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2:05

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job as always Chris and we're looking forward to your

2:11

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2:13

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2:15

been studying these guys for months and months and months

2:17

and the grades have been fantastic on the site So

2:19

please check them out because Chris has done a fantastic

2:21

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2:24

on CBS He's gonna have a lot of dynasty

2:26

coverage. I'm sure coming up We're gonna get our

2:28

rankings on the site very soon So we're gonna

2:30

have you from a fantasy covered from a fantasy

2:32

perspective We're gonna talk about some of the picks

2:34

in rounds four around five around six and maybe

2:36

even round seven as we look at What was

2:38

a busy Saturday afternoon? So Chris, I

2:40

guess I'll ask you this first Just as somebody who's been studying

2:42

this is there a rookie that was

2:44

taken on day three? That stands

2:46

out to you skill position wise obviously wide

2:48

receiver running back tight end Maybe quarterback Spencer

2:51

Rattler for example anybody that stands

2:53

out with a landing spot that you're just

2:55

like man I love this player in this

2:57

spot You're talking day

2:59

three only or just the entire Day

3:02

three only bigger guy for example, so he goes

3:05

to the yeah, I know you were sure Let's

3:08

see. I'm trying to look here. Just I'm

3:11

trying to look out for example. No, you're

3:13

a big fan of his Yes, I think

3:15

him going 181 sixth round it seems like

3:17

he could have been picked earlier to be

3:21

Stocky like he is like five eight five nine 220

3:25

and was the bell cow a Troy and what I

3:27

like to do with running backs is kind of categorize

3:29

them Are they slashers are

3:31

they those zone stretch play runners

3:33

that just make one cut put their foot in the

3:35

ground get upfield? Or are

3:37

they those? Multi-cut runners that can

3:39

kind of be side to side

3:41

wiggle make a linebacker miss in space with

3:44

Vidal you get that like both Rushing

3:47

styles that he blends them together very well

3:49

We know obviously that the Chargers have a

3:51

pretty big hole after moving on from Austin

3:53

Eckler So I think he's someone that not

3:56

a lot of people are gonna think about too much being

3:58

that he's from Troy being that He was a six-round

4:00

pick, but I really like

4:02

that fit there just because of the opportunity that

4:04

he has. And I think he's a runner

4:06

that can get more than what's blocked

4:08

for him. And I think that's, of course, more important

4:10

than any other trait that you can have at the

4:12

running back spot. We'll spend a little bit more time

4:15

talking about the Chargers back. So Heath, I'll ask you

4:17

the same thing from a fantasy perspective. Was there somebody

4:19

on day three that ended up in

4:21

a spot that you're like, wow, I really got to

4:23

maybe reevaluate this or take a look at this player

4:25

and say, this guy could be somebody that

4:27

I'm taking with a mid to late round pick in

4:29

fantasy that can make an impact in 2024 and beyond?

4:32

Yeah, it's probably a late round, not a mid pick,

4:34

but Troy Franklin. Before the

4:37

combine, I had him as my number four wide receiver.

4:39

The combine did not go well for him at all

4:41

in a variety of ways. And so

4:43

I kind of dropped him to seven or eight, and

4:45

then the draft didn't go so well for him either.

4:48

But if you're going to fall to day three

4:50

as a wide receiver, being drafted in a place

4:53

where Jerry Judy was just traded away

4:55

and oh, yeah, they drafted your college

4:57

quarterback in round one, I think that

4:59

probably earns him more chances in Denver

5:03

over the next two years because Bo Nix

5:05

is there. So the

5:07

Troy Franklin to Denver thing was probably my favorite.

5:10

Wide open opportunity for him because we know Courtland

5:12

Sutton, at least for this year, should be the

5:14

number one guy. We know Sean

5:16

Payton for whatever reason doesn't love Marvin Mims or at

5:18

least appears not to love Marvin Mims based on how

5:20

he played him last year. They bring in Josh Reynolds.

5:23

So there's a chance for Troy Franklin to be an

5:25

impact player right away. And the Broncos did trade up

5:27

into the fourth round to get him. So we always

5:29

love those types of situations. So another guy that we'll

5:31

spend some time talking on. So again, we're covering

5:33

rounds four, five, six, and seven today. I'm going to

5:36

ask you guys this question to think about this because

5:38

Adam typically puts us on the spot. So

5:40

again, Chris, I'll ask you more from a

5:42

prospect standpoint and a destination, a winner

5:45

and a loser, either from today or from the entire

5:47

NFL draft. We'll talk about this later. He's same thing

5:49

for you from a fantasy perspective. We've talked a lot

5:51

about this already, for example, like Kyler Murray is a

5:53

winner because he gets Marvin Harrison. So there's some obvious

5:56

ones, but if there's another one or another situation that

5:58

ended up today and the same thing. a loser.

6:00

Like for me, for example, Jaylen Wright going to the Dolphins. Oh,

6:02

do I hate that because I was hoping he was going to

6:04

end up in a spot where he could be more

6:07

or get an opportunity to be a little bit of a

6:09

feature back and it doesn't feel like that's gonna happen in Miami.

6:11

No, that was the thing that I wondered. Like I

6:13

didn't, you

6:16

love it because if Jaylen Wright does end

6:18

up getting the opportunity and he's in that

6:20

offense, I think he could be an absolute

6:22

star in that offense. I wondered if it

6:24

was actually a loser for Achan, just like

6:26

further confirmation that the Dolphins view him as

6:28

a 10 to 12 touch back and not

6:30

somebody that they can give the ball to

6:33

40 or 20 times a game.

6:36

Oh, it's definitely a loss for Achan. A hundred

6:38

percent. You know what I mean? Especially that, you

6:40

know, Raheem Mostar coming off a season where he

6:42

led the NFL and or tied Chris McCaffrey in

6:44

total touchdowns and led the NFL in rushing touchdowns.

6:46

So he's still there. And now they

6:48

bring in, you know, a impact

6:51

rookie impact type of player at the running

6:53

back position who doesn't need a

6:55

lot of touches to be successful. Kind of like what Devon

6:57

Achan was last year. And, you know, it's

6:59

hard to justify taking Devon Achan as a top 10

7:02

running back, top 24 overall pick, which is what we've

7:05

seen in the drafts we've done so far. So what

7:07

I'm going to do here is, you know, you can

7:09

see all the draft results on our draft tracker on

7:11

CBS sports.com. And I highly encourage you to do that

7:13

because Chris has spent an absolute amount of time where

7:16

he told us before we started. He's tired and I get

7:18

it. Grading all the picks.

7:21

And it's great. It's a great read because it

7:23

gives you a quick insight. You could open up

7:25

if you click on the actual grades, there's

7:27

the full draft profile there. It's a

7:29

great read. Great. A ton of information

7:32

to give you some updates on some of these players. So if

7:34

you like the team, it's a team you're a fan of. You

7:37

can read

7:39

about the player that your team drafted. If you like

7:41

the player, you know, you're looking for some insight, for

7:43

some fantasy perspective. Chris has got you

7:45

covered. So check out the grades on CBS sports.com. And as

7:47

you can see, if you're watching us on YouTube, that's what

7:50

it'll look like on our draft tracker. But I'm going to

7:52

highlight some of the skill players

7:54

that were taken in rounds four, five, six, and seven. We'll

7:56

start in round four and the first pick of round four.

7:59

I'm probably going to butcher some of these. So

8:01

I apologize, but today beyond Sanders the tight end

8:03

from Texas goes to Carolina Chris What do you

8:05

think about him as a player and the fit

8:07

going into Dave canals office? I

8:09

think it's a good fit and certainly there's

8:11

targets to go around even after Drafting Xavier

8:13

leg it in the first round moving up

8:15

that one spot with the Buffalo Bills to

8:17

pick a wide receiver But we know they

8:19

bring in Deontay Johnson. It's still like I

8:22

said, there's so many targets that could go

8:24

around Jadavian Sanders is interesting because he was

8:26

a big-time recruit He was like the number

8:28

one recruit in the nation at tight end

8:30

and and actually produced pretty well at Texas

8:33

But he never quite met that hype I mean

8:35

clearly, you know being that big of a recruit

8:37

playing at Texas winning a lot of football games

8:39

being productive You would think oh he's gonna be

8:41

first maybe second round pick. He didn't

8:43

test very well to combine He ran a lot slower

8:45

than people expected and he kind of

8:47

has this Sleeker frame that you would

8:50

think he could be maybe like an Isaiah likely

8:52

or a chica Conquo,

8:54

but he's really not that Sudden

8:56

or compact after the catch like a lot

8:59

of times first contact brings him to the

9:01

turf So I think you see the smoothness

9:03

at times where he might be able to

9:06

get open maybe underneath or at the intermediate

9:08

level But Jadavian Sanders isn't

9:10

really someone that I don't think quite met

9:12

the hype of how big of a recruit

9:14

he was And just in

9:16

terms of his overall speed to be

9:19

that fantasy viable tight end even early

9:21

in his career Keith is

9:23

this tight end 2 for you in redraft

9:25

dynasty for from a rookie perspective. We know

9:27

that Ben Sennett

9:31

Went yesterday to Washington or excuse

9:33

me did round three I

9:35

believe was to Washington but on day two at the NFL Draft

9:38

to the commanders We clearly know

9:40

that Brock Bowers gonna be tight in one. Where

9:42

does Sanders stack up for you? Sanders

9:44

I have what right behind Ben

9:46

Sennett So I had kind of

9:48

tweeted yesterday that Sennett was

9:50

the leader in the clubhouse and there wasn't anything

9:53

that happened today That put

9:55

anybody ahead of him for me, but the

9:57

Jadavian Sanders right after him. I I think

9:59

that he He's the easiest guy once you

10:01

get past Bowers that you can

10:04

show a highlight clip and look

10:06

at the things he's done and be like, oh man, that

10:08

guy's going to be good. But

10:10

there's a lot of things that happen other than the highlight clip.

