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0:31Where did you go? Tom, this is our third Superflex Draft that we drafted.
0:36One team that we drafted together. One team that we drafted head to head.
0:40And the constant theme with all those drafts has Drake May at one, Drake May at three.
0:45So picking here at the 105 spot, it only felt natural to.
0:49All right, let's get another Drake May team here built here.
0:52So at the 105 pick, an easy selection for me, Drake Maye, a quarterback that I believe could finish as the QB
0:58one overall and potentially dethrone Josh Allen this year.
1:01Yeah, well, it's going to take something special to dethrone Josh Allen.
1:05Obviously, the usual characters are in the mix in this draft going quickly through ADP before it gets to me.
1:11We are using the Fantasy Pro's draft assistant. So if you've used FFPC before and this looks unfamiliar, that's why we believe it's a better way to draft.
1:19And we'll talk more about that as we go.
1:22So the Jameer Gibbs goes over 101 to my good friend, Chris Cash.
1:26Then Bijan Robinson. This isn't overly unusual. Like we've seen plenty of the running backs going before the quarterbacks this year, because
1:32in the second round you get quite a nice pod of quarterbacks who come back to that end.
1:38Then Josh Allen goes, Jamar Chase is the Yves' receiver one.
1:41Drake May to Mr. Erickson. Puka Nakua, Jaden Daniels.
1:44Lamar Jackson, CMC. And I've still got a couple of picks before me.
1:48Jaden Daniels going ahead of Lamar Jackson. I think that's the first time I've seen that this year.
1:53Andrew, have you seen it in many drafts? No, I have not.
1:57But I do understand the thought process behind looking at Lamar versus Jaden Daniels, two mobile quarterbacks who's going to end up running more.
2:04I do think that that is really going to kind of take a big place in how things shake out.
2:10So I think Jaden Daniels can achieve an elite ceiling this season.
2:13I do get concerned about the weaponry behind Terry McClure.
2:16Maybe they signed Stefan Diggs. That kind of changes that conversation.
2:20But I do think that Jaden Daniels going at least in round one, one spot ahead of Lamar.
2:25I don't think it's like totally. I think they're in the same tier.
2:29So if you were drafting in a lot of different teams, I do think it makes sense to get a little bit
2:35more, try to balance your portfolio a little bit.
2:38Yeah. I mean, I'm a Ravens fan. I'm unapologetic for it.
2:41And I think that Lamar's in for a big season.
2:44So I've been, it's not a move I would do, but here on the turn, I'm going to scoop a little bit of ADP value on JSN.
2:53Who's fallen his ADP is typically 903 in this format.
2:56And he falls to me at the 12. So I'm going to take him there.
3:00And then I'm going to take Brock Bowers, who goes as high as the 10th spot.
3:05Typically sometimes you seem going higher. This is a tight end premium format.
3:09So for anyone unfamiliar with the FFPC contest, it is super flex.
3:12You have two flex spots. One is the super flex, but you can also play running back wide receiver or tight end.
3:19The second flex is running back wide receiver or tight end.
3:22You start two running backs, two wide receivers. So it does balance out a little bit more.
3:27If you've been playing a lot of best ball on sites where you can start three wide receivers, then another in the flex.
3:34It's not quite as important for wide receivers here.
3:37And because of that, you see some nice wide receiver values later on in the draft.
3:42This contest, first 14 weeks, it is the 12 team pod.
3:45Myself and Andrew going up against good people in this draft to try and be in the top two teams and advance through to the playoffs.
3:53Make it to week 15, but get eliminated. You'll make at least $100 or $125 draft entry for next year.
3:59The finals, it is an 84 person final with 100k up top, 15k a second.
4:03So it drops off pretty quickly. 7k a third, 4k to fourth and fifth.
4:07So very top heavy. Andrew, we've done a bunch of these, but I appreciate it's getting closer to the start of the
4:14season and not everyone has been as dialed in.
4:17So what is like your overall strategy for these big best ball tournaments?
4:21Is there any particular ways that you like to approach things?
4:24I don't think it's one thing in particular. I do think that letting some value fall to you when the opportunity strikes itself.
4:31If people are going after, I want this breakout player, I want this breakout player, and you start to see values kind of fall down the board.
4:39I think that's where you want to take advantage.
4:42So remaining a little bit grounded here with some of your picks and selections.
4:46You can't always have the all breakout team because a lot of times that also coincides with teams that all bust team.
4:52If these breakouts fail to fire. So that's something to always keep in mind.
4:57But yeah, staying up to date with the training camp news.
5:00I know that we already got some stuff again.
5:03Every quarterback seems like they're ready to go. Positive stuff about Daniel Jones, positive stuff about Patrick Mahomes.
5:08I'm interested to see where they go in this particular draft, being that it is super flex.
5:13Do they go a little bit higher than we've seen throughout the offseason where I think it's a little bit more walking
5:20on eggshells, kind of pessimistic about their outlooks, especially as we got to get kickoffed here.
5:24Yeah. So after me, it went Joe Burrow going as QB5.
5:28Then I'm on Ra St. Brown, Trey McBride, Ashton Gentey, Amarian Hampton, CeeDee Lamb.
5:32Andrew is back on the clock. Like I say, picking with Fantasy Pro's draft assistant in this one.
5:37It helps to see the best available players based on whether you want to go with your rankings purely or whether you
5:44want to use Andrew's rankings, whether you want to use the consensus rankings.
5:48Updates in real time helps you adjust for roster needs, go pick by pick recommendations.
5:52And it matters in best ball. Getting that value, as Andrew says, if you're doing a bunch of these, I think this
5:59is maybe my 30th one or so. But I did most, I'm closing in between 50 drafts between the pre-draft stuff and the post-draft stuff.
6:06And so finding that little bit of value, finding the best strategy in every single draft really matters.
6:12So go and check out fantasypros.com forward slash assistant or download the Fantasy Pro's app, single draft and use the draft system
6:18to make smart picks in real time. Andrew, who do you go with with your second round pick?
6:24Second round pick, I went with James Cook because I already have one quarterback thing and just kind of an overarching strategy
6:30when it comes to super flex that I found doing these drafts with you.
6:34I think these are really helpful for actually getting prepped for some of the redraft super flex leaks because there's just not a lot of super flex contests.
6:43I think that this is one of my favorite ones to draft with you because I can see one of the comments from Kobe Dice here.
6:51Finally, some super flex content. Let's go. Like, let's like we would love to see that because I know that we have
6:57another mock draft coming up this week. That's going to be super flex.
7:01So I'm thinking about this and every time I do a super flex draft and I decide I want to try to
7:08punt quarterback, I always hate my team. Yeah, every single time.
7:11So so I get that, like, in theory, like you can make it work, especially if you're you're so stacked at running
7:18back or receiver and it's a full PPR and there's a lot of flex spots.
7:22And I get that. And there is a way where you can kind of thread the needle and you get the right quarterbacks.
7:29But if you get boxed out of quarterback, you're so screwed.
7:32And it just really, really sucks because you do the team and you do the draft and you think, OK, I can punt this far down the road.
7:41But then you get that draft grade and the draft grade is not going to like your team very much.
7:47So I'm happy I have Drake May. I'm happy to punt one of the quarterback positions down the road here, like my
7:53super flex spot, because I know I have May as a guy who could be, I think, is at least top five
8:00at a floor, maybe the number one quarterback overall.
8:03But that's kind of my overing approach. I'm not Tom.
8:06I'm sure if you feel any differently. I just I do these and I try to punt it and I always end up hating my team.
8:13Well, I've punted quarterbacks, so I guess we'll see.
8:16I think it kind of this year, there is a decent bit of depth at quarterback.
8:21Like we see guys like Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield going outside the top 12 quarterbacks.
8:25And they're both guys who are really clear bounce back options.
8:29I think, you know, you look at Malik Willis, someone with loads of upside, like a lot of rushing potential.
8:35You look at Tyler Shook, who finished the season hot.
8:38So I don't mind pushing it a little further.
8:40That said, if I come away from this next turn without my QB one, I will start to get a little twitchy.
8:47Since my pick, Brock Bowers, start the second round.
8:50We went Joe Burrow, Monra, St. Brown, Trey McBride, Ashton Gentry, Omarion Hampton, CeeDee Lamb, James Cook, Saquon Barkley, Chase Brown, Justin Herbert.
8:56Jalen Hurts goes as QB7. I still think that is a screaming value.
9:00Trevor Lawrence, Dak Prescott, Kenneth Walker, Caleb Williams and A.J.
9:03Brown goes to Mr. Andrew Erickson. We're going to come to some of the questions in the chat after we get past my next picks.
9:11But Andrew, you feel pretty good to have stacked up the wide receiver two in New England with Drake May?
9:17Wide receiver two in New England. Wide receiver one, A.J.B.
9:20wide receiver one season. It is funny, though, again, talking about values and I'm getting A.J.
9:25Brown definitely at the premier price here. But I still want to lean to the stack.
9:29This team and basically every single team that I've drafted in the FFPC Superflex contest is riding on the backbone of Drake May.
9:36Right. Drake May hits in a big way and smashes.
9:39Then we'll be cooking with gas. But Tom, I was fun.
9:43I was looking back at the first team that we drafted together where we did draft Drake May.
9:48Okay. Guess where we got A.J. Brown in that draft?
9:51Oh, at least round four, if not round five.
9:5446th overall. 46th overall. Is where we got A.J.
9:56Brown. And that was with Drake May as our quarterback, too.
10:00And we all knew it was coming. Yeah, that draft, I believe that was over on my channel, the Fantasy Sanctuary.
10:06Closing on 5,000 subscribers. Go and get involved. After Andrew's pick, Matthew Stafford, Nico Collins, Devon O'Chan, Jackson Dart.
10:12So we're down to QB 12 already. So it is thinning out a little bit.
10:16But my bet on JSN and Brock Bowers was, okay, I'm going to have Brock Bowers, who is incredibly valuable in this
10:23format, which gives you an extra half point PPR for every catch.
10:26Brock Bowers could easily break all kinds of records.
10:29We've seen him. We've seen the potential. He just needs a slightly more functional offense to do it.
10:34And then JSN just hoping that things carry on from last year.
10:38After Jackson Dart, Rashi Rice goes to Pigskin Pimps, who has Justin Jefferson, Amon Ross St.
10:43Brown, and Rashi Rice. So the players at the top of ADP for me.
10:47You see in the draft assistant, based on Ericsson's rankings, it is Drake London, Javonte Williams, Derrick Henry.
10:52Not much in the way of quarterbacks. I am on the clock though.
10:56And where I've got the quarterbacks based on ADP in this draft room, as Andrew refreshes very kindly.
11:02So it's Brock Purdy, Patrick Mahomes, Bo Nix, who are really the top quarterbacks here.
