The Herd with Colin Cowherd - FantasyPros - The Ultimate 2026 Superflex PPR Mock Draft: QB Runs, Zero RB & Best Values (Ep. 2108)

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Starting point is 00:00:23 I'm Ryan Warmly. Joined by a full house here today. We have Scott Bogman. We have Pat Fitzmorest and we have Andrew Erickson. and we are mock drafting. It is the rare redraft Superflex mock draft. I feel like usually when I'm doing a Superflex one, it's Dynasty. This is Redraft.

Starting point is 00:00:37 We wanted to give something for the Superflex managers who are getting ready for their drafts here in the next month. It is also PPR. We're going to be drafting three starting receivers, seven bench spots, no kickers or defenses. And yes, like I said, a Superflex reminder for everybody that all of our 2026 consensus rankings and tiers can be found at Fantasypros.com slash rankings before we dive in Erickson.

Starting point is 00:00:59 How are you feeling about this mock? I'm feeling really good. I've done a lot of Superflex best ball drafts with Tom Stracken over on the Bestball live stream on Twitch. So I feel like I'm not really in uncharted waters here. I know we haven't done as much Superflex mock drafting, but I feel ready to go. I got my cheat sheets loaded up. Draft Wizard, you boys better be ready to buckle up because I got an A in the Superflex real

Starting point is 00:01:23 draft best ball earlier this week. Very nice. Erickson is drafting with the 107 fits. you were right next time at the 106. Any kind of strategy you're looking to test out today? Yeah, I did want to try from the middle of the first round and see. Honestly, I'm hoping I get to skip quarterback in round one and see what things look like. Glad we're doing the show.

Starting point is 00:01:42 I know there have been a lot of people on our Discord asking me when we were going to do a super flex mock. And I know one of the people asking me that question, Maddie Ice, is in the mock with us today. So, yeah, this should be fun. Bogman, you're at the 109. I assume you will not be skipping quarterback. that's just not really in your DNA from what I can tell. Probably not, but it is a mock, and I did pick kind of the middle to do that specifically.

Starting point is 00:02:05 So we'll see. Like if there's too good of a quarterback to fall back to me, I did a mock yesterday where I was picking at 9 and Jaden Daniels fell to me. And I was like, well, better go ahead and take Jaden here. So if a good one falls to me, I will take one. But I am going to try to not take a quarterback in the first round and see what it looks like because it's something I typically don't do. So hopefully the Dewey Decimal system doesn't smoke us over here.

Starting point is 00:02:29 So that would be nice. I kind of wish I was picking in the middle just because I never do. When you're hosting, it's so much easier to pick on the end. So that's why I always take either the 101 or the 112. I've got the 101 today. It would be nice to kind of test out a middle one. It's just harder when you're trying to play host as well because I feel like I always either end up with whoever follows me at the 112 or Josh Allen with the 101,

Starting point is 00:02:47 which is who I'm going to take. This guy can't juggle. My God, come on. It's harder. You know, sorry, it's easier to just do it this way. By the way, today's live superflex mock draft draft lobby over at fantasy pros.com slash draft wizard. Just like you'll see today, our multi-user drafts allow you to practice quick and fun mock drafts against both real and CPU opponents using the same easy-to-use interface as our draft simulator. Join a public mock draft or create a private one for your friends over at fantasy pros.com slash draft wizard.

Starting point is 00:03:17 Draft is starting in two seconds. One, here we go. I will not waste any time. I will take Josh Allen. No sense in overthinking it. You have the 101. it's super flex. I think he could argue he's in a tier of his own.

Starting point is 00:03:27 Even I know, you know, Fitz really likes Drake May when we're talking Dynasty. Lamar could be really good this year. You know, I'm going to keep it simple. Josh Allen, 101. Easy pick. Would anybody here have done anything different? Or is it Josh Allen across the board for you three? Josh Allen for me.

Starting point is 00:03:42 It's got to be Josh Allen. I think there's a case for Drake May, personally. Really? I think if you're going to, I think the second pick is interesting because I think May versus Lamar is really interesting. intriguing to me. There's been a lot of very positive discussion about what Declan Doyle has done in camp so far in Baltimore. Lamar has won the MVP. Lamar has won the MVP. He has won the MVP. He does go 102 here to Maddie Ice and then May goes three. So unsurprising, one, two, three. You could quibble with the order, I think, on two and three for the most part. Can I ask Erickson real quick, if you're doing KDS in a super flex, 12 man, what is your number one spot to pick at? Is it three because you're quibble with the order? I think on two and three, because you're get one of the best quarterbacks, you get the nice pick coming back in the second, or would you maybe go something later to pivot from quarterback in the first round? I think for me, it's Drake Mae is the person that I want the most. So kind of strategically placing my draft slot where I can get him the

Starting point is 00:04:41 latest. So here he went third overall. So I know that when we've done the Superflex mocks or the best ball drafts with Tom, I've gotten Drake May at one, you've gotten Drake May at three, I've gotten Drake May at five. So it varies a lot of. of the time. And look, I don't need to go on a whole soliloquy about Drake May over Josh Allen because I do think Josh Allen is still, he's the quarterback to beat. He's number one for a reason, but some of his passing yards per game fell off a little bit last year. Now a lot of that had to do with the receiving core. But double some injuries at the end of the season. We'll see how long the rushing last. Drake May is a rushing quarterback.

Starting point is 00:05:15 Drake May also got A.J. Brown and Romeo Dobbs. Two receivers that are better than anywhere than they had last year. So I just think that this could be another ceiling year for Drake my. Erickson is on the clock here. Fitz, you do go away from quarterback taking Bejan Robinson. Now, did you make this pick having seen his new haircut? I've not seen the new haircut. Am I going to regret the pick?

Starting point is 00:05:34 It's astonishing. It is a jaw-dropping decision by him, this haircut. Bogman brought it up before we started taping the show before you hopped in the room. And my jaw hit the floor, quite honestly. Interesting. I've not seen that. Hopefully, this is not a bad omen for it. Well, what went into your decision of Bejohn versus Gibbs?

Starting point is 00:05:52 because it's clear if you wanted to go running back here, what went into that choice for you between those two? I'm really close, and if I'm lucky enough to get the 101 in redraft, in 1QBs, obviously, in six different leagues, I would probably split it three and three. But if you're going to force me to make a choice, and I know Gibbs has had the better touchdown output for sure, what I prefer about Bejan, just that he's bigger.

Starting point is 00:06:16 If you're going to have a workhorse role, like I want the guy who's built more like a minivan than it's, want the guy with the NASCAR build rather than the Indy car build for workhorse duty. And I feel that's, you know, Bejan is maybe just a little bit better equipped to handle the sort of workhorse role that we hope both guys are getting this year. We're into the early second round, but circling back to your first pick, Erickson, you do go Jamar Chase. I think if you want to go away from quarterback, that's also a pretty easy choice of best

Starting point is 00:06:46 receiver on the board, arguably be the best non-quarterback on the board. Was that just kind of your goal all along to get somebody? like Chase? No, I didn't realize that Gibbs was still available. I honestly, I didn't even fathom the idea that he was actually still be on the board. So I was just looking really quickly because I was talking about Drake May while I was on the clock. So of course, I'm distracted, distracted and drafting. But Jamar Chase still is, again, my number three overall player. It's full PPR. He can be the wide receiver one with a healthy Joe Burrow. And I do think that in full PPR, you are a little bit more open, or I'm more open to drafting the top skill players, because

Starting point is 00:07:22 it's easier for them to close the gap versus an half ppr where the quarterbacks just scored that many more points than the skill position players. Yeah, I think full PPR starting through receivers, Chase is justifiable for sure in the middle of the first round, even in Superflex. Bogman, you do go with the quarterback with your first pick, Jaden Daniels, and you pair him with Christian McCaffrey in round two. What are your thoughts on your first two picks? Yeah, I mean, look, Hertz and Herbert went ahead of Jaden Daniels.

