Fantasy Football Today - #AskFFT Fan Mock Draft Review with special guest Katie Mox! (07/29 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

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Training camps are open. Preseason games just a few days away. That means that it's fantasy season. We've arrived, and we're here to guide you through it. I'm Dave Richard, along with sports line genius Katie Mox, two-time fantasy analyst of the year Jamie Eisenberg down on the other end. If you've got the number one overall pick in a PPR draft, who are you taking? Well, I don't think it's going to come as a big surprise for those that know me.

I'm taking Christian McCaffrey, and it's not just because I'm a huge 49ers fan. Coming off of a huge season for him, obviously, offensive player of the year. When you're looking at what we're looking at here, which is PPR, I mean, 67 receptions, 564 yards last year, 81% of San Francisco's offensive snaps. Now, I know what you're going to say. You do think that maybe he'll reduce a little bit in yardage, but I think when it comes to the receiving game, he's still going to be the guy. I don't think I was going to say that.

I think he's still going to be pretty much the guy. Do you worry at all about his age? Because, you know, for running backs, for humans, he's young. For running backs, he's, you know, collecting AARP at this point. So do you worry a little bit about his age? I think that Christian McCaffrey is a freak of nature. So I'm not worried about his age quite yet. Now, I do think, obviously, you guys know I'm on the sports betting side. When I was looking at his season receiving yards, I'm not sure I'd necessarily take the over in that.

But I think in this role, he's still going to be that workhorse. He's still going to be the guy on the goal line. And so I do think when it comes to number one overall, Christian McCaffrey is my guy. And you're obviously hoping Trent Williams is good to go. When we get into the Brandon Ayoub conversation, which will inevitably come up at some point in this show, yeah, the Trent Williams situation worries me about that. But then, yes, certainly when you look at how effective Christian

McCaffrey was with Trent Williams versus without Trent Williams, it is a little spooky. But they're going to pay that man. They have to. They definitely have to. Alright, so we recently did a 12-team fan mock draft. We got 12 fans of our podcast, Fantasy Football Today, all together, and we let them do a mock draft. Full PPR, no surprise, Christian McCaffrey was the number one overall pick.

It wasn't me, by the way. It wasn't any of us. None of us were in this draft. No analysts, no so-called experts, nothing. But I thought we'd take a tour of the first two rounds to start off to see what went right, what didn't go right, where that draft could have been better. And let's just start with the first eight picks in the draft. Christian McCaffrey was number one, and then a bunch of wide receivers after that.

CeeDee Lamb went number two overall. I think we're all on board with that. Tyree Kill went third. Jamar Chase fourth. Brees Hall fifth. Justin Jefferson, Bijan Robinson, and Amonra St. Brown. Fantasy Preview Magazine, CBS Sports Fantasy Preview Magazine cover boy, Amonra St. Brown.

You can look for that on newsstands, by the way. All right, there seems to be a consensus that these are going to make up the first eight picks in pretty much every PPR draft. Is this how you have it, Jamie, in your rankings? No, I have it with Lamb, Tyreek, and Chase as the first three receivers and the first three players after Christian McCaffrey. Then I actually have Amara St. Brown at five, followed by the two running backs, Brees Hall and Bijan Robinson and Justin Jefferson. I moved Jefferson down a little

bit just because I'm concerned with the quarterback situation slightly, whether it's going to be Sam Darnold, at least to start, and then J.J. McCarthy. But look, Jefferson is going to make a lot of people feel bad for passing on him, you know, just because he's so, so dynamic and he's going to probably be among the league leaders and targets. And I know we're all going to look back and say, I know a guy you know very well, Nick Mullins, a guy that has an opportunity. We saw last year had an opportunity to keep Jefferson afloat, 20 plus PPR points per game when he started those four games with Jefferson.

But is Darnold going to be that guy? More importantly, though, is McCarthy going to be that guy? Because Darnold I don't really worry about. I think with a veteran being there, understanding O'Connell's system, Darnold I think will go through the car wash, just like a Baker Mayfield, you know, get in a better system and play at a higher level than we've ever seen before. But Jefferson, when you start to, you know, nitpick,

Amar St. Brown is in his same system with his same quarterback. Jamar Chase is going to get his quarterback back. Obviously, Tyreek Hill being at the level that he's at even at 30 years old. So Jefferson just gets bumped down a little bit. And I did put the two running backs ahead of him just because I think those guys, if they hit, could be special and they may challenge McCaffrey for that one spot. Do y'all watch the receiver doc on Netflix? I haven't gotten there yet, but he has. The amount of candy that Jefferson eats. It's amazing. I'm like, how are you this fast and this good when you're putting absolute junk in your body?

I'll tell you, I think his appearance on that changed a lot of perception of him because you see jets, as he calls himself. You see the jewelry. You see the flair. He's still living in the same townhouse. He just got paid the most expensive contract of any wide receiver in NFL history. He's still living in, I think it's a $400,000 townhouse. Kudos to him.

And you can see he's grounded with his family. But yes, a lot of candy. A lot of, oh my God. When you watch it, you'll see there's an entire cabinet just full of candy. Watch it. I'm breaking into his house to get some of that candy. I have three kids that all play sports. And, you know, we try to like make them eat right.

Between him and DK Metcalf, I'm just going to feed them candy. Right. Don't forget about Marshawn Lynch back in the day. He definitely did that. Speaking of Marshawn Lynch, running backs. I want to talk about that. You know that that's a position near and dear to my heart. But we saw Breesall go fifth, B. John Robinson go seventh.

