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What's Up Everybody? We are less than ten

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and this is the Season with Peter Schrager and

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the week before, won

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the day before. Right now

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it's time to jump in

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to my first mock draft. Que the music

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pump. I

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almost want to have the Alan Parson's

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project to the Chicago Bulls theme as we

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build up here, because the Bears are the first team on

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the clock. No delay here. Let's

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get right into it first overall, pick

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the Chicago Bears. Select

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Aleb Williams quarterback

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at a usc I reported this last

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week. These guys have

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had had three great meetings. The first

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one was at the Combine, second

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one was at the Pro day in La. The

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Bears brass took Caleb

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Williams out to a really, really

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cool exclusive dinner club

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called Bird Streets. Now bird Streets

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is owned by the same guys who own

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Nice Guy and Delilah. These are

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big Vegas, LA and

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now in Miami there's at Delilah.

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The group is called the h Wood group. They're one

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of these restaurant groups that also does clubs.

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Bird Streets is like their private members

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club, and they arranged

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it so that they could have Caleb Williams

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have dinner with them there, and the

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Bears brass was obviously GM, Ryan

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Poles and Matt Aberflus, couple other people joined

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and I was told from Bear sources

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the night they had their dinner at

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Bird Streets, Jamie Fox was there. Cuavo

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Quevo, I don't know, Quevo from the Migos

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was there and they were all coming over and saying what's

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up to Caleb Williams, and the Bears were blown away with

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how Caleb himself at dinner and

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also handing himself in that la scene. Then

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two weeks later, it's the only visit

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Caleb Williams has taken as a draft

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prospect. It was in Chicago. Caleb

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goes to the facility

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in Lake Forest, Illinois, and the

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dinner was at

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a restaurant in Lake Forest, which

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I thought was interesting. They had it in

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Lake Forest, not in Chicago, and

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Caleb was amazing and they were members of the

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Chicago Bears team at

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this dinner, So you could see him interact and then the next

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day he had his visit at Hallis Hall and blew him

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away. They're all in on Caleb Williams, and it sounds

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like Caleb Williams is all in on them Great

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Bears. Caleb Williams put it in number

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two. Commanders. Commanders

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have a really interesting off season. They bring

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in Dan Quinn. They bring in Bob

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Myers, who is the Golden State Warriors

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general manager, who helped with

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the hiring of the general manager position

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which was Adam Peters from the San

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Francisco forty nine Ers. They bring in Cliff Kingsbury.

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In recent weeks, they've made a bunch of

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different acquisitions. They've also quietly

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today which is Monday, announced

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the hiring of Dave

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Gardy. You say, who's Dave Gardy. Dave

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Gardy has worked at the league forever.

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His father, I believe it was the head coach at Hostra

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for many years. But Gardy has

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been a league employee who works in

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the operations and the management council and

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is pretty much like the go

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to guy for all salary, cap

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and transaction things at the league. So

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everything and every team they have questions or complaints

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they would go to Gardy. Gardy

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also had this group beneath him, like

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the Management Council, which is basically

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a feeder system to all the teams for team presidents,

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team gms, and the list goes on

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whether it's Brent Tillis who now

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runs the Panthers, or it's Mikey Greenberg

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and Tampa, or Mike Disner who

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is the man up in Detroit. Like

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all these guys and ladies

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as well Jackie Davidson who's down in Tampa,

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and several others. They all worked at

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the Management Council at the League Office and then

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they end up getting jobs at teams, whether they're the

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number two, number three people in the front office. Guardy

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was kind of like the guy who ran it all. Shocker

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to me, Guardy's leaving the League Office

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to go work for the Commanders and like what seems to

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be like a nebulous title, a new title, and

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from what I gather, they're just trying to bring

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about as many smart in the no leaders

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as possible. And this is going

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to be a collective decision. This isn't going to be one where

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the owner, Josh Harrister says, I want this quarterback

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I have the commanders sticking Jaden Daniels,

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LSU quarterback, the Heisman winner actually

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waged in more at his pro day than anyone expected

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as of today, which is Monday

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afternoon. I think it's Daniels over May.

