NFL Draft Breakdown: NFC Winners & Losers

I would have if this Baldwin news didn't come out. I think it matters a ton. And you have a situation here with Hollywood Brown, with A.J. Brown, with D.K. McCaff, where low-pass offenses drafted some of the best talent at the wide receiver position. So, you know, would you take D.K. Metcalf over A.J. Brown, I would. Would you take D.K. Metcalf over Marquis Brown? I would.

So in that situation with what's going on with Russell Wilson, I think you have opportunity. I think it obviously helps Russell Wilson to have been given a couple more weapons, but you're right. There were other homes that he could have gone to that would have made you happier. Can we just say, I don't know, we haven't really discussed this, but I feel like as a whole, not for every player out there, but if you just take the masses of the rookies that were drafted.

This draft really sucked for them. Yes. Like all the players that I thought had a real chance to break out, they went to just piss poor situations where it's like, ah, that's really not where I want them going. And everybody I didn't like was like, oh, no, that's a really good spot. Yeah. Looking at you, David Montgomery. Yeah, it'll be very interesting because you know, like, I don't know if there's as much excitement around rookie drafts. I mean, we did two of them today. In two of our major leagues, we started them.

There's a sense that there are a couple of names, Nikiel Harry and Josh Jacobs, that you're kind of sure about what's going on. But then there's this muddied middle where you know guys will emerge, but there's just not a lot to go on. Yeah, I have Kyler Murray ranked very high for rookie drafts. And generally speaking, that does not happen with a quarterback because guys are just in such bad situations.

All right, it's time to move on to the NFC East Brooks. Your Cowboys, Cowboys didn't do a lot on the offensive side of the ball at all. A couple of handcuffs. Tony Pollard out of Memphis running back and seventh round running back as well. What's funny is I like... To me, the winners are Michael Gallup and Randallup and Cobb because you could have invested a third, fourth, fifth round pick on a wide receiver to compete on the outside with Amari Cooper and Gallup and Cobb. Didn't do it. So...

Like, for instance, if the Cowboys had drafted Andy Isabella, Randall Cobb is looking troubled. Yeah. So I was going to say what's funny is I like Mike Weber more. I like their seventh round running back more than Tony Pollard. Like, that'll be very interesting to see who actually ends up as Ezekiel's direct handcuffs and his backup. I mean.

Draft Capital says that things are very, very against Weber from Ohio State, but that's who I think it is right now. And Pollard, he's, everything I've seen about him is special teams. Kick returner, right? Yeah, he's going to immediately be our starting kick returner, it seems like. So that's what they drafted him for. Yeah, I mean, you know, the handcuff. I'm not worried in a redraft league. No, but we're talking rookie drafts. Like, that's important for, for you to have, if you have Zeke.

And the way that the Cowboys... And a third-round rookie pick, you'd want to be targeting the... I would. And would you go so far as to say you believe Weber will be that guy right now? I do think you will be. All right, the New York Giants, the football giants, the Daniel Jones Giants. Look. Look. Hey, there was 10 teams that wanted Daniel Jones. It's me, Dave.

Look, Daniel. Hey, did you happen to see the meme? Sitting three years. It's me, Dave. Yeah, that was great, too. Dave got him on talking about the fact that they could take the model of him sitting three years. Do they know how old Eli Manning is? Here's the funny thing is. Somebody said that Daniel Jones looks exactly like... Oh, it was such a good tweet. Exactly like a person cast to play Eli Manning in a movie. Yes, it's so good. And so Daniel Jones goes number six.

Look, I don't blame. Gettleman's getting a lot of crap. Yeah. But if that's actually the guy that you want and you think it's your franchise quarterback. Then trade down. No, because somebody could grab. I mean, look, if you actually believe it, you have to take that guy. I don't blame him for that. I blame him for the scouting. I don't agree that he's the guy. But he's also irrelevant. I think he plays the second half of this year. I do because whatever. He'll be winless at that point. Right. Exactly.

But for fantasy purposes, he's... Yeah, Brooks put in Daniel Jones' agent as a winner from the draft. Sterling Shepard is a winner from the draft. Yeah, I guess he is. You know, you had how many picks in this draft? Three first rounders, two fifth rounders, and you didn't invest in a wide receiver until the fifth round. Shepard got paid, and now he didn't get...

supplanted by any of that top in talent. You could argue the same for Evan Ingram. You know, the fact that the splits with Evan Ingram with and without Odo Beckham have been really good for him. My worry here is that I do think that Daniel Jones gets on the field. So I'm not I'm not ever worried too much about the second half of the season when I'm in a redraft. I'm looking much more at how we're going to get out of the gate. But if Daniel Jones comes in, it's to me.

for sure bad for all pass catchers. So I don't see this as a pure win for Sterling Shepherd and Evan Ingram if it turns out that their team is worse and then they get a rookie quarterback midway through the season. Now, Brooks, if you were playing Eli like you planned this year as your dynasty starter, he's a loser in this draft as well, okay? Dang it. Yeah. I'm so excited to play him.

I'm excited to talk about the Philadelphia Eagles because despite having only five picks in this draft, there's a lot of fantasy implications. Yes. Second round, Miles Sanders, Penn State running back. One of the highest recruited running backs as he headed into Penn State was the backup to Saquan. Miles Sanders in the second round says we're not going to rest on the Jordan Howard fifth round exchange. We're looking for a three-down guy for multiple years.

