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with the first 10 picks here

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the Tennessee Titans getting us

2:58

started Cam Ward quarterback out of

3:00

Miami closely thereafter the Cleveland Browns

3:03

go quarterback as well Colorado quarterback

3:05

shooter Sanders New York Giants take

3:07

Penn State Edge Abdul Carter Travis

3:09

Hunter the cornerback slash receiver a

3:11

little bit of both out of

3:13

Colorado One of two players getting their

3:15

numbers retired eats your heart out Cordell

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Stewart going to the New England

3:19

Patriots at number four Jacksonville Jaguars going

3:21

Mason Graham detackle out of Michigan

3:23

Fifth overall, six overall, the Raiders go

3:25

Ashton Gentie running back out of

3:27

Boise State. Seventh, the New York Jets

3:29

go with Ted McMillan, Arizona wide

3:31

receiver, Carolina Panthers. At number eight, go

3:33

Jalen Walker, the linebacker out of

3:35

Georgia, followed by the New Orleans Saints

3:37

going Tyler Warren, tight end out

3:39

of Penn State. And at number 10,

3:41

Chicago Bears, Armand Membu, offensive tackle

3:43

out of Missouri. I want

3:45

to kick this thing over first and

3:48

foremost to Spencer German, locked on Browns.

3:50

Shader Sanders at number two, How

3:52

how close or me how close was that for you?

3:54

Like did you know that coming in that that

3:56

was going to be your first pick or was there

3:58

was there a battle there internally? Yeah,

4:01

mean there was a battle I would say

4:03

this like in the weeks since we we

4:05

had to submit our picks So I blame

4:07

Ross Jackson for this. He had me on

4:09

a time crunch. No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

4:11

Um, like the owners meetings I think were

4:13

pretty eye -opening in terms of what the

4:15

bronze are actually going to probably do and

4:17

because it because based on what Jimmy Haslam

4:20

said he made it sound like You know,

4:22

they're going to take their time and be

4:24

patient with the quarterback issue where I kind

4:26

of approach this draft as, listen, I respect

4:28

the hell out of Travis Hunter. Same thing

4:30

with Abdul Carter. I think those are two

4:32

fantastic players, maybe the only two players that

4:34

are considered like blue chip players in this

4:37

draft class. But the Browns need

4:39

a quarterback. And I know Ross likes to throw

4:41

out there that you're always in rebuild. until

4:43

you find a quarterback. And for the Browns, it's

4:45

one of those things for me where it's

4:47

like, listen, they haven't been able to get this

4:49

position right. I think that Chidore Sanders has

4:51

a really good chance to be successful at the

4:53

next level. You know, people get on him

4:55

about his personality and the brashness. I actually think

4:57

that's something that Cleveland Browns quarterback in particular

4:59

needs to have because you need somebody who can

5:01

come here and like put the history with

5:03

that jersey in the window of all the names

5:05

of guys that have been quarterbacks, the 40

5:08

guys since 1999, put that to bed

5:10

and just not let that be anything that's

5:12

in their mind. So to me, I think

5:14

that makes your door standards a perfect fit

5:16

for the Browns. And I also think he's

5:18

a great fit for Kevin Stafanski's offense and

5:20

everything that he wants to do. The Browns

5:22

have talked all off season about prioritizing. Decision

5:25

making and that's maybe the best thing that should

5:27

or Sanders brings the table. So I if they

5:29

were to take should or Sanders I think would

5:31

make a ton of sense for them. I'd be

5:33

on board with it I know there's some bronze

5:35

fans who feel differently I ultimately think they probably

5:37

to take Travis Hunter But for me it made

5:39

sense in this draft especially with the information I

5:41

had to go with should or Sanders at number

5:43

two Yeah, so I mean one

5:45

way the other, there's probably a buff low

5:47

going to Cleveland, right? Thank you.

5:49

So Ross Jackson confirmed the New Orleans

5:51

Saints are rebuilding, right? Because always. Yeah,

5:53

they've been rebuilding. He's retired. Where you

5:55

been? How does how does Tyler

5:57

Warren fit into that into that rebuild

5:59

at number nine? Yeah, it gives them somebody

6:01

on their offense that defenses are actually

6:03

afraid of. I think the Saints lack that

6:05

kind of presence right now. Like no

6:08

disrespect to the guys that are on the

6:10

roster. Chris Olavi, Rashid Shahid, they just

6:12

brought in branding cooks. Like that's their wide

6:14

receiver trio at the moment. You

6:16

know, Alvin Camara is still there, but Alvin

6:18

Camara hasn't played a full season since his rookie

6:20

year. Alvin Camara just had his career high

6:22

in rushing yards last year and still has never

6:24

had a thousand yard rushing season. I

6:26

think, I know, isn't that crazy?

6:28

Like people, that's crazy. Yeah, people

6:31

never realize that. But I mean, he does

6:33

all this other stuff, right? He's electric with

6:35

the ball in his hands as a receiver

6:37

and all this other stuff. So he's always

6:39

kind of been able to do that. But

6:41

I think what the Saints don't have right

6:43

now, is a guy that lines up that

6:45

defenses are concerned about, that are worried about,

6:47

that want to dedicate double coverage to, that

6:49

want to shift their defense over to. And

6:51

I think that Tyler Warren, who often gets

6:53

like the Taysom Hill tag when talked about

6:55

in New Orleans, I think is more of

6:57

a Jimmy Graham type, not necessarily in terms

6:59

of production or like peak or whatever. Maybe

7:01

he is, maybe he isn't. We'll see. I

7:03

don't want to put that kind of unfair

7:05

expectation on the young man, but playing in

7:07

line, playing out wide. playing in the slot,

7:09

lining up out wide so much that he

7:11

could potentially go to litigation over his next

7:13

contract over it. Like that's the kind of

7:15

thing that Jimmy Graham did. And I think

7:17

that that's what Tyler Warren would be able

7:19

to add. I would have gone Ted Arowa

7:21

McMillan if I'm being entirely honest at nine,

7:23

but he went at seven. So Tyler Warren

7:25

was the next big, what I would call

7:27

best playmaker available for New Orleans. Yeah.

7:30

Makes a lot of sense. Speaking of

7:32

litigation, Chris Carter locked on Steelers. I want

7:34

to ask you this. You don't have

7:36

a pick. Ross set it up, bro. It's

7:38

a softball pitch. I got to go

7:40

there. We should get

7:42

the context back. But I do want

7:44

to ask you, which pick in these

7:46

top 10 needs to be prosecuted the

7:48

most? Why are we really playing with

7:50

this theme? Okay,

7:57

if I was to go at one, I would

7:59

say Shador Sanders at two. I understand the need

8:01

for quarterback. I understand that there's a fit there.