Starting point is 00:07:45 So he's my fifth player in Superflex. So to get him at nine, I thought it was just too big of a deal to pay. Pass. Gibbs would have been a fine pick there too, but I got McCaffrey on the way back. So liking the build to start here, even though it's a lot of injury risk up at the top. I was thinking about this earlier, and obviously I wasn't in a position to pick him. I think I might have Justin Herbert as my QB5, and I think you might be closer to QB4 than QB6. I'm just like so intoxicated with this is the most talented quarterback that we've seen in one of these Shanahan-style systems before in terms of the arm strength and the processing,

Starting point is 00:08:18 just everything. Like, I want to see this Terminator quarterback. in a Mike McDaniel offense, and I really want to be invested in it, rather than playing guessing games on, like, is it Quentin Johnson this week? Is it Trey Harris? Like, I like Ladd McConkey. I just want a lot of Justin Herbert. And I think I'd rather have him than Jane Daniels in a new offense coming off the injured year. Jalen hurts, you know, there's always been questions.

Starting point is 00:08:38 Like, I just like him that much, I think. It's understandable. There's definitely a lot of upside there. But I still, it's the legs, man. I'm on the clock here. Yeah, and I think that's fair. I'm going to take Bowers. I think he could break fantasy this year.

Starting point is 00:08:53 It's full PPR. I think he's going to catch a ton of passes in Vegas and be the tight end one. A second pick to pair with Allen and Bowers, obviously, I'd like to get some running back and receiver help getting going here. I'm just going to take, you know, I'm going to take A.J. Brown, new offense paired with the elite quarterback. You know, Drake London, I just have more questions about the quarterback that he's paired with right now.

Starting point is 00:09:13 So that's kind of the tiebreaker for me going with Brown. I could have easily gone London or Nico, wanted to take a receiver there, given who's on the board. but I go AJ Brown. Fitz, you're on the clock here at a couple of spots. You've got Bijan and Justin Jefferson so far. Are you going to kind of break the seal on quarterback now or looking to wait even longer at the position?

Starting point is 00:09:30 I think I'm going to break the seal on quarterback. We'll see, though, no guarantees. I mean, I've said that in one QB, I feel like there are about 18 quarterbacks I would be okay with is my starting quarterback. And some of those guys are still on the board. Now, I don't know if any of those guys are going to be on the board when I pick again in the middle of the fourth round,

Starting point is 00:09:48 so I'm probably going to have to act here pretty soon. Erickson, you have Jemar Chase paired with Brock Purdy. Was Purdy an easy choice for you compared to, you know, Dak Prescott's selling the board, Jackson Dart, Boe Nix, Patrick Mahomes. When you were at that spot, did it feel like there was a bit of a discussion with you internally to make that call or was that easy for you? I was looking at another player that I don't want to name until Pat Fitzmorest makes his pick. So, what Fitsy after you?

Starting point is 00:10:17 I love this tension There was another quarterback I was like here though While Fitz is on the clock I'll just run through a recap of some of the other guys that have gone off the board James Cook O' Marion Hampton, Cidie Lambdack Prescott in the back half of round two First half of round three besides the picks I made

Starting point is 00:10:32 Drake London, Patrick Mahomes, Jonathan Taylor That feels like a pretty nice value Early, a few picks into round three I considered him at the turn And then Chase Brown And then Jackson Dart goes to you Fitz Yeah I'm I was a little torn between

Starting point is 00:10:47 DART and Nix. I thought it was encouraging that Nix led the league in pass attempts last year, even though he was playing on a team with a really good defense, which suggests he's going to throw a lot of passes again this year. Dart is going to be a wild ride, for sure, because of the way he plays, which is, you know, recklessly would be putting it kindly. I'm a little more encouraged, though,

Starting point is 00:11:09 by the fact that we saw Malik neighbors looking pretty good in practice the other day. And, boy, I mean, I had Eric, I had Malik neighbors ranked wide receiver 22 a couple days ago when Erickson and I just took him in the King's classic draft in Canton where we were partnering up like at the end of the beginning of the fourth round in a 14 team draft. I mean, he goes up to like if he's good to go for week one with seemingly no limitations, it's the top 10 wide receiver. And I feel that much better about Jackson Dart with a healthy Malik neighbors. Erickson, the fact that you didn't take a quarterback here after Fitzpicked is that telling that you wanted dart? Exactly. That's who I was going to go after here. And it was someone that I was considering even when I was picking in the second round with Brock Purdy. I do think that the conversation in Superflex formats, I do look at quarterbacks a little bit differently. I think that if I was able to it, I would actually have quarterbacks ranked differently in a two quarterback league versus a one quarterback league. Because in one quarterback league, you can really just shoot for the moon, where you can be like, I want all upside because you can play the waiver wire. Whereas in two quarterback, you really value, I think, a little bit more of that stability where you're just, you're just. just look, is this guy starting every single week?

Starting point is 00:12:18 Where with Jackson Dart, because of his more volatile type of play, the rushing in terms of, okay, is this guy going to be the blue medical tent every other week? That concerns me if I've taken him the second round as my stable quarterback. That's why I wanted Purdy instead, because I feel really good about him. I know he got hurt last year, but in terms of him being there available, putting up weekly production at a top 12 rate, I feel good about that, which is why I prefer Dart as a two than a one. Yeah. Bunting so far were a few picks in around four.

Starting point is 00:12:47 The only manager to not have taken a quarterback. A couple of managers already have two. He has none. He started with Puka, JSN, Devon A-chan, and Kenneth Walker. While Bogman's on the clock, Fitz, what do you think about that start from Bunting? Wow. Really good start with the positional guy. So it'll be interesting to see how Bunting can spackle that quarterback position.

Starting point is 00:13:08 I know Bogman wanted George Pickens based on his tie, the pick before him. Bob, when you've started Jane Daniels, CMC, Trey McBride, you and I are the only two to take a tight end so far, and then Matthew Stafford as your QB2. Yeah, just a little more stability with the wild ride that is Jane Daniels with Matthew Stafford, right? CMC, I thought was a nice value pick. But it was between McBride and Pickens. I went with McBride here, lots of touchdown upside, obviously,

Starting point is 00:13:33 at a premium position. But, man, to miss Pickens by one spot was brutal here. Especially if, like, very few quarterbacks go in between. this pick too, but I did just pivot to Stafford to give myself some stability at the QB spot. Alave goes next. And then Erickson, you take flowers, a player that we've talked about a lot on various shows. This summer, you are clearly buying into him in this new offense led by Declan Doyle, paired with Lamar Jackson.

Starting point is 00:14:02 Yeah, I just think that he has improved every single year of his NFL career. He is elite after the catch. He can make plays downfield. He's super explosive. So JSN last year was one of the rare wide receiver ones or wide receiver two, however it was in weeks 17. I know it was right neck and neck with Puka. But how was he able to be so highly ranked in finishing without seeing a monster red zone share was because of all the explosive plays he was able to generate, especially downfield. So I look at say Flowers.

Starting point is 00:14:32 I think he has no competition for targets. I don't think Mark Andrews has anything left in the tank. And it's Bateman, it's rookie receivers. I think Flowers could flirt with a 30% target share, and I think he could see 1,500 receiving yards this year. And if you can score touchdowns, like that's the one thing. It's like, imagine if Happy New Had a Putt, imagine if Zay Flowers know how to score touchdowns.

Starting point is 00:14:54 Like, and then we're cooking with gas. Fitz, you go Kyler. So you got Dart and Kyler as your QB duo here. How are you feeling about that pair? Could not resist the urge to go double Konami at quarterback. And, you know, with the two running guys and. Being able to pair up Kyler with Justin Jefferson works really well. Kyler was QB won in fantasy points per game in every season of his career until last year.

Starting point is 00:15:20 And now he gets to play with Kevin O'Connell. And if he can just win this QB battle against J.J. McCarthy. Yeah. So I'm feeling pretty good about Kyler bounce back this year. I'm going to pause the draft for a moment just to let everybody know that we have two giveaways for you. If you want a chance to win a $50 Fantasy Pros shop code or a one-year betting pros premium subscription, then this is your shot. All you have to do is subscribe to the Fantasy Pro's YouTube channel right now.

Starting point is 00:15:47 Drop a comment below on any of our videos, and that is it. We'll be announcing both winners right here on the channel. So make sure to turn on those notifications so you can know when new videos are up and to claim your prize. I also wanted to pause here and just give a second to kind of look at these first four rounds are sort of the real core of your team, obviously. Somebody other than your own team, I want to go around the horn and hear who you guys like best so far. Bogman, I'll start with you. Who's a team that you like best their start other than your own? I like Pepper with Gibbs, Lawrence, and then the two strong wide receivers right next to me,

Starting point is 00:16:17 even though Pepper took Pickens from me. Very annoying, but I really like this build so far. As long as we shore up that second QB, which I think is on the way here in this round. Erickson, what about you? I like your team worm. I think you're shaping up pretty well, my fellow Zero RB brother. Yeah. I always fall into that when I do these mucks for whatever reason.

