2019 Draft Round 1 Recap

the Around the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansus, and I am joined in a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and Gregg Rose with Thalt. What is up ois? Hey, Dan, the twenty nineteen NFL draft Round one in the books from Nashville. We are here in southern California where we watched all of the action together. It's very cute, all four of us on our little quad cubicles watching each of the thirty two picks. And um, Greg, you know put it on you paid the picture for us.

When you when you think about the Round one in twenty nineteen, this this NFL draft paying a picture for us, I mean, I think the most memorable moment for me, and I think for a lot of people coming out of this draft. UH came with with the number six pick on the draft. Now most you know on the board, most people were not in line getting barbecue at the huddle, which I was at the time, in which many Giants fans were quite upset when the pick. They lost their lunch,

they were not happy when they took Daniel Jones. But ultimately in around one that had its interesting moments, but maybe not crazy sizzle moments. I think we'll remember it as the draft of Dave Gettelman and Daniel Jones, and the fact that they ended up with three picks only adds to that. I'm still reeling from your introductory train

safety update, which a lot to unpack there. But there was a particular Giants fan and we work with I don't want to call him very import Well it's in those two and fifty seven people in there and they're well, now you're making light of something that's that is a real issue. But um, we have someone who works with us who is a massive Giants fan and he is

in in Nashville for the draft and he seemed quite nonplussed. Um. The video showed when Daniel Jones was selected, But then five minutes later there's a picture of said employee with Daniel Jones at the draft and he suddenly smiling, changed his tune to some degree. It's you know, it's interesting, and you know, I guess I would be the guy. If there was someone in the study that was giving Dave Getleman the benefit of the doubt entering this draft,

certainly it would be me. Because there's a lot of Gettleman slash Giant haters on this podcast. It is what it is. It's not a big deal. I don't I don't care one way or the other. But the truth matters coming out of this draft, and again we no Daniel Jones could be a fifteen year starter and winning

two Super Bowl MVPs like that could happen. But where he was taken at, which everyone is seeing as a reach, uh, when you think about what happened last year, when, of course the Giants at number two took the running back when you had all these quarterback prospects on the board, and then they followed up with Dexter Lawrence at pick

seventeen defensive tackle at a Clemson. They trade back into the first round late at thirty to get DeAndre Baker, the first quarterback, off the board, but they gave up quite a bit to get back into the first round. And what you lose most of all if the Giants. What what you lose is the benefit of the doubt from your fan base, from the football kaknascenti, of course, but your fan base does not trust you or believe

in anything you do, so you're getting killed. Check out the New York back back pages and front pages on Friday morning. It is a complete black cloud over the Giants right now. And they're really they're gonna have to earn the trust back of their fans. This was the day where they also lost Mike Francessa of w f A N. So actually we have the moment after the Jones pick which Francessa killed because he has been supporting

Gettleman and Eli and all that. This is, this is what Mike Francessa, the famous UH sports radio guy in New York, is reduced to ahead of the Giants second pick, but the pick of the first round. The New York Football Giants, who can't get out of their own way, who finished last in their division in consecutive seasons for the first time since seventies six, will select blah blah blah.

He's broken. They broke Mike Francessa. I mean, there is something fitting here about Gettleman replacing the Odell Beckham pick with like a three hundred and forty four pound hog molly like that that's who he is. That that's who he likes. And the fact that Daniel Jones, who maybe he will work out, who knows, I mean he hasn't you know, a typical track record for a guy taken in the top ten. Uh, But the fact that he looks like Eli Manning. He kind of acts like Eli Manning.

He's he's a poor man's Eli Manning in terms of the way he plays. He's got the connection with the coach, and that it's just they brought Gettleman back because they knew Gettleman to be the general manager, to replace the old you know, disgrace or not disgrace, but you know, under fire general manager, they always sort of do the safe thing well and in the court of the night, you know, all this all these Manning ties to Uh. Daniel Jones is Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who said tonight,

Daniel Jones embraces something we believe in here. Real swag is no sweat. That's what you want your quarterback to have. With no sweat. That's a new that's a new phrase. Another phrase is Gettleman always says you can't you can't reach, you can't reach, you can't reach for the pick. Yet you kill yourself if you reach for the pick, and it's like you can't take for positional need. And it really feels like after they passed in a quarterback, you know,

they reached for positional need. He said he was not willing to risk Jones being there at seventeen. That's the other thing that strikes me with this pick is that the NFC East, you know, the next five years or so change with these picks, because the buzz was there was a chance at least that the Redskins would take Uh Jones, especially if Dwayne Haskins was gone before them.

So it could have been the Giants taking Haskins and then the Redskins taking Jones and we'll see, or either one of them taking Josh Rosen And you get the sense, I just get the sense the Eagles are sitting back there at twenty two, picking up you know, one of the maybe the top past protecting tackle in the draft, thinking like, oh, this is great. We're gonna face these guys for the next five years. So there's a lot

to unpack obviously in the first round of the dry. Uh. So let's let's start digging into it a little bit more. So we covered some of the giants and I'm sure we'll hit the giants more at some point. Because they picked three times in the round. Uh. They weren't the only team to do that. It was the Oakland Raiders that also had three picks as they continue the rebuild or build with John Gruden and I guess Mike mack Um. But let's start at the very top of the draft.

Let's dig into it, uh. With the first overall pick, it was indeed Kyler Murray of Oklahoma. Um. A lot of the hay was not in the barn, Cliff Kingsbury said earlier this week, But it was ultimately because they cut to the war room right before the pick was made. Nobody was even moving. It was it was very I

think that that this was all about. By the way, I'd like to ask this to the group, what was what about the whole Hey wasn't in the barn all these reports and a lot of people, including Kent Summers, who covers the team closer than anyone, actually believing that they wouldn't take the quarterback, Like, what was all this?

