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Speaker 1:
[00:04] Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry.

Speaker 2:
[00:08] Welcome to Fantasy Football Happy Hour. I'm Jay Croucher here with Lawrence Jackson, Matthew Berry. Excited to give Connor Rogers the day off. He's not a big draft guy, so I think he's doing something else, watching the Mets try and lose again to the twins. But looking forward to a big evening around one of the drafts. Matthew, what are you most excited for?

Speaker 1:
[00:27] I'm excited for Tooth. I mean, where does Jeremiyah Love go, right? Like, we thought the Titans. No, I said after my draft column, my combined rumors column, I said, I'm here in the Titans at Ford. And everyone was like, that's crazy. He's going to the Chiefs or the Saints. Free agency happens. Then it's like, oh, he's definitely going to the Titans. Now there's rumors about the Cardinals. Just a couple of minutes ago, there's a rumor tweet coming out that Brian Balderinger says they think the commanders are going to trade up for Jeremiyah Love. So finding out where Jeremiyah Love, who's going to be a top 10 fantasy running back wherever he lands, to me, that's the most interesting storyline for us tonight.

Speaker 3:
[01:01] For me, it's the possibility of what type of trade happens in the first round that maybe involves a veteran. Maybe it doesn't, but those first round picks moving up, moving back to get more. I just want to see what's going to be that big trade of the draft. A couple years ago, we had AJ Brown go to the Eagles in the middle of the draft. For me, it's just like the possibility of that one big draft trade.

Speaker 2:
[01:28] Yep. For me, I'm most excited about who my cults are going to take. Oh, I don't have a first round pick. Trying to get the first source card and have to go all in to win the Super Bowl and didn't make the playoffs.

Speaker 1:
[01:38] Do you have a bet? Do you have a favorite prop bet that you're drafting for, that you have for this, that you're rooting for?

Speaker 2:
[01:44] Yeah, well, as we look at the draft order for the first round, I'm not 100% convinced that anyone knows what the Cardinals are doing at three. I know there's been some Jeremiyah Love buzz, but I think that there's a chance that they might just go offensive line at three, and that's certainly an underdog in the market. People are expecting that they will go edge rush or potentially Jeremiyah Love, but I think they might just go O-line at three. Matthew mentioned Love and your commanders. The commander is at seven now. I'm not expecting Love will fall there, but they may trade up. Would you, I mean, obviously be excited if Jeremiyah Love is on your team. Would you feel good about the commanders trading up for running back with where they are?

Speaker 1:
[02:23] I would not. I think I, as a fan, look, I'll trust in Adam Peters. So I'm going to trust the process. But one of the scenarios that's been floated, which I actually like, is instead of trading up for Jeremiyah Love, do they trade down for a wide receiver? The Jets at 16, I think, is one of the ones that have been talked about a lot. Now, Jordyn Tyson's been gaining some steam, so there's thoughts that Tyson's not going to get out of the top 10. So we'll see that. That's another thing I'm looking forward to is, where does Tyson and Carnell Tate, where do those two guys land specifically? The only thing I know for sure, Jay Croucher, is Vonte Mac, no matter what. Right? It is, once again, Vonte Mac, no matter what, as you know, from the great, great movie Draft Day, Ohio State, Vonte Mac, no matter what. Remember, no one went to Bo Callahan's birthday party. It is one of those movies that I will just say, Jay, and you're a movie aficionado as well. I think it is both a terrible movie and wildly entertaining.

Speaker 2:
[03:22] Like The Devil's Advocate, and Johnny Rooney and Al Pacino.

Speaker 3:
[03:25] Yeah, I don't have a strong opinion on Draft Day.

Speaker 1:
[03:28] It's a terrible movie.

Speaker 2:
[03:29] It's pretty bad.

Speaker 1:
[03:30] And yet I enjoy, I don't know if it's hate watching that I enjoy, but it is.

Speaker 2:
[03:34] To be fair, a lot of football movies are like that.

Speaker 1:
[03:37] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[03:37] Like The Replacements is not really a good movie, but it's phenomenal to watch. Any Given Sunday is not a really good movie, but also quite fun to watch.

Speaker 1:
[03:45] Any Given Sunday, the one positive about Any Given Sunday though, is that I feel like the football action actually looked real.

Speaker 2:
[03:51] Sure.

Speaker 1:
[03:51] You know what I mean?

Speaker 3:
[03:53] Because they had some dudes at play, so it looked like regular football players. If you watch All American, the routes are terrible. That's the weirdest football show I've received.

Speaker 2:
[04:07] Yeah. Remember the Titans is pretty bad on that front, too. Ryan Gosling trying to play cornerback.

Speaker 3:
[04:13] He was wearing number 48. No corner is choosing to wear number 48.

Speaker 1:
[04:19] Anyway, but draft A, again, and I'm probably ruining this for people, but like draft A, I mean, there's so many things wrong with it in terms of like, all the process is all wrong. The quarterback, he's just like, you forget the quarterback was eight and two before the knee injury or whatever. The quarterback went to the stat, and by the way, they haven't thought about this. It's only until the actual day of the draft, they're like, maybe we shouldn't stick to our quarterback. None whatsoever. Maybe we should just talk about it. Meanwhile, the general manager is having an affair with his, I forget what Jennifer Garner's character does. She's like a contract lawyer or something like that. But it's clearly from a different era. Like the whole thing is, and then the mom shows up because she wants to have a funeral, like the day of the draft and they got to walk the grass. The whole thing is awful.

Speaker 3:
[05:05] They try. I think that's what they thought is light. It's awful.

Speaker 1:
[05:10] I highly recommend you watching it.

Speaker 2:
[05:12] Well, I'll bring us back. But before I bring us back, I just want to mention one thing. The best ever draft related college football related thing in any movie is in Point Break where Keanu Reeves' character was the quarterback at Ohio State. And then is now an undercover FBI agent, but no one knows. It's like, hold on, the undercover FBI agent was the quarterback at Ohio State. It's just the most ridiculous thing.

Speaker 3:
[05:35] I got to raise you one. Okay, man, Hines Ward in Dark Knight.

Speaker 2:
[05:39] Hines Ward returns a kickoff in a home field blow-up.

Speaker 3:
[05:43] He don't care. He's like, I'm getting attached.

Speaker 1:
[05:47] Have you ever seen, and we'll get to the draft in a second. We're shooting this before the draft. So for anyone watching this, the show, I promise we're going to get to the draft here in one minute. But there was a guy that, and it was really, really funny. Guy did a video of like fantasy manager watching Hines Ward.

Speaker 3:
[06:04] Yeah, I've seen that.

