Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - NFL Draft Recap: AFC Winners & Losers - Fantasy Football Podcast for 4/28

Episode Date: April 28, 2026

Fantasy Football show for Apr 28th, 2026. NFL Draft recap show! Quick reactions to the Cardinals drafting Jeremiyah Love 3rd overall, and a recap of every AFC team’s picks! Who are the biggest winne...rs and losers for fantasy football? Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. Get the lowest price on the 2026 UDK at UltimateDraftKit.com - Instant access to the Dynasty Pass with the UDK+ (00:00) Intro (11:25) NFL News (20:35) AFC Draft Recap (20:40) Las Vegas Raiders (25:25) Kansas City Chiefs (27:30) Los Angeles Chargers (30:05) Denver Broncos (33:45) Tennessee Titans (38:00) Houston Texans (40:25) Jacksonville Jaguars (43:35) Cleveland Browns (46:00) Cincinnati Bengals (47:20) Baltimore Ravens (49:25) Pittsburgh Steelers (52:20) New York Jets (54:50) Miami Dolphins (56:30) Buffalo Bills (58:15) New England Patriots Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on X Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:06 to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. What's that sound? That's me doing rookie drafts, guys. You're not having a good time? Oh, barf. So, I mean, this is a big show because we have not got to really come together and react here. on the 2026 NFL draft.
Starting point is 00:00:53 So this is our first chance to get the opinions shared. What about the Cardinals, though, Jay? Oh, they're bad. Okay. No, they're, they're much worse. There were things. They're much worse with the Cardinals. No, the Cardinals are, I mean, it's like a child
Starting point is 00:01:15 is running the organization on some level. And it's such an insult to Jeremiah Love and the talent that he is to say that because quick thoughts on the Cardinals, we can all share them. Fact number one, Jeremiah Love is an incredible football player. Absolutely. And will not bust. Correct. He will be a valuable, important, fantasy relevant player for the Arizona Cardinals for many years and $50 million. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:01:44 And for whoever his next team is as well, he could go on to great success. Like maybe he'll win a Super Bowl with his next team. Jeremiah Love is great. And so the argument of, look, you take the best player. And I will say this. If you draft an edge rusher who busts, it is less valuable than drafting Jeremiah Love, who is good. Yes, who you have a more guaranteed outcome with.
Starting point is 00:02:12 But it is, it is indefensible to use the number three overall pick on a row. running back, no matter how good they are. It is, and people are like, you know, it's all about the contract. That's kind of the argument, but that's not really what it is. The 50 million guaranteed, which is the most guaranteed money that's ever been given to a running back in the history of the NFL, just simply because you're slotted in at the number three pick overall. 11 million more than any other running back in the game today playing.
Starting point is 00:02:42 And people say, well, look, if it's a good player and you're going to be on a rookie quarterback contract, you can afford them, you've got the cap space. that isn't the point. The point is what you're giving up. Yes. Opportunity cost. Will Anderson is getting $50 million a year now. He just signed a cut a year.
Starting point is 00:03:02 We just said $50 million in guaranteed money was the most of all time for a running back. It's because they don't matter as much. They just don't. You can't get an edge rusher. You can't get one on the free agent market. They don't hit the free agent market. Once upon a time, the Cardinals. passed on Adrian Peterson in the first
Starting point is 00:03:21 round for an offensive tackle that didn't pan out and we lived and watched what Adrian Peterson did for the rest of his career. So on that level, yeah, you don't want to whiff on an Isaiah Simmons or Andre Wadsworth or whoever else the Cardinals took. Everything you said is correct.
Starting point is 00:03:37 Love will be very good. It's compounded by the fact they spent offseason money resigning James Connor, Tyler, Alger, they have Trey Benson. They have running backs on this roster already. And so everybody, I mean, I have been asked about my opinion on this pick more times than I can count. And everybody wants to hear our opinion on it.
Starting point is 00:03:54 Jeremiah Love doesn't deserve any hate. He's going to go and be great in Arizona. And he'll be the number one pick in Dynasty rookie drafts. And we'll talk about him on our winners and losers today. I think we're doing AFC. But, yeah, I mean... The good news is the genuine good news is I think that drafting Jeremiah Love and then a couple rounds later with Carson Beck is a very...
Starting point is 00:04:18 very good recipe for marching for Arch like get the number one you're calling it? Yeah the March for Arch is on for Archie Manning let's put Manning with a Harrison it's got to work again
Starting point is 00:04:33 it worked for their daddies or their their you know their relatives I guess you should say but yeah I think it's it's a great way to get the number one pick so the original vomit sound effect that Mike produced at the top of the show
Starting point is 00:04:48 was more about just expectations for where a lot of running backs were going to go, didn't come to fruition. We didn't really get a lot of names with the draft capital that correlates to fantasy success. We got none. We got none. But we got Judarian Price.
Starting point is 00:05:07 Sure, but I'm saying day two. Yeah, we got none. Day two, there was one running back. Was that Kalem Black? Yeah, and he wasn't invited to the combine. And he drafted by a team that is whiffing on almost all their picks. If the 49ers draft you, I mean, I could just say if they draft you, your chance of not being a good player is very high. But specifically, did he, Lynch sucks.
Starting point is 00:05:33 Day two sucks. No, he does suck in. He sucks. He sucks. San Francisco fan. Yeah, we got one over there. What do you think? Yeah, it's not good.
Starting point is 00:05:42 Okay. Thank you. Could you imagine how good your team could be with Shanahan coaching if they would. They were given quality players. But like, how many years in a row are we now of the 49ers taking a running back in essentially the third round? And then it never being the guy. I feel like we'll get hate like we're attacking the 49ers as Cardinals fans. No, I'm attacking one specific.
Starting point is 00:06:03 Football fans. Yes. One specific GM. And your team is always great. Would you rather be Kalin Black who was not invited to the combine drafted by a team where these these home run picks never work out? Or would you rather be, I think. think it's Adam Randall, who was not drafted by the general manager, not drafted by the coach, but given a token opportunity to the owner of the Ravens that said, he's been begging me for a
Starting point is 00:06:32 pick, so I just let him pick somebody. It was unbelievable. The GM, if you haven't heard this story. Yeah, the owner asked for a pick and the GM's like, well, it's your team. What are you supposed to say? Yeah. Yeah, of course you can have a pick. Oh, and in the way he talked about it. He's like, and he did his research. It was like, he's talking about it. It's like, he's talking about it. Like, you gave the pick to his son. And what's so sad about this is, like Mike and I, I know, both like Adam Randall, he's one of the more sleepy, deeper picks that were... Sleepery, deepery, yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:58 Sleepery, deepery picks that were, like, I could see how that works. Does Steve Listen to our show? I mean, he probably does. Honestly, probably. But I would say that... There's no other explanation for this. When the pick came and the Ravens took Adam Randall, I was like, that's not a bad landing spot for him.
Starting point is 00:07:15 You've got King Henry, who's in Desperman. but he's also human and at some point will stop and will self-destruct. And Adam Randall is, that's a good spot. You're on a good team. And then you find out later it was like a gift pick. It'll reflect. So silly. It'll reflect on the GM on his future resume.
