WEBVTT - The Season with Peter Schrager: Mock Draft with Joel Klatt 0:00:07.266 --> 0:00:09.706 The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the 0:00:09.786 --> 0:00:24.826 NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up Everybody in his 0:00:24.946 --> 0:00:27.426 Draft week? This is the Season with Peter Schrager. This 0:00:27.466 --> 0:00:29.386 is what we've been building towards. You've been listening to 0:00:29.426 --> 0:00:33.266 this podcast for several weeks and it's been just more 0:00:33.346 --> 0:00:36.066 draft content, more draft content, more draft content. We're finally 0:00:36.106 --> 0:00:38.186 here and I want to give you more draft content. 0:00:38.226 --> 0:00:41.506 We got great response from last week's two episodes. One 0:00:41.546 --> 0:00:44.306 with Jim Naggy, the director of the Senior Bowl, who 0:00:44.386 --> 0:00:46.546 knows a lot of these players inside and out from 0:00:46.786 --> 0:00:49.706 his experience with them. And then I did a mock 0:00:49.786 --> 0:00:53.626 draft with Daniel Jeremiah moved the six from NFL Network 0:00:53.746 --> 0:00:56.386 and that went really well as far as listeners go. 0:00:56.506 --> 0:00:59.386 So there's one more person I needed before we get 0:00:59.386 --> 0:01:01.106 to the draft to do a mock draft with me. 0:01:01.146 --> 0:01:02.946 It's a guy that I've been doing draft coverage with 0:01:03.026 --> 0:01:07.706 since twenty thirteen when Fox Bourn one first was launched. 0:01:07.746 --> 0:01:09.426 He's one of my favorite people in the world, a 0:01:09.506 --> 0:01:13.906 true friend. He's also the lead college football analyst for 0:01:14.066 --> 0:01:16.426 Fox Sports. You hear him on all of the Michigan 0:01:16.466 --> 0:01:19.266 Ohio State games. You hear them at the Big Ten 0:01:19.346 --> 0:01:22.546 Championship game every year, and I think he is as 0:01:22.626 --> 0:01:25.586 hard working and plugged in when it comes to college 0:01:25.586 --> 0:01:28.906 football as any one of the analysts you see on television. 0:01:29.306 --> 0:01:31.786 His name is Joel Klatt. I'm gonna bring Joel in 0:01:31.786 --> 0:01:33.786 in one second. I just wanted to really quickly give 0:01:33.826 --> 0:01:37.306 you guys the layout of the programming schedule for the Draft. 0:01:37.386 --> 0:01:40.106 So for me personally, I'll be on Good Morning Football 0:01:40.746 --> 0:01:43.426 Monday and Tuesday. I will be off Good Morning Football 0:01:43.426 --> 0:01:46.626 Wednesday as I fly to Kansas City, and then Thursday morning. 0:01:46.706 --> 0:01:49.586 Good Morning Football is not only on NFL network, it 0:01:49.626 --> 0:01:52.506 is on ESPN two as well, which is cool for us. 0:01:52.506 --> 0:01:54.426 We do a simulcaska as we're kind of crossing over 0:01:54.466 --> 0:01:59.066 content with them Friday morning Good Morning Football. Then Friday 0:01:59.186 --> 0:02:02.746 night I will be on the Draft Dais if you will. 0:02:03.186 --> 0:02:05.706 Joel will be on the main stage. I'll be on 0:02:05.786 --> 0:02:08.986 the secondary stage with Ian Rappaport, and hopefully we're gonna 0:02:08.986 --> 0:02:11.066 get a lot of airtime as the Aaron Rodgers trade 0:02:11.146 --> 0:02:13.466 might go down on Day two. But of course, you 0:02:13.506 --> 0:02:16.506 guys know, if you're listening, these NFL teams a lot 0:02:16.506 --> 0:02:18.306 of their rosters are built on Day two of the draft. 