10:13

And so I'm semi skeptical of all

10:15

the tight ends besides Bowers in this

10:17

class. Sanders is third for me. And

10:20

Theo Johnson goes, pick 107 to

10:22

the Giants. We know there's still the potential of

10:24

Darren Waller retiring. So that's another player to keep

10:26

an eye on from an opportunity standpoint

10:28

where he can come in and make some plays. I don't

10:31

know right away, but certainly down the road, but there's a

10:33

potential need for the Giants. There was a

10:36

report yesterday that Darren Waller was going to retire. It seems like that

10:38

was a little erroneous. So some just keep an

10:40

eye on, as he said at an event, I believe yesterday, as

10:42

a matter of fact, that he is still mulling over the decisions.

10:44

So some keep an eye on there in terms of fit. But

10:46

that's another pick to look at here. 107, the

10:48

Giants taking Theo Johnson. We talked about

10:50

Troy Franklin going to the Broncos from Oregon,

10:52

the wide receiver there. So another

10:55

player to look at. Chris, I

10:57

want to talk to you about Jevon Baker because

11:00

prior to the draft, when we did our wide

11:02

receiver breakdown, you were excited about him with

11:04

his ability to make plays down the field. I

11:06

think it was 21.9 yards after the

11:08

catch that he had. Is

11:13

this the type of player that's going to help elevate

11:15

Drake May and maybe could be the wide receiver one

11:18

in this offense? I don't know right away, but maybe

11:20

down the road. Well, yeah, I

11:22

mean, they picked Jalen Polk in the second round. He's

11:24

more of a kind of move him around. I don't

11:26

want to say gadget type, but he's better in this

11:28

slot. And he's just kind of a jack of all

11:30

trades, master of none. With

11:32

Jevon Baker, I mean, there weren't a

11:34

ton outside of the obviously the premier

11:36

guys. There weren't a ton of

11:39

those true X receivers. And that's just the

11:41

guys that can play on

11:43

the perimeter. They run a variety of routes, a

11:45

lot of comebacks, a lot of digs, a lot

11:47

of post routes can win with speed, route running

11:49

ability. They're going to see more press. Jevon

11:52

Baker to me, I think is kind of the

11:55

exact type of wide receiver that will work well

11:57

with Drake May because we saw even last year

11:59

with the. that he wants to push

12:01

the football down the field and to average

12:04

over 20 yards per catch at UCF without being,

12:06

you know, a burner. He's a mid four or

12:08

five guy. He kind

12:10

of indicates that he does feel

12:12

confident and was very successful winning

12:15

in those jump ball situation. So

12:18

I think Jevon Baker went a lot later than

12:20

I thought, but former Alabama guy goes to UCF.

12:22

I think he has a pretty complete skill set

12:24

and maybe not instantly, but I could see by

12:26

midway point of the season or toward the end

12:29

of the season, we're like, all right, this is

12:31

the future wide receiver one that the Patriots

12:33

actually got on the third day of the draft. Keith,

12:35

when you look at this Patriots receiving core, I know you

12:38

have some moderate expectations. He's probably the draft with Kendrick Bourne

12:40

coming back from the ACL there. He's somebody that you had

12:42

ranked certainly higher than Dave and I had. And the only

12:44

reason I know this is because we did the one mock

12:46

draft ride. Use your rankings and draft

12:48

Kendrick Bourne for you. They have the Mario Douglas.

12:54

They draft Polk as Chris alluded to earlier in the

12:56

NFL draft and they bring in, you know, Baker with

12:58

a new quarterback, really a couple of quarterbacks

13:00

as they added another one today, which we'll

13:02

talk about. But how do

13:04

you view sort of the Patriots pecking

13:06

order at receiver right now? Like who's somebody to covet

13:08

who's somebody that you're looking at maybe late round pick?

13:10

Is there anything that excites you about this receiving corner?

13:14

I think it's interesting because like Chris is

13:16

obviously right. The chances of becoming the number

13:18

one wide receiver there are higher than most

13:20

places that a rookie, especially on day three

13:22

could go. The upside

13:24

of being the number one wide receiver for

13:26

the Patriots, maybe not quite as good unless

13:29

May is enough to change the culture

13:32

and the offense there. But

13:36

I'm probably going to be pretty

13:38

much like who's going last of

13:41

Baker, DeMario Douglas and

13:44

Polk. I wouldn't

13:46

want to make a big bet on any of those guys. And

13:48

I think Bourne is probably going to see his 80 to

13:51

90 targets as well. So

13:53

you're probably looking at two out of the three young guys

13:55

that have a chance to have a real role in this

13:57

offense. of

14:00

them that are available in the double digit rounds are probably

14:02

fine. They have this thing. I'll just

14:04

say on this quickly, just, uh, yeah, just on

14:07

the situation in New

14:10

England with the Patriots, it kind of reminds

14:12

me for Drake May of the

14:14

type of wide receivers that he had in

14:16

2022 at North Carolina, when he had Josh

14:18

Downs underneath who caught like a hundred passes

14:20

that can be your DeMario Douglas. And then

14:22

Antoine Green, who went in the seventh round

14:25

last year was this bigger down

14:27

the field guy wasn't particularly fast, but they used

14:29

him to just get down the field, a lot

14:32

of vertical route tree stuff. I kind of feel

14:34

like not necessarily that the Patriots were trying to

14:36

totally replicate what he had when he really burst

14:38

onto the scene, but I think Drake May will

14:40

kind of understand that very early on, that he

14:43

has the underneath thought weapon and then the down

14:45

the field guy right away that he can kind

14:47

of grow with as they're both, or all three

14:49

of them are still very young players. And I

14:52

know, you know, people will look at the Patriots

14:54

receiving core and probably say they've failed to develop.

14:57

Some young receivers recently, Tyquan Thornton was a guy that

14:59

they drafted a couple of years ago. He struggled. And

15:02

then we know the Mario Douglas, we kept talking

15:04

about him a lot last year and he didn't

15:06

exactly have consistent performances. Remember the offensive coordinators there

15:08

were terrible. Mack Jones has been terrible. So hit

15:10

the reset button, not just on the offense, but

15:12

also on your opinion of the Patriots, and we'll

15:14

see how things change there when it comes to

15:17

this offense in 2024, we're going to take a

15:19

quick break right now, we come back and to

15:21

go back to round four and talk about a

15:23

lot of running backs who went in this round

15:25

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15:27

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15:29

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All right, so we're back here and we're looking at

18:03

round four picks of note against skill players that sort

18:05

of stand out to us. That could

18:07

be difference makers for fantasy in 2024 and maybe beyond. And

18:11

round four saw a lot of running backs come

18:13

off the board, starting with Jalen Wright at

18:15

pick number 120. The Bucks take Bucky

18:18

Irving running back from Oregon at 125. The

18:21

Eagles take Will Shipley from Clemson at 127. The

18:23

Bills take Ray Davis from Kentucky at 128. The

18:27

49ers take Isaac Garinato. Am I saying

18:29

that right? Garango. Garango from

18:31

Louisville at 129. And the

18:33

Jets take the big guy Braylon Allen from

18:35

Wisconsin at 134. So

18:38

Heath, of those guys, we already talked about

18:40

Jalen Wright and the potential impact they'll

18:42

have on Devon H.Hann and obviously Raheem Moster

18:45

as well. Which of these other

18:47

guys is going to impact the player in front

18:49

of him on the depth chart that worries you

18:51

the most? I

18:56

think we lost Heath's audio there. It

18:59

seems like he did, but I'm back. Worries

19:02

you the most is probably Rashad White. Yeah,

19:06

just because he was really

19:08

efficient as a pass catcher and just caught everything they

19:10

threw at him last year. But he's

19:13

never delivered a good rushing average. I don't

19:15

think a lot of that's necessarily his fault.

