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- Future Champ: Mortals gather around. The war drums echo across the fantasy realm. And the gods have convened once again. Welcome to another meeting of the Fantasy Football War Council. I'm Jonathan, your god of war. Standing beside me are the Brothers of Destruction, the Brothers Grim, Daniel and Mario. The council is in session. Gentlemen, football is here. This is like it brings a tear to my face right now. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Wednesday night. Me Mario: It ought to. We're gonna face each other soon enough. Future Champ: yeah, no. There's gonna be woes, right? That's the good thing about fantasy Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: football is you can have a really bad season and still be like, Hey, you know what, I had fun this year. Don't ever want to hold that last place trophy again. No no, Daniel: I don't know. Yeah, I was gonna say Future Champ: I don't ever want to hold that last place trophy. It was first time ever, so it was very like eye opening and like I don't ever want to do this again. But like it was an experience to sit at that IHOP for as long as I did and you know, be shamed Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: by all the pancakes. Which I love pancakes, so I think it was a perfect one for me. I think I kinda knew I might be doing bad that year, so I pr that was my proposal, right? I'd rather sit at an IHOP, right? I'm good with that. Me Mario: Yeah. And in Thailand you'd have to make your own pancakes. Future Champ: Yeah. Okay. Me Mario: They're hard to find here. Future Champ: Well, I that's where the I think we put you out in a street corner with the the the instrument and let you earn money. You had to earn money. I like that Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: one. That was Daniel's proposal one year. I really like that. Okay. Me Mario: I I gotta be careful how I'm dressed Daniel: yeah. Me Mario: on a street corner here in Bangkok. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: You earn more money than you planned on. Future Champ: Yeah you will hey you'll you'll be done. You'll be done very quickly. man. Yeah. Maybe Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: Especially there, you're exotic. Future Champ: dress up just to get done. Okay, Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: well let's see. Today we have like we got a good list of news to jump into and then we're going to go over, review, recap, and grade the gods of war draft that we just had recently in our main our main league or one of our main leagues. And it's a 14 man IDP special point systems, but it was very fun draft. We got through that. let's see, and then we have some of our greatest fears of the season. Like that. That should finish our episode today. So, all right. take us away. Let's jump into the news. Daniel: Alright. new Seahawks cornerback Terrian Arnold will be placed on the commissioner exempts list once the league receives his contract per the NFL, which they said that he's already on the list, which means he gets paid leave. Me Mario: Yeah. Yeah, that's that's what I started reading is the commissioner's exempt list is since they don't have a punishment and they can't officially have a punishment, that you're paid but you're not allowed to step foot on the facility. And so I'm like, okay, and then they said that some People who have previously been on the exempt list have been suspended for a number of games. And if it took that long to dole out their punishment, say six or seven games, they would see the games as already missed as their punishment and reinstate them. So Future Champ: Mm. Yeah. Time spent. Time spent. Yeah, essentially. Mm. Me Mario: Yeah, but you're still getting paid. whereas if it were a true suspension, Future Champ: Yeah, I know. I don't like it. I don't like it. Me Mario: I'm like, yeah, I'm I'm not a fan of this at all. but so speaking of another piece of trash Future Champ: Mm. Yeah, the real commissioner's example is used to be no money, right? Like you were you Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: spent the year off. You smoked weed, you were done for the year, and you didn't get any money. So Yeah. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I'm I I agree. I think being paid I didn't know about that. I didn't know he was being paid. So that that that Daniel: They get paid if they're on the exempt list. I if they get a suspension then they don't get Me Mario: Yeah. So Daniel: anything. It's actually more lenient. Future Champ: That's leading into Josh Jacobs is on the examples and he's being paid right now, huh? So Daniel: Mm. Mm-hmm. Me Mario: Yeah, so that's our next bit of news is Future Champ: Mm. Mm mm mm. yeah. Me Mario: they they're waiting for they're waiting for some legal feedback. His I believe his trial was set to November eighth. And so now they've moved it up to the beginning of September, so that's right around the corner here. to see what else they could see on it. But they're expecting that from what they gather so far, his suspension should garner about seven weeks suspension. Which he may get anyway with with how the legal system might work through. Cause his first hearing is Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: coming up in the middle of September. So we'll see how that goes. there's a lot of buzz in the NFL from people, little whistleblowers here and there that if there's a video that comes forth with what he was charged with, then it could be a full season suspension. But until there's Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: a video to garner public backlash, they try to brush it under the w rug. Future Champ: Mm, she fell and hit her head on the doorknob, right? Yeah. I g I get it. I mean like Me Mario: Yeah, they just they just go, what what happened happened and let's move past it and but then if people see a video then all of a sudden they're pissed off and so the it's harder for the energy to rush off. Business stuff. Business. Yeah. Future Champ: yeah. To hide it. Yeah. Daniel: Mm. It's harder to shame. Future Champ: Yeah, damn, damn. Okay. the Pro Bowl has officially been eliminated. Well, what do you got? What do you got? Me Mario: I was gonna say, speaking of shame, trail Trailon Green, QB for for Cleveland. He's been activated Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: for week one. So that's creating some buzz Future Champ: Ha ha ha ha. Me Mario: in Cleveland. And Minter's not stupid, Future Champ: I love it. Me Mario: right? Minter is not stupid. And everyone in practice said that Shadur was better than Deshaun more consistently. Deshaun had some of the pretty throws, but then but then the the rest of his throws were awful. I think Minter on purpose is putting Deshaun forward knowing the fan base hates him. And I might have to concede that he's seen what Shador can bring. And he's not with that either. So I think he's gonna put Green in packages until the fan base says, keep green in because Deshaun is trash, forgetting D Shador. And I Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: think that's Mentor's plan. And that's how he's gonna roll Daniel: Mm. Me Mario: this out. because Green actually had some some moments. He's not an NFL caliber starter. He he could he could develop maybe. But I think that's Minter's plan because no one's gonna force him to keep green as the starter next year. But if he can do something to show that he's good at his job this year, he's gonna do it. Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Okay. Daniel, you were saying something? Daniel: You mean you mean you Me Mario: Sorry to sorry to Daniel: mean Munkin? Me Mario: put that into the news. Daniel: You mean Munkin? Me Mario: Monkin, yes. Yes, monkey. Future Champ: Okay. Alright. On to number three. the Pro Bowl has officially been eliminated. Speaking of Shador Sanders, now he won't have Me Mario: Yes. Future Champ: an opportunity to start. I love that you tied that in. Yeah, I Daniel: Whole reason why they closed it, the yeah. Future Champ: love that you tied that in. That was really nice. