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Speaker 1:
[00:00] Welcome in, everybody, to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy Football Podcast. It is me, Joey P., Joe Pisapia. And today, you're going to get the best of night one right here on Fantasy Pros, straight from our livestream on YouTube last night. We covered the entire first round of the NFL Draft. And guess what? We'll be back at it, doing it today on Friday as well. Day two, join us at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Watch the second and third rounds of the NFL Draft live with our experts breaking down every single pick the way you want to know Fantasy Style. That's right, get instant fantasy reactions as the draft unfolds. Coverage begins again Friday, 6:30 p.m. Eastern on our YouTube channel. Fantasy Pros, go to youtube.com/fantasypros. Subscribe today and ring that bell till it goes ding. So without further ado, let us get at it. And let's talk about last night, shall we? And what went down with all of the action from round one of the NFL Draft?

Speaker 2:
[00:59] And gentlemen, we do have the Las Vegas Raiders on the clock. They finished three and 14 in 2025, last in the AFC West. This season, they've replaced Pete Carroll in company with Clint Toobyak, fresh off calling that Super Bowl for the Seattle Seahawks. They also have the Max Crosby deal accepted, reversed, and they literally have a great agency kind of in between there. Their team needs, of course, quarterback, wide receiver, offensive tackle and defensive tackle. This is one of their 10 picks in this draft. Andy, obviously Fernando Mendoza is going to be the pick. I mean, you would all have to think. But my question to you is, how do you see him from a fantasy standpoint, whether that's dynasty or redraft dependent?

Speaker 3:
[01:39] Yeah, this is one of those situations where I got to know what that receiving room looks like. So it is just very difficult to spin immediately. I like Mendoza. I think maybe a ceiling projection for Mendoza looks a little bit like, I don't know, Matt Ryan. Do people consider that an insult? I don't mean like the... I don't mean late stage Matt Ryan. I mean stage Matt Ryan. I mean like the good Matt Ryan who won an MVP and went to a Super Bowl. I think Mendoza is very legit. Certainly looks the part. A work ethic guy, like everything about him. It is the worst collection of wide receivers that I can maybe remember coming into a draft. It is a bad receiving room outside of Bowers, right? They have, we know they have an answer at center. We know they have an answer at running back, at tight end. And they have almost everything else is an open question on this team, right? So they need a lot, but this receiving room is a mess. So I really want to see what that looks like at the end of this thing.

Speaker 2:
[02:40] And they have an earlier second round pick, Derek, where they could address that. We talked with EJ Snyder a couple of weeks ago, and he was actually really bullish on Jack Besh that he's potentially someone Clint Kubiak could use strategically. But it's really just Beck, it's Trey Tucker, it's a couple guys, it's nothing flashy right now, Derek. So would you like them to use one of those day two picks also on a wide receiver for Fernando?

Speaker 4:
[03:01] Oh, absolutely. And yeah, like you look where the Raiders have their picks. I mean, obviously the first one overall is going to Mendoza, but then they've got their second, the third round pick. They have three fourth round picks. So the other thing is, are they live to take one of those fourths and maybe jump up from the third to the second or something like that? You know, where they address multiple needs in a sweet spot of this draft. But we've also kind of talked about, while a lot of people don't love this draft class, one of the strengths of this draft class, depending on how you feel about it, can be the wide receiver position. Like there's a lot of guys in that round three area, maybe some of them dipped around four, where I think that the Raiders could draft one, maybe two wide receivers here. And I'm not saying that Jalen Naylor is amazing, but I think that he could be a serviceable guy for them as if they draft a guy in round two, and he could be the wide receiver two, considering Bowers is going to be the one in the offense, and then Naylor filing in as the three, and then what do you get out of other guys? And I also kind of wonder, is this team not done in the sense of like, Jawan Jennings is still out there on the open market and a few other wide receivers. So this is also a team, I think, like their wide receiver depth chart could look a lot different after the draft and prior to week one.

Speaker 2:
[04:15] That's a great point. That is certainly a great point. You still have guys like Stephon Diggs, if he's going to be active this season, Tyree Gill unsigned. Yeah, so definitely some veteran wide receivers that we would not expect to be free agents at this time, but they certainly are. And Derek, looks like we do have the pick in here. Lots of hugs, lots of congratulations there in the Raiders room. When do you expect to see Fernando Mendoza this year? Is this something that you expect Kirk Cousins to maybe play the first month, play the first six weeks, or do you think it is Fernando from the jump?

Speaker 4:
[04:45] I don't think it's Fernando from the jump. I think that the Raiders have been very diligent. Brady's talked about this. I think we're going to see Kirk Cousins and depending on, I think the big thing for Kirk Cousins and how long he's going to start is how well he plays. If he goes out here and he plays well, I think there's an easy outcome where we easily could see like Mendoza gets back to his home in his rookie season. So is that like the median outcome? No, but it's a possibility. I easily could see it happen. I think a lot of this comes down to with Cousins now in the fold and on the dev chart and being the veteran presence, they're not going to rush Mendoza. There is no pressure to start him even if the Raiders start freaking 0 and 8. Like, yes, the fan base will be calling for Mendoza. But considering where Kubiak, I think they're getting a long leash here. I don't think they're going to listen to all the fans, you know, calling for Mendoza to start. I think they're going to wait until he's ready. And whether that's this season or maybe 2027, I think nothing is really off the page here.

Speaker 2:
[05:44] Okay. And the pick is in and it is Fernando Mendoza quarterback at IU. Maybe one of the best stories, not just in college football of the past decade, but maybe all the sport, right? He takes Indiana University to National Championship. Kurt Signecki, a guy that I know very well from my alma mater, IUP, coaches him there. He comes from Cal 65 to 25 elite efficiency, 68.5% career completion rate, top 15 all time, added seven Russian touchdowns, Heisman Trophy winner. Andy, do you think there's any way that Fernando can flop or do you think it's like, hey, if we build that receiver room, if we continue to add to the line, he should have a successful career?

Speaker 3:
[06:23] Yeah, I think the only way that he would flop is if the team really fails him, right? They don't build out the receiving corps the way they should. They don't protect him the way they should. I mean, it's not a criticism of Mendoza to say, wow, was that guy well protected at the college level, right? And so sometimes that is a difficult thing to assess when you're trying to project a guy into the NFL. But he checked every box for me in terms of like that the balls he's able to throw, like some of the big boy NFL throws that we've already seen him make some pretty sophisticated stuff. Like that's the funny thing to me about Kirk Cousins being there is that Mendoza, I don't know what his ceiling is, but I think he can play right now. Like it wouldn't, if you put him in the right environment, I think he can play right now. So, but I also agree with Dibro. Like there is definitely a universe out there in which he doesn't play at all as a rookie and Kirk Cousins is fine. And they find their way to six or seven wins. And you know, the whole team is an unfinished product. So we don't see him early in the season. We don't see him at all, but I think he's pretty ready. And I think the floor for Mendoza is actually very high.

