Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Football Podcast. It is me Joey p Joe Pi Zapia,
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Speaker 1: What's your favorite picks? We love to hear from you.
Speaker 1: What's your favorite team going to do in the draft?
Speaker 1: Drop your predictions below. Let's start with the Tennessee Titans
Speaker 1: at the top of the board. Tennessee Titans, they earn
Speaker 1: that spot. They need quarterback, they need edges, they need tackle,
Speaker 1: wide receiver, safety, they need a lot. So Pat Fitzmorris,
Speaker 1: you're number one o'clock. Where do they go with all
Speaker 1: these needs?
Speaker 2: Well, Joe, you're nowhere in the NFL if you don't
Speaker 2: have a quarterback. So I think the Titans are going
Speaker 2: to draft a quarterback. They're going to take cam Ward,
Speaker 2: the quarterback from Miami, Florida for the Titans. The twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four season was basically a referendum on whether Will
Speaker 2: Levis should be their quarterback in the future, and I
Speaker 2: think it's safe to say that the Titans front office
Speaker 2: has voted no on that referendum. Now, I personally like
Speaker 2: Shador Sanders just a midge more than I like cam Ward,
Speaker 2: But Dion Sanders has mentioned that he would like to
Speaker 2: see Schador end up with the Raiders. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: how Coach Prime would feel about the Titans as a
Speaker 2: destination for his son. And it's not that big a
Speaker 2: gap between the top two quarterbacks in this draft, whichever
Speaker 2: your preference may be. So let's give the Titans Ward,
Speaker 2: who was terrific for Miami this past season. Forty three
Speaker 2: hundred passing yards, thirty nine touchdown passes, nine point.
Speaker 1: Five yards per attempt.
Speaker 2: The pluses for this guy's sturdy NFL build, quick release, accuracy, escapability.
Speaker 2: The negatives. Sometimes holds onto the ball a little too
Speaker 2: long and ball security has spent a little bit of
Speaker 2: an issue. Has a habit of sort of scrambling around
Speaker 2: one handed while holding the ball at or below his waist.
Speaker 2: He only fumbled three times at Miami last year, but
Speaker 2: he fumbled twelve times in twelve games at Washington State
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three and lost eight of those fumbles.
Speaker 2: So that is something that needs to be addressed. Still,
Speaker 2: I think this gives the Titans some optimism at the
Speaker 2: quarterback position.
Speaker 1: Pat I know he's the number one overall here, but
Speaker 1: a lot of the consensus out there in the scouting
Speaker 1: realms is that these guys would not necessarily be the
Speaker 1: front of last year's class. Is Cambore's still a Week
Speaker 1: one starter?
Speaker 2: That's a good question, Joe, whether any of the quarterbacks
Speaker 2: in this class are Week one starters. The guy goes
Speaker 2: one on one, you would think the pressure would be
Speaker 2: pretty amens. Yeah, exactly. I think that would probably be
Speaker 2: the plan for whichever quarterback the Titans might take at
Speaker 2: one on one.
Speaker 1: All right. Scott Bogman up next, number two for the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, also a team with a lot of needs quarterback,
Speaker 1: edge tackle. They could use a little bit of everything there.
Speaker 1: Certainly maybe some running back help too. But it's early
Speaker 1: in the draft, and Scott Bogman, I know you're a
Speaker 1: defensive guy, so I'm thinking this is a defensive pick here.
Speaker 3: Of course it is, And I think Abdul Carter is
Speaker 3: the best player in the draft, and that is maybe
Speaker 3: offensive to Travis Hunter stands, and I'm a Travis hunderstand
Speaker 3: I love him. I think Abdul Carter, with what we
Speaker 3: saw him do in the playoff with one on arm
Speaker 3: against these Notre Dame guys, basically an arm tied behind
Speaker 3: his back was unbelievable. And I think that the Browns
Speaker 3: have to trade Miles Scarett. I think right now he's
Speaker 3: in the prime of his career. The Browns are sinking ship.
Speaker 3: They have cap issues with Watson, they have quarterback issues
Speaker 3: with Watson. They have hampered their whole franchise by trading
Speaker 3: for Deshaun Watson. The way to get it back is
Speaker 3: to trade Miles Scarett for a haul of picks. And
Speaker 3: if you take him and then replace him with a
Speaker 3: stud like Abdul Carter here, then I think you're on
Speaker 3: the right track to rebuilding this franchise as a whole.
Speaker 3: So I don't think if you're in this position that
Speaker 3: the Browns are in, you can do anything but take BPA.
Speaker 3: I understand quarterback is an enormous issue. A lot of
Speaker 3: people want them to take your door Sanders, but this
Speaker 3: is not a problem that is going to be solved overnight.
Speaker 4: Go BPA for this entire draft.
Speaker 3: Figure out your quarterback next couple of seasons, and Abdul
Speaker 3: Carter would be the best guy there.
Speaker 4: Specifically if they trade Garrett.
Speaker 1: Tremendous time can't miss. I agree. I'm with you one
Speaker 1: thousand percent on him. Next up the New York Football Giants.
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny, two guys, just when you're looking
Speaker 1: at this board, I don't remember the last time where
Speaker 1: every team had a pick in the first round, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, usually that's like, yeah, is that weird too?
Speaker 1: Like I was looking at was like, is that true?
Speaker 1: Is that? How did that happen?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 1: I mean that's as of now. Of course, there could
Speaker 1: be some wacky stuff going on the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: But even just to start off that way, usually some
Speaker 1: other trade from some other year creeping in. Some team's
Speaker 1: got two picks in the first some team's got none.
Speaker 1: It's not like that this year. Everybody's got a trip
Speaker 1: to the dance. This is really nice.
Speaker 2: Went almost we went almost a decade without the Rams
Speaker 2: having their first round picks.
Speaker 1: So Sean mcay's like, screwed end picks. All right, let's
Speaker 1: get to the New York Football Giants. Spoiler alert. They
Speaker 1: also did quarterback and they certainly de line help and
Speaker 1: secondary help. So where do they go from here?
Speaker 2: Pat and the g Men could very well take a
Speaker 2: quarterback in the spot Joe, But they could also acquire
Speaker 2: a veteran quarterback in March, maybe someone like Sam Darnold,
Speaker 2: maybe someone like Justin Fields. So while this pick could
Speaker 2: be Shadoor Sanders, I am going to give the Giants
Speaker 2: Shadoor Sanders teammate the guy I believe to be the
Speaker 2: best player in this draft, Travis Hunter. And Hunter is
Speaker 2: just a special talent, a two way player who excels
Speaker 2: us both a cornerback and as a wide receiver. When
Speaker 2: he gets to the NFL, I don't think Hunter is
Speaker 2: going to play on both sides of the ball as
Speaker 2: often as he did in college. Just not feasible, at
Speaker 2: least not if Hunter wants to have a long lasting career.
Speaker 2: So Hunter is primarily going to play cornerback for my Giants,
Speaker 2: and I suspect that Hunter probably will be primarily a
Speaker 2: cornerback wherever he lands. In reality, Giants cornerback Adorri Jackson
Speaker 2: is about to become a free agent. They drafted cornerback
Speaker 2: Deontay Banks in the first round last year out of Maryland.
Speaker 2: Banks that are pretty uneven rookie season. Hunter is going
Speaker 2: to help stabilize the cornerback position for the Giants. He's
Speaker 2: going to be the shutdown guy if Banks takes a
Speaker 2: big step forward.
Speaker 4: Near two.