19:18

But if Bucky Irving can show up and just

19:20

all of a sudden start pumping out five yards

19:22

of pop, then I could see

19:24

Irving cut into the rushing volume for

19:26

Rashad White in a pretty early

19:29

in the season. And from a pass casting

19:31

perspective as well, Chris Wright, I mean, he's a good

19:33

pass catcher. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. And he's

19:35

someone, I mean, in the pre draft show that

19:37

I was on with you guys to talk about

19:39

running backs, like his elusiveness, even though he did

19:41

not test very well at all, had like a,

19:43

I don't want to say all time bad work

19:45

up, but just tested his testing

19:48

didn't align with how explosive and how

19:50

elusive he looks on film. Like his

19:52

numbers in terms of just making guys

19:54

miss are through the roof. He kind of feels

19:56

like could be someone in training camp and preseason

19:58

that he really by just throwing

20:01

him a swing pass and he makes the

20:03

veteran corner miss and he turns the swing

20:05

pass into a seven or eight yard gain

20:07

and Then if there is any room between

20:09

the tackles He's small enough and shifty enough

20:11

and again was good enough Between

20:13

the tackles at Oregon to kind of make

20:15

a name for himself early on and then

20:17

suddenly Rashad white isn't as valuable in fantasy

20:19

and Bucky Irving's maybe even eating up some

20:21

of those Second and long and third

20:23

and long targets in the past game

20:26

Keith when you look at this group of guys Is

20:28

there somebody that you you say I want

20:30

to have this player as a handcuff either to the

20:33

guy that you're drafting So let's say James Cook and

20:35

Ray Davis Braylon Allen obviously for

20:37

Breece Hall. They asked you drafted another running

20:39

back in around six. I believe

20:41

it was when they took Isaiah

20:44

Davis from San Diego State the Jets did so they're

20:46

adding to their backfield. Sorry, Israel abandoned, Canada But

20:49

in any event when you look at these guys that are coming

20:51

off the board here Isaac say last

20:53

name again Chris Garendo Garendo, you know,

20:55

he could be in the mix for the handcuffs Christian

20:57

McCaffrey There's somebody that you're gonna look at once we

21:00

get the training camp and say I want to take

21:02

this player Because of

21:04

potential situation there So

21:06

if we ruled out Jalen Wright and we've

21:08

ruled out Bucky Irving Then I think it's

21:10

probably Garendo just because we know if you

21:12

can be that guy that fills in for

21:14

a couple of games in San Francisco they're

21:16

going to open up five yard holes and

21:18

you're probably going to average four and a

21:20

half yards per carry and score a touchdown

21:23

But it's more of a situational thing

21:25

I'm more excited about right and

21:27

Irving that I am the rest of the guys

21:29

that we're talking about just as in terms of

21:31

their skills Chris, I know you were I

21:34

think Not the biggest Braylon

21:36

Allen fan if I'm not mistaken, right or you

21:39

I think it had him as like my my running back

21:41

seven or eight I Liked

21:44

him in the right scheme. I just think it's

21:47

weird with like you mentioned they draft

21:49

another running back is the abandoned Canada I loved last

21:51

year. He didn't really get to play because the injury

21:53

then obviously Breeze Hall I wish he would

21:55

have gone maybe again to the Chargers. I feel like you

21:57

brought that one up Jamie pre-draft Like that would have been

21:59

a great nicer landing spot for

22:01

him where he could have been that unique

22:03

type and maybe gotten feature back carries right

22:06

away but I don't it's just such a

22:08

crowded backfield and they're all big-bodied running backs

22:10

I mean Breece Hall is certainly the most

22:12

talented in the whole bunch but

22:15

like I mentioned before Braylon Allen's pass protection

22:17

could maybe at least get him onto the

22:19

field early to make some opportunities happen for

22:22

himself in the past game or just as

22:24

that kind of effortlessly powerful runner. Alright

22:26

so we'll see what that means for Breece Hall again

22:29

adding to this backfield I'm sure Aaron Rodgers likes weapons

22:31

Breece Hall probably does not like competition and we certainly

22:33

do not like competition for our star running backs right

22:35

now Breece Hall is going to be in the top

22:37

three of the running back position and a first round

22:39

pick in the majority of leagues I don't think this

22:42

will change that very much but again the Jets adding

22:44

a running back in round four. Let's go down to

22:46

some of the picks in round five and the first

22:48

one that stood out to me was another running back

22:50

the Denver Broncos taking Audrey Estimé am I saying that

22:53

correct from Notre Dame

22:55

Spencer Rattler comes off the board in round

22:57

five as he goes to the Saints the

22:59

Ravens take another running back in her scene Ali Tarone

23:02

Tracy goes to the Giants from Purdue Heelan

23:04

Robinson another running back from Texas goes to

23:06

Jaguars the Jets take an interesting prick with

23:09

Jordan Travis quarterback Florida State we know he's

23:11

coming back from that devastating injury last season

23:13

again Isaiah Davis from San Diego State goes

23:15

to the Jets so Trist

23:18

in terms of Estimé Broncos have

23:20

an interesting backfield right now with

23:22

Javante Williams do a McLaughlin you know right now

23:25

some I JP reinstall on the roster where

23:27

do you sort of see Estimé fitting into Denver system and

23:29

what do you like about the process he

23:32

could be truly I mean this sounds

23:34

like it's a low-hanging fruit but I

23:36

think it's just too easy he could

23:38

be that goal line guy because he

23:40

is built like you would expect an

23:42

old-school power runner to be and with

23:44

Braylon Allen there's effortless power with Estimé

23:46

I mean it's another level like he

23:48

truly will almost never go down

23:51

on first contact and he will fall forward

23:53

two and three and four yards not

23:56

really anyone else on that roster is

23:58

I don't think a stable Short

24:00

yardage guy. I know P runs a little

24:02

bigger. Givante Williams certainly has size as well

24:04

But hasn't quite been the same after that

24:07

devastating injury that he suffered So I could

24:09

see estimate who has a bit more quickness

24:11

than you would think for this wide body

24:13

kind of battering ram I mean he forced

24:15

a missed tackle on 31% of

24:17

his rushes. That was his high watermark I

24:20

think this past season which is right there with

24:22

Jalen Wright who's totally different runner But if you're

24:25

just looking at it illusiveness wise he actually can

24:27

make guys miss in the hole He

24:29

has that 230 pound frame certainly

24:31

very powerful from his lower half all the way

24:34

up to his shoulder So I think he could

24:36

be that guy that kind of vultures some tight

24:38

some Touchdown just because

24:40

of his build and how productive he was doing

24:42

that at Notre Dame Heath

24:44

when you look at his backfield, it's just another guy

24:47

We know Sean Payton has used multiple backs throughout his

24:49

tenure in New Orleans. He did it last year with

24:51

the Broncos as well What's

24:54

the depth are gonna be in your mind is

24:56

Jevonta still safe as the lead guy because remember

24:58

he inherited Jevonta Williams There's a guy that he

25:00

went out and drafted for the first time he

25:02

brought in McLaughlin last year as well And

25:05

we know he was very high on some magic here

25:07

and he's going into the season So is Jevonta Williams

25:09

in trouble in your mind with this addition? Is it

25:12

I don't think this was a very good running back

25:14

class. That was our speculation before the draft I think

25:16

most of the actions from the NFL Indicate

25:19

that they agree and so a fifth round pick

25:21

like the seventh or eighth running back off the

25:23

board I'm not gonna take that as a sign

25:25

that Jevonta Williams is in trouble I think there's

25:28

kind of two questions that I have because he

25:30

did bring Angelina Baca last year and he was

25:33

Extremely efficient and actually had some

25:35

success inside the ten yard line

25:38

Does he still have any role at all? I

25:40

do think that Jevonta Williams is going to be

25:43

the lead back But it's not going to be

25:45

a lead back role that's valuable if we still

25:47

want Julia to touch the ball Eight

25:49

to ten times a game and estimate is

25:52

going to take short yardage work and touches

25:54

inside the five. So I think whether it's

25:56

if it's a two-headed monster and Jevonta's in

25:58

the Alvin Kamara. Oh, and estimate

26:01

Mark Ingram than that's perfectly fine. If

26:03

Julian was awful, get involved them were

26:05

in trouble. In there can be

26:07

tough to see I'm in a kind of

26:09

parodies together cause it's we also pair to

26:11

liam of often anti Missile Together and sort

26:13

of these explosive type of guys and again

26:15

there at the Ravens in the same round

26:17

Round five like the running back personally from

26:19

Marshall so or he's I'll start with you

26:22

just on same situations you know Derrick, Henry

26:24

Clay the lead guy. I know mates

26:26

or somebody talked about as a sleeper. We.

26:28

Did our sleeper cell earlier this month. I'm.

26:31

As you viewed this backfield now shaping up

26:33

with just to sell and and missile still

26:35

they're. They're. Like you talked about an

26:37

hour. Chris is going know these guys better

26:39

than we do and we get to a

26:41

certain level in terms of our position. Player

26:44

is one. The guy caught me off guard,

26:46

not a guy that I was expecting to

26:48

be super excited about in terms of fantasy

26:50

football. and so for the time being until

26:52

they indicate otherwise I'm then he had can

26:54

anticipate that it's Henry's The Hammer. And.

26:57

Mitchell's going to be the change of pace

26:59

guy. And. That this is

27:01

not going to have that big of In fact that

27:03

I'm open to Chris telling me that are you going

27:05

to keep missiles job. No, I

27:07

don't think he will. I mean I

27:10

like again I always look at elusiveness

27:12

Numbers does to help me kind of

27:14

delineates how good these guys are just

27:16

making guys miss or sinhalese. missed tackles

27:18

force rate was only like twenty three

27:21

percent, which is pretty low, but. The.

27:23

Thing with him if you're talking about are

27:25

like that, they have Derrick Henry. They do

27:27

want that explosiveness. They certainly have that with

27:29

keep Mitchell and I assume he'll be. One.

27:32

Hundred percent healthy coming off the arm. Easy.

27:35

Altair last year but recently as big and

27:37

when he finds open space he can really

27:39

go to so he's not gonna be someone

27:42

is going to make defenders mess but the

27:44

usually block it up pretty well there in

27:46

Baltimore. He could be someone that. Maybe.

27:48

the ravens kind of view as more of

27:50

a stable or sturdier player because he does

27:53

have a bigger frame but as someone that

27:55

absolutely love keep mitchell last year and was

27:57

so fun seen him go undrafted and and

27:59

playing really well over eight yards to carry

28:01

before the injury. I still think

28:03

like you're mentioning that it will be Henry as

28:06

the hammer and then Keaton Mitchell as the change of pace guy

28:08

to just keep defenses on their heels. I don't think Ali is

28:11

that talented of a back to

28:13

again, take or make more

28:15

of what's blocked for him. Could

28:18

he hit a long run every once in a

28:20

while? Sure, but I still think Keaton Mitchell truly

28:22

is the more talented back just in terms of

28:25

being in that niche role opposite Derek Henry. And

28:27

let's be fair, he is coming back from an

28:29

ACL tear. So who knows when he'll be ready.

