SUPERFLEX Dynasty Rookie Mock Draft | 5 Rounds Post-NFL Draft (2026 Fantasy Football)

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[00:00:09]Hello everybody. Welcome into the Fantasy Pros Dynasty Football podcast.

[00:00:13]I'm Ryan Wormley. Joined as always by Scott Bogman and Pat Fitzmaurice. Guys, it is time for our post NFL Draft Superflex rookie mock. We have done some two-round mock drafts. We have done some three-round mock drafts. We have even done some four-round mock drafts. But today we finally graduate to our five-round rookie mock draft. Now that we know landing spots, uh I would I would say it makes it easier to do a deeper draft normally in most years once we know landing spots cuz we can say, "Oh, I didn't think about this guy before, but he got drafted here, so you know, now I can take him with the fifth-round flyer." This year it's kind of the opposite. I think now that we've seen the draft it makes it harder to get through the extra round, but we are professionals and are going to power through. Fitz, how nervous are you to be uh having to go this deep in the draft today?

[00:01:00]Yes, I'm pretty nervous. Fourth and fifth rounds are going to be challenging to say the least. I think we might have more fun doing a 2027 uh five-round mock draft [laughter] today than we would doing a 2026 five-round mock draft today. Uh Bogman, are you still reeling from me taking Skyler Bell and not you in our dynasty league that we are currently drafting?

[00:01:23]>> upsetting. I def- there are a couple players I wanted in that spot. Needed the quarterback pretty bad. So I was going to say you passed on him for the elite quarterback prospect that is Carson Beck. Hey look, uh we'll get into it uh this week when I get into some values, but I do like Carson Beck. I'll I'll talk on him a little bit cuz I'm sure I'll be the one that drafts him here as well, but uh yeah, Skyler Bell I'm very excited. And then for Bean to come out and say, uh "This is like Jamar Chase light." I was like, "Oof, well that doesn't help his draft stock for me." So uh we'll see we'll see what happens there, but yeah, I'm uh I I was upset with you taking Skyler Bell and mad at you. I I will say as we dive into this we'll we'll start the mock here in just a second. I This is my only rookie like real draft that is this deep in yet.

[00:02:11]We're about three rounds in. I had two picks at the end of the third. There were like a multiple names I was picking between. It was actually a little bit um more enticing than I expected. Now it's it's pretty much about to fall off a cliff. I'm like already looking ahead to my fourth-round pick and and I have zero interest in anybody. And some of it is helped by like like somebody took the swing on Drew Aller who I didn't want.

[00:02:33]So that pushes another player down the list to me, right? Stuff like that, but there's like enough there to like through the end of the third that like I'm at least happy to take swings or I like I just drafted Adam Randall as I was talking to you guys and the way I'll I'll frame it for him is like, "Would I rather in a normal draft that was my fourth-round pick? Yes, but in this draft as a late third I'm happy to take that swing." There There's There's a couple of names like that that I think you can get um in the third round here these drafts. So I'm feeling a little bit better at least through the third first 35-ish names. Uh getting getting through the next few rounds is where it'll get tricky. Um so no more preamble. Let's go ahead and just jump right in here. We're going to do this way we always do which is alternating between the three of us. So I will have pet have pick 101, 104, 107, 110, 201, etc. Bogman will be at the two spot and Fitz will be at the three spot. And we'll go through five full rounds and talk about it. Does that sound like a plan, guys? Let's go. Let's do it. Um I'll kick things off. I'll keep it simple. I think it's totally fine in leagues that are superflex where you are really um you know, in desperate need of a quarterback. That's to I have no problem if you want to take uh Mendoza at first overall, but I'm not going to do that, right? This is I don't have team needs in a mock draft. I'm taking Jeremiah Love. To me it has become more of a consensus. I think we talked a lot in the pre-draft process about um this is a tier of two. I feel like the more reaction I've seen this week has been it's a tier of one and then a tier of like five afterwards with Mendoza in tier two and Jeremiah Love alone in tier one. Fitz, at this point just to say it, what would you do with the first pick?

[00:04:09]I've gone back and forth on this one. I would take Jeremiah Love.

[00:04:12]I just think when you look at the running backs who've gone top 12 in the NFL Draft over the last 11 years, I think it is they're like no misses. The biggest miss is Leonard Fournette who still had a pretty good career. And then you get, you know, Ezekiel Elliott. Ashton Jeanty I guess we don't know about yet.

[00:04:34]Jameer Gibbs.

[00:04:35]Bijan Robinson. It's just a a who's who of like really good backs. So the hit rate is pretty high. I really like Mendoza, but you know, even though I didn't love the landing spot for Jeremiah Love, wish he was going to a different team.

[00:04:49]I think it's he should be the the 101. That Fournette pick was like 10 years ago too, right?

[00:04:55]It's not even like that was a recent, you know, pseudo miss.

[00:04:58]>> think that was 2016.

[00:05:00]>> Yeah, so exactly 10 years ago. Yeah.

[00:05:03]Um yeah, I I agree I think it I think it's Love. Bogman, you're up with number two. I obviously I presume you're taking Mendoza. Would you have taken Mendoza one or do you agree that Love is one?

[00:05:12]No, it's Jeremiah Love. I understand, you know, people not liking the landing spot and that makes a lot of sense, but I really think it's it's bad for everybody around Jeremiah Love. It's not bad for Love. You know, it's bad for the rest of those backs that we thought might hold a little bit of value like Tyler Allgeier and James Conner and Trey Benson. They don't. It's Jeremiah Love season. I I He is the epitome of a number one pick and it's with a bullet.

[00:05:35]I have no debate on it. It's definitely Jeremiah Love. So um number two, it is Fernando Mendoza in a superflex for sure. So um you know, just the math. Uh there's very few quarterbacks that are NFL level as we've seen some really bad quarterback play in the last couple years. This was supposed to be the class to solve it.

[00:05:54]Now it looks like it's going to be the 2027 class. So we're still limited.

[00:05:59]Fernando Mendoza was so good. He has everything that you want from a a quarterback. He may not have elite level tools, but he has great tools to do pretty much everything. The running will probably never come to fruition, but I think the rushing touchdowns can. So uh Mendoza is the the easy pick at number two here. I know that there's been some debate. Some people really like the Carnell Tate landing spot. I love it. I really think it's a great combo, but to me it's still easy to have Mendoza number two here. I was going to bring that up. Fitz, I have seen some people take uh Tate over Mendoza even in superflex. Do you give any credence to thinking along those lines or is it just such a you need a quarterback like in superflex quarterback just has so much more value?

[00:06:44]I just saw a post from um I'm going to say it's Dynasty Data um and they mentioned that they have incorporated already more than 6,000 Dynasty Superflex uh rookie mocks. Carnell Tate higher ADP than Fernando Mendoza.

[00:07:01]Do you Do you think part of that is Mendoza likely to sit for a chunk of this year, maybe even possibly the whole year?

[00:07:08]I think there maybe people don't feel as confident in Fernando Mendoza as we do. That's part of it. And I do think the run out was pretty good for Carnell Tate um going that early in the draft, number four.

[00:07:22]And you know, I can just talk about this now cuz I'm going to take Carnell Tate at number three. Um going number four, going to the Titans where he's clearly the number one receiver. I know there've been a lot of receptions for Wan'Dale Robinson the last couple of years, but like he's a short area receiver. And I think that was kind of largely due to some circumstances like the Malik Neighbors injury. Like Tate is the number one receiver for the Titans. And I think his game pairs really well with the game of uh Cam Ward. Like we talked about this a lot a year ago about how Cam Ward if he had a flaw was that he liked to hold onto the ball in the pocket too long and play hero ball with throws downfield. Who's really good at making acrobatic catches, using his body control, high-pointing the ball, making tough grabs downfield, Carnell Tate. So I think these uh two players are going to really match up nicely.

[00:08:15]Uh to me, Bogman, the Carnell Tate landing spot, it doesn't make him challenge for the number two pick in a superflex. It just very easily solidifies him as the number three pick.

[00:08:24]And to me there's no question who I'm taking if I have the third pick. Uh yeah, I I'm 100% with you, Worm. And I it's it's the best point to make and it's I kind of said it sarcastically during the draft. I said, "Watch the Titans surprise us all and take Carnell Tate." And then I was like, "I mean it would be amazing to pair him with Cam Ward." And then it actually happened. I could not believe it happened. Um and Fitz is 100% right. Like he is such a good fit with Cam Ward. Now we've seen we've seen perfect fits not materialize before, but I think this one is a very good setup and it I think you're right. I think it definitely makes Carnell Tate the easy number three.

[00:09:05]Uh I don't think the 104 is that easy. I will go with Jordan Tyson which I do think is closer to consensus. It's typically him or Lemon.

[00:09:14]Um I know Tyson was falling for us in our pre-draft mocks just given the injury stuff, but like the player is obviously really talented. He gets a top eight, you know, draft capital. Goes to a nice spot where he's not going to get all the defensive attention because of Chris Olave, but there's not a ton of other, you know, guys to fight for targets against him. So he should still get plenty of volume. Um we think in the sending young quarterback at least on some level in Tyler Shuck. So um I I might go back and forth on this one.

