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2026 Staight Cash Mock Draft
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The ZNG Crew welcomes 2 guest hosts as we do our annual Straight Cash Mock Draft!
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Introduction of Hosts and Podcast Overview
00:00:11
Speaker
Welcome everyone to the ZNG g Dynasty podcast, where three buddies hang out and talk football, and it just so happens to be recorded. Please enjoy this episode with Dakota Production Ziggler, Damian the Ninja Moore, and your host, Gary Lord Hinkey Buck.
00:00:39
Speaker
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to another episode of the ZNG g Dynasty podcast. And fellas, we have a good one in store for you guys today. um It's going to be a long one. It's going to be a good one. So stay tuned. Strap in Grab your snacks. Get a drink. Sit down. Get comfortable in that car ride you're about to go on because it's going to be a fun podcast. i'm We have a lot of guests to get here today, but as always, i have my right-hand man with me, Damien the Ninja Moore. are you doing, big fella?
00:01:13
Speaker
Doing good. Happy to be back. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. ah This is a heater today, and hold that applause for the other members joining us.
Guest Introductions: Joe and David
00:01:23
Speaker
Of course. um And coming back from the podcast after a little bit of a hiatus, we're bringing in our closer. We're bringing in our, you know, our professor, if you will. i' Got to call in. We have a we have an appointment with the teacher today. Joe, the Professor Thomas. Welcome to the podcast, big fella.
00:01:39
Speaker
Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. hey I appreciate you guys having me on again. i love that you guys want to come back to school because the professor is here to educate and teach them. And that's what we came for this podcast today. So get ready. Hold on. And I know some of these people you said are driving cars. I guarantee at least three guys listen to this podcast or on a forklift or walking around in the matrix listening. it So ah listen up, boys. Let's go. A forklift? That's dangerous. They should be paying attention what they're doing at work.
00:02:08
Speaker
But we have one more guest on this podcast. I believe it is his first time on the ZNG Dynasty podcast. It's been a long time, but until he's gotten behind the mic. ah DW, David, how you doing, big fella?
00:02:19
Speaker
Doing good. Thanks for having of me, guys.
00:02:24
Speaker
Can't wait to get started. And like that, let's get ready to roll. So, ladies and gentlemen.
Commencement of Straight Cash Homie Mock Draft
00:02:31
Speaker
We have a good one. Today we are doing the straight cash homie mock draft of this 2026 class. um This is a league specific draft. um It's a 12 teamer league. If anyone's not up to date with what this league is, you probably, if you're listening to this podcast, you're probably in this league, but it's a 12 team super flex dynasty league, a tight end premium and like kind of a super tight end premium league where um their stats are boosted pretty well. And you get to start two of them.
00:02:59
Speaker
but this is going to be a fun draft. Pretty much everyone in this draft we know. So this is going to kind of be a little personal. There's going lot of inside jokes. So if you're an outside listener or you're from Japan, konnichiwa. But stay tuned. It's still going to be a fun one as well. But, I mean, without further ado, fellas, I think we just hop right into this podcast. You guys are ready to roll. We're ready.
00:03:20
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Let's go Born ready.
Debating the First Pick: Jeremiah Love vs. Fernando Mendoza
00:03:23
Speaker
right. Hey, so professor here checking in Your host has graciously given me the one, one pick in this thing, um in this mock draft.
00:03:32
Speaker
So but I'm going to tell you guys about this team. I don't, who cares who his players are? The guy that has the one, one, his team is JRD 10, 16. If you've listened to any of the Z and G or even old school, all four minutes podcast, you know, this guy might be the second worst fantasy player in the history of the world. All right. He is the New York Jets. They're the exact same person.
00:03:54
Speaker
This guy's picked one, one, not trading at least three of the last four years. That's neither here nor there. So all I did, I just did a basic. I checked out his team, his team needs top two team needs. He needs a quarterback.
00:04:06
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He needs a running it back. All right. He has two picks here in the top 10. Maybe he can fill those needs. You know, if he drafts wisely and then he can move right back to the one, one again next year.
00:04:16
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So
Draft Strategy Insights: Positions and Team Needs
00:04:17
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that's how I feel. He's got Jackson Dart in his QB one. He's got four quarterbacks to back up and they're mid to terrible. It's like anywhere from Kyler Murray to the Ninja board. I mean, the guy is ridiculous. So, and the one one here, he has to take Fernando um Mendoza.
00:04:34
Speaker
I don't like this pick for him, but he has to, if he wants to have a shot of maybe making the playoffs in the next three years. All right, we got to get Joe off the the professor off the podcast. I mean, we're we're off to a hot start. We're done. We're done.
00:04:49
Speaker
we're done this is I want apologize to the listeners. Hold on, hold on. Hear me out. here we are you Are you ready for this? One man's opinion. I heard on a podcast that you used to be on that you killed that you're supposed to draft running backs, but they got a short window. You give him love here, this guy's still not making the playoffs for three years. He's going to waste his time. He needs to go quarterback here and try to fill those needs later. Because getting love here, it means nothing for his team. He'll be picking one-on-one for the next three years. that's This is not the draft for that.
00:05:20
Speaker
i I really wish it it super super flex draft it was the draft for that, but it's not. for Fernando and Mendoza, I'm glad you brought him up. Because I wasn't even taking him at 1-2, to be honest, if you took love.
00:05:34
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His ceiling, at best, is Kirk Cousins. And I don't even know if he reaches that ceiling. ah he's not terrible player, a terrible quarterback. I'm just not going to take him.
00:05:45
Speaker
i don't know what his ceiling is. i don't think it's very high. And I'm not taking him one-one in this draft. I can see a lot of people still taking him one-two. That's fine. i wouldn't. And also in this league, most of people listening to this are going to know this because they're in the league.
00:06:03
Speaker
It's a four-pass TD league. So I'm definitely not taking Fernando Mendoza, number one, over a... legit prospect that I would even had number one running back last year over Ashton Gentry.
00:06:18
Speaker
Yeah, cannot believe we already have a awful pick at the 1-1. I mean, Jeremiah Love is the most consensus 1-1 we've had since like...
00:06:30
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I can't even remember. like He's the very obvious one in this draft. I don't think Mendoza is a bad pick necessarily. He's probably the one, too, in this class. But it's if you give JRD's team here Jeremiah Love, I think this is definitely a playoff team. I think you can patch up QB. You can trade for somebody as like a backup and just sneak into the playoffs. I don't think he's one of them all, but he's sneaking into the playoffs.
00:06:52
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But then again, for this team, it might be worse. He can't win the loser's bracket again. but Ninja, thoughts of Mendoza before we move on? Yeah, at one one it's very gross for me. But I can see where Joe got the conclusion with the team makeup. There isn't really like a quarterback you're really happy with, but he has three that I'd be okay just to throw out there. Try and swing at next year's QB class should be much, much better. ah Jeremiah Love is a clear 1-1 in this draft for me.
00:07:17
Speaker
All right, David, you are up here with the 1-2 with IFB's team, who actually has back-to-back picks.
Wide Receiver Class Analysis
00:07:24
Speaker
You'll be making the first one, and then Ninja will be making the second one. So who are you going here at the 1-2 for IFB?
00:07:31
Speaker
Well, so while while while he looks at his big draft board, can I talk about this team real quick? Yeah, go for it. Okay, this guy, he he has so much talent.
00:07:43
Speaker
of a need. He needs a tight end. He needs a quarterback. He needs a wide receiver. He needs a running back. He needs offensive line. He needs a defensive line. He needs a kicker. He needs everything. All right. Luckily for him in a not good draft, he owns seven of the first 24 picks.
00:07:59
Speaker
So he has to be not, he has to be able to take some chances. Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. Maybe if Mendoza's here, he needs to step out there. I would say here in this early first round, obviously I'm not taking this pick. One man's opinion will. I'm just saying if I'm him with these seven picks in the first 24 picks, he's going to have to reach, maybe take some tight ends early, maybe get a young quarterback here at back of the first, the draft cap capital dependent.
00:08:25
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But if he's not confident, and from what I'm getting from the Z and G boys, it's not a great draft. He needs to move some of those second round picks, maybe one of these late firsts and go get himself quarterback. quarterback that can bridge a year you know go get get get a malik willis or matthew staff for one year of rental because he does have some 27 picks but the guy needs everything and in a draft like this where there's a lots of a few things but not everything uh the best thing for him to do is to move of that draft capital maybe move down or take some risk but david i'll let you take this pick my bad
00:09:02
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ifb team yeah yeah The IFB team needs – he probably needed a quarterback, but somebody ruined it by taking him.
00:09:14
Speaker
Kirk Cousins at 1-1, even though I still probably would not have taken him at one too I am going to go ahead and give him Jeremiah Love, the best player in this draft, even though I don't think it's a huge need.
00:09:29
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At the top of the draft, you don't take need. You take best player available. I'm going to take me a 20-year-old running back, six foot 214 pounds from University of Notre Dame who run a 4.36 the combine.
00:09:42
Speaker
He has all of the elite lead skills to be a great running back in this league. I think he will. I will throw a caveat, though. i do think there is a small risk because this guy reminds me so much of Reggie Bush at right when Reggie Bush was at USC, and that does not always translate.
00:10:04
Speaker
And I'm a Notre Dame fan, and I've said I would have taken him over if he was in last year's draft over Gentry, there still is a risk that this guy is Reggie Bush. And there's a ceiling that is a Reggie Bush, which wasn't terrible, but just not a high-end fantasy player.
00:10:21
Speaker
So that is a risk, but I still would take him here. Yeah, I think he is definitely the clear-cut best player in this class. It's kind of surprising because I agree with you. If I'm IFB, I'm i'm not expecting Love to be here. Even with like his team bill his team's build, he
Key Draft Picks and Player Profiles
00:10:37
Speaker
has Kenneth Walker, he has Kyron Williams, he has RJ Harvey as well. like He doesn't really necessarily need a Jeremiah Love. He has bigger needs in all of the other positions, but if you're sitting here at the 1-2 and Jeremiah Love falls in your lap, I think you just have to go there.
00:10:51
Speaker
you guys have any qualms? ah No qualms, and the what David said about hit rates in this draft, talking about Reggie Bush, the funny thing I found in this draft when I made my big board is I don't think anyone I have graded higher than a 75% chance of hitting this draft. In other drafts, I was as confident as to say 95% with Caleb Williams. I was certain about it.
00:11:14
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But this draft, I'm not very, I'm sure they're all going to be great players, but for us fantasy hitting, the highest I gave any one of these players was 75%, and that was Jeremiah Love. wow I'm actually kind of shocked he had him down at 75%. I do think he's – I agree with you, David, as well. If he was in last year's draft class, I would probably draft him over Ashen Gentry. I think he is that good of a player. And honestly, I'd really like to see him go to the Titans at four, pair him up Cam Ward. Would be a great fit.
00:11:42
Speaker
Yeah. um at Ninja, you're up here. a d or Joe, do you have something? Go ahead. I just, I got two qualms with what we just said. No shade of love. So I won't even say a word, David. Stop comparing Fernando to cousins. Cause if you could tell me, I can take a guy that in the last six seasons where he played 16 or more games and his, his, his ceiling was QB five and his floor was QB 13. I'll take that. And secondly, stop misspelling Will Levis Jr.
00:12:09
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but All right, Ninja, up here with the third pick. That is also i fb So back-to-back picks here after taking Jeremiah Love. Where are we going at the 1-3?
