Final MOCK DRAFT of 2020 + New Nicknames Emerge - Fantasy Football Podcast for 8/28

I guess I'm still pretty balanced. I think normally I would like to take a wide receiver here, but now we're looking at the tier of Jarvis, Tyler Boyd, Julian Edelman, you know, slot receivers that have to get the volume. I will say that Will Fuller is interesting to me right here. We had a very funny moment. I hate this. We had a very funny moment in the draft, in our family draft where I've really...

As much as I can, I've turned over all the picks to my son who's never played fantasy. So he was pining for one of his favorite players, Emmanuel Sanders, in the second round. I had to at least be like, we don't need to do that right now. Tap the brakes. But one of his favorite players is Fuller V, as he calls him because. So Will Fuller V? So he knows players because of Madden. And he's not familiar with that's Fuller, the fifth.

No, so he is... He's the flying V. Fuller V. He is Fuller V. And now he is apparently the flying V. Because that's what he does. The V will fly down the field. And now I feel like I have to take him. You know, I'm talking him up so much. And in what I said... The flying V. The reason I hate this is because I'm not getting Will Fuller anywhere. I love him, but everybody's starting to buy in to the potential of Will Fuller.

which I believe is top 12 potential in Will Fuller. I think it is definitely in the range of outcomes. Look, Watson's going to ball out. Yes, he is. 100%. Someone on that wider. And maybe it turns into just an equal distribution between the three guys. I don't believe that's going to happen. I think that one of them will rise.

Jason has been more on the cook side. Andy and I believe in the flying V, which is why I'm going to draft Cam Acres running back for the Los Angeles Rams. Because the tier of wide receivers there, no one is like jumping off the page of I have to get you. And I'm with you guys that Cam Acres is shaping up into an incredible value. My RB4. Yeah.

a rookie loaded with talent on a high-powered offense. And I could, I can sit on Kamakers and wait a couple weeks and see if it's actually there. I'm very pleased with that. Well, you've got, you know, just initials at wide receiver. That's pretty much all you need, DJ and DK. So going with Kamakers. I love him as a value right now. Tyler Boy, Jarvis Landry. We are going to do some best ball tips at the end of this draft as well.

Jason's on the clock, back-to-back picks. His team is Christian McCaffrey and the rest. Kenny Galladay, Lamar Jackson, Tyler Lockett, Terry McLaurin. Two picks. Jason, what are you going with? Well, so I was really, really hoping Cam Acres fell to me here. That's where I've got him when I'm at the one spot from time to time. But it doesn't always work out. Kareem Hunt, Ronald Jones' second are there. I'm also looking. Is Ronald Jones. I. Thank you. Ronald Jones. According to your son. Ronald Jones. I. I. I.

The captain. The question for me, I was looking at the same wide receivers you're talking about, except instead of Will Fuller V, I do have Brandon Cooks ahead. I think Brandon Cooks, who has pretty much always been a wide receiver one in fantasy, his entire career until last year and now becomes the one for the Houston Texans or has the chance to be. Sure. I love the value of Brandon Cooks. I do like the running backs here. I, I, I,

I can't believe you haven't auto picks Kreme Hunt here. No, Kareem Hunt is in, so I will pick him. It's just a matter of would I rather have Ronald Jones, I, I, or Brandon Cooks here. And when I look at my team, that's what you need to do. And I say, okay, I've got Christian McCaffrey and Kareem Hunt. You need to look at your team. I've got Christian McCaffrey, Kareem Hunt. So that running back too is okay, but not fantastic. I've got Kenny Galladay, Tyler Lockett, Terry McLaurin. This is a two running back, two wide receiver.

and a flex. If this was two, three, and a flex, or two, two, and two flex, I would go Brandon Cooks. But because it's an even split and my RB2 is okay, not great, I'm going to take Ronald Jones II, and that will give me a balanced team that I really like with Lamar Jackson still. DeAndre Swift goes next. Carson wins. Mike, you're on the clock. Yeah. Well, that makes the pick pretty easy because I was willing to take the flying V there, but Cam Acres was.

too shiny. I needed to get him. Look, you've been gambling and winning this whole draft. I finally did. And I got him. Actually, Andy just gambled and won again because now you can take Brandon Cook. The Texans wide receiver won. The Texans wide receiver won. In our family league, this is the exact round in the exact situation where I did not get Will Fuller, the flying V, and you took him directly ahead of me. Josh Allen goes next.