[00:09:41]I do have the fourth pick in a league that I'm I haven't totally decided what I'm going to do yet, but for now I'm sort of settling with the draft capital on Tyson uh at 104. Bogman, you're up at 105. I I I'm going to skip Lemon and I'm going to take Ja'Juan Price. And I did this in uh I took him over Tyson and I believe Lemon in the rookie mock that we just did the Tags League that that we're drafting currently. And I just again, I want to reiterate how much I love this landing spot for J'Darien Price. I mean, it's such a good spot to be in Seattle. We know Charbonnet is not going to be there at the beginning of the season. His only competition for touches right now are George Holani and Emanuel Wilson as far as the backfield goes and they've improved this offensive line a lot. This is a team that just won the Super Bowl.

[00:10:29]They should be sitting on leads late in the game and running the ball to to turn the clock. Everything points to J'Darien Price having a great start to his career in Seattle and Charbonnet is a free agent next year. So, I I just I I am really a big fan of this landing spot. I think we don't even know what the ceiling is on J'Darien Price because he was behind Jeremiah Love as well. So, I think it I think it's fair to take those receivers over Price as well. You know, they're in a tier to me, but I just This is basically me saying I'm firmly planting J'Darien Price within that tier of those top three receivers now, too, I think. So, give me J'Darien Price just to drive this point home. Fitz, what do you think about that Price breaking into this group of Tate, Tyson, and Lemon that has been so solidified in the three, four, and five spots in all of our previous mocks?

[00:11:22]Don't hate it, but I'm a little uneasy with it. And I I don't know if >> I agree with the landing spot being really good. Instant chance for a year one role right away a week one role right away with Zach Charbonnet recovering from the knee injury sustained in the playoffs. So, we know we're probably not going to see him in September, maybe not October, either.

[00:11:46]Um, and I guess like he does fit in outside zone, which Seattle ran a lot of last year. I know Clint Kubiak isn't there any longer, but I suspect they're still going to run a lot of outside zone just cuz that's what they're good at. They've got guys like Gray Zabel who can get out there and you know, move and and clear guys out of the way.

[00:12:05]What makes me nervous is just a guy who did not have a huge role in college.

[00:12:11]Obviously playing behind Jeremiah Love, not J'Darien Price's fault.

[00:12:15]Kind of a high fumble rate.

[00:12:18]Wasn't really a prolific pass catcher.

[00:12:21]Some of the other running metrics are just okay. Not not real great. I I just I don't know if I love the player enough to take him over Mekhi Lemon or Casey Concepcion.

[00:12:33]I I I think for me it'll largely come down to like if you are a team that has really loaded up on receivers in the past and has a desperate need at running back, yeah, it's fine. Like Tate's the only one that I would say under no circumstances can you take take take Price ahead of them. I think it's fine to just >> any scenario where I would take Yeah, like like Tate feels different than the other two even though we've been grouping them as the same tier at this point.

[00:12:59]But yeah, I think like the the other thing I will say on Price, too, as a knock is one thing I was kind of excited about him is return value and Rashid Shaheed is in Seattle. So, there's not going to be as many of those return opportunities for him.

[00:13:13]>> I put both those guys back there. Price.

[00:13:15]>> So, so like that is one thing that I thought Price could have contributed to an NFL team and get, you know, maybe sneak you an extra touchdown, but probably won't happen in Seattle, I don't think. But But yeah, I think if you really have a strong need at running back, like it's it's not what I would do, but it's justifiable.

[00:13:31]So, Fitz, you're up here at the 1.06. I will take Mekhi Lemon here. And I don't know, there's been a little bit of debate about whether the Eagles were a good landing spot. I know that Jalen Hurts has not thrown to the middle of the field at a high rate, but he's not bad at throwing to the middle of the field and we were talking about this in a show with Jake Jake Seely earlier this week. Jake had a good Twitter thread on this. Jalen Hurts actually is really good and really efficient throwing to the middle of the field. Just hasn't been asked to do it a lot. And I think the way the Eagles drafted is a sign that they want to work the middle of the field more with Mannion as the new offensive coordinator, no more Kevin Patullo.

[00:14:14]They drafted Mekhi Lemon. They drafted Eli Stowers. They are going to throw more to the middle of the field. And I don't mind the landing spot at all. I mean, I'd rather have Jalen Hurts as my young pass catcher's quarterback than Geno Smith. So, I think Lemon's kind of an easy pull here. And I like I I still have Lemon ahead of Jordan Tyson, but to me that's like a tie, basically. Like and I I told you guys like I'm picking 1.04 in two different rookie drafts. Like I want to get Tyson 1.04 in one and Lemon 1.04 in the other. I want to split the split the baby. I I do feel like the sixth pick is a pretty easy one. I think this is the top six in most leagues. You might get the stray Casey Concepcion, which is who I'm going to take at 1.07 sneaking in there if somebody really dislikes the Lemon landing spot or is really, you know, nervous about Tyson's injuries or whatever. But I think by and large this is going to be the top six and seven is where you can start to get into different arguments. If you really need a tight end, you can start to consider one of them. In superflex you consider Ty Simpson. Like I said, I'm going to go Casey Concepcion here and go with the receiver who, you know, a lot of people that I trust have, you know, in that tier with the top three receivers in this class and and maybe even higher than some of those names.

[00:15:32]And you know, I >> [clears throat] >> The thing with the next several picks is it's a whole lot of names that you're not expecting a lot from year one due to the situation. Right? Ty Simpson is not going to start right away. You know, there's two players in the Jets, two players in the Browns. Like this is kind of the next group of five-ish names. You know, Eli Stowers is probably going to be in this mix and he's behind Dallas Goedert. It's a lot of names that are not going to contribute right away, but it's starting to look like a halfway decent offensive environment in Cleveland if they get the quarterback right next year, which I think people are assuming they are going to try to do with the 2027 class and Casey Concepcion I think it's going to look a whole lot better. Also, like and I've heard some people talk about this in another podcast, the idea of Concepcion being used the way Zay Flowers was used by Todd Monken, who's obviously now the play caller in Cleveland, I think is somewhat appealing as well. Um, Fitz, Debro and Erickson had a really good conversation basically on this whole group of players on the Discord with Dynasty and that's on the Dynasty feed as well that everybody should listen to. They did a good job of breaking down a lot of these guys, but yeah, Concepcion is the way I'm going to go here with the seventh pick. I want to ask both of you before we get to your next picks. At 1.07, do you find this to be kind of what I'm describing where this is where you can start to go any direction or do you feel like like Concepcion is the ECR pick? Do you feel like that's right or do you think you can kind of go a bunch of different directions here, Fitz?

[00:16:51]I think you could go different directions. Some people would go tight end here. Um, Concepcion versus Price I think is a tough call for a lot of people. And I don't think it's necessarily too early to go with a quarterback here, the number two quarterback. So, yeah, this is where things start to to branch out a little bit. What do you think, Bogman? I think I want Concepcion here, but I think that, you know, I took Price ahead of him. So, if that's your choice, I would take Price.

[00:17:20]But I think you're I think you're right in that this this can go in either way, anyway. You know, whichever of the next grouping is your favorite, you can take here and I don't think anyone would bat an eye.

[00:17:33]Uh, where you going with 1.08, Bogman?

[00:17:35]Uh, yeah, give me give me Ty Simpson here. And I'm feeling better about Ty Simpson specifically after hearing him talk about having a secret meeting with Sean McVay. Did you guys hear about this stuff now? So, it was it's pretty clear that this was they were playing this really close to the vest. They were not wanting anyone to know that they had shown any interest in Ty Simpson. So, it's pretty clear they have a plan for him. The body language stuff, too, is eye-rolling.

[00:18:06]The Sean McVay interview and all that stuff. We've kind of talked about that.

[00:18:09]But you want the the quarterback with Sean McVay. And if he is going to be here long-term, there's going to be quarterbacks in next year's draft, as well. So, I get it. If you need a position player, like we were just going over, you want to take the the tight end because you're in tight end premium or you're just really bad at wide receiver and you want Omar Cooper. You can really go any way you want with this next group of picks. But I think Ty Simpson in a superflex offers the most upside because this is the dude that might be running this powerful offense for the foreseeable future as soon as Matt Stafford retires, which could be, you know, at the end of this season. They win the Super Bowl, I think he's gone.

[00:18:48]So, could be a couple years, as well.

[00:18:50]It's a risk, but I feel like every player in this draft, specifically after these top six, is a pretty big risk. So, I will take and wait on Simpson even late in the first round here. His value is not going to go down, right, Fitz? Like this time next year if he doesn't start at all, he's still, oh, the possible next starting quarterback for the Rams. Other guys in this range, you could see their value maybe hurting a little bit after a down year, which we kind of expect for a lot of them in year one, like I just said.