11:06I am going to take Brock Purdy. I haven't drafted a lot of Brock Purdy yet this year, but I do really like him.
11:13And then I'm going to take Drake London. I mean, my guy, Drake London, I'm always down to take a bit of him.
11:20Like you look at what he's done over the last few years, 28% target share in three of the last four seasons.
11:27Only season where he didn't was the year off.
11:30Smith got fired for like being woeful. Average 19.9 PPR points with Penix.
11:33I don't think we'd see that drop a lot.
11:36So through four picks, JSN, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy and Drake London got the Brock double tap.
11:41Feels pretty good to me. Andrew, should we answer a couple of questions before we get down to any of your next picks?
11:48Yeah, we got some time. Panda of love. Good afternoon, fantasy pros.
11:52Dynasty league trade offer. Josh Allen for Drake May straight up.
11:55What do you think? I'm doing it. If I can get younger at the quarterback position, Josh Allen, I believe just turned 30.
12:02I mean, yeah, I've got 30 so old. No, still an elite quarterback.
12:06But I think Drake May, who I think is going to be 25 years old this season, coming off just a fantastic breakout second year.
12:13Yeah, I think this makes a lot of sense if you're trying to reset the clock on quarterback and still have a player with an elite upside.
12:21Yeah, being able to get those years back is so valuable in Dynasty.
12:25Look, if you want to make a case against Josh Allen, you point out the fact that he's coming off his lowest passing yardage since 2019 last year.
12:34He's not been over 30 passing touchdowns in the last three years.
12:37He hasn't been over 600 rushing yards in the last three years.
12:41And if the rushing touchdowns of the goal line ever dry up, it's very easy to see him having a bad year for fantasy.
12:48So I don't mind that one at all. After my pick, there was a monster of a quarterback run.
12:54I'm very glad that I took at least one quarterback.
12:57It went Drake London for myself and Bo Nix, Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Jared Goff, Kyler Murray, Colston Loveland before Andrew's on the clock.
13:04We are now past QB 18. And maybe I might just live to regret not double tapping quarterback on that turn.
13:10Andrew, are you going back to the quarterback? Well, here at QB 19 for the next one off the board.
13:16I don't think so, because a lot of the teams that's picked behind me and I think I got a notification that
13:23said, like, you know, I have a QB tier kind of drop off here with the draft wizard.
13:28I do think that it makes more it's more advantageous for me to instead just go for the highest ranked player.
13:34So I think that for me is actually going to be George Pickens, I believe, as a top end back end wide
13:41receiver one, as long as I can get him queued up here.
13:45Hopefully. Oh, I got him. I got him. We've had a couple of little draft niss-ups before.
13:50We're good to go. But hoping that because right now we're back into a quarterback tier where it kind of feels like
13:56a lot of the guys are pretty similar. I mean, you can make the case for, you know, Jordan Love.
14:02Tyler Shuck is someone that I am going to be eyeing when I do make my next pick.
14:08We'll see if he's available to me. I think he's a player that I have been feel like fighting the noise of a lot of people being high.
14:16I know that you like Tyler Shuck a decent chunk.
14:19Yeah, I feel like I've just been so late to get there when I just look at the profile, look at the situation.
14:26And it really is a player that to me looks like a lot like Bo Nix heading into his second season.
14:32Right. Experienced older quarterback had a really strong rookie season as good weapons.
14:36You feel really confident about the Kellen Moore offense.
14:39And when you're getting down to this tier of quarterbacks, there are question marks about some of these quarterback play caller combinations
14:45where you don't really have that type of concern with Tyler Shuck, Kellen Moore.
14:50I think Jordan Tyson is a superstar in the making.
14:53And if that's the case, well, his quarterback is probably going to be throwing the ball pretty effectively behind a decent offensive line.
15:00So we'll see what happens if he falls back to me.
15:03But I will be looking to shop at the quarterback part of the market here when I'm making my pick at the 505.
15:10Yeah, I mean, QB 11 from week 10 onwards last year, Tyler Shuck.
15:14And now you give him an extra weapon. Another year where this year the offense is tailored to him.
15:19Like last year they were splitting reps between him and Spencer Rattler.
15:23Almost lost it there, but pulled it back in.
15:26So this year everything's fully tailored to him. And I think that really is going to matter.
15:31So since your last pick, we went Jeremiah Love, Chris Olave, Tyler Warren.
15:35Lots to like about lots of them. Big thing for Tyler Warren today.
15:38The news coming from the Pat McAfee show with Daniel Jones on it, I believe, talking about how he's medically cleared completely from his Achilles injury.
15:46And he's going to be fine to take part in all aspects of training camp.
15:51Obviously massive for Tyler Warren. We've kind of gone back and forth on Tyler Warren a little bit.
15:56I think I'm still more excited about Tucker Craft and Sam Laporta who are behind him, but it's really easy to build
16:03a breakout case for Tyler Warren this year, isn't it, Andrew?
16:06Yeah. I think that he's easily the projected leader in that clubhouse to catch the most passes, see the most targets in that offense.
16:13It just makes a lot of sense for what they removed from the offense.
16:17You're taking Michael Pittman Jr. Out and he was really eating underneath.
16:21What do we see tight ends do all the time is operate in that intermediate short area of the field, especially with his yards out to the catch.
16:29And it's interesting because I believe that, and correct me if I'm wrong, I think that his yards out to the catch
16:36didn't really pop last year, just like in some of the advanced metrics.
16:40But it's one of those things where it feels a lot of just descriptive rather than predictive because we saw Tyler Warren
16:46play at the college level and he was an absolute monster after the catch.
16:51So I think there's a little bit of noise to it where I don't know if it's, oh, this guy clearly can't break tackles.
16:58I don't think that's the case. I just think, especially with more opportunities underneath running the football after the catch, I think
17:04Tyler Warren is going to eat this year. And again, he's someone that I'm definitely, especially in a tight end premium, where
17:11you're getting the most for just racking up a lot of receptions.
17:15I think he makes a lot of sense here in this format, especially at the end of round four here.
17:21Yeah. Quick shout out to I'm Prezzy TTV. It's their birthday today.
17:24Still working. So lurking. Appreciate you. Hope you have a fantastic day for the rest of it.
17:29And especially once you get out of work, Andrew's back on the clock here in round five.
17:34So far, he's gone Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens in this Superflex Titan premium contest.
17:40Andrew, the draft assistant saying, Kyron Williams, are you listening to the draft assistant or are you playing this one differently?
17:46Well, I'm going to hit up coach really quick to see what it's thinking.
17:50And it says 92%. I asked, do I take a quarterback here?
17:54And overwhelming consensus consensus is yes, let's take Jordan love here.
17:57And I honestly could not agree more. We did not get Tyler Shuck to come back to me.
18:03And when I realized that the drafter ahead of me also took Chris Olave, that there was basically no shot that Tyler
18:09Shuck was going to fall back to me. But Jordan love, I think that he makes a lot of sense in the Superflex format.
18:16We have seen him hit a ceiling before. I don't remember if it was 2023 or 2024, but in the back half
18:23of that season, he was a top five fantasy quarterback.
18:26It's just a matter of will they let him throw the football a little bit more here?
18:31The offensive line is a bit shaky in Green Bay.
18:34So that does concern me a little bit. But Jordan love, I think it was either first or second.
18:40I mean, right now I'm leading the teams drafting here in EPA per drop back between Drake may and Jordan.
18:46So when it comes to the spreadsheets, they love my team right now.
18:50The advanced, the nerds love my team. Hey, I mean, the nerds, that's one way to win this game.
18:55I'm going to look to win some natural money out of it, but that's a good start.
19:00And I think you were right, though, to take that.
19:03Like, I'm definitely slightly nervous about the next couple of picks before it makes me since my last pick.
19:09What, two, four, six, eight quarterbacks have gone off the board and we're at QB 21 where you took Jordan love.
19:15So feeling slightly nervous. Two of the three teams before me have got two quarterbacks already.
19:20And then the team of the 10 pigskin pimps, who's a very smart drafter has just won, but might not want to push it too far.
19:28The remaining quarterbacks that I'm looking at Sam Donald, CJ Stroud, Daniel Jones.
19:32So Daniel Jones is probably somebody who's going to rise.
19:35I wouldn't be upset if he made it to me and then you're down to the kind of level of Bryce Young.
19:41Of course, Sam Donald has to go off the board to an auto drafter pick nine who would have stacked nicely with JSN.
19:48But hey, that's fine. I like to like to live life on difficult mode.
19:52I am back on the clock and I am going to take Daniel Jones as my first quarterback here.
19:58I'm not going to take a third quarterback straight away though, because looking at what's here, I've got Josh Jacobs, Lad McConkie,
20:05T Higgins, CJ Stroud, Malik Neighbors, Garrett Wilson. It just feels like there's still such a level of talent.
20:10And I'm going to take somebody I've been high on all offseason.
20:14And that is Lad McConkie. Andrew, Malik Neighbors is still on the board.
20:18If he makes it back to you, are you interested?
20:21Yes, I think that I am interested here with Malik Neighbors.
20:24I know that we were talking before we started here about the Kings Classic.
20:28That's where I was this past weekend at the Fantasy Football Expo.
20:32I got the chance to draft with Pat Fismorris, obviously colleague here, friend at Fantasy Pros.
20:37And we actually ended up getting Malik Willis in the snake draft.
20:40He fell into round four. And it was a situation where we kind of looked at each other.
20:46We needed a wide receiver. Sorry, Malik Neighbors. And again, it's a 14 team league.
20:50Oh, sorry, Malik Neighbors. It's a 14 team league.
20:53So you got to take some swings here and there of, okay, like, because your, your rosters do not have any type of depth whatsoever.
21:00And the waiver wire is absolutely barren, especially in an expert league.
21:04And we just looked at each other. He doesn't feel good to click, but he was the highest ranked guy we both had.
21:11So it's like, well, are we just going to go against our rankings?
21:15Like, no, like we got to trust the rankings.
21:18And we felt like that there was a time and value where he did make the most sense.
21:23So, um, and, and at least last over the week, and we did get something positive.
21:28Probably the first positive report about Malik Neighbors that we've gotten all off season was that he's expected to avoid the pup.
21:34Now that remains to be seen whether that's actually true or not.
21:38But I did think it was at least somewhat notable that we got some positive news about Malik Neighbors.
21:44That has, has really been the, uh, that really has not been the case for the majority of the off season.
21:50Yeah. And honestly, I feel like I played Malik Neighbors situation potentially wrong on some of the earlier drafts I've done.
21:56I thought that we were going to get the pup discount.
21:59I thought he'd hit pup and people had let him fall even further, but now the news that he's not.
