big contract. Did he? I mean, I guess it was two years ago. I felt like he was on the, Kyle was he on the last year? But like the, I think, I think maybe they're, yeah, so Colby and Allen are free agents in 2027. For this year. This is their, because this is their new way of doing the offense. So they want to make sure that they're stocked. For this year, I think that you just have to avoid all tight ends there. Yes. I think that's. They didn't do anything. Wide receiver.

So if you don't talk about fantasy winners, there you go. Devante Adams is still on this roster. And he'll catch a bunch of touchdowns. Seattle. They did it. They spent the first round pick on Judarian Price. Wild. As expected. Giardians in the first. Yes, he was a very popular pick to there. Andy, you believe that they would do it. I say wild of a first round pick on a running back. with that level of production is... That level of production has not... I mean... That's crazy to me. The one thing I'll say is that unanimously from pretty much the jump until the day of the draft, it was pretty unanimous that Price was the number two prospect in this entire draft. Yeah, in the mock draft world, yes. Well, not just in our world, but in the NFL world. Like, there wasn't a move for Emmett Johnson or Jonah Coleman to pass him. It was pretty unanimous from people's perspectives that Price was the second best talent.

I think that's what pushed him. Not that he was the second best, but the gap between him and everyone else is what pushed him up into the first. Whereas like if we don't get him, we don't see a player that can come in and be in a really important role for our team. Yeah. This is the drafted Jonah Coleman. Yeah, you and me, you and me agree. However, for fantasy purposes, this is an incredibly important pick. The Seahawks. Charbonnet is not going to be ready week one. Charbonnet will most likely be starting on the pop. It might be the end of the year before he's... I projected him for eight games played. Yeah. So you're talking about a team that wants to run the ball that's successful, literally Super Bowl champions coming in. And so... That's what you've got to do. He is... He is going to get the Rock a lot. And he doesn't even have to succeed in order to get the Rock more and more and more. We saw that with Charbonnet.

They just, they will do, they'll say, we are committed to handing this ball off. Yeah, I mean, Charbonnet is a fantasy loser from the draft with Price being drafted there. Emmanuel Wilson, the free agent acquisition, a loser in the draft. You know, Judarian Price is a winner. You know, the fantasy community that needs a relevant rookie to step up to the plate. If you draft them, you're going to get snaps. And that's pretty much what you can say about that. Big winner here, Eli Lilly, Jardians in the first. I think the comp to Josh Jacobs. is perfect for what we saw limited Josh Jacobs. I mean, he was the last one that has had under 700 receiving or rushing yards in a final season and then get drafted that high. I think that comp's perfect. I think Price is a great running back. I think he'll succeed there, especially because of how, you know, he's going into such a perfect situation. It's kind of the opposite of what Jeremiah Love has to do, where I feel like Love has, he has to carry a lot of the responsibility for that offense now.

in Arizona. And I think Price just gets to go do his thing. He's got other players that can come in. They won't have Charbonnet right away, but George Hollani will be getting snaps. At least Jacobs had a receiving profile, though. Oh, I know. There's no receiving profile here at all. I think what, five catches or something. But Price, I mean, jumped, and I think he's pretty locked in at the 105 in your rookie drafts. Yeah, for sure. Like, because Concepcion went to the Browns, you're like, and it's going to... You would have to project it's going to take a little bit of time, even if KC does pan out to be a good player. I would take him 105. The New York Giants did not end up spending the early picks that I had thought they would spend on offense with a Jordan Tyson or a Jeremiah. I love who never felt to them. Instead, they went defense and offensive tackle, cornerback in the second, and their one offensive splash was Malachi Fields in the third round.

Who is a monster of a man. I hate this. You hate the pick? I hate it because this was the spot that I was that I was using all of my willpower to get one of the bigger wide receivers as in like the higher end guys. And it's like Malachi Fields is, he's big. I'm not physically. I mean, you know, it's not that he's a bad player. It's just things didn't go nearly as well as he had hoped this year. He had kind of, you know, his draft stock fell. And but I will be interested in a Giants wide receiver. Malachi Fields finds a great landing spot here. Being with Jackson Dart, and really it's Malik neighbors and a bunch of Jags. I mean, they don't like Darius Slayton at all. They still have them there as a path. And so they did add Darnell Mooney in the off season. Don't forget that as well. Yeah. Fields is a prospect that I was ready to be out on.