[00:19:18]Ty Simpson, even if he doesn't contribute in year one, it's unless the Rams do something shocking and somehow go out and get a different quarterback in the meantime, which seems really unlikely, his value is at least going to maintain as the potential next guy in Los Angeles. And we always talk about how it would be better for most quarterbacks to sit and wait, but teams feel pressure to play their rookie quarterbacks right away, especially if they don't have a suitable starter lined up to you know, give that young quarterback learning experience. Well, the Rams have Matt Stafford. So, Ty Simpson is not beating out Matt Stafford on the merits.

[00:19:54]He's going to sit and learn. And look, if it's a 2 years 2-year apprenticeship, then fine. We saw Jordan Love sit for 2 years. Then he came in and threw for 4,100 yards and 32 touchdowns his first year as the starter. Now, I don't know if Ty Simpson is as good as Jordan Love, but obviously Love was pretty ready to go by the time he was done with that apprenticeship. And >> him on an offense that was already humming. Yep. Yep. And as far as just whether McVay was on board with this, I mean, I I saw some interesting reporting from Jordan Rodrigue of The Athletic. She's like a national reporter now, but she used to be on the Rams beat. So, she knows this organization really well and she said that like they would not have made this pick if they weren't on the same page.

[00:20:39]That's kind of how they do it with all the early picks. There has to be buy-in from both McVay and Les Snead, the GM.

[00:20:46]So, this was planned.

[00:20:49]And I think we should be confident in Simpson a little bit more knowing that it's a smart organization that made this pick.

[00:20:58]Like we want I always feel better about rookies when smart organizations take them. Worm, your Ravens, they always give me more confidence in a player when he goes early. The Eagles with Howie Roseman. I think the Rams belong in that category, too.

[00:21:13]Uh Fitz, you are up next with the 109.

[00:21:16]Yeah, speaking of the Eagles with Howie Roseman, I'm going to take Eli Stowers.

[00:21:20]I'm going to take him ahead of Set Kenyon Siddique.

[00:21:23]I don't care that Stowers went 54th overall and Siddique went 16th overall.

[00:21:29]I think Stowers is a better player.

[00:21:31]I think he got the better landing spot, better offense, better quarterback.

[00:21:36]Um you know, Eli Stowers going to the team with the smart GM again, Howie Roseman, saying I want Eli Stowers on my team.

[00:21:45]But there is a lot of evidence that Stowers is the better player. I mean, scoreboard, he won the Mackey Award last year. That's an award, whatever, but Stowers averaged 2.5 5 yards per route run last year for Vanderbilt. Kenyon Siddique only 1.62 for Oregon. That's almost a full yard higher. And it's not like there was a big quarterback difference. I mean, Diego Pavia, good college quarterback jokes aside, Kenyon Siddique had Dante Moore who had he come out would have gone second probably to the Jets. Um drop rate of over 10% last year for Siddique. That's bad. Stowers 3.9% drop rate over his college career. Siddique 19. 19% target rate last season. Stowers 27%.

[00:22:33]Like Stowers just blows him away in all the receiving categories. And I know Siddique's 4.39 40 is just you know, going to hold sway for a lot of people on this.

[00:22:46]Stowers ran a 451, which is also pretty freaky fast for a tight end and had a better vertical jump. They were both out of their minds in that. Siddique 43 and 1/2 uh Stowers 45 and 1/2 inches higher than Vince Carter. So, two freak athletes. One was more productive in college. I don't care that the one who was more productive in college was drafted after the other one. I'm taking Stowers over Siddique.

[00:23:11]>> [snorts] >> It's so funny to me that, you know, a month ago on this show I had to fight you guys to get Stowers into the same tier as [laughter] Siddique. And now you're like, Stowers is just the better player. I you know, I don't even care about draft capital. And I'm like, yeah, I was trying to say I do I I don't know if Stowers is a better player. I definitely think they belong in the same tier, right? These guys should be going like, you know, in a very similar range. I feel like here in the back of the first round. I actually had to make this decision in that league you referenced earlier, Bogman. And I really like agonized over it going back and forth. I find myself flipping. One day I'll wake up and feel like Siddique should be the higher pick and the next day I'll wake up and feel like Stowers should be. Um >> That's interesting cuz I haven't felt that way since the draft. I I think that Philly is not a bad landing spot, certainly. I think it's maybe getting a little overrated as a great landing spot. There are other mouths to feed in this passing game. I know that we talked about um the Hurts over the middle thing with Jake and he kind of poo-pooed that notion. We do need to see the offense change just in terms of the usage over the middle of the field for him to I think get a lot of volume. And that's also an area that we expect McKay Lemon to work a lot. And I the the reason I'm I ended up picking Siddique in that draft, and again, I I really agonized over it. So, it's not like I'm trying to plant my flag on that take. But the reason I ended up doing it is Stowers is so bad at blocking and the Eagles want to be a running team that I worry that will keep him off the field.

[00:24:39]And and the other thing is like like yes, the Jets are a bad landing spot right now, but Siddique could get a number one overall quarterback.

[00:24:47]>> to say they could they could have a great quarterback a year from now. The The Eagles this is not going to This is not going to be Stowers like, I don't think, making a big leap ahead of Siddique in year one because he's going to get this better opportunity on a better offense. He's still behind Dallas Goedert. They have a first-round receiver. They had DeVonta Smith we all like a lot. It's a run-heavy offense.

[00:25:05]Like I like I think Stowers is a long-term play.

[00:25:07]>> much higher for Stowers. It's so much higher.

[00:25:10]>> I don't know if it's that much higher.

[00:25:12]Why is it so much higher? Because he had the production in college just like Fitz he mentioned. And if he can bring that to the NFL, it's not the same.

[00:25:20]>> But we said the same thing about Fanning going in last year, Worm. No, he And Fanning came out and was awesome. I don't think that gives him a higher ceiling. I think that gives him a better likelihood of reaching his ceiling is that we've seen him produce at a high level before. But I think the ceiling, where you talk about the athleticism of Siddique and the draft capital and the the potential that they have like a number one pick at quarterback who really elevates the offense a year from now. I think Aaron Glenn is likely to get fired, which to me is a good thing for Siddique because it gives him a chance of bringing in like an offensive >> as many mouths to feed in the Jets offense. Uh they're just not as good as they are in Philly, right? Cuz you have Garrett Wilson, who's your number one.

[00:25:56]You just drafted Amari Cooper as well.

[00:25:58]You franchised Breece Hall and you have two good backs behind him. They drafted Mason Taylor last year. So, I just think that Stowers is in the better situation and has the higher ceiling because the offense is much better than it is with the Jets even if they add a quarterback next year. I think the Eagles offense is still going to be better. And they might lose one of their number one targets in A.J. Brown, which seems inevitable at this point. So, I they're going to be looking for somebody to step up and make some plays. So, I think Stowers ceiling is much higher. Um but you know, going in, that's kind of where we were though.

[00:26:32]It was we have no idea where Stowers is going to go. The ceiling was the floor is much lower as well. So, let's just take the higher floor on Siddique. But after the landing spot, it's not a it's not even really a close decision to me.

[00:26:44]I've got Stowers over Siddique.

[00:26:46]Interesting. I I I we we can't take too much time on this. We have too many names out there.

[00:26:51]Um I I definitely disagree with him having the higher ceiling. I do agree with him having a better chance of reaching his ceiling though. I think that is totally fair in the offense. Um so, I'll take Siddique here next right after Stowers. Bogman, you're back on the clock and you're going to stick with the Jets here. Yeah, give [laughter] me give me Amari Cooper, easy pick here as well. I think that, you know, once I think that's the kind of line in the sand on wide receivers, right? That is however you want to tier guys. If you want to have Tate in his own plus the next two and then the next group of Concepcion and and Cooper, that's fine.

[00:27:23]But whatever however way you're cutting it up, the line is drawn to me right here at Amari Cooper.

[00:27:30]So, he's kind of the last one I really want in the first round. So, I like having 11 way more than Fitz's pick here at 12.

[00:27:39]Fitz, where are you going at 12?

[00:27:40]Yeah, Denzel Boston. I mean, yes, I would have rather had Amari Cooper, but Boston still a pretty easy choice here.

[00:27:47]Even though he wasn't actually the sixth wide receiver picked in the NFL draft, more on that later. But um interesting that the Browns wind up with both Concepcion and Boston, but I don't really mind investing in Boston. That doesn't deter me at all because the Browns needed a lot of wide receiver help. We knew that. They double-tapped the position early on. And maybe Shido works out.

[00:28:14]Maybe we get a miraculous career resurrection from Deshaun Watson. Maybe Taylor and Green is a late-round gem.

[00:28:21]But regardless, if none of those guys work out, the Browns are going to have a new quarterback next year, I would assume. I'm not too worried about that QB situation. Just think Boston is a really solid player and I think he's kind of a cut above the next tier of wide receivers.

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[00:29:13]Took us almost 30 minutes to get through the first round. I swear this will not be a 2 and 1/2 hour episode. I'm on the clock with 201. This is a really interesting spot. I think in most drafts you can go I think the top 12 is going to be pretty consistent with the 12 names we had. Different order, but it's going to be those names.