Starting point is 00:16:40 And then when I do a real draft, I'm like, I should probably should get a running back a little bit earlier. But I just, I'm like, I'm just, again, it's a three receiver league. It's full PPR. And I'm just like, I love these players so much. I would have considered, like, if Derek Henry had gotten back to me based on the rankings, I would have considered I was thinking about Jeremiah Love, maybe. But they didn't get to me. And I didn't like the running backs there as much as the receivers.

Starting point is 00:16:58 So I appreciate that shout. Fitz, who stands out to you? I mean, I like bunting start. But as I mentioned, they're about 18, maybe 19, quarterbacks I'd feel okay with, and by my count, they're 17 off the board, and Bunting does not have his first quarterback yet. But I do also like the zero RB starts with you and Erickson. You know, yours a little partial to yours just because you have Brock Bowers. You have the best quarterback and the best tight end in this league, and your wide receivers are still hot fire

Starting point is 00:17:28 with AJ Brown, Ladd-McConkie and Tedderall and McMillan, so that's a pretty impressive start. Yeah, taking Bowers always kind of means like you're going to be short somewhere else if you get that early tight end. But I just think the idea of pairing the best tight end with the best quarterback. If I ever have the 101, like that's the direction I want to go. I really like Grim just because I like Herbert so much. I'm buying into a gente bounce back. You know, if Bo Nix is healthy on the ankle and can still be mobile. And then Alave was like a real league winner in December last year for fantasy managers.

Starting point is 00:17:59 The other guy that I would point out is I think Suggs is having a great start. Caleb Williams, Aminraa, St. Brown, Sequin, Barclay, and Derek Henry, like, we don't care about the age of those running backs. This is a redraft league. I think that's really fun. And I'm curious to see that it rest of the direction goes. It doesn't suck to be him. Correct. It sucks to everybody else, but not him. By the way, I'm going to pause the draft here now, but I want to get your guys opinion on Malik neighbors, because you, you know, you kind of referenced him earlier. Like, we are sort of navigating this injury landscape with him in his return. And like there was, I think a lot of people assumed he'd just be on Pupp. He doesn't start camp on Pup. Some of the high. highlights look pretty good. Fitz, what do you think about Malik at 503? I considered him at the turn when I took Ladin, Teterra. I decided to avoid the injury risk, but what do you think about where neighbors does go? Yeah, I'm trying to look and see where, what was he as far as the count at wide receiver? Looks like he was about something like 18th. Yeah. I mean, that's, that's good value now. I think he's got to be inside the top 20 at wide receiver and arguably is closer to 10 than 20. wide receiver two for sure and that on on that team behind cd lamb i think is perfect is a perfect

Starting point is 00:19:07 fit a lot of really good receivers going off in the last seven or eight picks here i mean in the last looks like eight nine picks it's we've had devante smith garratt wilson lad mccan tetero macmillan malik neighbors t higgins emeka abuca and now jalen wattle that's a really strong stretch late fourth early fifth obviously some of those guys falling because all the quarterbacks going early the super flex but i feel pretty good about waiting until the third round to get my first receiver given some of these names that got back to that turn. Erickson, you're now on the clock here. You already have three receivers, so I assume you're not going to fourth.

Starting point is 00:19:35 What direction are you thinking right now? Coach is telling me that there is a quarterback drop-off here. So that's the direction I'm going here. Jared Goff, to me, is the perfect quarterback for these two QB superflex formats because Steady Eddy lines have the easiest scheduling the NFL. They basically don't play outside until week 18 in bad weather. so he's going to end up being in that top 15 conversation. I get, if you don't love him from a one quarterback league perspective,

Starting point is 00:20:05 because he doesn't add any value as a rusher. But when you're just looking at the pure pocket passers, I mean, he's thrown 30 touchdowns over the past three seasons. He's the only quarterback to do that. So I look at how high Joe Burrow goes, and then I'm like, I get Jared Goff on like round five in the Superflex. And like when you look up, is anyone to be surprised if they have like similar passing yardage and touchdown numbers?

Starting point is 00:20:25 I don't really think so. So I'll take Jared Goff here round five. Yeah. Yeah, like you said, particularly in Superflex. That feels pretty good. Bogman, you're just getting sniped right and left, though. God. Yeah, I mean, the pickens, it's the wide receivers, too.

Starting point is 00:20:37 Pickens on the front end and then Burden on the back end here. I went with T-Mac, obviously, a lot of volume there for him. But, yeah, that was a brutal stretch there. Yeah, I already praised him. Suggs to be you. Like, I already loved his first four. Then he gets Colston Loveland with the late fifth. I, like, this is my favorite team.

Starting point is 00:20:53 It doesn't even matter what else he does. I love that. But I will say, bunting, you know, for having passed up on all those quarterbacks early fits. Jordan Love and Malik Willis is pretty good with the position players he has elsewhere. Yeah, he did it. He got those two guys inside the top

Starting point is 00:21:08 19. I feel like Willis was kind of the cutoff. And Willis is by no means a safe quarterback. There's going to be a lot of volatility. Kind of smoothed it out with love. Just the real solid pure passing type. I think there's more upside with love this year too, honestly, than sort of his

Starting point is 00:21:24 reputation was suggest. The Packers, the last two years, 31st and 22nd. and pass rate over expected. So, you know, the defense probably isn't going to be as good without Micah Parsons for the first nearly half of the season. So there might be a few more Packers shootouts than they've had the last couple of years. Giovante William goes to Graham. I was kind of eyeing him to break the zero-rb stretch if he had fallen, didn't expect him to.

Starting point is 00:21:50 Bogman, you take Roma Dunezay, a pick. You know I like quite a bit. We've talked a lot about him on shows, and I think he's under value this year. I think he's closer to what he was at the beginning of last season when he looked like a real breakout than he was in the second half when he was injured. I'm all in on Rome. Yeah, I don't know how much I believe players when they talk about how great they feel, but I don't know that we would be discounting him if he hadn't have said this is a new normal for me earlier this year because today he said this is the best I felt since being in the NFL or post this foot injury, right? So I think that's all great news for him. kind of wanted Josh Jacobs again getting sniped here,

Starting point is 00:22:26 which is starting to get on my nerves, but the pivot to Rome wasn't a hard one. Eric said you go with the elder statesman at receiver. So you've got four now already. You've got your three starters and your flex spot filled. You take Mike Evans. Trying to win the flex as you try to do when you go zero RB. So Mike Evans, look, last man standing, potentially,

Starting point is 00:22:49 the 49 receiver room. Ricky Pierce, all, down for the count. So sad. to see you can pop up again for him. I mean, we'll see what stripling can do, but he's a rookie. I know as Mike Evans is going to catch a lot of touchdowns, and I have Brock Purdy. So I have that stack already built in. So ultimately, Mike Evans and my flex is my wide receiver four, and he can leave the NFL

Starting point is 00:23:08 and touchdowns this year. Yeah, I like this pick a lot. Fitz, as I consider what my pick's going to be, why don't you talk about Jameson Williams is your third receiver? Heed 1100 yards last year averaging exactly six targets a game. and the splits were night and day between the time John Morton was calling the plays for the Lions and the time Dan Campbell ripped the play sheet out of John Morton's hands and took over for himself. Like, Jamo's yardage per game basically doubled after that happened.

Starting point is 00:23:38 And he had just been getting in the cardio with John Morton running a lot of go routes and everything. Dan Campbell started getting him more involved horizontally running crossing routes and stuff. And you get Jamo the ball in stride with a full head of steam. like defenders do just look like traffic cones. That guy can move. And I'm excited about him. Like I think he's got a lot of upside. And, you know, two straight thousand yards seasons.

Starting point is 00:24:03 This guy's the real deal. Yeah. I was planning on pairing Bucky Irving and Travis A. Chan with my picks here to kind of get both starting running backs with two guys I think are going to more than good enough with the rest of the strengths of my team. A. Chan goes one pick before me, which was a bummer. I get how Bogman feels now. So I do still go with Bucky Irving, a player I know. that you like a lot fits. And then I decided to kind of go with the Erickson approach of really strengthening that

Starting point is 00:24:26 receiver position since we went with the early zero RB. I went with DJ Moore, who, you know, back with Joe Brady as a play caller, paired with obviously the quarterback guy took 101. I think he's still a good player. He's still young enough that I'm not like writing him off at all, just given that it didn't totally end up being a fit with Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson. So as my wide receiver four, I'm really excited about DJ Moore. We do get another tight end off the board here.