Is that too soon, too late? Where do you have these running backs in your hierarchy, Katie? I think B. John Robinson was right there, obviously. It can only go up, right, without Arthur Smith. I think a lot of fantasy managers were frustrated last season with his usage or lack thereof. And I do like kind of the 2v2 that they did there, which we'll get later when they loop back around for Chris Alave. But when it comes to Gibbs, I would have taken Saquon Barkley, I think, over Gibbs here because you look at someone like Gibbs,

he's still going to split the backfield with David Montgomery. Now, it's interesting because he has been taking reps with the wide receivers at camp, and that's probably going to be good for his passing game. But when you have someone like Saquon Barkley, who went a little bit later, which I was surprised by, that is a bona fide RB1 on that team. And he's angry. He's a little bit angry on this going back to his former team. RB1 on that team. And he's angry.

He's a little bit angry on this going back to his former team. Or excuse me, rival team. Yeah, absolutely. I want to talk about the last four picks in round one if we could. A.J. Brown, Jonathan Taylor, Puka Nakua, Jameer Gibbs. The end of round one, five running backs, seven wide receivers. Does that seem right to you, Jamie? And are these the right seven wide receivers

that should go in the first round? So we know that there's going to be an elite eight. So you've got the five wide receivers of Lamb, Hill, Chase, St. Brown, Jefferson. Those five are going in the first eight picks. And that's fine. Then you have the three running backs that are going in the first eight picks as well with Christian McCaffrey, Bison Robinson, again, whatever order you like those guys. After you get to that, A.J. Brown, to me, is the bridge.

Because I don't think he belongs in those top five, but he's just after them. And he should be ahead of Garrett Wilson and Puka Nakua. What he accomplished last year, what he hopefully will accomplish again with Kellen Moore, obviously Jalen Hurts is going to be, you know, hopefully playing at an even better level than he did last year. A.J. Brown tailed off at the end of last season. He had a six-game stretch of 125 yards receiving or more. It was almost like take it to the bank. He's going to get to that 125. He'll hopefully score on top of it. He was just an absolute stud.

But the questions come in after him. Puka, can he do it again? Garrett Wilson, can he do it for the first time? It makes a lot of people nervous. So that's where Barkley comes into play. That's where Kyron Williams comes into play, who gets, I think, overlooked probably a little unjustly. But there's a lot to love about those guys. And I think for me, it's Brown, Puka, Brown, Wilson, Puka all belong in the first round. And then it's really that 12 spot of do you like Barkley? Do you like Jonathan Taylor, who also should be in the conversation? And do you like Jameer Gibbs?

I like Gibbs a little bit better than Barkley, simply because I think the receptions will matter here in PPR. On top of the fact, still scored 10 touchdowns. You know, a lot of people look at David Montgomery, think he's the Jamal Williams, which he is. But you have the added bonus of if something happens to David Montgomery, we saw those three games, two of those 26-plus PPR points. If he gets that opportunity to be the only guy, he's better than McCaffrey.

I hate to say that to you, but he's better than McCaffrey if there's nobody there. Yeah. Well, when you talk about A.J. Brown, too, falling out, the entire Eagles offense also fell off around that time. All right. Speaking of the Eagles offense, Saquon Barkley, you think he's a first round pick. Our drafters took him in early round two. Here's the beginning of round two. It's Marvin Harrison, Saquon Barkley went after that, and then a couple of running backs after Garrett Wilson, and Wilson falling into round two. That felt strange to me. I'm used to seeing him toward the late end of round one.

I agree with you, Jamie. I like the idea of taking one of those two receivers, if I'm picking late in round one, Wilson and Akua, and then coming back with one of the running backs that you see on your screen, be it Saquon, Derrick Henry, Kyron Williams, Chris Olave. Katie, do you have an issue with Derrick Henry going this early? I think when we look at this format, I do have a little bit of issue with Derrick Henry, Kyron Williams, Chris Olave. Katie, do you have an issue with Derrick Henry going this early? I think when we look at this format, I do have a little bit of issue with Derrick Henry here. You know, he hasn't had more than 35 catches in a single season in his career.

When we look at the Ravens traditionally, right, under Greg Roman, their top pass catching back was Justice Hill. He only had 28 passes. Now, of course, Todd Munkin, it's a different offense here. It's going to be leaning more for a pass-heavy approach. Outside of the NFC Championship game when they completely forgot to run the ball the entire time. It was, yeah. I lost a lot of money on that game.

I'm still sour about it. But you look at Lamar Jackson. He took such a huge step forward in his passing game. He was more efficient. Certainly one of his best years. He got safe flowers. Rashad Bateman, who I'm super high on. Mark Andrews as well. I think that Derrick Henry is going to get a lot done on the ground, but in the receiving game, I'm just not sure if he's going to be great for

this format. No, obviously not. And we've never seen him get more than 35 catches in a season. And he's probably not going to get even that many targets this season in Baltimore. Real quick, the rest of round two, I'm going to ask each of you just to give me a name. Anyone you wouldn't take in round two from this list. Travis Etienne, Drake London, Isaiah Pacheco, Jalen Wall, Devontae Adams, Nico Collins. Jamie, is there anybody that stands out as someone who isn't a round two pick? Yeah, for me, it's Devontae Adams. And I know that sounds strange because he's been so good, but you know, he's at that age, 31 years old. You know, Katie, if you go back the last 10 years, so to 2014, 63 wide receivers have been age 31 or older. They go off a cliff, yeah.

Only eight have been top 12, and really it's only top 11. So I think what we saw last year, he dropped by four points per game. I think we may see another slight decline. I don't think he goes from 19 to 15 to 11, but I think he goes from 19 points per game two years ago, 15 points per game, you know, plus decimals. We'll just round it up to that 14, 15 range. So a little bit of a dip. Concerned about the quarterback situation.

Brock Bowers being there could add to it. He just makes me a little queasy as a round two pick. I don't hate what you said there, Jamie. The only thing I will say is that both of the quarterbacks that they do have, right, Aiden O'Connell and Gardner Minshew, mustache, Minshew mania, whatever you want to call them. They're very first read dependent. And I also think that Antonio Piercehew mania, whatever you want to call him. They're very first-read dependent, and I also think that Antonio Pierce, their coach, is going to be as well.

