The Herd with Colin Cowherd - FantasyPros - 2026 NFL First Round Mock Draft 3.0 | Every First Round Pick After The Combine (Ep. 1973)

Episode Date: March 8, 2026

Join Joe Pisapia, Pat Fitzmaurice, Derek Brown, and Andrew Erickson as they mock the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft now that the dust has settled from the NFL Combine! Timestamps: (May be off due to ads) Intro - 0:00:00 Trophy Smack Giveaway - 0:03:24 Fernando Mendoza - 0:03:59 David Bailey - 0:05:50 Arvel Reese - 0:07:19 Sonny Styles - 0:08:09 Caleb Downs - 0:10:51 Francis Mauigoa - 0:12:54 Jeremiyah Love - 0:13:37 Carnell Tate - 0:15:02 Kenyon Sadiq - 0:18:10 Rueben Bain - 0:18:57 Spencer Fano - 0:20:20 Mansoor Delane - 0:21:40 Makai Lemon - 0:22:16 Olaivavega Ioane - 0:25:10 Cashius Howell - 0:25:58 Jordyn Tyson - 0:26:26 Hard Rock Bet - 0:27:35 Monroe Freeling - 0:29:19 Dillon Thieneman - 0:30:25 Akheem Mesidor - 0:30:56 Emanuel McNeil-Warren - 0:31:51 Denzel Boston - 0:32:48 Keldric Faulk - 0:33:15 Blake Miller - 0:33:57 FantasyPros Discord - 0:34:50 KC Concepcion - 0:35:31 Caleb Banks - 0:36:02 Kayden McDonald - 0:36:52 Kadyn Proctor - 0:37:52 Caleb Lomu - 0:38:37 Jermod McCoy - 0:39:23 Anthony Hill - 0:40:30 T.J. Parker - 0:40:53 Avieon Terrell - 0:42:13 Outro - 0:42:40 Helpful Links: Hard Rock Bet - All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for Hard Rock Bet and make a $5 bet and you'll get $150 in bonus bets if you win. Head over to Hard Rock Bet, sign up and make your first deposit today. Payable in bonus bet(s). Not a cash offer. Offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in FL. Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC, in all other states. Must be 21+ and physically present in AZ, CO, FL, IL, IN, MI, NJ, OH, TN or VA to play. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about gambling? In FL, call 1-888-ADMIT-IT. In IN, if you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-9-WITH-IT. GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (AZ, CO, IL, MI, NJ, OH, TN, VA).  Follow us on Twitch - The team here at FantasyPros is taking questions all week, every week on Twitch. Follow us on Twitch at twitch.tv/fantasypros and never miss a stream! Discord – Join our FantasyPros Discord Community! Chat with other fans and get access to exclusive AMAs that wind up on our podcast feed. Come get your questions answered and BE ON THE SHOW at fantasypros.com/chat Leave a Review – If you enjoy our show and find our insight to be valuable, we’d love to hear from you! Your reviews fuel our passion and help us tailor content specifically for YOU. Head to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts and leave an honest review. Let’s make this show the ultimate destination for fantasy football enthusiasts like us. Thank you for watching and for showing your support – https://fantasypros.com/review/ BettingPros Podcast – For advice on the best picks and props across both the NFL and college football each and every week, check out the BettingPros Podcast at bettingpros.com/podcast, our BettingPros YouTube channel at youtube.com/bettingpros, or wherever you listen to podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The underwear Olympics are gone, which means we've got 40 times. We've got a lot more to talk about. And some new takes on some landing spots for some players to help us put those players in their places. Pat Fitzmore is my Patty Cakes. Andrew Eric's in the Big Pot Energy Man. and of course, D-Bro, Derek Brown, the king of bros, the crew is all here at Fantasy Pros.

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I told you last time we talked in, I think it was the 2.0 maca. that I'm getting confused. Yeah, with 2.0 mock. I told you, that's kind of my dude. He looked pretty fast, my friend, didn't he? He tested like a champ, Joe. It definitely raised eyebrows, one of the winners. At least, you know, the guys were eligible to draft in fantasy.

One of the winners at the Combine, there's some other worrisome things, high fumble rate in college. But, yeah, like I think that jumped him for sure into the top five in running back. rookie running backs and maybe even two or three for some people. Yeah. Kenyon Sadiq also popping a big 40 time.

Dibro, I know you are all over that. Posted videos all over to internet 439, not too shabby there, buddy. Oh, dude, and we're going to talk about him. He's going to go screaming up the board for a lot of teams. I mean, I heard a lot of talk about this class being very mid and very bad. A lot of really good testing coming out of Andy boys. Yeah, look, I think maybe this class took it a little personally, Andrew, that maybe you know, hey,

well, not the greatest class, all this stuff, but they went out there and a lot of these guys really bawled out, some entertaining moments there. Did you have a big takeaway from a player

or something you saw over the last week that either changed your mind or really opened your eyes on a talent? I mean, the Mike Washington thing was pretty eye-opening. I don't know if I saw that type of speed when you kind of watched him play at Arkansas. So the fact that it's a week,

in terms of the running backs after Jeremiah Love, you know, who is going to kind of establish stuff as that RB2. Again, Mike Washington is really kind of firmly put himself into that conversation.