0:02:18.346 --> 0:02:20.706 Then Day three is my favorite day of the calendar 0:02:20.746 --> 0:02:23.066 year for the NFL Draft. I will be on the 0:02:23.066 --> 0:02:27.106 main stage with Daniel Jeremiah, Charles Davis, and Rich Eisen 0:02:27.466 --> 0:02:30.186 and that'll be all day, sweltering in the sun in 0:02:30.266 --> 0:02:32.786 Kansas City, just sweating through a suit. And of course 0:02:32.826 --> 0:02:35.226 there's draft content all over the internet on Twitter and 0:02:35.266 --> 0:02:38.186 all that. But I mentioned Joel's going to be joining us, 0:02:38.346 --> 0:02:42.146 and just got to say, when it comes to Saturday 0:02:42.386 --> 0:02:44.466 in those noon games, I am so proud of the 0:02:44.466 --> 0:02:47.266 work that my brothers at Fox Sports and sisters have 0:02:47.346 --> 0:02:50.866 put together to make that a marquee situation where you 0:02:50.946 --> 0:02:52.826 know you're getting a huge game, whether it's the Big 0:02:52.866 --> 0:02:55.386 ten or it's the Big twelve, and you know that 0:02:55.426 --> 0:02:57.226 it's going to be an A Plus broadcast. And one 0:02:57.226 --> 0:03:00.306 of the reasons is this guy. He's longtime friend. He's 0:03:00.306 --> 0:03:02.866 played quarterback at Colorado and he has bounced around from 0:03:02.866 --> 0:03:05.906 being a studio host to doing stuff on the sidelines, 0:03:05.986 --> 0:03:09.906 to do a game analysts as a secondary team, and 0:03:09.946 --> 0:03:12.226 then finally got the call up a few years ago 0:03:12.226 --> 0:03:14.426 and has never looked back. He is now the lead 0:03:14.546 --> 0:03:17.666 college football analyst for Fox Sports, and I couldn't be 0:03:17.666 --> 0:03:20.066 happy to have him on the podcast. Joe Klatt, Welcome 0:03:20.106 --> 0:03:22.186 to the season with Peter scheger Man. 0:03:22.306 --> 0:03:24.346 I love this. This is so good. Thank you for 0:03:24.386 --> 0:03:29.626 that introduction. You are a dear friend and unbelievable at 0:03:29.666 --> 0:03:32.986 your job. So I can't wait to do this today 0:03:33.146 --> 0:03:35.546 just to get a little draft content. And you know 0:03:35.586 --> 0:03:38.946 I've said this before, but the draft is it's really 0:03:38.986 --> 0:03:41.386 slow moving for a long time, and then right here 0:03:41.426 --> 0:03:44.306 at the end, like the bell lap of the draft process, 0:03:44.746 --> 0:03:47.906 the information starts flying around. You start hearing all sorts 0:03:47.946 --> 0:03:50.506 of new things. And so this week is one of 0:03:50.546 --> 0:03:52.666 my favorite weeks of the year. Obviously, I love the fall, 0:03:52.746 --> 0:03:54.466 you love the fall, we all love that, right, But 0:03:54.946 --> 0:03:57.626 when it comes to the offseason, it's really hard to 0:03:57.666 --> 0:04:00.226 beat this week and draft on Thursday night. I can't 0:04:00.266 --> 0:04:01.786 wait to get out to Kansas City and see you. 0:04:01.826 --> 0:04:02.106 Brother. 0:04:02.306 --> 0:04:04.586 Yeah, so you're gonna be doing stuff for the NFL Network, 0:04:04.626 --> 0:04:06.266 and I know you put the work in. I think 0:04:06.266 --> 0:04:07.986 you come from it from a very different lens than 0:04:07.986 --> 0:04:11.466 any of the folks on our NFL network, and certainly 0:04:11.546 --> 0:04:14.506 from me. You called these guys games in colleges. And 0:04:14.586 --> 0:04:16.426 before we get to the mock draft, I asked you 0:04:16.506 --> 0:04:20.106 if you could just spend three minutes just empty the 0:04:20.146 --> 0:04:24.626 bag on CJ. Stroud. You called eight different CJ. Stroud games, 0:04:24.626 --> 0:04:28.586 which means you've played all these games out on film. 0:04:28.866 --> 0:04:31.586 You've called them all on film, his biggest moments. You're 0:04:31.626 --> 0:04:33.986 on the call for most of them. And you've also 0:04:34.026 --> 0:04:36.306 gotten to know CJ. Stroud and you've also gotten to 0:04:36.306 --> 0:04:39.706 speak with his coaches about c J. Stroud. His stock 0:04:39.746 --> 0:04:42.346 isn't slipping, it's not plummeting as we record this on 0:04:42.386 --> 0:04:44.346 a Monday, but it is up in the air. He 0:04:44.386 --> 0:04:47.946 can gowhere from two to bottom of the top ten. 0:04:48.666 --> 0:04:50.506 And a few weeks ago it felt like it was 0:04:50.546 --> 0:04:52.746 a sure thing he would either go first or second. 