Final MOCK DRAFT of 2021 + Zip It Up, Know Your League - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/27

a ton, and then in that stretch where he wasn't, he got popped for a PED, and he will not be playing week one because of suspension, and he's been injured all offseason. It's hard. Worth the risk in the ninth. It's hard not to correlate those two, but I do agree. In the ninth, it's fine. I have a 14-pick wait for my next pick, so I'm actually going to take a player, because I'm worried about a couple of guys coming off and lowering the tier at tight-in. So I'm actually going to take Robert Tunyon here.

and say, hey, what if? I mean, what if what if what we saw last year accelerates? What if this confidence in this preseason hype with Aaron Rogers just talking up Robert Tunyon and his participation on this team? What if it comes true and we get another double-digit season from Robert Tunyon? I think the upside is there when you're talking about the ninth round, and I have such a long wait. I was afraid of him going.

Yeah, that makes sense. I couldn't, all I saw was Darnal Mooney on the board and saying you were going to focus on wide receiver, I thought for sure. But I did not realize you didn't have a tight end. And I think you're right. Like once you get to this round, Darnal Mooney might work, but I think you made the right call in the sense that there's one or two tight ends late that we, you know, usually target and you've got to grab one when you, when you need to.

I'm on the clock. My two quarterbacks came back to me. Jalen Hertz, Ryan Tannahill. Why don't you just take another chance then? Only Mike doesn't have a quarterback. I could, but I'm going to just take my winnings. You know, sometimes you say one more. Let's run it. No win to cash out. Yes, I'm cashing out. So on a per game basis, I think Jalen Hertz might even be better than Ryan Tannahill. But I do.

still have the Deshaun Watson fears on the season of if he's going to ruin a quarterback in the NFL, I think it would probably be Jalen Hertz. So I'm going to take Ryan Tannahill. And of course, Team 9 right after me takes Jalen Hertz. Mike, you're on the clock. Two picks. Ninth and 10th round picks here. What are you doing? Seeing Ryan Tannahill and Jalen Hertz go back to back is frustrating. I was wondering if you'd be upset about that. Yeah, because those are my.

That's the end of my top 10 quarterbacks that I'm excited to draft. You took Trey Lance in the seventh round there. So now quarterback becomes a full punt for me. I'm going to fully send that quarterback position. And there's a couple guys that I'm interested in. I'm going to take my tied in because some of these crazy teams are taking their seconds. And Jason needs one, although I would project that Jason will take.

Tyler Higby. I will enjoy my Mark Andrews. Thank you very much. Oh, yeah, that's right. Bam! Dig! Yeah, that feels good. That's such an annoying. So mad he drops you. How that dirt taste. But this is cashing out for me as well. I'm taking Irv Smith from the Minnesota Vikings. I haven't. He rose for me over the offseason, seeing him be more and more involved.

Adam Thielen was my ice player. I'm concerned about the age. He'll still be a productive player, but I think that things are starting to trail off for him. And Irv Smith, very young tight end, Kyle Rudolph is out of the way for Irv to swerve as they say on the Twitter. Swirvin Irvin. They let Irv, they're going to let Irv swerve, hopefully for this team.

And then at wide receiver, there's some really good value picks of Antonio Brown, Corey Davis, and Michael Pittman. I'll be shocked if Michael Pittman is not your pick. It is, in fact, my pick. I'm going to take Michael Pittman. Had I not been so secure with my four wide receivers loving them with Devont, then I would have gone with Corey Davis, take some safe value, some safe volume, but I'm going to go upside with Pittman. All right. It'll be interesting, Mike, because you are punting.

the quarterback position, but you know that I'll probably take one. Yeah. So we'll have a little square up. A little battle. Jason, who's your 10th round pick? My 10th round pick, I'm looking between a couple of wide receivers and a couple of running backs. I like Cory Davis. I like Darnell Mooney. Darnel Mooney, I probably won't take because I've got Alan Robinson. Don't really want to stack both Chicago wide receivers. And at running back, look, I, I, I, I,

I think Gus Edwards is just a steal at where he's going right now. He is not going to catch the ball, but he's on a run first offense. He's a good running back. They paid him. He's going to get used. And if you look at what happened once they kind of moved on from Mark Ingraham last year, he was averaging like 10 fantasy points a game. So this comes down to my roster. Where do I need more help? Because I'm happy with Cory Davis. I'm happy with Gus Edwards. At running back, I've got Aaron Jones, Joe Mixing.

and Damian Harris. At wide receiver, I've got Alan Robinson, Amari Cooper, Brandon Ayuk, and Curtis Samuel. That Curtis Samuel pick means I'm going Gus Bus. Fuel it up. Yeah, I like it. All right. Well, I was going Corey Davis or Darnell Mooney, which everyone fell back to me after this Gus pick. Lawrence and Davis went next, which means I feel good about taking Tunyon where I did. Mooney was in consideration, but the decision I made with him was I can get him later and it worked out. So I'll take Darnell Mooney.

the eighth pick of the 10th round. Higby, Gallup, our first defense off the board. Hardman goes in the 11th round here. And coming back around to me, you know, the toughest question every fantasy player stares down is like, when do I take A.J. Green. And, you know, the truth is, look, I would, I didn't want to say it out loud, but I've been struggling since the sixth round.

