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Way Too Early NBA Playoff Hot Takes | Wolves’ Fantastic Run Under Pereira & Jadon Sancho’s Future
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In this week’s episode of Who’s Got The Ball? the lads give their very early hot takes after just a handful of games of the NBA playoffs, before discussing Wolves’ change of fortunes under Vitor Pereira and if anyone wants Jadon Sancho?
Gan Seans continues with Shane leading 23-15 & there is an update on the WGTB Multi-Sport Power Rankings.
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Transcript
Introduction and Weekend Recap
00:00:09
Speaker
Right lads, welcome back to Who's Got the Ball, another episode. Myself and Shane here. how are you Shane? Grand, can't complain. Myself and yourself dragged ourselves along to Comer Park on Saturday and into a couple of pubs after. Grand all day, barred the results.
Sports Highlights: Liverpool and Hurling
00:00:24
Speaker
And Liverpool and Mullins did a decent thing at the weekend as well, which shows was wonderful to watch, in fairness. Yeah, I know. It was tough watching the that United game hungover on the Sunday after our outing at the match. But yeah, it was a is a decent decent game of Hurling that was on at least on Sunday. Two decent games.
00:00:47
Speaker
Two decent games. Yeah. Specifically at that time of the United game, it kind of distracted me from having to watch it. but ah yeah Then the the Limerick game was class as well.
00:00:58
Speaker
I know the Clare game had a bigger comeback, was probably better.
United's Clash and Casemiro's Role
00:01:01
Speaker
The Limerick one was maybe a little bit more enjoyable. It was tighter for more of it than it was. like to to The Clare-Cork game was literally the definition of a game of two halves.
00:01:11
Speaker
Like, Cork absolutely walked the first half and then Clare came out and just were like, that first half never happened. Let's just make it a one half game and they just walked the second half then. But two cracking games of Ireland.
00:01:23
Speaker
Yeah, it was good to have that now to distract from fromun United. But look, I don't know what kind of a team there he was playing really after the Europa League win, which is absolutely... Madness.
00:01:34
Speaker
So look, we'll just accept it because that was the best games I've ever seen. The United World in the office. So we'll just allow bad game at the weekend. ah That's your open game. We haven't actually spoken on since. but That was just silly.
00:01:51
Speaker
It was actually silly. For a team like United, who are so bad 95% of the time, how do you out and score three goals in the last five minutes of injury? Sorry, of extra time.
00:02:02
Speaker
So you're already 115 minutes deep in the leg, a lot of them. And you somehow have the ability to go and score three goals in the four minutes. Especially Casemiro. He looks like he's barely able to play 60 minutes all season and then he plays 120 winning the penalty and then assists in the other two.
NBA Predictions and Draft Talk
00:02:20
Speaker
Yeah, it was madness. like two I think the only time ever a team has scored twice in 120 plus minutes in a big European game and the only game ever in a big European game that had five games and extra five goals in extra time. So an absolute nutter of a game. So it was good to come out on top.
00:02:38
Speaker
But let's see how it goes now in Bilbo. That's the tough one. So... We gave our mock draft for the NFL last week. So look, that's happening on Thursday where we obviously will cover it then in next week's episode because we're recording this beforehand and that'll be out like Thursday at like 1am it starts and our episode comes out Friday morning. So we're not going to cover too much on the NFL today. I have something at the end I want to throw in, something fascinating.
00:03:08
Speaker
A bit funny for the NFL, or not funny, but a bit interesting, I suppose, that I didn't tell you about just to get your reaction on. But we're going to start on the NBA. So the playoffs have started. We've got a ah couple of games in some series, one game in others.
00:03:22
Speaker
and So we'll just preface how many games have been played in the series when we're giving off these these opinions. So what we're going to do is give way too early like overreactions or hot takes based off one or sometimes two games in the series.
00:03:36
Speaker
So we're through each. I'll let you go first. So what's your first hot take? So my first hot take is coming from the Thunders and the Grizzlies. and So it's 1-0 as we speak at the moment now to the Thunder.
00:03:47
Speaker
And I'm saying that Grizzlies aren't going to score 100 points in any of the games and they're going to get swept. Like what they did in that first game is an actual embarrassment to the game of basketball.
00:03:58
Speaker
Like not just themselves, like losing by 51 points in game one of a playoffs. It's not going anyone's confidence any good. They just looked abysmal throughout.
00:04:09
Speaker
Jan Morant was just taken out of the game. i i yeah i think they're going to get swept and not score 100 points in any of the matches. Yeah, I actually i agree with your hot take there. To be honest, would.
00:04:21
Speaker
would nearly even push it and go even a bit more mad and say they're not going to score 90 points because they just look horrendous. And like how how easy it was for the Thunder. It was like...
00:04:32
Speaker
It was just a joke, to be honest. ah That game, it was like not even worth playing. I think I texted you after that. was just like, they might as well just call it a day here and just say four minutes straight away. You actually said that at halftime.
00:04:43
Speaker
You said, just call it up now. What's the actual point in dragging this out any further? <unk>s just It's just silly like to see a team go in with and be that bad. So they have a lot of work to do and it might be the end of Jammerant there. Who knows the way things are moving around. and But yeah, that's, that's your first hot take. I just said just one more thing. Like it was, it was 68, 36 at halftime. 36 points and a half. like 36 points and a half.
00:05:11
Speaker
Now they still scored more in their second quarter than the Rockets did against Warriors, but we can come on to them in a couple of minutes. They got 16 in their second quarter, but that's just, that's chronic. Like it's criminal.
00:05:22
Speaker
Yeah, it's like, i don't know. I think any team other than them might have put up a better fight, even the teams that like tanked the whole season. yeah I feel like they just didn't care.
00:05:37
Speaker
And I think they were just like, oh, we've lost this. And after the first like five minutes, they were like, nah, actually, let's just give it up because there's no point. So I don't know what to make of them at all. It's just embarrassing. But yeah I have...
00:05:51
Speaker
I have one pertaining to the Rockets, but I'll let you talk on the Rockets. I'll take a different one I have because I've prepared a few of extra we both have, and just in case we overlapped. but um Okay, want to go with a little bit similar but a little bit different.
00:06:05
Speaker
um I'm going to say the pacers the Pacers are going to sweep the books if Dame doesn't play. and The Pacers looked so good against the Bucs. I know I had them to go through. I said maybe six.
00:06:18
Speaker
And I said that they could well be 2-0 up before Dame gets back and then it's over. And that looks like that's going to happen. And I just wonder, will Dame even play? if if If he doesn't make game three, it will be 3-0.
00:06:30
Speaker
The Bucs have absolutely nothing outside of Giannis. So in their starting five, the other four players outside of Giannis scored 14 points in the game. They only provided six assists and 18 rebounds between four of them.
00:06:43
Speaker
And eight rebounds, sorry. So six assists and eight rebounds between four starters. Now, the bench had a couple of guys that performed better who i probably they played more minutes. They'll probably see them play a little bit more in the next game. But like, come on, Kevin Porter Jr., Gary Trent Jr., AJ Green.
