Lineup Fantasy Football Show - 6 Players to Buy in Dynasty Fantasy Football

Episode Date: March 2, 2026

We share 6 of our favorite players to buy in Dynasty Fantasy Football leagues! Analysis and thoughts on the 2026 Fantasy Football season's biggest sleepers and breakouts in Dynasty Leagues! Then we wrap it up by trying to figure out which NBA Players could play in the NFL 0:40 - Breece Hall 5:50 - Parker Washington 9:49 - Kyler Murray 15:55 - RJ Harvey 19:19 - Terrance Ferguson 24:13 - Bryce Young 27:55 - Which NBA Players could play in the NFL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You could have won your league last year trading for guys like JSN, Drake May, Jonathan Taylor, or even George Pickens. We're here now to help you pick out the guys in 2026 that could help you win your fantasy leagues. I'm Mitch Anderson. I'm Justin Mello. And welcome into the lineup fantasy football show. Let's jump right into things. We're not wasting the people's time, Mello. Give me your first dynasty trade target to buy.

Absolutely. I did some deep dive in here. and the first name I stumbled upon as somebody I think is all of a sudden a really great buy in Dynasty is actually somebody I have on a dynasty team of mine, have not felt great about it. But now I'm starting to talk myself back in, and that is Breece Hall. Obviously, the last couple of years have been pretty frustrating from a fantasy perspective, but he has been in debatably like the single worst possible situation for running back. Just horrible team.

constantly getting blown out, playing from behind, mobile quarterback, which that alone is not good for running backs from a fantasy perspective, but also just a bad mobile quarterback, to put it bluntly, like pretty horrendous play. Like Justin Fields last year, even like Tyrod when they brought him in. That doesn't help the offense as a whole, doesn't help the running back.

Also, the Jets coaching staff has kind of refused to give Breece Hall workhorse treatment. The last couple years on what's already a bad offense that you don't want to piece up to begin with, never mind like what's starting to feel a little bit like a committee. Isaiah Davis got pretty involved toward the end of last year. But despite all of this, he still was the running back 18 last year, which I know isn't incredible,

but it's respectable at least. He's a guy you're starting. And I think more importantly, from a talent perspective, he was pro football focus, his seventh highest graded running back, meaning we know the talent's still there. We know the athleticism and the explosiveness are still there.

It's really just been a matter of situation. And I know whoever in your Dynasty League has him is super sick of him. And the reason I know that is because like I said, I have him. I am sick of him. I want to trade him. But then I put my emotions aside and I think about it. And I actually think he's somebody who you should go out and buy if you don't have them. And really the reason there is there is a light at the end of this tunnel.

And it's the fact that his rookie contract is finally over. he is no longer necessarily tied down to the Jets. Now with that said, I must say all of the reports will, he will probably be tagged in some capacity within the next couple of weeks, whether it be the franchise tag or more likely the transition tag. And I think that makes me feel a little bit better. The more common theory is it'll be that transition tag, which would allow him to go out negotiate with other teams and then potentially actually sign a contract with another team. So if somebody wants to open up their wallet for him, pay them big money, and the Jets don't want to match because they're a dog shit team that probably shouldn't be spending big on a running back anyways, he can go somewhere this off season. And there's a really lot of really interesting landing spots that could use a running back, Kansas City, Jacksonville, if Travis Ctn leaves, who's also a free agent, Houston, Washington.

Like, those are spots that would really, really excite me. And to be honest, I could talk myself into being optimistic, like, for almost. anywhere because the situation probably would get better, especially if a team is willing to pay him big money. He'll get workhorse treatment. So I'm getting excited about that. I think, yes, there's a chance he plays on a one-year tag with New York, but hopefully that means he leaves next off-season. And at that point, well, again, his value will go up significantly once he leaves the Jets then. Obviously, from a dynasty perspective, we want to look long-term.

I think his value could go up in a year. and even if he signs a long-term deal with the Jets, which is like worst scenario, you would hope if they're giving him that big of a contract, that big of money, they will make him the focal point of the offense if he'll run through him entirely.

And he's good enough. I mean, he's truly good enough for that to happen. Hopefully the situation gets better even if he stays in New York. And the craziest part about all of this is he's still only 24 years old, which makes zero sense to me.

I didn't realize that. He feels like he's like 27, 28. He's 24. He'll be 20 years. 25 next year during the season, but still super young. Many good years left in him, I think, from a dynasty perspective. I'm big on buying players out there low. This is by far the least he's ever been worth in a dynasty league perspective.

