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2026 QB & RB NFL Draft Preview | Bush League Huddle Fantasy Football
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We’re back with another 2026 NFL Draft preview and this time we’re diving into quarterbacks and running backs.
We break down the top names like Fernando Mendoza, Ty Simpson, and Garrett Nussmeier, looking at landing spots, comps, and what actually matters for fantasy vs real football.
Then we shift to the RBs, headlined by Jeremiah Love, one of the most explosive prospects in the class. We debate where he should go, whether teams should even be taking RBs that high, and what it means for fantasy value.
Plus we hit on sleepers, honorable mentions, and potential late-round guys to keep on your radar.
As always, this isn’t tape grinding, it’s real conversations, landing spot talk, and fantasy-first analysis to help you stay ahead of your league.
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Transcript
00:00:09
Speaker
Welcome back, ladies gentlemen. Welcome back. Welcome back to another episode of the Bush League Hutto Fantasy Football Podcast. How is everybody doing on this fine, fine April evening, April 13th, the year of our Lord? How are you? Happy belated Easter. Happy belated Orthodox Easter for all of our all of our wonderful Orthodox listeners out there, both Greek and otherwise. Thank you very much for taking the time, for being a part of this excellent, excellent episode that we have. and We're still recapping. Not recapping. Sorry. We're previewing.
00:00:37
Speaker
NFL draft stuff. It's very exciting. Last last episode, we got the wide receivers done, which is always interesting. And this episode is little bit more spicy. We got QBs. We got running backs from a fantasy perspective, from a real football perspective. uh we're gonna be double dipping a little bit doing two positions this time around the draft isn't as deep as it has been in the past let's just it's call a spade a spade here boring we're gonna have to just um we're gonna have to put both of our feet on both sides of the pond over there but that's okay but before we jump into that guys please ladies and gentlemen please follow like subscribe
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00:01:21
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00:01:49
Speaker
um We're not pretending to be scouts, you know, grinding the tape. We're looking from a mock draft consensus standpoint, fantasy landing standpoints, you know, like how's that going to benefit who these players are mocked to go through and who and what team can benefit the most from them. So that's sort of what we're looking at right now.
00:02:06
Speaker
And, you know, we're going to have some conversations and some banter and, maybe bring in some Diana Rossini. Sorry. No, that's not what meant. Wow. Sorry. Mike Vavril, who?
00:02:18
Speaker
That's ridiculous. we're not We're not that plugged in, apparently. She is, though. And so is he, apparently. So is he, I guess, to a degree. Right. So we've got quarterback and running backs. um We're going to get this party starting without further ado. We're going to start off with their quarterback. So I guess, like, you know,
00:02:35
Speaker
What do these landing spots mean for these quarterbacks? We're previewing, I guess, the top three. going to go over some honorable mentions. I'm going to kick it off with, I guess, the the most talked about quarterback of all of the quarterbacks in this NFL draft, Mr. Fernando Mendoza, Mr. LinkedIn looking for work, Mr. Kirk Cousins-Lite, who will most likely be backing up Kirk Cousins proper.
00:03:02
Speaker
um He's been... he's been He's been previewed as the only quarterback that should be drafted in some scenarios, unless you're talking to, unless you're talking to what's his name? Darulofsky. Darulofsky wants Ty Simpson to go first, which I can understand that perspective, but we're going get into that. We like Dano. He's a friend of the pod.
00:03:20
Speaker
um Yeah, Fernando Mendoza, quarterback out of Indiana, recently Heisman Trophy winner, NCAA Football Championship winner. um Pretty much has every single accolade you would want, I think, as in a quarterback right now.
00:03:34
Speaker
He's being comped right now to Matt Ryan. I've seen comps to Kirk Cousins, obviously, and i that's why it's just, it's hilarious that the Las Vegas Raiders actually happened to sign Kirk Cousins too. It's is if they're just cuttinging cut pasting from one player to another.
00:03:49
Speaker
um I've seen a floor comp i ah to Sam Darnold, which I think makes a lot of sense considering he's world-winning quarterback. You can't go too wrong about that. And also, worst-case scenario, looking at Jimmy G.
00:04:01
Speaker
I think the main draft scenario, I mentioned it before. i want to mention it again. i don't see how this player, this guy goes anywhere else apart from Las Vegas. um He's been mocked there by everybody and their cousin. I'd be very surprised if Vegas picks anybody else.
