NFL Mock Draft Review Part Two (04/23 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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🗓️ 23 April 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Dave and Ryan are back as we continue going through Ryan's latest mock draft. Travis Etienne to the Steelers, Najee Harris to the Dolphins and Javonte Williams to the Jets! Plus which two teams selected a WR late in the first round? We've got the Fantasy spin for you.
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| 0:00.0 | One of those running backs going to come off the board. We'll look at Ryan Wilson's latest mock draft right now on Fantasy Football Today in 5. And I want to remind you the link to Ryan's latest draft is in the episode description, so please check that out. Adam Azer with Ryan Wilson and Dave Richard for some fantasy analysis here. Looking at the running backs, Travis E.T.N. Ryan, you have him in round one to Pittsburgh. Then you go Giovante Williams, the second running back off the board. Round two pick to the Jets. Not long |
| 0:25.0 | after that, Najee Harris to the Dolphins in round two. So E.T.N. to the Steelers. |
| 0:29.6 | Javante Williams to the Jets. Najay Harris to the Dolphins. Before you tell me, I'm going |
| 0:34.7 | to ask both of you, your favorite fantasy pick of those three, |
| 2:17.9 | but give me, Ryan, some perspective how these running backs compared to last year's Clyde Ebers dealer, Jonathan Taylor, DeAndre, so if the best of the best from last year. They're close. They're close. Like last year we saw the run on running backs in round two after Clyde DeVoselayer went at the bottom of round one. and this group feels very similar had they all been out in the same draft class that they would have been clumped together in that round two range. Maybe one of these guys sneaks into round one. So I thought it was interesting that Travis Ateen returned to school and probably improved his draft talk a little bit. And there's less competition among running backs. but I think that these guys are very similar to the class we saw last year in terms of their ability to be productive in year one, wherever they end up in the NFL. All right, Ryan, give me your favorite then. Who would you draft first in fantasy? ETIN on the Steelers, Javante on the Jets or Harris on the Dolphins? If we're going based on where these players are in my mock drafts, I'm taking Aetian to the Steelers. Their running game was absolutely atrocious last year. You guys know that as well as anyone. And they're making a push to make the running game better. Travis A.T.N. helps you as a running back, obviously, but he's also incredibly effective as a receiver coming out of the back field. And sort of drawn some comparisons to Levy on Bell. And if that works for you, especially in that Steelers' offense, then Travis Aetian feels like to me a guy could have the most success next year. How about you, Dave? I think ETN could be very good in Pittsburgh, but I think Najee Harris could be really, really good in Miami. If the dolphins are going to spend serious draft capital on Harris, that means that they want to upgrade from Miles Gaskin. And Gaskin was pretty good for them last season. It also could signal a changing of how they utilize running backs instead of going with two or three guys every single game. They're going to lean heavily on one. And they kind of did that with Gaskin last year, |
| 2:34.1 | but they might even lean more so on Najah Harris. I think he's a terrific three-down player. I think he's ready to go as a three-down player. And we know he can handle the goal line and the offensive line for the dolphins. Not that bad. I think they'll be okay. And I think Najay Harris would be the best of the bunch if you were to go to Miami. |
| 2:36.5 | Okay, let's look at some more wide receivers. |
| 2:34.1 | We talked about the top three on... and I think Najee Harris would be the best of the bunch if you were to go to Miami. |
| 2:36.5 | Okay, let's look at some more wide receivers. |
| 2:39.0 | We talked about the top three on Thursday's show. |
| 2:42.3 | Cadarius, Tony to Baltimore and Rashad Bateman to Green Bay. |
| 2:44.8 | Both of them, round one picks in Ryan's mock draft. |
| 2:48.2 | Cadarius, Tony, to Baltimore, Rashad Bateman to Green Bay. |
| 2:49.9 | Ryan, give me your thoughts there. So the Ravens, despite what their front office and coaching staff has said, they need to fix the wide receiver group. And I know that because the Ravens tried to sign Julius Smith-Schuster. So if that's the plan, Marquis, Hollywood Brown, has to get better. We know that mouse walking has to get get better. But Cadarius Tony had a great season for Florida, |
| 3:08.1 | and he is basically a running back once the ball is in his hands. He's incredibly effective at all three levels. You get him the ball as Lamar Jackson, and then he does Lamar Jackson things once he has the ball in his hands. The Packers at 29. I don't know if they'll ever draft a quarterback, excuse me, a wide receiver in round one, but they should think about it. |
| 3:23.8 | And I love the idea of Rashad Bateman opposite Devante Adams. |
| 3:26.9 | Rashad Babin did not have a great 2020. Fantastic 2019. He did get COVID last June. He said that it affected him. He lost some weight. I think he's going to return to his 2019 form and be a playmaker pretty early on at the right landing spot. And for me, the Packers certainly feels like a great landing spot with Adams, as I mentioned, and also Aaron Rogers, of course, throwing the ball. Don't be ridiculous, Ryan. Packers are going to take a quarterback at the end of round one. That's what they do, apparently, at least under this regime. Oh, look, I think I would lean toward Rajat Bateman. I think that he would have a higher target ceiling and certainly |
| 3:58.8 | quality of throw would be better from Aaron Rogers and he'd be playing opposite to Monta Adams, |
| 4:02.8 | all the predictable things that we'd say as the number two receiver there. And I think he'd be |
| 4:07.2 | an upgrade over NVS and Al-Mazard. I think he'd be pretty good there. I think he'd be a solid fit there. |
| 4:11.9 | But I do kind of get the feels of |
| 4:14.2 | Caderius Tony in that Ravens offense making plays after the catch. I wonder if it's a little |
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