Bot fills both of Bailey's holes

A robot made this one and got it exactly right: the fourth receiver off the board, 261.3 points, precisely where the market had him. Three of Bailey's fourteen picks were autodrafted, which at least beats the ten some other manager let the machine handle.

Walker at 248.9 points is a defensible RB1, but Josh Allen and his 370.0 points were sitting on ESPN's board here and went four picks later at 28. Bailey's quarterback room finished sixth of sixteen.

Irving is coming off 3.40 yards per carry and zero carries inside the opponent's five, and he cost a third-rounder while Cam Skattebo (208.6 points) sat on the board and went at 49. Zay Flowers, 210.3 points, went at 42.

Higgins fell three spots past his market and Bailey scooped him at 195.2 points, which is good business right up until the Questionable tag on a man who has not played a full season since 2020 does what it usually does.

No argument with Prescott as the seventh quarterback at exactly the seventh quarterback's price. The argument is that Harold Fannin Jr. (158.0 points) and George Kittle (155.0 points) were both on this board and went at 80 and 83, and Bailey would not touch the tight end position for another four rounds.

Four spots past his market is real value, though Metcalf is the second Questionable receiver Bailey took in three rounds and he is a bench player either way. Rico Dowdle, 172.6 points, went three picks later at 91.

A fourth running back, taken three spots ahead of the market, by a team that still had nothing at tight end. Mason has 34 career targets in his life and Jayden Reed (144.9 points) went at 127.

The robot finally took a tight end because the human would not, and the bill is a starting TE at 127.0 points, sixteenth of sixteen in this league, where the best is 201.0 points.

The third time Bailey has drafted this defense, after 2014 and 2021. The 2014 one ended with him beating Hynes for the title, so the habit has at least one piece of evidence behind it, and 124.4 points is fourth of sixteen here.

CBS says 123.3 points and ESPN says 62.6 for the same rookie, which is another way of saying nobody has any idea. Jerry Jeudy and his 113.9 points went six picks later at 190.

Credit where it is owed: at pick 201 Schultz and his 115.1 points are genuine insurance against the worst starting tight end in the league, and this is the closest thing to a repair job Bailey did all night.

The robot's third and final contribution is a kicker projected for 136.0 points, sixteenth of sixteen in this league, where the best is 171.5 points.