Starting point is 00:07:33 I know that. Yeah. Yeah, it was a wild draft. We're going to get into our AFC draft recap show today talking through the picks and what we think, you know, there are opportunities. out there. There are a number of players that slipped in the draft or went to teams that look like, you know, Michael Lim and being one of
Starting point is 00:07:53 them that went to a spot we didn't expect, a team that traded up to acquire them, that has plans for them. He went to a spot that the team drafting him didn't expect. Yeah, and that the Steelers didn't expect. But lots to talk about our draft I didn't even know. What was the final total
Starting point is 00:08:11 for our draft prediction? You won by one. I think I got one right. Because I changed on Judarian Price last second moved away. You did. And you got them. And I got Stowers. Yeah. Is that what?
Starting point is 00:08:22 Because you had gotten Jordan Tyson. So yeah, it's always tough in the streets because once a couple trades happen, the, uh, the ramifications. The domino effect. But, um, I mean, goodness. You've won for so many years in a row. I just assumed you'd pull it out. Right.
Starting point is 00:08:38 Um, we've decided to extend the UDK pre-order giveaway an additional day. We have? Yes. Through the end of the day, Mike. Oh. And we're going to give away some extra swag So not just the Jamar Chase signed jersey Not just the Bijan sign jersey
Starting point is 00:08:52 Not just the listener league spot But some extra swag as well You know what I realized Through the end of today Tuesday Just now looking at because the If you haven't tuned to YouTube.com slash the fancy footballers And check out Magic Mike's wall
Starting point is 00:09:06 The signed jerseys that were giving away Those guys are on my league of record team Oh my gosh Still They made it. Bejohn made it, everybody. Mike, we had our... The magic Mike Wall.
Starting point is 00:09:24 We had our Keeper Lottery this weekend as well, which we do in our League of Record. If you're new to the show, we have kind of a cool format where you get a franchise player, and then you pick three players from your roster. There's a Keeper League. And those three players go into a Keeper Lottery, and two of the three remain on your team. One drops into the draft. In our Keeper Lottery, we saw the likes of Jemir Gibbs drop back into the draft. we saw jason we saw puka and we saw cmc and then jason
Starting point is 00:09:50 who was in your lottery my lottery was uh josh jacobs Travis Achan Jr. and Jonathan Taylor yeah and I no longer have Jonathan Taylor it was I was not happy about it Jason popped into the lot the zoom oh that looks so cool uh Jason popped in on uh there's a new graphic up on the wall. He popped into the Zoom. He found out he had lost Jonathan Taylor in the lottery and then he disappeared. He threw a smoke bomb. Yeah. And he was gone. Well, because of course, I show up
Starting point is 00:10:25 right after everyone tells me I lost Jonathan Taylor. He was like, I didn't even get to see it. It was like, oh, you just lost Jonathan Taylor. You weren't on time. I was driving through mountains. I didn't have service. You didn't wait. There you go. So Jason was super happy. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:40 But yes, UltimateDraftKit.com through the end of the day to day. And we'll give away that listenerly spot. We want somebody to come and play with us in the listener league in 2026. Super excited about that. And yeah, there you go. On that note today, all of our ultimate draft kit, the plus, all the dynasty information, all got updated
Starting point is 00:10:58 post draft. So our rookie rankings, our dynasty startup rankings, all that stuff is fresh. It is ready to be drafted. A lot of details. And more than just that, the opportunity pages, everything in it got the post draft refresh. So if you
Starting point is 00:11:14 already have the ultimate draft kit and you're in the contest. Great. Go check out all the new information. If you need a reason to pick it up now, all that new information is there. All right. Let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league. Just a few bits of news here. Jaden Reed, three-year contract extension with the Packers, who said goodbye to Dontavian Wix and Romeo Dobbs is off-season.
Starting point is 00:11:40 They did not draft any major replacement. This was a big win for Jaden Reed. And Matthew Golden, the fact that they didn't draft anybody. They do seem to have plans, I mean, for him. And at least we had one game. So the... Jaden Reed, three year, 50 million. Yeah, so 20 guaranteed.
Starting point is 00:11:59 The Romeo Dobbs contract was much bigger. Okay. That's interesting. I hadn't thought about it until now. Reed has been a good player, but not a high volume player. Not a high route participation player. Right.
Starting point is 00:12:14 His talent has always been there. I've always really liked what I saw from him on the field. he's always flashed but the issue is he is only a slot wide receiver when they're in two wide and even now even though they lost romeo dubs it seems like it'll be golden and watson and watson in in two wide which jaden reed is valuable to the team unlike you know you look at what's happening for the colts and you look at downs and you go oh you know i think he's going to be on the field in too wide now a huge upgrade this is like oh it's good for jane reed for the draft but he didn't get to me an upgrade over what he has been.
Starting point is 00:12:51 The Vikings officially exercised Jordan Addison's fifth year option. Okay. Is Addison? He's interesting. I feel like he's not been talked about a lot. Whereas, you know, we talk about the uptick that Jefferson should receive by a competent quarterback in Kyla Murray, who I think will be a competent quarterback. Addison will benefit tremendously.
Starting point is 00:13:13 I mean, Tyler has, you know, it kind of reminds me of the Christian Kirk era for the Cardinals. sure in Arizona where you had Hopkins on one side and Addison who's capable of taking advantage of defensive backs and especially on deep plays that combination kind of reminds me of that that's a good comp I believe it was Kyler who was with Christian Kirk when he was a wide receiver one in fantasy I'll have to look that up
Starting point is 00:13:38 Kyle get on it Christian Kirk no Christian Curry was a wide receiver one in Jacksonville really yeah oh okay it wasn't not Kyle no it was not the NFL networks Ian Rappaport reporting that Brandon Ayuk will be playing with his good friend Jaden Daniels for the commanders soon okay
Starting point is 00:13:56 I mean the Iyuk saga is it's still going for those who have forgotten because it had been kind of quiet there for a while no one's going to trade for him and I would imagine he's not let go yet because the 49ers
Starting point is 00:14:15 hate him like they're i think they're legitimately mad about everything of a punitive situation yes everything that has taken place with brandon iukovai you won dude you got your money and then you were not good and then there's the reports of not taking rehab seriously on on his injured uh knee and no one they've trashed him you know publicly no one's going to come trade for him because they just why we'll wait for you to release him but i feel like the four nage is like we're not going to release him well you're just going to hold on to him i mean the thing
Starting point is 00:14:46 is usually you would say you want to get the most value out of the assets you have. And the 49ers proved they don't care about that at all. This draft, like value means nothing to them. MVS, still playing football. Marquez Valdez Scandling signing a one-year deal with the Cowboys. Good for you, man. Oh, and then the other news, George Pickens has not yet signed the franchise tag? Yeah, there was a lot of reporting on. Didn't they say he did? Yeah, night one of the draft, they were saying George Pickens has signed his franchise tender. which felt very much in the moment of like, well, the only reason he's going to sign that right now
Starting point is 00:15:22 after they have said, we're not going to give you a long-term deal, is because to trade him. You can't trade him unless he signs the franchise. So with all the reporting, that's what it seemed to be the implication. But now they're saying he didn't even sign it. Yeah, then it came out that the Cowboys aren't going to trade him. Well, at first it was, at first, I believe it was Ocho Cinco that had this cryptic tweet. He's going to be happy?