22:05Now it doesn't mean that he's healthy. I think the Giants have said that it just gives them the option to be
22:12more flexible with his training, which makes a lot of sense.
22:15But I really expected to get another dip at the point at this point.
22:20And that was the point where I was going to start being more aggressive with him.
22:24But hey, you can't get everything right in this game.
22:27It's always a little bit tricky. Andrew's on the clock.
22:30We had a question earlier from Dara saying, I'm pick 12 and 13 in super flex PPR is Omarian Hampton and AJ Brown an insane start.
22:38Well, Dara, like if you look in this draft, AJ Brown went to Andrew in the third round.
22:43Omarian Hampton went middle of the second round. So look, it's not insane.
22:47If those are your guys this year and that's what you want to do, go get the guys that you believe in.
22:54D bro is always very big on that. And it's hard to argue with it.
22:58But if you're drafting a lot of teams, then I would maybe say that you can get a little bit more value.
23:05Like, you know, I started JSN, Brock Bowers. It could have easily been JSN, Joe Burrow, JSN and Mon Ra, something like that.
23:12So get in the mock draft wizard, do a bunch of those and see how things fall to you.
23:18Andrew, you started with Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens, Jordan Love.
23:22Who did you add with your sixth round pick?
23:25Teterola McMillan, wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers, who I think, in my opinion, I think that he's kind of being slept on a little bit.
23:32I got him after Luther Burton. Which one of these guys won Offensive Rookie of the Year last year?
23:38He's T-Mac. So I understand the concerns about Bryce Young being his quarterback, who it was his quarterback last year, too.
23:44And he still won Offensive Rookie of the Year.
23:47He still had 127 targets total, the same as Ekmecha Ekbuka, who also went a full round ahead of T-Mac.
23:53I just don't think he's getting enough respect as the clear cut alpha number one receiver in his offense.
23:59Look, I don't think that us projecting, oh, well, the Panthers are going to run the ball too much.
24:04They're not going to throw the football. You know what offense didn't throw the football at all last year?
24:10The Seahawks. Jason was pretty good, right? I found that at least in my, when I've looked at my past articles and
24:17I've written things about receivers and, well, they're not going to throw the ball enough.
24:21And every time I look back at that on hindsight, it's almost always bad analysis where it actually doesn't help me for,
24:28I'm just going to fade this guy because I don't think the offense is going to throw the ball enough.
24:34That can change so quickly. We saw with Arizona Cardinals, right?
24:37Their defense gets gutted by injuries. All the running backs get hurt.
24:41And now they decided to drop the ball 40, 50 times a game.
24:44And, and that creates a fantasy bonanza. So I'm buying the talent of T-Mac.
24:49And I just think that he's falling for all the wrong reasons.
24:52I know he has like some like soft tissue injury thing, but I don't think it's a big deal.
24:58I think that he's a player that we should be excited about taking a step forward in year two after a really
25:05strong rookie season where again, he was the most consistent guy.
25:08And that's why he won the offensive rookie of the year award.
25:11I think he's going to continue to ascend. And again, we're getting little stat or a news nuggets about him in the slot.
25:18Oh baby. Like that's the stuff that we love when we hit guys playing in the slot.
25:23That, that means right. We're in peak training camp mode.
25:26You gotta love it. So whilst you were enjoying yourself at the fantasy football expo last week, I was doing a show with Wyrm.
25:34And one of the players I chose as a make or break player was Terrell McMillan.
25:38And it's just, I'm not quite as high as you.
25:41I don't mind him in this super flex format.
25:44And I feel like where he landed with you was good value, but like Bryce Young, fourth worst by passing yards per game last year.
25:52Second worst by yards per pass attempts. Like I just find him a really difficult click.
25:56And then you look at how Panthers started training camp.
25:59Ikea Konwu, left tackle and right tackle Taylor Morton both ended up on Pup list, NFI list.
26:04So like, I do worry about them. I think their strength schedule is a little tough, but where you got him in
26:11the sixth round feels a lot better. Yeah. Haynes, good friend of mine.
26:15Haynes saying where I got Drake London was a smash.
26:18I started JSM, Brot Bowers, Brot Perdy, Drake London in round four, before going Daniel Jones and Lad McConkie.
26:24Andrew has Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens, Jordan Love, and Ted Arroyo McMillan.
26:28So Andrew, you're about to be back on the clock.
26:31You going QB three or time to start loading up on more running backs?
26:36Tight end premium, of course. You don't want to push that too far.
26:40Exactly. You exactly. That's why I want to go with a tight end here.
26:44And actually, I'm curious if coach thinks something similar, if I should go up with a tight end as an option, because
26:50I look at the board and Harold Fannin Jr.
26:53is still there. And I think that he could potentially thrive in this type of scoring format where, look, we like some of the receivers they drafted.
27:01Denzel Boston, Casey Concepcion, Jerry Judy begrudgingly. We took in the Kings classic because he was like wide receiver 80 and you
27:08have to start like a billion players in that.
27:10And we just know he's going to be on the field.
27:14So, and coach agrees. Yeah. Tight end is absolutely an option here.
27:17A strong one. I think that there's a tear fall off after Harold Fannin Jr.
27:22Here. So that's where I'm going to be going in that direction to take advantage of the tight end premium scoring.
27:28I already have a bunch of wide receivers. So if I draft another receiver, they would actually be in on my bench
27:35anyway, even in the best balls format. And I don't like to really overextend myself for running back twos.
27:40I think that at this point, we're starting to see that tier kind of look very, very similar as we kind of go down the board.
27:48Whereas I think when I look at the tight ends that are available, I think Harold Fannin is ahead of pits ahead
27:55of Laporta by a sizable margin, because I think that he has a legitimate shot.
27:59It is the favorite to be his team's target leader, which a lot of these other guys do not project as that type of player.
28:07That's fair question from Kylie. We'll get to in a minute.
28:10But after your pick of Harold Fannin goes Devontae Adams as wide receiver 24.
28:14Jadarian Price creeping up to RB 24. David Montgomery, Jamison Williams.
28:17Top players at ADP for me are Terry McLaurin, Trevion Henderson.
28:21Bryce Young goes off the board. Kyle Pitts, Sam Laporte, Mike Evans, Christian Watson, Roma Dunze, Jalen Warren, Aaron Rodgers.
28:27So quarterback absolutely getting cleared out. QB 26 for Bryce Young there who goes to pigskin pimps, who like myself is yet to draft a running back.
28:35I am on the clock after Mike Evans goes as wide receiver 26.
28:39I like Terry McLaurin. I like Trevion Henderson. I don't mind Kyle Pitts.
28:43I am though going to take my QB three in Aaron Rodgers.
28:46I don't love Aaron Rodgers, but I think that this is going to be a more successful year this year without Arthur Smith involved.
28:53And look, you only live once. So I'm going to go with Sam Laporte here rather than taking a running back.
29:00I'm a big Sam Laporte fan. I think that like what we see from him is so much more upside than a
29:06lot of the tight ends who go before him.
29:09I think when you look at the Lions offense this year, Jared Goff is projected to lead the league in passing yards and touchdowns.
29:16Some of you've talked about on the Ben Pros podcast, Andrew.
29:19But yet still, we don't seem excited for his players outside of Amon Ross St.
29:24Brown and Jameer Gibbs. Like when healthy, Sam Laporte has just been an absolute difference maker.
29:29Where are you at on him this year, Andrew?
29:31I like him in this type of format. I like him in leagues where he goes a little bit later, where he's
29:38not necessarily pushed up the board because usually I tend to stay away from the middle tier of tight ends.
29:44Like that's the really one concern I have for Laporte.
29:47And if it's more of Laporte as the third option in this passing game behind Jamison Williams.
29:52Now, I look just looking back at their recent splits.
29:55It has not been that case. It really has been Laporte ahead of Jamison Williams in the target pecking order to know off the coordinator.
30:03So what what ends up happening? But if you look at what Petsig did last year with Trey McBride, again, I'm not
30:09going to give him all the credit, but sure.
30:12Love targeting his tight end, especially in the red zone.
30:15So just given the prices of these particular players, I do feel a bit more comfortable about Laporte.
30:20And I believe where did Jamison Williams go? If he's not still on the board.
30:25Jamison is still on the board. Okay. Yeah. So he's still on the board here, but I'm sure that, you know, he'll
30:31be probably his name will probably come off the board pretty, pretty soon.
30:35Actually, no, he's gone. No, yeah, he went at the 709.
30:39Yeah. So he actually went a couple spots ahead of Sam Laporte.
30:42So I think I would rather, I think I like the pick that you made more, you know, getting him a little bit later.
30:49I do think though, when you said, we set it up as you only live once.
30:54I thought, okay, this has to be Kyle Pitts then.
30:57Like that's like, that's always the, the YOLO pick is, oh yeah.
31:01Time to go back to, to Kyle Pitts here.
31:03But I like the line's tight end. So I'm not really in on Kyle Pitts as much as the market is this year.
31:10I think that you look at the splits and it was so obvious that Kyle Pitts was doing his best work when Drake London was off field.
31:18And I'm, I'm not saying I think that he's not good, but I just kind of look at like, he's never been a good touchdown scorer.
31:26Last year coming off career highs and targets, receptions and touchdowns kind of set him up for a good market, but I
31:33don't believe that he's going to be as consistent as he was last year when Drake London was off field.
31:39Like Drake London is such a target dominator, such a lock in the red zone.
31:43And this kind of goes back to what Rob saying in the chat, but like, if this is going to end up
31:50being a more efficient offense, because they've got someone like Tua or Michael Pennix at quarterback, then I want to buy into the wide receiver.
31:57I think that where Drake London wins the ball sets up really well for Tua.
32:02And I mean, Tua helped Tyree kill to two top three wide receiver finishes over the last few years.
32:08So it's not like, yes, Tua is never going to be fantasy relevant himself particularly, but it's not like he hasn't done it.
32:14And I think that everything Drake London does should work well for this one.
32:19I want to go back though, to Kylie Burt Audio's question, Brees Hall or Bucky Irving this year?
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34:19I'm not too, I don't think this one is too hard, at least for me.
34:24I like Brees Hall. Like that's the direction I would go in.
34:27And I've tried to kind of stay level with the, okay, let's just like bury Bucky Irving, like to get the shovels
34:34and just start digging his grave here. Because, yeah, I recognize that, you know, the committee with Gainwell and Sean Tucker and
34:41how many high value touches will Bucky Irving see.
34:43I get that. But he's also still a guy that as a fourth round rookie had over, I think, 1,000 rushing yards and is super talented.
34:51And the Buccaneers offensive line should be healthy. So I do still think the upside case for Bucky still exists.
34:57That being said, Brees Hall was a player that we weren't taking that long ago, maybe incorrectly, but as a top five overall player.
35:04I think that he is the more talented guy.
