Reviewing the roster, Joey B said he "loves not going three tight end when we've got Brock Bowers." The rookie projects as a weekly difference-maker, so pairing him with one upside option like Tyler Warren is enough, whereas a third tight end would be "just a Friar Muth"-level floor play that wastes a valuable roster spot. Joey believes a 2-TE build anchored by Bowers frees extra picks for late-round RB and WR darts, maximizing ceiling and advance rates in Best Ball Mania’s half-PPR format.

Joey B said adding Anthony Richardson as a third quarterback gives the roster massive weekly ceiling insurance and keeps them from relying solely on Dak Prescott and Geno Smith, two pass-first veterans he is "not super confident in." Because the build lacked an elite, top-tier passer, he argued the Colts dual-threat offers 30-point rushing spike-week potential that can single-handedly advance Best Ball Mania teams. Richardson’s mid-draft price let them preserve running-back and wide-receiver depth while moving from a fragile 2-QB construction to Joey’s preferred 3-6-7-2 build, all without paying early-round tax for a "big three" signal-caller.

Joey B finally clicked Pat Bryant at pick 197 because he refuses to leave a Best Ball Mania draft without at least one rookie wide receiver—every BBM champion so far has rostered one. While he’s "decently overweight" on Bryant already, Joey admitted he has slowed down as the Illinois product’s Underdog ADP climbed into the mid-14th round. Still, grabbing the rookie at a slight discount here keeps him in line with the five-year rookie-WR trend without paying the full steam price. Joey views Bryant’s combination of early-down size and vertical route tree as the cleanest path to late-season spike weeks among the remaining rookies.

When the room dried up at running back, Joey B pounded the table for Justice Hill, explaining that the veteran actually projects for usable weeks instead of pure injury-contingent upside. Hill handled at least 18% of Baltimore’s offensive snaps in every game last year and carved out passing-down work even when Gus Edwards and Keaton Mitchell were healthy. Joey contrasted that with the remaining board—mostly rookie or committee backs who need multiple things to break their way—saying Hill’s proven role offers a bankable 6-to-10 point floor and occasional touchdown spikes that keep a fragile RB room afloat through bye weeks in Best Ball Mania.

Joey B grabbed Dak Prescott at pick 99—15 spots ahead of ADP—because completing the Dak–CeeDee Lamb double stack mattered more than squeezing a few slots of value at this point in the draft. He noted that the only players he would be ‘passing on by ADP’ were dusty veterans like Cooper Kupp and Travis Kelce, who do not fit his young, upside-heavy roster. Locking up Dak guarantees weekly correlation with his first-round anchor, allows a future bring-back with Tyler Warren or an Indianapolis tight end, and saves him from praying Prescott makes it back at pick 118. Joey said ADP discipline is overrated once you’re past the 9th round if the pick meaningfully increases your stack equity and advance rate.

When choosing a second running back around pick 90, Joey B opted for Jordan Mason instead of Jalen Warren. He argued that Underdog’s half-PPR, touchdown-heavy scoring rewards Mason’s bruising goal-line profile more than Warren’s likely PPR-driven check-downs from Aaron Rodgers. Joey added that Mason gives his build Week-17 correlation with Jamison Williams on the other side of the Minnesota-Detroit game, creating an extra late-season ceiling path. The combination of TD-centric scoring and playoff-week game correlation made Mason––not Warren––his preferred RB2 in this draft room.

Joey B said he is actively adding Travis Etienne shares right now because the market is catching up fast. Etienne’s Underdog ADP has already jumped from the 120-range to 103 overall, and Joey believes it will keep steaming toward pick 65 the moment Jacksonville publicly names him the clear starter. He wants to lock in the discount before that announcement because a Round-6 price still bakes in too much Tank Bigsby risk. Etienne’s three-down skill set makes him one of the few backs in the pool who could handle 275 touches yet can still be drafted after the wide-receiver avalanche. Joey is intentionally underweight Bigsby and overweight Etienne to capture that coming price movement on his Best Ball Mania portfolios.

When Olave slipped a handful of spots past ADP into the early 70s, Joey B snapped him up, saying the Saints’ alpha offers more weekly ceiling than Jacoby Myers or Rashi Rice at similar prices. With CeeDee Lamb already rostered, he wanted another high-end wideout to offset later RB and TE picks, noting that San Francisco’s Brandon Aiyuk injury bumping Rice’s cost feels overblown for a best-ball regular season that runs Weeks 1–14.

Reviewing his exposure, Joey B admitted he has 38% Joe Mixon because the veteran routinely lasts to picks 60–65 on Underdog after the walking-boot scare and Nick Chubb signing chatter. He will not click Mixon at pick 51, but once the Bengals’ former workhorse falls to the late 5th/early 6th he sees it as "the safest 200 points" on the board. That secure volume at a depressed price lets him chase fragile wide-receiver bets earlier without sacrificing baseline running-back production.

Joey B pushed for Jamison Williams over DK Metcalf and Devonta Smith, calling Jamo the "quintessential better-in-best-ball pick." In half-PPR he expects the Lions’ field-stretching sophomore to deliver 180-yard, 3-TD eruption weeks that can single-handedly win an advance. He is comfortable paying a four-to-five-pick premium because Williams’ low weekly floor is masked in best ball while his ceiling is unmatched by the tier of wideouts going around him.

Joey B said he is happy to scoop Josh Jacobs at pick 27 (early 3rd round) on Underdog because the veteran still profiles for "his usual 230 points" in half-PPR. With the room almost always triggering a wide-receiver avalanche, Jacobs gives him bankable weekly volume while allowing him to start WR-WR in the first two rounds. He views Jacobs as one of the few backs still projected for 275+ touches after signing with Green Bay, and believes that floor/ceiling combo is perfect for advancing Best Ball Mania teams without paying first-round prices for running back production.

Joey B passed on Saquon Barkley and Bijan Robinson at pick 1.03 and insisted on taking CeeDee Lamb instead. He said that Underdog drafts routinely create a wide-receiver avalanche, wiping out the position by the mid-second round. By anchoring his Best Ball Mania team with Lamb—Dallas’s clear target-share leader—he believes he secures irreplaceable weekly ceiling at a position that becomes scarce fastest, while running-back points can be back-filled later in the draft.