This was fun. Greg Ambrosius hosted the livestream, and Jeff and I had back to back picks at 3 and 4, respectively.
Here are the results:
And here’s a link to the stream.
1.4 Jaxon Smith-Njigba — I forgot to set my KDS, so when I got the fourth choice, it defaulted to four. This was unfortunate because I didn’t want ADP4 Puka Nacua, who plays like the receiver version of Marion The Barbarian (RIP), taking a lot more hard contact than your typical wideout. So I pivoted to JSN who rarely takes a big hit and is really the only game in town in Seattle. (Rashid Shaheed is the perfect low-volume field-stretching complement, and Cooper Kupp is 33 now.) I’d expect JSN to regress a fair amount from an all-time efficiency season, but the volume should be there.
2.9 Brock Bowers — Talk about the only game in town. It’s kind of odd he’s going higher than Trey McBride given their respective 2025 seasons, but a healthy Bowers could lead the NFL in targets. I passed on Kenneth Walker, who also slipped, and Emeka Egbuka who pre-draft I thought I might have to hold my nose and take. Either him or McBride.
3.9 Jeremiyah Love — I was hoping he’d fall to me. There are a lot of backs in Arizona, but only one of them was taken with the third overall pick in the draft. You don’t take a running back there to treat him like TreVeyon Henderson.
4.4 Malik Nabers — Erickson knew I was going to do it, he could’ve stopped it, but didn’t. I rewarded him for this restraint by pointing out that he wasn’t a total douchebag. A total douchebag would have taken Nabers solely because he knew I wanted him. Most people are total douchebags.
5.9 Quentin Johnston — Johnston got so much hate for a poor rookie season, but he’s been pretty good the last two, Keenan Allen’s gone, and Mike McDaniel is taking over the offense.
6.4 Bucky Irving — He’s expected to be healthy for training camp, and that’s good enough for me in Round 6. He’d be going in the third round had he never gotten hurt last year.
7.9 Chris Godwin — This was a vibe pick. Mike Evans is gone, Godwin is healthy (for now) and should see plenty of targets in a quality passing offense. He’s still only 30.
8.4 Ricky Pearsall — George Brittle is old, Evans is old, and Pearsall is a former first round pick in his prime that put up good numbers whenever he saw the field last year. I’ll probably get a few shares of him, he seems mispriced to me.
9.9 Jordan Mason — Aaron Jones has a lot of mileage on him, and Mason should have a prominent role either way. I had only Love (a timeshare) and Irving (injured), so I needed someone to plug in if necessary.
10.4 Jaxson Dart — People will say, “But he introduced Trump at a rally,” but you don’t have to sell me on him. I knew he was based, and he’s one of the best running quarterbacks in the league. Plus he pairs with Nabers. ADP said I might be able to wait another round, but you don’t blow your best stacking opportunity with a QB you like to preserve the draft capital difference between Rounds 10 and 11.
11.9 Bo Nix — He has top-five QB upside, and given Dart’s fragility (and Team 6 auto-drafting QBs every round), I wanted to grab a good backup.
12.4 Tyler Allgeier — This was a cowardly pick, handcuffing Love with a low-upside plodder on a bad team, but I was thin at RB, and in the unlikely event Love is eased in, I have the team’s starter no matter what.
13.9 Isaac TeSlaa — The guy made great catches for TDs whenever they threw him the ball last year, and Year 2 is when receivers typically break out. Of course, there are no targets for him with all the mouths to feed in that offense, but if someone gets hurt, there’s upside here.
14.4 Seahawks Defense — They were elite last year.
15.9 Sean Tucker — Irving insurance. Of course Kenneth Gainwell is there now, but if Irving isn’t able to make it all the way back, Tucker could be the early-down guy.
16.4 Nick Singleton — He was a beast in college, and the guys ahead of him on the depth chart are nothing special.
17.9 Jaguars Kicker — Cam Big booms it.
18.4 Christian Kirk — I almost wrote Charlie Kirk who should have been named Christian Kirk. Just like Tim Tebow should have been named Christian Ponder, Steve Howe Phil Coke and Pete Rose Mookie Betts. Kirk is Pearsall insurance, and I’m fading Evans and Kittle this year.
19.9 Tyquan Thornton — Someone has to catch Patrick Mahomes’ passes. News that Rashee Rice did something else stupid to get himself suspended or jailed would surprise no one, Travis Kelce is old and living a very weird life and Xavier Worthless weighs like 150 pounds. Thornton showed a spark both in New England and Kansas City, so who knows.
20.4 Evan Engram — I got my backup TE and sneaky Denver stack.
Roster By Position
QB Jaxson Dart
RB Jeremiyah Love/Bucky Irving
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba/Malik Nabers/Quentin Johnston
TE Brock Bowers
FLEX Chris Godwin
K Jaguars
D Seahawks
B Ricky Pearsall/Jordan Mason/Bo Nix/Tyler Allgeier/Isaac TeSlaa/Sean Tucker/Nick Singleton/Christian Kirk/Tyquan Thornton/Evan Engram
Real man takes the Dallas kicker in round 8.
Garbage