So I like that for Devontae Adams. I think that we can see a higher ceiling for him, especially when you look at the cornerbacks in the AFC West. Now that LeJarrius Sneed is no longer there with the Chiefs, and you look at the Chargers. I just don't know if there is the caliber of cornerbacks to stop him, but I hear what you're saying. For me, it's Pacheco. I would maybe take him in the third round or later. I think he's great, but his durability is a huge question mark for me.

I think he can handle the season. We saw him late last season be that guy for Kansas City. He's one of my favorite breakout players, and I don't mind taking him toward the end of round two. When we come back, we're going to look at rounds three through six and go at it from a positional perspective. The quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends. Where did they fall in this mock draft? We'll tell you after this. Bumble knows it's hard to start conversations.

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With opening moves, you simply choose a question to be automatically sent to your matches. Then sit back and let your matches start the chat. Download Bumble and try it for yourself. Rounds three through six in our latest fan mock draft. We're going to break through the players in these rounds by position to let you know where the best values are, maybe where some of the bad picks were. And we're going to break through the players in these rounds by position to let you know where the best values are, maybe where some of the bad picks were. And we're going to start with the quarterbacks. And you'll note, no quarterbacks in round one, no quarterbacks in round two.

And you'll usually see that in analyst drafts because we like to wait for the position. But this was 12 fans, 12 people that just love fantasy football as much as we do. None of them took a quarterback with a top 24 pick, but one went with the 25th pick, and that's Patrick Mahomes. You'll see the numbers next to the quarterback's names. That's the round that they were taken in, and then the dot, and then the pick in the round. So Patrick Mahomes, round three, pick one.

You see Mahomes, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts. And then in rounds five, six, some interesting values there. Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Anthony Richardson richardson and cj stroud jamie is there is there someone here that really stands out as a great value no i think this is all drafted relatively appropriately uh you know for me richardson would go ahead of burrow but i understand if somebody wants to take a little bit of more of a safety route with uh with burrow understanding that he's been injured the last couple of years. So, you know, the argument really doesn't hold. But obviously, the way Richardson plays, he could be the number one quarterback in fantasy. You know, he was on pace,

if you just take the two healthy games that he played, but he was on pace for, you know, 43 total touchdowns, 17 rushing touchdowns. He's got that rare ability to be a 3,500-yard passer and a 1,000-yard rusher. And so if he does that, we know lamar jackson has been doing that and again it's rare company but i think he's going to be north of this projection in terms of his rushing yards and so anytime a quarterback has been 800 yards rushing or more he's a top 10 guy without question and so i think richardson on top of what he does as a passer keeping pitman josh downs being better year two the addition of ad mitchell i think it's going to be a fantastic year for him so i'm very excited i love that shane steichen said and you'll like this as a Warriors fan,

you can tell Steph Curry to stop shooting threes. You can't sell Anthony Richardson to stop running. Did you watch the Olympics yesterday when he had that no-look three? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So good. He's awesome. He's awesome. Okay, so was there a quarterback on that list, Katie,

that you thought maybe was too rich for your blood? Not really. I agree with everything you said. I was surprised to see a quarterback go in the third round with Patrick Mahomes there. But then when you look at someone like Patrick Mahomes, I mean, one, they maybe don't have the explosiveness of when they had the cheetah. But this is probably the best group of receivers or pass catchers that he's ever had. They're the favorite to win the Super Bowl. They're the favorite to win the conference. Of course, their division going for the three-peat that's never been done before.

I don't hate it. I kind of like that whoever was the team number one just went with, like, vibes and, like, whoever the best player was because that's kind of how I go about these things, too. I think sometimes you can get too cute. If you have the availability to get Patrick Mahomes, go ahead and grab him. I do think that Lamar Jackson just in general is kind of getting disrespected a little bit. I don't disagree with where he is here, but he's coming off maybe his second best year of his career, certainly in

the passing game. MVP last year, threw for 24 touchdowns, rushed for another five. I think people are kind of thinking that he's going to take a little bit of a step back here, but I don't believe that that's true. Well, you said something earlier that you like Rashad Bateman. Yes. And, you know, alluding to maybe Derrick Henry going a little bit too soon. So does Henry's presence, you think, alter the perception of Lamar Jackson? And that's what you're talking about. And then, you know, conversely, Rashad Bateman's getting a lot of hype. Former first round pick. Obviously, Zay Flowers coming off a big season. Mark Andrews coming back. How much better can Lamar be as a passer? I think the ceiling can go up for him. When it comes to Derrick Henry, I think the ceiling can go up for him. When it

comes to Derrick Henry, I think that one, Derrick Henry did all that he could do, but the Titans couldn't move the chains, right? And so he could only do what he can do. You got someone like Lamar Jackson that can not only get a first down, but on third down, he can extend it. So I think that Derrick Henry will have more time on the field. I don't necessarily think he's been getting a lot of check down passes from Lamar Jackson. But Bateman, and I'll get into him later, is like one of my favorites. But he's trimmed down a little bit. The Baltimore Ravens could not be banging the drum harder for him.

So I do think second year offense, and I know that Todd Munkin got a lot of flack for what happened in the AFC championship game. But I think in terms of Lamar, he's just going to go up. My favorite advice to give for drafting quarterbacks, wait for it to feel like a value, and Lamar Jackson going in round five felt like a value. Same thing with C.J. Stroud going with one of the last picks in round six. That felt like a huge value compared to Mahomes, who won the first pick in round three. That felt like a little bit too soon. That's the pick that was a little bit too rich for my blood. Dave, let me ask you about C.J. Stroud, though, because I think a lot of people are predicting that the Texans are going to have a tougher time this year. Are you still high on C.J. Stroud? Absolutely, because he put up huge numbers when

he had Nico Collins and Tank Dell last year when they played a lot. His average per game was close to 28 points per game, Katie. And now you're adding Stephon Diggs on top of that. I think the sky's the limit for him. I think he's absolutely got a chance to be a big-time fantasy quarterback, especially if you're getting him right before the start of round seven. It's huge, huge value. Let's move along to the running backs. These are the running backs that we're taking in rounds three through six. Don't be afraid to pause the screen.