[00:29:29]I think this 13th pick is where it starts to really open up to eye of the beholder. Go whatever direction you want. Like a lot of personal preference here.

[00:29:37]I've decided that my favorite player at this point is Antonio Williams. I really love the opportunity he's stepping into in Washington. He is paired with what we believe to be an elite quarterback. He has a ton of target opportunity with only Terry McLaurin ahead of him. Terry McLaurin is older. He's going to be 31 very early in the season. So, there's an opportunity where even he is like taking a step down in the next couple of years, which feels weird cuz he came in the league so old. He hasn't been there that long, but um like there I think it's a better chance than not that Antonio Williams is the number two receiver in this offense, you know, very early this season. And to me, paired with Jayden Daniels, that's pretty exciting in a class like this. So, I will happily take him at the 2.01. Uh Bogman, you're up at 2.02. Yeah, I we're in the choose-your-own-adventure part of the draft here. So, it's whatever your, you know, team need is, whoever you feel.

[00:30:27]And I think this class in particular, and I think you guys agree with me, is like just go get your guy, right? Like if you have a great feeling about a player after the first round, just take him when whenever you think you should.

[00:30:41]If you're feeling queasy about a guy slipping and falling in this draft, this is the class because I do think the upside is limited on a lot here to just take your guy. My guy here is going to be Chris Bell from um Louisville going to Miami just because I like Chris Bell going in, and you know, the Miami receiving room is ugly right now. I like Kevin Coleman as well. Uh they drafted Caleb Douglas above both these guys.

[00:31:08]They have Tolbert. It's like the Island of Misfit Toys and Tutu Atwell, right?

[00:31:13]Like all these guys that you know, you kind of like coming in the draft, they really didn't work out. Miami's going to have to have them work out. Malik Washington uh obviously still there as well. So, um uh to me, I think Chris Bell can easily lead this team in receptions as early as this year. So, it's going to be Chris Bell for me.

[00:31:30]Fitz, you're up at 2.03. I want you to make your pick, and then I want to kind of recap the last few cuz they're all the same position.

[00:31:35]Jermaine Burton, Pittsburgh Steelers, uh picked in the middle of the second round. Just a really good all-around football player, and I think the draft capital supports that. We know the Steelers wanted Quez Watkins uh Howie Roseman and the Eagles had other plans. Sorry, Bogman. So, uh >> in my opinion. Yeah, Burton's a a good player, and um I I know the Pittsburgh quarterback situation doesn't seem ideal. I actually think Aaron Rodgers might be good for Jermaine Burton cuz Rodgers does not want to sit in the pocket and take hits anymore. He wants to unload that ball. He had a 6-yd average depth of throw last year. I think we could see a lot of catch and run from Jermaine Burton near one.

[00:32:15]So, the last five picks have been receivers. Quez Watkins, Quentin Johnston, Antonio Williams, Chris Bell, and Jermaine Burton.

[00:32:23]Obviously, those first two are going to be first-round picks in most drafts, but these last three, Fitz, um does this feel like the correct ranking for you? Williams, Bell, Burton.

[00:32:31]How would you shake up the order that we took these guys in if it were just you making this mock?

[00:32:37]I would have Burton ahead of Bell. I'm not a big Chris Bell fan. Sorry, Bogman.

[00:32:42]It's just I not a good route runner. I understand.

[00:32:46]Would you would you have Burton ahead of Williams, or you would still keep with Williams as as first of this group of three?

[00:32:53]Right now, I've got Jermaine Burton ahead of Antonio Williams in my ranking, but I had the choice between those two players in my two different drafts, and also split that much the way I did with Tyson and Lemon. Like I considered a virtual tie between those two.

[00:33:07]>> I have flip-flopped on those two in particular. I have them next to each other as well, uh like three or four times already. So, >> Yeah, the draft capital to Burton situation and Williams. Yeah, I I and I do think Burton's a better player. Like he deserved to go earlier in the draft.

[00:33:22]Like like he he I thought it was warranted that he got better draft capital. But yeah, like and and it's not you know, Pittman and Metcalf are two guys that the Steelers have invested in to some degree. And they gave Pittman an extension as well. Exactly. Like they could be around This isn't just like a one year It's not like a Mekhi Muku where you're like, oh well, like next year he could step in. It's like this could be a couple of years if Burton is the number three. I think he's a really good player. He he's an awesome fit for what the Steelers needed. I I worry a little bit that the volume will be there. And then you throw in the quarterback question mark and everything going on with Rodgers. So, um to me that to me that definitely splits the tie for Antonio Williams, even though I think Burton is the better player.

[00:33:59]Um so, that brings me to the 2.04.

[00:34:02]I'll take Jalen McMillan. I did not understand a lot of the bellyaching about his landing spot that I saw when he was selected by the Broncos. I think it's actually a a halfway decent spot. I know that uh Sean Payton scares scares fantasy managers, but um like I think McMillan's a good player. We talked about that a lot in the pre-draft process, and uh Dobbins gets hurt all the time. He's not They're not committed to him long-term. And RJ Harvey wasn't that great last year. Like I do think there's a legitimate opportunity for the very least a role for McMillan in what I expect to be a pretty good offense. So, he is like pretty easily for me my third running back behind obviously Love and Price. Now, there's a huge gap between where Price went and McMillan, almost a full round, and I do think that's warranted, but McMillan like in the first half of the second round, if I need a running back, I'm like really comfortable taking McMillan. I'm not scared off by the capital and then the landing spot at all. And and I pointed this out in an earlier show, but in case anybody missed it, Erickson listed a bunch of names. I'm not going to read them all cuz I don't have them off the top of my head, but it's a lot of really successful fantasy picks that McMillan, if he had been drafted eight spots earlier, would fall into. It's guys with at least day two draft capital and uh certain number of receiving yards per game in college. And it's guys like David Johnson, Saquon, like really successful fantasy players. And McMillan is not like like I said, eight picks away from being in that same position.

[00:35:18]So, um I like McMillan, and I'm not scared off by the draft capital or excuse me, uh the landing spot there. Uh Bogman, you're up at 2.05. I'll go with Malachi Fields going to the Giants here, and you know, I I just think there's an opportunity specifically with Wan'Dale Robinson leaving. So, that opens up a lot of targets in this offense. And obviously, it's going to look different with a new coaching staff coming in here, but his competition currently is, you know, obviously Malik Nabers coming off of his injury, but uh Darnell Mooney and Darius Slayton are the two wide receivers that he is competing with. Uh Cam Skowronek and Tyrone Tracy are great backs, but obviously, Skowronek's coming off a big injury as well. And really, it's just the touchdown upside for Malachi Fields. Being a bigger uh wide receiver, I think he could he could eat in this offense. And Darius Slayton, they've been trying to replace forever uh here in in New York. And Darnell Mooney just hasn't really proven to be as good as we thought he was. So, maybe going in New York will be better for Mooney, but I think there's an opportunity for Fields to be the number two wide receiver here rather quickly.

[00:36:26]Fitz, would you have taken Fields? I know he's a player you've liked.

[00:36:31]>> [sighs] >> He would have been in consideration for me, for sure.

[00:36:35]It would have He's in the tier. It would have been either Fields or the guy I'm going to take with this next pick, who is Emeka Egbuka, uh Kansas City Chiefs.

[00:36:43]And Emeka Egbuka is my running back three now in the class, just a a tick above Jalen McMillan. I just think Egbuka is a slightly better player. Not like I worry less about Emeka Egbuka being fast enough. That's my concern with McMillan, whether he has NFL speed. But um Emeka Egbuka is just not the biggest running back, not the fastest running back, but he was really productive as both a runner and a pass catcher at Nebraska, and he carried a heavy load. He averaged more than 20 carries a game for the Cornhuskers last year. He's not going to get that opportunity unless something happened to Kenneth Walker, obviously, but I do think Emeka Egbuka is going to quickly pass Amari Demercado and Brashard Smith to be the number two running back in Kansas City.

[00:37:28]Th- This really is like a pretty wide tier of names that like that this middle of the second round. I mean, and you talked about it already, Bogman, like very much a uh just go get your guy cuz there's not really a consensus order here. Um I'm up at 2.07. And by the way, I like I think Fields and Emeka Egbuka are both totally great picks there. I'm going to take Elijah Schoonmaker at 2.07. Um I'm not scared again, scared off by falling to day three. I'm not scared off by the fact that it's a run-heavy offense. I He fills a role that the other receivers on this team do not fill. I've seen a lot of people make the comparison that Schoonmaker could be the Ravens' replacement for Isaiah Likely, even though he plays a different position. Um moving inside, sort of that power slot, that's what Matt Harmon, who knows receivers really well, wants to see him do. Eric DeCosta has mentioned the Ravens having sort of that same plan for Schoonmaker. Um I've seen people make a comp to like maybe a very poor man's Keenan Allen sort of usage for him. And that's pretty appealing in dynasty, where I think like there this could be a pass-heavier offense than we're used to.