28:31

They have the luxury of taking their time because

28:33

of Derek Henry, but also they have to start

28:36

looking to the future because Derek Henry is 30. And

28:38

so if this is somebody that we know

28:40

running back as Heath alluded to this draft

28:42

class was not exactly the sexiest coming into

28:45

the league, but Kyron Williams was

28:47

around five pick. We know that it doesn't

28:49

necessarily mean where the draft, it's not

28:51

the same where the draft capital spent on this

28:53

position, isn't necessarily gonna dictate how a team use

28:55

them long-term. If they could play, they'll give them

28:57

the opportunity for a couple of years. And if

28:59

this is a situation where maybe Ali in 2025

29:02

could be a playmaker for them if he comes

29:04

out playing well in his rookie campaign. Let's

29:08

see, where should we go to next? Let's go

29:10

to the quarterback because I'm curious Heath's take on

29:12

this from a dynasty perspective because you don't really

29:14

love Derek Carr. We know that. It's

29:16

not exactly your favorite guy. It's accurate. So they

29:18

need us. Go out and get Spencer Rattler, quarterback from

29:20

South Carolina in round five. I think he probably fell

29:23

maybe a round or two more

29:25

than some people expected. Is

29:27

this somebody in dynasty drafts that you'll be

29:29

looking at and saying, maybe not 2024,

29:31

maybe not 2025. But

29:36

if the Saints do decide to move on from Derek

29:38

Carr at some point, that Rattler could be the quarterback

29:40

of the future in New Orleans. So

29:42

I think that Michael Pinnix is

29:45

the maybe not 24, maybe not

29:47

25 guy from this class. Maybe not 26,

29:49

maybe not 22. Right. I mean,

29:51

Spencer Rattler most likely is just the maybe

29:53

not guy but I do think

29:55

if you're going to, it's kind of like, like

29:57

I said, with Troy Franklin, and it's not as

29:59

good. spot and it's around later. But

30:02

if you're going to fall further than this,

30:04

the guy, I wouldn't mind being behind

30:06

an aging Derek Carr who looked like

30:08

at times, like he battled to stay

30:10

healthy last year. And

30:12

if he got an opportunity in that offense

30:15

with pretty decent weapons around him, I'm

30:19

thinking in a super flex league, I'm probably

30:21

not like a rookie only draft. I'm probably

30:23

not taking Rattler until round three, which

30:25

is pretty low for a quarterback. So it's

30:27

low expectations, but it's not a bad landing

30:30

spot if you're going to fall this far.

30:32

Chris, you're kind of shaking your head when I said

30:35

round or two farther than some people expected. Where was

30:37

Rattler for you? And just talk about

30:39

the fit, going to the same thing, what he can maybe accomplish

30:41

there if he ever gets a chance to play. Yeah,

30:43

I had him like end of the third, early fourth. So

30:46

I think that was spot on, or

30:48

just at least in my estimation. The one thing

30:50

I'll say that I think could make this intriguing,

30:52

and this is not to suggest that I think

30:54

Spencer Rattler is going to beat out Derek Carr

30:56

week one and play. But we saw last year,

30:58

and it was great for fantasy, especially if you

31:00

were, if you owned Alvin Camara or any one

31:02

of the saints backs, Kendra Miller, that

31:05

there was that long stretch where Derek Carr

31:07

was like afraid to throw the ball over

31:09

like two yards. Like he just kept checking

31:11

the ball down over and over and over.

31:13

Spencer Rattler is the opposite quarterback of that.

31:15

He will literally off his back

31:17

foot with a defender in his face, flick it

31:19

40 yards down the field because he was a

31:21

bigger crew. And three years

31:23

ago we were like, oh, he and Sam

31:26

Howell, they're going to be number one, number

31:28

two overall, like in the 21 or 22

31:30

draft. Ultimately that never came to fruition, but

31:32

you see the arm talent from him in

31:35

the SEC the last two years at South

31:37

Carolina. The offensive line wasn't very great. I

31:39

mean, he threw to like get this past

31:41

season, which was by far the best wide

31:43

receiver that he had, but the arm talent,

31:46

the aggression as a thrower, it could be

31:48

something where the saints are, whether

31:50

it's like you said, maybe next year

31:53

or maybe just at points this year where they're like,

31:55

man, like it's third and six. We need not Alex

31:57

Smith 2.0 here in Derek Carr.

31:59

We need someone that's willing to. willing to

32:01

make those throws. And Spencer Rettler can't really

32:03

move around very much. He sometimes makes some

32:06

bad reads. But the arm talent and just

32:08

the style of play that they play the

32:10

quarterback position is drastically different, which maybe gives

32:12

Rettler a glimmer of hope to eventually unseat

32:14

Derek Carr, especially as he gets older and

32:17

a lot more costly for the Saints. I

32:19

think you nailed it, Heath, in terms of

32:21

the draft value for fantasy. Third round, super

32:24

flex type of guy that you could

32:26

sit on like a Jordan Love, for example, not

32:28

the same draft capital, NFL-wise. But maybe

32:30

able to be a player at some point. And

32:32

who knows what the Saints look like when he

32:34

does get the chance to see the field. I'll

32:36

stay with the quarterback position in round five. Jet's

32:38

taking a interesting flyer on Jordan Travis. And Chris,

32:40

I'll start with you. Where would Travis

32:42

have been for you if he was 100% healthy? And

32:46

what do you think about his long-term impact?

32:48

We know Aaron Rodgers in his 40s may

32:50

not be playing past 2024. Could

32:53

he eventually take over as a starter there for the Jets? Well,

32:55

what's so ironic is that they have Aaron Rodgers

32:57

coming off in Achilles. And they draft a quarterback

32:59

that's coming off a late season broken leg. So

33:01

it's kind of like not

33:04

necessarily how I would do it if I was

33:06

drafting. That's a rough feeling, to be fair. OK,

33:08

that's true. You're right. With

33:10

Travis, maybe a third or a fourth round pick,

33:12

maybe he would have gone around earlier. What I

33:14

like about him and why I think he still

33:16

got drafted despite the injury is that

33:19

he showed improvement as a passer every season

33:21

in college as he started. Like three years

33:23

ago when he was just kind of a

33:25

spot starter for Florida State, it was like,

33:27

all right, he can run around a little, but he's just not

33:29

a passer. And then the next year, you saw better

33:32

arm strength, more accuracy, more anticipation. Like he

33:34

understands that he doesn't have a big arm,

33:36

and that he needs to lead receivers or

33:38

throw away from coverage. And then before the

33:41

injury late in the season at Florida State,

33:43

I thought, hey, if a team picks him in

33:46

the third or fourth round and wants him to

33:48

eventually be the primary backup and be like a

33:50

Tyrod Taylor-esque stop gap guy or someone that could

33:52

play three or four games while your starter has

33:55

an ankle injury, he can be that type of

33:57

player. Because he is a pretty good athlete. Are

34:00

you going to run away from, you know, cornerbacks

34:02

that run 4-3? No, but the

34:04

improvisation, the spatial awareness that we talked

34:06

about, you know, with Patrick

34:08

Mahomes and maybe Jayden Daniels didn't really

34:10

have that. You get that with Jordan

34:13

Travis, just doesn't have a

34:15

big time arm. So he's an interesting

34:17

player to see how he'll translate because

34:19

a lot of times it felt like,

34:21

oh, maybe he's just not quite physically

34:23

capable enough in the ACC. But

34:26

again, he was just really efficient, completion

34:28

percentage, accuracy percentage, all of those things

34:30

as he grew as a quarterback for

34:33

the Seminoles. Keith, so the two

34:35

quarterbacks that were taken in this round, Spencer Rattler

34:37

and Jordan Travis, again, you mentioned third

34:39

round capital in the Superflex rookie only draft, which one

34:41

of these guys would you be taking first? The

34:44

very slightest of lanes towards Spencer Rattler,

34:46

but I will go with Rattler over

34:48

Travis. I think that's probably the

34:50

safe way to go just based on the injury and

34:53

who knows what the Jets will look like by the

34:55

time he's starting to include the same

34:57

thing for the Saints. But

34:59

Rattler does seem to have a little bit more

35:01

upside. But yes, I think both guys round three

35:03

range, depending on how deep your rookie only draft

35:05

is for Superflex leagues. Not a bad

35:07

idea to take both these guys. And if

35:09

you have IR spots, you could stash Travis probably maybe

35:12

looking at a redshirt season for his rookie year

35:14

in the NFL. We'll get

35:17

back to some running backs here and then we'll take a

35:19

break. But Tyrone Tracy going to the Giants. Talk

35:21

to me about him running back from Purdue. And

35:24

we know this is a backfield that doesn't

35:26

have a entrenched starter, I think, that is

35:29

not having to look over his shoulder. They

35:31

bring in Devin Singletary to replace Saquon Barkley.

35:34

Could Tracy, I know round five pick again, you

35:36

know what this class is, the

35:38

number running back he was taken in this

35:40

draft. But is he somebody that can push

35:42

Devin Singletary in your mind based on the type of prospect that he

35:44

is? I do think so

35:46

because I think being a guy who ran it

35:48

in the mid four fours or he

35:51

ran four four eight, he

35:53

has the juice that Devin Singletary does.

35:55

And I think Devin Singletary is

35:57

a fine back, but that's kind of been the book on

35:59

him. since he was coming out of FAU, that

36:02

he's just going to be very good laterally, but

36:04

not down the field. With Tyrone Tracy, you get

36:06

that. You certainly get receiving capability as a former

36:08

Iowa wide receiver. And then

36:10

the fact that just even though

36:12

he's relatively new to the position, the

36:15

elusiveness in the hole when it's a

36:18

linebacker waiting for him to jump cut sideways

36:20

or to bounce off a tackler or a

36:22

spin move in the hole, it's almost truly

36:24

like we always say with wide receivers that,

36:27

oh, they morph into a running back once

36:29

they get the ball in their hands. Tyrone

36:32

Tracy just gets the hand off and is suddenly feeling like

36:34

he's already caught the ball and is

36:36

just good at making defenders miss at the line

36:38

of scrimmage beyond and then at the third level.

