Pat Fantasy Dog Pound argued that Colston Loveland is one of the easiest Round-10 values in Best Ball Mania drafts. Loveland is sliding to pick 120 while some peers (like Ja’Tavion Sanders and Brock Bowers) go nearly a full round earlier, yet Chicago spent the No. 10 overall selection on him—draft capital that all but guarantees an immediate snap share. Pat is projecting Caleb Williams for roughly 4,500 passing yards and stressed that the Bears can easily support a third target earner behind D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen. He dismissed concerns about Cole Kmet, noting Chicago would not invest a top-10 pick in a player they planned to stash. Pat highlighted Loveland’s “soft hands” and quick transition upfield as traits the Bears specifically cited on draft night, and he expects summer camp clips to push the rookie’s ADP inside the top 100. Pat told listeners to scoop Loveland anywhere after pick 110 before the inevitable price correction.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said DJ Moore’s current 3-4 turn price (pick 39 in Best Ball Mania) is the last cheap window drafters will get. Pat expects a slow but steady ADP surge once Ben Johnson’s new offense starts generating preseason buzz. He reminded listeners that Johnson produced multiple 1,000-yard receivers in Detroit and now steps into a Chicago attack that already has Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, Keenan Allen and Moore. Pat believes highlight clips from camp—plus the natural desire to correlate Bears pieces for the Week-17 playoff slate—will shove Moore back inside the top-30 within three to four months. His advice: grab Moore any time he drifts past pick 40 and bank the closing-line value before the market catches up.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound told listeners to sprinkle late-round shares of free-agent J.K. Dobbins because he thinks the Cowboys are the most logical landing spot. Dallas has only rookie Jaden Blue and depth bodies behind presumed starter Javonte Williams, and the front office has already kicked the tires on multiple veteran backs. Pat said Dobbins ‘fits perfectly’ in Mike McCarthy’s zone-heavy run game and would immediately vacuum up the goal-line work that produced 14 rushing TDs for the backfield last year. If the signing happens, Dobbins’ current 18th-round price would jump eight-plus rounds overnight while simultaneously nuking Blue’s path to touches. Pat advised drafters to act now, calling it a classic asymmetric bet: “if he lands in Dallas you just printed closing-line value; if he doesn’t, you burn an 18th-round pick.”

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Joe Mixon is one of the easiest clicks on the board whenever he drifts into the mid-fifth or even sixth round of Best Ball Mania drafts. Mixon just cleared the depth-chart competition in Houston— the Texans ignored running back in free agency and only added rookie Woody Marks as a passing-down change-up— then immediately received a three-year extension that locks him in as the staff’s every-down back. Pat noted that DeMeco Ryans’ offense finished 12th in red-zone trips and returns all five starting linemen while adding top-50 pick Blake Fisher at right tackle, giving Mixon a clean path to 275+ touches. The veteran’s stable weekly floor, plus the freedom he provides drafters to chase late-round rookie upside at RB2, makes him a “set-and-forget anchor” who is still going 8-10 picks too late in sharp rooms.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound argued Rashee Rice is still a screaming value at his late-Round-3 price. Rice’s court date for the Dallas street-racing incident is reportedly set for November, making an NFL suspension during the 2024 fantasy season highly unlikely. Pat added that beat reporters have already spotted Rice running full-speed plyometrics on the repaired leg, signaling he will be a full participant when camp opens. If those two risk factors evaporate, Pat projects Rice to climb into the mid-second round—roughly the same neighborhood as Ladd McConkey—because he averaged 7-8 targets and 16.5 half-PPR points in his final six healthy games. He recommended grabbing Rice whenever he slips past pick 30 to lock in a rare combination of Chiefs target share and closing-line equity.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Dalton Kincaid has become his favorite stacking partner when he starts a team with Josh Allen. The 2023 first-rounder is going two full rounds after Sam LaPorta did as a rookie, yet Kincaid quietly finished top-12 among tight ends in receptions (73) and earned targets at an 18% rate despite sharing routes with Dawson Knox for half the season. With Buffalo letting Gabe Davis walk and adding only day-three rookies at receiver, Pat believes Kincaid could lead the team in red-zone targets. He expects offseason clips of the Allen-Kincaid connection to push the tight end up a tier, making current prices "steal territory."