0:04:53.666 --> 0:04:56.146 I say the name c J. Stroud, Joel Klatt, empty 0:04:56.186 --> 0:04:57.306 the notebook. What do you got? 0:04:57.506 --> 0:04:59.786 Okay, lots of different angles on this, so I'll try 0:04:59.826 --> 0:05:02.586 to go quickly. Let me first take the angle of 0:05:02.626 --> 0:05:06.026 the opposing defensive coordinators in those eight games and what 0:05:06.106 --> 0:05:08.626 they were saying. And you have to keep in mind 0:05:08.666 --> 0:05:11.546 I did his very first game, his very first start 0:05:11.626 --> 0:05:13.906 as a college quarterback against Minnesota on the road, It 0:05:13.946 --> 0:05:16.386 was a Thursday night, the opener in twenty twenty one, 0:05:16.946 --> 0:05:19.666 and I did his next to last start, a loss 0:05:19.786 --> 0:05:22.506 to Michigan in his home stadium. I also saw him 0:05:22.506 --> 0:05:24.866 in his third practice in spring as the starter that 0:05:24.946 --> 0:05:27.346 spring before. Right, Like, I've been around this kid since 0:05:27.386 --> 0:05:29.346 he was a red shirt and now all the way through. 0:05:30.426 --> 0:05:32.786 Let me start with what the defensive coordinators have been 0:05:32.826 --> 0:05:36.026 saying ever since his first start, and they all say 0:05:36.066 --> 0:05:41.466 to him, man, elite arm will kill you. Kill you 0:05:41.186 --> 0:05:43.706 if he has any sniff of what coverage you're in, 0:05:43.826 --> 0:05:45.906 or Ryan Day has a sniff of what coverage. 0:05:45.586 --> 0:05:47.146 You're in, You're dead. You're dead. 0:05:47.186 --> 0:05:51.106 Because he plays on schedule and on time, and he's 0:05:51.146 --> 0:05:53.826 accurate with the football and he's obviously throwing to what 0:05:53.906 --> 0:05:56.346 has now become the best core of wide receivers in 0:05:56.386 --> 0:05:58.386 football over the last couple of years. Think of the 0:05:58.386 --> 0:06:00.426 core of wide receivers he had in twenty twenty one 0:06:00.626 --> 0:06:03.386 with Chris o'lave and Garrett Wilson the reigning rookie of 0:06:03.426 --> 0:06:05.626 the Year, and Jackson Smith and Jigbow who they all 0:06:05.666 --> 0:06:08.066 say was better than all of them and now available 0:06:08.066 --> 0:06:11.666 in this draft. This this is an elite passing game 0:06:11.746 --> 0:06:15.146 in part due to what CJ. Stroud brings to the table. 0:06:15.506 --> 0:06:18.946 They also all say that, and now let's go to 0:06:18.986 --> 0:06:22.906 his coaching staff, they would all say he's very prepared, 0:06:23.306 --> 0:06:27.226 very intelligent, learns the system incredibly fast, and has a 0:06:27.226 --> 0:06:30.266 lot of control at the line of scrimmage. So maybe 0:06:30.306 --> 0:06:33.786 a departure from what you're hearing from, you know, the 0:06:33.826 --> 0:06:35.946 smoke that is being floated out here late in the 0:06:35.986 --> 0:06:39.946 draft process about the S two score and his cognitive 0:06:39.986 --> 0:06:42.866 ability and reaction time and everything that was never a 0:06:42.906 --> 0:06:46.706 problem and never brought up. I've talked to to coaches 0:06:47.226 --> 0:06:50.506 in college football at the time and they will tell me, hey, 0:06:50.786 --> 0:06:54.146 like it, just it doesn't click right away. He has 0:06:54.186 --> 0:06:57.546 to see it first. It has to be, you know, 0:06:57.626 --> 0:06:59.626 black and white. He can't play in the gray area. 0:06:59.706 --> 0:07:01.866 That was never brought up with CJ. Stroud, which is 0:07:01.906 --> 0:07:05.506 why all of this smoke is quite interesting. From my standpoint, 0:07:07.026 --> 0:07:09.626 Ryan Day has been higher on Stroud than he has 0:07:09.746 --> 0:07:12.706 up to this point than he was even with Dwayne Haskins, 0:07:12.746 --> 0:07:15.026 a first round quarterback, or even Justin Field's a first 0:07:15.066 --> 0:07:17.706 round quarterback, and talking about how he's more prepared for 0:07:17.746 --> 0:07:21.946 this moment than even those guys. All this to say, 0:07:22.426 --> 0:07:24.946 I don't know where this is coming from. And if 0:07:25.026 --> 0:07:28.146 Stroud slides, someone's going to get a hell of a player. 