Speaker 2: Now we're cooking, but don't you worry. We will get
Speaker 2: Hunter onto the field as a receiver.
Speaker 3: Two.
Speaker 2: I think the plan would be to use him as
Speaker 2: a fourth receiver. Have n't played about I don't know
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five percent of the offensive snaps and in
Speaker 2: crunch time. We will wish our opponents well in trying
Speaker 2: to cover both Malik Neighbor Neighbors and Travis Hunter.
Speaker 1: As Pat mentioned, free agency, we'll have an impact on
Speaker 1: this first round and the rest of the draft. Two.
Speaker 1: But this is right now. We're living in the now
Speaker 1: with this draft and having some fun today. Next up
Speaker 1: is my New England Patriots here at the four spot. Bogman.
Speaker 1: I was hoping to get Carter. It did not happen.
Speaker 1: So who are you gonna give me instead?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna give you Will Campbell, the offensive tackle
Speaker 3: out of LSU, New England thirty first in past block
Speaker 3: grade one Mason three sacks per game three point one.
Speaker 3: Only Chicago obviously with Kleb Williams holding the ball. Cleveland, Houston,
Speaker 3: Minnesota and Seattle allowed more sacks per game. Then you're
Speaker 3: New England Patriots.
Speaker 4: You got Drake May.
Speaker 3: He can scramble, and I know you need targets, but
Speaker 3: I think there are targets later to get. There's not
Speaker 3: another Will Campbell in his pass blocking gradetect this point quarterback.
Speaker 4: In the second round of the draft.
Speaker 3: So let's go drop in our left tackle and at
Speaker 3: least have one to keep Drake May up right.
Speaker 1: I'm happy with this. I sign off. You have my
Speaker 1: approval of a thousand percent on this one. Protect your investment. Look,
Speaker 1: you know you got a quarterback in Drake May. Protect
Speaker 1: him and then continue to have a good draft here.
Speaker 1: Coming up next at the five spot, the Jacksonville Jaguars
Speaker 1: are perennial top ten pick. It feels like for most
Speaker 1: of my life, at least, pat you're up next with
Speaker 1: this pick. Again. The needs here for the Jags are
Speaker 1: many looking for secondary help, interior offensive line, quarterback help.
Speaker 1: Maybe if they want to move off. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but certainly at this point a couple different ways you
Speaker 1: could go here with this one. So which way do
Speaker 1: you want to go for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 2: We will address that secondary need, Joe. The Jaguars still
Speaker 2: need help at corner They needed help last year. I
Speaker 2: thought they were going to draft Terry and Arnold from Alabama,
Speaker 2: but the Jaguars passed on Arnold to draft Brian Thomas Junior.
Speaker 2: Turned out to be a great pick, a rare, shrewd
Speaker 2: move from former Jaguars general manager Trent Balke. But that
Speaker 2: needed cornerback remains and Jacksonville is going to address it
Speaker 2: by taking Will Johnson from the University of Michigan. Johnson
Speaker 2: is six ' to two, has a physical style, so
Speaker 2: you can match him up with big receivers, terrific at
Speaker 2: making plays on the ball. He's good in both man
Speaker 2: coverage and zone coverage. This is the ace coverman the
Speaker 2: Jaguars have been looking for ever since the departure of
Speaker 2: Jalen Ramsey seven or eight years ago.
Speaker 1: Okay, so a cornerback certainly will go a long way
Speaker 1: there to help Jacksonville's defense. Coming up next to the
Speaker 1: sixth both of Las Vegas. Mo eight. Is Shador Sanders
Speaker 1: still on the board for now, Scott Bagman. The Raiders
Speaker 1: looking to turn over this organization. Pete Carroll's been brought in.
Speaker 1: They need help at wide receiver, at running back maybe
Speaker 1: as well as corner. But the QB situation, Chador's out
Speaker 1: there is the pick.
Speaker 3: I mean, this is the easiest pick in the draft, Joe.
Speaker 3: If Shador Sanders falls to the Raiders, he is definitely
Speaker 3: going to be a Raider.
Speaker 4: And it makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 3: Like I know, I think Gardner Minshew and a O'Connell
Speaker 3: are fine backup quarterbacks, but you can't play this dance
Speaker 3: where one of these guys is starting for the whole season.
Speaker 3: We saw it last year and Pete Carroll's gonna come
Speaker 3: in here. And the best thing about Pete Carroll is,
Speaker 3: and we know it, this will be a meritocracy. Whoever
Speaker 3: plays the best in the preseason and in the camp
Speaker 3: and in practice will win starting jobs all throughout this roster.
Speaker 3: So if you draft Sanders and he ain't ready, then
Speaker 3: Russell Wilson will probably end up being the starting quarterback
Speaker 3: for the Raiders this season. So you won't have to
Speaker 3: go through this. Yes, as a top ten pick, he
Speaker 3: will start at the end of the year for sure.
Speaker 3: But if he's not ready, Pete Carroll's not gonna hand
Speaker 3: him to the Wolves. But if he's ready, he will
Speaker 3: play just like Russell Wilson did. So I think you
Speaker 3: bring in another vet maybe, and maybe they just stick
Speaker 3: with Gardner Minshew. I think we'll see a little bit
Speaker 3: of roster movement at this position for the Raiders though,
Speaker 3: So I think that bringing in Sanders a guy that
Speaker 3: can feed the ball to brock Bauers. He knows the
Speaker 3: game plan. Yes, he makes mistakes, you know, Pat and
Speaker 3: I talked about him. He does drop back a little
Speaker 3: bit too much, all all Caleb Williams, but they will
Speaker 3: try to drum that bad habit right out of him,
Speaker 3: make him step up in the pocket and throw the ball.
Speaker 3: Jacoby Myers is a good target still, and they are
Speaker 3: going to be addressing some of these needs as well
Speaker 3: in free agency and with their other picks in the draft.
Speaker 3: So they just need ahead of the offense and Sanders
Speaker 3: could easily be a plug and play guy from day one.
Speaker 3: And like I said, if he ain't ready, Carol will
Speaker 3: not force feed him to you it is all a
Speaker 3: meritocracy with Carol.
Speaker 1: Well, maybe that opens up our redemption story and arc
Speaker 1: for Matt Flynn all those years later. Right, can bring
Speaker 1: back Matt Flynn, have him signed, and then what.
Speaker 4: Is he doing?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 4: He's gonna come time frum State Farm. Here comes Matfleck.
Speaker 1: Guy. That guy signed a pretty good contract. You know
Speaker 1: he never had to do anything, all right, New York,
Speaker 1: Chase Daniels, that's right. The New York Jets are up
Speaker 1: next at seven. Pat, That goes back to you. The
Speaker 1: Jets could certainly need I think I think I could
Speaker 1: go defense with this pick. Personally, I think it's either
Speaker 1: the secondary or defensive tackle. What did you give him here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you said it, Joe. I mean they could take
Speaker 2: an offensive lineman here. They've got some aging tackles. But
Speaker 2: the Jets also have a lot of defensive backs who
Speaker 2: are about to hit free agency, cornerbacks DJ Reid and
Speaker 2: Isaiah Oliver, and safety is Chuck Clark and Tony Adams,
Speaker 2: although I think Adams might be a restricted free agent.