Speaker 2:
[07:38] Yeah. I love everything he's got going on between the helmets, man. No one, I feel like works harder out there than college football the past year or two and Fernando Mendoza. So great story. And yes, I believe it is Jeremiah Lowe running back out of Notre Dame. And okay, making the making the big splash here. This is really a home run hitting prospect. A media impact RB one upside for fantasy football purposes. Six foot, 212 pounds, ran a sub four for 1300 rushing yards, 21 total touchdowns this past season already had 1100 yards, 19 touchdowns the year before. Doke Walker award winner, all American. I mean, this is the type of prospect though, if you are going to pay up Andy and a top three pick, it is Jeremiah love, but what does it mean for fantasy? What does it do? Because it kind of takes the value of not only James Conner, but all those trade bents and shares people have been hanging on to and then anyone invested in Tyler Algear already as well.

Speaker 3:
[08:37] What a wild ride for Tyler Algear in a relatively short period, right? Comes in, impresses. He didn't do anything wrong as a rookie. He was really good. Was he Bijon Robinson? No, he wasn't Bijon Robinson. So they add him. He escapes that. And now he's greeted by Jeremiah Love, who's really good. I'm not really settled on the issue of, I know that Jeremiah Love didn't have a lot of games with 20 carries, whatever. He wasn't like that full workload, grind him to dust, sort of running back at the college level. I don't know that he can't do it. I think they just had two great backs. I think it was a little bit of that last year. So this is a little bit unfortunate for Jeremiah Love. I still think he holds a lot of value. I still think he's somebody who, frankly, I'm probably not going to get. I'm rarely as enthusiastic about the top rookie running back as consensus. So I may not get him, but I still see why he should be ranked inside. I don't know. Is it the top 12? Now is it the top 14? This isn't ideal. I think Algeria is going to play and I think Algeria is really good.

Speaker 2:
[09:45] So, Dibro, we've had him outside the top 25 of the FantasyPros ECR rankings, but best ball, especially over on underdog, he has been going closer to that one to turn. Where are you going to be comfortable investing in him at all? If you are at all here in 2026 redraft leagues?

Speaker 4:
[10:01] I'll take him as a second round pick. I'm fine with it. Like, I mean, if they're taking him third overall, they're saying with their chest loudly, he's going to get the freaking ball. And could this be like a Jameer Gibbs situation where everybody's willing to, like, you know, grab the pitchforks, light them on fire by week five? If, like, Algier gets a two touchdown game in, like, you know, week two or something, like, sure. But I think you're betting on talent. And to Andy's point, like, yeah, they didn't run him into the ground. Like, that's a wonderful thing. And I'm not worried about his volume expectations or upside in the NFL. If anything, he comes to the NFL without a lot of mileage. Or if they did run him into the ground in college, we'd be having the Jonathan Taylor conversation of yesteryear of, like, how many carries are too many carries? And so I think the one thing I'll say about Arizona, well, like, I think it's kind of insane to take him considering the constitution of your roster. The other thing I will say is that the floor, like how he wants to run this, you know, how whatever, you know, however we want to connect the dots of him being around teams and offenses and it running through the running back and a guy that could play all three downs past game weapon and all those kinds of things. So, you know, the connection can be made there. But the other thing about this is if they are truly and we all kind of believe that they are, if they are the Ty Simpson team, too. Oh, if you want to set Ty Simpson up or whoever's going to start here for any type of success. Bro, I mean, okay, fine. The office of line, okay. Like it's good, but it's not great. You got Michael Wilson, you got Marvin Ayrson Jr. You got Trey McBride. Yeah. You got Jeremiah Love. I mean, valid. It's you're hitting a lot of easy buttons for the quarterback. A lot of easy buttons. Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[11:50] And we're seeing right now in the chat, Mr. Grimm, all the Algiers shares he has acquired, poor one out for our brother, but the Titans pick is in and it turns out it is going to be Carnell Tate wide receiver out of Ohio State. A little bit of a shocker here, but I mean, should it really be because this is your classic boundary, Alpha type of wide receiver, wins deep, wins in contested situations. 6-2, 6-3, dependent on the day, 192 strong wide receiver to roll for the Ohio State Buckeyes this past year. But he played a small time great. Whether it was Jeremiah Smith, arguably one of the best wide receiver prospects we've seen in college ball, in the history of it, or whether it was the year before, Mecca Buckeye. He's played with Tyler Ennis, some pretty dang good tight ends there as well. But last two years of production, 100 plus reception, 1,600 plus receiving yards, 13 touchdowns, all big 10 player. Derek, how do you like the fit? What does this mean for Fantasy Football purposes?

Speaker 4:
[12:48] Well, first of all, I'm loving this because I gave out prior to this show. I hope people went and bet it. Carnell Tate under seven and a half for the draft position.

Speaker 2:
[12:56] Squadron, let's go.

Speaker 4:
[12:58] As well as if you were following my bets, Carnell Tate at plus 280 to be a top five pick. I did miss on him being the number seven pick, but we're still two and one on just to take election along, baby. So the hot streak is still going, dude, and I'm here for it. You need to surround Cam Ward with more weapons. What do you get out of Calvin Ridley at this stage of his career? Yeah, they signed Wando Robinson. Ellic had flashes, although brief and very infrequent. Shamira Dike, what are you getting out of him? So now they're going to field a starting lineup of, whether it's Gunnar Helm or whoever at tight end, probably Helm as they're starting tight end. Calvin Ridley, Wando Robinson, and freaking Carnell Tate. Yes, you're putting Cam Ward in a spot to succeed in year two. I'm here for this, man. I'm absolutely here for this, and I thought it could be an outcome for him because, yes, everybody was like, oh, Bob Salva is going to go defense and trench and stuff like that. This was also the same head coach that oversaw them selecting Breece Hall and them selecting Garrett Wilson in round one. So I think this is an incredibly smart selection in the sense of, you look at where they spent a ton of money this off season, it was all on the defensive side of the ball outside of Wando Robinson. So this also gives, while we've all been also talking, not only the Tate stuff, but the fallout of Tony Pollard. I think you look at him as safe, like Jeremiah Love is not there. Tony Pollard is going to be the guy getting the freaking rock and he's going to be a rock sell at RB2 and what's going to be a massively improved offense this year.

