WEBVTT - Segment 3: Mock Drafts 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:07.320 He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:15.520 Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:18.560 I am Dale Lollly. He is Matt Williamson, and this 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.400 is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And well, even 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:24.920 though the Super Bowl hasn't taken place yet, Matt, everybody 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.920 is dropping their mock drafts, and our friend Cynthia Freeland 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:34.840 has dropped her analytics based first mock draft on NFL 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:36.599 dot Com. So I thought we talked about that here 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:41.479 to close out the segment or to close out the show. Um, 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.080 looks pretty chalky here, I haven't. We're gonna be going 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.200 through this for the first time together on this one, 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.960 so the city myself cool, this will be interesting. She 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:54.680 has the Chicago Bears taking Jalen Carter, the defensive tackle 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:59.400 at Georgia. Then she has the the Houston Texans at two, 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:04.400 taking Will Anderson, the edge rusher out of Alabama. Okay, 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:09.479 quarterbacks falling in Cynthia's draft, Yeah, I see that. Um, 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.280 just to tease this, you, myself and Mike Pursuit are 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:14.199 going to have a mock draft come out next week. 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.560 So I actually did mind I assume you've done yours already. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.120 I have, and I know we don't do that necessarily 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.759 of who we would take, but if I were one, 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.160 I would take Carter over Andrew person. You and I 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.200 haven't had that conversation. Do you have a preference if 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:29.680 you were there, I would take. I would take the 0:01:29.720 --> 0:01:32.720 big body over the edge rusher. Yeah, me too. I 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:36.360 think that's um this closer to the football, harder to 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:38.800 deal with, and not even if they have equal grades. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.399 I would prefer the bigger guy, yeah, I think. And 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.360 it's easier to find the edge rushers than it is 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:49.040 to find big defensive, game changing defensive tackles. I get. 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.440 So this is interesting is she did it this way? 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:55.520 She also has Tyree Wilson, the edge rusher out of 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.960 Texas Tech, going to the Cardinals. Before a quarterback finally 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.760 goes at number four, Bryce Young goes to Indianapolis. Where's 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:09.120 Kenny Pickett stack up in this class of quarterbacks? Well, 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.600 I think there's two versions there. A year ago, Kenny 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:18.560 Pickett would probably be third for me. The picket that 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.280 I know I would not trade for anyone in this class. 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:24.520 What's kind of the way I feel about it too? 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.760 I think I think he would go second or third 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.800 in his class as well. It's going to depend on 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.120 what you want. Like, he's better than Will Levis, right, 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.200 I think Levis and Richardson would behind him. I think 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.560 he noticeably better for Pickett. I think he might be 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:41.600 better than C. J. Stroud as well. You're talking about 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:45.960 the version and the reason. I say that again. You know, 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:51.440 the Ohio State quarterbacks have struggled. It's it's it's a 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:56.400 real thing. Oh, this class in general scares me quarterbacks. 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.760 I mean, Bryce Young's the best player in the draft. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:00.760 I mean, is he gonna hold up for seventeen games 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.359 and playoffs? And that scares me? The throut Ohio State thing, 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.640 I think it's very very real. I mean neither one 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.480 of those guys really, I mean they always had the 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.720 best talent on the field, both those dudes. I mean 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.360 every game, but maybe one or two all year. I 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:20.440 mean that's such advantage, really is uh? He has Miles 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:24.480 or Cynthia has Miles Murphy going five to the Seahawks. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.399 I could see that too. She has it six. Devin Weatherspoon, 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.560 the cornerback from Illinois going to Detroit. We can talk 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.640 about this more, you know, post Super Bowl, but it 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:40.080 looks to me that he's starting to pull away as 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:43.800 cornerback one. I think Gonzalez is Michael. I like Christian 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:49.520 Insole is better too, but I can see why. Yeah, 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.480 I can see white teams might like Weatherspoon more. But 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:55.840 just to me, I think he's a little over aggressive. 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.800 It's a little grabby. But you know, I could but 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.720 I and see teams falling in love with him. Um. 