36:40

So I think he could be someone truly

36:43

because he has enough athletic talent and

36:45

has shown so much promise starting

36:48

off playing running back like so

36:50

late in his collegiate career. I

36:52

don't know if he'll necessarily overtake

36:54

Devin Singletary, but Singletary is not

36:56

so amazingly talented that he to

36:58

me has a stranglehold on that

37:00

starting job. Keith, our

37:02

new favorite word, and I'll give

37:05

Ben Gretsch credit for it, the ambiguous backfield. Is

37:08

this going to be one of those ambiguous backfields

37:10

for you if Tracy can work his way up

37:12

to number two on the depth chart early in

37:14

camp, knowing that again, Singletary, while he's led his

37:16

team in rushing, I believe Adam Azer has said

37:19

five years in a row between Buffalo and Houston. Again,

37:21

not the biggest of talents, best of

37:24

talents, I should say, from

37:26

a fantasy perspective. So is this one of those backfields you'll be

37:29

looking at? Yeah, I think that

37:32

Chris made a good like, yes,

37:34

Tracy can impact Singletary, but

37:37

I don't think he'll ever make anything

37:39

ambiguous. I still think Singletary is going

37:42

to handle the dirty work, the inside

37:44

work, and Tracy, if

37:48

he does impact Singletary, which he might, is going

37:50

to be doing so with those

37:52

outside carries or with the passing game

37:54

work. So if it might

37:56

turn into more of one of those like

37:59

1A, 1B situations. That we're pretty certain

38:01

about what the two guys rolls or

38:03

it's a It's a weird combination to

38:05

have a guy who's and older prospect

38:07

i think already twenty four years old

38:09

yet but also but also inexperienced as

38:11

a running backs. Are you can

38:13

see there's more potential because he hasn't played

38:15

running back for a long, but how much

38:17

potential is there? because is already twenty four

38:19

years old? I'm probably not a guy going

38:21

to be super high on in terms of

38:24

the Dynasty rankings, but he could absolutely prevent

38:26

Devon Singletary from mattering. Also.

38:28

Though you can make a case a single.

38:30

Terry's a winner with this being a slide

38:33

through of yeah axel yeah answers as nowadays

38:35

spent a lot of capital to upgrade over

38:37

them. Singletary The button somebody the field like

38:39

complementary or backup to singletary with Iran Tracy

38:41

going pick one sixty six The Giants out

38:43

of Purdue are more running back that will

38:46

look at from round five is you and

38:48

Robinson from Sexists so he's We know that

38:50

the Jaguars have said or at least we

38:52

heard a lot of wanting to take some

38:54

work off a job Cdn. Thank.

38:57

Because still there they bring back the and as johnson.

38:59

Is. This the type of player that is going

39:01

to make you more nervous about diversity and are

39:03

just okay. Maybe this is Mormon indication of big

39:05

to be struggling and his rookie campaign and yet

39:08

assassins as being more of a guy. Yeah.

39:10

This type of investments and a specific player

39:12

makes me think more yet to the jap

39:14

Jacksonville. My continue to wants to take four

39:16

hour drive is easy and plate but they're

39:18

going to be in competitive games and eg

39:21

and going to be the best Got to

39:23

give the ball through I think this and

39:25

keys a winner ends like. Maybe.

39:27

Somebody develops to a point to where they take

39:29

as much work Jacksonville would like for. I think

39:31

it's really gonna be them just kind of greeting

39:33

their teeth and giving the body to and more

39:36

than they were. Talking. About

39:38

the prospects Chris I'm looking at our

39:40

youtube site right now that. Player:

39:42

Com the pro cop his name I don't know if

39:44

that was your com or not with my own. ah

39:47

is is he that type of player you know just

39:49

somebody that can be more of a gadget roll type

39:51

of animal or type of guy or is he going

39:53

to be some it it could be an impact player

39:55

for the jaguars i think he's more heinz like i'd

39:57

i don't know if it was right wilson urges edwards

39:59

but that's a really good comparison because

40:01

this is someone from Alabama where he started

40:03

at two Texas, only 121 carries

40:07

in his college career, which usually that's great.

40:09

But I think there was a reason for

40:11

that, that he's smaller. And even though he's

40:13

under six foot and like around 180, 190

40:16

pounds, he's not this super

40:18

sudden like four three guy

40:20

who's crazy elusive. It's just

40:23

he was blocked for very well

40:25

and can make a lot of, you

40:27

know, huge rushing lanes and be that

40:30

capable swing pass screen guy out of

40:32

the back. He's a good talent and

40:36

runs a lot harder than you would expect at

40:38

that size. He's very unique in that he's smaller,

40:40

but he's kind of a powerback. So I don't

40:42

ever see him even approaching. I don't even think

40:44

tank bigs be honestly in this back field. It

40:47

does show that maybe they want in

40:49

terms of the past game though, to

40:51

kind of have another player to take

40:53

some of those touches away outside of

40:55

the pocket for, um, for

40:58

Travis ETN. And that's really what they get

41:00

with Keelan Robinson, who is very much a

41:02

project. Again, not even having 125 carries

41:05

across five years in college different from what they have

41:07

in their back. So now again, with ETN Bigsby and

41:09

the Ernest Johnson on the roster. All right. We're gonna

41:11

take a quick break when we come back. I want

41:13

to jump back into around four and round five quickly

41:16

on some of the wide receivers that I skipped over.

41:18

I was really looking more at like some situations that

41:20

stood out that could be impact for a lot of

41:22

players and fantasy, but I don't want to overlook some

41:24

of the receivers that we haven't talked about. We'll cover

41:27

around six, a little bit around seven, get some winners

41:29

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42:41

we're back looking at rounds four, five,

42:43

six, and seven as the NFL draft

42:45

has concluded. And we're talking to Heath Cummings

42:47

and Trish Trapasso. I'm Jamie Isenberg. Let's go back to round

42:50

four. I'm just going to say some names. If somebody jumps

42:52

out to you, stop me and we'll spend a couple of

42:54

seconds on it. Not too much time. But

42:57

I want to just cover some of the

42:59

names that we did not touch on from

43:01

a skilled position standpoint. So Devontae Walker from

43:03

UNC goes to the Ravens. Eric

43:05

Altighten from Iowa goes to the Bengals. AJ

43:09

Barner tight end from Michigan goes to the

43:11

Seahawks. Kate Stover

43:13

tight end from Ohio State goes to the Texans. Jared

43:17

Wiley tight end from TCU goes to the

43:20

Chiefs. Nobody?

43:22

No? That's not Travis Kelsey? AJ Barner. I

43:24

can go back to AJ Barner. That he's

43:26

someone, I mean you guys can

43:29

give the like fantasy side of it, but in

43:31

terms of someone that of course we talked about

43:33

JJ McCarthy. That it was you know he wasn't

43:35

really utilized a lot. It was the run game

43:37

in the defense that got Michigan to win that

43:39

title. When AJ Barner

43:42

was given an opportunity and their

43:44

other tight end Colson Loveland might be a first or

43:46

a second round pick next year. AJ

43:49

Barner made the most of it. And you watch him on film.

43:51

The separation ability is there. He's got good

43:53

burst off the line. He's not this big

43:55

lumbering tight end. He's a good blocker so

43:57

that should help him get on the field.

44:00

relatively early that almost no tight ends are

44:02

good blockers anymore. But being in that Michigan

44:04

system, being a little bit bigger,

44:06

he does have the ability to move people

44:09

and he made a couple of spectacular grabs at

44:11

Michigan. So he kind of is that later

44:13

round tight end that was low volume

44:15

in college just because of the situation

44:17

he was in that I could see.

44:20

I mean, I guess I can't

44:22

predict that he'll have a great rapport

44:24

with Geno Smith, but it wouldn't shock

44:26

me because he does have the athletic

44:28

chops and just very reliable hand tight

44:31

end to maybe just outplay his rep

44:33

position. Just

44:35

a lot of mouths defeating this offense. We saw,

44:37

you know, Jackson's been in a struggle last year

44:40

to get the targets that we were hoping for

44:42

and the tight end just hasn't been something that

44:44

Seattle has done, but again, new offensive coordinator that

44:46

could change things. But yes, the prospect, I think

44:48

an opportunity is there for him to make some

44:51

plays right away. And then the last wide receiver

44:53

that I'll mention, Jacob counting from Arizona goes to

44:55

the 49ers. I want to

44:57

mention him quickly that we talked

44:59

about earlier, like you obviously want these

45:01

wide receivers tight ends running backs to go

45:03

to good situations. That's a bummer for me.

45:06

Like they pick Ricky Biersol. They don't trade

45:08

Brandon Iuke. They don't trade Devo Samuel. They

45:11

have Juwan Jennings back and Jacob Cowing for

45:13

a lot of people. I didn't quite feel

45:15

this way, but I could see glimmers felt

45:17

like Jacob Cowing was maybe the tank Dell

45:19

of this class, like similar size, big

45:22

time separation ability, crazy production in

45:24

college. Um, and then he

45:26

lands on, you know, one of the

45:29

most crowded pass catcher groups in the

45:31

entire NFL. Now that's not to say that

45:33

I don't think Kyle Shanahan will just never

45:35

feature him, but it would have

45:37

been one thing had he been picked and

45:39

Ricky Piersol wasn't a selection in the first

45:41

round, but for someone that was just so

45:43

good at all three levels at Arizona and

45:45

does have that wiggle that tank Dell has,

45:47

um, I was like kind of bummed that

45:49

he ultimately landed in San Francisco just because

45:51

it's too crowded there. We'll talk about

45:53

the 49ers in a couple of minutes. But yes,

45:55

uh, for this year, it could be

45:57

tough for him, but there may be a situation. based

46:00

on the contracts that they have to give out, that

46:02

Pearsall and counting may be replacing Ayuk and

46:04

Bebo Samuel at some point. And you said

46:06

a big word there that matters to the

46:08

49ers, separation. Separation ability is going to be

46:10

big in that offense because they create as

46:12

much separation for the receivers as any team

46:14

in the league. And a lot of teams

46:16

have obviously copied by hiring their offensive coordinators.

46:18

So we'll see if that matters for counting

46:20

down the road. Round five again, just stop

46:23

me if there's anybody that stands out. So

46:25

the Colts take Anthony Gold, wide receiver from

46:27

Oregon State. Aneah Smith from

46:29

Texas A&M goes to the Eagles.

46:31

Jamari Thras from Louisville goes to the Browns.

