Mock Draft Takeaways: Justin Jefferson, De’Von Achane, Rashee Rice among key debates
Rotoworld Football Show – Fantasy Football
NBC Sports, Pat Daugherty, Kyle Dvorchak, Denny Carter
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary: Patrick Daugherty (@RotoPat), Denny Carter and Kyle Dvorchak (@kyletweetshere) take advantage of a lull in the news to break down a recent Rotoworld mock draft, focusing on picks that caught their attention in the first five rounds. Is Justin Jefferson still a feel-good first-rounder, and how far should De’Von Achane fall? They also debate Rashee Rice, Colston Loveland, Bucky Irving and many more players. They end the show by taking a look at Kyle’s recent rookie rankings. Where is the right spot to draft the 49ers’ controversial De'Zhaun Stribling selection, and does the lack of running back talent push Fernando Mendoza up boards?
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(2:30) – Examining Bryson DeChambeau’s comments on his potential next career path
(8:15) – Notable Round 1 Selections: Justin Jefferson (1.09) taken ahead of Amon-Ra St. Brown (1.10) and Malik Nabers (1.12), Ashton Jeanty picked 1.11
(17:10) – Notable Round 2 Selections: De’Von Achane taken 2.01, Omarion Hampton drafted 2.05
(26:00) – Notable Round 3 Selections: Rashee Rice picked 3.01, Jameson Williams taken 3.12, Colston Loveland drafted 3.09
(32:20) – Notable Round 4 Selections: Breece Hall taken 4.01, Lamar Jackson picked 4.11, Bucky Irving chosen 4.09
(41:05) – Notable Round 5 Selections: TreVeyon Henderson drafted 5.02, Christian Watson taken 5.05
(45:10) – Notable Round 6+ Selections: Rookies Jordan Tyson picked 6.06 and Makai Lemon 6.08, Michael Wilson selected 6.05
(49:05) – Examining 49ers rookie WR De’Zhaun Stribling
(55:50) – How to handle Fernando Mendoza this year
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Rotorold football show. I'm Patrick Dardy, to this Thursday, May 7th by Danny Carter and Kyle DeWorchick. |
| 0:23.1 | We're joined by kind of a dearth of the news right now. There's a few small items out there. I'm going to punt them down the road or not talk about them. Instead, we're going to talk about a recent mock draft we've been conducting for our website. It'll be live. |
| 0:34.4 | Hopefully Friday with a write-up by our friend, Mr. Zach Kruger. |
| 0:38.5 | Just 10 rounds, kind of initial lay of the land. It'll be live, hopefully Friday with a write up by our friend, Mr. Zach Kruger. |
| 0:38.3 | Just 10 rounds, kind of initial lay of the land following the draft and of course following free agency. |
| 0:45.3 | Best ball season had already begun several months ago, but it's now beginning in earnest where we know the full player field. |
| 0:51.3 | It'll really begin in earnest once we know the schedule. |
| 0:53.3 | Hopefully next week there's been a little delay in that. But the wheels are moving, guys. And we're in about picks that caught our eyes in the first couple of rounds. First couple, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten rounds. Um, it is only ten. But we're just going to go through kind of the initial draft landscape. |
| 1:11.3 | We've talked a lot about the rookies. We've talked a lot about the draft. But Kyle, |
| 1:15.3 | he's been doing a series on the rookie rankings. Now he's like his official top 50. |
| 1:20.3 | I believe it's top 50, right, Kyle? And the rookie ranks. Just going to ask him a few |
| 1:24.5 | questions about that, including more Deshaun scribbling, the only player who matters. Maybe we'll also talk about a trade I'm getting laughed at about in a dynasty best ball league. I'm not mad about it either. No, you're not. In fact, I was so not mad about it when I was catching up with Patrick Crane this week. I didn't talk about it for 15. That's not a good look. That's unbecoming. So I'm not mad about it all. Danny Carter, I'll tell you he's not mad. Bryson de Shumbo. Oh. Live golf, it burned brightly. You know, there's just going to be so many memories from Liv. So many indelible sporting moments from the live golf to are gone too soon. I can't believe that they're taking it away from Liv. So many indelible sporting moments from the Live golf tour are gone too soon. |
| 2:02.9 | I can't believe they're taking it away from us. |
| 2:05.5 | Just in the tournament and, you know, Mexico or whatever. |
| 2:10.5 | Yeah. |
| 2:11.0 | There's one in Virginia. |
| 2:12.9 | Yeah. |
| 2:13.3 | The cool stuff that was going down in Portland, man. I mean, this, I, it's hard to even choose. It was a vibe. Yeah, it was a vibe. And Bryson Day Shimbaud, Denny, had such a good time on the Liv Tour. He said he's never coming back to the BAA. He's fine. He's not even mad. Yeah. What's he going to do instead? He doesn't need your stupid PGA tournament. He's got something even better, Danny. What is it? Yeah, so, yeah, Liv lost its primary source funding, which the live officials say was the plan all along. Not even a joke, really, a lot of cope going on. So, you know, Bryce and Deschambeau being the biggest name, along with John |
| 2:51.2 | Rom on the Liv tour, and the first one did defect. He's upset, and he's not really hiding |
| 2:57.4 | it too well. You know, he was asked, Bryson, you know, with Liv, maybe going away after this |
| 3:03.4 | season, or at any moment, are you thinking of returning to, I don't know, the PGA tour, the preeminent |
| 3:11.1 | golf tour in the world. |
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