Speaker 2: But still, let's keep that secondary stocked with talent by
Speaker 2: giving the Jets Malachi Starks, the outstanding safety from Georgia
Speaker 2: he would team with Sauce Gardner to give the Jets
Speaker 2: two big time playmakers in the secondary. Starks is just
Speaker 2: terrific athlete. He's versatile. I think he could play either
Speaker 2: strong or free safety. And if the Jets do lose
Speaker 2: Isaiah Oliver and free agency, the Jets could probably play
Speaker 2: Starks as a slot corner. Malachi Starks just as a
Speaker 2: nose for the ball, good and coverage, has the speed
Speaker 2: to run with wide receivers, excellent run support. I generally
Speaker 2: don't think it's a good idea to spend a top
Speaker 2: ten pick out of safety unless that player is special. Well,
Speaker 2: Malachi Starts is pretty special.
Speaker 1: All right. We'll see if we get a special player
Speaker 1: here at number eight for the Carolina Panthers. Up next. Now,
Speaker 1: the Panthers, obviously it feels like they've turned the corner
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. That's a good thing, especially for
Speaker 1: this year's draft. Looking at edge, perhaps some wide receiver help,
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. What do you think, Bogs, where do you
Speaker 1: go here for this one? For the Panthers, We're going dt.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna give Mason Graham, the big defensive tackle from Michigan. Obviously,
Speaker 3: we know that Michigan had a great, great run defense
Speaker 3: the last few years, and famously Ohio State tried to
Speaker 3: run the ball up the gun on them and lost
Speaker 3: that game against Michigan, one of the most improbable losses
Speaker 3: in that rivalry. Mason Graham was a big reason. At
Speaker 3: looking at the Carolina Panthers run defense thirty second in
Speaker 3: the NFL last season, dead last, and Derek Brown tore
Speaker 3: up his knee.
Speaker 4: So I don't know when for Debro they're there.
Speaker 3: Debro the other kid is going to come back for
Speaker 3: you know, for the Panthers next season and play. Is
Speaker 3: it going to be early? Is he going to take
Speaker 3: a little bit longer. That's a huge loss. He was
Speaker 3: like their one good defensive player. So they need a
Speaker 3: team leader. And for all the issues that they had
Speaker 3: on offense, and yes they were bad, the defense was
Speaker 3: way worse last year and that is the thing holding
Speaker 3: them back and they need to build it from the
Speaker 3: inside out.
Speaker 1: Yea. And they played a lot of close games there
Speaker 1: of the second half too. They were hanging with a
Speaker 1: lot of teams. So we can fix that defense a
Speaker 1: little bit and maybe you start winning some of those
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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers pick, the New Orleans Saints are up next.
Speaker 1: They need a lot of things, but I think the
Speaker 1: Fountain of Youth pat would be the best selection for
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. So let's start getting younger with
Speaker 1: these picks. What are we gonna do?
Speaker 2: Yes, Joe Man, things have been pretty chalky and our
Speaker 2: mock to this point, so let's erase the chalk with
Speaker 2: this pick. I think the Saints have to go defense.
Speaker 2: Their run dye was atrocious last year. Their pass rush
Speaker 2: is okay, but Cameron Jordan's going to be thirty six
Speaker 2: next season. Chase Young is going to be a free agent.
Speaker 2: The Saints are going to look for run stoppers in
Speaker 2: this draft, but first they are going to get an
Speaker 2: explosive edge rusher in Mike Green, who is a standout
Speaker 2: in the senior ball practices. I think pre senior ball,
Speaker 2: Green was widely projected to go in the second half
Speaker 2: of the first round, but surprise surprise, after his phenomenal
Speaker 2: week down in Mobile, Green sneaks into the top ten
Speaker 2: here with the Saints. He had seventeen sacks from Marshall
Speaker 2: last year. He was the first Marshall player to be
Speaker 2: a first team All Americans since Randy Moss. Green just
Speaker 2: has an explosive first step. He is tall and rangy
Speaker 2: and can really bend in the edge, but like Green,
Speaker 2: is also a surprisingly physical player with heavy hands. Saints
Speaker 2: defensive retooling starts with one of the best edge rushers
Speaker 2: in this draft class.
Speaker 1: Mike Green next up here at number ten. Is the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears. Now, obviously, Bogs offensive line is the giant
Speaker 1: need here, but that's no fun, Bogs. What did you
Speaker 1: give the Bears?
Speaker 3: Well, look, I think if you want to help your quarterback,
Speaker 3: obviously the on line is huge, getting targets is big.
Speaker 3: But they have targets we didn't even see. We have
Speaker 3: not scratched the surface of what roman super exciting next
Speaker 3: year about.
Speaker 1: Being drafted right now, I think thirty seven overall wide receiver,
Speaker 1: and I don't I think that's criminal right now. I
Speaker 1: think that's just because people are waiting to see the
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen situation. I think it's a placeholder ranking. But
Speaker 1: I do think that's gonna change relatively quickly.
Speaker 3: We've seen Ben Johnson with DeAndre Swift. There's a reason
Speaker 3: he's in Chicago now right it's because he wasn't that
Speaker 3: good in the Ben Johnson offense. So let's give them
Speaker 3: ashing Genty, the quote unquote generational type running back from
Speaker 3: Boyse State. I don't know if I want to call
Speaker 3: him generational. I know Fitz has mentioned this. He's not Beijon,
Speaker 3: He's not Saquon. You know, he's he's not that guy.
Speaker 3: But I would put him right underneath those guys. My
Speaker 3: comp for him, and I hate comps. I'm not a
Speaker 3: big comp guy. I like to watch the guy play
Speaker 3: and say, all right, he's his own guy. Who does
Speaker 3: He remind me of many Marshawn Lynch, just the shorter
Speaker 3: Marshaw Lynch. The body control. This dude is like a
Speaker 3: damn pinball. It is impossible to bring him down. He's
Speaker 3: been hit high, he's been hit low. He shrugs off tackles.
Speaker 3: He's great with the ball in his hand. He's explosive.
Speaker 3: And just listen to the numbers and watch Jaws drop
Speaker 3: three hundred and seventy four rushing yards rush attempts, two
Speaker 3: six hundred and one yards, twenty nine touchdowns, along with
Speaker 3: twenty three catches one hundred and thirty eight yards, and
Speaker 3: the year before he had forty three catches. This dude
Speaker 3: can catch the ball out of the backfield. So how
Speaker 3: do you help Caleb Williams. Besides getting him offensive lineman,
Speaker 3: you get him the best running game you possibly can.
Speaker 3: That's what helped Jared Goff in Detroit. That's what helped
Speaker 3: the pass game a lot. So give the ball to
Speaker 3: Ashon Jenty twenty five times a game, and don't worry
Speaker 3: about it. Plug him right in and watch him go.
Speaker 3: I am super excited about him. I think this would
Speaker 3: be a really nice landing spot with this new offensive
Speaker 3: system coming in.
Speaker 1: So true was willing to be aggresive, which Amir gives
Speaker 1: in the draft a few years ago, so that it's
Speaker 1: not absurd to think they could take GENTI here my
Speaker 1: only question about Geny. You mentioned that workload three hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy four attempts, right, Like, that's a lot, and
Speaker 1: he concerns about the workload that he's had in college
Speaker 1: because sometimes we've seen that by the time these guys
Speaker 1: get to the pros, they're a little burnt. Any concerned there.
Speaker 3: You know, I understand the overarching concern. He just never
Speaker 3: slowed down, right, That was the thing. It's like, if
Speaker 3: he had been nicked up or questionable to play games,
Speaker 3: or you know, slowing down at the end or whatever,
Speaker 3: then I would say, Okay, this guy just never missed
Speaker 3: a beat. So I won't say it's affecting him until
Speaker 3: I see it's him being affected by it.
Speaker 4: So I didn't see any of that. I'm not worried
Speaker 4: about him.
