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12 Team PPR Mock Draft · Sports Minds Fantasy Football

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SPEAKER_00: Joe, how are you doing today, brother?
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SPEAKER_00: I'm doing great.
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SPEAKER_00: We're going to run our first fantasy football draft.
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2:28
SPEAKER_00: At quarterback, you got Matthew Stafford dealing with some back injuries.
2:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh quarterback, Baker Mayfield, Tampa Bay is dealing with a minor hand contusion.
2:37
SPEAKER_00: It is his throwing hand, but they say it's minor.
2:40
SPEAKER_00: And of course, same team, Chris Godwin dealing with the ankle.
2:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh new report, Justin Jefferson is stealing, uh still dealing with some hamstring injuries, but they say that's also minor.
2:51
SPEAKER_00: He'll be ready to go.
2:51
SPEAKER_00: Khalil Shakir, high ankle sprain.
2:54
SPEAKER_00: Definitely keep an eye on that.
2:55
SPEAKER_00: Might miss week one.
2:56
SPEAKER_00: Marvin Harrison, they say minor knee injuries.
2:59
SPEAKER_00: Uh, but again, you got to keep an eye on all these guys.
3:02
SPEAKER_00: And then Juwan Jennings, some minor calf issues.
3:05
SPEAKER_00: Terry McLaurin still holding out, and also we're uncertain about his uh ankle.
3:10
SPEAKER_00: Of course, Rasheed Rice is dealing with a suspension as well as Jordan Addison has been suspended for three games.
3:18
SPEAKER_00: Then at running back, you got Mixon.
3:20
SPEAKER_00: That injury actually.
3:21
SPEAKER_03: Hold on, Joe.
3:22
SPEAKER_03: How many uh did they say for Addison if his his suspension was going to be early on or uh back end of the season?
3:31
SPEAKER_00: All I saw was three games, so it might not have specified.
3:35
SPEAKER_03: They typically always started in beginnings from what I've seen here.
3:38
SPEAKER_03: If they already have a game decision or suspension decision, they typically enforce it immediately, right?
3:45
SPEAKER_03: So if you're playing on that, folks expect not to have them for those first few weeks.
3:50
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I was I was assuming just my my brain automatically went to the beginning of the season, but I know what you're saying, like with Alvin Kamar, how they're talking about pushing it to the end.
3:58
SPEAKER_00: But as you said, they're trying to be a little bit more strict these days, so it probably will be at the beginning.
4:04
SPEAKER_00: And then um, at running back, you know, you got Mixon and Najee, they're both still not practicing, probably will miss some time.
4:11
SPEAKER_00: It's looking worse for those guys, and TJ Hawkinson.
4:15
SPEAKER_03: Hey, I want to talk about Najee too.
4:17
SPEAKER_03: This man had an opportunity to go to Chargers and be the guy.
4:22
SPEAKER_03: The idiot had a fireworks incident where I guess he got something in his eye.
4:26
SPEAKER_03: I don't know if it was a firework, but now he went from being the potentially pushing the rookie for the start to being the the guaranteed second stream now.
4:36
SPEAKER_00: So I think never missed a game in his NFL career, and this is how it happens.
4:40
SPEAKER_00: You gotta be getting me.
4:41
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I know.
4:42
SPEAKER_03: And and and someone that wants to see him succeed, I'm I'm actually very disappointed, you know, in the result.
4:47
SPEAKER_00: I love Najee, so I'm disappointed in that too.
4:50
SPEAKER_00: And I think I think once he's ready to go, he he will do well, but he could he could lose the job.
4:56
SPEAKER_00: Now at tight end, we've got two guys, TJ Hawkinson dealing with some handstring issues, he hasn't been practicing, and then Mason Taylor, the rookie for the Jets, he has a high ankle sprain.
5:07
SPEAKER_00: So that's unfortunate because you know he was a hot prospect.
5:11
SPEAKER_03: You know, and and if you were looking at maybe making Mason Taylor your late pickup potential sleeper tight end, obviously high ankle sprain, he's missing some time.
5:21
SPEAKER_03: And right now, Justin Fields is brand new to that system, it's a whole new system.
5:25
SPEAKER_03: So unfortunately, he's not someone that's gonna have any value for a long time now, uh, maybe till late in the season.
5:31
SPEAKER_03: So if you're looking at him, I wouldn't even stash him.
5:33
SPEAKER_03: He he's not worth taking up a roster spot for me.
5:36
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and half these guys that I just ran through, they're dealing with minor issues, but you have to monitor that and make sure that it's not something that's lingering up to week one because then you might want to avoid drafting them.
5:48
SPEAKER_00: You know, if you have if you got any question marks going into week one, it's usually a bad sign.