So I think that was one of my big takeaways. And in fact that if you're slow, you don't run. You know, it's like that's why we're seeing all these really great times is because agents and the players with NIL, they know what they're worth. And hey,

no, if you're not going to run a fast forward, you ain't running, which is why we see a lot of guys that, even though they said, hey, I'm here to compete. And then they don't do anything.

I thought that was kind of interesting too. Mm-hmm. Right. That's why the testing thing, I mean, it seemed like everyone tested well, but there were so many guys skipping tests. Like they might as well just do away with the 20-yard short shuttle because no one does anymore. Yeah. Yeah. It's gone. It's on its life and last life. I love the shuttle run when I was in high school. I was quick, man. Booh, back in the day, I was burning. All right, we're going to get to all the picks here and talk more about all

these guys in the draft, including who's the number one overall pick. Well, we all know pretty much who that's going to be. Before we do, quick shout out to the winner of our fantasy football championship belt giveaway. The winner is Anonymous. Well, that's the name of the winner. So weird timing on that one for YouTube choice of name. But whatever, Anonymous, you're the big winner. So Anonymous, if you're listening to this, I'd love to name you, but I can't.

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It still seems to be Fernando Mendoza. I've gotten Debrose take on it. We've gotten Pat's take on it on a couple shows. So Eric said, I haven't gotten your take on it. This is the one to kind of just lock in there. And then we kind of start doing our thing afterwards. So Fernando Mendoza, your take on him, what you saw from the combine, perhaps, too,

if you want to throw in anything else there in terms of some of the other quarterbacks, too, and where he really does stack up in terms of being far and away the best and you know what you think you could do for the raiders going forward in 2026 and beyond i think think that he can provide stability to the position that they didn't really have last year because it was gino smith throwing a million interceptions for the las Vegas raiders so i think that's where he can thrive i think that kubiak's offensive system really excels in terms of providing protection for his quarterbacks because the last two teams that he's been on with the saints and seahawks those offensive lines weren't completely solved.

And he worked with the personnel that he had. So I get that on paper, the Raiders still don't have a really great offensive line. They should get Colton Miller back. Jackson Powers Johnson should also be back. So just by getting injured guys back and healthy, I think this offensive line can at least be average. Again, maybe a couple pieces added through free agency in the NFL draft.

You put a competent quarterback who's accurate behind that offensive line. And yeah, you could see some fantasy juice, especially with the top two guys. Again, last year we were taking Ashton, Brock Bowers mean top 15 picks overall, those guys are going to be high picks again. And we're really betting on Mendoza to be like, hey, drive the bus, get these guys to the promised land. All right, there you have it.

All right, Andrew, thank you for your take on Mendoza. Now, since you're also, you know, first time here doing a mock this year, we've already had Derek and Pat's been on every single one of these because he's really carrying the weight of this program. Let's get your take here. Number two, the Jets are on the clock. Andrew Erickson, you're up with the number two overall pick. We're going to go with David Bailey, edge rusher from Texas Tech.

Now, it could have gone a lot of different directions here with the Jets because it's not that they're going to pick the best defensive player in this draft. It could be Alvar Reese, could be Sunny Stiles, who, again, Barry the lead. Like, he was the best guy at the combine. Like, absolutely crazy type of athleticism from Sunny Stiles. So I know he highlighted Michael Washington. Again, he may not even be a day one or day two pick. Sunny Stiles kind of cemented himself as a top five pick, if not the second overall pick overall.

But I like David Bailey a little bit more here going to the New York Jets. I think that he fits a little bit more what Aaron Glenn is kind of looking for. Again, they just traded Jermaine Johnson. So looking for that pure edge rusher. Again, Arvorese a little bit of the projection with the Micah Parsons type of comp. And you got to remember, the Cowboys tried to trade Michael Parsons to the Jets last year. And the Jets reportedly declined that trade. So maybe Aaron Glenn's not looking for that Micah Parsons type of off the ball linebacker.

edge rusher and he just wants a pure guy. I mean, David Bailey had 14 and a half sacks last year, like 6 foot 4, 21 pounds, ran a 4-151-140 yard dash. I think that he's just locked a load to rush the passer. Jets need to get, they got to hit a double or something. Like, they can't strike out or Iron Gunn's going to lose his job. So I'll take David Bailey here. All right. So David Bailey goes off the board, which brings us to the number three overall pick that is held currently right now as of recording this by the Arizona Cardinals. And that puts Derek Brown up on the clock. of different directions Arizona could go. You can make a case for offensive line. You could even make a case for Jeremiah. I love here. I'm going to address the defense. Arville Reese.

