Nate Polvogt and Mike Vadala are joined by Sam Schneider, managing editor at PlayerProfiler, for a 10-round, 12-team, 1-QB PPR mock draft.

The top of the board is still an RB story, with Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs anchoring the first three picks, but the WR-first crowd has a real case with Puka Nacua and Ja'Marr Chase pushing into 1.01 territory. Sam brings the PlayerProfiler lens to every pick, and on this episode the crew walks through how the first round actually breaks when you are on the clock instead of working off a static rankings page.

From there it gets into the decisions that decide your season: when Christian McCaffrey and the second tier of backs come off the board, whether James Cook, Omarion Hampton, and Ashton Jeanty are worth the mid-first reach, and how long you can wait on QB in a 1-QB build with Josh Allen and Joe Burrow sliding. Sam and the guys also dig into the Trey McBride and Brock Bowers TE question, plus the WR values in the middle rounds that quietly win leagues.

Topics covered in this episode: how the first round broke pick by pick, RB-heavy vs WR-heavy builds off each draft slot, when to take your first QB in a 1-QB format, the McBride vs Bowers TE decision, mid-round RB and WR values worth targeting, late-round sleepers with league-winning upside, and the PlayerProfiler metrics Sam leans on to find edges.

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