8:03

Look, look, there's a chance that Shador Sanders comes

8:05

in and just surprises us all. But I'm sorry,

8:07

his arm strength, his height, his lack of great

8:09

speed, his lack of great, I mean, his best

8:12

feature is he has made good decisions. But when

8:14

he's under pressure, I don't know how it's gonna

8:16

work like like a lot of time he had

8:18

great protection at Colorado or like when he did

8:20

when protection did break down he'd be able to

8:22

spin out to his left. He will not get

8:24

away with a lot of the things that he

8:26

did in college. And I just, I have Shadoor

8:28

Sanders as a second round quarterback in this draft.

8:30

And like a lot of people keep asking me, should

8:32

the Steelers take him at 21? Absolutely not.

8:35

I don't think that he's a first round

8:37

pick in this draft class. And hey, I

8:39

could be wrong. But just looking at this,

8:41

I think outside of Cam Ward, this is

8:43

a year for the backup quarterback draft or

8:45

for a floor raising quarterback rather than a

8:47

ceiling raising quarterback. And I think that would

8:49

have been the thing there. If I'm the

8:52

Browns, I would have. I would have probably

8:54

drafted either Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter, and

8:57

gone that direction. But again, I

8:59

understand the need for quarterback. Listen, I'm

9:01

coming to Steelers. Every day, it's

9:03

like, what is Aaron Moggis signing? And

9:05

that is the ultimate down bad

9:07

sign. We're starting to

9:09

hear that in New Orleans now, too, baby. But

9:12

that's the point. But here's the thing, Ross.

9:14

Even with that, every inch

9:16

of what we're talking about, you and me, we

9:18

talk about our teams, we're saying it yet. It

9:20

doesn't matter how bad it gets. Over over

9:22

picking the quarterback in this draft class.

9:24

Yeah, like they did twenty two sellers

9:26

next year Yeah, I I'll be on

9:28

I would have taken should or Sanders

9:30

at nine, but I don't think the Saints

9:32

will I don't think he's even in

9:34

in conversation for the team at

9:37

night. I don't think he's got a

9:39

quarterback for what Kellen Moore wants to do. Right.

9:42

a Jackson Sartre, Jalen Milrow, that kind of

9:44

thing. That's not what's discussed in this

9:46

quarterback conversation enough is the fit aspect of

9:48

it, which I think matters with guys

9:50

like Shadr Sanders and frankly everyone beneath him.

9:52

The fit with the team is going

9:55

to matter when they go. Yeah, I think

9:57

I think should or is probably one

9:59

of the more fascinating not just quarterbacks But

10:01

like just prospects in general that we've

10:03

covered in the NFL like like for him

10:05

to be like throughout the college season

10:07

It was oh, you know should or might

10:09

be picked He might be quarterback one

10:12

and then cam wards sort of creeped into

10:14

the picture and then it flipped at

10:16

the combine to cam wards easily the guy

10:18

And like the vast differences in like grades that

10:21

people have because even for a while, like one

10:23

of my biggest arguments for the Browns potentially taken

10:25

Sanders was there were so many people mocking him

10:27

with the Giants and I was like, if the

10:29

Giants can take a one pick later, why is

10:31

everybody looking at the Browns like, oh, no, they

10:33

can't take a quarterback. It's like, that doesn't make

10:35

any sense to me. So the fact that like

10:37

people clearly believe he could go in the top

10:39

10, but there's a lot. But obviously the consensus

10:41

is he's more so like late first round, second

10:43

round grades is just kind of fascinating to me

10:45

how that's kind of unfolded. And I definitely see

10:48

the perspective of like, you know, he probably is

10:50

more trending towards being late in the first round

10:52

because somebody wants to get a fifth your option

10:54

on him or goes in the second round. But

10:56

I also feel like quarterbacks are always overdrafted to

10:58

a degree, right? You're always doing that because a premium

11:00

position. And I think the fit, you guys talk

11:02

about fit. I think the fit would be there for

11:04

the Browns, whether they take him at two or

11:06

they try to get him later. So let's ride. Fortunately,

11:09

somebody overdrafted a quarterback last year because

11:11

of it. The commander's got Jaden Daniels. Tony

11:14

Wiggins, you went detackle. with the fifth

11:16

overall pick, uh, despite the fact that your

11:18

new head coach that you're covering there

11:20

in, uh, Jacksonville, I was going to say

11:22

Duval the way that Liam Cohen did

11:24

it, but I can't do it. Um, Mason,

11:27

no, I can't.

11:30

We're not, we're not, we're not white

11:32

enough for that, David. I can't it. How,

11:35

how close were you though to going Ted

11:37

McMillan? Cause I mean, Liam Cohen just came

11:39

from Tampa where he had this, this monster

11:41

receiver, Mike Evans. I'm not saying Ted is

11:44

going to be Mike Evans, but. Like the

11:46

natural transfers there was amazing Graham for you

11:48

at number five coming off the off the

11:50

Patriots picker was there was there a battle

11:52

there for you as well? Personally,

11:55

the battle for me was between

11:57

Mason Graham and Armand Membo from Missouri.

11:59

And the reason why is because

12:01

even though they signed four guys on

12:03

the offensive line and they have

12:05

two that are projected to start, I

12:08

just feel like Tony Bacelli is the

12:10

EVP. That is something you can never

12:12

go overboard when you're talking about a

12:14

security force for your quarterback that you

12:16

just paid a quarter of a billion

12:18

dollars to. So I just say, man,

12:20

just go ahead and just go overboard

12:22

and attack that right now. because the

12:24

defensive line depth that defensive tackle is

12:26

so deep, they pick early in the

12:28

second round. You do have

12:30

to somehow play the game of maneuvering

12:33

yourself to make sure that you don't

12:35

freeze yourself out of neat positions. And

12:37

I did ask him last week, does

12:40

he have to guard against trying

12:42

to build his team for 2025 like

12:44

fantasy football people would? Or

12:46

do you take what's best for

12:48

the organization with them being first

12:50

time everything, EVP, GM, and head

12:52

coach? This is a pick

12:54

they hope not to be back at

12:56

number five. So what you got was

12:58

an answer where he just basically said, you

13:00

always have an eye for the future, but he

13:03

was in Tampa and they played four guys

13:05

last year. He said, we want these guys to

13:07

play too. So with that being said, I

13:09

went with the person that has a large body

13:11

of work. who has a very high floor

13:13

and who's at a position where you can't have

13:15

too many of them. And that's Mason Graham.