They didn't do much at the combine, but what he did do was run a four, five, three, 40, 95th percentile and Cardinals need pass rush, man. This is a defense that had the fourth lowest pressure rate last year. So the upside swing here for with all over Arvel Reese linebacker out of Ohio State. All right. So Arvel Reese off the board there, very popular. So far, these these two and three. Sometimes you see them flip-flop in different people's box, but so far, this seems like what we're going on here, very consistently here, at least in the first three moks that we've done. Next up here, number four, the Tennessee Titans. So, Pat, there's a lot of different ways the Titans can go here with this pick. It feels like a defensive pick, though, with the new coach

coming in being on the defensive side. Yeah, there has been some Jeremiah love to Tennessee buzz, but Sunny Stiles, indeed, is not making it out of the top five. He's going number four to the Tennessee Titans. Linebacker from Ohio State, 6-5, 244 pounds, 4.46 speed, a 43-5-inch vertical jump, 11-foot, 2-inch broad jump. Just amazing tape, and apparently everyone fell in love with Sunny Stiles during interviews at the Combine. The Titans just hired Robert Sala's head coach. Let's give Sala a chess piece. And four is early for an off-ball linebacker, but Stiles.

is great against the run. He used to be a safety and has the size and athleticism to cover the top tight ends in the league. The Brock Bowers is the Trey McBrides, the Colston Loveland. He was highly productive in the instances when Ohio State lined up Stiles on the edge and just let him go after the quarterback.

And Joe, he gets his handle from Sunny Corleone of the godfather because Stiles was so hot-tempered as a kid. I didn't know that before the combine, and I love that we learned that from the interview with Sunny Stiles' mom, who gave us the dash. It's not like you tackle him for a mile away. You got to get close.

But a boom, you know, you tackle them all over your nice Ivy League suit, Michael. Finally, Derek Brown gets that joke because last summer I made him watch The Godfather with me. And you enjoyed it. Both? We watched both. We watched both.

No, thank you very much. I watched one. Oh, you watched two on your own? I'm so proud of you. Oh, my God. Look at what I've created. Finally, you got your man card now. I have my Italian card now.

Debrough, you can, You can skip number three, by the way. That's all I've heard. I haven't gotten to three. I stopped it too. Don't. Even last summer, I tried to watch it too because it was on. I was like, you know, I haven't seen it in like 20 years ago.

Nope, nope, nope. It's still awful. Shout out to Bogman though, too, because I think it was the first mock where he was talking up style. I was quite a bit on that show we did with Steve Minch. Go back and watch it on the YouTube channel. It's a great mock, too. If you're looking to get your mock drafts on, Mench is a great guest.

But he was really talking about being like, hey, this is one of the safest investment you can make in this draft. And obviously, the stock has risen. And I want to say he went somewhere. Did he go to the Steelers in that first draft? I want to say maybe? I don't know. No.

I mean, he was early and at the time I... Wasn't that early? I thought Boggs took him way too high. I think he gave him like to the commanders at seven. Oh, maybe that's what it was. It was a command. And even then, I thought that was really early. And now that's like the commanders would be doing backflips if he fell to them at seven.

We like to speak well of people when they're not on the show. When they're here, we make fun of them. That's what friends do. That's what friends do. All right. Let's go to the next pick here. We're going to go swing back around to Amman. Andrew Erickson for the New York football Giants.

All right. So where do the Giants go with this next election here at number five? I'm going to go three in a row from Ohio State, Caleb Downs, safety, former Buckeye to the New York Giants. I know that we've had some medical red flags pop up with Caleb Downs in the aftermath of the NFL scouting combine, which is part of the reason why they do the combine is to get their correct reads on all these guys' medicals. So Fitz, what did you say that the exact? medical on him was? So it's partially torn meniscus and there are some concerns about a degenerative ACL condition, but I know our medical guy, Dr. Deepak Chona, does not think it's

a big deal, like a major concern and that a lot of tears are partial and maybe that's kind of why that comes in. Like it could be a small partial tear fixed by a fairly minor procedure. So I don't think it's going to drop Caleb Downs into day two, put it that way. Well, it's not dropping outside the top five in our mock draft in my picks. So again, to the New York Giants, I think that it's simple as I don't look at the Giants as a team that, oh, they need to have a safe base. They're just going to get better on defense. I mean, the second worst run defense in the NFL last season. And John Harbaugh stepping in as the new head coach, I mean, if there's any guy that's going to have not even think twice about drafting a safety in the top five and just valuing this position more than any other head coach, it would be John Harbaugh.

when Jabbar was talking about Caleb Downs earlier after he was hired by the New York Giants, he talked about we favor Hall of Fame safeties. So if we have a chance to draft the potential future Hall of Fame safety in Caleb Downs, that would just be fine with me. The guy, he's already calling him a Hall of Fame player. So if he's on the board, I think he's going to be a New York giant. I also heard a rumor today, too. Someone from SNY here in New York was reporting that the Giants are going to go after Ken Walker.

I was like, what? Really? Okay. Interesting. I don't know what that's to my Scataboo. shares, but I don't know if I care for that. I'm just saying, put it out loud. All right, number six here, the Cleveland Browns are up next. Cleveland, another team that could use a whole lot, but really got to get better in the trenches. So I assume we're going for the offensive line here, Debrough. Absolutely. And I know people could say, well, maybe they bypass that with a trade for Titus Howard. But look, this entire offensive line needs to get rebuilt. Like last year's offensive line, everybody is an impending free agent. White tellers already come out and said, I'm not coming back. So they have to continue to build the offensive line. Let's give him Francis Minowah offensive tackle out of Miami. Like 15th highest graded offensive tackle in FBS last year,

six best and past blocking grade. So between him and Howard, it's a good start. All right. Coming up next to the Washington commanders at seven, Pat Fitzmorest is just itching to give away this next player. I can feel it. My bones. I feel it.