Speaker 1:
[06:05] That's my guy. That's my guy. That's my guy. Oh, no. And then he's just like, and then he's watching the buddy, and the buddy's like, oh, no, that's not going to count. He crossed the goal line. Dude, the stadium blew up.

Speaker 3:
[06:16] That was a phenomenal social media.

Speaker 1:
[06:18] And they're just doing it, and then the guy, Matthew Berry told you not to cross.

Speaker 2:
[06:22] You got name dropped.

Speaker 1:
[06:23] Yeah, I got name dropped in there.

Speaker 2:
[06:24] All right, I'll bring us back. I'll bring us back. All right. Okay. Real talk about the draft. One thing I'm excited for Lawrence is what the Rams and the Ravens do back to back in 13 and 14, particularly if it is going offense, rafting, a pass catcher, because the Rams are the Super Bowl favorites. The Ravens were the Super Bowl favorites three quarters into week one against the Bills last season. These are two absolutely loaded teams in terms of talent and particularly if they are able to get Lamar Jackson a weapon like a Kenyon Sadiq type, that would be very exciting.

Speaker 3:
[06:54] Right, when we are talking about the Ravens, if it is a receiver going there, you will have to be extremely patient in that situation because they are going to groom him to be like their future, you know, big bodied wide receiver. However, if it is a tight end and that said being Kenyon Sadiq, then we got some legs on that, right? Because we know the Ravens' tight ends and that well, Mark Andrews has had a lot of success with Lamar Jackson.

Speaker 2:
[07:21] It's so funny saying the Steelers drafting 21st. I feel like they've drafted 21st 10 years in a row.

Speaker 1:
[07:27] It's always.

Speaker 3:
[07:28] Jack Kenny Pickett was just a little bit.

Speaker 2:
[07:29] Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 1:
[07:30] Always.

Speaker 3:
[07:31] Aji Harris in the 20s.

Speaker 2:
[07:32] So that happens when you go 9 and 7, 10 and 7 every year.

Speaker 1:
[07:36] Every single week. For whatever it's worth, and we will see if this plays out, but I was having dinner the other night with a Rams source.

Speaker 2:
[07:42] Okay.

Speaker 1:
[07:43] Somebody very well.

Speaker 2:
[07:44] Matthew Stafford.

Speaker 1:
[07:44] Yes. So Matthew Stafford and I, Matthew and Kelly Stafford and I and Beth, were the four of us who had to dinner on a double date. So this is somebody who doesn't work with the Rams, but is very well sourced within the Rams. My friend said, I don't know if they trade up or they trade down, but I can tell you this, the Rams are not picking, I think it's 13, the Rams are not staying there.

Speaker 2:
[08:06] Interesting.

Speaker 1:
[08:07] They will either trade up or they will trade down, or they'll trade out, maybe they'll trade for a one, they'll trade for a number one pick next year, so they have two picks next year when Stafford is likely retired. As you know, it's a tradition for me to always retire Matthew Stafford. One of these years I'm going to be right.

Speaker 2:
[08:23] Sure. Yeah. They do it to Lebron too. It's interesting that Aaron Donald would tell you that. Yes.

Speaker 1:
[08:31] Andrew Whitworth. Andrew Whitworth, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[08:34] Any short prediction?

Speaker 1:
[08:35] Me and Puka. Me and Puka hanging out.

Speaker 3:
[08:37] I actually got a little something on D'Angelo Puntz. First round. Indiana cornerback. That's at plus 600. You know I like my plus money. Think about this though. About five or six days ago, this was 150 to one odds for him to go in the first round. So I saw it today at plus 600. I think he's one of the top five to seven talents in this whole NFL draft. The problem is he's just 5'9 and 180 pounds, but he's competed with the Carnell Tates and held his own in the Jeremiah Smiths from Ohio State. So he's really like that. And for his size, he makes up for that with strength and leaping ability, explosiveness. So I think D'Angelo Puntz could sneak into the first round.

Speaker 1:
[09:28] He said a lot about me. I make up for my deficiencies with the explosiveness. Sure, yes.

Speaker 3:
[09:32] That's how you gotta do it.

Speaker 1:
[09:33] The athleticism, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 2:
[09:35] Okay, well, looking forward to all of it. We will be reacting to everything on offense, not so much on defense, but looking forward to a big night for everyone in the NFL, except the Indianapolis Colts, and we will be reacting to it as it unfolds. Okay, Fernando Mendoza first off the board, as expected to the Las Vegas Raiders. Matthew, will he be a top 20 quarterback in fantasy for you?

Speaker 1:
[09:57] I don't believe so. Look, I think this is the obvious pick for a reason here given all the Raiders' needs, but you have to think about this, right? That offense wants to be run heavy, Mendoza himself doesn't run a lot, and while he's got some nice weapons around him, obviously starting with Brock Bowers, the fact is that Sam Darnold with JSN and a very highly functioning offense under Clint Kubiak last year in Seattle, Kubi 24 on a points-per-game basis. Darnold played awesome, Super Bowl MVP, and yet still he couldn't crack the top 20 points per game, and now you've got Mendoza coming to a Raiders situation, which isn't usually as solid as Seattle's in that same system. I think Kubiak is a very good coach, especially for Mendoza, who is accurate. But I don't see any fantasy value in the near future, especially because Lawrence, he might not start.

Speaker 3:
[10:43] Right, and that's the biggest thing. They have Kirk Cousins, we don't know when and if Fernando Mendoza is going to start. So, but when he does get in for the rest of the offense, I do like it for a player like Brock Bowers. Like, you can still feel confident he'll be one of the top two or three tight ends in fantasy just based off the offense that they ran in Codge. A lot of RPOs, so Fernando Mendoza, more of a point guard type of quarterback. At this point, that's what you want when you got a back, that could catch it out the backfield. You got a tight end who could catch it and run. You're still developing your wide receiver room. But we don't know when he's going to play. We know at some point he will, but we can't say he's a top 20 quarterback off the bat.

Speaker 1:
[11:26] Jay, could you see the Raiders win total changing at all, if we knew for sure Mendoza was starting versus Cousins?

Speaker 2:
[11:31] I don't think it changes a great deal. But the two things, one, I like that you were so upset about Ken Walker not hitting the receptions prop, that he handed his Super Bowl MVP to Sam Darnold.

Speaker 1:
[11:40] That's right.

Speaker 2:
[11:41] He'd be so upset that he didn't need it.

Speaker 1:
[11:44] I've wiped that from my memory. Sam Darnold should have been the Super Bowl MVP. The way he handed the ball to Ken Walker three times.