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I don't think it's a trade back. They have six picks

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in the top one hundred, this would be their first one, and

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you have Jaden Daniels, the LSU quarterback

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working in Cliff Kingsbury's offense, with Adam

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Peters's first selection being the

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Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU,

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which leads to the Patriots at number three.

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Put them on the clock. Patriots,

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you're gonna hear a lot of trade back smoke,

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and it might happen. But I think

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New England's new brass would

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actually be very comfortable with either Daniels

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or May, or maybe even McCarthy. So I

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could tell you they took May out to

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stakes at a restaurant called Davios

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in Patriot Place before

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his Foxborough visit and they loved him. They

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also loved Daniels, and then

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on Sunday night it was

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dinner with JJ McCarthy and he's there

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today Monday in Foxborough. All

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that is great. I think it's going

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to be a quarterback, and I think it's Drake

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May University of North Carolina. And

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I think the Patriots Mac Jones

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was traded for like a ham sandwich. He's out of the picture.

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They did not have a very busy offseason. I

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don't understand what the strategy has been. I think

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in the draft they go offense, offense, offense,

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offense, offense, offense, and Drake May

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University of North Carolina quarterback is the Patriots

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quarterback of the future, which leads

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to the Arizona Cardinals at number four can

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stay put and they could take Marvin

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Harrison Junior. They could be very happy

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Kyler Murray has a receiver

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to gir old with and we're good. Or

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the Arizona Cardinals can dangle that pick

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to a host of teams who

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are looking to move north. When

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I say move north, I mean coming from the back

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of the draft up. Those teams

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could include the Las Vegas Raiders

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to go get JJ McCarthy. That

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could include the Denver Broncos to go get

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J. J. McCarthy. It could include

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the Minnesota Vikings who have the eleven and the

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twenty three to go get JJ McCarthy. But

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the team that I have trading up to

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get JJ McCarthy fourth overall is going to

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shock a lot of folks. There

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is a trade made in the

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Arizona Cardinals give

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up the fourth overall

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pick and in exchange

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get the sixth overall pick, a

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third round pick, and next year's second

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round pick of the New York

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Giants. And the Giants move up

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from six to four, and it is the

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Giants who select

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JJ McCarthy with the fourth overall

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pick. They go quarterback.

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Daniel Jones, of course is

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still there, still do forty something

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million this year. But I've got the Giants

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and Joe Shane, who did not draft Daniel

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Jones, making a move

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trading up and going and

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getting JJ

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McCarthy number five the Chargers,

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as everyone's still in all with their

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jaws on the ground to that one, Chargers

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select Marvin Harrison Junior. They

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get the envelope in there quick. I know some teams like

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neighbors more than Harrison. I know one team likes

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a dooonesay more than both of them, but I

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think Harrison is the pick. They got rid of

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Keenan Allen in a trade they didn't sign

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back Mike Williams. There

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is any wide receiver need. They've

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got Justin Herbert, and I think im

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Harbaugh saw Marvin Harrison for many years at Michigan.

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I like that fit. That's the fifth overall pick.

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Cardinals traded back two spots. They

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go in. They get Roma Dunsay at a Washington.

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They get a number one guy for Kyler Murray, and they get

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a smart, tough, building block

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player. Adunzay's awesome. He

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is a blue chip number one. Cardinals

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pick up a couple other picks and they get a Dounza.

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They also have the Houston Texans first round

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pick later in the first round. Very

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very big draft of the Cardinals. If they start off with

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Adunza, I think that's good. Leads to seven.

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Tennessee went back and forth. Here

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Joe Alt the offensive tackle at a Notre Dame,

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or Malik Neighbors, the electric wide receiver

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at LSU. I've got Tennessee taking

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Joe Alt, the offensive tackle at a Notre

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Dame, six foot seven, nimble son of

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a former NFL offensive tackle

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and a towering protector of Will

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Levis's blindside for years to come. You

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want to talk about a good offseason, if Tennessee

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could add Ridley, and

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they could add Joe Alt and they could

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you know, Tony

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Pollard. This is a good offseason

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for the Tennessee Titans, and all

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is the number one tackle

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in this draft Atlanta.