Take a look at the names. We'll be here when you get back. But there's a lot to look at here. And you see James Cook all the way down through. Zamir White. Zamir White, who's that? You'll remember him toward the end of last season. He helped carry the Raiders.

He is a fantastic running back that you can look at in that range. And then rounds five through six, Ramondre Stevenson leads off that list all the way down through Raheem Moser. Two Dolphins running backs on this list. I'm double-checking to make sure there aren't two from another team. Nope, don't see that at all. Best value, worst value. Jamie, go ahead. Who's the best value and the worst value from these lists?

The best value from this list is probably going to be, there's not a lot of good values here. They kind of all are a little. I'm going to go at the top. I'm going to go James Cook because I think he's a second-round pick. I love the opportunity for him to be one of the go-to guys for Josh Allen in the passing game. We saw last year when Joe Brady took over the offense,

he was a superstar running the ball. And we know that they lost 240 targets. When you lose Stephon Diggs, you lose Gabe Davis, they have to replace those guys in some way, shape, or form. Now, clearly, Keon Coleman, Curtis Samuel, they were brought in. Don Kinkage would do a lot of wonderful things as well. But we saw him trending toward a 60-catch running back in the Joe Brady tenure, which was nine games when you factor into playoffs.

I think that could be bumped up a little bit more because he was doing that last year with Diggs and with Davis on the field. So I think Cook has an opportunity to be 65-70 catches, going to put him in the conversation to be one of the best pass-catching running backs. And if he scores more than two rushing touchdowns, which is what I think he'll do, because last year the combination of Latavius Murray and Damian Harris scored five rushing touchdowns. Ray Davis could do that also, but I think we're going to see five to six rushing touchdowns for James Cook, maybe four receiving touchdowns, if not more. Could be 10 total touchdowns. Could push to be a 2,000 total

yard type of guy. He's got that much. And that would make him a tremendous value in round three. Do you have a worst value from that running back list? I don't really have a worst value, but I kind of think that Alvin Kamara in the fourth round is a little bit of a steal here. Now, I know he's rushing yardage, took a dive last year. But in terms of him as a receiver with Captain Checkdown Derek Carr, I mean, I think he, what, he led in targets. First in targets per game. Targets per game, yes. Yep.

Second in target share among running backs, averaging about 6.6 targets per game. So I think it's unlikely he maybe has the same value. But, Jamie, would you agree 5-6 targets is probably on par with that? Oh, I think more than that. You know, you mentioned, I'm curious because as a 49er fan, Clint Kubiak comes as the offensive coordinator now. Now, he wasn't calling plays in San Francisco, but we've seen the Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay tree,

and just how these guys have changed offenses. So, you know, you touched on Chris Olave earlier in round two. Obviously, Alvin Kamara here in round four. I'm a little – I kind of, you know, see both sides of this with Kamara because the offense should benefit him. Derek Carr throwing to him should benefit him. The receiving core is an absolute incomplete for me because you got Olave as a star potential.

Shahid as a maybe, you know, breakout caliber player potential. But you know Kamara is tried and true right now. But Taysom Hill, what kind of role is he going to play? How many touchdowns is he going to steal? breakout caliber player potential but you know kamara is tried and true right now but tasem hill what kind of role is he going to play how many touchdowns he's going to steal the offensive line is a disaster right now and that's a big negative for kamara but we know he doesn't need to do it really as a rusher so as a pass catcher yes he should be 75 catches that's the guy that when i talk about james cook being the leader in receptions yeah he's got to get past that guy in kamara yeah but in round four inPR, I think it's appropriately priced,

but a good, safe pick. You know, if you put it back up there, you can kind of see the separation a little bit in terms of where the running backs sort of come off the board in that round three, some guys in round four, and then there's the split, because I think people gravitate more toward those receivers. Like, I don't like Zemir White in round four. I think Zemir White is a round five or six pick.

But all those guys almost on the right side of the page should be rounds five or six picks. I think it's just there's too much good value, too much star potential at the receiver spot that you backfill with your second running back and sort of pick from that list as opposed to reaching for those guys. So I don't really love a lot of those guys going around four. All right, well, let's see what you guys think about the wide receivers

that win in rounds three through six in our mock draft. Mike Evans at the top of that list. You can see the names for yourself. All the way down to Marquise Brown in Kansas City. New team, new quarterback. He's had a very good training camp, according to reports. Same questions for this group, Katie. Give me your best value from this list, and then, Jamie, your worst value.

I was surprised to see Cooper Cupp drop to the fourth round. I know that Puka Nakua is the wide receiver one now for the Rams, but it's a shorter gap between him and Cooper Cup than maybe it'll look. When we look at their targets, Puka out-targeted Cup just 95 to 94 in 11 games that they were healthy this season. So I still think he's going to be a guy for Matt Stafford. I think getting him in the fourth round is a steal. I would never in a million years take DJ Moore in round three this year.

Not even close. It's just way too expensive for a guy who was amazing last year, but he was amazing as the solo act. What did they do? They came in and they brought two high-profile wide receivers, one who, while he's older, and I don't want to expect a lot from Keenan Allen, led the NFL in targets per game, was among the rare, I think it was four,

receivers that averaged 20 PPR points per game. He's not going to do that. But he's also not going to disappear. It's not like he's coming in to just be poof dust. He's still going to be a big factor. And oh, by the way, getting rave reviews from training camp and the guy that Caleb Williams seems to be leaning on. Then you have Romo Dunze, who's going to be a significant factor on the outside.