Speaker 2:
[11:50] It was very crisp.

Speaker 1:
[11:51] Got the ball right in the basket.

Speaker 2:
[11:53] Secondly, with Mendoza, I do think one underrated thing is that the Raiders' offensive line last year was horrific. Two years ago, it was pretty good or at least it was fine. So I do think that it will be improved with more competent coaching with Clint Kubiak there. But ultimately, no, between Mendoza and Cousins, I don't think it affects the Wintour too much because everyone's going to expect Mendoza to get in there at some point. And Kirk is, I think, will be a very good backup if he does take the starting role, but ultimately expect that it's going to be Fernando Mendoza's show.

Speaker 1:
[12:21] Yeah, so I think this is a smart pick for the Raiders. They needed a franchise quarterback. They get one on Fernando Mendoza. I think this is good for the skill players on the Raiders we care about, starting with Bowers and Ashton Genti. But in terms of fantasy value, stand-alone fantasy value for Fernando Mendoza this year, it's hard to see. I can't imagine drafting him. Even he would be a QB3 in two quarterback or super flex leagues.

Speaker 2:
[12:42] Okay, first real shocker or semi-shocker of the draft, Jeremiyah Love goes three to the Cardinals. Perhaps not the landing spot that would be ideal for running back. Cardinals have a window of four and a half, but Jeremiyah Love, he can, he offers plenty in the passing game as well. Will he be a top 10 running back for you, Matthew?

Speaker 1:
[12:59] He will be. I think he'll be borderline top 10. When we heard the rumors, we thought the Cardinals just throwing smoke. But apparently, despite the fact that they have Trey Benson, Tyler Algier, and James Connor on the roster, all you need is love. The Cardinals ticket marketing people are very excited about, you know that's going to be all you need is love. Here's what I would say.

Speaker 2:
[13:20] All they have is love.

Speaker 1:
[13:21] All they have is love.

Speaker 3:
[13:22] All they have is love.

Speaker 1:
[13:23] It's basically, it's very true. It's a city of Jeremiyah Love, not necessarily brotherly love. What I will say about this is that while you might think, well, boy, the Cardinals not a great offensive line, the fact of the matter is that this defense was not good last year. We think under the floor, this offense should be as good, if not better, the next year. Again, with Brissette, with Harrison McBride, Michael Wilson, they can move the ball. And so love, who's a good pass catcher. I mean, Algier doesn't catch passes, like we don't even know if we'll see Connor this year playing as well. So I think Jeremiyah Love, even though he's a different kind of running back, I think he could have Alvin Kamara type usage in the second half, especially as they continue to trail. Look, he's not going to get 25 carries immediately, Lawrence. I think fantasy managers will be a little frustrated with the start, the way they were with Ashton Gentry last year, and maybe Jamiroh Gibbs. But I'm going to bank on talent and I'm going to bank on the coaching of LaFleur to ultimately get the most out of Jeremiyah Love in Arizona.

Speaker 3:
[14:19] Right. The thing about that Matthew is he didn't have 25 carries a lot of times in college. Like he split time with Jadarian Price. So he's used to that. When me and Connor interviewed him at the combine, he said, I don't mind coming into the league and sharing the backfield. Like that's what makes him go. He stays healthy. He keeps his energy. The good thing about it is we know he could take him to the house. And when we talk about a running back who can catch, it's not just swing passes out the backfield. He could go downfield, catch the deep ball. You could line him up as a receiver. He could get the ball that way. So he could be efficient on his touches. And that's where he'll make his hay.

Speaker 2:
[15:01] Yep, Arizona Cardinals were perhaps the most anonymous team in the league before now. Now they have an identity with Jeremiyah Love. Okay, first wide receiver off the board, Carnell Tate out of Ohio State to the Titans at four represents something of a surprise. There's been some momentum for Jordyn Tyson to be the first receiver taken, but it's not Carnell Tate. And no one really expected him to go to Tennessee. What kind of player are the Titans getting, Lawrence?

Speaker 3:
[15:23] Look, they talked about his four, five, three at the combine and how, or at his, at the combine, yeah, and how it was slow runner. But this is the thing, his thing is route running. He runs smooth routes. He goes up and gets the ball. He kind of glides when he runs the routes. And this is the kind of guy that Cam Ward needed. With all the injuries that Calvin really had last year, he's older. Get a new guy that you could build up with Cam Ward. And they got that in Carnell Tate. Like you said, it was close between him and Jordyn Tyson. But this is the guy that we could see grow with Cam Ward.

Speaker 1:
[15:58] And you feel better about Cam Ward now, right? You think about the offseason edition of Wondell Robinson, the offseason edition of Brian Dable as the new play caller there in Tennessee. And now you add Carnell Tate, who I think they're hoping will be what they hoped Calvin Ridley was going to be when they signed him, right? They got some nice production out of DK last year as well. So you think about Wondell Robinson, Carnell Tate, and then DK. They will see if they have anything left from Calvin Ridley. I kind of like Gunnar Helm as a tight end, now with Chigga Konko in Washington. So all of a sudden, you feel like the pass catchers here. The pass catchers here in Tennessee, again, under Dayball, second year of Cam Ward. Look, I think in redraft, Carnell Tate's probably borderline top 40 wide receiver. Maybe not even top 40 again, because I think Wondell is going to lead that team in targets. But still, Ohio State wide receiver, in the pros, long track record, good offensive mind, I think ultimately, if you're a dynasty manager, you feel good about Carnell Tate's long term prospects.

Speaker 2:
[16:54] Yep, and stock goes up for Cam Ward as well, just giving him his first legitimate weapon that he's had in the NFL. Jalen Tyson currently in foul trouble against the Raptors at the Scotiabank Arena, but no such issues for his brother, Jordyn Tyson. He's been drafted to the Saints. Matthew, what do you think of his fit with Tyler Shock next to Chris Olave?

Speaker 1:
[17:12] Who dat? I think it's great, especially when you think about sort of what they needed, right? I mean, so after Rashid Jaheed goes to Seattle, like all due respect to the Mason Tiptons and Yvonne Velez of the world, but they needed someone opposite Chris Olave. Again, we love Juwan Johnson here, but they needed a second pass catcher here for this Kellen Moore offense. And so I think this is a great landing spot for Jordyn Tyson, who immediately slots in as the number two opposite for Chris Olave. We like Tyler Shock, who very quietly was a top 20 fantasy quarterback last year, should improve even more in the second year in the system. Now with these weapons around him, think about Travis Etienne now in the back. All of a sudden, like the Saints have kind of a sneaky good offense here for fantasy guys. Good O-line as well. It's not a division that scares you, Lawrence, as well. I think Redraft, he's probably borderline top 40-ish. Him and Carnell Tate, I think people are going to go back and forth. I think Tyson probably has more weekly upside. Tate is probably safer given the injury histories here. But I think this is probably a pretty good landing spot for Jordyn Tyson.