00:12:21
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In this league, we do tight end premium. I have him taking Kenyon Sadiq. Love it one One of the biggest big boom bus guys in this draft. The athletic profile is insane with this guy. He's going to get first-round draft.
00:12:38
Speaker
buzz. He's going to go in the first round. I'm more worried about landing spot, but I think the athletic profile of this guy really separates himself from being the top of the tight end premium, which is going to get you a lot more points than the wide receivers who I kind of have bunched up. I mean, you me and Junior talked about our wide receiver eval. It's a big tier. So it'll be where these guys are drafted and how I view landing spots, especially for the top guys of how I draft them in fantasy. So I'm going to take the biggest outlier, the biggest athletic potential guy on the board at a team need because he has Darnell Washington starting, which is a massive, massive problem.
00:13:19
Speaker
Can't have um I just have one question. I agree with you. I think this is a very good pick, and especially in this tight end premium league, i think I think this is the way he should go. But I'm going to throw in a caveat here. Does the landing spot for Kenyon Sadiq change your idea of this pick here at three? I know we kind of talked about it with the wide receivers. Obviously, that huge tier landing spot is going to matter a lot. But when Sadiq is like pretty obviously the tight end one in this class, does his landing spot matter comparatively to these other wide receivers?
00:13:49
Speaker
Not for this guy's team makeup. And either I like Kenyon Sadiq a lot. It's not like he's going to drop down, like do his landing spots like the one eight. It's not going to happen. So he's going to go in this range. He should go in this range.
00:14:03
Speaker
And I'm not really too concerned about his landing spot because you get an athlete like Kenyon Sadiq in there. I'm sure he's going to get the work. Joe, David, any qualms? so i loved me I love the player. i and And this is where I was going to go at one two if Love, who should have went 1-1, because this guy's roster just needs a tight end and a tight end premium so bad that I was going to go Sadiq. I will mention, it's a great question. I think your question is great there.
00:14:36
Speaker
i think if it goes one eight to 110, then I'm fine here. But if we start dropping down to like one, if we start talking about pick 15 to 22 or something. and You're talking Sadiq's landing spot. Right. And his landing spot, if it's pick 15 to 20, I don't know if it's still 1-3 pick or a 1-2 pick.
00:15:02
Speaker
um But if it's 1-9 to Kansas City, one nine to kansas city then it definitely I would definitely would say we're talking even one two at that point over Mendoza just because they're going to sit Mendoza for a year.
00:15:18
Speaker
I don't think that should hold me back ah hold a team back from taking it, but most owners do if they see that feel that maybe it may be tough for them to pull a trigger there for a guy who's going to sit for a year.
00:15:33
Speaker
um One qualm there. Let's not kid ourselves that he's going to sit a full year. yeah Let's get over that nonsense. He'll maybe sit three games and then they'll go, oh God, Kirk O'Chainz sucks.
00:15:45
Speaker
Let's get the rookie in there. They may say, well, i already got Kirk playing. Do I want to play another Kirk? and Okay.
00:15:57
Speaker
Junior. all right let's out look I need a favor. Yeah, hit me. Get a hold of these guys. I'm trying to make 15 minutes into a guest appearance. And he's mentioned two teams.
00:16:10
Speaker
One was Notre Dame and one was Kansas City. I mean, imagine being that big a homer. It's been so long since he's been on the pot. He's just got to shout out his boys.
00:16:23
Speaker
yeah but Honestly, yeah they're both right. If love goes one, this has to be Sadiq at two. Glad you're taking them at three. tight In a two tight end league, or even tight end premiums, you gotta this is going to push up tight ends. We might see another tight in or two another two tight ends go in this first round.
00:16:40
Speaker
I've got two names that I like on my list, but yeah did this is the perfect spot for him. He's going to be a top three pick. ah Whether you start two tight ends or one tight end, even as long as tight end premium, he's going top three in all your leagues.
00:16:52
Speaker
Love it. Definitely love the Sadiq pick. So Mendoza goes one. Jeremiah Love goes two. Sadiq goes three. And now we're up at the one for Joe. You have this pick ah for Zebi. So go ahead and break down his team. And then who are taking for him here at the one for?
00:17:06
Speaker
Zemmy Bobby, team needs here. This guy needs a wide receiver. This guy needs a tight end. This guy needs a running back. This guy needs quarterback. This guy is the second LFB. He might as well be LFB too. I don't know.
00:17:20
Speaker
Looking at his team, he's a very old team. They're aging at all positions. oh And if I were him, I would try to capitalize on the year that Stafford had or Jerry Goff and try to move them to get some draft capital. He doesn't have a lot for the next couple of years.
00:17:36
Speaker
Look at this team, guys. It's not winning this year. It's time for a rebuild. It's time for him to start selling those quarterbacks. It's time for him to go to Amazon, type in the search field, Lord Hinkey book, get that book, learn how to rebuild, and go on.
00:17:50
Speaker
That being said, if he keeps this fixed, got to take the best player available. And if we're going on our board, and I know, Damian, you'll probably attack me on this, um but I'm going to go best player available at wide receiver. And I got it down between Carnell Tate and Makai Lemon, and I'm going to go with Makai Lemon here.
00:18:06
Speaker
Yeah. Junior loves it. Love it. i love it too, actually. i turned around. like, a Lemon turned around. I watched the film. Kids, a dog. I understand.
00:18:18
Speaker
yeah It took a while. When we finally got to the wide receiver Rankin's pod, we did have a little bit of a heart-to-heart, and we both agreed that Mekhi Lemon is a dog. I'm getting very close to putting him as a wide receiver one in this class. It's kind of hard with how good Tate is and how steady he is, but I just love Lemon, the player. I think he's going to be incredible. so and To me, i think he's landing spot like independent. like No matter what team he goes to, whatever build he goes to, um I think he can fit into any offense. He is just an incredible player, and Wide receiver one off the board here, and I got no qualms with that.
00:18:50
Speaker
And like I said, he's not my wide receiver one off the board, but they're all in the same tier for me. So you pick one of the top five, I'm probably game. And now here comes David with the downer.
00:19:04
Speaker
I'm not a huge fan his wide receiver class at all. I don't – everybody keeps talking about the top three. I hate all three of them. What? Wow. shocker Imagine being shocked over something David said. I just – I'm glad, again, i don't I don't have a ton of picks in this year's draft and and not high picks. I'm glad I don't have to make these decisions.
00:19:27
Speaker
I'd be wanting to trade them besides the top two picks. I'm not taking 192-pound wide receiver. Oh, we're still doing this? I'm not. We're still doing this. He still scouts jerseys too, by the way. We're still doing this. I'm not doing it. We got another Washington receiver. How do you think of that Washington receiver in this class?
00:19:45
Speaker
Denzel Boston? 6'3", 2'12". Now we're talking. but all right Let's go, David! You brought me back! A lot Ninja having a type, but David also has a type, too. I just... Makai Lemon scares me. He's got bust written all over him.
00:20:01
Speaker
That makes me so mad. I don't think I could be... like you You can't tell how red I am on the camera, but if you can see me through this podcast voice, I am fuming.
00:20:16
Speaker
i don't I don't blame you. so i just I don't think the production match the the hype doesn't match the production. Hype doesn't match the production. He won the Bolitnikov last year. He was the best wide receiver in college.
00:20:28
Speaker
Okay. But what did he do to two years before that? he He kicked Zachariah Branch out of there. He had to go to Georgia to get some planes out. Zachariah Branch kicked himself out of there. Whatever.
00:20:41
Speaker
David, you were up here with the 1-5. IFB has another pick. We already kind of broke down his team. He went Love at the one two You took that. And then we went Sadiq at the 1-3. IFB for you, David, is back up here at the 1-5. And what one of these sucky wide receivers are we taking for him?
00:20:57
Speaker
I'm going to go Carnell Tate, wide receiver at Ohio State, 192 pounds, old, four point five three I
Best Player Available vs. Team Needs
00:21:07
Speaker
don't love, like I said, I don't love the wire these three wide receivers.
00:21:10
Speaker
One's a 5'11". This guy is, couldn't even be wide receiver one on his own team. And he had opportunities. i know Jeremiah Smith is there. Oh, no, no, no.
00:21:24
Speaker
Just a smote named Jeremiah Smith. He just couldn't do it. That's all he is. So let me get this straight, David. He was going to Cornell Tate because he couldn't be wide receiver one when he was playing with with with Jackson Smith and Digba, Marvin Harrison, and Jeremiah Smith. Oh, no, he couldn't be wide receiver one. We're punishing him for that?
00:21:45
Speaker
Yes.
00:21:49
Speaker
you What was your last last appearance on the ZNG podcast? you know jeremmi smith Because Jeremiah Smith missed a few games this year, I believe. I think i think you did he He didn't produce well when those when those opportunities present to be a wide receiver won.
00:22:07
Speaker
He just never took over. He had good stats.
00:22:12
Speaker
I could be wrong. I just i so much paid i don't i don't see an alpha wide receiver there. i could be wrong. I mean, I guess if you're comparing him to a straight just alpha wide receiver, i can I can understand your take. But I think knocking the guy for not being able to be a better wide receiver than I would probably say the best wide receiver prospect we've seen since Julio Jones. to have to cut that out myself. But, I mean, Jeremiah Smith is incredible.
00:22:40
Speaker
But it's like you're going to knock the guy for that? Like we're doing the Chris Olave thing. We're doing the Garrett Wilson thing. Like we're doing it for all of these Ohio State wide receivers. Is that just the only knock that we have for Ohio State wide receivers that they couldn't beat the next one?
00:22:57
Speaker
Like is that what we're going to do? And we're doing that, and where are those two wide receivers at? if I remember correctly, JSN is like really good. No? sorry he did No, he didn't mention JSN in those. He mentioned Garrett Wilson and Alave.
00:23:09
Speaker
Now, yeah that you know I'm not a Garrett Wilson guy, but without the injury, he's still the top 12. Alave hasn't finished. He's bad. I don't think worse than 16. I'd have to check the numbers.
00:23:21
Speaker
like They're still solid and good players. Didn't you trade Garrett Wilson? I don't like Garrett Wilson. That's a personal thing. That's a giveaway. That's a giveaway. And I think to kind of side with David here a little bit, he doesn't see an alpha, and I agree. This whole draft is highlighted by a lot of high-floor wide receiver twos.
00:23:44
Speaker
You're not going to have your top dog like we had past years, like what we thought Marvin Harrison Jr. was, like Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson. These are high floor that could be wide receiver ones, but I think the what most of these guys are, especially in this first round, is solidified wide receiver twos with upside to be wide receiver ones pending you know fit and how they develop.
00:24:07
Speaker
I would agree there. fair It's fair enough. that He could still be ah a high end to low end wide receiver two. I just, that's kind of, I guess the reason why i don't like, I don't like this wide receiver class. Yeah. Cause it probably just feels bad taking that level of a guy at the that high that high, but there's no one else there. So it's kind of just what this draft class is. I think it all kind of stems back to the, this draft class isn't that high end. Right.
00:24:31
Speaker
And yes, I'm not being serious when I'm saying that he should have been better than Jeremiah Smith. Right. It's more so of taking this, that talent at this pick. that high.
00:24:43
Speaker
I know you've got to take somebody, right? Trade the pick. Yeah. Joe. um And so, David, I'm going to slightly come over to your side by asking this question.
