Three-Round Dynasty Superflex Rookie Mock Draft: Should Marvin Harrison Jr. Go First Overall? (Ep. 1256)

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello everybody. Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Football Podcast. I
am Ryan Warmley, joined today by Pat fitz Morris and
Andrew Rickson. We are past the NFL Draft. It is
finally coming gone. No more mock drafts. Now we can do,
you know, looking at what's actually happened, except for this
is gonna be a mock draft because now we're mock
drafting for our dynasty rookie draft, not the actual draft,

(00:22):
and we are excited to do so. We're gonna go
through three rounds today, superflex rookie mock draft. It is
not tight end premium. It is pretty much standard across
the board for the one QB Dynasty managers. We are
going to talk a little bit about that throughout the show.
So when we hit on quarterbacks, we'll kind of also mention,
you know, roughly how far they would drop in our
rankings if it was one QB where we'd be looking
to draft those guys in said format. But this is

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a super flex rookie mock draft. Like I said, three rounds, guys,
what did you think of the draft? By the way,
where you know, obviously Michael Pennix was a big takeaway,
but fits were there any other picks that really surprised
you guys who went earlier or later than you expected.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Oh, man, no, I mean I.

Speaker 3 (01:01):
Was kind of surprised to see brock Powers fall out
of the top ten, honestly, and then kind of surprised
by the fit with the Raiders. Yeah, I'm not sure
there was anything I.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Got bo Nicks.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
I did find it kind of hard to grasp that
he went top twelve.

Speaker 4 (01:16):
We didn't want to believe it. We knew it was possible,
but when it actually have, were like, man, like, the
Falcons just did Sean Bains such a big favor by taking,
you know, taking all the attention at the Penix pick.
Sean Bayin's like still going to take bon Nicks go overall,
but we're not gonna get rid of Kuleed because oh
my god, this Michael PENICKX guy went ninth or eighth overall.

(01:36):
So Sean Payon came out on top because of that one.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
That that spin zone immediately coming out from Schefter about
how he believed in bow Nicks as much as he
believed in Patrick Mahomes was like pretty astonishing stuff. I Like,
it's almost it's almost impressive at that point all right,
let's jump into the actual rookie mock. I have given
myself the second pick because I think that's the least
interesting and I want people to hear or from you
guys at sort of these pivot points where you could

(02:02):
go in to a number of different directions. So Fitz
will be picking number one, I would picking number two,
ericson number three, and we'll go in that order, repeating
all the way through thirty six picks. Here, Fitz start
us off at one oh one, which is, you know,
not the most interesting decision. We know where you're gonna go,
but at least dive into it.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, I'm gonna take Caleb Williams here and in super flex.
I mean, I do think he's the best quarterback in
this class. And they have set him up with just
this embarrassment of Riches at wide receiver with DJ Moore
and Keenan Allen for at least a year anyway, and
then they get Romo Dunes with pick one oh nine
plus a pretty good tight ending Cole Comet. So like

(02:41):
he is, he is set up for success here, and
I really believe in the talent. I know maybe some
people started to have doubts about Caleb after his final
year at USC when maybe he didn't always play great
against tougher opponents, but just like his creativity and ability
to make plays on the run is just phenomenal.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
And in one.

Speaker 3 (03:02):
QB, I think I I don't know if it would
be too early to take him anywhere after the big
three wide receivers and brock Bowers.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
I'd probably take Xavier Worthy.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
Over him in one QB, but beyond that, there's no
running back i'd take ahead of him, and probably not
any other wide receiver after Worthy.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
It's less likely that you really need a quarterback in
one QB, but there are rosters out there that do
need a quarterback, and if you need one and have
a relatively high pick, I'd have no problem even after
the big three wide receivers. Honestly, if you really were
in a position where you have a good roster otherwise,
and hey, I know it's only one QB, but this
is this guy's going to be one of the best
likely fits. I'm curious. You know, you hear a lot

(03:45):
of talk about how and we'll get to JJ McCarthy later,
but how he's going to like the greatest landing spot
a rookie quarterback. You could ever imagine in Minnesota, how
much behind Minnesota is Chicago as a landing spot for
rookie It's clearly one of the best landing spots for
a number one overall pick ever, but just any rookie quarterback.
I mean, you laid out why it's so strong. To me,
they're easily on the same tier as Minnesota in terms

(04:06):
of where you would have wanted to see a rookie quarterback.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
Go totally agree, Neck and Neck.

Speaker 3 (04:10):
I mean, I think you could even make a case
that the Chicago situation is possibly a little bit better.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
I think it's like a dead heat.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, it's it's excellent ericson you know, would you have
gone in a different direction or is this unanimous? It's
Caleb Williams one o one.

Speaker 4 (04:24):
Yeah, it's Caleb Williams one on one for me as well.
And I know that this isn't always like the consensus,
because I've seen people doing super flex real drafts, and
Marvin Harrison Junior goes first even in super flex, So
I think that's interesting that how highly he is regarded
sometimes even with the quarterback bump with the super flex format,
like some people are still going away from Caleb, but

(04:46):
for me, it's still Caleb Williams.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
Yeah. The reason I gave myself the number two pick
is because I do think that is a tier of two.
So I'm going to take Marvin Harrison Junior. If you
have a really good quarterback situation, maybe you traded for
a pick that turned into the one one and your
team's actually not that bad and you have a bigger
need at wide receiver than quarterback. I do think it's justifiable.
The only hesitation I had with Harrison when we would
do these mock drafts on the Dynasty Feed with Bogman,

(05:10):
you know before the NFL Draft, was what if New
England says we're gonna kick the quarterback cannon down the
road and they take him at one oh three. That
didn't happen. He went to a spot with a established
quarterback in Kyler Murray. He's going to get a ton
of targets. We obviously are believers in the talent. I mean,
Fitz and I have been talking like for months now
about how anybody who's ever watched a Big Ten game

(05:31):
is like like knows about Marvin Harrison Junior. Everybody else
does too. He's not some hidden secret, but he's just
really really really really really really good and he's in
a good landing spot. He's one of the only guys
who went to a landing spot where most people are
really excited about. There's a lot of like, oh, this
landing spot's really interesting for some other players that we'll
talk about later in the episode. His is a really
good one. I think is the obvious number two. If
Caleb Williams goes one. The only the only times he

(05:53):
shouldn't be going number two is if he's going number one.
I mean, Ericson, would you agree with that sentiment as
far as with the tier goes.

Speaker 4 (06:02):
No. I mean I like Jane Daniels as a number
two and super flex. That's why I have ranked number
two and super flex. So I understand from a you know,
floor capacity, Marvin Harrison Junior can't miss prospect. But who's
ranked higher in Dynasty right now? Anthony Richardson or Pooka
Nakuas Anthony Richardson he played four games last year. Poku
broke every rookie record for a receiver, and the quarterback

(06:25):
is valued more highly. So that's the way, and I'm
kind of looking at it, so in the marketplace. Jadeen
Daniels bar that he has to reach is significantly lower
than the bar that Marvin Harrison Junior has to reach. Now,
it is a little bit different because Puka was a
Day three pick, so he doesn't kind of come with that.
Oh he was a he was the fourth overall pick.
Just you're baking that in with Marvin Harrison. But that's

(06:46):
something that I kind of looked at, was I mean,
if Jane Daniels averages twenty points per game, rushes for touchdowns,
even who doesn't play the entire season, he could get hurt.
I mean, if he's viewed in any way, shape or
form like Anthony Richardson as the number two overall pick.
I'm I mean, I feel like you're going to be
You're gonna have a lot of dynasty value on your
hands with Jade Daniels as well.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
All Right, fitz Well Ericson shot me down pretty quickly there.
Do you agree with me that Harrison is kind of
clearly in this top two, you know, tier one amongst
these rookies, because I I mean, I'm scared about Jade
Daniels just like saying healthy. I know, we just saw
this with Anthony Richardson, like Ericson alluded to, but to me,
like there's still a gap there.

Speaker 3 (07:25):
Totally understand what you're saying, were it, because I do
think Harrison is pretty full proof and Jaden Daniels might
not be. But I actually did just take Jaden Daniels
at one O two in the King's Classic Dynasty League
rookie draft. I just had more of a pressing needed
quarterback in that league, less of a need at wide receiver.
So I was comfortable enough to I maybe a little

(07:47):
bit of fomo too with Jade Daniels in case he
is the next great running quarterback who's just this Konami
code phenomenon, who's putting up twenty five points every week.

Speaker 2 (07:56):
Didn't want to miss out on that.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
I guess, you know, on the going down on a
limb here, maybe I shouldn't have put myself second thinking
it would be the easy, obvious choice Ericson, It sounds
like it's an easy choice for you at one oh three.

Speaker 4 (08:08):
Yeah, it's gonna be h Jane Daniels for me, and.

Speaker 1 (08:12):
It just along the same lines of the running quarterback
is just too valuable and the landing spot obviously, like
you know there are problems in Washington, but he does
get Terry McLaurin maybe bounced back from Johan Dottson. There's
some talent there too, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (08:25):
Some good talent. There are some question marks about the
tackle position that the Commanders just didn't really do anything
about in the NFL draft, So I'm kind of interested
to see maybe there's like, hey, you can move, so
we're not worried about him getting banged up. He never
really got banged up in the pocket at college. There
was always him like running and then just taking these
like massive shots from college defenders. So yeah, I mean,
the injuries are always going to be somewhat of a concern,

(08:46):
but Toby, I'm playing the NFL. We're not going to
know so easy though for me at the one oh.

Speaker 1 (08:50):
Three, do you see the top three then as it's
here or how would you sort of break that down
in terms of where there's now a clear gap in value?