Yes. Of when do I select AJ Green? It's a big problem. So I am taking him here. I know that I'm going to be using a defense and probably another quarterback for my final two picks. So this was the last position player of note that I'm looking at. So Javante, or I'm sorry. Jamal Williams. Jamal Williams there in the 11th round. I think that is, that's incredible. He could be the starting running back week one. He could be just the primary running back week one.

Look, if... Could re-injure. DeAndre Swift could get re-injured. That is definitely in the cards. And then you've got a lions running back. Yeah, but at least you have some volume. And if Jamal Williams, look, if he gets an opportunity week one and he shows out on the field, I mean, this is a brand new coaching staff. It could boost the faith that they really need to get him even more involved.

All right, I am back up on the clock. I'm balanced at wide receiver at running back, and I feel like I've got a lot of safe options. I don't feel the need to grab. Like Russell Gage is a value here, but he's probably not going to crack this roster. I'm looking for someone who could go nuclear, who could surprise. That means I'm looking at Henry Ruggs or Elijah Moore. One of those two players to truly break out, do something special. It is more common that a year two does it than a rookie.

especially paired with a rookie quarterback. So I'm going to take Henry Ruggs here. Okay. You could choose to go Brian Edwards. Yep. Same team, just trying to say who's going to be the actual number two to Darren Waller. And Mike, you could probably go Brian Edwards here. I could, but I had a plan that I formulated and it has come to fruition. I'm going to take my quarterback. So I'm looking at NFL week one because I've...

Completely punted. So I'm just, I'm streaming week one here and looking at the matchups. And to me, with the quarterbacks left, the two juiciest ones, Matt Ryan at home against Philadelphia and Kurt Cousins against the Cincinnati Bengals. I think both of those are solid options. Irv stack. I could take the Irv stack. That is, that is a good point. But I'm going to take Matt Ryan against the, the Philadelphia Eagles. And.

Andy took Trey Lance, but I will take Justin Fields, who also, he does not have the same upside to me as Trey Lance, but once he gets on the field, he has quarterback one, he has top 10 upside. Now, one thought could have been to go Zach Wilson there too, because you know you're going to see him week one and roll the dice. Yes, you could definitely roll the dice. I am, I don't want to start him week one.

see that first. I want to see Zach Wilson play an actual real set of NFL starters and see if he looks just as good. All right. All right. I'm on the clock. My last positional pick. I went wide receiver last round. I'm going to go running back here. And I'm taking a guy that I think could surprise. I don't have it projected that way.

In the 12th round? But I do think that there is a world where Sony Michelle is actually very involved. It becomes the goal line guy on a strong offense. In the 12th round, I'm going to take the shot on Sony. No, I love that pick. I'm going to take my week one starter if Trey Lance doesn't start here with my last positional pick. It's Kirk Cousins against Cincinnati in week one. Very cozy with that matchup.

And that's it. We're on to defenses. So how are you guys feeling about your rosters? Well, let me read off what I got here. Running back, I have Najee Harris, my champion, Antonio Gibson, Chase Edmonds and Trey Sermon. I'm feeling pretty confident with that. C.D. Lamb, DJ Moore, Chase Claypool, Devante Smith, and Michael Pittman at the wide receiver position. Big Irv Smith is my tight end. And then Matt Ryan.

We'll stream while I wait for Justin Fields. All right. Jason, I'll read you. You may read your roster off? Sure. All right. Aaron Jones, Joe Mixing. Damien Harris, nice pick in the seventh round. Gus Edwards and Sony at running back. Alan Robinson, Amari Cooper, Brandon Ayuk, Curtis Samuel, and Henry Ruggs at wide receiver. Seemingly Steel in the fifth round with Mark Andrews, Tanna Hill at quarterback, and looking pretty good. I am thrilled with how it worked out.

Zeke Dobbins, Gaskin, Giovante Williams, my four running backs, Metcalf, Julio, Chenalt, Mooney, AJ Green at wide receiver. Ended up with Trey Lance, the shot in the seventh round at a top quarterback. Kirk Cousins will start for me if he can't, and then Tanyan at my tight-in position. A pick that I know Al Borland had great adoration for being the Packers fan that he is. You feel good about that pick there, Al? Oh, yeah. You got the tight-in one late. Your projections of

of Tonian versus Higbee? Yeah, I think they're back to back in my rankings, but I just wanted to try something different here. I want to keep people on their toes on this show. And Jason was doing that with Damian Harris over Robbie and things. Well, he made a great pick there. All right, that is going to do it unless there's something else, Brooks. Any other news breaking? Nope. Any other starters declared any Trey Lance news? It would be great timing for me. Nope.

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