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Speaker 1: The Action Network Podcast.

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Speaker 2: I'm just about that Action Boss.

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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody?

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast, presented by bet MGM.

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Speaker 3: This is our NFL Draft Grades AFC edition. I'm your host,

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Speaker 3: Chris Raybond of The Action Network, and we're joined once

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Speaker 3: again by longtime friend of the podcast, or as he

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Speaker 3: likes to put it, ex girlfriend of the podcast, but

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Speaker 3: not not angry ex girlfriend, just just a very ambicable

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Speaker 3: split ex girlfriend, Matthew Friedman of Fantasy Life Matt great

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Speaker 3: stuff on our NFC episode Welcome back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's great to be here. And I would say,

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Speaker 2: like the dynamic is like we dated in college. We

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Speaker 2: were probably like better as friends then as like an

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Speaker 2: actual couple, and then like we just kind of went

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Speaker 2: our separate ways, you know, like you went to New York,

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Speaker 2: I went to California. But we're like still friendly and

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Speaker 2: whenever we're in the same place, we hang each other

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Speaker 2: and or we hang out and it's all good.

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Speaker 3: You know, yes, exactly, And I do want to because

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Speaker 3: we on the NFC episode, we were trying to figure

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Speaker 3: out you know, we were talking about the Niners and

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Speaker 3: we're trying to figure out who was there running back

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Speaker 3: as they drafted that just nothing ever happened with And

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Speaker 3: I said, Jay Williams, who is doesn't exist? That's a

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Speaker 3: basketball player. But I was on the right track. It's

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Speaker 3: Joe Williams. I just wanted to close that loop. But

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Speaker 3: that was that. That was something we were trying to

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Speaker 3: figure out on the On the last episode, we're going

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Speaker 3: to dive into the AFC, go team by team here

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Speaker 3: and get Matthew's grades on those. Did a great job

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Speaker 3: breaking down the NFC, so check that out if you

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Speaker 3: haven't already. But before we dive in, I just want

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Speaker 3: to get your thoughts, matt biggest surprise overall in the

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Speaker 3: AFC or any just big picture thought on on the

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Speaker 3: AFC and and these teams in the draft.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the AFC, I would say, you know,

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Speaker 2: thinking about the quarterback, like what was going to happen

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Speaker 2: ended up falling out? And then you know, were the

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Speaker 2: Raiders going to be able to get a quarterback at

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Speaker 2: number thirteen? And so like quarterback not as important for

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Speaker 2: the AFC just in terms of the players who were available,

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Speaker 2: but like that was still going to be like hugely

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Speaker 2: important for these teams and then would dictate how a

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Speaker 2: lot of the draft came after that. But you know,

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Speaker 2: for the most part, you had the teams that have

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Speaker 2: a history of doing intelligent things continuing to do those things,

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Speaker 2: and then the teams that have a history of shooting

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Speaker 2: themselves in the foot continuing to injure themselves. So I

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Speaker 2: think a lot went kind of according to how you

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Speaker 2: would imagine it would for the AFC.

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Speaker 3: Who was it that, now, now you made me think

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Speaker 3: of shooting guys in the foot? You made me think

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Speaker 3: was it Stevie Johnson that did that celebration where he

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Speaker 3: pretended to shoot himself in the foot? Remember that Bills

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Speaker 3: receiver Afterquaxico? Yeah, I think it was.

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Speaker 2: I think that was Stevie Johnson.

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Speaker 1: He did it in a Jets game when Flax was

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Speaker 1: AFC East in a second. I know that was a

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Speaker 1: good segue.

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Speaker 3: But we're gonna we're starting the South just like we

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Speaker 1: With the NFC.

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Speaker 3: And you know, Jacksonville is a team that that you

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Speaker 3: have circled here, uh, that that you really want to

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Speaker 3: talk about. You know, they started the draft with Brian

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Speaker 3: I can't get not teams for targeting these LSU wide

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Speaker 3: outs given given recent developments. Uh, but they're also another

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Speaker 3: one of these teams, you know, just like the Rams

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Speaker 1: What do you think?

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Speaker 2: So I don't hate how some of this draft went

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Speaker 2: for the Jacks, but I'll just say, like Trent, Trent Balky,

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Speaker 2: oh man, this is not everyone drafts Trayvon Walker number

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Speaker 2: you know, trading down from number seventeen to number twenty three,

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Speaker 2: drafting Brian Thomas now because it's not as if they're

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Speaker 2: there's a mistake somewhere in the process, but like on

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Speaker 2: his own Brian Thomas first round or fine after that,

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Speaker 2: there there were a lot of reaches in here, and

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Speaker 2: they weren't like borderline reaches. This was like you are

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Speaker 2: routinely drafting this guy thirty spots higher than where you

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Speaker 2: find him on consensus boards, and like maybe sometimes you

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Speaker 2: do that just because like positional value, positional scarcity, whatever

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Speaker 2: it is. But if you do that routinely, pick after pick,

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Speaker 2: draft after draft, like that shows that you have a problem.

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Speaker 2: And outside of what the Jags did in the first round,

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Speaker 2: they reveiled themselves just to have very little sense of

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Speaker 2: So I like what they did in the first round,

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Speaker 2: this is this is a C plus.

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Speaker 3: The way I look at it with you know, you

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Speaker 3: you know, Houston has drafted their quarterback after you, Indianapolis

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Speaker 3: those teams are too. They have drawn even or even

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Speaker 3: you already had you had your head start with your

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I think this is I'm skeptical of this

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Speaker 1: You know, I think that was a need pick.

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Speaker 3: And then Blake Fisher, a tackle out of note your name,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of picks on Day three. Remember that

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Speaker 2: they traded out of the first round and so you know,

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Speaker 2: into Stefan Diggs. They also traded for Joe Mixon. I

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Speaker 2: part of this draft class, Uh, you know, Kimary Lasser fine,

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Speaker 2: Uh there was hype of him as a potential first rounder.

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Speaker 2: Uh you know Blake Fisher offensive tackle out a Notre Dame.

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Speaker 2: Like nothing wrong with him at all. So like these

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Speaker 2: like it's not as certainty that either of those guys

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Speaker 2: okay draft class considering you didn't have a first rounder,

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Speaker 3: C Yeah, I will say though, you know, I do

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Speaker 3: you know, they did draft a few defender.