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SPEAKER_00: You ready to mock?
6:00
SPEAKER_03: Oh, we're mocking.
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SPEAKER_03: All right, that's it for the news.
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SPEAKER_03: That's all I got.
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SPEAKER_00: Not a lot of activity right now.
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SPEAKER_03: Joe's like, he just stopped talking.
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SPEAKER_02: He's like, I was like, okay, there goes that segment.
6:14
SPEAKER_02: All right, back to you, Joe.
6:16
SPEAKER_00: Unless you got anything to add, I think we're done.
6:18
SPEAKER_02: No, no, no.
6:19
SPEAKER_02: That's funny.
6:20
SPEAKER_02: Let's get right into it, folks.
6:27
SPEAKER_03: What's going on, ballers?
6:29
SPEAKER_03: Uh, we are actually back.
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SPEAKER_03: We got everything set up for you here with the draft screen.
6:34
SPEAKER_03: Um, we want to show you a couple mock drafts, kind of give you guys some pointers, some ideas, see how you can advance and really uh, you know, uh try to strategize to build the best team.
6:46
SPEAKER_03: Um, Joe, obviously, I I know we're using here sleeper, um, obviously great app.
6:52
SPEAKER_03: I like it better than ESPN because it's quicker and the rankings are a little bit more accurate, right?
6:58
SPEAKER_03: So when it comes to player talent, I've always noticed ESPN will like ranks some certain players all the way in the bottom, but sleeper has always been unbiased or the most up-to-date from what I fancy draft to I've used.
7:10
SPEAKER_03: Um, and they just make it so easy, man.
7:12
SPEAKER_03: Anyone can join quick, one click, you're in there, and then you can just draft, and and that thing will be done in like the next 10 minutes.
7:19
SPEAKER_03: So um not sponsored by them yet, but hit me up, sleeper.
7:23
SPEAKER_00: It's just a good format, man.
7:25
SPEAKER_00: It's a it's a nice layout.
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SPEAKER_00: I like it.
7:27
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, same, same.
7:28
SPEAKER_03: All right, Joe.
7:29
SPEAKER_03: So uh where are you picking at first?
7:31
SPEAKER_03: Let these guys know over here what what your reasoning is.
7:34
SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna pick from the four spot just because that's the spot I got for my first draft.
7:39
SPEAKER_00: We just got our um order pick today.
7:44
SPEAKER_00: So I drew number four, which is a really good position to be in.
7:48
SPEAKER_00: Figured I'd give it a whirl, see what we got.
7:52
SPEAKER_03: All right, in that case, you're going with real life experience.
7:55
SPEAKER_03: I'm gonna go with real life heartbreak.
7:57
SPEAKER_03: I'm drafting in the 12th pick just because uh that seems to be a nice little sweet spot, right?
8:03
SPEAKER_03: First or the last.
8:05
SPEAKER_03: So that that's a nice little uh counter to see, you know, just kind of like pissing your cherios, so to speak.
8:13
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, but you should not play to spite one another, folks.
8:17
SPEAKER_03: You gotta play to give yourself the best team.
8:19
SPEAKER_03: But if you know your buddy, you know how he's gonna draft.
8:22
SPEAKER_03: So when you make a move, he's just gonna look at you like you fucking shithead.
8:27
SPEAKER_03: And that's what makes fantasy football so fun, because you you always get to crack on each other.
8:32
SPEAKER_00: Oh, it happens, it happens every round of every draft.
8:35
SPEAKER_00: Someone's getting disappointed.
8:37
SPEAKER_03: All right, and and uh, well, Joe, since you're obviously gonna be our first pick, I put two minutes on the timer.
8:43
SPEAKER_03: Obviously, we'll let this play out, and you let us uh kind of guide us to what you're thinking here.
8:48
SPEAKER_03: All right, all right, options start.
8:55
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
8:56
SPEAKER_00: Um, well, what I'm thinking is since Jamar Chase is still available, I typically would go running back here, but it's really difficult to pass up Jamar Chase, so I gotta pull the trigger.
9:12
SPEAKER_03: I like that.
9:13
SPEAKER_03: I like that.
9:14
SPEAKER_03: All right, so now I had that runoff.
9:17
SPEAKER_03: Everyone's gone.
9:19
SPEAKER_03: Okay, so obviously I'm picking 12, so I'm looking at availability, right?
9:24
SPEAKER_03: So you have two really amazing wide receiver prospects here, but on a value scale, I actually value these uh these running backs more.
9:33
SPEAKER_03: So I'm gonna go ash and gente because and then right now I'm looking at my uh my rankings here for running backs, and I actually have CMC Josh Jacobs on the board here as my next best one.