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Well done. Well done. Daniel: The whole reason why they cancelled it is because he was made the Pro Bowl last year. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: all right. Aaron Donald comes out of retirement officially and has Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: taken a one year twenty million dollar deal worth up to thirty million dollars with incentives. How many QBs will him and Miles Garrett and Braden Fisk and Byron Young? Future Champ: Fearsome foresome. It's gonna be something. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: That is Future Champ: It's gonna be something. Daniel: Nuts. Me Mario: That's but Byron Young is gonna have to work on his track stance 'cause it's gonna be okay, you're double teamed and they just let me fly. So here we go. Dislodging ribs and collarbones. Future Champ: Run in, just sprint, right? Yeah. Daniel: He's he's gonna have to wear goalie gear instead of football gear because the quarterback's just gonna be running at him the whole time. He's gonna make that stop. Future Champ: I am very interested to see this week one game versus San Francisco. I mm just super, Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: super excited to see that matchup and see how it plays out. Daniel: Yeah. They're gonna have to bring earplugs 'cause the quarterbacks will be screaming running away from the other side of the line. Yeah. my god. Just like the Gino clip. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Please don't don't hit me, don't hit me. Me Mario: They won't they they won't have time for that three word sentence. That'll be it'll they'll be done. Roger Goodell got extended through twenty Daniel: No. Yeah. Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: thirty one. Four y four more years. Future Champ: man. Me Mario: Yep. He's been lining Future Champ: B Me Mario: their pockets like nobody's business, so of course Daniel: Truth. Future Champ: yeah. yeah. Yeah. He's made he's Daniel: Yeah. Yeah. Keep they're gonna keep in as long as possible. Future Champ: made the connection for the betting now to happen, so yeah, yeah, yeah. They're liking him. Me Mario: Well these these teams were worth millions when he started. So Yeah. Future Champ: Yeah. Now they're billions. Yeah. I remember I remember in high school when new teams came out and what they were worth and then t certain teams were sold. It's just crazy to see the value of them now. It is Me Mario: Yeah. No better investment in America. Future Champ: man, right? That's yeah. Daniel: Speaking of investing in America. Me Mario: Yeah. Still on budget coupon deals. Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: Love that. Good sign. I love that. Yeah, well done, well done. The gentleman. forty nineers owner Ted York was arrested for prostitution. He paid a hundred and forty dollars for some sweet Ohio lovin' in an undercover operation to catch a predator. we paid more for our dues this year. you know. than he did for love. So this just shows that we're smarter than the forty I'm zoner. under a plea deal, he is paying eleven Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: hundred and fifty dollars in fines and one day in jail where he will find love for free. Me Mario: man. Daniel: That was his Midwest stimulant package. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: the Giants reach a two year extension deal with Jameis Winston for thirteen million dollars, who will be their starting quarterback at Future Champ: I love this. Daniel: some point this season. Future Champ: Yeah. Yes you will. I Me Mario: And that's just cinema. That's wonderful. Future Champ: Yeah, I love Jameis. And he'll have really good game with those wide receiver. I just hope the receivers are healthy by the time he makes it to the starting position. Unlike last year, that by the time he made it there, neighbors was already down and everybody was gone. So Scataboo was gone. So it wasn't fun. Daniel: He's still fun to watch Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: as long as you're not the one rooting for him. For your team. He's he's a lot of fun to watch, yeah. Yeah. There's gonna be millions of broken TVs Future Champ: absolutely. Yeah. Yes, it is a lot better now that he's not on my team. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, you're so right. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: in New York if that's the case, but he's fun to watch otherwise. Future Champ: Yeah, I love that. ooh, we did this one already. Me Mario: Let's see. Green Bay Packers running back. yeah. Future Champ: Go ahead. Go ahead. Me Mario: And that one's done too, right? Future Champ: yeah, 'cause you yeah, yeah, man. Yeah. Yep, yep, yep. So you got number eight. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Okay. So we got this is sad. Braden Willis, long snapper for the Forty Niners, traveled all the way to Australia only to be cut. He cleared waivers and no team signed him, so the 49ers signed him to the practice squad. He can stay in Melbourne with the team. but he got kind of a paid vacation. which is cool. I guess. Yeah. Future Champ: on your day off. Yeah yeah. And then pick back up. So I mean like a lot cheaper. You know, it's contract moves. They're like, hey, we need to cut space. What do we do? Fire him and then pick up tomorrow 'cause nobody'll want Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Daniel: Truth. Me Mario: Man. Future Champ: Do you think it's nobody wants anybody because of the electric station next door? They just we don't want San Francisco players. They maintain our players. Daniel: Yeah, he yeah, their ligaments are already degraded. You gotta Yeah. They they won't Future Champ: The positive charge they bring, the aura. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Daniel: pass that physical Future Champ: love you're wearing your rings. I just realized that. I need to start doing that during shows. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I gotta start doing that. Yeah, I love that. Well done. Well done. Daniel: I need to get some rings. Future Champ: Yeah, yeah. You need that crown you spoke of. That's that's what you need, so yeah. Daniel: for my two. I did wear the crown that year 'cause I won in both leagues that year. That was great. Twenty twenty. Heavily buccaneered. Me Mario: Yep. I've got my laurels. Future Champ: All right. Yeah, what a year. That was a good year. I mean, fantasy-wise wasn't a good year, but you know. Yeah, buccaneer. So yeah, yeah, yeah. Daniel: Yeah, yeah. Fantasy wise. That was great. Football junkies heaven. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: All right. let's jump into grading our drafts. Gods of War draft happen. Let's see, Daniel, you had the two pick. Mario, you had the three pick. I sat at the seven. We had some we had some good picks along the way. So let's jump into this. do we just go one to fourteen? One to fourteen? One to fourteen. Sure. Martin. Daniel: Sure. One to fourteen. Let's follow the snake. Me Mario: I we could do one to fourteen or we could start with us. Future Champ: Yeah. Martin. Me Mario: If we do ours in detail first, then we can brush through theirs. Future Champ: Like to share a little more. I I did this. This is what I did. This is I like that. I like that. Okay. All right, Daniel. Me Mario: No, no, no, 'cause just yeah. Future Champ: No, this is this is what you spend. This is Me Mario: Daniel, you go first then. Future Champ: you love we love our rosters, so yeah. Take us away. Satin number two, so Daniel: Alright. Sorry. All right. Sitting at number two. So I guess we'll go through some of my picks. First off, I'm very happy with my team this year. I have more enthusiasm for almost all of my teams this year than I have had in previous years. So I don't know if I'm jinxing myself Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: Mm. Daniel: or not, but I I have the hopium for the season for sure, and I feel pretty good. I think I got a lot of value in my team. And I do have one regret fairly early on. but so, second pick. It is a keeper league. So even though I don't think he's going to produce and I drafted the rest of my team as if I never drafted him, my first pick was Jillian Love, running back for the Cardinals