00:04:17
Speaker
um It's a foregone conclusion. It's not happening. They've already had meetings. like If you could sign the player like we did in the past, he would already be signed. Yeah. Yeah. yeah I agree. I fully agree. i don't see him going anywhere else. It's it's kind of an interesting ah because let's just assume he's going there and will he start? We don't know, let's just assume he's starting as well, just for the sake of conversation.
00:04:38
Speaker
Like, what does that really mean to the offense as a whole for Gentry, for Bowers, even for Jalen Naylor, right? I mean, does a quarterback with the Matt Ryan style really raise the floor of this offense? Because he's he's very much, if you look at a way he did in college, right he was he was he wins a lot in structure. There's a lot of timing, a lot of RPO, a lot of play action.
00:04:57
Speaker
ah Now, Clint Kubiak is going to have to tailor that offense to fit this quarterback. Which, again, you know compare him to Sam Darnold, and Clint Kubiak is coming from the Seahawks, where his quarterback was Sam Darnold. So there's a lot of commonalities, and you can you can see how there there's is a recipe for success, at least in the interim.
00:05:17
Speaker
My concern is that, and maybe I'm alone on the island like I usually am about this stuff, he has one good season in college. He has one good season.
00:05:29
Speaker
And after he changed program, went to Indiana. And and did the the offense was the offense. There was a lot of first reads, second through second reads. Never really went to the third or the fourth reads. Good defense. Indiana had a very good defense. Very good wide receivers, too.
00:05:43
Speaker
Very good wide receivers, too. Absolutely. And some of them are probably going drafted this round. So I don't know. like I hope he does well. Hope he does well. But i have i'm um' I'm cautious with Fernando Mendoza in the NFL.
00:05:57
Speaker
he the the the season The second season at Cal was still 68% completion, 3,000 yards, 16 touchdowns, 6 interceptions. It's obviously not the Heisman winning season that he had.
00:06:09
Speaker
But typically for college quarterbacks, it's less maybe the just the fact that he won had one really elite season. It's more the fact that he's he hit that magic threshold of I think it's 25 or 28 starts that you typically want a college starter to have. And he's at 36 starts. Yeah.
00:06:26
Speaker
that's not really what concerns me what concerns me despite if you look at all the positives and fab you mentioned all of them rpo passing pinpoint accuracy at back shoulder like a lot of scouts are saying he has the he has bachelor that's very reminiscent of aaron rogers accuracy tough as nails you know we saw the national championship what concerns me is clink kubiak's offense i think they were 45 under center Fernando me Mendoza took two snaps under center last year.
00:06:54
Speaker
Two. Two. And the second thing that concerns me even more is the the pressure to sack race ratio was really, really bad. I think it was 38th out of 57 quarterbacks in like the the big four conferences. ah that's really, really weak as well. So that kind of shows you, you know, leads to the kind of a lack of creativity, more of the Jared Goff type of comparison. Those are things that concern me considering, well, the Raiders offensive line, yes, they have Tyler Lindenbaum, but there's still some off offensive line questions. And the back shoulder aspect, well, that's great and all, but, you know, there's Brock Bowers, there's still only Jalen Naylor, and he didn't really throw over the middle at all last year. That's like kind of the third concern that I have. So, yeah,
00:07:37
Speaker
That, to me, is the reason why I think they're going to start Kirk Cousins. I think it's the right move. I agree. I agree. Doth struggled, too. Another first overall pick. He struggled in his early days with the with the Rams and obviously got himself traded, too. So I think it is the right move to not throw him to the wild. And and signing Kirk Cousins, I think, was perfect.
00:07:59
Speaker
Perfect pro to be mentored by. And, um yeah, I... Good year, good college career. Very, obviously, very, very good year last year, but there's no rush with with the Raiders. They're not in a, they're not a Mendoza away from winning right now, right? So let him develop properly and give him his his year.
00:08:19
Speaker
um he's He's probably going to get some stars this year, but I wouldn't throw him to the Wolves um week one.
00:08:27
Speaker
Yeah, no, that's it. I think that's why they brought in Chris Kirk Cousins exactly for that. Nick. Speaking of so now, you're going to keep this train rolling right now. You're going we're going to move on to the next quarterback. We got Ty Simpson. thatlog Yes, the aforementioned the aforementioned that ty Simpson. So he is being projected as or NFL comp wise as Joe Burrell light in the the the top light of the top comparison.