He loves his player so much. And rightfully so. I get it. What's not to love? He is fantastic. So let's talk about Jeremiah love. And I'll tell you what, if the Giants want to the running back,

if they don't like Scadaboo or whatever it is, like just draft Jeremiah Love. I don't know why he'd be spending money on Ken Walker, who's been in the league a couple of years. That makes no sense to me. But here we are anyway. Let's say that does not happen. Fitsy, talk about why Love could be a great fit here with the Washington

commanders at 7. Yeah, so it's love to the commanders here, Joe. And it's kind of a tricky spot for Washington, which only has two draft picks in the first four rounds. They don't have a pick in the second. They don't have a pick in the fourth. So if they can't get either Arvel Reese, David Bailey, or Sonny Stiles,

all of whom I think they would, you know, jump at the chance to draft at number seven. But look, I just don't think there's much of a chance any of those guys are around here. This could potentially be a trade-down spot for the commanders to pick up more picks. And maybe Jeremiah Love would be the bait for that for a team looking to move up and get him and jump the Saints and or the Chiefs. Or maybe it's just the Chiefs jumping the Saints. Or the commanders could just stay put and take love themselves, add an electric playmaker at running back. to pair with Jaden Daniels, which would really give the commanders one of the more exciting offenses in the league. So, yeah, that's the pick here. Jeremiah, I love to the commanders.

This is a sexy one, too. This is the first time that this confluence of events has happened. I like it. That brings up the New Orleans Saints now with the eighth pick here. Erickson, lots of talent on the board here. So they go offense or defense, New Orleans? They're going to go offense because the theme of the offseason for the Saints is, we've got to build the ship around Tyler Shuck in year two. we're going to be 27 years old. But that's okay because the Saints team, you look up how they finished last year,

I think this team feels like, hey, we're in win now mode. This division is wide open. We know that any of these teams could win in the NFC South. So you just got to get hot at the right time and I think that they saw obviously enough from Shuck to, hey, let's give this guy more weapons.

Again, last year, they traded away weapons. They got rid of Rashidjeejee. So Carnal Tate, despite the fact that he ran just, I mean, guys, four, five, three, man. Like, I can't believe he's even going to be drafted in the first round anymore. But I think that he's still going to be probably the first receiver drafted as. He's the only guy that ran. He's the only one of the top three, the big three, the big scary three guys receivers. Well, Carl Tate's the only one that actually ran and we could go through a 40 yard dash laser

time gate or whatever. But I think that he's a nice fit into this offense. And I think too, maybe he gives them a little bit of leverage in terms of this Chris Olave contract, right? Olave still hasn't signed that long term deal. We know that he has a well-documented concussion history. So although And Debrough, I know that Carnal Tate is your guy. I know there's a little bit of overlap in terms of Olave and Carnal Tate skill set. Again, not exactly carbon copies of each other. But do you like this fit? Again, as a Saints fan, and as a Carnal Tate fan, him in New Orleans do like that with Chuck.

Oh, I love it, man. He's my clear runaway wide receiver one. He's in a tier by himself, dude. I love Cornell Tate. I think that he's a wonderful stylistic fit. He's going to compete with Chris Alave. If this happens, he'll compete with Alave as there'll be a one A, one B. this he will not be the number two in this offense he's going to find him left for targets

dbro you know the four five three 40 you know oh i don't care i don't care here's my take on that and look we just don't when we did the the film show together you and i you know we i did some comps there we were talking about lost players but i think you know what he hasn't his favorite carnell tate for me at least is the fact that it's the way he creates separation the speed is not the reason he does it it's the footwork in which he doesn't so to me, the fact that he isn't 4-4 elite level speed necessarily, it doesn't bother me that much, only because when you watch the tape of him, to me, it's about the footwork and how he creates the separation and the route running and all the other things he does so well that, you know,

there's a lot of guys that are burners that don't do that very well. We've seen that time and time again, you know, he can light up that radar gun, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it translates in the NFL, right? I mean, that's my take on it. What's yours? D. Exactly the same. I mean, I could just rattle off.

Like name your favorite awesome wide receiver that we talked about. Our people in previous years talked about he was too slow. T. Higgins, DeAndre Hopkins, Cooper Cup. Need I go on? Like Drake London was too slow. Cooca. Right. Tederoa McMillan was too slow to be a top 10 pick.

Like all these guys, it's like when are we going to get to a point where we stop doing this? Like you're either good and the film backs it up or you're not. There you go. All right. Let's go to number nine here at Kansasity. Chiefs are on the clock and so is Derek Brown. Where do they go? Okay, I'm kind of wishcasting forecasting here.