00:07:01
Speaker
Some of these guys are cast-offs from other teams for a reason. I just think that this is going to be too easy for the Pacers. Even with Dame, I think they could win 4-1, 4-2 at a push, but without him, 4-0, definitely.
00:07:14
Speaker
Yeah, Kyle Kuzma as well, putting up a 0-0-0 in 28 minutes. heard him referred to as as a trillion because he had so many zeros. It's a 22 trillion, 22 minutes and zeros across the board.
00:07:26
Speaker
like a nas thing Like you have Giannis beside you on the team. Like how you don't get a single assist to him or grab a rebound. Like I just, I couldn't believe it. It was chronic. And you know what? Like I backed the Bucs to win that because of the form they were in coming into us.
00:07:41
Speaker
Yeah. But I'd love to go back and like edit that episode to say that I said the Pacers because there's there isn no chance the Bucs are getting through this. and Even if they do get a one or two, it's still it's still going only one way. It's going four for the Pacers and the Bucs are going out in the first round.
00:07:57
Speaker
Yeah. like if it like When you put it in the perspective of that, if the Bucs go or the Pacers go 2-0 up, will the Bucs win four of the next five? Clearly not.
00:08:09
Speaker
They're not going to do that. So it's like... No matter how good Giannis is, he has been and amazing. and He can't do this on on his own. And the team they have around him is just woeful. And the Kuzma trade hasn't worked out.
00:08:24
Speaker
So, yeah, that's my first hot take. Jonah, try out your second one. Yeah, I think the Lakers are done for. Oh, I love it. Yeah, I think...
00:08:36
Speaker
I think the Timberwolves are too strong. The Timberwolves want it more. The Timberwolves bench is ultimately miles ahead of the Lakers. I think the Lakers are done for it. They were outscored by 43-13 by the bench in game like one. I wouldn't be surprised if it were the sweep. It probably won't be a sweep, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it was a sweep.
00:09:02
Speaker
Like it Reeves, LeBron and Duka, they were literally out there doing it on their own. Like Jackson Hayes scored one point. Reeves looked quite poor as well. Yeah, he did. Yeah.
00:09:15
Speaker
Like yeah he was 18-3-3.
00:09:18
Speaker
Yeah, it's okay, but like if you want to be an all-star like he says he is, you know. it's Exactly. And like, you Joe, you you can't just leave, to I know you have two of the best scorers going at the moment, but you can't just leave everything up to them.
00:09:29
Speaker
Like 10 points off the other two, Rui and Jackson Hayes. The bench, there's no point even mentioning them. I think the highest scoring person off the bench was three points. Like, that's just chronic. Sorry, it was five. Dalton Kinect got five points in three minutes. Yeah, and that was in garbage time.
00:09:44
Speaker
Yeah, i didn't even want him to play, obviously, because he only played three minutes. No, they don't trust him. There's no bench. No bench, and the bench is going to cost them. um Yeah, Jackson Hayes, they, like...
00:09:56
Speaker
trusted him a little bit during the stretch, but now it seems like they're like, no, playoffs, we don't trust this guy, we can't leave him on there because it's not going to work. And like, okay, yeah, the Timberwolves shot us outrageously well from three, which they won't do every night, but there is still some guys that didn't shoot as well who usually do. Like, I think...
00:10:17
Speaker
Alexander Walker didn't shoot that well from three and he usually does. So like it's not like every single player on the Timberwolves performed, but like i just and Anthony Edwards, like okay he didn't have 40 points or something, but that the way he played in that game, like the passes he was dishing out, he was kind controlling he can control the entire game. yeah And every time he was just like, let me switch on to Luka.
00:10:40
Speaker
And Luka is just a traffic cone on defense. you just You'll see you later. And that's the problem I had when when that... trade came about, I said like their defence isn't good. It was good down the stretch, but playoff basketball is so much more different.
00:10:53
Speaker
Especially against a big handsy team. like yeah like even Even when like when the Timberwolves went small ball and brought in Nazarese for Rudy Gobert, they still somehow had more physicality than the Lakers had. He's unreal. He's a big guy.
00:11:07
Speaker
he's unreal what like Yeah, but it your but when you Joe, I know small ball inverted commas like for us, it's not the same as Rudy. And they were still outfighting, outshooting, out-rebounding, out everything the Lakers.
00:11:20
Speaker
And the Lakers just don't, I don't see again how the Lakers come in forward against the Timberwolves teams. I don't see happening. Yeah, that's why I picked the Timberwolves at the start. And everything I've heard now since then is like, oh like i don't want to people saying I don't want to bet against Luka and LeBron still, even though they just saw what they saw.
00:11:38
Speaker
They didn't have any intensity. and in the first like I've never seen LeBron so quiet in a playoff game. yeah I think obviously he always does pace himself, especially in the last few years into the series, so he will have big games. But I just don't see, like like you said, I don't see them winning in four games. I think when it goes back to Minnesota, they would be lucky to escape at that point with it being 3-1 and get back to the l LA. like i I just don't know. I think the Timberwolves are really up for it I think people underestimate them.
00:12:10
Speaker
um And Randall does have a chip on his shoulder. and If Anthony Edwards is going to continue to dictate play like this, then it's hard to see ah hard to see the Lakers winning in my eyes. But I do think, yeah, that is definitely a hot take because people are still very high on the Lakers. Yeah.
00:12:25
Speaker
I want you to take your Rockets one. Rockets one? Yeah, take your Rockets one. They need then need to blow up. I think watching that game, not blow it up, but trade away multiple players at this point for Devin Booker.
00:12:43
Speaker
That's what I think they need to do. I think... I was saying they need to give it time and this is obviously after just one game. So the Warriors are up now. We should also say the Timberwolves are 1-0 up as we're speaking. yeah But like the the Warriors, like,
00:13:03
Speaker
They're only one game up, so this is
Weekend Football Predictions
00:13:05
Speaker
incredibly hot take to say this, but i just where is the scoring going to come from, from the Rockets? They don't have an elite scorer on the team. Eamon Thompson is an excellent defender. He's a very young player. If he can get a jump shot over his career, that would be a turn him into one of the best players of this generation.
00:13:24
Speaker
But he doesn't have it right now. You can't expect him to have it. So then where is it coming from? You have Jalen Green who's been there longer. He does some nice layups, some nice finishes, but he's not an elite scorer.
00:13:35
Speaker
Shangoon is not an elite scorer. like You need somebody like a Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, but I think he's too old for what you have here, to be honest. I think get Booker in in the offseason if you can. Just throw what you need to Adam.