00:08:54
Speaker
And there's also the worst comparison here to, I can't even say the name, Kenny Pickett. Similar situation, and he's kind of being mocked into that that area as well where the Steelers' name keeps coming up. Again, they drafted Pickett They have Ty Simpson there at 21. There's still chatter that they could take him, make the QB splash while the draft is in Pittsburgh.
00:09:21
Speaker
Obviously, there's other notable names to mention. You have the Jets, the Cardinals, potentially in the second round. ah i don't know why the Browns would would take a shot with the with the first round pick. They have, what, 16 quarterbacks on the roster.
00:09:35
Speaker
The Rams potentially could sneak in and and and grab Ty Simpson. But I think all signs right now point to him potentially going in the second round. or so The best case I think I see here is to try to get control over the player in the fifth-year option and someone swoops in and trades back in late into the first round to pick 32 or 31, something like that. Something like um Lamar Jackson did when Lamar Jackson got picked thirty second by the ravens
00:10:06
Speaker
But I mean, look, he's he's he's an intriguing QB prospect, right? Like, former five-star recruit, you know, finally took the reins at Alabama. And, you know, ah for all the chatter of, you know, not a lot of starts in college, he had a really sneaky good year. 65% completion, 3,500 yards, 28 touchdowns, only five interceptions in 15 games. So, I mean, he still had a really, really solid season as um as a starter this year.
00:10:35
Speaker
Very accurate rhythm passer, um poised and structured. So you'll you'll have to work with him, obviously. But he had a lot of production versus the SEC. So, um you know, the numbers and turnovers were hot.
00:10:49
Speaker
but what that's Oh, the SEC. The SEC. The SEC. They call it the SEC.
00:10:56
Speaker
Diana Rossini, come on down. Yeah, the SEC. Yeah. he he had honestly very low turnovers and against high-level defenses. So he played really well against the top defenses, right?
00:11:08
Speaker
Obviously the cons, the one year starting. So that's obviously going to always be there. Only started one year. i think you mentioned it, Raj Mendoza had 36 starts. That's what you're looking for in a, in a college QB typically, but, um, average physical tools, right? So he's not like elite. He's not that guy, not huge arm talent. He's not the guy that's going to be, you know, that Mendoza dog in him, that kind of, like you said, you showed in the national championship. He doesn't have that kind of, um,
00:11:36
Speaker
you know, physical tool to him and inconsistent under pressure as well. Yeah. And, um you know, late season dip, though he did. He started off strong and dipped late the season. So people are worried about maybe his his durability, his durability questions.
00:11:52
Speaker
As far as a fantasy standpoint is concerned, i think there's zero fantasy standpoint next year, at least, because wherever he goes, I highly doubt there's any any starter,
00:12:05
Speaker
I don't think he starts over anyone right now in in any team he goes to.
00:12:11
Speaker
That's well said. Yeah, I agree. and The thing that I like the most though about Ty Simpson is really the program that he's coming from. and The fact that he did he did face tougher competition and more NFL comp sort of competition. I think that that plays the biggest factor in in the value for him. But yeah, I'm not going I'm not going be a dead horse. We're not, no one's going be drafting type Simpson next year and and starting him in his lineup, even two QB leagues. So I think if the only way is maybe if he gets to the Cardinals, which I've seen, i mean, I don't think the Cardinals take him in the third pick, obviously, but maybe in the second round, agree. And act like the Browns doesn't make any sense. The jets are looking at the QB situation in 2027. And I've seen the Rams as an option, maybe with the, they did get a an extra pick, I believe, from the Mick.
00:13:01
Speaker
No, they gave that pick away, sorry. um So that might be a second round option as well. So I agree with you guys. Very, very tough to predict and or to see him playing this year, unless maybe it's with the Cardinals or or there's a bevy of injuries in that QB room.
00:13:21
Speaker
And Roger, you want to want to drive us home with the last quarterback? Yeah, so I guess kind of similar type of career, similar type of even frame. We have Garrett Nussmeyer who come from LSU. So I think the funny thing with Nussmeyer is that if he had come out last year, i think he might have had a better shot of maybe being in the second round, maybe even floating with the first round. He had a really solid year last year. This year, a lot of struggles due to an injury. um If you look at his numbers, yeah, so last year he was at 4,000, just a shade over 4,000 yards, 64% completion percentage, 29 touchdowns, 12 INTs. This year his season were cut was cut short. He has very much gunslinger mentality. I saw a lot of comps with regards to him for maybe, you know higher level Gardner Minshew. Todd McShay was saying even like ah a Baker Mayfield style in terms of his gunslinger mentality. Willingness to kind of fit it in tight windows as well. But he's a good processor, quick release. Again, comfortable comfortable attacking tight windows. Yeah, I saw that too, Fab. Jimis Winston has a comp as well. That's that's that's a good one too. But again, he has the same issue with Ty Simpson is that his frame is smaller. So you know look, it's not like these guys are getting drafted in the first round.