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.720 At seven, she has the Raiders taking Pete Scronsky, the 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:10.480 offensive tackle out of Northwestern. Yeah, there's a couple of 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.600 teams in this neighborhood I mentioned we did. I did 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.359 my mock and I ended up having Scronsky go to 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.240 the Titans. And I think the Raiders are a good 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:23.400 fit too, because the Raiders Colton Miller aside, really have 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.080 four spots that Scronsky could fall into, you know what 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.279 I mean. It's not like we need a left tackle. 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:30.640 Then I'd be like, I don't know if I want 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.960 him or not, But if I just need o line 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:37.479 help period rate, he'd be my first pick. Yeah. Uh. 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:40.800 At eight, the Falcon Steak C J. Stroud. That would 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.560 be interesting. I think that. Honestly, I think they like 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:49.359 Desmond Ritter and and said that. This morning, Arthur Blank 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.440 said that, um, do they like him enough to pass 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:58.599 on a quarterback? I don't know. Okay, they've done some weirds. 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.919 Here's the thing, the Falcons have done some weird things 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.239 in the draft. We're not necessarily even in the draft, 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.760 but we talked about it all throughout the season. So 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.679 your last two first round draft picks for the Atlanta 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:14.640 Falcons have been pass catchers and then you don't throw 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:19.760 them the football. I know, very bizarre. Um, I'm sure 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.240 Cynthia would be the first to even tell you this 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:23.919 is an odd bok. You know, there's a lot of 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.480 edge guys that went super early. The chance that Stroud 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.400 is still sitting there at eight is very slim, But 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:35.040 I do think ridder assuming one of these guys doesn't 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:36.760 fall in your lap, it's too good to pass up. 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:41.440 Has earned the right to get a shot for next year, 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:43.840 and you draft one of those edge guys who aren't 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.720 on the board now because the way Cynthia is doing this. Yeah, 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:53.400 At nine, she has the Panthers taking Will Levis. I 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.920 think that's very possible. At ten, she has Lucas van Ness, 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:00.799 the edge rusher out of Iowa going to the Eagles. 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.840 That's like the fifth AD dresher already, So maybe he's 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:07.599 the best player, but she's obviously putting a premium on 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:11.640 pass rushers. The Eagles put a premium on pass rushers, 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:16.320 so by that nature, I think that holds up. At eleven, 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:20.720 she has the Titans taking Joey Porter Jr. I'm gonna 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:24.440 be shocked if they don't take an offensive lineman. Yeah, 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.080 or maybe the first receiver off the board. I mean 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.599 they've drafted a lot of corners lately. Yeah. At twelve, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.320 she has the Texans taking Jordan Addison, the wide receiver 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.240 out of USC via pit. At thirteen, she has the 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.919 Jets taking Paris Johnson Jr. The offensive attack one of 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:47.600 Ohio State. She then has Brian Branch going to the 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.520 Patriots at fourteen, the do it all defensive back out 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.919 of Alabama. Yeah, they too list him as a corner. 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.000 I mean, I'm not sure if she's a safety a corner. 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.480 I'm not sure it matters, honestly. Yeah, just think he's 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.640 That's why I said defensive back. I just think he's 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:07.240 that's what he is. At fifteen, she has the Packers 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:11.640 taking Dalton Kincaid, the tight end end of Utah spoiler. 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.320 I think I had three tight ends go in the 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.760 first round. There's a lot of teams that could use them, 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:19.560 starting a brown about this neighborhood. I don't know that 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.880 it will come to fruition or who's even gonna be 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.120 the first one off the board, but Green Bay certainly 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.560 could use tight end one whoever they like best. It's 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:31.960 six team. She has the Commanders taking Christian Gonzalez to 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:36.560 cornerback out of Oregon. Okay, so the Steelers are next. 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.560 If Gonzalez and this next guy are both on the 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.120 board for the Steelers, I would have a really tough decision. 