13:17

And a large body. Not

13:19

as large as some people

13:22

would want, but still. Big

13:25

enough. Kevin Oshaker locked on Ravens. Finish

13:27

this up, man. I know you're not

13:29

used to covering top 10 picks, fortunately for

13:31

you. But out of these top 10 picks, which

13:33

one is your favorite? Oh,

13:35

my favorite. I

13:37

honestly like the Jalon Walker pick to Carolina. He's

13:40

the guy that I really like coming out

13:42

of Georgia, the versatility that he brings. And I

13:44

think for Carolina, you know, we

13:46

saw the second night for surgeons from Bryce Young

13:48

last season. And I think that Carolina, honestly, it

13:50

might be closer than some people think. I mean,

13:52

I still think obviously James, the AFC South, or

13:54

the NFC South belongs to the Buccaneers right now.

13:56

But, you know, still Carolina could be a team

13:58

that surprises some people. I'm sorry, Ross. I had

14:00

to do it. You're right. They're

14:02

the NFC South champions. But

14:05

I was the Rockos in 2024. I

14:08

don't know. I feel like Carolina Ross. I might be

14:10

the Saints. Saints turned in

14:12

the basement in Carolina. You're

14:16

saying stuff to me like I'm going to

14:18

like I'm going to disagree with you. I

14:20

just want to put it out there

14:22

that I agree with your agreement with me

14:24

that the Saints are going to be

14:26

bad. The Saints car broke down. So the

14:29

Saints were already in trouble with their

14:31

car. Now they don't have a starting quarterback.

14:33

And they might spend some money. They

14:35

might draft somebody, whatever that might be. But

14:37

like, yeah. Well, no, that doesn't mean

14:39

anything at all. I'm surprised people still bring

14:41

up salary cap space when it comes

14:43

to this thing. Well, that's going to catch

14:45

up to them eventually, right? That's not

14:48

right. No, it's not. Eventually. keep saying that.

14:50

No, not. We're going do the same

14:52

thing. As they sit right now with $27

14:54

million of salary caps still left this

14:56

match. You know what? Well, the Panthers

14:58

are one of the NFC South. There we go. Wow.

15:06

We're also going to give me enough of a reaction. I had to

15:08

get her. That is

15:10

our top 10. We are surprised

15:12

by it. Not even the third of the

15:14

way through this whole thing. We're already getting

15:16

a little bit crazy here. Tony Wiggins, you all

15:18

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now with this week's NFL squad reacting

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draft, super special. I don't know why

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I keep wanting to add words to it.

17:43

Just do it. It's such an awesome

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experience. Um, I think we kind of

17:47

gone a little bit chalkier in the first 10

17:50

picks, right? But let's go through picks 11. Through

17:52

20, we'll get some reactions here and some opinions

17:54

going on. The San Francisco 49ers get started with

17:56

Will Campbell, lineman out of LSU. The

17:58

Dallas Cowboys go with wide receiver

18:00

Matthew Golden out of Texas. Another longhorn

18:02

goes next. Jody Barron, defensive back

18:04

going to the Miami Dolphins. Jahad Campbell,

18:06

the Alabama linebacker headed to the

18:09

Indianapolis Colts at 14. At 15, the

18:11

Atlanta Falcons take quarterback. Just kidding.

18:13

They take Edge rusher Mike Green out

18:15

of Marshall. Arizona Cardinals at 16

18:17

go Will Johnson. Cornerback out of michigan

18:19

the bangles at 17 go with

18:21

walter nolan Detackle out of Ole Miss

18:23

the seahawks at 18 go tyler

18:25

booker guard out of alabama the tampa

18:28

bay buccaneers at 19 go james

18:30

pierce jr. Edge rusher from tennessee the

18:32

denver broncos at 20 Break the

18:34

hearts of all commanders fans watching this

18:36

and who don't know it already

18:38

and they go with running back a

18:40

maryon hampton out of north carolina

18:42

So my first question gentlemen is cody

18:44

roark. How dare you? I'm

18:47

sorry, my friend. As you

18:49

were reading off the, you know, like the

18:51

overall names, I felt like this portion

18:53

of the draft turned out to be very

18:55

boring in a sense. You know, there's

18:57

not like flash or pizzazz. You know, not

18:59

talking about like polarizing characters here. It

19:01

really gets interesting when you talk about a

19:03

Marion Hathen and obviously Colston Loveland, a

19:06

couple of picks down there. But, you know,

19:08

for me, look, the Broncos, they need

19:10

it's not like they go out there and they

19:12

need to get a running back here. You know,

19:14

the idea here, they have four backs on the

19:16

roster, it is, but Sean Payton, he's already got

19:18

one joker in the deck with Evan Ingram at

19:20

the tight end position. He wants to find that

19:22

second joker there potentially at the running back position.

19:24

And when this list initially came out, when we

19:26

had to put our picks together, Marion Hatham was

19:28

the one guy that was like, all right, hey,

19:30

like this makes the most sense for the Broncos,

19:32

Sean Payton can get a lot of usage out

19:34

of him. I'm also creeping towards like, if I

19:36

could change it today, I would have taken Trevion

19:38

Henderson with pick number 20 out of Ohio State.