00:14:39
Speaker
But as we know, the track record of drafting guys who are either, you know, six one or below or, you know, Nussmeyer's Nussmeyer's case below 205 pounds, you know, but you have the likes of Bryce Young, Kyler Murray, a lot of guys in that realm, the only ones who have really, really succeeded are Drew Brees.
00:14:57
Speaker
Drew Brees was six foot two nine Otherwise, anyone who's below that six foot one mark or even below 205 pounds, which has also been kind of ah ah a checkpoint for QB sizes, it's been it's been a big struggle. So in terms of where he could go,
00:15:15
Speaker
Knack, the Steelers have been floated around as well. Again, I think 21, obviously too rich. And then it becomes the similar type of teams that we've talked about. The Rams, maybe the Browns with the second in the second round. um you know Maybe the Dolphins take a flyer. The interesting one could be the Saints because his dad is a coach, ah but maybe to be ah more of a backup option.
00:15:37
Speaker
ah But again, QBs, it gets to a point where you kind of draft QBs either in the first or second round. And if you they don't get drafted in that in that range, you see them going like in the third in the fourth, fifth, or even sixth round. Because typically teams will draft obviously a starter in rounds one or two in other positions. They're not going to waste you know second round capital or or sorry third round capital if they're not going to start a guy just to keep him on the bench. So I think for Nussmeier, it's probably going to be a very hard situation for him. to be drafted ah you know before day day day one, I would say, or definitely did date even you know late day two.
00:16:13
Speaker
think a lot of these guys are going to start coming off the board after after Mendoza. Maybe Ty Simpson, like I said, comes into the first round. He probably goes second round, but all these next QBs, i think third round, you're going to see a really like a flurry of them come off the board.
00:16:30
Speaker
And, you know, like you said, you look out for teams like the Steelers who have, you know, three third round picks in this draft, you know, so teams with multiple picks, especially in the third round, i think I could start seeing these guys. and And I think there was a, I think I read there was some Connection with oh Steelers coach name.
00:16:52
Speaker
Why am I blanking? Mike McCarthy? Mike McCarthy, yeah. He coached with his his father or one of his family members, Nussmeier. Nussmeier used to come on the sidelines and be around Mike McCarthy. So think there was some some links there as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of the QBs that potentially falls to them in the third round.
00:17:16
Speaker
I think just one more thing to add is Simpson and Nussmeier. Simpson will take some time because of the 15 starts, the only having 15 starts. But both both guys, their fathers were coaches.
00:17:27
Speaker
i think Ty Simpson's dad coaches at UT Martin, which is a smaller school in Tennessee. So both that both guys, they have dads who coach for 20 years. So they know football. They know the game. They play it the right way.
00:17:39
Speaker
At very worst case, I'm sure they're there you know potential backups or spot starters. But I think that goes, those are things from what I'm reading, scouts really appreciate about them, even if their seedlings aren't necessarily very high.
00:17:54
Speaker
I think Nussmeier will have a better NFL career than Ty Simpson. I think the injury derailed him, and he would have been a first-round pick if he would have had a similar season like he did in 2024.
00:18:05
Speaker
LSU was a very good program. program like We all know that. yeah I would not be surprised. like i He's probably going to get a knock because he got injured, and I don't know what but what the injury situation is or how serious it is or if he's healthy or whatever the case may be, but wouldn't be surprised there was a lot of value in Nussmeier.
00:18:22
Speaker
If he goes in the second round, i think I think that could be very beneficial for for whatever team drafts them. as you're you're getting ah it could be a quality player right there, especially for the Saints in the second round. like and That could be nice. It was an oblique.
00:18:35
Speaker
It was an oblique? yeah Those gosh darn obliques. ye Hate an oblique. Saints have Tyler Shuck.