Speaker 4 (08:59):
I do. I do think that this is the clear tier.
Like I know it was the rhetoric with the other
receivers potentially overtaking Marvin Harrison, we just kind of went
like full circles like, oh well, there are Arizona Cardinals
aren't gonna overthink it. Let's not overthinking either, Like he's
the clear one. I want a receiver and then a
non super flex like clearly the first pick.

Speaker 1 (09:17):
Last question I want to ask you on these this
sort of you know, iteration of wide serr versus quarterback
obviously like in super flex quarterback is king. As we've
already talked about, if you had two good starting quarterbacks,
I'm not saying like elite elite, but like just two
like quality you were happy with them as you're starting quarterbacks,
but not a third would you then be willing to

(09:37):
go to Marvin Harrison? And it's like only if you
need like a second a guy you're actually gonna start,
and the depth piece is where you would kind of
make the difference. I'm just trying to want to kind
of for guys out there who have, you know, multiple
quarterbacks but they're not the obvious like Josh Allen and
Patrick Mahomes or whatever, So like how good would those
quarterbacks need to be? Particularly like is a QB two
versus QB three where you consider passing on Daniels for

(09:59):
Harrison Rickson?

Speaker 4 (10:00):
I think if you have two like QB ones, I
think that you can probably do it pretty easily. It's
when you're looking at your QB two and it's like,
is this someone like I'm confident playing it? Like am
I excited's a piss guy every week? Or am I
like begrudgingly playing this guy every week because he's a quarterback?
Like I think that kind of answers your question a
little bit when it's coming to the position or need

(10:20):
a quarterback versus going with the receiver, like for example, again,
we're gonna talk about some of these guys, but I
have Stroud and Justin Herbert as my two top quarterbacks
in the Dynasty League, So I feel pretty good about
my top two guys. And then I kind of have
like Daniel Jones Kobe Brissett, like a bunch of kind
of fill in pieces mostly for like BI weeks. And
I could have taken either Drake may or J. J.
McCarthy in the Dynasty League, but I chose to league

(10:42):
neighbors because I felt like I don't need those quarterbacks
as much as I like need a wide receiver. And
that's kind of the next tier for me, as we're
gonna got to get into with some of those guys.
So to give some real life perspective and a draft,
I'm actually and like, that's the route that I went
when I felt comfortable with the two quarterbacks I already
had on a super flex roster.

Speaker 1 (11:00):
Let's go to that one oh four fits. Who are
you taking here? With Caleb Marvin Harrison, and Jayden Daniels
off the board.

Speaker 3 (11:05):
I am going to take Giants wide receiver Malik Neighbors
and another case where I feel like the wide receivers
pretty full proof and maybe the available quarterbacks are not.
And I know the Giants are not the sexiest landing
spot for Neighbors, maybe not in terms of the quarterback pairing,
but I do think Neighbors is instantly the high volume

(11:25):
target for the Giants, Like he could see one hundred
and forty one hundred and fifty targets if he stays
healthy all year.

Speaker 1 (11:32):
Was that a difficult decision or was he kind of
the clear choice for you?

Speaker 2 (11:35):
Pretty clear? Pretty clear for me?

Speaker 1 (11:37):
What do you think about that, Ericson? Would that also
be the clear choice for you? Or are you, again
given the value of the position, bumping up one of
these quarterbacks.

Speaker 4 (11:45):
No, I think for me, I mean the top two
quarterbacks for me are are firmly Daniels and Williams, and
then I feel comfortable like dabbling into the next group
of wide receivers, specifically with Milak Neighbors. I think it
could overcome poor quarterback play just the amount of baume
that he should get in this all. I mean, he
should see like a thirty percent target chair in this offense,
Like who else are they trying to get the ball to?
Like even in past years, the Giants had Taquon Barkley,

(12:07):
like they had an offensive piece to get the ball to.
Now they don't even have that at the running back position.
So Malik Neighbors, Brian Dabele every single week is gonna
be like, all right, how do we get the ball
to the Elikue Neighbors like twelve times? Because he's going
to be the engine to this offense. And furthermore, if
Danie Jones doesn't play well this year, like he's gone
and they're gonna be looking for another quarterback. So whether
it's hey, we're going to get Dak Prescott in a

(12:28):
free agency or we're going to take the top quarterback
in the draft. So you're looking at the Giants quarterback
play now and you're like, oh, I'm kind of concerned.
But we could look up next year and be like, oh, now,
milaik Neighbors has this guy a quarterback, whether it's a rookie,
whether it's a free agent. So you could see the
quarterback play upgrade in the little as one year somewhat.

Speaker 1 (12:45):
I think pretty close to Chalk here so far. I
think those will be the first four picks in a
lot of leagues, So it does get kind of interesting
here how the next four are going to go. I
think we are pretty confident in the names of the
next group of guys, but the order is a little trickier.
I'm gonna go against what I had planned to do initially.
I'm just I'm gonna take Drake May and I know
the landing spot is not as good as JJ McCarthy.

(13:07):
I really feel this is similar to and I'm not
saying he's on the same talent level as CJ. Stroud,
but it's similar to me, and that he entered his
draft season as like kind of the clear number two guy,
and by that I mean like in the fall, he
entered that season as the clear number two guy, falls
off a bit during the season, still obviously you see
a lot of flashes of the talent and what they

(13:29):
can do, and then starts to fall in these rookie
drafts because of the landing spot. You know, we're talking
a year ago about how bad the landing spot in
Houston was for CJ. Stroud, and now we're talking about
how bad the landing spot is in New England.

Speaker 4 (13:41):
Now.

Speaker 1 (13:41):
I do think the New England landing spot this year
is worse than Houston looked last year. And again I
don't think Drake May is as good as c J. Stroud,
but it's similar narratively at least to what we saw
last year. And I just think May is so talented.
I think that he's going to even if he like
sits for a lot of this season, we're talking about dynasty.
I'm getting the guy for the long term at a
very important position. And I think it's really telling that

(14:03):
there was reports that the Vikings offered both first round
picks and a first next year to come up and
get to the number three pick to try and take
Drake May. It did not take nearly that much to
go up and get JJ McCarthy like they ultimately did so,
even though McCarthy's in the better landing spot. I think
the NFL was telling us what they think in evaluating
these two guys. I'm taking the uber talented guy, even

(14:24):
if I have to be a little patient as they
build up that offense around him. I'm going to go
with Drake May Erickson as a Patriots fan, I'm curious
what you think about that.

Speaker 4 (14:32):
I hope you're right, number one. I really hope you're right.
And this is something that I struggle with, you know,
McCarthy versus May because I'm really trying to It's a
card in my mind to envision, like is May really
going to have a better season than McCarthy, Like statistically
like how many games are the each going to play?
And I know we talk about, you know, preaching patients

(14:54):
and dynasty and looking ahead, but so much what they
do in year one impacts how we view them in dynasty.
Like if McCarthy comes out and has a really statistically
high those four thousand yards like twenty five touch that
like super efficient in a Vikings offense, that can we
talked about it earlier, like how great is this landing spot?
He's justin Jefferson as a number receiver who's Drake May's
number one receiver potentially a rookie, So that's really tough

(15:16):
to get behind. But I do like how you compare
it to the Texans, where I mean, maybe some of
these rookies perform above expectation. You could really say, you
could really see Drake May, you know, taking off here.
I guess the only different The other main difference I
would point out is I never had any hesitation of
c J. S. Droud not playing all the games, like
I always feel pretty confident he's gonna play, Like I
don't know how I feel about that with Drake May,

(15:37):
now that could change how the season progresses. But the
Patriots have been pretty vocal about again preaching patients as well,
like they wanted to shoot for upside and they wanted
to make sure they could develop a quarterback. So that's
the one other thing I would point out about maybe
the differences between comparing it to Houston situation. But I
do like your take there.

Speaker 1 (15:56):
Fits What do you think about that trying to parse
between May and McCary arthy as QB three versus QB
four in this draft.

Speaker 3 (16:02):
I do have a slight preference for May, just in
terms of real life football being a prospect, I think
May would have been my number two in this class,
ahead of Daniels. But for fantasy man, it's close enough,
like all those guys, Daniels, May, McCarthy pretty close for me.
And the fact that May's landing spot is pretty bleak

(16:25):
for the first year or two in terms of supporting cast,
whereas the supporting cast couldn't be better for McCarthy pushed
McCarthy past May for me and fantasy, and I.

Speaker 1 (16:37):
Think that's completely reasonable, Like this is not an area
where I'm like kind of digging my heels in and
we'll say, if you have McCarthy ahead of May, you're wrong.
In fact, I think I went on last year with
Boggs on Friday night during the draft and he asked
me about this, and I think I said McCarthy ahead
of May. So I think it's really close, and you
can make a really reasonable case in either direction. So ericson,

(16:58):
with May off the board, are you going with the
quarterback or one of these other skill position guys.

Speaker 4 (17:04):
I'm going to go with uh o'doon's That's what I'm
going to pick because you're I guess the way I
look at it is this is the cheapest you're ever
going to get a receiver drafted in the top ten,
Like this is as cheap as it gets because the
target competition is there currently. But we know that Keenan
Allen's really only on a one year deal, and I

(17:26):
mean you have them attached for their career. So maybe
Rome doesn't like play well for like the first like
six weeks of the season, and then he just turns
it on and becomes a monster and becomes Caleb Williams.
Like upside cases, He's Caleb Williams the number one receiver
for the next fifteen years like that. That's like really
hard to beat when it comes to it. So, yes,
the quarterback position like a McCarthy. Again, we've already kind

(17:47):
of expressed some reservations where they're they're stepped down from
that first tier. So I'm going to take all the
upside with the dunesay, even if it doesn't hit in
week one.

