Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of the NFL
Speaker 1: Draft Triple Take, presented by up MC. I'm Mike Pursuita,
Speaker 1: joined us always by Matt Williamson and Dale Lawley. We
Speaker 1: are here to give it a third try at forecasting
Speaker 1: Round one of the NFL Draft next month in Detroit,
Speaker 1: Mock three point zero as it is, and Dale, I
Speaker 1: know you probably agree with me. The only thing better
Speaker 1: than round three is round four, oh doubt. But we
Speaker 1: can only take them one round at a time, and
Speaker 1: we're doing the more until you drop first round for
Speaker 1: a third time.
Speaker 2: Here. I want to remind everyone.
Speaker 1: Before we get started that these are the opinions expressed.
Speaker 2: By Matt Williamson, Dale Lawlly and yours.
Speaker 3: Truly.
Speaker 1: Nothing official here, but hey, we're pretty into this stuff
Speaker 1: and we feel like you ought to know what we're
Speaker 1: thinking as we continue counting down the days to.
Speaker 2: The NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: If you're new to this type of program, I'll just
Speaker 1: give you a quick review of the parameters. We go
Speaker 1: through the first round individually, but we break it up
Speaker 1: into thirds. So we're gonna lead off today with Matt
Speaker 1: Williamson and then I'll give my take, and then Dale
Speaker 1: will come in with his picks one through ten, and
Speaker 1: then we'll repeat till we get to the end of
Speaker 1: the first round. So Matt, you're ready to kick us off.
Speaker 4: Yeah, And I went with four quarterbacks in a row
Speaker 4: to lead off. I mean, that's starting to be something
Speaker 4: you see a lot of. I think the Patriots taking
Speaker 4: a quarterback at three, considering the state of their offense
Speaker 4: right now, is dropping a player into a bad situation.
Speaker 4: So they get out accumulate picks. We know the Vikings
Speaker 4: are not.
Speaker 3: Really even hiding it. They're actively pursuing a.
Speaker 4: Quarterback, which makes all the sense in the world. They
Speaker 4: go up and get Drake May, who I think he's
Speaker 4: my second favorite quarterback in this draft, but it's a.
Speaker 3: Good situation for him.
Speaker 4: The Raiders are sort of in quarterback no man's land,
Speaker 4: so they kind of sell the farm to go up
Speaker 4: to four with the Cardinals. In my situation, the Cardinals
Speaker 4: were very active trading last year in the first round.
Speaker 3: More to come on that later.
Speaker 4: Got this, but then coach Harbass a third five and
Speaker 4: probably gets the best player in the whole draft, and
Speaker 4: it just falls right in his lap. So I think
Speaker 4: the top of this draft is interesting, but you're gonna
Speaker 4: see a lot of the same names, of course, And
Speaker 4: I also went with a doonsay over Neighbors, maybe just
Speaker 4: because I was sick of seeing the top.
Speaker 3: Eight be so chocky.
Speaker 4: But he's a little more possession based, a little more
Speaker 4: Daniel Jones friendly, in my opinion.
Speaker 1: I'm not resisting the temptation to forecast trades yet, so
Speaker 1: I'm just taking the draft as chalk. But the one
Speaker 1: pick that I've really got my own is number five.
Speaker 1: I think the first four I could easily see the
Speaker 1: first four playing out that way. You guys were at
Speaker 1: the NFL annual meeting in Orlandover. Did you hear live
Speaker 1: and in person or see the tape of Jim Harbaugh
Speaker 1: talking about offensive line and how it's the only position
Speaker 1: group on the field that depends on no one else.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is an entity among itself and it's
Speaker 1: up to the offensive line to play well dependent on
Speaker 1: anyone else. Do you guys know the kind of football
Speaker 1: that Michigan played under Jim Horrball.
Speaker 4: I almost didn't give them, Harrison. I'm an Ohio State
Speaker 4: guy and not alignment.
Speaker 3: You know. I know you're joking, but maybe not cross
Speaker 3: my mind.
Speaker 5: Right as I said the other day though on the drive.
Speaker 6: If they take an offensive lineman and pass on Marvin
Speaker 6: Harrison Junior or one of these top receivers, justin Herbert
Speaker 6: might walk into his office, into Harbaugh's office and punch
Speaker 6: him in the face.
Speaker 2: Well, I don't know that he would.
Speaker 3: Maybe they get out, you know, down to eight.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's thinking there are plenty of receivers to get
Speaker 1: down the line, and.
Speaker 3: They don't have.
Speaker 1: A guy that he's probably pretty familiar with in the
Speaker 1: second round. But I did switch out the tackle going
Speaker 1: at number five. The rest of it pretty much as
Speaker 1: it had been Dale. Yeah, I mean, you know, the
Speaker 1: names are the names.
