Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Expert Picks & Predictions for 2026 NFL Season (Ep. 2160)

0:00This is an I Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Welcome to the tailgate. I am Ryan Warmley. Today I'm by Andrew Erickson and by D-Bro. We are talking fantasy here. This is often a feed where we will talk about a larger picture of the NFL. Not always strictly fantasy as we do in the fantasy pros feed. But today it's draft season. This is the time that that's what people want to be talking about when they're thinking about the NFL. So we're telling you how to win your fantasy draft by doing a fantasy draft here.

1:01And we're going to have some fun with this. This is a 16 team real league that we are going to play out and discuss on this channel throughout the course of the season against real listeners that we got from our wonderful discord community. And it is something that Erickson kind of put together here as an idea for the show. And we're going to talk through sharing a team with the three of us with a 30 second pick clock. So it's going to be some chaos here. Try to agree to picks with very little time on the clock. We're going to have fun. This might be a disaster. It might be super awesome. We'll find out together Erickson. This was your baby. Yes it was. And I just cannot wait for all the Monday morning conversations we have talking, recapping all of the games between us three and recapping how our fantasy team did not just against the opponent, but against the league average. Because that is one of the rules that implemented here using fan tracks as our platform of choice. But as we go through the draft, you guys will see we did sync it up with draft assistant. So using the fantasy pros tools to our advantage here, these guys have accessibility to the queue.

2:04So even though I am the final decision maker on actually who we draft, the queue is going to be filled with players at D row and worm are adding behind the scenes. So I have been known to time out just asked Tom Stracken. That does happen to me on occasion when I'm doing these. So what you're saying is that queue is very important. Yes. So you guys want your guys get him in the queue. Kidding the queue. Do we have a max number of patriots and Ravens were allowed to draft on this team because I feel like we need to set that limit right now. Well, you're going to have to be the tie breaker at Zay Flowers. Do you wrote because Erickson likes in way more than I do even as a Zay Flowers. We're definitely it's auto drafting. Okay. He's already in the queue. And we're definitely now drafted Mark Andrews. If anybody saw the fantasy fest, they already know what's up. This is a 16 team league. So maybe we will be. We might draft Matthew Hibner did. Like we might have to. Hey, yeah. But before we get to the draft, she's going to start in roughly 10 minutes. Everyone hits some news and notes as well. Really the biggest news of the day as of, you know, this Thursday morning when we're recording. Alec Pierce off the public list. You know, going to try to ramp up and get ready for week one remains to be seen how that process will go.

3:08Josh Downs dealing with the calf issue. So sort of this receiver room as a whole is pretty interesting. They are facing the aforementioned Ravens, which I expect to be a pretty strong defense this season under Jesse Mentor. So I'm really curious to see what that offense is going to look like week one. We might see a whole lot of Jonathan Taylor. I think we probably will. Deep. What was your early reaction just to seeing that, you know, Pierce finally after, you know, months of surgery updates and, you know, videos of him limping is finally off the public list. I think people are going to look at this as a much bigger positive than it actually is. Go to X go watch the video of him walking across the practice field. His gate is horrible. Like he is limping. Don't watch his legs and stuff. Watch his shoulder level. Like he is giving every single time he uses that leg. And so we're expecting what he's going to be ready to play actual NFL games at full speed. And what kind of time frame? I feel no better about how it appears. Josh Downs is continually banged up. Like everybody makes their injury jokes about Christian Watson and Martian Lloyd and all these other players.

4:13Josh Downs can't stay healthy either people hate to tell you. So it's going to be them leaning on Tyler Warren and Keenan Allen. I don't feel good about either one of those players like Josh Downs continually, whether it's a groin, a calf, whatever. Cannot stay healthy. So consider me very concerned. Erickson, do you think Keenan Allen is worth like a look? I'm not even saying it's like a season long guy, but like, would you? Should we draft him in this league? For example, with the idea of like maybe we even sneak in an early season start as these other guys are getting ready to go and you just kind of trust the better. And even as a late signing to step in and be ready to go. Or is this truly like we're interested in Jonathan Taylor and Tyler Warren and pretty much nobody else as these guys finally kind of shake off the rust and get healthy. I'm going to think he now does make a lot of sense in terms of being a depth piece in these leagues that you're going to have to draft so many players and you're starting so many different guys where yeah he's going to have usable weeks, especially early on the season. But let's not pretend he's like a spring chicken. Like he has a lot of injury risk to as an older wide receiver, but the fact that he is so familiar with Shane Stikin offense.

5:17Out Pierce, I'm not as pessimistic as DeBrow is. This is technically his timeline, right? They said in March four to six months. It's August. That's six months. So again, at the tail end of their projected timeline in terms of him coming back. Yeah, he's probably going to be slow out of the gates like we expect Daniel Jones probably be slow to be coming off the kill his injury. But to me, just screams like dude, Jonathan Taylor is going to get like 30 touches per game. And they're going to just ride him as far as they can go like they did in the beginning of last year where he just sees. I mean, they're back up running backs or injured, right? It looks like Seth McGowan is going to end up being the handcuffed running back to Jonathan Taylor with Jay Giddens. He will be stay healthy either. So I think it's really right or die with JT. I think that they're going to attack that Ravens interior defense that we saw get eviscerated at times last year. We'll see with getting guys back if that Ravens defense has improved, but the Colts are going to test it out here in week one. The mentor McDonald's sort of defense that's saying from the NFL is willing to let teams run too. It's more designed around some of the past. So like even if the Ravens are healthier and like have a better front seven than they did last year, I still do think schematically.

6:23Mentor will be willing to let the Colts run now having said that if Jonathan Taylor, they say well, that's the only guy who can beat us. Maybe they changed things up there in week one. But yeah, I think pretty much at least for this first couple of weeks, you're staying away from any past catcher. Not named Tyler Warren there. Just in terms of drafting him because obviously we still, you know, a little bit of time here for people to self drafts. Is real time ADP. Why do you were 40 for Alphears? Why do super 41 for Josh down. They're going back to back. Just a couple of picks of spot in the overall couple spots apart in the overall. D. Bro for you like too high. Is that missing you shake your head? Hell no, I'm not drafting either one of them because Keenan Allen is wide receiver 58 per real time ADP. Make that makes sense guys. No, I'm not paying any type of premium for Josh down's an Alec Pierce. No, Eric said for you, I just see for 40 and 41 too high to low. Just right. I'll take this one on Pierce at wide receiver 40. I mean, he was wide receiver 32 like a month ago and he's just gone down because he just hasn't been practicing in the training camps because of his injury.

7:27But I always got one leg too that's like his thick is my pointer finger. He doesn't need to be ready in full 100% by week one. You're not going to be starting him anyway. So I think as a bench receiver that is going to eventually be put into this wide receiver one rolling with the number two pass catcher on the Colts offense. I think that Pierce is value is kind of intriguing where he's going. So I'll take the injury discount as a bench player that. A month into the year that's been hoping closer to 100% and then we'll see what we saw a little bit more last year from him, even it's just a lot of spike week. We know we can have big games. I mean, I don't think we should have been expecting Pierce to been firing out of the gates anyway based on Daniel Jones coming off in the kill is injury. So that's another thing playing here. So I don't hate Pierce at wide receiver 40 real quick on Alec Pierce to it's not only just the fact that he has like there are big incineruances like that's with his legs size. The attribute of his calf and stuff like that we've seen over years and years with multiple players and stuff.