Cole Komet's still going to be there. They have three running backs that could all catch passes. And you're asking a rookie quarterback to support leaning on. Then you have Romo Dunze, who's going to be a significant factor on the outside. Cole Komet's still going to be there. They have three running backs that could all catch passes. And you're asking a rookie quarterback to support all that. So DJ Moore should still be drafted as a number two wide receiver. Ahead of a lot of those guys, no chance. And in round three, no way. Huge mistake. You saw the sports line projection.

111 targets. If that's what DJ Moore ends up with, it's a terrible pick to take him in round three. I'm a fan of his. I still think he's going to be the number one receiver for the bears i think he'll get more than i'll tell you this much uh i i made this switch a few days ago and and double down on it this weekend i take malik neighbors over dj more i think malik neighbors has a higher ceiling this year he's not as good a wide receiver obviously he's got a lot to prove but in his situation he's probably looking at if

that's the projection 111 targets he's probably looking at 40 to 50 more targets on the season which is just going to sort of negate the the daniel jones factor which is terrible sure but i mean look daniel jones is going to do enough of just hey hang it up there and malik neighbors go make a play right and we've seen that in some training camp highlights already isn't malik neighbors exactly in the same spot that dj moore was in last year? Suspect quarterback, number one guy, ton of targets. It's the spot DJ Moore has been his entire career until this year, and now he's got a crowd of people. You make a lot of sense on that one.

Real quick, the tight ends. This is who was taking rounds three through six of the position. Again, no tight ends in the first two rounds. Laporta over Travis Kelsey. Fantasy manager's a little skittish about Kelsey after how he finished the regular season in 2023. Maybe he can bounce

back, but will he be that much better than the rest of the pack? And then you see the names around five through six. Listen, it's good news here because we've got a lot of tight ends that can help carry your team. Is there a bad value here? Just names only from this list. Katie, is there one guy that stands out as a bad value? I don't know. I don't think a bad value. Kyle Pitts, jury's still out on him for me. I love George Kittle. You guys know how I feel about him. But he's kind of hit or miss when it comes to fantasy. He'll either get three touchdowns and be targeted a ton.

You know, when the pocket starts to collapse, that's when Purdy looks for him. But sometimes he really doesn't get any touches in a game. So George Kittle is always a little bit of a wild card for me. I love the upside of Kyle Pitts. There's no way I'm taking him in round five. So, you know,

he, he shouldn't be in the same range as Dalton Kincaid and Trey McBride, even if they're ranked behind, even if he's ranked behind those guys for me, getting Trey McBride in round five is a steal. I love Trey McBride. He's going to have such a huge season this year because he'll score more than three touchdowns.

Two of his touchdowns came in the small sample size with Kyler Murray. So I think he's looking at six to eight touchdowns. But we love Marvin Harrison. It's obviously easy to love Marvin Harrison. It's not like he's coming in and all of a sudden Trey McBride's disappearing. So we're going to see Trey McBride still be a huge factor. And he may lead all tight ends and receptions. Wouldn't be a huge surprise.

We saw tight ends last year have a big role in this offense with a number one wide receiver many, many times. Trey McBride can absolutely do that as well in 2024. When we come back, we're not going to show you everybody that was taken in the mid to late rounds. We're just going to tell you our favorite picks. These are the guys that can help make your fantasy team great. So stay right where you are. Sleepers and Breakouts coming up next from the mid rounds here on FFT. Mama, look at me. Vroom, vroom. I'm going really fast.

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Dave Richard, along with Katie Mox and Jamie Eisenberg. Jamie, you sent us a list of some of your favorite picks from the mid to late rounds there's a running back on that list that's starting to gain some serious steam in cincinnati say that 10 times fast i bet you can't do it but your list is pretty good yeah i mean you know when you look at it we're going to see chase brown's adp rise probably pretty significantly we'll see if he passes zach moss we haven't done that yet from a ranking standpoint, but we're very close, as we talked about on our podcast on Monday morning. He could be the best running back for the Bengals.

And last year he had some very big moments. It was few and far between because Joe Mixon was healthy for the majority of the season. But with Mixon gone, Brown could easily be better than Zach Moss, who was great last year in spurts for the Colts, but has not necessarily had the track record of being the go-to guy there. So Brown in round nine is just a steal. For Jalen Warren, he could be the best running back for the Colts, but has not necessarily had the track record of being the go-to guy there. So Brown in round nine is just a steal. For Jalen Warren, he could be the best running back for the Steelers.

You know, he's in great shape. We saw last year actually outscored Najee Harris. Najee's not necessarily somebody who the team seems to be in favor of by not bringing back on his fifth year option for next year, but still gonna get a lot of touches. Still, Warren's gonna be the guy in the passing game and Arthur Smith's been very good

for his running backs wherever he's been. And then JSN is somebody who could be the second best wide receiver for the Seahawks. Should take a step forward in year two. Last year, we know he was a little bit frustrating, but big opportunity for him going into this year. And again, these are all players that you're going to be able to find midpoint of your draft and later. It's awesome. Brown, maybe not so much any longer for right now. How soon is too soon for Chase Brown? Around seven. Okay, for now. I mean, if he's clearly the main guy in Cincinnati, I think he'd break through that glass ceiling, no questions asked.

Katie, you've been waiting all show. You've been very patient to talk about Rashad Bateman. I'm going to give you your chance to do that because he's on your list of your favorite mid-to-late round picks. I do, and he went, I think, in the 13th round with our fans here. And look, maybe I'm drinking the Kool-Aid that John Harbaugh is serving, but he's been saying amazing things about Bateman.

Dropped some weight, looking more like he did in college. Obviously, Zay Flowers, wide receiver one here, but with OB-J gone, this leaves a clear path for him to be wide receiver two. And we talked about it, Todd Munkin, year two, Ravens are a more pass-friendly offense under him. I do think that Lamar Jackson is going to take a step forward. And so I just think that Bateman is a really, really interesting and fun one to grab in these mid to late rounds.