What was all that internal power struggle? The only thing I can come up with is that even in the six years that we've been doing this podcast, the lead up to the draft has become huge business compared to what it was. It is now like a mega business, not just a cottage Injutry. So the NFL wants wants them to keep it as interesting as possible or work. There's another civil explanation that they really weren't sure that there was Nick Bosa or whoever else nick bos ended

up going number two to the Niners. Maybe there was legitimate Maybe it wasn't a power struggle even just like they had a big decision to make and they had like was there was there maybe a bill rice that they could have gotten from the Raiders that they actually would have traded the pick, and they were seen if they could scare that out like four first round picks, and they'd be like, like, I don't know, because otherwise it's like, I don't know what the what that was

became for that. But when I think a couple of things are true. Number one, I think the NFL probably gets in the ear of whoever has because that's been the trend. You do not this in any way. You

create as much confusion as you can. At the same time, I do not believe that Steve Kim, who spent months drafting a quarterback last year, trading up for one to draft Josh Rosen less than a year later, is convinced he made the wrong pick and go picks and it's it's about fitting with your new head coach, who's one of the more different head coaches the NFL seen in a long time. Don't think the NFL is in the

team's years, Oh, I absolutely. I think it behooves the team to keep their cards close, because, like you're said, you never know when a godfather offer can show up. If you if you let everyone know we're taking this guy, then people are probably gonna be teams will be less

likely to try to get into business with you. I think ultimately the Cardinals, I think this time around, probably there was vibrant conversation up until the very end but there are other years where you get to say who you want to pick and get that guy under contract well before. That's how it used to be back in the eighties and early nineties. I love, it's a mandate to not do that. Guy. Love Rosen, but this trade

just makes the Cardinals so much more into dress. I mean, I will as much as I love Rosen, Kingsbury and Murray makes them so watchable compared to Rosen environed than this time. Like and then you got Nick Bosa chasing him down twice a year. You got him facing off against Russell Wilson in like the short quarterback ball twice a year. The NFC West is the most interesting division in the league. And through two picks, Mark, and we did you the first annual Marc Sessler Um mock draft.

You were two for two. Yeah, you're feeling good. I would like to if we just didn't want to comment on the mock draft from that point on, I'd feel good about where we landed. You were on fire. Um, So the Niners go with Bosa, safe pick the right pick. It sounds like this guy is supposed to be I mean, we had him on our Super Bowl show. Maybe not the most lively interview that we've ever done. Also not his job, so maybe some people don't love the man's politics.

In his Twitter, he's already addressed the San Francisco media about that, um basically saying that he was like a kid scrolling through Instagram liking some things, uh and basically just back pedaling as hard as he can. And who can blame if you are kids out there, if you are a highly touted, touted college prospect, don't do anything on social media. You don't get anything out of it. Kids need to be taught this in college. Um so

bosa to the Niners. Uh. Then the Jets at number three, so much talk about whether New York would trade down and um as has become a tradition in the newsroom during the Jets pick I go to the middle of the newsroom the horse shoes it's called internally because they have this uh whole set up. I don't even know what the technology is, but it's a direct line from the actual event and you get the picks in before

anybody else knows them. Uh. And it's essentially radio technology pys I would say it's a little more advanced than that, but yes, there's some type of transmitting going on for sure, but uh finding out. Yeah, they stay put at three. They draft Quentin Williams again, and the Jets have been doing this Greg for several years now. They the draft cognizant.

He speaks and says, this is the best player potentially on the board, and the Jets, who keep picking high because they keep on being terrible year after year, are grabbing these highly touted prospects. I think they lucked out that no one. I mean, it depends what the kind of offer they were going to get, but I think ultimately, if you can get the guy who is the consensus number one for a lot of people without moving who I don't want to move down, well, it reminds me

of the Leonard Williams pick. There's a lot of people that believe this draft was too great players in Williams and Bosa and then Murray was kind of in his own category and then a pretty big drop off, and so it was nice to be number three in this draft. I also think this is a team that really wanted

Anthony Barr thought they had him. It's not the same position, but like to go and use this pick because that you know, they could have traded down and gotten someone that we'd speculate over whether it was a good pick. This is the dude where it's like new works front and now you have Sam Donald, Levan Bell. Your defensive line looks nasty. Mike mccagnet is starting to show that he can potentially build something here. It's not often that you see a three four defense, and the reports are

that Greg Williams is staying in a three four. Correct. Yes, it usually has a four three, but it's not often you see a three four defense where the defensive ends are pass rushers. It's usually the outside linebackers. And the Jets are gonna have it looks to me like Quinn and Williams and Leonard Williams at defensive end. They're going to be counted on to bring the Yeah, they'll have to be more. I mean they'll have to change. Like

every team, they'll change it around. You would think two three four man lines, but you will have sometimes where they're going to have the new School Williams wall I mean Pat Williams and Kevin Williams. You know, great men, tall men outside of the star, large men that played in Minnesota. But I think both yeah. I mean that's like Greg completely ignores starcups are too young to remember starcups.

I'm just saying all of them. This Williams wall has got a potential to just have a little more firepower and just overtake that way. One thought I had because the Jets only have five picks in this draft, and the whole idea was like, they need to trade back because they need to fill in a lot of holes. Is Leonard Williams expendable? And I thought, is there a chance he gets moved today? It didn't happen. It's unlikely he will. They just have they have a good problem there.

They have a ton of depth, uh and some really great potential. And I mean they thought that the NFL changes fast too. It's like they thought they had that with with Sheldon Richardson right in Mo Wokerson. My fear was that they were going to trade back because they felt that they had to, and then it wouldn't be a um, it would be an underwhelming return and then

they would botch the fourteenth pick. This is the safe, simple move, and sometimes you know it's better just to go with the safe move and it could pay off big dividends. Uh. Now West here comes the first big surprise of the draft. The Raiders at number four, uh Cleveland Ferrell uh ed Russia Ratic. Limson was a guy that was in a lot of mocks. I'm not sure where he was on the Mark Sessler mock, but he

was ten to twenty range. I believe that that type of that's where he was falling out the Raiders and we there was a report maybe he was even rap. She'd said, Hey, Raiders are gonna make a splash at number four. Well, nobody thought Farrell was going this high, but the Raiders decided he was their guy at number four.

Everybody loves his character, everybody loves his college production. The question scouts have is why would you take a guy who's not a um explosive athlete as an edge rusher as a top five pick um And that's the consensus from scouts that this guy is not explosive enough to go that high. Um, it seems like a reach for a character guy. A tone setter for your organization that said, it's early, we have no idea what he's gonna be. Yeah.