8:28It's not just the recovery stuff I'm worried about. It's the compensatory injuries because of that imbalance that he can also have hamstring issues and other things during the season. That's why I'm just I'm staying away. Pierce was also playing through this injury the last two seasons and this was then the defining side. Okay, I'm going to get fixed up for the long term views. So clearly I mean here I shown the ability to play through this type of injury. So I get that you're concerned by looking at him and how he's walking, but this is something that he's dealt with and played through before and played at a pretty high level as he's led the NFL and yards per reception the last two seasons. So I'm a little bit more optimistic even though I usually I even though I hate the Colts for the most part. This is a cold. But this is just specific to this one player in his specific price. Again, if he was like wide receiver 24, I'd be like gross, but like that's where he finished last year. He's just too wide though, dude. Like do you want to take Alec Pierce or Josh Downs or Dejon Stribling? So you're saying he can't he can't be better than he was the last two seasons because he's been better than wide receiver for the last two seasons.

9:29That's exactly what I'm saying. I guess he's not somebody will be drafting in this draft. No, no, no. Should we all get like we get like one true veto. Yeah, yeah, everyone gets one true veto. Yeah, I think that's true. We are outweighing the other two who are. So do I use my I don't know Patriots player or Ravens player? I'm so I'm using mine. I'm Christian McCaffrey. If you guys are going to push from it. I'm using my normal majors. Not. And so. And a 16 team league. We're not drafting. Sam. See. You're not wrong. Not much else to the news into it. So he said your tillman release. I still remember that like three gave stretch. I actually had a couple of years ago where I was like this is the next thing with Tillman was after they drafted Denzel Boston. They're like, yeah, we finally got this big body receiver that we haven't had in the offense for years. And such a told me it's like, am I already cut. It's it's the I think you should leave me. Of him in the hat like what the hell like they're talking about me. Texans right tackle brain Smith avoids major injury. That's just a good thing because obviously that offensive line has been really problematic in the past.

10:31And then we have like two minutes here before the draft starts, but I will just throw out the pro bowl is no more. There will still be pro bowl designations for players. This is news that came out yesterday. But the actual game itself will no longer be played. It's been a really interesting stretch of the last like half decade or so of every major sports league trying to kind of like figure out what to do with their all star weekend. All star game baseball is really the best because this such an easy game to play without worrying about injury over exerting yourself football. Obviously the hardest of in that regard of avoiding injury. So pro bowl have become a real joke in recent years. I don't think anybody's going to miss the actual game. Erickson, what's your reaction to this good riddance hallelujah. Get rid of this point. It's still around that they were turning into a gimmick by transforming it into flag football. They had the Dion Sanders Jerry rice drafts. It's lame and it should not exist teams are way too preoccupied with trying to keep their guys healthy. And the pro bowl was just inviting bad things and it was just turning into an absolute joke.

11:34So I get that they have to keep it around because of the accolades and it's in player contracts. I mean what wasn't sure to our Sanders pro bowler last year. Yeah, it just it just turned into a total joke. I'm higher high. I think I pro bowler. If they got rid of it all together and just make it about the all pros right. That's another thing that we vote for and it seems like it's much more accurate in terms of capturing the actual best players. And who should be rewarded for each position. You're an all pro at tight end receiver, etc. But all pros voted on by the media. I do think it's nice that fans can give their vote so that we should have a fantasy. There should be a fantasy football award in the real NFL voted by the fans of fantasy like that should exist because the thing about pro bowl designations. Now there's no game is there's not going to be people like it's just whoever gets voted in there. It's not going to be like, oh, I'm not going to play in this game. So now we need a third alternate. That's how like the Tyler Huntlies and the sugar Sanders is become pro bowlers. And this it'll still it'll now just be the guys that were voting the fan base is a little bit better.

12:34No, I think that that that just goes back to whoever's gotten voted in the pro bowl still doesn't get off of their off a merit. And because of their their performance, it goes back to the size of the no, it goes back to the size of the fan bases and how much they vote for the players. It's still garbage. Get rid of all the pro bowl crap. Get it out of it by gone forever. Don't care. Haven't cared for at least 15 years. Expand the all pros like yes, that is the answer. All right. Okay. A draft is starting a drafts getting going here. Let me just let everybody know as the draft gets going that if you want to win a ladenian Thomas and signed jersey. This is your shot all you have to do subscribe to the tailgate YouTube channel right now drop a comment below on any video. That is it. We'll be announcing a winner right here on the channel. So make sure to turn on those notifications so you can know what new videos are up and to claim your prize again. That is a signed ladenian Tomlinson jersey very fitting on this episode given his historical standing amongst fantasy players. One of the all time great seasons back in 2006.

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16:46Puka, I'm on raw and James Cook, top of my queue. Puka, go back or go home. Maybe Puka falls to us. I feel like he's an auto pick. He's there. He's there. We got him done. Puka. Yeah, they went on raw. Next was the next pick. Puka, I'm okay with that. I didn't think it was going to be there. All right. I do definitely think we should target a running back next time around. 16 team Lee. Actually, let's get into that as kind of there's going to be none of the Taylor's next. Yeah, that's kind of my concern. What is your strategy and how does it differ deep row in a 16 team league versus a more standard 10 or 12 team? I think we kind of touched on this a little bit earlier when we were just kind of waxing poetic about players and cults and what have you. I feel like in these deeper leagues, you have to sacrifice somewhere. I'm sacrificing a quarterback and tight in. That's where I think we should sacrifice that you push those two onesy positions down the board. We cobble together or those rooms and we hammer running back and white receiver. That's my two cents.

17:47The format is one quarterback two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, two flexes, DST, no kickers, five bench spots, 16 teams, half PPR. The special rules because you can do that on fan track, which is really cool. If you lose a fumble, it's minus four points because we do not tolerate putting the ball on the ground. So we're not drafting base to got it. Or remind your students. We're not. We don't mess around with that stuff. If you fumble, you're going to the best. Just pull up the fumble leaders of last year and just make our do not draft. And then you also have the bonuses that I threw in. So you get three points. If you go for 300 passing yards, you get three points. You can go for 100 receiving yards. You got like DK style bonuses in this. Yeah. Yeah. So like how is this a little fun here? What's the quarterback touchdown interception? Is it like four minus two? Is it six or passing touchdown and minus two for an interception?

18:52Just minus one. Interceptors are quarterbacks faults all the time. But fumbles like that's on you. Like that's why you're going to pay the price minus four. You're lucky at it. Make it more. I'll give a quick recap of the first round. I'm not going to do this for everyone because there's 16 picks around. But just to give everybody a sense of how this first round is going gives B. John Chase, JSN, Amin Rassane Brown, Pukin, Akua, Jonathan Taylor, James Cook, Justin Jefferson, Christian McCaffrey. So we have the top 10. Then we have CD lamb Chase Brown, I'm Mary and Hampton, Seikwang, Barclay, AJ Brown and Kenneth Walker is the final pick of round one. So that is what the round one has looked like in this 16 team league. Now guys, as we wait for our next pick to come back to us, we talked a little bit about throwing out the possibility of some kind of punishment, not for the entire league. But since it's sort of everybody trying to be the, you know, super team, the Avengers of the tailgate crew here working together. Do we want to offer a punishment if we let's say miss the playoffs or finishing last is going to be too hard because there's 16 teams.