00:24:56
Speaker
Are we spoiled at the wide receiver position for rookies the past five years? Is that why we're down? The class isn't great, but it's not bad. Is that why we're down? Because we're so used to what we've been seeing the last four or five years coming out of that first round.
00:25:12
Speaker
Yes, and I guess it's unfair to judge these guys on that. I'm just i just i'm but struggling to see. i get what Okay, you guys love Makai Lemon. Tell me what his ceiling is.
00:25:24
Speaker
Give me a great comp from Makai Lemon. Junior? you want Do you want to hear mine or do you want to hear realistic one? Realistic one. Okay, a realistic one.
00:25:35
Speaker
Well, mine is I think i could be i think he can be Amarasi Brown. Oof. Wow, that ceiling. He has that ceiling of a player. I think he'd be on the same ground. But if I'm being realistic, if I'm kind of bringing him down a little bit, it's kind of hard to say because he's because he's such a different kind of player.
00:25:57
Speaker
I think his floor is a little bit better than what Zay Flowers is. That's his floor for me. Yeah. I can see that. Better than Zay Flowers for sure, but I can see something along those ranges. I think the worst Mekhi Lemon ends up being is like a mid-wide receiver two in fantasy, like around the 20s. If he finishes outside the 20s multiple years, I would be shocked.
00:26:22
Speaker
Let's go Cardinal Tate. i see a lot I see a lot of comps. This is probably why I have such a downer on because I don't see this at all. Devontae Adams. To me, Cardinal Tate, he's not going be Devontae Adams.
00:26:34
Speaker
Well, I think he plays a little bit like Devontae Adams, but I don't think he's a level player. Play type is similar, but... Not player. They're very similar. Devontae Adams first two or three years.
00:26:44
Speaker
First three years. Yeah, first three years is pretty dog. yeah yeah But the play style, I would say, is very similar. They both have great footwork. Understand where the sideline is. They have like a connection with the quarterback to where they can just kind of sync up and like kind of know what the other one's thinking. So I kind of see that with it with the Devontae comp, but I don't think he is that high-end level wole player that can just be like wide receiver one, two overall.
00:27:10
Speaker
All right, so we are up now with the 1-6. And Ninja, you are drafting for, looks like Damian Moore. Joe, can you go ahead and break down Damian Moore's team for us in Streetcash, homie?
00:27:22
Speaker
Oh, okay. obviously you know I this team out top to bottom. Not a lot of team needs here, if surprisingly. Needs a running back and a tight end maybe. But my notes here, this team is poised for a breakout year.
00:27:35
Speaker
yeah He's got three of the first 14 picks, but with those three, He needs to fix that running back room. It's a little skeleton right now. looks more like a Lebanon Valley college class than an NFL running back room. So I'd love to see a running back here at 1-6, maybe take a tight end at 2-1, and then wait for it.
00:27:57
Speaker
Give me a little Drew at 2-4 in the second round. Someone comes back into the first round to get him. But that's just me projecting out. This guy's got three picks. I would love to see a running back here. um So Ninja, what what position are you taking here?
00:28:09
Speaker
Yeah, I appreciate that, Eval. They've been doing a lot of work with this team, and I'm not going to take running back here because I don't view the running back class this year as highly as I do a lot of other previous years.
00:28:24
Speaker
Who would have guessed it? I'm taking my guy, Denzel Boston. Yeah, knew that was coming. Just I need another guy to throw into a flex spot to hop in on biweeks, maybe stand out as another stud alongside Neuco Collins and Malik neighbors. Just have myself a nice rotation because XL isn't a guy anymore. If he ever was.
00:28:47
Speaker
but I'm just going to take my guy here. i got two picks later in the draft. I'll see where that leads. But I'm a lot higher on these top five wide receivers than I am, say, the next three or four running backs. So let me get a guy I like now, and then I will assess need later this draft.
00:29:05
Speaker
Yeah, I could have wrote that one in before we even started the podcast. We knew that was happening. i got I got no qualms with the pick. i think he's We agree he's in that tier of like ah the top-end wide receivers. And if he gets first-round draft capital, I'm all in for him going here at the mid-first. No qualms. That's what I was going to say. is it's this at I don't hate it, but what's the draft capital?
00:29:29
Speaker
yeah right If it's first-round... It's fine, but i'm I'm a little worried that – and I love Denzel Boston, right? Like I mentioned, he's 212. That's what you want in a wide receiver. Yeah, size matters. so Yeah, and – Unless you're Smitty.
00:29:46
Speaker
Boston and Sadiq's ceiling, I just love both their ceilings and wouldn't be shocked if they just become the one of the top two studs in this draft, right? It's just – where is his capital? If he goes second round or mid-second round, are we still are we still picking him here?
00:30:03
Speaker
I think I'm a little lower on him if he ends up going in like the 40s or 50s, but i don't I don't see a world where he doesn't go... If he does make it to the second round, and like he's going in the 30s there. like I don't think he's lasting very far in the second round. i don't And if he end up if one more if he ends up going... like 33 to like 38. I don't think I'm going to knock him for not going like 29. Like I think there's like a range there at the end of the first beginning of the second that I'm probably not going to knock him for. But I do think that's kind of his range at late first, early second round in the NFL draft.
00:30:34
Speaker
I don't see a world where he doesn't go in the first round. I can't, I can't see it at all. I think the latest I have him going, like if I just went through a mock draft right now with team needs and all of that 31 to the Patriots.
00:30:49
Speaker
that's the latest he could possibly go. Professor? First of all, why would they need him when they're about A.J. can we quickly ask diana Can we ask Diana that's truly going in? all right. oh oh And we got ask about the trade going in, nothing else going in. Let's that. Let's clarify that. Hey, the children, David, the children. The children.
00:31:17
Speaker
oh You just threw me all off what I was gonna say I'm doing this.
Rebuild and Draft Strategies for Teams
00:31:23
Speaker
That's staying in. um Yeah. Oh, no, I got it. I love, I do love, I love to pick. I'm a Denzel Boston fan. So my only question, is that really a qualm? My question for you is this, Damian.
00:31:35
Speaker
With the need also at tight end, is your top tier of wide receivers, I mean, is your second tier of top receivers good enough to go with your second tier of tight ends? Because if you can take the your next tight end here, not thinking, because he might not make it to 2-1, if that next group of tight ends and you're going run out of tight ends in this draft,
00:31:54
Speaker
Would you take him here and then go with a second-tier receiver in the second round? It all depends on where he's drafted. So we do this. ah We do the draft for this after the NFL draft. I expect him to go day two sometime.
00:32:09
Speaker
But my second tight end, I don't expect him to go in the first round. Now, if he goes in the first round, i'm not I'll take him at the one six And that's not a problem for me. ah But i I kind of see him going in about the 45-ish range.
00:32:23
Speaker
And with my two later picks, I think I can snag him there and be okay. okay Okay. You know, we'll see. all right I think it might be interesting how a lot of people are talking about trading out of this first round because once you get past this kind of top tier of players per se, um a lot of people are talking about trading out of that late first round. I think not to tell you what to do, Ninja, but I think a fun strategy might be like, oh, I have this player who I'm targeting at the late first, early second with a lot of these other teams that are wanting to trade out of the late first. Would you be maybe looking to move up if you want to snag that tight end or maybe snag that late round wide receiver that you really like?
00:33:02
Speaker
Yep. Absolutely. I'm all in for buying in. Everyone's going to try and trade out. I'll move up in this draft. think I have the 2-4 in this draft. I'll throw that in an asset up there. I'll go to 1-12 and get a guy.
00:33:15
Speaker
I think this is the perfect draft to do that, too, where you can kind of pair a couple of later round picks that maybe you don't love and go get a guy and then leave that draft class with one of your guys. Yep.
00:33:26
Speaker
Hey, Damian, I know a guy at 1-11, you can probably come back into the first round when he hates this draft class. i'll I'll slide into his DMs. All right, moving on the next pick here, 1-7. Joe, you have this pick, and you're going to making this pick for Nate the Great back-to-back on here, which is kind of weird because i don't think he went back-to-back in this this league in last two years. But anyway, someone needs to update their name. But are you taking here for back-to-back? Yeah. I'll break down his team as well. Yes. Yeah. Nate the Great. He has some glaring needs on this team, but his top need is definitely wide receiver. He wants Denzel Boston, but now he's gone. But he needs a wide receiver, i tight end, and a running it back.
00:34:06
Speaker
So the notes I have for this this team, after winning back-to-back titles three years ago, my man iss living in the past like he's the Cowboys. right He has fallen hard, and he has fallen fast. Right now, the most valuable asset on his team is Josh Allen.
00:34:20
Speaker
And that guy's losing value of a value every year. And don't be wrong. That doesn't mean he's not great, but he's losing value. If... Nate the great, I say with air quotes, wants to rebuild. This is the year to do it.
00:34:33
Speaker
With a weak quarterback draft, he can send Josh Allen over at to LFB. Get him some of those 1-2, 1-3s. Get some of those seconds. Get a 27 first. He can probably get five draft picks from this guy and start to rebuild.
00:34:45
Speaker
But if he means if he wants to make a run, he's got to fix that wide receiver room, and it starts with Jordan Tyson from Arizona State. Jordan Tyson goes here 172. Nate the Great Eye. I love that. I think kind of just taking best player available there. um Yeah, I got no qualms for that pick. I feel like he's kind of that end tier of that wide receiver group that everyone kind of likes the top of that class besides David, obviously.
00:35:10
Speaker
ah So, Professor, you kind of dropped a little nugget in there. This guy likes Denzel Boston, so I shouldn't draft another position. I get my guy while I have the chance to get him. Yeah?
00:35:22
Speaker
New phone. Who this?
00:35:29
Speaker
All right, guys. Jordan Tyson was a pick. If you like injuries, you like Jordan Tyson. 2022, he suffered a season injury tearing his ACL, MCL, and PCL.
00:35:42
Speaker
That's three ligaments. That can't be good. I don't know long-term NFL. I think he slides big time in the NFL draft. Me 2023. So not just 2022. He misses the majority of the season. He only plays three games.
00:35:58
Speaker
You think, oh, he's over that. He's at Arizona State now after transfer to Colorado. Oh, he's just going to out there and break his collarbone. and missed pretty much all season.
00:36:09
Speaker
And then this past season, he missed three games with a lingering hamstring injury. I think paid many people, if you've listened to the All Formats podcast, know me. You're injury prone. That's just what you are.
00:36:21
Speaker
I'm not touching an injury prone player. So, David, I have a question because we kind of brought that up in mine and juniors are a wide receiver evals where, yes, he has an injury history and I'm not a fan of it, but he is so talented that I'm willing to take a swing here, especially after the rest of my top tier receivers went besides one.
00:36:41
Speaker
Do you compare him to a guy like Travion Henderson who suffered a lot of injuries throughout his college career, but everyone still seemed to love him in the draft process and drafted him probably mid to late in the first round? Do you view him the same way?
00:36:54
Speaker
I do. i think that's a great comp from last year's draft to this year's draft as far as injury history, prod, and production and hype. So yeah, I would agree.
00:37:05
Speaker
ah One more question, David, because I don't necessarily completely disagree with your take, but obviously you're not an injury guy. Now, would you consider Jordan Tyson just to be like a do not draft list for you? Or does it get to a certain point where that injury risk is worth taking? So obviously we went, he went here at the one eight or one seven. I'm sorry. um And he was the fourth wide receiver off the board.
