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Speaker 1: First Draft podcast with mel kiper Junior as a terrific

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Speaker 1: on the Payless Liquors hotline. Field Good Friday morning too.

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Speaker 1: You always appreciate the time, sir.

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Speaker 2: Thank you glad to do it. Thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 2: I hope you guys are having a good week here.

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Speaker 2: It's just another exemplary showing from the great city of Indianapolis,

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Speaker 2: the great state of Indiana. I'm biased, perhaps because we've

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Speaker 3: He sounds very unbiased there.

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Speaker 1: Unbelieve we should build a statue right outside, you know,

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Speaker 1: Peyton Fernana Menoza, Field Yates should be the statues outside

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Speaker 1: of Lugoso State. You don't know this, but you have

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Speaker 1: i've ever you know, started off an interview, Oh boy

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Speaker 3: ESPN for joining the Payofsickers highline here one some part

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Speaker 3: of the fan. But field if you were a GM,

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Speaker 2: I'm just telling you, you got to watch this kid they

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Speaker 2: when the season began, Fernando starts to play. Well, it's like,

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Speaker 2: told him, said he needs to go ask for a raise.

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Speaker 2: What you need to do because you were on it man,

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Speaker 2: and and Fernando just I don't know, just an easy,

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Speaker 2: easy evaluation decision this year, guys, I don't know that.

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Speaker 2: And maybe this sounds a little bit prisoner of the moment.

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Speaker 2: This might be the easiest number one pick in a decade,

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Speaker 2: you know, I like, think about even Andrew luck I

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Speaker 2: guess Andrew luck would be well, you know even that

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Speaker 2: Andrew Luckier. You guys can recall this, like there were

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Speaker 2: the RG three conversation? You want the hydrotrophy that year, right,

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Speaker 2: looking for attention, but there were some Zach Wilson optimists

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Speaker 2: right in part because of the quarterback class that Fernando's in.

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Speaker 2: There's there's there's no discussion whatsoever about anybody other than

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Speaker 2: Fernando Mendoza. So he had an incredible season. I'm sure

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Speaker 2: right now he is winning over those who are covering

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Speaker 2: him at the press conference. Not that you guys don't

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Speaker 2: know this, but he's an excellent young man. He's made

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Speaker 2: him with the Raiders. If that organization can change its

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Speaker 1: He is a man that has got great air pods

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Speaker 1: luck right now, he's got great hair, and he's got

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Speaker 1: great things to say about the city of Indianapolis. So

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Speaker 1: we love him for all of that. Field Yates, always

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Speaker 1: enjoy our chats, enjoy the rest of your stay in Indy,

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Speaker 1: and we'll certainly be watching and listening over on ESPN

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Speaker 1: to Max.

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Speaker 2: I need picks for next year early. I'm looking to

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Speaker 2: get ahead of a curve.

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Speaker 1: He had a nice run to end last year, but

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Speaker 1: we'll have to call him out of retirement. I'll off

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers because field Yates.

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Speaker 2: Said, did he have a Hoofs tournament pick? Like tough

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Speaker 2: one last night for Purdue? Obviously, but can we get

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Speaker 2: a like do we have a final pick for like

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Speaker 2: a final forecast or no?

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Speaker 1: That is a great, great question. We might have to

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Speaker 1: dig out some I don't know what helmets we could

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Speaker 1: do for basketball, but he'll find Cinderella and he will

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Speaker 1: let us know.

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Speaker 2: Hey, that Cinderella plays. It's basketball in Oxford, Ohio, which

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Speaker 2: I believe is where Miami, Ohio is twenty eight. No, baby,

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Speaker 2: I think it's one of the most underdiscussed stories in sports.

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Speaker 2: But that's neither here nor there.

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Speaker 1: They're playing again tonight. A lot of Indiana flavor on

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Speaker 1: that roster. Feel Thank you, my man.

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Speaker 2: See you guys,