Speaker 2:
[14:33] Andy, I do like this fit for Cam Ward. I think it boosts his value. I like it for the Titans overall. However, we have a guy on this team in Wanda Robinson who has eaten up some of the most targets we've seen in the NFL the past two seasons, working with his former head coach and Brian Gable as the OC there in Tennessee. So does this maybe complicate matters a little bit for Cardinal Tate as a rookie breakout?

Speaker 3:
[14:57] Wow, if if Wanda Robinson is the guy who really complicates things for him, then he's not clear that I think I don't care. I'm not even trying to insult Wanda like I think he's good in his role. I think they're going to complement each other really well. I think I think Tate can be a star. Was this the dream scenario? I feel like it was Dibro in the half hour before I came on that projected Tate to Washington. Obviously, that would be a home run for FantasyPros. We would love it. That got me a little excited right before I came on. So we don't get that. But man, I love to see a team build around a talented young quarterback. I love to see a team invest around Cam Ward. I like this a lot because I mean, Cam Ward had a lot of the usual rookie quarterback problems last year. And the timing of things is different in the NFL, and you just don't have as long to throw as you think you do. And he had the issues that we commonly see. He also put balls on hands a lot in scenarios where catches weren't made. They didn't always get classified as drops.

Speaker 2:
[16:08] His dad was tweeting about it, his dad made sure we knew about it.

Speaker 3:
[16:11] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh gosh, that's right, he did. But I thought he was sneaky good. And I think there's a lot there. And I think Tate can be an absolute star. So I love what they're doing around him.

Speaker 4:
[16:23] Cam Ward will be the basically everybody's sleeper quarterback this year. Andy Wright, he's going to be. He'll be the poster boy for every sleeper article.

Speaker 3:
[16:32] Yeah, I think that's exactly right. And he's not, does he have the rushing upside that we chase? No, not necessarily, but you want to talk about somebody who could make a huge leap in year two. I mean, it's screaming at you right now.

Speaker 4:
[16:44] Yep. Everybody's going to draw the parallels to Caleb Williams and stuff of last year.

Speaker 2:
[16:49] Be prepared, I will say, to just take Carnell Tate potentially, like probably top 36, top 48. This is where always the rookie wide receiver one usually get, I mean, Ted, at the end of the August redraft season was definitely in that conversation as well. So Saints still on the clock, the main NFL network broadcast went to commercial. So we're going to skip in front of them a little bit. We're going to skip the line here. We're just going to give you a pick. It is Jordan Tyson as we were kind of alluding to there. So Jordan Tyson is the pick for the New Orleans Saints. Derek, a pleasant reaction from you. You're a little bit lower than I think consensus has been on Tyson as a prospect, but I know injury certainly went into account with that.

Speaker 4:
[17:29] Well, yeah, I was lower on Tyson as a prospect because I think I see the areas of his game where he could still improve in and where I don't think he's a perfect player even outside of the injury risk. So I mean, but with the Saints, like this fits a need, man. And the other part about this with Tyson is the upside is definitively there, like although I do have worries and there are some holes in his game like where he's not a great Yak producer, his play strength at the catch point has to be more consistent. But you see the high-end reps from him and he's not going to be tasked with being a wide receiver one in the Saints offense. I mean, they have the ability considering like you have Jawan Johnson there, you have Chris Alave there, they can kind of ease him into all of this. So, I mean, considering the need and the fit, and then you're talking about Kellan Moore, like Jordan Tyson probably sees like 40% of his routes from the slot this year. And I think that is definitively going to help him because the strong point of his game is the hip fluidity is just ridiculous, and his ability to change directions on a dime is one of his superpowers. So, if they are going to play a lave on the perimeter and put Tyson into the slot, and as well as get some reps on the perimeter, this is a really good fit, man. Really good fit.

Speaker 2:
[18:44] Andy, does that mean that Jordan Tyson might come in somewhere and redraft rankings around that 6-7 round? That is kind of, I feel like, where a lot of these like non-premium rookie wide receivers that are sometimes boxed in by veterans land. Does that sound about right to you? Where do you think he shakes up maybe in some super flex dynasty rookie drafts as well?

Speaker 3:
[19:01] Yeah, it does. I think he complements a Lave really well and I think Bro got into that. He can play in the slot, he can play the Z. He's just going to complement a Lave really well. I think you probably have the right range. It's round 6. When I say it, it sounds a little early, but 6-7 is probably the right range. I think he's a really talented player who's going to be, this is the best use for him, and this is a great environment for him, and man, this boosts Shuck a little bit too. Again, I don't want to over-hype Shuck. I mean, I don't think he's a perfect quarterback by any means, but I was surprised by him last year. He was perfectly functional. This is a pretty good one too.

Speaker 2:
[19:42] Yeah, I'm really happy.

Speaker 4:
[19:44] He's probably a wide receiver 3-ish type, as far as Redraft rankings. Off the cuff, I feel like that's where he's going to be in that wide receiver, late 20s, high 30s range in Redraft.

Speaker 3:
[19:58] Yeah, I think he's going to be, ideally, with a player like this, a rookie like this, you'd want to say, well, as long as I can draft him as somebody who I don't absolutely have to start, I think you're going to have to get a little uncomfortable with the price. I think you're going to have to draft him in a spot where he's probably a locked-in starter for you. He's probably your third wide receiver. He's probably a flex. But again, I think it's a pretty rich environment. I think it is a very well-constructed offense just in terms of the skill position players and how they're going to complement one another. I think it's a great landing spot for him.

Speaker 4:
[20:30] Well, that's a good call out too because you know the first ridiculous catch he makes in training camp hype video season is going to bump him up like another round or two.

Speaker 5:
[20:40] We know how this goes, guys.

Speaker 2:
[20:42] Well, and we've seen Kellan Moore get the career started of some really great wide receiver, CD. Lamb, when he was back in Dallas. He's resurrected the career then of Keenan Allen a couple years ago in Los Angeles. And then Chris Olave a year ago. I will say with this, though, he did crush QJ, though.

Speaker 4:
[20:56] We have, like, let's be honest about that.

Speaker 2:
[20:58] Sure.

Speaker 4:
[20:58] He did crush QJ. So let's keep it up here.