9:48
SPEAKER_03: So just to kind of mix it up, you know, this is a position where it's hard because you're like, hey, I want to go stud wide receiver, stud running back, right?
9:58
SPEAKER_03: But you know, unfortunately, it's a very thin position for running back, so I'm just gonna go ahead and take the comeback player of the year, CMC.
10:05
SPEAKER_00: I like that.
10:11
SPEAKER_03: And I love and I love Drake London and Brian Thomas at that.
10:16
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and as you know, I'm I'm very, very high on Chase Brown.
10:24
SPEAKER_00: But I also have Jamar Chase.
10:26
SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I necessarily want that stack.
10:32
SPEAKER_00: But when you look who's in front of Chase Brown here, you got Bucky Irving, Jonathan Taylor, and Kyron Williams.
10:40
SPEAKER_00: Um the consistent play would probably be Kyron.
10:54
SPEAKER_00: And Bucky, I think, is gonna have an explosive year.
10:57
SPEAKER_00: I'm actually a little bit worried about Jonathan Taylor.
11:01
SPEAKER_03: He's actually my my seventh ranked prospect here.
11:04
SPEAKER_03: That's or my eighth ranked prospect for the year still.
11:07
SPEAKER_03: So that I have a feeling that I could get Chase Brown on the return right here.
11:15
SPEAKER_03: Oh, yeah, for sure.
11:17
SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna go with Bucky Irving.
11:19
SPEAKER_03: We don't have to worry about anybody poaching us right now, so yeah.
11:23
SPEAKER_03: So you go with a stud RB1 slash RB2.
11:27
SPEAKER_03: Bucky should be RB1.
11:29
SPEAKER_03: And now you're back on the remote.
11:31
SPEAKER_03: And now I'm gonna take Chase Brown.
11:34
SPEAKER_03: There you go.
11:36
SPEAKER_00: And that's running backs.
11:38
SPEAKER_03: That's that's 75 points a game right there, guaranteed.
11:42
SPEAKER_03: Weekend.
11:44
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I feel pretty good about those first three.
11:46
SPEAKER_03: Okay, so now looking at me, two running backs, I definitely need a good wide receiver.
11:53
SPEAKER_03: It happens to be one of the best wide receivers still available.
11:55
SPEAKER_03: Mike Evans, it's not even close, right?
11:58
SPEAKER_03: I had him as um Mike Evans on my wide receiver ranks, was of course number 12.
12:06
SPEAKER_03: So he's pretty good.
12:07
SPEAKER_03: Um, let me see.
12:08
SPEAKER_00: You know, I'm very high on him as well.
12:10
SPEAKER_00: I think I even had him in front of you.
12:12
SPEAKER_00: Let me check real quick.
12:13
SPEAKER_03: But in this case, because I'm picking late, I know I'm not gonna have one of those stud quarterbacks on the way back.
12:19
SPEAKER_03: So I just went Jalen Hurts.
12:22
SPEAKER_03: And right now I got a lineup skip.
12:23
SPEAKER_03: Oh man, that's a 70.
12:25
SPEAKER_00: This is 100.
12:26
SPEAKER_00: See, you your foundation is exactly what we said you should go for two stud running backs, a wide receiver, and a quarterback.
12:36
SPEAKER_00: We said that's just a common sense approach to a draft, and it really is.
12:41
SPEAKER_00: Now, I've got some decent options here at quarterback, and also still need another wide receiver, but I think I'm actually gonna pull the trigger on a quarterback and go with Baker Mayfield.
12:57
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, that's a good one.
12:58
SPEAKER_00: It's it's a bold move uh in the fourth round, but I don't know if he's gonna be there coming back to me.
13:03
SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna go for it.
13:05
SPEAKER_03: I mean, him or Mahomes, definitely, bro.
13:09
SPEAKER_03: Like these next two rounds.
13:13
SPEAKER_00: And um you do have some decent options at tight end, but the studs are gone, so I'm not really gonna look at tight end for a few more rounds, I don't think.
13:25
SPEAKER_00: And I'm gonna go take a look at what wide receivers are available.
13:29
SPEAKER_00: And um, this is actually kind of tough right here because there's a lot of question marks on the available players, and then there's some real studs here that are unfortunately suspended.
13:44
SPEAKER_00: But given the situation in Kansas City, Xavier Worthy could be a good pick.
13:55
SPEAKER_00: Um uh DK, this late, I like him too, man.
14:00
SPEAKER_00: But I was just gonna say, but DK is actually, you know, maybe I'm betting with my heart a little bit because I'm a Steelers fan, but did you see that picture uh that was circulating today of him catching that ridiculous pass?