Speaker 1: Next up, the San Francisco forty nine ers here. Now,
Speaker 1: the Bears in this draft did not take the offensive lineman,
Speaker 1: which means Banks is still on the board here, Pat,
Speaker 1: they could use some help at guard, linebacker, edge. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of needs here, cornerback here for the
Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers. So what would you give
Speaker 1: them here at eleven?
Speaker 2: Yeah, this one's pretty easy, Joe. The forty nine ers
Speaker 2: could use offensive line help. I mean left tackle. Trent
Speaker 2: Williams turns thirty seven in August, so they are going
Speaker 2: to take Kelvin Banks off Texas as the heir apparents
Speaker 2: to Trent Williams. Banks has been a three year starter
Speaker 2: at left tackle for the Longhorns, and he is remarkably
Speaker 2: athletic for a six four, three hundred and twenty pound
Speaker 2: human being. I think he'd be a perfect fit for
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan's offense, which values offensive lineman who can get
Speaker 2: to the second level. And yeah, Banks is just a
Speaker 2: great fit here. So let's give the forty nine ers
Speaker 2: Calvin Banks from Texas to.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys at twelve. Let's see what Jerry Jones is
Speaker 1: going to come up with here from Scott Bogman.
Speaker 3: Tad McMillan, the wide receiver out of Arizona, and you know,
Speaker 3: they just don't have anybody on the other side of
Speaker 3: seating Lamb right now.
Speaker 4: And I know the.
Speaker 3: Running game is missing as well. Depending on who you ask,
Speaker 3: some people really like Rico. Didn't seem like they really
Speaker 3: liked Rico last year, or else they would have given
Speaker 3: him the ball a little bit more. But they need
Speaker 3: another outside presence. Ted McMillan is an enormous wide receiver,
Speaker 3: six ' five tracks the ball well, gets the ball
Speaker 3: with his hands, enormous catch radius. The only thing that
Speaker 3: you worry about with a guy of his size is
Speaker 3: maybe he doesn't have that type of speed, but didn't
Speaker 3: slow him down against any of his competition.
Speaker 4: Had some enormous years for Arizona.
Speaker 3: Eighty four catches, thirteen hundred and nineteen yards and eight
Speaker 3: touchdowns this year, had a more healthy year of the
Speaker 3: year before ninety catches, fourteen hundred and two and ten.
Speaker 3: The dude is an immediate presence. The dude that can
Speaker 3: turn the ball from a fifty to fifty two to
Speaker 3: seventy thirty and that's exactly what they could use. Is
Speaker 3: just rolling coverage towards ten to get CD a couple
Speaker 3: more one on ones, and that would make him even
Speaker 3: more dangerous. So I really think getting a second target
Speaker 3: should be the Cowboys priority.
Speaker 1: If Gent should slide to the Cowboys, I'd be shocked
Speaker 1: if they didn't take him, and if Jerry Jones really
Speaker 1: wants him, I also wouldn't be shocked if he trades
Speaker 1: up to like seven where the Jets are, and the
Speaker 1: Jets take some more draft picks, continue to figure some
Speaker 1: things out there in order to leap frog if they
Speaker 1: think maybe win that Chicago might take him next up
Speaker 1: here at thirteen, the Miami Dolphins Pat fitz Morris, back
Speaker 1: to you. Disappointing year for the Dolphins last season. They
Speaker 1: could use some help on defense at the tackle positions,
Speaker 1: maybe safety, linebacker, or could always go with another offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: Where do you want to go?
Speaker 2: We will go with another offensive lineman. Joe Armand Membo
Speaker 2: of Missouri, So Miami really needs offensive line help, especially
Speaker 2: at guard. Membo was a tackle at Missouri. He's six three,
Speaker 2: three hundred and fourteen pounds. He does have thirty four
Speaker 2: inch arms, so he probably could stay at tackle, but
Speaker 2: he could also move inside to guard. Membo has a
Speaker 2: rare combination of power and athleticism. He is an early declarer,
Speaker 2: and yet he started thirty games from Miszoo in his
Speaker 2: three years there. So Membo, I think would be a
Speaker 2: nice start for the Dolphins in their effort to patch
Speaker 2: up that offensive line.
Speaker 1: Next up after the Dolphins at fourteen, the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 1: Colts team that was two years ago in the playoffs
Speaker 1: this year on the outside looking in, they could use
Speaker 1: some interior offensive line help. Go tight end here. It's
Speaker 1: a great tight end on the board, corner, linebacker, safety,
Speaker 1: lots of ways the Colts can go. So Boggs, what
Speaker 1: do you want to give him here?
Speaker 4: Real quick? Just not surprised that fits.
Speaker 3: He wanted the O line to help with all of
Speaker 3: his debn a chance shares, So not surprised at that
Speaker 3: at all. But for the Colts, let's give them Tyler Warren.
Speaker 3: They had big ties to brock Bowers. They tried to
Speaker 3: move up last season and grab him. And I'm not
Speaker 3: gonna sit here and tell you that Tyler Warren is
Speaker 3: brock Bowers because he's not. That's why Fitz and I
Speaker 3: were so big on brock Bowers last season. But Tyler
Speaker 3: Warren is a stud. He is going to be the
Speaker 3: first tight end off the board, no doubt. We also
Speaker 3: like Coulson Lovelin from Michigan, but I think Tyler Warren
Speaker 3: can drop in here. And what do you need If
Speaker 3: you're Anthony Richardson, you already have very good wide receiver targets.
Speaker 4: This is it.
Speaker 3: I mean, there's nothing else you can do more to
Speaker 3: help Anthony Richardson outside of maybe some old line play.
Speaker 3: But now he's got Pittman, now he's got downs. Jonathan
Speaker 3: Taylor's in the backfield. You have two options in Mitchell
Speaker 3: and Pierce, who were both solid last season. If you
Speaker 3: drop Tyler Warren in here, then you go all right,
Speaker 3: if you can't succeed with these targets and weapons, you
Speaker 3: can't succeed.
Speaker 4: That is it.
Speaker 3: You give Anthony Richardson no outs, you give him everything
Speaker 3: he could possibly use, and you start throwing the ball
Speaker 3: with force. If he can get it done, this offense
Speaker 3: is going to be very, very scary. So I think
Speaker 3: you just make everything a little bit easier for Anthony Richardson.
Speaker 3: They obviously need a lot of defensive help as well.
Speaker 3: I easily could have gone there, But the ties to
Speaker 3: brock Bowers and the want for a big target over
Speaker 3: the middle like Tyler Warren is what made me go
Speaker 3: with him here for the Colts, all right.
Speaker 1: Next up the Lanta Falcons at fifteen. They've got some
Speaker 1: different needs here. Falcons aren't far off here. I think
Speaker 1: this one simple, pat I'm looking for pass rush. What
Speaker 1: are you looking for? Yep?
Speaker 2: It seems like the Falcons are perpetually in need of
Speaker 2: pass rushers.
Speaker 1: Joe and well, nice alliteration.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they are definitely in need of a pass rusher. Again.
Speaker 2: They had the second fewest sacks in the league last year,
Speaker 2: just thirty one, and they ranked twenty ninth in pressure rates.