I traded the first overall pick for him a couple years ago. You can get him so much cheaper than that now. And I don't think you'll be able to, if it's a couple weeks from now or a month from now when he's elsewhere or a year from now when he's elsewhere, he'll be more expensive. So I'd go in and get him now. I think that is a really, really awesome pick. As somebody who had him in redraft last year, I get what you're saying with the fatigue. Like, he was never bad and you watch Breeze Hall and he's extremely talented.

And it's do I want to watch the Jets every weekend? Most people are going to say no. And the manager that has him probably didn't win a championship with him. So he's probably willing to let him go for a decent price tag. And I agree with you. I do not think I think there's maybe a 1% chance the Jets sign him long term. so either you're getting a situation where he signs elsewhere or you've got one more year with the Jets and you're kind of buying low before like the steam starts going next off season.

100%. Because as soon as he goes elsewhere, even before he goes elsewhere, even if he just gets transition tag, not franchise tag, the asking price is going to go up a little bit. And then if he goes somewhere else, he's going to be so much more expensive. He's a guy you should go out and get right now. Yeah, I love that pick. I will move from running back to wide receiver for my first one, a guy that I just cannot stop talking about, my fucking guy, Parker Washington, out of Jacksonville, literally where do I begin? I feel like the entire offseason I've been vocal about calling Trevor Lawrence's breakout for real. I think this Liam Cohen-led offense is a genuine success that you can bank on next season. And so what piece do you want? Of QBs that

started five or more games, Trevor Lawrence ranked in the top five in the back half of the year in both PFF's offensive and passing grades, and he was the QB2 in fantasy behind only Josh Allen from week nine on. Last year, I would have said, go out and grab Brian Thomas. Obviously, that didn't work out. We don't even know if he's going to be in Jacksonville. If you had him last year, I'm so sorry if you still have him. I don't know what you're going to do to cut your losses. I digress. Jacoby Myers, Mr. Consistency, I think he's also a great pickup, but he's turning 30 soon. Is he a guy that you want to have on your dynasty team unless you're like right there trying to win a championship? And even then, like, does he move the needle for you? Then,

We just got the news that he's going to become a full-time corner, part-time wide receiver. I'm absolutely cutting ties there. I don't want anything to do with Travis Hunter. I didn't want anything to do with him when he was going to be part-time both. So I certainly don't now. And that leaves Parker Washington. The way I just laid that out made Parker Washington sound like the scraps. Parker Washington was ninth in the entire NFL in PFF's receiving grade in 2025.

No qualifiers, no sample size, straight up ninth overall. led the Jaguars with a 114 targets, 21 more than the second, which is Brian Thomas, and I understand Jacoby Myers came in mid-season, but still, Parker Washington's target share was out of control. You just talked about Breeze Hall being 24 years old. Parker Washington is 23 years old, and right now he's going as the wide receiver 56 in Dynasty startup drafts. I rest my case, I don't know what we are doing as a fancy community. The world is sleeping on Parker Washington and I will be gobbling him up in every bestball draft, every redraft, every dynasty draft everywhere. I want Parker Washington. First of all, pause. Second of all, I have not been nearly

as hot and bothered by Parker Washington as you, but the more you talk about him, the more I'm like really buying in because every point you just made is super true. I think because we had no expectations of him going into last year, we've kind of refused to acknowledge how good he was. He was the Jaguar's best receiver last year. You could maybe argue... 100%. You could argue Jacoby, I guess, once he got traded there. But even when after Jacobi got traded there,

Parker Washington, and out in the stretch, was sensational. Still so young. I think a lot of the moves they've been making and a lot of the moves they're speculated to make have been further vindication that they have confidence in him going forward as a full-time starter. So he's someone who's still under the radar, but could be like a legitimate piece and a very important piece of a Liam Cohen offense.

The one thing that stinks is that he went off in that wildcard game. And so the last memory anybody has of the Jaguars or Parker Washington was him going off. That being said, I don't think that's enough to inflate his price tag too much. And I still think he is a screaming buy. Yeah, I agree. I might actually go out see if I can get them in my Dynasty League because just no one's talking about it, it feels like. And we should. You're right. We should talk about them. We're starting to get a little cohort in our comment sections talking about Parker Washington,

and it brings just such like a warmth to my chest seeing his name in the comments. We should start like a Parker Washington fan club. Let's get anyone who listens to our podcast just in on this. We'll be like the Parker Washington people. Yeah, I love Parker Washington Instagram. Oh, that could blow up. Parker, Parker Washington, Washington. I have a player next here who I think has not been under the radar for most of the career, but now he could be potentially under the radar from a dynasty perspective. And that's Kyler Murray. I had to give you credit, Mitch. You opened my eyes up to what Kyler Murray could be, I think probably a month or two ago on a different episode, you started talking about him.