Maya said in the post draft interview with NFL Network that he was absolutely trying to set the tone for the types of people and that they believe this was exactly that hype of person. Reminds me a little bit of Aaron Curry when he was drafted by the Seahawks. Was very similar in that like a guy well no, I just mean everyone loved that pick and they and he was talked about is like the greatest character guy in the world. Super safe, But there were questions at

the time. Yeah, but it's a little weird to take a linebacker the high to that can't really rest the passer, so who knows. He got a few comparisons to trell sugs. Another scout told Bob McGinn, who we've been leaning on heavily. Uh, this weekend, does he get paid by the reference on our show? Because he gets mentioned this week on a lot of shows. But so one scout called him a solid player. He'll squeeze out one or two Pro Bowls. I mean, obviously the Raiders feel very difficult more than

that number four. Am I wrong that the the our newest version, at least just for this week, of the Chiefs wide receivers having no touchdowns that one season is that, Yes, the Raiders had thirteen sacks last year. We have heard that roughly times. You mocked him to um to the Ravens. By the way, Mark Cleveland Farrell, that was the Terrell sucks connection. You know, you lose Tarrell sucks, so you

get a lesser version. You know. It tells me. With the Jets and the Raiders, I mean that they're just what. I don't think there were trades down, my guess. I mean Mike Mayock was going through trade down boot camp earlier this week, so you know he was ready, you know, on the phones. I bet they would, they would. I think both those teams really wanted to trade down. I think the Raiders were hoping to trade down and still draft Farrell, and I don't think there was anyone really

interested in moving up for anyone in this draft. It just wasn't happening. What can you do? Mayock fanboys are a little bit um confused, a little bit perfected, a little bit shook because this was an anti analytics draft. They pick up a box safety at the end of the first round and are running back to positions the analytics say you should not be investing heavily. Didn't they like Ferrell though, PFF I thought he was. I don't know,

but I don't get it. Well, they were the top like Abrahams and and uh, Jacobs were the top players at their position on on Daniel Jeremy, but they just don't invest in Jacobs. Jacobs was the top twenty guy and a lot of people's board too. I don't I don't buy that with running back. It's like, if you can get a quality running back in the later in the first round, Josh Jacobs wasn't too many rules. We'll stick with the Raiders for a second here. So yeah,

they picked twenty four. They take Josh Jacobs, the running back out of Alabama. He's the only running back that comes off the board in round one, and he come up, came out at twenty four where he was mocked a lot in that area. Uh. And we heard a lot of Charlie Garner. We've heard a lot of that that

this is the Raiders have their new Charlie Garner. Um. Well, we'll see, but you know who, you know, the jury is obviously it's still out, but you can't you can't really say yet whether gruden Um royally screwed up what he did when he took over the job. You got

to see how all these things shake out. But when you do, look at the offense, that offense, unless I know you're not a fan of the Raiders or how they're going about the is, but the offense with Antonio Brown and you got this new kid running back, I mean you you have Tyrolle Williams. They have a chance to be a lot more productive on offense. There's no doubt about it. They are one of the most upgraded

units in the entire NFL. And I think you could make a strong argument that Derek Carr is the biggest offseason winner in the entire league. Yeah, and the and the fact they had three picks and didn't seem interested in getting into the quarterback man they pick up LEAs me some sandwiches by the way, Land tackle, an entire new receiving corps, and the best running back draft. I like the skill positions, and I think Jacob's by all accounts,

I think it seems like a safe pick. The offensive line could be terrible, though, I mean, Colton Miller was was almost a disaster, and Brown Brown you just have to you know, I worry that he can back up

what he did last year. But they're still guys left in the draft for that, I mean Brown to Mayox point on picking certain types of people, Josh Jacobs grew up for sections of his life being homeless, sleep meaning cars, His family went through a lot, and he's now being compared to someone coming out of Alabama who they said has a little bit of mark Ingram and a little bit as a receiver of Alvin Kamara all in one.

And to your point in you do have to give them time because I mean they're just getting their guys in place. They've only played one season. They added LaMarcus Joyner, who's gonna be playing next to John at the Abram. So now you kind of get a better feel of like groodin team, I'm with you, know, Uh. Jonathan Abram was their third and final pick of the round. Um, he's a kind of a physical safety Landon Collins type. Well that wantn't be bad, All right, let's move on.

So we talked about the Giants. They shock everybody a big newsroom gasp when Daniel Jones was selected the duke quarterback by the Giants, and Giants fans will cringe and also point out the fatalists will point out Dave Brown, also the duke quarterback, one of the arch Yeah, exactly. He was a supplemental draft pick that became the the really the replacement of Phil Simms didn't go anywhere. I mean, is that just a yeah, it's like number six overall,

that's the thing that's crazy. Yeah, it was a shock, and especially yeah with Gentleman saying he didn't he didn't want to reach and all that. But we we we touched on that. So let's move down to number seven. And here is a nice pick mark for the Jacksonville Jaguar as a team that has a defense that didn't have its best season last year, but has plenty of potential. And then all of a sudden, Josh Allen, a guy that was mocked as high as you know, two or three. Uh,

he was connected to the Jets a lot. If he falls to seven. So the edge rusher at a Kentucky now joins at Jacksonville. D that got that much better, No problem that. I do like the fact that it's the second draft in a row where someone named Josh Allen was drafted seventh overall. We could live for three hundred more years on the earth and that will not happen two years in a row again, and you could probably go further than uh same exact names twenty two

thousand years. We could be well, someone someone asked the question, I believe you know they gave away season tickets for a hundred years at the beginning of this draft. Well, like, what's the odds in in Vegas where the Raiders are moving right now that there will be an NFL in one years? Because I think you gotta at least put it on the board. There won't be a human race

in a hundred years at least, that's like possible, very possible. Right, So then I'm just saying you might not get the hundred you think it's so highly of the realm that they exist within the we're the generation that's going to bring down humanity or or the next next I think be here football. I think it's a lunch shot. I'm just saying every it's not that humans won't be here, is that humans and in artificial intelligence will merge into

one and become a new spank. Okay, so you think they'll do the NFL draft then, but then the NFL won't be gone. That'll be that will be a badass football, like like, there's another sport that has overtaken the NFL. But does that mean NFL ceased to exist? I mean, the NFL has some issues they need to figure out to still be I'm just saying I feel like I'm putting my money on the league being around and next giving me the stuff not allowed not no, I mentioned

these things. I guess I like that. I was more thinking like Josh Allen also kind of like a basic name. In a hundred years, I feel like with the cyb Worgs, we're gonna have like way more interesting names. But note, like number five the Bucks step and White loved that pick. We can move on, we can want to discuss it at all, but it was like, did I skipped over that an impact? Let's go back to that. You know, the Bucks have been skipped over on NFL anytimes, so yeah,

we should talk about the fifth overall pick. Bucks fans were going nuts just Nowvertheless, four minutes or credit to Mark Sessler, Yes, they get Devin White, the linebacker l s u the reigning Dick buck Is Award winner. This guy is a home run West right. This feels like not only one of the safest picks, but also brings a ton of upside. I don't think anybody had a bad word to about this. Devin White had the film

and the numbers. He's got everything. I tell you. You You know who's had a good at least a potentially good offseason here, Todd Bulls, I got a chance to have a nice rebound taking over one of the worst defenses in the league in terms of production, and it has a lot of players there to work with. Just ha to hope they don't cut Geryald McCoy. Alright, So Alan goes to the Jags, and then t J. Hockinson, the first tight end off the board at of Iowa, goes