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Malik Neighbors is sitting there. Could

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Atlanta possibly take him in the same offseason

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they got Rondell Moore and they got Mooney,

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and they also already have Drake London

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and they already have taken Kyle Pitts and Bijon

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Robinson with first round top ten picks.

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I say no, I go with Atlanta, going

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with Dallas Turner, defensive end

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out of Alabama. They add to the

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defense here. He was a three year starter at Alabama

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stud I think he's the first defensive player

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taken in this draft, which leads to number

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nine. The Chicago Bears. They

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could just look at this thing and they could take Melik

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Neighbors and be done with it and be happy

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and walk on and continue to keep

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I say they trade the pick. Bears

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trade the pick, and who do they trade it to? Who's

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coming up? How about that one team

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in the end, AFC South, who has been very

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quiet with signing outside talent and yet

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actually has a window to win. That's

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the Indianapolis Colts. I've got the Colts moving

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up from fifteen to nine. They

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swap a first and they give a future second.

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They move up. They get neighbors the star

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wide out out of LSU in an AFC

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South. Like I said, that's all the Jaguars, Texans, and

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Titans be very aggressive in free agency

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GM Chris Ballard shows he's got a trick up

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his sleeve. He goes up and gets neighbors. Now

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you've got Anthony Richardson at quarterback. You

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got Pittman and Pierce at the wide receiver

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spots. Now you've got neighbors. Who's probably your number

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one Jets at ten. I've heard

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from a lot of people Jets are a prime prospect

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to move back here. I don't see it.

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I've got Brock Bowers going tenth overall

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to the New York Jets. I think they stick

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and hold tight. I love Bowers. I love

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Bowers for a year now. I think a lot of

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teams love Bowers. He is by far the number

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one tight end prospect in this league, in

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this draft, and he also has incredible yards

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after catch ability. Rock

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Bowers goes ten. All right to recap,

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Aaron, should I go through my one to ten real quick for

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you and give me your initial thoughts? Go

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Caleb one to the Bears, awesome,

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Commanders sick, Jayden Daniels. Patriots

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take Drake May, Giants trade

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up six to four and

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get JJ McCarthy with Alt

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Neighbors Harrison all on the board.

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They go, JJ McCarthy. Your thoughts on

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that one.

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I think the Giants trading up to four

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is the most surprising to me, because

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that's six to four is not that far

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of a trade. And I don't know if

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JJ would be gone. But man,

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seeing Marvin Rome

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and a Duneza, I mean Marvin

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Rome and Neighbor's going by nine

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and then Bowers at ten. It's amazing the

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pass catchers that early up and like you said,

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Dallas Turner the only defensive player so far.

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Yeah, So Chargers five go Marvin

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Harrison, and then like you said, six

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a Dunzay to the Cardinals. Titans take

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Alt Turner two, Atlanta Neighbors

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nine to the Colts, and then the Jets

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take Brock Bowers at ten, which leads the Vikings

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at eleven. Vikings do

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not move up to get JJ McCarthy. In my mind,

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draft, who cares. I just don't have them

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giving, you know, having

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enough Amo, even with the twenty third overall pick.

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Instead, I've got the Vikings

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selecting Terry and Arnold

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defensive back out of Alabama. They

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stay put and they get what I'm told is

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a one of one kid and an

12:36

all around incredible, incredible

12:39

leader. He was a red shirt sophomore, but

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he arrived in Tuscaloosa as a safety, played inside

12:44

and outside, and I'm told interviews incredible

12:46

and saying Sam

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Darnold will be the day one starter in the scenario,

12:51

because if you're not taking a quarterback up

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here, you're going with Donald who you signed

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for one year, ten million dollars. They

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go Terryan Arnold number

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twelve Broncos. They miss out on quarterbacks

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too. Is it too soon to take Bo

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Nix or Michael Penn? I think it is.

