1. Andy- Marvin Harrison Jr., Wide Receiver, Ohio State, 6’4″ 205 lbs, Age: 21.7

As close to a slam dunk prospect as you can imagine.   Andy won the lottery last year by winning the consolation bracket thanks to CeeDee Lambs explosion to end the 2023 season.   CeeDee Lamb is skipping voluntary OTAs wanting a new contract so Andy gets someone who is comped between AJ Green and CeeDee Lamb.  Only way Andy doesn’t go Harrison is if Nabers goes to Chargers and Andy might get the Herbert-Nabers stack.  Son of a hall of famer is so confident in his abilities he didn’t waste time training to run a 40 yard dash or running around cones.  He’s been working on his route running and preparing for his first NFL season.

2. Cuz- Malik Nabers, Wide Receiver, LSU, 6’0″ 200 lbs, Age: 20.7

Many argue Nabers was robbed for the 2023 Biletnikoff as he had the better statistical season than Harrison.  (89, 1569, 14) vs (67, 1211, 14).  I’m sure people rationalized it by saying LSU had more offensive opportunities because our defense was Swiss cheese.  Nabers has been comped to Jamarr Chase.    But it’s going to be fun to watch which of these two wideouts wind up the better pro.  Slam dunk pick.  Cuz was offered a franchise altering trade offer from Fantasy Football Brad including multiple 1sts for this spot to which Cuz denied.  And I don’t blame him.

3. Ian- Brock Bowers, Tight End, Georgia, 6’4″ 240 lbs, Age: 21.4

If Ian actually exists he has two first round picks in a deep wide receiver class.  That makes me lean Bowers here.  The two time Mackey award winner is a hybrid between George Kittle, Rob Gronkowski, and Travis Kelce.  Meaning he’s just Brock Bowers.  The concern would be if he winds up with the injury history of a Kittle or Gronk as he played through an ankle injury in his last college season.  He also didn’t do athletic testing which historically has been a key predictor of tight end NFL success.  I think the film speaks for itself.

4. Dan- Rome Odunze, Wide Receiver, Washington, 6’3″ 216 lbs, Age: 21.9

In conversations with Dan this pick could go way differently depending on how the first three shake out.  He’ll have his choice to a player that is comped with Mike Evans, Larry Fitz, and Davante Adams or the pick of Top QB or LSUs Brian Thomas.   I’ll go conservative here and say he takes best wideout available in Odunze.  A lot of mocks have him going to Chicago at 9 which would severely limit his rookie season production potential seeing as the Bears added Keenan Allen to a receiver group led by DJ Moore.  Dan is a bit of a wildcard at pick #4 so I wouldn’t be surprised if he shakes up the draft here, but for now I’m going to say he drafts based on talent and takes Odunze who can seemingly do it all.

5. Colton- Brian Thomas Jr., Wide Receiver, LSU, 6’3″ 205 lbs, Age: 21.5

Colton couldn’t have had worse luck last season.  Every running back busted.   Players got hurt.  Young potential studs busted. It was borderline a nightmare.  The bright spots were Jordan Love, AJ Brown, and David Njoku.  Now that a lot of his running backs have switched teams it allows him to continue to build the team by drafting best player available.  I think Thomas is the 4th best wideout in this draft class.  It’s hard to comp Thomas.  There haven’t been many with his athletic testing and production COMBINED with playing second fiddle to a stud like Nabers on LSUs potent offense.  It was glorious watching him catch long balls for touchdowns last season.  (17).  Some were beautiful catches too.  His stock could shoot up or down depending on landing spot but you can’t argue against the talent.

6. Brad- Caleb Williams, Quarterback, USC, 6’1″ 216 lbs, Age: 21.4

You have got to be kidding me?  Is this asshole really going to roll with Mahomes-Richardson-Williams on a dynasty roster for a 1 QB league?  Look.  I draft best player available.  Period.  Williams can fall into success with Allen, Moore, and potentially another stud wide receiver weapon added via the draft.  There was scarcity at QB last season.  Scarcity means leverage.  Brad is #1 in QB category according to KTC and this would ensure that won’t be changing for the next decade.

7. Adam– Adonai Mitchell, Wide Receiver, Texas, 6’2″ 205 lbs, Age: 21.5

This is a tough choice but looking at Adam’s roster and how he traded away Tank Dell last season I could see him taking the bigger td threat versus Worthy.  Adam has Josh Allen and Amon-Ra St Brown.  Adam Schefter reported in a podcast with Establish the Run cofounder Adam Levitan that scouts and mock drafters are too low on AD Mitchell and he thinks he goes in the middle of the first round.   So basically an Adam spoke to an Adam about an Adonai that gets picked by an Adam.  Say that five times fast.