46:35

Bub Means, I think that was on P. Prisco's better than

46:38

team, goes to the Saints. And I remember Dennis Allen at

46:40

the owner's meeting saying they were going to add a pass

46:42

catcher, didn't necessarily mean a wide receiver, but they do add

46:44

a wide receiver from Pitt and Bub Means. And

46:47

that's it for rounds four and five. So now we're caught

46:49

up. Let's get into round six here. And again, here are

46:51

some of the players that stood out. We already talked a

46:53

little bit about Kamani Vidal, the running

46:55

back from Troy, going to the Chargers. So

46:57

he's, Chris likes him as a prospect. When

46:59

you look at the guys that they have

47:01

on their depth start now, Gus Edwards and

47:03

J.K. Dobbins, does Vidal have a

47:05

chance to maybe overtake them at some point during

47:08

the season? Yeah, I think it's, listen,

47:11

it's a tough ask if

47:13

Gus Edwards doesn't lose anything because

47:15

he's 30 years old and

47:18

J.K. Dobbins becomes who he was

47:20

before the injury again. But

47:22

the fact that those two things

47:24

exist, Edwards age and Dobbins injury

47:27

really presents a nice opening. And I

47:29

definitely think that if you're asking me,

47:32

if he finds himself in the RB

47:34

one job in a, in a,

47:36

in a Harbaugh, Greg Roman situation, can he

47:38

be successful? 100% yes. I

47:41

think like if, if something happens with

47:44

Edwards, if Dobbins doesn't get back to

47:46

being the guy, if he gets a

47:48

four game stretch where he's just the

47:50

guy, this rookie, I think he

47:52

can be very special. Yep. Just someone to keep

47:55

an eye on. And again, probably more popular for dynasty

47:57

leagues than he is for redraft leagues, but could

47:59

be a waiver wire addition. that we're talking about during the

48:01

season. Before we get into Joe Milton going to the

48:03

Patriots, two other running backs in this round that stood

48:05

out to me. The Texans taking Juar Jordan, running back

48:07

from Louisville at pick number 205, and

48:09

the Raiders taking Dylan Lob or lobby.

48:12

I think it's Lob. Lob running back from

48:15

New Hampshire at pick number 208. Both

48:17

interesting picks, Chris, because you have

48:20

Joe Mixon, 27 years old.

48:22

He was just added via trade from the Bengals. Could

48:25

be somebody that has an impact this year, but certainly

48:27

beyond, and we know that they've not been afraid as

48:29

a franchise to not necessarily spend a lot of capital

48:31

in the position of the draft and use that particular

48:33

player when we talk about Damien Pierce out of Florida.

48:36

And then the Raiders, they move on from Josh

48:38

Dacobbs. They bring in Alexander Madison. Heath made a

48:40

very bold call, which at first I was like,

48:42

I don't think that could happen. Then as I thought about it, I'm

48:45

like, they're 100% right. He said, Zameer White

48:47

could be among the league leaders in rush

48:49

attempts this season. And I don't know if

48:51

this changes that, but there's another body there.

48:53

So, Chris, you give me the perspective on

48:55

the prospects. And then he's, you talk about

48:58

these two guys as fantasy assets, Joar Jordan

49:00

from Louisville and Dylan Laub from New Hampshire. One

49:02

goes to the Texans, one goes to the Raiders.

49:05

So with Jordan, he was kind

49:07

of in a two-headed backfield with Isaac Arendo, who

49:10

went earlier, who was the big time tester. Joar

49:12

Jordan didn't really do it for me on film.

49:14

I think he's pretty straight line, runs with a

49:16

lot of power, almost seeks out power at times.

49:19

So I would be really surprised just based on

49:21

the talent, if he ever overtakes anyone or starts

49:23

to really eat into Joe Mixon or anyone else

49:25

there in Houston. Dylan Laub's interesting.

49:27

To me, he's the small school Blake

49:29

Corum. If you loved Blake Corum in

49:31

this class, he goes earlier to the Rams.

49:33

He was the one to target from New Hampshire. And

49:36

he had a game, I don't have the exact stats

49:38

in front of me. I was just looking him up.

49:40

He had over 200 yards receiving in a

49:42

game last year, where he was kind of

49:45

like Evan Hall, where they were just throwing him the

49:47

football over and over. Pretty elusive,

49:49

tested pretty well, not

49:52

going to run away from people. And I don't

49:54

think Blake Corum is either, but he's someone that

49:56

just kind of feels like if this was like

49:58

prime Tom Brady era. And

50:00

maybe Tom Brady was maybe part of this pick

50:03

being part owner now. He would have just been

50:05

a Patriots pick a Danny Woodhead type That's how

50:07

I really feel about law, but he's a pretty

50:09

talented runner Now, of course the jump in competition

50:12

will probably take him some time to

50:14

acclimate But he's not necessarily a running

50:17

back You want to see in space if you're a

50:19

bigger linebacker or a bigger corner because he does play

50:21

so low to the ground It was very productive has

50:23

good hands. He could kind of be that, you know

50:25

If you're an owner of the mirror white you'd be

50:28

kind of Picked off that

50:30

he's catching all these passes And

50:32

if you're a Raiders fan you could be excited about

50:34

him as just that possession guy out of the backfield

50:37

Yeah It's funny because Jordan gets picked

50:39

for picks before Lob and

50:41

I'm probably not going to draft to

50:43

our Jordan and any dynasty rookie drafts

50:45

this year And I might kind of

50:47

target Dylan lob and round three of

50:50

rookie drafts I one

50:52

of the things I said a lot about quorum

50:54

and I'll I wonder if Chris thinks this is

50:56

true Like I thought he was the type of

50:58

running back that an NFL coach is

51:00

going to like more than the fans

51:02

do and more than fantasy managers

51:05

do because he he goes exactly where

51:07

he's supposed to go and does the Right thing and

51:10

if like that's this is one of

51:12

those situations in Las Vegas

51:14

where if you're that kind of guy you can just become

51:16

the feature back There's nobody to

51:18

prevent you from doing that The

51:20

mirror it's the mirror white's job right now and I

51:22

don't think he's gonna lose that job in the offseason

51:25

But if Dylan lab comes out and

51:27

is like just is accepts the challenge

51:29

of the increase in competition He

51:32

could just take the job He had 68

51:35

catches for six hundred and ninety nine yards

51:37

and seven touchdowns last year now, of course

51:39

small school I get it. He's you know,

51:41

not playing against anywhere close to NFL talent

51:43

But what's what I liked about him is

51:45

that at the combine is pro day It's

51:48

not like he tested he didn't run for eight

51:50

with a 20 inch vertical Like he has NFL

51:52

caliber athleticism and like what he's just said, I

51:55

think they're in Las Vegas They're not

51:57

necessarily gonna say hey, you know, is a mere white

52:00

is our godsend. We're not going to let anyone

52:02

else eat into his touches. I

52:04

think Dylan Lobb has, again, that just pesky

52:06

ability to be a good third down back.

52:08

And even when he can get outside, make

52:11

a defender miss or two and just outplay

52:13

his draft position. Community,

52:15

see how camp goes for these guys. But again,

52:17

three running backs in round six that stood out.

52:19

Kamani Vidal going to the Chargers. Juar Jordan going

52:21

to the Texans. And Dylan Lobb from

52:23

New Hampshire going to the Raiders. I'll

52:26

run through, again, the round six picks skill

52:28

position wise. Again, if anybody stands out free

52:31

to stop, the Titans selecting Jaquan

52:33

Jackson, wide receiver from Tulane, the Dolphins

52:35

take Malik Washington, wide receiver from Virginia.

52:37

Stop. Stop. Stop. Go ahead, Heath. Go

52:39

ahead, Heath. I was making that. I'll

52:41

let you go first off. Washington,

52:43

I was just going to say, it was funny when

52:45

you were going through the round four and

52:47

round five wide receivers. It's the first time

52:49

I realized that I might like the

52:51

round six wide receivers more. Yeah,

52:54

no, I do. I definitely do. So

52:56

this is like, it sounds bad that I'm going

52:58

to admit this, but it definitely happens

53:00

every year with when

53:03

you're grading an entire draft that you've put

53:05

a guy in the sixth round who goes

53:07

in the second and vice versa. I had

53:09

a second round grade on Washington. I saw

53:11

it 42 and 1.5 inch vertical, four

53:13

or five speed. He was so good

53:16

at Northwestern, transfers into the ACC, catches

53:18

over 100 passes. The

53:21

short but not small kind of Rondale

53:23

Moore type frame, even a little stockier

53:25

than Rondale Moore, allows

53:28

him to just be so good in that

53:30

kind of Deebo Samuel role, not necessarily

53:33

being as powerful as Samuel, but he's

53:35

that type of player. Now,

53:37

of course, super crowded, and there's only one football

53:39

to go around there with Tyree Kill and Jaylen

53:41

Waddle and all the pieces that they have. They

53:43

want to run the ball too. But I think

53:45

out of the slot to just run

53:47

at a linebacker and explode out of his

53:50

break and just catch an anticipatory throw from

53:52

Tuat Tungle by Loa, I think Malik Washington

53:54

can be that guy and could kind of

53:56

like Dylan Laub in Las Vegas, earn

53:59

the respect of his class. coaches early on by making

54:01

a few plays because he has the athleticism

54:03

and we just saw it on film him

54:05

making something out of nothing so often at

54:07

Northwestern and then Virginia and he's a plus

54:09

athlete all the way across the board. And

54:12

Tyree kill is 30 and who knows when he's

54:14

going to hang it up. He did talk about

54:16

at least last year that he was going to

54:18

play a couple of more seasons, but we'll see

54:20

how things go for him. Still playing at a

54:22

very high level, but dolphins doing a, at least

54:24

their due diligence to maybe find a wide receiver

54:26

of the future to pair with Jalen Waddle. In

54:28

fact, Tyree killed some point in the near future

54:31

decides to hang it up. All right.

54:33

You got Johnny Wilson

54:35

from Florida state. That's

54:37

what I was like. Just right after

54:39

the Washington pick. And I think the

54:41

first question is, can we get Johnny Wilson to agree

54:43

to play tight end? But

54:46

even if we can't just another

54:48

exciting prospect, a huge body, six,

54:50

seven to 37 at wide

54:53

receiver, if that's where he plays. And

54:55

like Washington, he lands in

54:58

a good situation with a

55:00

good quarterback, a good offense.