Starting point is 00:24:48 Tyler Warren goes early in round seven. Carnell Tate, who I was debating between DJ Moore. and him as my rider receiver, he goes 704, David Montgomery, and then Fitz takes his guy, Travion Henderson. Yeah, look what happened in the three games that Ramandre Stevenson missed last year. Travian Henderson averaged about 110 yards from scrimmage per game, scored five touchons in those three games. And I know that people are kind of frightened by what they saw in the playoffs where

Starting point is 00:25:11 Romandre basically was the man in the backfield. I don't think that's going to last. I just, I want to play to the upside of Henderson, because. I think there's pretty immense upside. This dude had four runs of 50 plus yards last year. And I think over Ramondere's entire career, five years maybe, he's had three runs of 40 or more yards. And Henderson out did that in one year.

Starting point is 00:25:36 Like, we know where the upside is in this backfield. And I kind of want to chase it. Erickson, you take Jordan Tyson. Just three picks after Carnell Tate. Would you have considered Tyson overtate or do you have that as the correct order? And he was just next on the board for you? It's the correct order for me. I think that Tate just has the clearer path to being the number one guy out of the gates,

Starting point is 00:25:57 even though I do think Wanda Robinson is kind of underrated, especially with his relationship with Brian Dayball. I think that he's going to see some volume in this offense. But I think Tyson is just oozing with upside attached to Tyler Shuck entering his second season under Kellyn Moore. And I'm in a position where I'm so low that wide receiver, I don't need Jordan Tyson to hit out of the gates. Like he can be a bench player for me that can maybe he is that second half league winner that

Starting point is 00:26:21 I need when Mike Evans inevitably pulls his hamstring, which I know is going to happen at some point during the season. So I got Mike Evans out of the gates and then Jordan Tyson to help get me home at the end of the year. Bogman, no receivers for you until the back half of round five, but now you've gone four in a row. Terry McClure and Roma Dunsay, Marvin Harrison, Jr. and Chris Godwin, how you feeling about that receiver room for you? These guys keep taking my running backs. I've wanted running backs three rounds in a row. I wanted Jacobs. I wanted Trevion. I thought that was a pipe dream, but I was backing him up with Judkins and then Messer Grim took Judkins.

Starting point is 00:26:54 And I said, I'll just take Judarian Price on the turn because all of these animals have running backs behind me here. Nope. Tutin and Judarian Price go. So I pivoted to Chris Godwin. So I was stacking up on this wide receiver core here, which is what I needed after going early tight end and spending two of my top four picks on quarterbacks and having CMC wedged in there.

Starting point is 00:27:14 So I like the wide receivers now. I got a nice mix of McLaurin O'Dunesay Harrison and Godwin, potentially four. number two's is fine here, but I am, uh, I am frustrated with the running back situation. Erickson, I wasn't going to take him obviously because I have powers. I think Tucker Kraft is one of the best picks of the draft so far in the eighth round. If he's back healthy, I like just could not be more all in and that. He was a tier one tight end before getting hurt last year. It looked like a true breakout, like one of the elite guys.

Starting point is 00:27:42 Just love him as a player, love him as a fantasy guy. So I think eighth round is really nice for him. Fitz, you take a tight end right after a Harold Fanon. And would you have taken Kraft or did you, were you eyeing fan? all along. Oh, I was absolutely going to take Kraft and knew Erickson was going to snipe me there, even though he doesn't have a running back. There was a sliver of hope that Erickson might feel compelled to finally get his running back. No, so I do think there's sort of a drop-off between Kraft and Fannin. I do like Fanon. Wouldn't surprise me if he led the Browns and targets and

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Starting point is 00:30:41 I'm on the clock here. I'm going to take Stevenson just like, I know we all want Trayvon Henderson to get all the workload, but I think there's a chance where, Stevenson is just still the RB one in what is an ascending offense I expect to be. And I don't love a lot of the names after him. So I wanted to get a second running back here. I still do need a second quarterback.

Starting point is 00:31:00 I sort of waited. There hasn't been one taken for a few rounds. I think I will take CJ Stroud. I'm a believer in the player. I'm hoping that the offensive line is better this year. And I don't want to overreact to like everybody saw how bad he was in that playoff game. I don't want to overreact to that. I still think as a QV2 paired with the best quarterback you can have,

Starting point is 00:31:20 I'm very willing to have C.J. Stroud as my quarterback, too. And even if there is a bit of a gap between him and the guys who went ahead of him, which makes sense because two full rounds went with nobody taking a quarterback. So that gap is already built into the price, I feel like, and I didn't want to risk not getting another quarterback to fall back to me. So that's a thought for mine. Fitz, you are the next player up here, just a couple picks away. None of us are going to be on the clock before you.

Starting point is 00:31:44 Who are you eyeing? Mackay Lemon. To be my fourth wide receiver. I think there's a reasonable chance that he is the best wide receiver in this class. And I think that Eagles' offense is going to be a lot better now that Kevin Petulow is not calling the plays. And it's going to be Sean Mannion. Luckily, Rashad White went to awesome dev right in front of me. I'm going to take Lemon.

Starting point is 00:32:06 Yeah, Lemon, you know, pretty close to Tate and Tyson during the NFL draft season in the spring. And then now he goes two rounds later. That feels like good value just based on the player, Lemon, compared to Tate and Tyson-Fits. The smartest GM in the league traded up to get him. And I know everyone's going to remember that Howie Rosemadrafted. Oh, I can't even remember who. Jalen Rager.

Starting point is 00:32:27 Jalen Rager had a Justin Jefferson. But look, I mean, how he has his reputation for a reason. He's really good at what he does. And even though that was a pretty colossal mistake, probably the biggest misstep of his career, look, I think he knows what he was doing with Mekye Lemon. And, you know, I wouldn't be surprised. at all if his numbers were not that far behind Devante Smith this year. One of my good friends and I, we were hosting a Ravens podcast for NBC Sports at the time of

Starting point is 00:32:57 that draft, and he was trying to convince me that Jalen Rager was going to be the best receiver in that draft. So not as public as what happened to Howie, but I remind him of that every now and again. Really nice pick by Grimm, Jonathan Brooks. I was planning on taking him if you got back to me, wasn't sure if he would or not. That's a really nice one. I like Grimm's team a lot. Erickson, you double up at Tite End.

Starting point is 00:33:14 And I was surprised to see Kincaid go after you got Kraft. What was the thought process there? I'm going to be on the phone with Spectrum Internet very, very soon because I did not want to pick Dalton Kincaid. I wanted to pick Jonathan Brooks. Oh, no. And it was not working for me. So, yeah, that's a shout-out to my laggy internet connection, apparently. So, yeah, I wanted Brooks.

Starting point is 00:33:36 And I deservedly will be knocked for this pick because I didn't want to make Kincaid. This is why you set your cue. This is why you create a cheat sheet with the cheat-sheet creator at Fantasy. pros and draft on that. So the rankings are set that way in your draft room to make sure your lousy internet cannot get in the way of a good draft. Thankfully, just a mock for Erickson. Otherwise, he would have gotten, he would have been a lot more upset to not get his guy Brooks. Bogman, you double up at running backs with your next two picks, Rico Dattle and Aaron Jones. Yeah, I hate this draft. I've gotten snipe too many times. I don't like what I've done here.

Starting point is 00:34:11 going back. I'm probably not taking McBride. I'm taking a running back and taking a tight end later, specifically with Kraft and Fanon falling so far. So, frustrated here, but doing the best I can. You know, Rico still probably in line for 50-50 split for Warren. I would assume that he's the goal line back. Aaron Jones, while he's healthy, I'll probably back him up with Claiborne or Mason at the end here. But yeah, pretty frustrated with how this has turned out, to be honest. If it makes you feel any better, Boggs, I also don't like your draft, so. Yeah, thanks.

Starting point is 00:34:44 Yeah, it makes me feel way better. Appreciate that. Yeah, Blake Corby and Kyle Menangai, two other guys along with Brooks that I was kind of eyeing to hopefully get back to me. It's hard picking on the end because there's so many picks between and you got to kind of wait for them to get back. You know, nice job by bunting and sucks, both of whom's drafts I continue to like quite a bit to take those two guys around before I could get to them.