to the Detroit Lions, picked eight overall. This is the the Mackey Award winner Mark and that is obviously I know that top tight end, uh and the guy was an absolute stud at Iowa and he is mark an important addition to Alliance offense that could use a little more fire power. And you know, after whipping kind of on Rickie Broun about five years ago, they weren't afraid to jump back in and invest in a tight end

and maybe they hit on this one. They the Lions last year ranked thirty one and receptions and receiving yards at the tight end position. So it's a need and Iowa has pumped these dudes out because this is where George Kittle came from. But this is not George Kittle in the current incarnation. From the scouting reports, it sounds and west. You mentioned this during the mock draft episode

where putting him in the top ten. Not a lot of people, not everyone agreed with that idea that he's a very good he can give you essentially sort of a safe He's a safe tight end, but he's not necessarily a star tight end and brings blocking in some receiving skills. So I don't know. I don't think it's a blow you away next robbed ron Kowski type guy. But this could be one of the most improved offenses in the league because at the end of the year last year, there was no carry On Johnson, there was

no Marvin Jones, and then those guys are healthy. You add Danny m and Doyle, you add Hawkinson, Jesse James for whatever he is, but just being healthy and adding a couple of new guys, they could be improved. I think draft knicks need to calm down on with the whole positional value thing. Let's take down positional value. Eventually they get to people get too carried away. How many defensive end busts do you need to have in the top ten to twelve to like just allow a tight

end to be drafted? Uh, it's like a tighten, A worthwhile tight end absolutely changes your team. Also, it's not two thousand in one two thousand nineteen tight end arrow up. Mark, Let's just try to be diligent in the branding. It's not just our mock draft. It was our first annual Mark Sessler mock draft. That's why you're here. I mean, I gotta breathe through that and you correct it. We want to we want to just imprint that in every

football fan's mind. Well, I will not. You know, there's not a whole lot more reasons to mention that exercise from here on out. How many more hits hits do we have? I mean, I nailed, do you? When he was making his fictions, the Raiders corrected that they took the running back. I noted not. They did not trade up, and they also did not take Daniel Jones at number four. We gave you a halfy for Josh Jacobs and you got one and two, so you got and you over

under was three. Somehow I came under you got two and a half. Total. Yeah, I mean that's a mess. Wait didn't you have Jacobs? Everyone I got a half? Everyone had Kyler, Murray and Posa, so you could almost arguing and almost everyone had Jacobs to the Raiders too. I'm still I'm still gonna give you a full one for that. Let's do what the crowd thinks about Mark's first mock. Look if I can make them smile, what else in my hair? For all right, let's move on

the Bills. They had been rumored to be maybe interested in trading up. Uh. Instead they stay put at nine and they get the guy. A lot of people said they that they wanted Ed Oliver, the defensive tackle out of Houston had always slandered the man a little bit. On the first Dnnuel Mark Sessler mock draft. There's a bunch of comments about him being a potential knucklehead. We

didn't add a lot of more context to that. Uh what should be known though, and we did, We referenced it, but didn't really dig in as how good this guy was during his three years with Houston Mark. Do you know what the college football's top interior defensive lineman award is called? Like, what do you get? It's the Outland Trophy. Certainly guess what Oliver's got that in his case and the Bill's offense, Greg Bell's defense rather, uh, they have to be thrilled to get this guy fall to the lap.

And it's a team that is adding pieces a great landing spot for him because I think he landed on a defense and knows how to use him. I mean, maybe not moving to Buffalo and all that. I'm just saying, like, maximize his gifts. And that's one thing I like about

Oliver reading about him. He's he was a top level defensive lineman three straight years and so teams adjusted, they knew what was coming when at Oliver was stepping on the field, and he still produced a year after year, which is very tough to do at the collegiate level. A lot of these guys are one year wonders, or there's someone like Noah Fan who has one great year where he maybe he would have gotten drafted higher if he came out early, then doesn't do as well he

did it year after year. A lot of people at him the third or fourth player in this draft, and they get him at nine. They did have the second ranked defense the Bills, but next Gen Stats notes that they had the third lowest pressure rate from the interior defensive line. So he fills a need to I love that the scouts mix their um. He's all over the map. One guy says he's a playmaking rascal. Someone else called him blunt, comma immature. So a bit of a wild package.

Sometimes you know, when you meet those people and they're your friends, they're the most interesting friend. Here, here's a news flash. Most most of these players immature. They should be I mean, like right, a relative they're looking for here, you know what I mean? Like you misspoke, But I get your point. No, they shouldn't be immature, but just normal for a for a it's almost impossible not to be immature. You're throwing ten million dollars at them. They

should not be immature. Let's move on. That's a debate that we will unpack in greater detail on the maturity. Sure, you know, as you get into your Twitter, I get your point. I just that's absolutely true. It's possible. Both are correct in various ways. Now, the second gasp for me. Um on Draft night, first was the Duke kid a Brown Part two going to the Giants at six. Well, they hope it's not Dave Brown Part two. The second was the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's a whole new world. They

trade into the top ten. The Steelers. Yeah, they make a deal with the Denver broncos um and they give their twentieth pick, the first round pick as well as a second rounder and a third rounder next year to move up ten spots and take Devin Bush, the linebacker out of Michigan, another big time prospect who can make an immediate impact on a team that hasn't been the

same in the middle since Ryan shays Ere's injury. Um. Your thoughts on this move, Chris Wesley, Well, just on geography alone, we know that the Steelers are always get things ahead of Cincinnati because Pittsburgh comes before Cincinnati in the in the flow of the Ohio River. And this has been going on for forty three years. The Dealers just bang the Bengals all over the places where just happens. Ever like that, you're taking that back to essentially a

grarian society where the Biver flow is producing. You've been tigress and euphrates like he's going like Huck finn on us, you've been You've been hitting this hard all night. West, You do you have any sources that Devin Bush was indeed going to be the Cincinnati pick at eleven? My sources are common sense in history. Of course, the Bengals

are gonna take that guy. They needed a linebacker. Every time they want some something, the Steelers take it from them, and then their trash just flows down the Ohio River to Cincinnati and the Bengals sign a guy after he busts from them, you know. Supporting West's I mean, I can't disagree. It seems well reasoned and he speaks with much confidence. I've been watching it for a long time. And Devin Bush, they finally get their Ryan Shasier replacement.