00:37:27
Speaker
Where does Jordan Tyson have to fall for you till you go? The injuries here are worth the risk. I got a quarterback that I think is going to go first round. I got a wide receiver that I like that I would take over. I'm umm i'm probably the 112-21 range. I was thinking that, yeah. For fort Tyson.
00:37:47
Speaker
I think at that point in this draft, you take him because that pick is probably going to not hit anyway, right? So if it doesn't hit due to injuries, fine. Yeah. But it's the 112, you know? Yep.
00:38:00
Speaker
yep Feels a little bit better. um I love Jordan Tyson. I think he is a very good player, but their injury risks, obviously, are just something you have to just take into consideration. um I would love if you follow the Eagles at 23 in the NFL draft. Moving on here, 1-8. David, you're actually up with this pick, and you're going to be picking for Tay Gritty, who's actually a new member of the Straight Cash Homie League. So, Joe, before we get into that, Joe, go ahead and break down his team, and then, David, you'll be making the pick here at the one eight right. Just so I'm clear, this is one of your guys, right?
00:38:33
Speaker
This is, yeah, my boy. Yeah. So to Gritty, he's out here grittying with his picks. Team needs two big ones. He needs a quarterback and he needs draft capital. All right. Huge. hey He's new to this league.
00:38:45
Speaker
he inherited this team and there's not much draft capital on it. However, the team is solid. It's it's young. um he could He's already better than J.R.D. 1016. personally, I'm too gritty, I'm trying to move this 1-8 pick to like when he gets on the clock and like a player that's falling down. Maybe there's that tight end two that people love that got that guy.
00:39:07
Speaker
caught at the back of the first round of NFL draft. Maybe someone wants to come up and get him from Vanderbilt. Maybe there's a running it back. Someone is desperate to come up and get another Notre Dame running back. probably the guy at 111. All he does is talk about Notre Dame and Kansas City.
00:39:20
Speaker
So drop back into the second round and maybe add like a 27 second or third or something. And then when the season starts, when he what he should do, he's got some really nice running backs there, Young, A-Chan, and is it A-Chan? A-Chan? Whatever. a James Cook, yo, he should start stockpiling 27 and 28 picks. Move him in season to see these contending teams, not JRD 1016, a contender like the Damian Moore, and there's a team down here that we're going to talk about later. Move him there, and then he can go.
00:39:47
Speaker
So, David, I know you had to take a pick because we don't do trades in here. Number 1-8, so get him something good.
Round One Recap and Notable Selections
00:39:55
Speaker
So i'm sweating this pick because I want to take a player that I can't take based off that roster eval, and I looked at it earlier.
00:40:02
Speaker
I'm going to be heartbroken at this player goes here the next few picks. But for now, with this draft capital, with this roster, I'm going Ty Simpson. He needs quarterback.
00:40:13
Speaker
He needs a quarterback. He does not have any 20. Well, he's got a 27 third next year. i Ideally, I would like to trade out, try to package one eight.
00:40:23
Speaker
and an asset to see if I can get a 27 first, but people know about 27 first is probably not going to be doable. And, and with him not having those 20, I'm taking a swing and super flex with the draft capital. You got to take a swing at a court. I think Simpson will go back in first round quarterback to.
00:40:41
Speaker
um So, so you take him here and hope you'll hope you hit on gold. Ninja. Do you want me to go first? Or do you want to go first? yeah You can have it Man, i'm I'm shocked. The guy who keeps talking about how small Mekhi Lemon is, and he's taking Tom Simpson at the 1-8.
00:40:57
Speaker
I can't believe it. I've seen this guy puts every muscle fiber in his entire body into every throw he makes outside of the numbers. He crumbles under pressure. i would be I would be shocked if Ty Simpson ends up being a week-in, week-out starting quarterback in the NFL. i'm I'm shocked he goes here at the 1-8.
00:41:17
Speaker
i do I see a world where he goes late first round with a team and trading up for him. um I completely disagree. i think so I'm not a Ty Simpson guy at all. So caveat, I'm not saying I am a Ty Simpson. I guess I should have mentioned that. I'm not a Ty Simpson guy.
00:41:32
Speaker
i just think he's viewed in the league, and I think it'll be drafted this way. He'll be quarterback two. It'll go first round. So that's why you put him here. they're if we're going to The quarterback, after Mendoza's pick, it's done.
00:41:48
Speaker
okay it's It's just done. and and and But I think based off capital and what the league sees, that's why I'm giving him Simpson. I can't give him a quarterback that's going to go in the third or fourth round and not draft it at all here.
00:42:02
Speaker
I got to give him who I think is going to go back in first, which I think will be Ty Simpson. Yeah, and to be honest, with my conversations with Tate Gritty, I bet you he's probably pretty excited about getting Ty Simpson here at the 1-8.
00:42:15
Speaker
I'm sure he'd be stoked. Yeah. but Joe, any qualms? Yes. I'm glad you said it. Yeah. shock Give me Super Bowl winning quarterback Kenny Pickett over Type Simpson.
00:42:30
Speaker
This is ridiculous. That is low praise. This is ridiculous. I don't know why. i don't want to be – this guy should not be taken in the first round of any Superflex leagues in sentence.
00:42:42
Speaker
Agreed. Agreed. If he's a first back and first round quarterback, guys, which i everything I'm hearing is he will be. He's a back and first round Superflex pitch. Kenny Pickett went top 15 and he shouldn't have been the first quarter, any quarterback in the first round of a rookie drive. I don't care. I don't care. But it still happened.
00:43:02
Speaker
It still happened. What pick did Pickett go in Superflex? It went high, right? He went... I think he went like 1-6. Let's go look at J.R.D. 10-16. That's his team. That draft class also notoriously stunk. That was the Middle East draft class. His draft's very similar. Yeah.
00:43:24
Speaker
And looks like it's going a lot of buzz. yeah So here here's my deal looking at Tegrity's team. I agree he needs a quarterback. However, I'm not wasting first-round pick on a quarterback who I'm not happy with.
00:43:37
Speaker
I'd rather take a shot at, we talked about a Vanderbilt tight end. I'll throw him in here in a tight end premium league, even though he doesn't necessarily need a tight end. I would throw many of wide receivers above him, and I see he has 303.
00:43:51
Speaker
Give me a Garrett Nussmeyer down there. give Give me a dart throw on a Carson Beck. I probably like them even less than Ty Simpson, but at least I'm not wasting first round draft capital on them It's actually a really good take. Fair enough. very I would agree.
00:44:04
Speaker
Kind of bringing it all the way back to where Joe started with, this pick needs to be traded. it has to be. like it well It's got to be traded out of here. Well, if we're talking that, yeah but after like after after world two all the picks need to be traded. Yes. 1-2, 1-3. That's conversation. Yeah.
00:44:23
Speaker
integrity If you're out there, i'll I'll trade up pending who gets there after the NFL draft. We'll see. Find the DMs. Yeah. oh Yo, know if he wants to see quarterbacks that are not good in NFL, I can trade him J.J. McCarthy for the 1-8.
00:44:38
Speaker
yeah But anyway, I'm looking at the Kenny Pickett history. He was drafted at the 1-6 May 2, 2022, and dropped September 2, 2024. That's Simpson train. That's a lifelong.
00:44:55
Speaker
That's funny. All right, moving on here. At the one nine Ninja, you'll be drafting here for Nate the Great again, who Joe took Jordan Tyson with ah the 1-7 in this class. So who are you taking here for Nate the Great here at the 1-9?
00:45:10
Speaker
But we've been talking about him a while, and I'm pulling the trigger on that Vanderbilt tight end. Give me Eli Stowers. Instant fixes a team need. ah He needs a tight end behind Bretton Strange, who also can't really stay healthy. So you need a solidified guy in that room. I like Eli Stowers a lot.
00:45:27
Speaker
As I said before, and I still think this, I think he's closer to being a 1B than a standalone 2 to Kenyon Sadiq. I love this guy. I love his athleticism. Great jump ball guy. And at this point, in a two tight end premium draft, this is the this is the range where Eli Stowers needs to be taken, right here at the 1-9.
00:45:49
Speaker
Yeah, I don't have any qualms with this pick. I i agree with you. I think Eli Stowers is probably going to go anywhere in that second round of the NFL draft. And if he gets second round draft capital with his play style, and if he goes to an offense that is more of like a pass first, high run in, like where he's kind of lining up more as a receiving tight end, I think fantasy wise Stowers could be very, very good in a short amount of time. He is that good of a receiving tight end.
00:46:16
Speaker
So I got no qualms, especially in this tight end premium league. nothing wrong nothing Nothing wrong with the pick just at this point. Yeah. yeah big are the only The only problem I have with this is pick is that it should have come three picks earlier. I would have loved to see Stowers here at one six to the Ninja. And then at the two one that he has, give him a little Casey con Conception on and build with those two. But just throwing stuff out there. But, hey, love the pick.
00:46:41
Speaker
Casey won't make it that long, promise? And here we are. Kind of the first time we've had a consensus pick around here, and it was Eli Stowers at the 1-9. It's kind of surprising. Love to see it. Joe, you were up here with this pick. You were drafting for JRD again. Notoriously, you took Mendoza at the 1-1, passing on the Notre Dame running back. Are you going to take another one here at the 1-10 for JRD?
00:47:04
Speaker
So here's the thing. We talked about this team. i would If this were my team, I know where I would go here. But I can guarantee you, knowing JRD 1016,
00:47:16
Speaker
if This name is said in the first 70 picks of the NFL draft. This will be Nick Singleton all day. that's what I'm not going there, but if he gets anywhere in the first 70 picks, because he's not picking again until the third round, he's going to take him off the board, Penn State homer, and and call it a day.
00:47:35
Speaker
I can't do that for him right here. i Get your guy's season. Yeah, get your guy's season. It's not in the first round. Sorry. I guess it is with Ty Simpson. But anyways, – So I'm going to say that what I would do right here is still get a running back that's probably going to get some mid to late day two capital. And as much as you guys want me to say Gennarian Price, I'm going with Jonah Coleman from Washington right here.
00:48:01
Speaker
I actually had Price written down in our doc. It's 5'9 running back.
00:48:11
Speaker
I do have qualms. I mean, can he see? can he see can he can he so were you How far does he got to be it behind offensive line to be able to see the hole? He is a tank of a human being now.
00:48:24
Speaker
He is massive.
00:48:27
Speaker
Hold on, hold on. Hit it. David acts like there hasn't been successful 5'9 running backs before. like What are we doing? it's been There's been cases, but not many.
00:48:44
Speaker
So, correct me if I'm wrong. It's 2026, right? Yeah. There's no more workhorse backs. There's one every six years. Put him in the right system compliment for for fantasy football purposes, and he's going in a mid to late second. Give me all to Jonah Coleman.
00:49:00
Speaker
There was a workhorse running back, but you didn't take him at 1-1. I say one every every a few years. he needs a quarterback. It's a game from Kirk Cousins. Okay. Okay.
00:49:12
Speaker
ah aye I love that pick because my guy's still here, but I love that pick. yeah there's ah there's a but we We won't jump in this one. i hope it I hope it falls this way, by the way, for my 1-11 pick, but I'll let everybody else comment on that Jonah Coleman 5'9 stories more if they want to.