And the more and more I've thought about it, the more and more I've realized, he is a great bylaw in dynasty. So he will not be with Arizona next year. At least I would be shocked if he is. I don't think anyone thinks he'll be there. And I think that's for the best. Yeah, there's no shot he's there. And that's for the best. You can't blame the Cardinals for moving on. I think they should.

They could use a change. But I think this is genuinely good for Kyler too. Like, he could use a change of scenery. And even though he won't be with Arizona, I would be stunned if he's not a week one starter somewhere. There are so many teams. Agreed. We don't know who their starter will be.

And they're not going to find a better option than Kyler through the trade market or free agency or the draft. a pretty shallow quarterback class. Like, he's going to be a starter somewhere. So this gives him a great career opportunity. We've already seen so many reclamation projects, these high-drafted quarterbacks that didn't really work out with the team that drafted them.

Just in recent history, Gino Smith, Jared Gough, Baker Mayfield, Daniel Jones last year with the Colts before he got hurt. And then, of course, Super Bowl MVP, top 10 quarterback Sam Darnold. Top 10, Sam Darnold. We've seen it happen a lot. And it's not a guarantee it'll happen with Kyler by any means, but I think there's a good chance. He's the first overall pick. He was the rookie of the year as rookie year.

Like we've seen him flash. And prior to his ACL tear in 2022, he was being ranked pretty broadly and pretty consistently as a top three dynasty quarterback. You have to pay up huge to get him in a rookie draft or a startup draft. Now, so much cheaper. You could probably get them for a mid-round pick in one quarterback leagues in your dynasty league. like if you need a quarterback, he is third round pick, fourth round pick, gets it done in a lot of leagues. And the guy you asked him is probably fed up because he has been so disappointing. And keep in mind, this is not only just like a, oh, high ceiling, he could be great.

Because I'm not really betting on him to be great. I think the floor will always be high with collar though, as long as he's healthy. Any quarterback that runs the ball, the floor is there. Like, you know there's a safety there. and he is mobile and he does run and he actually hasn't even really done it as much since the ACL tear, but he himself has said publicly multiple times like

he hasn't trusted it quite enough and he hasn't wanted to rely on it quite enough since that ACL tear makes him, I don't know if nervous is the right word, but he just says it hasn't felt right quite yet. But now here we are going to be four years removed. New team, new situation where

he knows he needs to step up to... Yeah, playing for his career type of thing. Exactly. Playing with for his career. He's going to rely on what made him so dangerous in the first place, that running ability. So I think the floor is there. I think this is a new opportunity for him. If you want to try to go and get him before he gets traded, because he will get traded, it's a foregone conclusion. And we do this silly thing in the fantasy community when we know a guy is going to get moved, but we don't move him up to rankings until he is. That's the perfect time to buy. Buy him now before

he gets traded. Such a safe floor guy, you can probably trust to start in your lineup at the quarterback position. I think the key, two key cruxes of this argument, the one is the rushing floor and that Kyler Murray is always going to have a floor where he's out there. And the other argument is that you're paying dirt cheap. A manager might pay you to take Kyler Murray off his hands. The Cardinals might. The Cardinals might pay you to trade for him in Dynasty.

And so, like you said, am I saying that this is going to be like the quarterback like one through five next year? Of course not. But there is a very legitimate chance he goes somewhere and he just. runs enough and he just scampers around and does his little Kyler-Murray thing and you're looking at the QB 12 or 13 and you had to pay literally nothing for him. Yeah, I said it early with Brees. Like, I like buying players at their all-time low from a value perspective and Kyler's there.

Kyler's there right now. It's funny you bring up Brise because I was thinking, I was like, imagine if he goes to the Jets. Okay, I will take back everything I said if he goes to the Jets. That is like the one destination. Maybe that's why the fantasy community is holding. their breath, but I'm hoping that's not the case for Kyler. This is of your two so far. I'm all in on this one. As long as, of course, if somebody's like a huge Kyler Murray fan, they're trying to gouge you for him, like, don't do it. But I don't think you're going to have to give up much at all

for a guy that I think a lot of people want to cut at this point. Right. And that's exactly why you trade for him. Yeah, he's not a guy you should or should have to pay a King's Ransom for, but he's a guy that, I mean, if he can hold on to the job, we'll give you at least a couple more years of good starting productivity for fantasy and you're not paying a long. Can I say something outrageous? Absolutely. I think a lot of people are just like absolutely losing their minds over Malik Willis right now. And I'm seeing it all over Reddit. I'm seeing it everywhere. People being like, should I give up a first round pick in Dynasty for Malik Willis? And that scares the hell out of me from a sample size. And I do not understand it. And I genuinely think that there's like, I think Malik Willis will be a starter next year.

