WEBVTT - Adam Levitan Deciphers the Draft 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.480 From the King of Sports Books comes the King Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 Podcast Unleashed, presented by Bet MGM. Here's your host, Jana's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:28.480 Papas and Olivia Arlan Decker. Welcome to Unleash. Thro Up 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.640 to you by Bet MGM. I should say bien venitos, 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.840 Happy Sinco to Mayo. Jannice, what are you getting into tonight? 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:38.240 Do you like this holiday? I love Senco to Mayo. 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:41.520 I have been celebrating it for the past couple of nights, 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:44.680 so tonight I am going to be in recovery. I 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.000 celebrated early. I gotta jump on it. Yeah, it was 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.240 it a long, long weekend of drinking for me, so 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:52.840 I am still in recovery. So shout out to everyone 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:56.520 who's who's doing the second round. Since we're speaking about 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.760 the draft again, I'm gonna say those people doing the 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.080 second round of sick go to because for me, I 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.840 already had my first round picks and those picks were 0:01:03.840 --> 0:01:08.000 bloody Mary's. Bloody Mary's. You mean a bloody Maria. Have 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.160 you had a bloody Mary with tequila? Oh? That's so good? 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:16.280 Can you tell him this? Yeah? I feel like you 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:20.040 can't wait. I feel like they're gonna hand you drink 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.440 as soon as the baby pops out, they're gonna have 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.960 one in the room. My sister said, she's gonna bring 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:31.360 me a picture of spicy skinny mes Cow Margharita's and 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.400 they're amazing, and she's gonna bring it to the hospital. Yeah. 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.240 I'd love to see a picture that you put on 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.640 your Graham of you just holding the baby and Margharita 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:44.800 in the other hand and just go my babies. Yeah. 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:46.759 I like here, you're already giving me a captain too. 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:52.680 That's genius. Yeah. I love Seco to Mayo. I wish 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:55.120 so badly I could celebrate in full force this year. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.360 Obviously I'm like on the final days of pregnancy, but 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.200 I'm I love this one. How do you like Sinco 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:05.240 to Mayo compared to a similar drinking American holiday, St. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:09.440 Patrick's Day? I think that St. Patrick's Day is the 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:13.040 Michael Jordan's of drinking holidays, And I would say Sinco 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:17.520 de Mayo is the Kobe Bryant very close, very close second. 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.920 But you know, as far as getting hammered and just 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.239 being obliterated, it's got to go to St. Pat's number 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:32.360 one all time. Both of them are cultural appropriation. Both 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:35.160 of them have zero substance. Both of them are as 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.920 American as it gets, and uh, just a lot of 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.880 fun to like take off midday on a Thursday to 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:45.480 go drink. Okay, I've a reason for anyone to raise 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.760 a glass and toast who listens to our show. I 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.680 have some big news and I'm just beaming with pride. 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.880 Before we go any further, I just got to send 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:58.120 out congratulations to the Phoeba europe Cup champions Basha Shear 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:02.240 and my favorite player on that team, Sam Decker. What 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.840 an amazing win, you honest, you call him the shish Kebabs. 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:09.720 It was a crazy, tough, emotional year for my husband 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.560 and I'm just so excited to see it end with 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.200 confetti and I'm just so proud of him. Is the 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:18.440 first ever winner from Turkey. Actually, so congrats to their 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:20.480 whole squad. You honest, did you watch it? All? Is 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:24.200 on YouTube? Of course I watched it, and I watched 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.960 the Instagram post afterwards about how it's been an up 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:32.519 and down year and just congratulation to the Shishka Bab's 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:40.680 for beating the Babaganoshas. What a game you have too 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.440 much fun with that? It's because you're Greek. Greek people 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.119 on Turkish people just do not get along, and you're 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.080 not going to let that end on our show. Yeah, 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.960 that one made me laugh. The b played as hard 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.920 as they can, but they had no answer for Sammy 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.760 from Downtown. Baby. The kid could shoot. What a game 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:05.640 had Baba is good luck next year, but it's you're 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:11.400 no match for the Sam Decker lads. I'm glad the 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.280 season's over so you can make no more jokes about 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:18.240 Turkey at large. And I'm glad that Sam's on a 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.080 flight as we speak, coming home so that no one's 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.160 gonna get mad at him over there for listening to 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:30.400 his wife's podcast. Oh but yeah, it's a it's been 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.160 a big week. I mean big week in our house 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.040 with obviously that win and Sam coming home and as 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.360 I mentioned, Sinco to Mayo for your House was big. 