00:13:48
Speaker
Give up Reid Shepard. Give up Jalen Green. Give up a few picks and go from there next season because that would change everything, I think. Yeah, but we actually did discuss this. I didn't think you were going to bring it up on the podcast, but we did discuss the need for someone like a Devin Booker or a Kevin Durant just on Sunday or Monday, Cameron, which day we were talking about it. But just because, Sengun was the only man able to score out there against the Warriors of the Knights, and he's your centre. You need one of your forwards, actually actual forwards, to be able to to just put anything up, Fred Van Fleet's shooting was terrible.
00:14:23
Speaker
Dylan Brooks' are shooting is always terrible. ah Jen green jenny Green had one of his days where he's like, no, I actually don't fancy today. And you just you can't have someone like that trying to lead you into a playoff.
00:14:35
Speaker
like You need Jenny Green to be scoring more than seven points. like Seven points from who's meant to be. He's probably the top earner. Pretty sure he's a top earner. And then you have Van Puyse there. His first 11 threes, he made two of them.
00:14:47
Speaker
his first like eleven three s he met two of them So he's supposed to be like the guy who's the veteran settling things and like he's doing that. Like you cannot do that. Yeah. And you've him putting up too. And then you've Steph just stepping out of play on the verge of sounding play. Just hooping, just hooking one up and in a drops every single time. And I'm not asking him to be Steph because no one's Steph, obviously. But.
00:15:10
Speaker
Like when the Rockets were on that run at the start, the first 10 minutes where they were getting easy shots, open shots, they layups, they were getting runs in. They were missing so many tree shots. They were open, wide open trees hitting the edge of the rim or floating over the back. Like you just can't do that, especially against a team that has to be bothered. They were happy to give those up.
00:15:30
Speaker
Yeah, and there's a reason why. They let the Rockets gas themselves out in the first quarter. And you could see that in the second quarter. like It was 29-13 was the scoring in the second quarter. that That was the breaking of it.
00:15:41
Speaker
Because it they won by 10 points in the end. Yeah, similar in the Pistons-Knicks game one. So right now that's one one The Pistons won last night to make it 1-1. But in game one, the Pistons were ahead.
00:15:52
Speaker
But it was actually a lot later on than the Rockets were. And then they had like the Knicks had a 21-0 run in the fourth quarter. So they gassed themselves out too. And it happens to young teams when they're not used to playing. yeah And I think...
00:16:05
Speaker
Yeah, maybe the Rockets can go and do what what the Pacers did or the Pistons did and get another one back to make it 1-1. It's frustrating because I'm just looking at the breakdown here and by quarter by quarter. so the quarter first quarter, Rockets 21-18. The second quarter, 29-13.
00:16:18
Speaker
duocets's twenty one eighteen the second quarter twenty nine thirteen the Golden State. Then Rockets won the next quarter twenty six twenty two and the won the last quarter by a point 25-26. So it is literally the fact they blew themselves up so much in the second quarter scoring 13 points and that's what cost them the game.
00:16:37
Speaker
And I think if if they can sort that out where they don't completely blow themselves apart in the first quarter then they they have a chance. They'll they'll definitely they'll definitely win games. yeah I'm no longer as sure they'll win the series. I'm obviously still hopeful because Joe, they're not going to play much worse in the quarter either. Jalen Green is probably won't put up just seven points in another game in this playoff series. Hopefully Fred Van Cleese surely can't shoot it badly again. bos like so Steph has levels go to.
00:17:07
Speaker
Jimmy Butler always has another level to go to. I think it's the only one that's going to be proper matchup. yeah i think it's ah I think it's kind of tough that as well, you know, they did very well defensively, but that does tire you out. I know there's gaps between the games, but like Steph will continue to do what he did.
00:17:27
Speaker
Jimmy will continue to do what he did. And if they get a bit more from some other guys, it's dangerous if your lads don't step up. But yeah, I'm going to say that regardless of even if you manage to push this to seven games or if you manage to win this series next year, if you want to really, really get to the top, I think you need to go for someone like Booker. I've seen today like DeMarcus Cousins was on ESPN or something and he was just spouting madness like saying you need to get Ja Morant and Kevin Durant and blah, blah, blah. Just like things that just can't happen.
00:17:58
Speaker
But also like You don't need that much. You don't need to give up everything. Just get someone who's a good scorer and you have already pieces around him. I think he does fit in very well there. So that's why i highlighted Booker. I mean, I think he does want to stay with the Suns, but I think he definitely could be pried away if they're going to trade away Durant too and not get a whole lot back for him.
00:18:16
Speaker
Yeah, 100%. Because Booker's going to want to win the championship and he's definitely not doing this with the Suns with the way things are going there at the moment. And he's the kind of player who... like you If he retires but without a championship, no one would remember him.
00:18:28
Speaker
But if he just wins one, he'll be talked about as a really, really elite player for a long time if he just gets one championship under his belt. Yeah, I feel sorry for him. like Even what he said after the last game, he was like, we're so far away from like what we were two years ago, which is just kind of heartbreaking for someone who's nearly there and then it's all gone from.
00:18:48
Speaker
But yeah, you want to give your next one? Yeah, so my last one is... After the round one games in the playoffs, the amount of walks in the park that were there, I think the playoffs need to be caught in numbers. There's just, there's so many teams that have no business being in a playoff.
00:19:06
Speaker
And the play-in being so long as well. The play-in just needs to be scrapped. Yeah, the play-in needs to be scrapped. And then I think you need to cut the playoffs to maybe six and six.
00:19:18
Speaker
The first two get a bite. I don't know if it's seven game series though. It's so hard to do that. Because some teams have to play an extra seven
Critique of Jadon Sancho's United Tenure
00:19:26
Speaker
games then. It's not like one extra game you have to play.
00:19:30
Speaker
Yeah, I just think that the standards of first games, some of them were just... ah just like That Timberwolves game we touched on, Disgraceful.
00:19:41
Speaker
The Hornets and... Sorry, not the Hornets. The Habaniers in the Heat. Yeah, that was true. another 21-point win. It's just like they said they're speeding the magic.
00:19:52
Speaker
but Teams like that just shouldn't be in a playoff. Those three teams are just going to waltz their way through in four or five. They might drop one where they start dropping players like Buss.
00:20:03
Speaker
It was really hard to watch the Magic game. Whatever about the Heat, I thought they put up a fight because they have some guys that are able outside of their main two. But the Magic was actually hard to watch because they have nothing going on offense. They don't know how to attack.
00:20:20
Speaker
Yeah, give it to Paolo and then he'll just run out the clock and then if he can't do something at the right at the end of the clock, then you're you're finished. So, yeah, that was a tough watch. The Celtics are going to breeze through that. At least the Heat did put up a little bit of something, but the again, the Hads will breeze through there. And again, we mentioned the Grizzlies. That's just pointless.
00:20:39
Speaker
Yeah, like the the Magic had two players. So obviously Paolo got 36, Fran got 23. Their next highest scorer is seven. Who was that? Jonathan Isaac scored seven. And then Caldwell Pope scored six.