You got 60 plus targets available. And so can he do better than what Beckham did last year? I think a lot of people would say yes, because Beck, 30 years old, and not necessarily the picture of health, but did produce some big games. Can all of these guys, though, be uber successful? Because I think everybody's looking at it based on how they're drafting. Lamar would still be a stud. He's a little bit on a different plane. But Flowers, and with Andrews back, and now with Derrick Henry there,

who's an upgrade over Gus Edwards, that's really, I think, where the question comes in. But where you're getting him, where you're drafting him. What's the downside? It's free. Exactly, yes. It's free. Well, and I think that last year he had no problem getting open, but him and Lamar weren't really on the same page a lot of the time,

but he was coming off of that Lisfranc injury. A lot of athletes say it takes about two years to get over that. So having that off time with Lamar, off season time, I think is going to be great. You mentioned somebody that wasn't even drafted, and I kind of like where you're going with this one. Will Levis, not picked, and it's a 1QBB league so not every quarterback that's got some upside is going to get picked, but why do you like Will Levis this year? Mayonnaise boy, that's what I like to call

him. But Will Levis, I mean especially when we look at what our fans did on here, they took a bunch of his receivers and pass catchers but nobody thought to pick up Will Levis here. And look, you know he played what 11 games last year. He ranked 15th in fantasy points during that stretch of time. And he did that, one, as a rookie quarterback, and he also did that in a run-first offense with Derrick Henry. And Mike Vrabel was just not the best for this. They got Brian Callahan now, former OC from Cincinnati. And he certainly has a more pass-friendly approach.

Now, I don't think that Will Levis is going to turn into Joe Burrow necessarily overnight, but I do think it is going to turn into Joe Burrow necessarily overnight, but I do think it is going to be better than Vrabel. So I do think he's a potential sleeper. And our own Pete Prisco has been saying that he's going to be the next Josh Allen. So he was just there, Pete, in Tennessee with Will Levis. It's a wonderful story. He highlights the vacation that Will Levis was on in Italy with the Tuscan castles.

It's just a beautiful, beautiful prose. Check it out. From Pete Pisco. Love you, Pete. Good job. But, yes, Will Levis does have the opportunity to take a step forward, and it's going to be fun to see. You know, we saw that big 34-plus point game that he had in his first game

against Atlanta. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we'll see if he can, you know, carry that over throughout the course of the season. The offensive line's better in Tennessee. You mentioned the weapons are upgraded there. It seems as if he's going to have the opportunity to be one of these next guys. I don't know if Josh Allen's necessarily the right comp,

but Pete obviously sees something. And he saw it from pre-draft. He said he's got a chance to be a star. Said he would have been the quarterback. He would have taken first last year. Obviously, C.J. Stroud, probably he would take that statement back a little bit. But still, Will Levis is something. Can't be right about everything. He can't be right about everything.

He can't be right about everything. He's right about a lot of things. But Will Levis has an opportunity to be very good in his second year. And Levis is absolutely somebody that you can put on your list if you're looking for a number two quarterback that's got some upside. I like the running back, the second year running back on his team. That's one of my favorite picks from the draft. TyJay Spears going in round eight.

He's going after Tony Pollard. And what have we heard all offseason from Titans coaches? That they look at their running backs equally. And they could be interchangeable, and they could be headaches from game to game. But if I can get TyJ Spears a little bit later than Tony Pollard, and this is somebody who, as a rookie, was playing on passing downs for an old-school style of offense,

I can't wait to see what TyJ Spears, who's an electric receiver, does in an offense that's going to throw the ball more to the running backs. And that's something that'll help Will Levis as well. So Spears is on my list to get as a round eight pick. And I'd also add this. If it came down to both of them being on the board, Spears and Pollard, and it's in round eight, I might lean into Spears over Pollard. I think that he might actually end up being the better running back of the two in full PPR. It's close. There's another name on this list that I want to talk about, and that's Jamison Williams. There's been a lot of hype about him lately in Detroit. Certainly, we know that the Lions would like to get him going. He's a third-year receiver, but it looks like he's starting to put things together.

They've been talking him up all offseason, and this is already a very good Detroit offense. We know about a Monroe St. Brown, and we know about Sam Laporta. Jamison Williams brings a different element to it, and the fact that he's going as late as he is, I think that just, he's like Rashad Bateman to me. What's the downside in spending a pick on Jamison Williams? Oh, there's a big difference, because you're gonna, you gotta take him five rounds earlier. Chaney disagrees. No, no, no, the upside could be similar. Where did he go in our draft? It was around 11. I think he's not gonna go that way. No, he's not going around. No, I think he's gonna start getting seen. No, he's already going in round eight in leagues that start three receivers. There's no way he's going in round 11.

And so the difference is, obviously, Bateman is somebody you draft and you'll cut. You're going to give Williams a much longer leash to see how he can perform. But there's also higher expectations for him. If both guys hit, Williams is going to be an absolute superstar. If Bateman hit, it's probably because either Lamar is totally different than he's been ever before, or maybe Flowers got hurt. So I don't think Bateman's ceiling is as high as Jameson Williams' ceiling. No, it's probably because either Lamar is totally different than he's been ever before, or maybe Flowers got hurt. So I don't think Bateman's ceiling is as high as Jamison Williams' ceiling. No, that's the thing.

God forbid something happens to him on St. Brown, Jamison Williams may skyrocket. So there's a lot more to like about Jamison Williams, but again, the cost is much different. The more I hear about Jamison Williams, this training camp and preseason, the more I'm going to want to be interested in taking him, even in round eight. It's just a matter of can he get north of 50 catches. That's the biggest concern. I think he might be able to. I just don't know if he's going to want to be interested in taking him, even in round eight. It's just a matter of can he get north of 50 catches. That's the biggest concern. I think he might be able to. I just don't know if he's going to get enough targets.