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I think they go with Leatu Latu

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at a UCLA Denver Broncos twelve.

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Latu viewed by many as the best

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pure pass rusher in this draft. I

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could see them saying, all right, give them to us if

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he medically checks out, because he had this Knick injury

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that was pretty severe. They go with him and

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then maybe they move back into the end

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of the first round and try to get Nix or Pennix

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if it makes sense. But I got them going lat

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To. We've

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had one offensive lineman taken that was

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Joe Alt thirteen. The Vegas Raiders

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on the board. I have them

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taking Oulu Fashanu

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offensive tackle at a Penn State.

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Spoken with a lot of folks around the league.

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Raiders need offense in a lot of ways. If

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they don't get a quarterback and move

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up to get one, if they don't have a chance

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to get neighbors of Dounze or Harrison,

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look for them to go offensive line here and Fashanu

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is the real deal, maybe the biggest

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upside out of all these offensive tackle

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prospects, which leads to the Saints

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at fourteen. Fourteen Saints go Tellayse

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Fuwanga Oregon State. He is a

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tackle boo could play anywhere on the offensive line

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if needed, mean streak. Teams

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have loved meeting with him. Fourteen is a steal

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for him. I've seen him going as as high

14:17

as top ten and other mock drafts. Fifteen

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Chicago traded down with Indianapolis. We got

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at fifteen. Chicago got them taking Quineon

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Mitchell out of Akron. Defensive

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back. Bear's trade back, and

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they still get the stud defensive back

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who might go first through all the dbs in

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this draft, Tim or Arnold if

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the ball falls, If the board falls this way,

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Mitchell spectacular dB prospect,

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was amazing at the Combine was insane

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at the MAC. Small school

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guy all relative obviously, but not a

14:47

power five guy going to the top fifteen

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Chicago. That would mean they get Caleb Williams, and

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they would get Quineon Mitchell,

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and they'd pick up another draft pick for a future draft.

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Sixteen Seattle, I have them stay

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in local and drafting Troy

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Watanu, offensive tackle at

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A Washington for again,

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big man played offensive tackle,

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can also play guard if necessary. One

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of those guys who I think is

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going to be a top twenty

15:17

pick, I've got him here going staying local,

15:20

going to Seattle, number seventeen.

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Jacksonville Jaguars. They take JC

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Latham out of Alabama. Latham

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could give could go as

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high as being the second offensive tackle

15:31

taken. Teams like them that much. The scenario

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I have him going here, which is about the fourth offensive tackle.

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Again, this could all change. If I'm the Jaguars,

15:38

You're trying to keep Trevor Lawrence upright, that's the main goal,

15:41

and they'll do that here eighteen.

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Cincinnati Bengals got them

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going defensive tackle Byron Murphy out

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of Texas, top interior defensive

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line prospect in this class. He's interviewed well, he's

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had a really good combine and pro

15:54

Day. And they got Sheldon Rankins,

15:57

they got bj Hill. Those guys are good defensive

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tackles inside. But Murphy's

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stud top twenty pick. I think that would

16:04

be a good fit there eighteen, which leaves

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to the Rams at nineteen. And

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I'll give you my insight on the Rams. You know, Sean McVay

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has never had a first round pick

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since he's gotten there, has never had a first

16:17

round pick. And I assure you, if

16:20

Sean McVay is taking a first round pick, I'll

16:22

put my name on this. Sean McVay is taking

16:24

an offensive player in the first round.

16:27

I've got Sean McVay taking Tyler Geiton,

16:29

the offensive tackle out of Oklahoma.

16:33

This is a guy who is super athletic

16:35

but very raw. I could see

16:37

him as like the right tackle, but give him

16:39

a year and then he's the mainstay. But

16:41

again, more bodies to protect Matthew

16:44

Stafford. I think Stafford's got one to two years

16:46

left. He's got all these weapons.