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Starting point is 00:35:36 and let's cash some tickets together. All right. San Laporta, Kyle Pitts, go off the board and Travis Kelsey in succession here, lots of tight ends going off the board last couple of rounds. Then Kenny Gainwell bringing me to the pick. Prior to the last few days of injury information, I would have been strongly eyeing Ricky Pearsall. Obviously not the case anymore. Let's see. Don't worry. I'm going to auto pick him, so it'll be good to go. All right. I'm going to take Addison here, just a guy that's constantly catching touchdowns. I think is a good player, even though there's some question at quarterback, and he's the number two receiver in that offense, just a guy that I feel like is kind of perennially, perennially,

Starting point is 00:36:15 excuse me, undervalued. I would like to take another running back at some point here. All the ones I wanted have gone, though. So that is starting to get trickier and trickier. I've been a Chris Rodriguez guy so far early in draft season, just pairing with, you know, Liam Cohen, who coached him in college. I think there's an opportunity to get some touchdowns there. I'm not 100% sold on Bayshall Tutton, who went four rounds earlier. So I'll take the swing on Rodriguez as my RB3 here. Don't love it. But again, all the running backs that I wanted went in that.

Starting point is 00:36:47 Between my picks there was 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 running backs that went. Really kind of bored didn't shake out the way I wanted. So I'm kind of stuck settling for a guy like Rodriguez. Maybe he scores a lot of touchdowns and runs hot in the red zone. Makes me feel better about it. Last couple of picks made by you guys. Obviously, we talked about Bogman. Erickson took RJ Harvey Fitz.

Starting point is 00:37:06 You take Sam Darnold as your QB3. Did you go into this kind of expecting to take a QB3 and be a little more aggressive about getting that backup at the position? Not necessarily, but when Jackson Dart is one of your quarterbacks, I think you are incentivized to get a third quarterback because you've realized Jackson Dart is probably going to miss a game or two due to his own, you know, failure to make business decisions. Yeah. Erickson, you take RJ Harvey with your last pick and then you're on the clock here, won away. What was the thought process there? Did the internet cut out? Or was that the running back you wanted for your first RB?

Starting point is 00:37:42 If it works out of my favorite, it's going to be that I drafted the third string running back on the Denver Broncos. As my RB won, speaking tongue and cheek, look, it's full PPR. RJ Harvey was a catch machine last year as a rookie, which is not something that you often see from running backs first in the NFL. So I think that that role is going to be somewhat stable year over year. So even if J.K. Dobbins is the early down usage running back and Jonah Coleman takes on that role once J.K. Dobbins gets injured inevitably. I feel think Harvey's going to have a role. And they like using him around the red zone. Like using him around the goal line. So, hey, at least suggests that they're open to continue to use him in the red zone as both a rusher and receiver. So it's a good offense, good offensive lines. It's going to score a lot of points. So I think Harvey, look, I understand the risk with him. But I mean, he's so cheap now where I think if you just look at his rookie year and just kind of, to zoom out. You're like, this guy caught like 50 passes, scored 12 touchdowns, had over 800 yards from scrimmage. And he's the second year running back that goes in the 10th round, like double-digit rounds. That's about, I think it's worth making. Yeah. Fitz just curious because you have largely

Starting point is 00:38:48 been the R.J. Harvey fader on the shows, what did you think about the value for Erickson on that one? Yeah, I mean, at that point of the draft, I think it's fine. And he's probably going to have some sort of role and we know that multiple running backs usually have fantasy viability in Sean Peyton's offenses. So I'm okay with it. I thought he was disappointing last year after he took over for Dobbins as the lead guy. And that's probably going to discount him from ever being considered the lead guy again in this offense.

Starting point is 00:39:15 But I think he's going to have a non-insificant role in the Denver offense. Would you rather Harvey in the 10th or Jonah Coleman in the 11th, which is where he went to Bogman? both both fair priced yeah yeah I don't want to say yeah no honestly I mean I I do have Harvey ranked ahead of Coleman and and those draft slots kind of align with what my rankings look like yeah fog me you go Jonah Coleman and then Casey Concepcion so a couple of rookies here does that tend to happen for you like this point in the draft you start looking at the guys that are rookies and taking those upside swings yeah I mean for my fifth wide receiver, I was between Concepcion and Higgins, right? I think both offer upside,

Starting point is 00:39:59 maybe Concepcion a little more because he looking at a potential number one target role. So that's why I went with Concepcion and then Jonah Coleman just to add to the stack of RB2s, right? Like I'm good with CMC as my RB1, but now Rico, Aaron Jones, Jonah Coleman, I just need one of these guys to work out. So that's kind of the plan there. Grimm makes another great pick. I think Isaiah likely in round 12. I like that quite a bit. and Suggs are fighting for my favorite draft so far in this one. Well, we saw Suggs took Ricky Parasol, right? I did see that, yes, which, you know, I guess if you can convict yourself at upside

Starting point is 00:40:35 case of him being on the field. We don't know he's going to be like done for the season yet. It feels dead. It feels negative right now. He feels dead. You don't know anything for sure. He feels like he's gone. Eric, you take Keaton Mitchell, obviously just like a beautiful fit with Mike McDaniel

Starting point is 00:40:49 and the speed that he wants to have there behind Omerian Hampton. And then, Fitz, I was eyeing Jacoby Myers just says, hey, we don't know what's going to happen with this receiving room. So I'll take the cheapest guy. You take him a few picks before he can get to me. Has that been your approach, Fitz? Like, just take the guy of the Jags who's going latest, or do you particularly like Jacoby Myers? I especially like Parker Washington. And he's the guy come away with most often.

Starting point is 00:41:13 And I'm kind of not at all interested in Brian Thomas Jr. I really haven't gotten Myers into many other best balls, mocks, regular drafts. but I just thought he was a value at this point. I didn't really need another tight end, obviously having Brock Bowers. Mark Andrews is just my favorite player on the board. I think the last pick of the 12th round is too late for him, given that there's uncertainty, A, with the other tight ends in that room in Baltimore,

Starting point is 00:41:36 B, with the receivers behind Zay Flowers. It's a new offense, an offense that has historically liked to use tight ends under Ben Johnson, and that connection with Labar is as strong as it's ever been. So I think Andrews another year removed from the injury he was going into last year with. I like Andrews just as a pure value. And then I take Higgins as the upside, you know, especially if anything ever happens. Seneca, Niko, I think Higgins could be really good in that offense. Any pairs of C.J. Stroud, who's my QB2.

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Starting point is 00:43:58 Fitz you go with Zach Charbonnet, a player that I did look at. I just, you know, I don't, I know injuries are going to find my team. I don't want to invite them on purpose during draft season, but he's obviously a good player, and this is the middle of the 13th round. Yeah, I'm probably not buying the reports that he could be ready for week one. Ridiculous. Dubious proposition there, because that would be what. six months after the ACL tear.

Starting point is 00:44:21 But he's going to be back at some point. And let's just have not totally 100% sold on the prospect profile for Judarian Price translating into like instant NFL success. So I do think once Charbonnet comes back has a couple of weeks to knock off the rust, he's going to have a meaningful role in the Seattle backfield. Eric said you go Gino Smith. That's your QB3. It looks like just expecting a bounce back.

Starting point is 00:44:48 now that he's out of Vegas? Yeah, I think that he can have a much better season statistically. He's not coming off any type of major injury, which I think Gino Smith's kind of catching some of the shade throwing at guys like Aaron Rogers, Kirk Cousins, older players playing on new teams when those guys were coming off significant Achilles injuries. I think Jano Smith can still sling it.

Starting point is 00:45:07 So I think with the weapons they have in New York, off the offensive line, I think he's underrated. Garrett Wilson, you have the two first round picks that they drafted between Omar Cooper, Keny on Sadiq, A.D. Mitchell, entering year three, I think the Jets office can be average. And I think Gino Smith is very, very underrated here in the 13th round. Again, he's going to be a guy that I may be starting at some point if I lose one of my quarterbacks and especially on biweek.

Starting point is 00:45:30 So I like Gino Smith here, the value you're getting on him. Boggin, you've made two picks here. Romeo Dobbs and Isaiah Pacheco. Pacheco one just feels like totally forgotten, man. Like I haven't heard his name said on a single show, I think, all summer. But obviously somebody that we've been excited about in the past. And then Dobbs, I think it makes a lot of sense as that wide receiver too in New England. Yeah, I mean, Dobbs is just too good of value at this point.