So I guess I'll make this a twofold or two pronged approach here. Travis Kelsey announces he was retirement from the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs draft Kenyon, Sadiq, tight end out of Oregon after his amazing combine. He's a three down tight in, easily runaway, tight in one of this class. And I mean, I just don't know. Again, we talk about after the combine, guys that are going shooting up the board. Yeah, we could talk about Mike Washington Jr. We can talk about all these different guys. Kenyon Sadiq is in that conversation too.

All right. And number 10, the Kansas, excuse me, the Cincinnati Bengals are up next. And Pat, there's a player on the board that was going in the two or three overall a couple weeks ago. He's still on the board. Is it time for Cincinnati to pounce on him? Yes, we are going to stop the slide for Rubin Bain, the edge from Miami. On film alone, Joe, yeah, you're right. Bain should be a no-brainer top five pick.

but his arm length, far from ideal. His arms measured 30 and 7 eighths of an inch at the combine. It was the third shortest arm length measured among all the edge rushers to have measured at the combine since 1999. And coincidentally, one of the other two edge rushers with shorter arms is another projected first round pick this year, Cassius Howell. But, man, Bain is a wrecking ball. The guy just plays with incredible power. quick as a cat and look the Bengals need help at every level

of their defense. Trey Hendrickson is not going to be back. Yes, the Bengals drafted an edge guy in the first round last year with Shamar Stewart. PFF graded Shamar Stewart 119th out of 119 edge players last year. Cincinnati needs more pass rushing steam and Bain falling this far would be an absolute gift

for them. Just if you're going out to lunch with Ruben Bain, just don't expect him to pick up the check with those short arms. Be prepared. Herod, bring your credit card. I was going to say, I don't know why Derek never picks up a check. I was going to say,

that one and why Derek never picks up a check, too. He's got those T-Rex arms as the whole thing. All right, let's get to the next selection here. Miami is up on the clock. Andrew Erickson, pick number 11. What do the dolphins do?

They're going to take it off. It's a tackle, Spencer Fanu from Miami, or shoot me, from Utah, excuse me, the Miami Dolphins are picking. To Miami. Right.

Yes, to Miami. And I think that they want to build from the inside out. That's kind of what. their new GM talked about when he first signed on with the Miami Dolphins. Fanu has lined up at right tackle the last two seasons at Utah, kind of viewed as one of the top two tackles in the class. Now, speaking of arms,

he's another player that arm length was a little bit disappointing, 32 and one eighth inches, you know, usually 33 inches is kind of the standard for NFL tackles. And after what happened in the Super Bowl and Will Campbell in the playoffs, like everyone he is, I think, looking at this arm link very, very seriously. Again, that's how you know it's NFL draft season is. everyone becomes an arm length expert.

So even though he may have shorter arms, the dolphins need a lot of their interior offensive line work. So whether they decide, okay, we'll play him at tackle this year and then decide down the road, okay, we'll kick him inside. He's a mauler. Daniel Jeremiah called him one of these explosive people movers. So I think that he's just going to help up front, whether Miami has an interior blocking, outtier blocking.

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Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get. your podcasts. All right, Spencer is off the board. Let's go to the next election here is the Dallas Cowboys at 12. Debrough, how about this pick for the Cowboys? I'm just going to dub this the Christian Parker pick. Dallas has needs in the secondary and I'm going to give them the most scheme, versatile corner in this draft. Mansor Delane, come on down, cornerback out of LSU. Last year allowed the seventh lowest pass rating in his coverage and a 40% catch rate. This dude can play zone, can play man. Next to Doran Blan, this could help transform this Dallas Cowboys.

defense. All right. So Cowboys get a piece on defense. Let's see what the Rams get here. Pick number 13, the one they acquired last year from the Atlanta Falcons. Pat Fitzhors. What do the Rams do with his luxury 13? They are going to take what seems like a luxury pick, Joe.

They're going to take Mackay Lemon, the wide receiver from USC. And why would a team that already has Devante Adams and Pooka Nekua, wide receiver, go with another wide receiver? Well, Nakua and Adams are both in the final. year their contracts this year. Adams is 33. So yeah, they're sort of fortifying the wide receiver position long term with Mackay Lemon. And I know his media session at the Combine was a little weird. He moves around like a cobra when he talks, but hey, we've all got our quirks. Lemon is just this high floor, high upside slot guy. The film is fantastic. Dude is a

playmaker. He's been comped to Amin-Ross, St. Brown, and I think it's a reasonable comp. So, yeah, this, not only does this solidify the wide receiver position for the Rams long term, but man, Matthew Stafford would have an unholy Trinity of pass catchers for 2026. I know there's a lot of talk about the Mackay Lemon style answering question. I like it. Look, I was, you know, kid of the 90s there. And to me, like, this is like old school, like, cool hip-hop guys, soul answering questions. Like, you know, like when a new album's going to drop at the end of April, bro? Like, I go get that. Like, you just, like, you just, like, just kind of moving his head.

Mm, that's right. It was like, I don't know, if Genuine was like, or Eric Bonae was dropping an album, like that was the McKay-Lenner, uh, Mikhailiman interview, I thought. So, uh, Erickson has never heard any of those names before. I know, he has no idea who these people are. No clue. Jodicy. Erickson, come and talk to me.