19:53But if we miss the playoffs, should we do something for the fans? What do we actually do for the 16? Let's have a miss the playoffs punishment and a finish 16th. Yes, I would agree. I think there should be a caveat. If we actually do finish 16, then we have to do something very, very horrible. But I agree, if we miss the playoffs, six teams make the playoffs here. So we're not doing the ES. Oh, yeah, half the teams make it in the playoffs. No, no, no, again. This is not, this isn't a super, super fun in terms of, no, we're playing some, some by the rules here. So I don't know exactly what we want to do. We want to do a tailgate show with the three of us, like in those loser singlets from trophy smack. We could. We could. We just look like we just look like a high school wrestling team talking about football. I've had a post of that. Let's, let's take through some options here. People really want us to eat things like spicy food. I really do not handle spicy food.

20:54I can't do it. I think an IPA for the people. I'll do that for me. So you say you will drink an IPA. I'll drink an IPA for the people. Okay. We're up here in a second. I think we should go with this. I'm kind of feeling like do we pull two running backs up the board? Well, considering the running backs are so bad board already. Yeah, I feel pretty good about these running backs. Like we still got breeze Javante Travis H. That's right. I mean, I'm doing a, doing a double tap of some, some running back running back, especially in this format. We only have to start two wide receivers in this that Ericsson made. I was saying Nico. He just went here. A couple of picks was before us. So the other receiver option. And I think we're all agreement. Not going to drive ride or Josh Allen. We're definitely, we're all agreement on that. So it's pick ins Devantis Smith, Rishi Rice, Gerrit Wilson, Zay flowers, Jalen Waddle. These are like the receivers at our top of the board and the fantasy pros rankings. Running back is Breeze Hall, Jeremiah Love, Kyron. Maybe interesting in this format with just a little bit of stuff in there.

22:00I mean, I don't want to take pick ins. Pick ins feels like the value pick here. We're going to be struggling at RB two. If we don't double tap running back, we get H on the way back or say, H and where you see in Devant H. Oh, oh, oh, Travis E. Chan. Okay. Yeah. I'm what are we doing for RB two at a 16 teamer. I mean, everybody's going to be here. I don't know if you guys are always team. We can go with Breeze. We can get H and so like those are two running backs. We can even get like, swift. I think we're about to get crushed at this turn. I think we're about these two teams behind us have everybody behind us has won me one running back to this point. I think it's going to go run it. Maybe I'm wrong. We'll see Smith goes to the next pick. So that's a receiver that helps us put your guys in the queue then. I'm sorry, Erickson. Did you say this is half feet? If you are, I forgot. Yes. Half a pair. Half. Okay. Okay.

23:06Okay. Kairn goes there. I don't want Kairn. That's fine. Are we interested like middle of round three and a T and a league this size in the injury risk of Jeremiah love. Like just in it to win it swing big or no. No. I don't want to. I mean, if he's only running back left, I was going to say like if the worst breeze and Jacobs and HN are gone. Maybe we don't know the truth. So, so I mean, so, so HN that was like is like the dream pick and falls. Right. I like HN. I don't want to be one. It's a breeze hall. I mean, I want to breathe in HN. Yeah. I don't want to be one of them there. Swift. Swift. Right. Right. Thank you. Clear. It has to be a running back, but even if we're reaching no, no doubt. Yeah. But so far, I mean, we're getting a little lucky here. I think I think. Yeah, see if there's going to only one running back that when it's current. And these guys are running back. There are still. Okay. I think this time is going to hurt us, but we'll say. Six to go. Yeah. I mean, you could be right, but.

24:08Breeze Jacobs HN. If if it's not Travis, do we have who's our favorite running back? So I go hall HN love Swift. Not you don't want Jacobs. No, I don't want to I'm not drafting Jacobs in a 16 teamer. We will be screwed. This. Yeah. I don't. I don't want to take it. I'm not a harsh on Lloyd like like two rounds ahead ADP No, I mean I again, I didn't look so only one run back has gone since we drafted pickings I thought pickens fell I get that he's not like perfect, but I mean to get him We'll save H Ann falls. Yeah, I mean it's like that's like what the first thing you were talking about Like dude H and then your I say it differently than everybody else so then the way he that's why I was like say it wrong So I say you're not fluent in Cajun. It's not my You guys see the news update on the green Bay Packers. They signed John who Smith Are you in again? I think it's kind of interesting. I mean, I just think that that tells you everything

25:13You need to know about Luke Musgrave Two picks away two picks away and love and love Oh, what do you know still there come on come on baby? Let's go and now see a What love and it's a generally there are we intergremen on on HN over love just Yes, yes Dungeons and dragons don't do it to us I've never watched prepared for pain watch You see it before we are I know I was like Yes, go I'm gonna veto a Chan here. No, it's getting Travis H. Ian So Puka pick ins I got you see me back I trust Okay, my problem was not that my problem is what the heck are we gonna do at RB two because I feel like it is gonna get wiped out Before I will see I mean we could brother maybe we'll see I just I worry It is a lot lighter with Robodre Stevenson completely off the board. So we'll see who who's actually available

26:16Reminder steam. Oh, you're me talking about the fumbling Yeah, no, he's you took him off the board with the score I can't even get drafted. I can't believe Derek Henry got drafted after all his fun bowl last year Guy, Josh Allen goes here in the middle round three in a 16 team league interesting pick there We do the top three tight ends are already off the board two of them going round two and then love them goes with the first I got a pun we got a pun We all have we all have late rap picks. We like there. We can easily just take like Mark Andrews it'd be fine. I know I'd rather have I'd rather have Terrence Ferguson that mark Andrews Under our touchdowns this year is higher than Zay flowers and you Is laying out that biggest is wrong Dude I'm doing I'm filming a social short later today number one Zay flowers over five and half receiving touchdowns lock

27:18Lock we still need to come up with that bet too our head to head Zay flowers Andrews touched out bet I mean we can I could just bet with you instead of paying the rake out of sportsbook Yeah, I agree with that I agree with that take the action Yeah, like I can just like give you the money and hold the money and just give it to you at the end the season Warm is become a bookie It's another job Some of the recent picks here a 10 aerobic bill at a mecha buka Deandre Swift Rishi rice David Muckga I'm a guy who's got him in the league Tyler Warren. Oh, sorry. I didn't he was a late edition. You got grim in this league It's coming up in the pain. I mean look look at who's drafted already chase for out of them I'm gonna zero wide receiver bill zero You got it you got to sacrifice somewhere Dude more running backs means more fumbles. I'm saying If you're gonna go zero Well, we didn't go zero or B so you know, I know that's a good point. I mean a Chan he's not gonna put them on the turf