0:07:28.426 --> 0:07:32.546 He's overcome a lot of adversity in his life, did 0:07:32.586 --> 0:07:36.146 not have his dad around for a very specific reason 0:07:36.226 --> 0:07:39.306 during the course of his upbringing, and overcame that. And 0:07:39.346 --> 0:07:41.506 this guy is a solid man and a solid leader 0:07:41.506 --> 0:07:44.306 in the locker room. If it sounds like I'm being 0:07:44.346 --> 0:07:48.586 overly au my praise, it's because I believe in the kid. 0:07:48.626 --> 0:07:51.786 I've been around him, I've been around his coaching staff, 0:07:52.106 --> 0:07:55.026 and I've seen him play at an elite level. Just 0:07:55.146 --> 0:07:57.826 ask Georgia the best defense in college football over the 0:07:57.906 --> 0:07:59.386 last two years how good CJ. 0:07:59.466 --> 0:07:59.946 Stroud is. 0:07:59.986 --> 0:08:04.266 Because he almost drug an injured and depleted Buckeye team 0:08:04.346 --> 0:08:06.386 past that Georgia team and probably would have won that 0:08:06.466 --> 0:08:08.506 national championship if they were able to finish off that 0:08:08.546 --> 0:08:10.066 game arm strength. 0:08:10.106 --> 0:08:12.386 When you compare it to a Will Levis or an 0:08:12.386 --> 0:08:15.306 Anthony Richardson, if he has to throw the deep ball 0:08:15.346 --> 0:08:17.306 and it's cold weather and it's windy, can he get 0:08:17.306 --> 0:08:17.586 it done. 0:08:17.866 --> 0:08:20.466 Absolutely? Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind. In fact, 0:08:20.746 --> 0:08:23.226 one of the things that he did best was play 0:08:23.266 --> 0:08:25.906 action pass and when they would get that rhythm going 0:08:26.466 --> 0:08:29.866 for Ohio State, his ability to attack down the field. 0:08:30.266 --> 0:08:37.386 Was remarkable. It's it's a It's maybe not as as 0:08:38.506 --> 0:08:40.986 prominent as a Will Levis just as far as pure 0:08:41.066 --> 0:08:45.106 arm strength, but it's way smarter. And let me tell 0:08:45.106 --> 0:08:49.466 you what I'm saying, Like Levis can can can play 0:08:49.506 --> 0:08:52.026 a little bit like a relief pitcher with one pitch, 0:08:52.386 --> 0:08:54.826 like it's a fastball man and it's coming and here 0:08:54.866 --> 0:08:58.506 we go, and he's got that pitch, but he doesn't 0:08:58.506 --> 0:09:01.946 play the game like a starting pitcher who needs four 0:09:01.986 --> 0:09:06.826 pitches and needs to change speed and change location. CJ 0:09:07.186 --> 0:09:10.826 can change speed and change location and throw the deep ball. 0:09:10.906 --> 0:09:19.386 So he's got a much better command over trajectory, throw style, velocity, 0:09:20.266 --> 0:09:22.786 all of those things than maybe a guy like Levis does, 0:09:22.826 --> 0:09:26.266 who has a better pure arm as far as strength goes. 0:09:27.346 --> 0:09:31.306 Great stuff. I appreciate you doing that. I'll add our 0:09:31.346 --> 0:09:34.666 colleague at Fox, Brady Quinn, had a quote from a 0:09:34.746 --> 0:09:37.306 podcast that he was on with CBS that went viral 0:09:37.346 --> 0:09:39.106 and then there's more context to it, and I'm not 0:09:39.706 --> 0:09:42.706 questioning you know what Brady said because he said it, 0:09:42.746 --> 0:09:44.146 and there was a lot more that goes with it, 0:09:44.186 --> 0:09:48.586 and Brady's been very positive about CJ. Stroud. We'll say this, 0:09:48.706 --> 0:09:50.826 I have spoken around the league on the Manning thing 0:09:50.906 --> 0:09:54.226 at the Manning Passing Academy, which the story was that 0:09:54.266 --> 0:09:57.066 he didn't appear. He did give a heads up. He 0:09:57.186 --> 0:09:59.826 stayed up there with Ohio State and his teammates there. 