14:11
SPEAKER_00: I know it's training camp doesn't mean a lot, but it was ridiculous.
14:14
SPEAKER_03: He that he hasn't just had that one catch, he's had a a few really good catches so far on uh multiple.
14:20
SPEAKER_03: He just did it on Jalen Ramsey this you know this week.
14:23
SPEAKER_03: Before that, he did it to uh Jordan Porter Jr.
14:26
SPEAKER_03: early on in the yeah, man.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: And you were mentioning that earlier that he he's cooking against some of the best corners right now, so he's been looking good.
14:35
SPEAKER_03: Okay.
14:36
SPEAKER_03: Now I'm in a point now where um it's definitely getting late in the draft, and the the death is starting to fall off.
14:43
SPEAKER_03: I only had I have two running backs, one receiver.
14:46
SPEAKER_03: So right now I'm definitely not thinking tight end.
14:50
SPEAKER_03: I I love Kelsey, but I'm not getting him now because of the my turn and runoff is gonna be so far off.
14:57
SPEAKER_03: So um I would actually go running back and wide receiver.
15:00
SPEAKER_03: So the wide receiver here that I love the best is on the top two to Roa McMillan.
15:07
SPEAKER_03: Bro, his tape, he he's on fire in training camp, bro.
15:12
SPEAKER_03: He's gonna be a stud.
15:13
SPEAKER_03: Um and then obviously for running backs, there's a lot of circulation.
15:18
SPEAKER_03: RJ Harvey being fifth on a death chart.
15:21
SPEAKER_03: That's just a Sean Payton fluff thing.
15:23
SPEAKER_03: You know, Travion Henderson's been getting some uh a lot of buzz lately.
15:27
SPEAKER_03: Yes, he has.
15:29
SPEAKER_03: And then obviously there's a few other good running backs, so those are gonna be my two top options.
15:33
SPEAKER_03: So basically, you're picking your poison.
15:35
SPEAKER_03: Who's gonna have the best exposure?
15:37
SPEAKER_03: And if I'm looking at it here, bye week uh 12 and 14, and I already have bye weeks over here for my roster.
15:47
SPEAKER_03: Uh, it doesn't show.
15:48
SPEAKER_03: Fuck that.
15:50
SPEAKER_00: You know, that far out, 12 or 14, your team will probably be a lot different than you uh than the team you draft anyway.
15:58
SPEAKER_00: So if the bye week's that far out might not be as much of an issue compared to like a bye week in six or eight.
16:06
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, and and because of that Sean Payton bullshit is why I went, Henderson, because I don't want I like Mike Bravel, he's a straight shooter.
16:13
SPEAKER_00: I think that was the right pick, honestly, because I've I've been hearing so much buzz about him the last couple weeks.
16:18
SPEAKER_00: I think that was a great pick.
16:22
SPEAKER_00: Now, I'm back here thinking about my next move, and I actually I ended up with Aaron Jones last year and was kind of disappointed because I wasn't sure what to expect, and it was a pleasant surprise, at least at least for the first half of the season.
16:38
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um, if he can if he can hold up, you know, he's a great pick right there.
16:44
SPEAKER_00: And uh, I actually don't really like my options at wide receiver nearly as much.
16:49
SPEAKER_00: You got Khalil Shakir suspended, uh Chris Godwin, who we're not sure what's going on with him with his ankle, Calvin Ridley, he's on a bad team.
16:59
SPEAKER_00: Jerry Judy's second over there, Jordan Addison suspended, and Chris Olave, I'm not even thinking about him.
17:06
SPEAKER_00: The only one I would consider out of that whole bunch is probably Roman Dunze and Jacoby Myers.
17:10
SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna pass up all those guys, and I'm gonna go with Aaron Jones.
17:15
SPEAKER_03: You know, and and one thing I noticed, and when you're getting to the fifth or sixth round, it's gonna have to be a handcuff or uh dual running back situation for that team.
17:25
SPEAKER_03: So if you're grabbing Aaron Jones, that means you're gonna be looking for Jordan Mason later.
17:29
SPEAKER_03: You know, if you grab Trey Henderson, it's uh you know, uh Rashad, you know, uh Lamar Ramondre Stevenson, you know.
17:36
SPEAKER_03: So that's good.
17:38
SPEAKER_00: And that's not the kind of handcuff you want, Ramondre.
17:41
SPEAKER_00: But I understand what you're saying.
17:42
SPEAKER_00: That's when you got to look at handcuffs.
17:44
SPEAKER_03: Well, he's late, he's later on, but but just in general.
17:49
SPEAKER_00: Now I'm looking, I'm glancing at the tight ends, but at the same time, I still need another receiver because I only have two.