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Speaker 3: I feel like one or two of those guys, you're

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Speaker 3: probably gonna get more out of them than than you

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Speaker 3: thought coming into the draft, just because I think they're

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Speaker 3: they're so well coached. They had a lot of guys

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Speaker 3: Uh and I think they they're putting themselves in position

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Speaker 3: like what Uston's done in totality, and I do expect,

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Speaker 3: you know, some of these more nondescript guys at least

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Speaker 2: I agree with that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, what about the Colts. So the Coats,

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Speaker 3: you know, last year, obviously they add what they hope

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Speaker 3: they're picking in the middle of the first they get

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Speaker 3: They got Donne Mitchell, who fell in the second round.

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Speaker 1: And they're draft in general.

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Speaker 2: I Mitchell, who he will start for them, and he

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Speaker 2: like he's just kind of another version of Alec Pierce. Again,

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Speaker 2: are no guys that you can look at and say like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: some point. Like, I think they did an okay job

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Speaker 2: I'm not that hot on it. Latham was a late

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And Tennessee as a team, you know, just from

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Speaker 3: But they seem to be trending downward as a franchise

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Speaker 3: All right, let's jump to the AFC North. A lot

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Speaker 3: of teams I think had good drafts in this one.

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Speaker 3: It started with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I thought their draft

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Speaker 1: So where'd you think of the Steelers draft this year?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I really liked it. I mean drafts tend to

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Speaker 2: it here. Troy fai Utanu out of Washington. There was

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Speaker 2: number sixteen. I think getting him at twenty there's good

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Speaker 2: value there. He adds great positional versatility, you know, some

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Speaker 2: scouts were talking about how he was like a true

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Speaker 2: And there were some conversations that perhaps they had drafted

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Speaker 2: and I think he's a perfect replacement for Deontay Johnson

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Speaker 2: you know, for years they have been looking for an

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Speaker 2: that point, it's fine. The injury concern is baked in,

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Speaker 2: absolutely love what they did with all four of those guys,

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Speaker 3: Is it enough to get the Steelers out of, you know,

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Speaker 3: out of their perpetual purgatory? I guess that still probably

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Speaker 2: But yeah, we've been way.

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Speaker 3: It seems like every year there they're in this purgatory,

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Speaker 3: this was This was a good draft for though I

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Speaker 3: Cincinnati Bengals. I've seen you know, grades all over the

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Speaker 3: You seem to like it, you know. They start out

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Speaker 3: What did you think of the Bengals here?

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Speaker 2: All Right? So I will say transparently that there were

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Speaker 2: Jermaine Burton. I like him as a guy who has

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Speaker 2: searching for for years to put next to Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 2: So you put all of those guys together, and then

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And you can afford to do that a little

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Speaker 3: I didn't hate the Bengals draft either. The Ravens. You know,

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Speaker 2: the blind side protector to Pennix on the Joe Moore

435
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:53,040
Speaker 2: Award winning offensive line last year. Like as great as

436
00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 2: fai Utanu was, Rose Garden was actually maybe the better

437
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 2: offensive lineman for Washington last year. So getting him in

438
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 2: the second round I think was outstanding value for them.

439
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,439
Speaker 2: And then Nate Wigans he fell down the board a

440
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 2: little bit, you know, so addressed a position of need

441
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 2: at cornerback in the first round, and then Ted Walker

442
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 2: the wide receiver out of UNC in the fourth round.

443
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,159
Speaker 2: You know, a little bit of a divisive prospect, but

444
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 2: you know, a ton of potential. And I mean it's amazing.

445
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 2: Even though the Ravens in the entirety of the Lamar

446
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 2: Jackson era, like they've drafted one tight end in the

447
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 2: first round, They've drafted three wide receivers in the first round,

448
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 2: and they also drafted Mark Andrews. It feels like they

449
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 2: still always need more pass catchers. So you know, adding

450
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 2: tes Walker in the fourth round, he has some potential there.

451
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 2: So I like what they did. And then they just

452
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,640
Speaker 2: got a lot of these guys at value while still

453
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 2: addressing positions of need. TJ. Tampa at pick one thirty,

454
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,800
Speaker 2: the cornerback out of Iowa State. He fell down the

455
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 2: a lot and so maybe that just means he's not

456
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,399
Speaker 2: as good as you know, draftnicks thought he would be.

457
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 2: But you know, there's the possibility that you know, he

458
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 2: fell too far and the Ravens are getting some value there.

459
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,159
Speaker 2: And I liked it again, doubling up on you know,

460
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 2: Nate Wiggins, the first rounder that they had at corner,

461
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 2: you know, doubling up on that position, addressing a position

462
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 2: of need, you know, just sort of like classic Baltimore

463
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,439
Speaker 2: Ravens draft. I would give this an A.

464
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, they don't reach, they tend to always get value,

465
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 3: and they tend to still fill their positions of need

466
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:35,159
Speaker 3: as well. So yeah, I like the draft for Baltimore Cleveland.

467
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,439
Speaker 3: I mean they didn't you know, they were missing some

468
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 3: picks still from that Deshaun Watson trade. So their first

469
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 3: pick isn't till fifty four overall. They get Michael Hall

470
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 3: Junior DT out of Ohio State. Then they go, you

471
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 3: know the other side of the rivalry, get Zach Zenter

472
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,679
Speaker 3: guard out of Michigan at eighty fifth overall, and then

473
00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 3: they don't pick again to number one fifty six, They

474
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 3: go Jamari Thrash, the wide out out of Louisville. So

475
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 3: what did you think of Cleveland's draft? Keeping in mind that,

476
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 3: you know, some of that some of the picks that

477
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 3: they would have had were kind of sent away that

478
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 3: Watson deal.

479
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, so, and they also traded for Jerry Judy Judy well,

480
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,120
Speaker 2: and so you know, that kind of gets taken into account.

481
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,920
Speaker 2: You know, I don't I don't really like the Judy trade,

482
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 2: especially when they gave him the contract after that. Obviously,

483
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,159
Speaker 2: the Deshaun Watson trade in retrospect doesn't look like a winner.

484
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 2: But you know, thinking about the players that they added, now,

485
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,120
Speaker 2: I like defensive tackle Michael Hall out of Ohio State.

486
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 2: He didn't get a lot of sack production, but he

487
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 2: was really still good pressuring pressuring the quarterback, and so

488
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 2: you know, just adding another big body there to the

489
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 2: interior of a pretty stout defense already I think was

490
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,960
Speaker 2: a good move. And then Zach Zenter like he has

491
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 2: the potential to maybe eventually be a starter on that

492
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 2: offensive line for them. But then, you know, other than that,

493
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 2: nothing really special that they did. I mean, this is

494
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,719
Speaker 2: like a C A C minus. I'm giving it a

495
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 2: C minus because because I'm going to take the Jerry

496
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 2: Judy trade and signing and the Deshaun Watson trade into

497
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,880
Speaker 2: account here, this is a C minus.