This guy seems like I can't miss. People love his character, they love his film, they love the numbers he blew up the combine as the Pittsburgh organization, they make the right move. So if they go up to get somebody, I just feel confident that they're getting the right guy. Uh and a guy that's going to make an impact.

It's much more likely that happens. Given on the track record of the last years than that, it's a huge bus for them, especially when they're not drafting a cornerback, and yeah, especially at that position, and he seems like one of the safer players in the draft. Anyways, to support you know, West's theory here, uh my guy beggar ls coach Zach Taylor, you know, when asked sort kind of they asked him about, you know, whether they would have taken Bush, and you know, he answered the question

just like Jonah Williams was there for us. That's who they took the tackle from Alabama, and it was it wasn't exactly a he didn't shoot down that theory totally, if you wanted to read between lines. So since an out of yes gets Jonah Williams the tackle at Alabama when you get you know, your number one offensive lineman

on the board, that seems like a nice pick. But well, perhaps will never truly know, but well, there are there are some people know that they thought Jonah Williams fit better as a center than a tackle, So I mean, but who knows what people seem to be divided on that.

There's a lot of people who think that you can stick at left tackle, not even right town right the uh you know, the road to world guys, you know, putting together their big board on their podcast had him as a top five player in this whole whole draft. About as safe as it as it gets. Opinions worried. I mean, I don't know if their crew put as much offensive line tape study into it as as our foursome did, so it remains to be seen. All right.

The Packers, they picked twelve Rashawn Gary, the defensive end out of Michigan, a great athlete, uh, seen by some as a boom or bust type prospect. Very much so. I mean, I think one of the most surprising things in this draft is that they didn't take an offensive player with their two picks. Not only that, but that they traded up in back into the first round, uh

to take a safety Gouda Cutts just his defense. Wild mean, just like addicted to drafting defensive players, you you Dan really wanted some weapons for Aaron Rodgers didn't get it, But I didn't think it would have surprised you, especially after we read that expose and ESPN about you know, Rogers has already working with a bunch of young guys. Uh to bring in a rookie that that would have been even more of a challenge potentially based on the

personalities inside that building. But yeah, it is a little surprising. I don't I don't know if they have enough weapons around just with two picks and the fact that they spent so much money on three starters in free agency and now they just picked up a third eddress. It's not that crazy. But what was your stat Wes on the defensive backs that they've taken the last three drafts

they've taken. I mean, we haven't even gotten to the second round yet this year, and they've taken five defensive backs in the first two rounds in the last three drafts. I mean that Tim tells me that Mike Petton's voice has been heard two straight off seasons because they his number one thing. You want your press corners, you want your defensive backs to be solid, and they have done nothing but dressed that team with Mike Petton type players a lot better. Right. It's a it's a it's a

lot of pressure. It's hard to build a round defense in twenty nineteen. The Vikings have done a pretty good job with it, you know, so it's not imparted to get him last year. One thing I say about their offenses, I think Aaron Rodgers and their coaches like Geronimo Allison more than your average fan would believe. I think his injury really hurt them last year and they missed him terribly. The Dolphins at thirteen take Christian Wilkins, the defensive tacklett

a Clemson um. You guys, get added whatever you want. I want to play one clip from the NFL Network brought podcast Daniel Jeremiah. Of course this was as big arrival as the number one draft analysts for the network. But he's not above a little sneaky, humble brag in a big spot. He's my seventh old ball player in this draft. I did not think he would end up falling all the way down there. That's why I ended up putting him in my mock draft with the Miami Dolphins,

just because of connection. So that's why I put him to Miami. But if you asked me, gave me some truth, Sermon said, there's no way this kid's gonna be there. He actually was. I just wonder Mark and all as a good job. I'll set you up on this. I wonder after he heard about the first Danniel Mark Sessler mock draft, he wanted to He wanted to make sure that he was the guy letting everyone in America know I'm still the mockman and I'm nail and picks. I

don't doubt that. I mean, you could tell early on the broadcast that. And I thought he did a great job tonight. We all do. But there were a little bit of nerves after what we produced the other day, just how do you match it? But then by the time you got to pick their team, I think he felt very confident that he would outshine Uh. Well we did a few day as a go, it was clear that he had done more homework and he was paying off.

The Falcons take Chris Lyndstrom, a guard from Boston College at fourteen, addressing their offensive line in front of map Ryan Uh and Uh then turned around and traded back into the first round to take Irish Gary Irish Gary Caleb McGary. This goes with the theory I forget who threw it out the other day. No one ever likes it when you draft interior aligneman. Like I saw a

little bit on Falcon's twitter. I think they're not excited for two two guards, your two guards, especially under an off season where they signed a couple of different guards. But that offensive line has been terrible, So what are you gonna do? But you know what, if Matt Ryan has more time in DeVonta Freeman is healthy and running through big holes and they're scoring thirty points a game in October, you know, all of a sudden, they're gonna

be okay with the draft. Yeah, Matt Ryan and DeVonta Freeman are big, big winners out of this draft because, like Greg said, that offensive line was terrible by the end of last year. Um, okay, next big quarnerback pick. Yes, the Washington Redskins at fifteen. A lot of speculation will they trade up? Will they get acrost me sandwiches? Because nobody traded up into the top five. The Redskins stay put at fifteen, Greg, and this a lot of people

are really excited about this draft for Washington. And it started with Dwayne Haskins, the quarterback out of Ohio State, one of the most highly touted guys in this draft, going to Washington as the next big thing there. With Alex Smith's future in doubt, well, there's all these reports that this was directed by the very top of the organization and that there was some disagreement over you know who, they who the coaching staff would actually want to take.

And so you can separate two things. The process to get to this pick could be problematic. Haskins might be stepping into a very difficult situation. But this is a great result for them because they didn't trade up, They sat at fifteen. Jones ends up going to the Giant. They don't have to do anything burn any later picks, and they get a quarterback that some a lot of people believe has a good chance to be a pro quarterback.