0:10:00.786 --> 0:10:04.266 The Manning Passing Academy continued on and was okay without 0:10:04.306 --> 0:10:07.226 c J. Stroud being there. There's no ill feelings from 0:10:07.666 --> 0:10:10.186 the Manning family from what I gather, and it certainly 0:10:11.386 --> 0:10:13.186 is not going to impact his draft stock in some 0:10:13.266 --> 0:10:17.146 great way. That said, the noise, it adds to the 0:10:17.226 --> 0:10:20.586 S two cognition test, it adds to you know whatever 0:10:20.626 --> 0:10:22.746 else negatives And this is just a shame of the 0:10:22.786 --> 0:10:25.026 draft season. Some of these guys are going to have 0:10:25.146 --> 0:10:27.706 stories out there and for whatever reason, it's going to 0:10:27.746 --> 0:10:29.746 come out at the worst time, an immediate thing. But 0:10:29.786 --> 0:10:33.426 it's all washed away and fine when they get selected 0:10:33.426 --> 0:10:35.146 at the NFL Draft's going to be the greatest moment 0:10:35.186 --> 0:10:37.346 of his life. And I'm happy for him and I 0:10:37.386 --> 0:10:38.826 don't think he's going to fall out of the top 0:10:38.866 --> 0:10:39.706 ten by any means. 0:10:39.906 --> 0:10:41.746 Yeah, we'll see, we'll see how it goes, because I 0:10:41.746 --> 0:10:44.146 think it's going to be as interesting a top five 0:10:44.186 --> 0:10:46.146 as we've had in a long time, because we've got 0:10:46.226 --> 0:10:49.146 quarterback drama and there's a lot of question about what 0:10:49.186 --> 0:10:52.706 can happen. I think there could be some trades. I 0:10:52.746 --> 0:10:55.066 think it could be wild. After that first pick, I 0:10:55.066 --> 0:10:57.466 think we all think, you know, we all agree Caroline 0:10:57.586 --> 0:10:59.746 is going to take Bryce Young and then it's like, 0:10:59.986 --> 0:11:01.146 let's all hold our breath. 0:11:01.306 --> 0:11:02.866 What's Houston going to do? 0:11:04.226 --> 0:11:07.546 I'm going to do this mock draft with you this way. 0:11:07.586 --> 0:11:10.106 So we had Daniel Jeremiah on. He was on the thing. 0:11:10.186 --> 0:11:12.306 So we flipped a coin. Aaron, do we have our coin? 0:11:12.866 --> 0:11:14.266 Oh? Do I have a coin? 0:11:14.626 --> 0:11:15.586 Aaron's got a coin? 0:11:15.666 --> 0:11:17.026 Oh, Aaron Scott, Okay. 0:11:16.986 --> 0:11:19.066 I got a coin through the magic of the Internet. 0:11:19.226 --> 0:11:21.826 Is there like an internet coin toss apps? Oh? 0:11:21.906 --> 0:11:25.946 Of course, of course you do cont yeah kids these days, 0:11:26.066 --> 0:11:29.626 so a coin? It is an ai coin? Yeah, Joel, 0:11:29.666 --> 0:11:31.546 you are the visiting team. See, do you want to 0:11:31.546 --> 0:11:32.746 pick heads or tails? 0:11:32.946 --> 0:11:34.706 Tails? Always? You never pick heads? 0:11:35.026 --> 0:11:35.466 All right? 0:11:35.666 --> 0:11:37.946 And heads? 0:11:37.946 --> 0:11:41.986 So, Peter, I get to kick off or defer, I 0:11:42.066 --> 0:11:43.866 will kick off. I will put you in the hot 0:11:43.866 --> 0:11:46.306 seat with those two and four picks, I'm gonna go 0:11:46.386 --> 0:11:51.586 number one Carolina Panthers, and I will take Bryce Young 0:11:51.946 --> 0:11:55.826 first overall, which leads to number two the Houston Texans. Joel, 0:11:55.906 --> 0:11:59.586 this is a combination of what you would do, what 0:11:59.666 --> 0:12:01.666 you think would happen. It doesn't. It's just an exercise. 0:12:01.706 --> 0:12:03.746 It's not you predicting what you think is gonna happen. 0:12:03.786 --> 0:12:06.786 We're gonna grade you against forty other mock draft experts 0:12:06.786 --> 0:12:09.026 and get you a grade. It's just the Texans are 0:12:09.066 --> 0:12:12.226 on the clock. What do you think happens or what 0:12:12.306 --> 0:12:13.626 do you think should happen? 