498
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think.

499
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 3: I mean their their fate is going to be determined

500
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,640
Speaker 3: by ultimately, you know how if Watson can can get back, right,

501
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 3: I think that that then they're they're in great shape.

502
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 1: If not not so much.

503
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 3: Uh, let's go to the AC East and we'll start

504
00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,440
Speaker 3: with the New England Patriots. They were picking number three.

505
00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 3: They get Drake May, quarterback out of North Carolina, and

506
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 3: then in the second round they go wide receiver. Now,

507
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,000
Speaker 3: this is not the Belichick era anymore.

508
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: So maybe they'll have better luck. But you know, jaywen Polk,

509
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: that was kind of a polarizing pick.

510
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 3: Uh. They do take Javon Baker at a u CF,

511
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 3: another wide out waiter in the draft, and in between

512
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 3: they draft they address offensive line. So their first five

513
00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 3: picks all offense, which I think made a lot of

514
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 3: sense when you consider what their offense was doing these

515
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 3: last few years. But what did you think of New

516
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,360
Speaker 3: England's draft, the first draft of the post Belichick era.

517
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the Patriots are low key losers. And

518
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 2: I just want to start by saying, like the Patriots

519
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: are so incredibly lucky that they had the number three

520
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 2: pick this year versus some other years, because they still

521
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 2: at least had a shot of getting a really good

522
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 2: quarterback prospect in this class. Other years would be like,

523
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 2: you know what, there are really only two quarterbacks the

524
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,760
Speaker 2: teams want, and we're not going to be able to

525
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 2: get them like Drake May in another season. Let's say,

526
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 2: like he were in the draft next year, he could

527
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 2: really easily be the number one overall pick. So getting

528
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:47,239
Speaker 2: Drake May at number three, like you lucked into that

529
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 2: total home run in my opinion. So like there's only

530
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 2: so big of a loser that you can be given

531
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 2: that situation. But like you lucked into that, And then

532
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 2: what you did with the rest of the draft, I

533
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 2: don't want to say it was inexcusable, but like you

534
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 2: were routinely reaching at every pick, and so, yeah, you

535
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 2: needed a wide receiver. It makes sense that you got

536
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 2: one in the second round and fourth round, but you

537
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 2: took Polk probably twenty to thirty spots too high. Yeah,

538
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 2: you needed some help at tackle at guard. Good thing

539
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 2: you took two guys in the third and fourth round,

540
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 2: but you took those guys higher than you needed to.

541
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 2: And you know, i'd even say, like Florida State tight

542
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 2: end jaheem Bell, I love that pick in the seventh round.

543
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 2: But I mean we're talking about like a guy who's

544
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 2: at best your number three tight end at this point,

545
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: getting Joe Milton as a you know, potential like developmental

546
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 2: quarterback behind Drake May, Like fine, the dude has like

547
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 2: an unreal arm, like, you know, fine, whatever, but you

548
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,320
Speaker 2: got Drake May and then you really kind of grewed

549
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 2: up after that, so B minus.

550
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 3: All right, Yeah, I mean it's tough, and it's a

551
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 3: lot if it's just going to depend on on Drake

552
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 3: May and how he pans out. But it seemed like

553
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,640
Speaker 3: even after you know, they're kind of famous for infamous,

554
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 3: I should say, for kind of screwing up wide receiver

555
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 3: picks in a Belichick era and and also just kind

556
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 3: of random reaches on linemen that was kind of the

557
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 3: staple of the Belichick era. So it's funny that you know,

558
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 3: this first draft under a new regime, it's kind of

559
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 3: seemed like some of the same same mistakes were being made,

560
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 3: So that's that's kind of curious.

561
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 1: But let's go to the New York Jets.

562
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 3: You know, they get Olufashanu out of Penn State tackle

563
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 3: in round one, they get Malachai Poorley wide out out

564
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 3: of Western Kentucky in you know, at number sixty five.

565
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 3: Overall that those are their two picks in the top

566
00:29:56,320 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 3: one hundred. They keep going offense. Bradylan Allen back out

567
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 3: of Wisconsin, and then Florida State QB Jordan Travis at

568
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 3: one seventy one. Isaiah Davis, another running back out of

569
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 3: South Dakota State. They go with him at number one

570
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 3: seventy three. So their top five picks were all offense.

571
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 3: They do have a quarterback named Aaron Rodgers coming back.

572
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 3: So what did you think of the of this Jet draft?

573
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 2: The more I look at it, the more I just

574
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 2: absolutely hate it. I mean, I like Olufashanu a lot,

575
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 2: like I like him a lot potential to be a

576
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 2: long term franchise left tackle, you know, like ten to

577
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 2: twelve years as the blindside protector to a quarterback. So like,

578
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 2: I get it. Anytime you can take a player like that,

579
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 2: you probably do it. And it's almost impossible to have

580
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: too many offensive linemen, you know, so I entirely get it,

581
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 2: but I will say you are all in this year

582
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 2: on Aaron Rodgers, you know, like you have a very

583
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 2: limited championship window here. You added left tackle Tron Smith,

584
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: you traded for right tackle Morgan Moses, You brought in

585
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 2: left guard John Simpson. You have rebuilt the offensive line, Like,

586
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 2: how many more bodies do you need to bring in

587
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 2: to have a solid offensive line? Especially when if you

588
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 2: are all in this year, you want to maximize what

589
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,239
Speaker 2: you are getting out of that number eleven pick. And

590
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 2: in a best case scenario, for Shan who doesn't play

591
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 2: this year, you know, like in a best case scenario,

592
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 2: Smith and Morgan Moses stay healthy. And for Shan who

593
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,479
Speaker 2: just basically red shirts or like maybe he flexes into

594
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: guard if Elijah Vera Tucker isn't ready to go when

595
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 2: the season starts. But like for Sean, who isn't really

596
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 2: a guard, like he's a he's a pure tackle. So like,

597
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 2: I understand that this is a position of potential need

598
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 2: in that Smith and Morgans are both like thirty three

599
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: years old, but it just feels like if you are

600
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 2: bringing in both of those guys, you don't draft a

601
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 2: tackle at number eleven overall, maybe you draft one in

602
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 2: the second or third round, but it just it feels

603
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 2: like a lesser version of what the Falcons did in

604
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 2: signing a quarterback and then drafting one at number eight.