35:07I think that he is less likely to cede receiving work to his running back brethren on his roster, even though I
35:14think that there are Braylon Allen and Isaiah Davis fans.
35:17And I think that both those guys have something to offer.
35:20But the Jets paid Brees. I think he's way less likely to be in a committee.
35:25And even if the Jets offense isn't the Bucs offense, I'm like the low key.
35:29I like the Jets a little bit here. I like their offensive line with those two bookend tackles.
35:34I think the interior is OK. But for me, it's Brees Hall pretty easily.
35:39Yeah, I'm with you on Brees Hall. The problem with Brees is always just the lack of touchdowns, like four seasons into
35:45his NFL career and sitting on 18 rushing touchdowns and nine receiving touchdowns.
35:49But the ability to do both sides of the game, the receiving and the ground stuff and be the goal line back
35:56in New York, which is not something you can say about Bucky.
35:59Yes, he averaged a good amount of touches last year.
36:02But if Gamewell comes in and eats into the receiving work, which is definitely his forte.
36:07And then Gamewell wasn't bad at the goal line last year for the Steelers.
36:11We know Sean Tucker is a goal line monster.
36:14Bucky just had no touches inside the five last year.
36:17So where are you scoring points? Whereas Brees Hall, he does have a little bit more of that lockdown.
36:23So yeah, I'm with you on that one. So after my pick, it went Terry McLaurin, Ramondre Stevenson, Roma Dunze, Trevion Henderson,
36:29Kyle Pitts, Brian Thomas, Christian Watson to Andrew in the eighth round.
36:33Carnell Tate, Parker Washington, Alec Pearce, Jordan Tyson, Marvin Harrison, Cortland Sun.
36:36So whilst I'm sitting back on JSN, Drake London and Lad McConkie, a lot of teams now are starting to fill out their wide receiver position.
36:44You went with Christian Watson. The breakout seemed to really happen last year a little more convincingly than previously.
36:50Are you believing he could take another step or is this kind of like where you see him just you're fine with what he delivered last year?
36:58I think that this could be his full fledged breakout season.
37:01And I'm working right now putting the final touches on identifying wide receiver breakouts.
37:06Guys that turn out a wide receiver one season for the very first time.
37:10And Christian Watson is all over that article. And it's funny because you look at the amount of games that he has played.
37:17And this is his fifth year that he's entering the NFL.
37:20He's actually closer to a player who's played three seasons in the NFL because of all the games that he's basically missed
37:27an entire season just due to all the nagging injuries he's dealt with.
37:30But the fact that he was so efficient coming off of last year, I think that if Matthew Golden is just a
37:37guy is just more of a field stretcher and they use Watson a little bit more underneath.
37:42I mean, if they reduce his average depth of target and decide, OK, let's put this guy in more of a Jameson Williams type of role.
37:50You're going to see Christian Watson be a top 12 wide receiver if he can stay healthy.
37:55Obviously, if he can stay healthy is a big concern.
37:58But I'm in the clock here, so I'm going to make my pick before I forget.
38:03And I'm going to go with Jalen Warren, a player that fits an eye.
38:07We tried to get in probably both of our drafts at the Kings Classic.
38:11He was like circle on our board. Like, I've got to get Jalen Warren, kind of throw him in as our RB2 as we punted off that position.
38:20And I was like, no, cannot punt him again.
38:22I just think that he is good. Number one, first and foremost, he's just good at running back.
38:28And maybe he's not the number one bell cow.
38:30That's probably never going to be his role in the NFL.
38:34But as a running back that can catch passes, that it should be an offense that should throw the ball a decent
38:40chunk under Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers loves to pepper his running backs with targets.
38:45Yep. So getting him as my RB2 here in the ninth round where I punted off that position, I think Jalen Warren
38:52is like the perfect fit for my type of build here.
38:55So I'm happy to have him on the squad.
38:58Absolutely. And it's creeping up towards my pick at the back end of round nine as we approach half an hour into this show.
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39:36Now, Andrew, I have started JSM, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy, Drake London, Daniel Jones, Ladd McConkie, Aaron Rodgers, Sam Laporta.
39:42But I've been a big proponent of zero RB in best ball this year.
39:46And I've said that there's an area of the draft where I think that you can get good value running backs because there's so many ambiguous backfields.
39:54And we are truly living in it with Tony Pollard, Kenny Gainwell, Rashad White, Jonathan Brooks, J.K.
40:00Dobbins, Kyle Mononga, Blake Coram, all in this range.
40:02Do you think it's too late for me to salvage my running back room here?
40:07No, I don't think so. I mean, there are people that still believe that Tony Pollard is going to have a big role in this offense.
40:15That's exactly who the guy and you're clearly one of them because that's where you got.
40:19But week one, he's going to be probably ranked as a top 24 running back because of the projected volume that he
40:26should see in this Titans offense against the Jets.
40:29And then you got I mean, Tom, basically, if I'm not drafting with you, you're the only person that's going to get Rashad White on the roster.
40:37Because every draft I do, I swear, I always get Rashad White on my team.
40:41He's on both the Kings Classics teams that I have with Fitz Morris.
40:45So as part of your zero RB build makes so much sense on Rashad White.
40:50I'm coming around a bit more on Jokori Kroski merit.
40:53We've seen some positive stuff over the last week about how Commander's Beat reporters think that he'll have a decent opportunity if
40:59he can learn to pass protect better. And they're kind of counting on his explosivity.
41:04So I am coming around and in best ball, I mean, like I say, I've drafted probably close to 50 of these
41:10teams between pre-draft and this contest, as well as the $125 single QB entry.
41:14I've drafted a lot of teams and I'm starting to mix in both because I want to play it from a portfolio side.
41:21But I am more aggressive on Rashad White. Like this is a guy who averages 51 receptions, sorry, 51 targets per year
41:28and is somebody who has seen his efficiency increase slightly over the last couple of years.
41:33Like he's been above 50% success rate both the last two years.
41:36He's had over four yards per carry, which wasn't something that we could say from him early on in his career.
41:43Rob Mahoney in the chat asking what's the definition of zero RB, non-35 rounds?
41:47Yeah, for single quarterback, obviously super flex, that gets a little bit more blurry because you pushed quarterbacks in there.
41:53I would definitely say that this fits a zero RB concept.
41:56And Buckeye saying the definition is you will lose.
41:59It's not for everyone. But honestly, I've got a long article, perhaps longer than it should be over on my website, thefantasysanctuary.com,
42:05talking about the history of zero RB. It was only a couple of years back that we saw a bunch of these
42:12tournaments in best ball get taken down by zero RB lineups.
42:15We saw Best Ball Mania, $2 million up top, go as zero RB team.
42:19That year, the regular season prize, which was half a million dollars, went to a zero RB team.
42:25We saw the DraftKings Millie Maker team with a zero RB team win.
42:29And then in the last two years, we've just seen people continue to try to build zero RB, but it not work out.
42:36And then now people are so scared by it because it hasn't worked out for a year or two that they're shying away from it.
42:43And that maybe it won't work. Maybe I'll burn through some money, but I'm always willing to try and create an edge
42:50by doing something that other people won't do. I don't think it'll work very well in redraft this year.
42:55I think that hero RB, dual RB is going to be much more comfortable.
43:00But here in best ball, where because I went no running backs through the first nine, first eight rounds, I can make
43:06up for it in volume and hope that I break out a couple of decent players.
43:11I'm willing to go down that path. After my pick, Tua, J.K.
43:15Dobbins, Michael Pittman, Isaiah Likely, Josh Downs, Jonathan Brooks, R.J.
43:18Harvey, Geno Smith. Andrew, you went with R.J. Harvey.
43:20RB 35, happy with that value? Yeah, I think it's a value play with him.
43:25He went behind J.K. Dobbins in this format. And although it's not a running back premium scoring format, it still is full PPR.
43:32So if he can hold off Jonah Coleman in the receiving role out of this backfield, I get that he was not
43:38perfect last year, especially on the rushing side. But he's still a running back that totaled over 800 yards from scrimmage, I believe, and 12 touchdowns.
43:46So the willingness for the Broncos to at least feature him around the red zone, I think, is predictive.
43:52Again, it doesn't mean he's going to score 12 touchdowns every single season.
43:56I don't think that's the case. But they like using him around the red zone.
44:00And they like using him in the passing game.
44:03Like, those are the high value touches we care about.
44:06So if he's seeding touches on early downs in between the 20s, I don't really care.
44:11Like, that's not where you're scoring fantasy points anyway.
44:13So if he's able to kind of at least maintain and maybe even improve, right?
44:18Like, it's usually the toughest thing is trying to get our running backs to get more involved in the passing game.
44:24So the fact that he's already done that so early on in his career, I think that R.J.
44:29Harvey, again, maybe the ceiling isn't as high as we thought.
44:33But J.K. Dobbins, we know, has not built the last.
44:36And Jonah Coleman, we'll see. He's a rookie. If he can't play, Walden Harvey's going to get thrown back into a good situation.
44:43Yeah, anyone joining us late, this is the FFPC $35 Super Flex Best Bowl Tournament, which is full PPR with an extra half PPR tight end premium.
44:51One quarterback, two running back, two wide receiver, one tight end.
44:54And then two flex spots, one which is a super flex position.
44:58And then one which is a normal flex of running back, wide receiver or tight end.
45:02So there's a lot of different ways that you can build this.
45:06And you can see from the draft assistant on screen, there are so many different builds in this.
45:11Like, I started without a running back till quite late.
45:14You can see blew down at the bottom only in the last couple of rounds.
45:19The teams at the 110 pushed their running back till fairly late.
45:22But then other teams across the board have piled up running backs, piled up quarterbacks.
45:27Teams have been aggressive with tight ends. So a lot of different ways.
45:31And I've made the finals of this contest a couple of times.
45:34And both times, looking at the teams in the finals, they're always incredibly varied.
45:39So it's a fun one from that point of view.
45:42Andrew Jacoby-Meyer's another former Patriot to their team. Is it just because he's a Patriot or is he going to have the
45:48best year of any of the Jags pass catchers?
45:51I don't think he's going to have the worst year of any of the Jags pass catchers.
45:56I think that among this crop of receivers, again, we're all trying to figure it out.
46:01Basically, it's like you're either a Brian Thomas Jr.
46:04guy or a Parker Washington guy. There is no in-between.
46:07It was funny. You know, you're going at the expo, you're talking to people.
46:11How's it going? So who do you prefer, Parker Washington or Brian Thomas Jr.?
46:15And then based on their choice, you then either continue the conversation or just walk away and find someone else to talk to.
46:22But for me, I think that Myers is just he is the supreme value play, in my opinion, in this receiver room.
46:28He's the one that immediately established before with Trevor Lawrence last year.