I know he's projected to get 30 million a year or whatever. But I'm like, I would much rather give up a fourth round pick and get Kyler Murray and pray, then give up a first and get Malik Willis and have him finish as like the QB 19. Yeah, I one billion percent agree with you there. I want to say, if you're thinking about trading for Malik Willis in a dynasty league and a one quarterback dynasty league giving up a first, you're beyond a sicko. You need to put the laptop down, put the phone down. Two quarterback league, maybe. But still, yeah, like, I don't know. We've seen it with Kyler before. we haven't really seen it with Malik, aside from just like some spot start. So right now, Kyler feels like the much more affordable, safer option.

Yeah, I completely agree. I have also a very similar pick to Kyler Murray coming up as my last one. But first, I'll jump into my second pick. Let's go back to running back. Talked about him before I meant talk about RJ Harvey. The running back five from weeks 13 to 17. I've talked about the yards per carry being a little bit of an issue at 3.7. but I do think he can succeed, even if that doesn't increase a lot, just because of the receiving work.

He spent the majority of the season behind J.K. Dobbins and still managed to finish the year seventh among all running backs and receptions and eighth in receiving yards. We've seen Sean Payton, Pepper, the running backs with targets. We've seen Bo Nicks do it. Alvin Kamara. RJ Harvey's 25 years old, which I will admit is a little bit older than I'd like for a second year running back specifically in Dynasty. Like, I can obviously throw that away in redraft and best ball.

but if he breaks out the way I think he could with this target share, I think he's a screaming value at the running back 19 off the board in startups. The caveat I will give with RJ Harvey, I know this is a lot of people's argument, is we've seen some reports that maybe they bring in help, maybe they bring in Travis E.TN. I, for right now, in standing pat, that I think RJ Harvey is going to have this backfield mainly to himself.

Obviously, Sean Payton's going to bring somebody in to work with him. but like I think RJ Harvey will be heavily the 1A and I think that is worth way more than an RB19 price tag and startups. I think you'll be able to acquire him for less than you need to. Yeah, I thought his dynasty value was going to skyrocket after the JK Dobbins injury last year because I just figured like he'd take over and be incredible. And it's almost from like a value perspective, a good thing that he was kind of inefficient. And he was very good in fantasy still down

the stretch once he got the, got the job. RB5. Yeah, he was great. But like, it wasn't like he didn't necessarily pass the eye test for a lot of people. And I feel like that's maybe part of like the hesitance of some people. Yeah. But I'm not overly concerned with it. We see so many rookies struggle with efficiency and then turn it around later in their careers. I love the past catching ability and an offense that likes to throw the ball to the running back. He's not somebody I'm super aggressively targeted. in a dynasty league, but for someone was so much upside, he is strangely affordable. Yeah, I think, I think that's what it is.

Like, this isn't a Kyler Murray, you don't have to give up anything. This is, unfortunately, it's still a 25-year-old running back in a great offense with a good quarterback that likes throwing him the ball. Like, you're not going to be able to get a guy like that for dirt cheap. I just think it's a phenomenal value. And when you look at a lot of these guys that, like, in Dynasty, we're looking for guys who break out before they break out. and then you've got the guy that everybody wants

and now his price tag is triple what it was. I think R.J. Harvey fits that mold that you're maybe getting him like 30% off right now and then the price is going to double next year anyways. Yeah, you want to buy before the big boom. And I think he's, like I said, strangely affordable. So I wouldn't blame him for a second for trying to get on this before he has the full breakout,

hopefully with the full season as the true number one starter. with the Broncos. I have a deeper cut for you here. Oh, baby, let's go. This is someone who really has not broken out at all yet. Definitely someone who's on the Dynasty radar has been, for those who play Dynasty, but he was off the Fantasy Radar entirely from a redraft perspective last year, and that is tight end Terrence Ferguson with the Los Angeles Rams.

I talked about safe floor with Kyler and how he's affordable, you know, get the safety, get the floor from Kyler now. Terrence Ferguson's not that. His floor is zero, but his ceiling, I think kind of similar to what we talked about with RJ Harvey. His ceiling is incredible. His, there is a path for him to be like an every week starter at the tight end position for years and years to come.

And he's going to be so super affordable, dirt cheap, especially if your league mates are less savvy, less plugged in than you are. because he did nothing last year. Like, if you have some half-ass manager who has him on their bench or their taxi squad, and they see that he didn't really do anything, they're going to be like, yeah, I don't give a shit about this guy. But they don't realize what could come from Terrence Ferguson poised for a breakout. Sean McVeigh and Les Sneed cannot say enough good things about him.