605
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 2: Like it just feels like, like, understand, you are in

606
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 2: this championship window. You need to be getting more out

607
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 2: of that investment than someone who, in a best case scenario,

608
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 2: is on the bench for the entire year and then

609
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 2: after that. I really don't like what they did either.

610
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: You know, they don't have their second rounder. With their

611
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 2: third rounder, they drafted wide receiver Malachai Corley, who sort

612
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 2: of gets like Deebo Samuel comps like he's not Deebo Samuel,

613
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 2: like pretty much no one is Deebo Samuel, but like

614
00:32:55,680 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 2: Malachi Corley is more like Amari Rodgers than like Samuel,

615
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 2: you know, like you like you can see it like stylistically,

616
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 2: it's like, yes, that is the way that he plays,

617
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 2: But I don't think he's going to fit all that

618
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 2: well as the slot receiver within that offense, which means

619
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 2: that like Alanlizard is just going to end up kicking

620
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 2: back into the slot. So you probably wasted a third

621
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,719
Speaker 2: rounder on a guy who's not going to be playing

622
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 2: all that much, like big picture, Hey, do you think

623
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: it's a good idea for us to put a a

624
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 2: wide receiver in the third round who can't really run

625
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,959
Speaker 2: routes with Aaron Rodgers? Like no, that's probably not a

626
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 2: good investment of a third round pick. And then you

627
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 2: look at what they did after that, Braylan Allen. I

628
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: really like Braylan Allen as like a super young, big

629
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 2: guy who can truck. But you don't need to add

630
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 2: a running back in the fourth round when you already

631
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,719
Speaker 2: have Brest Hall in Israel Abana Konda on your roster.

632
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 2: You didn't need to do that. But if you did

633
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 2: add a running back in the fourth round, you especially

634
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: didn't need to add a running back in the fifth

635
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 2: round with Isaiah Davis, Like what are you doing? And then,

636
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 2: by the way, you didn't need to add quarterback Jordan

637
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 2: Travis to your roster in the fifth round, Like what

638
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: good are you going to get out of that? He

639
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:24,879
Speaker 2: is highly unlikely to become your franchise quarterback like through development,

640
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 2: And if Aaron Rodgers is injured, your team is already screwed.

641
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 2: But still you have Tarad Taylor. Taylor is going to

642
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 2: come in as your backup, not this guy that you

643
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: were drafting in the fifth round. So it just fills

644
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 2: like with everything they did in this draft, they did

645
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 2: not understand the assignment, which was to build as much

646
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 2: as you can for this very short championship window that

647
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 2: you have. So like, I liked some of the players

648
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,880
Speaker 2: they drafted if circumstances had been different, but man, like,

649
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 2: you just did not hit what you needed to do

650
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,719
Speaker 2: do here. So this is like a D plus for me.

651
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like they definitely went in on offense, which

652
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 3: is what they needed to do, but it's like the

653
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 3: way they did it, it doesn't really look like they

654
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,400
Speaker 3: drafted many guys who are going to actually move the

655
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 3: needle this year for them. So yeah, it was it

656
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 3: was kind of a curious draft for the Jets.

657
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:20,760
Speaker 1: Let's go Buffalo here.

658
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 3: So Buffalo ends up trading back out of the first

659
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 3: round and they grab a wide out in Keon Coleman

660
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 3: with the first pick of the second round out of

661
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 3: Florida State. Of course, you know, they end up you know,

662
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 3: giving a pick to the Chiefs that lets them go

663
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 3: get Xavier Worthy.

664
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: Then Buffalo does have a lot of.

665
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 3: Picks on you know, Day two and Day three, a

666
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 3: lot of addressing the offensive line. The defense was addressed

667
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 3: as well. They do get a running back and Ray

668
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 3: Davis out of Kentucky at number one, twenty eight. So

669
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 3: what did you think, first of all of the trade

670
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 3: down out of the first round, and you know how

671
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 3: they'd ended up addressing the wide receiver position and then

672
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 3: just more their draft in general.

673
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: So I didn't hate the trade down. I know that

674
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 2: there were some people who are like, you cannot trade,

675
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 2: you know with the Chiefs, and especially when you know

676
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 2: that they are coming up to get a wide receiver

677
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 2: and you need a wide receiver. And like, I get

678
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 2: that perspective, but if the Bills were not going to

679
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 2: take Xavier Worthy, like it kind of doesn't matter, like

680
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 2: trade down, pick up some value, and then take the

681
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,479
Speaker 2: guy that you want whenever he's on the board because

682
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 2: there's still a lot of wide receivers available at that

683
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 2: point in the draft. I don't hate the trade down.

684
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 2: In fact, I'll say, like, I think it was a

685
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 2: good move given the way that they were viewing those players.

686
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 2: So I understand the process. Now, I will say Kean

687
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 2: Coleman is not the player that I would have selected

688
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 2: at the top of the second round there because people

689
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 2: have like have talked about him even after they drafted

690
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 2: him of like oh yeah, like he kind of fits

691
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 2: as like a big bodied slot and it's like, wait

692
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 2: a minute, that is absolutely not what they need. Like

693
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 2: they already have Curtis Samuel, like that guy is the

694
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 2: one who should probably be occupying the slot, and then

695
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 2: they have Khalil Shakur, who you know plays out wide

696
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,359
Speaker 2: but really should probably be playing in the slot. Yeah,

697
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 2: and then you've got Dalton Kinkaid who's a tied end.

698
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 2: But it's really just a big bodied slot. Like the

699
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 2: last thing they needed to do was draft a big

700
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 2: bodied slot. So like I think Kean Coleman they can

701
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 2: talk about him as like maybe like an Ankwon Bolden

702
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 2: esque type of middle of the fill the receiver, but

703
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 2: like that dude's gonna have to play on the outside

704
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 2: and he's gonna have to win there, and like I

705
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 2: think he has the potential to do it, you know,

706
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,399
Speaker 2: like he's a big bodied guy, good and contested catches situations.

707
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 2: I don't really know how he is as a separator,

708
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 2: and like that kind of ends up mattering in the NFL.

709
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 2: This is gonna sound like a really negative comp but

710
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,439
Speaker 2: like Kelvin Benjamin, like a smaller Kelvin Benjamin is kind

711
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 2: of what he reminds me of. And remember, like Kellen

712
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 2: Benjamin actually had like a decent rookie year before he

713
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 2: got injured. And so like maybe there's the possibility that

714
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 2: Coleman is just like a really good like kind of

715
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:16,440
Speaker 2: like Mike Williams type like downfill dominator at the catch point.