8. Ian (via Mike B)– Jayden Daniels, Quarterback, LSU, 6’4″ 181 lbs, Age: 23.4

Ian traded away Tajae Spears and Pick 2.03 to move up.  I think he takes that kid Jayden.  The Heisman winner falling to 8th pick would be a gift from the Fantasy Gods for Ian.  With Murray out for most of the year last year Ian had Daniel Jones who busted then he scooped up Gardner Minshew and Bryce Young.  But he doesn’t want to keep playing that game.  Drafting Jayden would allow him to drop or trade away Daniel Jones, Gardner Minshew, and Bryce Young to acquire more draft capital or roster space to take some fliers later in the draft.  If he comes away with a Daniels-Bowers stack to partner with his JJ-Adams-Deebo trio at wide receiver he’d be a contender category FOR SURE.  He also has 2 picks in the third to try and take swings at potential stars.

9. Mike D– Xavier Worthy, Wide Receiver, Texas, 6’1″ 165 lbs, Age: 21.0

Achane.  Waddle.  Why not add another speedster?  If Dickinson has a type it’s SPEED.  Scouts are worried that Worthy is too small at 165 lbs and that he is John Ross 2.0.  That’s a lazy comparison.  Worthy did set the record for the 40 yard dash with a 4.21.  But if you watch his film.  He played fast.  There’s a reason he caught 20 more balls than AD Mitchell last season.  Every curl route he was wide open.  Corners couldn’t hang with his speed.  And his production profile was much better than John Ross or previous undersized speedsters who failed.  Plus the NFL is different now.  Devonta Smith (170), Jordan Addison (175), and Tank Dell (165) have proven it could work if schemed correctly.  Depending on landing spot Worthy has a wide range of Dynamo rookie draft outcomes.

10. Ollie- Troy Franklin, Wide Receiver, Oregon, 6’3″ 187 lbs, Age: 21.2

Franklin is tough to comp like Thomas.  There’s a flavor of Jameson Williams, but what we do know is he is fast.  Oregons offense didn’t throw it deep, like at all.  Bo Nix threw it short, a ton.  But Franklin did a great job getting separation and was a reliable target for Nix.  He has the height 6’3” and the college production profile.  He’s just a little skinny like the wideouts mentioned in previous pick (175).  But a lot of mocks have him going to Chiefs or Bills at the end of Round 1, but there are teams drafting QBs at the beginning of Round 1 that might take him at the beginning of Round 2 and that could be a good situation for him.  Ollie could be tempted to take the top RB of the class but let’s be real.  Ollie needs wideouts not more RBs.

11. Dom- Ladd McConkey, Wide Receiver, Georgia, 6’0″ 185 lbs, Age: 22.5

Another tough choice for me, so I know it will be for Dom.  He could elect Brooks who is comped as a potential Jamaal Charles.  But Brooks tore an ACL in November and will have a slow start.  Dom is in win-now mode having shipped Tyreek away for Breece Hall and then Warren away for Pittman.  He is getting a bit younger but the competitor in Dom takes over.  I think he denies delayed gratification and goes with the craziest footwork wide receiver in the draft.  McConkey didn’t produce much, but he is a phenom in the middle of the field.  Depending on landing spot he could be a Top 5 wideout in this draft class.  And let’s be real.  Dom is driven by envy of Mike B.  Knowing Mike B landed Puka a late round flier turned Top 10 dynasty asset we all know Dom wants to beat Mike by getting someone with Cooper Kupp level footwork.

12. Oscar- Jonathan Brooks, Running Back, Texas, 6’0″ 207 lbs, Age: 20.8

The champion built his roster on young/in their prime RBs and older wideouts.  Why stop now?  Because he has Jacobs-Pacheco-Mostert-Najee-Ford he can A-fford to wait on Brooks and draft based on potential.  Brooks will be slow to start but will probably get going around the time Chubb comes back and starts taking away Fords playing time.  This just feels like an Oscar type move.  He could elect to go wide out, but what’s better the 9th best wide out or the #1 best running back prospect?

Thanks for reading guys.  I know these are mostly wrong, but why not have a little fun in our offseason?!

-Fantasy Football Brad