Every time they're asking about Terrence Ferguson, they just gush over how much they love him. He was their highest drafted player in the 2025 draft. the Rams traded back from the first to the second, knowing that Ferguson was the app below their eye and knowing they could probably wait till the second to get them. And they did. They moved back. They still got their guy. This Rams offense utilized a ton of multiple tight end sets last year. We saw so many different tight ends get involved in the offense. And Ferguson never really emerged as like the true alpha of the group, the number one. It was probably more so Colby Parkinson than anyone. But Ferguson got a lot more involved as the year went on. His first three

games of the year where he was active, he totaled 25 snaps. His last three games that he was active, he totaled 158 snaps, over six times as many snaps. And it was well deserved. He is an elite, elite run blocker. We knew that coming out of college, also as a rookie ranked top 10 in run blocking among tight ends and pro football focus. And I know that doesn't get you fantasy points, but what it does is it keeps you on the field and it keeps the coaching staff trusting you so that you stay on the field in those passing downs. And don't let the good blocking deceive you and make you think he can't catch the ball either. We're talking about a freak athlete who's a field stretching pass catching tight end. He had the single highest a dot in the NFL last year among all tight ends.

A single highest. He's fast. He is great hands. I think either his first or second catch of his career last year was a diving one-handed catch down the field. He is a freak athlete. It often takes tight ends a year or two to fully break out. Like we see it all the time. Like guys like Trey McBride didn't break out until year three. Like this is a position sometimes you got to wait. And I think Ferguson might be the next example of that. So I'll admit, may not work out, maybe nothing. But you can get him so dirt cheap and the ceiling with such a superb talent and this great

offense with a great quarterback and a great draft capital. And everything just coming to get like everything seems so perfect for what could be. And he's so affordable. so I'm all over Terrence Ferguson right now. I didn't realize this. He had 21 yards per reception last season just to like go off of what you're saying about ADOT and then three touchdowns that all came within the last six weeks of the year, including two in the last two weeks.

So if you're looking for a guy who's like quietly having a breakout in that back half, which I think is really the types of guys you want target, not the ones who have the big explosive and then everyone gets excited about them kind of thing. It's the ones that are quietly getting more snaps, getting more. getting more targets. And he did that without really like getting on everyone's radar and becoming a household name. So I think that's a fantastic pick. Like you said, the floor is nothing. But we play to win championships and the ceiling's there. So he's a great guy target. Definitely. And I know I mentioned Tray McBride. I'm not saying I think Terrence Ferguson will be Tray McBride. But after Tray McBride's

second year in the league, you probably could have got him for a fourth round pick in your dynasty league. And now he's worth obviously like 20-fold that. those are the types of guys you should be taking shots on and Terrence Ferguson kind of fits that profile to me. Not to mention with tight end, it's one of those positions that like if you hit on one of the guys that become one of the real tight ends in the NFL, like that's almost so much more valuable than like hitting on one of the big running backs or wide receivers because you might just have one of the guys for the next what 10 years. Yeah, at a position where you really look for that edge, you look for that positional advantage. So, yeah. And it's like, how many do we have right now that we're like super excited about four? Yeah.

If I'd say four maximum probably right now. After craft, I think I kind of get, eh. Exactly. Agreed. All right. You brought a nasty boy to the table. I'm going to get fucking disgusting. Uh, we talked about deep cut QBs.

We talked about short kings. So let's talk about Bryce Young. I think Bryce Young is an incredible value right now. And I want to start that off by admitting I have absolutely not been the biggest Bryce young guy. I feel like I was watching games with you at the very beginning of this year, being like, I just absolutely hate watching Bryce Young play. But I have to admit he's such a good value.

Bryce Young finished as the QB19 last year. He'll now enter his third season. He'll be 25 by the start of training camp. His price tag in startup drafts is the QB 24. So basically banking that he's going to get worse than he did last year. Dave Canales just announced he's seeded the play calling duties to Brad Idzik, the new pan... excuse me, the Panthers offensive coordinator, now new play caller.

The team insists there was no pressure here and that Canales made the call himself. Whatever way it happened, I think, is a moot point. To me, I don't think you make a shift like this unless you're planning on making dramatic changes to the offense. In 2024, 11% of the Panthers' past attempts were at least 20 yards downfield. That was 16th in the NFL. Last season, the number dropped to 8%, which was 31st. We're also a podcast that's higher on most people than Jalen Coker and Team Mac making

a leap. And so I think that this offense clearly needs to change. And I think they saw themselves kind of become more conservative and less effective last year. And that was part of what pushed this move in the play calling. I do think we see those guys take a leap. And if they're going to take a leap, Bryce Young's going to have to do it with them. We're seeing all these reclamation projects across the NFL. And like, Bryce Young's a weird example because like he hasn't completely like petered out the way a lot of these guys do, the way we talk about them. But I think there's an opportunity here for a head coach that knows quarterbacks and an offensive play caller that is going to be here to support Bryce Young that Bryce Young has openly said he likes playing for.