Starting point is 00:45:53 And then I'm looking at running backs and it is barren. I was kind of wanting Alvin Camara a little bit and he did go one pick in front of me. That's not a snipe. That's just a whatever. So Pacheco maybe with the goal line chance. And then if anything happens to Gibbs, I have his handcuff. So not an exciting pick, but we are in the 14th round. Did any of you guys consider DeJohn Stribling?

Starting point is 00:46:17 He went right in between where you guys are picking to Grimm, just with the Pearsall news. Does that feel like a value in the 13th round, Erickson? Yeah. I think that's appropriate to where he should be going. I know that in conversations in the analyst Slack channel, we were talking about kind of adjusting our rankings. And I don't think it's super outlandish to put Stribling in a similar range of where Pearsall was going. If you do believe that this is really, hey, this is a lost season for Ricky Pearsall. We'll see eventually as we get more information.

Starting point is 00:46:46 But the fact that he went two rounds after Ricky Pearson. I mean, right now, who would you rather have? Like, it's really hard to have confidence in drafting Pierceaw in any round versus a guy like Stripling. So I think getting him two rounds after Ricky Pearson, that is a really good value. I think I would prefer Dobbs. Personally, I know Dobbs weren't one spot after, but I don't think it's like crazy or anything, especially going around Shaheed, Jennings, Denzel Boston.

Starting point is 00:47:10 I mean, Boston is also a rookie too. Boston was drafted after Deshaun's stribling. So, I mean, I don't agree with the talent. I think that Boston is the superior talented player, but in terms of situation, opportunity, yeah, it's not hard to like stribling in this fit with this 49ers offense. Can I say I'd much rather have Dobbs or Boston than stribling?

Starting point is 00:47:30 Stribling. Same. Stribling did not get a, like a real standout, target share, yardage share for Ole Miss last year. I just generally, if you don't have a big share of the targets and catches and receiving yardage for your college team, doesn't bode well for your NFL success. I still think that was a giant reach by the 49ers and just because of the Pearsall injury.

Starting point is 00:47:55 I mean, I know Debrough, like, jumped stribling ahead of Pearsall. Unless I know that Pearsall is going to miss, like, at least half the season, I'm not doing that. I go with a couple of receivers here at the turn. Trey Harris, just like I said, I want to be invested in this Chargers offense as much as I can, really late, take the upside swing there. And then Adonai Mitchell, as somebody that Erickson, you just wrote about pretty recently on FantasyPros.com with one of your breakout articles on wide receiver, potential wide receiver ones for the first time here. Can you tell me why I made a good pick with AD Mitchell? Well, the year three breakout pool is becoming narrow, narrow, narrow by the day, because it might not be Ricky Pierce, all that kind of hits that breakout threshold. So let me just make my pick here before I dive into the AD Mitchell analysis so that I can avoid another.

Starting point is 00:48:39 another Dalton Kincaid. Because I don't need another, although Dalton Kincaid does kind of make sense with my roster given that, you know, the Tucker Kraft is not like 100% lock to play in week one. I think that the beats and the coaching staff has said that we're hopeful he plays in week one.

Starting point is 00:48:55 So I think it does make a lot of sense if you do draft Tucker Kraft that you do have a backup option. Of course, I draft the other really injury-prone, tight end, Dalton Kincaid, who notoriously plays every year with out of PCL or with a sprained PCL. but with Mitchell, I think that we all know he's really talented, right?

Starting point is 00:49:13 If you look at any separation metric, he is at the top, top 10, whether you're looking at fantasy points data, next-gen stats, A.D. Mitchell is someone that creates elite separation. You guys remember that Thursday night football game against the Patriots, first game he played with the Jets.

Starting point is 00:49:27 He was cooking Christian Gonzalez, one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL. The issue was Mitchell just couldn't catch the ball. He also had three drops in that game. So, again, he's an incomplete player, but in an offense where there's a clear-ish path to targets, look, if he's got his head screwed on correctly, we know the talent is there and he should see volume.

Starting point is 00:49:46 If anything, he might just run so many routes that he stumbles into some of this high-end production because of, if you look at some of these other wide receiver ones, Jerry Judy with James Winston, he was a wide receiver one. Michael Wilson last year, he was a wide receiver one because they were just out on the field. They ran a ton of routes. I could see a scenario where that happens for Mitchell

Starting point is 00:50:03 and given his talent profile, I do think that this is a, he set out for career. here. Erickson, you're back on the clock while you're making that pick fits. Our guy, Terrence Ferguson, went in a couple of spots ahead of you. Did you consider pairing him with Fanon in your tight end room? I mean, I like that value even if it wasn't a fit for your roster. Yeah, that was going to be my last pick.

Starting point is 00:50:22 Yeah, I didn't even notice he got picked. I was searching around for him and couldn't find him. And I was so mesmerized by Bogman's Carson back pick. That was it. I just. Super flex. I know. I know.

Starting point is 00:50:33 No, he's going to make starts. I think he probably makes at least six. six starts for the card. And I think it's smart for Bogman to have a third quarterback, given the age of Stafford and the injury history of Daniels. Yes, exactly. I was busy trying to fill in this RB2 spot too long. And I kind of wanted Chador, and Chador went two rounds or the round before Carson Beck. But I think Carson Beck for the second half of the season would be a nice fit. And I have Tray McBride. So a little stack if I do have to start Carson back. But I was going to take Nick Singleton with my last pick. Erickson beat me to it. Just taking a swing. as with the kind of, you know, a weaker RP approach here. Bob, you take him on Claiborne, another running back that I was considering, but I didn't expect him to get back to me, given that you had already mentioned him earlier.

Starting point is 00:51:16 Erickson, what's the upside for Singleton this year? Do you think he can overtake Pollard or does he need an injury to be effective in year one? I think there's a chance that they give him an extended look. I think that Singleton, because he was not able to test at the Combine, I think that really hurt his draft capital, right? I think that if he had tested off the charts, done a Mike Washington-esque type of combine that maybe he would have gone much higher than the fifth round or six round, wherever he ended up going.

Starting point is 00:51:41 So I do think that it is a weaker backfield. I think that Tony Pollard is, I think he's on his last legs. I know that he's had ripped off a couple thousand year out seasons, but the touches are starting to really accumulate for him. And the Titans, are they going to be contenders this year? I do think that they're kind of a sneaky team, especially when we look at the betting odds for them to go from worse to first in the division. But I don't think that Singleton is totally out for the count in a back.

Starting point is 00:52:06 feel where both guys are going to be free agents at the end of the season. So I think it does make sense for them to at least give singleton extensive look based on what his athleticism is when he's fully healthy and ready to go. Let's look at some draft analysis. One of my favorite things to do after doing any mock draft or real draft is to see what fantasy pros thinks is going to happen. Projected standings have me in fourth. I got a B plus as my grade.

Starting point is 00:52:29 Bogman 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, for us. And then Erickson at 8th. Not a ton of huge gaps. There's not like a big outlier number one team or bottom team, really. So it seems to be sort of a somewhat even fair, you know, mock draft here, looking at some of the folks who like my draft and don't like it. Erickson would have been first if it wouldn't for Kincaid there, I bet. That Kincaid pick. I bet that what if is probably Kincaid, huh, huh, Erickson?

Starting point is 00:52:58 I don't have any of you guys on my thumbs up or thumbs down from the expert opinions here. a thumbs down. Yeah, I'm looking Dalton Del Don in front of the show, give a thumbs down. Hayden Winks with Yahoo gives a thumbs up. Not any of you guys on there. And then looking at steals or reaches, it does have, C.J. Stroud is a steal for me. Again, just given that it's super flex, of course. Jaden Higgins as a value pick for me.

Starting point is 00:53:23 It does say Brock Bowers is a reach. That's one that I knew it said that on the rankings at the time. I just don't agree. I'm just thrilled to get a guy who I think could break fantasy and break the position in scoring this year with that. the last pick of the second round. So that's one that I think is going to come up a lot in my what if, you know, the pick analysis. Yeah, I should have taken Jonathan Taylor there, according to this, or Drake London, would have been the preferred picks according to the system.

