Big Board Showdown: Day 2 of the NFL Draft was a doozy
Big Board Showdown is live on Champions Round
Welcome to the Big Board Showdown! Seven Rounds. One Champion. This is where the NFL Draft meets Fantasy Football!
In case you’re not in a league, here’s what you’re missing out on:
Day 2 Highlights 🎞
Round 2 was highlighted by the skill position players and its potential impact on not only real NFL teams, but fantasy football. We had 11 wide receivers, 8 running backs, 5 tight ends and a QB come off the board on Friday night.
Download Champions Round for iOS
Here’s some Winners and Losers from Day 2:
Winners 🏆
Running Backs: Of the top five RBs, I don’t think any of them ended up in a bad situation. Edwards-Helaire to KC, D’Andre Swift to Detroit, Jonathan Taylor to Indianapolis, Cam Akers to the Rams and J.K. Dobbins to the Ravens. Even futher down the line I like Ke’Shawn Vaughn in Tampa Bay and Darrynton Evans in Tennessee.
Indianapolis Colts: Indy came away with two incredible offensive weapons in USC WR Michael Pittman Jr. and Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor. Pittman is a do-it-all WR who should immediately be a favorite target of Philip Rivers. My pre-draft comp for him was Keenan Allen (👀👀👀). Taylor is a wildly talented RB who should be able to dominate behind that Colts offensive line.
Baltimore Ravens: Not only did the Ravens get Dobbins, but they also got DT Justin Madubuike, WR Devin Duvernay, LB Malik Harrison and OT Tyre Phillips. That’s a haul for a team coming off a 14–2 season. Watch out.
Carolina Panthers: The Panthers haven’t made any sexy picks, but their defense is going in the right direction. A day after taking DT Derrick Brown, the Panthers got Yetur Gross-Matos, a DE who could have been a first round pick, and Jeremy Chinn, who could be one of the best safeties in the draft.
Losers 🤡
Eagles fans: It’s tough to understand why a team would “waste” a 2nd round pick on a QB in Jalen Hurts that seemingly doesn’t have a future as the starter in Philly. After all, Carson Wentz is still relatively young and entering his prime. I get the hate. But calm down. You invested a lot of money in Wentz and he has an injury history. As we saw in the playoffs last year, the team cannot succeed with its current crop of backups. Hurts has a huge upside and can fill a Taysom Hill type role in the meantime. The Eagles can win games with Hurts if Wentz has more injury issues. This seems like it could be a great match.
New England: I actually liked New England’s first three picks of the night, including safety Kyle Dugger. However, the two tight ends they picked, UCLA’s Devin Asiasi and Virginia Tech’s Dalton Keene, were huge reaches and neither is a true game changer in the passing game. Both could have been had later in the draft. I know Belichick has a history of drafting good tight ends, but I don’t see it with these two.
Green Bay: Are the Packers actively trying to get Aaron Rodgers to request a trade? With a serious need at WR and TE, the Packers picked RB A.J. Dillon in the second round and then went for Cincinnati “TE” Josiah Deguara in the third. Dillon seemingly is blocked by Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams. They don’t really need a bruiser in the backfield. Meanwhile. Deguara is more of a H-back. Are the Packers moving to a power run game? Seems odd.
NFL Tight End Evaluations: Speaking of tight ends, we’ve had five go off the board thus far, but 3 of them seemed like wild reaches (Asisia, Keene and Deguara). I’m confused as to why teams didn’t target Washington’s Hunter Bryant, FAU’s Harrison Bryant, Missouri’s Albert Okwuegbunam and a couple of others.
Here’s the best and worst Picks of Day 2:
Best
Los Angeles Rams: Cam Akers, RB, Florida State (Pick 52)
Without Todd Gurley in the backfield, it made sense for the Rams to go out and get another RB to pair with 2019 draft pick Darrell Henderson. Akers was one of the best recruits in the country coming out of high school, but had a bit of a disappointing career at FSU. However, he was stuck in a bad system behind a terrible offensive line. It definitely wasn’t him, he’s electric. He could be the best RB in this draft class long term.
Worst
New England Patriots: Devin Asiasi, TE, UCLA (Pick 91)
The Patriots were in need of a tight end and came away with two on the night in Asiasi and Virginia Tech’s Dalton Keene. However, there were much better TE’s on the board and Asiaisi would have been available later in the draft.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors League Update 🎗
In case you missed it, Champions Round hosted a special live stream draft event on April 21 to benefit Team Rubicon.