0:12:13.786 --> 0:12:16.146 Okay, So I think that what's going to happen and 0:12:16.186 --> 0:12:19.186 what should happen are the same thing. I believe that 0:12:19.266 --> 0:12:20.746 at the end of the day, we're going to sit 0:12:20.786 --> 0:12:24.506 back and be like this was all smoke, and you know, 0:12:25.026 --> 0:12:30.986 let's let's give Houston some props for, you know, creating 0:12:31.026 --> 0:12:36.226 some value in the selection, creating some interest, and letting 0:12:36.306 --> 0:12:39.786 people know that maybe you know, it's not a done deal. 0:12:39.906 --> 0:12:41.506 I think that they take CJ. Stroud. 0:12:41.546 --> 0:12:43.586 I think it would be crazy if they didn't. They're 0:12:43.586 --> 0:12:47.346 desperate for a quarterback. He's clearly to me, the second 0:12:47.346 --> 0:12:49.906 best quarterback in this draft. Unless they're trying to wait 0:12:49.946 --> 0:12:52.186 for next year's class and think that they're also going 0:12:52.266 --> 0:12:54.386 to have one of the top two picks, then they've 0:12:54.426 --> 0:12:55.146 got to take CJ. 0:12:55.226 --> 0:12:55.626 Stroud. 0:12:56.386 --> 0:12:59.746 I love it on to number three, the Arizona Cardinals. Now, 0:13:00.106 --> 0:13:02.466 when I did this with Dana Jeremiah, we said no 0:13:02.586 --> 0:13:04.386 trades for the sake of it. But I will let 0:13:04.426 --> 0:13:06.946 it be known Arizona's trying to trade this. I don't 0:13:06.946 --> 0:13:08.466 think if you're gonna trade it for fifty cents on 0:13:08.506 --> 0:13:10.146 the dollar, but I think they might trade it for 0:13:10.146 --> 0:13:12.426 eighty cents on the dollar. They need, they need, they 0:13:12.466 --> 0:13:16.186 need people, they need bodies, they need prospects. So I 0:13:16.186 --> 0:13:18.826 would look and I would call at this point, if 0:13:18.826 --> 0:13:20.626 I'm Monty asin for it, I would call one of 0:13:20.626 --> 0:13:23.626 my former teams at Tennessee Titans, and I'd say, please, 0:13:23.746 --> 0:13:26.826 if you need a quarterback, we're at three, you're at eleven. 0:13:26.866 --> 0:13:30.826 We're at a conference, Genessee, Jense, come on up, Come 0:13:30.866 --> 0:13:35.946 on up, Tennessee. Ran Carthon is the new GM there. 0:13:35.986 --> 0:13:37.946 He was with the Niners. They trained up to get 0:13:37.986 --> 0:13:40.786 Trey lanceson number three a few years ago. Anyway, let's 0:13:40.786 --> 0:13:44.866 say at three Cardinals on the clock. Let's get a 0:13:44.906 --> 0:13:49.906 franchise pillar, a cornerstone. We are gonna draft Will Anderson third. Overall, 0:13:50.306 --> 0:13:55.186 Alabama can't go wrong someone. This sounds really really, I 0:13:55.186 --> 0:13:58.026 would say, almost as an insult, like a backhanded compliment. 0:13:58.306 --> 0:14:01.226 Someone said, yeah, Tyree Wilson might be a complete strikeout 0:14:01.306 --> 0:14:03.986 or a home run. Will Anderson is a solid double 0:14:04.026 --> 0:14:06.706 or a triple. So I'm gonna say with if the 0:14:06.746 --> 0:14:09.306 Arizona Cardinals that they keep it, let's go Will Anderson three. 0:14:09.506 --> 0:14:12.106 And now, Joel, this is the money pick for the draft, 0:14:12.106 --> 0:14:14.546 the one that I have so much intriguing. I said 0:14:14.586 --> 0:14:16.106 today and Good Morning Football. I think it's the most 0:14:16.146 --> 0:14:19.506 interesting selection of the entire draft. The Indianapolis Colts at four. 0:14:20.026 --> 0:14:21.866 And when we have it, Bryce Young and c. J. 0:14:21.986 --> 0:14:24.226 Stroud are off the board. Who do you go with? 0:14:24.466 --> 0:14:27.306 Okay, so I've heard the talk about that they like 0:14:27.346 --> 0:14:31.186 with Levis and Butt. I think that the better player 0:14:31.226 --> 0:14:33.626 and the better upside and the better fit for the 0:14:33.626 --> 0:14:36.666 Colts is going to be Anthony Richardson. And the reason 0:14:36.666 --> 0:14:39.146 that I'm going to take Anthony Richardson is that you're 0:14:39.186 --> 0:14:43.706 going to help Jonathan Taylor be more dominant for longer 0:14:43.866 --> 0:14:47.186 in his career because as soon as Richardson can get 0:14:47.186 --> 0:14:49.506 on the field, he's holding edges and creating within the 0:14:49.546 --> 0:14:52.386 defense for the run game because of his athleticism. And 0:14:52.866 --> 0:14:55.506 you give Richardson what he needs, which is a dominant 0:14:55.546 --> 0:14:57.746 run game and the ability to throw play action pass 0:14:57.786 --> 0:15:02.226 and utilize that strong arm. So it it's a good fit. 0:15:02.466 --> 0:15:04.346 And I think that he is a better player than 0:15:04.386 --> 0:15:06.546 Will Levis. So I'm going to go with Anthony richards 0:15:06.666 --> 0:15:07.146 here at four. 0:15:07.506 --> 0:15:08.986 All Right, I don't know if I'm breaking news here 0:15:08.986 --> 0:15:12.186 because at the last twenty four to fourty eight hours, 0:15:12.266 --> 0:15:14.946 I've heard a lot of Richardson too, the Colts talk too. Again, 0:15:15.066 --> 0:15:16.866 I've heard a lot of Levis to the Colts talk. 0:15:16.906 --> 0:15:19.306 I've heard love It to the Colts talks. It's the 0:15:19.306 --> 0:15:21.946 start of this whole draft thing started. But there are 0:15:21.986 --> 0:15:24.506 people in that building. I know for a fact that, 0:15:24.706 --> 0:15:27.666 like Richardson, whether it's people making the decision or not, 0:15:27.826 --> 0:15:30.626 is what needs to be seen. So that's not crazy. 0:15:30.666 --> 0:15:33.226 Anthony Richardson at four, which would mean to recap for 0:15:33.266 --> 0:15:35.026 the listeners, as you're following along, and I watch you 0:15:35.066 --> 0:15:38.706 guys to all follow along. Bryce Young to Carolina Texan 0:15:38.786 --> 0:15:42.386 selects c J. Stroud A too, Will Anderson to the 0:15:42.426 --> 0:15:45.706 Cardinals at three, Anthony Richardson to the Colts at four, 0:15:46.226 --> 0:15:49.026 which leaves the Seahawks and they have a choice of 0:15:49.146 --> 0:15:53.266 quarterback Will Levis sitting right there, or Hendon Hooker or 0:15:53.346 --> 0:15:57.706 two really talented defensive players am Tyree Wilson and Jalen Carter. 0:15:58.226 --> 0:16:01.706 If I am the Seahawks. Here I put the card 0:16:01.746 --> 0:16:05.106 in and it is Tyree Wilson out of Texas Tech, 0:16:05.466 --> 0:16:08.906 the outside edge rusher as opposed to the inside guy, 0:16:09.266 --> 0:16:14.066 Tyrie Wilson, clean off the field, no red flags there. 0:16:14.226 --> 0:16:17.466 They go at the cleaner prospect, Tyree Wilson. Fit over 0:16:17.506 --> 0:16:18.386 all to the Seahawks. 0:16:18.586 --> 0:16:21.266 Oh man, this is I thought you were going to 0:16:21.346 --> 0:16:23.306 take Jalen Carter. So I'm thrown off here a little 0:16:23.306 --> 0:16:25.706 bit because exercise is that I didn't think Jalen was 0:16:25.746 --> 0:16:27.706 going to be available for the Lions, and so now 0:16:27.746 --> 0:16:29.226 with the Lions, I'm a little stuck. 0:16:29.266 --> 0:16:30.186 This is via the Rams. 0:16:30.186 --> 0:16:32.386 Of course, they got the backstop later in the first 0:16:32.466 --> 0:16:34.986 round with the eighteenth pick. They've got four picks in 0:16:35.026 --> 0:16:38.906 the top fifty five. They need help on defense. I'm 0:16:38.906 --> 0:16:40.866 going to stick with what I had, and I'm going 0:16:40.946 --> 0:16:44.026 to leave Jalen on the board and take Christian Gonzales 0:16:44.066 --> 0:16:47.906 the corner from four again. Here's the thing is like 0:16:47.946 --> 0:16:50.666 without a Kuda, they need length on the outside, and 0:16:50.746 --> 0:16:53.666 so I'm gonna take Christian Gonzales. And the reason is 0:16:53.946 --> 0:16:56.066 I have a couple of tackles that I like a 0:16:56.106 --> 0:17:00.146 lot that I could backstop this with at eighteen and 0:17:00.426 --> 0:17:03.026 or in the second round. I've got tackles that I 0:17:03.106 --> 0:17:05.106 like in both of those spots. So that's why I'm 0:17:05.106 --> 0:17:06.906 going to take Christian Gonzalez. I think there's a little 0:17:06.906 --> 0:17:08.826 gap between him and the other corners. Got to help 0:17:08.866 --> 0:17:09.706 my past defense. 