19:40

I think probably a little bit more of a

19:42

better fit here. There's been some talk that he

19:44

may not even be there in round two depends

19:46

on what teams look at. So for me. Murray

19:49

and Hanthin gives the Broncos, you know, a

19:51

back who's got explosive capability can help you

19:53

as a receiver out of the backfield. Good

19:55

in pass protection as well. And you give

19:57

Bo Nix another, you know, weapon on the

19:59

offensive side of the ball that's going to

20:01

help this offense. Hopefully on paper, take another

20:03

step forward with the additions that they've made

20:05

to try to compete for that AFC West

20:07

division. So, I mean, that was where I

20:09

was leaning with the pick. I mean, I

20:12

Did feel like this section was kind of boring,

20:14

you know, unless you want to talk about, you

20:16

know Matthew Golden going to the Dallas Cowboys where

20:18

okay? Hey when's Dak

20:20

Prescott gonna, you know go

20:22

on IR for another

20:24

stint of the season like

20:26

the most uninteresting story

20:28

Sorry To at least give

20:30

you some sort of

20:33

consolation about that pic though

20:35

As a matter of fact, he's a

20:37

former Bronco, an offensive lineman, a longtime

20:39

NFL offensive lineman that I cover, who

20:41

also did some scouting just randomly about

20:43

two months ago said, all of those

20:46

running back star teams that want Gentie, I

20:48

like him. But if you don't get him and

20:50

end up with a Mario and Hampton, you won't be

20:52

mad. So, you know, that's

20:54

the way some people feel

20:57

about him. Highly drafted. I mean,

20:59

I feel like Gentie has always worked

21:01

for the Denver Broncos. Hey,

21:03

how's that going for you Landon? We'll

21:06

see. Three points up the yards per

21:08

carry this upcoming season. Why am I

21:10

taking fire here? I mean Landon's just

21:12

getting it. I mean Landon, let's go

21:14

to you. Let's go Matthew Golden. I

21:16

mean, why Matthew Golden number 12 for

21:18

the Cowboys? I feel like this is

21:20

hitting a double, and I'm

21:22

acting like we're struck out. Honestly,

21:25

Golden certainly isn't my first choice at

21:27

this pick, but I think it's

21:29

a solid pick at 12. Look, I

21:31

think boring, what's going on here

21:34

is that... know this draft as I'm

21:36

sure all of us have discussed

21:38

on our show It's just not very

21:40

heavy at the top, right? There's

21:42

just aren't a lot of superstars aren't

21:44

a lot of blue chips But

21:46

I would say from this area of

21:48

right around where we're picking 11

21:50

Frankly all the way through what the

21:52

back of the second half of

21:55

the second round There's a huge plateau

21:57

of players that are probably all

21:59

starters that might have like one war,

22:01

right? Or one imperfection where they're

22:03

not exactly maybe going to come into

22:05

the league and threaten to be

22:07

a top 10 player at their position

22:09

right away, right? So I think

22:11

for the Cowboys, they have a list

22:14

of spots that they need to

22:16

get at. The one area where you

22:18

feel like they're probably not going

22:20

to be able to hit their need

22:22

later is a secondary passing weapon. If

22:25

you wait until the second round,

22:27

you probably could get a Higgins or

22:29

a Noel, but none of that

22:31

stuff is guaranteed. And the

22:33

other area that you need is probably running

22:35

back, and you definitely can get a running back

22:37

a little bit later. So I think with

22:39

Marcus and I have been doing this on the

22:41

show. The sequencing really works out

22:43

much nicer when you try to get

22:45

your wide receiver first, and then it

22:47

kind of all falls into place for

22:49

you a lot, just with the Cowboys

22:51

needs and where the depth of the

22:53

draft is. To me, it wasn't exactly,

22:55

I love this pick. But

22:57

I'm certainly not upset about picking up

22:59

Golden because I do think he's going

23:01

to provide exactly a lot of what

23:04

you don't get out of CD lamb

23:06

in the passing attack. Let's do all

23:08

five. Dax is going to have that

23:10

Lamar athleticism on display this upcoming season,

23:12

man. Do you think, Landon, do

23:14

you think the kind of production that you're talking

23:16

about opposite CD is what Jordan Addison does

23:18

in Minnesota? Something like that. I think that's what

23:20

they're looking for. Yeah. Like, I mean, that's

23:22

the kind of the kind of thing where, I

23:24

mean, one of the things that Addison does

23:27

so well for Minnesota is even when he's not

23:29

getting the ball, he's providing, you know, but

23:31

just creating space against the defense. And that's, you

23:33

know, really one of the issues the Cowboys

23:35

had last year is they had, you know, weapons

23:37

on that offense, but they didn't have a

23:39

ton of speed. So it felt like at times

23:41

that they were operating inside of a box.

23:43

So, I mean, I don't believe, I mean, I

23:46

do believe he did run the 429. I

23:48

wish I kind of wish Golden had run like

23:50

a 4 -3. because then all these conversations wouldn't

23:52

be about, man, Golden doesn't look like he

23:54

runs a 4 -2 -9. All right. He looks like

23:56

a guy who runs 4 -3. He still has

23:58

speed. And I still think he's a guy

24:00

that, if you deploy out there, he can stretch

24:03

the defense vertically and then provide opportunities underneath

24:05

for guys like CD and Ferguson. All

24:07

right. Before we get to the best of worst

24:09

picks in this group, though, we have to let James

24:11

Yarko finally join in on the conversation. Thanks for

24:13

showing up, buddy. James Pierce Jr. at 19

24:15

to the box. How does he fit into Top Bulls

24:17

defense? Okay,

24:19

so I mean I wanted jihad Campbell

24:22

That was that was the the

24:24

dream for me was for Campbell to

24:26

slip there Line him up next

24:28

to Levante for a year then you

24:30

know as Levante rides off into

24:32

the sunset you have a locked and

24:34

loaded You know linebacker for the

24:36

next 10 years in Tampa that didn't

24:38

work out and really the only

24:40

other guys in consideration here were Malachi

24:42

Starks and then Donovan as a

24:44

Raku. So take a look at Pierce.

24:46

I mean, this dude was PFF's

24:48

27th ranked edge rusher in 2024 12th

24:50

in 2023. And I didn't think

24:52

early in this process that he would

24:54

slide to the box. But now

24:57

everyone's talking character concerns and all this.

24:59

It's like, okay, yeah, dude had

25:01

an arrest in 2023 for speeding and

25:03

and expired tags and suspended license.

25:05

All the charges were dropped. It's like,

25:07

okay, whatever. Coaches glow about him.

25:09

teammates glow about him. And if there

25:11

are character concerns, I have enough

25:13

confidence in the leadership of the locker

25:15

room to absorb that and kind

25:17

of steer him in the right direction

25:19

because his talent, his size, his

25:21

speed is unreal. You add him to

25:23

a rotation where you don't have

25:25

to ask him to be the guy

25:27

right out of the gate. You

25:29

have Yaya Diabe. You have Hasan Redik

25:32

now. That's a

25:34

perfect fit for Todd Boles. It's a guy

25:36

that he can stand up on the

25:38

outside. He can put his hand in the

25:40

dirt. You can line him up on

25:42

the other side of Vita Veja and have

25:44

Sears, Veja, and Kansy, plus Redick and

25:46

Yahya Diabe, like good luck quarterbacks. So

25:48

this to me, it wasn't the pick that

25:50

I was hoping for, but it was one

25:52

that I was more than happy to make

25:54

because of his fit with Todd Boles and

25:57

the rest of the players in the front

25:59

of that defense. Yeah,

26:01

and I was more than happy to see you

26:03

take it because waiting at 29 for the commanders

26:05

He was not a player I wanted to take

26:07

so I was glad he went off the board

26:09

and I was that I might want to take

26:11

down the board Ross Jackson locked on Saints. I

26:13

think you're best suited I give James so much

26:15

crap when he shows up to the I know

26:17

why you really do I

26:24

think Ross, you're most equipped

26:26

to do this for us. Best

26:28

and worst picks, sir, if

26:30

you don't mind from picks 11

26:33

to 20. Yeah, I'll

26:35

do best. Or yeah, I'll

26:37

do that. Best for me, maybe a

26:39

little chalky. But I mean, the San

26:41

Francisco 49ers being able to get Will

26:43

Campbell at pick 11 is kind of

26:45

wild. Like that's kind of insane. And

26:47

so I just think the value there

26:49

is like a big time impact immediate

26:51

player, especially because they really don't have

26:53

proven tackles at either of those spots.