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.520 I'm taking Gonzalez, and I think the Steelers are gonna 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.840 lean that way too. I don't think that the Steelers 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.160 and fans may not want to hear this, but I 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.160 don't think that they feel their offensive line is as 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.160 big as an issue. I think this is a highly 0:07:55.200 --> 0:08:00.240 defensive draft for them. Okay, I mean I can understand that, 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.920 Um she has them taken Broderick Jones from Georgia, and 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:05.800 if that were the pick, I would have no problem 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.440 with it. I would have Yeah, I wouldn't either but 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.640 I think, I think, I think defense is the way 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.680 that the team is looking at. And here's why we 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.360 continue to talk about how young the offense is. Right, Well, 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.680 guess what the defense is heading towards the other side 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.280 of that, right, right? Defense is old and expensive. So 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.760 you need to get some young talent onto that defense 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.560 to keep us, you know, keep a strength of strength. Yeah. No, 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.679 I totally understand that. And corners probably as good as 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.400 what brought to start it as any and it's a 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:39.320 great corner draft. I don't think you and I are 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:41.840 implying that, though they bet they don't even draft any 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:45.600 offensive lineman. Like my My take on the old line 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.840 is the starting five is good, it's improving. They don't 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.120 have a star, but I want to develop depth at 0:08:53.120 --> 0:08:55.880 a minimum. I mean, and that doesn't mean I mean 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.360 it could be a first round pick. I mean, but 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.400 he better be a prototypical left tackle type like Roderick 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.920 Jones for me to use the pick. Here's the thing 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.360 with the Steelers offensive line and I I just did 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.560 a story. Uh it actually came out today on James 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:13.200 Daniels and I was talking with James daniels dad for 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.679 the story, and we were talking about his his season, 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.080 and he asked me, says, hey, what did you think 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:23.800 of James season? I said, I thought he played really well. Um, 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:25.600 if you look at the stats, he didn't give up 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.599 a single sack this year, you know, one in a 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:32.640 one on blocking situation. I said, here's the thing. If 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.320 they go out and run the football next year the 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.440 way that they ran the football this year, Yeah, James 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:40.880 Daniel is going to go to at least to the 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:44.560 Pro Bowl. He'll be the first one recognize, you know, 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.960 as an above average starter or for honors like that. Yeah. Um, 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.360 because if you're average, if you run the ball for 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.840 a hundred forty seven yards per game and that you 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:58.560 win the you know, ten eleven games that that you 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:02.280 know that that schedule sets up to do. Yeah, you're 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:05.280 gonna have some offensive lineman who are all of a sudden, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.840 this guys are pretty good. Yeah, but that perceptions out 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.319 there right now. While the Steelers offensive line struggles, what 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.240 didn't struggle in the second half of the season. No, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.880 And I thought protection was fine too. Yeah, so this 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:22.200 year I can't accolades. Yeah, I'm with you on that. 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.560 At eighteen, the Lions take Nolan Smith the edge Rusher 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.320 at a Georgia. You mentioned that we just did our 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:31.840 mock drafts. He to me, he was one of the 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:35.000 toughest guys to place. I don't think I ended up 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.960 having him in the first round. And this year is 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:42.800 really hard for me because most years, and we talked 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:49.440 about this numerous times, there's fifteen, six, eighteen first round picks. 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:53.520 To me, I feel like there's not nearly as many 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.720 of those that no matter what our first round picks, 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.559 but there's different players that could end up in the 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:05.120 first round. Yeah, yeah, it's yeah. Once you get past 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:09.720 this first twelve, then it gets a little more difficult. 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.600 I left a lot of good players out of the 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:15.760 first round, which Bud's Walls for the Steelers, picking thirty two. 