Starting point is 00:15:46 Yes. like there was some big news, some big contract coming his way. And then it was, oh, he's going to sign his franchise. That's not what a player's happy about. Like, yeah, I sign my franchise. And so you assume he's going to get traded. And then the Cowboys come out and say, we're not trading them. And now it's gone full circle to, I'm not signing that franchise.
Starting point is 00:16:03 Jerry. Which you guys have talked about on the footcast, like how he probably won't sign it. And then it seemed like the news came out that you were wrong. But maybe you know George better than he knows himself. Yeah. And we know Jerry. And you know, Derek. He will fold.
Starting point is 00:16:18 I like their draft, man. I love their draft. You know what I hate the most about this draft? And there are, oh my gosh, so many things. But two of the best drafting and acquisition teams this cycle this weekend were the defensive side of the ball for the Bengals and the Cowboys. What nonsense is this for fantasy football? That's true. Just hold out hope that it won't work.
Starting point is 00:16:45 Yeah. I liked, like, you know, we'll go through the teams, but I like the Cowboys a lot, their draft. I liked Cleveland again for two years in a row. Yes, I did like Cleveland. Yeah, they're doing, they're really doing good work over there. I think they're going to be a good team. It's funny, I had tweeted out. I actually think they're going to be a good team.
Starting point is 00:17:03 I would, I would not know that far. They were in every game last year with nothing on offense. Their defense is unbelievable. Incredible defense. And I might believe in Todd. Monkin more than I did a week or two ago. I just... Interesting. Look, this is going to be one of the big topics that we're going to talk about extensively.
Starting point is 00:17:23 How do you react to all of these draft picks and the players and the teams? I always bring up Jalen Waddle to the hapless dolphins and how bad of a landing spot that was at number six years ago, only for him to go out and catch 100 passes and be a great player. The turnover in the NFL is so... I mean, what do we have, 20 new coaches, head coaches, something like that? I mean, when we did our coaching changes show between offensive coordinators, head coaches, the change is so tremendous, the inner working of 11 on 11. It just, you see change really, really fast.
Starting point is 00:17:55 Teams that seem completely hapless. I'm not saying I like to Sean Watson or what you're going to get from Shadur. Or, yeah, or Tailing. Yeah, or Tailing Green. I mean, there is, there's just potential to win with just some small competency on offense, We love Concepcion. I like Denzel Boston on the other side. They have Harold Fandon who we love.
Starting point is 00:18:19 We love Judkins. We have a defensive player of the year. I don't know. I don't know. I get it. They're still the Brown. They do have the pieces there. I loved the draft.
Starting point is 00:18:28 I had tweeted out that it was really bad what the Browns did to us for Concepcion and Boston, which I stand by. Yeah. We don't want them going to the Browns without a known quarterback. That's not where we would ideal. put them, and then you put both of them there, and they're sharing targets was like, dead, gummit. However, from a football perspective, from the Browns perspective, those are great picks. That's, I mean, they're giving help to whoever that quarterback is.
Starting point is 00:18:54 Just to correct what I said earlier, there's 21 new offensive coordinators, 10 new head coaches. So Cleveland at a six and a half win projected total. It's a brutal. It's a brutal division. Okay. So I, but yeah, I would take the over on that. I would. You get a little new head coach bump.
Starting point is 00:19:10 A little bit of locker room. Cleveland seven games? Yeah, seven? Seven out of 17? We can get there. Miles Garrett could do five of those by himself. I don't know why I got on a Browns tirade on this episode. What am I thinking?
Starting point is 00:19:23 I do this every offseason. What was that old head coach I used to talk about? No. No, no, no. Mark was Cincinnati. Hugh Jackson. Yes, yes. I should learn.
Starting point is 00:19:36 All right. We're taking a break and we'll talk AFC NFL draft recap. You're reminding me to Rod Taylor. was once a my guy, huh? Yeah. This is not the first time you've been very impressed by Cleveland. Is it a contrarian thing that I'm doing? Is it me wanting to find the good and something bad?
Starting point is 00:20:03 Is that like a character thing? It is. And you know what? I tried to find it in Gus Bradley once. For you as a human, it's a good quality. As an analyst? But as an analyst of the NFL, it's not a good quality. Okay.
Starting point is 00:20:14 They stink. Does Newman? Yeah, Newman's. Newman has a Browns. On our set. Yeah, it's a newman on our set. Careful with his head. This is not great audio.
Starting point is 00:20:29 Okay, let's do it. Hi, rookie. Welcome to the NFL. All right, we'll start in the AFC West with the team with the overall number one pick, Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders in round one. They did spend a fourth round pick after a slew of offensive line and defensive improvements in the second and third and fourth round. They spent a fourth round pick on Mike Washington, Jr., combine standout.
Starting point is 00:20:59 Yeah. And then a wide receiver in the six. So I think a couple of things that stood out to us, or at least to me, was like, who's going to play wide receiver for this football team? Because they did not invest. I mean, the Besh hive is back, baby. Jack Bech. We are alive and well. He's not dead. We are thriving. I don't know about that. But Mendoza, I like Mendoza. I think he's going to be a very, trying to find the right word for it, like a very productive NFL. quarterback. I don't know if that'll be fantasy productive for his whole career, but he is more mobile than people give him credit for. I think I'm excited to see him with Gentie and Bowers. But adding a big name wide receiver
Starting point is 00:21:41 would have been, I think more exciting for the entire fantasy world if you had seen third round pick, you know, Denzel Boston going there. Yeah, it's hard to imagine a team with such a needed wide receiver. Well, 36 wide receivers went in this draft that they just didn't even look that direction. And I think
Starting point is 00:21:57 that this is really Bowers is, I mean, obviously their number one wide receiver, but he's a huge winner here. He will be soaking up all of the targets. I will probably be taking him over Trey McBride. I think Bowers is the tight in one. For sure. I feel like that's a
Starting point is 00:22:15 pretty big bold take. I think we really enjoyed what we got from Chocby Brissette and Trey McBride last year. So I don't know if I'll go that far, but yeah, Bauer's should have full confidence to be in that tight in one contention. And I still expect him to start the season with Kirk Cousins. I think he's going to play
Starting point is 00:22:33 a while. I think he's going to play about half the season. So in terms of, yeah, Jack Bess, or any of the other wide receivers still on the team, Trey Tucker, who was kind of their number one last year. Dante Thornton. Jaylon Naylor, the free agent signing of Jalen Naylor. I mean, I forgot. Didn't they give him a bunch of money?
Starting point is 00:22:51 They did. They don't have a three-year, 35 million. True wide receiver, unless one of last year's rookies steps up, which they did not do last year with plenty of opportunity, there is not a lot. It's not good for Mike Washington to go to this situation either. Like if you were looking at players, like, yes, he'll have an opportunity to be the backup, but he could have gone to a team that he could have emerged as the starter. Like if he goes to Tampa Bay or something, you know, you're like, oh, maybe it doesn't work with Bucky and this is the dude now. I, that's not happening here.
