Best Offenses Mock Draft + Draft Day Regrets - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/1

Whoa, that came out of nowhere. DK Metcalf and Michael Pittman expected to be ready for week one. JCM, Jacori Kroski Merritt. Hey. Dress for today's practice. All right. Like, he looked so fancy. Yeah. He just really dressed up. What were going on? wore his practice suit. Keaton Mitchell did not practice on Monday. And there's a bit of red alert there, I think. We have not got the disclosure of how severe the Keaton Mitchell injury is.

but I am not sure he's ready for the first week, so we'll see. And keep in mind, this is a guy like, because he's always been a backup or even really a backup to the backup, just kind of a gadget player great on a per touch basis, he's never been healthy. Like all three seasons, he's missed significant time. So this is not a player that is easy to rely on. Yeah, they're, you know, he was always hurt. Jayden Blue to the practice squad of the Eagles. Amari DiMarcato to the practice squad.

for the cowboys well he was he was claimed yeah he was claimed to the roster he'll be i bet he's just the rb3 because they only had that's right they let two guys go they cleaned they cleaned house and then they had to uh in order to make that transaction they had to cut uh joe milton sad that one was well they kept sam howell the cannon yeah that's where it's weird you're like oh sam howl over milton really okay i was a bit surprised

I don't know if Milton even got claimed. Well, he was cut. I think he was a later cut. We'll take a break and we're doing something special today. We've got a different kind of mock draft for you coming up. All right, Fook, Klan, whether you are on the go or at home, Team Mobile, while they're built to keep you connected, wherever you're scouting your fantasy team. And that on the go part, that is important. With America's Best Network, you'll be connected to the latest news and player projections. So when you're on the clock, you can draft a winning team. I can think of so many situations where

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We will find out later today. All right. We are drafting the top 12 offenses for fantasy football in 2026. You know, you want to be a part of these specific teams, pieces on these teams. We thought we'd have a little bit of fun and do a quick four-round mock draft of where our heads are at with these offenses. You know, not necessarily a perfect repeat from last year.

Who are you targeting? Who are you not? I don't know if Jason is going to take Jacksonville in this draft. They are in my top 12. I've got my list together. And obviously we're going to draft 12 here. We'll put a poll up. You could put a vote between our three teams of who you think had the best offices. But this is really a valuable exercise in really determining your own thought process of.

Which offices do you think are going to score the most? Not just like what's the best team. This is for fantasy, not like which kickers, but the environment, right? We like certain teams because their defenses are bad and they're going to have to score 35 points a game to win. I'm also curious where some of the new hotness teams end up on your guys' list. Yeah, we randomize it. Jason's going to pick first. Then I guess it's Mike. And then it's me.

Perfect. So we'll have a really good time counterclockwiseing here. All right. So I'm first. Chilting the 101. A little bit because there's two teams I really, really, really want. But I think that the number one team for environment for 2026, I do want the Bengals. I think Joe Burrough. It is it. I don't know if you heard what's about to happen. Your bold prediction. I think the Bengals are in a perfect situation where.

You look at all the skill positions are good. Chase Brown is better than, say, Giovante Williams. I think as far as explosiveness, the defense is. As in you're comparing with Dallas right now? Yes. If I was to compare those two, the defense is better with Dexter Lawrence, but I still expect them to be bad. Right now, Vegas has them on average projected for 25.6 points per game.

And I think when I look at the environments of teams that I want pieces of, they are the number one. It's really close because there's, there's, it's between. Well, I mean, for what it's worth, that's fourth. On your list? No, no, that's fourth on the Vegas list of points for games. That's not going to be the only thing determining our picks, obviously. Yeah. But I am going to share with you a couple of things as we go through this. One of them is the.

what they did last year and what Vegas projects them for this year because I think that some teams, Vegas has a built-in regression and some teams you have the inverse. Like Cincinnati was the 12th highest scoring team last year. Right, because Borough was injured for a lot of the season. I also think when you look at scoring from Vegas, they're including really like the kicking game, right? You know, I want to focus on teams that are going to get down there and punch in for touchdowns. Mike.

I'll take the Cincinnati Bengals Light. I will take the Dallas Cowboys. Interesting. Look, they were third on my list. Oh, really? I feel like I get number one and two. I think you might get number one. I mean, this is great. So you're taking Dallas. Obviously Dallas last year, seventh in points per game. This year projected sixth in terms of points per game from Vegas. Since 2019, if Dak Prescott is healthy, he's throwing for at least.

4,500 yards and 30-something touchdowns. I like that. You have, man, I was thinking of like T. Higginson Jamar versus C.D. Lamb and George. I think I would rank George and C.D. as the higher overall duo, because I think that they're both true, true alpha number one wide receivers. Ferguson built in, if one of those guys missed his time, he just shoots right up to being like a top five type of a tight end on a weekly basis.

So they're protected from injuries a little bit. So I'll take the Cowboys. I will say that. I'm thrilled. Yeah, I don't blame me. I think you are in the best spot because there are to me four real, real, real, actually, I would say five. Five super great offenses. Well, I'm going to take the Detroit Lions with my first pick here in the first round and swing around and grab the Rams with the second pick. Okay.