[00:38:29]With Dalton Kincaid, they're still going to want to run the ball very well, but like I think the receivers are going to get more usage than they had under the last couple of offensive coordinators in Baltimore. Um and I I think just think he's a good receiver. So, I could have gone in a bunch of different directions here. I considered other names, certainly, but I'll go with Schoonmaker here at 2.07.

[00:38:48]Um and Bogman, you're now up.

[00:38:50]Yeah, give me Skylar Bell. You guys knew it was going to happen uh pretty quick here. At some point, I could have taken him over Fields. I'll stick to my board, though. Uh and I just think Skylar Bell, you know, I I I made the mistake of not liking Ricky Pearsall's landing spot a couple years ago, right? Obviously, there's other stuff going on with Ricky Pearsall, but the the competition around him dried up real fast. So, I know there's a lot of competition in Buffalo for Skylar Bell to get touches, which is why I probably would still take Fields uh above him in some scenarios, but I I just it's DJ Moore and Khalil Shakir for sure, right? That third spot is Palmer, Keon Coleman, and Skylar Bell fighting for snaps. And I and I love Keon Coleman. I like Skylar Bell more.

[00:39:40]He can play inside, he can play outside.

[00:39:43]They compared him to Jamar Chase already. Like Skyler Bell is my guy. He landed in a great spot with one of the best quarterbacks in the league. So, I'm going to be drafting Skyler Bell a lot. Unfortunately, Worm got him in the in the draft that we're doing here.

[00:39:58]>> him fall to the late third. So, >> I did. I did. I did. I'll get him in the second here. You can't get him from me twice, Worm.

[00:40:05]>> [laughter] >> Uh Fitz, you're up.

[00:40:08]I'm going to take Nicholas Singleton who went to the Tennessee Titans.

[00:40:12]Um we've talked about Singleton a lot on the Dynasty show. Like Bogman and I sort of wonder if his vision is the best, but there were times during his Penn State career when he looked pretty fabulous.

[00:40:24]And it's not like the vision fails him on every run. Like he's had some really good runs, scored a lot of touchdowns for Penn State, and right now it's it's Tony Pollard and it's Tyjae Spears, and Singleton is behind those two. Pollard and Spears are both going into the final years of their contracts. Like Nicholas Singleton could be a top this depth chart by 2027.

[00:40:47]If not sooner. In that league that we've been referencing, I was on the clock and I was picking between Serrat and Singleton, and I went with Singleton cuz I have a much much bigger need at running back in that league. I'm really deep at receiver and I have like no good running backs.

[00:41:00]But I was really torn on the two in the vacuum. If Serrat had been there, would you have taken him or would you still have gone Singleton with your pick? I've got Serrat one spot ahead of Singleton in my overall superflex rankings. And I both think they're like 17 and 18. Okay, yeah. That's that I I kind of agree with that range for them.

[00:41:20]Um and I was really torn. Like I said, I I went with the running back cuz he was a much bigger need, but I think it's I think Serrat ahead of him is probably what I would have in the vacuum.

[00:41:29]I'm going to go with another receiver here, Chris Brazell.

[00:41:32]Um you know, we'll have an opportunity in Carolina.

[00:41:36]Uh I we don't need to talk about the Tennessee receiver thing again. I mean, we've talked plenty about that the last few months. So, there's a little nervousness for me with Brazell in general, but like I think there'll be an opportunity here. I don't hate the landing spot or draft capital. And it's it's pretty ugly. There's like not another There's not another player I want to go like, you know, [laughter] really bang my, you know, pound the table for. So, I'll I'll just go with Brazell here.

[00:41:59]And kick it over to you, Bogman.

[00:42:01]I'm going to take Keaton Allen from Washington now. And I really like this pick for Washington because the guys in front of him aren't completely guaranteed. I do think Rashad White is going to be the lead back in Washington, but I don't think J'Quon Key McKrosky Merritt is keeping Keaton Allen off the field. This is a complete back.

[00:42:21]He doesn't quite have the you know, the physical presence that Nick Singleton does, but he has much better vision. He knows where to be, when to be there, which I think is a better asset sometimes than all that physicality that a guy like Nick Singleton has. So, Keaton Allen doesn't have a lot of work to do to earn his spot on this roster, and he may have touches really quickly into the season. So, give me Keaton Allen here.

[00:42:48]Yeah, continuing our trend of when Nicholas Singleton goes, Allen typically goes shortly thereafter or vice versa.

[00:42:55]When one of them goes in these mocks, we typically take the other Penn State guy very quickly.

[00:43:00]And I agree, I think there's like a real there there is a definite opportunity in Washington. Like even with him going as late in the draft as he did, like this this could actually be a pretty friendly situation if somebody can kind of rise to the top of that depth chart.

[00:43:14]Fitz, round out the second round for us.

[00:43:16]This might seem like kind of a reach at 212. I'm going to take Demond Claiborne, even though he was only a sixth-round pick, but I love the landing spot in Minnesota where you've got 31-year-old Aaron Jones in the twilight of his career, and Jordan Mason who >> [sighs and gasps] >> kind of a Yeah, one-dimensional early down guy. I think he's good in short spurts, but I think the more you see of Jordan Mason, the less impressed you are with him.

[00:43:41]Uh Claiborne has big-time speed, sharp cutting ability.

[00:43:46]I think he's actually going to be pretty good. We know Matt Waldman loves him. We had him on the show, and he sang Demond Claiborne's praises. So, I'm going to take a chance on him at 212.

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[00:44:44]All right, guys. Let's get into round three. We I think we can still take a little bit of time to kind of describe our picks here in round three, and then I think four and five will start to move a little quicker just to give everybody a sense of the timing of the episode. I'm up at 301.

[00:44:58]I think I'm going to take a player that I don't expect to take a lot of in my actual drafts, but Zachariah Branch, just because like I I do think there's an opportunity for a player of his, you know, his skill set in Atlanta. I'm really excited to see the offense under Kevin Stefanski. And I know like everybody talks about him being like a screen merchant in college, but like this this is a guy with real pedigree as a high school recruit. He was a top-10 recruit in the nation, five-star, like really really talented. And I'm curious to see if what I think is a pretty smart offensive mind in Stefanski can find a way to unlock him a little bit better at the NFL level. And again, in round three in this draft, like that's an upside swing I'm willing to take. So, Zachariah Branch to start round three for me.

[00:45:40]Bogman, you are up. I'll go with Ted Huston going to Tampa Bay here. And I know Tampa Bay has got a lot of wide receivers, right? You have Mekhi Egbuka.

[00:45:50]They just drafted last year. Chris Godwin is back and healthy.

[00:45:54]Jalen McMillan came back at the end of last year as well. And Tez Johnson even showed a little bit. But this team is not afraid to just take BPA. That's what they did with Egbuka last season. And that's what they did with Ted Huston here in the third round. It is let's just put the best players on the field.

[00:46:10]I think there's a chance Ted Huston could push either, you know, really McMillan is the guy, but and Chris Godwin has an extensive injury history. So, I I think that Ted Huston is going to be on the field quicker than expected and be one of the primary targets for the Bucks by the end of the year. So, give me Ted Huston here.

[00:46:28]Fitz, 303.

[00:46:30]I'm going to take De'Shawn Stripling here.

[00:46:34]>> I was going to next.

[00:46:35]>> [laughter] >> Yeah, look. It was a terrible pick at 33 overall. Sorry 49ers fans, but John John Lynch doesn't know what he's doing with skill position players on day two. I mean, the track record is abysmal. He did get Deebo Samuel on day two. That that was the one hit, but like the misses Jaylen Hurd, Danny Gray, Trey Sermon, Tyrion Davis-Price. Like You see them asking him about that after the draft, too? Like that was wild.

[00:47:00]>> Oh, yeah. It was, but like and then I've heard people say that, "Oh, Stripling wasn't He was going to go in the next five to 10 picks." Like come on.

[00:47:09]He's a super senior, five-year college player who played at three different schools, never had a 900-yard season, never had more than six touchdown catches in a season.

[00:47:19]Is pretty good after the catch. So, may and he is kind of a demon as a blocker.

[00:47:25]So, maybe he can play that sort of Joaan Jennings role for this team, but he was really over drafted.

[00:47:34]Yeah, I I think once you get into the third round though, like this guy was essentially the you know, like a the 33rd pick. So, it feels like a first-round pick.

[00:47:44]The first pick that the 9ers made. At a certain point like I don't want to be a slave to 80 or to draft capital, but like at a certain point I think you just have to pull the trigger. And I think I think this even if we don't like the player very much, this might end up looking like actually really good value, I think in the in the vacuum of a of a rookie draft here.

[00:48:05]>> He went almost in late in This is what, 27th overall? He went 33rd overall in the real NFL draft where they also picked defensive players and linemen.

[00:48:14]>> [laughter] >> That is a great way to put it.

[00:48:18]I'm up at 304.