And he's also got a very hilarious Kyle Pitts-esque stat where he's doubled his wins every year. He had two wins his rookie season, four last year, eight last year. So you're banking on a 16 win season out of Bryce Young. Lock, absolute mortal lock. All jokes aside, though, like, it's very similar to Kyler Murray for me where it's like, do I think that you're going to go pick up Bryce Young and all of a sudden he's like the QB5 next year? No, but I do think you're going to be paying like absolutely nothing for him

and there's a really good chance that he's like a very low end quarterback one, like high end quarterback two. Yeah, this is like, especially in a one quarterback league, someone who's not really going to cost you much, depending on your league size too. Like if you're in a 10 team league with shallower rosters like under 20 player rosters, there's a chance like Bryce Young is like, getting cut or at least that the manager who has him will like give him to you for like your last

round pick you have nothing to lose at that point so why not especially where I like him is if you have T-Mack or you have Coker you want that stack go for it I'm not a Brice down guy either I really haven't been throughout his career but I do like T-Mack and I like Coker and I like the upside theoretically and like a lot of the guys we've talked about like Brigh sound costs so little right now. It's like if you need a quarterback, you don't really have a lot to lose. And like, even if you are not entirely 100% sold on the talent, I think you can sell yourself on the situation. Yeah. I do trust this coaching staff. I do trust the receivers and I love the division they're in. Yeah, absolutely. These aren't very good defenses they play. That's six games a year right there.

100%. Let us know down below who we missed from our top six buys for Dynasty. And now we're going to get into one last segment and have a little bit of fun. Every offseason we talk about whether NBA players would be better at playing in the NFL or if NFL players would be better at playing in the NBA. And today we're going to put it somewhat to the test and we are going to draft an NFL roster of NBA players. Mello, I'm going to let you start. We are going to be drafting a quarterback running best.

wide receiver, tight end, defensive lineman, linebacker, and defensive back out of any active players in the NBA. I love this. Let's start with quarterback. This is one of those things that's so fucking stupid

but rock so fucking much. I love thinking about shit like this. This is like a do's rock kind of conversation. Quarterback, I'm going a little unconventional with what you might think, although it is debatably the best player in the NBA.

And that's, Nicola Yochich. I'm putting at my quarterback position. I was like, I know you're going to draft Yoak. Yeah, Yokic is my number one for quarterback. Oh yeah. We see on the NBA court the passing ability, obviously very different in the NBA, but just the coordination, the touch he puts on the basketball, like these crazy full court passes, these no look passes. He's like the Mahomes of the NBA. Give him a year or two to learn football, learn the quarterback position. The coordination off the charts, he's big, he's strong, he could probably take hits, last along. He's time, the durability would be there. He'd be a little bit like Big Ben, I think, being able to move,

sort of reset the pocket, bounce off tacklers. He'd be fun. I'm taking Yokic as my quarterback. I obviously love the pick because that's who I was going to take. And then my backup plan at quarterback in case you took Yokic was I wanted somebody who was tall and lanky kind of the same way. And I needed a place to put him because I don't know where else you could have him on the football field. So I went Wemby at quarterback. Ooh. I just, I don't know. Something tells me if you put a football in Wemby's hands, you'd be able to chuck it so far downfield, but I'd also be worried about putting him in at wide receiver, a tight end, because he would be like down on the ground in five seconds.

Yeah, but you know what? We use the term alien sometimes to describe freak athletes. And I think if there is ever a professional athlete in all of sports that was legitimately like beamed down from the aliens to play American sports, it is Wemby. He's that crazy of an athlete. So he could probably do anything he freaking wants. All right. Let's move on to running back. I was between taking a bruiser here and taking kind of like a speedster, kind of like a Devon A. Chan style. I went with speed if I had the first pick here on running back. I'm going to go with Deeran Fox. I like that. I had him in my notes. Yeah? I was like I feel like I feel like I'd rather, there's not that many like big bruiser type NBA players that I'd feel comfortable putting in in NFAC. lineup. And so I felt like I needed to save them for like the defensive positions.

I did the same thing. I like the Deerrant Fox picks. He was actually the second running back I had on my list in case you took my top guy. But damn, we're all over this right now. I can't believe how aligned we are. This is actually kind of crazy. The running back I took, I actually took Darius Garland of the Clippers. Also sort of similar to Fox in that I think it's more quickness than anything. He is lightning quick on the basketball court. We see him blow past to defenders all the time, make them miss with his quick twitchy ability. The guy would work at running back. He's 6-1, 192 pounds.