00:20:55
Speaker
yeah They're bringing in Caldwell Pope to spot up and shoot threes and he'd only got six points. It's just not right. It's abysmal. And there's other teams like that as well. think the Pistons won last night, but like it with the way that one game one went as well, I wouldn't have surprised if that was another kind of for l But it won't be now, obviously. But...
00:21:14
Speaker
I don't know, I just think the play-in needs to go for starts, and then the playoffs need to do something to revamp it, where you're not getting so many... Saturday was just boring match after boring match after boring match after boring match.
00:21:28
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. It really it was it was um it was a lot of tough watches, I think. If it wasn't for that Nuggets and Clippers game, there wasn't a whole lot going on there. And I liked watching back the Timberwolves game, just because it was so...
00:21:43
Speaker
mad the way they did but there was a blowout. like so Yeah. Yeah, that's that's an interesting one for sure. There'd have to be some something. I do think the play-in needs to go though.
00:21:54
Speaker
It's just pointless. I know the heat got in now because of that but what difference would I have made really if they just stuck with the the order that it was in? It's still going to be an easy win for the Cavs either way. Exactly, yeah yeah. I just think it just wastes time every year just so that What is it? So that like the Bulls can go out every single year in the playoff.
00:22:16
Speaker
What's the point in that? And what's the point in watching Zach Levine and DeMar DeRozan now go over to the Kings just to do the exact same thing over there? like Yeah, exactly. yeah No point. I'll give my very last one. so Okay, what I'm going to go with is the Clippers could take down the Thunder when they get there.
00:22:37
Speaker
I think I've never seen... I've not seen another team in the West... that I don't have any feeling that they could take them down, but I think they have a real chance of taking them down if they get to that point.
00:22:50
Speaker
I think they're going to beat the Nuggets. I went with them from the start. Last night, they evened it up at 1-1 in another really close game. I think the Nuggets needed to take those two games at home. The Clippers could easily have won both.
00:23:02
Speaker
um And different nights, like you're not going to get that from Russ what you got last night. You're just not. We saw in game one Michael Porter Jr. how bad he was. And then game two, he's completely different. You're not going to get that from him every night.
00:23:15
Speaker
Whereas Kawhi, he's coming into his own. Harden was kind of quiet. Some of the bench guys were a bit more quiet. Norm Powell still hasn't even gone off yet. I think the Clippers are still yet to play their best basketball.
00:23:27
Speaker
And I think it could be 3-1 before we know it after the two games in LA. And I just really like how they could match up against the Thunder. Now, I think I'm still going to go, obviously, with the Thunder to win it. They're still going to be my pick, but I think that the Clippers could really push them harder than any other team.
00:23:45
Speaker
And I think there's no other team that I think stand a chance against them in the West right now, other than the Thunder. Other than the Clippers, sorry. Yeah, I have no complaints to it, to be honest. Yeah. I think they'll be kicking themselves that they're not 2-0 up going back to New York because we watched our first game together and they were all over them in the first half and then just kind of took their foot off the gas for some unknown reason.
00:24:08
Speaker
James Harden had an outrageous first quarter and then just forgot to play basketball for a while. they They could very well be 2-0 up. Why last night just dropping down 39 without even breaking his waist?
00:24:20
Speaker
It was crazy the way he was shooting. Yeah, he was brilliant last night. Absolutely brilliant. 39 in 39 minutes.
00:24:28
Speaker
92% true shooting is that what was 92% true shooting percentage yeah and 79% from the field so like the shots he was putting up they weren't easy like he's just elite shot maker like kit healley he's probably top five of this generation after like LeBron Steph KD yeah there's not too many you'll be putting ahead of him for like the generation we've kind of grown up well I have anyway yeah but he's going up with a different generation to me but no it's similar guys that I've watched just not maybe LeBron from the start but watch most of those getting into it like and
00:25:04
Speaker
I don't know. I think, yeah, he has to be up there. Like if this, if he did get a third ring, um it would definitely put him up there. Even if he doesn't, I think he's still in the top five of that generation for sure.
00:25:15
Speaker
and But yeah, I just think, I think they'll they'll take down the Nuggets now. all of our hot takes could be miles off, um, by the time this comes out or even by early next week, if you're listening to this into the next week or something. With the way our form goes, like as soon as we talk about something, the opposite happens. so yeah, yeah, definitely, uh, want to want to watch out if you want to bet against us, you might be better off.
00:25:42
Speaker
Um, but we spent a bit of time on that cause we had a bit more time since the NFL is, uh, we, we have the draft coming this week, but, uh, To get into some more predictions, let's look at Ganshan's, how we got on. I think we had one win each. One each, yeah. And the same one.
00:25:57
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, no. I'd want to speak tonight. Yeah, I'd want to speak tonight. We had two of the same each. And then the one that we picked different was the one that came up. So I had a i had the Timberwolves beating the Lakers that came up for me. So you're still eight points ahead. Do you want to give your three for this weekend?
00:26:15
Speaker
Yeah, so obviously we're only going with football this weekend because the NBA odds aren't out
Wolves' Performance Under Vitor Pereira
00:26:22
Speaker
yet. So I've gone with three Premier League games and my God, it was tough. And there's one in here in particular that is not going to happen, but I forgot the FA Cup was a thing. i know what one of them is already now. I just don't feel it.
00:26:37
Speaker
So I can't believe that this is an upset option, but I've gone for United to beat Bournemouth. United were 15 to were 4 to 6 when I looked at the odds. So somehow United are underdogs going away to Bournemouth.
00:26:53
Speaker
It's... It's not it should be. Look at our season. like I know where they are, but Bormitt are so hit and miss as well. does i And my lack of options made that an easy pick for me.
00:27:03
Speaker
Yeah. um I've gone for West Ham at 8 and 13, sorry, to beat Brighton, who are I know West Ham are terrible. West are 4-1, yeah. Sorry, yes.
00:27:14
Speaker
Yeah. yeah Yeah. To beat Brighton. Yeah.
00:27:20
Speaker
I just think like what West Ham are due a result. Like they're they're really not as bad as the table show. It's not as bad as their players are playing. After Nicholas Fulcroke literally killing every single one of them in the future in the week, they might want to come out and... That was great. Oh, it was great to watch. But I think they might want to just show him what's what as well now. So I've gone for them to beat Brighton.
00:27:42
Speaker
And this one isn't going to happen. I've gone for Southampton to beat them. knew you were going to put Southampton in there. knew. I had no choice. There was no other option. like i It's not going to happen.
00:27:54
Speaker
But they have their 11 points now. The pressure's off. They might as well go and get 20 and get just get their three wins in the last four games. With big Simon Rusk at the helm, like it would be... What a man. Great manager. I've always liked him, that fella.
00:28:09
Speaker
We've been following him for years. Yeah. Okay, so that's what we have. yes I've also gone for United to beat Bournemouth. I just think, yeah, that... The odds are a little bit mad. I know that Bormitt have been like much better than United this season, but United will have a full week off. Even though they will play a weaker team because of the Europa on the Thursday, I still think that they could have a decent chance because they just play and God knows what when they play like bench players. yeah It could be any type of football. And Bormitt love to create chaos. Well, United will be already in chaos, so it could be a bit of a mad game.