17:57
SPEAKER_03: Roma Dunze is nice.
17:59
SPEAKER_00: Calvin Ridley and Roma Dunze are at the top of the list right there.
18:04
SPEAKER_00: I mean, and then there's their boy Cooper Cup and Stefan Diggs, who you've been talking about too.
18:10
SPEAKER_03: Mm-hmm.
18:11
SPEAKER_03: There's a lot of good options here, man.
18:13
SPEAKER_00: There are actually some good options right there, and I feel like I could wait on a tight end still because if you look at the tight end, there's there's guys that are pretty much all in the same level right there.
18:21
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, that's the 10 to 12 points a game.
18:24
SPEAKER_03: That's the dead zone.
18:25
SPEAKER_00: So you might as well pick a receiver, and I think I think I'm gonna go with Cooper Cup.
18:37
SPEAKER_00: All right, all right.
18:39
SPEAKER_00: I was deciding between him and Ridley, really, because Ridley's the number one over there.
18:44
SPEAKER_00: It's just tough for Tennessee.
18:48
SPEAKER_03: It was a heavy running back run.
18:50
SPEAKER_03: You see that guys, if you're looking at this, these are all handcuffs, man.
18:54
SPEAKER_03: Najee Harris, Camp Scatabout, ETN, Warren.
18:58
SPEAKER_00: Caleb, Caleb might be the guy over there.
19:00
SPEAKER_00: That's a good pick.
19:01
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, Caleb Johnson, he's definitely gonna be the guy.
19:05
SPEAKER_03: All right, so I'm gonna go wide receiver here.
19:08
SPEAKER_03: Obviously, I like Roma Dunze being here this late.
19:11
SPEAKER_03: This is some absolutely great pick, good value, which for a position I need to have.
19:17
SPEAKER_03: Three right wide receivers, four, and three running backs.
19:20
SPEAKER_03: So I get definitely the problem is a running back run was so hard right now that the options are very, very limited.
19:29
SPEAKER_00: It's slim pickings over there.
19:32
SPEAKER_00: You could grab my handcuff.
19:34
SPEAKER_00: Nah, I don't I like him, I like him as a late pick.
19:40
SPEAKER_03: Evan Ingram, that's not worth that.
19:42
SPEAKER_03: So I'm just gonna go wide receiver again.
19:45
SPEAKER_03: I gotta go where the value is, you know.
19:48
SPEAKER_00: Nice.
19:49
SPEAKER_00: I like that a lot.
19:50
SPEAKER_00: As we discussed in our wide receiver ranking video, I really like Stephon Diggs as a sleeper pick.
19:56
SPEAKER_00: Because if that guy's healthy, he could do some serious damage.
20:02
SPEAKER_00: Now I'm looking at running back, and I really don't like anything outside of Jordan Mason.
20:07
SPEAKER_00: I mean, you know, some of those guys could be okay, but then I'm glancing at wide receiver, and I don't really like anything over here either.
20:21
SPEAKER_00: I might just go with David Njoku here to fill out my squad since I've got three, just like your team, I got three running backs, three wide receivers, and a quarterback.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: I might just round it out and go with David Njoku here.
20:37
SPEAKER_00: It's a little early for a tight end, but I like Nojoku a lot.
20:43
SPEAKER_00: Now coming back to me.
20:46
SPEAKER_03: Oh, Matthew Golden, I like him a lot too this year.
20:49
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, you're talking about him.
20:53
SPEAKER_00: I think this probably the I think the smartest pick here, and honestly, if I didn't hear about Juwan Jennings' calf, I probably would have gone with Juwan Jennings.
21:03
SPEAKER_00: And I know Ricky Pearsall could be a legit guy, and same with Josh Downs.
21:08
SPEAKER_00: Ooh.
21:10
SPEAKER_00: Look at him sneaking around down there.
21:17
SPEAKER_00: I was about to just pull the trigger.
21:18
SPEAKER_00: I was just about to pull the trigger on Jordan Mason since I have Aaron Jones.
21:22
SPEAKER_00: That just seemed like a logical choice.
21:26
SPEAKER_00: But I think I'm going with Eggbuka.
21:38
SPEAKER_03: Alright, let me see.
21:40
SPEAKER_03: Now for mine.
21:42
SPEAKER_03: Let's go ahead and go.
21:44
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, I'm not grabbing a tight end yet.
21:46
SPEAKER_03: I can still get some value a little bit later.
21:48
SPEAKER_03: So I gotta grab my handcuff here for my Andre.
21:53
SPEAKER_03: And I'm gonna go ahead and pull a little Nick Chubb action.