28:23I hope not Is there a play with it next big just BPA I kind of think it should be because we have a flex spot we can throw a receiver in Yeah, I think it's Too much there's two flex spots. All right, so we're getting a lot of green running backs Oh, if I'd know there was two flex spots, I would have said we should have waited another round on running back So well, I'm glad you didn't know that Now I like that we got a Chan where we did I know I'm just kidding I think we take the swing on basal toot and our gerium price that they fall to us at RV 2 What are y'all else thoughts here? I'd rather go I like a dunesay a lot Upside to go JMO Look at this flat tier of wide receivers and a lot of the guys we really like are getting like crushed right now Parker Washington Christian Watson just go well That's why I'm saying I actually don't see it as that flat a tier receiver I feel like I feel like a dunesay James and Williams and then carnaltator like my three favorite left and then it's like I think it gets ugly a receiver kind of quick Well, who's so okay, so like who's more likely to be running back to what's more likely to fall back to us then based on the board here a wide receiver running back

29:30A receiver you think receiver I Think the receivers are gonna go here next is my guess Two of the teams around the turn on two wide receivers Yeah, but you know some of them have to running backs already I mean I mean if price goes right here then I'm fine just punning running back But like if prices here if it were me this pick would be a dunesay because I really like him I'm also open to James and Williams at receiver running back is like I don't know I mean like I'm cool with all dunesay like like to me. Oh, I worry about his foot There goes JMO alright And a 16-seater you don't want to do day If you don't want to do in day who do you want then deep bro? We we are up in Ramandrey just went I want to do your in price, but like if we're going wide receiver I guess it's car and all Tater Chris Godwin for me Oh, see I like a do's it. I want to be available later Okay, well I would I would go to do's a or price would be the pit what I would pick between my vote would be a do's a I'm open to whatever I just feel like it's either price or Jonathan Brooks you take him here one of those two because

30:31He's not going to come back to us Jonathan Brooks will not come back to us. So if you want him you take okay, who would we oh we took okay So the writing backs that we're prices in the queue back price Tates in the queue Brooks Henderson's in the queue Do we like one of the Steelers running back so they get back to us? I mean Rico you get that I mean fine Say John the Brooks gone. We it price is still available. He's still on the board Quenchon Jackins gone We don't want him anyway Again, we only have to start to we'll have to start to running backs Yeah, we only had to start two wide receivers to Yeah, there's price I do feel like I maybe bullied It worked the last time where we got a chain and it did not work here. It didn't work this time Who so yeah, I mean like Henderson is still there Warren Pollard doubtal RJ Harvey These are the top names in ECR right now at running back

31:33I mean again everybody's gonna be hurting somewhere. This is the nature of a 16 team. We we're not gonna have like a perfect team So I mean, I feel like at this point We just take another wider seaver Because always running backs right into it. Yeah, I mean at this point like we just lean into a hero build and say we'll figure RB to the hell out. We just take a crap done at handcuffs. I mean at this point Henderson is still available. Okay, so he's not gonna be the starter. Why are we taking Henderson? Because he makes big plays and he's not the starter Well, there's no Season laundry is the starter. Okay, but we're getting him. We're not paying like that much for him We are Nobody here is uh is like a true Besides like 20 Pollard is like a real guaranteed starter left. Yeah, any runny back we take is gonna be in that bucket like I don't see a big difference between traviant Henderson and Jordan Mason at this point

32:34So why don't we just take another wider seaver if we're gonna do that like With this team, though, we are a god difference between I mean, I'll take Mike Evans dude. It's either him or have like I feel like Evans if we want to win from the flex with this build with Four wider seavers and we're starting you take Mike Evans. I feel like that's embracing the risk of the upside. We're oh, and he goes up for us Uh, Chris Godwin would be my vote um, I would be I mean we got the people in you so yeah, yeah, I like hinder I just feel like with this team build like we've already kind of gone with here or B's so like we're just gonna chase RB to up the board All right, you want to win in now. Yeah, I'm just less interested in god We got it. I'm totally fine doing it. Yeah, he's a hundred we kind of last targets that yeah, I'm okay with it Because I feel like at this point probably with the way the team builds are we can get one of like Kenneth Gamewell Rashad white jk Dobbins Jordan Mason like one of those guys will fall back to us at that point

33:36Probably with the way that these team builds because the other side of the board Every other team behind us has has at least Most of these teams have two if not three running backs behind us like only I mean one of them has gone there and they're gonna be We're gonna be racking up negative points weekly because all their funnels So just to recap our five picks so far pukinakua George pickings Travis HN Roma dunes a Chris Godwin very receiver heavy But we can start all of them because we have two flexes here just to recap some of the other positions off the board So far quarterback our Josh Allen Lamar Jackson Drake May and Joe burrow off the board at tight end our broccoli Bowers Tramick bride colston lovelin Tyler Warren and Tucker craft and then of course a bunch of running backs and receivers off the board So far Trayvon Henderson goes here the five eleven Quentin Johnson goes here with the five 12 So we still got some running like Jordan Mason is still available Dobbins is still available like there's some running backs

34:38And we can a Harvey's available. I mean bra all the broncos run backs are able so yeah, we can piecemeal An army two spot here. Let me ask a strategy question here for you guys when you are playing in a league like this where you have some of those scoring bonuses Are you thinking about that with big plays? And you know big gay like are you thinking about a hundred yard extra three points stuff like that or are you not really paying close attention to that? No because I think that the illness is still draft good players they get volume and good players that put up stats So like if that's the the main if that's the sauce it stays the sauce Okay Well, I think it's just for me it helps kind of separate like the players that Can do well in fantasy that aren't really good real life players versus because the best players are getting Further rewarded for being the best players So I think that's something to keep in mind especially in the later rounds where it's like hey Maybe this guy situation is kind of like not the best in terms of like where he's in the pecking order or the team environment But if we know that the players really good and when he does have opportunities

35:39You know he's gonna smash then he can fully take advantage of oh well If this guy does get to start a game like yeah, I could seem going over a hundred yards or a quarterback passing for 300 yards Again, that's just another reason why going late round quarterback here is awesome because we know that either It's a mobile guy or guy that throws her 300 yards consistently They're gonna get even more points especially in half ppr overall I was just gonna say when you say late round quarterback ericson Are you thinking like I know the guys you've generally been targeting have been Trevor Lawrence just adjusting her or Caleb Williams Are you thinking about that as late round like you're just outside the top you know Clear cut top six or so or are you thinking like for this draft of particular you want to go like Gawd for Willis or somebody that's really going later. I mean, I think I think that's honestly Gawd probably go more in because again like you walking you get Gawd in love Gawd in Kyloy, like you just like two guys that you can piece me all together What you want to do a quarterback each and every week? Shuckabooless because you're so excited. It's like yeah The team league what rounds is that are you thinking is it like eight nine?

