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Timestamps:
0:00 - Sponsored by DraftKings
2:41 - Slow Draft Workload & Auto-Draft Confession
5:14 - ETN vs. Nico Collins Structural Debate
5:45 - Garrett Wilson Over Nico/Javonte Pair
11:30 - Three-QB Builds & All-You-Need-Is-One Theory
16:14 - Bo Nix Stack & Expensive QB Builds
22:31 - Samaje Perine Bengals RB Trap
36:46 - Draft #2 Starts (Pick 10): St. Brown & Barkley
40:30 - Saquon Barkley Age-29 RB Fade Case
48:27 - Luther Burden & Colston Loveland Round 5 Values
55:13 - Justin Herbert Pick & Lions Stack
58:25 - Flock Fantasy Database Walkthrough
1:01:31 - Jared Goff Without Ben Johnson
1:08:58 - Aaron Rodgers Steelers 17-Game Bet
1:14:46 - Isaac TeSlaa & Jameson Williams Correlation
1:22:40 - Ty Simpson to the Cardinals Smoke
1:26:03 - Draft #3 Starts (Pick 12): Jeanty & Love Zero-WR
1:32:50 - Caleb Williams Bears Stack Defense
1:39:10 - Dolphins WR Void & Free Agent Veterans
1:42:51 - David Njoku to Cincinnati Part-Time Tight Ends
1:46:28 - Round 3 49ers RB Historical Pattern
1:52:44 - Oronde Gadsden & Tyler Shough ADP Grabs
1:54:49 - Low Block-Rate Tight End Study
1:55:53 - Terrence Ferguson Rams TE1 Case
2:06:59 - Travis Hunter WR/DB Usage Take
2:07:31 - Mahomes Truth Serum: Peak Is Over

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