Last year, Rams were number one in points per game. Detroit was four. They are one and two in the biggest projections. Detroit for fantasy, golf, Amunral, Laporta, Jameson Williams, potentially a number one in Gibbs. To me, they are, both teams represent exactly what I want from a fantasy offense, which is predictability in terms of the structure, the quarterback. There's a world where, and I know maybe this doesn't seem realistic, but I think it is.

There's a world where the Rams, tandem-wide receiver, outperforms every other tandem in football. I think Puka has the highest potential to be the number one. Before all of this legal stuff, that's where I had them ranked. But I think when you look at Dallas, Pickens and C-D, you look at Cincinnati with Higgins and Chase, I think Puka and Adams will be right there. We don't consider them that way because of Adams' age. But obviously he has- Also the inconsistencies of Stafford. Yeah, he threw a-

He threw 40,000 touchdowns last year. He had not done that. And adding Devante Adams certainly helps, but I mean, that's just an absolute monster season. Yeah, they are projected for the most points. They scored the most points last year. The Rams did. And they are projected for the most this year, right? Which is still a four point regression in that projection for what it's worth. They were at 30.5 and projected at 26.6 from the numbers I got. I still, I still worry about just.

if their defense is too good that they won't be needing to, you know, that they'll basically spend a quarter and a half just trying to wind the clock out. Like the, those Eagles teams? Yes, exactly. You're like, oh, here we go again. Third quarter, we'll pull them out. Yeah, that's my only fear of the Rams. They were fifth on my list. Mike, you are back on the clock. I am. Yeah, the Rams were fifth on my list as well.

I'll take the team that at least says they want to score the most points for. I'll take the Chicago Bears. I feel like that's a huge surprise pick-wise. Yeah. But for fantasy, you've got Burton, Loveland, Adunzei, Caleb, Swift. We've talked about it. I obviously love their offense this year. Just giving you the numbers last year, 9th and points per game. This year projected 10th.

So that's surprising. But probably the biggest upside, I think, of any team on the list. When you talk to the 10th year to Ben Johnson plus all those guys. Yeah, they're projected 10th, 24.6 points per game. Some teams ahead of them, Green Bay, Seattle, San Francisco, obviously Dallas. So something to pay attention to. Well, look, the reason they're projected for fewer points per game is clearly obvious. And I'm going to take the team that got.

the massive loss of their offense, DJ Moore, clearly without DJ Moore, the Bears can't possibly score as much. He's going to the bills. And I'll take the bills. The bills were my number four. So I said that there's five absolutely like a tier teams. I think there would have been my three. Yeah. I mean, like that would have been the next after Detroit, L.A.

Yeah, so I think that the Bengals, Lions, Cowboys, Bills, and Rams, those are the teams that I am absolutely, you know, I'm targeting in all drafts. They are, you know, like if the Bears have the upside, the bills are the safest, in my opinion, elite offensive floor with Josh Allen. Like, you get it year after year. That makes sense. The offensive line is unbelievable. James Cook, unbelievable. To me, like, you can't really have, like, barring injury, the bills are not a.

outside the top 10. It really is crazy because you look at the last couple of years and they haven't even needed skill position players to be one of the top offenses of football. They were the fifth highest scoring team last year. Crazy. And you add DJ Moore and maybe a healthy Dalton Kincaid who you like. So now I get to the point where after those top five teams plus the bears. This is where it becomes like there's a handful of teams.

that I'm very excited about. I am targeting them in fantasy football drafts because I believe that they can have, like the Bears, they have the potential to go nuclear and score a cajillion points. That's a lot. I'm going to go, man, between these two, I'm going to go with the chargers. I think that the new system there.

They made it on my list. Yeah, with Mike. Oh, they're lower on your list? I'm not in my top 12. They're not in your top 12? It just takes a lot of projecting. But Mike McDaniel could. That's all it is to me. It's Mike McDaniel coming in here. The offensive line being better and using like a modern. Bros can't stop themselves. No, we can't. No, we can't. I think they've probably been projected to be a top five offense for.

All of his years. I agree. However, this is the year. Right. Yeah. I'm calling it. I do. I think that the charge, I mean, obviously, I would you like to know where they're at in the Vegas projected points in the game? I made Hampton, my guy. No. Yeah. Never told me. They're at 12. Okay. All right. I will take them at what is this? Yeah. Seven? They're at 12. Yep. But that doesn't, I mean, that means very little. I mean, teams fluctuate all the time. To give you context, I mean, Mike.

year back on the clock. But like New England, just for people so they understand. New England is the team with the highest projected regression in Vegas. They were the number two highest scoring team last year. And they are down at, let me see you, this list here has them at 13. I would credit the schedule for that. Last year they had, we've talked about how easy a schedule it was last year for New England. What a difficult schedule it's going to be this year. The question is just, does, is Drake made that dude that just overcomes? You don't look at a schedule with