46:32He can play both inside and outside. So if there's an injury, he can always get kicked in inside and take advantage of this lean colon slot usage.
46:40And he's just been one of the most underrated target earners in the NFL.
46:45I mean, over the last five years, he's top 15 in catches and targets.
46:49It's the guy got paid already by the Jaguars after they got traded for him.
46:53So they're invested him in long term. I get that he's not the sexiest pick, but especially in a best spell format
47:00where you're just trying to avoid as many zeros as possible.
47:03He may not be the right answer at the Jaguars receiver room, but I know he's not the wrong answer.
47:09So getting in here in the 11th round, I feel pretty good about it.
47:13Yeah, a little running back run before my pick.
47:16Since my last pick, J.K. Dobbins, Jonathan Brooks, Al J.
47:19Harvey, Blake Coram, Kyle Monongai, Kenny Gainwell, Aaron Jones, J.
47:22Corey Krosky, Merritt and Jordan Mason all went, which isn't ideal for me when I'm pushing the running back position into a slightly more uncomfortable way.
47:30The top running backs are Tyron Tracy, Chris Rodriguez, Keaton Mitchell.
47:33So again, I'm going to take at least one here on this turn because I don't want to get left behind in
47:40a position and end up relying on true backups who might not see the field as often.
47:45But it's best ball. And there's one thing I like to do in best ball, and that's always make sure I've got a little bit of a stack.
47:53So I'm going to take Ricky Pearsall as my first pick, and then I'll take Tyron Tracy as my second.
47:59I've been quite strong in that I think that it's not going to be as clear a split for Cam Scadaboo as some people expect.
48:07Tyron Tracy is a useful player. He can do plenty of things, and I'm fine taking him as my RB3 here.
48:13Rob Mahoney in the chat saying, Rashard runs hard, can pass block, is effective catching a ball.
48:18Five yard gains through the interior? No, but 10 points into flex per week?
48:22I think so. Gold late round pick. Yeah, it's an easy click, very much so, particularly when you've gone with the build I've gone.
48:29And if you've gone hero RB as well, guys like Rashard White, Tony Pollard, it's a really comfortable area of the draft for it this year.
48:37Andrew, kind of looking from, let's say, beginning of round nine in this draft when you took Jalen Warren through where we
48:44are, outside of the two guys you got, do you have any particular favorites in this range?
48:49Among the running backs? Yes. Yes. So, our guy, usually our guy is Rashard White, but Dylan Sampson is another player I've
48:55been very frequently drafting, especially in these full PPR formats.
48:58It's a little early for Dylan Sampson. Let's leave him a couple more rounds.
49:03Okay. That being said, I mean, he's the highest running back I have ranked.
49:07So, like, that's just how I feel bullish. Because it's not Chris Rodriguez, so I feel confident about that.
49:13But Keaton Mitchell, I get, is the popular, another maybe you know ball type of pick.
49:17But I still don't mind his general ADP range.
49:20I mean, he's an explosive player. So, even if he rips off a bunch of big plays, again, I don't know what his role is going to be.
49:28He's a player that's never really seen more than, like, five to ten touches on any given week, especially with the Baltimore Ravens.
49:35So, he's another running back that I think at least you can see the case where he can paint a picture where there's some decent upside there.
49:43And then, of course, who's the other running back here?
49:46Well, you've got 16 seconds on the clock, so make sure you get your pick in.
49:51But, yeah, Keaton Mitchell, to your point about his explosivity, his average speed of 14.49 miles an hour last year was over
49:58one mile an hour quicker than any other running back with 50-plus carries.
50:02So, like, the explosivity is incredible. I think Mike McDaniel, who prioritizes things like speed, is absolutely going to make the most of that.
50:09Where did you go with your 12th round pick, Andrew?
50:12After starting out, Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens, Jordan Love, Terrell McMillan, Harold Fannin, Kristen Watson, Jalen Warren, RJ Harvey, Jacoby Myers.
50:19Yeah, I went with another wide receiver play, Xavier Worthy, here in round 12.
50:24Everyone I talked to at the expo felt like Xavier Worthy was a value, and I kind of agree because the thesis
50:30of the play— Because he just burned so many people last year.
50:34Like, that's why. And Rice isn't suspended to start the year like he was last year, but we never know.
50:40The Rice situation is the one that's most fluid.
50:42You never know and can never really rely on that guy specifically from an availability standpoint.
50:47But the thesis of the play with Xavier Worthy, and now maybe if his quarterback is healthy, it's the same type of
50:54bet that we made last year, but not in round four, round five.
50:58And now outside the double digits, even in single quarterback leagues.
51:01Like, he goes outside or tends to be a round 10 or later type of pick.
51:06So we shall see if it shakes out again.
51:08He's still a player that could just continually get banged up again, doesn't do anything.
51:13But the minute that he injured his shoulder last year, I mean, the season was over, and they talked about it.
51:19The coaches have talked about how they just had to dramatically reduce his role in the offense because they couldn't do all
51:26the things that they wanted to do with him.
51:29So if it is Worthy and Rice as the top two guys again, yeah, I think Worthy, worst case scenario, can at
51:35least be a deep threat as the Chiefs try to get back to bringing explosive plays.
51:40Because that's what teams are hunting for, right? Now, how can we generate explosive plays?
51:44Obviously, bringing Ken Walker is going to play a big part of that.
51:48But getting back to a deep ball passing game with Mahomes, I think that's going to start with Xavier Worthy.
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52:34Andrew, this draft is rattling along at a great pace.
52:37Your guy, Romeo Dubs, goes one pick before you.
52:40So who did you add for your team in round 13?
52:43I went with Chika Konkwo, who is falling like a stone here.
52:47And I get why, because the Diggs potential signing with the Washington Commanders, whether that happens or not.
52:52It seems like that's the most likely thing. Not like when you could be signing there.
52:57So I get why he's falling. But also understand that Diggs is an older player.
53:02He was a limited player time. It was a part-time player last year for the Patriots.
53:06So I still think Chika Konkwo has some type of value and upside.
53:10And I'm getting it baked in, right? I'm not overpaying for him now, especially in this tournament, right?
53:16I'm now getting one of the best prices on Chika Konkwo.
53:19Because he hasn't been going this late because it was figured that he might be the number two.
53:24No longer the case. But still paid him. I don't think that he's totally buried.
53:29So, yeah, that's what I needed. Mighty Boosh saying Zivy Worthy is a great play for best ball.
53:34QJ too. Yeah, Quentin Johnson definitely getting smoked up draft boards at the minute.
53:39Lots of hype for him in this one. He went at the end of the 10th round to the team out of
53:45the 101 slot who have Jameer Gibbs, Jalen Hurts, Trevor Lawrence, Breeshall, Tyler Shook, DeAndre Swift, Tucker Craft, Jordan Tyson, Marvin Harrison,
53:52Quentin Johnson, Mackay Lemon, Brenton Strange, Jordan Harrison. So kind of going the polar opposite to me, starting at running back heavy,
53:58not taking the first wide receiver till round eight.
54:01But showing that in this format you can make it work.
54:04And that is why this format over on FFPC remains one of my favorites.
54:08I'm back on the clock. I have JSN, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy, Drake London, Daniel Jones, Ladd McConkie, Aaron Rodgers, Sam Laporta,
54:15Tony Pollard, Rashard White, Ricky Pearsall, Tyrone Tracy. So again, I probably want to leave this turn with another running back without pushing things too far.
54:23Andrew, you talked about Dylan Samson and Dylan Samson, I'm going to keep drafting him.
54:27And I appreciate you letting him fall back to me because again, much like Tyrone Tracy, I don't believe that split is
54:34going to be as clear as people see. You look at what Dylan Samson does well, and he is an excellent pass
54:41catcher, much better than Quinchon Jokins in that regard.
54:43And Todd Munkin rotated Derrick Henry in Justice Hill consistently last year when it was obviously a passing down.
54:49So I was very pleased to see him fall all the way back to me.
54:53I wouldn't mind adding, I could go tight end here, I could go wide receiver, but I probably need to move away slightly from the running back position.
55:02And looking at wide receiver, the top guys are Casey Concepcion, Jaden Higgins, Jalen McMillan, Travis Hunter.
55:07At this point in the draft, there's my wide receiver five.
55:10You're kind of looking for somebody who could really bring pure upside to it.
55:14I'm not sure I really believe in any of those massive levers.
55:18Nobody at quarterback I like. I don't want either of the Browns.
55:22So much as I would have liked to add a wide receiver there.
55:25I think instead, I'll add the speed demon that is Keaton Mitchell.
55:29A little bit of correlation with Lad McConkie for my charges.
55:32So now you're making a bet on that offense, just being undervalued.
55:36Again, Keaton Mitchell here, RB46. If you were forced to go wide receiver in that position, Andrew, Casey, Jaden Higgins, Jalen McMillan,
55:43Travis Hunter, Jalen Naylor, Denzel Boston, where would you have gone?
55:46Casey Concepcion would have been me because that way you're stacking up those Browns.
55:50Double tap a Dylan Sampson, Casey Concepcion, rounds 13, 14, because you've got to get your Browns exposure where you can because of super high-powered offense.
55:58What could go wrong? I think that Concepcion, if it's not Harold Fannin that leads the team in targets, it would be Concepcion.
56:05That's who I would believe, especially if he's getting a lot of the underneath layup targets that we saw Todd Monken dial
56:11up for, say, Flowers when he was the office coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens.
56:15If Concepcion is in a similar role, he's a fun player to watch.
56:19So that's the route that I would have gone in.
56:22Maybe a route that I get an opportunity to go in here.
56:26Nope, because that's how it works, fam. When you're waxed out by a player and he immediately gets drafted.
56:32So he's off the board. Yeah. After my picks, Tajay Spears, Greg Dulcich, Titan 23, Casey Concepcion, Jaden Higgins, Dolan Schultz.
56:38Andrew's draft so far has been Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens, Jordan Love, Terrell McMillan, Harold Fannin, Christian Watson,
56:45Jalen Warren, RJ Harvey, Jacoby Myers, Xavier Worthy, Chika Konkwo.
56:48So even though I didn't take my running back until round nine when I went Tony Pollard, Rashad White, I've got Tyron Tracy, Dylan Sampson, Keith Mitchell.
56:56My running back room is feeling a little more secure and like I'm kind of maybe potentially done with it in some
57:02ways or at least I don't need much more to it.
57:05Whereas you just got James Cook, Jalen Warren, RJ Harvey.
57:08How many more running backs do you think you're going to need here, Andrew?
57:13Definitely going to need a couple more. And I am got my eye on a particular one as I try to capitalize on this backfield.