[00:48:20]I don't like it. I'm going to TAKE CARSON BECK.

[00:48:22]>> OH. Um I I I thought Bogman might be about to do that since he took him in a similar range in our our real draft we've done.

[00:48:30]I don't feel good about it. It's not a pick I enjoy making. I'm not going to go, you know, tell all my friends that you won't believe this is steal I got.

[00:48:36]But this is superflex, and of all the landing spots besides obviously Mendoza, this is as clear an opportunity to maybe increase his value in year one as as any quarterback has. I mean, Arizona, it it's Jacoby Brissett who's trying to get a payday and really nobody else there. So, they have pieces he can throw to. If he gets the opportunity, maybe he surprises. Don't love the player, but I think it's superflex mid-third is appropriate. Real quick. Let me do Let me do Carson Beck in this pick a little more justice in hyping it up than Worm just did. Someone is going to get the keys to this car, and this is a great car to drive. Now, you have Jeremy Love Jeremiah Love. You have Trey McBride.

[00:49:19]You have Marvin Harrison. Michael Wilson. Kendrick Bourne. The offensive line is revamped on the interior, right?

[00:49:26]Still have a big hole at right tackle, but this offensive line is better.

[00:49:30]Whoever is driving this car is going to pull, right? Like that is what we're saying here. And Carson Beck has a chance to be the engine driver. So, I If you weren't going to take him here, I was going to take him. So, let's hype this this one.

[00:49:44]>> maybe the driver of the car is going to be named Dante Moore or Lenorris Sellers or C.J. Carr, someone from the class of 2027.

[00:49:52]>> true. But, in this in this class, who are you passing on to say, "Well, this guy definitely has way more value than Carson Beck." That's that's my point is that there's no one here that you can say, "Oh, this guy 100% has way more value than Carson Beck" specifically in a super flex.

[00:50:12]>> Did make a lot of college starts at big-time programs and like that was the recipe for um Brock Purdy, who was Mr. Irrelevant yet has turned out to be a pretty good NFL quarterback.

[00:50:23]And Just give me a point guard. Yeah.

[00:50:26]Yeah.

[00:50:27]Uh all right, Bogman, with Beck off the board, who are you taking instead? Yeah, I'll probably do what you did with this pick. It's Mike Washington Jr. here for me. I'm not very excited about it. He is a much higher value for uh specific situations being the one where you are rostering Achane and you can get handcuff because behind him it's only De'Von Achane. So, uh Mike Washington Jr. here, hopefully he gets a chance, but I don't know if he does.

[00:50:55]Bogman, I can't believe with Beck off the board you didn't go Drew Allar. Like everything you just said about Beck applies to Allar.

[00:51:00]>> believe it.

[00:51:01]>> [laughter] >> It does not.

[00:51:03]All right, now I'm just needling you. Uh Mike Washington off the board, Fitz, you're up next with the 2.06, I believe.

[00:51:09]Max Cleary.

[00:51:11]>> Max Cleary. And I know people hate the landing spot, but yeah, the Rams have a lot of tight ends.

[00:51:16]I mean, they've got um Tyler Higbee, Colby Parkinson, Terrance Ferguson, Davis-Allen.

[00:51:22]Two of those guys are not going to be around next year, though. Um Parkinson and Allen have 1 year left on their deals.

[00:51:28]Higbee, 2 years left, but he's 33.

[00:51:32]Rams tight ends combined for 150 targets, 103 catches, 1,128 yards, and 17 touchdowns last year. Like the Rams get their tight ends involved, and Max Cleary is a really good pass-catcher.

[00:51:43]Didn't see it so much at Ohio State last year, but Purdue the year before accounted for 31% of their uh receptions. Or maybe it was receiving yards. Receiving yards. So, um Max Cleary here. I I'm damn the landing spot. Like I think he's a really good player, and the Rams do leverage their tight ends.

[00:52:01]Th- This is a good one. I I was pretty out on him just coming out of the draft given the landing spot, but you're right. There is actually an opportunity where a year from now he's one of the clear top two tight ends on this team in a team that loves to run multiple tight end sets. And I think he's a good player. So, I actually think mid-third is not only really appropriate for Cleary, but maybe even like a pretty good value. I I I have come around on him more in the last couple of days kind of thinking, you know, more um you know, just just since the draft actually happened. Uh Bogman, what do you think about Cleary being the third tight end off the board? There's obviously like a lot of tight ends in this group. After Cedric Tillman, what do you think about Cleary being the choice? Yeah, it's fine, right? Like I I really dislike the landing spot because I think Parkinson or um Ferguson is going to be their main receiving tight end moving forward, but Cleary could easily usurp that role. So, um I'm still banking on Ferguson, but I get it. And at this point in the draft, like you know, there's not a lot of value on the board. So, take the guy that you're most confident in. If that's Cleary, it's Cleary.

[00:53:04]Now, I'm up. Bryce Lance is crossed off in our list here that we're working from, but I don't see him having been taken. Was that just a mistake?

[00:53:12]>> been taken. I was about to take him. I thought I was up next. No, I'm I'm going to take Lance then. Obviously like going to New Orleans, again, we already talked about like Jordan Tyson, but there there is an opportunity behind those top two receivers uh with what we think will be a pretty good offense. And um I think a pretty poor defense, which should mean a lot of throwing opportunities. So, um I I think in the second half of the third round he went like 15th overall in one of the drafts the three of us have already done together. That is Debro planting his flag. I think that is like way too early, but in the back half of the third, I think Lance is a is a good upside swing here. I I think would you, if given the opportunity, Worm, would you take him as Stribling?

[00:53:53]I think I I would probably take Stribling, which I don't You mean like >> I'll take Lance, but >> in a dy- in a dynasty draft, right? Like not who I would have Yeah, yeah. I I think I I just can't overlook the uh the draft capital draft capital of that much, but um I I don't I wouldn't feel great about it.

[00:54:13]>> [laughter] >> I understand. It's just, you know, uh Olave has a lot of injury issues, so does Tyson. And then Shaheed is the one keeping him off the field. So, I I think I think it's probably coin-flippish. I I would think I'd lean Lance. That's actually a really good point on the injuries. I didn't think about the fact that it's not just Tyson, but Olave's concussion history, too. So, yeah, I I I think it's I think it's fair to go Lance there.

[00:54:37]Um Bogman, you're up.

[00:54:39]I'll take your boy, Adam Randel. Uh you mentioned it before. He's behind a back that is long in the tooth and has a lot of mileage and wear on those treads. So, uh they don't really have a plan behind him right now. It's ancient Justice Hill, who is closer to mine and Fitz's age, which is not great for running backs. And then uh you know, i- it's I think Rachin Ali, who's a special teamer behind him. So, yeah, I think Adam Randel could have a nice role here. To be clear, Justice Hill is 28 years old.

[00:55:06]He's not like on death's door or anything like that.

[00:55:09]>> mileage for a backup running back.

[00:55:10]>> Uh yeah. No, I I I like Adam Randel a lot. I took him ahead of Mike Washington in a real draft. Um the case being that Washington like like he needs Achane to get hurt.

[00:55:21]Randel, if he waits a year, like Father Time will come for Derrick Henry eventually, and there's no real nobody else. And Um what's interesting about Randel, I don't know if if you had seen this, Bogman, he was not drafted by Eric DeCosta. He was drafted by Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, >> who has been pushing DeCosta for years for the the right to just take He's supposed to make one pick for the team.

[00:55:43]So, they they had a bunch of fifth-rounders this year. They said, "Okay, the last fifth-rounder will be Steve Bisciotti's pick." And he did his research. He apparently worked with DeCosta's son on this. He like interviewed personally Adam Randel. And and Randel was Steve Bisciotti's pick.

[00:55:57]So, the only Ravens player not picked by Eric DeCosta, but picked by the team owner instead. And he's a A guy that Worm knows personally, right? Did you say that earlier?

[00:56:06]>> knows him. I don't know him personally.

[00:56:08]I know somebody who knows him personally. Worm's best friend, Adam Yeah, [laughter] like my close personal friend, Adam Randel, who uh by all accounts is a is a wonderful kid. So, uh happy with that one.

[00:56:19]Uh all right, next up is Fitz.

[00:56:21]Kendre Miller, running back, 49ers. Hate to be the guy piggybacking John Lynch on day two skill position picks.

[00:56:28]>> [laughter] >> But, um Kendre Miller, despite being a combine snub, didn't go to the combine, only running back drafted on day two of the draft this year. Which says a lot about this running back class. So, um Buried behind Christian McCaffrey, but maybe he beats out uh Isaac Guerendo, Jordan James, uh Patrick Taylor to be the running back two behind CMC.

[00:56:53]He's And he's a good player. Like he he was a very good back for the national champion Indiana Hoosiers last year, even though he didn't start. Roman Hemby was the starter.

[00:57:03]I will not blame anybody who is just so burnt by day two 49ers picks that they just don't even have Black on their board. Like I I I I get it emotionally.

