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"It's not like you haven't seen 150 of them already, maybe this one will be different because I put the good players in it."
"Alan Saint-Maximin... very much a metaplayer."
"I wish we could have had a draft board right in front of me."
"Vancouver selects from the University of Michigan Quinn Hughes."
"Islanders will select from Bathurst defenseman Noah Dobson."
"I think objectively speaking James, Cancelo, Neto is the one for you there, Scott."
"Wow, that is not who you want... to be going to if you're EG."
"San Haskins, you needed another running back. Love it."
"Sam Howell in round five is too good a value to pass up."
"I love the pick in the fifth round, there's no downside there's no downside at all."
"He's gonna find essentially 15 players that he loves, and those are going to be his guys."
"I don't think it means you hit the red button and start making roster swaps cuz like who the hell do you pick up to replace someone on the huntsmen."
"You're not going to bench Stefon Diggs, correct?"
"Cole Kmet is the tight end that I'm targeting in the double-digit rounds in most of my drafts."
"You try to win your league. Certain players fit that mold. Swift fits that mold to me, Williams fits that mold to me."
"You get a guy who could have been the seventh pick at number 35... I think that's phenomenal."
"I need a shooter on the wing, and even though his defense isn't going to be the greatest, I'm going with Paul Pierce."
"It's hard not to put Kanté in there, it's hard not to put Bernardo Silva in there."
"Fellaini deserves my number one choice when you're looking at cheap options for your midfield."
"With this pick, I will be taking Rashon Germany out of Penn State... Welcome to the team, Rashon Germany, 80 overall with quick development."
"In a PPR world, especially against the Colts, he's in."
"I'm starting him. He's in every league where I drafted the defense."
"My final start of the week is Hunter Henry tight end Los Angeles Chargers taking on the Bengals."
"One of my favorite parts about Underdog is the draft."
"I got the value in fields so I was able to get Dalvin Cook into the lineup and I am pairing him with my guy who is only $4,800, Clyde Edwards-Lair."
"Minshew wants and nobody's thinking about starting Minshew no Watson nobody's thinking about benching him correct."
"If you drafted a player at a high position, then you're confident putting him in your lineup."
"It's very important that they've got high speed so I made sure that I had Darren Waller on this squad."
"Who's your running back here? Taylor, that's Taylor for me, it's Bijan for me."
"Arizona takes Marvin Harrison Jr. at number four, the first non-QB off the board."
"We ended up going one early in Jamison Williams... Nicholas Petit-Frere available, we know the Saints love to take their Ohio State players."
"I couldn't believe they weren't picking him up."
"Washington selected Bradley Beal with the number three pick."
"At the fourth slot, the one and only Dion Waiters was selected before Damian Lillard."
"Cleveland had Kyrie and therefore no justifiable use for Damian Lillard."
"The greatest tragedy of this game to me is that I don't get to just auto put Alvin Camara into my fantasy forecast DFS lineup this week because when he's on Sunday, I just play him."
"Both of those guys are locked into my lineup on the basis of a six."
"With the third overall pick, the Oilers selected a quarterback from Alcorn State by the name of Steve McNair."
"With the second pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions take wide receiver Calvin Johnson."
"The Minnesota Vikings select Adrian Peterson running back Oklahoma."
"When you go in the top five, you want special."
"I personally think that Harry Maguire playing tomorrow is not right and it's not fair."
"Cleveland Browns drafting Tim Couch first overall."
"Miami Dolphins taking Daunte Culpepper over Drew Brees."
"I'll be completely fine drafting Terry McLaurin."
"It's not always about going for the better talent... it's about going for the player that's going to be on the pitch more."
"With the first pick in the NBA draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select Hendrix Cobb from Syracuse, yes!"
"It's very rare that you'd use Ronaldinho, but it's all for the element of fun."
"Honestly speaking, there are maybe three or four players that I'm willing to keep."
"Sancho or Harry Kane, very big decision because I think we need Sancho's creativity but Harry Kane is a Premier League proven striker."
"We're going running back running back Justin Fields."
"Damian Williams is still the primary guy. I'm still drafting him if I'm drafting right now."
"Tyler Boyd, Superstar Dev by the way. I can't believe I took a safety at number one. This might be the only time I've ever done this in franchise history because I don't agree with it."
"There is preference that Ten Hag will have over the different attributes of different players to fit his system."
"Trevor Lawrence to the Jags, easy pick, best player in the draft."
"If somebody grabs the opportunity consistently... no manager is going to pick a player that they think's good over somebody that actually is good."