Speaker 1 (17:57):
For me, how much validity do you see in the
pair rls to Jackson Smith and Jigba a year ago,
like steps right in looks like as a rookie their
wide receiver three on the death chart. You know it is?
It is historically tricky. It's not impossible, but it's historically
tricky for rookie quarterbacks to support really high level wide receivers.
And it's particularly when there's also other mouths to feed

(18:17):
in this offense. So Odunza, Like, I agree with you
that it feels like you'll never get a guy of
this talent cheaper. But also I could see us sitting
here a year from now talking about how his value
has dropped a bit like Jsn's has if he has
a tough rookie year, just because of what his target
share looks like from a rookie quarterback. I mean, what
do you think about that?

Speaker 4 (18:36):
Ericson Well, I we'll say with JSN, yes, his value
has dipped, but it hasn't totally been like nuked. Like
he still like has a decent chunk of value, especially
when you look at him in like Dynasty rankings. It's
it's actually different because he looks way worse in like
redraft rankings. So and it's funny too because the Chane
Waldron again yeah, like he's the opposive coordinator again in

(18:56):
this exact same situation. So you're hoping, like, hey man,
like you can get Jaysen going what's going to change
here with o'doonsay. I think Odoonsay offers a little bit
more inside outside flexibility like Jaysams, like, hey, you're playing
the slot, like that's where you're going to be, whereas
in the Bears offense it would project more like Keenan
All are probably be in the slot more with the
other guys on the outside. With DJ Moore and Romo Dnsay.

(19:19):
Jayson also like broke his wrist before the season started,
which a lot of people forget about, and that kind
of contributed to like his slower start. And Gino Smith
is quarterback. So I think the other thing is connecting
like the long term gain with the Caleb Williams factor,
like he's going to be the number one receiver, Roma
Doonsay Caleb Williams, like they're going to be connected potentially
for their careers. So just that, I think is where

(19:41):
I that's my sailing point. It's like I don't overthink it,
like he is the number one pick the generational quarterback
prospect with the top ten receiver or a receiver that
was selected in the top ten. And Odonsay has you know,
the comps of DeVante Adams Andandre Hopkins like guys that
when you think back to year one, weren't necessarily the best,
but when we looked up at one or two years

(20:02):
in oh, now they're the best receivers in the NFL.
So that's kind of way I see it.

Speaker 1 (20:06):
Fitz. You can let us know who you're taking at
one oh seven, But I am curious if you would
have also gone with o'dunzay at one o six.

Speaker 3 (20:14):
I think I would have gone with the guy I'm
going to take, which is JJ McCarthy. And I do
like Oduonsay. I mean, it's not so much that I'm
worried about the rookie output. I think we know he's
going to have his targets kind of capped a little
bit with Keenan Allen and DJ Moore around. And by
the way, speaking of the JSN thing, I was just

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doing a Q and A session in the Fantasy pros
discord and one of our users was offered JSN for
the two to oh one in a super flex rookie draft.
That's a smash except right for me. Yeah, yeah, And
I mean I maybe we do see Odoonsay devalued a
bit like that, but I don't think it would be

(20:56):
because Dunsa isn't good. It's just because the target competition
is going to be so fierce for him. So but yeah,
one O seven, I'll stop the slide of McCarthy since
we've talked about him. Where do you guys put the
next three quarterbacks in? Caleb after Caleb So, Jaden Daniels,
Drake May, JJ McCarthy In terms of one QB drafts.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
I'll go first and just say for me, like Jaden
Daniels is probably I mean, he is the one I'm
most interested in because that, you know, running ability is
even more of a separator in one QB, where I
every quarterback decision I make in a one quarterback dynasty
league is who has a guy who was the best
chance to be a top five asset, because that is
how you're going to separate yourself. More so than in

(21:42):
super flex, we're having multiple quality guys is sometimes just
as important as having that one elite guy. So I
like Daniels is the one that I would be like
like considering like second half of the first round. The
other guys like, particularly given the landing spot for for May,
I'm probably not considering until the first part of round
two in one of co QB, because there's so many
good wide receivers. I like, what do you think ericson?

Speaker 4 (22:03):
Yeah, so I have Williams and Daniels five and six
and one quarterback league, so just the receivers are going
ahead of them, and then Drake, May and McCarthy I have, yeah,
like middle of the second round.

Speaker 1 (22:17):
What do you think fits?

Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah, that's fair.

Speaker 3 (22:19):
I mean I've got I think I have Caleb after Worthy,
Daniels right after, I think Lad McConkie and Yeah, right
after Ladd and then the other guys May and McCarthy
in the early second.

Speaker 1 (22:37):
At the one oh eight I'm gonna make what I
think is going to be outside of like Caleb number one,
probably the most common player spot thing you're gonna see
in drafts, which is brock Bauers at one oh eight.
I I understand. I'm not confused why he has sort
of fallen to the back end of this tier of
the top eight that we talked about a lot fits

(22:59):
and then for some people has actually fallen even beyond that.
I understand why. I don't agree with it. I don't
think this landing spot is as terrible as it's been
made out to be. I get that it was a
surprise to people because I mean, nobody projected the Raiders
to take Brock Bowers, but I don't think it's actually
that bad. I think he's very clearly one of the

(23:22):
three best pass catchers on the team already. I'm not
worried about Michael Mayer. If anything, I like that they
have a tight end who can handle maybe more the
dirty work and some of the blocking and you know,
be that second tight end that kind of covers some
of the areas of weakness for Bowers, and Bowers can
essentially just be their slot receiver. I get that there's
a quarterback question in Vegas. That to me is the

(23:43):
biggest concern, But as far as the other guys on
this offense, I'm not worried at all. Luke Getzi will
use tight ends like I think, if you are a
believer in the talent as we were going into this
draft season, there's no reason to drop him.

Speaker 4 (23:57):
Now.

Speaker 1 (23:57):
Maybe you could say some other guys have risen, like
JJ mc arth you, because he is in such a
good landing spot that maybe he's sort of, you know,
leap frog over over Bowers. But to me, I'm not
dropping my evaluation of Bowers at all. Given the landing spot,
even if it wasn't the best possible one, I think
this is far from the worst landing spot. Now fits.
I know based on your rankings that you agree in
having Bowers at eight ericson, it looks like you disagree.

(24:19):
You have him a few spots lower.

Speaker 4 (24:22):
This is the worst landing spoty getting on too, I
did sorry, like I I I hate it. I hate
that he's on the Raiders because to me, they talked
about how they took best player available, which to me
seems like, okay, do we actually we didn't have a
plan for this guy because we didn't think he was
going to be there, but like, oh now we have him.
Oh so now let's figure out what we have to

(24:42):
do with him. So for me, that's concerning because they
already they looked at they mentioned in the presser with
Tom Telesco as a hybrid player, that that to me
is looking at lukets and putting him in a position. Right,
we have all these toys, go figure it out. Did
Luketzy figure it out with Justin Fields? No? The quarterback
issue an O'Connell garner Minshew, that's what we're hoping facilitates

(25:05):
multiple fantasy off Fantasy pieces are productive in this offense.
Davante is still there, He's still gonna command a hig
target shows off at Chakogamer is really good. Last year,
Tom Tellesco was on the record saying, I love Michael Mayer,
we love him as a player, and now we're going
to add in a tight end that also plays slot,
that has to be used the right way. I'm just
I can just see this going so poorly, so easily,

(25:28):
and for me, that's why I'm like, I just don't
I don't want to. We've do this with tight ends
all the time. He's a weapon, he can beat safeties,
he's fast as the linebackers, and then they don't get
used the right way because they don't land in the
right spot. So yeah, I'm out on Bowers like at
this spot in Rookie mocks, like, I just don't see
how he's gonna burn me, Like, am I gonna rely

(25:48):
look up and be like, Wow, the readers using them
exactly way to use it? Georgia andam was perfect. Is
that really gonna happen? I'm just very skeptical about happening.

Speaker 1 (25:55):
Well, I want to get Fitz's opinion. The other thing
I'll say in the quarterback though, is rookie tight ends
unless you're seeing Laporta. Often you're not drafting a rookie
in dynasty for that first year anyway, typically given their
development curve. So I am assuming that they will address
quarterback by you know, year two of Bowers's career, and
even still like somebody like Minshew is like I think
capable enough, because I do think he will be tight

(26:17):
end one on this team. I don't really care about
the quote that they love Michael Mary, Like what else
are they supposed to say like they hate the guy.
I mean, this wasn't the regime that drafted Mayor. They
just drafted an elite tight end prospect, like I I'm
not worried. If I I'll put it like this, I
already had Adunza before the draft ahead of Bowers. If
I didn't have that, I don't hate this landing spot

(26:38):
enough to flip it, because like we expected Odunze to
go to Chicago, that's not a surprise. This surprise landing
spot is not bad enough for me to change things
too drastically. I mean fits you know where. I again,
I can see your rookie rankings. You have him eighth.
Is that a clear eighth? Is he still in this
upper tier? Is he closer to the top seven than
you know? Nine and beyond? Where are you out on

(26:59):
bowers this landing spot?

Speaker 2 (27:01):
Clear eights and in tight end premium.

Speaker 3 (27:03):
I'd consider taking him over at doonsday. And I do
get some of Erickson's concerns, but this is Dynasty. We
get a longer runway with these players. We have time
for the Raiders to straighten out their quarterback situation and
for the situation to get maybe a little bit better.
I'm not worried about Michael maher is any sort of
impediment to Brock powers. Plus he's in early declare, he's

(27:24):
a young guy, and you're Erickson talked about the right
way to use Brock powers.

Speaker 2 (27:28):
I don't know if there's the wrong way.

Speaker 4 (27:30):
In line, I'm in line.

Speaker 3 (27:32):
Get in line, in the slot, in the backfield, out wide,
Like this guy is just an athletic freak. He's gonna
I think he's gonna shine almost no matter what they
do with him.

Speaker 2 (27:42):
So yeah, I'm pretty confident putting him in eight.