Starting point is 00:53:46 But yeah, my strength is obviously Alan Bowers and then my wide receiver kind of trio, even though I don't have a great number one, is how it looks like for me. What sort of analysis is it showing you fits? So yeah, I'm right in the middle and I found it interesting that the four of us plus bunting, we're all separated by like, less than 39 points. I mean, I'm one point behind Bogman. You couldn't get a, you couldn't slip a credit card in between me and Bogman with our scores. That's interesting. They were all just kind of solid in the middle here. Let's see, Joshua Kimmel gave me an A plus 99 out of 100. At a boy, Josh. Thank you. And my buddy Jacob Gibbs of CBS liked my draft. Some guys who didn't Rudy

Starting point is 00:54:27 Gamble. You're going to have to talk to him about that. Jorge Edwards. I just saw him at the Fantasy Football Expo. What's up, Jorge? Yeah, I like my draft. And generally, I think it didn't like my selection of Kyler Murray and had several other quarterbacks ranked ahead of Kyler. Maybe that hurt me a little bit. But look, I already had Justin Jefferson. I get a little bit of a stack there.

Starting point is 00:54:49 And I did want two running quarterbacks and got him with Dart and Kyleor Murray. Erickson. So for me, Andrew Erickson gave me a 94 out of 100. So that's all that matters. That was actually the highest grade. though, because again, we have one auto pick, and it's not the true Andrew Erick that's drafting this team. So someone actually liked my team more.

Starting point is 00:55:13 Lou Brunson from Optimus Fantasy Football gave me a 98 out of 100 Pete Nova, FFSAF, off gave me a 97 out of 100. But a fellow Andrew, Andrew Liduck from that sports podcast network gave me a 68 out of 100. I thought all Andrews were united when it comes to fantasy football. Apparently, that's not true. So those are my expert opinions. When it comes to the pick analysis, I think that's interesting. And the Kincaid pick is obviously the one I'm thinking about a lot because it was

Starting point is 00:55:41 auto-picked. But it's actually what I don't like the most and the pick analysis tool of reason is actually Brock Purdy. I feel like it was a reach and looking back just kind of things how shaken out, right? The fact that you got CJ Stroud in round nine and I got Brock Purdy in round two, like I get CJ Stroud has struggled the last couple of years. And I get Brock Purdy is in a very, very quarterback friendly. system, but that just seems way too a big a gap.

Starting point is 00:56:08 When you look at just like raw projections, I bet there's nowhere near it's going to be that far away. So Brock Purdy, I definitely pushed probably as a, I probably reached there trying to draft a quarterback and in Superflex, trying to address that position. It feels probably different if I got Trevor Lawrence, but he went a couple of picks ahead of me. So I think I reached there on Purdy, and it's even telling me in the pick analysis tool is if I had gone instead

Starting point is 00:56:36 C.D. Lamb, I could have drafted C.J. Stroud in the seventh round and I would have gotten 40 more points instead of drafting Jordan Tyson. So I agree with that. So I think I reached on Purdy there. I think I should have just gone with the best skill position players available similar to

Starting point is 00:56:52 I believe that's what fits. Yeah, that's what Fitz did. And then he went two quarterbacks in rounds three and four. I think that I probably would have liked my team a lot more, even if I had gone with, you know, CD Lamb and then Bo Nix versus Brock Purdy and then Rashi Rice. So that's one thing that I will look at. And that's why doing this draft analyzer after your draft is so important to learn from your mistakes and try to remember, okay, if you feel like you're forcing a quarterback and Superflex, you probably are.

Starting point is 00:57:21 And don't do that. Plus with the Purdy thing, you've got this electromagnetic field around the substation just hunting down your pass catchers. The guys are already dropping like flies. We look up, there's already three guys, you know, Ricky Pearsall, Jordan James already has a fractured rib. Need your guardian aluminum helmet. It's brutal. Yeah. That pick analysis tool is really one of the fun ones.

Starting point is 00:57:45 Like I mentioned for me, it was showing that I shouldn't take empowers. It's also saying maybe I shouldn't have taken AJ Brown. I should have gone Jonathan Taylor instead, which I did consider. And it's interesting to see how the system is saying how it would have improved my projected standings and power rankings. And given that I was able to get Ladd and Teddra-McMillan on the way back, I kind of do wish I had. I take you Jonathan Taylor and had sort of that anchor RP instead of more of a closer to zero RB approach for me. Bogman, what's the analysis showing for you?

Starting point is 00:58:10 Yeah, I mean, I would have been 89 points higher. So first place by a lot if I had taken Sam Darnold in the 10th instead of another RB. And I was just fighting for those RBs, though. So didn't like what I had. So I was fighting there. But that that's the biggest difference for me. That would have put me in first place by a lot.

Starting point is 00:58:29 I got the stack of Jane Daniels and Terrier. McClure. We like that. I got Pacheco as a sleeper. Coleman as a sleeper as well, but I did reach on Coleman about three rounds earlier. But again, I'm just looking to get some of those running backs. 92 was the highest grade I got from my guy Matt Donnelly from Dynasty Vipers. I did a couple shows with them a couple years ago. Tom Stracking gave me a 91. I was up there. But Dbro gave me a 67, gave me a D plus. See me after class is what it says on this here. So it didn't like me. Neither did Brad Beats and Josh Kimmel, Nick Bauterford, or Ryan Weiss. So not a lot of love there. Surprised I got fifth in this. I think the build is okay for what I did when getting snipe so much,

Starting point is 00:59:13 but I really didn't enjoy doing this draft. It was a knot in my stomach the whole time. I kept getting sniped and I'm glad it's over. I did not like this team. Looking at the draft board here, I want to kind of wrap up with us again highlighting a team other than our own that we really liked. I'm just like very torn between Suggs and Grimm picking 108 and 111 in this draft. I thought I liked Suggs's start a bit better than Grims, but I like Grimm's back half of the draft a bit better than Suggs. But really for both of them, I like their rosters all the way through, just to recap for Grimm. Herbert, Gentie, Bo Nix, Chris Alave, Luther Bird, and Javent, Jimte Williams, Quinshon,

Starting point is 00:59:52 Judkins, Michael Wilson, Jonathan Brooks. You know, later on he took Isaiah likely and Greg Dulcich as a tight end pair, taking those guys in rounds 12 and 14. You know, he takes a swing on stribling. I really like that. And then Suggs, you know, Caleb, Aminra, Sequa, Derek Henry, Colson, Loveland, Kairn Williams. I have head over heels in love with those first six picks.

Starting point is 01:00:11 I think that's a fantastic start. You know, Alec Pierce, Brian Thomas Jr., maybe a little bit more question marks there at round seven and eight. I didn't love Daniel Jones as much as his QB2. Was really my only complaint. But then Blake Corum, you know, upside swing on Ricky Pearsall, upside swing on guys like Dylan Samson, Denzel, Boston. I like both of those rosters quite a bit.

Starting point is 01:00:32 Bogman, who stands out to you as your favorite roster other than your own? Pepper and Bunting are the two that probably because I was drafting by them. But I really like Pepper Stack here. Shuck and Lawrence with Gibbs, Josh, Jacobs, Tutan, Camara and Emmett Johnson on the bench. Wide receivers are Nico Pickens, Parker, Washington, Xavier Worthy, and Caleb Douglas. Ended up with Kittle and Chig as the tight ends. I thought this was a really nice build for Pepper and Bunting, waiting on those QBs and going love and Willis,

Starting point is 01:01:03 but getting Achan, Walker, Puka, JSN, DKMetkaf, and the bench is strong too. Obviously upset me with the Judarian Price Pick, also really good RBs on the bench with Mnangai Marks and Algier, Wondale and Rashid Shaheed and Juan Jennings is the backup wide receivers. I think Bunting's draft is probably my favorite. Fitz, do you have a favorite that stands out to you? Bunting is way up there for sure.

Starting point is 01:01:29 There are a lot of other ones I liked. Like awesome dev, getting that James Cook Chase Brown combo along with Jalen Hertz. I mean, Hertz might have been a little early in the first round. Then just when I was thinking he didn't have enough at wide receiver, started well with Abukin, Christian Watson, and get Stefan Diggs. I'm thinking he doesn't have enough. Kind of pulls out Josh Downs and Jalen Coker really late. Two guys are really liked. He got the last of the top tight ends and Sam Leporta.