26:55

I think that's just a runaway there.

26:57

I think maybe worst pick out of

26:59

these. only

27:01

because I'm not sure about his medicals

27:03

is Will Johnson the Arizona Cardinals Will

27:05

Johnson the Arizona Cardinals to me and

27:07

Will Johnson is a player that like

27:09

you watch him on tape and he

27:11

is a bona fide first rounder all

27:13

pro It's all there got up to

27:15

20 miles an hour on an interception

27:17

return for a touchdown at one point

27:19

But not running the 40. I don't

27:21

know the last is Deon the last

27:24

cornerback drafted the first round that didn't

27:26

run a 40 or doesn't have

27:29

a 40 time or whatever like I

27:31

don't know when the last corner

27:33

is they got drafted the first round

27:35

that didn't run a 40 he

27:37

was according to Todd McShay running in

27:39

like the four five range when

27:41

it came to his when it came

27:43

to his training had a turf

27:45

toe injury last year that limited his

27:47

season had a hamstring injury before

27:49

the pre draft process that limbered them

27:51

all throughout the pre draft process

27:53

I see why he fell as far

27:55

as he did But for the

27:57

Arizona Cardinals who still need so much

27:59

and are in probably one of

28:01

the most positive trajectories that that that

28:03

franchise has seen for a while,

28:05

going with a potentially injury prone, slow

28:07

corner might not have been the

28:09

right decision for Alex Clancy. Can

28:12

I push back just a little bit? Please do.

28:14

Because all that you said I agree with,

28:16

the only thing I will push back

28:18

is that I do think it's a good

28:21

fit. Like I think Johnson going to

28:23

a zone heavy team like Arizona. I think

28:25

that's where if you're going to get

28:27

something that's close to 2023, 2023 Johnson, you're

28:29

going to do it in that kind

28:31

of system. So not pushing back, but I

28:33

guess like if he's going to succeed,

28:35

I think this is probably as good a

28:37

spot for him to go to. Very

28:40

similar about what I said to Matt Ryan

28:42

to the Colts. I

28:49

think that's enough Michigan conversation for Spencer

28:51

Germans audience. So we're going to come

28:53

back here real quick and we're going

28:55

to kick it off with two Wolverines

28:57

at the top of our next segment,

28:59

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We've got a whole lot of good

30:15

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30:17

picks and we're going to wrap this

30:19

up with all of the rest of

30:21

the picks. Pick number 21, Pittsburgh Steelers.

30:23

Go to Michigan. Kenneth Grant, Defense Attack

30:25

with the Los Angeles Chargers. Stay in

30:27

Michigan. Go to Titan, Colson, Loveland at

30:29

number 22. The Packers at 23. Go

30:31

Derek Harmon. out of oregon the delinemen

30:33

the minnesota vikings go safety malachi starks

30:35

out of georgia at 24 25 the

30:37

houston texans take a mecca ebuca wide

30:39

receiver out of ohio states uh 26

30:41

the eagles go mckell williams edge rusher

30:43

out of georgia 27 the baltimore ravens

30:45

go nick iman warry safety out of

30:47

south carolina detroit lions 28 at go

30:49

uh shamar steward edge rusher out of

30:51

texas a &m at 29 the cleveland

30:54

browns go tackle texas or tackle kevin

30:56

bank jr out of texas and then

30:58

Joe Marino will be here soon to

31:00

talk about the Buffalo's taking Trey Amos

31:02

cornerback out of Ole Miss 31 the

31:04

Kansas City Tuesday Josh Simmons offense tackle

31:06

out of Ohio State and at 32

31:08

the New Orleans Saints Ross Jackson. What

31:10

did the New Orleans Saints do a

31:12

pick number 32 traded back up on

31:14

a steal by the way of the

31:16

the draft exchange the draft pick exchange

31:18

and took quarterback Jackson Dart at Ole

31:20

Miss. You got to

31:22

see me throwing darts in actually just

31:24

watch draft day the other day You fleeced

31:26

them the way that fancy guy I

31:29

moved all the way up to number one.

31:31

So I your picks bad I was

31:33

all the way up to number one so

31:35

that I could argue about whether or

31:37

not I was gonna take a running back

31:39

or a linebacker Did everyone go to

31:41

Jackson darts birthday party though Ross That's a

31:43

good question Spencer

31:47

German and I also executed a trade

31:49

Spencer moved up to 29 the commanders via

31:51

me moved back to 33 There's some

31:53

other pigs involved there and Spencer you when

31:55

Kelvin makes junior What about Kelvin banks

31:57

made you want to jump up back into

31:59

the first round? Yeah, I mean listen

32:01

I think first of all the value was

32:03

excessively there I at that point Kelvin

32:06

banks junior still being on the board You

32:08

know the Browns have a handful of

32:10

needs Um, especially on the offensive

32:12

side of the ball, but in this iteration

32:14

of how things fell, obviously, I took Shidore

32:16

Sanders two, you get a potential franchise quarterback

32:18

or who they think is it would be

32:20

a franchise quarterback. And then you give him

32:22

some protection off the left side with, with

32:24

Calvin Banks, Jr. A guy who's, you know,

32:27

been projected to maybe even go, you know,

32:29

top 15 in this draft, just depending on

32:31

how things sort of fall or what team

32:33

needs are. Um, so I, listen, I, the,

32:35

the, the Jedrick Will's experience was a failure

32:37

here. He's still a free agent out there.

32:39

Browns have clearly indicated they don't want to

32:41

bring him back. Part

32:44

of, I think, the reasoning for that, too,

32:46

was he was the right tackle that they

32:48

tried to move to left tackle. Calvin Banks

32:50

Jr. is just straight up a left tackle.

32:52

So keeping him in his normal spot. And

32:55

this offensive line is also getting old, man. Only

32:58

a couple of years removed from The Browns have

33:00

one of the best offensive lines in football. And

33:02

suddenly, you know, like Joe Botonio contemplated retirement.