Speaker 1 (27:45):
I have the eighth pick in a number of my
rookie drafts, and I'm like gonna be very happy to
take Bowers. The only annoying thing is it's just kind
of fun to diversify, and I was excited to see, Oh,
maybe McCarthy will get there, maybe we'll Doday will get there.
Now it's like it's gonna be Bowers. He is going
to be there. I am asuming in all these drafts,
but I'm still happy to take him, Like, I still
think he's a very good value at one oh eight,

(28:06):
even with the landing spot. So ericson, you obviously are
going to get one of your top eight players here
at nine, so it's Bowers is not in that group.
So who are you taking at one or nine?

Speaker 4 (28:14):
I'm taking Xavier Worthy, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver because
I just it's so weird with Worthy, because I feel
like his stock got hurt because he broke the fotyard
dash record, so now people can compare him to John Ross,
when to me, it's like Worthy was so much more
than his forty yard dash, Like I wish he ran
like a four to four just like some like average time,

(28:36):
Like oh, like he's a fast receiver, Like that's fine,
but everyone keeps comparing him to all the receivers that
just busted that were really fast. But when you compare
those guys to Worthy, he was so much better at
college as a receiver and like as a putt returner.
So I'm not trying to overthink this. Like the Chiefs
have been looking for this dynamic Tyreek Hill Deshaun Jackson
esque player with Patrick Mahomes, and I think he's every

(28:59):
Worthy can be that guy. So I like Worthy over
Brian Thomas and Mconkie so fits.

Speaker 1 (29:04):
We're clearly entering a stretch where it's going to be
a lot of these receivers that went in the back
half of the first round in the real draft and
then early in the second round. We talked a lot
in the Dynasty Feed going into this draft process about
how once you get past the top you know, seven
or eight picks, it's really going to be a lot
of a you know, personal preference and be landing spot.
I don't know that the landing spots cleared up actually

(29:26):
that much for me, because I think there are really
interesting cases to be made for a lot of these
different receivers, bothfore and against them. Given the landing spots.
Worthy is one though, where I think it's clearly like
a case to be made. I'm a big fan of his.
I think he is kind of elevated above the rest
of this group. I can see in the sheet that
you're taking of a receiver here, would Worthy have been
ahead of the guy that you take.

Speaker 3 (29:46):
He would have been, and he was actually pre draft.
I'd Worthy at number four, and obviously the landing spot
enhances it greatly, not enough to push him past a doonsday,
but this is just such a great landing spot. And
I think ericson you can attest to this talking about
like draft fits on a show a couple months ago,
and I mentioned Worthy as a possibility to the Chiefs
and how much they value speed.

Speaker 2 (30:07):
Like this is just such a dream pairing.

Speaker 3 (30:09):
Give the mad scientist Andy Reid the really fast guy,
and let Patrick Mahomes go to work.

Speaker 2 (30:14):
It's gonna be fun to watch.

Speaker 1 (30:16):
And now, what receiver are you going to go with here?
At one ten?

Speaker 3 (30:18):
I'm gonna go with the safe play, I think Lad McConkey.
I know the Chargers are expected to be run heavy
with Jim Harbaugh calling the shots overall, and Greg Roman
calling the plays, but Lad's pretty safe, great route runner.
I think he's probably I think in year one it's
probably like A one A one B as the target leader,
maybe between Ladd and Josh Palmer. So I know, I

(30:41):
think it's a decent spot, even though they might be
a little, well a lot run heavy.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
Yeah, the Greg Roman offense does concern me here, even
though there's obvious path targets ericson where do you have
Lad McConkey ranked?

Speaker 4 (30:54):
So I have him right behind Worthy, so I actually
have him as my wide receiver five, and I think Maconky.
I think his situation is interesting because when you look
at his college, you know, career, a lot of injuries,
but really efficient, like on a per route run basis,
he was top five and yards per out run last year.
So the concerns with him is are, oh, can he
like can he maintain his health well in a run

(31:17):
heavy offense, like he's less likely to just you know,
sustain so many hits, right because he's only get to
get tackled so many times every time there's a passing attempt.
So I think that his like market share numbers like
target share yards per route run like those are going
to look really good. And that's what people look at
when we're looking at evaluating players year over year, like, oh,

(31:38):
what was his yards par out run?

Speaker 1 (31:39):
Like?

Speaker 4 (31:39):
How efficient was he was? We don't We really don't
bring up counting stats as much when we're talking about
players like values. So even if he misses a couple
of games here and there, I just find it really
hard to believe him not having a super efficient season
where he's posting a really high target share. So even
if we look up he's like, oh, he was like
wide receiver thirty six and overall, but his points per
game is really good. His yards per oute run is

(31:59):
really good because he's going to be the number one
target for Justin Herbert, who I think may not again
throw for five thousand yards, but things are gonna be
really efficient in an offense that's gonna be able to
run the footba effectively use play action. So I think mconkey,
even if he gets banged up, I think he's gonna
have value that carries over really highly into next year
as well.

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I am on the clock here at one eleven. There
are three names I am debating between. I'm gonna go
with the guy that I know fits quite likes, and
that's Keon Coleman that not everybody on the Fantasy Prero
staff likes. Coleman. I kind of see the cases for

(33:04):
both sides of him as a player. The landing spot
is sublime. There is a very clear path to being
one of the two favorite targets for Josh Allen this season,
just as a rookie. When you watch you know what
Keon Coleman did at Florida State. Some of those highlight
reel players are really exciting. He seems like the type
of receiver that will thrive paired with Josh Allen. Obviously,
he endeared himself to everybody with those you know, early

(33:26):
comments of the press conference about getting the jacket at
Macy's and envisioning himself scoring touchdowns and asking for a
cookie from the snat. I mean, he was just it
was an amazing press conference to introduce himself to the
fans of Buffalo, and it just makes you a fan
of the guy. But also really talented player. We know
the basketball background, having played at Michigan State and again
getting paired with an elite quarterback who's it seems to

(33:48):
fit his skill set and there's a clear path to targets.
I get that he's somewhat divisive of a player. Debro
has not come around and still does not like Coleman,
but fits. I'll toss it to you because I know
you quite like Coleman, and I'm assuming you like this pick. Here.

Speaker 3 (34:02):
Mike Evans with training wheels, not an elite separator, but
just a contested catch artist and a bully, a guy
who can just win physical battles against most of the
cornerbacks he's going to be facing. I do love this
matchup and obviously big need for Buffalo getting another receiver,
especially a big bodied one, with the other guys being

(34:23):
like Curtis Samuel and Khalil Shakir. So the only reason
I don't have him ahead of Lad McConkie. I really
wish they were going to be able to play Keenan
Coleman as a big slot, and instead they have announced
that they plan to use him as a conventional outside
X receiver, which you know, not bad. I think he

(34:44):
can make that adjustment, but I think he could just
dominate right off the bat as a big slot.

Speaker 2 (34:48):
So yeah, I love the pick.

Speaker 3 (34:51):
I think he's a first round value even in super
flex drafts.

Speaker 1 (34:54):
Yeah, and I wasn't taking him in the first round
of our pre draft mocks. But now the landing spot again,
and you know that Buffalo didn't add anybody else as
a serious threat, I'm all over this. In the back
end of the first round, Erickson won twelve. Who's the
last pick of the first round.

Speaker 4 (35:12):
I'm gonna go with Brian Thomas, junior wide receiver for
the Jacksonville Jaguars. I just like the upside play. I
get that the floor might be a little bit shaky
with the pass catches that are kind of entrench there,
but I mean, if Trevor Lawrence is launching the ball downfield, Like,
it's probably gonna be Brian Thomas, like Christian Kirk and
Evan Ingram, you know, the underneath options for him. Gabe

(35:34):
Davis still trying to get targets on the outside ever
since that playoff game. So I'll take Brian Thomas here,
first round pick, Jacksonville.

Speaker 2 (35:43):
I like it.

Speaker 1 (35:44):
Yeah, fits. You know, before we wrap up our discussion
in the first round, I'm curious what you think about
Thomas because for a while there he was everybody's wide
receiver four behind the big three, and in some of
our early mocks with Bogmann, he was kind of the
easy pick at the one oh nine. Obviously drops a little.
He's still paired to the very talented quarterback. And I
know there are mouths to feed in that offense, but

(36:04):
they're not the scariest mouths. Like, it's not that he's
stepping into an offense with a ton of elite pass
catchers that he needs to overcome to become a top
target for Trevor Lawrence. I mean, to me, he's still
clearly a first round pick in rookie drafts. What do
you think about Thomas?

Speaker 3 (36:20):
Yeah, I mean, not a lot of elite pass catchers there,
but a lot of competent pass catchers there. I mean,
Christian Kirk, you've got a tight end who caught more
than one hundred passes last year. With Evan Engram, You've
got you know, Gabe Davis, who they brought over, which
to me is almost like Brian Thomas seems redundant. With
Gabe Davis, I think they're both going to be like
vertical shot play guys in year one. And then Zay Jones,

(36:44):
who's always kind of underrated and works his way into
the mix. So I don't love the landing spot. And
I just I don't know what to make about Brian Thomas.

Speaker 2 (36:53):
Hard to judge him.

Speaker 3 (36:54):
When he played with Malik Neighbors and played with a
Heisman Trophy winner in Jayden Danielsthough. The last time we
had questions like that about an LSU receiver, it was
Justin Jefferson playing alongside Jamar Chas and with Kioe Burrow.
That turned out pretty well for his career, So maybe
I shouldn't be the doubting Thomas guy.

Speaker 4 (37:14):
Worth noting too that Dave Jones was released today by
the Jaguars, so was he?

Speaker 2 (37:18):
I missed that?

Speaker 4 (37:19):
Yeahol so he's got so yes Davis's cardio.