36:42I think it's gonna be dependent upon every league to be different I think we kind of read the board and and let like There are six off the board so far, but we start considering it once like 11 or 12 quarterbacks go off the board And get ahead and see how the board plays out. I didn't want to tramp like you know Steer the ship or take us somewhere different here, but like I think kind of workshopping this take I want to I'm curious what y'all think I'm getting more and more interested in Jordan Mason because I think the Vikings are gonna be a run heavy team This year and I don't trust or I don't trust Aaron Jones to stay healthy Like I think the bike might be like a top five rushing rate team this year I want to go either I want I want to run you back here and I want Blake Korm or Jordan Mason I have Korm well ahead of Mason Personally Is that just hate like straight-up handcut value because like The Rams are the heavy heavy favorites in every game they play this season. I think he's gonna run the ball at time But what's his outside if Kyron stays healthy matter. It doesn't it doesn't matter. Oh, he's off doesn't matter. He got taken

37:44He's off the board It's already dead Yay, I would have lost the battle anyway. Jordan Mason is the pay. I'm fine. I'm glad he got drafted Okay, we can do our Mason. Yeah, Mason game well bill one of those guys I probably for a game well, but I know I know Dero likes Mason. I'm fine. We might be able to get a game all around the app between them All right, do you want to go another running back around the turn? Since we only have two we don't have to go running back again. You have two running backs We basically have our starting lineup minus the onesy positions. Yeah, which I'm good cool to keep you to punt Yeah, I mean honestly I would consider fanning if he came back around just because He's the he's the last of that like top seven or eight tight ends that I do think there's a gap I'm not pounding the table for it. I'm just saying it's something. He's somebody I would consider I mean we could say like would we rather take a guy who's gonna be on the bench for us and just have more bench options Or would we rather take like I do love Herbert right and this late in a 16 team league

38:47I wouldn't be opposed to it either like dipping into the onesies I'm not again. I'm not pounding the table for it, but I'm not also not opposed to it If we don't like the other options that running back in receiver I don't want to go one-z position right here. Okay. I want Dale is you're gonna catch a ton of passes honestly like Brian Dave all bringing him in and like but it's half point so that's true, but so just kind of it's not standard anti-calories So okay, so skill position players who are you pounding the table for Like that's kind of what I want to know because again if there's no one I get what we're saying where if you like if you don't like anybody and you're like okay I got to take the quarterback. I really like I'm cool with that, but okay So you like gain well I'm cool with gain well worm. Do you have someone that you want to pound the table for at a skill position? It's not quarterback or tight end. I am okay with gain well. I would not fight that my like again I'm not pounded a table my like I mean honestly like I know he's going to get hurt JK Dobbins. I think is going to be productive until he gets hurt

39:48And I just if we're expecting that like just take Jonah Coleman later. I mean I think we could do both. I wouldn't be opposed to taking Dobbins and Coleman honestly. I did have I did have Kevin Concepts you own in the queue. I would have been okay with concept young, honestly Yeah, I think I mean Jordan Addison. I don't love but I'm just like like I think he's a talented player I think my vote would be gain well or Dobbins here if we're not going tight end record. Yeah, I I'm fine with that like I think it's game well Dobbins and if we get Dobbins try to get Jonah Coleman Or even try to get Jonah Coleman later. I just like the water seeker Like I want to go after Coleman regardless of whether we get Dobbins or not. I think he's a good pick anyway I agree with it. I just look at the white receivers here and I'm like I like Dobbs I like Jellyn Coker, but I feel like we could punt that and get like You know a Don Tavian wicks later or K-Shombooty or something like that like I feel like you can get some more production I was running back over Risey for me if it was just me drafting It would probably be fan and I'm not gonna push it. I know you guys don't want to go ones. So in that case

40:49I say it's one of the running games. I just say game. Well or Dobbins. I think we can go You want Dobbins. I think one game well. Oh No, I'm fine with either like I'm either too. I straight up game with Dobbins, but I don't feel strongly I'm totally fine with game well if that's what I just don't expect everybody to stay home The year but he's I don't think it's a healthy Do not yeah, I don't think it's gonna stay healthy the whole season I think he's gonna be real productive when he's on the field He was the number one guy last year. I don't think gold So you're just making the case to draft you on a Coleman Dobbins was the number one guy last year until getting hurt I think what he's on the field he's gonna still be the number one guy But I still do want Coleman again, even though we didn't take Dobbins. I'm definitely on board with him Yeah, no, I think game well game well gives us a lot more versatility I think because he could have a really I'm Again, I was not fighting against gain well. I'm just making the case for why I liked Dobbins but I I think that Dobbins I mean Dobbins also benefited from the Broncos having a really easy schedule the beginning of last year

41:53And then when the schedule got tough he got hurt So RJ Harvey was the one running into all these brick walls and everyone then said Oh, he sucks at rushing the football even though he's facing a top 10 run defense every single week Which jk Dobbins did not have to face and then this season the Broncos face a very similar schedule to the Schedule they face in the second half of last year I mean if the Broncos are gonna be up tempo passing the ball That's not really jk Dobbins like that is more of the RJ Harvey Jonah Coleman types of players Catching gas out of the back to which is not really been Dobbins game up to say that he can't do it And then there's always the caveat that he gets hurt Do you think they're going to not win as many games this year because I think they're gonna be really good this year overall still good Like so in the games I think they're going to be running up 14 Flash here I don't know. I'm not saying that they're gonna you know have 13 wins or whatever this season But I think they're generally going to be one of the better teams in the aFC and We're talking I mean again Dobbins off the board. It's not like it matters for us But just in general like I think job is going to end up being a value early in seasons even against a tougher schedule

42:57It's just like you know is gonna get hurt at some point But in a league like this I'm like everybody's going to be weak somewhere So having a guy that we think's really good early. I think it's smart And again, I'm just talking Stragiwise for the listeners. I know it's not applicable in our situation I'm just adding wider receivers are running backs to the queue and stuff like that like what Who do you know? How many of you like the who by the way who who is the late tight end that we want? I'm totally fine with us going with a multitude of guys either like going to George Kittle route and immediately back in that up with the Dallas Goddard or an Isaiah likely or a Jawan Johnson or Punning it further and going with like a Jawan Johnson Isaiah likely Dalton Schultz or Brenton Strange build Dude Brenton Strange is really interesting to me because if there's any injuries his per-route metrics are freaking fans It the volume opens up for him He could be a top 12 guy and he's no we're close to being drafted like I kind of think if he's there our next pick should be George Kittle I'm fine with that I think it's late enough And he has he's fine with that type of high level upside that other tight ends in that are available

43:57I think if we do that immediately we go Kittle and Dallas Goddard and we're done at tight end That that would be my vote. I am on board with that What do you think where my Sean Lloyd goes here? Debra. Yeah, I think you're he wasn't gonna make it back to us up. We're almost gonna take it. I And us Three teams between our picks three teams need a tight end for us and then Three teams after behind us three of the four teams or two two teams after us like in that one to five range still need one Yeah, yeah, yeah, just two okay If we don't get Kittle do you want to go likely If we don't get Kittle I'm fine punting it. I was gonna say I would get Kittle I'm good waiting till the next pick yeah, take it same. Okay, then same. Okay, so what receiver running back do you want instead then? I would I know that it's like sounds ugly and gross I would make the make the case for Tyler Alger if Jeremiah love is really slow early on or misses anytime Like I do think you'll get opportunity and again, it's a 16 team league like guys getting volume even in gross offenses

44:59I think matters. I would also be on the board too. I would say Alger and Coleman will be my picks If it's not Kittle then I think it's Debo or Denzel Boston That's just me Debra you don't want to go Jonah Coleman yet. You want to wait another round I think we can wait until the ninth round I mean he is the is the sixth highest rated running back right now in ECR So like in terms of the guys who are currently still available So like he might not get back to our next pick which is okay, but I'm saying that you might not I mean Well again, we're gonna figure out the tight end thing too if we're if we're not going tight in here and okay So it's not I'm sorry, I think we just put it in I think we put it in So you don't want to tighten with any of our next two picks I would say definitely not with the next pick I would consider it in the next like I don't want to get tight in the eight I don't think we should do the next one. I think we should do the next one. I think we should do it. Well it's the same looks like we're a little bit of a tight end run is happening Yeah, I said I don't want to get out of here, but I would mind one in the ninth. Yeah But again, you have to sacrifice somewhere I'm willing more willing to sacrifice at tight end and quarterback than I am running back a wide receiver in a 16 team.