[00:57:10][laughter] Um I really don't like a lot of players here. I know I talked at the beginning of the episode about how the late third is actually not as bad as you think. It it probably is. I I hate all the options. I'm going to go with Breiden Fehoko. Um just because I think you know, one of the sharpest offensive minds in football was so excited for his team to draft him that he promised to take off his shirt if the Chargers took him. Like Mike McDaniel knows how to use speed. He really wanted the Chargers to go get Thompson, who is incredibly fast. And I don't like a whole lot of other options, so I'm going to go with the guy who worst-case scenario is a seemingly pretty great fit with the offense he's stepping into and a big-armed quarterback. So, I'll take the swing on Thompson here. Uh Bogman, you're up.

[00:57:52]I'll go with Oscar Dell, and I'll just kind of listen to Debro on this pick more than uh you know, I I it's more about the opportunity here. Juwan Johnson is old, right? Noah Fant is old at at this position, and they're trying to get a little bit younger. I know that some people see George Kittle upside. I don't really see that, but at this point in the draft, we're just taking shots for ceiling, and Oscar Dell represents that.

[00:58:22]Fitz, you're on the clock here to round out round three. I'm going to take Cole Payton, developmental quarterback prospect for the Eagles. Um only 1 year starter at a small school, North Dakota State, but he is a dynamic runner and has a really strong arm, left-handed quarterback. So, he's definitely going to have to sit and learn for a couple years, but maybe down the road he becomes sort of a dual-threat fantasy uh high-impact fantasy quarterback.

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[00:59:10]Before we get to round four, Bogman, what do you think about that Cole Payton pick as the next quarterback off the board? Yeah, I mean, I think at this point we're throwing darts, right? And Cole Payton definitely fits behind Jalen Hurts better than McKee uh does. So, I like it in that sense, uh but he is I I'm not sure if they like McKee or not. They traded for Dalton, and they drafted Payton. So, I don't really know what's happening there. So, I think it's a very good fit. I just don't know where he is on the depth chart.

[00:59:40]Into round four here, I'm going to take Eli Raredon to kick off round four tight end to New England. You guys are kind of scoffing a bit at where he went, which was immediately a lot earlier in our other league. I do like Raredon and I think that there's an opportunity here in New England with Hunter Henry up there in age and nobody really else there. And he is paired with a awesome like maybe the best young quarterback out there. Like I think this is actually a pretty exciting landing spot. And if I have any sort of need at tight end, I'll be pretty happy to get Raredon in the fourth round.

[01:00:09]Fits, I know you were kind of you like I said scoffing a bit at him going late seconds in our other like real draft. Do you think round four is more appropriate? Yes.

[01:00:19]Decent tight end flyer for sure. Lands with a good quarterback and he was a a pretty you could see the pass catching talents on tap.

[01:00:27]Yeah, what do you what do you think Bogman? Yeah, I mean good pick at this point. You know, he went 211 in our other draft. So, a little bit high there over guys like you know, I think he went over he went over like Surratt, he went over Fields, Emmett Johnson, Keaontay Ingram. Those were all pretty shocking to me. But at this point in the draft, yeah, get the Hunter the eventual Hunter Henry replacement.

[01:00:50]Bogman, you're up at 4:02.

[01:00:52]I'll take your boy Jacobi Lane from Baltimore. I I think you're right in the fact that Surratt will replace a lot of Likely's production, but I think Lane gets the scores with his size and being a good red zone presence. So, let's go with Jacobi Lane.

[01:01:06]I hope there's some TDs there on the board for him. Yeah, I didn't love the pick in real life, but I think a fourth round again an elite quarterback he's paired with a changing offense. They gave him top 80 draft capital.

[01:01:18]I think that's a totally good pick here in round four. Fits, you're up. I'm going to take another home run swing at quarterback with Ta'Quan Green.

[01:01:25]Um only went in the sixth round. I know some people thought he could go as early as day two, but sixth round to the Browns who do have, you know, an interesting quarterback situation.

[01:01:37]Ta'Quan Green just 6'6", 227 lbs, ran a 4.36 at the combine, vertical jump of 43 and 1/2 inches, and he started 46 games in college, which is three times as many as Ty Simpson started. 22 starts at Boise State, 24 at Arkansas. He's just really raw as a passer. Like the college passing stats not pretty, but good kid who's willing to, you know, sit and learn. He's he's a hard worker and you know, if he ever gets a shot, like the rushing upside alone makes him really enticing.

[01:02:13]Bogman, what do you think about Green here going a couple of spots after Cole Payton? Yeah, I mean look, why not, right? Like Fitsy said, it's wide open in Cleveland.

[01:02:22]I I think I still think it's Shador, but we keep hearing talks about how Watson is the guy, but I don't think that the door is completely closed on any of these quarterbacks.

[01:02:32]It's going to be whoever performs the best. That's what it should be and Ta'Quan Green has crazy upside and if he doesn't have quarterback upside, he has Taysom Hill versatility upside. So, yeah, in this draft not a bad pick here.

[01:02:45]Bogman, our next two picks, myself and then you are both Dolphins receivers. I take Kevin Coleman Jr., you take Caleb Douglas. Your guy has the draft capital obviously. I think a lot of the evaluators that I like I listened to and watched like Coleman better as a player, but like you said when you took Chris Bell, an opportunity here to get target.

[01:03:04]There's a whole lot of opportunity in Miami and this is a team that doesn't care about winning this year. So, like they are just going to throw to the young guys and see who develops and who pairs well with Malik Willis. And so, I think both of these names are totally fine here. Yeah, I mean I have it's a draft capital is why I have Douglas a little bit higher That's totally fair.

[01:03:24]but I mean it is really a coin flip and it would not be shocking at all to see Kevin Coleman have a bigger role immediately than Caleb Douglas. So, we're just we're taking shots at potential for immediate production at this point. That's what's happening. Fits, do you have a preferred Dolphin between those two?

[01:03:45]>> [clears throat] >> I think Coleman by a tad. I just think he's the slightly better prospect. The The Douglas pick seemed like almost as big a reach as Stribling.

[01:03:54]Yeah.

[01:03:56]Douglas I believe was the guy that Matt Harmon like the first player that he hadn't charted for reception perception prior to the draft. Like when when you're taking a guy that early when when the wide receiver analyst in the industry like hasn't even charted this guy. Like that get that that's pretty dicey.

[01:04:14]>> To be fair, he said he only charted like 33 guys. So, Still but as early I'm not saying Douglas can't be drafted at all, but as early as he got drafted.

[01:04:21]>> You're right.

[01:04:22]>> Yeah, you're right. Um all right, Fits, you're on the clock.

[01:04:26]All right, 4:06 Justin Johnson, tight end Denver. Good pass catching tight end from North Carolina State and maybe he could eventually wind up as the coveted joker in Sean Payton's offense.

[01:04:40]What do you what do you think about Johnson? He was a player I liked a lot Bogman before the draft. What do you think about him now with the landing spot?

[01:04:46]>> I I actually really like this pick.

[01:04:49]I'm actually mad I I took Caleb Douglas over Justin Johnson. That's a great pick here. I think the opportunity is there for him early. A guy that has led his team in receptions twice at the collegiate level. The only year he didn't do it was when he was teammates with Casey Kmet as a junior. So, yeah, I really like this pick.

[01:05:08]I'm mad Fits took him because I was going to take Johnson and now that he's off the board, I'm going to pivot and save Bogman from himself and take Drew Allar.

[01:05:16]This is strictly again like day two draft capital. It's a superflex league.

[01:05:20]Had some previous pedigree as, you know, a guy that was considered potential number one pick at some point in his career.

[01:05:27]I don't I don't buy him into buying to him being an NFL quarterback of course, but we're late in a crappy draft. So, I'll take the quarterback in superflex and again save Bogman from himself.

[01:05:38]Fitsy, Will Howard or Drew Allar?

[01:05:43]Will Howard.

[01:05:44]I do I I think Will Howard too, but it is the new staff and they picked Allar.

[01:05:50]So, he might have he might have and better drive capital, but obviously the quarterbacks are going way late in last year's draft. So, I'm going to take Eli Heidenreich. Give give me his teammate. I don't really I don't know how much I believe in Eli Heidenreich as much as other people do.

[01:06:07]I I think he was a good flyer at the end. The Steelers had more picks than anybody in the draft. So, just take the guys that you like specifically a culture fit, a dude that will do whatever you want. He will block, he will catch, he will run, he will do anything. But they did take Noah Kmet ahead of him as well. So, and I think they're kind of fighting for one spot on the roster. So, I think Heidenreich is better. So, I will take Heidenreich in this draft, but I don't know how safe a pick he is.

[01:06:35]Fits, you're up.

[01:06:36]Sam LaPorta, tight end Chicago Bears.

[01:06:39]Tough landing spot, but the Bears are going to play a lot of multiple tight end sets. LaPorta is probably the best blocking tight end in this class and really athletic. Posted like a 9.94 relative athletic score on a 10 point scale.