See, that's what I mean. Before the draft, I was ready to be out on him. I am fine taking a shot now with this landing spot. Cam Scataboo, big winner of the draft. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Oh, the people. The people are thrilled. People love it. It's a big deal. And I'm going to, I'm going to go out and just say Malik Neighbors is a winner of the draft because what I didn't, my biggest fear this offseason with neighbors was the combination of a high profile exciting wide receiver. landing and him missing a few games. And again, his time with Jackson Dart is non-existent, which means that if he misses a few games and Jordan Tyson becomes the dude for Jackson Dart, it's great for Dart. It's not great for neighbors managers. And that would have worried me a little bit. Neighbors, if anything, you look at the offseason and you say, well, you subtract Wondell Robinson's billion targets and you replace it with Mooney and Malachi Fields. It seems like the targets will be just fine for Malik neighbors. But, man.

Just imagine them. We almost have the world, guys, the Giants. Malik neighbors and Jordan Tyson. I think you're saying this from the perspective of Jackson Dart, but I actually think that... Oh, it would have been nasty. I think that the offensive tackle is as big a help for... If you're not going to take a wide receiver. Dart is a winner here because they did add a wide receiver on day two and got an offensive tackle. I like what they did. The commanders Maui Noah. You're talking about the tackle? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, I like, for what it's worth, broadly, I like what the Giants did in the draft. I think it was a good draft. Washington, they spent a third round pick on Antonio Williams. Again, Washington was rumored to be in the running back game, which they did, they got probably a steal on Ketron Allen in the sixth round. You mean like Ketron Allen's going to steal their money? How do you mean? Because he's not that good. Oh, you don't like him? No. Oh, I got you. Yeah, that was a shot at him. Yeah. Take that. That was an insult.

Right. Two. Where did Nick Singleton go? Where did Singleton go? Fifth round? Yeah. Did he go ahead of Kate Tron Allen? Antonio Williams wide receiver in the third round. Again, Washington was one of those teams we thought maybe we'd use number seven overall to go after. They could have taken Jordan Tyson, right? It tells me a little bit about their plans, maybe with Brandon Ayyuk that they did not prioritize another big name. Because if you put, if you put Brandon Ayyuk with Terry McLaren. with Chigua with Antonio Williams with Ben Senate. I hear you loud and clear brother. Yeah. Yeah, you got it. So Antonio Williams, I mean, he worked Ben Senate into that. He did. This draft. I mean, we are talking about the commanders. Third year breakout. Uh, Traylon Birx too, man. Your guy, Jay. Oh yeah, dude. I mean, AJ Brown, who? I think this is a great landing spot for Antonio Williams. He's, he's shot up my dynasty rankings. The GM has come out and talked so much about.

why they like Antonio Williams, targeting Antonio Williams. The opportunity that he finds himself in is great. I mean, if Brandon Ayuk shows up, that will nerve it a little bit. But as of now, he has a real opportunity to be the wide receiver two for a good offense. That's hard to find yourself in that situation. You expect Jane Daniels to be good. Terry McLaren's the one, and they really need someone else to step up. So Antonio Williams right now, I mean, he is my number 12 ranked uh rookie so he's a he is the back of the first round for me katron allen will have an opportunity whether you like him or not this backfield did not add other pieces please refer to katron uh by his chosen name fat man well that's right that's right you don't know about this one andy this one's real that's not a joke that was no no no no no it's not a joke it's not our nickname oh i will call him that yeah

If he would like that man. We would love to call him. We honor and respect these players. Yeah, Travis A. Chan Jr. Rumballaya. Rumballia. Fat man. Oh, this, I like him more. What a gift, Ketron. His mama calls him fat man. It does make me like him more. Yeah. Fat man Allen. Mama calls him fat man. That's where the game came from. So we have Bill Kroski and Fat man in that backfield. And Crod. No, he's gone. Jason. Oh, I'm sorry. Welcome to 2026. I forgot. I just was excited on the names. I know. I know. You just got to be faithful. Um, there you go. Jacori Christi Marit is a winner, by the way. Yes. Because you did not, you did not end up with the Jeremiah love situation. I thought maybe J.C.m's window is completely shut.

It was possible. And it seems like they're willing to have him in a committee with Rashad White. I can't wait for Rashad White to be the clear leading back again and be good for fantasy. There's one major problem there. He's busy for Rashad White. Yeah, he's not good at running. It might. It just, so people are aware, Antonio Williams did run 93% of his routes from the slot last year. So they, you know, you might have a Jaden Reed. Yeah, I mean, Traylon Berks, I think they gave him money, right? And he's going to come back. Jalen Lane's still on the roster. Van Jefferson, I think is still on the roster. Can't cut that guy. Can't cut that guy. They did say goodbye to Debo though, right? So Debo's gone. And nobody even knows if he's anywhere. Yeah, I haven't heard a peep. He is technically a free agent. I heard it too. What? It sounded like I haven't heard a peep. Peep. What are you the road runner?