Speaker 3:
[18:12] Yeah, I mean, the person I like it for the most is Tyler Shuck, right? You got a number two receiver now. And now you got a guy who could kind of win those routes over the middle. He's not scared to go over the middle and catch that football. You just really needed a solid number two. And like y'all said, the offense as a whole is now coming together. Jordyn Tyson himself, you said it Matthew, probably in the wide receiver 40-ish range. That means a lot of up and down rookie weeks as a receiver. You'll see the same kind of things with Jordyn Tyson as you will with Carnell Tate. But at this current time, you feel better about the Saints offense as a whole because they're in a division that's up for grabs. The Saints see that and they're going to get it. That's why they're putting everything around their quarterback and Jordyn Tyson will be a great fit.

Speaker 2:
[19:01] Yeah. And the other thing too is that obviously hope Chris Olave stays healthy, but he's dealt with a lot of injuries in his career. And there are worlds where Olave could get hurt and Jordyn Tyson becomes the number one wide receiver with a very competent quarterback with Tyler Schuck there. And I think that what Schuck showed towards the end of the season was real. The underlying stuff, you just watch him on tape as well. He was excellent. So I think that this bodes very well for the Saints for their offense going forward.

Speaker 1:
[19:27] It does. It's sort of interesting, though, that the Saints would take this shot again, because the only knock on Jordyn Tayson, who some people have compared to Jackson Smith and Jigbo, like that kind of level talent, is the injury history with him in college. You've got Chris Olavi, who's dealt with that throughout his pro career. You've got Jordyn Tyson, who's coming in with some injury red flags. But if both guys can stay healthy, both guys insanely talented wide receivers with a good play caller, a good run game, good offensive line, as you said, an improving quarterback.

Speaker 2:
[19:55] Okay. We've got some shocking news for Stetson Bennett. He's got some competition. Ty Simpson drafted 13 to the Rams. This is going to be the most divisive, talked about draft selection of the night, almost certainly, of the Rams who are the Super Bowl favorites, who are a win now team, who just traded for Trent McDuffie, who have Matthew Stafford coming off an MVP season, and they have taken a quarterback, Matthew, your quarterback. Roll tide.

Speaker 1:
[20:21] Yeah, roll tide. Roll tide indeed with Ty Simpson. We talked about it at the top of the show, how like, I had a friend tell me there was no way the Rams were picking at 13. They were going to trade up or trade down. They do in fact pick it, because they didn't like anyone in this range. But listen, they picked Ty Simpson, who is clearly quarterback of the future. There is no fantasy value this year, unless Matthew Stafford gets hurt. Like, he's going to sit and learn. But I think if you are in a dynasty league, I was literally in a dynasty draft last week where Ty Simpson won in the first round, it's now looking like a great pick, because you think about Simpson, who has the skills, there's some flaws to his game, Lawrence, but getting to go and learn from Matthew Stafford, be in a Sean McVay offense, he's going to get to play with Pooka Nakua for the next 10 years, when Stafford retires, whether it's next year or two years, he's going to sit and learn. I think for the dynasty value of Ty Simpson, you couldn't have asked for a better landing spot if you don't need him this year.

Speaker 3:
[21:12] Yeah, even just from a regular football standpoint, I don't think many thought Ty Simpson was going to play this year, regardless wherever he went, but now we know that for a fact when you're behind the MVP quarterback. So the thing with Ty Simpson is, like you said in the dynasty, it's like, hey, you take him when you get him and you just kind of sit and wait on it. And I will say this to like, I think the pick is crazy first off. I don't even think Ty Simpson was a first round talent. However, like when the Rams was trading away all those first round picks to get these players, we was like, what are they doing? Then the Rams was like, F them picks, F them picks. They once traded away Jared Goff, who they literally went to the Super Bowl with. Well, you know what they said? We want to actually win the Super Bowl. That's what they did, so, hey, I don't know who we are to even question McVeigh up until this point.

Speaker 1:
[22:07] Well, listen, McVeigh and Les Snead, right? Because to your point, Lawrence, Jay, they've made a lot of moves at that moment. You're like, I'm not sure.

Speaker 3:
[22:15] This is the most questionable.

Speaker 1:
[22:17] But it's worked out. This is a team that found Jared Verst, that found Puka Nakua. They have managed to, to your point, in years where you thought they were going to rebuild, they have competed. I think you have to trust the process a little bit here.

Speaker 2:
[22:30] A little bit, but the issue is not so much this individual decision. It's this individual decision within the context of the others. Why are you going all in with Trent McDuffie and trading, making that trade and then drafting Ty Simpson, who's not going to contribute to them winning the Super Bowl this year? If Ty Simpson is playing quarterback, that's bad news because that means Matthew Stafford got hurt. I do think what this speaks to though is the fact that, and we should get about it because he ended up winning the VP and was one or two players away from making the Super Bowl. But Matthew Stafford came into the year with a back issue.

Speaker 1:
[23:03] He did?

Speaker 2:
[23:03] It really thought like, he's going to miss the start of the season, but we're going to see Matthew Stafford play this year. There were real concerns there. Then obviously he overcame that and had a career season. But to me, this is different than the Jordan Love, Aaron Rodgers thing, because they took Jordan Love in the mid to late 20s. To use, pick the team on a quarterback.

Speaker 3:
[23:22] They could have had a player. It's like, all right, so you take the quarterback. Like you said, he's not going to help you. You already have a good defensive line. They could have taken Ruben Bane, and that would have helped them more than the quarterback. But hey, what they're saying is, our roster is good, so we could use our pick to get our quarterback in the future.

Speaker 1:
[23:42] There will be a lot of debate about this pick on all the NFL talk shows, I'm sure, including Pro Football Talk on Monday. But what I will tell you is that from a dynasty perspective, Ty Simpson lands in an absolute awesome spot.

Speaker 2:
[23:57] Okay, another semi-shocker of sorts where Kenyon Sadiq, tight end out of Oregon, gets drafted to the New York Jets to play with Geno Smith. What do you think of the player and the pick, Lawrence?