0:17:10.066 --> 0:17:14.866 Wow, Raiders at seven, I can't have Jalen Carter in 0:17:14.946 --> 0:17:18.946 Las Vegas? Can I can't. I can't. I don't know them. 0:17:19.066 --> 0:17:20.986 I mean this sounds like I'm being some like, you know, 0:17:21.146 --> 0:17:24.146 complete Neanderthal talking. Just put it. I just I just 0:17:24.226 --> 0:17:26.706 know Vegas. If there is any temptation to get into trouble, 0:17:26.786 --> 0:17:29.786 Vegas is the place, and I'm not going there. I 0:17:29.826 --> 0:17:33.546 will go with the hard hitting, one hundred and eighty 0:17:33.626 --> 0:17:37.986 pound new to football relatively speaking, big ten corner. We 0:17:38.066 --> 0:17:39.906 have two corners off in the first seven. I'm going 0:17:39.986 --> 0:17:43.826 Devin Weatherspoon seven to the Raiders. We have two corners 0:17:43.866 --> 0:17:47.106 off the board six and seven. Let's quickly recap Panthers 0:17:47.186 --> 0:17:51.986 one Bryce Young Texans two C. J. Stroud Cardinals three 0:17:51.986 --> 0:17:57.546 Will Anderson Colt four, Anthony Richardson Seahawks, five, Tyree Wilson 0:17:58.146 --> 0:18:03.626 Lion six Christian Gonzales out of Oregon, Raiders seven, Devin 0:18:03.666 --> 0:18:07.466 Wetherspoon out of Illinois. Jalen Carter Will Levis still on 0:18:07.506 --> 0:18:09.586 the board. Falcons are on the clock. 0:18:09.826 --> 0:18:10.346 Okay, so. 0:18:12.306 --> 0:18:16.666 They will know Jalen Carter as well as anybody. I 0:18:16.706 --> 0:18:18.946 think they take him. I mean he's right down the street, 0:18:19.586 --> 0:18:22.346 right so I think I'm going to go Jalen right there. 0:18:22.426 --> 0:18:25.466 So ask you philosophically speaking, because this is what the 0:18:25.466 --> 0:18:27.386 beauty of this mock draft is. We can poke a 0:18:27.426 --> 0:18:29.146 couple questions here and there and it's going to be 0:18:29.226 --> 0:18:35.506 rapid fire. Yes, he's right Athens is in his backyard. 0:18:35.546 --> 0:18:38.666 He got in trouble in Athens. That is that wise? 0:18:38.826 --> 0:18:41.466 Do you say or do you or do you say? 0:18:42.786 --> 0:18:44.426 He's the best player on the board and just wait 0:18:44.506 --> 0:18:46.466 till we get him in our building. It's not going 0:18:46.546 --> 0:18:47.146 to be an issue. 0:18:47.466 --> 0:18:50.666 How do you if you have ways both ways, right, 0:18:50.706 --> 0:18:53.146 I think like if you're if you're convinced, if you're 0:18:53.146 --> 0:18:56.466 trying to convince yourself, you say that the setting is 0:18:56.746 --> 0:18:59.626 not a minus but a plus. If you're trying to 0:18:59.626 --> 0:19:01.786 say like, well we can't do that, then you say like, well, 0:19:01.786 --> 0:19:03.546 he can't be in this environment. It would have been 0:19:03.546 --> 0:19:06.106 better in Seattle as far away from from here as 0:19:06.106 --> 0:19:08.586 you can possibly get to remove him, you know, from 0:19:08.906 --> 0:19:12.306 this environment. But the other part of this is when 0:19:12.826 --> 0:19:17.906 when I'm selecting here my board, the only other player 0:19:17.946 --> 0:19:21.906 that's remotely in the hemisphere of Jalen Carter is Vijon Robinson, 0:19:22.586 --> 0:19:25.306 and so like, I think they take the tackle here. 0:19:25.546 --> 0:19:27.466 I don't think Atlanta is going to go running back. 0:19:27.546 --> 0:19:30.306 So I'm gonna go with Jalen Carter more on value 0:19:30.506 --> 0:19:31.546 than anything. 0:19:31.466 --> 0:19:35.026 All right. Number nine the Bears, I was planning on 0:19:35.066 --> 0:19:39.066 taking Weatherspoon or Gonzales. They're both gone. I would think 0:19:39.146 --> 0:19:41.946 they have to, huh. I think they like their offensive line. 0:19:41.986 --> 0:19:46.026 I was thinking you could go Paris Johnson here. Scar 0:19:47.026 --> 0:19:49.546