21:57
SPEAKER_03: He's gonna get some early touches this year.
22:00
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
22:00
SPEAKER_00: See it looks that way.
22:02
SPEAKER_03: It would be a nice early start.
22:04
SPEAKER_03: Give me some give me some some bang for my buck.
22:10
SPEAKER_00: You know, being that I have Bucky and I missed out on Jordan Mason.
22:17
SPEAKER_01: Rashad White.
22:19
SPEAKER_00: I'm probably gonna go with Rashad White right here, which you know it's 100%.
22:23
SPEAKER_00: It's it's probably not like a a high high ceiling pick, but it's a safe pick.
22:29
SPEAKER_03: Nah, he he looked good.
22:30
SPEAKER_03: He's looking good too in the offseason.
22:33
SPEAKER_03: He's he got he looks faster.
22:37
SPEAKER_03: And with a guaranteed roll, he's gonna he's gonna be a nice little flex back.
22:52
SPEAKER_00: Well I don't usually ever pick two quarterbacks, but I'm surprised Justin Fields is still on the board.
23:06
SPEAKER_00: I don't I don't either.
23:08
SPEAKER_00: But uh I mean I got four running backs, four receivers.
23:15
SPEAKER_00: It might make sense.
23:17
SPEAKER_00: Damn, Drake May could be good too.
23:19
SPEAKER_00: And Caleb Williams, I mean I had Justin Fields and Caleb Williams in my top uh 15.
23:25
SPEAKER_00: I had Drake May just outside of my top 15, but you know, I've been hearing bad reports about Caleb Williams and that he's like just not picking things up the way they expected.
23:35
SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna go with Justin Fields here.
23:38
SPEAKER_03: Hold on one second.
23:44
SPEAKER_03: Resume draft.
23:45
SPEAKER_03: So now looking at my team here, my roster.
23:52
SPEAKER_03: I have pretty much everything except for tight end.
23:57
SPEAKER_03: That's the only thing I haven't grabbed, uh grabbed yet.
24:00
SPEAKER_03: So I have Kyle Pitts, Dallas Goddard, Mike Esecki.
24:04
SPEAKER_03: So I actually have some uh Zach Ertz.
24:09
SPEAKER_03: You know, I don't want to buy into the Kyle Pitts hype, so I'm just gonna go with the save bet and go Dallas Goddard.
24:16
SPEAKER_03: Um, as much as I love to see him bounce back, you know, I'm not a believer yet.
24:21
SPEAKER_03: Let me see.
24:22
SPEAKER_03: Only one, two, three, four, four wide receivers.
24:26
SPEAKER_03: So at this point, there's a few different rookies.
24:30
SPEAKER_03: If I'm being totally honest, the drop-off gets pretty steep here.
24:34
SPEAKER_03: So um running back.
24:37
SPEAKER_03: Oh, look, a quick uh maybe starter right here.
24:42
SPEAKER_00: Tank basically that is a possibility, yes.
24:52
SPEAKER_00: No, I've heard some things about Ray Davis.
24:58
SPEAKER_00: A lot of people are talking about him too.
25:00
SPEAKER_00: But I also was just thinking if anything were to happen to Nico Collins, who would the number one be?
25:10
SPEAKER_00: That'd probably be Christian Kirk.
25:11
SPEAKER_00: And you know I love Christian Kirk too.
25:14
SPEAKER_03: I like him.
25:15
SPEAKER_03: Christian Kirk is one of the guys I was considering.
25:18
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, both of these guys are gonna be there on the turn, so it's kind of which one do I want first, just to be sure.
25:24
SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna go with uh I'll go with Ray Davis and then I'll wait for Christian turns.
25:43
SPEAKER_00: There you go.
25:45
SPEAKER_00: Alright.
25:53
SPEAKER_03: Alright, now back to me.
25:58
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, your weaknesses, because at this point, you shouldn't be putting uh too much thought into it, because it's it's pretty much what it is, right?
26:07
SPEAKER_03: So with I went with a questionable tight end, so I'm just gonna get somebody that I think could also have a good impact.
26:13
SPEAKER_03: Obviously, Geseckki, he's somebody that's high high on my rankings here, and then I had Geseckki above Goddard, so I like that a lot.
26:22
SPEAKER_00: And I and I was considering like when you were when you picked Goddard, Zach Ertz is still there too.
26:26
SPEAKER_00: He's also a good pick.
26:28
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah, Zach Ertz, definitely.
26:31
SPEAKER_03: Um, let me see.
26:32
SPEAKER_03: And then wide receiver at this point, you know, you're just filling out your team, so you'll just be the first one to kick on over here to get yourself a good kicker.