55:03

If he gets the opportunity, he'll have success.

55:05

But will he get the opportunity though? That's the problem

55:08

because yeah, that is the problem. Dave Brown and Devontae

55:10

Smith for many years. What

55:12

I would say about Wilson is, and this is

55:14

going to sound silly, but there's not, and

55:17

I'm not sure if this has been updated, but

55:19

when I checked a few years ago, there have

55:21

not been any studies done that, or there have

55:23

been studies done that say drop rate

55:25

in college doesn't really necessarily

55:27

correlate to the NFL. If

55:30

Johnny Wilson had just had better hands and there

55:32

were some just egregious drops on film, like in

55:34

key moments where there was really no one around

55:36

him, I think he probably goes two

55:38

rounds higher than this because at six, seven, like he

55:41

said, almost 240 pounds, you think,

55:43

oh, he's probably sluggish and can't move. He

55:45

actually has pretty good movement skills. And even

55:47

despite those drops, I think his drop rate

55:49

was over 10% last year at Florida State,

55:51

which is very high. He also

55:53

made a bunch of like ridiculous, like back

55:56

shoulder, body control grabs where you're like most

55:58

tight ends would not make that. type

56:00

of catch in traffic or near the sideline. So

56:03

if we're looking at him in November,

56:05

December, if he is maybe transitioning to tight

56:07

end at that point and he's not dropping

56:10

the ones where he's wide open, he is

56:12

that kind of special talent that I think

56:14

was certainly worth the roll of the dice

56:16

for the Eagles this late because of his

56:18

just enormous catch radius and he could

56:21

be one of the more athletic tight ends in the league if he

56:23

makes that switch. Probably a better

56:25

move for the team than it is for

56:27

fantasy because again not just those two receivers

56:29

there, Dallas Scott, it's there. It's gonna be

56:32

hard for him to get the targets that

56:34

he needs to make a fantasy impact right

56:36

away. Casey Washington goes to the Falcons from

56:38

Illinois to Tawan Palmer from UAB goes to

56:41

the Cardinals. Tanner

56:43

McLaughlin, Ty Den

56:45

from Arizona goes to the Bengals and

56:48

Jordan Whittington from Texas goes

56:50

to the Rams. Ryan Flowernoy

56:52

from Southeast Missouri State goes

56:54

to the Cowboys and

56:56

then Joe Milton, quarterback from Tennessee

56:58

goes to the Patriots. They

57:01

drafted Drake May, you know, I don't know if this will end

57:03

up being a RG3 Kirk Cousins situation

57:05

at some point down the road but Patriots

57:08

adding another quarterback. So I think

57:11

we'll see Milton not play very

57:14

much but an interesting prospect because we know he can run

57:16

a little bit. So what do you think about him as

57:18

a dynasty flyer in Super Flex

57:20

League? Yeah, I mean like if

57:22

they have a fourth down with six seconds left

57:24

and they're on their own 20, bring

57:27

Joe Milton in, he can probably get it there. But

57:30

and he's the type of guy because you mentioned he

57:32

has some athleticism and he can throw the ball a

57:35

mile that you would like to get excited about but

57:38

landing in the place that just drafted

57:40

Drake May kind of saps all

57:42

of that. I don't have

57:44

any optimism at all now. Yeah,

57:47

it's tough to feel excited about it but you know you

57:49

never know could have a good preseason maybe they make a

57:51

trade at some point. Maybe the Falcons

57:53

want another quarterback and they go out and get Joe Milton from

57:55

the Patriots. I'll run through the guys in round seven real quick.

57:57

We don't need to talk about them. Just be the skill players.

58:00

that were taken around seven. Brendan Rice, Jerry Rice's

58:02

son goes to the Chargers, wide

58:04

receiver from USC. Jahim Bell, tight end from

58:06

Florida State, goes to the Patriots. Devon Vail,

58:09

am I saying that right, Chris? I think

58:11

it's Vailay. Vailay from Utah,

58:13

goes to the Broncos. Taj Washington,

58:15

another receiver, the Dolphins take from

58:17

USC. Pick 241, Michael Pratt,

58:19

quarterback from Tulane, goes to the Packers. Devin

58:22

Culp, tight end from Washington, goes to the

58:24

Buccaneers. And Cornelius Johnson, wide receiver from Michigan,

58:26

goes to the Chargers with Pick 253. All

58:29

right, we're going to skip winners and losers because

58:31

I want to spend a little bit more time

58:34

on these two situations and then Chris needs to

58:36

get some sleep. So we're going to wrap this

58:38

up with these two scenarios here. The first one,

58:40

and I saw in the chat, somebody said, are

58:42

we going to talk about the elephant in the

58:44

room? Yes, we are. You have, oh, I

58:46

guess there's three more things when I get to it. I'll

58:49

just bring this up real quick. So Brendan Rice,

58:51

Jerry Rice's son gets drafted by the Chargers. Frank

58:53

Gore's son, and it feels

58:55

like Frank Gore was just playing. But Frank Gore's

58:58

son goes to a team that he spent

59:00

some time with, the Buffalo Bills. And we

59:02

also have Terrell Owens' son, Tarik

59:04

Owens, is that right? I'm

59:07

not sure. He

59:10

was not a big time drift prospect.

59:12

Tarik Owens, Missouri statewide receiver. He

59:14

goes to the 49ers. So we have a couple

59:16

of legacy situations there. So yeah, Terrell Owens' son

59:19

goes to the 49ers. Frank Gore's son goes to

59:21

the Buffalo Bills. Just, you know, Chris, anything on

59:23

the three children of some pretty players,

59:26

Rice's son, Gore's son, Owen's son going

59:28

to the teams that they ended up

59:30

with. So I think with Brendan Rice,

59:32

there is a little glimmer of hope that he

59:34

could be good with Justin Herbert. Now we'll see

59:36

how much Greg

59:39

Roman kind of hampers or kind of, you

59:41

know, doesn't allow Justin Herbert to kind of

59:43

accentuate all that arm talent that he has,

59:45

because that's where Brendan Rice wins, like down

59:48

the football field. He reminds me so much

59:50

of Gabe Davis when he was coming out

59:52

of UCF that he's pretty stiff.

59:54

He's not going to run intricate routes. He's not

59:56

going to have burst off the line to win

59:59

underneath. build-up speed is there and

1:00:01

he tracks the football very well. That's what he

1:00:03

did at Colorado and certainly this past season with

1:00:05

Caleb Williams. This

1:00:07

may sound hot takey. I will not be

1:00:09

surprised and this is coming from a Bills

1:00:11

guy too. If Frank Gore is...

1:00:15

I'm not gonna say he's gonna make

1:00:17

the team and be better than Ray Davis but

1:00:19

I think it'll be a closer competition than being

1:00:21

a fourth-round pick and an undrafted guy normally

1:00:24

would be. Ray Davis did not really do it for

1:00:26

me whatsoever in terms

1:00:28

of elusiveness. He's big, he's stocky, he can

1:00:30

catch passes but I think Frank Gore gives

1:00:33

you more explosiveness and the Bills clearly have

1:00:35

been looking for that this offseason. They've mentioned

1:00:38

that their coaching staff Josh Allen has said like we

1:00:40

need more explosive plays. I think you can

1:00:42

get that more with Frank Gore Jr. than you can with

1:00:44

Ray Davis. And then

1:00:46

he's in terms of Owens I think just

1:00:48

a fun story. Let's just go right

1:00:51

there. 49ers add three receivers on

1:00:55

draft weekend. So they draft

1:00:57

Ricky Purcell on the first round. They

1:01:00

draft the kid from Arizona Jacob... Towing.

1:01:02

Towing. Towing. And

1:01:04

they end up with Terrell Owens' kid so that not necessarily somebody's

1:01:07

gonna make an impact but Brandon Ayuk is still on the roster

1:01:09

he's we thought that that was gonna be something that happened that

1:01:11

they would trade him or maybe trade Deebo Samuel. So

1:01:14

give me your take on the 49ers receiving

1:01:16

core now because I think

1:01:18

prior to the draft we thought okay Ayuk's gonna

1:01:20

stay just you know stripped of social media of

1:01:23

all the 49ers stuff but they'll work it out.

1:01:25

He's still there for now. Again a trade could

1:01:27

still happen but if they go to

1:01:29

week one Ayuk's there Deebo's there

1:01:31

now Piersol's there a huge investment with the

1:01:33

first round pick and Chris

1:01:36

told you he likes Tounding. How are

1:01:38

we viewing the top two guys at least and factor in

1:01:40

George Kittle too because they were

1:01:42

being selected as starters and in case

1:01:44

of Ayuk and Deebo basically round three

1:01:46

picks. I wonder if the 49ers just made a

1:01:48

mistake in taking Piersol before they got one of the

1:01:51

trades done and now they're getting squeezed because it does

1:01:53

seem like they would really want to trade one of

1:01:55

these guys and they've not been able to get it

1:01:57

done yet and they're clearly not gonna accept whatever anybody's

1:01:59

offering. at least during draft weekend, if,

1:02:03

if, and I'm kind of ranking this way, this way right

1:02:05

now because it didn't get done during the draft. If

1:02:07

I you can debo over there, I'm just going to

1:02:10

be pretty out on Ricky Pearsall. I don't think he's

1:02:12

going, like, I don't think he's going to matter if

1:02:14

I uked Evo and George kittle and Christian

1:02:16

McCaffrey are all playing football for the 49ers.