Starting point is 00:23:24 It's obviously not happening where Mike Washington Jr. will ever be the dude without an injury to Gentie. That's, that's clear and obvious. He is only a backup. However, this was the team coming from, you know, the Coob's system. Now the head coach here coming from Seattle, where even though they had a clearly superior Kenneth Walker on the field, they kept putting Charbonnet out there. Then Coobes comes to the Raiders and they ask him what they think about Gentie. And he basically says, I want a two-back system. We were arguing, you can want whatever you want. You don't have another running back on the roster. So it's going to be all Gentie.
Starting point is 00:23:59 Well, now they went and spent, you know, obviously it wasn't a day two pick. It was a fourth rounder. But, you know, Mike Washington was one of the somewhat touted running backs in this class and at least gives. I think it's interesting. It gives a little bit more credence to the ability to have a large split for Genty. It's funny because, you know, it's, we'll just, you make the natural progression of, okay, well, Mike Washington's in the Charbs. role for for for for kubiak except mike washington athletically
Starting point is 00:24:34 is nothing like is no is the opposite of charge yeah i i i um i guess it just comes down to does that draft pick change your opinion of ashen gentie for me the answer is no as in where he's going in fantasy or my confidence in him uh i think my confidence is about the same i do think mike washington is i don't think it's it's everything is ashen jen jen I think you will have more of a committee that people are going to want. For sure, without that pick,
Starting point is 00:25:03 Genti would have had a lot more volume when I stat them out than with this pick. Okay. Yeah. Well, we'll be doing that soon. I mean, the full ultimate draft kit releases on June 1st, which means you're going to have every team's individual players and stats from all three of us in the ultimate draft kit and see how we break down each of those team's offenses. Kansas City. I'm at
Starting point is 00:25:26 Kansas City went defense heavy early on they traded up they went corner two corners two defensive linemen in the first four rounds and then their first offensive
Starting point is 00:25:36 jump which we thought maybe they were going to grab you know a Jordan Tyson for Patrick Mahomes it didn't happen they had two first round picks they were both on the defensive side Emmett Johnson goes in the fifth
Starting point is 00:25:51 round to Kansas City very similarly to my opinion of Mike Washington with Gentie. In the fifth, who I liked, has no impact on my view of Kenneth Walker whatsoever. This was actually a huge, you know, the fact that they didn't go get more offensive weapons tells me they're focusing on the ones they have.
Starting point is 00:26:14 Yeah. And so, you know, all the incumbents benefited from the way that they chose to go about this draft, Rashi Rice, Xavier Worthy, Travis Kelsey, because they didn't go after a Sadiq or Stowers. and Kenneth Walker. You know, Emmett is a maybe you see the field. He needed, I like the Mike Washington
Starting point is 00:26:32 comp in the sense that this is a team that really needed a backup running back. They just, they lost Pacheco. Sure, they went out and gave the bag to Walker, but they don't have anyone behind him. You have to have someone behind him. It's a good quality pick.
Starting point is 00:26:46 Andy, I know you liked Emmett Johnson, his film. I think it's just a good fit. Walker's gone down. I mean, both in the past. For sure. I don't think that the Chiefs are ideally wanting to do a split. That's where I view it a little different than the Raiders. But it's a good pick.
Starting point is 00:27:04 And honestly, the big takeaway for fantasy for me on the Chiefs is simply that the big fear I had pre-NFL draft of Rushie Rice being moved on from this offseason if they had taken one of those big three wide receivers. For dynasty purposes, Rice is a little bit more solidified as in the future wide receiver for this team. have someone passed him. Kansas City thoughts, Mike? Anything you want to add? I have nothing new to add. How about you talk to me about the Los Angeles Chargers, if you can, I dare you. They had some picks.
Starting point is 00:27:34 They spent them on players that we probably aren't going to end up caring about in fantasy football. Fourth rounder, Brennan Thompson is the lone, meaningful offensive piece in terms of fantasy production. And Brennan is, this is a Mike McDaniel special. of Thompson is fast. Now, Kyle, you're telling me this is a real quote here from Mike McDaniel. This is a real quote for sure. So apparently Mike McDaniel talking to the GM said, quote, if you, I mean, you didn't see this video?
Starting point is 00:28:07 I did not. Oh, it's great. And McDaniel, known for really, really good sound bites, but said, quote, if you can find a way to get Brennan Thompson, I will take my shirt off in here. So he goes opposite of you. You're a, you're a no pants, He's nips out for Hauron. Okay.
Starting point is 00:28:25 No, it was a good video. He was constantly asking for their GM to make this pick, find a way to get Brennan on their team. And it makes sense. This is a guy who ran 4-2-6. I don't view this as Brennan being a fantasy-relevant player. I do view this as McDaniel wanting someone with such blazing speed that he can craft things where you just have to, you're going to pull a safety away.
Starting point is 00:28:52 way. This is a player that I think opens things up for the other wide receivers on the team. Does it make you nervous for Trey Harris? If you're talking three wide receivers, Trey Harris feels like the odd man out for, I don't think we're getting huge or lad off of the field. Yeah, and you're talking about a field stretcher. That's the role. And I think that that would be Trey Harris's role. That will be Brennan Thompson's role. So yeah, that has an effect there. I think it's good for Herbert. Yeah, I mean, it was the only real swing they took on the offensive side in terms of skill position players. They did draft the fourth round offensive tackle.
Starting point is 00:29:30 They drafted a center in the second round. So we know the offensive line was a huge problem last year. They're already getting injured players back. Now they're solidifying it through the draft. So that's good for Hampton, right? If you talk about a fantasy winner, Hampton, Herbert, offense, let's go. We got Jake Slaughter. Oh, yeah, they did, huh?
Starting point is 00:29:49 Jake Slaughter. That's such a good name. It is. Slaughter them. Denver was 14 and 3 last year. We thought they might come into this draft, which, by the way, they had very few picks. No first or second rounder. Their first round pick is Jalen Waddle.
Starting point is 00:30:05 Yes, yes. They did acquire Jalen Waddle. Just remember that. But they did draft one of, I think, Jason's favorite rookie running backs. Now, it came in the fourth round, which you might not love. But they didn't have a chance to draft them in the other rounds. And they have a need of a running back. This is Jonah Coleman.
Starting point is 00:30:29 Right here explains the state of rookie drafts at the running back position. Jonah Coleman is my running back three. Fourth round running back Jonah Coleman. Fourth round running back is my number three. who will be barring injury at best in a three-way time share between last year's higher-drafted rookie Harvey and J.K. Dobbins. This is when it happened, this was early in the fourth round. So this is day three. You don't want them to go day three, but you're hoping someone pulls the trigger quick.
Starting point is 00:31:06 They came in and that's who they targeted. That's what happened for an offense that you think is good. And I like the player. So I was like, okay, this is okay. This is okay. but it's not good. It's not great. And I don't blame you for having them as your RB3, but please understand Foot Clan.