Speaker 3:
[24:07] Would have thought they would have went receiver here. But so now we're in the conundrum. We got a little dilemma here when it comes to fantasy. You got Mason Taylor last year in the second, third round. Now you get Kenyon Sadiq in the first round here. I will say this, they play two different tight end positions. Mason Taylor more of your traditional tight end. Kenyon Sadiq will be used like an H-back flex type of player, but I think he will come in. They are just adding another play maker to get around Garrett Wilson. Someone to take the load off here, but from a fantasy perspective in redraft, I can't see him being someone that you'd even use as a streamer right off the bat.

Speaker 1:
[24:53] I could see him as a mid-tier tight end too. From a fantasy perspective, he goes to a veteran quarterback in Geno Smith who we've seen can get the ball to Brock Bowers. We think Geno is going to be better than he was in Las Vegas last year. Then you also think about the fact to your point, speaking of somebody who has Mason Taylor in dynasty, tier. But the fact of the matter is that other than Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall out of the backfield, there's not a lot of target competition. You use a 16th overall pick on Kenyon Sadiq, he's going to get the ball, Lawrence. While it's not somebody that I think you're going to target in redraft as a top 12 fantasy tight end, I could see him as a mid-tier tight end, too, and as he gets more into that offense, and we see Gino looking like Seattle Gino, you could see, I could see us talking about him on a Tuesday in a waiver wire saying like, hey, Kenyon Sadiq is suddenly starting to get some love. Ultimately, I think it's a good long-term landing spot for him.

Speaker 3:
[25:47] I think the plan would be to have both of them on the field together a lot of the time.

Speaker 1:
[25:52] Sadiq and Taylor, right?

Speaker 3:
[25:53] Yes, yeah, you want both of the tight ends on the field at the same time, especially when you don't have like a true solidified wide receiver two in the building. And to your point, and I even mentioned it a couple weeks ago, we talked about Sadiq, is like, if you're taking them in the first round, you should have plans for them. They're just going to have to work it out. And it's not like we're, he's going to some high flying offense to be the second or one A, one B tight end. That will be a different story. We're talking about the Jets right here.

Speaker 2:
[26:25] Well, the thing is, and that's the point, is that I think we all have this anchoring about the Jets because they've been bad for 45 years and that we think that it's going to be bad because it's always bad. If you just kind of take a step back, they have a really good offensive line. That's the strength of the team. They have Garrett Wilson, who's the legit number one who I've received. They have Bree Saul, who's the legit number one running back. And they have Geno Smith, who was bad last year, but everyone liked that trade, or at least they thought that the Raiders were, you know, potentially getting a better quarterback than who was going to Seattle and Sam Darnold at the time. So Geno, if he can become the guy again that he was in Seattle, then all of a sudden, I think that Sadiq goes into a situation that is actually not that bad, and it might be a good balance and a happy medium between good enough things around him, but they're not too many good things to take away target share. So I think that it could be interesting. I think there is still some upside.

Speaker 1:
[27:18] Well, and by the way, it suddenly makes Geno Smith potentially streamer worthy, right? Because like while we all wanted a wide receiver here for the Jets, the fact is Sadiq is a talented pass catcher, and it's just another weapon for Geno. Again, you're not going to a season, but like in a bye week or a deep tube quarterback league, suddenly Geno, I think, potentially viable.

Speaker 2:
[27:38] Philadelphia Eagles going to look a fair bit different on offense this year. It looks like Makai Lemon is the pick after they trade up with the Cowboys. This probably means the end of the AJ. Brown era.

Speaker 1:
[27:50] It certainly points to that, right? Because they, as we've talked about, they traded for Dontevi and Wicks. They've got Hollywood Brown there as well. They brought back Dallas Goddard. Obviously, they have Devontae Smith. And so when you trade up to get Makai Lemon.

Speaker 2:
[28:02] Also, they never throw the ball.

Speaker 1:
[28:04] I mean, right. I mean, they also have, you know, they have a guy named Saquon Barkley in the backfield. So I think, look, the obvious thing is it feels like AJ. Brown is probably moving on from the Eagles. And as we've talked about, the Eagles believe that Devontae Smith, if he got the kind of target share that Jackson Smith and David Bogot got last year, he has that kind of upside. They think there's yet another gear to Devontae Smith. So this gives them some more depth here, Makai Lemon. And look, Howie Roseman is a great drafter. It drives me crazy as a commanders fan that he's in my division as well here. But fantasy wise, you could see a scenario, Lawrence, where Makai Lemon is the number two, that he beats out Wicks and Brown in training camp, assuming AJ. Brown moves on.

Speaker 3:
[28:49] Yeah, and I think it's going to be all about the roles. I think Dontavi and Wicks will have a spot there as one of the outside receivers. And you got Devontae Smith and Makai Lemon, who play outside in the college. But he'll settle in in the slot here. Tough player, great in the zone coverages in the middle of the field. And that's the part where the Eagles offense tended to struggle. They were good on the deep balls, but Makai Lemon will be a guy who could come in there and solidify that. But man, Devontae Smith, man, if AJ goes, moves on like we expect him to, I mean, it got to be a foregone conclusion right now. Devontae Smith is going to be a receiver I'll talk about all summer. I think he's a 1,500-yard receiver. I think he's a true number one receiver in this league. That's what he was drafted as coming out. People look at the size, but this guy didn't win the Heisman for no reason. He's stacked up 1,000 yards, multiple 1,000-yard seasons, being the wide receiver, too. And we know the Eagles don't throw it a lot, but they still had two 1,000-yard receivers for three straight years, so I'm all in on Devontae Smith.

Speaker 2:
[29:59] Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. He's obviously got the talent, and now, to your point, going from being a number two in a very run-heavy offense, there just wasn't a lot of room for him to breathe. Now he's going to very likely be the number one in an offense that may throw the ball a little bit more. To me, the reason why this is most interesting with Lemon is that, as you mentioned, the knock on Jalen Hurts and his Eagles passing offense has been that they don't use the middle of the field. Now he has a weapon who is specifically designed for the middle of the field. Devontae Smith still, you know, he's not just a deep threat, but he gives that deep element, as does Hollywood Brown. Dontavian Wicks is another ingredient. So overall, I think there should be enough for Makai Lemon. He's not going to be a super attractive fantasy option, but I do think that he makes this Eagles offense make a little bit more sense.

Speaker 1:
[30:45] Yeah, you feel better about Jalen Hurts. You feel better about the entire Eagles offense. My only question here in Philadelphia fans, when they throw lemons, will it be because he did a good play or a bad play? Because it could go either way. You could see like they're upset or they're happy in throwing the lemons.

Speaker 3:
[31:00] But either way, if it's Eagle fans, it'll be both.

Speaker 1:
[31:04] Yeah, exactly. But anyway, buy stock in lemons in the Philadelphia area.