No, no clue. Look, I watched Face Off, okay, for all people. Oh, did you watch them? Yes. So please leave me alone about, you don't do this. You don't do that. I watched Face off. She watched another Nicholas K. Jackson movie.

I watched Conair, too. See, which one do you like? Conair or Face Off. Oh, Face Off was way better. You like Face Off way better? Yeah. See, I like Con Air better. Oh, Face Off.

Face Off. Fis. Where are you? Conair or Face Off? Man, that's kind of a toss-up for me. I'm going to be honest. Chavota is a bad guy? I didn't think it was close. I have to agree with Erickson.

I think Face Off was maybe a little bit better done and just a little more high constant. I don't know. I don't know. I enjoy Conair. I mean, I'm not going to do. I mean, I didn't dislike Conair, but I don't dislike Conair, but I, oh, of course. No, of course. No, I get it. I don't dislike Faceoff. Face off is very dramatic and things like that.

Like, you know, birds flying around. You don't say. I mean, I would like, it was a John Wu, I think, directed. I like him to direct the NFL draft. That, you know, McCoy Lemon gets drafted by the Rams. I want him to come up and I want birds coming out. I want slow motion, you know, Roger Goodell hugs. I want the whole thing going on.

Could be direct draft A2? Could John Wu handle that? Draft Day 2? Why not? Costner's available. Yellowstone's over. Baltimore 14. Let's go to Erick here for the next pick.

What do you got? Venga, Yawane. Number one guard in the class, probably top three toughest name to pronounce in the class. But I think he's exactly what the Baltimore Ravens need here. Guard from Penn State. Eric Dicosta talked about how the offensive line was really inconsistent at times. And you have question marks about that interior between Tower Linderbaum,

Daniel Flaile. They're going to be free agents. I know that the Ravens have talked about, yep, we're going to reset the market with our Linderbaum, but it seems like other teams are really interested in him in two. So I don't know if they're going to be able to hold on to him. And if he leaves in free agency, well,

they have gaping hole in that interior, which got to protect Lamar Jackson, got to create holes for Derek Henry. So they get the best guard in the class from Penn State. All right, best guard in the class off the board. That goes next to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Derek Brown. Man,

they have been trying to address their past, rush and Edge help over the last few years. We're going to try again here. We're going to try again. Cassius Howl edge out of Texas A&M. Again, talking about all these teams that have had woeful pass rush. I mean, the eighth lowest pressure rate, 14th fewest quarterback knockdowns last year. Hopefully, how can address that this year?

All right. Next up here after Tampa Bay. We've got number 16 here. The Jets with their second pick. Pat Fitzmorest, what do they do with their second first rounder? They're taking a wide receiver, Jordan Tyson, of Arizona State. I know Debrough thinks Carnell Tate is like a different level than all the other guys. For me, I have Tate number one, Lemon 2, Tyson 3, but they are so tightly bunched in my rankings.

You could not slide a playing card between any of them. The only reason Tyson is number three for me tore multiple knee ligaments in 2022. He said other injury issues. But I think he might be the most complete receiver prospect in the draft. like good size at 6-2-203 can line up at any wide receiver spot and like even blocking this dude has honed his blocking under the tutelage of one of the best blocking receivers of all time Arizona statewide receivers coach hines ward so like Tyson can do it all dude just needs to stay healthy yeah well he's got to be blocking a lock because he's going to hand off a ton to breeze hall

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Call 1-800 gambler in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia. All right, next up here, after the Jets make their pick, number 17, Detroit Lions, Andrew Erickson, you're back on the clock. They're going to go with a tackle from Georgia, Monroe Freeland, who's had a, I think, pretty strong rise since the NFL Combine when they finally got his measurables, 6'7, 315 pounds, 35-inch arms. This is an upside pick. And I think when you look at the Detroit Lions, Taylor Decker dealt with a lot of injuries last year as they're starting left tackle, and he's already been talking about Mullen retirement, right? And when these guys think about

retirement, it just doesn't just go away. You know, last year, they had Frank Ragnall retired, and they tried to get him back out of retirement. And then it was just a total disaster. So I think Detroit has shown us already, again, trading for offensive linemen, that, hey, we got to get back to running the football in between the tackles. Let's improve our offensive line, get healthy up there. I think Freeland has a lot of upside. Again, he only has 16 career starts under his belt at Georgia, but experience at left tackle. He has the measurables for an upside type of pick, and he's still a little bit raw just based on the 16 career start. So give me Freeland to the Lions.

All right, 18, the Minnesota Vikings, still a team in search for some quarterback answers. So what do they do with this pick here at 18? Debrough. Well, they're going to have to answer the fact that Harrison Smith is probably going into retirement. And this is a wonderful answer for them. Let's give him safety, Dylan Dineman out of Oregon. 9.6 for RAS score. This guy is just a freak athlete.

89th percent higher showings in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, and broad. And a playmaker. Brian Flores is just going to love this guy. He had two interceptions at four past breakups last year. Carolina Panthers on at 19. Pat Fitzmorest, what do the Panthers do here with this pick? They take Akeem Messador,

edge rusher from Miami, Florida. And the one drawback with Messador is that he is going to turn 25 this month. And Carolina, though, they need pass rushing help. They had the NFL's second worst pressure rate in 2025. And Messador might be an older prospect, But the good thing about that is he comes with this greater level of refinement. He is going to be ready to contribute right away.