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:23.560 At nineteen, she has the Buccaneers taking Emmanuel Forbes. He's 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:29.040 a guy fourteen career interceptions in college right now, and 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.240 he has length, and I bet he's in a test. Well, 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:34.280 he may not be there at seventeen when it's all 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.800 said and done. Here's another guy she had twenty. She 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:42.160 has the Seahawks taking Brian Brecy MHM if he checks 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:48.480 out medically, a six ft five three pounder whose athletic 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.199 is all get go right, right? Right? Um, those guys 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:55.160 go early, especially in a d tackle draft that's not 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.719 real top heavy. There's a nice day two guys. But 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.360 if you have a knee like Seattle does, is kind 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.840 of him or bust. Yeah, he's a guy that could 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.000 go eight and could he could not. He might not 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.599 be in the first round. We don't know. Yeah, I 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.800 do think the medicals are looming out there for him. 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:16.040 At twenty one, she has the Chargers taking Michael Mayer 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:20.520 the tight end out of Notre Dame. Understandable um, tight 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.240 ends not a real weak spot for them. Ever, it's fine, 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.960 but another pass catcher in general, Shore wouldn't hurt. Yeah, 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.360 there's been some rumors that they could. I don't think 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:33.000 they will cut Keenan Allen for salary cap reasons because 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.680 he's like an eighteen million hit or something like that. Right, Yeah, 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.920 that would be tough. M At twenty two, she has 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:42.319 the Ravens taking Quentin Johnston, the wide receiver out of TCU. 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:45.480 That's where I had him landing as well, because I 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:49.559 had him going earlier than that six ft four what 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.520 I mean, So when you're looking at wide receivers you 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.240 gotta look at traits. Yeah, he has the best one 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:59.480 he has. He can't coach that size. I had him going, 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.720 I think, to the Texans instead of where she had. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.800 You know, she had Addison going. I had Quentin Johnston going. 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.679 And what what helps a young quarterback out the most? Well, big, 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.960 big wide receiver doesn't hurt, no doubt, no doubt. And 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.800 I don't have a stance on this yet, but he 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.680 easily could end up being my wide receiver one um 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.520 drops are an issue for him, but I don't put 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.640 as much credence and drops as a lot of analysts do. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.679 Twenty three, she has the Vikings taking Kayleie Ringo, uh 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:31.520 the cornerback out of Georgia. And I think that's it's 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.680 almost a slam dunk that that the Vikings have to 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.520 take a cornerback. First of all, they just they just 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:39.520 hired Brian Flores as a defensive coordinator. Secondly, their cornerbacks 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.720 were awful last year. Yeah, and Patrick Peterson's a free agent. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.880 I mean would they bring him back anyway? He actually 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.079 the only one was decent. So yeah, I think the 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.680 corner is a very likely situation and they'll be someone 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.000 there that they like she has the Jaguars taking Luke 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.960 Musgrove the tight end out of Oregon State. Strangely enough, 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:02.680 Jacksonville was one of my hardest pick, like they need exactly, 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.440 you know, like anything could have wouldn't be a bad 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.480 idea for them. But I almost gave him be Jean Robinson. 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.240 But I gave him another edge rusher, did you I mean, 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:15.560 I mean I thought about a lineman. UM actually did 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.200 give him a tight end, but it wasn't must Grave. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.600 I gave him the big Georgia guy who's a lot 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:23.920 different than Ingram, who I think we'll be back. She 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:28.720 has the Giants taking Zay Flowers been a little out 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.520 of sight, out of mind. And I didn't even watch 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.480 the sweat Shrine Bowl, but I have seen a lot 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:37.320 of reports and listen to podcasts that he just blew 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.680 everyone's doors away in practice at the at the Shrine Game. Well, 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:42.760 but he was at the Shrine Game. For people that 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.640 don't know that the Senior Bowl is considered the better 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.760 all star game, the Shrine Bowl is the number two 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:56.640 in that list. Maybe that changes. That could change, um. So, 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.920 but what I was thinking though, is was that a 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:03.400 smart agent trick, like a Flowers, but probably be the 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.640 best receiver at the Senior Bowl, and there were some 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.280 good ones, but I think he'd been better than all 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.600 those guys. But if I put him at the Shrine Bowl, 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.680 it looks even better, right right, He's going against weaker cornerbacks. 