Speaker 2:
[31:10] Pick 24 to the Browns, KC Concepcion, wide receiver for Texas A&M who are one of your four college teams that you support, Matthew.

Speaker 1:
[31:18] Giggum Aggies, Jay. Giggum Aggies.

Speaker 2:
[31:20] So a very confusing situation now. This Todd Munkin. Browns are fans. They have a lot of receivers, but there's a chance that KC Concepcion is the number one receiver for the Browns. Just what does that mean to be the number one receiver for Cleveland?

Speaker 1:
[31:31] Yeah. I mean, that's the problem. I think fantasy was probably not much. I think KC Concepcion, at least in year one, is going to be a better NFL player than maybe fantasy prospect. He immediately becomes, I think, the best wide receiver on the team, but they still have Jerry Judy there. They still have Cedric Tillman, who you guys know, Club Set, always open. But you think about those guys, along with Harold Fanon, who's probably going to be the number one pass catcher, drafted in fantasy drafts from the Browns. So they have a lot of guys to spread around. And you think about what Lunkin did in Baltimore, that's what they did. They spread the ball around. They also want to be run heavy with Quinshaw and Judkins as well. And so I think this is a good pick for Cleveland's offense. Whoever their quarterback is, Lawrence, we're not even sure who the quarterback is going to be. But I just, I don't see Concepcion being drafted in leagues, redraft leagues of normal size. He's probably somebody that as we understand the role a little bit more, we're picking up as a waiver pick up in the season.

Speaker 3:
[32:22] Yeah. And to what you said about Ty Munkin spreading the ball around, he even did that if you go back to what he did at University of Georgia.

Speaker 1:
[32:30] Sure.

Speaker 3:
[32:30] But KC Concepcion, somebody that the Browns offense desperately needed. They didn't have any type of burst or explosiveness. Now they have that. You got a guy who can make cuts and change directions without losing speed. He's not a big receiver, but he could still go up and get the ball. And like you said, Jay, I think he's their best receiver today. We just got to figure out who's going to be getting him the ball. We know what Todd Monkin's offense looks like. We don't know what it looks like with this particular team. You had University of Georgia and you had Lamar Jackson. So that's a little bit different than the Cleveland Browns' offense. But things are looking up for their offense as a whole. They retooled the whole offensive line. Now you get a receiver that they need. Now, like you said, Matthew, we got to see what's looking like at quarterback.

Speaker 1:
[33:23] I do think because he has such explosive big playability and he's somebody that anytime he touches the ball can take it to the house. I do think he becomes an interesting best ball pick late in best ball drafts because again, he's going to have those spike weeks because they will get him the ball. It's just will it be consistent given they probably want to be a little bit more run heavy and they do have a lot of mouths to feed in Cleveland with a questionable quarterback situation.

Speaker 3:
[33:44] Who do you think is better for them fantasy wise, Deshaun Watson, Shadour Sanders?

Speaker 1:
[33:51] I'll say Shadour Sanders. I have not seen Deshaun Watson in a Browns uniform look.

Speaker 3:
[33:58] Yeah, there was little parts. But Shadour, there's four receivers in the NFL right now that came the same year as Shadour. So there's some hope there. But again, you got a lot of new players. You got to gel together and do all that stuff. But KC, congratulations. You're the best wide receiver in the Cleveland Browns.

Speaker 2:
[34:23] Yeah. To your point about the best ball element, Matthew, Concepcion does have 70 career rush attempts. So they might try to use him as a gadget player. Suspect they're going to have to manufacture touches and offense for him too. But very uncertain situation overall in Cleveland, but certainly some upside for KC Concepcion. Pick 30 to the New York Jets, Omar Cooper wide receiver out of Indiana. We can scrap all the positive things that we said about Kenyon Sadiq, a little while ago, but Lawrence, how do you think that Cooper fits into this offense?

Speaker 3:
[34:54] I think that what they're doing first off is just get in play, get in as many playmakers as they could get. They got a guy Sadiq earlier who can, like I said earlier, he's an H-back type of player. Now you get Cooper who's he'll fit into that slot role for them with Garrett Wilson on the outside, other side, Adonai Mitchell, a guy who can, is not scared to go over the middle. Probably not the most explosive guy, but a smart player in those zones. And as far as how this works out for Fantasy, well Matthew, you said earlier, like how about Geno Smith? They keep on collecting weapons, so I'm liking this for him.

Speaker 1:
[35:31] Yeah, I do, and you know, it's interesting, like some of the draft profiles I read about Omar Cooper is like profiles as a number two wide receiver in the NFL. And so here you go to a spot where it's perfectly suited to be a number two wide receiver to the Alpha in Garrett Wilson. And so in terms of fantasy value, again, let's sort of see how this offense rolls out. I don't think that Cooper is somebody that you're drafting and redraft this year in normal size leagues, but I do think ultimately this helps, this helps the players we do care about on the Jets, right? Because I think their offense will now be more efficient. They now have between Cooper, Sadiq, Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson with a competent quarterback and Geno Smith. All of a sudden you're like, you know what? This is an offense that should be able to put up points. And so for the Breece Hall will be in scoring position more often, Garrett Wilson will be in scoring position more often. You know, again, shedding two tears now for Mason Taylor, my dynasty shares of Mason Taylor. But yeah, I think a really good landing spot for getting Cooper here.

Speaker 2:
[36:29] Yeah. I mean, the Jets, loaded is a strong term, but the offense is like loaded adjacent now.

Speaker 1:
[36:34] It's like, it's now competent. And now you see a vision there.

Speaker 2:
[36:38] Yeah. You have a legit number one wide receiver in Garrett Wilson. You have a legit number one tight end clearly in Kenyon Sadiq and then Omar Cooper who, I mean, where he was mocked kind of varied wildly. He was linked to the Jets a little bit at 16, and they were able to get him at 30. Also, Breece Hall is one of the most dynamic weapons in the league when he's healthy, and it's all behind a very good offensive line now. We'll have to see about the scheme. We'll have to see if Gino might just be done. That is possible, but he may have something left in the tank as well. How do you think, Lawrence, that he specifically, Cooper this is, kind of complements Garrett Wilson's skill set?

Speaker 3:
[37:13] Well, yeah, so we know Garrett Wilson, he could do, he could run all the routes. He's the deep guy, the intermediate guy. This will kind of let, this will kind of let him take a break from going over the middle and trying to do everything. We want to keep him healthy. Omar Cooper, tough receiver over the middle. He'll slide in there. And when you look at Cooper and Sadiq, like taking these two guys in the first round, like you want them to perform in the training camps, in the OTAs. Like you want them to be able to play early to contribute. So if we get to the middle of training camp and you see that like one of these guys are like a little bit lower on the depth chart, then that doesn't bode well for the Jets offense because you're literally taking players that are, that should be better than what you already have on the roster. So I would expect Omar Cooper to be at least the wire receiver too. I don't know that he'll be the second in targets on that team, but as far as receivers go, he should be second in receiver targets.