16:48

You love Cup, you love Nikua, you love the running

16:50

back. There are other wide receivers that

16:52

they could take here, but I'm gonna go offensive tackle,

16:54

continue to protect nineteen Rams

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Tyler Geyton, which

17:00

goes to the Steelers. At twenty.

17:02

I have them taking wide receiver Brian

17:04

Thomas Junior out of LS. I'm

17:07

still keeping an eye on Pittsburgh and

17:09

what Omarkan's going to do at wide receiver. Because

17:12

you got the quarterbacks, there was this expectation

17:15

that wide receiver was next, and

17:17

in this case, I think they do

17:19

get one in the draft. I like Thomas

17:22

over a d Mitchell. I'm not sure

17:24

ad Mitchell and George Pickens.

17:26

Thomas is a different type of receiver. Big

17:29

got the hands obviously, and was the combine

17:32

stud. That is eleven through

17:34

twenty. Real quick, if you're listening, eleven

17:36

Minnesota Vikings, Terry and Arnold

17:39

defensive back at Alabama Broncos.

17:41

Twelve Leatu Latu at

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a UCLA the pass rusher. Vegas

17:46

thirteen takes Olu Fashanu

17:48

at a Penn State the tackle. Saints

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at fourteen takes Hala si fu

17:53

Wanga, the offensive tackle at

17:55

Oregon State. Chicago trade

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it's back and at fifteen they get quinny On Mitchell,

18:00

defensive back out at Akron sixteen,

18:03

Seattle takes Troy Fatanu

18:05

out of Washington and other offensive tackle.

18:07

Jacksonville is another offensive tackle, JC Latham.

18:10

Bengals go inside on defense Byron

18:12

Murphy, Rams take another offensive

18:14

tackle and Tyler Geiton and

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the Pittsburgh Steelers take Brian

18:19

Thomas Junior, the wide receiver out of

18:21

LSU at twenty. Aaron

18:23

Any thoughts eleventh through twenty.

18:26

You know a lot of these teams here could

18:28

really be in the market for a quarterback, like you

18:31

said, Denver, Vegas,

18:34

Seattle, maybe the Rams, and so it

18:36

is fascinating to see this huge stretch

18:38

of teams that really

18:41

really might want to trade up, and instead

18:43

it's all tackles basically.

18:45

And you know, as a Bills fan, was

18:48

really hoping Brian Thomas would last. I don't think he's

18:50

gonna last to us unless we trade up. But man,

18:52

it was tough to see him

18:54

go to Pittsburgh because they

18:57

draft receivers really well. And that

18:59

makes sense because I think Brian Thomas is great.

19:02

What's interesting is Pennix and Knicks

19:05

that don't have going in the which

19:07

means now they're in that back third

19:10

of the draft. You start doing tears here and

19:12

you're like, okay, now, is this where a

19:14

team trades back up and goes and gets one of those

19:16

guys if they want. Let's see

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twenty one Miami Dolphins. I've got

19:29

Jared Verse, pass rusher

19:31

out of Florida State. This is a guy I he can go anywhere

19:33

in the top twenty five, and I wouldn't be surprised. Productive

19:36

pass rusher, extremely versatile at FS.

19:38

You again, down year

19:40

for d line prospects. Verse

19:43

could be could be the dude I like

19:45

him to the Dolphins. They lost Van Ginkel

19:47

and they also lost Christian

19:50

Wilkins this year, so that makes sense to me.

19:53

All Right, here's one that puts a smile on everyone's face.

19:56

Twenty two Philadelphia Eagles. How he's

19:58

not just going to take the best player. How he's going to make a splash.

20:00

He always does. Cooper Dijon dB

20:03

out of Iowa. Is it the Gene Dejon?

20:05

I don't know. He's a white cornerback

20:08

and everyone's gonna make a big deal out of it. And I mentioned

20:10

it as the first thing, but let's put that out of the way

20:12

and just consider him a Swiss Army

20:14

knife guy. Could play corner guy, could

20:16

play safety, guy, could play special teams. He

20:19

can do it all. And he also had an incredible

20:21

workout last week, just a few months

20:23

removed from a very serious injury.