00:28:46
Speaker
Then the other two I've gone for, I've gone for Everton to beat Chelsea. So Everton were 19-4 and Chelsea were 3-5. And so that's in in London. And so I think Chelsea are pretty much, I'd say, only favourites because they're at home.
00:29:00
Speaker
I could say this would probably be a closer odds if not. And I i think, yeah... They might rest some guys for the Europa Conference League, but I doubt it. But I think still Everton have been but been decent up until their loss to City.
00:29:14
Speaker
But City are in a bit of better form at the moment. and So I think Everton ah away to Chelsea. and And then... The last one is in the FA Cup. I've gone with Forest to beat City.
00:29:25
Speaker
So Forest are 15-4. City are 7-10. just think it's worth a go on Forest. they're They're really going to be geared up for this. It'll mean so much to them to get to the final.
00:29:36
Speaker
So I think, yeah, let's go with Forest. let's Let's hope they get there. And let's hope they topple City. So that's my three for the week. I'd have gone with Forest as well if I'd remembered that the FA Cup was on this weekend. So I think that's a good pick.
00:29:51
Speaker
Nice. Yeah, no complaints. Let's see. hope I still haven't got a five-pointer yet, so I need to get one before the season is over. Yeah. So let's go into our our football now. Do you want me to leave us off?
00:30:04
Speaker
Yeah, you go first. and So I've gone with my team this week. I've gone with Wolves. and So you had them in your power rankings last week for for what they've been doing recently.
00:30:17
Speaker
They're currently on five wins in a row. They're unbeaten in their last six in the league. and And I really think it's down to Vitor Pereira getting the most out these lads.
00:30:28
Speaker
So he's come in 17 games in the Prem. um He's had nine wins, two draws, six losses. It's 1.7 points per game, which is a very good return from where they were. They were fighting relegation and now they're comfortable on the same points as United, who are having a bad season, but Like, you know, they shouldn't be in that same level.
00:30:47
Speaker
I think that Wolves have really turned things around big time and they look a much better team than United do right now. FA Cup, they had a couple of wins as well since he came in um before getting knocked out there.
00:30:58
Speaker
Five wins in row, as I said, and they haven't lost in the league since February. So I think really as a team, they've been they've been really good and they got the most out of a lot of players in the last few weeks, especially Strand Larsson. He's one that stood out to me a lot. and He looks like a proper striker for the Premier League.
00:31:17
Speaker
I'm surprised that he's 25. I thought he was younger than that. and So I think they paid two and a half million for a loan for him from Celta Vigo and I think they've triggered a release clause of about 23 million now with his number of appearances.
00:31:32
Speaker
So about 25 million in all to get him. 31 Premier League games, 12 goals and 2 assists. Not bad. I think he'll definitely improve. and But yeah, he's looked a proper striker. He has a good physical shape and he's had five in four games before the United game. So is there anyone else who stood out to you on the Wolves team recently?
00:31:50
Speaker
ah There's three in particular that I have brought up and it's their three Brazilian internationals. The two you haven't sent to mid and your man Cunha as well. I literally have a note here. Midfield is just unreal. I'll leave that to you, Shane, because I know that you really like them. so i'm i'm i'm I'm actually, I'm a big fan because like there's there's a there's a good chance at a Cup of America next year.
00:32:12
Speaker
that Brazil's two midfielders could be playing for Wolves. And Cunha would probably be gone, but there's a good chance this summer even to treat them starting for Wolves. Sorry, starting for Brazil.
00:32:24
Speaker
Andre in particular is just no nonsense. Just takes nothing from anyone. Really good passer, really good on the ball, really good off the ball. Works like it course like he's just unbelievable he's just never stopping and then Gomez beside him then is the one that kind of gets forward a bit more kind of breaks into boxes and get many goals but he's still like he's someone that needs to watched yeah and then Matthias Cunha is just an animal what a footballer he's been so good his talks now that he's going to go to United obviously yeah I think he'll be I think you'll be an incredible bit of business for United if they could get him for 64 and a half million
00:33:02
Speaker
Oh my God, I think that's such a but such a good deal. That's his release clause. So I think he's like at 25 years of age. I think everything he does is just perfect for the system. And United play that same system.
00:33:17
Speaker
He can play striker. he can play off the right. He can play off the left in the 10. He can drop deeper. like He can do anything. And has a lot of physicality about him. The only thing I would want him to cut down on is losing the head.
00:33:30
Speaker
like i I love players that have passion, but there's no need to be ripping glasses off a fella's face like and getting a ban for it and so Outside of that, 28 games this season in the Prem because of all his suspensions, but 14 goals and 4 assists. Last year, 32 games in the Prem, 12 goals and 7 assists. so He's just been a consistently great player in the Premier League. and i would just I would really think if United got him,
00:33:54
Speaker
God, he would be he would be such a great sign-in. For not the worst price ever as well, considering what we've paid down the years. 100%. Who aren't proven in the Premier League. I was just looking there as well. So gar you were saying about their points per game at the moment being 1.7.
00:34:09
Speaker
If they'd done that from the start this evening, they'd have 56 points. And they would be up in ace. It's the same as around Newcastle. Yeah, it's one point below Villa. And...
00:34:22
Speaker
Bill and Chelsea and two points below City so like so it to show the level heat that they've been playing at since he came in and how bad they were and even at the start with him they lost a lot of games so that's like showing what he's done with a small amount of work like he's switched it in the last like 10 games Yeah, I think they've been brilliant. And, Jordan, we were only saying again last week about no team winning five in a row.
00:34:45
Speaker
And now Wolves have, Villa have and Newcastle have. But Wolves yeah being up there as one of the three teams is just baffling that. Like City haven't done it, Loupil haven't done it, Arsenal haven't done it, Chelsea haven't done it. Wolves have done it. Like Wolves being one of the only teams to win five games in a row.
00:34:59
Speaker
I think that just shows just shows how good he has done since he has come in there. Yeah, I think it works really well. having the Portuguese players in there and some of the Brazilian guys too, all like he speaks the same language as them. And I think that would definitely help. um One thing I was really impressed with watching them against United was their box defending was so good. like Every time you United were putting the ball in, Tadi Gomez and Agbedou, who they just signed from Stad Rem in January, I think. like they They were so good in that back three.
00:35:36
Speaker
Like every single time the ball was coming in, it was just getting cleared. Taddy Gomez's name was said more than anybody else. Every single time he was clearing it like constantly. Even there was a point where Ash was like to me, is he the only player on their team? Because he they just his name just kept getting said over and over again.
00:35:52
Speaker
Like they weren't, they didn't play like anything amazing against United because Konya was kind of quiet and they they didn't do a whole lot, but they did what they needed to do. They took their one chance and then they just defended the box perfectly before and after that.