Speaker 2:
[21:01] Fair point. Fair point to add to his resume. I will say, though, I think now this makes like Chris Olave completely off my board. He was already kind of like at the price where I thought you're paying for him at a ceiling. And if that price, like, I'm sure it will come down a little bit. But I mean, he was a late second round pick and draft again. And like, that was always the ceiling for Chris Olave. I've fought with this over a couple of beers with Pat Fitzmaurice a few times at the Expo. Like, I think that's right. I just feel like now we might still be paying that and the pick is in and it is Ty Simpson quarterback out of Alabama. And I so wish I bet this because this is my this is what I thought from the very beginning. Well, I think like the interesting thing here is like you look at Ryan Grubbs offensive system and it's always been a bit hit or miss, right? And there's like no denying that like this was one of the first Russian games in the country, man. Like they jam Miller. He came back late in the season. He got concussed early when he came back and they still never really had it. And you watch like the iron bull and Ty Simpson willed them to that win ends up finishing in the SEC this past season, leads them in past attempts, completions thrown for over 3,500 yards, 28 total touchdowns as well. And like, I don't think the arm is elite Derek, but I still think there's some really good things going on here with Ty Simpson specifically between the helmet. I said it on the NFL Draft Show. If he lands with the Rams, he is a top five, top six pick in rookie drafts because what he can do in Sean McVeigh's offense, I think the ceiling is the limit. This is a dream landing spot.

Speaker 4:
[22:31] Well, y'all can take him. I don't want him. Like I understand betting on the Rams and betting on all those things. The other thing that we cannot discount. Okay. How do you feel about that pick? If when Stafford goes, Sean McVeigh also goes, and he goes to the broadcasting booth because can we rule that out? I don't think we can. We've heard that rumored like how many different years in a row. So I think this could set the Rams up well. That's if they hit on this pick. Like I just think there's so many glaring red flags, like, you know, and I know Alfredo was higher than I am. Like I was just not a fan of his film. Like even before the back injury, like I thought it was up and down. I thought his ball placement was okay. I think that, you know, the belief in Ty Simpson is more of what he has between the ears and, you know, as a processor and things like that than as far as like as a talent. So I just I look at all the glaring red flags about Ty Simpson, the short starting stuff like the stature, the injuries, everything in between, and the fact that he fell off down the back half of his only starting season. If this were to stop for the Rams kudos, I still think it's a absolutely horrible pick.

Speaker 2:
[23:42] Alfredo, tell us what you're seeing in Ty Simpson and maybe our friend Derek Brown isn't. He's certainly thrown some pretty good wide receivers, the Jeremy Bernards, the Ryan Williams, even though he regressed, and of course Isaiah Horton. So what do you think he brings to the Rams offense?

Speaker 5:
[23:56] Yeah, I actually, there looks like they're going to be posting it now in just a moment. I just wrote a whole scouting report on Ty Simpson for Reception Perception, which will be up very soon, totally free for everybody. One of the things I talked about is that like a lot of a lot, there's maybe too much ado about his 15 starts because 15 starts in Alabama is a lot different than 15 starts anywhere else, where he's running a lot of pro concepts. He's getting the opportunity to be under center. He's getting the opportunity to call protections at the line of scrimmage. He's able to really do a lot of things that are pro concepts that you don't typically see. I mean, let's talk about how he's one, he's a great fit for this McVeigh offense. He's great throwing on the run, being able to run some actual play action to be able to hit dagger, dagger concepts, hit the backside dig. That's something that we didn't see a lot from a guy like Fernando Mendoza, who really struggled over the middle of the field. That's something that we typically see. I'm saying all these things because when a quarterback like this, who doesn't have a lot of starts, gets in a training camp, now he's got to learn how to take a snap from under center. He's got to figure out that footwork. He's got to get better at throwing on the run. He's got to be better at throwing and hitting over the middle, beating zone coverage. Ty Simpson saw zone coverage more than any other quarterback in the FBS. So he is a guy that despite the starts and the surface level stuff, there are so many other things underneath that you go, actually the 15 starts at Alabama is kind of like 20 starts or 25 starts at a lesser school that didn't quite do all the same things that he got to do there.

Speaker 2:
[25:21] Do you think you'll keep him right in that 5-6 discussion for your Superflex rookie rankings, Alfredo?

Speaker 5:
[25:26] Absolutely. I mean, to me, the vote of confidence from not only Sean McVeigh and the Rams organization, but the fact that they had traded away their other first round pick. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, that's it. Like they know that this is the guy that they are investing in. It's definitely vindicating on my end being someone who liked the film. Dibro, I know I'm sorry.

Speaker 6:
[25:47] I'm no, that's fine. We can push back.

Speaker 4:
[25:49] Like I look, if we turn over the cards and I'm totally wrong in two to three years, I will eat the L totally happily eat the L. Like I just, you know, and I like the back and forth, like because different processes, man, one of us is going to be right. And once we be wrong, it's totally fine.

Speaker 2:
[26:06] However, we do have the pick in. And guys, it turns out that a little bit of a shocker here. It is tight end Kenyan Sadiq out of Oregon.

Speaker 6:
[26:14] So there is Mason. Baby Jets are going to.

Speaker 4:
[26:21] Is this coffin nail for Mason Taylor? Like honestly, I think it's a real it's a real question.

Speaker 2:
[26:28] Mark Sadiq, a very fun prospect, a guy that actually comes from a little town out in Idaho, had to actually transfer to a different high school just to get his eyes some scouts eyes on him, but really had a nice 20s, 25 breakout season, 51 receptions, 560 yards and eight touchdowns that helped guide Dan Lanning's team to a deep college football playoff run. Eventually losing to Indiana in the Peach Bowl. And I'll say what man, like Sadiq fell off a little bit. At the end, we had Johnson really kind of come up, but I think with what he did at the combine, Kenyon Sadiq and you know, just that blazing 4.39 second 40, the 9.58 Raz, it makes him feel like he kind of is this guy who could do something at the next level. Alfredo, what are your thoughts on Kenyon Sadiq as a prospect and then separate that from the landing spot we just found out about.