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Roschon Johnson is one of the best Round-17 stabs as long as Chicago does not sign Nick Chubb. Pat reminded viewers that Johnson handled 80-plus percent of snaps in Weeks 10 and 15 last year and averaged 52 scrimmage yards in those games. With D’Andre Swift locked in as the passing-down starter, Johnson becomes the clear goal-line hammer whenever Swift is banged up—Pat still owns 32 percent exposure from 2023 because of that upside. If Chubb were to sign, Pat conceded it would nuke Johnson’s short-yardage role, but until that happens he wants to keep scooping the sophomore anywhere after pick 190 as a classic injury-contingent “smash” who could instantly step into 15-touch workloads.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound could not believe C.J. Stroud fell to pick 148 in one of his rooms and said any slide past the late-120s should be an auto-click. Pat pointed to Houston’s off-season moves—retaining all five starting linemen, trading for Stefon Diggs, and drafting Kyle Williams on Day 2—as proof the Texans intend to lean into Stroud’s down-field aggression after he led the NFL in yards per attempt (8.2) as a rookie. Because Underdog’s new 20-round format lets Stroud drafters comfortably stop at two quarterbacks, Pat views him as both a ceiling play and a roster-construction hack: land Mixon in Round 5, Stroud in Round 11-12 and you have a cheap, fully correlated Texans core while freeing late picks for upside wideouts. He expects preseason highlight clips of the Diggs-Collins-Dell trio to shove Stroud’s ADP back inside the top 100 and urged managers to “take the gift” whenever rooms let him linger.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound urged drafters to grab Rome Odunze whenever he slips into the late-fifth/early-sixth round (he cited pick 58 in this draft). Pat reminded listeners Odunze is a top-10 real-life pick who will play in Ben Johnson’s new Chicago offense—a scheme he expects to generate offseason hype and push Bears ADPs higher. He believes the market is double-counting concerns about target competition with D.J. Moore and Keenan Allen, arguing that at least two Chicago pass-catchers will smash and you do not want to be completely underweight when sentiment inevitably flips. Pat called the current price a "perfect value window" before training-camp drumbeats start.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Dontayvion Wicks is a smash any time he lingers past pick 190. Wicks quietly logged more snaps than Jayden Reed down the stretch and even led the Packers in targets during his largest snap share game (13 looks in Week 13). Pat believes there’s a realistic 20 percent chance Green Bay trades Romeo Doubs, and Christian Watson’s chronic hamstring issues remain unsolved, creating a clear path for Wicks to settle in as Jordan Love’s full-time perimeter WR2. At a 17th-/18th-round ADP you’re paying for a WR5 flier but getting a player who already earned a 16 percent target share as a rookie in a LaFleur offense projected to finish top-10 in pass attempts. Pat urged drafters to bank the free ceiling exposure before any Doubs trade rumors or Watson injury reports push Wicks up a full round.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said he is hammering Javonte Williams any time the new Cowboys starter is available in the mid-130s. OC Brian Schottenheimer recently called Williams’ short-area quickness and pass-pro chops “exactly what this offense needs,” and Dallas passed on adding meaningful veteran competition—leaving only rookie Jaden Blue and depth bodies behind him. Pat believes the market is overreacting to last year’s underwhelming stint in Denver and to vague concerns that Dallas might still bring in a name. He expects Williams’ ADP to climb at least a full round once beat writers confirm he is handling the majority of first-team reps in camp, giving current drafters easy closing-line equity.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound pushed back on the hype around rookie Jalen Coker, saying he refuses to auto-draft Coker in Round 18 the way some drafters are. Pat pointed out that Carolina re-signed Adam Thielen, traded up for first-rounder Xavier Legette this year, and already spent a first-round pick on a wideout last year. Coker would have to leapfrog both veterans or immediately outplay the new first-rounder—an outcome Pat called "no chance." Because there is zero discount baked into Coker’s ADP, Pat advised using the pick on a backup running back or a correlated piece instead of a receiver with almost no path to snaps.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said drafters should pounce whenever Josh Allen slides into the mid-fourth round of Best Ball Mania 6. He argued Underdog’s new 20-round format amplifies the edge of an elite quarterback because managers who land Allen can confidently stop at two passers, freeing an extra late-round pick for upside receivers or running backs. Pat noted Allen’s five consecutive top-2 fantasy finishes and league-best 7.8 designed rush attempts per game as proof his weekly ceiling is unmatched. With sharp rooms chasing wide-receiver avalanche builds, Allen is slipping “half a round or more,” a discount Pat believes will evaporate once casual summer drafters arrive.