Starting point is 00:31:23 Whoever our RB3 is this fantasy football cycle in rookie drafts, the gap is the Grand Canyon. Someone has to be at three. That does not mean they're good, and that does not mean draft them like you would usually draft most years third running back off the board. It is, I mean, my fourth running back is a fifth round
Starting point is 00:31:45 Nick Singleton in Tennessee. Right. Because of opportunity. I don't blame you. And you know what General Coleman does? You talk about winners and losers, which is what this show is about. This is all the backfield mates are losers.
Starting point is 00:31:59 Because I don't think Sean Payton has an ounce of loyalty to every one of them, and any one of them. I don't think Harvey is going to be anything that we're happy about on a consistent basis. He's entering the, I can't wait to be Justice Hill in this league phase, of his career. And
Starting point is 00:32:15 Jonah Coleman can come in and he's a tough runner. And let's add him to Julio McLaughlin and just whoever else they can get production out of at that position. This will be three backs being used every drive. Minimum. Disgusting. Yeah. I could feel that.
Starting point is 00:32:32 They spent two more picks on tight ends, Mike. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. I was mad that we couldn't call him Jolly because his name's pronounced Jolie. Not anymore. And now I'm very happy.
Starting point is 00:32:50 We're begging of you, please don't take our man. You went to Angelina Jolie? Is that what you did now? That's where my head went. Okay. The amount of tight ends in this draft, freaking Sean McVeigh and the Rams with their, I mean, number of what, they were a culprit of the dupe the league,
Starting point is 00:33:08 getting all the tight ends. But they changed. their offense. They said, hey, wait, guys are getting smaller? Okay, well, let's beef up and put a bunch of tight ends out there. How many tight ends were drafted? I think it was 23. Yeah, it just feels like
Starting point is 00:33:23 it's like tight end, wink. Like, their offensive linemen being drafted and getting paid well. I mean, every offseason we get these massive deals now. For tight ends, you're like, who? Because they don't catch the ball. Yeah. So we got to
Starting point is 00:33:41 move on though. The AFC South, Tennessee, I just talked about them. They went and surprised a lot of people. Carnell Tate at number four overall. Jeremiah Love was off the board. They did not go defense despite their head coach. And they went and got a number one wide receiver for a player I still believe in tremendously. Cam Ward. This makes me feel way better about it. Yes. Because it's a certifiable number one. It's terrible news for Calvin Ridley. But if you care, about Ridley, that's terrible news for you. For you. So this is a great landing spot. I tweeted that out and I had so many people that were like, what are you talking about?
Starting point is 00:34:23 They like it? That they hate the spot. And I'm like, look, Cam Ward is a young number one overall draft pick. Sure, he hasn't really shown that he's a great quarterback yet, but you can't ask for much more. I mean, not everybody's going to get Joe Burrough. Got better as the season went on, which is one. So you go to a young, you know, future franchise quarterback on a depth chart with like, I mean,
Starting point is 00:34:47 people were throwing out, you know, all the names of the wide receivers that are at the Titans. But Ile Manor was talked about last year, not because Ile Manor. Yeah, nice. Swish. It's not because Iow Manor was great. We talked him up because he might have been their best wide receiver because they don't have much. Ridley is old busted. I mean, they need, there's a reason they took someone.
Starting point is 00:35:11 fourth in the draft, the number one wide receiver off the board. He, I think, has the opportunity to come in and be the number one in targets right off the bat. Now, maybe he won't be this year, but he has that opportunity. I think he will be this year, and I think it'll happen. I mean, number four overall, he's going to come in the same way Malik Neighbors did and dominate targets from the jump. It puts players like Chimre D.K. into the right position on their team, where he was a great player for them. Great special teams player, gadget player. Can't be your number one. Iowa Manor can't be your number one.
Starting point is 00:35:42 I mean, they did sign Wondale Robinson, which is good. I mean, the nice thing is for you, Andy, Wondell could lead in targets. They believe, you know, for those that believe in Cam Ward, now you start going, like Calvin Ridley, old busted, has a place if he's not trying to be the number one for this team. So take Wondale Ridley and the DK, that's good. You could end up having a good wide receiver core here,
Starting point is 00:36:06 basically because one guy can move people around. It's a good pick. Did you like Nick Singleton's tape? I did. Penn State running back goes in the fifth round, which you normally don't care about, but this year you do. And Tennessee has, I mean, they have Tony Pollard, dot, dot, dot.
Starting point is 00:36:23 Yeah, you had the debate between Singleton and Ketron Allen, the two guys that were on the same team. I was very much more on the Nicholas Singleton side. He was not this explosive breakaway runner. However, he is a 220-plus pound running back who caught the ball like crazy and scored touchdowns. That's pretty much all you need and want in fantasy. The opportunity is good here.
Starting point is 00:36:46 He's a fifth round running back to just keep your eye on. Yeah. What round was the old, wasn't Barnes of Tennessee Titan? The guy you liked years ago? Oh, he was undrafted. Oh, okay. That's different. Yes.
Starting point is 00:36:59 The Colts. He would have been drafted this year. If Barnes is in this draft, he would. Yeah. Yeah. So, winners and losers for Indianapolis. they didn't do anything. Josh. Josh Downs is a huge winner.
Starting point is 00:37:15 Not only did they get rid of Adnigh Mitchell and Pittman. So those two guys are gone. But then the GM basically comes out and says, Downs should be involved in two wide receiver sets and has the opportunity to get more work. This is great. And then they prove that with their actions. I mean, they took a seventh round wide receiver who's just like a special team's guy.
Starting point is 00:37:35 Downs is a great fantasy asset going into this year. You're up on Downs? I'm up on Downs. Yeah, and the target volume, like we loved Alec Pierce, but he doesn't profile as the 100-catch guy. I mean, Josh Downs, Tyler Warren,
Starting point is 00:37:51 wheels up. I'm very excited for Downs this year. And I'm glad you brought up Tyler Warren because he very well might lead this team in targets. Yeah, that would not be a bad bet. Houston. Houston's been a third rounder, sorry, a second rounder on Marlin, Klein.
Starting point is 00:38:09 Not Merlin. I thought maybe it was Merlin. Merlin would have been more exciting. Okay, winners and losers for the Texans, Mike. I know you wanted to talk about the Texans all day. You've been talking to me about that. So Marlin Klein out of Michigan. Have you ever eaten Marlin?
Starting point is 00:38:28 I've not. Jason? No. You ever had swordfish? Is it the same thing? I don't know if, no. No. I consider those the exact same thing.
Starting point is 00:38:35 I thought Marlin is... They both have the weapon in the front. That's enough for me. Marlon is... That's what they're the same. Clownfish. Jason. Yes.
Starting point is 00:38:43 Right? Yeah, Marlon's a clownfish. That is correct. I've watched the movie, man. I know. Have you ever had swordfish, Al? I don't think, Andy. Oh, he doesn't...
Starting point is 00:38:52 I'm allowed to move on. You didn't get the job. I was a finding Nemo right. By the name, Marlon, the dad. It's clownfish. Yeah, okay. I don't have to... I don't have to like it.
Starting point is 00:39:02 No, you don't have to like it. You didn't like it because you didn't get it. Yeah. Because you're dumb. Get body. Watch a Pixar movie. I like a good reference, but not like a deep cut. That wasn't even a deep.