00:49:31
Speaker
I mean, I don't really have that many qualms with Jonah Coleman being five nine My thing is is I just don't think he's fast enough to make it to the next level. like I think he's a good running back. I think he'll kind of be a bulldozing back. I think he'll play for an NFL team. I just don't think fantasy-wise it's going to turn out as well as we want it to.
00:49:52
Speaker
And he doesn't think he can run fast enough, too. You know why? he did not run at the combine. Yeah, because he would have ran a 8". There's a few players like that. no case one I think there's one in LA called Kyron Williams.
00:50:06
Speaker
Correct me if I'm wrong. Okay. Well, he did actually run the 40. That was the problem. me and k ra head And Kyron's had much more production than Jonah jonah Coleman.
00:50:17
Speaker
Like we keep going away. We're not going to get a workhorse back. We have one. He was taken earlier this draft. A lot of these tiers at running back below Jeremiah Love, they're all a big powerhouse back, like a power back.
00:50:32
Speaker
They're not going to be your you know you're elusive, your fast guys. They're going carve a role into offenses, being the Kyle Monung guy, being a straight bruiser, straight guy. Dog, straight bowling ball, where they're not going to be asked, you know, be flashy in the hole. No, you put your head down, you get four or five yards, Bob's your uncle.
00:50:53
Speaker
Yeah, you have a type of running back too, buddy. Moving on here to the 111. David, you're actually picking for DW. Before we make this pick, I don't think we've had this team broken down for us, Joe. So can you break down DW's team here in Street Cash, who I believe is a is a new returner to the Street Cash Homie League?
00:51:14
Speaker
Yeah, another newcomer, a re-returner. Call it what you want. Don't call it a comeback. Yeah, he's been here for years, living in the chat streets. Team needs for this team at 11?
00:51:27
Speaker
None. Absolutely nothing. this He inherited a team that's coming off a championship game loss, but it's been in the championship game. If I had to pick a weak spot, it would be QB3. And that's just me looking for something because we can put position players in that super flex. It doesn't really need that QB3. This team is stacked from top to bottom. It even has Mr. All-Formats himself on this roster. I mean, there's nothing I can say.
00:51:55
Speaker
if I'm the owner of this team that inherited it I'm just going to trade the 111. and and, you know, 26 to get a 26 second plus a 27 second, or I'm getting out here going to 27, going to 28.
00:52:08
Speaker
He's loaded. Doesn't need anything. And this is kind of like the back-to-back champ that gets that 213 luxury pick. This is a luxury pick for this team. And what he needs to do is show the previous owner of this team how to actually win a championship with a good roster. That's what I want him to do. Yeah.
00:52:27
Speaker
and very good Very good comments on that roster. All very interesting. I sweated out the last four picks here, by the way. I'm glad that I made this pick. And um and i and I really hope that that that we can swap trade out this pick.
00:52:41
Speaker
um Elijah Surratt is the pick. Ooh, yes. Yeah. Laja Surratt. Stop. Stop. No, to me about Surratt. Stop.
00:52:55
Speaker
Stop. No, hold on. I'm muting Joe. David, you go. I want to hear you Surratt. 602. Yep. 209 pounds from my backyard. Literally my backyard. Stafford Virginia native.
00:53:07
Speaker
Colonial Forge alum. National championship. University of Indiana is coming to be the DJ Moore replacement. He's going to be the stack with CeeDee Lamb and Drake London, Garrett Wilson, and going to add Elijah Surratt, who's going to be just a quality wide receiver. he's probably He's not a wide receiver one.
00:53:29
Speaker
He's probably not even a high-end wide receiver two. He's probably mid-wide receiver two with this roster. He's going to... fit right in and just going to make this team keep thriving. He's going to be, he, to me, all these players get besides a cut. The first two could be Mrs. Surratt is at least going to be a decent hit. all I got.
00:53:54
Speaker
I got nothing else. That's all I got. Hey, junior, you got the, uh, what do you mean this? David, ah we talked about on wide receiver eval, my guy of the wide receiver class, Elijah Sherratt. I got absolutely sniped. He was going to be my next pick.
00:54:12
Speaker
I love this guy. Definitely a my guy. Elijah Sherratt in the first round, I thought I was the only one. I'm glad I'm not. Happy to see you on board. Joe, ah if you have any qualms, you will have to unmute yourself to let us hear them. But if not, we were going to move on here.
00:54:28
Speaker
Here's my qualm. Years ago, There was this little podcast called the All Four Mets Podcast. Many guys may have heard of it. There was a host on there talking about Elijah Saraya. one man's opinion burned him down, saying, why are you talking about an Indiana receiver? This guy's going to amount to nothing. And now he's taking him in the first round?
00:54:50
Speaker
My, my, how the turntables. Time's changed. I mean, come on. He wasn't at Indiana. Come He was not Indiana. He's at JMU. He's not Indiana. He was at JMU.
00:55:04
Speaker
All I got to say is Damien, I'm riding with you. He's been a my guy for two for two plus seasons. I tried to tell one man's opinion about him. He didn't want to believe me. And now, magically, he's all on board.
00:55:16
Speaker
DW listened to the wide receiver eval podcast and decided to hop on board and claim it as his own. That's what I think. Yeah, I thought I was Ben Serrattin. Boom, here we go. I debated him at 1-8.
00:55:27
Speaker
who Love it. luck Realistically, David, where do you see him going in draft? Obviously, day two. But think second round, third? Late second, early third. Yeah, that's probably right. That's range. Yeah.
00:55:40
Speaker
I would love to see him just get paired up. go Go to the Raiders with Mendoza and just see what happens. Kansas City. There's other NFL teams, dude. and There's 31 NFL teams.
00:55:53
Speaker
Yo, for all the listeners out there that are doing shots when he said Notre Dame or Kansas City, they stopped listening. Now they are drunk.
00:56:02
Speaker
All right, Ninja, you're up here at the 112. You were drafting again for IFB. This is his fourth first round pick in a draft class that we have all said multiple times that it's not very great. So you have the 112 here. um IFB's took in Jeremiah Love, Kenyon Sadiq, and he's also drafted Carnell Tate.
00:56:22
Speaker
So who are you going here at the 112 for for i b Man, he kind of hit every need already. um So this is a luxury pick. This is a great spot to be. You fixed a lot of holes early in your draft. So you take the best guy on the board.
00:56:39
Speaker
It's Casey Concepcion out of Texas A&M. Another one of my guys. My first ever draft pick in my first.
00:56:50
Speaker
Did it flash?
00:56:53
Speaker
All right, KC going there at the 112. I think it's a good pick. Best player available there. Probably the bottom tier of that like first to second round wide receivers. um I like KC Concepcion. I don't love him. um He's kind of falling down my boards a little bit as a a lot of other guys in that range I kind of fall in love with a little bit more. But at the 112 here, I got no qualms with it. Joe, anything to say on KC going 112?
00:57:17
Speaker
I'm actually happy for it. i was I've been the KC guy. If you ask David when we first started C2C, he won my first C2C championship for me, um and it makes my pick easier here at 2-1.
00:57:28
Speaker
He had a monster year at NC State that year. but He's transferring for NC State, I think, right? Yes. Yeah, yeah. And you've got to love the first name, right?
00:57:41
Speaker
Oh, my God. all right, wrapping up the first round here. Mendoza goes one. Love goes two. Sadiq goes three. Lemon goes four. Tate goes five. Boston goes six. Tyson goes seven.
00:57:53
Speaker
Ty Simp goes one eight. Eli Stowers goes one nine. Jonah Coleman goes one ten. Elijah Chirac one eleven. Casey Concepcion one twelve. And we are finally done the first round, fellas. Take a breather.
00:58:05
Speaker
ah Go refill your drink because we're about to start the second round. And Joe, you are back up with one of Damian Moore's picks here at the 2-1 that we've been talking about for a while. So who are we starting the second round with here, buddy?
00:58:16
Speaker
also So he's got two picks here in the top four. And this is where you need to know your draft room. Coming up, he's got 2-1 and 2-4. So there's two picks in between here.
00:58:27
Speaker
There's two players you want, and you have to get them both here. You have to know which one LFB is going to skirt around and which will fall to you. And I hate to say it, you got to take a risk here because there's a big tear break.
00:58:40
Speaker
And as much as I want to get my next tight end here, I mean, my next running back here, I have to take my tight end here, knowing that he's taken running backs earlier and then my running back should fall to 2-4. You take the risk here. Big tear break after Max Clare from Ohio State. So you take him off the board here, especially because that late second round draft capital I'm reading about and then hope that at 2-4, that running back that you want falls there because LFB, you know, he's got some other positions he needs to fill.
00:59:08
Speaker
All right, Max Clare going at the 2-1. Three tight ends taken in this draft already. I'm not the highest fan of Max Clare, if I'm being honest, um but I do think if he gets you know round two, early round three draft capital, um I can see him going here at the 2-1. I think I'd like a couple other players more, though.
00:59:26
Speaker
Ninja, any thoughts? Yeah, speaking for a guy who knows his owner very well, Max Clare is pretty far down on the tier break. There's two top tight ends and then there's a big tier break.
00:59:38
Speaker
I think I can get a tight end ah with my next pick if I want to go that route. I definitely would have taken running back. And even if the running back I wanted isn't on the board, but he is. There's a lot of wide receivers. I'll take a gamble on here just because I know the floor of these wide receivers and these tight ends after the top two.
00:59:59
Speaker
I'm not really sure what I'm getting. ah David, thoughts on ah Claire here at the 2-1? I like a good tight end, but that's not Max Claire. Enough said.
01:00:13
Speaker
Yeah, I don't think I got anything else to throw in there. So 2-2 here. David, you're up for IFB. I think this is his fifth total pick in this draft so far. So who you going with here? IFB has back-to-back picks, but David, you make the first one, and make the second one.
01:00:28
Speaker
at At this point in the draft, going This is an easy pick. It's Jadarian Price. Yeah, I'm shocked he's still here. Yeah. I got no comments with this. I think he probably should have been the pick at like 1-8. Very, very surprised he fell here to the 2-2. And I don't love him.
01:00:46
Speaker
Yeah, but but i you got it this the he should have been gone. Yeah. Can I interject here? Mm-hmm. I was going to ask this about Ty Simpson, but you guys spoke up.
01:00:59
Speaker
Sell me Jadarian Price. I'm not, but at two. No, no, no. People have him as a RB2 in this class, and I get that. um I haven't done a lot of tape because, you know, unfortunately I've been busy doing that real-world stuff. But what I've seen, you can't sell me Jadarian Price.
01:01:19
Speaker
well So you what am I missing? I'm not saying I'm right. I'm saying what am I missing? you're You're not, but you can't really say that about any other running back besides Jeremiah Love in this draft. Yes, that's the right answer.
01:01:32
Speaker
And it's 2-2, and what the heck. let's Let's make the pick and keep it moving. Yeah, you take your shot on the guy you – I think Jadarian Price out of the rest of the guys left in this draft is going to get the best draft capital, and that's why you have to take him here. excellent capital excellent excellent what i'm missing Excellent kick returner.
01:01:50
Speaker
I don't know about his speed. i don't know about his 40 time. Ran 4-4-9. Yeah, so again, I don't – yeahs so again i don again i don't I don't love him, but he's do too. He's like the definition of solid.