because I don't think he's gonna have a very good year this year, but his value is gonna do nothing but go up. And so I went ahead, even though I have Jackson Smith and Jigba as my tag, and drafted Jillian Love for future po purposes, possible trade, possibly keep, who knows? Future Champ: Jeremiah left. Daniel: Jeremiah Love. I'm sorry. My bad. second I know yeah. Yeah, Jillian Love instead. stuck on the safety Me Mario: Yeah, not the cornerback. Future Champ: Pulling it all in here. I like this. I'm gonna write that down. I'm gonna write that down, by the way. So Daniel: talk instead. Jeremiah Love. Me Mario: Yes. Well we can change that, don't worry. Daniel: I'm super stoked about Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Daniel: Jeremiah. then I went David Montgomery. and then my third round, Future Champ: Montgomery. Daniel: Montgomery. My third round pick is my regret because I thought another player was gonna sit a little bit longer. But DeAndre Swift was picked up, literally the pick after mine by Mario, and that was my that was my miss. I would trade Brees Hall for DeAndre Swift. At that pook in a heartbeat at this point. then I went Javante Davante Smith, Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: Luther Burden, and Parker Washington, all upside guys. went quarterback in the seventh round with Trevor Lawrence. He's been my guy the last couple of years. I was going to try to wait and see if I would get Prescott for value, but at seventh round for a top ten quarterback, I felt like Lawrence was still a good value there. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Daniel: Jihad Campbell out of Philadelphia was my first Future Champ: Good pick. Daniel: IDP pick because I have high hopes for him. Second IDP pick was Alex Zanzolone. That one killed John. That one was that was that one was fun later. Future Champ: Better pick. Love that pick. Great pick. Me Mario: And that would kill both of us. Future Champ: Yeah. I definitely had him on my board, but that was a great pick. Me Mario: I I picked right after you there. Daniel: And then you did. You you decided to go kicker instead on that one. I went upside Chris Godwin. I still think he's gonna be the number one in Tampa this year, especially with the some of the irky injuries and stuff. So he's got huge upside. we changed the scoring for kickers so that distance kickers will score more. So I picked the best distance kicker in the league with Cam Little. out of Jacksonville. Again, heavily Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Daniel: invested in Jacksonville. Packers defense, Future Champ: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Daniel: because I love Gannon, but I'm going to see how that rides out. I'm probably going to stream first week on defense. I'm not exactly sure and I probably shouldn't have said anything. Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Daniel: Quentin Lake, IDP, I think he's going to have a good year, but he's no longer on my roster. I've switched some things up. Greg Dolch, who's no longer on my roster. I picked up Dalton Schultz after all of the injuries came out of Houston and the ball's gotta go somewhere. So Dalton Schultz as a basically waiver wire pickup ain't so bad. Desan Elliott, DB, sh gonna have a big year, but they just placed him on IR, so he is in my IR swat. And Donovan Wicks, who is also no longer on my roster. I've had some basically after pick twelve I've had a lot of different things. But now I have Jacob Rodriguez who is Me Mario: Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez. Daniel: and so I am much happier with that. and I also picked up Malik Williams for Me Mario: Yeah, you prick. Daniel: the high floor, low ceiling player that he will be this year. We'll see how his legs carry him. So I am actually pretty happy with my team. I think I got a lot of upside. in here one of my worries is that the Jags come out and shit the bed. That would kill two of my player three of my players on my team. And that David Montgomery ends up in a committee, which I don't think is gonna happen, but I worry about that since he's he's he is my Me Mario: There have been whispers, but I I doubt it. Future Champ: Could yeah, I don't think so, but yeah. I I lean Me Mario: He's Future Champ: against that. Me Mario: he's always underrated Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: and then the he does all the things that the coaches love. So yeah. Daniel: I I think that the only reason why there's such a split in camp is because they're resting him for the year. Everybody's talking about how it was a fifty Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: fifty split and sometimes it was fifty five forty five. I think they're just resting him for the year and they're just gonna bell cow him 'cause that's some things that they were talking about earlier in the season. And I don't think Woody Marks worked his way to a point where he's gonna be in a committee. Ooh, breaking news. Christian Gonzalez and the Patriots have agreed to a four year hundred and thirty five million dollar extension with hundred and two million dollars guaranteed. Christian Gonzalez locked down for four Me Mario: All right. Daniel: years five years in the Patriots. Me Mario: That's a big difference on the New England. Future Champ: Bad. What'd you say that was? Hundred and Me Mario: Just picked him early and I was Future Champ: Yeah, she got a good pick. Daniel: A hundred and two guaranteed, a Me Mario: Yeah, I was like Daniel: hundred and thirty five mil Future Champ: Oof. Daniel: extension total. So four year extension. Future Champ: Okay, okay, not bad. Daniel: So they'll have for five years. Not bad. Me Mario: He he Future Champ: Alright. Me Mario: could be the best in the NFL. Future Champ: I look at your team and they're the heavily drafted into Jacksonville scares me. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: I like a lot of your picks here. I'm tech in between a B minus I I lean I le my my first it it thought was a B, but the the the I lean B minus C plus the Jacksonville scares just scares the hell out of me. I mean Parker's gonna do great. He and especially in our league with kick returns and punt returns and stuff, he gets the added bonuses. Daniel: he's gonna be a P PR I think that Parker Washington's gonna be a P PR Future Champ: Yeah. Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Daniel: beast this year. Future Champ: Like to see him be better in Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: the offense. Yeah. Yeah. Daniel: I I'm still a Brian Thomas Jr. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: guy and but everything that I've heard the last couple of weeks is that Parker Washington's gonna Future Champ: Scare me about him. Daniel: be the one there. He th saying all the right things about him. I think I gave mine a B. Future Champ: Mm. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Daniel: I'm pretty optimistic about it. not drafting tight end till the Me Mario: Yeah. I Daniel: very end might kill me this season. We'll see. But Future Champ: In the tight end premium league a little bit too, yeah. Me Mario: So I I gave you a solid B. Future Champ: But I like your love pick, thinking of the future. Me Mario: Yeah. I I gave you a solid Daniel: Go Murray. Me Mario: B, but after all your moves I had to move you up to A because you picked up Marshawn Lloyd literally twenty minutes before I could. Future Champ: Well, we're going purely off of our draft board. Not we're not basing off a waiver move. Waiver moves come from our waiver Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: Okay. Yeah, he's Jacob Rodriguez Future Champ: show and that'll be those are gonna Me Mario: got promoted to Future Champ: be Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: things that get picked up in the waiver gold, Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: so Daniel: I'd say I agree. Me Mario: So for for Daniel: My draft was a B. Me Mario: It's it's a B, but you really helped yourself on your waivers. Daniel: My team is an A, I think. Future Champ: Yeah, I Daniel: Yeah. Yeah. Future Champ: say a B minus. It's a solid team. I give it a B minus. So okay. Mario, step us up. You were