How drafting worked in, let's say, 2015,

2015, running back heavy, very reminiscent to how people are drafting today.

And I started making the case, as I do every single time.

Whatever the prevalent theory is of how you should draft,

simply do the opposite, and you might not be exactly correct.

But your path to winning becomes a lot

easier, because if you are right, you're just competing against far fewer people doing what

you're doing.

Yeah, the Costanza mindset, right?

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Sir, you are back. We're talking receivers and tight ends and how those two things meshed together.

Just quick initial question. How much value do the top end tight ends hold this year?

And who are the top end tight ends? Is it three of them? Is it one of them? Like, how does that really go down the list for you? I'd say three, but we have some changing pieces with the first two in McBride and Bowers. And just honestly, even though someone last year, I was happy to draft a lot of a Tray McBride, kind of in that early part of round three when the right crop of running backs and wide receivers were gone. I have not found myself clicking either of those guys so far. So no one's down the talent there on McBride and Bowers. And maybe this is typical early draft. Like, oh, look how deep this tight end pull is. But I've been most willing if I wasn't getting early around tight end and actually take Colston Loveland after seeing what he did down the stretch, man. And it could be even easier for him. Cole Commett looks like someone who, again, could be a cap casually announced here soon. But he made that catch in the playoffs. Can't cut him now. Lovelin getting going, man. So again, it's just same. And that was why, honestly, I, you know, not to hurt myself pat my own back, but I had McBride over Bowers last year just because I was like, all right, Bowers is awesome and everything. But so is McBride. And there's just less changing pieces for McBride. He had his quarterback come back. Didn't know. Jacobi was going to go ahead and take over and make everything better. But he had the same offense. Bowers obviously going to Gino Smith wound up being a bad thing and Chip Kelly didn't help matters as well.

So with Loveland again, having Caleb, but he had the same offense. Bowers obviously going to Gino Smith wound up being a bad thing,

and Chip Kelly didn't help matters as well. So with Loveland, again, having Caleb, having Ben Johnson back, I think there's less changing pieces for him. So Harold Fanon, obviously, you know, who knows what's going to happen in Cleveland? Could be good with Top Monk in. Dave and the Joker's out of the picture. He deserves to be up there. but again, Loveland just based on their cost right now.

He's been the guy I've been clicking.

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