Speaker 2: Enter Mikel Williams of Georgia. So Williams only had five
Speaker 2: sacks this past season for Georgia fourteen sacks across his
Speaker 2: three seasons with the Bulldogs. But I think Mikel Williams
Speaker 2: is a little like Trayvon Walker was coming out of
Speaker 2: Georgia a few years ago. Like Walker didn't post big
Speaker 2: sack numbers in college either, but he was an athletic
Speaker 2: freak with big time upside. Lo and behold, Trayvon Walker
Speaker 2: had double digit sacks for the Jaguars in two straight
Speaker 2: seasons after being the number one overall pick in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty two. Mikel Williams looks like he came out of
Speaker 2: a just an edge rusher lab like. He's long and twitchy,
Speaker 2: powerful and athletic, powerful hands. Georgia thought Williams was versatile
Speaker 2: enough that he moved around the formation. They'd occasionally line
Speaker 2: him up inside, like over the center. So Mikel Williams's
Speaker 2: big time upside. I think he's the perfect fit for
Speaker 2: the Falcons.
Speaker 1: All right. Next up here at sixteen, Scott Bogmins on
Speaker 1: the clock for the Arizona Cardinals. Expectations. I feel like
Speaker 1: last year for the Arizona Cardinals and they fell a
Speaker 1: little short there. They could also use some edge rush,
Speaker 1: so unfortunately that pick might have hurt them defensive tackle. Look,
Speaker 1: they took a wide receiver last year. I don't think
Speaker 1: they're gonna go that route. And then at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, everybody could always use help on the
Speaker 1: old line. So Boggs, what do you want to do
Speaker 1: here for the Cardinals?
Speaker 3: I think this is one of my hardest picks, honestly,
Speaker 3: is that do we want to get a second outside
Speaker 3: presence here on offense, or do we want to just
Speaker 3: keep improving this defense, because I think the defense is
Speaker 3: the weakness of this team. They do have you know,
Speaker 3: you re signed James Connor, you have Trey Benson there,
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison. I think we all expect him to take
Speaker 3: a step up in his sophomore season. And Trey McBride
Speaker 3: came through specifically in the back half. So I think
Speaker 3: the offense is okay. I'm going to go with James
Speaker 3: Pearcy edge rusher out of Tennessee. This team, I believe
Speaker 3: was twenty eighth twenty seventh in pressure percentage last season,
Speaker 3: just not putting a lot of pressure on the quarterback.
Speaker 3: They did end up with forty one sacks, which was
Speaker 3: a decent number. But I think just putting a presence
Speaker 3: like James Pearce on this line to help with everything
Speaker 3: he can do a little bit of everything run, defense
Speaker 3: and getting towards the quarterback, I think is the most
Speaker 3: prudent pick for the card before.
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Speaker 1: Next up here the Cincinnati Bengals. I have a pretty
Speaker 1: high pick here at seventeen by their standards lately, a
Speaker 1: year that was disappointed, marred by some bad defense. So
Speaker 1: are we going to fix the defensive side of this
Speaker 1: team here?
Speaker 2: Pat Fitzmorris, No, Joe, I've been taking a lot alignment lately.
Speaker 2: I want to have some fun, So I'm going to
Speaker 2: give the Bengals Luther Burden, the wide receiver from Missouri.
Speaker 2: This one just makes too much sense. The Bengals aren't
Speaker 2: going to be able to resign t Higgins. They're going
Speaker 2: to have to find a new running mate for Jimar Chase,
Speaker 2: and I don't know if Andre Josevash is that guy.
Speaker 2: After a twelve hundred yard season four Missouri and twenty
Speaker 2: twenty three, Burton's numbers really fell off in twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: but the Missouri offense kind of struggled at times, especially
Speaker 2: when quarterback Brady Cook was hurt. Burton is just so quick,
Speaker 2: like this guy creates instant separation off the snap, and
Speaker 2: when he has the ball in his hands, Burton is
Speaker 2: flat out electric, Like this guy strings together these ankle
Speaker 2: breaking moves. My comp for him isn't even a football
Speaker 2: comp Joe. Like the way Burdon strings moves together reminds
Speaker 2: me of Alan Iverson.
Speaker 1: Like Burton is just slippery.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so hope he likes to practice more. Good point.
Speaker 2: He also has really good contact balance for a smaller receiver,
Speaker 2: and despite being only five to eleven, Burton is one
Speaker 2: of these guys who makes contested catches, like punches above
Speaker 2: his weight or I should say height in that department,
Speaker 2: kind of like Tyreek Hill. I mean, this dude makes
Speaker 2: some circus catches. So let's pair Burton with Jamar Chase
Speaker 2: and keep Joe Burt well stocked with pass catching weaponry.
Speaker 1: Short kings catching footballs. I like it. I'm in for it.
Speaker 1: Jack Sawyer up next is the pick that Boggin puts
Speaker 1: in for the Seattle Seahawks. So let's talk about this one.
Speaker 1: Looking for Seattle to get a little bit better on
Speaker 1: the pass rush.
Speaker 3: I assume here box, yeah, and I think they're you know,
Speaker 3: they were okay in the past rush last season. But
Speaker 3: I think what Jack Sawyer does at this point is
Speaker 3: he brings identity to this defense, and you know this
Speaker 3: has not been the same defense since the twelfth Man
Speaker 3: and Bobby Wagner and Cam Chancellor and all of those guys.
Speaker 3: I think what you get with Jack Sawyer as a leader,
Speaker 3: a guy with high, high motor. He's going to be
Speaker 3: out there every single play. He can play standing up,
Speaker 3: he can play with his hand in the dirt. He'll
Speaker 3: do whatever they ask him to do. Obviously, may hit
Speaker 3: the big play against my Longhorns in the semifinals there,
Speaker 3: but this dude will bring identity and heart and motor
Speaker 3: to this defense, which I just feel like has been
Speaker 3: like this is a crowd that is ready to go
Speaker 3: nuts at every single play. They are ready to be
Speaker 3: the twelfth Man and the Seahawks just really haven't brought
Speaker 3: it on the defensive side recently. So could they use
Speaker 3: some corners? Yes, I think offensive line may be a
Speaker 3: bigger need for them. I just don't think there's a
Speaker 3: player here that jumps off the page to me that
Speaker 3: they have to have. So for me, gimme, gimme Jack Sawyer.
Speaker 3: Let's bring some identity and motor to this defense.
Speaker 1: Three of the last four picks here on the board
Speaker 1: edge rushers. So we'll see what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Speaker 1: do next at nineteen, the run has happened. Do we
Speaker 1: want to keep going with this run here, Pat, or
Speaker 1: we want to pivot to something else?
Speaker 2: Yeah, we do, Joe, Nick s Gorton the edge from
Speaker 2: Texas A and M so Yeah, and Aggie I had
Speaker 2: to do it just to and I Bogman, the Longhorns fan.
Speaker 2: But the Bucks could use another defensive end to play
Speaker 2: opposite Yah Yah Dabi on that defensive line. Gordon's kind
Speaker 2: of a He's not really like a true bendy edge rusher,
Speaker 2: one of these lighter guys. He's six four to two
Speaker 2: eighty five, So s Gorton's kind of a power edge player,
Speaker 2: really good motor, and I think he only turned twenty
Speaker 2: a few months ago, so he was a teenager for
Speaker 2: most of his college career. There's a lot of growth
Speaker 2: potential for Nick Scorton. I think he'd be a good
Speaker 2: fit with the Bucks.
Speaker 1: Next up here twenty the Denver Broncos Bogs. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the Broncos needs here. Could use a tight end,
Speaker 1: but the big tight end is off the board here
Speaker 1: a wide receiver help perhaps, maybe linebacker, maybe safety. Where
Speaker 1: do you want to go here for the Broncos?