1:02:19

He might just be kind of a red

1:02:21

shirt guy. And then I, I still

1:02:24

don't think they're going to have the money to

1:02:26

pay I uke and he's not going to accept

1:02:28

the discount to stay there. So it might be

1:02:30

a one year thing. We have to wait for

1:02:32

Ricky Pearsall, but I don't think he impacts those

1:02:35

guys. If they all stay, let me ask you

1:02:37

this. Um, if a

1:02:40

lot, a lot of rookie only drafts happen this

1:02:42

week, this coming week, because people get excited. We know

1:02:44

that. Um, are

1:02:47

we going to get to a situation where Pearsall

1:02:51

falls and I, you know, gets traded

1:02:54

or are we going to get still? Okay. Pearsall

1:02:56

will get drafted in round

1:02:58

one because of his round one

1:03:01

capital. And then we find out in

1:03:03

August, the 49ers found magic money because the

1:03:05

salary cap doesn't really matter. I think

1:03:08

if Brandon, I uke the contract, do you see it as

1:03:10

two scenarios point out? I, I think

1:03:12

the second is more likely than the first. Um, I

1:03:14

don't think Pearsall is going to fall. Um, now

1:03:16

I don't think he's probably going to go round

1:03:18

one either, at least not in super flex, maybe

1:03:20

in one QB. I think he's probably an early

1:03:22

round two pick for as long as I uke

1:03:25

and diva were there, but it,

1:03:27

I've run into more when I've

1:03:29

been sharing my projections and dynasty

1:03:31

rankings from this class, more people

1:03:33

saying, well, obviously one of I

1:03:35

uke or diva is going to be gone than

1:03:37

people like honestly considering the fact that maybe they

1:03:39

won't give up one of the best wide receivers

1:03:41

in football for less than I think he's worth.

1:03:44

Chris, in terms of Pearsall, do you like to fit for

1:03:46

the 49ers? Did it surprise you that they took him in

1:03:48

the first round? How does all play out for you? It

1:03:51

did surprise me just prospect wise because

1:03:53

you mentioned about space and

1:03:55

I think the next level to

1:03:58

that is the 49ers have always like

1:04:00

in the Kyle Shanahan era have prioritized yards

1:04:03

after the catch with, you know, whether it's

1:04:05

Deebo, whether it's George Kittle, Krishna McCaffrey, even

1:04:07

Juwan Jennings was so good after the catch

1:04:09

with his contact balance and his power at

1:04:11

Tennessee. I think that's why they rolled the

1:04:14

dice in the seventh round and he's like

1:04:16

their starting slot receiver now. Ricky

1:04:18

Pearsall is more of a, you know,

1:04:21

route salesman who can get open and

1:04:23

that's really where Brandon IU played in

1:04:25

that X role on the outside. He's,

1:04:27

you know, certainly better and more explosive,

1:04:29

I think, and faster than Ricky Pearsall,

1:04:32

I think on the field, but he's

1:04:34

not someone that's, you know, playing like

1:04:36

Deebo Samuel or like George

1:04:38

Kittle after the catch and it felt like, okay,

1:04:40

I don't think any other team, I mean, obviously

1:04:42

it was the 31st pick, but it felt like

1:04:44

this is a team that wanted to draft Ricky

1:04:47

Pearsall to just plug him in as a polished

1:04:49

route runner to run all the intricate routes that

1:04:51

Brandon IU has run the last couple years as

1:04:53

he's kind of grown into, you know, one of

1:04:56

the league's best route runners and they're not gonna

1:04:58

necessarily ask him to be amazing after the catch.

1:05:00

Had they not picked him, I could have seen

1:05:02

him going, you know, somewhere in the middle or

1:05:05

the late portions of the second round

1:05:07

because he just doesn't really give you that much

1:05:09

after the catch. So it was, I think

1:05:12

what he first said that they wanted to draft

1:05:14

Pearsall and then wanted to trade IU but then

1:05:16

just haven't been able to do it and are

1:05:18

getting squeezed. That to me feels like the most

1:05:20

likely scenario just based on the skill set of

1:05:22

Ricky Pearsall and how similar it is to Brandon

1:05:24

IU. It's gonna be interesting to see

1:05:26

if they continue to get offers but when you

1:05:29

get these type of trade rumors, we

1:05:31

talked about this, it usually feels like it happens day

1:05:33

one of the draft, AJ Brown for example, you know,

1:05:35

when you get the current draft capital

1:05:37

that you can use but San Francisco may be

1:05:39

in the market for 2025 picks

1:05:42

and beyond if they are still going to move on

1:05:44

from Brandon IU. You saw the message that was posted

1:05:46

there, I don't know if that's the real Adam Azer,

1:05:48

it could be a fake Adam Azer but it says,

1:05:51

what is happening, I just got here. So Adam is

1:05:53

not working, it's his wife, his beautiful wife, Ali's birthday

1:05:56

today so wish her a happy birthday. That's why Adam

1:05:58

took the day off and we're talking. Here,

1:06:00

without him, last topic that

1:06:03

we'll cover is a big one, and

1:06:05

the Dalles Cowboys do not come

1:06:07

away with a running back in the NFL Draft. So

1:06:09

there was this story that came out,

1:06:11

it's kind of been an

1:06:14

ongoing story of Ezekiel Elliott is

1:06:16

going to sign with the Cowboys, not official yet,

1:06:18

but it sounds like that's what's going to happen.

1:06:21

That's according to Todd Archer from ESPN, Adam Schefter also reporting that.

1:06:24

Rico Dowdle, Royce Freeman, Deuce Vaughn.

1:06:27

Keith, who's your favorite Cowboys

1:06:29

running back? And we'll put the car

1:06:31

roster. I'm

1:06:33

going to put Zeke on the roster and

1:06:36

I'm going to say that Zeke is

1:06:38

my favorite Cowboys running back. They're

1:06:42

all in on Ezekiel Elliott,

1:06:44

apparently. And

1:06:47

I wouldn't be surprised if he's a low

1:06:49

end number two running back. I don't, Rico

1:06:52

Dowdle is going to touch the ball and

1:06:54

do some things, but Zeke's going to score

1:06:56

probably double digit touchdowns and catch

1:06:58

40 or 50 passes and be on the field

1:07:00

always when they need somebody to pass block. And

1:07:03

so I guess he'll be okay. It's

1:07:06

bad for the Cowboys. It's great for Zeke. So

1:07:08

what round are we targeting Ezekiel Elliott? Oh,

1:07:11

I wouldn't say I'm targeting him ever,

1:07:13

but I would say in 2024, yes. Round

1:07:18

six, seven. Okay.

1:07:21

It's 2024. We're talking about Ezekiel. Chris,

1:07:24

I don't know if you mocked the cowboy or running

1:07:26

back to the Cowboys at any point. How

1:07:28

surprised are you that they did not take a running back at

1:07:30

all? So after the first round Thursday

1:07:32

night, they had me do a round two and

1:07:35

round three mock sent a running back to the

1:07:37

Cowboys, I believe in the second round. Then

1:07:40

last night, after the third round was done,

1:07:42

that do a round four mock up until

1:07:44

12, 31 o'clock, which is fine. That's,

1:07:46

you know, it's part of the job was like,

1:07:48

why have they not picked a running back yet? Sent

1:07:50

them, you know, all those running backs went in the

1:07:52

fourth round. I don't remember who I sent to them,

1:07:54

but I know that I sent a running back and

1:07:56

I'm thinking they have to pick one. We heard Jerry

1:07:58

Jones before the draft. gush about the University

1:08:01

of Texas running back, Jonathan Brooks,

1:08:03

who went like five or six picks in

1:08:05

front of them in the second round. So

1:08:07

maybe they did have him as a target,

1:08:09

didn't want to trade up. And they did

1:08:11

mention, Stephen Jones said, they wanted to rebuild

1:08:13

the offensive line and they picked one, two,

1:08:15

three offensive linemen in

1:08:17

this draft. So of course we're not getting 2016 or 17 Zeke

1:08:19

here, but

1:08:22

I do think, I'm

1:08:24

a little, I'm actually very surprised they didn't

1:08:26

pick some running back, but

1:08:29

we could be getting just more holes for

1:08:31

the likes of Zeke Elliott and Rico Dowdle

1:08:34

because the offensive line did need to be rebuilt and

1:08:36

they added a lot of depth at

1:08:38

that position in this draft. I would

1:08:40

not be surprised, the one thing that I keep

1:08:42

coming back to just because of what the backfield

1:08:44

looks like, is somebody like Khalil

1:08:46

Herbert being a, I

1:08:50

would like that a lot. You know, training camp trade, not that

1:08:52

he's getting cut, but you know, six round

1:08:54

picks, seven round picks, some conditional type of compensation,

1:08:57

someone like that. What are the chances that

1:08:59

Khalil, Jerry Jones has ever actually

1:09:01

heard Khalil Herbert's name? Does he know who Khalil Herbert

1:09:03

is? Like you need to have a big name. We

1:09:06

need to get Dalvin Cook in there. We're

1:09:08

gonna win for next match. A

1:09:10

retread type of guy, Dalvin Cook is still out there. I'm

1:09:12

trying to think of any of those free agents that Kim

1:09:15

Akers, I guess is still out there. You

1:09:17

know, they could try and get creative and

1:09:20

Jarek McKinnon, you know, somebody like that. But I

1:09:22

keep going back, oh, you know what? Adam

1:09:25

just posted this one in the chat as well since apparently

1:09:27

he can't work, but he can post that

1:09:29

Miles Sanders is somebody that they may consider, you

1:09:31

know, as well, or to Robert, you know, who

1:09:33

knows what the Panthers are looking at. So we're

1:09:35

glad that Adam is contributing to the chat, but

1:09:38

not contributing to the show. But in any event,

1:09:40

that'll do it for us. We're gonna let Chris

1:09:42

go because he's killed it this weekend starting

1:09:44

Thursday night with the NFL Draft. Rounds four

1:09:47

or five, six and seven as day three has

1:09:49

wrapped up and again, a lot,

1:09:51

a lot, a lot of fantasy content coming

1:09:53

your way starting on Monday. We'll be back

1:09:56

with our podcast as we normally

1:09:58

do. We'll have some mock drafts coming up. Our

1:10:00

rankings will be up on the site and we'll have you covered

1:10:02

as we start to now really dial in to the 2024 season

1:10:04

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1:10:07

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