Speaker 6: I mean that that's just it's a matter of figuring
Speaker 6: out who goes where, and you know, I can't argue
Speaker 6: with it with any of that.
Speaker 5: For me, I do have a trade up as well.
Speaker 6: You'll also see I have Washington now taking JJ McCarthy.
Speaker 6: There's starting to be some murmurings about that happening.
Speaker 2: Got JJ McCarthy. Second.
Speaker 5: Overall, I don't agree with that.
Speaker 6: It's not what I would do, But there are some
Speaker 6: rumors out there that Washington is enamor with him, and
Speaker 6: I spoke to some people who are at his codating
Speaker 6: and they said his pro day was very impressive. He
Speaker 6: threw the ball as well as any quarterback in this draft,
Speaker 6: maybe better than some others.
Speaker 2: So probably more frequently than he threw it during the season.
Speaker 5: I can't argue with that.
Speaker 6: I can't all that, but I'm just telling you that's
Speaker 6: what I'm hearing then, and there's some there's some momentum
Speaker 6: building that that you know that.
Speaker 5: Could be the pick there.
Speaker 6: But I have four quarterbacks going in a row there.
Speaker 6: I have Minnesota trading up to that number four spot.
Speaker 5: I think if the Patriots had their choice of.
Speaker 6: Drake May or if Jayden Daniels is there, I think
Speaker 6: you take him. I think he is a a he's
Speaker 6: my number two quarterback in this draft, and he's dynamic.
Speaker 6: He's very Lamar Jackson like you can build your offense
Speaker 6: around that guy. The Vikings come up and get Drake
Speaker 6: May again, leaving the Chargers with Marvin Harrison Junior, and
Speaker 6: then the rest of it is pretty pretty chalky. With
Speaker 6: with what we've seen that the Jets again taking Rock
Speaker 6: Bowers like I had in my last up, I just
Speaker 6: think that makes a lot of sense for Them's.
Speaker 1: Take a look at the next third of picks, starting
Speaker 1: at eleventh overall ment.
Speaker 4: Yeah, we got four offensive tackles going in this neighborhood,
Speaker 4: starting to get into.
Speaker 3: That wide receiver range wide receiver four range two.
Speaker 4: I mean, I thought Thomas the Cincinnati made a lot
Speaker 4: of sense with Higgins contract kind of looming at the moment.
Speaker 4: And you might notice at the very bottom trade with
Speaker 4: the Steelers. I mentioned the Cardinals earlier. They get out
Speaker 4: of the early picks and then they come back up
Speaker 4: to twenty to grab a corner that they desperately need
Speaker 4: and Terry and Arnold. So you'll notice the Steelers are
Speaker 4: not on in the twentieth spot here. There be something
Speaker 4: to come later here.
Speaker 2: So that's a little tease they are going to still
Speaker 2: they are.
Speaker 4: They went back to twenty seven, picked up a little
Speaker 4: goodies in between.
Speaker 2: I'm probably a lot like you guys.
Speaker 1: And then I look at the tackle position and the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position as way deep and personal preference. Right,
Speaker 1: there's not that much separation between number one and number eight.
Speaker 5: What are you looking for?
Speaker 2: Number seven? What are you looking for?
Speaker 1: I do like the Vikings waiting to get their cornerback quarterback.
Speaker 2: Excuse me.
Speaker 1: Now we start to see some defensive players hitting the board.
Speaker 1: Here Latham is the guy. I had him previously going
Speaker 1: to the Chargers at five Seattle sixteen. You know, same
Speaker 1: kind of theory, that right guy, right place, right time,
Speaker 1: depending on how you view it.
Speaker 2: And I went back.
Speaker 1: To see number twenty the Steelers Jackson Powers Johnson. I
Speaker 1: had a tackle the last time we did this, Mims
Speaker 1: of Georgia, But I don't know today. I'm thinking, get
Speaker 1: the center, get that solidified, then move on with your draft.
Speaker 1: I might I might think something different next week, but
Speaker 1: that's where I'm going today.
Speaker 5: Saw Yeah, I mean, I can't argue that position.
Speaker 6: It's just you know, more recently in our latest triple takes,
Speaker 6: as we're going back through this again, a bump Graham
Speaker 6: Barton ahead of Jackson Powers Johnson.
Speaker 5: Wow, his pro day was unbelievable. Unbelievable.
Speaker 6: In my eleven through twenty, here you see again I
Speaker 6: have the Steelers going tackle. Here, Talisi Flaga falls to
Speaker 6: the Steelers. Here at twenty, I have them taking him.
Speaker 6: I'm with you, though, I think lay two to the Rams.
Speaker 6: It just makes a lot of sense. I mean, he
Speaker 6: is a Rams type player. You keep him in LA.
Speaker 6: That would make a ton of sense there.