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:42.400 And NFL Draft is in the books. So coming up, 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.120 we're going to talk to NFL analyst Adam Levittan to 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:48.000 see who he thinks won the draft to lost the draft, 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.520 which fan base probably had the worst time on the 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.480 Vegas Strip and his biggest takeaways. So that's really exciting. 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.720 But shout out to my Georgia Bulldogs. Man, if you 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.880 missed the draft, all you gotta know is that Georgia 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:05.000 dominated with a record fifteen players selected in the draft. 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.279 That includes five in the first round. So I don't 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:12.080 know for context. University of Texas the Longhorns, like America's 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:17.000 college football team. I guess, had zero players drafted in 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:21.839 the entire draft. That's wild. So that's very exciting. I 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:28.000 just feel very good about the momentum of your world 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.680 as your baby's coming out. Sam Decker with a championship, 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:38.760 the Bulldogs fifteen players selected, the Packers, they resigned Aaron Rodgers. 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.760 I just feel like there's a lot of good Olivia Harland, 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:47.200 Decker kind of universe stuff going on right now. The 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:51.120 babies and then the baby just it's it is the 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:55.440 cherry on top to a great year. Also, Kevin Harland 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.960 calling the playoffs, making those games great. I mean, it's 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.440 a good world he's coming into right now. Oh. I 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.400 like that. I like the mojo, the the universe is 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.320 aligning type thing. I kind of think you're right not 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.520 to mention here in Kansas City, the day he's supposed 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.440 to be born, it's going to be like eighty degrees 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.159 and sunny, and I'm also thinking that's kind of a 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.520 good luck sign. Not to mention the mes cal Margherita 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.680 is coming into the hospital, but hey, your world also 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:23.960 some good mojo. The Giants got rave reviews. A lot 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.920 of people think they won the draft, getting Cavon Thibodeau 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.120 at number five, the big offensive tackle Evan Neil from 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.400 Alabama at seven. That was a big one, and then 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.280 in the second round they got a wide receiver jan 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.800 Dale Robinson from Kentucky. Mixed reviews on that. We'll have 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:39.960 to ask Adam, but are you happy with your draft? 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.359 Very happy with the draft, especially now where it seems 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:47.160 like the way the games played, not one player like 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:51.360 Sae Kwon Barkley or another star player is gonna make 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.920 that big of a difference when you're rebuilding a team. 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:57.840 I love the trading down to get more picks. I 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.640 love the big boys that were selected on both sides 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.479 of the line. Just looking forward to this new era 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:08.640 and see what we can do. Fingers cross optimistic, Let's 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.560 go big blue. Oh yeah, I think there's a lot 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.560 to be excited about. I'm excited for you, and we're 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.840 really going to talk to Adam to about the wide receivers. 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.640 They dominated the draft as teams try to keep up 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:22.120 with having depth at that position. We've seen so many 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:26.480 teams season end due to that, so big trades to 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:30.400 including some key receivers Hollywood Brown to the Cardinals, A J. 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.960 Brown to the Eagles. Note relation. And of course, as always, 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.720 the big talk was the quarterbacks. Only Kenny Pickett who 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:40.080 stays home and went to the Steelers as many expected. 