01:02:03
Speaker
Like he doesn't do anything overly great. He's kind of decent all around. I think he's going to be a good NFL back. Probably the B to like a, he's probably going to be the one B to one A kind of like he was at Notre Dame to Jeremiah Love in the NFL.
01:02:17
Speaker
Okay. Decent kick returner for four speed. Doesn't do one thing. Great, but there's lots of things. Well, Yeah. It's 2-2. Zachariah Branch. Okay, got it. It's 2-2 in its awful draft.
01:02:30
Speaker
And we've spent too much time on 2-2. Yeah. um So Ninja, you're up here with IFB's, I think, sixth pick in this draft. i don't know who gave it this guy all this draft capital, but he picked the wrong draft to have a lot of picks. He sure did. IFB here at the 2-3 Ninja, where are we going?
01:02:46
Speaker
um So I'm not going to take the highest guy on my board left. I'm to take the guy I think is going to get the best draft capital in the NFL draft. I'm to take Omar Cooper Jr. here. He kind of already got a lot of guys for a lot of needs.
01:03:03
Speaker
You're taking the guy who has the best output in the NFL draft where he's going to get taken. I've been hearing buzz in the first round. I don't think that's likely. I think he's a second round kind of guy, but ah listen to the wide receiver eval. I'm not on high as high of this guy as most are.
01:03:19
Speaker
i know Junior isn't as high as this guy as most guys I've seen are, but you know you take the draft capital here. Yeah, I'm very interested to see your your two thoughts on Omar Cooper because Ninja and I have both given our thoughts. But Joe, Omar Cooper here at the two three what are your thoughts on him as a wide receiver but also at this pick?
01:03:37
Speaker
At this pick, David Sabre not allowed to talk longer than 30 seconds on a 2-3, so I'm good with the pick. Omar Cooper as the player, what I've seen from that team, I'd like to see him more. I guess consistency is probably what I'd like to see more from Omar Cooper.
01:03:54
Speaker
i I don't know what you're going to get, so let's take him in the second round. He's not in my second round tier, but if someone takes him, I don't hate it. Yeah. David? i Yeah, dont I don't like the pick. I'm not a big Amari Cooper guy, but you ask, hey, who do who do you take here?
01:04:11
Speaker
i don't want to be too too redundant here, guys. We're getting this is this is getting gross. Yeah, and it's shocking because I've seen in ah pretty much every mock draft I watch, Omar Cooper is going in the first round. And I haven't heard heard a single person tell me that they really like Omar Cooper. So I don't know. I have no idea what's going on. I feel like there's such a disconnect with the media versus is like where these mock drafters are taking this the only reason I made this pick. You know my wide receiver rankings. You I wasn't a fan. Yeah, he's probably a late second, early third round pick for us.
01:04:42
Speaker
yeah um But moving on here, Joe, you're up here at the 2-4 with another pick for Damian Moore. So who are we going at the 2-4 after taking our tight end, Max Clare at the two one um I heard on a podcast and by a podcast, I mean this one probably 35 minutes ago that wide receivers that they may more had the type a Nico Collins, a Jaden Higgins, a Denzel Boston, a Chris Braswell III.
01:05:06
Speaker
So let's go ahead and get Chris Braswell III off the board here. I mean, i have I have no qualms. We're in that tier now where it's kind of get-your-guy season. I got i got no qualms with Chris Brazel here. I have other wide receivers I like more, but that's just because I have preferences, and they're different than Ninjas. So, Ninja, what do you think of this pick?
01:05:23
Speaker
ah Great pick. There's a reason I picked Omar Cooper, so that Joe had the opportunity to give me the guy I wanted. I love to see it. Love everything about it. Other than that Max Klair selection earlier, this has been a stellar draft for the Ninja.
01:05:38
Speaker
A mid-first-round pick, two early seconds, and then you don't have to worry about the draft anymore. You're all set. You don't have to worry about all these garbage players. Love it. David, any qualms?
Challenges for Tennessee Wide Receivers Transitioning to NFL
01:05:47
Speaker
So not so much to pick. I'll just mention in general, and we we talked about this on the all formats, Tennessee wide receivers are so tough to take in the Josh Heupel offense because they just don't run NFL route treats, right?
01:06:02
Speaker
They all run, let's just go routes and throw the ball deep. And so you have to teach them to run those routes once they get to the NFL. Some players can pick it up. Some players can't. That's the risk you take with a Tennessee wide receiver.
01:06:16
Speaker
Yeah, no other notes there. David, you're actually up with IFB's seventh pick in this draft at the 2-5. I mean, I'm not going to go through all their picks, but they just drafted Darion Price and Omar Cooper at the 2-2 and 2-3. I'm assuming we we're probably going to go best player available here at the 2-5. So where are we going here, David, for IFB? Give me Bryce Lance, wide receiver for North Dakota State, Trey Lance's brother.
01:06:42
Speaker
6'3", 209 pounds, 4.340. This is just a dart throw, but I like i'd like the the the skill set, his his body type, the speed. The film is good.
01:06:56
Speaker
it could be a bust. This is 50-50, but if you hit, you put it's a high-end wide receiver too. But again, it's probably a miss. But at this point, I'm taking him. I have questions, and they're mostly because ah Bryce Lance is not a guy I'm super familiar with, but from the small research that I've done, is it too easy just to say he's Christian Watson?
01:07:18
Speaker
No, I think they're similar players. i I would give you that. Because coming out North Dakota State, running fast, tall. Similar players. Now, I will say Bryce didn't doesn't have the drop history, I believe, that Christian had at North Dakota State. Yes.
01:07:35
Speaker
But Bryce should have done more this year and didn't. There's a lot of hype for him last year coming in as a expecting a huge year. He had a terrible year, but it just wasn't the year you're expecting.
01:07:47
Speaker
And this one, i will i i'm I'm also an age guy, right? He's 23 years old. That's why he's here in the second. Yeah. yeah ah Ninja, Joe, any thoughts?
Draft Philosophies: Do-Not-Draft Lists and Preferences
01:08:00
Speaker
Yes, many of Qualm. We've talked on this podcast about a do not draft list. He qualifies for my do not draft list because I do not draft anyone outside of Division one football.
01:08:12
Speaker
Whoa, D2 hater. I will not do it. I want to see you up against some kind of competition. I even don't like people that play at Toledo because you're playing Ohio every year and who gives it. This is why we got a Ted Hurst hater over here.
01:08:26
Speaker
know his film was just bad but that's my one take my dude my do not draft I don't draft division two guys uh there's guys at especially at wide receiver I would love to throw a dart throw here that's not him Joe any qualms I don't know who that is so Good, bad, good bad or indifferent. Like, there some times I trust David. I don't – if David said his name in the first round, it takes me back to them Anthony Richardson days. But second round, all right, do your thing. Get your guy – this is get your guy season.
01:09:05
Speaker
It's definitely get your guy season. Speaking of getting your guy, Joe, you're up here with the next pick at the 2-6. Oh, no, I'm sorry, Ninja, you're up here with the pick at the 2-6. But, Joe, can you go ahead and break down this Lord Hinckley's team, who I believe is the reigning defending champion of this league? so Can you go ahead and break down this team?
01:09:25
Speaker
We have to because I labeled in my notes this isn't a Lord Hinckley. It just says the champ. Mm-hmm. needs zero you know actually this guy needs a he needs to trade players just to get some of that that hunger back because he's probably sleepwalking through on his way to a three-peat it's like mike with the bulls that's all i'm seeing here back-to-back league winner he keeps replenishing that roster uh he's got two picks here in the second round and if i know this guy both picks are guaranteed to be a banger plain and simple all right uh
01:09:57
Speaker
He'll probably grab a project quarterback. That's a starter in two years. He might grab the next wide receiver well on you guys' list. And then that guy's starting by week three, and he's a rookie of the year.
01:10:09
Speaker
It doesn't matter. This this is just what Lauren Hinckley does. That's the Hinckley-Y, plain and simple. Damian, do not mess up this pick because there's really only one name you should say here. Wow, that's a lot of pressure.
01:10:21
Speaker
As much as I want to throw this draft to the wolves, because I'm trying to dethrone this guy. I'm trying to climb the mountain. I'm trying to follow the footsteps and dethrone the King. Uh, I'm to do my guy. Nice. I'm go grab him. One of his guys. It's Chris bell.
01:10:36
Speaker
This is the dart throw that David should have taken it with the last pick. Yeah. Uh, Coming off of an ACL injury this year, but was dominant early in the year when he was playing, I think he's still going to probably get late day three or ah late day two, early day three draft capital, even with that injury. If he goes anywhere in the third round or early fourth round, I could see Chris Bell going as high as the you know two, three or two, four where the Ninja's picking. Who knows?
01:11:10
Speaker
But Chris Bell is an easy slot in here because I know he's one of Lord Hinckley's my guys.
01:11:18
Speaker
I got no qualms. Zero. Shocker. Zero qualms. dk Decaf Metcalf over here. ah I will say this.
01:11:31
Speaker
Okay, I was wrong. There are two names you could say, and that's one of them because I do like Chris Bell. I kind of wish you had gone the other way only because know this owner, and this owner not only owns this league, he knows his draft room, and if he goes Penn State and that guy has anything, he's getting multiple first offers for him, and that's the Lord Hickey way.
Strategic Draft Approaches for Championship Teams
01:11:53
Speaker
Or at least I'm starting to run.
01:11:55
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Because this owner also has a 213 because we're a little special in this draft. But I'm at least starting to run. David, any qualms? yeah I'll take a few other players. ACL injury. I'll wait for that. And and he just – I mean, i've been ah about I've been a huge with C2C and Debbie Crispo guy. He's just never loved the production.
01:12:21
Speaker
It left a lot it left a lot to to be desired out there. I saw that too on tape, David. Yeah. But and it's 2-6. Yeah, is what it is.
01:12:31
Speaker
Joe, you're up here with the two seven You're going to be drafting for Zebi, who I believe you made to pick for earlier with Makai Lemon. So where are we going here at the 2-7? Hey, this is where David said it. It's 2-7. You get your your developmental stash guys or your boomer bus guys. It's get your guy season. Zebby Bobby knows nothing about college football because that's just who he is. he's a So right here, get a guy, put him on your taxi, see if he turns into anything. And this is Antonio Williams from Clemson.
01:13:00
Speaker
Wow. five eleven But, but, but, love the pick. Hold on. He's 5'11 and three quarters, Scott. Come on. um ah Come on.
01:13:15
Speaker
at this at At this point, again, and I'm um a broken record here, right but at this point, again, it's fine. High four-end star wide receiver, great freshman year, but row after that.
01:13:29
Speaker
right and and and Was that him or is this Clemson a train wreck? Clemson was a train wreck. Yeah, it's tough to tell. um We'll see. 2-7 is fine.
01:13:42
Speaker
I disagree. This is not fine. This is very gross. This is very fine. His film was some of the worst I watched this year, and I had to watch C.J. Daniels at it.
01:13:53
Speaker
This is terrible. There's so many wide receivers who deserve a shot. There's a lot of running backs, especially at this range. This is the time to take a shot at one of those running backs on the board. um Antonio Williams isn't a do not draft, but you do not draft him in the second round.
01:14:09
Speaker
I would. I love Antonio Williams. um He was one of my two guys that would have taken there at the 2-6. I absolutely love the pick. I got no qualms with that at all. I think he's going to get day two draft capital. I think it gets very, very good.