A little bit undersized from a weight perspective, but I think the speed and athleticism could make up for it. So I think he'd be a good running back. I want to give an honorable mention that I almost took Peyton Pritchard for quarterback just because of the half-court accuracy ability, but I felt like he was a little too short to play QV. Just let him in for the Hell Mary plays. Yeah.

I say that after a whole episode of talking Bryce Young and Kyler Murray, so maybe I'm just a hypocrite. Yeah, no, literally. We're talking about all the short quarterbacks and how we like him from a dynasty perspective. And I'm like, nah, Peyton Pritchard couldn't do it. I would trade my third round pick in a dynasty lead to have Peyton Pritchard as my dynasty quarterback. That would be fun. That would be very fun. I'll take the first wide receiver off the board here, and I'm actually going to take his teammate. I went a billion different directions for a receiver.

This is a good one if you're who. Well, I think this could be a few guys. went with Jalen Brown. Oh, I thought you met Darius Garland's team made. Oh, no, no, no, no. I went Patriot. No, that's a great pick, though. Yeah, I teetered with a lot of different guys for a receiver.

I just like Jalen Brown's build with the athleticism. Obviously, he's big, he's fast, he's strong. He would absolutely tower over defensive backs. And he's muscular enough, unlike a lot of NBA guys who, they're not skinny, but they're not, like, built, you know. He's built. Yeah. He can play physically to fend them off.

the drops and the ball security could be a little bit of an issue but luckily unlike in the NBA you don't have to drive left as a receiver in the NFL so I think he'd be a good receiver it would be one of those like passing charts that they show like the next gen stats

and every pass is over to the right yeah zero career drops when throwing to the right side of the field and just like tons of drops and fumbles on the left side I'm I'm so torn on this on wide receiver because I think this was the position that there was like the most guys, this and tight end,

which I'm pumped to get first pick for tight end. Oh, yeah. Why receiver I went Yannis? I wanted like a big body receiver. Plus, Wembe's going to be able to see over everyone. True. So he can just sling it to Yannis in the back of the end zone. Janus, like you said with Jalen Brown, I was looking for a guy who was like strong enough to be

able to like physically play football. And Janus obviously fit the mold. And I'll bring me right into my next pick. Ironically went shorter for this one. but you talk NBA players playing in the NFL at tight end, you have to pick LeBron. The lowest hanging fruit there is. LeBron at tight end easily.

It really was. I love hearing LeBron talk about how he could have played tight end and didn't want to. And like most guys say that and you're like, dude, shut the fuck up. And then LeBron says it. And you're like, yeah, probably. Yeah. You probably could have played tight end. He's, I mean, he was a star high school wide receiver.

And he's also like und debated top two NBA. player of all time. Some people have him as the goat. I won't go there because I know that can get really aggressive in the comments as soon as you say he is or isn't the goat. I'll go there so it gets aggressive in the comments. I do think he's the goat. Honestly, a fair take. I won't blame you. Yeah, freak tight end. He was the number one tight end on my big board. I actually had Janus as my next tight end to you just snite back to back both those players from me. So that puts me in a little bit of a predicament. I am going to go with

and I'm improvving here, but I'll take Anthony Davis, big body, strong guy, great athleticism, a little bit past the prime now, but so is LeBron. I think he's got the perfect build with freak athleticism

where he could make it work. Tall ass tight end, but I like it. Yeah, maybe a little bit too tall. I'm saying that, but I just put Wemby at quarterback, so I don't know if I'm once done. Maybe we're just playing like,

4D chess and the first football coach to realize if all your players are seven feet that you just win. Meanwhile, I've got Deerrin Fox just like going underneath, like running through people's legs. Oh, I like that. Just all just a tiny little running back and everyone else is huge. Literally. All right, let's start off defense. So you got a defensive line. Defensive line. This is one I'm really excited about. I'm taking Zion Williamson as my big defensive tackle. You bitch. Part of this is for the memes because like, a couple years ago, especially when he was getting really, like, trashed on for his weight, and it looked like, there were, like, pictures out there looked like he had Thanksgiving dinner,

like, a week in a row, like, every day. But also, like, he was eating that Louisiana food. Yeah, he was eating that Cajun food. But jokes aside, yeah, he's a big boy. He packed on a few more pounds. He could actually be, like, an elite interior disruptor in the NFL. Insane athleticism for someone his size, centers and guards. could not compete with that athleticism

in combination with his size and his speed and his strength, he could be an incredible interior disruptor. That's such a good pick. That was almost as low-hanging fruit to me as LeBron. Yes. It's just in like internet conversations, but when you start mapping this out,

like obviously Zion goes there. Those were like my two easy. Like as soon as I started going through this exercise, those were the first two things I wrote down. The Brontide end, Zion defensive tackle. All right. I'm going to mess around here. I'm going to go Gershon Yabasele as my defensive line man.