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.360 You know, is that a good un I don't know 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.200 your guy, you know, I don't know. It's a it's 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.560 a question. And I do think that you know, now 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.480 that the you know, the Shrine Bowl gets played in 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:30.960 the Raiders Stadium, Um, it's easier to get to Vegas, 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:33.800 does the Shrine Bowl start to push past the Senior 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.040 Bowl a little bit? It's a it's a pain in 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.200 the butt getting the Mobile Alabama, let me just say 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:43.360 that now, and then even harder is getting out of Mobile, 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:48.360 Alabama at the same time. To know, you're no, I 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.880 love Mobile and it's it's a great it's a great format. 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.360 And they moved it, you know, they moved it out 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.640 to the to the South Alabama Stadium instead of the 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:58.120 old stadium they used to play the game at. UM. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.920 But you know, Vegas is vague US Vegas, Vegas right 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.880 a lot of and right right right now, that's a 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:05.360 good point. I hadn't thought about that, and I just 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.200 assumed my whole lifetime Senior Bowls but number one, and 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:11.760 it hasn't even been close. But yeah, what if they 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:15.360 hired somebody like a Jim Neegi who or even a 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.200 bigger name guy and say, hey, try to take us 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:23.560 the number one wouldn't be that hard. Probably wouldn't know. Six, 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:27.640 the Cowboys take Bijan Robinson, the running back out of Texas. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.120 I have him going much earlier than this, Matt, do 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.520 you I haven't going to the next pick, but I wanted. 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.680 I thought about it five times before this, you know, 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.480 and just didn't pull the trigger. I don't like the 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.480 Dallas fit though, because I really think Tony Pollard is 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.480 gonna get franchised and you're not gonna have both. They're 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:49.400 not gonna cut Zeke, No, No, I think he has. 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.520 I think Zeke has a room at Jerry Jones house. Yeah, 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.760 they may his contract or you know, give him a 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:57.920 pay cut or some sort. But I bet those two 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:01.880 are bad. Yeah. Um, I have just a pull back, Curt, 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.080 and I am going to the Eagles at ten. It's 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:09.560 a very uneagles like thing to do. But imagine defending 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:14.760 that team with him. Yeah, yeah, I've thought about that'll 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:19.360 fit a lot. At is the Bills taking Osiris Torrence, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.040 the offensive guard out of Florida, and that's where I 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.840 had Robinson go um. But this would kind of do 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.639 the same thing of let's maul some people late in 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.880 games and take some heat off of the passing game. 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.280 Remember we play in Buffalo, you know, like you can't 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:41.879 throw while year round, you know. Uh. She has the 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:45.720 Bengals taking Anton Harrison, the offensive tackle out of Oklahoma. 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.040 I thought the Bengals were a tough spot too. Me too. 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.280 I had a tight end land there because I didn't 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.280 love the tackles. I'm a little jealous of this though, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:56.760 because I did not have Harrison going in the first round. 0:17:57.640 --> 0:17:59.720 This might help them more than the tight end, would 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:01.880 you know, because I don't know Joan Williams is even 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:04.159 left tackle. I mean even coming out of Bama, some 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:08.000 people thought he was a guard. Yeah. Twenty nine, she 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:12.000 has the Saints taking Anthony Richardson. They were another tough 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.440 team for me, but I don't I think Richardson goes 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.400 before this. I had him long gone, like fifteen picks earlier. 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.960 I had them taking like a big gen Cam Jordan's 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.920 replacement type. Yeah. At thirty she has the Chiefs taking 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:28.800 Derek Hall, the edge rusher out of Auburn. I had 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.639 him picking up in the teens. I think he's gonna test. 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:36.520 I think he's gonna test phenomenally, and I think he's 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:40.400 gonna be long gone. Okay. It's funny because I had 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.560 him penciled in at thirty and then I moved him 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:45.879 to thirty one. That went a different direction for the Chiefs. 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:47.399 I think, well, he's gonna go to the combine and 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.800 running in the four fives. Yeah, I've heard that as well. 