Yeah, that's it. Um, Dallas. Or did you hear pee pee pee pee pee. Oh, you got a bunch of children. Can't find Devo's pee pee anywhere. No, that's not what anyone said. Thank you. Oh, thank you. Look at that wall. Look at that magic Mike wall. Nobody came close to saying that. Oh, one of us did. One of us said it. You did. So, so there you go. Take a lap. Take a lap, Jason. The Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys, they did put them on the wall and we're done. Yeah, I mean, they went defense in this draft. The news, which is bad news for fantasy. You want to say who's a fantasy loser? We are. Yeah, because Caleb Downs is awesome. Oh, I love him. And he's going to make. Malachi Lawrence. A big difference on this defense. The, the only offensive.

stuff in this draft was really the news as to whether or not C.D. Liam or I'm sorry, George Pickens was going to sign his franchise. He did sign. He didn't. We talked about it last episode. He could end up holding out into the season. More optimism when you didn't like McKay-Limon went in the first round to Philadelphia. That made you say, well, there's a plan there. There wasn't a plan in these draft picks to replace George Pickens. I'll tell you that. That is absolutely true. And. Mackay Lemon could never have gone there to the Eagles their division mate if the Cowboys had not moved down given them that pick. Speaking of the Eagles, to be, you know, multiple years ago you had. Yeah, DeMante Adams. No, C.D. Lamb. They drafted Citi Lamb when they didn't like when they were on the clock. We weren't this was still, um, uh, uh, Cooper was still like.

The good version of Dallas Amari Cooper. Yeah. We didn't think they would take City Lemon. They just, they said, this is the best guy on our board. So I would believe that if they thought that highly a Mackay Lemon, they would have just taken him. Yeah, they could have made the statement to George right there, and they didn't. Philadelphia did take Mackay Lemon with the 20th overall pick, stealing him from the clutches of the Pittsburgh Steelers. And good for you, Mackay. You don't have to go, Will Howard, Drew, Aller. Aaron Rogers this thing. The first two picks, offensive weapons, Mackay Lemon and Eli Stowers, both values. Both could make instant impacts, although I would imagine those of you drafting Stowers in Dynasty leagues will have to wait a year to get major production. Dallas Got it was brought back and was very productive in this offense. I'd be shocked if they would just hand the reins to Stowers. But here we go. We got some actual weapons for

a team that may lose A.J. Brown soon. I mean, that's what the signal here was they are losing A.J. Brown. Like, that's what it's, they trade up to get a wide receiver in the first round after all of the, I don't even know if it's rumor. So it's just reported that on June 1st, there's a trade that's going to happen with the, with the Patriots, TBD. But when you then go and grab McKaylim and Eli Stowers, it's like, oh, yeah. Yeah, we see you are working on your offense post-A.J. Brown. It's strange because, I mean, maybe this will be a minority opinion. I don't think you're a better offense with Michael and Eli Stowers than you are with AJ Brown this year. So I think that that'll be an interesting way when we're projecting Philadelphia for the fantasy output of Jalen Hertz in this offense, which struggled tremendously last year, was not a high-pass volume offense. I think there will be a little bit of a transition, period.

Mokai Liman is certainly not built the same way that A.J. Brown is to serve the same role. Stowers is a monster. We all love him. Dantavian Wicks had a two-week window of being kind of maybe important. That is gone in Philadelphia. And Jalen Hertz benefits from at least adding more weapons. Because if you just took AJ Brown away, we'd be very scared about this. Yeah, this is very good for Jalen Hertz and for Dynasty version of Jalen Hertz as well, because Michaelim and Eli Stowers rookies, they will get better. And I think that those two are great players. So smart franchises draft great players. All right, we're going to take another break and jump into the NFC North. This one, we got two more whole divisions, guys. Did you know that? Well, we'll be able to go pretty quick on some of these.

Well, how about the Lions? That's one of them. Start there. They didn't really do anything impactful. You could say Isaiah Pacheco was a fantasy winner. They didn't, you know, Mike had picked Judarian Price to Detroit as a surprise. They spent a fifth round pick on a wide receiver. I think that means they feel really comfortable with Amun Ra, Jameson, and Isaac Tuslaw. And we're moving on. Yeah, they did get a tackle. with their first pick, which is... Whoa, that one scared me. Yeah, because you're not the one pushing the button for once. It was also like... Yeah, it's terrible. Awful. Seconds after I said to Slough. Yeah. I was giving you time to do the right thing. Oh, that was... But yeah, they have... I got scared too, Mike. I got places on me that are tight. That shouldn't be tight. Speaking of Debo. Yeah, anyways, their offensive line has gotten worse from the incredible offensive line of the last...