26:41
SPEAKER_03: So, or or actually defense.
26:44
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, those are the last honestly, those are the last two picks.
26:48
SPEAKER_00: They should be your last two picks.
26:49
SPEAKER_00: If if you jump on a defense, you're usually gonna be disappointed.
26:53
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, uh it's better just figure it out as uh as the year progresses.
26:58
SPEAKER_03: So I think Detroit Lions can be a solid defense, so I just picked them up.
27:02
SPEAKER_00: There you go.
27:07
SPEAKER_00: And I think the Vikings are gonna be a good defense, so I'm gonna go with them.
27:13
SPEAKER_03: They have been, definitely.
27:21
SPEAKER_00: And that kicker, you know, I'm gonna go with Evan McPherson because Cincinnati's probably gonna score a lot.
27:31
SPEAKER_03: Definitely, good way of looking at it.
27:35
SPEAKER_03: That's it.
27:37
SPEAKER_03: And you folks fill out your team.
27:39
SPEAKER_03: That's it.
27:39
SPEAKER_03: Get your kicker.
27:40
SPEAKER_03: You don't have to put a lot into it.
27:42
SPEAKER_03: Will Lutz, Jake Moody, Daniel Carlson.
27:47
SPEAKER_03: I'm putting way too much thought into this.
27:49
SPEAKER_03: I'm just gonna go with Tyler Luke.
27:51
SPEAKER_00: There you go.
27:51
SPEAKER_00: Another song.
27:52
SPEAKER_03: Who cares?
27:53
SPEAKER_03: Um right.
27:56
SPEAKER_03: If he sucks, I'll just drop him, pick up another one.
27:58
SPEAKER_03: That's all you do.
28:01
SPEAKER_03: I ain't having no two kickers on my roster.
28:04
SPEAKER_03: No thanks.
28:05
SPEAKER_03: Oh, god, come on, even with injuries, but yeah.
28:08
SPEAKER_00: The only time you should ever have two defenses is when you're gearing up for the playoffs, you know, and you're trying to screw somebody else.
28:15
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, if you if you have the ability to do so, definitely piss off your fellow league owner.
28:21
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you can't do it.
28:22
SPEAKER_03: Definitely get like a parting shot.
28:25
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, but not now, not now.
28:27
SPEAKER_00: But uh, that was a good draft, man.
28:29
SPEAKER_00: I think we had a very similar strategy.
28:31
SPEAKER_00: We're trying to just fill our team with you know, yeah, the the running backs, the wide receivers, and the best available at those positions.
28:40
SPEAKER_00: So it worked out a little differently than I expected with fourth pick, but you never know.
28:45
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah, definitely.
28:46
SPEAKER_03: I mean, uh, me overall, I I see it um I see it as like, hey, you know, you're getting these guys on average in this in these rounds, right?
28:55
SPEAKER_03: You might have to get them around earlier.
28:57
SPEAKER_03: So, but if you can build yourself a team, you're just going based upon like the standard.
29:02
SPEAKER_03: So what I'm looking at, Jalen Hurts, obviously he's a guy who's gonna get you 20 to 25 a game.
29:08
SPEAKER_03: Ashton Genty should be 20 to 25, and Christian McCaffrey, obviously, Mike Evans, right?
29:14
SPEAKER_03: 20-25.
29:15
SPEAKER_03: So if uh, you know, on a look on an average, you're looking at 80 to 100 points with just those four positions there, and then everyone else just kind of fills in the difference, right?
29:24
SPEAKER_03: Obviously, if you have another 10, 15-point guys, you're good, but you're only expecting 10 to 15 points a game from your tight end.
29:32
SPEAKER_03: You know, maybe you run a super flex league like we have, and you can get a second flex in there, you know, and just run a double.
29:40
SPEAKER_03: But uh overall, I think that um, you know, when it comes to your strategy, you always have to be flexible, man.
29:47
SPEAKER_03: That that's my best advice.
29:49
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
29:50
SPEAKER_00: And you know, we were talking before we started recording, like, hey, should we show what it looks like to go hero running back, and then what it looks like to go zero running back?
30:00
SPEAKER_00: And then we thought, no, let's just show everyone what a real draft looks like because you never know what's going to be available, and you really do with want to just go with the best available option.
30:11
SPEAKER_00: And for you and me, it worked out to be very similar through the first seven rounds.
30:16
SPEAKER_00: We both had three running backs, three wide receivers, and a quarterback.
30:21
SPEAKER_00: So that that was pretty cool the way that worked out.
30:24
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah.
30:26
SPEAKER_03: And um, and and one thing that I've done a ton of drafts already.