00:18:44
Speaker
Yeah. i The only connection I have for the Saints is because of his dad. But like realistically, Tyler Shuckers. Louisiana, Louisiana too, right? So it's and be a good connection. Yeah, going back home. um Yeah, so that's so that's our three marquees. a quick quick Quick mention for QB Honorable Mention. So it's Cole Payton, North of Dakota State. Sort of a better Tyson Hill gadget quarterback. So like maybe the Steelers, the Eagles, and the Dolphins as potential mocks there, obviously in the later rounds.
00:19:12
Speaker
McShay has him as his third QB off the board, actually, in his in his big board. I've heard a lot of i've been hearing a lot of stuff about him. mix Over Garrett Nussmeier?
00:19:23
Speaker
Yeah. Well, if McShay says it, then there is some some credence to it. that that That'll get that that i'll give. So keep an eye out for Cole Payton. Also, Carson Beck out of the U, out of Miami University. So being compared to Tanner McKee and Aidan O'Connell style of a pocket passer,
00:19:38
Speaker
ah Colts have been showing up the most in mock drafts as well. Drew Alar out of Penn State University. Joe Flacco style of quarterback, big arm development QB though. And obviously he's always going mocked to the Steelers like every other quarterback is. Rams, Colts in that range. And then there's a big, big, big sort of a project in tailing green out of Arkansas. I like this guy. 440.
00:20:03
Speaker
6'5", right out of 40 and 440, which is extremely fast. Again, could end up being a project, but also an amazing, amazing athlete. So it's another Anthony Richardson, basically. No, no. he's he's I think he started four years. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Yeah, yeah. I'm kidding.
00:20:18
Speaker
respect ah Respect to Taylor Green. Anthony Richardson, we'll see. We talk about Nussmeier. I heard like Carson Beck to the Steelers. They're going to end up getting Drew Allard. It's one of those that had been it's been written in stone for like two or three years. That's all you've been hearing. Watch them. That's who they end up getting as a quarterback in the draft this year. and I would just laugh because it's just been like everyone just steve been speaking about it for years. Steelers love their pittsburgh they love their Pennsylvania kids.
00:20:45
Speaker
yeah really ah that's it's sad
00:20:50
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. So those are quarterbacks, ladies and gentlemen. Now we're gonna we're going to switch gears a little bit and run on to the running backs. No pun intended, or pun intended, whichever you like. um Roger's going to kick it off with the, really the the number one guy that everybody wants right now, who could be a potentially top five, even top ten, potentially top five pick.
00:21:08
Speaker
Roger? Yeah, I'm going to start off with Jeremiah Love, who a lot of the draft pundits have as their number one player on their big board. McShay actually has him graded 95 grade. I think the highest grade he gave a running back was Saquon Barkley. And then afterwards, maybe a little bit afterwards, was Bijan Robinson and McShay.
00:21:29
Speaker
With regards to Jeremiah Love, if you look at his measurables, if you look at his speed, he ran an amazing 40 time of 4.36. He's an explosive home run threat. He's really good out of the backfield. He had an amazing season with Notre Dame, 1,200 yards, 6.9 yards per carry, 17 rushing touchdowns, and he still was able to add 28 catches for 237 yards and two TDs. So He scored in a school record 13 consecutive games, and he had a 98-yard touchdown run in the college football playoffs. So...
00:22:04
Speaker
From a comp perspective, best case scenario I've seen, and actually McShay provided this one, was a healthy Derek McFadden. So if Derek McFadden had lived up to his potential, which you know he had a really good rookie first few seasons, I also saw a bigger Jameer Gibbs, which is obviously that's an amazing comparison. And the one that um i I heard on a podcast with the w Ringer Fantasy Football guys, Reggie Bush.
00:22:30
Speaker
So that's like worst case scenario of Reggie Bush, who still had two or three thousand yard seasons, was electric on the passing game and electric in the open field. That seems really like a really good option. Obviously, his only his only weak points from what I'm seeing is, you know, he could be a little bit bigger. And from a pass protection standpoint, he could ah tend to improve on that front. But um he seems like a can't miss prospect at the running back position.
00:22:55
Speaker
Most scouts still kind of rated him behind Saquon Barkley and behind Bijan Robinson, but he's kind of right there from an elite standpoint at the at the running back position. In terms of where he're showing up, it's it's it's really going to be an interesting and fascinating aspect in terms of where Jeremiah Love gets drafted. I've seen the the Titans, which is coming up the most. I picked number four. Schefter was on McAfee's podcast saying that he thinks that the Titans could be a realistic option. There's obviously the Giants at five.