Miles Sanders, and then in this later, what, four picks later, they traded up for JJ or Sega Whiteside, wide receiver out of Stanford. That makes Carson wins a winner to me. You get Carson wins a couple of weapons. Miles Sanders lanes in a pretty good home. I mean, look, the first pick you take one of the best pass blocking offensive tackles in the draft. The second pick, you draft a running back that can catch passes.

at a Penn State. The third pick, you draft Sega Genesis, and you've got another great weapon who's kind of like an Alshon Jeffrey comp in the jump ball touchdown, you know, type of player. And so I think Carson Wins is a huge winner in this draft. That was when I was watching the draft every pick, I just kept thinking, man, that's good for Wins. Oh, that's good for Wins.

Yeah, I don't disagree. Jordan Howard was a loser for fantasy owners that bought into him being traded to Philly. The way I would break it down right now is, and one of my dynasty leagues, I'm a Jordan Howard owner. I drafted Miles Sanders with the third pick in the rookie draft today. And I know in my heart that this is going to suck. Because Miles Sanders, I think, will see a lot of work.

And I think Jordan Howard will steal a lot of touchdowns. And I think I'm going to be displeased. Now it's very possible. Jordan Howard, is he in the final year of his deal? Yes. So this is a rent. That's a situation where this is why I rank Miles Sanders ahead of David Montgomery, which I know you guys are the opposite. But one of the reasons is I feel like the Philly offense, Doug Peterson, Carson Wentz,

Starting next year, as Miles Sanders could have earned himself a very strong three-down role. Do you disagree with that possibility? I disagree with the possibility of three-down in the sense that there's such a committee and they're so committed to not using one single back. But I think they could work themselves down to being two-backs. And this is more an indictment in my view of, and you knew this before the draft.

And before they got Jordan Howard, how much they wanted to upgrade their running back position. They were not happy with the Corey Clement, Wendell Smallwood, Josh Adams' trifecta of guys off the street. They said, we've got to, you know, they didn't trade much for Jordan Howard, who's a quality running back, and then they used the capital that they had to grab another quality running back. I think the offense is better, but I think it's going to be a two-man show. Two-man show. That would be an upgrade, though.

Yes. The problem with the Eagles has been in three, four guys at the same time. Yeah, and I think that's why they invested in Sanders specifically is because he has a more diverse skill set than other guys that they've had slotted in. And like you said, last year it was tough to watch. Clement never did it. Josh Adams flashed little bits here and there. Let's talk about the Redskins. The Redskins grabbed Dwayne Haskins at 15. I grab a wide receiver, McLaren, at...

the 12th pick of the third round, another running back, Bryce Love, and the fourth round, who they expect to be back by middle of training camp. Bryce Love, Bryce Love probably would have gone. Where would he have gone a year ago? Second round? Yeah, he hurt himself staying in his school. Well, quit school kids. He heard himself hurting himself. Yeah, exactly. This is interesting to me that they have Darius guys who they, I mean,

They invested very, very highly in Darius Geis and I know he got hurt. But your plan is, okay, let's make sure we have insurance for our hurt guy with a hurt guy. With a hurt guy. Well, for a value. Hold on. It's a value pick. The reality is the insurance for Darius guys is Adrian Peterson. The insurance for Chris Thompson, the injured guy was the injured guy. So they've got three injured guys having back NAP. Three inch of guys equal one healthy guy. Right.

It's a smart move. You just Voltron together. Here's the truth, though. This is not, to me, you try to read the tea leaves here. Fourth round, early fourth round pick on Bryce's love. It just goes to reinforce the news, the percolating rumors of Darius Geis's very slow development back from injury. Only a few days ago, you got another report that he is moving slowly through this. This is why, what have they done? Here's their confidence level in Darius Geis' return for fantasy owners. Let's pay Adrian Peterson.

let's draft Bryce Love in the fourth round. That's all we have. So I would not be enthusiastic for this offense, one that is currently led by some either Haskins or Keenom or Colt McCoy with three different running backs, with a myriad of kind of wide receivers. We don't know who's going to emerge. This offense is going to struggle. That is my concern. Yeah, I'm not happy. Who's the loser is the Washington Redskins?

for the immediate future. I think that over the long run, you know, if Dwayne Haskins pans out, if, you know, he's the guy and Geis gets healthy and Bryce Love gets healthy, and you could have something down the line. I didn't love what they did at wide receiver. They needed help. They drafted one, but not, you know. Not your favorite? Not in my top 15. Who starts week one for Washington? Quarterback? Keenham. No, punter, Mike.

Well, I don't know. Maybe you meant running back. There's a lot of questions for this football team. Who starts at quarterback? Haskins. Who did you say, Jay? I said, Keenham. Break the tie. Oh, goodness. McCoy. Dwayne Haskins. Dwayne Haskins. Playing for his life. Gruden's playing for his life. Yes. All right, the Bears. The Bears only had five picks in this draft, but we got stuff to talk about here, boys. David Montgomery.

None of us were huge Montgomery fans. I am now. Third round. I mean, I've said this so many times before. I will take opportunity over talent 100 out of 100 times. And that's not to say David Montgomery isn't talented, but just right before the draft, I talked about I don't see what a lot of other people see. I know he's well-rounded. It can do a little bit of everything. I had in my notes that if a team were to invest heavily in him, I think he would be great. And I don't think a team is going to do that.

a team did that because similar what you were bringing up with, you know, other teams trading up and they didn't have their first pick. The Bears were, they had interview after interview after interview with all the running backs, multiple interviews with the same guys. So they clearly were showing their hands that they were looking at a running back, except they didn't have enough picks. Like they didn't have, they had so few picks in this draft that I did not think they were going to be able to do it. And then they used extra to trade up.

to get David Montgomery, who has then been given the Kareem Hunt comp by Matt Nagy, who used Kreme Hunt as a well-rounded back. And I think Montgomery comes in right off the bat with 250 touches and is the main. It doesn't matter what we think about him before if Matt Nagy thinks he's everything. Exactly. And that's why I'm like him. Yeah, no, he has a great opportunity in Chicago.