Starting point is 00:39:12 The dad of the main character? When I think of Marlin, there's only one. When you think of Marlin, you don't think of the fish? I do think of the fish. That's what I'm saying. Hold on time out. I think of the fish. The ground fish from finding Nemo, Marlon.
Starting point is 00:39:25 Nemo, they have to find him. I know. He's lost. He's not the main character. The movie should be called. Marlon finds Nemo. finds Nemo. Yes.
Starting point is 00:39:34 But they didn't want to give away the ending. Nemo's not telling you how he's doing the whole movie in the tank? Yes. Name another Marlon. The one's in the ocean. No, no, no. When you think of Marlon, the name, who, who comes to mind? Baseball.
Starting point is 00:39:46 Yeah, baseball. Oh, give me a break. Or the old NES game. What was that game? Oh, gosh. Oh, no. Now I'm on it. Marlon Wayne's?
Starting point is 00:39:54 All right, good work, Josh. You think of Marlon? Was it blue Marlin? This is all much more entertaining than the Houston. Anyway, so Marvin, Marlon, Marlon, out of Michigan an okay athletic profile
Starting point is 00:40:08 I mean I'm trying to give you something here he's a blocker speaking of he's a very good run blocker this is good for David Montgomery Jacksonville Jacksonville spent a second round pick
Starting point is 00:40:20 on Nate Borercher tight end blocking tight end good job that's how Jeremy says caricature I would say the biggest winner in Jacksonville was the existing running back room.
Starting point is 00:40:39 Because there was Bachel Tudin and Chris Rodriguez, who, look, I don't think that, I think they're willing to have either guy step up there and probably both. So I think both of those guys were big winners, obviously. You didn't have, they didn't need more wide receivers. They spent six rounders on them, but they've got a, you know, a ton of those guys. I think the big winner for the Jacksonville Jaguars draft, is the San Francisco 49ers, because they might be the only other team that had more reaches in this draft than the Niners.
Starting point is 00:41:10 If you just look at like the value chart. Oh, it was wild. Incredibly bad draft. We'll find out. We're just going to be talking forever. That's what we do. I know that they're sitting up, like at a press conference, they're kind of sitting up, like maybe on a step.
Starting point is 00:41:27 But man, does that come with a lot of the fart sniffing self-assurance that every year these guys like, oh, I know better than all of you. Like, history says you don't. Right. History says we're all just whiffing over and over and over again. And this idea, when you listen to Lynch talk about this consensus and why do you go and reach for players and then you go look at the evidence. Yeah. And they're, uh, Warren.
Starting point is 00:41:53 Warren, wrote an incredible piece breaking down. Yes. The horrific San Francisco. Like it's in, you don't get to defend. So if you make a bunch of picks, let's say you make 20 picks and 20 picks don't work, that's now, that's called history. Yeah, and when you compare the value of what players have done versus where they went in the draft, it's kind of like how in fantasy football, when you look at ADP, especially over recent time, ADP is pretty accurate. The guys in the first round score a lot more on average than the guys of the second round.
Starting point is 00:42:26 And it's not like, oh, well, the fifth round bumps up. It's almost linear. It's like the ADP is usually correct. Every round you get some wrong. Every round you get some right. But if you reach multiple rounds in your fantasy draft, you're making a mistake. You're not taking advantage of capital. And you're probably wrong.
Starting point is 00:42:44 You're not outsmarting the crowd. But the funny thing is, like, they just stand there and smell their farts and they love them. And they're like, I'm so good. We don't listen to consensus. I love J.J. Zacharisa, good friend of the show, tweeted out. He was on a little Twitter rampage on this as well. But it was at one point they said, well, people don't bring up the great fines we have later in the draft. You know, like getting George Kittle. And then. Yes, we do. That's a great job. But yeah. And on that, JJ tweeted out, George Kittle, when they drafted him, was 20 spots behind where he was going.
Starting point is 00:43:20 Like that was the, you got a guy behind value, which you never do. You're always taking these guys. way ahead of value. Like, no, that was a good example of what we're talking about. That's how you do it. Why pay $20 for something when you could pay $40? Right. Right. It makes it better. Cleveland, the Browns. I love their draft.
Starting point is 00:43:39 You know, a lot of people thought Carnell Tate would end up in Cleveland. They thought they'd go what, you know, they end up trading down when Tate was not on the board. So maybe they would have. But they end up at 9. They draft a wonderful offensive tackle and Spencer Fano. And they end up with a back-to-back
Starting point is 00:43:54 combo of Concepcion who a lot of people like. I love them. And Denzel Boston, totally different types of receivers, which is awesome. Equipping a receiving room that really needed it. I don't know. And then they just solidified on both sides of the ball. Two offensive tackles in the first two days, two wide receivers in the first two days. This is a great improvement for an offer. They knew where their problem was. And they did because in the sixth round, they went and got a quarterback, which is what they really need. Dude, week 18, Tailon Green.
Starting point is 00:44:27 Yeah. He's going to rule. Yeah. He's rushing for 150 yards. Jerry Judy, a fantasy loser in this equation? Yeah. Yeah, I would say so.
Starting point is 00:44:35 And you could argue that, I mean, I guess it would not argue that Fandon is a loser in the situation, but there's just more mouths to feed now. Yeah. More opportunities.
Starting point is 00:44:45 Let's take a break and we'll get into some more of these teams. Unless you wanted to add anything on the Browns, Jay. I really like Concepcion. I think that I'm going to bet on talent over situation
Starting point is 00:44:54 and hope that it works out. Have you, for your wide receiver rankings, did the Cleveland Brown's destination? It did not. Concepcion. No, Concepcion is still my number four. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:45:08 We'll take a break and we'll talk Bengals. You know, it's funny to think about as we get ready to talk about Cincinnati. The Cardinals, we started the show with our normal routine of making fun of our own team and their stupidity. But boy, the Rams and 49ers really tried. to make it up to us this year, didn't they? I think the 49ers sure did. The Rams, I will just talk about that tomorrow, and I think we'll disagree on that.
Starting point is 00:45:40 You can't disagree with Ty Simpson not helping you this year? No, no, I can't. On a team that was a nipple from the Super Bowl. Yeah, we'll discuss it. I think Ty Simpson is a fascinating, great conversation. You didn't like him when the- Yeah, for Thursday. You didn't like him.
Starting point is 00:45:58 When the Cardinals were going to get them? Yeah, of course not. At the end of the-I-I-I can't wait to explain. Cincinnati, 6 and 11, they had traded their first round pickaway for Dexter Lawrence. They did not get a running back in the draft. They didn't have a lot of picks, but you look at Chase Brown. Two years in a row, Chase Brown survives the draft. Oh, that's money's coming, Chase Brown.
Starting point is 00:46:18 Any, yeah, I mean, a commitment. Get the pen ready. So, yeah, defensive end, cornerback center, fourth round wide receiver for some depth. Dexter Lawrence. Yeah, Dexter Lawrence with pick 10, you know. So, I mean, this was a team that when I, out had a great draft, drafted mostly on the defensive side of the ball, which is where their issues are.