00:23:23
Speaker
There's the commanders at seven. um i can't see him getting past the commanders. However, I've seen even the Cowboys at 12, but you know they just signed Gervonta Williams. So um I don't know. What do you guys think? I think this guy's a cat miss prospect from a, from a grading standpoint now is just depends on what do you think from a running back value standpoint, getting a running back that high, you know, but him counting 10 to $12 million dollars against the cap.
00:23:54
Speaker
tough, man. It's tough. But if you hit on that talent, like a John Robinson, a Jameer Gibbs, you know, we have comps there to to these types of players. They've got to hit like that type of player. If he doesn't hit like that type of player, it's way too rich for our blood. Or if you don't treat him as as such, right? If he goes into the wrong situation. Now, the Titans, is that the best situation for him to come into in the NFL?
00:24:22
Speaker
Maybe. The Giants, I think the backfield is kind of muddied right now, right? There's a few bodies in there. There's Scadaboo. There's still the Singletary that's there. There's still Tyrone Tracy that's there.
00:24:36
Speaker
Is it really for them to start drafting a running back fifth overall? Not sure. And Washington, i think that's the sneaky one to look at. I think, like, as you mentioned,
00:24:47
Speaker
they don't have they they just They traded... what chris Chris Rodriguez is no longer there. You had... They signed Rashad White. Yes, Rashad White. He's more of like a third down type of back. So you need kind of like a back like this. So they're looking at... a but They need a body big time. And their team is is young. They got the young quarterback...
00:25:08
Speaker
is it Is it the right time for them to pick a running back that high? I'm not sure, but it's definitely my intriguing option. i don't You're right. I don't think he gets past ah Washington talent-wise, but little hard to digest a running back that that early.
00:25:24
Speaker
But even, Mac, even Washington, like they need a wide receiver more than they need running back, in my opinion. Like they're, Terry McLaurin has how many years left in him, right? Then they don't have another stud behind that. and you want to you want a younger wide receiver to start pairing with your young quarterback.
00:25:38
Speaker
same Same argument for the running back. I don't know, man. like I really hope the Giants don't draft him. Not because I don't think he's a good player, just because we have other needs. The Browns, they just drafted a running back last year. like It's hard to tell. It's hard to to to to to gauge where he's going to go.
00:25:54
Speaker
The Titans make the most amount of sense for me. just because They're not ready. They're not. They're absolutely not ready. but it's it's a weird It's a weird team to go to yeah Especially like that high. like If the Chiefs were picking fourth, I would love for the Chiefs to have picked them and not signed, obviously, um Kenneth Walker. you know like A team that's more prepared. This team is it's super young. like The quarterback's got to develop. it's just it's They need wide receivers too. like It's not a full-on conclusion over there.
00:26:27
Speaker
There's a few mocks that have the Cowboys trading up to three. um There was a mock that had the Seahawks It's an older Mux that had the Seahawks training up to three.
00:26:40
Speaker
Those are teams to me that make a lot of sense. And this is nothing against Love. like He's going to be a fantastic player. But the teams that are available in, call it the top 10, maybe aside, for in my opinion, from the Giants, you aside so aside from the Giants, to me, all those teams are not ready to draft a running back this high. I think Cam Scatigus scares the...
00:27:01
Speaker
S-H-I-T out of me. Like, I don't think he is he is going to be an NFL player for a very long time the way he plays. He needs to calm the hell down. And I think they need even more insurance.
00:27:13
Speaker
um But yeah, it's it's looking like it's the Titans, but they have ah a lot of other needs. They need the pass rusher. They still need a wide receiver. ah They could still use offensive line help. So...
00:27:27
Speaker
weird yeah it's um it's actually interesting because his we'll move on to jadarian price which is who is his teammate uh fab tell us about jaday jadarian price and could there maybe be some value in not taking love and taking jadarian price instead at a later round a later pick sorry I think he's going to go in the later rounds as a later pick. I don't think he's going to get there. And i don't think he's going to be there in the first round. Like I don' think he's been drafted in the first round. Again, like the running backs are a little bit like quarterbacks where it's like you have one top tier guy and then everybody else is sort of just like potentially depth or a project and all that. I think Jadarian Price falls into that. Like, listen, he's he is electric. You get him in space and you can see the guy cook.