Speaker 1 (37:24):
I get why a guy like Worthy for Coleman or mcconkee,
like the cases for all those guys who have you know,
jumped ahead of Brian Thomas. But to me, this landing
spot is not such that I'm knocking him out. He's
not getting out of the first round in rookie drafts
that I'm in. I think he's I think he's too talented,
talented for that and paired with a very good quarterback.
A quick recap of Round one from one to twelve.

(37:46):
Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison, Junior, Jaden Daniels, Malik Neighbors, Drake May,
Roma Dunsday, JJ McCarthy, Brock Bauers, Xavier Worthy, Lad McConkie,
Keon Coleman, and Brian Thomas. So we're on a run
of four straight receivers to end the first round. You
were on the clock with twoh one.

Speaker 3 (38:02):
All right, I'll break the seal on running backs with
Jonathan Brooks. A lot of people's number one, like he
wasn't at the beginning of the process my running back
one pre draft, but I kind of changed my mind
and came around to that I don't love that he's
coming off a November acl tair. Maybe he's not ready
for the start of the season, but it seems pretty
clear that Jonathan Brooks is going to be the Panthers

(38:24):
running back of the future.

Speaker 2 (38:26):
And even though this is a.

Speaker 3 (38:29):
Work in progress, the Panthers offense is but you know,
I think Brooks can grow with this offense and just
best raw tools probably have any running back in this class.

Speaker 1 (38:40):
Yeah, I like Brooks quite a bit. I considered him
with my last pick in the first round given the
landing spots to a landing spot that Debra has been
talking up for a while now, I think will be
most people's RB one, you know, in their rookie drafts.
Certainly I'm gonna take another running back Tray Benson, just
because I think it does really thin out at the position.

(39:01):
I know he didn't get that you know, round two
draft capital that Brooks got, but still early in round three.
I like the offense that he's in. I know, James
Connor is there. I don't know how many you know,
more years left. James Connor has of being a high
quality running back, so I really like the long term
play with Benson. I think he's a talented guy too.
There are some people who like him maybe better than others.

(39:22):
But given that, you know, all my favorite receivers are
off the board, and there are still a lot of
kind of next tier down receivers that I like and
can be confident we'll still be there. In my next pick,
I'm going to go with Benson here for uh, you know,
for the two oh two now ericson before you give
us the two oh three. I'm curious, Brooks, Benson, this
is the right range for these first couple of running
backs to be going.

Speaker 4 (39:43):
Yeah, I mean, there's really not. This is one of
these years where you want to have a running back
that you want to draft in rookie in rookie drafts
because you can get them at the beginning of the
second round. And Benson and Brooks, I just don't see
where their value is not. I mean, I in my
overall dynasty rankings, they're both top twenty running backs. Like

(40:05):
you're gonna get top twenty running back in your rookie draft,
like just like that. And it's like, yeah, because yes,
there are obstacles they have to overcome this year, but
twenty twenty five, we're gonna look up, Donthan Brooks. Are
we one for the Panthers? Trey Benson? Are we one
for the Arizona Cardinals? Like that's I feel like that's
like cemented in stone, Like that's gonna happen. Now, how
do we get there? We'll see how things play out

(40:27):
this year. With Brooks co offic's injury, you have Trey Benson,
who's still behind James Connor. But it's pretty clear that
these guys are wheels up for twenty twenty five and
it is dynasty, so especially with them probably getting ramped
up or ramped up at the end of this season,
and like contributing to fantasy winning rosters. I mean, I
like both these running backs here, and I also considered

(40:49):
even going either of them over Brian Thomas at the
end of the first round. So if you need a
running back, you want to make sure you have picks
at the end of the first round, begging of the
second round where you can snag one of these guys,
and you're gonna a st running back sooner ri than
later on your roster.

Speaker 1 (41:02):
If you are a team that has done a wide
receiver head heavy build and have a real need at
running back, and let's say you have like the tenth
or eleventh pick, you know, in the first round, if
you have a need, would you consider taking one of
those guys over like Thomas or McConkie or Coleman or whoever.
Or those receivers are just too good that even if
you don't have a need at receiver and you do
it running back, you're still going with the receiver.

Speaker 4 (41:23):
I mean, you're definitely just taking on more risk because
you know, when the receivers are protected a little bit
by draft capital. But at the same time, like one
of these guys could be Quinn Johnson and they just
lose all of it because they don't show up in
year one, even if they have the opportunity to do so.
So they're not all going to hit, Whereas I mean,
are both Benson and Brooks gonna bust? Probably not. I
would say at least one of them is probably gonna
hit this year. So yeah, I think that you can,

(41:45):
especially on the back end, like obviously, like the big guys,
I not even say Worthy is probably somebody I don't
want to pass up on, but McConkie probably has a
really safe floor. But if like, hey, I'm dying at
running back, you know, I don't, I don't necessarily hate
that going after that position. And again, be active in
your rookie drafts, like cray down because you know that
at the end of the first round, beginning the second round,
this is where these running backs are typically going to

(42:07):
be drafted. So prepare ahead of time, get these picks
so you can then draft one of these running backs.

Speaker 1 (42:12):
Yeah, this like one ten to two oh four range
is a great spot to trade down this year because
I think there's a lot of cases to be made
for a lot of these guys. But if you have
a personal preference, like, there's not a lot of separating
them either. Ericson who's the two oh three?

Speaker 4 (42:27):
So for me, I'm gonna go with Xavier Lagette from
Carolina first round pick, and eventually one of these Carolina
Panthers receivers are going to hit the super ultra athletic
guys from the SEC terrast Marshall Buss, Jonathan Mingo bust
third times a charm Right, So we're gonna go with
Exavier Legott, first round pick for the Carolina Panthers.

Speaker 1 (42:50):
He was a first round pick. Fits not somebody that
we were like the highest on in our pre draft
process in the Dynasty feed, but getting that capital and
having a very obvious path to targets, you know, from
a quarterback was pedigree and might look a lot better
in your two hopefully, you know, with Dave can Alis
on board. Do you like that pick?

Speaker 3 (43:09):
Well, the Panthers were really excited about him, trading up
one spot to get him. Boy Like, I have no
idea what to make of Xavier Lagett. Honestly a guy
who didn't break out until he was a fifth year
senior in college, but at the same time a pretty
extraordinary physical specimen, and I believe he was a converted

(43:30):
high school quarterback, so that might explain sort of the
long ramp up for him as far as his college career.

Speaker 1 (43:38):
Who's your pick here at two o four fits?

Speaker 3 (43:40):
I'm going to go with bow Nicks here, and I
know our own Thorne Eistrom pretty much does not like
Boone Nicks very much as a prospect and notes that
you know, he threw more screen passes I think in
his college career than JJ McCarthy had pass attempts in
twenty twenty three. But man, like, if there's anyone who

(44:02):
can make this type of thing work, you have to
think it's Sean Payton, who you know, Drew Brees did
not have a rocket arm, and maybe this can be
Drew Brees light for Sean Payton. The poor man's Drew Brees,
and he's a more mobile version of Drew Brees.

Speaker 2 (44:20):
I think. So, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (44:22):
I don't love the pick, but if you have a
needed quarterback, I think this is the portion of the
draft where it's okay to take Box.

Speaker 1 (44:31):
In a one QB league, I don't know that I
would take Nicks in the top three rounds. Obviously there
is super flex, so I think it's a reasonable pick here.
Would you agree with that or do you think any
part of round three? Okay? So even I don't think
any outside of that those top four quarterbacks I'm even
considering until three rounds are done. Ericson one QB bow Knicks.

(44:54):
What do you think?

Speaker 4 (44:55):
Yeah, I mean I I'd rather draft like one of
these running backs over it's the one quock. Look, the
last time I saw the fifth quarterback drafted in the
first round, his name was Mac Jones. And I mean again,
like I just I get in super flex, Like, yes,
he's gonna start games, he's gonna be something you can play.

(45:15):
But I guess my only concern is like the value
of him, Like who's high on him beside Champaigne, Like
is anyone high on him in your league? Like how
much trade that is he actually gonna have as a
quarter Like I guess that would be my concern even
if he starts.

Speaker 1 (45:29):
The value is a starting quarterback quarterback in a super
flex league. That's the vale. I don't think there's really
like the case just like for.

Speaker 4 (45:36):
Me, it's is he just gonna be like viewed as
like a Derek Carr like and it's like you can't
really ever get a lot for him, or it's just like, hey,
he's just better on my roster because I can get
something from him.

Speaker 1 (45:46):
So yeah, I am on the board and I'm going
to take the final first round wide receiver Ricky pier
Saw surprise first round guy.

Speaker 3 (45:56):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (45:57):
The case against is quite obvious, right, It's that there
are if we're talking about mouths to feed and some
of these other offenses in San Francisco, it's insane, especially
because we didn't get a trade of one of those receivers,
you know, these incumbent guys. So I totally get the
case against. However, I think the talent is very, very real.
I loved Pearsaw as a second round target and rookie

(46:17):
draft prior to the draft, and he got first round capital.
I know the landing spot has its warts, but it's
also got its positives. He's with an elite offensive play
caller who will put him in good position to succeed
when he's on the field. Debo has not always been healthy.
Brandon and Ayuk might not get the contract. There are
still pad you know, Kittle is starting to age. Christian McCaffrey,

(46:37):
how many elite years as a pass catcher does he have left? Again,
there's a lot of really, really good talent in this offense,
So I again I totally get the case against, but
I think the player is too talented, the offense is
too good, and the draft capital is too enticing for
me to let him slide too much. Further fits, I'm
curious to your opinion on Pearsall.

Speaker 3 (46:56):
Like him a lot, and I'm not too worried about
that he does not have a real clear path the
targets right away, Like I think that will sort of
sort itself out, and by year two, I think Pearsall
is going to be an important component of that offense.

Speaker 2 (47:10):
I like him a lot.