716
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 2: Like maybe that works. And so I don't, like, I

717
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 2: don't have a big problem with it. I think there's

718
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 2: just a question in terms of like how he ends

719
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 2: up fitting with the offense Utah safety Cole Bishop. You know,

720
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,240
Speaker 2: he hits a position of need there, you know, defensive

721
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 2: tackle Dewan Carter also, you know, like hits a position

722
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 2: to need Ray Davis. I think is a is a

723
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 2: pretty good complimentary back to James Cook. So I like that,

724
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,759
Speaker 2: And then you know what they did after that on

725
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 2: day three, just a whole lot of bodies. Maybe some

726
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 2: of those guys end up making a difference. But you know,

727
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 2: Keon Coleman, like I get the process of trading back.

728
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 2: I think that was fine. I think it could have

729
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 2: been a better fit. Like I would have loved the

730
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 2: idea of a and I'm Mitchell as the guy that

731
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 2: they drafted here instead of Keon Coleman. So like I'll

732
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 2: say that this is a bee. There are some good things,

733
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 2: some not so good things, but at least like you

734
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 2: didn't reach in a lot of places.

735
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that, you know, that was fine. The

736
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: value they got was fine. I think the one thing

737
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,800
Speaker 1: my concern with this draft is for the Bills.

738
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 3: You know, you traded a guy in Stefon Diggs that

739
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 3: was very core to what you were doing, even if

740
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 3: you know he had maybe the end wasn't as great

741
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 3: as you would hope, but you come out of the

742
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 3: draft with one wide receiver and that out of your

743
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 3: ten picks, and that was even you know, that's not

744
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 3: even a slam dunk wide receiver pick in Coleman.

745
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 1: So I do that.

746
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 3: That's my concern with Buffalo and their draft. I know

747
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 3: they didn't want to reach, and you know, probably for

748
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 3: the best, but you know, I do I did think

749
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 3: they probably wanted to double up on wide receivers here

750
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 3: just to you know, I mean, replacing Stefan Diggs is

751
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 3: no small asking. You're not only replacing Diggs, but you know,

752
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 3: gave Davis. Say what you want about him as as

753
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 3: a receiver, but he did make a bunch of big

754
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 3: plays for you, and he was a great, great blocker.

755
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 3: So I mean there's a lot at wide receiver you

756
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 3: were trying to replace it for you to come out with,

757
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 3: you know, Jess Coleman. So that's that's my kind of

758
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 3: look at the Billage Draft. And then we have the

759
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 3: Miami Dolphins as the as the final team we'll talk

760
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 3: about here in the ANC East. What did you think

761
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 3: of Miami's draft this year? You know, they are a

762
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 3: team that didn't have a ton of picks. Early on,

763
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 3: they go with Chop Robinson out of Penn State number

764
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 3: twenty one overall linebacker. Then they go tackle Patrick Pall

765
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 3: at number fifty five overall out of Houston, and then

766
00:40:41,040 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 3: they get Jalen Wright, who I think he was.

767
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: That's interesting.

768
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 3: It's gonna be fun out of Tennessee at one twenty overall.

769
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,440
Speaker 3: So you know, Miami not a ton of picks to

770
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 3: show for it here.

771
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:52,879
Speaker 1: But what did you think?

772
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 2: I like this draft? Like, the more I look at it,

773
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 2: the more I do like it Chop Robinson. You know,

774
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 2: I think they got him at a position of need

775
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,760
Speaker 2: with a little bit of value, like he was going

776
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 2: to go in the first round, and man, like they

777
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 2: need some help on the edge, just in terms of

778
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 2: like the guys that they have who were injured there,

779
00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:17,399
Speaker 2: Jalen Phillips, Bradley Chubb. You know, like those guys are

780
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 2: starters when they're healthy, but you know there are some

781
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: health concerns there. I think Chop Robinson along with sha

782
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 2: Kill Barrett, forms like a really good rotational group there

783
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 2: at the edge. So I liked that they got him

784
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 2: get good value, and then you know they needed some

785
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 2: help on offensive line. Patrick Paul you know, maybe like

786
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 2: the last starter quality tackle in this class, and so

787
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,799
Speaker 2: like there's a chance that he actually does end up

788
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 2: starting for them, you know, maybe pushes Austin Jackson for

789
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: the starting role. But you know, I think he was

790
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 2: a good pick there, and even if he doesn't end

791
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,479
Speaker 2: up starting right away, like he still gives them some

792
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 2: depth at offensive line. Jalen Right really intriguing, a big,

793
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 2: fast guy like fits very well within the Dolphins offense,

794
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 2: and like it's it is not hard to imagine like

795
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 2: the plan of like oh man, like right and a

796
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 2: chan are just going to form like this dynamic like

797
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 2: one two power punch there. So love that. You know,

798
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 2: you have to imagine that this probably means the end

799
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 2: for Raheem Moster or maybe he has a reduced role,

800
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,719
Speaker 2: but you know, love what they're doing with Jalen right there,

801
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 2: even though like theoretically do you need a running back?

802
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 2: Probably not, but you're drafting one at pick one hundred

803
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 2: and twenty. It's fine. Mo Kamara, I think is a

804
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 2: good edge that they got with some value in the

805
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,280
Speaker 2: fifth round. And then I like Malik Washington, the receiver

806
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 2: out of Virginia, who has a chance. I think of

807
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 2: pushing Braxton Barrios for the starting slot role there, and

808
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,680
Speaker 2: so you know, to have a potential guy could start

809
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 2: for you and getting him in the sixth round and

810
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 2: getting him at you know, I wouldn't say it's a

811
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 2: massive position of need, but you would like to get

812
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 2: more from your slot receiver. And then I would say

813
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,280
Speaker 2: getting him at value with him falling down the board,

814
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 2: I think there's really good value there. So the Dolphins

815
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 2: I like a lot of what they did. Yeah, b plus.

816
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,879
Speaker 3: All I was jumped to the AFC West Kansas City,

817
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,800
Speaker 3: I think is the most interesting one. You know, Xavier

818
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 3: Worthy as a guy who no, by no means a

819
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 3: slam dunk pick at wide receiver out of Texas. But

820
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,799
Speaker 3: I do like, you know, given where the Chiefs are at,

821
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,720
Speaker 3: you know, they really did a great job rebuilding that defense,

822
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 3: so they didn't you know a lot of times in

823
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 3: the past, it's felt like the Chiefs you know, needed

824
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 3: to go defense early on because they had my Homes

825
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 3: and all those guys.

826
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: But now it's a little different. So I like that Worthy.