Julian Edelman, Marvin Jones, Christian Kirk. Running back options on the board right now. I have Lev Bell, Josh Jacobs, Rahim Mostard. I wouldn't mind picking up another running back here, but I'm looking at my options and I'm not really thrilled. I mean, J.K. Dobbins is there. That feels like a bet on an Ingram injury more than it does an every week startable player. You start to get down the list. You have players that I'd like to see.

Like I'd like to have them, but I'd like to have them later, you know, Naim Hines or Antonio Gibson or Adrian Peterson or some of those names. I'd rather wait on them. Quarterback options, it's Matt Ryan, it's Drew Brees. Wide receiver feels like the pick here, especially when I have A.J. Green, and as much as I love him, there is some risk. I'm not going in on Brandon Cooks. He has injury risk as well. Concussion issues, switching teams. I'm going to take Deontay Johnson here. I was going to say.

Deontay Johnson hasn't gotten, you know, the love that he had been getting through the offseason. It's finally back at practice after missing quite a bit of time. So you're still in on the Deontay Johnson? I am. Yeah, yeah, I am. I think he's a great player. And you have to make, I think everybody's trying to make a bet, at least having some exposure to.

Big Ben being old Big Ben, and that's where I want my exposure there with Deontay Johnson. I've got another pick here, having a hard time. I'm looking at Evan Ingram with the upside at tight end. Engram here is very interesting. In most mock drafts, I mean, I'm not in real drafts. I'm not even thinking I'm going to get Engram because he's, you know, he's one of those fifth round picks, the six round tight ends, and I would much rather take my guy Blake Jarwin at the very end.

But Evan Engram here in the eighth feels like a whoever gets him has gotten an incredible value at the tight end position. You talked him into it. Did I? Evan Ingram, I took him. I mean, I looked at, I'm with it, man. I looked at running backs in another tough decision. It's like, oh, Tavin Coleman's sitting there. Well, I could take Tavon in the eighth round and have Rahim Moster and then be in that old Mike Davis, Chris Carson, Seattle backfield boat from a couple of years ago. I don't want to do that. John Brown, Taven Coleman.

J.K. Dobbins, Tariq. Cohen went next. Mike back on the clock, eighth round. All right. So the wide receivers I would be looking at the safety net Jameson Crowder. I think he is interesting. If this was a PPR league, he'll be far more interesting. He probably would have already been drafted. But Mike Williams, he's going to miss time. I do love Golden Tate, but I think I can probably wait.

Maybe even a few more rounds. Maybe till the way for wire. The golden weight. Yes. Oh, the golden weight. Sure. And we're getting into the position where if I want to get Antonio Gibson, I do need to draft him. I've got my eye on Jason. Oh, yeah. No, you do. If you want him. You are a turd. Why are you doing this? Mind games begin.

Well, here's the thing. I would be really upset with myself if I didn't get him at this. But look, we're in Flyerville. We're, you know, soaring at 30,000 feet already. So let's fly. Antonio Gibson, he's on my bench. All righty. The player that I was hoping. Now confess, would you have drafted him? He would have been in consideration 100%. The player I was eyeballing, hoping gets back to me because I just am in love, love, love with the talent.

is Jerry Judy. I get him pretty much in every, you know, in the later rounds, I'm drafting him ahead of where his ADP is. I don't think he's a good route runner. I think he's a great route runner. So he's in, and now I'm contemplating, okay, do I look at Hayden Hurst? He's kind of the last tight-in left that I'm confident in volume. People might notice Tyler Higby is on the board. That would be more of a mic.

belief. I'm more on Andy's side where I think Higby and Everett are both going to be very involved and eat into each other's workload. At running back, I'm looking at possible options. Carry on Johnson is currently still taking the first team reps as DeAndre Swift has been injured. He's always been someone that I've liked, but.