33:04

He's probably done after this season. Jack Conklin's

33:06

on the last year of his deal. They

33:09

have some young guys that maybe could slot

33:11

in, but they have some injury issues. And so

33:13

I think anytime you can get a young

33:15

quarterback and add offensive line talent, sort of the

33:17

meat and potatoes of any team, I think

33:19

you can, you know, you take a shot at

33:21

it. And to get him in the first

33:23

round with the fifth year option is something that

33:25

I think was immensely valuable for the Browns

33:27

as well. Can I ask you why

33:30

why why Kelvin begs junior instead of

33:32

Josh Simmons? Not accusatory. I'm just curious like

33:34

what separates the two for me. I

33:36

think it was just the knee issue I

33:38

know he's gonna be ready for the

33:40

season But I'm sort of viewing

33:42

it from a standpoint like the Browns have

33:44

dealt with a ton of injuries up front

33:46

in recent years. And so getting somebody

33:48

who kind of has that clean slate, not to

33:50

say he can't get hurt as like anybody, but to

33:52

have somebody come in with that clean slate. I

33:54

actually, so I really like Josh Connerly, Jr. here too.

33:56

And some of the mock drafts that I've done,

33:58

I've traded up to get him or I've taken him

34:00

like right at 33 with the Browns and sort

34:03

of stayed put. I also

34:05

really intrigued another Ohio State

34:07

player, not that I'm biased

34:09

or anything, but Donovan Jackson.

34:12

I know because he played so well, especially

34:14

against the best teams during the Buckeyes

34:16

run of the national championship, because he played

34:18

so well left tackle, some teams are

34:20

actually saying he maybe should be a tackle

34:22

in the NFL. So I'm intrigued by

34:24

him as well. I think there's a lot

34:26

of options, but I think the value

34:28

was there with banks. I'm sort of slipping

34:30

to this point. So that's good that,

34:32

you know, everybody keeps saying y 'all need

34:34

to invest in infrastructure. So that's a real,

34:36

real good, good pick. And then those

34:38

NFC Eastoos, thank you probably for jumping in

34:40

front of Philadelphia too, because that's a

34:42

very eager pick. You know what I mean?

34:45

Yeah, no, for sure. And you know, it's funny

34:47

because when I think about like the bronze

34:49

biggest needs, I actually think outside of quarterback. the

34:52

like I think running back is actually the thing

34:54

that they they need the most because like right now

34:56

they're running backroom consists of like Jerome Ford and

34:58

sort of like a bunch of like role players or

35:00

guys who just kind of mix and match. We

35:02

don't know what the future holds with Nick Chubb. He's

35:04

still out there. I think the longer he's out

35:06

there, it probably gives it's a good indication he ends

35:09

up coming back to Cleveland. But is he still

35:11

the same player? I think that's a large question at

35:13

this point, which is part of the reason why

35:15

he still is available. And so

35:17

I'm actually fascinated like the last section

35:19

of picks we talked about with

35:21

Cody taking Omerian Hampton. There was

35:23

a mock draft that day where Omerian Hampton fell to 33.

35:25

And I was like, well, I'm not passing this up. Like I

35:27

got to take it here. But

35:29

I'm kind of interested to see how everyone's

35:31

curious about that next run on quarterbacks is

35:33

with like Dart, Milrow, maybe

35:36

Tyler Shuck. I'm actually kind of fasting to see

35:38

when the run on these running backs happens. Because the

35:40

second round sort of feels like the sweet spot

35:42

where a lot of these guys go. And not to

35:44

say you still can't get value later. DJ

35:47

Giddens is a guy that's kind of being mocked

35:49

like the third round. I love him. One of

35:51

my favorites. Damian Martinez is another

35:53

guy to Miami that I think was good for some

35:55

teams. But like some of these guys could go

35:57

quickly. And then it's like, all right, maybe you have

35:59

to accelerate where you're taking one. So I don't

36:01

know that the Browns are taking right back at 33

36:03

or in that range. But I do think that's

36:05

such a massive need for them, like depending on how

36:07

things follow from Aaron Hampton somehow is there. I

36:09

can see him taking taking him in the same sort

36:12

of area of the draft. Yeah,

36:14

it would make a lot of sense.

36:16

Chris Carter locked on Steelers 21st overall pick.

36:18

Kenneth Grant out of Michigan, what

36:20

led to that decision? The

36:22

Steelers desperately need a defensive tackle that's going

36:25

to be a stud in the middle of their

36:27

defensive line and help them stuff the run.

36:29

You saw how the Ravens just bulldozed them both

36:31

in their second game against them and in

36:33

the playoff game against them. And a lot of

36:35

it was because their interior defensive line help

36:37

outside of Cam Hayward Keanu Betten's a good three

36:39

tech, but when you put him as a

36:41

nose as they tried, he wasn't able to take

36:43

on double teams. It allowed guys to get

36:45

to the linebackers, and then that clogged up the

36:48

paths, and then they couldn't respond to any

36:50

of the run plans that the Ravens had. And

36:52

so they need a guy who could take

36:54

on double teams and destroy things. And honestly, Kenneth

36:56

Grant might be the best at that in

36:58

this draft class. He's got an amazing athletic build.

37:00

He looks physical on tape. He's also athletic.

37:02

You've seen him run down. you know, good fast

37:04

position players in space. You know, a

37:06

lot of people say, oh, he's just a two down

37:08

lineman. I think he could be more than that. I

37:11

think initially he will be like that. That was his

37:13

skill set in college, right? But I think that he

37:15

is a guy that he's shown the ability to win

37:17

as a pass rusher and take that on. And if

37:19

the Steelers can add him to the middle of their

37:21

line, it'll allow Keanu Betten to bump out to where

37:23

he's normally at as a three tech instead of trying

37:25

to make him more of a one or a nose.

37:27

And then when you have that, then you start to

37:29

be able to be more of that run that run

37:32

to have that run defense that allows. the rest of

37:34

the defense to settle, because once the Steelers started giving

37:36

this up, and I said this back when they beat

37:38

the Giants, but they were giving up a lot of

37:40

option runs, and I was like, if they don't figure

37:42

out a way to solve that, it's gonna hurt them,

37:44

and that's what the Ravens crushed them with. And so

37:46

the Steelers need to have something in the middle that

37:48

makes it easier on the guys on the edges, like

37:50

Alex Heismith, like TJ Watt, like Nick Herbig, to not

37:53

get clogged up by the rest of what's going on.