number you were picked number three in the draft. Take us away. Me Mario: Alright. Daniel: Right after and before. Me Mario: Here we go. I picked s Saquon Barkley. I had Future Champ: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Me Mario: really had to try to figure out which running back upside I wanted. I was really torn and I'll talk about that later. But Saquon Barkley is who I landed on. better O-line, new scheme to stretch the field, should face less. heavy boxes and so Daniel: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: he's never seen that before. I I just went, you know what? There there you go. That's a pretty high upside. and I already have my keeper so I didn't have to worry about finding a keeper. I can ditch him at the end of this for his age. but for this season I was all in for sake one Barkley there at pick three. coming back around I picked up Tucker Kraft because of our point scoring system and the half half tight end premium. So if he is eighty percent of what he was last year, this'll be a monster pick because the top four tight ends scored higher than almost all the receivers. And so It was like, okay, well then if I have him and Bowers as my keeper, then that's a that's a solid start for point wise. DeAndre Swift was my first was my second running back I picked up. I saw him out there, and from what I've heard of everything in Bears Camp, he was going to be the standalone guy anyway. They were gonna try to whe run the wheels off him. And Manung guys they're coming up and they're bringing him up. They like what he has, but now I'm an unguy's hurt and Roshan Johnson's there, but Swift Swift is gonna kill Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: this year. Trey Hendrickson I didn't really want to pick up defense this early, but he ended up being the seventh defender off the board. And he was kind of a my guy here. moving to Baltimore with a better defensive scheme. he is just a sack magnet. And so with everything that we've seen out of Baltimore's camp and the preseason, I had to jump on Trey Hendrickson. My first pick at IDP would have been Landman, but he was picked already. And so yeah, it kinda messed me up to pick defense this early, but but I did it anyway. So that was a reactionary pick, but I think it came out good. Jalen Hurts, I came out with my next pick. Quarterback started coming up, so T he got top five potential. Jonathan Brooks was round se round six. And I just saw the upside there, couldn't pass it up. round seven, Zach Daniel: Broke a lot of hearts with that one. Future Champ: Mm. Yep. Me Mario: What's that? Future Champ: I don't think I let ya I don't think I I left you alone the whole draft. Daniel: Broke a lot of hearts with that one. Me Mario: I know ev everyone's been sending me little little messages and some of are Daniel: Ha ha ha. Me Mario: are actual little bids for him and some aren't, but I Daniel: Mm. Me Mario: I needed him for depth. Zach Charbonnet, news just came out that they they are expecting him to have the shortest form of the pup list, so he might be back as early as week five. so I picked him up week seven, or round seven. Eagles defense. this ended up being the fifth defense off. I just didn't want to miss out on a top defense, and it looked like they might have been the top the top one you could count on at that rank. So I grabbed them at that. next round kind of kills me because I picked up Kaomi Fairborn. And The kickers started to go. I want to make sure I had a top three kicker because it makes a big difference for us. And Daniel picked Chris Godwin right afterward. And as you can tell, I haven't listed a single wide receiver. And I was Chris Godwin, I expect to be a top eight wide receiver this year. And that broke my heart. I think that that that tanked what I was trying to do, but it's all good. It's all good. My next my next pick was someone Matt Harmon really believes in, and that's Josh Downs. So we'll we'll see if he can make up for that. Daniel: Mm. That broke my heart. That's why I picked Godwin right behind you. Me Mario: Yeah. And then after that I went all high upside. so I I said, you know what? I went for a zero wide receiver build on this because of how all the mocks I was seeing and everything I was listening to. So let's see if this strat strategy panned out. We have Dejan Stribling at the eleventh round. Kamari Lasseter for IDP. He ended up being a top three contributor in IDP last year. And so seeing him out there, ya D Bs are harder to pin down for if they're gonna reproduce. So I hope he does. I think on the Texans it's okay. Dylan Theaneman I picked up. And I didn't drop him fast enough to pick up Marshawn Lloyd. That pisses me off. Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: Shamari Connor, DB for Kansas City. He'll be the worst DB in Kansas City. And he's gonna get a lot of targets. Mike Washington was my last pick. The backup to Ashton Genty. And I was able to turn him around for third and eleven. because Ashton Genty went down and so I think I think I got a B minus 'cause some of the wide receivers I was targeting fell didn't fall as far as I thought. I missed them by one freaking round in all my mock ups. So there's that and then some of my IDP targets, same thing. Some of them went two rounds higher. So I gotta work on knowing my league mates a little better next year. but I I think I gotta be minus. Yeah. Future Champ: We did have some new people. We did have a new a new a new edition this year with Justin. So learning him and that that guy is fucking on it, I will say that. so great addition. Great Daniel: Yes. Yes, he is. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: edition, Justin. Yeah, did all his move waiver moves. He's the he's smart. Yeah, we'll get into that. But yeah, yeah, yeah. No. C plus. I like you. See if we're given a you know I I'm purely doing it off of draft board, not off of like w waiver moves or trades after because being you do you made a trade, I I and and made a third round for next year off of this, which should have been that second that was initially offered to you, by the way. I I definitely peek into like a an A minus B plus, you know, so Me Mario: I I know, but you know I had family visiting. Future Champ: Hey hey, I get it. I get it, man. I get it. Trust me. we all made our our own mistakes. But no, I solid team. Solid team. The the Daniel: Yes. Mm. Me Mario: But that's why you pick up the backups. Future Champ: the the zero wide receiver really does scare me. But you you got some good names at wide receiver. It's they're just big boomer busts, exactly. They could r all three boom Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: or all three busts. But you got a good wide receiver core at least that can fill flex spots and You know. Or or Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: trades, apparently. 'Cause you're getting lots of offers, so Me Mario: Yeah, we're Daniel: Mm. Me Mario: we're a three flex lead so leak, so I I concentrated and hammered the the two positions that make more points. So running back and tight end with the first down premiums, I hit those harder so that they're in my flex spots instead of the wide receivers. And then if I get wide receivers Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Me Mario: who hit, and if they don't hit I can drop They d they're not worth anything to me at that late in my draft. Future Champ: Yeah, they're flyers. Absolutely. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Okay. I was pick seven and my first pick was Colston Loveland. Speaking of tight ends because of the tight end premium. running back Me Mario: Yep. Future Champ: my pick, there were some running backs that were gone. I wasn't a fan of certain wide receivers up at the pick, so I went with Colston Loveland. Second pick came back around and Boy sitting next to Daniel scares me because Sonny Styles was on the board and I didn't want him to drop off and disappear. So Sonny Styles. Lat McConkey Me Mario: Mm. Future Champ: paired him up with Justin Herbert. Nice little stack. my first regret comes with Trevion Henderson. again, I needed another running back, and some were taken, and I was should have been looking I think I was I don't know, I must have stepped away to get some food or something 'cause I felt very rushed when my pick came up and I wasn't prepared. I didn't have a list up and you know, picks after me like Pollard and Brooks I would have taken instead of Henderson. Jamison Williams Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I really like, wide receiver for Detroit. my second IDP was Andrew Van Ginkel, linebacker for Minnesota. Great. Second quarterback off the board for me was Bo Nix, wanting a good A good backup for the weeks that I do need a backup. And I caught a lot of flack for that, so I know I made the right decision on that. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: I got a lot of flack Allen. Alan. Alan. Alan caught some Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: like hate anger eyes at some point. So he was just looking at me and I'm like, man. Brian Thomas Junior. yeah. You know, I like the kid, but I'm I know he's there's there's some issues. Something going on there. I don't know what's going on. Daniel: Upside. Future Champ: but I don't yeah, big upside, big upside, but low floor. Chargers defense, really like Chargers defense. Demetrius Knight had him last year. I think he's gonna do a lot better this year. Chase Chase McLaughlin. Me Mario: I think so. Future Champ: Yeah. T Kicker, Tampa Bay. Tyrone Tracy gotta go Scattaboo's backup, but now they went out and got Naj Harris. So I've got my eye on Naj Harris because you know, I like him better than Scatterboo, to be honest. Or like him better than Tracy. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I I drafted Eli Stowers, Divine Diablo, linebacker for Atlanta, and then my final pick was Ruben Bain Jr., defensive lineman for Tampa Bay. Me Mario: Solid, yeah. Future Champ: I do not have Scours or Diablo on my roster at the moment. I think I swapped both of them off or something else. I don't know. Me Mario: The only transaction I see you having is Tyron Tracy from Malachi Fields, which was a great pickup. Future Champ: Yeah, I did like the Malachi feel. Me Mario: 'Cause Malachi Fields Future Champ: I Me Mario: Malachi Fields was named WR two and they dropped Slayton. So that was a great pickup. Future Champ: Yep. yeah. Didn't that that happened today too. I think the drop happened today. Me Mario: Yeah, the drop happened today. But the writing was on the wall that they wanted they wanted fields coming up. So yeah. Future Champ: I think that came off came across the phone. Yeah, I think they dropped them new day. Yeah. Move up. Yeah. Yeah. No, and I like fields, so. anyway, okay. so now that the three of us are Me Mario: Mm. Future Champ: done, let's jump into everybody else. We're gonna hit the first six of their rosters and then we'll kinda point out big things that they may have done, things we liked or things we did not like, and try not to spend too much time on each of the teams being we're already at 40 minutes. Me Mario: Okay. Future Champ: Our number one pick off the board was Martin. He went with Puka Nakua, Tet McMellan, Caleb Williams, Quinchon Judkins, and Zay Flowers. And then his number six Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: was Nick Bonito, linebacker for Denver. So he went his first IDP. love the Caleb Williams pick. Love the Ted McMillan pick. Scary with the Puka Nakua to be completely honest. Me Mario: Not anymore. Today. Daniel: I given the tags given given the tags and the fact that he already has a running back and all of the other tags that were there, it was a no brainer that he had he had to go Puka for the value that was there. Future Champ: yeah, it was i Well Well I don't know. I like your pick at number two. I like Saquon at number three. I may have gone Daniel: Mm. Future Champ: up I may have gone something else if I held pick number one personally, so. Daniel: Yeah, maybe. Me Mario: You're yeah. You're you're a running back guy, but Nakua Future Champ: It's harder to film. Me Mario: which I love. I love running backs Daniel: Not this year. Me Mario: too. But Nakua he's w his numbers that he's been putting up have been historical. And so if he wants to drop his tag for Nakua or whatever in the future, if Nakua figures his life out a little better, now that it looks like he won't get suspended. Future Champ: Mm. He could he could be tag worthy. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, but at the time he didn't know when we were drafting, he didn't know if he was gonna be suspended or not. So that Me Mario: Yeah. I I see this as as a pretty good fun pick. That was an iffy pick. Future Champ: was the more scarier pick. Yeah. And honestly, Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: like I that at that time I would have leaned away from it, to be honest. but his Me Mario: Yeah. Me too. I'm the same boat. Future Champ: kicker, Jason Myers, it's not bad. Tight end Dalton Kincaid and his defense, the Buccaneers like him. Arvo Reese. Me Mario: Yeah. I think I gave him an A minus. Daniel: Yeah, that was a good one. Future Champ: Big it's a big hit. I mean it's it's a good pick. I I you know, you give him an A minus. Me Mario: Yeah. I thought it was a solid draft with warts on some players and not all the warts are gonna be there for sure. So I I was like Alright. Future Champ: B plus. Soft B plus. Soft B plus. Kyler Murray. I'm staring at Kyler Murray as a backup quarterback. I know that there was better rounds before he could have gone Goff, Baker, Matthew Stafford. I mean, I don't know. Certain things I stare at just for that reason. Now we really delved deep into the Giants defense as well with Reese and then Abdullah. Abdul Car Abdul Carter. so Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: that's that those are little hits just for that reason, but I don't know. Not a bad team. Well rounded. So surprise there's Daniel: Not not a bad team, well rounded. C minus for me. Future Champ: a little nice Me Mario: okay. Future Champ: you're a little more you're a little more grounded. See, I I was thinking a little yeah, so I said soft B plus. I think I'm being too nice. So Me Mario: No, no, you're right. I I originally had I forgot that I had him as a B originally because of his tags. So his tags are TJ Watt, Christian Pones. Future Champ: Again, draft picks, not tags. Don't think of tags. Yeah, don't think of tags, remember? So we're just going p yeah, I know. Me Mario: I I I consider tags part of your draft because you're supplementing also what you have. So Future Champ: Well, they're not though. Yeah. I mean that's why they're considered just your they're thrown as your last drop picks, but yeah. All right, all right. Me Mario: I see him as Daniel: Yeah, I think Future Champ: let's see. Daniel: Together he's got a decently rounded Me Mario: Re round one, four, and five. Daniel: team. I think he's lacking in running back and and I worry about his wide receivers, honestly. I I mean he's yeah. Future Champ: Mm-hmm. He's very lacking in running back. Especially with Genty. Daniel: So I I think he's got a solid team that could make a push, but I like my team better. Future Champ: Then that's how we g that's that's the the comparison, right? I like that. Daniel: That's kind of how I'm gauging everybody. Last year I was like I liked everybody's team better than mine. Now this year I'm like, actually I really like my team this year. Yeah, yeah. Future Champ: I like mine better, yeah. Let's see if you have that same feeling next week after week one, right? So all right. Daniel: Yeah, we'll see after I'm I d die everywhere. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Allen sat at number four. Ooh, we just lost Daniel. All right. He'll be back. sitting in number four. Here he is. Welcome back, Daniel. Derek Henry, Rashi Rice, Tootin, Bash Bashawn Tutin, Daniel: Pay Show. Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Alec, Alex Singleton, he's Daniel: Kobe Dean. Future Champ: got Nicoby Deem. Yeah, I'm sorry, I got him all set low small so I can see everybody's graphics. RJ Harvey, number six. Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Standouts. Anybody stand out here? I do like the Roma Dunze pick and he doubled down with, you know, Monungai, Daniel: The non guy. Future Champ: but Daniel: honestly Future Champ: Gough. I like golf. Daniel: DeMarvian overshone linebacker for Dallas, I think in the eleventh round was a huge value for him. I Future Champ: That's a good pick. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: think he he killed his rookie year. He missed all last year with an injury, came back at the end of the year. They had him in a committee share. He's gonna be a beast this year, I really think. Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: Yeah, I think that about all his linebackers. All his linebackers have Daniel: other than that. Yeah, I think his defense is good. Me Mario: Yeah. Yeah, N Nicobi Dean in Vegas Future Champ: Huh? He does have mm hmm. Daniel: Pittman was a good value pick. Me Mario: and Alex Singleton. Cooper in Denver has way, way worse charges brought against him. in Denver, so he may lose the linebacker two spot. So Singleton may get a lot more play than he did last year. Greenlaw's gone, Future Champ: Nice. Me Mario: Cooper's gone. so Singleton is set to see a lot more play. they weren't gonna take what's his name off, who is the number one linebacker. So with him playing the other side, he should get a lot of play and he should be of great value there. Future Champ: Okay, okay. Daniel: Nice. Jose's team. Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: But yeah. Future Champ: what what do you grade what do you grade, Alan? What do Me Mario: Rice and two scare me. Future Champ: you grade him? Me Mario: this is a C. Future Champ: Goff being a starting quarterback. Yeah, I'm looking C C C plus. I like his li I like his running backs. And yeah, I like his quarterback. That's you know mm. I like Monungai, Me Mario: I like the Nungai. B and I drafted Swift. Future Champ: but I don't know if he's yeah, I like Monungai. I don't think he's gonna do great the start of the season. And we'll see how he has to adjust coming in, but yeah. Daniel: I'd say C. Future Champ: C C plus, yeah, C C plus. Okay. Jose. Jose had pick number five. Daniel: Got yeah, I'll do Future Champ: Anybody wanna read this to you? Yeah. Daniel: it. I've got it. Chase Brown, his first pick. Amika Ambuka. T. Higgins, which Me Mario: Yeah. Love that pick. Daniel: he his guy is T. Higgins. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: That was a very good pick on his behalf. He loved that. Me Mario: Yep. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: Will Anderson Jr., which is a good pick that high. Kyle Pitts Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Daniel: getting in some value. Denver Broncos defense. Blake Corm, Rico Dowdle, Brock Purdy, Mikai Lemon. Telanoa Hufunga. TJ Hawkinson. Jack Bates. Kicker Detroit. Jeremy Chin, which I think is an underrated pick. Rashid Sahid. And Dylan Sampson, I think, was a good pick too. Yeah. I think he got depth, but his receivers Yeah. Lacking. Me Mario: I gave this an A. Because of how our scoring Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: is. I didn't pit receivers that high anyway. T. Higgins, Igbuka, and Rashid Shahid are all Rashid Shahid gets return yards too and everything, so him and T. Higgins often are in Future Champ: Yeah, yeah. Me Mario: the top sixteen anyway. So I I saw it even though they're WR twos, I still think he could do pretty well just rotating those two guys out and he got Shaheed in the last in the second to last round. Future Champ: B and I give him I lower I like I like a lot of them. I like the rest of his team. Look, I had Kyle Pitts last year. Great year for Kyle Pitts. Is he gonna do it again this year? No. Is he gonna have a good year? Probably not. Why? He has no quarterback. so yeah, I don't know. I be B. Me Mario: So I I Daniel: I think that's still I I'm gonna go with the C plus here. Me Mario: I I see it as we've seen Stefansky with no quarterback and a tight end. And the tight end did pretty well. Daniel: Yes. Yeah. Future Champ: Yeah. Yeah. All right. Justin. Kyron Williams. Travis Ed T Well, sorry. Did I interrupt? Okay. Daniel: Nothing. If it was harder for you to read, I can read it off, that's fine too. Future Champ: No, yeah, you're good. Travis Etienne, Drake May, Henley. I like the Henley pick. Linebacker out of Chargers. George Kittle, Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Patrick Queen. Good pick, but he's very boomer bust in my opinion. Caleb Downs. Love Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: this pick right here. Alec Pierce, Cortland Sutton, Jason Jackson Dart. Jaguars defense at 11th pick. Chris Rodriguez, Me Mario: Underrated. Future Champ: you got Gadson Daniel: Way Future Champ: as tight end. I I like it. You know, backup c backup tight end, Julian Love. Me Mario: It's not looking good for Gaston. Future Champ: No, bad. I wonder if he's still on his roster. Me Mario: No. Future Champ: I love the case conception in the 15th round. Cannot believe he fell that far, to be completely honest with you. and then I know he dropped Harrison Bucker, so he's no longer has Harrison Bucker and he picked up the Colts kicker. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: here is my first A I will throw out. Me Mario: Yeah, I got Daniel: Yeah, I agree. Me Mario: him A A plus, especially after his moves on the waiver. I got him A plus. Cause his 'cause Future Champ: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Me Mario: I I I did keep keepers into account with all my grades and he starts with J Jameer Gibbs on top of that, so I I got him A plus. Future Champ: Yeah, yeah. He inherited the team, but yes, it's a nice it's a nice inherit. It's a nice inherit. So okay, sitting at pick eight. My wife sat there. Chass, Kenneth Walker, Quay Walker, defense linebacker, Chris Olave, Jaden Daniels, Aiden Hutchinson, Dallas Goddard, Daniel: Mm. Future Champ: Quentin Johnston, Terrell Bernard, Patriots defense. Juan Dale Robinson, Tomario Davis, which I know she was upset that I took to Murderous Knight right before her. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Eddie Pinheiro, Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Tupelado, great pick, by the way. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Peyton Willis Wilson, Rashid White, and Jawan Johnson as her final pick. Daniel: Twee Tuo Pilato's my guy. I love that guy. Future Champ: Yeah, I'm Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I I I'm a big fan of this. It's it's a B. I'm I'm liking there's some picks that kind of make me like, ooh, but I know the player's gonna have a decent season because of situation, so it's more personal thoughts, but i it's a decent team. It's scary. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: Yeah, I I give her a B also. I think it was a good draft. Lots of upside. I like her Me Mario: yeah. Daniel: upside. Future Champ: What's up? Me Mario: Yeah, I gave it a B plus. I think Future Champ: Always as well. Me Mario: Kenneth Walker is gonna be possibly the top running back for the first few weeks. Chris Olave has a lot of upside. Jaden Daniels has a lot of upside. Dallas Goddard, if huh? Daniel: That Future Champ: Goddard'll Daniel: pit killed me. That pit killed me. Mm-hmm. Future Champ: have a good year. He had a good year last year. Me too. Yeah, it was Me Mario: If Future Champ: a good pick. Me Mario: AJ Brown leaving opens things up for Goddard, that could be great. But yeah, we'll see how that goes too. So there's a there's a lot of ifs. The Quentin Johnston one looks really great right now. so yeah, I I gave her a B plus. Future Champ: Car, who wants to read your uncle? Daniel: I'll read them. Me Mario: I'll read it. We got Daniel: All right. Alright, go ahead. Me Mario: Jamar Chase's tag. First round, Josh Allen. Then Buckie Bucky Irving in round two. He got him at the at the turnaround right there. Cam Scataboo, DJ Moore, Jake Ferguson, Chuba Hubbard, LA Rams defense. So those are his first Future Champ: Mm. Me Mario: seven in there. Really solid picks. A lot of them that pissed me off. I thought Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: all the Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: talk with Gainwell and everything like that would let Bucky Irving fall to me all the way at the back end of the second round there and that other other running