Starting point is 00:46:37 For fantasy purposes, you hope they whiffed. You know, you hope they got it all wrong. And then Dexter Lawrence isn't... Sorry, Bengals fans. Yeah, I mean, for fantasy purposes, we need you to score 35 points to win a game. Yeah. Because... For Super Bowl purposes, you did the right thing.
Starting point is 00:46:50 Absolutely. I mean, the truth is when you are... When you've scored 21 points and you're up in the fourth, you run the ball, and that sucks for Jamar Chase. And that sucks for T. Higgins. I think we're greedy. Of course. I mean, I think we're really greedy with those two teams. And I do like consequential football.
Starting point is 00:47:10 Let me put it out that way. I want this team to care about the games they play late in the season. They're not going to care when their defense was that bad. I'm going to go glass out full. They did a good job. Baltimore. They had a lot of picks. They end up spending.
Starting point is 00:47:26 And so many that they gave one to their owner for free. Oh, they did. Yes. It's Adam Randall with the bonus second pick in the fifth round. Jacoby Lane, Elijah Surrott. Jason, you like Sarat a lot out of Indiana. Jacoby Lane goes quite a bit ahead of him in the third round. Yeah, it's interesting because we've always talked about the pie,
Starting point is 00:47:46 the passing pie of the Ravens and the Lamar Jackson era and whether or not you can support multiple targets. You obviously have Zay Flowers here as the one, and they're bringing in two, I think, pretty good wide receivers, solid at least wide receivers in Jacoby Lane from USC and Elijah Surrott from the national champion team. I like Elijah Surrott as a player. I really, I did not think that the gap between him and Omar Cooper Jr. was a three-round gap, which the NFL thought. Good pieces to add. However, those being wide receivers, they did not really do anything from a passing tight-in, a
Starting point is 00:48:26 receiving tight-in. I think Mark Andrews is a winner in this. His role as the receiving tight end is pretty safe. Yeah, I don't know if I'd go as far as to call Zayflower as a loser because of these acquisitions. I wouldn't. But I would say that, you know, they haven't had a lot of talent
Starting point is 00:48:42 at wide receiver at all beyond Rashad Bateman is the loser and those who still continue to support Rashad Bateman. Adam Randall has potential to, you know, if you had an injure, step in to a role? Yeah, I'm on Jason's
Starting point is 00:48:59 opinion of Adam Randall. I think he will be if he gets an opportunity here for the Ravens, I think he'll be solid. I think Al Borland would like me to enter into consideration Elijah Saracha. Oh, that's already been entered. Yeah. We've already discussed this. You guys already talked about that? I haven't heard that. I have. So Mike talked about it with himself. Or on the Dynasty podcast. Make sure you're listening every Wednesday. Pittsburgh, guys. What do we think? Jeremy Bernard
Starting point is 00:49:26 in the second round. They apparently were going to take Mackay Lemon, which let me talk about the the comedy of like, who was the player that you thought they might reach on? I thought that they were going to reach on Omar Cooper Jr. Okay. That was the one
Starting point is 00:49:42 that you thought that they would stick with Pittman and with D.K. MacK. McHaff and be dumb. And then I'm like, they're not going to be dumb. And then it comes out that they were going to be kind of maybe, maybe not dumb at 21. Right. But Mackay Lemon was the pick that they were going to make. I think somebody referred to the Steelers ending up
Starting point is 00:50:00 auto drafting after the trade up by Pittsburgh or by Philly. If you don't know what happened, the Dallas Cowboys were the pick ahead of the Steelers and everyone knew that the Dallas Cowboys are focusing on defense. So because they knew that the Cowboys were looking at defense, Pittsburgh called Mackay Lemon and told him that we are going to draft you with the next pick.
Starting point is 00:50:22 while he was on the phone with the Steelers, the Eagles traded up and swapped with the Cowboys. Oh, man. And called him, and they couldn't get a hold of him because he was on the phone with the Steelers. And then they're like, Mackay's like, why are the Eagles calling me? Boom, you switched teams in the blink of an eye. And then that's where the Steelers were on the clock. Yeah, with little time.
Starting point is 00:50:47 And they're like, uh, uh, who, who's out there? ADP. Offensive lineman. So Jeremy Bernard, second round wide receiver out of Alabama, who I think he's a pretty good player. He also spent a third round pick on yet another of the same type of quarterback. But Drew Aller, when you look at it from a dynasty perspective, players that could have opportunities sooner. Yes. He is on the upper half of that list. I don't know if you guys would have him higher or lower than Carson back in Arizona.
Starting point is 00:51:18 I toyed with those guys back and forth. I actually put Drew Aller one spot ahead. This felt like when they were making this draft that they were doing this draft for Aaron Rogers. They're like trying to get him a Kyle Lemon. No, okay, well, let's get him an offensive tackle. Then we'll get him a wide receiver three. Hey, come back. We improved our offensive line.
Starting point is 00:51:35 Honestly, Jeremy Bernard, I believe is a perfect pick here for what they need, like a third wide receiver. He's just going to be a quality third wide receiver, not a fantasy superstar here. And obviously being behind Pittman and D.K. Metcalf. I don't think he matters that much for fantasy in and of himself. However, for whoever the quarterback is, it's great. And then they did get the superstar at the end of the draft. Hyden, right. Man, did they even have Roman Wilson on this roster anymore?
Starting point is 00:52:05 He's somewhere. Oh, man, Roman Wilson. RAP.P. AFC East, the New York. Who's the second round paper? Holy crap. Yeah, I know. He broke their streak of drafting perfectly at wide receiver.
Starting point is 00:52:17 No, does he even count? Right. He played so little. Goodness. The Jets fulfilled Jason's prophecy. Jason was not very high on Kenyon Sadiq compared to others. Stowers of powers. And he said, well, what he'd love to see is Sadiq go to the Jets to where I don't have to care.
Starting point is 00:52:39 He's a really good player. He goes to, I think when you brought it up, we were like, oh, cats and dogs. Because Miaoston Taylor is there. And Kenyant Sadeke, uh, I think the career is now over for Mason's upside. And Omar Cooper Jr., who, look, a first round pick, two first round picks on receiving options in New York for Gino Smith. Well, it's going to be great for next year's quarterback.
Starting point is 00:53:09 Yeah, I mean, this is like, if you look at consensus big boards and consensus mock drafts, both Kenyon Sadieck and Omar Cooper. Junior, extremely highly valued, highly touted prospects. You needed to get receiving options. So you can make an argument very clearly that this was excellent work. I think they got value on both. Perfect for the future. They definitely got value on Sadiq.
Starting point is 00:53:37 I mean, Omar Cooper was starting to be drafted pretty heavily in the first round. So drop into the last. You could say they got value on both personally. And we just talked about being away from consensus is usually not the smartest plan to be right. But personally, I thought both Sadiq and Cooper Jr. were two of the most overrated people going into this draft. So the fact that they both went to the Jets was a dream come true for me. And then you can hit the club, Nick, in the fourth round. They added Cade Club
Starting point is 00:54:08 Nick. Quarterback. Losers, I would just say, Miaoson Taylor's potential as a tight end one is going to be squashed by a first round tight end. Will he finish his career with zero broken tackles? Yes. Probably. Not enough opportunities. That's what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:54:29 This was your year to do it. Although maybe now they- I just remembering Frank Reich is an offensive quarter in the NFL again. Maybe it gets sneaky, though. But why? I don't. They don't think they'll throw to Miaoson, so he's on some cornerback. That doesn't mean.