Speaker 3: No, we're going to that tight end. We're gonna give
Speaker 3: him Colson Loveland. I'm Michigan in Yeah, you guys really
Speaker 3: like it. Yeah, I love this pick for him in
Speaker 3: Coulson Loveland. I mean I said, I made this point.
Speaker 3: Fits really enjoyed it on the Dynasty show. Like, if
Speaker 3: we're going to give Loveland a hard time for not
Speaker 3: playing well and having production with the Michigan offense, that'd
Speaker 3: be like getting mad at my skateboard for not doing
Speaker 3: air trips right, Like I'm not getting it off the ground.
Speaker 4: It's a user issue.
Speaker 1: It is to bring back to two shows. I was
Speaker 1: a little worried I was wat material on this show
Speaker 1: that you did on the other show. But that's a
Speaker 1: good one.
Speaker 3: But I just think Loveland he kinda He's got a
Speaker 3: little bit of Jeremy Shockey and get the ball in
Speaker 3: his hands, let him run with it and run some
Speaker 3: dudes over. Like he is great with the ball in
Speaker 3: his hands. He is definitely a receiving tight end. Uh,
Speaker 3: he can block, He's got that motor, He's got that
Speaker 3: intensity for sure. I missed some time this year, which
Speaker 3: I think maybe keeps him behind Tyler Warren, but definitely
Speaker 3: do it all tight end that could bring a great
Speaker 3: pass catching presence to any team, And I think with
Speaker 3: you know, with the Broncos, we're really looking for pass catchers.
Speaker 3: Bo Knicks was great last year, but all you really
Speaker 3: had was Courtland Sutton. Marvin Mins started to come around late,
Speaker 3: but let's give him that option over the middle and
Speaker 3: put Lovelin on this.
Speaker 1: I like that a lot. I think that's a really
Speaker 1: really sound pick there.
Speaker 2: Joe can I jump been with a quick point about
Speaker 2: Loveland versus Warren? Sure place absolutely, Bug you said you're
Speaker 2: pretty certain that Warren goes first.
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 2: I mean, Warren's twenty four and Loveland is twenty. So
Speaker 2: I think if any of the tight end sady teams
Speaker 2: are looking at that age thing and are kind of
Speaker 2: worried about, like you know, getting a guy who's four
Speaker 2: years older than the next best guy, like, that's the
Speaker 2: reason I think there's a decent chance Loveland is actually
Speaker 2: the first tight end taken.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 1: I guess it also depends on what team's doing it, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, Indianapolis is, you know, hopefully getting back into
Speaker 1: competing next year, So I don't think taking Warren is
Speaker 1: an absurd idea, and you know, like if somebody doesn't
Speaker 1: because of the age, Okay, that's fair enough, but certainly
Speaker 1: a good point there. The Pat's making boy Jeremy Shockey.
Speaker 1: There's a name I haven't thought of in a long time.
Speaker 1: I often wonder if Jeremy Shockey, who had his head
Speaker 1: screwed on properly, what he could have been, because he
Speaker 1: was in a magnificent talent, especially in that era too,
Speaker 1: where it wasn't it was just the beginning of the
Speaker 1: opening up of the offenses in the NFL. You know,
Speaker 1: imagine now what he would be. It would be fun.
Speaker 1: Right Next up here is the Pittsburgh Steelers. We can't
Speaker 1: let Bogman make that pick, so Pat do it for him.
Speaker 1: What do you want to give him here? I don't
Speaker 1: imagine they're addressing quarterback through the draft. Here, maybe corner
Speaker 1: or maybe a new running back since they're not gonna
Speaker 1: have any next year. I don't know what do you
Speaker 1: want to do.
Speaker 2: We're gonna go with a wide receiver and I think
Speaker 2: I'm gonna make Bogman happy with this one. I'm gonna
Speaker 2: give him a Mecca Agbuka, the wide receiver from Ohio State.
Speaker 2: The Steelers need help at receiver, and Egbuka is a
Speaker 2: slot receiver with a really high floor. I think he's
Speaker 2: virtually bustproof. Like eg Buka is a very advanced route
Speaker 2: runner and good after the catch. I love how quickly
Speaker 2: he gets into his routes and makes these sharp cuts.
Speaker 2: Seems to understand leverage, which is part of what makes
Speaker 2: him such a good slot man. Just sets up for
Speaker 2: these moves, gets his defenders like leaning the wrong way,
Speaker 2: and then Bang makes his break and separate. So George
Speaker 2: Pickens needs help. Let's give him a running mate with
Speaker 2: a Mecca egg Buka.
Speaker 1: We have the Los Angeles Chargers. I would say a
Speaker 1: resounding success in your one for Harball returning to the NFL.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, Bogs, but he got this
Speaker 1: team to the playoffs. They were a joke last year.
Speaker 1: You addressed the offensive line last year. We know Harball
Speaker 1: wants to run the football. So what does he do here?
Speaker 1: Does he finally go ahead and take that big ticket
Speaker 1: running back and go all in here, Bogs, or does
Speaker 1: he do something maybe to solidify more on the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the football.
Speaker 3: I mean, general manager Bogman would for sure give me
Speaker 3: Omari and Hampton for the Chargers because I don't want
Speaker 3: to play this dance between JK. Dobbins and Gus Edwards
Speaker 3: and Camanie Vitell and all of these guys anymore. Give
Speaker 3: me a big, violent downhill runner and Omariy and Hampton
Speaker 3: to just dominate. And I mean I wish we saw
Speaker 3: more Justin Herbert. Obviously, his final performance was miserable against
Speaker 3: the Texans.
Speaker 4: We watched half of it on the VP.
Speaker 1: Enjoyed that together.
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, that was a lot of fun. But yes,
Speaker 3: especially after having so few.
Speaker 1: He had more in that game than he had all year, right,
Speaker 1: I mean.
Speaker 3: They yeah, and they need targets, right. I think Lovelin
Speaker 3: would be a great fit here and a Michigan guy.
Speaker 3: I think that fit almost writes itself in. But playing
Speaker 3: the dance between all of these running backs last season,
Speaker 3: the we know the on line is good, we know
Speaker 3: that Justin Herbert is good. It's the skill positions that
Speaker 3: this team needs. And I think Hampton is the best
Speaker 3: guy left on the board, and he can carry a big,
Speaker 3: big workload for the team, which is exactly what Harbaugh wants.
Speaker 4: So give him his battering ram.
Speaker 1: He seems to love the stylistic guy for Harbaugh like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm with you, and I like this big a lot.
Speaker 1: All right, next up, nice to see you not one
Speaker 1: but two running backs in the first round. What year
Speaker 1: is this? Was that two thousand and four? What's going
Speaker 1: on here?
Speaker 4: Hey?
Speaker 3: Listen with with what Saquon and Derek Henry I think
Speaker 3: opinions on.
Speaker 4: Andjon and Gibb.
Speaker 3: Like, I think that the opinion of let's wait to
Speaker 3: take a running back, I think that's kind of being
Speaker 3: rewound a little bit and real well it.
Speaker 1: Is, And especially because the quarterback play has been spar
Speaker 1: because they've had a lot of inexperienced quarterback play and
Speaker 1: a lot of more mobile quarterback play that hasn't necessarily
Speaker 1: been the most advanced quarterback play. You're seeing almost a
Speaker 1: regression in the style of offense now that you're seeing.
Speaker 1: You're seeing a lot more colleges style stuff going on here.