46:04Okay, so I like likely here you guys want who instead of running back a receiver which wants I would take Calmman or Tyler Alger would those would be my two that I'd pick between if it were me And then at receiver like I'd probably go Boston honestly Yeah, I okay, so we're up for me. It's Jonah Coleman or Denzel Boston or Debo those are my top three guys who ever wanted to those two I would go Calmman or Boston. I don't hate Debo, but I like Coleman Okay, I'm good with Coleman here. I mean we're putting together a pretty freaking good running back room man Consider him. We just cobbled together like This just feels like a zero or B team or a hero or B team and I'm I like to build so far I think we caught up at running back well. Yeah, I agree honestly So now we have four receivers and four running backs. I wouldn't mind a tight end Here on the next round. I'm not gonna push it. I'm open to it though Goddard would be my pick then we go tight end. I

47:04Like likely I'm fine with like really I like this. Honestly. Do you have a do you have a legions to your former Raven or do you like? I feel no he's not a Raven anymore. He's dead to hell. I feel I feel very like This is a very flat range of tight ends for me like I would be very open to the case for any of like the next five or six ranked guys So I don't feel strongly about it. I if I like you know forced me to pick if this I was the only one here making this decision I think I would probably go Goddard, but it is like a not a big margin for me I just I feel a lot better about Goddard like all the stuff about Eli Stowers coming out like he is gonna be redshirted this year Like I don't think he's gonna be a part of the offense like I think Goddard's gonna be a big time part of this offense Now there are four teams after our next pick who still need a tight end So we could just wait another round and say hey, you know what? Let's go get like Dylan Samson or Denzel Boston and

48:05Just like it cuz Debo's gone. I'll gears gone But like if we want to just get Boston or Samson or somebody else that you guys want to make a pitch for and say hey There's only four teams that still need a tight end before our next pick and we'll just trust that not all of these guys go I'm okay with that, but I also okay with just taking Goddard likely to again. I don't feel strongly I mean I'm saying if I want to it's by the way. I'd like to address one of the tight ends because we like the tight ends Anyway, and I think actually coaches saying that there's Maybe a tear drop off. I think I gave me some notification or something about by weeks We have four players on the same by week is what I just saw from I I don't care about by weeks. I could not do not care at all All right, so whichever take my dangers false to us. No Boston went We have tight end Let's make our let's make our pick quickly for pro pick it's got her likely

49:06Yeah, I just I told you to arm you pick Warm you make I would probably go got it. I would go got it of the two I just feel better about his route here like I know he's going to be a full-time player I think that about likely but again let the record show I wanted I say likely for all those watching video So it happens I like I like it like yeah, he I think he's like a 26 When I'm doing all right AJ Brown has missed games. So Now if he gets back I was gonna say I wouldn't mind going back to back tight ends and taking with the next pick if he's there I'm totally aborted that and I'm even fine if we wanted to go like say he goes I'm fine with us even taking an upside swing at this point and don't concave like Because if he does get the full-time route share he could be a top five guy in a 16-teamer. Yeah, down with that I mean, I think I say like it could be a top five guy too I don't disagree. I was playing it out if likely was gone. I would rather likely but yeah

50:07K-Shambuji oh also to I don't know if you guys got the update. So the unknown player I don't know why it's showing up like that, but it's Jacobi Lane So I don't know why if for some reason isn't Maybe because he was drafted so ahead of ADP He's an end-to-end PC That's hilarious I have no idea why he is Unless they drafted like Jalen Lane. I got it. I just see Jalen. Maybe Jacobi Lane has become so good He's turned into like a creative player. I mean who knows? I mean all the beat writers at a Baltimore thinks that he's in the hall of Famous and deep deep Born here too a couple D.A. couple of Texans I was gonna make the case for Emma Johnson. He goes here. Isaiah likely goes as well. All right likely is gone All right King Cade's next up then as an option if we wanted Yeah, we still have like just that quarterback Purti Bodenix, Mahalm Stafford, Gough, Kyler, George, Lofs, Sean Lodenman

51:15We picked two guys and we're good to go like Piece of cake. I was gonna say are we gonna take two quarterbacks? Because we don't have five savers are gonna be pretty barren Again because it's 16 teams so so we're taking one tight end and two quarterbacks with our next five picks, right? Yes, we want to have two of each. Okay, so that means we only have two running back receiver picks left I think we go Tied in and quarterback with dark next two picks Depending on who's there like But that's that's only if you want to do want Johnson just go he did so never mind. Okay, so like honestly I'm fine with us going quarterback quarterback here guys like what do you think? Double tap it. Yeah, I think it makes sense if if we're not over the moon about any running back or wide receiver Again, if you really want somebody speak now or forever hold your piece if not again We do have to draft quarterbacks at some point and the values there are the guys there. Yeah, let's take that We can start the run. I think the run is gonna happen also true the rest of the QBs After our pick all those teams already have quarterbacks. I know, but they're gonna get a QB two in a 16d

52:19Maybe I don't I don't think they're all gonna get a QB two I agree with warm. I think maybe we our next pick. We don't have to go quarterback We can wait till the turn around but then the one after that should be we can pick least. Yeah We should start to get at least one So some of the running backs and receivers. I'm just like you know, you're not you're obviously wearing like a real handcuffed territory Like Brian Robinson Ray Davis my dad saying like Sean Tucker table Nick Singleton not really for a month See for me 80 Mitchell that maybe looks tray Harris. I mean these are some I like to really Pat Bryant Malik Washington. These are these are the receivers that Risha Pateman. I wouldn't say no to tray Harris But there's a wide enough I'm not getting a table for any of these corner coach Well, which one I I would go with phone. There's so many quarterbacks. I like I think bonix and we and we go like go pure up like Bonix if he goes before us. I mean golf golf because you get bonuses for 300 passing yards

53:20I think we go next to golf and then back it up with Malik I kind of like golf Willis as the pair Yeah, I think we should go quarterback quarterback. I think we should just take two quarterbacks. We're done And then we take our late dollars and boat bow just win. So yeah, I think it's gonna happen Let's go go here and then an upside quarterback The last time we went against D-Brow in this in this so-called run that was gonna happen. He was right So So Jared goff Jared goff the official quarterback of the tailgate fantasy team It's happening we're good Jared off. Yes, we're going to do everything a week. I'm good. Go baby Jared golf and then I think we go we go tower shocker Malik Willis will this is my pick if you come back. I will point out Willie Quillis says the same by week is Jared goff Okay, we'll figure it out nor really I don't think you're gonna 16 team league that Gets tougher. I'm just I'm just pointing it out. We're not we're not gonna go undefeated anyway