00:36:06
Speaker
So not every win is going to be a pretty one. Yeah, i think that that goal as well was superb. Yeah, it was really good. Sarabia, yeah. Very good technique. And the last point on them of players I was impressed with are Semedo and Aitnori as their wing backs.
00:36:21
Speaker
How would they have Semedo? It's just madness for his career trajectory, how he's there now. yeah And Aiton Ori is 10 out of 10 going forward. like He has six assists and four goals this season. and If United hadn't signed Dorgo, I would say he's another one maybe to go after for Wolves. But yeah, he's ah he's a really, really good player. The two of them are They work perfectly in the system. I think Wolves have really nailed on a nice squad.
00:36:44
Speaker
And I could see them climbing top half next season if they don't sell. Definitely, yeah. I doubt it down as well. At that point, that if they can kick on to be a top half team next season, if they can keep everyone back here and there, because he's obviously going to go. But if they can keep them with field together this one more season.
00:37:00
Speaker
And I don't see why not, because the two players seem to go under the radar. They're not going to get that many... that many mentions when it comes to like, oh, we need them a midfielder, let's go get Andre. Yeah, I think they only have him in short while as well, don't they, Andre? Yeah, it's only his first season, so... Yeah, so like, you know, it's rare that would jump straight away.
00:37:19
Speaker
So, I think, yeah, I think there's a good chance they keep a lot of them. But like you said, if Cunha goes... maybe they could get in a good replacement with that money and bolster the rest of the squad if they keep Pereira in place. Yeah, I think there's no reason why they couldn't be topped. and Absolutely. Yeah, that's my team for the week. Do you want bring up your player?
00:37:38
Speaker
Yeah, well I'm just going to say his name and I'll let you go first and then I'll come in after because i know you're I know you're looking forward to this one. So across I brought Jadon Sancho to the table. do you want to take it away?
00:37:50
Speaker
Yeah, when you said that that's your player, i was like, that is absolutely brilliant. Okay, so... He still gets labeled as like, you know, this young up and coming star.
00:38:01
Speaker
He's 25 years of age and he hasn't done a tap in four years. So I don't know where the star is coming from. um If you look at when he joined United, this is all league stats. First season, 29 games, three goals, three assists.
00:38:15
Speaker
Second season, 26 games, six goals, three assists. Little bit of improvement on the goals there. Then next season, three games, Nothing, because he needed time away, apparently, which Ten Hag gave him.
00:38:28
Speaker
Then he came back, started whinging about something. Had to loan him out to Dortmund. The English media was absolutely blowing him up as if he was like the second coming of Messi over in the Bundesliga.
00:38:38
Speaker
14 games, two goals, two assists. Now he's with Chelsea for a season. 27 games, three goals, four assists. The most impressive thing he has done in the last four or five years since coming to United is getting four assists in five games in the Europa Conference League against God knows what teams.
00:38:58
Speaker
like noah You can't even pronounce them. So, listen, look at Kunja and even Strand Larsson. They're playing for a team who are in the bottom half of the league. They're the same age as him.
00:39:10
Speaker
They're literally getting their names out there. They're playing well. They're doing the hard work. They're doing the hard yards. This guy, like he has such a bad attitude. like post and When Rashford moved to Villa, he posted like freedom on Rashford's post. like but What freedom is it? Freedom of scoring three goals all season. like I think you United are pretty free from having him in the squad.
00:39:32
Speaker
so I really hope that Chelsea don't backtrack on their loan obligation to buy. I've never heard that before. a team with an obligation to buy someone and they actually have to pay money to get out of it.
00:39:44
Speaker
yeah Chelsea are are looking to do that and that tells you all you need to know. Which is the team that has spent the bones of a billion quid on wingers alone in the last two years. They now want to not spend money on a winger because he's been so bad.
00:39:56
Speaker
yeah i was looking at two scorers during the website for the stats and stuff and they do a list of strengths and weaknesses. Now, bear mind that Jadon Sancho is a winger.
00:40:07
Speaker
They had his weaknesses as finishing and crossing. Oh, great. Yeah, for a winger. So the two things he's meant to do. Yeah, exactly. um He just, he hates running.
00:40:19
Speaker
He hates doing anything that involves making an effort. The Bundesliga suited him because had no one looking at him. And then when people are looking at him, he had one and a half good seasons and United took him.
00:40:31
Speaker
like yeah is Is he even a Champions League level player? No, he's not. He's in his level now in the Conference League. Yeah, I think you and a or an Everton or someone, a bit like a Kappa move now is what he needs to go down to that kind of but the mid-table kind of level and, you know, this career there. I think Dwight McNeil is probably a better player him if he could say this.
00:40:53
Speaker
But the problem is he thinks he's unbelievable. He thinks he's God's gift. He really does think he's God's gift and he doesn't track back. He doesn't get forward. When the ball's at his feet, it's like, oh yeah, you might as well give it to the defender now and just stop wasting everyone's time.
00:41:08
Speaker
There's a couple of times there I saw Chelsea fans coming out and saying, like oh, he he you know he scored but he scored one goal and they're like, thank you, United. And then like three weeks later, all these Chelsea fan accounts are going, like this guy doesn't run back. Yeah, like that's why he's gone.
00:41:23
Speaker
He doesn't make an effort. like Yes, I had the same kind stats you had there as well. But his last year for United, two goals and three assists in 14 appearances.
00:41:34
Speaker
Like Matthias Cunha, as you just said, is at Wolves where they were struggling for half the season and he still has 14 league goals. It's just absolutely ridiculous. He's playing in a team where he should be free.
00:41:46
Speaker
know Chelsea are good the moment. No one told him about Cunha saying, oh, he's a youngster, he's up and coming. This is something that the English media do way too much with these young English players. They're like, oh, he's a youngster.
00:41:56
Speaker
Like Phil Foden, he's not a youngster anymore. He has like seven kids. So don't be calling this guy youngster. like but Like, nobody was going... Yeah, like, Sanchez's attitude has clearly always been bad because the man said he let him walk away when he was 16 or 17 to go to dormitory. Like, we're not actually giving you this contract that you want because, yeah again, he probably thought he was God's gift when he was 14. Like, he wanted full-on 100 grand and kind the week payday before he'd even...
00:42:22
Speaker
push the sides of coming into the first team like and I'd love to have a go with Fouadon for a second he is probably just a bang average English footballer with the way they've seen him I don't think he's as special as he looked yeah and now he's just he's an average footballer not average he's above average but he's good he's not worth class like you can't build your team around can't build a team around him but they blow up every player to be like literally the best player in the world like They blew up Palmer to be the best possible, like, but the option for England for absolutely everything. Like, not every player is generational forever. Like, Palmer was always going to go up and down and go up and down, and he will be a good player, but he's not, like, Ballon d'Or level, which is what they act like he is.