Speaker 1: And everything is cyclical in the NFL, but it definitely
Speaker 1: feels like this past season was a reawaken Even Jacobs
Speaker 1: had a good year right going to green Bay. Speaking
Speaker 1: of the green Bay Packers, look at that transition. Only
Speaker 1: a professional could do that. The Green Bay Packers up
Speaker 1: at twenty three. Pat Fitzmorris, you're on the board. Nobody
Speaker 1: knows better than you well the needs of the Packers,
Speaker 1: certainly corner Edge Dtackle, what do you want to do here?
Speaker 2: Wide receiver elec Aa Manor from Stanford and Joe was
Speaker 2: five months ago that wide receivers seemed like an area
Speaker 2: of strength for the Packers. Now it is a five
Speaker 2: alarm fire. Christian Watson tours acl Jane Reid didn't really
Speaker 2: take the next step forward after a promising rookie year.
Speaker 2: Dantavian Wicks didn't take a step forward either, and Romeo
Speaker 2: Dobbs probably best suited to be a three receiver, not
Speaker 2: a one or a two.
Speaker 3: Real quick on that, Pat, you can't you can't say
Speaker 3: that the Packers are a five alarm fire. With Joe
Speaker 3: hosting the show here and his Patriots wide receiver good point,
Speaker 3: and then my wide receiver corps for the.
Speaker 1: Steelers, it's a dust bowl. I think if you go
Speaker 1: inside the wide receiver room with the Patriots is actually
Speaker 1: one of those things we see those little tumble weeds
Speaker 1: going by like in the Old West. Stuff that that
Speaker 1: to me feels like more realistic for them. But Pat's
Speaker 1: not wrong. I mean, look, you want Jordan Loved to
Speaker 1: succeed the wide receiver room took it. It went from hey,
Speaker 1: this is a really deep group. Two, hey, maybe this
Speaker 1: group is really not so good.
Speaker 4: And he was number one question number one.
Speaker 1: That is ignoring all the needs on the defensive side
Speaker 1: going for offense just like a fantasy guy. I would
Speaker 1: I respect it.
Speaker 2: You guys do make a good point about the Patriots
Speaker 2: and Steelers having thinner wide receiver. Course, we'll downgrade this
Speaker 2: to a three alarm fire. We do not need to
Speaker 2: call on fire departments from neighboring municipalities for this one,
Speaker 2: but we do need to give the Packers more help there.
Speaker 2: So elk Amanor it is am and is this big,
Speaker 2: powerfully built possession receiver with a big catch radius. I
Speaker 2: love how he just eats up yardage after the catch
Speaker 2: with these big long strides, and man, he is really
Speaker 2: hard to tackle, just a load to try to bring down.
Speaker 2: Elamanner's a ferocious blocker and that's actually something the Packers
Speaker 2: really value in their wide receivers. And also elk amn
Speaker 2: Or is from medicine Hat, Alberta. So I don't think
Speaker 2: the Chiley temperatures of December and January home games in
Speaker 2: Green Bay are going to bother him too much.
Speaker 1: Yes, he'll say sorry every chance he gets twenty four.
Speaker 1: The Minnesota Vikings up next. I think this was pretty
Speaker 1: clear of pretty much every corner that's on that roster
Speaker 1: is a free agent this year. So is that where
Speaker 1: we're going here?
Speaker 3: Bugs, Yeah, let's give him Jedi Baron the Thorpe Award winner.
Speaker 3: Of course, hook him too, let's go.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 3: They gave up the fourth fifth most fifth most passing
Speaker 3: yards over four thousand yards passing and you know this
Speaker 3: is going to happen for a team with a high
Speaker 3: offensive output as they have, right and obviously Justin Jefferson
Speaker 3: is enormous. Jordan Addison took a huge step up. We
Speaker 3: got a healthy Hawkinson on the back end, plus a
Speaker 3: little bit of a lack of the run game, Aaron
Speaker 3: Jones getting a little bit older. I know some mocks
Speaker 3: have a replacement running back going here to the Vikings,
Speaker 3: but I just you know, they've been trying to address
Speaker 3: this and it hasn't worked, and they have some free agents,
Speaker 3: and this is one of the better players left on
Speaker 3: the board, and it fits my Homer narrative. I think
Speaker 3: everything fits here for me to take Baron here for
Speaker 3: the Vikings.
Speaker 1: Let's see what fits for the Texans. A nice playoff
Speaker 1: run for them after kind of a weird but successful
Speaker 1: regular season wide receiver for them too. I don't know
Speaker 1: where do you want to go here for Houston? I mean,
Speaker 1: I guess you could always go offensive line. They could
Speaker 1: certainly leave them help their pet.
Speaker 2: I don't think they've still run the cards up to
Speaker 2: the podium anymore, Joe, But if they did, I think
Speaker 2: the Texans a dash to the podium to take Josh Simmons,
Speaker 2: the offensive tackle from Ohio States. Their offensive line was
Speaker 2: just catastrophically bad in twenty twenty four, and it kept CJ.
Speaker 2: Stroud from being his best. The Texans allowed a twenty
Speaker 2: seven point two percent pressure rate, which was highest in
Speaker 2: the league, and gave up fifty four sacks, third most
Speaker 2: in the league. Simmons is coming off the season ending
Speaker 2: knee injury, hence the fall down to the latter part
Speaker 2: of the first round. If not for that injury, he
Speaker 2: might be a top ten pick. Simmons is just this
Speaker 2: prototypical left tackle, huge wingspan, nice athleticism for a big
Speaker 2: guy just with the Texans.
Speaker 1: Need the Rams up next to twenty six. Now Scott
Speaker 1: Bogmy and Cooper Cup getting run out of town? Is
Speaker 1: it time to replace him here?
Speaker 3: I think so. And by the way, this is just
Speaker 3: falling right. It's my lap with my long Horn's narrative here.
Speaker 3: But Matthew Golden I think would fit in this offense perfectly.
Speaker 3: I think he's a great compliment to what Poka Nakua does.
Speaker 3: A guy that uses his speed mirrored with his feet.
Speaker 3: He sets up these corners with his feet, and he
Speaker 3: can stop and start on a dime. He's gonna crush
Speaker 3: that three cone drill at the combine if he even
Speaker 3: decides to run it. I don't know why he would
Speaker 3: need to, But this is a dude with a great
Speaker 3: change of direction skill. I think that's going to be
Speaker 3: perfect for a guy like Stafford. And you know, Pooka
Speaker 3: is a guy that you can just throw the ball
Speaker 3: up to and let him his catch radius is going
Speaker 3: to do the rest of the work for you and
Speaker 3: you're gonna get a lot of separation with Matthew Golden.
Speaker 3: So I think he fits exactly what this Rams team needs,
Speaker 3: and especially if they do end up trading Cooper cup.
Speaker 1: I don't want to blow sunshine up your rear end.
Speaker 1: But I love Matthew Golden. I'm a huge fan.
Speaker 4: I watched a lot of him in the turn he
Speaker 4: didn't I.
Speaker 1: Did, I did. I watch a ton and I loved
Speaker 1: him in that game against the SEO. It's just so good,
Speaker 1: like it's just I don't know, man, like he just
Speaker 1: he made some catches in that game. I was like,
Speaker 1: that guy has a nose for the end zone. I
Speaker 1: U said, catch radius is really impressively. He's in his
Speaker 1: nice compliment to Cooper to excuse me, pukinakua in that
Speaker 1: offense too. Theoretically, I actually really like that duo that
Speaker 1: would get me a That's a very exciting landing spot
Speaker 1: for me. From a Fantasy Nerds standpoint, I'd like to
Speaker 1: see it. Baltimore up next to twenty seven. Pat, You're
Speaker 1: on the clock.