54:22That's true. I would be I wouldn't like the next pick. I will us at the next pick. I'm a cool with Willis Yeah, it's Willis or shock whoever we want to go with as far as upside It's fine But yeah, I think once he gets to the other side of the board Quarterbacks gonna get annihilated coming back because it is a 16 team. No, I hundred 100% agree with it And just to make sure we got again again I understood one where you were saying we could push quarterback But then it's like well we could just get the two guys we want and then now I have to sweat because we're not seeing any There's a team what is that the The McCaffer team has no quarterbacks right now unless I'm reading that wrong So like they're probably like banking on double tapping quarterbacks Like the case for me to not have gone quarterback there would have been if we really liked their running back or receiver Since we didn't I'm super on board with double-tap running back is kind of running back is pretty gross right now Yeah, and wide receivers like look we can just take Upside shots on guys like super late. Yeah, they're upside guys at receiver that I want to lace take a swing on

55:22But yeah, it's like there's no running back Antonio Williams They're still Ted her's there's no Chris Bell out there those guys are gonna go super late We still want to get another tight end All right, Will yes, I do still want to get another tight end But I I'd rather take a quarterback here and then look at tight end next all right So what are we doing quarterback then? Mine is I know D-Brow's gonna use his veto but I would put Kyler marion, but I know he's gonna be to it I like Kyler I like Jordan love honestly. I like I can make it I mean do we could just take my homes I am also okay with Chuck it does you'll weird to take him over my homes Yeah, I think considering who's left on the board. We take Patrick my homes. All right I'm a board do we have stacking partners? We could take Baker. We got we got godwin You can take Baker over Patrick my homes. I mean, I'm just talking to the staff. I'm not a kid We're not I don't know what stacks honestly. I would go homes or love would be my two my homes. I'm okay

56:22Brom's my homes if feels like the right now it feels like the right pick is the right Pitch feels like the right I mean milk will I'm gonna do I'm gonna take it before Yeah, around 10 and round 11 picks and 16 team are we go from my homes? Yeah, I'm going like four homes with what do you do? 65 I mean, that's that's wild man. It's wild value That's why late round quarterback dude. It's so back so back so on the way back Do you all want to go with like a Brenton strange at Titan is we only have Dallas Goddard so far? I want Terrence Ferguson Are you want Terrence Ferguson? Yeah, I'm up over there. The thing is like I almost would wait Let's see what let's see what happens I almost would wait another round at Titan because like there still is on the board Ferguson Andrews Cicacacco Brenton strange the Ronnie Gatson Terrence Ferguson like I know we like some of those guys better than others Okay, but we have a name so we have pook we have pook and a kua If he goes down Terrence Ferguson's gonna see a major boost role and we're gonna be starting

57:24That's true so into your point though worm Yeah, there's a lot of names left. I don't like any of them outside of like strange Like there's a lot of names, but Well, well the same thing Eric's you just said with pook we have we have George Pickens If he goes down Jake Ferguson is gonna look really good Yeah Point I Want to take oh But what I was joking was way in that Florino I might have a larger role this year regardless So that's fair Or lamb where to go down so you guys are just aces with these rebuttals You guys do this full time job We should get more me It's a hobby. It's a hobby So so where where are we by the way we haven't drafted a receiver since Chris Godwin in round five That's fine. We take a tie it in and then we just go receivers to it was wild though like because D. Row is like pound it for Chris Godwin

58:29And like dude, it seems like a reach and then we stopped the drafting wide receivers all together Because like our receiver was pretty good so like well, I mean we have where we started with a zero or B team So like our for three of our I mean four of our first five picks were receivers So we kind of like made the bad way in draft assistant Jacobi Lane is available So maybe that was Jalen Lane that went earlier in the unknown player spot. Oh, maybe it must have been So someone's that finger the wrong J lane Maybe all right Erickson rule rule a thing here. Do we have to draft a defense? Yes, and the way you set this league up Ferguson yes, we have to have defense that means we have defense tight end and receiver our next three picks in some order So here here's a question Do we want to take a second tight end or we do we want to not worry about that and then just take two receivers? I honestly kind of think with what we all just pointed out the fact that we only have four receivers

59:30I kind of think we take we take two receivers in a defense But I don't know I mean you could put a tight end at flex. I just feel like I like the tight ends better than the receivers I'm like are there receivers really like deep enough agree I mean jake Ferguson makes sense for what our roster is Even though he's not as fun as T Ferguson He does make sense consider we have torch pick ends Plays in good off. I also think Andrew's gonna catch a lot of touchdowns this year Don't care. Yes. We know. It's well documented. Yes You were batten for a Breton strange deep, bro Like he's available to I think I think strange definitely needs an injury to be impactful I think he does I think some of the other guys maybe could be impactful without an injury Or we just take Charlie colar The real tight end one on the chargers I mean a j barner like Do we like any receiver? I mean I I put 10 hers Chris Bell and Antonio Williams in the queue I feel like this is where you take the upside you guys are gonna laugh at it I actually do think Roshabateman is a big value this year like I can't with all field stuff dude

1:00:35The off field stuff is totally found he's on the field like I think Declan Doyle is gonna use him in much better way than he then Todd monkey I think even went on the field is gonna be way more productive this year But I totally get the off field stuff. Yeah, I receiver I vote for pap Ryan For what it's worth on the off field stuff by the way the woman who accused him of all that recanted her story back in June Like well before the TMZ story came out I'm not saying that it didn't happen. I'm just reporting that that she did recanted even before it became public So you know for whatever that's worth I Think I would go tight end here. I would go tight end with this pick and then a receiver and then deep That's what be yeah, there's a there's a team picking behind us that still doesn't have a tight end so then Britain strange is my vote Okay, I would say Ferguson so Erickson why don't you break the tie unless D. Brant wants to veto Ferguson Ferguson Oh, yeah, you want to go Ferguson? Yeah, just because we have pickings like it makes sense if you know he gets hurt me Yeah, it's not a person you know pretty good about him

1:01:36I do like this like eight straight picks of receivers and running backs then four straight doubling up at the onesies That's kind of a fun way to go. I mean that's what you do in a 16 team Yeah, you got to you got to sacrifice somewhere and I think you sacrifice a tight end and quarterback Yeah, we go receiver next D. Brant since I push for Ferguson you can pick the receiver. Who do you like best that's available first? Oh, you like her best okay, I said her's This is an upside And pap Ryan okay be my other receiver so I'm one of those two I think it's herst pap Ryan and Chris Bell would be the kind of the true I was gonna say Brian's as well. I was looking at Antonio Williams. I was looking at her You know, I would say Brian's and her start the two we should pick between Because that was I like her. This is all just upside because we also have Chris Godwin so if Godwin gets hurt again, you could see her's having we spanned a role when we can throw him in Exactly, so yeah, structurally speaking Oh, I got taken bummer Well, let's let's have a pass by pap Ryan's it. Yeah, I like pap Ryan