20:27

Dejeene is a special teams guy if

20:29

you need him to be, I'd love

20:32

him for Philly. I feel like he'll be a fan

20:34

favorite. And he's just an outstanding

20:36

athlete. I posted last week his

20:38

high school basketball highlights, jumps through the roof,

20:41

And if you're Philly, it's like, let's just add young talent.

20:43

Let's just get more talent on this thing. We've already got

20:45

a bunch of young guys who are supposed to sprout and develop

20:47

on defense, defensive, backfield. It seems

20:49

like an area of need. Cooper Dejean

20:52

Dijon dejeen twenty three,

20:54

Minnesota. You know what, screw it?

20:57

I have Minnesota at twenty three, taking Bo

20:59

Nicks quarterback out of Oregon. Nicks

21:01

could go as high as eleven, twelve, thirteen,

21:04

or fall completely out of the first round. I don't

21:06

know. I know that teams are high on him,

21:08

and everyone I talked to you says late first, early

21:10

second. If you're in Minnesota and you didn't get a quarterback

21:12

at eleven and you got the best offensive back in this draft

21:14

in Arnold and Nix is sitting there at twenty

21:16

three, don't overthink this. If you like them,

21:19

take them. If you love them, you move up

21:21

and take them. If you don't like them and you don't love them,

21:23

then you take someone else and you just roll with Donald and

21:25

you say that's that. I don't think they're just gonna roll

21:27

with Donold and say that's that. I think they're getting a quarterback

21:29

somewhere in this draft. The twenty third overall

21:32

pick, a backstop pick. Remember the

21:34

trade up to get this selection. I

21:37

thought I had was they would package eleven and twenty

21:39

three, but I don't know if that's enough to get up into

21:41

the top three or four. Instead, they

21:43

get bo Nick's quarterback out of Oregon

21:46

twenty four Dallas Cowboys,

21:48

always an intriguing pick. I've

21:50

got them taken the burner from the combine.

21:53

Xavier Worthy, Texas wide

21:55

receiver, the fastest man to ever run a

21:57

forty since the NFL network started broadcasting

22:00

it. He also fights, He's a competitor. I've

22:02

got them getting another wide

22:05

receiver for Dak, a deep threat in

22:07

this one. He'll go with CD Lamb and hopefully

22:09

they can handle the contract stuff with CD and

22:11

with Dak. This is a cheaper pick because you get

22:13

a first round talent, you can develop them over five

22:16

years. He doesn't need to get paid. Last time they take

22:18

a wide receiver in the first round, it was Cede Lamb

22:21

twenty five. Green Bay Packers. Usually a trade

22:23

back here or a defensive player. I've got them going

22:25

offense. Amarus Mims, offensive

22:27

tackle at a Georgia a massive

22:29

ot, tremendous upside,

22:32

but a relatively like just a

22:34

few games like a lack of experience at Georgia

22:36

and the games he did play that were big. He was good,

22:38

but he had a big injury in twenty twenty three.

22:41

This is a deep wide receiver draft, a deep

22:43

offensive line draft. I've got them scooping up

22:45

another offensive lineman to protect

22:47

Jordan Love. Last several picks.

22:50

Let's go right through it and then we'll wrap it, and

22:52

then I'll tell you what we got coming up in the coming days.

22:54

Twenty six Tampa Bay got

22:56

them taking Graham Barton, offensive

22:58

lineman at a Duke Tampa. I love

23:00

what they did this offseason, bringing back all those key

23:02

players and bringing back key assets from

23:04

last year's divisional round squad. We've got

23:07

them taking an offensive lineman who could play tackle. He

23:09

played center at Duke also, and I think he'll do both in

23:11

the NFL if he has to. Graham Barton

23:13

to Tampa twenty six. Twenty seven,

23:15

the Cardinals their second pick of the first round.