Starting point is 00:54:42 If it's like a little cornerback. Miaoons is good for some fall-down first downs, big time. Just not breaking tithe. tackle. The Miami Dolphins had 652 picks in this draft, and they chose to wait on the
Starting point is 00:54:58 wide receiver position. I think that was the biggest shock here. I'd love to tell you that there are some existing wide receivers on the roster that are, quote, winners because of this decision, but there aren't any. Well, they don't have any. Caleb Douglas. 2-2-Atwell? Yeah, yeah, yeah, and Taj Washington.
Starting point is 00:55:13 Jalen Tolbert? Malik Washington, rather. This was actually a really important place. Caleb Douglas and Chris Bell, two wide receivers that went on day two in the third round. This is good draft capital. You got to take a look at those two wide receivers. See who you believe in. Chris Bell was in theory going to be a first round wide receiver, very highly touted, a big bodied guy. You had Dane Bruegler before the season had Chris Bell ranked as his number two wideout. Yeah, I mean, he was supposed to be great, but then he tore his ACL. Fell in the draft because of that. So when I look at Chris Bell, I'm a little excited. I've got him higher in my dynasty rankings than I think most people have him,
Starting point is 00:55:54 simply because if you're talking about a first round talent who simply dropped because of injury, finding his way on a team that desperately needs an alpha wide receiver, there is a path to emerge here. But it could also be Caleb Douglas, their other wide receiver, taken out of Texas Tech.
Starting point is 00:56:10 Jalen Talbert's on the roster. They're going to have to figure it out on offense. They spent a fifth round pick on Kevin Coleman Jr. As well, I mean, getting more weapons for Malik Willis' win for him because they started with zero. So Buffalo.
Starting point is 00:56:28 Another bell. Skylar Bell in the fourth round defensive end cornerback offensive tackle before they went fourth round wide receiver everything else was pretty much defensive and a punter by the way in the seventh round are you what were your takes on Skylar Bell out of Connecticut
Starting point is 00:56:45 and do you think Kean Coleman's a winner maybe Skylar Bell huge production you know over 100 catches almost 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns but it the bills just keep doing this
Starting point is 00:57:03 of overlapping their archetype of wide receiver and Khalil Shakir yeah and then and not that more can't DJ more can do other stuff but it's still you know like these are these are yards after catch type of slot wide receivers it's
Starting point is 00:57:19 it's very strange to me uh so you're asking Keon Coleman he could be because you had the the new head coach was talking him up yet again he would be their boundary wide receiver and Skyler Bell would not profile there at all but I don't I don't know what to make of this it's a fourth round wide receiver so it's not he has the draft capital's not there to like you got to get Skylar Bell on your roster he has some good metrics behind the scenes there's questions about how they came about a lot of screen work level of competition those things
Starting point is 00:57:56 In the fourth round, being that you project he will be playing behind Khalil Shakir in that role, there's not much to get excited about other than the fact that you get to play with Josh Allen. And so should you emerge, there's the chance to do something special. The final team we'll talk about today. We'll get into the NFC winners and losers on Thursday. The New England Patriots, not a lot to talk about here. Blocking tight end, right, in the third round, or half and half. half, two ACL tears for Raredon.
Starting point is 00:58:30 Eli Raridon. He, at least when you're talking production profile markers, he did okay in terms of receiving in yards his last year. His athletic profile is strong. So he's not in the nothing blocking tight ends to me. I'm not outrageously excited to draft him. But, you know, if you're in a four-round rookie drafts, he might be someone I'll all take at the end.
Starting point is 00:58:58 As of right now, Romeo Dobbs is not a, I mean, he's a winner from the draft. They didn't invest in other weapons. We think the AJ Brown story is on the way. The Mackay Lemon draft pick almost certainly says that AJ Brown will be traded. Yeah. I mean, it's being reported as a done deal. No. It's being reported as pretty much a done deal.
Starting point is 00:59:16 I was just thinking, like, we launched the ultimate draft kit on June 1st. Oh, yeah. And they can't do this trade for cap reasons until at least June 1st or after June 1st. first. I'm like, how are we statting out these two teams? Are we going to put, like, I think I'm just going to put A.J. Brown on the Patriots. On both of them? I don't, I can't imagine a world where he's an eagle. Even if he's not a Patriot, it seems like, is an eagle. Man, they got three great wide receivers on that team. And finally a great tight end. Finally. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry, Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:59:52 I feel like that was an insult to Ertz. Yeah, sure. Where are you going on the way back? No, it was really, it got her. Okay. Well, who had a great year? Yeah, he did. He's not under contract, right?
Starting point is 01:00:03 Jalen Hertz. Yeah. Yeah, I thought they held on to him. I feel like Jalen Hertz is a pretty big winner. It was a one year, seven million dollar extension. Yeah. Pretty big winner in this draft, adding Mackay Lemon. And obviously when you lose A.J. Brown, it's going to be tough.
Starting point is 01:00:18 But personally, like, Mackay Lemon is, I think, awesome, and Stowers is awesome. Those two are such a better value than what the Jets got in Sadiq and Omar. They gave up two first-rounders to get those two guys. If they both cost a dollar, I would rather the guys that the Eagles got. Yeah, Goddard, one year, $7 million deal to just be a transition year to Stowers. Yep. And don't forget about you got James.
Starting point is 01:00:47 Jam Miller? Jam Miller. Running back? Seventh round pick. You don't need to worry about it. But you got Jane. Yeah. Come on.
Starting point is 01:00:54 Thursday NFL or rather NFC recap coming your way. That's where the spicier stuff is, man. Apparently. The NFC West was drunk. Apparently. Yeah. The NFC West was crazy. We'll talk about that on Thursday.
Starting point is 01:01:12 A final reminder, we do have the, today's the last day for the UDK pre-order giveaway. So if you pick it up at Ultimate DraftKit.com, you can win a spot in the listener league with us. We'd love to have you there. We have signed jerseys, Bejohn, Jamar Chase, Mike's keepers in our League of Record. Oh, man.
Starting point is 01:01:31 Which Jase is super thrilled about. Awful. We didn't give away any Jonathan Taylor stuff because we knew, you know. I gave away Jonathan Taylor. On your own. Things went well for me. It really did.
Starting point is 01:01:43 I ended up winning the lottery for the number one pick. Yeah. And then getting all the keepers that I wanted. Yeah. And then Jemir Gibbs went back into the draft. So he's going to be on my team. That's great. That's fun for you.
Starting point is 01:01:57 I'll see you in the championship. Do you want to be a co-manager on my team? I would love to. This year. All right, that is going to be it for today's show. Shout out to the Ducers over there in Ducers Alley. Appreciate you guys. And we'll be back with another fresh episode Thursday morning.
Starting point is 01:02:12 Take care, everybody. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football. community on join the foot.com and follow us on Twitter at theFF ballers.

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