I also don't want him to get so steamed up that he goes in round six or round seven because then I'm going to be out. No, nobody's doing that. There's no way that that offense can support Laporta, St. Brown, and Jamison Ward. You'd be surprised, though, just because the schedule is so favorable. Only three outdoor games. Two of them are later in the season.

The fact that they did that for Jared Goff, it drives me insane. It's like the NFL just wants the Lions to be this great team, which I get it. They're the new America's team, but let the guy play outside. One of the outdoor games is San Francisco. It's in San Francisco. Your team won against them last year. Barely, that first half. A win is a win, Katie.

That's true. I appreciate you being here. When we come back, we are going to look at our favorite teams from our mock draft. Which team built the right way? Is there a team that went running back heavy that maybe did well compared to other teams that stayed away from running backs? We'll break it all down next for you. Hashtag AskFFT. Miller Lite. The light beer brewed for people who love the taste of beer

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We let them draft. We let them put their teams together. But now it's time to nitpick it a little bit. Which teams do we like? Which team maybe went a little too far in directions that we just would not like? So, Jamie, I'll start with you. Was there a team in this draft that you really liked the most? I would like to be in this league and play for a lot of money to steal the money. But pick 11, team 11, I thought did a nice job, you know, just how they

started and the way that they built this out, simply because I think you got an opportunity here to get three potential first round picks in Puka, Barkley, and Kelsey. Kelsey's got to do a lot of heavy lifting to build off of previous years, not necessarily what he did last year. But I love the three receivers because I think Puka's a legit number one. I think Pickens and Kirk can easily be in the category of top 20 caliber wide receivers. I have Pickens ranked that way, Kirk not far behind. And I like the fact that still able to not necessarily lean into running backs, but got some guys that have the opportunity here to be potential stars. One of the Browns running backs should be good for it to start the year, hopefully Chubb at the end of the season.

But I think both guys will still have value once they're playing together, mostly Ford throughout the course of the season. We've seen Chubb and Kareem Hunt have good numbers throughout the course of the season as a duo in years past. Chase Brown obviously has the opportunity to be the best running back for the Bengals. So I know while you'll look at the bag fill and say maybe not the best in terms of depth, but I still think all you need is two.

You're starting three receivers here. Deontay Johnson's a great fourth receiver in PPR. And I love Rasheed Chahid at the value, as we talked about with Katie, Rashad Bateman as well. So for me, this is the most complete team, especially getting Burrow in round six as your number one quarterback. There's something interesting that happened in this draft. Every

team that took a wide receiver with their late first round pick took a running back with their early second round pick. Is that the move to make? Is that the safe way to go about your draft? Your first two picks taking one running back and one wide receiver? No, I would take two receivers if you have the opportunity to, if there's two guys that you like. And so it's usually going to be Marvin Harrison, most likely as that second guy guy but as we saw in this draft Garrett Wilson fell into round two so if you can get two receivers of that caliber two of the top nine we said that there's five legitimate first round guys and then three to four guys that could be in that next group and so if you get two of those guys running back is going to be deeper in the middle rounds than it

has ever before because I think we're going to see a lot of wide receivers pushed up so you don't have to reach for running back spell all we would have taken Garrett Wilson who fell to the third round to over Saquon Barrett absolutely without okay and then you'd have Nakua and Garrett Wilson I like that too I think that that's a I would have actually taken Wilson over Nakua and then hopefully Nakua would make it back to you but two wide receivers to start the draft when you're picking late in round one makes all the sense in the world if they're there I like what team four did but it's from the specific look of going running back heavy early. And it wasn't with the first round pick, but the next three picks, Pacheco, Davon Achan, and Alvin Kamara.

We talked earlier in the show about Kamara, his upside and full PPR. We know that Davon Achan has some huge potential, but he'll share the ball a little bit in Miami at running back. And then Isaiah Pacheco, one of my favorite breakout candidates in his third season in the National Football League. But I like that running back depth with the first three picks. And I'm okay with what is left at wide receiver. You see Amari Cooper, Christian Watson in round seven. Watson, if he can stay healthy, and that's a big if, could really be an outstanding player. 5.9 catches per touchdown in the last couple of seasons. And then you see some other wide receivers, Curtis Samuel, Jerry Judy, but I like the upside of Brock

Bowers. Zach Moss is the other running back in Cincinnati. He was taken in round nine. For now, I like Moss better than Chase Brown, but that could flip in a week or two. And then you see the rest of the players, Mike Williams, somebody that you could stash on your IR if you've got one. Jamie, I know you talked about going receiver, receiver if you've got a late pick. This was an earlier pick in round one, the fourth slot in the draft. Do you like the idea of taking that stud-wide receiver and then pairing them up with running backs in a row like this drafter did? No, I actually hate it because you're having to rely on Amari Cooper as your second receiver,

and I think he's more of a number three option at this point in his career. Going to be 30 years old, Deshaun Watson coming off the shoulder injury. He's not somebody that I want to say is my number two receiver. So the running backs are great if they hit, but there's so many ifs there. You've got Kamara at 29. You've got A-chan having to share with Raheem Mostert and the huge expectation. If it's one of those guys with two receivers at the top, so let's say he would have gone Jalen Wall or Nico Collins or Devontae Adams or whoever you want to put in there,

one of the 49ers guys, Mike Evans, any of those guys, as opposed to Pacheco or even taking Pacheco and not taking A-chan, I like that build a little bit better because, again, you go too heavy with running backs. You leave yourself thin at receiver this year. I think you're going to be in trouble. If it's a three-receiver league, you definitely don't want to be in that type of scenario where you're relying on Cooper and Watson to be your two and your three. If that's your three and your four, I love it, but I just don't like to build go three running backs. I think you're just making a mistake. Okay, now I want to get your opinion on a team that I did not actually like myself, and that was team three in this draft. I want you to notice what they did with