And in terms of the traits that I did watch more of Haskins than anyone, um than any of the other quarterbacks in the draft. I really I think he has traits that transfer which is accuracy that he sees the field, he anticipates, I mean in his just numbers with accuracy. We're really strong for like a West Coast John J. Gruden type of quarterback, like the comp that uh QB football gurule I forget on the QB Film

room on on Twitter. His comps were cousins in Andy Dalton with with better arms two guys that Jay Gruden's coach, so you to it actually feels like it could be a good fit for them. You just feel like Jake Gruden might only have like one year to get it done. I can't believe I'm saying this, but they had one of the most intriguing first rounds. I mean absolutely to boomer Bus players. They swung for the fences, so we won't know for a couple of years how they did,

but they had some talent. Well they gave up. They also gave up a second round pick uh in next year's draft to move up for their second page. Maybe more teams should have the owners stepping in and run the process in the first round. You know, I think Washington like Arizona, even more so than Arizona because after the Alex Smith injury, this team just seemed to be floating, you know, deep in the Atlantic ocean. Uh, there's a

little hope in the room now. And if you're a fan of the Redskins, a team that wasn't even drawing well in their own building last year, now, maybe oh we can get behind the kid and we could take while you left. I don't know, like the whole um, it's I mean, it's true, but the whole Redskins home attendance thing I think has has been mentioned on this show like nine or ten times. It's like the team

largely sucked after Thanksgiving. I get it, but every every other team in the NFC East, you know, wait, what is the theory that my theory that they don't have. I think the Redskins fans have endured one of the less appealing teams outside of a season here there for a long long time, and that chips away at people spending their disposable income on a product doomed to fail.

I guess I'm surprised because the NFC East in general has been such a bedrock of the NFL that now when you're getting thumped by the other three teams in the division all the time, but they don't. I mean they're not. When you look at their record over the lab, they're not like a seller dweller constantly. They've won one playoff game in the twenty years that since the new ownership came in. I haven't been terrible, They've just been

sort of that's pretty bad, boy. I'm just saying, nfcs those stadiums sell out, good bad or bad teams, good team or bad team in in this case, they have not been drawing. Why smiling funny that we keep bringing up the Redskins out? Are they pumping in fake crowd noise like some other teams? Noll hasket? It's too much. The problem is it's too much to ask for hasket. I think Haskins would have a chance in the right situation, but they've got problems on their offense. And Jeremiah DJ

predicted he'll be there week one starter. I think he's gonna have a chance again, but he's gotta beat how Coote, McCoy and case Keenom. He's gotta have a chance. Uh And we didn't even mention Montes sweat that, you know, the second pick why he was such a big risk. There's some heart concerns, but otherwise he was people thought maybe a top ten type of talent. Um. There was a dispatch from r G three on Twitter. You know,

he seems to have toned it down. It's talked about immaturity and and getting more mature, and we're gonna talk about it on the Immaturity Slash Maturity podcast kind of later this offseason. But he has made strides, and he had this to say, a man that has accumulated west some wisdom. You didn't draft the young man for nothing. You did it because you believe in the young man. You did it because you need a quarterback. Don't give up on him prematurely. He is your investment. Give the

kid time to prove himself. Congrats young gun. Enjoy every second of it. Like who's he directing that tour? The Redskins? Like you gave a I was once that that boy, and I wasn't given the chance to play up to my abilities because my that team didn't believe in me and didn't stand by me. He's saying, stand by your man. It's ridiculous. The Redskins stood by him. The fans, I mean loved him. Tony Cornheiser called it the era of unbridled optimism. The only thing happened what he stopped playing

well anymore well. And there's a lot of similarities because Dan Snyder, the owner, has a connection, a family connection to Haskins, I mean his son played with him. Haskins is from Maryland. You know they're believed to have been

very active. You know that the ownership in in pushing this pick and no one stuck up and stood by r G three more than the ownership there, I mean, the the according to the reports like that, that's what kept him in that on that team and even relevant for a few more years than he would have been. And it should be stated I think maybe hindsight, because he wanted to play, he was young and all that.

But a lot of people say the Redskins ruined his career by putting him on the field and not sitting him down with that knee injury that led to a fairly catastrophic kne injury in the playoffs that year and he was never the same player. Well, now that's a valid argument that might not be leaving in him. I mean, why does everything he right or say have to be a bumper sticker? I just don't get that. Get this one, Okay,

let's move on, guys. If you have something to say about Brian Burns going to the Panthers defensive end at FSU, we talked about Dexter Lawrence going to the Giants and Garrett Bradberry, the center from NZI State supposed to be a great prospect going to the Vikings, or Jeffrey Simmons the defensive tackle from Mississippi State, going to your Tennessee tytoons speak now or Bryan Burns. Some people had him higher.

He was a little bit polarizing. But the Panthers, who I think just by collective memory, you just assume they have this great defense. They were twenty seven and sacks last year. Outside of Mario Addison, you don't have a lot of pass So I like the idea of making this the where you go with this pick. I think they're thrilled how the draft fell, and I think they probably thought the Falcons would have taken Brian Burns at fourteen One Scouts says that Brian Burns runs like a

scalded dog. Hopefully people have stopped scalding dogs by now, um fair point um. A second scout, according Money Scout, said something then a second, we're having two conversations. What were you talking about? I would just help peoplip stop scolding dogs. But now, what about the news in Australia that there's a feral cat and we have a we have a great listenership in Australia, there's an overpopulation of

feral cats. I saw this an alert on my phone from the New York Times and the Humble Brake and nice subscription. It's a great paper, the Great Lady um No. But they have such a problem with feral cats that they are now dropping poison sausage into areas of high concentration and that's just the first way of killing tens of thousands of cats in Australia. What's going on? I

totally get it. We like do you if you remember we had a feral cat coming into our yard and give birth to five feral kittens and it sent our household into total chaos for six months. The poison sausage. This reminds me of the big um Tybee Island coyote controversy of two thousand twelve. Take us through it well. There were a couple of coyotes were basically terrorizing the island because they were taking cats and dogs and killing them, and people worried about small children. So the mayor, one

of my good friends, was really up against it. He had to decide whether do you put down the coyotes and really piss off the animal rights people, or do you let the run wild? And then people are gonna stop voting for you because they're worried about people are banging on you. That's why being there, Well, there's a tough job. Well and here's where it got really thorny. Vigilantes took it into their own hand, and there was

a dead coyote on the beach one morning shot. You know, you're basically giving the plot of Jaws, only your substituting coyotes first, almost to it. I mean that's yeah. I mean, if Australia wants to let lose some coyotes, it's over. I mean that's a problem. That's a pretty big I wouldn't say, you know, problem plaguing in the Los Angeles area. But you can't leave. You can't leave your couts at the coyotes are going to get them. If you live in the mountains, forget it. Everyone. You got about a

year until your cat's gonna get murdered. Yeah, I mean in circling murder. I know lots of lots of people. You know, it's like they're like, oh, yeah, our cat, they didn't come back last night. When it comes to cats, we don't trust them, I believe as a group at least I certainly don't. I think Dan, I know, shift do you agree with me? And I if I have a guy friend that owns a cat, not that guy friendship is not gonna last, so I don't trust him.