Speaker 3 (47:11):
I like the player, crazy athleticism, the forty two inch
vertical jump from Ricky Pearsall, and he's fast and he's
quick and I mean.

Speaker 1 (47:21):
The best catches you'll ever see on Oh.

Speaker 3 (47:22):
My goodness, and he just got murdered on that catch too,
Like yeah, so he's uh, he's a fun player.

Speaker 4 (47:28):
You know.

Speaker 3 (47:29):
It's not the perfect landing spot, but it's not enough
to sour me on the player at all.

Speaker 1 (47:35):
Ericson you were on the board at two of.

Speaker 4 (47:36):
Six, gonna go with everyone's favorite pick, Michael Pennix the
Atlanta Falcons.

Speaker 1 (47:43):
I was wondering, I just we were going to see this,
I mean quarterback draft.

Speaker 4 (47:46):
I mean, look, he's he's going to be exactly like
zoom out quarterback in the top ten, middle second round
of a super flex draft. I think that's valuable there. Look,
I don't know what the Falcons are doing necessarily, but
I think there's some credence too. Dude. If Michael Pennox
looks better than Kirk Cousins does, like that's the guy
who's gonna play like. I don't know, I just there's

(48:07):
something about his their obsession with Penix. They went to
Seattle to work him out, and they're like, oh my god, like,
we get Kirk Cousins all this money, but we love
this guy like so much. So I think this is
the cheapest time to get him. I think that it's
more negative impactful on Kirk Cousins dynasty than Penix. But
they're kind of both being like discounted as a result

(48:28):
of the draft pick and where it went and all
the hubblou that kind of like accompanied it. But at
the end of the day's top ten pick at quarterback,
and he's ready to go and play now. Even if
they talk about, oh, we can wait four or five years,
I really don't think that's I don't know why they
said that. I think that he actually can play like
right away. He is twenty five years old. So yeah,

(48:49):
I think this is the spot where I think it's
I see it pretty I see a tear drop off
of a the receiver position because again, like you said,
you took the last guy that went in the first round.
So I think for now I feel comfortable going in
the quarterback pool fits.

Speaker 1 (49:01):
You know, jokes about the Falcons aside and the memes
were flying on Thursday ninety. You know, again, quarterback taking
eighth overall in a super flex. There's a lot of
talent on the offense around him, Like if Kirk Cousins
hadn't been signed there, I think would all be really
excited about Penis, regardless of your evaluation of him as
a player. Cousins is older, coming off an Achilles tear,

(49:24):
and you know, there's a lot of talk about how
they can get out of that contract maybe in two years.
I think middle of the second round is a really
reasonable spot for Penix.

Speaker 3 (49:31):
And there's a lot to like about Penix. I mean,
I know the injury history is troublesome, but he hasn't
a great arm, like in above the average arm for
an NFL starter, Like I don't know if there's sixteen
starters in the NFL with better arms than Pennex. Andy's
great at sackavoidance, which maybe is what happens when you
tear your ACL twice and have some major shoulder injuries.

Speaker 2 (49:54):
But yeah, I like it.

Speaker 3 (49:57):
And you know, I've always thought Kirk Cousin was a
better fantasy player than real life quarterback, so I wouldn't
be surprised if we saw Penix in there. It's not
going to take four years for Pennox to be the
Falcon starter where.

Speaker 1 (50:10):
Just quickly would you take him in one QB.

Speaker 3 (50:13):
Oh, that's harder somewhere in the third round, maybe like
late third round, So you.

Speaker 1 (50:18):
Wouldn't take Bo Nicks in the first three rounds, but
you would take Pennix.

Speaker 4 (50:21):
But nigh, No, I mean I get that from a
sense where like.

Speaker 1 (50:30):
Side, Yeah, yeah, I think it's fair. I was just
confirming I actually think that's a reasonable.

Speaker 3 (50:34):
The appeal in superflex is that, I mean, not every
team is going to have three starting quarterbacks in a
twelve team super Flex league and Knicks is going to
play right away. But in a one QB league where
you're just looking for bench guys who have higher upside,
I think Penix makes a little more sense. Like I'd
take him ahead of Knicks in one QB for sure.

Speaker 1 (50:52):
Yeah. I wasn't trying to play like gotcha by the way,
Like I know, I know, because I think that is
a reasonable stance. Ye have totally you feel the same.

Speaker 4 (51:01):
Yeah, I think it's fair to rank quarterbacks differently in
two quarterback because, like you, the Derek Carrs of the world. Again,
keep bringing up Derek Carries my guy. Of course, bringing
up a player like that where he just starts games
like that's super valuable in two quarterbacks, even if he's
only scoring like fifteen points per game, like that's still
super valuable. But in one quarterback league's you do not

(51:22):
want that, Like that's killing your roster if you're starting
on a quarterback can only get fifteen points every single week.
But two quarterback leagues, that's super valuable. So yeah, I
definitely understand that because like Penix and Knicks, I mean,
they're on the polar opposites of like how their careers
are projecting. Like Panics, You're like all about the future
and all these contingencies, whereas Bonix is like he's locked
in day one and we'll see how Sean Payton can

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Speaker 1 (52:57):
Fits at the R sort of you know, theoretical one
sixth drafter has Romadounza and Michael Pennix Junior pairing together
some college teammates. It looks like you're about to do
the same at one of seven. Who took JJ McCarthy
in round one?

Speaker 3 (53:09):
Yeah, team and Arbor team number seven is, so it's
gonna be JJ McCarthy along with Blake Korum. I thought
Korum was maybe he and Jonathan Brooks I thought were
the best pure runners in this RB class, and I
like the landing spot actually, even though Kyron Williams is there,
I'm not sure whether Sean McVeigh is going to make

(53:30):
this like a tag team or if it's going to
be Korum as a straight backup to Kyron Williams. But
either way, Kyrien Williams didn't hold up last year. He
missed games. And if Blake Korum gets in there with
Kyron Williams out, obviously like Blake Korum is going to
be inside the top ten of our weekly rankings at

(53:51):
running back, so immense upside here, and maybe if McVeigh
does decide to save a little bit of wear and
tear on Kyron Williams, like maybe immediate playability for Quorum ericson.

Speaker 1 (54:03):
I know the running backs have been kind of difficult
to rank throughout, those top two seem a little bit
more obvious after the NFL draft. Do you think Korum
is the right guy as RB three.

Speaker 4 (54:12):
Yeah, that's where I have. I have the top two
in there, the first tier, and then I think Koram's
kind of in a tier of his own. Honestly, I
think as because you can look at any of these
rookie running backs like, oh well, if there's an injury,
like this guy can smash. But I feel the most
confident that if Korum got a chance to be the
RAMS RB one, he'd be putting up top twelve numbers
because I think that he can do everything that Karen

(54:33):
Williams can do. Like, I don't think that their games
are very different. Sean McVay said that after they drafted
Korums is like, yeah, Like it reminds you a lot
of Kyle Williams and anyone that watches Korum is like,
they do the same thing. Like they none They're not
super explosive athletes, but they do everything well, like they
can do everything well. So I think that Quorum makes
sense from a contingent upside standpoint. If Karen can't hold up,

(54:54):
if he gets a Bell Coyle workload, Korum could definitely
smash like he did at Michigan for two years.

Speaker 1 (55:00):
I'm on the clock with a two eight. I'm gonna
take eighty Mitchell. I know, I think that his fall
is a little bit overblown in terms of like people
thought he was maybe a first round guy, he may
be a wide receiver. Five off the board. He fell
all the way to the back half of the second round.
He felt like, you know, twenty spots from where people
were projecting him to go. I recognize that as you

(55:20):
get higher in the draft that is more meaningful than
it will be lower in the draft. But still it's
not like he fell to Day three like another receiver
who was thought of as you know, a potential early
second round guy. So I like the landing spot in
terms of opportunity he'll have. Obviously, the athleticism is freakish,
and I'm willing to you know, in the back half
of round two of a rookie draft, I'm willing to
take the shot on a guy who's going to get

(55:41):
an opportunity and who has crazy athleticism, and some people,
you know, some of the evaluators in the industry, seem
to really like even if he was more divisive based
on his actual production at Texas. All right, ericson onto
you for the two oh nine.

Speaker 4 (55:55):
I'm gonna go with wide receiver. Of course, I'm gonna
go Jermaine Burton, receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. And to me,
I look at Burton as someone that I thought would
go much later than Round three because of some off
field concerns. I think he's kind of like discount Ricky Pearsall,
where you have a receiver who's currently the number three

(56:16):
option on his offense but has the potential to move
up to that number two role based on a potential
trade happening. So again, like Pearsall, whether it's a Yuk,
whether it's Debo, one of those guys is going to
be moved on from either this year or next year.
And you can say the something about the Bengals, like
Ti Jiggins is not gonna be a Bengal in twenty
twenty five. Feel pretty confident about that he maybe won't

(56:36):
even to be a Bengal this year. So Jermaine Burton
steps into potentially at least the number three for Joe Burrow.
And that's the way I look at it, Like what
I'd rather have the number three receiver. Again, also, that
doesn't have to compete with a tight end for targets
in Jermaine Burton versus Ricky Pearsall. I get Pearsall had
the draft capital, but before they both got drafted, these

(56:57):
guys were in the same tier, Jermaine Burton and Ricky
Kee Piersoll. So again you could have liked one more
than the other. But I was really excited about Burnin's
landing spot and the fact he went in round three
despite all the off the field concerns. I know he
was some off some NFL draft boards altogether, but I
imagin if he didn't have any off the field issues,
but he been around two, pick could have gone to
the first round. Like I don't know, but I'm willing

(57:18):
to find out here picking here at the end of
the second round.

Speaker 1 (57:22):
Fitz, what do you think about that pick? And is
see the receiver you would have taken instead of who
you take here?

Speaker 2 (57:26):
He is not the receiver I would have taken.