37:55

If they get that back, if they get that back

37:57

to when they had Cam Hayward and stuff on two

37:59

in the middle, They will have that force, they will

38:01

be a better run stuffing team, which will make them

38:03

a better pass rushing team, which make them a better

38:05

defense, and then a much better team as well. That's

38:07

why I went Kenneth Grant there. And

38:09

I went because I went him over Derek

38:11

Harmon. They love Derek Harmon. He's built just

38:13

like Kim Hayward. But I think that they're

38:16

saying, hey, we need a guy that's going

38:18

to be that space eater in the middle

38:20

of our defense. Yeah,

38:22

makes a lot of sense. Kevin Ostrich will

38:24

stay in that division, man. Baltimore Ravens

38:26

take Nick Emanwari, saved out of South Carolina,

38:28

one of my favorite prospects on day

38:30

one. He's basically got two Kyle Hammonsons now.

38:33

Yeah, he was shaking his head. I'm

38:35

like, what did I do? Hey,

38:39

David just drafted a second Debo

38:41

Samuel. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, right. Why

38:43

is it just me? when

38:46

he fell and actually Louis traded up ahead

38:48

of me Philly and the Ravens always like

38:50

trade ahead of each other in the draft

38:52

the Eagles did it when they took Jordan

38:54

Davis and that allowed Kyle Hamilton to fall

38:56

to Baltimore so I guess thank you Louis

38:58

for that but this time he took Michael

39:00

Williams who I was like all right I'm

39:02

between him even worry and I was also

39:04

looking at Kelvin Banks do because what the

39:06

Ravens have right now I call up positional

39:08

freedom they love taking best player available they're

39:10

not going to pigeonhole themselves into one position

39:12

and say if everybody we like like last

39:14

year's a prime example of this, where they

39:16

could have taken an offensive lineman. No,

39:18

once Guyton went off the board of Dallas, it was

39:20

like, well, there are no other guys with first round

39:22

grades. They weren't going to reach and

39:24

take a guy with a day two grade in the

39:26

first round. They just said, Hey, Nate Wiggins, he

39:28

was their top corner on the board. They said, we're

39:30

just going to take our top corner. And then

39:33

they got Roger Rosengarten in the second round, and he

39:35

played really well for them. So for a guy

39:37

like Nicky Manwari, yes, you already have

39:39

Kyle Hamilton, Ardarius Washington is supposed to

39:41

come back. But I mean, Nicky Manwari

39:43

have one of the most like the

39:45

craziest combat we've ever seen for a

39:47

player of his size. He's, you know,

39:49

six, three, we ran a four, three,

39:51

eight, 40 at 220 pounds. I mean,

39:53

it's unbelievable what he can do. And

39:55

everybody's looking essentially for their Kyle Hamilton

39:57

or Derwin James, make up the Patrick,

39:59

like one of those top safes that

40:02

can move all around a defense. to

40:04

give Zach or two of those guys in

40:06

Kyle Hamilton. Baltimore had to operate in such,

40:08

they were in such a bind last season

40:10

because Marcus Williams fell off the face of

40:12

the earth after signing that five year contract.

40:14

It was really bad for them. They signed

40:16

Eddie Jackson in the off season. That was

40:18

a terrible signing. It got so toxic with

40:20

him, they had to cut him. They

40:23

had to move Kyle Hamilton back to be

40:25

a deep safety, which he was good at. The

40:27

Ravens ended up having one of the best

40:29

defenses in the lead second half of the season,

40:31

but they didn't do that because they wanted

40:33

to. They did it because they had to. So

40:35

having more depth in the secondary, you can't

40:38

have enough corners. You can't have enough secondary help.

40:40

Having guy like Eman Warrior in that defense

40:42

to allow Kyle Hamilton to move all around your

40:44

defense. They love using him as a blitzer. And

40:46

plus the fact that Eman Warrior can play so many

40:49

different roles for you as well. You

40:51

know, it's going to be tough for offensive

40:53

coordinators to try to decide which guy to

40:55

zone in on because both those guys have

40:57

such high talent levels. those drop pictures how

40:59

to catch passes in the playoffs. That's the

41:01

you know, you know, throw him out there

41:03

and he can he can catch that fast.

41:05

Sorry. Not that long. Not that long time.

41:07

Bronson. You're in the talk. I mean, we

41:09

were three. Do do you think Mark Andrews

41:11

would be traded on draft? Just curious. I

41:14

don't. I mean, Eric DeCosta was very

41:16

noncommittal on his feature on they traded Hollywood.

41:19

That's the thing is Eric DeCosta actually talked about that.

41:21

That deal was done like a week before the

41:23

draft, but no one was allowed to know about it

41:25

or else they would have vetoed it. like the

41:27

Ravens would have said no. So we knew about it

41:29

the day it had. I actually remember, I think

41:32

Ross, I might have been talking to you on the

41:34

clipping station and you're like, I'm the one that

41:36

told you. I'm like, he's, I mean, they took out

41:38

Hamilton. He's like, all right, I'll see you again

41:40

at 23. I'm like, what are you talking about? Like

41:42

this is their only first round pick. And Ross

41:44

was like, Oh, they just traded for. like

41:46

23. And I'm just like, what are

41:48

you talking about? And so it was our

41:50

big, big studio. And then an hour

41:52

later, Marquis Brown showed up the Cardinals draft

41:55

party in Arizona. And I'm just

41:57

like, when did this go on? But

42:00

for Mark Andrews, I don't think he'll be traded. I

42:02

know that the Ravens are not committal about it. The

42:04

reason I don't think he'll be traded is for a

42:06

couple of reasons. one micro follows reported that both he

42:08

and Dallas Goddard were available at the start of the

42:10

lead year. Both the Ravens and Eagles didn't get what

42:12

they wanted for them. And so they essentially just pulled

42:14

them back. Like it's not worth it to trade those

42:17

guys if they're not going to get the draft compensation

42:19

that's worth it. The Ravens had a

42:21

roster bonus on Markey Enders that was due

42:23

about a month ago and that ended up vesting

42:25

and ended up going through. So the cap

42:27

savings, they could end up saving 11 million dollars

42:29

before that happened. Now it's down to seven. So

42:32

you're thinking if that money is going to be on

42:34

your books anyway, they probably should have just traded them before

42:36

that. option actually kicked in and

42:38

if they're only going to get a fourth round

42:40

pick form or like a day three pick, he's

42:42

probably just going to leave in the offseason and

42:44

they're going to get a fourth round comp pick

42:46

anyway. I mean, I'm not going to trade him

42:48

for anything less than a day two pick. Now,

42:50

maybe a team doesn't get the tight end they

42:52

want in the draft. Like maybe, for example, the

42:54

Chargers, they don't get call some of them like

42:56

they did in our mock draft here and they

42:58

turn around to Baltimore and say, Hey, we're really

43:00

desperate. We'll give you what you want from work

43:02

Andrews. Then I could see it happening. But

43:04

it it have to be a deal that

43:06

they can't refuse to move David Harrison you

43:08

you found a way to obviously you traded

43:10

back You added Luther Burton wide receiver given

43:12

Jane Daniels another weapon. What was your your

43:14

thought process on that one? Yeah, so landing

43:16

kind of already alluded to, right? But speed,

43:18

I mean, he's not exactly Debo Samuel does

43:20

a little bit more than, than I wouldn't

43:23

say just what Debo Samuel does, but he's

43:25

a little bit, he's a little bit versatile.