57:20So I'm going to take Jonah Coleman here. So when I talked about the RJ Harvey selection, I talked about how, yes,
57:27if he can hold up Jonah Coleman, there's a scenario where Jonah Coleman does take on a larger role than I'm projecting.
57:33But because I have both guys, well, I benefit the most if J.K.
57:37Dobbin just can't stay healthy. And that's usually been his bugaboo, right?
57:41Like that's what's kind of held him back from kind of taking that next step as a really reliable running back.
57:47So as long as James Cook can be my hero RB and I can get fill in weeks between Jalen Warren in
57:54certain Denver running backs here, like that's the great thing about these best ball drafts is with attacking ambiguous backfields.
58:00I don't need to be right about the Denver Broncos backfield.
58:03All I need to really win this bet is Dobbins doesn't stay healthy.
58:07And I just capitalize on, oh, which Broncos running back scored this week?
58:11Oh, I don't care because I got I don't have to pick in this particular format.
58:16So I think I had Tank Biggs being ranked one spot ahead of Jonah Coleman.
58:20But because I already drafted Harvey and they're not really like handcuffs to each other.
58:25I don't think that you need to because I know that there's also a lot of conversations about, well, do I need
58:31to draft Ray Davis because I drafted James Cook?
58:34And it's like, well, no, you're kind of like betting against yourself this way.
58:38I'm just betting against J.K. Dobbins. That's what it more feels like.
58:42Yeah, and I think people still have the kind of hangover of the handcuff stuff from redraft when it comes to best ball.
58:49And here it's definitely more feasible and it's more looking at each running back room in a play by play situation.
58:55There are worlds where Jonah Coleman and RJ Harvey, if J.K.
58:58Dobbins is injured from week 10 onwards, they could ping pong back and forth.
59:02You could have weeks where Jonah Coleman could be getting the touchdowns.
59:06You could have weeks where the Broncos are chasing the game and it's more of a PPR scam type thing for RJ Harvey.
59:13So I don't hate it. I think I possibly would have gone Tyler Algier and tried to lock into a different one.
59:19And then if Jonah Coleman came back, maybe I would have gone with it.
59:24But I think it's something which a lot of people are scared to do and a lot of people don't think to do still.
59:31So it's a good, it's a nice one to kind of reflect on and see how it turns out when we get to the end of the draft.
59:39We're in round 15. This is a 20 round draft for anyone joining us late.
59:44This is the FFPC Superflex Contest. $35, $100,000 up top.
59:47I think my best finish in this contest was sixth place.
59:50The year where I found Puka Nakua in the 20th round.
59:53That was a great year for late round gems.
59:56That was a great year for guys who were not being drafted in every draft.
60:00Like Puka Nakua, I think there was only four of the 50 teams in the final that year who had him.
60:07So definitely when we get down around 19 and 20, we can talk about where we might be drafting him.
60:13Andrew, the first couple of drafts we did in this contest.
60:16There was one man who kept coming up as a late round target.
60:20Somebody that Haynes, who's been in the chat tonight, has talked about a bit.
60:24Brandon Ayuk, do you think he gets drafted in this one today?
60:28I don't think so. I mean, never say never.
60:3020th round, people will always want to take their shots.
60:33But what's the latest with him? I think the last I saw, he has a house in Washington.
60:39That's the last thing I saw. He didn't show up to training camp, right?
60:43No, he's not showing up to training camp. He did spend $10 million on a house in Washington.
60:48So, I mean, hey, pocket change. But yes, still waiting for him to actually go through the process that he needs to go through to get reinstated.
60:56And then the 49ers will have a choice about what to do with him.
61:01It's not a situation I've been buying into heavily.
61:03I think Stefan Diggs has been a much easier click all season.
61:07Andrew's back on the clock after taking Jonah Coleman in the last round.
61:11The draft assistant has Ray Davis pretty high up there.
61:14The wide receiver position, Jerry Judy, Jawan Jennings, A.D.
61:17Mitchell, Travis Hunter, Pacheco, Brian Robinson. Which way are you going here, Andrew?
61:20So I'm actually going down the board a little bit here to my highest rink.
61:25I actually just talked about it. I'm going to go with Tank Bixby running back for the Philadelphia Eagles.
61:31Yep, just – hey, Tom, you know, by the time we've done like this six or seven stream, I have been actually adding guys to my queue.
61:39Now just to be careful, please. I can't get auto-picked anymore and just I can't do that to the listeners and to
61:45the viewers of, God, does this Erickson guy know what he's doing?
61:49He can't drive. What does he do? Does he have a driver's license here?
61:53So we got Tank Bixby. He was in the queue and we were good to go.
61:58We were always going to get there. I'm just looking out for you, man.
62:02I don't want to see any wasted picks in this contest.
62:05I appreciate that. Well, it's definitely – you know, it made my life easier, 11-team league.
62:10But if I can't win, then there's nobody I would rather win this contest than yourself.
62:15And look, you can just fly me out to Fantasy Football Expo next year.
62:19Oh, yes. So let's see. We're approaching my picks in the 15th round.
62:23I have JSN, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy, Drake London, Daniel Jones, Ladd McConkie, Aaron Rodgers, Sam LaPorter, Tony Pollard, Rashad White, Ricky
62:30Pearsall, Tyron Tracy, Dylan Samson, Keaton Mitchell, Kate Utton, Evan Ingram going off the board as tight end 28 and tight end 29.
62:36I'd hoped Pat Frymuth would make it back to me.
62:39I still think he's one of the best late-round tight end values on the board.
62:44And he would have stacked very nicely with Aaron Rodgers.
62:47But, hey, such is life. Doesn't always work out.
62:50Top guys in ADP are Deshaun Watson, Isaiah Pacheco, Gunnar Helms, Shadur Sanders, Travis Hunter, Brown Robinson, Braylon Allen, Juwan Jennings.
62:56A little bit of talk last week that Braylon Allen isn't the RB2 and it's going to be Isaiah Davis, which shook
63:03me a little as I've been drafting a decent amount of Braylon Allen this year thinking he was the clear RB2.
63:09Andrew, do you ever kind of stance on that?
63:12Are you starting to draft Isaiah Davis where you can or do you think Braylon Allen is just much more talented?
63:18I feel like these situations where you don't know who the RB2 is, I feel like it's a loss-loss type of proposition, right?
63:25Because it could be that he's the RB2 to start the year and then changes.
63:29To me, it's I just want Brees Hall and then I don't want another Jets running back basically.
63:35And if I'm wrong, so be it. But there are just other directions.
63:38I just remember being so confident in June about, oh, I know exactly how every backfield is going to do.
63:44And I'm the one that's in charge of the handcuff index over on Fantasy Pros.
63:49And, you know, I try to update that the best of my ability.
63:53And then there are some backfields where I'm like, man, like this RB2 spot feels really shaky.
63:58It feels really fragile. And based on these picks, especially as we get more information about how these backfields are starting to
64:05shake out, I just feel like, you know what?
64:07If someone's way more bullish on who the RB2 for the Jets is going to be, be my guest.
64:13You can take them. I'll try to go somewhere else where maybe I feel a little bit more confident about who the actual backup is.
64:20So my picks on the turn in round 15 and 16, I think Gunnar Helms is my tight end three.
64:26Yes, I've got Brock Bowers and Sam Laporte. In this format, historical data shows kind of three tight end room minimum, unless
64:33you've really got the top two tight ends is the way you go.
64:37Four tight end rooms quite often are the key to winning big.
64:40And then I took Travis Hunter as my wide receiver five.
64:44I've got JSN, Drake London, Ladd McConkie and Ricky Pearsall.
64:47Like if I'm taking a wide receiver at this point in the draft, I want somebody who can get into my starting lineup.
64:54Now, Travis Hunter might be a complete missing best ball in round 16.
64:58It's not going to completely kill my team, but it's, you know, you'd rather not waste it.
65:03But if Travis Hunter hits, he's going to hit in such a good way.
65:07Like if they have wide receiver injuries and he ends up having to play more wide receiver, we saw him start to break out just before the injury.
65:15So I'm happy to shoot for the moon on him here at wide receiver 64.
65:20The opportunity cost is a massive. You look at the other guys in this range, Jalen Naylor, Debo Samuel, very much fine with it.
65:27Andrew, have you drafted much Travis Hunter? Yes, I have.
65:30I think that he is just the classic case player of you don't draft him when he's expensive and you draft a ton of money's cheap.
65:38And you just kind of let the chips fall where they may, because we all don't know what's going to happen with Travis Hunter.
65:45And yeah, I have nothing else to add. I think that 16th round getting a player who's drafted top five.
65:51See how it goes. Yeah. Well, Mighty Boosh in the chat saying, how do you feel about Gadsden and Strange this year?
65:57For me, Gadsden has become a lot more interesting.
66:00He goes as tight end 19 in this draft.
66:03I was in one yesterday where he went as tight end 21.
66:06When he was going like five or six places higher among tight ends a few weeks ago, that's much more palatable.
66:13And then Brendan Strange goes as tight end 20 again.
66:16That feels like a really solid value. Andrew, I know you're on the clock, so I'll let you make your pick.
66:22But I just think Brendan Strange, like the Jags are talking about doing more two tight end stuff.
66:27Obviously, they invested a lot of money or a lot of draft capital in the blocking tight end in the second round to Boricurch.
66:35Definitely pronouncing that wrong. But Brendan Strange should be out there as the main passing guy.
66:39And I think that with all this wide receiver ambiguity, it makes sense to take shots at him.
66:45As for Gadsden, plenty of smoke about Charlie Kohler recently.
66:48I like Charlie Kohler. I'm a Ravens fan. I've seen him play.
66:51I know that he's got more ability than he's probably given credit for.
66:55David Njoku, obviously, a reasonable chance to get some snaps and some targets.
66:59But in best ball, I think, yeah, if you're getting Gadsden as tight end 19 after the likes of Juwan Johnson, AJ Barner, and TJ Hawkinson, that's fine.
67:08Andrew, where do you land on those two? I think both guys make sense, especially if you had their quarterbacks.
67:14I think if you get Trevor Lawrence, you get Justin Herbert, it makes sense to stack them up.
67:19Because that's how a lot of these tight ends, these more fringy guys are going to pop.
67:24It's did they score touchdown this week? Did they rip off a big play?
67:28I think you're getting more of the big play upside from Gadsden like he showed in showcase last year.
67:34If any of these receivers go down, we've seen Gadsden already show the ability to take on a larger role.
67:40Strange, it definitely feels way more muddled in terms of his just like general target projection.
67:45Just because, I mean, this Jaguars receiver room, they could go four wide at some points.
67:49Again, a lot of tight ends, a lot of mouths to feed in that Jaguars offense.
67:54I think a little bit more than the Chargers.
67:57So I think I lean slightly towards Gadsden. But I think both have their place.