Speaker 3 (57:29):
Thor is going to be mad when you say that
there's no tight end target competition because he is a
big Eric Olfan.

Speaker 2 (57:35):
So yeah, I mean it's interesting.

Speaker 3 (57:37):
Will a guy who does have some concerns maybe about
like you know, possibly wasn't beloved by his coaching staffs
in college, how's he going to do sitting on the
bench mostly during his rookie year.

Speaker 2 (57:51):
So I guess we're going to find out.

Speaker 1 (57:54):
And who are you taking here?

Speaker 3 (57:56):
I'm going to take Roman Wilson, another Michigan guy, and Jez,
here's the Wisconsin Badger fan, not the biggest fan of
the Michigan football program. And I've taken three Wolverines so far. Yeah,
Wilson goes to a great spot where they needed another
pass catcher in Pittsburgh to help George Pickens out. And man,

(58:17):
I like Roman Wilson's game. I know he was a
big riser during the pre draft process with the good
senior ball and good combine. And the Pittsburgh Steelers seem
to know a little something about drafting wide receivers. It
seems like they have the minus touch. Anyone they take
turns to gold. Hopefully that's the case with Roman Wilson
two eleven.

Speaker 1 (58:37):
As you get to the back end of the second round,
I think it really becomes you know, I have the
beholder type stuff, and you know, again you can make
the case four and against a lot of guys in
this range. I'm going to ignore the draft day slide
on Troy Franklin and take him here. I like that
he's paired up with his college quarterback. I think that
somewhat to a degree, mitigates the fall. I don't did
I did I miss an update on like was there

(58:59):
a metaw cool reason why he fell or off the
field reason or was it still kind of a surprise.
Did you guys see anything that I just somehow missed.

Speaker 4 (59:07):
I didn't see anything in particular. I think it just
might have been that there were other things that just
were not on field, and in terms of.

Speaker 1 (59:16):
I usually assume it was like a medical thing that
we weren't aware of when there's a fall, but I don't.
I haven't seen any kind of reporting on that. And
I really liked the player at Oregon.

Speaker 3 (59:25):
I thought I heard Daniel Jeremiah or someone else at
NFL Network say that teams just were pretty dismayed by
his combine workout okay.

Speaker 4 (59:33):
So and I think another thing too, people said his
play strength wasn't great eat, they like they were afraid
of the combine, and then like the frame, He's just
not a big frame, not a bag like how I
hold that.

Speaker 1 (59:45):
Not a flawless player. But I really liked what I
saw at Oregon. I think he's a really good.

Speaker 2 (59:48):
Receiver, and he gets paired with bo.

Speaker 1 (59:50):
Nicks exactly being paired with that college QB. Like, I'm
not worried about him seeing targets when he's on the field.
Now is Sean Payton. We just saw them got and
get Mims a year ago and then not really use
him even when he was really efficient when he was
on the field. So you know, there's definitely red flags,
but there's red flags with everybody on the board right now.
So a guy who I thought was really talented and
like clearly a day to tybate receiver, and by the way,

(01:00:11):
you know where he went, has been a round three
pick in other years. It just so happened that this
year one oh two was round four. But like some years,
given Compicks, that is a round three pick. So I'm
not gonna like say, oh, a round three verses. Round
four is such a drastic difference in this scenario, even
though it was a full day extra of waiting. So
I'm happy to get Troy Franklin the back into the
second round and take a swing on what I think

(01:00:32):
is a talented guy. Ericson to twelve wrap up the
second round for us.

Speaker 4 (01:00:37):
I'm going to go running back. I'm going to go
with Jalen Wright for the Miami Dolphins. Miami trade up
to get this guy, and he's Devane a Chain two
point zero. So if one of these Dolphins injured, one
of these Dolphins running backs get gets injured, Jalen Right, Baby,
here we go.

Speaker 2 (01:00:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:00:52):
Ericson tell Jalen Right that mister a Chen likes his
coffee with cream and sugar.

Speaker 2 (01:00:58):
Like the idea that he is a threat.

Speaker 3 (01:01:00):
To Devon a Chan's role, It's just like I find
it kind of comical. I mean, like a Chan's a
special player and we saw that last year in Jalen
Wright's just like maybe a top five running back and
kind of a Soso class like I just I mean,
the Mike McDaniel needs to fuel this offense that's totally
predicated on speed, and I understand wanting to have insurance

(01:01:22):
when the number two guy is what pushing like thirty
three or something with Raheem Mostert, and like they got
lucky and Raheem Moster didn't sustain any significant injuries last year,
but like, I just think they're not counting on that
luck holding out with Mostard again and that's why they
needed another guy here. But like he's not any sort

(01:01:43):
of existential threat to Devon h Chan.

Speaker 1 (01:01:46):
So Fitz, is that you saying that you wouldn't have
taken him in this range or you just think that okay,
because I mean the fit in the offense is obvious
aside from the other players in it, Like how how
Mike McDaniel can use Jalen Wright is pretty enticing. So
I do like the upside here, and especially given the
fact that every other running back in that backfield limited

(01:02:06):
sample size for a Chan, but like has had injury
history in their past at the NFL level, So I
think it's I like the upside play there. And right
is a guy that a lot of people were really
high on, you know you relative to the rest of
the class, which is fair. It's not like people were
saying he's some elite running back prospect. But I get
the I get the case to be made for him.

Speaker 3 (01:02:25):
I mean, I know that I know that Ericson and
Dee Brow both dropped a Chan to like RB fifteen
or so in Dynasty.

Speaker 2 (01:02:33):
I didn't. I didn't drop a chan at all.

Speaker 1 (01:02:35):
Yeah, yeah, I know you've been really high on eh Chan,
you know, from day one, So that's that's unsurprising. Let
me give a quick recap here of round two. Jonathan Brooks,
Trey Benson, Xavier Lagette, Bo Nicks, Ricky Piersoll, Michael Pennox,
Junior Blake, Korum ad and I Mitchell, Jermaine Burton, Roman Wilson,
Troy Franklin, Jalen Wright. Three oh one. Fits you are

(01:02:55):
on the clock, will go a little faster year round
three because we've taken a lot of time in the
first two rounds already.

Speaker 3 (01:03:00):
Yeah, I'll take Marshaun Lloyd no immediate path to playing time,
Well maybe not. I mean, I think he could possibly
pass up aj Dillon on the Packers' depth chart, but
you know, he was Debro's favorite back in this class.
He was Daniel Jeremiah's favorite class back in this class.
So and the Packers could conceivably walk away from Josh

(01:03:21):
Jacobs after only one year, So maybe there's a possibility
that Marshawn Leod is there. Featured back in twenty twenty five, that.

Speaker 1 (01:03:29):
Was going to be my pick as well. Didn't love
the landing spot, but I really love the player, so
I think getting him in the third round is a
nice find there. So since you took the player I wanted,
I'm going to go against the great thorneistererm and I'm
going to take Jalen Polk. I mean, the draft capital
is quite good, an early second round pick, and a

(01:03:50):
clear opportunity for targets from a talented quarterback when Drake
Maget's on the field. I know that the other guy
who was drafted by the Patriots will probably go in
this mock, and some people like even better than Polk.
But I think Polk does a lot of things well.
I think he fits well with what Drake may does.
And again, the opportunities there, the draft capital is there
so early in the third round, I'm happy to take Polk.

(01:04:12):
And and before we move on from that, I do
want to get your opinion ericson because this is a
guy that a lot of the other guys on our
staff don't like at all.

Speaker 4 (01:04:20):
Yeah, when the Patriots initially made the pick, I wasn't
happy about it because I felt like they were taking
a safer player. But when I look at the infrastructure
and kind of what the Patriots receivers have been historically
in the second round, they've just taken major swings at
like making terrible bets. So I'm okay with them, like

(01:04:41):
trying to hit a double like for the first time,
like in the second round, Like, let's just get a
guy that's not going to be like a major bust.
So is he going to be the best receiver on
the Patriots? I don't think so. But is he going
to be useful in the offense and helped Drake May
I think so. So that's why. And you know, as
I thought about it more, I like the pick. But

(01:05:01):
as I kind of get into my pick here, I'm
going to take the other receiver of the Patriots drafted,
Javon Baker, who I think has more of the upside
to be the number one receiver on this team, Like
he can play on the outside. I just think that
he's just I mean, he's the dog in his offense,
Like he's already. Some of the quotes that he's been
saying after he got drafted as like a fourth round

(01:05:23):
picker is absolutely hilarious. He's he's creating acts of God.
He's making people in wheelchair stand up. He said that
his mentality when he looks across this line of scrimmage
is to kill the other person. Like this is the
attitude edge that the Patriots needs so badly at wide receiver.
They've never had a receiver like this. All the guys
they've drafted highly just soft, like didn't have that edge

(01:05:45):
to them. And this guy he gives off the Aman
Ross Saint Brown where he's literally written down all the
guys got drafted ahead of them. In concluding Jalen Polk, like,
so he's a man on a mission, and I think
that he is going to be the best receiver on
the Patriots.

Speaker 1 (01:05:58):
This Year's Am I giving too much credence draft capital
taking Polk over Baker?

Speaker 3 (01:06:03):
I mean I did have Baker ranked ahead of Polk
pre draft, and now I consider it neck and neck.
I guess who are you taking it to before Malachi Corley?
And I know he is a certain type of receiver
and not the type for everyone He's just a catch
and run guy. He's built like a running back, you know,

(01:06:24):
like not a contested catch guy, not necessarily a route
running guy, but put them on his hands and he
is really hard to tackle. And that's worked well for
Deebo Samuel. I know that comparison has gotten thrown around,
and Thorne Eystrom thinks he is more comparable to a
Maari Rodgers, which is not what we want. But like
this archetype of the catch and run guy can work,

(01:06:44):
like Deebo made it work. Rashie Rice made it work
for the Chiefs last year, and Corley's pretty good at it.
I mean I saw him light up Ohio State last fall,
so I was pretty impressed.