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.440 We talked about that on the show last week, but 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.840 another quarterback didn't go again until the third round when 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:50.120 the Falcons took Desmond Ritter and then Malik Willis finally 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.040 at pick eighty six to the Titans. Matt Corral from 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:57.240 all miss to nine four at the Panthers. So that 0:07:57.360 --> 0:07:59.480 was kind of surprising. We did not expect that. Yeah, 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.720 it's the last two weeks we've had draft experts on 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:05.360 and we've heard mixed reviews. Malik Willis is gonna go 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:09.080 you know, top ten or like just crazy. That's why 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.920 betting on the draft is a lot of fun. But 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.240 when you're betting, you've got to be prepared to lose 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:18.640 because someone who didn't do so well betting is our 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:21.640 bad beat of the week. Youngest. Who is it? Bad 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:27.840 beat of the Week? Bad Beat the Week? Shawn Mayor, 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.360 the Mayor of Trash is who he is? That's a 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:38.920 screen name. Sounds like John Mayor too, Sean Mayor. I 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.559 assume he's either an Eagles or Patriots fan since he's 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:49.599 the Mayor of Trash. Oh. So he had the Angels 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:53.920 at minus one point five against the Chicago White Sox, 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.680 who were up six oh going into the bottom of 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.200 the ninth in baseball, that's a lock, but no, the 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:04.120 Halos gave up five runs in the ninth and our 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:08.000 beloved Mayor lost. That one's gonna be tough to get over. 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.280 But to help ease the pain, buddy, we're sending you 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.640 a hundred bucks in bet MGM site credit. Good luck 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.920 next time, and if you are running in whatever, I 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:24.080 will vote for you, Mayor of Trash. I love it. 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.760 I love it now. In addition to the NFL Draft, 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.520 the NBA, and now the NHL playoffs are in full 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:33.000 swing and we've got to get to our favorite part 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.439 of the show. You honest, without wasting any more time, 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:41.320 it's time to unleash. I was waiting for you. You 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.480 were gonna say it. I know you want to say it. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.040 I like the way you said unleashed, so I just 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:50.079 let it live. It's my last show for a while. 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:59.920 Give me an it's time to it's time to say 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:01.960 could keep my friend. Okay, it's a good last one 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:08.720 before your stunted sports. Yea, his his ears are probably ringing. Okay. 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.559 I want to unleash on the controversy at the NFL Draft. 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.560 I'm not talking about trades or players falling or anything, 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:18.200 but it's analysts who are on Twitter tweeting the picks 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.959 before they're announced. Now, it's nothing new. We've seen this 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.400 for a wild woes and Sham's basically doing it in 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.160 the NBA Draft and trying to be the first one 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.800 to break news. Fans don't exactly love it. It kind 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.360 of ruins the experience because then you know, if you 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.800 get a pin on your phone from whatever sports apps 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:39.160 you have. I mean, we all know it. And if 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:42.880 you're watching the draft, it's such a great production. It 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.800 really is. I've been there for it. It's it's a 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:49.080 huge deal. I thought Vegas looked amazing, I thought the 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:52.360 TV coverage looked amazing. I was eating it up the 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.720 first day especially. I didn't really watch after that, to 0:10:54.720 --> 0:11:00.200 be honest, because everything's on Twitter and probably faster. So now, oh, 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.240 in the NFL, you have guys like Albert Brere, another analyst, 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:07.240 tweeting this election before it's announced on TV. I get it. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.080 I see why people don't like it, but personally I 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.800 don't mind. I'm on Twitter. I want to know as 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.800 soon as possible. I don't need to hear it get 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.600 announced really past the first couple of picks, I guess. 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.840 And it's not like an episode of Game of Thrones 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.760 or right now. I'm watching This is Us and crying 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.000 every episode, but it's not a huge spoiler alert. But 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:30.840 I don't know. That's just me, honest. What do you think? 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:34.319 Do you think it ruins the draft experience for fans? 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.760 I am all about Elon Musk and no censorship, so 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:43.680 let him tweet, baby, let it happen. I agree, it 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.319 doesn't bother me one bit, especially in the later rounds. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:49.600 Who cares? So stop being a baby about it, and 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:56.520 Elon Musk let people tweet? All right, got you should 0:11:56.559 --> 0:12:01.040 unleash just on that on Elon Musk Twitter, Yah, Elon 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:08.680 must free speech, Jesus listen, I'll aw it's my turn 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:13.000 to unleash. I am so immersed in the NBA playoffs 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.320 right now. Love when the game gets kicked up to 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:20.560 a another level of physicality and competitiveness. And I've been 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:26.000 watching every single game. Lucas Bananas right now the youngest 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:29.520 player to have forty five points I think since Kolobe 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:33.320 or Jordan, I can't remember, but it's just amazing. It's 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.640 good to see Booker back playing at a high level. 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:39.080 Teams look really good, the matchups are really good, and 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:42.640 I've really been enjoying Golden State and they're run, they're 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.920 all healthy. Seeing their big three all on the court 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:51.280 at the same time has been a pleasure. Obviously. Game 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:55.120 one that got kind of cut short as Draymond Green 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.840 got kicked out of a game. Again. We saw this 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:04.160 back in the playoffs against Lebron when he got suspended 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.920 for that Game six for kicking him in the nuts. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:12.400 And people are saying it's his reputation for why he 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.160 got thrown out of the game, and I gotta say, 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.439 I gotta agree, He's not the first one. This has 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:23.200 happened to the Mahorns, the Rodman's and now Draymond is 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:27.640 of that elk where he does something that's borderline, and 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:32.600 grabbing a guy's jersey when he's in the air is borderline. Okay, 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.840 it's definitely a flagrant one or two. It's definitely a 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.200 flagrant foul. Whether he should get kicked out of the 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.280 game for it, that's what was the source of contention. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.880 I believe it was the right call. It was the 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:51.400 right call because just because the guy happened to not 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:56.280 land in a compromising position where he could have gotten hurt, 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:01.480 doesn't mean that the foul wasn't a non basketball play 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:06.120 that could have very well hurt somebody. So he got tossed. 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.439 And you gotta know, Draymond, you do have that reputation 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.160 and that's how it works, and you're a veteran and 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.760 you can't do that to your team. So you know what, 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.280 it wasn't like it was like the fourth quarter and 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.440 there was like thirty seconds left or a minute left, 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.160 and it was a tight game, and you had to 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.120 put the guy on the line, and that's the only 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:25.880 option you had was to grab his jersey so he 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.920 couldn't get a shot off. This was early in the game, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.960 in the first half, and you really put your team 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.040 at risk of losing that first game without you out there. 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.640 You're the defensive anchor. So I just want to say 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.560 to all the people. Obviously, I know players on his 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.960 team and in the organization are gonna say it was overreached. 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.480 But I'm gonna say, hey, guys, you know better. You 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:49.200 know better. You're a veteran team, and you guys gotta 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.080 have a talk with Draymond and tell him to stop 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:55.360 podcasting and given so much opinions and just play a 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.440 little smarter so he doesn't get suspended. This really hurt 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:03.320 them a against the Cavaliers when they lost. I mean, 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:06.600 if Draymond Green plays that game and he doesn't get 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.160 suspended that one game, you know, maybe they win that, 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.760 maybe they get another chip. So it's a real big 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.040 deal and he needs to know better. So I'm just 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:20.160 I am in the minority opinion that it was a 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.280 stupid play, and I do not blame the referees. He 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:32.360 has to know better, get smarter. Ended that that's that's 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:35.080 that's a very fair take, a very fair take, And 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.440 I just love you at all heated, don't you agree. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.360 I mean it's like, did you see the play? I mean, 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.120 he grabs a jersey it's an obvious flagrant. Why put 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:45.440 yourself in that position with your reputation that early in 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:49.440 the game. Yeah, yeah, I know. Very heated. These playoffs 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.440 very heated. There's a lot to keep up with. That 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.320 was a good one, Honest, that was pretty good. You 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.400 had my full attention. I like that one because the 0:15:57.480 --> 0:15:59.680 last two weeks we've paid so much attention to the 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:02.160 draft offt and really paid it off. We've got to 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:06.360 finish it off right and evaluate what teams did well, 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.920 what teams didn't do well, and most importantly in betting, 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.440 how it affects the futures market. So, without any further Ado, 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:24.200 let's get to Adam Levitan. Okay, let's bring in our guest. 