00:28:07
Speaker
ah He's been comp to Aaron Jones. He's seen a little bit of Devon H and from an explosiveness standpoint, which is always very exciting, but really that's sort of when it ends like from that architect.
00:28:17
Speaker
um you Listen, he shared a backfield with Jeremiah. So there's that have to consider, but he did average about six yards per carry all throughou throughout college last year. He had 11 touchdowns too, which was really good.
00:28:29
Speaker
Good. Um, From a combine perspective, he ran a sub-450, 40-yard dash. The guy's quick, 1.16-yard, 1.10-yard split. He has a home run speed. He has the burst through the hole. has that juice in space.
00:28:44
Speaker
Get him outside zone, get him in space. He's going to cook, right? That's sort of what you're looking at right now. And right now, he's being mocked to Seahawks at pick 32. which I like because he would be, it's more of a committee style of running back for him.
00:28:56
Speaker
You know, he's more of the RB two one, a to the one B, you know what I mean? Like the he, he's not going to be your bell cow. There's some concerns with him from a press pass pro perspective. And we all know how,
00:29:10
Speaker
head coaches don't like rookie running backs that can't do a lot of good pass pro. So I think the value for going much more in a committee standpoint. And if you're looking at a committee running back, he's not getting drafted in the first round.
00:29:23
Speaker
He's going to be a day two, day three guy. And I think this just falls into everything else we've been seeing from other quarter, from other running backs as well. Like the, he could provide some value to an offense as a particular piece to that offense.
00:29:39
Speaker
um But that, I think that's where we're looking at right now. I mean, he's being suggested to be mocked to the Broncos, to the Texans, obviously the Seahawks too. Texans could be interesting, but,
00:29:51
Speaker
I don't know if you're going to be relying on Jadarian Prince next year from a fantasy perspective. Yeah. Last year's running back class was really good. Yeah. We've seen, obviously, the kind of re-apex of the running back position.
00:30:04
Speaker
it'll be interesting to see where Price lands. That was a really good backfield. 1,400, I think he said 1,400 2,24, 2,25. That's
00:30:14
Speaker
yeah Having price and love in your backfield is is is really impressive. it was a crazy fun, fun year to watch in that backfield. That's for sure. Yeah, yeah totally. Nak, what can you tell me about Mike Washington? He's coming up in most big boards as the number three running back in a lot of a lot of scouts boards.
00:30:32
Speaker
Yeah. He's a um actually pretty big, pretty big-ish running back, 220 pounds. And he broke out at Arkansas in 2025, over 1,000 yards, eight rushing touchdowns, 28 catches as well after transfers from both Buffalo and New Mexico State.
00:30:53
Speaker
And honestly, he turned that production to some real buzz at the Combine, four three three um 40 uh 39 39 um inch vertical and a perfect 10 uh ras relative athletic score so confirming uh what you see um you know like he's he's a big downhill bruiser who can also hit some home runs uh if he gets a crease so being comped to uh tony pollard friend of a friend of the pod and um
00:31:25
Speaker
Teams sneakily, again, Washington, teams like that are are kind of lurking at at a player like that. He could be a pretty sneaky good PPR fantasy back, again, depending on the landing spot. Another one, obviously, Seattle. Seattle needs and another another guy back there, so that could be pretty interesting.
00:31:45
Speaker
um The one that actually read about um the most was, or or the most, but the one I read about that made me, um like, light bulb on was the Falcons could be a sneaky good landing spot um you lost he shot yeah yeah exactly so pros on him elite size and speed combos like i mentioned 6'1 220 pounds decisive and physical runner that big playability he could have he's that home run hitter that could happen on on any play and he's got that receiving upside he didn't he caught 20 28 passes 2025
00:32:21
Speaker
The real knock on him, though, is the ball security. So a lot of fumbles and it's ah it's a big issue. So going to have to fix that in the pro game. His pass protection and third down work as well.
00:32:34
Speaker
His technique and recognition of a blitz pickup are really inconsistent. So that might keep him off the field early in his NFL career. um And just the just the fact that he was like a late breakout, kind of transferred a few times, that was kind of another knock on on him as well. But I don't know how much, again, it's going to depend where he lands this year and in in terms of fantasy value. But um yeah, another another guy who's going to be available probably in in in round three or or later, not before that.