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:55.400 And when that happens, he's gonna I mean the productivity 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.760 is there, Uh, the traits are there. Those guys get 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:01.800 Those guys go earlier than the US. No, No, I 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:03.320 mean there's a strong case for that. The only thing 0:19:03.320 --> 0:19:05.080 holding them back is there's a lot of edge, a 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:08.560 lot of guys at his position. Yeah. Thirty ones, he 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:11.280 has the Eagles taking Key I'm White the edge rusher 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.800 at a Georgia tech. Okay, Um, I had him going 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:16.880 about ten picks earlier, give or take too. I mean 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.320 he's also going to test off the charts. Yeah, yeah, 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.680 so that that's Cynthia's drafted. So if you if you're 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:27.000 if that's the way things go here. And the Steelers 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:30.280 get Broderick Jones at seventeen, that's what that's their pick. 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:33.520 And we didn't make that pick. That Cynthia's pick, and 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:36.800 we just went through the entire first round. There who 0:19:36.920 --> 0:19:40.600 you leaning towards for the Steelers at thirty two? You 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:44.480 stole my thunder because somebody on Twitter send us a 0:19:44.520 --> 0:19:47.439 note saying, yeah, you guys do this mock draft. But 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:50.680 how about an idea? We listened to it. We listened 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:53.480 to the readers are listening, and I'm like, that's so smart. 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:54.960 I don't know. If I ever't wrote the person back, 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:56.560 I should have. I could have just made the idea 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:59.679 of our own, you know. And he knows who he 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.800 is there all right, he's listen, So I think that's 0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:06.800 a great idea. Um, we just talked about how you 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.920 don't need a line. But John Michael would be very 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:14.920 attractive and worth the thirty second pick to me, off 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:18.000 the top of my head. Who's the best corner available 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:21.120 I think would have to be considered and might even 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:27.560 be leader in the clubhouse. How about Jalen Hyatt any interest. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:30.840 There probably not another offensive player. If I'm going if 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:32.960 they take offense with that first pick, they're certainly not 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:36.720 taking another offensive player. I just don't see it. Okay, yeah, 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:39.640 I mean going to Linemen would be tough. But if 0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:42.240 you told me right now, is Michael Schmidt's John Michael 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:47.280 Schmitts were thirty two? I think the answer is yes. 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:50.359 I mean, is it too early for a guy like 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:57.360 Eli Ris? Is it? Uh? Um? I'm just thinking thinking here, 0:20:57.880 --> 0:21:02.200 Uh you know Deontay Bank is there? Uh, I would 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:07.359 take Banks a head of ricks. Forbes is gone gone 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:11.720 we're talking about. Yeah, I mean that's the that's the 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:14.280 tough thing. If you don't take one cam Smith went, right, 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.480 she had cam Smith gone? No, she didn't have camp 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:20.480 Smith gone. Oh Smith is still out there? Yeah, cam 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:25.360 Smith would be the guy. Yeah, yeah, we agree on that. Okay, 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:29.000 totally hypothetical. Let's say they took cam Smith at seventeen 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:32.280 and all these thirty one are gone? Would you then 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:36.280 take then I'm taking Then I'll take the center. Yeah, okay, yeah, 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:38.119 I'm an agreement there. Going to line O lines a 0:21:38.119 --> 0:21:42.400 little rock and yeah, I mean again, I don't believe 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:46.760 that they feel it's the issue that that some others feel. 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:49.520 I think they're pretty happy with what they have on 0:21:49.560 --> 0:21:53.760 their offensive line. Could they couldn't get better? Sure, but 0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:57.560 if at the expense of not taking a stud defensive player, 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.360 I don't know about that. M hm, no, I hear 0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:06.840 you ends up cool. That was Cynthia Freelance first mock 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:08.840 draft in Cynthio put out some more and she does 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:12.119 more of an analytics based thinks she's so she's looking 0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:15.200 at it. I think it's the the closer you get 0:22:15.240 --> 0:22:17.679 to the draft, when she has all the stats and everything, 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:20.280 all the off you know, the testing and stuff of 0:22:20.280 --> 0:22:24.359 that nature of the players. Then she'll build her draft 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:29.280 based on who helps that team win more games next year, 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:32.359 and that's kind of how she does that. And also 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:35.080 free agencies that well, yeah, you have that as well, 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:38.800 which helps. But that was Cynthia Freelance mock draft on 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:42.480 NFL dot Com. We always enjoy Cynthia's input. Um, she 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:45.400 does a really good job on NFL dot com. Did 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:47.840