1:02:38Who's our backup? I think they're going to go who's the backup. Yeah Antonio Williams I again or shot baiton Fields. I don't hate jack bass Jacobi Lane if you really feel it's not gonna be on the field Calm real feel we all like to year ago Brian's out there. I'm back to it. Yes, all right. Take pap Ryan got him Yes, don't agree. Yeah. Yes, got him unanimous. All right, so what defense do we like? All right, let's see who's available? Chargers Chargers Ravens. I do like to Ravens getting the Colts and Week one With a bunch of banks of receivers and Jones coming back from the Achilles. I think the Raven is a good early season Who to the Vikings playing week one? I don't I haven't like memorize the week one packers Oh packers. Okay, so I would go chart I would go Chargers Ravens Lions those three And whatever order they're available are left who the Ravens getting first Colts with with all the receiver injuries and hair I need to I need to have a bunch of other easy games to start the year two they get the same

1:03:44In a 16 team where it's probably not going to be as easy to stream defenses Um, especially some of the seasons might take two Uh, I'm looking at Ravens schedule. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah Ravens. I like The early season Ravens. See time Ravens the Ravens might start might have a deep Well, and then we got In then if we get the Ravens defense. I mean, yeah, did we draft any other Ravens players just went? No, I can't do it Any Patriots players this draft sucks We know Patriots are Ravens. I mean No, dude, we could get the Ravens defense. Don't don't never say never. Well, yeah, that's what I'm over here Who's the backup to the Ravens? We did get the same though We got we got a saying chargers chargers would be the defense if we don't take the Ravens For me and then if they're gone there first two we are awesome Because four teams no, three teams are going to draft a defense before we pick again because they have to So three defenses are gonna be out to work. I'm guessing the Ravens will be one of them because they're high

1:04:48They're in the top three highest ranked available So we should look a little lower Chargers and Ravens defenses are gone Lions are a low-key defense. I like because they have the easiest schedule in the NFL They're gonna play in a lot of shootouts which means Passing game they're gonna face a lot of pass attempts didn't Hutchinson's gonna. They do start They're gonna be fun and then they're in buffalos too. I like the cowboys as a big time sleeper defense or the Bengals If we get wiped out I think Davison since an adi are gonna have very improved defenses So I know they start with the Rams, but San Francisco gets Miami Arizona in weeks two and three I just don't I don't have any faith that the 49ers pass rush is gonna be any good That's like as easy of a weeks two and three as you can get though Hey, we just kind of sacrificed if they survive if they survive Australia Oh Ravens went all right Ravens are gone. Yeah, that sucks. So I mean we expected it

1:05:50Chargers are going there's too many teams that need one I agree with the charts. I still don't know. Be there are y'all with the cowboys. All right, so I like the Lions Cowboys added to the queue The Packers get Minnesota and the Jets and Atlanta to start oh the Packers are Packers I don't have no I just don't I don't think they're gonna be any good I don't think they're gonna be good They get to face Geno defenses Kyler Their defense sucks that one I sense that's the issue. What about the Bengals guys? They get their luck in here. They're the Texans Steelers Jack or say who they face again Buckeneers Texans Steelers Jaguars dolphins Ravens. I don't like that. I also I also the Bengals are gonna be terrible this year Like I like the defense. I mean like I'm not finding it I'm the fact that you're a Tomorism coming through that is that is the Holmerism. They've been a terrible defense for years

1:06:52I don't get to the Lawrence is alone to fix that you're not better horrific Cash Oh my god, it's happening. I don't I don't think the Bengals defense is gonna be any good, but I could be wrong Dude the Chargers by fall to us this may not matter. I was fixing to say the Chargers of the pick if they fall to us Agreed Chargers definite pick if they're there They go right before us watch it's gonna happen. I'm just preparing you. There is at least one Yeah, there's one team that still needs a defense in front of us Yep, they're up right now. It's gonna happen Okay, so what you're saying you've talked about the charge too much on what are we doing? I vote lions Moran, who do you vote for the bills in week two is so tough with the lions? Yeah, it's one. It's one week. It's one week Okay, what's the risk of open the season? Moran, what do you I think my last nighters? Oh, no, we're going lions bro the saints bills jets panthers cardinals

1:08:00It's just a tough week to say no more baby This line. I don't know why we're trustee No, I'm defense to stay healthy and be any good dude. No, the It's a pure and they're gonna get them back Dude the lion's deepest is the opponent season goes on It's still got a hutch baby dude, so we trust dude. Six week one dude Tyler Shach. I wish we had taken the Ravens defense in round 13 And then just taking like a like Bryant in round 14. I bet maybe would have gotten back to us Needed to take defense Jalen ol colby freaking young was getting draft Brad Brad Brad Travis hunter got drafted. I don't know. Only four Receivers went between those picks. You never know That's the valuable Sedic still available We have a wires not as bearers. I thought it would be There's some names. I think they're some there's some names. Oh, right. Roshabateman's there. So that's pretty good Yeah, he's gonna be there for a while

1:09:01This is a pre-long episode. So we will take a very quick look just to see kind of what our projected standings look like and everything We're not gonna dive deep here and then we'll get out of here Maybe we'll take a look and That's pretty good Okay, well we got 95 out of 100 second to only Second only to the user name that shall not be named at this time T-dops But uh yeah expert opinions a lot of 99s people really like our draft guys and we're dominating We're dominating wide receiver and flex that's what you do in a 16-teamer quarterback I'm liking that it shows third and starters first in bench So like kind of have have a good lineup and and depth here Yeah, let's let's see if the pick analysis agrees with without the godwin pick and the roma dunes a debacle that we had to go through

1:10:09I don't see it here they said we want judgekins said about dunes a not bro Well this says we should have gone rice instead of HN and then Henderson instead of godwin As a number one No, this is a tough one for him here. I know I disagree with you guys. Yeah, I just can't I mean I get we got Stacking with patty, but I can't I can't well. We didn't even know we were gonna get dude stack with patty. Yeah, that's fair. It's fair So the team whose name we can't say he they did take rice CD lamb drake line every she rice they started receiver receiver receiver then Lamar Jackson Then they took traviant henderson RJ Harvey JK Dobbins So they didn't take her running back till around five, but then they took three in a row including two broncos guys They got kiddle so that's pretty good team. Oh, they took our broncos idea. They just went RJ and JK instead of JK and Jonah Yeah, and they took George Kittle. Yeah, yeah, that's a pretty good team right there

1:11:12All right, we'll go ahead and wrap things up there. I sincerely went long Thanks everybody for checking this out. This is super fun. Hope everybody enjoys it. We will reference this League kind of throughout the season on tailgate and We're gonna kind of run it I mean we're projected to be second place. We'll finalize a punishment as well We're that we're definitely open to suggestions That people want to throw out on the way and we use boys eat some dubbies Give us suggestions for a missed the playoffs punishment and for a last place punishment That will only apply to us. We're not gonna make anybody else in the league The winner is going to get $150 American There you go Hell yeah, I didn't even know that Maybe Once the draft was done once I saw that we were gonna probably win then I announced that there's I probably want to change my right winner gets 25 dollars I would not have let us draft Chris Godwin if I had no we could do actually money No, I'm just kidding. I would have still veto mark injuries for the play. Yes Well for everybody's own drafts provider that all of our 2026 consensus rankings and tiers can be found at fantasy pros.com slash rankings

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