backs, but Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: no, I ended up ended up going Tucker Kraft there instead. But yeah, that was a solid pick. Cam Scataboo, a lot of running backs came off and Scataboo Like him or not, he really hurts the defenders so that they play softer in the later end of the game. So he him and tryone Tracy, same skill set, but he adds pain to the defenders also. So they end up just putting him in and letting him out there and go to work. And so I think he's gonna have a big year again. DJ Moore, he was a my guy this year. I thought he was gonna fall farther and he was one of the three wide receivers I was gonna bank on instead of going high upside toward the back end. So one of the guys that hurt me and I think he's gonna do pretty well. So yeah, I g I gave for everyone he took in the top end and as he was going through, Cooper Dejean he packed picked toward the end of the draft too, which was a steal. I gave him an A, A minus. Future Champ: Hmm. Yeah, your uncle's an A for me. He killed it. Daniel: Agreed. Future Champ: I'm liking he grabbed Devin White after the signing of Devin White to Detroit, Quincy Williams, Tyrell Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Dodson. I'm liking I'm liking this. And then even Harrison Mevis. He got the Rams kickers, so yeah. I'm all Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: about your uncle your uncle's team scary and my week one opponent. So okay. Jess. Me Mario: Yeah. Solid team. Okay. Daniel: Alright, Jess went she had McCaffrey as her tag. her first pick was Aman Ron St. Brown, sh Josh Jacob pick, which is gonna kill her. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: Sam Laporta, Devin Lloyd, Carolina's new starting linebacker, Garrett Wilson, Kyle Hamilton, Me Mario: Mm-hmm. Daniel: Brandon Aubrey, and Seattle Seahawks defense were her top seven. then she went Nick Bosa. Jesse Bates, Mac Wilson in the eleventh round could be a steal. DK Medcalf, Me Mario: Michael Wilson. Daniel: Michael Wilson, my bad, Patrick Mahomes, AJ Barner. Me Mario: Yeah, it was it was Michael Wilson, not Mac Wilson. Future Champ: Yeah. Daniel: Brian Robinson and Elvin Camara. Future Champ: Yeah, I like in the Barner pick, that's good for especially value in fourteenth round. she'll do well. Patrick Mahomes, I mean thirteenth round that's pretty good value. yeah, the Josh Jacobs at number two just kills it, but the rest of the rosters I is a pretty good roster. Daniel: Yeah. It it'd say a C minus for me. Future Champ: I'm gonna say a C for the Josh Jacobs pick, just 'cause that'll that alone is your second. Me Mario: She she forced Daniel: Yeah, that hurts. Me Mario: a lot of runs. She picked a lot of position groups early and forced a lot of runs. I think Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: she could have got better value for some of these. And so I I would say that this is a C Future Champ: Well, I do know what was it? Like right around the Brandon Aubrey Seahawks. So seventh, eighth round is when she stepped out. And I think she that's when Ray took over picking for her from a list. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: From her list, yeah. So that was that Future Champ: So yeah. Me Mario: was hard. And then Nick Bosa, he's got injury concerns. Josh J Future Champ: Yeah. Yeah. Okay, our 11th team, Justin Jefferson, Javante Williams, Jalen Waddle. No, you love that pick. Jordan Mason, Tony Pollard, who was Me Mario: Right. Future Champ: traded away, Kenny Gainwell, Brenton Strange, Jacob Crosby, Crosby Merritt, Marvin Harrison at the eleventh pick, Jeff Jeffrey Simmons, Byron Young, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, back to back quarterbacks. Here you go, Mac Wilson in the 14th, the Browns defense, and Evan McPherson to be his kicker. Me Mario: I gave his an eight plus two. Future Champ: Yeah, it's a it's an Me Mario: He followed your classic fantasy format and he killed it. he he's yeah. Future Champ: Yeah. It's a it's an A minus for me. I'm I'm loving this team. It's it is one of the top Daniel: A minus. Future Champ: four teams, I think, in my opinion. It's one of the Me Mario: I I think Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: top four. Me Mario: the only thing I really knock him on is the defense, Cleveland defense. But that's something you can probably stream. And Evan McPherson in the last Future Champ: Yeah, it's that's the minus for me. Yeah. He's gonna have to. Me Mario: round. They're gonna try to score so many. Future Champ: Yeah, it's a good c it's a damn good cooker. Me Mario: so yeah, I all throughout I I have him as an A plus. Future Champ: Solid. Okay. Raymond at number eleven. Me Mario: Yeah, Marvin Harrison Jr. just giving Daniel: his first pick was Drake London, then Tyler Warren, Blake Cashman, which is a good pick. Nate Landman followed up. This was a good pick too. Mm-hmm. Terry McLaurin, Future Champ: Big. Yeah. I like this li I like that. Yeah. Me Mario: Yeah. Daniel: Devontae Adams, and Caden Allis. And then his first quarterback was Dak Prescott and the Vikings defense. So then he went Cameron Dicker, Dicker the Kicker, Aaron Jones, Jalen Reed, Xavier Worthy. CJ Allen, rookie linebacker in Indianapolis, which it's not looking good right now. he's Future Champ: Damn good pickup. no. Daniel: just it's gonna be slower start for him, it sounds like. Future Champ: But Daniel: Jordan Love and Romeo Dobbs. I think he's still gonna be good, but he's not gonna be a contributor early, it sounds like. Who knows when weak run comes around? Future Champ: I was a big fan of him coming in this year. So Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Ray's Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: got a strong Me Mario: Same here. Future Champ: team. couple spots kind of scare me. Me Mario: He does. Future Champ: The scary Terry always, you know, it's a scary year for me. It's I don't think it's a Terry year. but I like the Devontae Adams. I Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: think he'll do well. I got a B. Solid B. Daniel: Yeah, I'd I'd say B. Mm-hmm. Me Mario: Same here. Solid B. Future Champ: I like the Tyler Warren. The Drake London is your pick one. I I don't think he's gonna have as big a year this year just because of Tua and whoever's there after Tua. Me Mario: Yeah. I'm Future Champ: I'm liking a lot of the other names. Me Mario: I might I might even give him a B minus because of there was already controversy there. And when your tag is Devon Achan, you you kinda need solid contributors. You can't take those swings. But then again there's fantasy football and Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: you're playing to win, so Yeah, I Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: I but Drake London, Terry McLaurin, and Aaron Jones, those are kind of rough ones for me. Future Champ: Yeah. All right. let's see. We're to pick team number thirteen. It's Me Mario: Vincent. Future Champ: Vince. Me Mario: Okay, so he had James Cook as his tag. then it went Nico Collins, AJ Brown, Joe Burrow, Jadarian Price, Mike Evans, J.K. Dobbins, Isaiah Likely in the seventh, Christian Watson, Brian Burns, defensive line, who's been killing it in in the Giants, Pittsburgh defense, which is looking good with Graham there now. Matt Stafford, backup QB, Stefan Diggs, Chris Boswell kicker, Daniel Hunter, Tajay Spears, and Terrence Ferguson of the Rams rounding it out. Future Champ: This is another Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: team that scares me. And another A Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I threw out. Yeah. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: I didn't throw many out, but this is one. and a lot of good picks that were depth, they were value where he grabbed them. Matthew Stafford in the eleventh. I love it. Stefan Diggs in the twelfth. Donnell Hunter in the fourteen. That's that's he's gonna be good. and Terrence Ferguson and I mean he's gonna be a good tight end this year for the Rams. So yeah, no, I Me Mario: I have one knock. Future Champ: I'm all about this team. Me Mario: I have one knock for him, but it doesn't really matter in our league where you only have one of each position and then the rest is flex. And that is his Future Champ: Mm-hmm. Me Mario: running back room will run weaker toward the end of the season. and he'll be stuck with having to play cooks Future Champ: Yeah, it will. Yeah. Me Mario: every single week. But Future Champ: Yeah. Me Mario: That's that's all good. In in our in our league where you only need one running back slot, as long as Cook stays healthy, which he has has had zero health issues, looks great. Looks great. I I give him an A plus also. Future Champ: Yeah. Yeah. It's just it's depth. Yeah, it's depth. He doesn't have the running back depth, but what he does have is pretty good. So Me Mario: Yeah. Future Champ: Okay. our final manager was Al Lee at pick fourteen. someone I considered one of my greatest rivals in this league until I pulled up our stats going back to twenty eleven and realized he loses a lot to me. And I think rivalry requires like a going. A back and forth winning. Daniel: Not just to enjoy playing and winning. Future Champ: I don't Me Mario: I agree. Future Champ: know. Not not just not just losing every time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So Daniel: Yeah. Me Mario: So John's Johnson is Aaron Rodgers era right now. When when when the Future Champ: I i i the that website that did our stats kicked back yeah. thank you. I appreciate that. I don't like being called Aaron Rodgers though. You're my yeah, you're I own you. I own you. Daniel: I I own you, yeah. Yeah. Future Champ: I own you. This is my town. I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah. No, I like that. It was a pretty funny website. That was enjoyable. the fantasy hall of fame that that that did that. That was pretty cool. Daniel: It was Future Champ: okay, so Lamar Jackson, pick number one. Malik Neighbors, love the second pick. Harold Fannin, good tight end, Jalen Warren. Ramondish Stevenson then Troll Miller Robert Spillman Texans defense pick eight Jordan Addison number nine Travis Kelsey he had to go Travis Kelsey at pick 10. I think we all berated him for that one. Will Reichard Buda Baker Barrett Carter Hunter Henry Micah Parsons pick 15 and Jordan Tyson to round out The draft hmm. See I wanted to mm yeah, mm I wanna give an A, but it's all E, so I think I have to say B just because it's all E. Daniel: I give I give him an A. Mm. Future Champ: he's got so I'm staring at s such value. Yeah, he deserves a he deserves a good A. I'd say an A minus. I'm a little sketchy, I you know, but I Ramondre's gonna take some of the big heavy chunk at the start of the season here and he's he's got some some good players. So he did well. And three tight ends on the roster, so Don't say that with the year Chass doesn't take him and lets him go. So because it's he's always been her quarterback for like the last few years. That's funny. Okay, well Daniel: Yeah. It'll it will be Future Champ: there was our 14 man draft. I hope that helps out everyone to kind of listen for those that are still listening in in at the hour for a marker. I hope that that was definitely helpful to listen to a deep IDP la IDP draft. stay tuned next week. wait, we gotta pick our before we go. Week ones favored for the gods. We have our favored for the gods. So our matchups. We gotta go over our week one matchups real quick. First matchup myself, Plague of Anubis versus your uncle, saving Ryan's privates. Team that scares the crap out of me. Daniel: I was I'm the only one that went Uncle Future Champ: put myself Daniel: Rob though. Future Champ: you are I think but you know I almost put my I almost put Uncle Rob too but I just I it's week one I gotta sit myself I can't yeah I can't start like that so Daniel: Yeah. Yeah. Very nice. Mario went John. Future Champ: our week two matchup it's a domestic violence here it's the husband wife combo Jess vs Ray Daniel: We all went Ray. Future Champ: Wow. Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: The loss of Josh Jacobs at pick two. Yeah, that's till she fills that, that's gonna be rough. pick three, game three, matchup three, battle three, Martin versus Justin, our new manager, and we all side with Justin. Look at that. Daniel: Mm-hmm. Future Champ: Yeah. You're like mm money, money. Not even a count. It's gonna hurt. It's gonna be like a 40 point game just for Gibbs himself. So we'll see. Yeah, just just for Gibbs. Yeah. Okay. Matchup four. Kuiper Belt Soldiers, Jose versus Vince. Hercules huge. Sah. Look, we all do. Man. Daniel: We do. Future Champ: There's a there is a lot of united picks here. I don't know what to say about this. This happens. Last three picks, so Okay, here we next one's not united. Mario, Smidey Mighty, Bostones versus the Owl formation. Daniel: I'm going, Alan. Yeah. Future Champ: it's i you know, Mario's other personal, it's just matchups, and I was looking at two I two things stood out to me. It was the quarterback for me that got it. I don't know if Hertz is gonna put up the twenty five against Washington where I think Goff will do well against the Saints. I don't know. But then you've got Bowers. Yeah, I don't know. I I just I think Serious? Yeah. Don't think I didn't think he'd score that high, to be honest. Yeah. Just that was personal. I don't know. I think something's different. Yeah, I don't know. Just looking at things. I think Bauer's gonna have a real good game for you, though, against Miami. but is Swift the the question was I cause I saw a thing said Swift's week one was in question. So that one got me because that was your one of your flex spots. Yeah. Okay. Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: Okay. Yeah. I didn't read too closely. I was just reading a few things today and I the things that I did pointed at Roshan Johnson and I'm like, man But you know I noticed a lot of drops on Roshan Johnson so people are picking up and then dropping so Okay. looks like me and Daniel both went Allen, so yeah. Daniel: Ooh I I might actually need to change my pick here. I'm going, Mario. Yeah. Future Champ: Yeah, I was considering doing that myself. I'm gonna do that with you. So we're gonna continue four games in a row of United Front here. Apache Gorillas, Daniel versus Robbie, Anunkey's Temple of BDSM. two to one. So well I guess well Mario was a two to one but everybody switched to Mario. So the host games are just that there are question marks. Everything else has been united. Daniel: Yeah. I noticed that, yeah. Future Champ: So funny. I love it. I love it. Okay. I go Robbie, Daniel, you went yourself, and Mario, you did not go your brother. Matchups. yeah. Mm-hmm. Agreed. I think it was like two things that stood out for Rob for me as well. and then our final matchup we have Verathragnus Vengeance. It's all Lee versus the victorious Valkyries, chass, and we all three united front, chass. Okay. I love it. my god. Why must you remind me of that? Because that happens every year. You're totally right. It really does. Daniel: Every year, even when it's a freaking mistake every year. Future Champ: Yeah, the one year there was a mistake. I could not believe that. Yeah. Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: All right. Well, let's let's go chess. Daniel: I literally I literally just picked up the Raiders defense against Miami and though they're in my starting role. Future Champ: Was w okay, I was gonna make a point. should we start a segment like defense is to start against Miami and this week it's the Raiders? Yeah, I was gonna make a comment. Daniel: Yeah, yeah. I was like week one, let's roll. I almost did Dallas 'cause Josh Downs and the new defensive coordinator there, but I I decided let's just see what Miami does this year. We Future Champ: Think he made the right choice. Yeah, I think you made the right choice. That's a solid pick because I was thinking of that myself. So good job. But well Daniel: Yeah. Future Champ: done. Well done. okay. All right. There's our draft, our results, and our pick'ems, our favorite picks of the gods. so at an hour and 15 minutes, hour and 12 minutes. Thank you very much for joining us. stay tuned for next week. It is week one results. We'll go over all those matchups. And run our pick'ems and our waivers. And it's a normal season. Football is upon us. 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