I don't know if I'm allowed to draft him anymore after all these years. Any consideration for Zach Moss here? Buffalo rookie running back. No, the value is certainly there. We talked about, you know, he's being utilized in camp. He's getting good press. And the combination of possibly being a pass catcher and possibly being the goal line guy means he gets the high value touches. He could absolutely be the surprising good option for fantasy. The truth is, I don't really want Singletary. I don't really want Zach Moss.

I know they want to run the ball, but I think that, you know, I'm not sure that the fantasy value is going to come from either guy without an injury to the other. So I'm sitting here and based on everything we just described, I'm going to take a guy who I think is extremely talented, is currently getting all of the first team reps, and could very well be the starter through the season, who I love. I'm going to carry on. Oh.

Wow. Have I archived this drop? Okay. All right. Mike, back on the clock. Ninth round pick. All right. I was making the jokes on how I can wait on him, but my team is just full of running backs. And with Chark, Metcalf, Will Fuller, I do have a need for a smash glass wide receiver that I could put in my lineup. And I know he's going to get at least some points. Maybe he would make it back. Maybe he won't.

And just my belief in Golden Tate being the top wide receiver option for the Giants. I'm going to draft him right here. Also, for the record, based on talking through carry-on and the other options, I 100% would have gone to Antonio Gibson. And the gamble has won. All right, Mike went Golden Tate, then Mike Williams, Higby, Rugs. I'm going to play the game again. I'm going to play the gamble. I like the value of Drew Brees.

late, late, late in drafts. He's still on the board at the quarterback position. I don't want him in the night. I want him in the ninth. I want him in the 10th. I want him in the 10th. I would have taken him in the ninth. I looked at his name. I would have drafted him at my last pick if I didn't have Lamar Jackson. I'm going to take the shot. And I'm going to go three for three. I'm going to go with Zach Moss over Marlon Mack over Adrian Peterson. Moss arrow pointing up. Marlon Mack, arrow pointing down.

I'm going to take Zach Moss from my running back depth and gamble on Drew Breeze making it back to me in the 10th. Snake guys? Let's find out. Oh, you did it again. Dirty dog. Ridiculous. C.D. Lamb, James White, Philip Lindsay, Darius Slayton, Michael Pittman, Jared Cook. And oh, look at this. Drew Breeze in the 10th round. Feeling pretty good. Feeling pretty good. I got the depth I wanted at running back with Zach Moss and got the quarterback I wanted. So, hooray. Yeah, that is.

That is not bad. I'm tracking positions to see who has filled the quarterback slot, and it is 11 of the 12 teams. Certainly someone could take a backup, but to me that says, I don't have to take my quarterback here. I've got my eye. There's still several. Stafford. Whoa, Air Rogers is there. Ben Rothersberger, Gough, who I highlighted yesterday, Cam Newton, who's...

shaping up to be my favorite late round quarterback these days. That was the one thing that made me consider passing on Drew Brees was just trying to get Newton in the next round, but knowing you two wasn't going to happen. Well, I've got Lamar. And this is where I actually cry some tears because the player that I was gambling silently, I didn't even want to mention his name. I didn't want to jinx it. He went right in front of me. Damien Harris. Damien Harris running back for the New England Patriots. I get it.

Playing the game with the New England Patriots, it has burned many, many of people out there. But to be my final bench player, Damien Harris, who has, his drumbeat has been just getting deafening over the training camp, even with Sony Michelle back. They're saying, Damien Harris is still getting all the work with the ones. He looks outstanding. His pass blocking is improved. His past catching is great. Everything is, the arrow is way, way up.