"Connor McDavid gets chosen first overall and now we have two and three to use our draft picks."
"The Jacksonville Jaguars select Trevor Lawrence, quarterback Clemson."
"The Atlanta Falcons select Kyle Pitts, tight end Florida."
"The Detroit Lions select Penei Sewell, tackle Oregon."
"Opening game of the season, captain. He's going to pick him."
"Why not fourth round? We got the top-rated fullback."
"Certain teams and players have been picking him up in their games like Cloud9 Blue, Vision Strikers, and Ascend."
"I think coach Prime was just like hey first game young Team new team I'm gonna go with the guys that I trust the most and play them as much as I possibly can."
"The Pistons need shooting, they need upside, and they get that here."
"I'm a big fan of avoiding players you should avoid."
"We've got to start playing our best team. No Fellaini, no Rooney, no Carrick."
"Are they really gonna stand by that and not pick Magic Johnson?"
"Thompson is going to be representing America region from this group."
"The Super Bowl champions instead take the next best offensive lineman available... That level of protection would be greatly appreciated by Tom Brady."
"It's interesting you gave the tip of like map things out so just like this was just a realization of now of like if I'm getting Mooney I'm probably out on Cole Komet."
"Nintendo did a really good job with this one, again I don't know what pixie dust magic you sprinkled on this DLC but it's amazing."
"Pickens or Deontay Johnson, now you gotta play Pickens for sure."
"I'm always someone that kind of thinks why don't you just sign a player who's really good at playing in that position."
"Justin Jefferson is gonna be the pick here for the Ravens."
"Give me Mark Ingram as a safer play in that type of league."
"You're not looking for a guy who's going to be an MLS all-star ten times, you're looking for a guy who's going to stay in the league for ten years."
"Interesting you should bring up Mohamed Salah because that is my front three: Henry, Eric Cantona, Mohamed Salah."
"Stephan Diggs is the perfect example of a selection that you would make and have all the security in the world."
"The San Antonio Spurs select Tim Duncan from Wake Forest University."
"Devonta should be in play for you at least in tournaments."
"Sanders or Singletary? It's Sanders for me this week."
"Flex non-PPR: Freeman, James White, or Tim Patrick? It's Tim Patrick for me."
"Barkley, Swift, and Chase Edmonds. When in doubt, I take the running back. Gimme Chase Edmonds."
"In a standard league, flex Gaskin, Tyson Williams, Robbie Anderson, or Deebo. I'm gonna go with Tyson Williams, please don't burn me this week."
"You're getting Najee Harris going very often at pick 16."
"If we're looking at a running back in this range, the guy we would go ahead and we would take would be Daryl Henderson."
"If baby boy Wilson is on the sideline Alpha Wilson is in my lineup."
"I wish I could get Martinelli and Emil Smith Rowe in the team alongside Gabriel Jesus."
"We're going to go for a decent amount of players here."
"If you're starting a club right now, Ham FC, you can only get one of them, me personally, I'm taking Saka."
"With the eighth pick in the 2024 NFL draft, the Atlanta Falcons select Michael P Jun."
"Definitely want to use Gaffney, he's really good."
"Enzo Fernandez would make his way into an all-time Chelsea XI."
"I've gone for a player called Moise Kean."
"...Isaiah Simmons is our guy ok here we go there we go ok I'm cause here right now welcome to the 2020 NFL Draft..."
"George Hill, a first-round pick from a few years prior, was sent from the Spurs to the Pacers for the 15th pick in this draft, with the Spurs selecting Kawhi Leonard."
"The first pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, the Indiana Fever selects Caitlyn Clark."
"I really like the Kevin Knox pick as well."
"We're going to go from 10 work our way down to one coming in here at number 10 I'm going to go with cornerback Patrick Peterson."
"He's had a tremendous season and without doubt for me he has to be in his Squad."
"The Packers regularly prioritize getting good football players who also happen to be good people."
"We want to be targeting running backs with league-winning upside in the first three rounds."
"I think it's surely Haaland, Watkins, Salanki for me."
"He's going to be a real exciting player for our fans and we're really excited to be able to select him."
"I'm actually gonna go with the LeSean McCoy because I just like him a little bit better."
"I'm gonna take Cam just 'cause he's just a solid quarterback."
"That's a great price for Luke Kuechly, we are squared away."
"Very seldom, if ever, do the five best players make the best team."
"I'm perfectly fine taking Austin Eckler first overall."
"I think your change is what you would draft because for me, I think if they go three and they don't have Drummond, I would just take Wiseman."