827
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 3: You know, he's an outlier in terms of his speed,

828
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 3: and you're you're pairing an outlier with another outlier at

829
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 3: quarterback and and at coach for that matter.

830
00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: So I like that.

831
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 3: You know, it's kind of a luxury I think for

832
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 3: them they did need a wide receiver, but I still

833
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:04,879
Speaker 3: think it kind of a luxury pick, but I think

834
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,120
Speaker 3: one with a ton of upside.

835
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: So I like that.

836
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 3: And then you know, continuing to kind of address the

837
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,120
Speaker 3: offensive side of the ball, you know, early on with

838
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 3: Sue Mattea and and Jared Wyley a tight end in

839
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,640
Speaker 3: the fourth round. What'd you think of Kansas City's draft,

840
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 3: especially the Worthy pick.

841
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, I loved this draft and you know, Worthy, I

842
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 2: think you hit it right. You know, maybe it's a

843
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 2: position that they didn't absolutely need to draft, and you know,

844
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 2: there can be some questions as to Xavier Worthy and

845
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 2: exactly like how complete his skill set is, but like

846
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 2: the dude is a Blazer, and like I think he's

847
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 2: actually a better receiver than he gets credit for. Like

848
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 2: he actually was like a complete receiver for texts, especially

849
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 2: like you know in his early year there, like he

850
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 2: broke out as a freshman. You know, like he's I

851
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,840
Speaker 2: think he's like an actual legit football player, not just

852
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 2: a sprinter. And so putting him with Patrick Mahomes, like

853
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 2: I think there's there's not this certainty, but there's the

854
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 2: possibility that with Worthy they kind of recapture some of

855
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 2: the explosiveness that they had with Tyreek Hill. It's not

856
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 2: to say that Worthy will be Tyreek Hill, but like

857
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 2: he will just provide them some of the downfill passing

858
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 2: attack that they definitely have missed the past. They were.

859
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,400
Speaker 3: Saying that they their comp for him is actually not

860
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,359
Speaker 3: Tyreek Hill, but another guy Andy Reid had in his past,

861
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 3: and that's DeShawn Jackson. And if he's like that, that's

862
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 3: still a major upgrade because if you think about what

863
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 3: Marquez Valdes Scantling was supposed to be, he was not.

864
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 3: He was obviously not a DeShawn Jackson. He's a lot,

865
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 3: you know, bigger than that. But he was supposed to

866
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 3: be kind of that downfield guy that's going to get

867
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 3: single coverage because you have Kelsey anyway, Uh, that's supposed

868
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 3: to win deep and he wasn't. He ended up not

869
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 3: being that guy, though he had a great you know,

870
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 3: Super Bowl run and whatnot. But Exavier Worthy, you know,

871
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 3: if he's anywhere near like DeShawn Jackson comp that adds

872
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,760
Speaker 3: another element to that Chief offense.

873
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:03,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that component and I think it fits stylistically.

874
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 2: And then also like Worthy as a smaller guy, like

875
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 2: just physically, he is very similar to Deshaun Jackson as

876
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 2: a prospect. And if you were looking at mock drafts,

877
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 2: it was split between are the Chiefs going to go

878
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 2: wide receiver? Are they going to go offensive tackle in

879
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,840
Speaker 2: round one? And the two guys who were regularly mocked

880
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 2: to them, Xavier Worthy and Kingsley Sua Matia And so

881
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 2: getting both of those guys getting Worthy in round one

882
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 2: and then waiting and getting Suma Matilla in round two

883
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 2: as your like potential, but I would say, like very

884
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:43,799
Speaker 2: likely blindside protector for Patrick Mahomes. I think great process there,

885
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 2: great value, and then get getting Jared Wiley, the tight

886
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,280
Speaker 2: end out of TCU in the fourth round, Like he's

887
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 2: probably not going to be the long term successor to

888
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 2: Travis Kelce, but like he's got a chance, Like he's

889
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 2: he's a little bit Kelsey like just in terms of

890
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 2: like the style of tight end that he is. So

891
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,879
Speaker 2: adding a guy who has a shot of learning under

892
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 2: Kelsey and then maybe eventually replacing him if Kelsey retires

893
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 2: in the next you know, like one to three years

894
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,919
Speaker 2: or something like that. I think there's some decent process there.

895
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 2: And then you know, like whatever they did in the

896
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 2: rest of like the fourth through seventh round at whatever,

897
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 2: I mean, they added a couple more interior offensive linemen.

898
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 2: I think that was probably a good process, and then

899
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 2: added two defensive backs, you know, losing a defensive back

900
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 2: this offseason. I think probably good process there. But you know,

901
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 2: those guys are will probably just be depth pieces. But

902
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:41,799
Speaker 2: getting Worthy and Suma Matilla and then potentially the guy

903
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 2: who's the number two tight end but behind Kelsey now

904
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 2: and maybe the successor. I do like that process. So

905
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 2: a minus for the Chiefs.

906
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,839
Speaker 3: I was talking about the Raiders now, because they you know,

907
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 3: they stay put in Round one and end up getting

908
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 3: Bowers to fall for them, you know, tight tight end,

909
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:03,879
Speaker 3: but that wasn't really a position of need for them,

910
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 3: and then they don't get a quarterback, so they go

911
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 3: into the you know, offseason with O'Connell and Minshew at

912
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 3: the top there.

913
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 1: So what did you think of this Raider draft and

914
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 1: about the Bowers pick?

915
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 2: I mean, if I had told you that we were

916
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 2: going to have six quarterbacks go off the board and

917
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,240
Speaker 2: the Raiders would somehow not be one of the teams

918
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 2: to get one of those quarterbacks, like you would not,

919
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:32,120
Speaker 2: believe me. Right, It's it's almost unthinkable the way that

920
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 2: the draft ended up playing out. And the Raiders are

921
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 2: left there with with Gardner Minshew as they're presumed week

922
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:45,120
Speaker 2: one starting quarterback, you know, and maybe they're maybe they

923
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 2: are fine with it, maybe they theoretically are okay with this,

924
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 2: but you have and I'll just say, if ever there

925
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,480
Speaker 2: were a situation where Tom Brady comes back, this would

926
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 2: be the team, Like go go say to Tom Brady, Hey,

927
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 2: we've got Davante Adams and Jacoby Myers. We've got these

928
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 2: two wide these two tight ends, and Brock Bauers and

929
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,400
Speaker 2: Mike Mayer that you might like throwing to. We just

930
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 2: added a new center, and our defense looked really good

931
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 2: at the end of last season. Like it feels like