Speaker 2:
[38:18] Okay, one of the big unanswered questions going into the season from a fantasy perspective, from a real life perspective, is what are the Seahawks going to do at running back after Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker leaves to the Chiefs? Well, now we have our answer, pick 32, last pick of the first round, Matthew Jadarian Price, running back out of Notre Dame. He becomes RB1 in Seattle.

Speaker 1:
[38:39] Yeah, I mean, I think this is a really good pick for Seattle and a really frustrating pick for Fantasy Football because he's going to split time with Zach Charbonne when Charbonne comes back, obviously, until that time. And we don't know when Charbonne is going to be ready this season, but long term, you expect kind of more of the same, like that he's going to take the Ken Walker role, like he's got the big playability, the same that Ken Walker does, obviously, slightly different players. But, you know, between him and Charbonne, that's what they'll do. For now, at least for the start of the year, Lawrence, it's going to be a combination of Jadarian Price, George Helani, who they'll use on third down, and of course, Emmanuel Wilson. I think that this much is clear, though. If you're in a rookie draft, after Jeremiyah Love, his former college teammate Price is the number two running back off the board.

Speaker 3:
[39:28] Yeah, and I'm not so sure I wouldn't take him before a lot of those wire receivers that we saw get drafted earlier in the first round. Now that we know he has first round capital of Price, if he didn't go in the first, he was certainly going to go in the second. But now that we know he's winning the first, that makes it all that more important from that standpoint. But I'll say this, to your point about Zach Charbonnet, I think with Jadarian Price, we'll finally get a chance to see what, at some point at least, what he does look like as a lead running back. We know he played alongside Jeremiyah Love, and it's been proven now that if Jeremiyah Love never existed, well, then Jadarian Price would be the top back in this class. And so we know he's versatile. We know he's got great acceleration. He was a kick returner. So, you know, you want to get him the ball in some capacity, and that's what they did at Notre Dame. Like, hey, we got Jeremiyah Love, but you're so good. Like, we still got to get you the ball, too. Hey, return kicks, you know, he can catch the ball out of the backfield. It's just something he didn't really get the opportunity to do at Notre Dame, and I think he's in a great spot now to kind of show, like, that he can evolve as that type of bat.

Speaker 2:
[40:49] Yeah, I think the talent is not in any doubt whatsoever, but the talent wasn't in any doubt for Ken Walker either. I think that perhaps our perception of this run game and of Ken Walker is a little skewed because of how hot he closed the season after Chabonet got hurt, but he won the Super Bowl MVP, he went off in the playoffs. That wasn't the case throughout the regular season. We had shows in the middle of the year where we were talking about like Zach Chabonet is actually the back you kind of want in Seattle because he's getting more of the goal line work, getting more of the receiving work. And so we'll see, new OC, Clint Kubiak is not going to be there anymore. And so maybe the roles and the division responsibilities is different in that backfield. But to your point, Matthew, this could be a headache fantasy-wise.

Speaker 1:
[41:29] Yeah, eventually, but I actually weirdly think Price, again, we'll know more as we get closer to August and we have a better sense of Charbonne's timelane. But there's a scenario where Charbonne doesn't come back until late in the season. Remember, he got injured very late in last year. And so you could see a scenario where Price sort of distanced himself and is getting 15, 17 touches a game as kind of the lead back for the Seahawks. And you're not really that scared of Wilson or Hwani and everything like that. So Price suddenly actually I think has more redraft value this year than potentially he might further down because again, I think he'll be the lead guy for the first 12, 14 weeks this season as we sit here today in terms of the timelines that I've heard about Charbonne.

Speaker 3:
[42:17] And that's a whole fantasy season. We play 14 regular season weeks in fantasy, right? But 15.

Speaker 1:
[42:25] And by that time if he's established himself, yeah, I mean, right. I mean, Charbonne is not going to go away, but like he'll have car got a role for himself. Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[42:32] And if you mentioned 15 to 17 touches, that's kind of I mean, we talked about it about Jeremiyah Love too. He's not love, but 15 to 17 touches. You're good. Like for all those zero running back drafters, this is a guy you'll be targeting.

Speaker 2:
[42:53] Okay, first round, the NFL draft is in the books as we take a look at picks 1 through 16. The first half of the first round. Fantasy wise, a lot of names that are going to be very relevant. We've talked plenty about Fernando Mendoza, Jeremiyah Love, Carnell Tate, Jordyn Tyson, so forth. But Lawrence, Jeremiyah Love, the first shocker of sorts. What did you think of his landing spot in Arizona?

Speaker 3:
[43:16] It's funny because we're shocked, but we're not shocked. We're not shocked because we know he's that good. We just didn't think the Cardinals would do it because they need it so much. But I think out the gate, he's a guy who could catch 60 to 70 passes. He won't have to play 80% of the running back snaps to do that. In fact, there's a chance that he doesn't do that. The fact is they just needed the best player on their board. He was probably the best player on everybody's board or close to it. So I think Jeremiyah Love is somebody you should feel good about on your Fantasy team, especially if he's your RB2 out of the gate. So he'll be able to be efficient with his touches, won't need the 20 carries. Don't expect that or you'll be disappointed. Just know that he could take them to the house at any time. A lot of pick.

Speaker 2:
[44:09] One spot after Jeremiyah Love, Carnell Tate out of Ohio State going to the Titans. I think that the most important thing here Matthew is just giving Cam Ward a chance to succeed, where he did not have a chance. We spent so much time last year talking about Elikayo Manor. Now we don't have to. We don't have to talk about Elikayo Manor anymore. Now we get to talk about Carnell Tate using a top four pick on a wide receiver. And so obviously Tate's talent is undeniable, but the thing with Cam Ward is he didn't have a great rookie year. He held on to the ball for a long time, but there were flashes. The thing about the drive that he had with the deep throw to Chigokonko against the Texans defense before they eventually lost the game. But to tie that one up, like he had flashes and now he gets a real weapon. I think he'll have a better scheme overall. So this Titans offense becomes a bit more exciting overall and should be more productive with Tate there. But the next wide receiver taking Matthew was Jordyn Tyson who goes into a very appetizing situation in New Orleans.