He can win with speed or power, has a deep toolkit as a pass rusher. And by the way, the guy who's been tutoring the two Miami edge rushers, Bannon and Messador, Hall of Famer Jason Taylor, not a bad teacher. Not too bad at all. All right, number 20, the Dallas Cowboys with another first round pick. This one acquired from the Micah Parsons trade with Green Bay. So at 20 with their second selection here in the first round, Andrew Erickson, what do the Cowboys take? They draft our third safety here in round one, which is crazy.

Imagine having three first round safeties in our 2026 NFL season. You love to see it. So Emmanuel McNeil Warren, because the Dallas Cowboys already got a cornerback with their first pick. So just continuing to bolster this secondary because this got shredded last year. The Dallas Secondary could not stop anybody last year. We know that because we attack them in fantasy football every single week. Now they have a good pass rush. They have Quinn and Williams.

So I'm not as concerned about having to address the edge. And you look at safe Donovan Wilson. He led the team at snaps. He needs a new contract. And Lake Hooker is the last year of his deal. So I think that Dallas would really greatly benefit from snagging one of these top safeties in this year's class. Okay. So after that, we go to number 21.

That's the Pittsburgh Steelers. D, bro. We all know they have a need wide receiver. and there's still some talent left out on this board. Is that where they're going? Absolutely. One of my favorite wide receivers of this class, Denzel Boston wide receiver out of Washington.

I don't know who's going to be thrown on the ball, but they still need pass catching help here. And Boston is a fantastic receiver. I think people are going to shade him because of raw speed and all this second. Guys, a fantastic route runner, ballpoint winner. Like, he's a wonderful prospect. Okay. Next up here at number 22, we have the Los Angeles Chargers and Pat Fitzmorest.

the pick is yours. Well, the Chargers need interior offensive line help, but they could also use help on the defensive line. Kaleel Mack and Adafay-O-A are about to hit free agency. So they're going to take Keldrick Falk, the edge rusher from Auburn, 6-6, 276 pounds, 34-inch wingspan, and Falk is only 20 years old. So the potential here is immense. And yet despite his age, Falk gets these rave reviews for his character and work ethics.

So seems like a nice piece for the Chargers defense. All right. So there you go. Chargers defense pretty good, too. So that's a nice addition for them. 23, the Philadelphia Eagles, Andrew Erickson. What could they use in 2026? Howard Rose is going to continue to invest in what he always does is in the trenches.

And this time on the offensive side, offensive line, Blake Miller, right tackle from Clemson. They got to have a replacement long term for Lane Johnson. He's going to be 36 years old. The plan is he's going to play this year into his 14th season, but we've seen how bad this Eagles offense falls off when he misses time. And I think they need a little bit more help, especially depth-wise, that tackle. So you bring him in in Lane Johnson, maybe his last year, have him kind of learn under the veteran and then be ready to take off in 2007 as the full-time

starter for the field of Eagles at right tacking. And he started 54 games at Clemson. He's experienced. And I think he's shorted at the combine that he's under, I think he was being undervalued in terms of his athleticism. Well, the Eagles love to win in the trenches, so that's been very good to them in this run that they've had so much success. All right, number 24, that pick is up next before we get to it. Quick reminder that our Discord is out there for you at Fantasy Bros.com slash chat.

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And I'm going to say he's a top three wide receiver in this class. Casey Concepcion, wide receiver out of Texas A&M. Look, I'm not worried about size. I'm not worried about drops. It's all over the film. I'm not worried about his hands. He could play inside, outside. He has that versatility.

We're discussing a player that was 26 and yards of to catch per reception, despite having a 12.2a. Casey is the truth, man. Let's give Kay. All right. To playmaker. Next up, the Chicago Bears at 25. Pat Fitzmorest.

That pick belongs to you. It's going to be Caleb Banks, the defensive tackle from Florida. The bears are pretty set on offense, but they need a lot of help on defense. And defensive tackles a pressing need. Grady Jarrett turns. 33 in April. Javad Dexter is entering the final year of his rookie deal. Banks is 6-6, 327 pounds, 35-inch arms, and the dude clocked a 504 in the 40 and had a 32-inch vertical jump at 327 pounds. He is a pretty amazing human specimen and the power and athleticism give a massive

upside. It's possible he goes much earlier than this, but there are some questions about his durability and stamina. So high risk, high reward pick for the bears. Another impressive specimen, Andrew Erickson, number 26 here, Buffalo Bills. You're up on the clock. Another Ohio State Bucca, how did offices score on this team in college football? Like, I'm like, I'm looking up at this. Do they give up any points? Fair question. Not many. On defense? So, yeah, I'm just going to take another guy. Eventually, yeah, eventually in the college playoffs. Seems like a good, a good process play. Caden McDonald's nose tackle.

Is Buffalo ever going to stop the run? I can't remember the last time the bills could actually stop the run. So I think they're going to address it this year. It's good point. Invest in a nose tackle, 326 pounds. McDonald's not really known as a pure pass rusher in any way, but look, just don't overthink it. Bills, just stop the run.