932
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 2: that is the only out otherwise, or like maybe Ryan Tannehill,

933
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,120
Speaker 2: but I don't think that's really an out. Like otherwise

934
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:23,200
Speaker 2: you're going with Gardner Minshew and it just sucks. And

935
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 2: like brock Bauers, I think he has a ton of upside,

936
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 2: was awesome immediately as a freshman at Georgia. I like

937
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,520
Speaker 2: him a lot, et cetera, et cetera. That said, this

938
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,560
Speaker 2: feels like a terrible situation for him because this is

939
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 2: going to be a slow run, heavy offense where you

940
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 2: already have two wide receivers ahead of you, DeVante Adams

941
00:49:49,080 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 2: and Jacoby Myers, who are probably going to dominate targets

942
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,879
Speaker 2: more than you. You're going to have to compete with

943
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 2: Mike Mayer, who I thought was a really good tight

944
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 2: end prospect last year and whom the team invested a

945
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:05,720
Speaker 2: second round pick in like, there's only so much playing

946
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:07,839
Speaker 2: time that you're going to get and only so many

947
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,200
Speaker 2: targets that you're going to get, and those targets coming

948
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 2: from Minshew are going to be a pretty low quality.

949
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,759
Speaker 2: So even though I like Bowers, I felt like it's

950
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 2: a terrible landing spot for him, and like a terrible

951
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 2: I don't want to say a terrible pick by the Raiders,

952
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 2: but like, you definitely did not need to draft a

953
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 2: tight end. This would have been maybe the last position

954
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 2: I would have said you need on your team in

955
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 2: the first round. So I think just kind of bad

956
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 2: process there. Getting Jackson Powers Johnson the center slash guard

957
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 2: in the second round, I think that's fine. He potentially

958
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 2: could have gone in the first round, so you're getting

959
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,400
Speaker 2: some value there, a decent chance that he ends up

960
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 2: starting for you at right guard in a week one,

961
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,839
Speaker 2: So like, I don't hate that, And then the other

962
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 2: guys after that just kind of like whatever their bodies.

963
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 2: I do like Dylan Lobs, the running back that they

964
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:04,799
Speaker 2: got out of the University of New Hampshire on Day

965
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:08,919
Speaker 2: three in round six, I think he actually has a

966
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,439
Speaker 2: really good chance of becoming the number two running back

967
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 2: within that offense like Alexander Madison. Just feels like it

968
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 2: has been in kind of like fairly duplicative with Zamir

969
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,840
Speaker 2: White in terms of skill set ye and then Dylan

970
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,400
Speaker 2: Lob I think at this point is an upgrade on

971
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 2: amirror Abdullah as the pass catching back. So actually I

972
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 2: do like Lob as kind of like especially like for

973
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 2: fantasy maybe like a dark throw, but then even like

974
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,759
Speaker 2: for the team, Like I do not want to say

975
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 2: he has like Austin Eckler potential or something like that,

976
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 2: but like he could be like the small school guy

977
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 2: who kind of starts out his career as like a

978
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 2: committee receiving back and actually ends up kind of being

979
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 2: more important to the team than they would have anticipated.

980
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 2: So I like the value that they got with him there.

981
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:58,440
Speaker 2: But like other than that, I don't think that they

982
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:04,719
Speaker 2: really did a good job of addressing need and value.

983
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:07,839
Speaker 2: Like they didn't reach for a ton of players, so

984
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 2: like I think at least that is good, Like they

985
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:12,880
Speaker 2: probably stayed true to their board, which is how you

986
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,759
Speaker 2: end up with Bronck Bowers at number thirteen. Like they

987
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,759
Speaker 2: stayed true to their board. They didn't reach, and they

988
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,800
Speaker 2: probably got some values here and there, especially with JPJ

989
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 2: in the second round, but otherwise, like, I don't think

990
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 2: they did anything all that great. So and then I'll

991
00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 2: just say, like, big picture, you had to leave this

992
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 2: draft with a quarterback and not doing that like that

993
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 2: automatically like knocks you down a letter grade. So I'm

994
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 2: gonna say, like this is like a D plus.

995
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, it hurts when you know the Broncos get a

996
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,839
Speaker 3: quarter another team in your division gets a quarterback right

997
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 3: before you're picked too. So we'll talk about the Broncos

998
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:54,239
Speaker 3: in a second, but I do want to talk about

999
00:52:54,239 --> 00:52:58,640
Speaker 3: the Chargers. They get Joe Ault at number five overall,

1000
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 3: you know, they go with him instead of wide out

1001
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 3: like Molak Neighbors, but they do go wide out early

1002
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:06,600
Speaker 3: second and get Ladd McConkie out of Georgia.

1003
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: What did you think of the Chargers draft?

1004
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 2: So, I like what they did in terms of how

1005
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 2: they sequenced it, getting alt in the first round, coming

1006
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:20,879
Speaker 2: back getting a wide receiver in the second round, where

1007
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 2: like they could have done the opposite, where like you

1008
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:27,799
Speaker 2: go with Malik Neighbors in round one, but you know

1009
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 2: in the second round you probably wouldn't have liked nearly

1010
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:34,640
Speaker 2: as much the offensive tackle that you were getting there.

1011
00:53:34,680 --> 00:53:36,920
Speaker 2: So I like the way that they sequenced it, and

1012
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 2: it is like very Jim Harbaugh to be like we're

1013
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 2: getting we're getting a tackle, we're building through the trenches.

1014
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 2: And then I do like the receiver that they got

1015
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:53,879
Speaker 2: in the second round and Lad McConkey. This is going

1016
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 2: to sound like such an insult, but it's not like

1017
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 2: what the Cardinals were hoping, like Andy Isabella would be,

1018
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:05,840
Speaker 2: Like I feel like that is what Lad mcconkeye could be.

1019
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:10,320
Speaker 2: Like he's fast, but he's not just like a slot receiver,

1020
00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:13,240
Speaker 2: like he's he's not big, so like there are concerns

1021
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:15,400
Speaker 2: about can he play on the outside, but because of

1022
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 2: his speed, I think he can play on the outside.

1023
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 2: And he was super productive on a per route and

1024
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 2: a per snap basis at Georgia. Like he didn't have

1025
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 2: a ton of playing time just because that's not the

1026
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 2: way that Georgia does it, but when he was on

1027
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 2: the field, he was productive. And then like just as

1028
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:36,320
Speaker 2: a route technician, I feel like he fits really well

1029
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 2: with the quarterback that they have. And then after that,

1030
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:46,000
Speaker 2: like they just addressed a whole lot of defense, multiple cornerbacks, linebacker,

1031
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 2: defensive tackle. I feel like that probably makes sense just

1032
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 2: given who they are and the needs that they have.