68:01Both are going to be talked about in redraft formats as likely waiver wire guys, depending on how things shake out.
68:08But I think if you're starting one of those guys week one in a redraft, I think that you're feeling pretty bad
68:14about your tight end row just to start the year.
68:17Unless something dramatically happens or shakes up during the season or during the preseason where there's an injury and Joku gets cut or something like that happens.
68:25Well, I think that's the thing with them, isn't it?
68:28Like both of them play on offenses where we're confident in a bunch of other different positions.
68:34So you go down to like guys like George Kittle at tight end 10, Mark Andrews tight end 11, Travis Kelsey tight
68:40end 9 in this draft, even Jake Ferguson tight end 14.
68:43It's much easier to understand what their roles are going to look like through the early period of the season.
68:49And I think whilst then maybe not as, well, I don't want to say high ceiling, maybe not as exciting as Gadsden
68:56was during that brief spell last year. I think sometimes taking a bit more projectable volume of a tight end position rather
69:03than taking zeros is something I'd feel a little bit better about.
69:06But I agree that definitely the kind of names for when we get into the roster churn, when we get into waivers
69:13and into all of that, I fully expect to be talking about him plenty.
69:17Andrew in the round 16 went Jordan James, who reports suggest is the RB2 ahead of Caelan Black in San Francisco.
69:23Deshaun Watson, Shadur Sanders go back to back picks as QB 34, QB 35 after that.
69:28Isaac Teslar, Eli Stowers, Antonio Williams, David Njoko, Ryan Flournoy, and then Chargers wide receiver.
69:33Trey Harris goes as wide receiver 72. Andrew, we've only got four picks left to go.
69:37Where are you going with the first of those four?
69:40Yeah, my Q just got absolutely obliterated with guys like Trey Harris.
69:44That was someone I was looking at. So I'm going to see here how I'm feeling about where am I?
69:50All right, let's see. I think I might. I mean, I got Ray Davis queued up as my fallback option.
69:56And yeah, I mean, I'm just not loving a lot of the options here.
70:00So I can't confirm nor deny whether it's smart for me to take my first round running backs handcuff right here.
70:06But going back to the conversation about Braylon Allen, it's feel pretty confident that Ray Davis would have the biggest bump in terms of usage.
70:14I know they're going to mix in Ty Johnson to an extent.
70:17And I mean, hopefully Ray Davis does absolutely nothing this year for me.
70:21And that means James could stay healthy, play all 17 games.
70:25And if I got to sacrifice a 17th round pick to make sure my second round pick and my RB1 is a superstar.
70:32Well, I've made worse 17th round picks. So it's definitely interesting.
70:35I think the double handcuff approach is not Smith.
70:38I would do often, but I understand your logic behind it.
70:41Key locking in the chat, drop in the super chat.
70:44Not best ball, but 12th pick, PPR, two wide receivers, two running backs, one tight end, two flex.
70:49Should I go double wide receiver with Justin Jefferson, Drake London, or AJ Brown mixed in there, or a double running back
70:56of A-chan, Barkley, Hampton, or should I do something else?
70:59Andrew, I write the How to Draft series on the website and go pick by pick on them.
71:04And I go back and forth at this slot.
71:07Obviously here in Miss Superflex, I went JSM Brock Bowers.
71:10What would you be giving Kilo King in terms of advice for what he should be doing?
71:15Well, if this was your ideal PPR stretch? I think for me, because this is actually looking, and it's funny that the
71:22username is Kylo King, because this format is very similar to the Kings Classic format, where it's full PPR, and you're picking
71:28at the end of the first round. Now, it's not a 14-team league, but I can tell you pretty confidently that the
71:35time that you try to pick running backs in the next round, it's going to be very, very tough to feel good about those specific players.
71:43So I would actually probably lean in towards the running back, running back start here.
71:47I think that's probably advantageous because you're going to love a lot of the wide receivers that are there for you at
71:54the 3-4 turn, whether it's the Zay Flowers, the Jalen Waddles.
71:57Those are players that I like a lot and want to get a lot of exposure to.
72:02So again, in best ball, I would be more open to doing the 0-RB approach here if I can get, you know, I get London, AJ Brown.
72:10But in a redraft format where you're churning the waiver wire a little bit more, I think that I would be more
72:17comfortable doing this double running back start. I know that Fitz and I, we did Chase Brown, Ashton Gentty.
72:22That's the picks that we had at 13 and 14.
72:25So we felt pretty good about that. But any combination, A-chan, Saquon Barkley, O'Marrion Hampton, it's a nice tier.
72:31So that's probably the direction I would probably go in.
72:34Yeah. In redraft, I'm fully kind of with you on that one.
72:38Like I think that you can look at the round two wide receivers and you're probably not getting guys like Drake London
72:44down there, but you can look at guys like Chris Olave, Devonta Smith, Ladd McConkie, Tee Higgins are all available in that range of the draft.
72:52And it makes for quite a nice starting lineup.
72:55So I'm with you. In round 16, sorry, round 17, I added Jaden Blue as my sixth running back.
73:00So I now have a running back room of Tony Pollard, Rashad White, Tyron Tracy, Dylan Sampson, Keaton Mitchell, and Jaden Blue.
73:07Feeling pretty good about that. Jaden Blue is somebody whose ADP continues to rise over the last couple of weeks with positive reports of it.
73:14The Cowboys really want him to be their RB2 behind Javante Williams and take an okay amount of snaps.
73:20It feels like a much more positive offseason for him this year than last year.
73:25And then I took rookie Jeremy Bernard, stack him up with Aaron Rodgers, just kind of lean into that a little bit.
73:31I'm a little bit light on stacking today. I've got Brock Purdy stacked with Ricky Peirce all, and then Jeremy stacked with Aaron Rodgers.
73:38But you don't always need massive stacks in this one.
73:41But I feel pretty good about my wide receiver room here.
73:45Andrew, we are back to you now for your 18th round pick.
73:48You've gone running back for four straight picks. Jonah Coleman, Tank Bigsby, Jordan James, Ray Davis.
73:53Now sitting on seven running backs total with James Cook, Jalen Warren, R.J.
73:57Harvey. Tight end, only the two of them. You're probably one of the lightest teams in this best ball draft so far.
74:04Are you going tight end here? Where are you going?
74:07Yeah, let's go tight end here. I'm going to go with Darnell Washington.
74:11I know you talked about Pat Frymerth being a value at the tight end position.
74:15I agree with that. Darnell Washington, I thought was at least interesting last year when it comes to yards after the catch.
74:22That was one of the best things he was at.
74:25And that's usually been a pretty positive indicator of future production at the position.
74:29Now, investing in too many Steelers is definitely something that you don't want to do.
74:33Again, I think every time that we've talked about Steelers players or like Aaron Rodgers, it's like, yeah, like you don't love
74:40this pick, but hey, if they're going to throw the ball a decent chunk, you're going to see underneath targets.
74:46Right. Just again, the only guy I don't draft in the Steelers basically DK Metcalf.
74:50Right. Everyone else. I'm kind of like, all right, like underneath targets.
74:54It's yeah, in a full PPR for premium, especially for tight ends.
74:58Yeah. Give me Darnell Washington. So to your point, I'm actually, you know, appreciate the shout out because I was like, yeah, you're right.
75:05I was going light on tight ends. So always looking out.
75:08Always looking out, Tom. Appreciate that. That's it. We do not forget the tight end premium in this format.
75:14And I'm Prezzy in the chat saying I picked at nine in Superflex, tight end premium best ball league.
75:19Got JSN and Jetters in round one and round two.
75:22Love that. Justin Jefferson went at the 10th pick over here, all here.
75:26I got JSN at the 12th pick though. Felt pretty good about that.
75:30And yes, Prezzy put that in the best ball section of the discord after we are done here.
75:36And myself and Andrew will both definitely take a look at that.
75:39If you're not in the discord and you want to be fantasypros.com forward slash chat, get involved.
75:44So much good stuff happens in there. And you can always tag myself and Andrew if you need any best ball advice.
75:51So we're kind of rounding out this draft. We've got two picks each left to go.
75:56I have JSN, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy, Drake London, Daniel Jones, Ladd McConkie, Aaron Rogers, Sam Laporte, Tony Pollard, Rashad White, Ricky
76:02Pearsall, Taron Tracy, Dylan Sampson, Keaton Mitchell, Gunner Helm, Travis Hunter, Jaden Blue, Jeremy Bernard.
76:07Andrew has Drake May. His QB1 taken as the QB2 in this draft.
76:11James Cook, AJ Brown stacked with Drake May. George Pickens, Jordan Love, Tara Roa.
76:15Harold Fanning, Christian Watson stacked with Jordan Love. We have Jalen Warren, RJ Harvey, Jacoby Myers, Xavier Worthy, Chigarh Conquo, Jonah Coleman,
76:21Tank Bixby, Jordan James, Ray Davis, Donald Washington. We're down to QB37.
76:25Mack Jones goes off the board. Andrew, are you bothered about the fact that you only have two quarterbacks?
76:31Are you staying clean on two quarterbacks? Are you going to take a punt on any of these dart throws very late on?
76:38I think I probably will take somebody later on.
76:40I was very close to drafting Geno Smith when he went off at round 10.
76:45And I do. That's probably just looking back at this really quickly that that's one of the picks I kind of regret.
76:51Just I should have just taken him and could just punted running back another round.
76:56But you live and learn. I'm sure the draft analyzer tool will remind me of my mistakes that I made.
77:02So I am looking at some of the other quarterbacks.
77:05But again, you get to this this range of quarterback where it's you're trying to make your it's just, oh, well, like make the case.
77:12And I get why McCarthy is at the top of the board.
77:16And I just I just it never feels good to be drafting your third quarterback down here.
77:21It just never really does. I mean, look, I get the argument for J.J.
77:25McCarthy here. If you feel obliged to take a quarterback, I mean, like he wasn't a good quarterback last year and really struggled to keep the offense moving.
77:34But if you're saying that like we're past Carson Beck, like Carson Beck's having a stinker of a start to training camp
77:40with multiple passes going like five or more yards wide, according to reports.
77:44We're past Mac Jones, who if Brock Hurdy stays healthy, please, for my team, then Mac Jones might not see the field.
77:51Justin Fields goes off the board at QB 38.
77:53And Patrick Mahomes is healthy to start training camp.
77:56So, I mean, yeah, J.J. McCarthy time. Maybe I'll let Andrew make his own picks, though.
78:01He's sitting here with two quarterbacks, three tight ends.
78:04Plenty of fun stuff there. And it's been a very fun draft.
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78:27My team, I'm feeling pretty good about things as we get down to my last couple of picks.
78:32Andrew, it's another Patriots player. Yes, I went with Eli Raritan, rookie tight end for the New England Patriots, who's gotten some positive steam.