We were joined by NFL stars Tyrann Mathieu and Melvin Gordon, both of whom have Champions Round teams in our #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors League.
Here’s our up to date standings in that league after Day 2 of the NFL Draft:
We’re coming down to the wire, folks! There’s five teams separated by 18 points, including the two teams managed by NFL stars.
Just The Tua Us has two players remaining: Oregon State QB Jake Luton and Washington TE Hunter Bryant. Team Tyrann has three players remaining: QB’s Nathan Rourke and Tom Flacco, as well as Iowa RB Toren Young.
Day 3 Fantasy scoring for Big Board Showdown is as follows: Round 4 (7 Points), Round 5 (6 Points), Round 6 (4 Points), Round 7 (2 Points).
Look Ahead to Rounds 4–7 🍻
There’s a ton of great players available on Saturday, including a couple of QBs.
Follow us @ChampionsRound on Instagram and Twitter for our Big Board Bingo drinking game for Day 3 of the 2020 NFL Draft.
The Cincinnati Bengals are on the clock with the 107th overall pick. Here is every pick taking place on Saturday:
Round 4
107. Cincinnati
108. Washington
109. Detroit
110. NY Giants
111. Houston
112. LA Chargers
113. Carolina
114. Arizona
115. Cleveland
116. Jacksonville
117. Minnesota
118. Denver
119. Atlanta
120. NY Jets
121. Las Vegas
122. Indianapolis
123. Dallas
124. Pittsburgh
125. NY Jets
126. LA Rams
127. Philadelphia
128. Buffalo
129. NY Jets
130. Minnesota
131. Arizona
132. Minnesota
133. Seattle
134. Atlanta
135. Pittsburgh
136. Miami
137. Jacksonville
138. Kansas City
139. Las Vegas
140. Jacksonville*
141. Miami*
142. Washington*
143. Atlanta*
144. Seattle*
145. Philadelphia*
146. Philadelphia*
Round 5
147. Cincinnati
148. Seattle
149. Indianapolis
150. NY Giants
151. LA Chargers
152. Carolina
153. Miami
154. Miami
155. Minnesota
156. San Francisco
157. Jacksonville
158. NY Jets
159. New England
160. Cleveland
161. Tampa Bay
162. Washington
163. Chicago
164. Dallas
165. Jacksonville
166. Detroit
167. Buffalo
168. Philadelphia
169. Minnesota
170. Baltimore
171. Houston
172. Las Vegas
173. Miami
174. Tennessee
175. Green Bay
176. Vikings
177. Kansas City
178. Denver*
179. Dallas*
Round 6
180. Cincinnati
181. Denver
182. Indianapolis
183. NY Giants
184. Carolina
185. Miami
186. LA Chargers
187. Cleveland
188. Buffalo
189. Jacksonville
190. Philadelphia
191. NY Jets
192. Green Bay
193. Indianapolis
194. Tampa Bay
195. New England
196. Chicago
197. Detroit
198. Pittsburgh
199. LA Rams
200. Chicago
201. Minnesota
202. Arizona
203. Minnesota
204. New England
205. Minnesota
206. Jacksonville
207. Buffalo
208. Green Bay
209. Green Bay
210. San Francisco
211. NY Jets
212. New England*
213. New England*
214. Seattle*
Round 7
215. Cincinnati
216. Washington
217. San Francisco
218. NY Giants
219. Minnesota
220. LA Chargers
221. Carolina
222. Arizona
223. Jacksonville
224. Tennessee
225. Baltimore
226. Chicago
227. Miami
228. Atlanta
229. Washington
230. New England
231. Dallas
232. Pittsburgh
233. Chicago
234. LA Rams
235. Detroit
236. Green Bay
237. Tennessee
238. NY Giants
239. Buffalo
240. Houston
241. Tampa Bay
242. Green Bay
243. Tennessee
244. Minnesota
245. Tampa Bay
246. Miami
247. NY Giants*
248. Houston*
249. Minnesota*
250. Houston*
251. Miami*
252. Denver*
253. Minnesota*
254. Denver*
255. NY Giants*
It’s time to get ready for Day 3 of the NFL Draft. Make sure you’re paying attention because we finally find out who Mr. Irrelevant will be! #YouGotNextPick.