Speaker 5:
[27:18] So Kenyon Sadiq was my tight end too, which I know is a little controversial in this rookie class. I just I didn't see a guy who was fully developed as a tight end. And I know we love the relative athletic score, and that is always necessary when we want a good tight end, especially for fantasy. Yeah, he's a better blocker than I think people give him credit for. But I didn't see a guy that had very clean routes. I didn't see the guy that had the proper ideal spatial awareness that I typically look for. That's a big thing for me when I'm when I'm looking at past catchers. If you don't know where you are on the chessboard and what you're supposed to be, I don't typically love that. And then I think, too, is especially not just a transition to what this landing spot is now. You're going to the Jets. It's exactly what I just said. It's the flash without the substance right now. Like, like they are. They're putting Tabasco sauce on a ham and cheese sandwich. Like that's they go out and they draft the tight end that runs a four three. And it's like, but you had you had a tight end. You got him in the second round last year. And then you're like, hey, Geno Smith's going to take us to the promised land. I don't understand it. He's going to remain my tight end to this rookie class. I don't love it.

Speaker 2:
[28:33] And are you also a Stowers over Sadiq guy?

Speaker 5:
[28:35] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[28:36] No, I think that's the only thing I've heard of that entire conversation.

Speaker 2:
[28:41] I've never heard of Stowers over Sadiq. Oh my goodness.

Speaker 5:
[28:43] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[28:47] Well, I'm glad to hear that. Derek, what is your thought process behind this pick for the Jets? Because for me, it kind of just feels like that maybe they didn't want Ty Simpson here at 16 and they're a little, you know, jumped out of the room that the Rams went up and got him. So what are your thoughts here? Do you like the fit? Do you not like the fit? You seem a little distraught.

Speaker 4:
[29:08] This is idiotic. This is absolutely idiotic, which I guess is par for the course for the Jets. But why in the everloving hell did you draft Mason Taylor with a second round pick and he was your starter? And you believe in him and you're going to go draft Kenyon Sadiq? Basically, you're just saying last year's pick, we're just burning that. Toss it in the trash can. And this is what it comes down to when everybody has all the hope and the hype of saying, hey, this team has all these picks. They're going to be good, except when the team is stupid and they suck, then they're going to burn all the equity.

Speaker 5:
[29:43] Tell us how you feel, man.

Speaker 4:
[29:44] I mean, but seriously, I'm not even a Jets fan, but I feel for Jets fans here. Like, there are so many other places you can go with this pick that makes sense for where this roster is, what you need here. Like, take a wide receiver, take a cornerback, even take freaking Colton Hood. Fine. All of that. A tight end? When you invested a second round pick in one last year? What are we doing here, man? Like, what in the everloving hell are we doing here? Just grab AG, shove him in a freaking basket and fire him into the sun. Forget this. Burn it down. Forget this whole season. Forget all the picks. The GM is garbage. I'm sorry for Jets fans. This is horrible.

Speaker 2:
[30:27] All of a sudden, Alfredo, it's making you and I look like some of the smarter analysts in the building because I think now depending on where that we do ultimately see Eli Stowers land right now, the over under for his draft position, 40 and a half and get about plus 200 right now. So good odds. If you, if you want to take that anything, maybe someone does reach up for Stowers. However, like I think now this complicates matters for Sadiq, not only short term, but it's also not like the Mason Taylor is a veteran, right? He's a guy who just was drafted last season as Derek is continuing to go on about.

Speaker 5:
[30:58] Yeah, I mean, what they're probably going to be doing here is Mason Taylor is going to be your classic inline Y tight end, and you're going to have Kenyon Sadiq be the move guy and be sort of the H back, the John who Smith. And that's been like one of my comps for him as well. General Everett was another comp that I had for Kenyon Sadiq. And I just that's where we're going to be. It's going to be another Isaiah likely. That's a lot of fun, has some athleticism. And then you're just like, well, where are the big games?

Speaker 4:
[31:23] So avoid him in rookie drafts. That's all I heard, Alfredo.

Speaker 2:
[31:26] Yes, there's I was already avoiding a cost, honestly.

Speaker 4:
[31:28] I mean, but seriously, like this is one of those picks that if you were like me and you were like, hey, like the rookie drafts might not be like this. I have hope for this class. This is one of those landing spots and picks where you're just like, well, crap. If you got the 108 in your league or the 109 or something like that, now you're just like, well, that's lovely. Cool. Except it's not. And it's horrible. And now I want to throw up.

Speaker 5:
[31:53] You say that he was he was the 110 in my Superflex rookie rankings.

Speaker 4:
[31:57] Wow.

Speaker 7:
[31:58] OK. OK.

Speaker 2:
[31:59] I was I was very close there. Yeah.

Speaker 8:
[32:02] The Eagles trade up. You just mentioned him, Bogman, Makai Lemon. We've been wondering maybe a little bit why he's fallen. I thought there was a chance he could go a lot earlier than this. And it looks like that's who the Eagles are trading up for is Lemon. They trade with the Cowboys. The trade is Eagles get picked 20 and a seventh rounder. Dallas is getting picked 23, so moving down three spots. And they're getting picks 114 and 137 to make this move. But Bogman, like I said, you just mentioned Lemon. He's been in the top five of our Superflex rookie mocks this whole way through in that elite tier of receivers. But he goes 12 spots lower than those other two guys, than the lowest who will run first team. To a first team and a team that is very soon going to have a need at receiver, even if it maybe technically hasn't happened yet. So what does it say to you? Just first of all, about Lemon, just the draft capital alone, about, I mean, does this say to you that he should be now the fifth pick in Superflex Rookie Drafts as opposed to, you know, we had him third or fourth in some of ours?

Speaker 7:
[32:59] I don't know if I've decided on that quite yet. But I do, you know, I guess it's the interviews because he was great. He was great at USC and I'm really, he was number one on my board. I don't know if I'm going to have him as my number one wide receiver still. But I don't know, it's kind of a weird fit. They have some skinny guys there, him and Devante now. So it's a fine pick. At least this is great for Jalen Hurts. I'll say that because with AJ Brown gone, I was kind of concerned. I had the people killed me for my take on Jalen Hurts, getting out from Jalen Hurts now because I thought they're going to trade AJ Brown. But and they still have to trade AJ Brown or else this is a really weird pick. But I think that's going to happen before the night ends. So we'll see what happens there. But yeah, this is it's an interesting pick and they moved up to get him. So they must really like him.

Speaker 8:
[33:52] Yeah.

Speaker 7:
[33:53] With Dallas, by the way, traded with Dallas with yeah, team in the division.