their first two picks in the draft. We saw two Dolphins wide receivers, Tyreek Hill in round one, Jalen Waddell in round two. And then we also saw a tight end and a quarterback go within the first five picks. So first on the subject of taking teammates at the same position with your first two picks, that feels like a faux pas. So we did a draft last week where I took Tyreek Hill. I think he fell to the fourth pick and maybe it was the third pick I'm not sure and I took Tyreek Hill and I was like I you know I was whenever we do some of our drafts in the beginning sometimes it goes a little askew and I was trying to catch up for a couple people that missed their picks

and I took Jalen Waddle in the spot where I would normally take Jalen Waddle at the end of round two and I was like wait a minute I took Tyreek Hill I backed it out and I switched it to Nico Collins. You know, it's fun to be the commissioner. So, but I just didn't want to commit myself to that. Now, when you're talking about two receivers of that caliber, you go back two years ago, you'd be thrilled with it because of the way Jalen Waddell performed

and lived up to the expectations. Last year, while he wasn't so far off in terms of his points per game, he left a lot on the table, left a lot of games, unfortunately wasn't the same player. I think also the Dolphins pushed to get 2,000 yards for Tyreek Hill, impacted Jalen Waddell as well. This year I have no problem doing it, but if I can avoid it, I can avoid it.

So I have to be 100% sold on taking two players that high in that type of situation. So you just, I think the problem is you're just committing yourself to failure because if Tua goes down, then it's a disaster. You're just not going to see those guys produce at a high level.

Now, as we get a little bit further in the draft, if you take A.J. Brown and Devontae Smith, you're talking about a round one pick and a round five pick. You're talking about

maybe the same thing with the Bengals guys, Jamar Chase and T. Higgins. It's easier to do as you sort of split it up throughout the course of different teams. But those two guys

in particular, you're probably up to taking round one and round two, round one and round three. And it's just not exactly the route you want to go. And I don't prefer taking a quarterback and a tight end with two of my first five picks. I think you should wait on one of those positions. I like waiting on quarterback. We talked about the value early on. So take the tight end. I think it was Trey McBride. I think that that's a good tight end to take in those first four or five rounds and then wait on a quarterback. You don't have to press yourself in because now you're chasing other positions while you load it up unless you want to

go unless you want to go zero rb you know that's the only alternative in that in that same draft that i was referencing it was for me um it was tyree kill nico collins uh my third receiver was Debo Samuel. No, Brandon Ayuk. And to do that, then I took Kincaid, I think. No, it was McBride. It was McBride and then Jalen Hurts. So those are my first five picks. Not bad. And then you know that you're going to wait on running back. And you've got an all-star starting lineup.

Still end up with Ramondre Stevenson and Jalen Warren as my starting lineup. That's not bad. That's pretty good. You lucked out on that one. All right. When we come back, we're answering your questions. Some lucky people are going to end up with Ramon J. Stevenson and Jalen Warren as my star players. That's not bad. That's pretty good. You lucked out on that one. All right. When we come back, we're answering your questions. Some lucky people are going to get their answers. Hashtag AskFFT.

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Next stop, Starbucks. We know you've got questions about your fantasy football rosters. We will answer them on X. Use the hashtag AskFFT. We will look for them. We will get back to you. Here's a question we got, and this is from Football05whatever. Who's going to be the last round pick that will be the week one waiver wire darling?

There is always one. Jamie, is there one on the tip of your tongue? Yeah, I said this on our Fantasy Football Today podcast. It wouldn't surprise me if Gabe Davis has a big week one. Brian Thomas is going to take some time playing a Dolphins defense that's down Bradley Chubb, that's down Jalen Phillips, that could have a suspect pass rush. That game has a shootout written all over it. Gabe Davis is getting undrafted in a lot of leagues,

so it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up being somebody that we talk about on the Week 2 everywhere. Two names. Chuba Hubbard, because what if Jonathan Brooks isn't ready to roll? No, he'll be drafted. Well, by round 14, maybe not. And Josh Downs. Josh Downs is starting to make some plays in Indianapolis.

Maybe he's the number two wide receiver there. Maybe Anthony Richardson throws a little bit more. Oh, if you're not drafting him as a number two receiver right now, you're making a mistake. Okay, so now let's move on to the next question. And this is from a Knicks fan. What players that we know won't be ready for the start of the season are good to still draft or maybe stash in an IR spot with the idea that they'll be good ready for the start of the season are good to still draft

or maybe stash in an IR spot with the idea that they'll be good for the second half of the season. First of all, if you're a league commissioner, definitely put IR spots on the rosters. Let people have the opportunity to stash guys there who were hurt so that they don't have to cut them and make some tough decisions. Just let them do it. It's the easy way to go. Any names that come to mind, Jamie? IR stashes? I mean, the obvious one would be TJ Hawkinson with the hope that he comes back at 100%. Another tight end that I think can make an impact that's going to open on IR most likely is Jawan Johnson. The Saints need a lot of

help there in their receiving core. And then Mike Williams, if he can get back in the swing of things for the Jets, could be a good option for Aaron Rodgers. I don't know if Jonathan Brooks and Nick Chubb will start the year on the pup list. Oh, but nobody's drafting them. Oh, obviously they'd be there. You're drafting them to be potential starters. No, but the idea is that you draft them, you put them in the IR spot,

and hopefully in the second half of the year, they break out. Okay, next one. Do we have a next one? Here it is from Hodlong. Please help. I need to keep five in a one-point PPR keeper league. He's got Mahomes, Puka, Kup, Olave, Tank Dell, Kyron Williams,

Davon Achan, Trey McBride. I feel like Puka's obvious. I feel like Olave's obvious. Kyron Williams is obvious. Do you have two more, Jamie, really, really quick? I would go with Achan and McBride. Those sound good to me as well. You don't want to have Puka and Cup,

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