23:17

I got them going Darius Robinson,

23:20

defensive line out of Missouri, Quietest

23:22

rising prospect in this draft class. I wouldn't

23:24

be surprised if he goes top twenty at this point, I'll

23:26

be honest, everyone was talking about Robinson. If

23:29

the Cardinals can come out of this thing and get

23:31

Roma Dunze and Darius Robinson, those were

23:33

two really good first round picks. Guy

23:36

at wide receiver, guy defensive line solid,

23:39

which leads to the Buffalo Bills twenty eight. Air

23:41

in your team, there's a wide receiver sitting there that

23:43

could go top fifteen. I've got them taken A.

23:46

D Mitchell also known as

23:48

out An I Mitchell's full name. Tremendous

23:50

player out of Texas, big body, can

23:53

compete, had a good combine.

23:55

I don't have him as high as others happened. I've seen him

23:58

go top fifteen, top sixteen. Like, I think this is about

24:00

right back end of

24:02

the first round, and I might be proven wrong. And Adam

24:04

Schefter came out today and was like, teams are way

24:06

higher on him than mock drafts. Twenty eight

24:08

to the bill sounds right for me. Ad Mitchell

24:11

wide receiver, Buffalo. They

24:13

got rid of Stefon Diggs last week, Kincaid,

24:16

I think they view as a wide receiver slash tight

24:18

end. Now you add this guy in the first round who is

24:20

a bawler. I like that pick for them.

24:22

Twenty nine Detroit Lions select Zach Fraser,

24:26

interior offensive lineman at A West Virginia,

24:28

A four time all state

24:31

high school wrestling champion. Nasty,

24:33

versatile, hungry dude. One

24:35

of those guys who will just scrap. If that's not Dan

24:37

Campbell, I don't know who is. And you add to that offensive

24:39

line. You just keep bulking it up. Might

24:42

be a little early. I think most people say

24:44

Fraser is like second or third round. I've got him

24:46

going first because it's my mock draft, and I think Zack

24:48

Frasier and Dan Campbell are like Kindred Spirits.

24:51

Thirty Baltimore Ravens best name

24:53

in the draft kool Aid McKinstry

24:55

out of Alabama, defensive back. The

24:58

Alabama to Baltimore pipeline

25:00

is real, even with Ozzie Newsom

25:02

no longer making the picks and it being Eric DaCosta.

25:05

I also think kool Aid can play right away

25:07

and might have a bigger impact than Harry

25:09

and Arnold. In his first year, Fluid

25:12

Dude did not run the fastest forty,

25:14

but like Big Smart, it's been around.

25:17

Love this for Baltimore. You add to that backfield.

25:19

Last two picks of the draft are two fun ones

25:21

for me. They're both wide receivers. Thirty

25:24

one San Francisco forty nine ers. I've got them taking

25:26

Lad McConkie, wide receiver out of Georgia.

25:29

This might be the first mock draft you see where McConkie

25:31

goes in the first round. Again, there are

25:33

other guys. Troy Franklin from Oregon,

25:36

Kid Conley from or

25:39

Corley from Western Kentucky. Everyone seems

25:41

to love. And of course

25:43

you know you've got Keyon Coleman, the big boy from

25:45

Florida Stape. I got McConkie going to the Niners,

25:47

smart, tough, does it all. And like, gosh,

25:50

you talked to any of these Georgia people,

25:52

they just rave about him. I think he's just like a

25:54

reliable wide receiver who can

25:57

run an offense. And Kyle Shanahan is looking for that.

25:59

He's not looking for a diva. He's not looking for

26:02

the guy who is the five star recruit. He's looking

26:04

for the guy who's gonna run his offense. Lad McConkie

26:06

run that offense wide receiver out of Georgia.

26:09

And then my last pick, I don't know what's going on with the Chiefs

26:11

and Rashi Rice. I have no idea where that thing ends up.

26:13

I have them also going wide receiver, and I have them

26:15

going with a guy that I like personally,

26:17

and it's Jalen Polk, wide receiver out

26:19

of Washington. He is our last pick of the first

26:22

rounds, personal favorite of mine. I keep on talking about him.