I think that's a ridiculous statement. I don't like, but it's what I believe. You have a different opinion, so it's not ridiculous. You just have a different tho. It is like racist, you know, have their own beliefs. I can still think, are you calling Mark a catist? I mean, I think I think all all of God's creatures are beautiful, except you certainly do not think that. All right, tack like that Garrett Bradberry pick by the way, for the

Vikings operations save Cousins. Yeah they're better. They got a big investment in that man, all right. The Broncos trade with the Steelers um and the Broncos used that pick to select Noah Fant the other big tight end um out of Iowa that you want to talk about one every twenty two thousand years, Iowa putting out two first round tight ends in one year. That's and that's the first time it's ever happened that same school that they had two tight ends taken before a single wide receiver

was taken in the entire country. Like, it's ridiculous. I like this move. So many people had the Broncos mocked for a inside linebacker, which made no sense to me after they picked up Josie Jewel last year. It was not a position of need, but they didn't have anybody for for Joe Flacco to throw the ball too. I really like this. I love it, and they got a second round pick out of it. I mean, they got the Steelers second round pick, which is pretty valuable for

a Broncos team with a lot of needs. I don't care if you know he's a wide receiver at tight end, He's ultimately just another pack I can't have Flacco running an offense without a viable tight end. I agree. The Seahawks are picking at twenty one, they trade out of the spot. The Packers jump in, uh, and they give up their thirtieth pick along with two fourth rounders. UH. So with that pick, the Packers take Darnell Savage, the safety out of Maryland. We talked about that. The Packers

really going ham at the defensive side. Uh. In terms of player acquisition. At twenty two, another trade, the Eagles trade into the Ravens spot to take Andre Dillard, a tackle out of Washington State, which really really seemed to uh.

First of all, Daniel Jeremiah called it the best draft pick of the night, the Eagles making the move up and getting Dillard, a very talented young tackle, and it really seemed to chap the Houston Texans who thought they were gonna be able to take Dillard potentially, instead they perhaps settle we don't know, but perhaps settle on Titus Howard,

a tackle out of Alabama State. So uh, it seems like it's possible that Texans got banged by the Eagles who jumped ahead of him a big fan shows the different organizational priorities, Like the Eagles aren't even gonna start Dillard this year and they traded up for him. I mean, he's Jason Peters is uh presumptive replacement, but I doubt he's gonna take Jason Peters out of the lineup. And so you have Lane Johnson and he's only gonna be

a third tackle, and yet they traded up to get him. Meanwhile, you know, Dillard would be the most talented guy on the entire Texans offensive line. I mean, Dillard was of any college tackle, the highest rated in past protection. They do talk about all these guys that like playing a two point stands throughout college and don't have any real three point stance. But I but I don't know. I mean, you're gonna So then it's an even plain when you're

drafting most of these dudes. Titus Howard is interesting, but it's been pointed out if you can't play left tackle at Alabama State, you're probably not gonna play left tackle

in the Pro. That pick reminded me so much of the Bengals pick up Billy Price a year ago, where everyone thought they were gonna take Frank rag Now the center, and then they got taken one pick and ahead of him, and so it was just like the fantasy draft where you just like scrambling, just like take the next guy at that position, and it was a pretty big drop off between those two picks. The same thing happens to

the Bengals again. So alright, so Josh Jacobs comes off the board of the Ravens in that trade with the Eagles, they go and make a pick to add to their offense, and it's the first wide receiver off the board. Marque's Hollywood Brown, the wide receiver at Oklahoma West. You didn't like this pick. No. It was a big debate in the newsroom, and I you know, I saw this last year. I saw this movie. John Brown, a four three guy who's a d threat and a little bit undersized, went underutilized,

basically not utilized whatsoever once Lamar Jackson took over. I don't think Lamar Jackson is an outside the numbers, down the field quarterback. His throwing style is a pop gun arm. I just don't think he has that harm. I would just say, I remember, we've had these conversations about young quarterbacks to like give them a little time, and I think I think Jackson coming out of college, man, he threw a lot of pretty deep balls in college and

you definitely didn't see that much last year. But what Brown gives them that John Brown, what Marky's Brown gives them that John Brown definitely didn't, is those manufactured plays. I mean he led, He led the conference in yards after the catch, and a lot of those are on those short passes. But he's a water book. Those guys don't break tackles and you are not. He broke more tackles than any player. Yes, sure, Avon Austin did too. I mean, what are we doing here one or sixty

six pounds, enter sixty six pounds. I think you're if you're the Ravens, you need play makers and you need guys that can stretch the field. And even if he catches passes, if it's twenty yards for catching and he's making some plays down field, that's a win. I know, like it's the brown As a Browns fan like I didn't like to pick because you gotta find someone to deal with him. They made out the perfect quarterback for this. He's also a guy that went from Baker Mayfield to

Kyler Murray. I've just heard a lot of this. Lebar Jackson can't throw stuff this off scenes from a lot of corner I'm not saying, And I think it's strength of the field. He started seven games and for what he was asked to do, he was. He's a bust better. You can tell by the way he plays quarterback. He throws between the numbers and sort of not downfield. So I agree that they needed the receiver and they need to skill position talent. I just I would have liked

to have seen him go to a different team. Ravens also don't have a great track record picking wide receivers early in the draft, um Rahad Perriman being a notable example in recent years, but perhaps brown will make a difference for them. We talked about Sweat going at twenty six to the Redskins, the Raiders taking Abram the Safety out of Mississippippy State. The Chargers who had a you know, I would say, a sizey draft party in Santa Monica today.

It was oppressive. They had, uh the NFL network showed a a um, you know, a wide shot. It seemed like there were several hundred people, maybe a thousand people who knows at the pier. So I mean, I'd argue there are fans of this teaming. I agree with you. I'd argue the Santa Monica Pier wouldn't have been barren um of humans. The party, they promoted it pretty well. It's not too far from where I live. And throughout the week you saw the sign people they're giving away

free stuff. There's giveaways, there's food and what they when they had the little the Chargers logo on the Santa Monica Ferris wheel. I mean, you know, up in the sky you can see that for miles around tonight look beautiful. They packed the year, But can they pack the stadium? Mark? We'll find out in a couple of years. Mark was more annoyed by that. I mean it's like, I get it. They're from l A, so we must we don't have.

I enjoyed it. If you can see a ferris wheel with your team's logo from five miles away, up and down the coast, that's a win. If Rogers listening to the show, that that is Mark who says that football won't be around in a hundred years and is not a fan of Los Angeles football. That is Mark Sessler. Well some of that is true. What does that look for?