Starting point is 01:01:55 So I liked what he did. And I kind of liked what Bretzky did, too. You know, Brettski was kind of in danger of getting shut out at running back. He only had Jeremiah Love. Then he sneaks out Jalen Warren late in the eighth. When I was real close to taking Warren in front of him when I took Harold Fannin. So he gets Warren and then Chuba Hubbard to sort of nail shut that back door at running back. And I like some of the wide receivers he got late too, like with Shakir and McMillan

Starting point is 01:02:24 to give him some kind of needed depth behind a really good starting three of CDLAM, Malik neighbors, and Devante Adams. I'm glad you mentioned him. He did win this draft based on the Fan of Spro's analysis. He did finish kind of with the highest projected standing. He had the best score of anybody here. And also it feels like, you know, between myself and Bogman, we kept praising all the guys in the back half of the draft,

Starting point is 01:02:46 not as much praise for the guys in the first half of the draft. So I'm glad that you highlighted Bretzky there. Fitz, Erickson, who stands out to you? Yeah, so I'm not even doing this one like from the hip. I'm actually plugging in my rankings into the draft analyzer and it will tell me who I like the most besides my draft. And according to the tool, I like Pepper Maniac the most. And when I actually look at his roster, when I actually look at the roster, I'm like, I really do like this team a lot. I like the build.

Starting point is 01:03:16 So going here, R.B. The fact that they got Jamir Gibbs at 10. That's crazy. I again, I would have taken him if I realized he was still on the board at seven. But of course, I'm a dummy and didn't take him. I mean, if he's going to go this late or any of these top three guys between Bejohn Chase behind these quarterbacks, you've got to scoop them up. Like, I think that it's you got to, I think it's Josh Allen, Drake May, and then Lamar. And then I think after those guys, I'm willing to take a shot on the running backs and Chase or even Puka, to be honest.

Starting point is 01:03:48 And full PPR. So just getting him 10 is insane. Trevor Lawrence, I love as an MVP, Dark Horse. And then his three receivers are Collins, Pickens, and Parker Washington, Jacobs, Bayshell 2 in RB1, RB2. He has Tyler Shuck as his Superflex quarterback. And then he doubled down with Mendoza, Cam Ward, a couple of dark shots at quarterback. And then he got kiddle in round 11 as a starting tight end with Chigaconkwo in round 13.

Starting point is 01:04:13 So I think he did an excellent job with his team. And, yeah, and I could not agree more with what. the tool is saying here just when I input in my rankings. I'm curious, guys, if you do that with yours with Boggs and Fitsy, if you guys plug in it, if it would match what you said to see if it would actually match up with what your eyes were kind of telling you. So I do have a question, though, for Worm on your team. Yeah. Because I'm curious, because we both went zero RB to an extent. You only drafted four running backs. Do you like that you did that, or do you think, hey, I wish I'd, because how many, you have so many wide receivers? I'm just feeling like, when are some of your

Starting point is 01:04:47 late-round receivers ever going to crack your team with all, because you used to have so many studs already. Yeah, there's two thoughts I would say to that. Number one is a lot of the running backs that I had planned to take just went before I could get to them. And so I had planned to take more. It was sort of just like, hey, I don't want to sacrifice a guy that I think is clearly better just on my board, even if it's out of position I already have names at.

Starting point is 01:05:10 And two is, and this sometimes hurts me in the scoring, you know, if you look at the mock draft after is I always approach these mock drafts as this is how I would draft if it was a real league that we were playing out. And I think this is a roster I can play out very well, be active on the waiver wire for running backs who step into new opportunities. You know, I have all these wide receiver shots. In the first couple of weeks, I'm going to know if some of these are panning out or not like Trey Harris, A.D. Mitchell.

Starting point is 01:05:37 And I could be willing to, if I am still loaded there, trade them or, hey, roster churned back end of the roster. I don't need to hang on to these guys more than a couple of weeks. So it's a lot of like swings just wanting to take the best player trusting myself to manage this team throughout the season as opposed to like if I had to go, you know, into a season. If this was like best ball and I knew I couldn't really do much managing, I would have approached it a little bit differently. But really the main excuse that I would have is just that people kept taking the running backs I wanted before they got back to me, which makes me wish that I had taken Jonathan Taylor early to kind of slide down these other running backs down the board. like if I was to change what I did at the two three turn, it wouldn't be like getting rid of Bowers and taking London,

Starting point is 01:06:21 like which was what the computer recommended. It would be probably getting rid of AJ Brown and taking Jonathan Taylor and then trusting the depth at receiver, which again, I'm really happy with the guys that got back to me later. So I would have approached it differently in that way with hindsight. But yeah, it was just sort of the way the board fell and then also imagining playing this out

Starting point is 01:06:40 who would I be taking here. Brett Ski was the number one on my list when I switched it down to mine. So I had, let's see, I had worm in here at three, even though we don't want to give him any credit. And then pepper at four and bunting at five. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah.

Starting point is 01:07:00 Eddie, let's go around the horn. Just quick final thoughts. Anything you took away from the experience, anything you learned about what your approach would be in any of your own redraft? Super Flex leagues, then we'll wrap things up. So just quickly here, Bogman, any final takeaways? Yeah, not reaching on tight end ever again. in a super flex. That's my overall take.

Starting point is 01:07:15 It is funny. I will say, I can't help myself. Every time we do a mock and Bowers is there at the two, three turn, I take him because I just, I think he could be like one of those league defining players this year with a healthy season.

Starting point is 01:07:28 And every time I'm also, I end up going, man, Mark Andrews is available in the 12th. Sam Laporte is available in the 10th. You took Andrews too. Yeah. Every time,

Starting point is 01:07:36 I say likely the 12th two. I'm like, every time I'm like, man, the other's some good tight ends late. But I cannot help myself. I am that. love with Brock Bowers. Fitz, what's your final

Starting point is 01:07:44 takeaway? It's always interesting to see how many quarterbacks go in the first round of a super flex draft, and I feel like you might see as few as five go this year, and instead we got eight in this one, which I think is pretty close to the maximum of what you're ever going to see.

Starting point is 01:08:00 And it's interesting what it did. I mean, it pushed down Jackson Smith and Jigbit at 201. Amon-Ross St. Brown at 202. Boggs got Kristen McCaffrey at 204, Jente 205. So, you know, makes for some pretty good values on position players a little bit later on. You know, there's still some pretty good quarterbacks to be had beyond the second round of this super flex draft. A lot of positions feel pretty deep this year.

Starting point is 01:08:25 You know, quarterback being one of them for sure. Erickson, final takeaway before we get out of here. Yeah, if you feel like you're reaching on a quarterback, you probably are. So that's something that I'm trying to, my big takeaway, because Brock Purdy, and I felt the run, right? If it's just kind of laid it out, we had so many quarterbacks going around, one, I'm on the clock. I didn't go quarterback in round one and I'm like, I got to get somebody here and it ended up being a value proposition that I'm not really thrilled about. Now, I'm not totally, I'm not screwed because again, Rock Party is still good. Like I'm happy I have him on my roster,

Starting point is 01:08:55 but the fact that what I had to pay to get him versus all the skill position players based on where the other quarterbacks went in hindsight, yeah, I definitely would have approached that differently and just a matter of don't fall to these runs, right? You want to be having people chase what you're starting with your run at the skill position players. So that's, a big takeaway. And that's why getting in these mocks, especially on Superflex, because it's kind of like the Wow, Wow, West, there really is no true ADP when it comes to Superflex. It's a matter of what does your league think of quarterbacks? Because some Superflex, some quarterbacks don't get drafted at all in the first round. People are like, we don't care. King's Classic, right? Fitz, how undervalued are all

Starting point is 01:09:30 quarterbacks in that format? I get it's a one quarterback league, but it's just, it's an expert's industry-led league. And every expert is always like punt quarterback, except Josh Allen. So that's something to take away from it as well. It is interesting, I think to that point, Erickson, that I think usually when we do these mocks, there are several teams, maybe not several, but a few teams that don't take a quarterback with their first two picks. There were only two in this one. It was bunting and fits, and that was it.

Starting point is 01:09:55 I feel like we usually see one or two more beyond that, who are kind of toying around with the waiting at quarterback strategy. So they went earlier here, and we kind of had to adjust. So we'll go ahead and wrap things up there. Thanks everybody for checking out this Superflex PPR mock draft. And I hope if you're in a Superflex league, it was helpful to you. Check out our tools. Do your own mock drafting at Fantasyprose.com.

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd - FantasyPros - The Ultimate 2026 Superflex PPR Mock Draft: QB Runs, Zero RB & Best Values (Ep. 2108)

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