Speaker 1 (01:06:55):
I am going to finally take the next tight end
off the board and take Debra's guy, Ben Sinnat out
of Kansas State. Sinat, Senate I forget out, it's pronounce actually,
Senate Senate Ben Sinnett, I will take I When I
said Sinat, I was like, that's that sounds like it's
not right. Ben Sennett out of Kansas State. Second tight
end off the board. Debro has been you know, kind

(01:07:16):
of uh praising him for you know, a while here
at the back half of draft season and goes to
a landing spot where there's opportunity to get on the
field as a tight end. Obviously a young quarterback there
as well. So I will take senate, you know, mid
third round pick. I'm happy to get a guy who's
got some real upside as the second best tight end
in the class. Ericson three oh six year on the clock.

Speaker 4 (01:07:37):
I'm gonna go with Jayleen McMillan, the other Washington Huskis
receiver that got drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Look,
I think this year he can start in the slot
for them. You know, Chris Godwin, Mike Evans. Chris Godwin
is a free agent after this year. Mike Evans is
over thirty years old, so but I think that he
can just he's a good player. And as in the
what gets lost in like the Polk slander, is Millan

(01:08:00):
was really productive for this team with competing for targets
with Polk and with Romadonza. So one of these guys,
either Polk or McMillan, is going to severely do or
produce much more than they did at Washington because I
think all these guys were kind of eating into each
other a little bit. So it's just a matter of Okay,
was it Polk, Was it McMillan, Who was better if
you asked thor was McMillan, But last year it was

(01:08:22):
Pol for most of the season. So I think that's
good to take shots on both these guys, especially in
round three. Be like kind of that teammate effect where
Ohio State guys, you know, they necessary to putu the
biggest numbs because they're competing with each other. Same thing
with the lsuper receivers. So McMillan's the pick for me.

Speaker 1 (01:08:37):
Fits you are up with the two seven.

Speaker 3 (01:08:41):
Take a Luke McCaffrey, Washington Commander's final Day two pick.
And he is a freak athlete. He's only had a
couple of years playing wide receiver in college. He started
his college career as a quarterback. But great athlete, great bloodlines, obviously,
the Christian son of ed So and I think he's

(01:09:04):
going to grow nicely with Jane Daniels and become a
pass catching force for the Commanders before long.

Speaker 1 (01:09:10):
All right, I am going to take a guy who
slid quite a ways in the real draft, but I
see a path to a starting NFL quarterback, and that's
Spencer Rattler. There were a lot of landing spots he
could have gone to as a you know, late or
midday three pick, where I would have kind of written
him off entirely. There's every I don't see any reason

(01:09:31):
why he couldn't overtake Derek Carr as the starting quarterback
in New Orleans. I he's obviously super talented. Just appear
like arm, talent and ability. I don't care about any
of these Like, oh, when he was in high school,
he was immature. It's very apparent that he has matured
a lot in the time since then. Particularly at South Carolina.
He played behind one of the worst offensive lines in

(01:09:52):
college football the last couple of years. So I'm not
going to like put too much stock into his actual
counting stats and what we saw out of him in
that offense. There's talent, there's a path to potentially being
a starting quarterback. It is a super flex. So I
will take the swing on Spencer Rattler, and as the
last quarterback, I assume that we'll get drafted here in
our mock. I want to ask you, guys, one QB,

(01:10:12):
are you drafting Rattler at all fits.

Speaker 2 (01:10:17):
Maybe in the fifth round if it's a five round
draft about it.

Speaker 1 (01:10:21):
I think that's kind of reason. Eric'son same thing.

Speaker 4 (01:10:24):
Only if I have Derek Carr on my roster already. Yeah,
that's the ultimate hedge.

Speaker 1 (01:10:31):
I hope everybody listening does not have Derek Carr in
a one quarterback dynasty league because the best of luck.
All right, let's get to the next bick here, Ericson,
you're on the clock at the three ZHO nine.

Speaker 4 (01:10:42):
I'm gonna go with my RB five in this class
because this is a very lackluster running back class. Tyrone
Tracy for the New York Giants. Look, this is just
a bet on. He's going to one of the weakest
depth charts at running back. Devin Singletary is the starting
running back there. But we've seen Devin Singletary get replaced
and necessarily be a featured back. We've also seen him
be featured back, so I don't know what his upside is.

(01:11:05):
But Tyrone Tracy one year running back at Purdue after
switching from wide receiver, and he led the entire class
and yards after contact per attempt. So Brian Abele talked
about how they're gonna use him in much different ways.
They're going to kind of throw him into the mix
and kind of see what happens. And that's what I'm
gonna do with my third round rookie pick, because the
fact that he doesn't have a lot of experience at
running back means he could literally never see the field

(01:11:25):
and then it was like whatever, I just move on.
Or he's a super explosive running back and athlete that
let's say Devin Singletary flounders with the starting running back role,
Tracy could have a big, big role in twenty twenty four.

Speaker 1 (01:11:39):
Fitz, you just snaked me on the guy that I
was about to take. I can see it in the
sheet already, So go ahead and share that pick with everyone.

Speaker 3 (01:11:45):
At three ten Kimani Videll sixth round draft pick of
the Los Angeles Chargers. And I know the hit rate
on sixth round running backs is not great, but I
think we can agree that the Chargers were one of
the most desirable landing spots for a rookie running back.
This is a team that's going to run a lot
with Greg Roman calling the plays. They've got the one

(01:12:05):
dimensional Gus Edwards and the oft injured JK Dobbins in
front of him on the depth chart. I see Videll
playing right away, three down skill set, Thor and Debro
those guys know. I was excited when he ran a
four four seven at the combine, like I thought he
was going to run like a four to six or something.
I didn't think he was fast. And this guy's Troy

(01:12:28):
University's all time leading rusher, like he was really productive
in college. I think he's gonna be a nice fit
for the Chargers, even though they took their own sweet
time drafting him when they needed a running back. But
I love the player team marriage here.

Speaker 1 (01:12:43):
I love that pick. I will be very excited if
I can get him at the three ten and in
any of my rookie drafts this year. I think there's
real upside there. I'm going to take with the eleventh
pick in the third round, Devontes Walker, not just because
he's a Raven. I think there's a real path. First
of all, to targets in this offense was kind of underdiscussed.
I thought behind their offensive line need that the Ravens

(01:13:04):
had a real wide receiver need, you know, going into
this offseason that they didn't really address when they signed
Deontay Hardy that's more as a returner role. So I
think Walker will have an opportunity if he's good. And
I'm like, this is somebody who was talked about as
like maybe even a late first round pick going into
the college football season. Clearly didn't pan out that way.
He was kind of jerked around by the NCAAA. He

(01:13:27):
had a lot of family stuff that he was dealing with.
He's a great kid, a talented player who I think
if he can focus on football full time, like he'll
be able to do in what is a great organization
in Baltimore. I think there's a real upside here. So
at this point in the draft, I'm really happy to
take a swing on that where there's opportunity and talent,
you know, early day day three picks, So I will
take Tedz Walker and then Ericson wrap us up here.

(01:13:48):
With the final pick of the third round.

Speaker 4 (01:13:50):
We go with Isaac Garrendo running back for the forty
nine ers. I mean, look CAF for a lot of touches.
Elijah Mitchell made a glass. So Isaac is the rare
running back that Shanahan's decides to draft that's not just
has the speed but actually has size. Usually Shanahan just
drafts a lot of these faster guys in the later rounds.
But Grendo at two twenty or over two hundred twenty

(01:14:11):
pounds like this guy can fly at a big size.
So a couple of guys go down, Grendo is gonna
be in your starting lineup soon, arriving later.

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any names that didn't get drafted that you think are
worth the mentioning. Obviously, only two tight ends with off
the there's still wide receivers. I love Malik Washington, although

(01:15:02):
he fell pretty far, so I see why he wouldn't
go here. Lots of running backs rashen A Lee, I mean,
there's I could list about eight of them, so I
won't do that. But just a couple like Rashina Ali
Rodrick estimate I loved until Draft Day when he fell.
Ray Davis, Braylan Allen, you know, fits his guy, Bucky Irving.
Any of these names stand out that are worth kind
of hitting on here fits.

Speaker 3 (01:15:24):
Yeah, Ray Davis. I almost took him instead of Idell.
I think there's a case to be made that he's
going to play right away in Buffalo because James Cook
is a little undersized. He could use a tag team partner.
And yeah, boy, I don't know, Like the Jets just
destroyed the value of multiple running backs in this strap.
Braylan Allen, Isaiah Davis like all to just sit there

(01:15:45):
and collect cobwebs behind Brese Hall. I mean, because you know,
it was Braylan Allen who kept Isaac Garnda on the
bench in Madison for a couple of years, and but
you know, now it's going to be someone else keeping
Braylen Allen on the beach.

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
What do you think, Ericson, any names you want to
hit on before we get out of here.

Speaker 4 (01:16:04):
I mean Bazooka, Joe Zuka, Joe Melton quarterback for the Patriots.
I mean, look, I think as we're at the dart
throw on some of these really deep super flex drafts,
just cause I mean they asked them about switching positions,
like I'm never switching from quarterback, Like I'm going to
be the quarterback of fish, whether it's Drake May or
Joe Milton. Patriots have their franchise quarterback on their roster.

Speaker 1 (01:16:25):
All right, we'll get out of here on some Joe
Milton hype. Don't forget everybody that all of our early
twenty twenty four consensus rankings and tiers, including for rookies
and dynasty drafts, that can be found at fantasypros dot
com slash rankings for Ericson and Fitz. I'm Ryan Warley.
Thank you everybody for tuning in and we'll see you
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