01:14:22
Speaker
Ew. Yeah. I'll do a bet. We can do a bet on that if you want. Yeah, we'll do that after the pod. 2-8, David, you're up here drafting for Ridenbeck, who I don't think we broke down this team yet, Joe. So do you got a write-up on the roommate here?
01:14:36
Speaker
Oh, yes, I do. Roommate here. a Biggest team need here is a QB three. um This is a really solid team. It is. Not a lot of holes. All right. He's got three startable running backs, four to five startable wide receivers, three startable tight ends. And yes, Damien, I'm counting Captain Taysom Hill as a startable tight end.
01:14:56
Speaker
What this guy really needs is a quality quarterback for like those bi-weeks ah if he doesn't have a position player to put in. In this draft though, unlike well, LFB had a lot of holes. This guy with not a lot of holes, he's got nine total picks.
01:15:09
Speaker
And that's just too much. So if someone starts falling in that first round, and that maybe he could package me some of these second round picks. I think he's got three of the next four picks. If I'm yeah three of the next five picks, packs one of those go up in the first. You see a guy you like falling generic price. It ends up someone's falling.
01:15:25
Speaker
But absent that these nine picks in that team, he's just going to end up cutting some guys anyway. So move back, moving to 27. This could be a championship roster. What?
01:15:37
Speaker
Sorry, I didn't mean to cut you off, but I was looking at this guy's draft capital. he Not only does he have nine picks in this draft class, three in the second, three in the third, three in the fourth, he also has four 27 firsts.
01:15:48
Speaker
Exactly. this this Now, hold on. Here's a caveat, though. This could be a championship roster, 27 and beyond, if it's managed properly. This guy should have been in a championship game last year. i would agree. or poor roster management. I mean, he traded JSN midseason.
01:16:05
Speaker
I mean, come on. so Yeah. He needs better coaching. i don't even know if he's going to be having this team in two more years if he's still to be in fantasy. So that's the breakdown for that team. I don't know who's making this pick, but...
01:16:18
Speaker
Go ahead. David, you're up. You got it. Can I swap rosters? I feel like you did that once in Bill's Mafia.
01:16:28
Speaker
this team has it the team This team is really good. It does have some holes at wide receiver, but I can't do that. With this team and those picks next year, going to go give him – a player that I think has the highest potential for, if we're talking back to a high school recruit before we saw him play one game in college.
01:16:54
Speaker
Oh my goodness. We know he had concerns coming out of a triple, a triple all option offense. Can he actually read holes and run the ball? Right.
01:17:06
Speaker
But he was still the number one running back coming out of college. I got to go give him. i think he gets late fourth, early fifth round draft capital. And if he hits with this roster, it's great. Give me Nicholas Singleton.
01:17:20
Speaker
Don't hate it at all. Dart throw. Get your guy season, baby. Get an NFL running back coach to develop him. And let's see what happens. Potential is there.
01:17:32
Speaker
It is. A few qualms here. but Not really with the pick itself. It was with the write-up. I'm hearing that Taysom Hill on Sleeper, his future in the NFL remains uncertain.
01:17:45
Speaker
but Dealing with an AC a joint injury. We don't like injuries here. Ask David. So I don't know if he has three startable tight ends. So maybe i would have looked at. would have taken a dart throw maybe on a tight end here.
01:17:58
Speaker
And also, my other qualm, you picked the wrong Penn State running back. Yeah. Now, that's just my opinion. Fair enough on the tight end situation, but he does have 2-9 and 2-12 that I still think I can.
01:18:14
Speaker
Yeah, I can fix your mistake. It's okay. yeah yeah yeah Good deal. deal. Plenty of dart throws for this guy later on. Joe, thoughts on Singleton 2-8?
01:18:27
Speaker
I'm fine with Singleton, but if we're going to have some Captain Taysom slander on with Granson can't even get a pass on his way, might have time for that. Amazing. I love how he lives in your head rent-free. Didn't you have to bring him up.
01:18:41
Speaker
Constantly. We're there, occupied. ah Ninja, you're up here with the 294 roommate as well, so back-to-back picks here. After taking Singleton, where are you going here at the 294? Yeah, every bone in my body wants to take Catron Allen here, but you just took your shot on a running back.
01:18:59
Speaker
I'm probably going to look elsewhere just because you have so more picks later this draft where you can find those dart throws later at running back. So I'm not going to load him up here. He could use some depth at wide receiver. I'm going to take a guy who I think is probably the biggest boom bust wide receiver in this draft. Give me Skylar Bell at a UConn. Very productive year.
01:19:26
Speaker
i don't know what he's going to be at the next level. I think in our wide receiver evals, I thought he could be Arian Smith or I thought he could be really good. You've got to find playmakers late in the second round. Guys, this is your time to hit your boom bust. And I mean boom or bust sincerely. Take your big swing now. He's got another a pick to you know take a swing at a running back. i think I think you said he has a bunch of thirds. Another second round yet coming. So take your biggest swing now.
01:19:59
Speaker
Yeah, sure. It's fine. Yeah. mayor Yeah. Love it. Joe, 210, drafting for Zebi again, who I'm pretty sure this would be a third pick for this team. So we're going here at the 210 for Zebi. Let's finish this bad boy off. All right. So you guys ever make a draft pick and instantly feel disgusting?
01:20:23
Speaker
Yeah, plenty of times. Malik Willis in the first round. All good picks here, sir. Never felt that way. This is, i like you, Damien, this is probably where I should be taking Cajdron.
01:20:37
Speaker
But if we're going to get your guys this season, and I'm going to take a fire on Jeremy Bernard. The fire receiver here. oh This is the area where I'm taking him to 10 to 3.6 in that range. i just I'm not a fan of him, but I think productivity-wise, he could fall into that.
01:20:56
Speaker
I love that. have to make a pay. Yeah. I love it. I actually think pending landing spot and where he goes in the draft, I wouldn't be surprised if people start putting him well over Antonio Williams, but start putting him in the same conversations as like a Chris Brasel and Omar Cooper pending his landing spot. I think he's the definition of this draft where I know I'm getting a high floor.
01:21:23
Speaker
It may not be a great ceiling, but I think the floor is pretty high. He was high in my wide receiver evals, unlike Junior. I think he finished as my wide receiver nine or something like that. Love the pick. And you get him this late in the second round, home run.
01:21:39
Speaker
This is the most boring dart throw you can possibly draft at the end of the second round. I mean, the guy has we're literally talking about him having a low floor and a, or a high floor and a low ceiling. and you're talking about but a dart throw at the end the second round. We're drafting for upside here.
01:21:55
Speaker
and we take ah we take a white piece of bread and when there's like multiple options here. we could have Bernard just bores me. He's not a bad player. I think he's fine, but that's all I think he is is. I just think he's fine. He doesn't excite me. He doesn't give me any tingles at all anywhere in my body. It's just so boring watching him play.
01:22:16
Speaker
So we get a consistent guy that's going to be on your roster for eight years producing decent numbers, a nice bi-week fill-in for eight years? Love it. No, he'll be backing up a bunch of players. He'll be sitting on my taxi, and then I'll constantly have to think, should I drop this guy because he scores six points every week, or should I try and pick up this other rookie that might have more potential than this guy? He's constantly going to be my waiver wire, do I drop this guy?
01:22:41
Speaker
I'd love to see what that bet's going to be. We'll make one. It'll be there. Uh, two 11 here, David, you're drafting for DW after taking Elijah Surratt in the first round. Where are we going here at the two 11?
01:22:55
Speaker
And I wish DW had some other picks because if this is how this draft goes, I'm afraid to make these selections for him to give, give DW's list away.
01:23:08
Speaker
But this would be great. Give me Justin Jolly. mind that My, my tight end number two. Hmm. Great pick. Oh, he's a jolly good fellow. Love Justin Jolly.
01:23:19
Speaker
I think he has potential, like I said, to be to be tied into. And this this late, this tight end premium league. High upside pick there, in my opinion. Yeah, I like this pick. I got no qualms. Him and Traig are very close for me um for those like late mid-round tight ends. But I do like Jolie a lot.
01:23:39
Speaker
Any qualms? Joe. No. 2-2-11. That's a little buy. Go for it. Ninja. Probably should have got taken over Max Clare, but we won't talk about that. Great pick.
01:23:52
Speaker
Ooh. I can't wait to see that tight end list. 2-12 here. Ninja finishing off this second round. a Roommate's third pick here at the end of the second after taking Singleton and Skylar Bell finishes off here the 2-12.
01:24:04
Speaker
Actually, not finishes off. I think I'm going to do it. Oh, God. Um... This guy needs a QB three. Yeah.
01:24:16
Speaker
Yeah. It's two 12. I'm to throw a dart throw this. Let me be very clear. Tron Allen should be off the board, but it's not my pick. I'm taking Drew Aller.
01:24:28
Speaker
yeah Let me get some early day three draft capital. And I think he's got so much more upside than a Ty Simpson who somehow went over round earlier.
01:24:44
Speaker
I think if this guy gets... I think he's going to go early day four. Or not day four, round four. Early undrafted. Early undrafted. Like my boy Seth Hennigan. Love to see it.
01:24:58
Speaker
No, but Drew Aller, put it together, kid. Maybe the right QB coach will be able to fix him up and actually take chances. Love everything about that dart throw here at the 212.
01:25:10
Speaker
I'm going to throw this out there as a hypothetical, and I know it's hypothetical, but... If Ty Simpson goes in the first round and Drew Aller gets day two draft capital, I'm taking Drew over Ty Simpson.
01:25:24
Speaker
You won't have to worry about that because he's not getting dr day two draft capital. Just saying, throwing it out there. Yeah. In fact, I don't think he gets drafted. That's crazy. So pre-combine, everybody was all in love with him.
01:25:37
Speaker
He was quarterback two. Did not hear those interviews went well. Did not hear the whiteboard went well. um Drew Allard will be on the NFL team before you wake up Saturday morning.
01:25:49
Speaker
Plain and simple. We'll see. Might even be before you wake up Friday, but I'm going to ahead and go Saturday. i do I do think he goes day two. I think someone's going to fall in love with his build and just take a shot on throwing that guy together.
Analyzing Mismanaged Fantasy Teams
01:26:05
Speaker
NFL loves traits, and he's a big traits guy. Big traits guy. look at armsring I mean, come on. Look how tall he is. did like Did not well. We
01:26:23
Speaker
did not interview well that's very important for a quarterback me neither brother it's fine we work through
01:26:34
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love it i love it
01:26:37
Speaker
All right here. So that finishes up our second round. But in this league specific, we actually have a 213. Hypothetically, um it's for whoever scores the most points in the regular season of the fantasy league here. It's basically a little caveat to, you know, stop people from tanking and try and score more points. So, Joe, you actually have a bonus pick here at the 213. Who are you taking here for the highest score in this fantasy league last year?
01:27:03
Speaker
And that is the champ, once again, who's already taken a flyer. And I know we should say K-Tron. We've been talking about him. So for the all intents purposes of this pick, I'm not going to K-Tron. That's a name. He'll probably be gone before here. There are two names I like here for the champ, two flyers.
01:27:20
Speaker
So I'm going give you both, and I'll let you decide. You go with Jacoby Lane or Adam Randall. or You take one of those wide receivers and stash them and run with it. ah I don't like either one. Yeah. Okay. What's the third option?
01:27:34
Speaker
You don't want to note that you know the third option. Was it Nussmeier? I would never. Nussmeier, Klubnik, and Carson Beck. You talking about a do-night-drive list? There you go.