You know, combine him with Ed Oliver up front if he's healthy in 2026. I think they can turn their run defense into hopefully a strength that it starts with McDonald in the trenches. And then Oliver had some. some health issues last year too. Like, I think you're right. I mean, the teams just ran amok on them. And not even great running teams.

Just everybody just ran a muck on them last year. It's a good pick. I like that one, Andrew. All right, next up at 27, the San Francisco 49ers and Derek Brown. Well, Buffalo made this a little bit easier for the 49ers because they too need detackle help and stuff. But I'm going to give them an answer both in the short and long term of the offensive line.

Trent Williams and his future in San Francisco is absolutely up in the air. Even if he comes back, Caden Proctor offensive tackle out of Alabama, could be a good fit on this offensive line because they could kick right tackle Colton McIvitts inside. He does have a little bit of history of playing guard and give them a long-term successor to Trent Williams. All right. At 28, the Houston Texans, they just got a running back via trade. So David Montgomery is there now. So therefore, what's the pivot for them in terms of need?

Are we going, gee, I wonder, could it be offensive line, Pat, for the Texans? Holy crap. Yeah, Joe, I would fall out of my chair on draft. night if the Texans didn't pick an offensive lineman in the first round. And I was really hoping Caden Proctor was going to be here, but D'Brow took care of that for me. So the Texans needed offensive line help even before they traded away Titus Howard and Juke Scruggs. So, yeah, I think this needs to be a guy capable of playing tackle. So it's going to be Caleb Lomu, the offensive tackle from Utah, two-year starter, very athletic, big frame. He

can stick a tackle and Texans just absolutely have to invest in their offensive line. And this is a nice building block for them. All right. Next up, the Rams, another team with multiple picks of the first round. Number 29, though, Andrew Erickson. What are we doing here? They're going to take a quarterback from Tennessee, Germann McCoy. I think that some evaluators would actually look at him as potentially the number one cornerback in this class, but the issue is he was injured all of last years. So there are question marks about how healthy he is. He did not test at the combine. Now, he has talked about he's going to test at Tennessee's Pro Day, which is on March 31st. And I think that, again, if he tests well, he's not going to probably be available at 29. But if you're the Rams,

and you can get a potential top 10 pick outside with your second first round pick, I think you can take a little bit more of a risk. And I think that's something that we could potentially see with these teams that have multiple first round picks. If they're not packaging them for one player, that maybe they take on a little bit more of a risk because they have another first round pick that they can, you know, rest their laurels on. So, yeah, draw McCoy. I think that the Rams Achilles heel last year defensively was their secondary. I mean, we saw Bryce Young, light this defense up multiple times.

Jalen Coker having a monster game against the Los Angeles Rams defense in that secondary. We know their pass rush is really nasty up front, but I think they can use some help in their secondary. All right, we got three picks remaining Denver Broncos, one of them at number 30. Derek Brown, you're on the clock. Denver's just going to fill a need with this picks. Alex Singleton is a free agent. Anthony Hill, linebacker from Texas. Come on down, man.

9.84 RAZ ran a 4.514. He can force turnovers, three sacks and two picks last year. So Denver will be very happy getting him in the building. A rich defense gets richer there with a linebacker. 31, New England Patriots. Pat, be gentle. The Patriots are taking T.J. Parker, the edge from Clemson. And I was just looking at a mock draft that someone did in July of 2025 before the college

football season. J. Parker was the fourth overall pick in that draft. And based on his 2024 performance, Parker looked like a top 10 lock. Based on 2025, he looked like more of a second round guy. So I do think this is a worthwhile gamble for the Patriots. They were 24th in pressure rate last year. Parker gets it together. He could be a force of nature. This dude ran a 4.68 at 263 pounds. He's powerful. He's got long arms and he has a knack for stripping the football. So I think he's the edge guy. The Patriots need to add some juice to their pass rush. Pat, what are the chances that Pat's trade out of this pick? Good question. I mean, for a Super Bowl team, they do have a lot of different areas of need,

and a lot of credible wide receiver candidates in the second round. It could happen. Yeah, I think it's 50-50. I'll be honest. Like the old times are back again in New England. All right, let's wrap things out there with the reigning and defending champions of the world. The Seattle Seahawks at 32. Andrew Erickson. Let's put a bow on this thing with the Seahawks last pick. Yeah, rounded out with another Clemson Tiger cornerback Avion Terrell, brother of A.J. Terrell.

The Seahawks, their biggest defensive need, I think is just Josh Job, Tariq, Willan are going to both be free agents. So if they can't bring back both guys, which I don't anticipate, I think Wollon's probably going to walk. They'll need another cornerback here. Avion Terrell. Again, in his interview, we talked about how much pride he has in tackling at 5'11, 180 pounds. I think that sounds like a guy that Mike McDonald would want on his defense. All right. Well, for your fantasy nerds out there, and I know that's what you are because you're watching and listening to the program. Some fun stuff here. Kenyon Sadiq to the chiefs in this one, love to the Washington commanders. You got Mackay Lemon to the Rams, Tate, to the Saints.

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