26:24

I'm gonna wheel him to the first round. I love

26:27

watching his film. I think he is awesome,

26:29

and I think he's getting no love. I also think

26:32

the Chiefs they need a wide receiver.

26:33

Now.

26:34

I don't know what's going on with Rashih Rice. I think that makes

26:36

a lot of sense. It's not Polk, it might be somebody

26:38

else. But I think the fact

26:40

that he went to Texas Tech and then transferred to

26:42

Washington, maybe that has something to do with me

26:44

putting them in Kansas City, with Mahomes having

26:47

a connection there with the Red Raiders. That

26:49

is the first round. There are a lot of big name players,

26:51

Chop Robinson, Kean

26:54

Coleman. We could go

26:56

through the list, Michael Pennix that

26:58

did not get drafted in my first

27:01

round, the kid Reckstraw out of Missouri,

27:04

Aaron. Any thoughts on

27:06

the back end of that first round, including your

27:08

Buffalo Bills getting ad Mitchell?

27:10

Yeah, I mean, actually, the wide receiver pairing I like

27:13

the most is Lad McConkey to the forty nine

27:15

ers does makes sense? Yeah, the forty nine

27:17

ers love a versatile offensive weapon. Mconkie's

27:20

someone who people keep talking about is like he's got

27:22

to be a slot receiver. He's got to be a he doesn't

27:24

have to be a slot receiver, and he would

27:26

be amazing in that offense. I know

27:28

the news came out yesterday

27:31

it broke that I you could request the trade, and then his

27:33

agent was like, no, he thank you.

27:34

I don't say the news broke. I say a rumor hit

27:37

the internview.

27:37

Yes, a rumor, yes, exactly quote

27:39

unquote news. But yeah, lad on the forty

27:41

nine ers just seems like the

27:44

one other than Zach Fraser to the Lions,

27:46

which I agree with you, is like that just sounds

27:48

like, you know, the Lions took two

27:51

players last year that we thought went way earlier

27:53

than expected and they worked out really well.

27:56

So that was kind of my justification there, like I'm

27:58

putting a player that I think fits the culture that's in

28:00

sideline backern or running back brat Homes. Maybe our

28:02

best interview last off season talking about

28:04

those picks, similar to he'll that

28:07

was my first mock draft. It goes live

28:09

on NFL dot Com Tuesday morning. I'll

28:11

do a little media around that, but we're

28:14

not done this week. This will go up

28:17

Monday, so you'll have this Monday on your commutes,

28:19

and you know Tuesday morning to work. But

28:22

I am going to go over to the to the

28:24

other end of the spectrum, and I'm

28:26

going to reach into the Bristol, Connecticut

28:29

pool of talent, and I am

28:31

going to tap on my buddy field

28:34

Yates, who has taken on a bigger

28:37

role. And then ESPN's draft coverage

28:39

and the two of us tomorrow are

28:41

going to record a live mock draft and

28:43

we're gonna do as many of these as we can before

28:45

the draft next week, where it's one

28:48

of us has taken the odd numbers, one taken the even numbers,

28:50

probably won't do any trades, and it's like a

28:52

game of ping pong, and we have no prep

28:54

between the two of us. We haven't spoken between the two of

28:56

us. And where the chips fall, the chips fall.

28:58

I think it's fun audio, it's good to

29:01

listen to, and it's a good exercise

29:03

as the draft comes. But let me

29:05

promise you this, there will be it's in the rail draft.

29:07

There will be crazy things that happen, and

29:09

all these mock drafts, it's just to give you an idea of

29:11

where some guys might land

29:14

and kind of there's the region. But

29:17

you know, once the trades start happening.

29:19

It's like throwing a needle

29:22

in a haystack, but I love

29:24

doing it. I spent a lot of time on the phones this past

29:26

weekend. Aaron, I'll see

29:28

you tomorrow. We're gonna do this thing again, but I wanted to get

29:30

this one up on Monday. A lot

29:32

of me talking tomorrow will be with you.

29:34

We'll have a field on and we'll chop it

29:36

up some more. But the big headline here JJ McCarthy

29:39

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