78:39Again, I was checking out the Fantasy Pros news desk before in the news alerts on the Fantasy Pros app before we
78:46hop in on here to make sure I was updated with everything.
78:50And I know we didn't talk about this, but I also drafted Jordan James because he was the RB2 at 49ers training
78:56camp for the first day or whatever. So again, trying to take advantage of some of these newsier items before these guys get steamed up potentially.
79:04So Raritan, we'll see how long Hunter Henry remains as the tight end one in the Patriots offense.
79:09But trying to take advantage of Eli Raritan scores a random touchdown here or there.
79:14Well, I have Drake May as my quarterback. And like I said at the top, all of these best ball teams for
79:21Superflex in the FFPC, their rider dies with Drake May.
79:24So if Drake May has a terrible season, I don't even need to log in.
79:28I don't need to go check it. I know what's going on.
79:32But if Drake May is balling out every single week, I think Raritan could have a couple spike weeks along the way,
79:38especially in the second half of the season where we start to see these rookies really take a step forward.
79:44So again, you said I was late on tight end.
79:47How do you feel now, Tom? Now I got four tight ends.
79:51Four. I feel much better for you, Andrew. Yes.
79:53And obviously it's a bit of a thin bet on Raritan.
79:57Like, you know, he's going to play in two tight end sets.
80:00But Hunter Henry was somebody I think one of the reporters was asking Mike Vrabel today about whether Hunter Henry's in line for a contract extension.
80:08And Vrabel was saying that he'd like to see that, but he wasn't going to get involved too much with contract stuff.
80:15So yeah, I mean, if this offense can spread the ball around more, if Drake May can ascend even further, then I
80:21see no reason why we can't get a little bit more of that.
80:25With my last picks, 19th and 20th round, I'm going to take Elijah Surratt, one of my guys this year on my Baltimore Ravens.
80:32Hard not to want to take a little bit of him.
80:36He's a really good player. I think he's going to help.
80:39Lamar Jackson in the red zone where last year the Ravens were just absolutely awful.
80:43One of the highest drop rates in that area.
80:46Lamar wasn't completing passes there. So definitely interested in just taking a little bit there.
80:51And then in round 20, I'm going to take somebody I mentioned earlier, somebody who probably hasn't been drafted a whole lot
80:57this offseason so far, but I'm going to take Isaiah Davis.
81:01And yes, I'm going to get involved with the Jets and have to live with it if it's a bad bet.
81:07But if Isaiah Davis hasn't been drafted for a huge amount of drafts and he does turn out to be the RB2,
81:13then getting him here as RB67 feels like an okay value.
81:17Andrew, do you want to curse yourself and say who you hope makes it back to you in round 20?
81:23No, because I know this guy is going to make it back.
81:26Unless I say it and then someone just draft.
81:29I mean, I guess if you want to draft Carson Wentz ahead of me, go right ahead.
81:34Draft him. Well, JJ McCarthy did go one pick after you, so you don't need to worry about that.
81:40My team completely done with JSM, Brock Bowers, Brock Purdy, Drake London, Daniel Jones, Ladd McConkie, Aaron Rodgers, Sam Laporte, Tony Pollard,
81:46Rashad White, Ricky Pearsall, Tyron Tracy, Dylan Sampson, Keaton Mitchell, Gunner Helm, Travis Hunter, Jaden Blue, Jeremy Bernard, Elijah Surratt, Isaiah Davis.
81:53I went with a zero RB approach. Didn't take my first running back until the 108th pick off the board.
81:59And I feel like I managed to work it pretty well with a draft room of Tony Pollard, Rashad White, Tyron Tracy,
82:06Dylan Sampson, Keaton Mitchell, Jaden Blue, Isaiah Davis. Seven running backs in all.
82:09Andrew's team, Drake May, James Cook, AJ Brown, George Pickens, Jordan Love, Terrell McMillan, Harold Fannin, Christian Watson, Jalen Warren, RJ Harvey,
82:16Jacoby Myers, Xavier Worthy, Chigga Konkwo, Jonah Coleman, Tank Bixby, Jordan James, Ray Davis for that double handcuff running back approach.
82:22Then rounding out the onesie positions with Darnell Washington, the man mountain, Eli Raradon stacking up for that Patriots stack.
82:28And then Carson Wentz is QB 41 off the board.
82:31Andrew, before we get to the draft grades, how do you feel about your team?
82:36Well, the consensus loves my team with a 90 out of 100.
82:39Guys, this is why it pays to rip those mock drafts and mock drafts.
82:44Practice makes perfect, as you can see here. And honestly, I think maybe I could have gotten this grade a little bit
82:50higher if I had probably because I went off the wall, definitely with some of my last round picks, getting Raradon probably reached on him.
82:58Wentz obviously reached on him. But luckily, the draft wizard wasn't or the draft analyzer wasn't that holding that much against me.
83:04But to be totally honest, like during the first 10 rounds, I really liked my team.
83:09I thought it was really, really strong. Getting George Pickens as my wide receiver, too.
83:14I don't get a lot of him because I think he goes a little bit high in some of the one quarterback leagues.
83:20And typically, you don't love paying up for that real life number one or number two wide receiver that is coming off like a monster season.
83:28And the fact that he is playing without a contract into next year does kind of concern me about if he's going
83:35to pack it in during the last four weeks of the season.
83:38Like that's something that's kind of keeping the back of my mind.
83:42But no, I do like my team. And I would say I definitely agree with this grade.
83:47And clearly, I mean, the Fantasy Bros crew also is game.
83:5098 from me. 94 from Fitzmaurice. 92 from D-Bro.
83:53I mean, I said nothing nice to D-Bro over the last weekend for him to give me a 92 here.
83:59That is the Lord doing his work. So let's go check out the rest of the full announcement and get an idea
84:06of how your team did as well. Yeah, I mean, you definitely improved dramatically from the last time we did this and
84:12you were treated to quite a miserable score. So I'm excited to see if it's me this time.
84:18It looks like I'm down in 10th place there.
84:20Of course, if you're not familiar with it, this is the Fantasy Pros draft assistant.
84:25Go to fantasypros.com forward slash assistant for all of this and start getting involved in the mock drafts.
84:30Andrew, tell me what I did wrong with my team according to the draft system.
84:35All right. So pulling up your team right now.
84:37So you got a C. So you're still passing here, Tom.
84:41That's fine. 10th place. Let's look at the expert opinions here.
84:44Well, okay. It's because it's because you went zero RB, of course.
84:48So your running backs are going to be 12th on the list.
84:51Of course, they don't love your quarterbacks and your super flex.
84:55So so that's where it doesn't like. But then obviously per per typical of a zero RB team is wide receivers totally stacked.
85:01Tight ends totally stacked and you're dominating the normal flex spot.
85:05So second, second, second overall in all those positions.
85:07So let's check out the expert opinions here. So luckily this time I don't hate your team or the Andrew bot doesn't hate your team.
85:15So I do. I that does bring me joy that I'm not just raining on your parade because I never like doing that.
85:22But I do want to kind of look and see.
85:25Let's look at the team strength. So Purdy, Pollard, Rashad White, because I because again, I like Rashad White a lot.
85:31So that's why you're going to get a positive grade for me.
85:35And then Daniel Jones and Brock Purdy in the super flex.
85:38I guess my question for you would be because you went zero RB, do you feel like you should have gotten better quarterbacks in a super flex format?
85:46I guess that would be my my only one question for you.
85:50Yeah. So I guess you could look at where I took Drake London and say, would I have been better off as
85:57a team if I took Bo Nix there or Mahomes or Mayfield, etc.
86:00I wouldn't want to go that way. I think like you want to make sure the wide receiver room is going to
86:07be dominant if you're doing this sort of thing.
86:10I think it's fair to say that then back and I made this point at the time, but by the time I
86:16did take Daniel Jones in round five, like we had seen it.
86:20We'd gone from I took Brock Purdy at QB 13 and then I took Daniel Jones at QB 23 in the space
86:26of, you know, one round, like two rounds, even 10 quarterbacks came off the board, which did make it hard for me.
86:33I would have liked Sam Darnold to drop to me.
86:36I would have liked Malik Willis or Tyler Shook and having done a lot of these drafts, sometimes you get fortunate when you push the quarterback.
86:44Sometimes you don't get fortunate. I'm glad that I took Aaron Rodgers where I did, though.
86:49Maybe the draft system would have thought I did a better job of things if I took CJ Stroud ahead of Vlad
86:55McConkie, but I'm quite cool on CJ Stroud. I don't particularly see him being an incredible fantasy quarterback and definitely not ahead of Daniel Jones or Brock Purdy.
87:04So I definitely understand that. I feel pretty good about this one.
87:07I think that between Brock Bowers and Sam Laporta, that I should have a tight end and potentially a flex spot every week.
87:14And the three wide receivers, I think, are going to go a long way.
87:18In some weeks, I'll be pushing out that super flex spot anyway.
87:22So, yeah, it could have worked better for me from a grading point of view.
87:26But look, the grades aren't always going to love what you do when you start leaning into more extreme strategies.
87:32So I'm fine with that. But I'm Prezi. Are you able to use the draft analyzer anytime post-draft if you aren't using it when the draft concludes?
87:40I'm fairly sure that you can sync your leagues to it and you can get retrospective grades.
87:46So, yeah, definitely go check it out at fantasypros.com forward slash assistant.
87:49This draft has been a lot of fun, Andrew.
87:52Is there anything else you want to touch on before we get out of here?
87:56I do want to see who else. Oh, we also found this out at the Expo where the Andrews are pushing the
88:03Joes for the amount of analysts in this space.
88:06Talked to Andrew Hall for a very long time about we have to get all these Andrews together.
88:11And we need to battle against all the fantasy pros Joes in the space.
88:15So it's good to see myself up there and then Andrew Ledsa.
88:19I don't know. I'm not pronouncing it. Andrew L.
88:21But to see another fellow Andrew giving me a 97 out of 100, that is something that's absolutely great.
88:27And actually, too, like, Tom, the analyst that was highest on your roster, Matt Donnelly, got a chance to hang out with him as well.
88:35So shout out to Matt. And Dub is killing it and crushing it.
88:39And he likes your team. So that's all that really matters at the end of the day.
88:44Well, maybe I'll make it out there next year and I can buy Matt a beer when I've won $100,000.
88:50Yes. Yes. Because that's the first thing that you're going to.
88:53It's not. No, we're not going on vacation. It's like, yeah, we're going on vacation to Canton, Ohio.
88:58Saddle up, kids. Let's go. They would be very pleased to hear that.
89:02Maybe not quite so much. But hey, they're bleeding me dry with all their cheerleading.
89:07Sometimes it's got to be for Tom. For myself and Andrew, this has been so much fun.
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