Speaker 1:
[45:08] Yeah, a lot of people thought Jordyn Tyson was the best wide receiver in this draft. You know, somebody who I've heard many scouts compared to Jackson Smith and Jigma. Like he's got that kind of ability. And so now he goes to a role that where there's a wide open opportunity after Chris Olavi, there's not much there in terms of target competition. He's going to get to play indoors in a dome in a division that doesn't really scare you with a good offensive line and Kellen Moore. And then you think about the draft capital here. I think again, we're going to say this a lot about Jordyn Tyson throughout his NFL career. But assuming he can stay healthy, sky's the limit in terms of fantasy value.

Speaker 2:
[45:42] Yeah, the thing with Tyson too is that it's not just that he has, you know, a very promising quarterback. He has a number one wide receiver who can really take the heat off of him in Chris Olavi. But the offensive line has been a strength in New Orleans. They've invested a lot of resources in that O line. So, expecting that if he can stay healthy, that Jordyn Tyson should be a game changer straight away. Let's take a look at the second half of the first round. There was a little bit of a run of sorts on offensive linemen. And then we got going with the wide receivers with Makai Lemon at number 20, Lawrence.

Speaker 3:
[46:18] Yeah, and so the thing with Makai Lemon here, right, we know he's probably gonna go there. He's gonna play the slot, right? The thing with the Eagles draft and Makai Lemon, it gives us a whole lot of other things to think about more so than just how Makai Lemon will fit in the Eagles offense. It's like now it's okay. Now we really feel like AJ Brown is gone. Now, if you didn't think that before, it's does he go to the Patriots? Where does he go and how will he be effective in fantasy there? When you take it back to the Eagles, it's like, oh, Devontae Smith. Like, what can he do now as the wide receiver one? Because now you have other solid receivers around him, but not that top tier receiver like AJ Brown has been. So it's like Makai Lemon, you kind of have to get in where you fit in, get your role. We don't expect much from him fantasy wise, but it's some more about the other aspects of it.

Speaker 2:
[47:15] Yeah, Matthew, you've long had the well chronicled infatuation with Cleveland pass catchers, doppelganger David and Joku, obsession with Cedric Tillman. What do you think of KC Concepcion in that room?

Speaker 1:
[47:27] Well, again, you know, I grew up in College Station, Texas. So I watched Texas A&M, Giga Maggies, they're one of my many college teams that I actively root for. So I've watched a lot of KC Concepcion just as a fan before you even start getting the breakdown tape. Super talented, big playability, yards after the catch. I think it's exciting for Todd Munkin as he reshapes this offense. Look, we know Cleveland's got a brilliant defense. So they're trying to figure out what can they do on offense. And so, look, I think it's probably a better NFL pick than fantasy-wise just because of the fact that they're going to have some mouths to feed. But, you know, Lawrence, we talked about this earlier in the show, and we talked about this just off camera when the pick was made. Like, he's the only rookie wide receiver that you say immediately, clearly is the best wide receiver on his team from day one. And that's what KC Concepcion, and so you've got Todd Monkin, who uses the first run pick on this wide receiver, and you expect him to obviously get a bunch of packages specifically in place for Concepcion, who also can run the ball. So I think, you know, you could see some gadget plays that we've talked about.

Speaker 2:
[48:28] Yeah, definitely. Concepcion had 70, he's had 70 career rush attempts, and so they may try to manufacture some touches for him there. Lots of touches are going to come the way of Jadarian Price. I thought it was fitting that we have two Notre Dame running backs bookending the first round, and Price perhaps, there's still some upside Lawrence in his game that we didn't see because he was behind Jeremiyah Love. But when he got out there, it was always stunning to see how little Notre Dame lost despite having generational talent in Jeremiyah Love off the field.

Speaker 3:
[48:59] Jeremiyah Love told me and Connor Rodgers at the combine, he said, this dude Jadarian Price could do everything I could do, and he was happy to play with him, because he felt like it took the load off of him sometimes to have a guy who is similarly talented as him. So, I mean, you get that endorsement from the top running back in the draft. I mean, they're teammates, so he's going to talk them up. But it's true, like he has that breakaway speed, he has that playmaking ability, so he'll get a chance to finally beat a guy.

Speaker 2:
[49:32] All right. Well, before we sign off, let's take a quick look ahead to tomorrow. Matthew, who is someone that you're looking forward to seeing where they go?

Speaker 1:
[49:41] Well, Mike Washington, right? I mean, like so much of the mock drafts leading up to the last, before the last couple days, no one had the Cardinals taking a running back. So all the teams that were in the mix for Jeremiyah Love, you think about Tennessee, you think about the Giants, you think about my commanders, suddenly Mike Washington becomes pretty interesting, had a great combine as well. I think he's most people's consensus number three running back here. And so with Love and Price off the board, I think Mike Washington has a chance to find himself in a very fantasy relevant situation with one of the teams that missed out on Love or just, you know, was running back hungry and needy, you know, you think about Minnesota later in the draft as well.

Speaker 3:
[50:17] Yeah, speaking of Minnesota, I'm going to stick with the running back position. I'm going to go with Nebraska running back Emmett Johnson, who's actually from Minnesota and has said, I would love to play for the hometown team, Vikings. And you get a guy in Emmett Johnson, you got an aging Aaron Jones there. The thing about Emmett Johnson is he could catch the ball out of backfield. And we say that so many times, right? This dude led his team, not running backs. He led his whole Nebraska football team in receptions last year. He's a quick guy at the first level when he gets the ball. So if he could get to a team like the Vikings, we'll see his dynasty stop sore as well, like we saw Jadarian Price.

Speaker 2:
[51:01] Yep. I'll throw out Denzel Boston, the number one receiver left on the board. There's some potential landing spots. Early on, you could see him go to the Raiders, be another weapon, a new weapon for Fernando Mendoza, 36. Go to Miami, who are in desperate need of wide receivers or-

Speaker 1:
[51:18] My commanders?

Speaker 2:
[51:19] Your commanders, that's another viable one. But my favorite one though, the Baltimore Ravens of 45. I don't want to do like the Devin DuVernay style mix tapes again with the Ravens receivers. You know what you're going to do. Again, let's get Denzel Boston there and give Lamar Jackson another weapon to complement Safe Flowers.

Speaker 1:
[51:37] This much is clear, day two and day three are going to have some more fantasy relevant players, they always do as well. We're going to be doing a bunch of social videos again around Friday night in rounds two and three, so be sure to follow all of us on social media. We're back on Monday for a full show, but it's closing time. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. For Lawrence and Jay, I'm Matthew. Fonte Mac, no matter what. Peace out.