[01:06:55]And I don't I think Cole Kmet might be going into the final year of his contract. So, you know, it's tough to be the tight end behind Cole Kmet.

[01:07:05]But LaPorta is a pretty good player and it's late in the fourth round of a thin draft. So, Bogman, this is a player that you really liked prior to the landing spot.

[01:07:16]Yeah, I I really like him before the landing spot, but it's just going to be tough. There's so many players in front of him for touches. He his role is going to be primarily blocking. So, it looks like something's going to happen to LaPorta for him to really have production. So, just a tough landing spot, but I do really like the player.

[01:07:38]How about Cade Klubnik here for my pick at the 4.10? I mean, yeah, the Jets, you know, go get him in the fourth round.

[01:07:45]Similar to some of these other quarterbacks we've talked about. Like there is an opportunity here. Like if Geno really if it wasn't just that the Raiders dragged him down and he really is cooked. Like there's an opportunity here just for somebody to get to get a chance to throw to some pretty good pass catchers. You know, he went earlier than some of these other quarterbacks. Yeah, like you said Bogman, why not at this point in this draft >> Honestly. in a superflex.

[01:08:07]You're up next. Yeah, I completely agree with you. I mean just, you know, it's Geno Smith and maybe the ghost of Russell Wilson keeping him from playing.

[01:08:16]He's better than Brady Cook right now.

[01:08:18]So, I like that pick of Klubnik Worm.

[01:08:21]I'll go Seth McGowan and this is really the point in the draft where I just I I would take Seth McGowan if it's like Seth McGowan or nobody. I feel like there's a lot of spots where in a deeper dynasty league, you can find someone to dump on your roster, but he's third string in Indy. That's where we are in the fourth round here. He's behind Giddeons and obviously Jonathan Taylor.

[01:08:42]So, maybe he could push Giddeons, but I still think Giddeons is a much better running back prospect. So, that's just where we're at. Give me Seth McGowan cuz I think he's BPA. I would definitely say we're in the range of if you have to drop a player to make room if your league's not that deep, I probably just not drop a player and and not make a draft pick if it was possible. That's kind of the names we're talking about here.

[01:09:07]Fits, you're up to round out round four.

[01:09:09]I'll Garrett Nussmeier. He was my QB3 before the draft. Slides all the way into the seventh round, which just tanks his fantasy stock obviously, but pretty good arm. Um at at his best, I mean like there were points where I think people thought he He be like a day two quarterback and you know just there's some injury issues. There been rumors that he didn't interview all that well at the various I don't know. Team team visits and combine what nots but I'm just going to take a chance on him here.

[01:09:43]Yeah, does this feel like the right spot Bogman for Nussmeier given the fall?

[01:09:47]Yeah, I mean look he's better than Chris Olodokun, right? So I think that yes, he's an injury risk.

[01:09:55]He's a you know potential to not make the roster risk but who cares at this point in this draft? There's not There's not a lot here that you know I don't think there's anyone that's going to jump out and be amazing by any stretch. So I just think you take whoever you believe has the most upside at this point.

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[01:11:31]All right, I'm up here at the top of round five. I'll take Matthew Hibner.

[01:11:35]This is a tight end that Dbro really likes as a sleeper and the Ravens traded up I thought very surprisingly into the fourth round to take him. We know there's really nothing there besides Mark Andrews and the Ravens have a real history of doing a pretty good job with these middle round tight ends. So I'll take a swing on Hibner here in the fifth. Bogman, you're up. I'll Reggie Virgil. I guess just draft capital and the situation in Arizona, you know whoever that third is is going to have a lot of targets. So I'll take Reggie Virtual here because there's not a lot left on the board I like.

[01:12:06]Fits.

[01:12:07]De'on Burks, Indianapolis Colt. Really slid in the draft but he can fly and the Colts don't have a lot at wide receiver anymore. So maybe he could stick. I'll go with Barion Brown.

[01:12:21]A player that I thought was really fun to watch when he was at Kentucky and I thought might have an NFL future when I was watching him early on there.

[01:12:27]And he goes to New Orleans. We've talked about them a few times today as there's an opportunity here behind the top two receivers and they Those are two receivers who get hurt a lot. So I'll take a swing on Brown here as kind of an exciting gadget player. Bogman. I'll go CJ Daniels going to the Rams. Obviously behind Puka and Demario but they didn't draft another wide receiver. So the third is still Whittington, Cannady Mumpfield, Xavier Smith. I like CJ Daniels. He was a big part of that Miami offense this year. So we'll take a flyer.

[01:12:56]Fits.

[01:12:57]Mumpfield is good by the way Bogs.

[01:12:59]I'm going I'm going with Malik Benson of Oregon.

[01:13:03]Really really fast and he's going to the Raiders who are really really thin at wide receiver.

[01:13:11]I'll go with Marlon Klein. Kind of stick with the tight end theme lately.

[01:13:15]There's an opportunity in Houston I think you know beyond We've We've said too many players names.

[01:13:22]I'm blanking. Who's the starter in for the Texans? I'm totally blanking on his name.

[01:13:27]Dalton Schultz? Yes, Dalton Schultz.

[01:13:29]Thank you. Yeah, having a brain fart there. Yeah, I think beyond Schultz and I'm not sure how long Schultz is for Houston.

[01:13:35]Yeah, maybe an opportunity there in in in the Texans tight end room. Again, we're in round five. Let's go to Bogman.

[01:13:42]How about a UDFA boys? I'm going to take Jamari Taylor here going to Jacksonville.

[01:13:47]I just don't really love the room. It's Stuten, it's Laquon Allen, it's Chris Rodriguez, DJ Dallas, Saquon Barkley, Jamari Taylor carried the workload at Virginia this season, right? A lot of touches. 222 rush attempts along with 43 receptions as well. So a guy that can carry a full workload and is decent and I think could push for playing time if he makes the roster. So I'll take a flyer on a undrafted free agent here at the end of the fifth.

[01:14:17]Fits.

[01:14:18]Riley Nowalkowski, tight end for the Steelers. His blocking's going to keep him on the field but he's actually a pretty useful pass catcher. Can line up all over the place in the backfield, in line, in the slot.

[01:14:33]Jack of all trades.

[01:14:35]I'll take Josh Quevasen, the other Ravens tight end. I'm not even sure how much I believe in him but every time the Ravens take two tight ends in the draft, the second one is better. So [laughter] since I already took Hibner, I might as well take the second tight end they took in Quevasen and see if that pattern continues. Fifth round pick tight end.

[01:14:51]Bogman, you're up.

[01:14:53]I'll give you Tyjae Spears Montgomery.

[01:14:54]Going another UDFA going to Tennessee. I just think there's a chance to make the squad in Tennessee because they don't have a lot of talent offensively on the roster, right?

[01:15:05]Clearly they spent that high pick on Carnell Tate but after that it's Elijah Minor, Shamari Davis who I like. They signed Wan'Dale Robinson. Kadarius Toney's always hurt. This is a ball of clay that could develop into something.

[01:15:19]He could be nothing but I'll take the the power ball ticket at the end of the draft here.

[01:15:24]Mercifully we are at the final pick.

[01:15:26]Fits, who do you got? Colby Young, big fast wide receiver prospect for the Bengals. Obviously logjam behind Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins but Jermaine Burton was a developmental wide receiver prospect who didn't work out for the Bengals apparently. Unlike Jermaine Burton, Colby Young has a good head on his shoulders. So maybe he can.

[01:15:46]Get him a driver.

[01:15:48]Were there any names that you guys are surprised didn't get taken? I'm assuming that won't be the case but this deep but I have to ask. Any Anybody that you guys are like oh I can't believe nobody took Cyrus Allen or whoever?

[01:15:59]No. No. Okay. I like I didn't expect it but I had to ask. All right, that was our five round superflex rookie mock draft. You can tell from the way we talked about these last couple of rounds what we think about this draft class and this is my first time sitting through having to actually get through 60 names when thinking about this class and boy was it not a fun experience. So that tells you all you need to know about this draft class. Hopefully you can kind of sniff out some hidden gems and find some value here.

[01:16:27]>> Warmly I want to throw this in here at the end. At 4:03 because we can take veterans in this rookie draft, Erickson just took Greg Dulcich over like In their real draft. The last pick before him, the last two picks were or three I guess I'll say. Kevin Coleman, then Matthew Hibner and then Mike Washington did go kind of late here at 4:02.

[01:16:47]>> Yeah, Washington fell in that draft. But after that I mean Kyler's gone, Bell's gone, Kalen Ballage, Adam Randall. Like everyone decent is gone and Greg Dulcich is the pick because he might be your number one target guy in Miami this year because they have no wide receivers.

[01:17:00]Yeah, I will be passing on picking pretty soon in that draft I would imagine.

[01:17:06]I'll go ahead and wrap things up there.

[01:17:07]Thanks everybody for checking out this superflex rookie mock. Be sure to check out all of the content we have post NFL draft on the Dynasty feed here throughout the week. For Fits and Bogman, I'm Ryan Warmly. We'll see you again next time.