00:43:10
Speaker
And I don't think really... The issue is like with the the English media, when they get in a good flow with one player, then they just pile onto him and it's so much pressure. It's just not right.
00:43:22
Speaker
and So yeah, I think it was interesting to bring up Sancho, to be honest. I i was happy to to air out my grievances, but think... Yeah, he's crap. Yeah, I think there's nothing really much more to say. He's not been good and he needs to take a step down, but he won't. And I really hope, like I think...
00:43:41
Speaker
Chelsea need to finish a above 15th in the league for United. Which is it's guaranteed now. It's guaranteed now. So that's £25 million. It should be. But they're considering paying £5 million to undo that. Just to get
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00:43:52
Speaker
rid of it.
00:43:52
Speaker
Yeah, so... Look, I hope they just continue and United just get the 25 million because he needs to be gone now and that needs to be finished because I don't want another summer of it coming back and then you're trying to sell him or it's like, oh, will Amram give him a chance? No, he's always going to redo the same issues and he's good friends with Rashford and already Rashford and Amram had their issues. So it's I think it's best to cut ties with both. but yeah Do you want to move on to the power rankings?
00:44:21
Speaker
Yeah, good to go. I you went first last week, so I'll let you hop off this week. Okay, cool. So last week I had Thunder first, Newcastle, Celtics, Arsenal, Clippers and Rockets. um So this week, few changes.
00:44:33
Speaker
Thunder are still first because, yeah, they're... hope it did not be. Yeah, they just won. Their first Game 1 of the year would buy 51 points, which is the most... First time ever a Game 1 has been won by 50 or more.
00:44:47
Speaker
Second, I've gone with Arsenal. I just think the way they dispatched Real Madrid as was really, really good. And and the league form, they're not going to win the league, but they're still chugging away. They had a good win at the weekend. But if they can get to the Champions League final, and if they could win it it would be an unbelievable season for them.
00:45:06
Speaker
i don't know I don't know how they can take down PSG. They're so impressive, but they took down Real Madrid, so let's see what happens. They they deserve a little bit of of a praise for that. so and Then I've gone with the Cavs. I've brought them back in.
00:45:17
Speaker
They were out, but now... you know if That was because they were resting guys. They were kind of slowing down towards the end of the season. Now playoffs is back. They have that kick again. They have that pop. And I really think they deserve to be back in here.
00:45:29
Speaker
and They showed everything they did in the regular season again, and that's enough for me to put them back up to third. Celtics in fourth continue to be great, but they haven't been really tested yet still. So that's why I just think the Thunder are maybe a little bit higher in the Cavs because they have more regular season wins. But all three teams are super impressive for me.
00:45:48
Speaker
Then Villa in fourth. They've only lost once in the league since the 9th of February. And they have the e FA Cup semi-final coming up this weekend. i think They battered Newcastle on the weekend 4-1, who were in second for me.
00:46:01
Speaker
yeah So that's pushed Newcastle down to sixth. I didn't want to get rid of them because I think they were on really, really good form before that. So I'm not going to just drop them out. And yeah, I'm not putting Liverpool back in after beating Leicester 1-0. So they'll have to do a bit more than that to convince me of their power.
00:46:19
Speaker
so video center The team that are three points away from winning winning the league. Yeah. not powerful ofa now Newcastle won a cup. Arsenal semi-final Champions League.
00:46:30
Speaker
Villa semi-final league. It's more recent form. Yeah, I just want to say, it's definitely like three recency bias for you. but I've also let you praise Arsenal. When they win the league, they'll go back in and they'll probably go towards the top. Yeah.
00:46:46
Speaker
That'll be next week. So I've let you do the praising of Arsenal because they haven't come back into mine. And you'll be shocked to know that. Thankfully, Newcastle did the decent thing and got whacked by Willis. So don't bring them in either. So you have to bring them in still. No. So and last week I had the Rockets at one, ah the Thunder at two, Liverpool three, the Bucks at four, Clippers five and Wolves at sixth.
00:47:10
Speaker
I've also changed it up quite a lot this week. um Okay. In terms of teams and position, so the Ponder are back up to one for me as well. I think there's not much more to say than what you all already said. 51-point winning game, one of the playoffs. like They're clearly, clearly the best team in basketball. And the Rockets also lost quite unimpressively, so they have dropped down a good bit. I had Liverpool at second.
00:47:32
Speaker
um ah literally have just written in capital letters, they are about to be the champions. i've I've nothing to say in it. like That's all there is to it. I just said, because the third... They're just some team.
00:47:43
Speaker
the air and stay are They It wasn't as much of a blowout, but it's still very, very easy, easy day out from um in game one. and As we as were talking while ago, it's not to be over again. like They're just really, really good.
00:47:56
Speaker
I have the Wolves in... Wolves, not Wolves. Sorry, Wolves, not the Wolves. in English Premier League team, Wolves are in fourth. Wolverhampton Wanderers. Thank you. Five wins in a row.
00:48:09
Speaker
Only the third team to do it season. And they were in there last week. So even if they weren't in there last week, they might have come in again this week. But I just think what he's done has been really impressive. The Rockets are still there. They're in fifth.
00:48:21
Speaker
I still hope they can get through this matchup. If they lose game two, then they'll be out next week. But I didn't want to drop them completely out because they're a wonderful bunch young clothes. And then I have ah Villa in sixth.
00:48:34
Speaker
Nice. Five wins in a row as well. They were really good against PSG. I thought they were unlucky. Yeah, they I think, you know, Emery is just doing it. He's having an amazing season with. In fact, they're still pushing for Champions League in the league with the run they had in the Champions League. And Newcastle showed how difficult that was two years ago when their league form just completely fell off cliff.
00:48:54
Speaker
Yeah. I know Villa had a tough run, but they've tried it back now they're in with a shot at getting that top five. so And then the Cubs semi as well. Yes. Yeah. I i think they're really good.
00:49:04
Speaker
Yeah, they're flying. Good to see them in both of ours. So that's pretty much all the usual stuff. I have this little bit of NFL crack for you. So this will be coming out on Friday, lads. So you'll get day two of the draft on Friday.
00:49:22
Speaker
and So day one will be Thursday night. Day two is Friday. and So I've looked at the best day two picks in the NFL draft over the last 10 years. Oh, gosh. Yeah.
00:49:33
Speaker
and just throwing some of these names together. and So, yeah, just see how surprised you are with some of these names that came up over the last 10 years and what you could be seeing now. If you're listening to this Friday morning, get the juices flowing for the draft for the evening to but sit down with the next couple of rounds.
00:49:50
Speaker
So we'll start going back as far as 2015. Daniel Hunter to the Vikings, he went eighty eight Had a great career, moved around with the Texans now at the moment. 2016, Chris Jones went to the Chiefs 37th overall and Derek Henry went to the Titans 45th overall.
00:50:10
Speaker
so i see I think that one actually makes sense. like Derek Harry going 45th makes sense. he was probably henry Derek Henry went 45th. Wow. okay All of these are going to be good players.