You ace that pronunciation, by the way. That was impressive. Thank you. I haven't heard that name in years. I was like, I have to have a Zion backup and who feels like Zion light. Gershon. So I'm going to take him at my defensive line. Hopefully he's got enough quickness and explosiveness to get off the line.

Maybe he's more of like a defensive tackle. But I'm more excited about my linebacker pick. I'm going to go with Anthony Edwards, who was going to be my pick for running back as my bruiser, but I think Ant would go crazy as a linebacker in the NFL. Yeah, I actually had him as my top DB, but linebacker works as well. He's a great defender in the NBA, mean shit talker, which just rocks. You get such a good shit talker on defense. Imagine getting rocked by Anthony Edwards and he's standing over you.

Anthony Edwards would be like the George Pickens of the NFL, the way he would get flagged. Oh my God. He'd be like, Bontes perfect, honestly. Yeah. I also selected a absolutely

terrifying player for linebacker. I took Isaiah Stort for the Pistons. Dude, I almost took him for running back because of that video

when he was trying to get to LeBron running down the court. Yeah, he's just throwing people off of him. He'd be like Derek Henry.

One of the most terrifying people in the world, never mind like professional athletes. athletes. Just the thought of a 6-8-250-pound man with elite explosiveness and athleticism, meeting you full speed in the A-gap. Absolutely terrifying thought. He would be an elite run defender. He's also in the NBA a great off-ball defender, which is quite literally like what a linebacker

is your off-ball and a defender. So I would love watching him play middle linebacker. I love that pick. I feel like we got two deeper cuts with Yabo and Isaiah Stewart on that one. Yeah, I love that a lot. My, I get a defensive back here. Yeah. Not as deep of a cut. I mentioned I would like aunt at DB. I'm actually going to go with Kauai here, Kauai Leonard.

Oh, this is a great pick. How did I not think of this? Like, he has built a career, among other things, of course, but built a career off just shadowing offensive elite players, just stuck to them like glue. He could do that with wide receivers pretty easily if he'd just, you know, give them some time learned the position could be Revis Island in another life. I love Kauai's a lot down man corner. That's a great pick.

I was originally at DB. I can say it now since we're done. I was going to take Tyrese Maxie. I thought this would be a really, really good pick here. I'm going to shake it up from the pick I was even about to make. And then I was going to take Amman Thompson. I'm going to go Dyson Daniels. Damn.

You're audible. Best hands in the league. the vacuum, nothing but steals for Dyson Daniels. He's gonna be picking off like 15 interceptions in a season. I never would have thought of that, but it is a very savvy pick. Well done, sir. Yeah, I just literally played 8D chess in my brain and I think I might have lost, but I like it.

I like where I ended up. We need to find somebody. I think you threw me off. When you took Kauai, I was like, I need another, like, defensive machine. I think that was a good audible. I need someone to, like, build a simulation to do, like, to put our teams against each other. That would be... I got to bring back the 2K videos, clearly.

Yeah, we've got to put this together. Build it out of D-K. Actually, shit. To recap, Mitch's team, Wembe at quarterback, De Aaron Fox at running back, Janice's wide receiver, LeBron tight end. Maybe I'd switch those guys, I don't know. Gershaw-A at defensive line.

Anthony Edwards at linebacker and Dyson Daniels at defensive vac. Mello's team, Yokic at quarterback. Arius Garland at running back, Jalen Brown at wide receiver, Anthony Davis, tight end, D-Lyne, Zion, linebacker Isaiah Stewart, and defensive back, Kauai Leonard. That was fun. I don't know. This is close. That was fun. The best thing, too, now I feel like, no, go ahead.

I was just going to say the best thing, too, is there's no way to ever know, like how good they'll be at football. Like, we can't a year from now be like, oh, yeah, this guy, this guy actually was a bus when we thought he'd be good. And that kind of makes it more fun. Just the open-endedness to it. It doesn't make it more fun. I think, and let us know down below if we should do this,

I think that next time we should try to do a starting five of NFL players. That would be sick. Do the flip side. I think I'd be better at that, honestly. I think that would be better at that, too. Let us know down below who won that draft, though, and let us know what you think about the six dynasty selections we made earlier on in the episode. Thank you for watching.

Make sure to tune in next week, or no, Thursday, as we do our top six dynasty cells for 2026. Mello, you got anything left? Nothing for me, my man. All right, we will see you guys on Thursday.