Speaker 2: Baltimore is going to take Shamar Steuart, an edge player
Speaker 2: from Texas A and M. And this is just a
Speaker 2: classic Ravens pick. Sit in your spot late in the
Speaker 2: first round and catch the falling value exactly, but like
Speaker 2: it might be more than BPA for Baltimore. They actually
Speaker 2: need help on the edge, and Stuart is just this
Speaker 2: big physical specimen with vast untapped upside. He six '
Speaker 2: five two eighty one with an eighty three inch wing span,
Speaker 2: and it looks like this dude was chiseled out of granite.
Speaker 2: Like he is just an absolute physical specimen. So Shamar
Speaker 2: Stewart also had a great week of practice at the
Speaker 2: Senior Ball that probably clinched his first round status. I
Speaker 2: would love to see him go to the Ravens, a
Speaker 2: team that's kind of pretty apt to get the most
Speaker 2: out of a high upside player like this.
Speaker 1: Next up the lines of twenty eight. Now, Scott Bogman,
Speaker 1: you have been taking an edge here, which is really interesting.
Speaker 1: So was that a concern about Hutchinson's return or just
Speaker 1: trying to give him some more help on the other side.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not really. It had nothing to do with
Speaker 3: Aiden Hutchinson's return. I think Aiden Hutchinson is going to
Speaker 3: be back. But it is what we saw after they
Speaker 3: started losing guys left and right last season. Right, It's
Speaker 3: this the depth of this team. It's very good almost everywhere,
Speaker 3: but Jesus, they could not stay healthy on this defensive line.
Speaker 3: Has saved their lives. Everybody got banged up, So I
Speaker 3: think just adding depth and a guy across from Hutchinson
Speaker 3: to take a little bit of the pressure off, specifically
Speaker 3: coming off a massive catastrophic injury like he did just have,
Speaker 3: I think is the best move for this team. They
Speaker 3: are really locked up on the offensive side, don't need
Speaker 3: a ton of help. Maybe you know, some of the
Speaker 3: old line is getting a little bit old, but I
Speaker 3: think the defense and getting the depth there in case
Speaker 3: what happens, which doesn't seem like it's possible what they
Speaker 3: end up with like twenty one defensive players on the
Speaker 3: ir or some ridiculous number last season. So I just
Speaker 3: think getting some depth there is going to be exactly
Speaker 3: what we want for Detroit real quick.
Speaker 1: Why him and not say Jayalen Walker who is a
Speaker 1: little bit more positioned flexibility, Like if you're looking for
Speaker 1: depth just out of curiosity.
Speaker 3: Yeah, because I don't want flexibility. I want the new
Speaker 3: needs to play the position. I want a specific area.
Speaker 1: Okay, I just don't know if you want to like
Speaker 1: deaf guys and being able to move guys around if
Speaker 1: you're you know, worry about costeback.
Speaker 3: I think as a workie, how I always screw his
Speaker 3: name up. I'm thinking of Levi on your workie as
Speaker 3: a raku. I think he is a very good player
Speaker 3: that will compliment Hutchinson very very well, and I think
Speaker 3: he might be BPA here. So I think it's a
Speaker 3: good pick for the.
Speaker 1: Washington Commander's up next to hear Pat A great year
Speaker 1: for the Commanders. So what do you want to do
Speaker 1: to help them get back to the playoffs in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five.
Speaker 2: We'll give them cornerback Benjamin Morrison of Notre Dame. So
Speaker 2: Washington needs more help at cornerback. Their first round selection
Speaker 2: of the spin lee Emmanuel Forbes two years ago was
Speaker 2: pretty much a disaster. They traded for Marshaun Latimore this year,
Speaker 2: but Latimore's best days are pretty clearly behind him and
Speaker 2: he's almost certain to be cut in the offseason. Mike Sandras,
Speaker 2: still their second round pick last year, really nice find,
Speaker 2: but I think he's at his best as a slot
Speaker 2: corner and the Commanders were sort of forced to use
Speaker 2: him outside for much of this past season. Let's give
Speaker 2: the Commanders a true outside corner in Benjamin Morrison, regarded
Speaker 2: as an excellent technician who should be able to make
Speaker 2: a meaningful contribution right away, not a project. Let's just
Speaker 2: give this Washington defense an instant jolt with a NFL
Speaker 2: ready player.
Speaker 1: Next up the Buffalo Bills at thirty. I would think
Speaker 1: Bog's got to go on the defensive side of the
Speaker 1: football here, right, Yeah.
Speaker 3: Let's stop the run and let's get them a big
Speaker 3: defensive tackle in Walter Nolan out of old Miss, a
Speaker 3: dude that can do a little bit of everything. They
Speaker 3: just don't have a lot of depth on the interior
Speaker 3: of the defensive line. Quentin Jefferson, Jordan Phillips, Austin Johnson
Speaker 3: are all UFAs right now. It's at Oliver and Deikwon
Speaker 3: Jones and not a lot of experience behind those guys
Speaker 3: Dewan Carter and Zion los So. I think just getting
Speaker 3: some depth the air and a potential starter would be
Speaker 3: a prudent move for the Bills. So let's give them
Speaker 3: Walter Nolan.
Speaker 1: Du picks remain. The Philadelphia Eagles a thirty one, Pat,
Speaker 1: We're back to you. A great year for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: And of course, talking about BPA, how he certainly knows
Speaker 1: how to find talent and drafts.
Speaker 2: Yeah, what do we give the team that has everything.
Speaker 2: They're just aren't a lot of screaming needs for the Eagles,
Speaker 2: but they could probably use another edge player. They might
Speaker 2: be able to use another linebacker, and we know the
Speaker 2: Eagles like defenders from the University of Georgia. So you
Speaker 2: referenced him just a minute ago, Joe Jalen Walker, the
Speaker 2: combination edge line from Georgia. You know, primarily a linebacker
Speaker 2: like he could play the middle, he could be the
Speaker 2: Sam linebacker, but also as the versatility to plan the
Speaker 2: edge on passing downs. It's just this thick, well built dude.
Speaker 2: But also Rangy has a real nose for the ball.
Speaker 2: I think the rich are going to get richer here
Speaker 2: with Howie Roseman picking up Jalen Walker toward the end
Speaker 2: of the first round.
Speaker 3: And then then had we had we had to save
Speaker 3: the Georgia guy for Philly of course, of course, I mean, yeah,
Speaker 3: you know, just made too much sense. I couldn't give
Speaker 3: him to the.
Speaker 1: Line one way transfer portal. Geez, let's go thirty two
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, uh bogs. Now the Chiefs, you know,
Speaker 1: certainly have a couple of different ways that can go here.
Speaker 1: Where do you want to go to close out this
Speaker 1: first round.
Speaker 3: Let's give him Kenneth Grant. I mean another team that
Speaker 3: just sits and takes the best player on the board
Speaker 3: and just the rich get richer, right, And they do
Speaker 3: have a need at this position as well. Obviously Chris
Speaker 3: Showan's best in the NFL, but behind him Wharton Pennell
Speaker 3: not two P two all UFAs going into the offseason,
Speaker 3: So maybe they get one or two of those guys
Speaker 3: back to definitely not getting all of them. They're gonna
Speaker 3: get paid by some teams here, so I think Kenneth
Speaker 3: Grant's slipping to this spot would be ridiculous, but there's
Speaker 3: a lot of good players, so I think it's definitely
Speaker 3: in the cards and it could be a possibility. So
Speaker 3: just give them another run Stopper and the rich get Richer.
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