43:27

Obviously a young guy also Debo is on

43:29

an expiring contract. So you need to make

43:31

sure you have that short up there as

43:33

well. So certainly the, the off season of

43:35

giving Jaden more help to potentially make a

43:37

run of being an MVP. I mean, there's

43:39

been a couple of quarterbacks that we know

43:41

of recently to win MVPs in their second

43:43

NFL seasons. Would love to see jade and

43:45

try to make a run at that. I'm

43:47

not saying I predict it, but lutherburn jr.

43:49

Could certainly help there another team that didn't

43:51

make a pick in the first round that

43:53

got one Has one later in the second

43:55

round the los angeles rams in our mock

43:57

eventually end up with josh connorley jr. The

43:59

offense tackle out of oregon So to wrap

44:01

things up guys. Let's get some superlatives here.

44:03

Uh, tony wiggins, uh, who where's the biggest

44:05

impact coming from in the in the first

44:07

round of this draft? I

44:10

actually, even though your pick

44:12

technically wasn't a first round pick, I

44:14

like Washington's pick. And the reason why

44:16

is because I think he's a better

44:18

player than people are giving him credit

44:20

for. And the other thing is, I

44:22

think about receivers that are ball in

44:24

the hand guys. So they got the

44:27

ball, right? And now

44:29

you add him to the

44:31

fray. And I'm thinking about

44:33

scary Terry McLaurin. And then I'm thinking

44:35

about the damn quarterback who is also

44:37

a ball in the hand guy. They

44:39

just really become a team that

44:41

if you can't tackle well, three

44:44

plays could kill you. You could play well all game

44:46

and they can get 21 just off you missing tackles.

44:49

That's a lot. And you guys don't know it here.

44:51

But I actually traded back up in the second

44:53

round, like earlier in the second round, and also got

44:55

trivia on Henderson out of it. I

44:57

vetoed it. Sorry. No, you didn't. That's

44:59

not to happen. James Jericho

45:01

locked on once. I do want to ask you

45:04

this. You come from a defensive coach team. The

45:06

Buccaneers are a defensive team. So let me ask

45:08

you this. Defense rookie of the year, knee jerk

45:10

reaction. Haven't seen him on the field yet. Looking

45:12

on this list, who do you think is your

45:14

favorite for defensive rookie of the year? And then,

45:16

unlike James, I'm going to get Landon McCool a

45:18

little bit of a heads up. You're getting offensive

45:20

rookie of the year. I'll

45:22

take the low hanging fruit. It's

45:24

Abdul Carter. Like he is hands

45:26

down the best prospect in this

45:28

draft and it's not close. If

45:31

the Titans were smart, they would

45:33

just take Abdul Carter, like period.

45:35

They would just draft him, deal

45:37

with quarterback later on when there's

45:39

an actual better quarterback class. Abdul

45:42

Carter is going to be a problem.

45:44

in the NFL. So Landon, you have

45:46

fun with that because he's going to

45:48

end up with the Giants and he's

45:50

probably going to be the reason that

45:52

Dak misses 10 games again in 20

45:54

-20 minutes. Oh my Can

45:56

I, real quick, listen,

45:59

I think the Browns have a chance

46:01

to take out Ducato potentially and I am

46:03

just waiting for the other shoe to

46:05

drop. This screams to me that he shows

46:07

up to rookie minicamp and then we

46:09

get a report. that he has to have

46:11

surgery on the foot. I know that

46:13

everything's being reported like, oh, everything's going well.

46:15

But again, agent speak, you never fully

46:17

know. This screams, though, like, we're going to

46:19

get this report that he needs surgery. Like, as soon

46:21

as Ricky Minicamp breaks, it's going to be like, are

46:23

you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Like, they drafted

46:25

this guy and then he's going to miss, like, he

46:27

might not miss the season, but still. That

46:30

foot injury, though. I mean the the only other

46:32

example that kind of minor like Julio had it

46:34

and he had the surgery done and then he

46:36

had a good rookie year but then the second

46:38

year he had the surgery again so it can

46:40

haunt you for your career. Oh it always does.

46:42

Sammy Watkins, Sammy Watkins had a similar thing and

46:44

he was never the same plate like that. It's

46:47

always like these these I don't know it's it's

46:49

one of those bugaboos for me where I'm just

46:51

like I worry about it a little bit but

46:53

I mean you're right he is a fantastic player

46:55

so you cannot take him but I just I

46:57

worry about the other shoe dropping. Yeah,

46:59

my name is cool offensive rookie of the

47:02

year candidate right off the bat. Who do

47:04

you got? I think it's got to be

47:06

Gentie, right? I mean, I don't know. Like

47:08

I just think going to a team that

47:10

has a guy that calling the plays that

47:12

really, really, really wants to run the ball

47:14

and chip Kelly. And I think,

47:16

you know, him being just that sort

47:19

of one of the rare blue chips

47:21

in this, in this draft. I

47:23

think I think he goes there and he

47:25

probably tears it up quite a bit. You

47:27

know, it really kind of helped things with,

47:29

you know, Smith and that offense and really

47:31

kind of like the ball a lot. Cody

47:33

disagrees. Will a bottom of

47:35

the division team have someone win offense

47:37

rookie of the year? Like, come on. I

47:40

don't know. Bottom of the division team. Come

47:43

on, Tyler. What about Tyler Warren? To

47:45

be fair, the only player. He's

47:47

the only player that weren't going to possibly

47:49

amass enough stats to be Aaron Rodgers. That

47:51

was going to go, doesn't he? I was

47:53

going to with the other Titan. You look

47:55

at Colston Loveland. You put him in a

47:57

Jim Harbaugh offense. Yes. Right. Justin, they

47:59

need a Titan. That's true. I could see

48:01

him. They're going to throw the ball enough.

48:04

And they're going to throw a ball enough

48:06

for it. They should get the ball. It's

48:10

a quarterback running back

48:12

wide receiver award. All

48:15

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