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound called Isiah Pacheco one of the simplest early-summer buying opportunities. He said Pacheco, along with Brian Robinson and D’Andre Swift, is "scattered throughout the board" but routinely goes 10–15 picks later than he should. Pat classified them as "small little values" that stack easy closing-line equity without having to burn early-round capital. Grabbing Pacheco at the current discount lets drafters focus on hammering wide receivers early while still locking in dependable RB production once drafts tighten and ADPs correct.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said he is 'very comfortable' drafting Darnell Mooney after Atlanta declined to add another wideout. Mooney projects to play 60-75% of snaps opposite Drake London in Zac Robinson’s more pass-friendly scheme, giving him clear spike-week potential at a double-digit-round price. Pat likes Mooney as a cheap correlation piece with Michael Penix Jr. or Kyle Pitts and believes the market will eventually bake in the full-time role, pushing Mooney up a round or two.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said he would have loved to click rookie Ollie Gordon in the late-double-digit rounds, calling him a "sneaky option" to control Miami’s goal-line work if the Dolphins do indeed add him. Pat compared the Oklahoma State star’s 6-foot-1, 211-pound frame and 19-TD sophomore season (6.1 YPC, 32-percent dominator rating) to what Raheem Mostert did in Mike McDaniel’s scheme last year—30 red-zone carries, 18 TDs, RB5 overall. With Mostert entering his age-32 season and De’Von Achane profiling as a space player rather than a grinder, Pat expects Miami to import a larger back. He thinks any training-camp report hinting that Gordon is getting short-yardage reps will send his Underdog ADP screaming up ten-plus spots and urged drafters to grab him now while he’s free.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound suggested keeping at least a sprinkle of Romeo Doubs exposure because a preseason trade could unlock easy closing-line value. Pat noted that media rumblings about Green Bay shopping Doubs have persisted since the veteran publicly complained about his target share last year. If a deal materializes, Doubs’ current double-digit-round ADP would immediately correct upward—especially if he lands on a roster with a clearer path to WR2 snaps. Even if he stays, Pat believes the Packers’ wide-open rotation still grants Doubs a handful of spike-week opportunities. Bottom line: do not go overweight, but do not zero out either—“a few shares now could pay off the moment Schefter tweets an unexpected trade.”

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said Jalen Tolbert should be near the top of your queue in Underdog’s new Eliminator format. Because the contest cuts the bottom half of the field each week, Pat stressed that drafters need players who can deliver "straight ceiling" games, even if they are volatile from week to week. Tolbert fits that profile, offers late-round cost, and plays in a Dallas offense capable of producing blow-up receiver weeks. Pat called him “the guy” for this structure and urged drafters to grab Tolbert every time they need a cheap, high-variance wideout to keep their roster alive through the weekly eliminations.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said he is fading Sam Darnold entirely in Best Ball Mania because he is convinced the veteran will not finish the season as Seattle’s starter. Pat pointed to the injury-guarantee clause in Darnold’s deal that would force the Seahawks to pay the entire salary if Darnold gets hurt, noting teams have shown they will eat league fines to keep an at-risk quarterback off the field – he cited last year’s benchings of Daniel Jones and Russell Wilson as precedent. Pat expects Seattle to be sitting at something like 4-11 in December, at which point the staff (likely already on the hot seat) will protect itself by shelving Darnold and giving rookie Jalen Milroe a late-season audition. The bottom line for Pat: any ADP that prices in a full 17-game starter is dead money; let someone else draft the potential Week-1 placeholder and use the pick on a player who can actually help during the playoff weeks.

Pat Fantasy Dog Pound blasted the room for allowing Tee Higgins to fall, arguing that the Bengals possess “the best passing offense in the NFL, and it’s not close.” Pat reminded listeners Higgins was the WR2 on a points-per-game basis in his healthy weeks last season and personally won Pat $20K with an 11-131-1 nuclear Week-17 performance. He emphasized that when Higgins is active he can outscore even Ja’Marr Chase, making any discount beyond the late-third round absurd. Pat’s takeaway: hammer Higgins whenever the market gifts you a slide and enjoy the free equity when casual drafters push him back up.