Speaker 8:
[33:57] You know, Fitz, it feels like Levin. I mean, he's constantly talked about as this ideal slot receiver archetype in, you know, the modern NFL. And it's interesting because Devante Smith is very small, but he is a guy who can win on the outside. So like you could argue that stylistically, even though they look like they shouldn't be a fit, it could actually maybe be an okay fit. I think what's really interesting just from the dynasty perspective is one of the key points we often talked about when talking about his value is the fact that this is a guy that can catch a ton of passes. And most dynasty leagues are PPR in a place like Philly. It starts to get a little harder to imagine him catching enough passes for that to be a differentiating part of, you know, the equation when trying to evaluate him. Do you do you agree with that sentiment or do you think that that's still on the table as an outcome for him?

Speaker 9:
[34:45] No, because I mean, now AJ Brown is as good as gone. Like he is going to get traded to the New England Patriots and it's going to be a primary three receiver set of DeVante Smith, Makai Lemon and I guess Dontavian Wicks. So yeah, I mean, I think there's going to be plenty of there are going to be target opportunities for Lemon. It just remains to be seen how run heavy the Eagles are. It's probably going to be a top ten offense in terms of like run ratio. So really interesting deal. It's funny Worm like people had different takes on how to order Colonel Tate, Jordan Tyson, Makai Lemon. I think after this draft, people are still going to have very different takes about how to order those three wide receivers.

Speaker 8:
[35:34] Yeah, I think we're going to have a lot of fun conversations. I hope everybody tunes in to. The three of us are doing a live stream on Saturday. We're doing a bunch of shows next week. There will be a lot of opportunity for us to talk and do some mock drafts and try and sort through that very interesting stretch. I mean, particularly, you know, Kenyon Sadiq, the guys before us were just talking about it with pick 16 to the Jets. Like he was kind of at the back end, you know, as those three receivers, then he was kind of that sixth pick in a few of the mocks we did. Where does he go now that he's with New York? It's going to be a really interesting middle of first rounds, I think. But yeah, you know, the Balenikov winner. Do you agree, Fitz, before we move off Lemon, about this being maybe a boost to Jalen Hurts in terms of how you review him in Fantasy?

Speaker 9:
[36:18] I don't know about a boost.

Speaker 7:
[36:19] I just like that they're coming away with a weapon, right? They needed a weapon.

Speaker 9:
[36:23] Yeah, they did. Yeah, like we can't say the switch from AJ Brown to Makai Lemon is going to be like a big boost for Jalen Hurts, but like it buoys what could have been a kind of a sinking, the sinking fantasy value of Jalen Hurts had he not gotten another weapon to replace Brown.

Speaker 8:
[36:43] By the way, Brown's pick is in, and we're being told it's another ride receiver. So we have the fourth off the board, and it is not Omar Cooper, it's Casey Concepcion. This is a pick that I'm guessing Dibro quite likes because he was his number two receiver in this class. I don't know how we're going to feel about, I like the player too, and I had actually grown to like him even more kind of throughout this process, and listening to guys like Dibro, but Fitz going to the Browns, I mean, I was worried about Tate going to the Browns, and now you get a lesser receiver, still good prospect, but lesser receiver going to this situation. I mean, it's tough.

Speaker 9:
[37:26] It is tough, you know, not the best situation for Concepcion this year. But either Shadour Sanders is good, or they are going to have the pick of the litter in a good quarterback draft in 2027. And also Jerry Judy is going to be out of case at Concepcion's way next year. Not that he's necessarily in his way.

Speaker 7:
[37:51] He's out of his way right now.

Speaker 9:
[37:52] Yeah, right, right. But yeah, I mean, I think Concepcion is probably not going to be a fantasy stud this year. But 2027 and beyond, like the table is set nicely for him.

Speaker 8:
[38:06] Bob, when you surprise at all Concepcion going ahead Cooper, I mean, there's some drops issues there, but pretty seems like a pretty good player.

Speaker 7:
[38:12] And what I'm not going to be on to the Browns at this pick a lot because they need a guy that can stretch the field. They have a big slow guy in Tillman. They have a route guy in Judy. They need a speed guy. They really do. And I get to hate him from the cradle to the grave. A&M and the Browns, love that. So one of my favorite things that happened.

Speaker 8:
[38:33] I gotta say Fano and Concepcion, that's, I'd be pretty happy with that if I'm a Fano.

Speaker 7:
[38:38] It's not bad. Yeah, I mean, I probably would have done it.

Speaker 8:
[38:42] Is it an A plus plus plus? I don't think so. But I think that that's a job well done, especially picking up extra picks from the Chiefs trading down and getting Fano. I don't think that's a good day.

Speaker 7:
[38:50] I don't think they took the BPA at either pick, but they took the biggest need of both picks.

Speaker 8:
[38:56] So and they took good players, even if it wasn't BPA overall. So it's not like they reached, it's not like they took like, sorry to knock your guy. He's just the one who comes to my mind, Bogman. It's not like they took Skyler Bell here, right, to fill a need. It's still a first round receiver that they took even if it's not BPA. Same idea with Fano, still a good tackle.

Speaker 7:
[39:16] Chris Brazill or Ted Hurst or anybody else.

Speaker 8:
[39:18] I was just, it was the first one that came to my mind because I'm staring at it probably. I do want to let everybody know that if you haven't tried it yet, the Dynasty Draft Simulator is the fastest way to prep for your rookie drafts. Mock with your league settings and trades and walk into your draft with a plan. Get prepared at fantasypros.com/simulator or on the Fantasy Pros app. Bogman, we're going to say goodbye to you in a second. Before you go, I need to clear the floor for you on Ty Simpson and Rams. We did not get to it yet. Give me a few seconds on Simpson.

Speaker 7:
[39:52] I mean, it's weird. I'll say that. It's not that surprising that they took Simpson. It's surprising that they used 13 to take Simpson. I thought you would trade back in there, but they have to have a plan and Stetson Bennett wasn't it. It's not the worst pick that I've ever seen in a draft. It's not something I would have done. I would have found a way to move back. I would have found a way to do something different. I think it was too early for Ty Simpson. Guy only had a handful of starts in the NFL.

Speaker 8:
[40:24] We have a comment in here asking who's going to be QB1, Mendoza or Ty. I don't think there's any real debate about that from us.

Speaker 9:
[40:31] Johnny.

Speaker 7:
[40:34] Long-term, you love Ty Simpson on the Rams specifically with-

Speaker 8:
[40:38] I think this locks him into a round one pick in SuperFlex drafts and rookie drafts. I think it does not matter how you feel about the player. I think he simply must be a first round pick in this class now.