01:27:49
Speaker
I'll give you a guy, okay? Since Joe's not going Emmitt Johnson. That's a great name to throw. yeah I was thinking Mike Washington. to three Those two are on list.
01:28:03
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like Here's my thing on Mike Washington. 6'2", though, at running back. So now we're worried about size. He's too big. one Can't handle all this size. He's too big. yeah I'm in the range for running i'm back. six two Hey, and we mentioned it several times. Let's not leave the listeners with that without this, right? K-Tron Allen, right?
01:28:28
Speaker
Yeah, K-Tron should go here. um Could be a possibility. let's just Let's just overall talk about the player. None of us drafted him, right? But let's talk about him. For me, he's 23 years old.
01:28:39
Speaker
and i here's And I've always said, the professor can then can't can tell you, that that guys, I've always said about this about him. He did not run. He didn't even run at Penn State. The pro day, right?
01:28:51
Speaker
what is it what what would he run oh he'd run in the four sixes yeah yeah but he's not he's a bruiser back is he is he like garrett blunt i mean if i'm if i'm a penn state fan and i draft kate renown i would love if he turned out to be like a reply i'm not and i'm not saying that i'm just game wise size wise that is that a good comp or no I don't hate it.
01:29:20
Speaker
For Keitron Allen, i'm not I'm not there with it. I think he's very similar to a guy I absolutely loved last year in Kyle Monungai. Very similar. Keitron Allen was much more productive.
01:29:35
Speaker
He's bigger too, right? Because Monungai is kind of small. He's stocky, but small. Keitron isn't that big either. I think Keitron is only or Keitron is 5'11. I have 5'11. Yeah.
01:29:46
Speaker
yeah I'll have to go through a my research, but but I would say he's more similar to Monungay than LeGarrette. I mean, like the play style is right. It's just size. I think he's more comparable to Monungay, like a shorter, more compact kind of guy.
01:30:04
Speaker
I remember LeGarrette Bump being huge. I don't know why. Yeah, LeGarrette Bump was massive. Yeah, he was. But, yeah, I mean, I like Caternell, and obviously we're homers here. We are. um But I think he's a day three guy, and I don't think he has either has much upside. I think he's at best. He's like a bruiser, change of pace, goal line guy. And there's a spot for that in the NFL, but there's really not a spot for that in fantasy. So where we're drafting him at the 213 here, I'm totally fine with it. I think if he ends up being like a Tyler Algier, incredible.
01:30:36
Speaker
I think that's i think that's is his ceiling for Tyler Algier.
01:30:41
Speaker
I'll throw out three more names. Malachi Fields, DeMond Claiborne, and Michael Trigg. oh Hey, you want to go on about Malachi Fields? Before we talk about Malachi Fields, I would have drafted six other wide receivers, I think, before Malachi Fields. I would agree. yeah that's But I've only mentioned him as like after a third round. Yeah, that's fair. 4-6-4, I'm not touching him.
01:31:03
Speaker
Yeah. Right? I got throw out love for my guy. I love Ted Hurst. I think I'm totally cool taking a dart throw in him at the end of the second, early third. um He'd be a guy I'd be targeting here for sure.
01:31:15
Speaker
Dion Burke should be a target here as well. Yeah, i would agree. Jalen Daniels from Kansas too. He's getting a lot of late draft hype. Don't hate it.
01:31:26
Speaker
He's old though, David. You're not you're not about old prospects, are you? He's a quarterback he's a quarterback. Give me nuts over him, but that's fine. Joe. So there's one more thing I'd like to talk about before we, uh, we end this podcast.
01:31:44
Speaker
You cannot read that. Okay. You cannot redo one, one. We're way past that. I'm not redoing anything. Hold on. Let me find my, my spreadsheet. That's about my spreadsheet.
01:31:56
Speaker
Oh, my computer just crashed. Anyways, I wanted to talk about a team, uh, in this league that, uh, they didn't have a first man on pick so i think we only talked to eight maybe nine of the twelve teams If I remember that, if I read that correctly.
01:32:11
Speaker
So there's a team that we need to talk about. ah This JT Thomas 99. And here's the reason why want to talk about him. As team needs out the wazoo, running back wide receiver, tight end, know, it's not a great team, but made the playoffs.
01:32:25
Speaker
But this kid has zero picks in the first two rounds. And he is the this this team owner is the epitome of fumbling the bag. Two years ago, Brock Bowers got drafted to the Raiders. He saw Michael Mayer pass over him.
01:32:41
Speaker
Then he drafted J.J. McCarthy, sat him for a year with the injury, tried couldn't tried to move him. He refused to move him. And now now that value has plummeted so much, he probably couldn't get a fourth-round pick in a ham sandwich to move J.J.
01:32:56
Speaker
So – when when last year he could have moved them got some players got into position to compete maybe even had some extra draft capital he stuck with a guy on his roster with a mid team and only one pick a fourth round pick at at best in this league i mean i feel like this owner if he listens to this podcast someone needs to talk to him get him i don't know what his issue is or what the problem is uh best case scenario he finds a sucker it moves jj for a late third and twenty eight But this guy does not know how to draft. And I think he see needs some serious help.
01:33:27
Speaker
That's why we didn't talk about him. He has no draft picks. He has no draft capital. And if he's listening, to someone needs talk to him. We all put our hands up. put mine up first, so I'm going to go first. I'm glad this guy doesn't have any picks because, man, his draft history is god-awful. Will Levis is on here. ah Travis Hunter, it turns out, is probably going to be a cornerback from last year's class. Traylon Burks, who think they drafted one overall.
01:33:53
Speaker
Keon Coleman. I mean, this guy's draft history has it's been some of the worst I've ever seen manager-wise. like We have to be able to turn this around. I hope this guy's rankings aren't out there because they'd be getting torn apart.
01:34:07
Speaker
Um, who's next? I'll go next. I have my hand ups. Uh, sorry, DW. Yeah. This manager, he definitely needs to talk, talk to Lord Henke in his free time. I'll set up the interview. ill I'll send an email out. I'll see if Lord Henke's got some free time to talk with you. got a better use of my time than this guy. I understand. I'll see if I can pull some strings for him. Uh,
01:34:28
Speaker
You now have a corner on your roster in fantasy football. That's terrible. ah The Trelon Burks is gross. The overall roster construction is very, very gross. A lot of just eh kind of guys. No picks this draft, which if you're not going to have picks in a draft, this was probably the year to do it.
01:34:47
Speaker
So you lucked out there. But man, this is this is a rough look. um Wow. This guy needs some help and... I will try to get Lord Henke on the horn for you to see how it's going. ah DW.
01:35:03
Speaker
From a draft perspective, there is no helping this guy. This is disaster. it It's atrocious. okay it's It's the worst thing you've ever seen as far as dynasty drafting. But trading, there's a few things.
01:35:15
Speaker
Do not get in the lunchroom with him on a three-way trade because it's it's dangerous. He'll get some free stuff. it's like It's like a real good McDonald's discount deal.
01:35:28
Speaker
Be careful with that. Be careful with the Michael Thomas trades. yeah car Car salesman over here. Be careful with the Michael michael Harrison trades. Marvin Harrison trades.
01:35:42
Speaker
And Jalen Wilde too. Be careful with all of them. he He is a masterful trader. i'm just just If you see him coming though, turn around fast. Fast. And again, especially in the lunchroom at work.
01:35:55
Speaker
Got to watch out for that. So I have a question I'll pose to Lord Henke and DW. This guy, I see he has JSN on an island on this roster. Should he look to trade JSN to try to get any semblance of draft capital? Because this guy stinks. He's not going to win for a long time. Should he start the rebuild? Trade your best asset? Because j JSN is going to go for multiple first round picks. Maybe some players on top of that. Should he look to try and go that avenue to really start a rebuild that looks like was failed beforehand? Let's look at the Vikings general manager who just got canned this year. He tried to follow that philosophy. It didn't work out.
01:36:34
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ah Should he follow the Lord Henke and just trade your best asset and get everything he's worth? Should definitely trade JSN. I think this year at 111 is a prime pick.
01:36:45
Speaker
to get in a 28 first to go with that. Those two firsts, like you said, and ah and and and you find a young asset to go with that. and And that gets the deal done.
01:36:59
Speaker
I know there's guy at the one six who'd be very interested to. So ah would love that. So this guy told me to bring up that roster. I know him personally. And he did say that if he moved JSN, Kyle Pitts would have to be included.
01:37:15
Speaker
All formats himself. woof that's great That's rich. That's high praise. That sounds cheap for me. Send it over. going bargains shopping. We at Aldi's. Love it. We're at Aldi's.
01:37:30
Speaker
Oh, wow. All right, on and that note, ladies and gentlemen, I think we're going to finish off this podcast. Man, this was a good one. Really fun to do. Obviously amazing having you guys back on, but I'm really glad you guys were able to join us. This podcast is one of my favorite ones we do every year. Hopefully these owners take our you know expert opinions into thought and then you know see who they take here. and they're this This draft class got ugly really fast. I am not excited for this draft. but um Ninja, before we head out here, any final thoughts, buddy?
01:38:02
Speaker
No, happy to obviously be on with the OGs, the creators. I started my podcasting career with these guys, and I've learned a lot from these guys. ah So thank you for you know joining the show and being a big influence out there in the fantasy community and in my fantasy outlook of things. ah These guys got me out scouting.
01:38:22
Speaker
And now I take my scouting to the next tier. I'm doing all these evals with Junior. I love everything about it. Thank you for spending the time. ah You guys are both welcome back anytime you wish. ah We'll send an invite out whenever you guys want to. And maybe, you know, we can get on ah more than once in a blue moon.
01:38:39
Speaker
Joe, any parting thoughts, buddy? Hey, I just want to thank you guys again for having me on. It's always fun. I love being a hot take guy now. When Ninja used to come on in all formats, he was a hot take guy. i love coming over here and throwing out my Fernandos at 1-1 and having some fun with it. um And before I go, I just want to say, i don't know when you guys will have this published. We're recording on Tuesday night, but tomorrow night, go Sixers.
01:39:03
Speaker
Yeah, at least someone watches basketball here. haven't won the Fly Guys here recently. They just clinched that playoff spot, but they couldn't be happier. David, any parting thoughts for for us here, big guy? I mean, appreciate having us on. it was a lot of fun.
01:39:15
Speaker
Everyone out there, i know you probably got all your your drafts coming up. Do not go Fernando at 1-1. Just don't do that. kind of Everything else, kind of stay with this podcast. Listen, but besides 1-1, just block that out.
01:39:29
Speaker
and you'll be And you'll be good. You'll be successful in your drafts. Yeah. thanks Thanks again for having having having me on. Of course. Appreciate you guys. I'm glad everyone was able to kind of get through this one. a little bit of behind the scenes technical difficulties, but this should kind of patch together nicely. Kind of Frankenstein podcast will kind of patch this one up together. But i thank you guys for tuning in. Obviously, the only reason me and Ninja are here today is because of you guys. So um I'm really happy you guys can tune in and keep us going, buddy. We we appreciate both of you guys. And obviously, we would love to have you on anytime you want to. But yeah,
01:40:03
Speaker
Thank you guys for listening. Appreciate you guys tuning in. And we'll catch you in the next one. That draft's coming right around the corner, buddy. So stay tuned. Peace.