1033
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:59,360
Speaker 2: So like, I don't like absolutely love the draft, but

1034
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 2: like I feel like the way that they sequenced what

1035
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:04,440
Speaker 2: they did in the first round, what they did in

1036
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:07,239
Speaker 2: the second round, and then hitting defense after that, like

1037
00:55:07,719 --> 00:55:10,120
Speaker 2: they hit needs. So like I would say this is

1038
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 2: like a B plus.

1039
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 3: All right, let's finish up with the Denver Broncos. They

1040
00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 3: go Bo Nicks at Oregon quarterback at twelve overall, and

1041
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:24,920
Speaker 3: then they also get Nixon's wide out Troy Franklin early

1042
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,879
Speaker 3: in the fourth round. In between, they only had one pick,

1043
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 3: Jonah Ellis, an edge out of Utah.

1044
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 1: What did you think? What do you think of Nick?

1045
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:32,960
Speaker 1: And what did you think of the Broncos draft?

1046
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 2: Nicks felt like a really significant reach. I mean, I

1047
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:41,800
Speaker 2: understand that you have, you know, offensive mastermind who wants

1048
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:45,480
Speaker 2: his quarterback, but it just felt like, you know, you

1049
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:48,480
Speaker 2: don't need to take Bonnicks now when you can take

1050
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 2: him in the second round. You know, like there's or

1051
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,640
Speaker 2: like trade down a little bit and pick him later

1052
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 2: in the first round. But anyway, picking Bonix at number

1053
00:55:57,600 --> 00:56:01,919
Speaker 2: twelve whatever, it is definitely a reach just in terms

1054
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 2: of like the consensus big board. But you know, if

1055
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 2: there is one coach who maybe can really figure out, hey,

1056
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 2: this is how I want to use this particular type

1057
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:14,680
Speaker 2: of quarterback, I do think it's Sean Payton. I will

1058
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:17,480
Speaker 2: say it feels weird to me that a team with

1059
00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 2: Javonte Williams and samaj p Ryan and Jalil McLaughlin and

1060
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 2: a team that doesn't have all that many draft picks

1061
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 2: is like, hey, you know what, we need another running

1062
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,640
Speaker 2: back in the fifth round, right, And so like I

1063
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:34,919
Speaker 2: like Audric Estime, the running back out of Notre Dame,

1064
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:37,399
Speaker 2: but like, man, you did not need to draft him

1065
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:39,920
Speaker 2: in the fifth round. They got good value in the

1066
00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:42,600
Speaker 2: fourth round with the Oregon wide receiver Troy Franklin. But

1067
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:44,760
Speaker 2: I will say, like there's a reason he was falling

1068
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 2: down the board. I don't know if you remember, like

1069
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:51,600
Speaker 2: Paul Richardson, who you know was with the Seahawks, slender guy,

1070
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:55,200
Speaker 2: like decent speed, but like he either needed to be

1071
00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,560
Speaker 2: just a little bit bigger or a little bit faster.

1072
00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 2: Like that is Troy Franklin. He like what he is

1073
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:04,000
Speaker 2: now is a guy who is just not quite fast

1074
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:07,440
Speaker 2: enough or not quite big enough. And I get that

1075
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 2: there's the idea of like the instant mind meld that

1076
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 2: he could have with bow Nicks, given that they're coming

1077
00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 2: from the same program, But I just kind of don't

1078
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:20,200
Speaker 2: see him being a high level player in the NFL.

1079
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:26,560
Speaker 2: So reaching on Nicks, you know, Franklin is a value

1080
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 2: based on you know, where he was projected to go,

1081
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 2: but I think they're you know, concerns about his play style,

1082
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 2: you know, not getting positions of need later in the draft.

1083
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know, man like a d.

1084
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:42,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, and a lot of it.

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00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 3: You know, once you reach on Knicks and then you

1086
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:47,240
Speaker 3: I mean, would you have taken Franklin if you didn't

1087
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 3: have Nicks? So then that comes into play, like you

1088
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 3: could be just kind of doubling down on a potential

1089
00:57:52,120 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 3: mistake there.

1090
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:54,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, that was questionable.

1091
00:57:54,160 --> 00:57:56,320
Speaker 3: The only thing, I mean, you know, they did you

1092
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 3: think the Raiders take Nicks at thirteen?

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00:57:58,320 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 1: If?

1094
00:57:58,640 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 2: If?

1095
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:00,200
Speaker 1: If the Broncos don't.

1096
00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:04,000
Speaker 2: I don't think so. Well, I think they were I

1097
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:06,560
Speaker 2: think they were out on Knicks. I think the only

1098
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:12,080
Speaker 2: team that liked Nicks was the Broncos. And it's funny.

1099
00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:17,800
Speaker 2: It is funny that you have Sean Payton like crowing

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00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:21,640
Speaker 2: after they talked after the draft Knicks about how he

1101
00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:26,080
Speaker 2: tricked the Vikings into trading up one spot. It's like, well, man,

1102
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:29,120
Speaker 2: like read the market, like you tricked yourself into taking

1103
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:32,720
Speaker 2: bo Nicks right at number twelve when no one else

1104
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,360
Speaker 2: was bidding against you for him.

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00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I mean, like you said, if Sean, if

1106
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:41,160
Speaker 3: there's any coach, Sean Payton would be it. But yeah,

1107
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 3: that's definitely a move, that's that's a questionable move. And

1108
00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:45,720
Speaker 3: they've already struck out once and you know, trying to

1109
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 3: fix that quarterback position. So we'll see. But uh, before

1110
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:50,880
Speaker 3: we get out of here, who is overall? Just who

1111
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 3: is your favorite draft for the AFC?

1112
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:58,160
Speaker 2: Man, I do like what what the Chiefs were able

1113
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:00,920
Speaker 2: to do with the top of their picks, but I

1114
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 2: will I will go with Pittsburgh. I do like the

1115
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:09,800
Speaker 2: f Utanu and Fraser picks back to back, really solidifying

1116
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,439
Speaker 2: the offensive line, and then Roman Wilson in the third

1117
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:15,480
Speaker 2: round and adding Peyton Wilson in the third round is

1118
00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:19,360
Speaker 2: maybe the guy who can finally solidify the middle of

1119
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,000
Speaker 2: their defense there. So I will go with the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: All right, Well, great stuff as always and for everyone listening,

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