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$1,000,000 is on the line in this FFPC contest, and John Daigle and I decided the
move was tight end premium: get two of the best tight ends in the league locked up
before the rest of the room can react, then build everything else around it.
This is a real, live 17-team draft, not a tape study. We argue through zero-RB
builds, which rookie running backs we trust and which ones we are fading, how deep
the running back room needs to be by the middle rounds, the wide receivers actually
worth fighting for, and why we are in no rush to take a quarterback. Then the draft
opens up into the deep rounds, where the real difference between winning and losing
this format gets made.
If you want to see the picks, watch the draft. This description will not spoil it.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The setup: $1,000,000, the slot, the plan
5:30 Round one: the tight end premium plan locks in
14:00 The zero-RB debate and early roster shape
24:00 Doubling down at tight end before the room reacts
35:00 Rookie running backs: buy or fade
42:00 Filling out the running back room
49:00 The wide receivers worth fighting for
56:00 Running back comps and recent history
63:00 The case for the best tight end room in the league
70:00 The most underrated handcuff still on the board
77:00 Coaching staff red flags across the league
84:00 Quarterback, and why we waited
91:00 A college football detour
98:00 Into the deep rounds: the dart throws start
105:00 Late-round value hunting
112:00 Grading the tight end premium build
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