Tam post Ricky is just looking like you're just like if you get to see your team on a ferris wheel, you're just like full of just I just don't trust something. My team Well I did have cats, or my parents didn't. Yeah, there's a lot of about you and you're like, oh, yeah, you see your team, and then next you're gonna be like you see the guy in Hawaii, I mean the Chargers. You get to see your favorite fifth team of the NFL. I mean, if you're if you're saying that, if you're

saying the Chargers get too much support. I think you'd be the first person to ever say that you let's help this little team out. Please, they need some help. It would be nice for them. In San Diego. Where do the charges rank? I mean, after your favorite team, the Eagles, and your second favorite team, that Patriots. Where do the charges well, the Rams No, I would say the Patriots are obviously first. The l A teams and the Eagles are in that mix after where they're all together.

All right. So the Seattle Seahawks UM pick twenty nine because they traded uh Frank, the Rods are actually ahead of them right now. Frank Clark, the Frank Clark trade that's sent the defensive end to Kansas City. They take L. J. Collier the defensive end at a TCU, who's uh a guy with upside uh and Michael Bennett comps which would fit in with Seattle. But the other uh, you know, big news concerning uh this pick and the team connected

to with the chiefs Tyreek Hill. UM. Some real disturbing audio came out today was posted by a local UH news affiliate in Kansas City. I believe was it at Kansas City? Uh? And uh you know it was Hill and his girlfriend. Uh, the two people that are connected to the childhood abuse investigation and that involved the young son that suffered the broken arm. Um. It was reported this week or yesterday that there wouldn't be any criminal charges filed against either of the adults in this situation.

This audio recording of surfaces, of course, goes viral, gets blasted out, and then the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, Bret Veach uh announces after the draft that Tyreck Hill will not be involved with the Chiefs in any capacity for quote the foreseeable future. Uh. You could try to read between the lines that this this could very well be the final straw that uh, you know, um snaps the camel's back and that's the end of Tyreek Hill in Kansas City. It certainly seems to be

trending that way. Now. Hard to know. I mean, the the audio, you know, it's to the entire situation is tragic. I mean, going back to his involvement with the same woman and and child, you know, in in college and child wasn't even born then. But just looking at the statement that Veach made, it does feel like it crossed a certain threshold you would think for the team all right, I think, but we'll see. There's probably more two for

them to look into and stuff. But absolutely just gives you total pause when you look at the transcript of that audio. I just I don't know. I like, there's some things that are just if there's any scenario where this is what's happened and they keep him, I don't I can't figure out how to back that on any level.

And Veach also said in the statement that he found out about the audio recording in quote real time, so he found out, the team found out as the same time as the rest of It's just remarkable that two months ago there you know, report that Tyreeko was going to become the highest paid receiver in the league. Um alright, so um, And we'll keep an eye on that situation. Obviously. Next time we'll bring a podcast to you is after the draft, so we'll see if there's any movement, uh

in the Tyreek Hill situation. The Giants trade back into the first round. We talked about that DeAndre Baker, the Falcons trade with the Rams swap of the Rams, so the Rams trade out of the first round entirely, and the Falcon state Caleb McGarry tackle out of Washington and um finally the Patriots. Um can I mention one thing about one quote on Caleb Gary and I'm sure he's a very he's massive, he's six ft seven. Someone called him big stiff robot guy. I'm sure there are other uh,

big stiff robot guy. I'm sure the other qualities that he brings to the table the Falcons must think. So it's quite a name. The Patriots take a wide receiver nikkil Harry out of a s U. Uh and Greg, that is a good pick. You like that pick? I did. I liked his interview you know on NFL Network, like the cut of his jib, his attitude. But I like that. It was the Patriots going against type, which is they have not drafted receivers in the first round. They have

not drafted many outside receivers, very high physical receivers. His profile, uh as a guy who can kind of be a big slot guy, win at the catchpoint, physical, run after catch, like man. They need that. So it's it's just nice when you when the Patriots, you know, pick need and and a lot of people, you know, some people Adam as the top receiver in the league. Well, I mean in the draft, There aren't many holes in Bill Belichick's resume, but drafting early roundwide receivers is one of them. So

maybe this is one of his few challenges. Left and put the page street It's logo on a ferris wheel while you're at it, please all right? And the biggest news of the night, Ricky Hollywood, of course, that Taylor Swift dropped her new video, which she announced She's in Nashville. I think she has a home down there. She announced it at the Draft that it was dropping, and your thoughts on the news really at the Draft she was there.

She was on some some show and said it was coming out, and uh, Eric and I watched it in real time together. Yeah, like nine oh two. I was already watching it live. It's great. It reminds me of her older stuff, not Reputation album. The video feels like her. Um, I haven't gotten the full effect yet. I can't wait till tonight at three am when I'm driving home. I gotta really bump it in the car to feel it so you don't drive off the road. Well, I'm not

worried about that. It's like I want the experience. Got it? Got it? Really like immersing myself. So it was like it was like, oh, yeah, I remember how I said, like the old Taylor is dead. Actually that didn't work out too well. It didn't really test market. People didn't like that. So now the old Taylor is totally back. You know, only a cat guy would say something like that. Yeah, exactly. Now you're right though, totally. But what did you think? I loved it. I think I think she's much more

comfortable in the lane that this single. And you know, she seems super tall in all like this the bad block. Yeah, Taylor Smith. Taylor Smith one of my favorites. All right, there you go. That's the round one recap um. As we said, quick word about the Colt Chris Ballard, continue to knock it out of the part your favorite type of frog. Three second round picks this guy's got this year and two next year. This guy is building a perennial playoff power right draft for that too. I just

wanted to get a little cold on your list. So they didn't they didn't pick. No, they trade it out. All right, Well, you know, let's see what they do with the picks before we start throwing the bouquets at the man's feet. I know he's had a great year or so. I mean, it's just adding to the collection of bouquets that are already down there. We'll be back Saturday when we recap um the entire draft. We'll we'll

go through all the second through seventh round. We won't go through every pick, but you know, things that jump out to us, uh. For the balance of the draft, maybe share some winners and losers. Check in on our sandwich props, see how they're going, uh for the draft. Not well for me, some bad news in the back end of the draft, but we'll get to all that. I think we'll all catch up to you in mediocrity. The reality is none of us have hit a single proposition.

So yeah, so you have company problematic situation so far. But thank you everybody, uh for listening, and good luck to your teams the rest of the way. And that's it. That's all I gotta really say. Good job, guys. Stan Heads a signing off for Quiet Storm, the mail Man, the old Boss on Ricky Hollywood behind the Glass until Saturday night. Do you think you've been brain damage? Oh yeah, definitely, there's no doubt. Okay, don't I left something on the operating table. There's no doubt