30:31
SPEAKER_03: So one thing that I was basically looking at is like the best way to build your team and and draft is knowing trends, right?
30:39
SPEAKER_03: When when a player happens to have had like really good tape, you know, really good week, and the media's hyping him up, he's gonna move up in draft boards, right?
30:48
SPEAKER_03: So he may have been your sleeper before, but now he's a guy that you know is on everyone's radar.
30:54
SPEAKER_03: That guy for me was like Nick Chubb.
30:56
SPEAKER_03: I've been big on him for a while.
30:58
SPEAKER_03: Now all of a sudden, you know, you're gonna be hearing everybody like, oh, actually, Joe Mixon, I I was high on Nick Chubb for a few weeks now because of Joe Mixon's injury, and I was like, he has a consistent injury history, and Nick Chubb looks good.
31:11
SPEAKER_03: So um at the end of the day, you know, guys like that'll kind of fade and advance in their own right.
31:18
SPEAKER_03: But for me, I'm I'm more worried about like um like those sleepers, right?
31:24
SPEAKER_03: Um, so if you're looking at just uh on an average basis, once you get to rounds 10 or later, you're not getting a lot of uh star talent, right, or potential.
31:33
SPEAKER_03: So you have to really get those playmakers early on instead of just chasing names, you got to be chasing you know uh workloads, right, and systems.
31:42
SPEAKER_03: And I think that's that's something that's important too, is like, hey, look at you want to be in a weak division because you get a guaranteed six easy games, right?
31:51
SPEAKER_03: Uh the weaker your division.
31:54
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, like eggbuca was available to be available to me in the ninth round.
31:58
SPEAKER_00: I I was not looking really to pick a wide uh a wide receiver, but then I saw hey, he's available, you know, with with Godwin up in the air, we don't know what's going on.
32:09
SPEAKER_00: You know, he could be uh a serious threat.
32:12
SPEAKER_00: So ninth round sounds like a great pick, and then same thing with Rashad White in the 10th.
32:16
SPEAKER_00: I didn't expect that, and then I did not want to pick two quarterbacks, but Justin Fields in the 11th, that's ridiculous.
32:22
SPEAKER_00: I felt like I had to, you know, so this stuff's gonna happen where you do not plan on making these picks, like I don't need a wide receiver, but damn, he's still available.
32:30
SPEAKER_00: I might as well grab him.
32:32
SPEAKER_00: You want the best available player.
32:34
SPEAKER_00: So once you fill out your team, go for it.
32:37
SPEAKER_00: And even when you are filling out your team, I I usually go running back, running back.
32:40
SPEAKER_00: But when Jamar Chase is available at pick four, what are you gonna do?
32:46
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, yeah, no, definitely.
32:47
SPEAKER_03: I mean, you gotta you gotta go to the if you get that that revolutionary player, and that's your that's your top five players, you know, top ten, even, right?
32:58
SPEAKER_03: Um, obviously, I don't think it's in this order here because Jameer gives way too far back, my opinion.
33:04
SPEAKER_03: But you know, those are there's like five to seven guys.
33:08
SPEAKER_03: You know, I think it's yeah, five to eight guys that I'd say were like are are game changers.
33:13
SPEAKER_03: You know, you get them on your team, they're guaranteed to be a 30-point workhorse.
33:17
SPEAKER_03: You know, everyone else is just you fill in the gaps between that.
33:21
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, if you could get 20 to 30 points out of your first you know, four picks, that's that's such a great way to start.
33:36
SPEAKER_03: All right, ladies and gentlemen.
33:38
SPEAKER_03: Well, we really appreciate you turning in for a mock draft.
33:41
SPEAKER_03: Something we did.
33:42
SPEAKER_03: We'll we'll definitely get you another one here next week.
33:44
SPEAKER_03: Obviously, we want to show you what the trends are.
33:47
SPEAKER_03: Uh, you know, players that we've been talking about, you're gonna see them change on on draft rankings and everything.
33:52
SPEAKER_03: But um, regardless, we we do appreciate your support.
33:55
SPEAKER_03: And Joe's gonna get us back started on some player profiles here soon, right?
34:00
SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
34:00
SPEAKER_00: We'll get those going.
34:01
SPEAKER_00: We'll probably wait until the season starts, but we might sneak in a few during preseason too.
34:06
SPEAKER_03: Yeah, maybe like some gems to look out for.
34:09
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, just yeah, just some players to keep an eye on.
34:12
SPEAKER_00: Maybe some sleepers.
34:13
SPEAKER_00: Do some profiles on some sleepers.
34:15
SPEAKER_03: Yes, sir.
34:16
SPEAKER_03: That sounds good to me.
34:17
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34:20
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34:29
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