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A hypothetical about Anthony Richardson's healed finger creating a stronger spiral shifts to Andy: the hosts declare his pinky exceptionally strong, and Andy says people have discussed it before abruptly moving on.
The hosts revive their remedy for Malik Nabers' chronic toe problem—tie it to a door and slam it like a loose tooth—then invent a Toe Fairy who leaves $100 because a normal tooth earns only about five dollars.
After taking credit for the NFL allowing players to bring their own smelling salts, the hosts imagine an underpaid seventh-round rookie funding himself by selling salts from inside a trench coat and asking who needs to wake up.
The twelve-team mock draws directly from Footballers staff. Julia and Matthew Betz appear immediately, producer Borland drafts Barkley, the Falcon follows zero RB, Papa Josh takes Mahomes, Kyle protests a stolen target in Slack, and the close credits the Deucers with managing both drafting and production.
The draft recap explicitly says Mike selects Kenneth Walker at 4.03, after which the established Ken Bone Walker name returns as Mike predicts greatness.
The last selection of the staff mock belongs to Kyle, who takes Kyle Pitts and prompts the immediate refrain 'Kyle went Kyle.' The hosts then hope few listeners remain for their own reluctant prediction that Pitts will be productive.
The episode introduces Mike as the Fantasy Hitman and quickly returns to the show's improvised medicine. After the earlier proposal to tie Malik Nabers' troublesome toe to a door and slam it, an Anthony Richardson finger injury inspires the possibility of a super-strong healed pinky; Andy's pinky is declared exceptionally strong and he says people have discussed it before. The hosts later revisit Nabers potentially losing a toe and invent a Toe Fairy economy in which a toe under the pillow earns a hundred-dollar bill rather than a tooth's five dollars. They also celebrate the NFL allowing players to bring their own smelling salts by imagining a seventh-round rookie selling them from a trench coat. The main event is a twelve-person staff mock draft. Julia and Matthew Betz appear among the first selections, producer Borland takes Saquon Barkley, the Falcon pursues zero RB, Papa Josh drafts Patrick Mahomes, Kyle protests Mike's Tetairoa McMillan pick in Slack, and the Deucers manage both drafting and production. Mike explicitly drafts Kenneth Walker and immediately calls him Ken Bone Walker. The closing crew payoff arrives when Kyle uses the draft's final selection on Kyle Pitts—'Kyle went Kyle'—while the hosts hope nobody is still listening to their reluctant prediction that Pitts will finally be productive.
for a very powerful offense. And then, you know, with the jets of everything, everything we've heard has been, this is going to be a timeshare with, with Brise Hall and Braylon Allen. And yeah, I'd, you know, I'd rather have the guy who's catching the passes because the reception is worth so much more than an attempt. But that's not saying, like, Braylon Allen can catch. And at this point of the draft, it's, is wild. I didn't talk you into him, eh, Andy? No, no, I mean, you could have, but I... I tried. I ended up going Brandon Ayuk, who... Oh, you're playing Team WaverWire over here. Brandon Ayuk and... With Godwin and Brandon Ayuk. And our team I are you mean? Yeah. Oh, yeah. You said waiver wire. Well, because you're going to put them on your I hour. Oh, I got you. Yeah, no. You're going to go right to the wire. Yeah, I mean... And you're going to pick up Braylin Allen. You got it. There it is. I took Nick Chub with the final pick. I have mixing on the team in the fourth round.
I did take Chub over Woody Marks just because, you know, we just don't. It's a split in hair situation. I'm going to go a veteran there. Herbert, Loveland, Mooney, Cooper Cup, who was in consideration. It was him or Brandon Ayuk. I just chose the guy I can probably throw in the pup. Yeah. And Kyler Murray, Jared Goff, Blake Corum, Taj Spears, great pick there in the final round. Mike and Jason, you have two of the final three picks. Dak was your last one. So I love Dak. I am fully confident in him being a... a QB1 for the season. But at this, it's like, I'm going to take a shot here at a guy who could leap. You know, it could leap into like the top five and be a true difference maker. The two options, Justice Fields, reports are not great, but, you know, other than the, on the bears, we did see some of what it could become. We are a long ways away from Justin Fields really being.
you know, elite for fantasy football, but it could happen. And Jordan Love, who was disappointing last year, but he was hurt all year. Do you see the recent comments about the running game, too? Like him running? Oh, Jordan Love. Yeah, they're making a big commitment with him running more because... Oh, Jordan Love. They said last year he wasn't able to do it with the injuries. Correct. And, um... Oh, Kyle. What do you do? Kyle went Kyle. Kyle went Kyle. Kyle Pitts. With the last pick of this draft, Jason, you are... Why not? I'm gonna... Look, if... You got your pick of whoever you want. We're all very confident, Warren, because rookie tight ends the past two years have worked out. Historically, not really. So, I don't know. Look, I don't know how many people listen to the show to the last minute. I hope no one right now is listening. But Kyle Pitts is going to be a productive side end this year. It is just a fact. He is going to be a productively or a productive, annoying...
tight end and they don't have at least 600 yards they do not have enough players on the offensive side of the football and there's just too much positive vibes around Kyle Pitts I'm not saying you draft him I'd rather you don't all right so with my team final pick here I still feel like my running back room I want to plug in some early starters while Caleb Johnson gets going so I'm going to focus on ambiguous backfields on good offenses. I'm going to take Austin Eccler here. You know I like it. Running back for the Washington commanders. All right. That rounds out our half PPR mock draft. If you want to see the entire draft board or walk through any of the picks from any of the teams, you can do that on YouTube by checking out our YouTube channel. It's a great time to go. Get subscribed. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. Make sure you click the bell. We're live every Sunday morning before the games get started. Mike's with you.
helping you make start sit decisions. We have a special miniseries that our episodes are going live every Saturday. That is right. So go check that out. Through August. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. To finish this up, my team, I ended up with Jamar Chase at the 101, took the shot on a tight end in the second round with Tray McBride. So went onesie there. I got the stack with Joe Burrow. And the rest of my white outs, Egbuka, Keenan Allen, Chris Godwin, Brandon Ayyuk. You're going to need that. You're going to need the waiver. And then Omari and Hampton, Joe Mix and J.K. Dobbins and Nick Chubb at running back. Jay, who you got? So I started with Derek Henry. I got Caleb Johnson, Jordan Mason, Ramandre Stevenson, and Austin Eccler filling out my running backs at wide receiver, Malik neighbors, D.K. Metcalfe, Rushie Rice, and Jaden Higgins.
I did the third round, Josh Allen at quarterback and a late round, David Najoku. I got Nico Collins, Mike Evans, Teteroa McMillan, Josh Downs, Luther Burden at Wide Out, Devon A-chan, Kenneth Bone Walker, Isaiah Pacheco at my running back position, and then Dak and Jordan Love. I should have taken Brayland Allen. I didn't realize only have three running backs. I couldn't believe you didn't after all that talk. Because I got locked in. Thanks for leaving him for the waiver wire after I throw all right. I got locked in. I'm going to drop George Lough for Braylon Allen. We've got RB ranking shows coming up next week. We've got 10 tips and tricks. We've got my guys episode next week. It is go time. Thank you so much for listening. Make sure if you're on a podcast app, you click that follow button. So you can be alerted to new episodes. We're five days a week. And like Mike said, we have a special.
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