00:33:11
Speaker
i'm ah I'm curious, just just if we could just go back to, um well, one thing with Mike Washington, just looking at him and his comp, he reminds me Trey Benson. but Like it's it's like seeing a back that big 233, that speed, but, you know, maybe not as shifty. The Trey Benson thing like ah loot looms and you said transferring, you know, maybe only had, what you know, didn't have too many good, great years and in college. thought That'll be interesting to to see. Yeah.
00:33:41
Speaker
I'm curious with regards to Jeremiah Love, where would you guys draft him depending on where he goes? Like, let's say he goes to, you know, the Titans or he goes to the Giants or goes to the Commanders. Are you are we making the same Ashton Gentile mistake that we did last year?
00:33:56
Speaker
i mean, yeah, we are. wouldn't. we get go and I guess we're a different thing. Yeah, we are. A lot of it depends on where he's going and a lot of it depends on... the talent is there like but i i mean do i want him as my rb1 no will i be happy with him as my rb2 yeah yeah yeah really yeah that like why it's always goes it always goes back to clyde edwards a layer for me he went to the best team and everyone drafted him in the top six in fantasy and they were not rewarded it's just tough man it's tough
00:34:33
Speaker
And Gen Z for all accounts had a really good year last year, right? Like he had a very, he had a pretty productive, pretty productive fantasy season as well, right? So, but it's just like, like if you're picking second in the, in the second round, like, are gar is that someone you're comfortable picking that high in the second round?
00:34:53
Speaker
Second? But if you look at the Ezekiel Elliott's of the world and the Leonard Fournette's of the world that got drafted very high from a real fan, from a real football perspective,
00:35:03
Speaker
went on to have very good rookie seasons. There are... the I'm saying it's... You're right now. There's liars. There's all liars, for sure. i don't think there's all liars. I think it's pretty even keel, actually. I think it's pretty split. Zeke was one of the high... I think he's probably like higher rated than Love and got drafted to the Cowboys who had like an elite, elite, elite offensive line.
00:35:25
Speaker
okay That's what I really had. Fournette fournette to come out swinging if I if I don't remember correctly. Yeah, its right his first year was 260 carries a thousand yards nine touchdowns like okay, that's RB one.
00:35:42
Speaker
That is RB one. Yeah. It's not good Yeah, it's like it's like at the end. It's like RB1 if you're starting 12 running backs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you're getting into Zeke Elliott's season, I would agree with you guys.
00:35:55
Speaker
Zeke Elliott, did he win Rookie of the Year? He won Offensive Rookie of the Year that year. he almost said And I think he led the league in in rushing, if I'm not mistaken, in in his first year. But to your point, he had the best offensive line in football. Remember when, you know, what we used to say our our grandmothers could run through that offensive line and and get gain 1,000 yards.
00:36:16
Speaker
Yeah. he's not really he's not really going He's not really going to that in the in the Titans, right? If he goes there. i Yeah, well, that's the thing. I think a lot of it depends on where he's going. you know and And I think if he goes to a very good structure, you'll be more interested in drafting him.
00:36:31
Speaker
If he goes to the Titans, I agree. I wouldn't want him. and I'd be a little more concerned as my RB2 if he goes to the Titans. Yeah. I just, that Titans, like the Titans just don't scream fantasy for me ever. It's like it's it's true. it's It's just like the ugliest scene to me. And it's just like, do you ever think a Titans player and do you ever think like, yeah, fantasy, like I'm going grab, like never, there's not one player you think of that. You're like, I got to have on the Titans.
00:36:59
Speaker
Yes. Don't tell me Wanda Robinson. AJ Brown, Chris Johnson. AJ Brown, Chris Johnson, back in the day. Not currently. Currently, no. Lately, like the last like five to eight years, man, it's been a wasteland over there.
00:37:14
Speaker
It's just been like, you don't think of like fantasy sexiness and with the Titans. You just don't. Just very unsexy. That's I'm saying. That's saying. well They're going to bring that back this year with Robert Sala and my boy, boy Dave. Are you saying they're bringing sex back? I don't know.
00:37:29
Speaker
fun is it russini coming back or she used to be their beat reporter well she was their beat reporter for one particular reason did a lot of beatings whatever she was beating a certain head drum coach eating drum and drum the drums yes at the two drums i think that's uh i think i think that's our cue and that'll do it ladies and gentlemen that's our qb and running back draft landscape Thank you for listening. As always, we will be back with our draft analysis in a couple of weeks.
00:38:02
Speaker
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00:38:17
Speaker
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00:38:25
Speaker
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00:38:47
Speaker
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