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.160 He's the co founder of Established the Run, and today 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:30.360 he's going to help us established who won the draft, 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.960 to lost the draft, and what it means for next season. 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:37.560 He's won multiple Fantasy Sports writers awards. Adam Levitan is here. Adam, 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.520 thanks for joining us. Hey, thanks for having me. How's 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.280 it going. We're good. I'm kind of surprised you are 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.840 even doing a podcast appearance right now. You must be 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:51.680 exhausted after the draft. No, uh yeah, it's um. The 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:55.880 draft It used to be all Saturday and that's it, 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:57.320 and then they made it two days, and then they 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.080 made it three days. So I like the way they've 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.240 broken it up now makes a little bit easier to 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.880 digest making a primetime event on Thursday and then on 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.280 Friday too, and then the rest of it on Saturday. 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.960 So yeah, it's good. I think people overreact a lot 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:13.199 to some of the later round stuff, but yeah, I 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.640 think Thursday and Friday it was fun for sure. Adam 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.840 just right up to Battom, a Giants fan, tell me, 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:21.640 I feel like they won the draft. Do you agree 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.240 we're rebuilding. We didn't go after one big star. We 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.119 got the big boys we needed. We're a little short 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.639 at tight end, but otherwise we're looking good. No, just 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:34.520 give me some good news. Well, the good news is 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:36.720 Dave Gentleman is no longer the GM of the Giants, 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.080 and I think you saw immediately that's the start. That's 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:41.880 I mean, that was just like, I mean, that guy 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.080 was just stone cold donkeys, So to get rid of 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.720 him and bringing Joe Shoon and Brian Dable, they legit 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.680 know what they're doing. I liked everything that they did 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.719 except for one thing. I loved getting Kevon Thibodeaux at five. Overall. 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:56.919 You know, you could have made a case for some 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.840 other players, but Kevon Thibodeau had some all field kind 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.600 of rumors around him that tanked his stock a little bit. 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.359 He was the consensus number one pick or supposed to 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.560 be for much of the draft process. To get him 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:10.719 at five, I think it is really good. And then 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:14.080 they desperately needed offensive line help. And Evan Neil is 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.479 like I don't want to say can't miss, but like 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:20.520 on paper, just an incredible prospect. Going back to when 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.640 this dude was like sixteen years old at I amg 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:24.800 then he goes to Alabama, he can play guarden tackle. 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.159 I mean, he has like protypical size, seems like a 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.639 good dude. I mean it seems like a slam dunk, 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:31.720 really high floor pick. And Evan Neil. The one that 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.600 I didn't like from the Giants was Randale Robinson, who 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:37.800 you know, there's a ton of guys who have been 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:42.200 drafted in the NFL who are five eight on the 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:45.040 chances of them hitting and being good pick is so 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.320 low and SOT overall is a lot of draft capital 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.320 to me to use on a guy who's five eight 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.280 one five didn't even test well. I mean, he's not 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.439 even that fast. And so I thought the draft as 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:57.200 a whole was fine. I didn't like the wan Dale pick. 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.800 But besides that, I think that they're gonna play spread 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.600 and and they're gonna be fun to watch for sure. 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:05.920 M hm, you're you're coming in hot Adam, Wow, already 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:08.480 the bat. You know, we were talking about this in 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.240 the open, and I think you'll have an interesting perspective. 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.440 What do you think about analysts tweeting the picks before 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:16.720 they're announced on TV? Do you want to know a 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:18.639 pick a sap or do you feel like it kind 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.240 of ruins the fan experience for those who maybe aren't 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.760 watching or are Yeah. I live my life on Twitter, 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.040 so I don't even have I don't even watch TV. 