Speaker 2: I think there's three four guys, maybe more.
Speaker 1: Alf Is one to Tennessee, bauerst Indianapolis late two to
Speaker 1: the Some of this just feels right.
Speaker 5: They just make sense.
Speaker 6: And you know, same thing with Denver taking bo Nicks.
Speaker 6: I mean, that just makes a lot of sense. Maybe
Speaker 6: they could get him in round two, but they don't
Speaker 6: take the chance.
Speaker 5: They take him here.
Speaker 3: They really don't have a quarterback.
Speaker 6: Option right now, and he would be an immediate starter
Speaker 6: for them.
Speaker 2: Matt.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see where you go with the
Speaker 1: Steelers pick and who the Steelers.
Speaker 4: They go all the way back to twenty seven, pick
Speaker 4: up some picks in between.
Speaker 3: It gives them the ability to trade up later.
Speaker 4: They've got a lot of extra picks through the Deontae
Speaker 4: Johnson trade, et cetera.
Speaker 3: Pick a trade.
Speaker 4: But I haven't taken Mims at twenty seven. Still gets
Speaker 4: he's a project. I mean, he hasn't played a lot
Speaker 4: of football, but he's immensely talented. Did pretty well with
Speaker 4: the Georgia tackle a year ago. Maybe they're a bookend
Speaker 4: for the next decade. Cooper dejene is another guy that
Speaker 4: he hasn't worked out yet, but everyone seems to be
Speaker 4: kind of forgetting about him, which I think is insane.
Speaker 4: You know, that's a cover four type scheme. He would
Speaker 4: be all over the back end of that defense for
Speaker 4: the Eagles and finished it up with Tyler Geidton to
Speaker 4: San Francisco. And then the Super Bowl champs gets a
Speaker 4: defensive lineman they can move all over the line of
Speaker 4: scrimmage too.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite guys in the staffs. I
Speaker 1: really have a lot of respect for Robinson. Here's my
Speaker 1: twenty one through thirty two, and I've got Cooper dejene
Speaker 1: at twenty five. But I'll do my own little tease here.
Speaker 1: As we continue to do our review of the top
Speaker 1: five at each position on Steelers dot Com, We're gonna
Speaker 1: get to cornerback in safety eventually, and I'm gonna move
Speaker 1: Cooper Degit.
Speaker 2: Out of corner and put him into safety.
Speaker 1: I think it just I've seen this guy play a lot.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys know, I've watched some
Speaker 1: Big ten football. Really, I just think he's a more
Speaker 1: effective guy looking at the ball and going and getting.
Speaker 2: It than he is chasing somebody around.
Speaker 5: But he's he's like a chess piece.
Speaker 6: He can play in the slot, you can play corner,
Speaker 6: you can play him in safe.
Speaker 5: That's the beauty of a Cooper Degene. And he takes
Speaker 5: the ball away. There's a lot of things there.
Speaker 6: He's now scheduled his workout for April eighth, which that
Speaker 6: will that's gonna be key for him. I mean I
Speaker 6: expect him to run in the four to four somewhere.
Speaker 3: Oh.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna test great. His tape's great, his
Speaker 1: return skills are elite. I just I want him kind
Speaker 1: of being that guy Seaball, go get ball or go
Speaker 1: get guy with ball.
Speaker 5: He's really good at that.
Speaker 2: He's very good at that.
Speaker 3: Look like a packer to me too.
Speaker 2: Take us home with your bottom third here.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I get the Cardinals with their trade back. They
Speaker 6: get jerse On Newton or Johnny Newton as he's now
Speaker 6: known there.
Speaker 5: They could use a little bit of everything.
Speaker 6: And I get Dejene going at twenty two.
Speaker 5: To the to the Eagles there. San Francisco gets Nate Wiggins.
Speaker 6: They could really use that and another you know, you
Speaker 6: see that tackle run continue in that first round with
Speaker 6: the Kansas City Chiefs taking Kingsley Suamattaya at thirty two.
Speaker 5: They don't have a left.
Speaker 3: Tackle right now.
Speaker 6: You know, I don't know if he's plugging play, but
Speaker 6: he's pretty close to I think he could.
Speaker 5: Certainly work with it.
Speaker 6: He can't be any worse than what they lined up
Speaker 6: with last year at left tackle, and it.
Speaker 5: Just makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it for our third look
Speaker 1: at round one. But that might not necessarily be the
Speaker 1: last look at round one, but at least for today
Speaker 1: as we speak, that's how Matt sees it, that's how
Speaker 1: Dale sees it, and that's how I see it, at
Speaker 1: least until next time. I want to remind everybody that
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Speaker 1: pursuit of this has been the NFL Draft Triple Take
Speaker 1: Round one Mock three point zero, presented by up MC