00:50:23
Speaker
So These are all, so like Daniel Hunter, that's third round. um And the other two are second round. and This is 2017 then. We've got Cooper Cup going to the Rams 69th overall. Trey Hendrickson went two picks earlier to the Saints 67th.
00:50:42
Speaker
So, yeah, that's another absolutely mad one considering he wants to be one of the highest paid players in the league right now. So, and yeah, quite an interesting one there.
00:50:54
Speaker
2018, we had Fred Warner going to the 49ers, 70th overall. What a player. Yeah, that's one of the best third-round pickups, I think, ever. It's unbelievable.
00:51:04
Speaker
um Nick Chubb to the Browns, 35th. Mark Andrews to the Ravens, 86th overall. And I'm there shouting for the Jets for dig je to pull up a tight end.
00:51:17
Speaker
They could have had him any time. Yeah, back then in 2018. AJ Brown in 2019 went to the Titans 51st.
00:51:28
Speaker
and That's a pretty famous one. Evo Samuel to the 49ers 36th. Terry McLaurin to the Commanders 76th overall. What a big that was. Wow, wow, wow.
00:51:40
Speaker
Yeah. Then we're moving into some more recent guys, guys who won a Super Bowl recently, um as AJ Brown did. We just mentioned him. Jalen Hurts, who I think is probably... going to be one of the best second round quarterbacks of all time. He went 53rd to the Eagles in 2020.
00:51:57
Speaker
I just wanted to get one Giants guy in there from the last 10 years. Xavier McKinney to the Giants, thirty six He was really good last year for the Packers. I don't know why we let him go, just to pay Javon Holland in the exact same position this year. and So, yeah, that's a bit frustrating. But anyway, what can you do? Then...
00:52:16
Speaker
then We've got Jonathan Taylor to the Colts, 41st in 2020. Another really good pick-up. Loves a touchdown. You can get running back so late, yeah and especially this year, lads.
00:52:28
Speaker
There's so many good running backs could be going as far as the third round. 2021 was a bit harder to pick but I went with Creed Humphrey to the Chiefs 63rd overall yeah sorry one simple yeah yeah a couple of rings he's probably one of the best centres in the game Nico Collins to the Texans 89th overall so you're pushing into the fourth round almost there with that and so yeah that was some pick how good he's been the last few years another tight end for you Trey McBride went to the Cardinals in 2022
00:53:01
Speaker
that but that one That one annoys me, to be honest, looking back at this. But look, you did get Brees Hall 36th that year. yeah So that was it that was a solid one. I had to get a Jets one in there too. Then an interesting one, Cam Juergens.
00:53:15
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He just got picked up for a £68 million four-year deal after winning the Super Bowl with the Eagles. So he went 51st in 2022. Then the Lions. twenty twenty three we had brian branch to the lon he went The Lions had an excellent year that year, getting Sam Laporte at 34th as well.
00:53:33
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Like, that one was nuts. And then wrapping up last year, we had Cooper de Gene to the Eagles, 40th overall, and obviously pick six in the Super Bowl. And then Ladd McConkie, who had an unbelievable season, probably the yeah one of the best rookie wide receivers, um if not the best waitr one of the best receivers in the league last year.
00:53:53
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He went 34th to the Chargers. So any takeaways from that? Yeah, that you don't need to go out and get Warren at 7 because you'll probably get him at 55 later on anyway. so Yeah, like some of them, it's just mad how some them come out of college and it's like they've like no one is looking at them. And then it's like, oh, I suppose we we've no choice now. Let's take Trey McBride let's take Brock Bowers. And yeah okay, Brock Bowers is a bad example, but like it it just goes to show that there is, there's bargains to be had in every single stage of the draft.
00:54:25
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You just need a bit of luck and a bit of scout, bit of deep scouting and a bit of luck. And you kind of, I'd say, you know what you're doing then. I think you just have to trust your scouts a lot because hundred if they know a certain area like very well at a certain school or a certain position, and they're telling you, let's go with this.
00:54:44
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like I think last year it was interesting watching the hard knocks. like off-season of the Giants, although it blew up in their faces big time how much stick they got over, like the Saquon moves and all that stuff. But and it was really interesting to watch that and how the scouts were giving their input and stuff.
00:55:04
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And I thought the Giants had an excellent rookie class last year. It was one of the only positive things. So I think, you know, sticking with your gut and you know that talent is going to be there every year in the second, third, fourth round.
00:55:16
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And we're just pointing out, like, I'm just pointing out like top end guys. Like I'm not pointing like average players. You can still get like some pretty good or average guys to fill out your squad in the sixth, seventh, fifth rounds. like But this is what's even to be had like top end in those rounds too. The way it's looked as well is like there's only 10 players that can go top 10.
00:55:39
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that doesn't mean every player from 11 on is a bad player. Yeah. And that's one way of looking at it. There's only one first player, there's only number one pick. you know And it it doesn't mean it but doesn't mean everyone else is rubbish or crap or anything like that. like You can get your bargains if you know what you're doing, if you've looked right, if you're a proper team, proper scouting. like that da That Detroit Lions one you mentioned there where you Sam Laporta and I've forgotten the second one, forgive me, Bus. Yeah, Brian Branch.
00:56:06
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Brian Branch. That completely changed their fortunes. in like Two of their core players. Yeah, and then look look how late they got him and look at him now. like They were pushing... quite late into last season. So it's good to show that it's there to be had if you can just get a bit of luck and take it.
00:56:25
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And a lot of them stood out to me a lot as that. ah It was like, guys... where all all these picks are like going to teams that like know what they're doing.
00:56:35
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like You have a good few from the Chiefs there, a good few from the Lions, a good few from the Eagles. there's like You're not seeing any from the Browns there, or you're not seeing any from like the Raiders. and like Teams always seem to know exactly what they're doing around the draft, and that's how they become consistently good.
00:56:53
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I think the Titans are the biggest ones that made a mess because they got A.J. Brown... They had Derek Henry. like They've had their players for the years and they just let them go.
00:57:04
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I thought one maybe more interesting thing is that for this year's draft, it'll obviously already be gone um by the first round, but I heard Lance Zerline, I think he's with NFL Network, he said and this week on a podcast, he was like, anyone between 10 and 32 in this year's draft could go in any of those positions.
00:57:25
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So they're all on a pretty good level of talent, all equal. So you're going to get what you need really around any of those picks. So let's see how it goes. I'm really looking forward to Thursday. And then hopefully this gets your juices flowing for watching a bit more of the next couple of rounds, lads, on on the Friday and into the weekend. But yeah, that's pretty much all we have for this week.
00:57:48
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Thanks for listening, luds Don't forget to subscribe. like the video if you're watching or subscribe to us on whatever platform you're listening on and uh throw it over to you sean to wrap it up yeah uh just echo what james said just keep watching we really do appreciate it and we are really enjoying it so thanks a lot and we'll talk to you next week nice one let's see you