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:29.480 Everything that happens in the world I hear about on Twitter. 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:33.399 So yeah, I mean, to me, Twitter is the best 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:37.240 because it has the information. First, I totally understand people 0:19:37.359 --> 0:19:40.840 not wanting tip pics on television doesn't bother me too much, 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:42.640 but you know, when you're a reporter, and and that's 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:45.399 what these guys do. If they have information, they release it, 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.679 and so you know, the information, they release it and 0:19:47.840 --> 0:19:49.880 it ruins the experience a little bit. I think, didn't 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:53.320 they like ban like Adrianozanowski and those guys from like 0:19:53.680 --> 0:19:56.080 tweeting the NBA picks or something like that. Yeah, they 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:57.920 could do that if they wanted, I guess, because that's 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.440 when it got a little ridiculous. I mean, can't come 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:04.480 in like a minute before, you know, minutes before it's announced. 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:06.040 I mean, they got to keep the appeal of the 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:11.240 TV broadcast because it's a it's programming, it's a show. Yeah, 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:12.919 if they want ratings that they need to stop it 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.720 for sure. Yeah, Elon Musk will fix it. Yeah. You know, 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.800 everyone studies and does these mock drafts for months, and 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.680 now that the draft is over, what's the one thing 0:20:22.760 --> 0:20:27.240 you still can't believe happened? What's something everyone was wrong about? Yeah? 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:31.320 Probably Malik Willis. I mean I thought that Malikilis didn't 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.800 dominate at Liberty, and obviously, like the type of competition 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.240 and facing at Liberty is relatively low compared to what 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:38.560 a lot of these guys face. So I knew that 0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:42.000 there was some fragility and where Malik Willis could go. 0:20:42.200 --> 0:20:49.040 NFL clearly thought that Malik Willis's ceiling or skills are 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:52.080 not going to translate very well to the NFL. I 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:53.840 still think that he has a chance. I mean, guys 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:56.240 who can run like that and throw the butt like 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.320 that don't come around very often. So I was shocked 0:20:59.320 --> 0:21:01.400 that no one was when take a chance on him 0:21:01.520 --> 0:21:04.080 late first second round me and he lasted all the 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:06.680 way until middle end of the third round. And I 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:10.080 think that was pretty shocking considering how important the quarterback 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:11.560 position is, you know, in the second round of the 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:13.640 third round, Like if you take Molik Wilson, he doesn't 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:16.560 hit well, you didn't really lose that much relative to 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:17.960 the upside that you have if you can hit on 0:21:17.960 --> 0:21:20.040 a quarterback in the second or third round. So yeah, 0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:22.760 that was surprising to me for sure. Let's talk about 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:26.320 some of those big trades. Lamar Jackson tweeting or you 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.320 know what the f when Hollywood Brown was traded to Arizona. 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:32.240 They're best friends, that's this guy. What does this mean 0:21:32.320 --> 0:21:36.480 now for Baltimore and Jackson? Yeah, you know, I think 0:21:36.600 --> 0:21:38.840 Lamar Jackson knew. I mean, Marcus Brown did an interview 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:41.200 afterwards and said he told Lamar Jackson the last couple 0:21:41.240 --> 0:21:43.760 of years that he wanted a uh system change. He 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:46.280 didn't like the system that the Ravens were running. And 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:48.879 people say, oh, it's because they're so run heavy. They 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:50.680 weren't even that run heavy last year and Marcus Brown 0:21:50.720 --> 0:21:52.119 had a ton of targets last year. They were in 0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:54.800 the top ten and pass right over expectations. So yeah, 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:57.760 I mean, I don't think it's that. I think Lamar knew. 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:01.320 But now Lamar's left with like, I mean, really nothing. 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.720 I mean Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman, and then not 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:05.919 much after that, they drafted a couple of linemen and 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:08.080 I think that they're gonna be very good running the 0:22:08.080 --> 0:22:10.240 football again, and they'll probably revert back to the way 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:11.880 they were two or three years ago where they lead 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:14.359 the league in Russia attempts, and they'll be dead last 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:16.199 and pass right over expectations. So I think that's what 0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:18.879 you can expect from the Ravens. For sure. There are 0:22:18.880 --> 0:22:20.560 some guys out there still, you know, I don't think 0:22:20.560 --> 0:22:23.000 they can help too much, but guys like Odell Beckham 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:24.919 and Julio Jones are still out there with the Ravens. 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:28.760 Wanted to do that. On the cardinal side of that trade. 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.440 Do you think it was a consolation prize to Kyler Murray, 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:34.560