you know, a couple years ago, but first round pick on a tackle is good. Minnesota. Minnesota did not end up drafting a running back, where we thought they might. In fact, they had back-to-back picks where we were almost certain that Jonah Coleman would be a Minnesota Viking. They brought out five top 30 visits for running backs. Nope, nope, nope, nope. More? Nope. Nope. No, what? Oh, no, I was saying nope to each one. Oh, I thought I was saying something. Yeah, I did too. Nope, no. Nope, no, no. Yeah, I got it right. Yeah, there you go. But usually that's like an 80% clip to take a running back well before they did. They wait until the sixth round. And they got, yeah, Claiborne there. So yeah, Aaron Jones, Jordan Mason, fantasy winners, moving on. Green Bay, moving on. No, Green Bay, I mean, it was cornerback, defensive tackle, defensive in center, cornerback. You know, again.

Pretty good endorsement of Matthew Golden and Christian Watson on this offense. You didn't spend anything on any more wide receivers yet you lost Wix and Dobbs. Yeah, I mean, it's great news for the existing wide receiver core and an opportunity for Matthew Golden to prove that he is who they wanted him to be. And for Christian Watson to finally be a one in this offense. And for, you know, Marshaun Lloyd to step up and be a like relevant committee back. No more Emmanuel Wilson, and they didn't draft the running back. So Green Bay, Josh Jacobs, and who you have on the roster, you were the winners there. The Chicago Bears, dot, dot, dot. Yeah, not a ton. I mean, there were, you know, DeAndre Swift and Menangai are the guys at running back. Yeah, they did not get a running back drafted. That was the story. I mean, this wasn't a deep running back draft class anyway, so you kind of felt like they were safer. But early in the off season, it felt like Swift was going to get cut.

and wasn't even going to be a part of this team. And now I'm like, Swift is going to be exactly what he has always been a solid RB2 for fantasy for sure. Well, we can talk about this one, the New Orleans Saints, 6 and 11 last year with the eighth overall pick. Jason called this one on his predictions. Jordan Tyson of the Arizona State Sun Devils heads to New Orleans to join Crystal Lave to join Tyler Shuck. What do we think about? I mean, Tyson was my number one wide receiver in this draft class. He remains my number one. Yep, same. What's funny is I don't know if he remains my number one anymore. You like Tate Moore? I like Tate more at this point. My rookie rankings have Tate higher. But Tyson is a great landing spot. Great upside provided for Tyler Shuck. But, you know, Crystal Lave is still the dude there. My rankings clearly.

are going to show that. Yeah, I mean, this is wonderful. They desperately needed another pass catching option. Their second best catcher of the ball is probably Juan Johnson before this draft. And that can't be good for your franchise. So good for Tyler Shuck. I think Tyler Shuck. Also, in the third round, Oscar Delp. La Jolla. Oscar Delp. La Jolla. Thank you. Yes. Yes. We both heard that during the draft. when they draft with the third pick, Oscar Delp and both Mike and I. Oscar Delph, not even in the same building. We both were like, we are the dumbest. Yes, we are. He is not a, yeah, he's not a player that is going to threaten in the past catching game. Right, right now, but I'm just saying for Tyler Shuck for this offense and they added obviously A. Chan Jr. to this team. I'm excited. I'm excited for.

The Kellynne Moore, Tyler Shuck, Led Saints, offense for fantasy. I'm super, super excited. Alave and Jordan Tyson is, it's not Malik neighbors, Jordan Tyson, but it's still pretty nasty, and that'll be real fun. And then Bryce Lance, aka Trey Lance's brother, who plays wide receiver. And so it's a wide receiver who has all of the athletic ability that Trey Lance had, except we don't have to worry about him being a bad quarterback. You don't have to throw it? Yeah, he doesn't have to throw it. He has to catch it. So him and the fourth to bring an extra boost, you know, just athletically and field stretching ability. I'm real, real excited for the Saints. All right, let's move on to Atlanta. Their one big offensive pick was a third round selection of Zachariah Branch. Dudes very fast. They do have a very...

weak depth chart. So when you look at opportunities to break into the rotation, you don't have to go very far. You know, John Dodson and Zekees, Zekees is kind of pigeonholed into a specific role. Branch could be as well. We'll see how they use him. You know, a round three pick. That's just fine for draft capital. At Georgia last year, 51% of his routes were screens, which, so he's catching the ball. at the line of scrimmage half of the time, which for fantasy football purposes, that's generally a big red flag, as in this person will never turn into a mega producer. Not that he can't help the team, or maybe he evolves into a wide receiver too at some point, but he's going to be a high risk pick despite being a third round guy. He's going to be a high risk, but he is also a high reward. We talked about this on the Dynasty show this week. His...