Speaker 9:
[40:50] It's good for him. I mean, the alternatives were the Cardinals and the Jets.

Speaker 7:
[40:55] He would have had to start this year for them, for sure.

Speaker 9:
[40:59] I will say this in defense of the Rams with the pick. I know people are going to trash them for this pick, but they're in it to win the Super Bowl this year. They do not expect to have a pick in the top half of the draft in the 2027 draft. So they are not going to be having the lick, would not have had the pick of the litter of quarterbacks next year. Like, why not take this chance now?

Speaker 7:
[41:24] Yep.

Speaker 9:
[41:24] And I know Boggs and I were able to rattle off like 15 potential first drawn quarterbacks in the 2027 class, but realistically, it's not going to be 15. It's probably going to be more like five.

Speaker 7:
[41:35] Well, look at what happened to this class was supposed to be the expected big quarterback class because a lot of them were eligible and they decided not to come out. So and some of them played terribly. So, you know, you take three away out of like the six that are for sure first rounders. And, you know, it is thin and they should have a nice run again. And, you know, they didn't get an extra first round pick in this class like they did from Atlanta last year. So and my buddy, the Falcons fan was very happy that now the Falcons can't be mad about losing that pick because they don't know how good Ty Simpson is going to be for at least the season.

Speaker 8:
[42:12] So by the way, our colleague Mike Mayer shares a funny story here that Makai Lemon was on the phone with the Steelers when the Eagles moved in front of Pittsburgh to take him. The Eagles had trouble getting in touch with Lemon because Pittsburgh, who knew the Cowboys were going defense, had already called Lemon. So thinking that the Cowboys are going defense, they thought they had their guy. And then the Eagles went up and got him. That is that's pretty funny. I wonder what Bogman is thinking about that. We'll have to ask him tomorrow, Fitz. What do you think about that story? But yeah, so Jets obviously are up next here. Obviously, it's not going to be Stowers. Where do you guys think they should go here? I mean, again, we keep talking about Falk falling. Is there another name that...

Speaker 10:
[42:59] Bobby Cooper. They talk so much smoke about Cooper to the Jets, whether it was at not at 2, but at 16, and then at 33, and now they just moved up ahead of a team that also would have taken Omar Cooper, probably with the 49ers, but maybe they didn't love him as much as the Jets did. So I think it's probably Cooper.

Speaker 8:
[43:22] Yeah, it feels like it should be. Well, if it is Cooper, Fitz, will you start to feel different about their first round? Having made three picks, I know you didn't like the way they went with their first two, but will you feel better about them overall?

Speaker 9:
[43:36] A little bit. I guess it's value on Cooper considering his, well, his over under as of this morning was what, 23.5, 24.5, something like that. It had fallen a little bit. But yeah, a lot of people were mocking Cooper to the Jets at 16. So this helps pick up the pieces of what has been a bad night for them.

Speaker 10:
[44:01] It does. It does make.

Speaker 9:
[44:02] If that's the pack.

Speaker 10:
[44:03] It does. It does significantly hurt Sadiq even more though. Because that's what it looks like. It does. So now, because like I'm like.

Speaker 8:
[44:10] It is Cooper by the way. Yeah.

Speaker 10:
[44:11] So when I was first looking at Sadiq, I'm like, okay, well, isn't he going to be the number two guy? All there is is Garrett Wilson and I'm not overly concerned about Mason Taylor as like this super special player, but now you're throwing in Omar Cooper to the mix. Okay. Now it does really come way too crowded with Gino Smith as the quarterback. So Sadiq is after day one. Again, we have two more picks, but when it comes to winners and losers, Sadiq is clearly a loser in my book of all the places he could have gone, a super dynamic tight end. We don't even know who the head coach will be for the Jets next year, how they're going to use Sadiq, who the offensive play caller is going to be next year. So yeah, that's it.

Speaker 8:
[44:52] I think it's very easy to paint the picture of Aaron Glenn's getting fired. They're going to draft a quarterback very early next year, and they're going to probably hire an offensive-minded head coach to pair with their young rookie quarterback. So when you get to rookie drafts this year, Fitz, are you going to be drafting Omar Cooper with that in mind, or are you going to be saying, well, listen, that's all projection and assumptions. And right now, he has no real good quarterback situation. He's not the number one receiver in the offense. When Garrett Wilson is healthy, it's not an offensive-minded head coach. It's a pretty rough landing spot for this year that could look a lot better a year from now. How are you going to be approaching him in rookie drafts, trying to balance those two positions?

Speaker 9:
[45:36] Yeah, I think we knew Cooper wasn't going to come in and be the alpha receiver anywhere. He was always sort of meant to be a complimentary receiver. It was an ensemble cast at Indiana last year with Cooper and Surratt and Charlie Becker. So it's fine that we can have low expectations for him next year, or excuse me, next season, this season, 2026. But 2027, things are going to look brighter when presumably the Jets have a new quarterback. So I'm not too worried about it. He's still going to be a top six receiver. Such a drop off from six to seven that Cooper is still going to be a first round pick in the NITUS D drafts.

Speaker 8:
[46:17] We talked about him as early as a wide receiver four in the class though in rookie mocks. I feel like that feels pretty tough at this point. It does.

Speaker 9:
[46:25] I mean, now Concepcion, I think is clearly ahead of him.

Speaker 8:
[46:29] Maybe Boston, depending where he goes.

Speaker 10:
[46:33] Would you be clearly Sadiq? I don't know where you guys were on Sadiq versus Cooper, but is it Sadiq over Cooper clearly now, especially when it just comes to he plays tight end versus wide receiver on the Jets?

Speaker 9:
[46:44] I'm still Cooper over Sadiq if it's not tight end premium.

Speaker 8:
[46:48] Our consensus was in the same tier, Erickson.

Speaker 10:
[46:50] Yeah, I knew it was close.

Speaker 8:
[46:51] Yeah, I find that to be tricky because I was a little down on Sadiq in general. Not that I hated him. I thought he was a first round tight end, but I was not this like over them. Like I was on our show, Erickson, with me, Fitz and Bogman, really pushing to say Stowers should be in the same tier as Sadiq. So like I've been a little bit hesitant on him anyway. Now you get this landing spot and it's hard.

Speaker 9:
[47:18] So Seattle only has four picks in this draft. I'm shocked. Like, yeah, they like if they're not going to trade this pick, could it be a running back?

Speaker 8:
[47:28] Well, that's the thing is people were saying like it could be the running back on day two. I mean, Jaderian Price was connected to them in some mocks like that. But that just feels like we keep talking about this as a really weak class of a second running back in the first round. That feels like a luxury also even though it's a need position. I mean, BPA, not that they need a safety, but a guy like Emanuel McNeil Warren, there are good players in the board that it feels like taking a running back. It feels silly to me not to say they're not. But yeah, I mean, if it were to be a running back, it feels like Price would be it, right, Fitz?

Speaker 9:
[48:03] I think so. I mean, he is the consensus number two running back in this class. I mean, I there might be some dispute in the fantasy community, but among in the NFL, I think he's been number two all along.

Speaker 8:
[48:20] Yeah, I mean, I do like Jonah Coleman, but I he's been in that group of the second tier of guys. I've had Price at the top of that group kind of throughout. I mean, if it were me on the clock with Seattle, I would I would not take a running back. I'll put that out there. But if they do, oh, actually looks like it's OK. So it is Price. Wow. OK. I don't think that's particularly smart. But you know what? This team just won the Super Bowl. So they clearly know a whole lot more than I do. That probably I mean, it certainly pushes him to the top of that group in terms of rookie drafts. He was in that clump with Jonah Coleman and maybe Emmett Johnson and whoever. This is like as good of a landing spot as you could get and first round draft capital. He has to be RB2 in rookie drafts now, Fitz, right?

Speaker 9:
[49:15] He does. This is the lottery ticket landing spot for running back. One of the rookie running backs. So yeah, I mean, like Jadarian Price, I don't want to tease our next segment too much, but I would imagine he's going to be listed as one of the winners of the first round among the fantasy prospects.

Speaker 8:
[49:37] Yeah. Hard not to be. Obviously, played behind Jeremiah Love at Notre Dame. Erickson, you wonder what kind of production we might have seen if he wasn't the 1B2, who loves 1A for the Fighting Irish, but somebody who I think will show more of an ability to catch passes than he did just because he was sharing that backfield with a guy like Love, but we haven't seen that, but is just, I think, a pretty good runner. And again, this landing spot is sublime.

Speaker 10:
[50:08] Can't argue with that or the draft capital first round, even though it's 32nd overall, which I do think does matter and requires some context. When we talk about first-round running backs, running backs taken top 10, top 15 have performed way differently than running backs taken in the second half of the first round. So although both him and Jeremiah Love are both first-round running backs, being picked third versus 32nd are very different. So I just kind of wanted to add that layer. I think for me, the issue is not that he's a winner, but I think he's going to get really expensive. And is that something that we want to buy into when it comes to, okay, we have a new offensive coordinator coming in. Charbonneau is not dead. Like he's going to come back at some point. They have a couple of veterans. They have Emanuel Wilson, who was able to carve out a role in Green Bay. And last year, Chavon Henderson was viewed as the best pass blocking running back, coming out of college in years and years. Other coaches were talking about it. And what did he struggle with as a rookie, pass pro at the NFL level? So that concerns me with Price about the pass pro. Great vision. No denying that when he sees a certain lane, he's going to hit it. I think that sometimes he looked like he had better vision than Love did, because Love, I think sometimes just tries to hit the home run. But yeah, the thing with Price is that is what he becomes 103. Like, is it him, Mendoza?

Speaker 8:
[51:36] And then I don't I don't think he's going to get that high. I think he's still going behind the big three receivers, at least.

Speaker 10:
[51:43] I mean, you guys talked about he hit the lottery.

Speaker 9:
[51:47] Well, but like you are making the great case for why he should not be going in the top half of rookie drives. I would not take Judarian Price. I mean, just people are going to go overboard. No question he's a winner. There just aren't that many good landing spots for running backs in this year's draft.

Speaker 8:
[52:08] I really don't think there's going to be many, if any, rookie drafts where he's going inside the top five. I think after Love, Mendoza and Superflex and the first three receivers, I think those guys are all still going ahead of him. I think 106 is where you might start to see people go like, hey, I really need a running back and this is a great landing spot. I don't like Sadiq and I'm not a big fan of the other receivers. That's where I think it might start in some cases. I don't think he's getting inside the top five in almost any case. I just can't see somebody passing on a top 10 receiver or Lemon going to the Eagles over him. I mean, maybe I will be proven wrong, but I don't think he'll get that pricey. I think he'll get pricier than he is right now. He will be a first round pick in every rookie draft and up towards the middle as opposed towards the back of the first round. I don't think he's getting to the top of the first round in my opinion.

Speaker 9:
[52:58] You want to take him ahead of Kenya and Sadiq? Fine by me.

Speaker 10:
[53:08] What happened to Claude Ebersheller when he went to the nut spot at 32 over? We just get out of control and carried away, especially with him going this high because I think there's a lot of things where this worked out really well for him where everyone else is running that class was really bad. So naturally, scarcely at the position that pushes him up. The fact that Seattle, Worm, you did a great job of outlining. They didn't have any more picks that they could potentially fall back on to then take Price at a different point. If he had been taking 33rd overall versus 32nd, he would be viewed like totally differently because he'd be a first round pick versus second round pick. I just think the price is going to be literally, figuratively out of this.

Speaker 8:
[53:49] I think where it's going to get interesting is when you talk about a guy like Omar Cooper who we are worried about the landing spot in at least the short term versus him. Because prior to this, Cooper was clearly ahead of him. I wonder about that now. I wonder if some people might be concerned about Concepcion. I don't think they should be as much with the Cleveland landing spot compared to price. But I wonder if people say, well, price versus Concepcion is now a conversation given the landing spot. I mean, Denzel Boston did not go in the first round. I wonder if that becomes a conversation. Stowers obviously hasn't been picked yet. But the top five guys, I think, are still fairly locked in my estimation. I think what's a really interesting one is in a vacuum, like agnostic of what your team needs are in a super flex draft, who is going to be ranked ahead of you? Who would you rather take fits, Ty Simpson or Judaria Price?

Speaker 9:
[54:40] Ty Simpson.

Speaker 8:
[54:42] Erickson?

Speaker 10:
[54:44] Probably Ty Simpson, yeah.

Speaker 8:
[54:46] Okay, because that's an issue, guys. You're saying I'm taking a guy who's not going to play this year at the very least and who we didn't think was very good, but he's still going to go ahead of price. So maybe that says something about price not jumping too high in the rankings.

Speaker 9:
[54:58] Yeah, positional value, man. And the set up for Ty Simpson in 2027 and beyond.

Speaker 8:
[55:06] Yeah.

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