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NFL 2023 Pre-Draft Episode
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With the 2023 NFL Draft beginning Thursday, April 27, the upcoming season is officially underway! What surprising offseason moves have already occurred? And which teams will ace this year's draft? Join Mack and Bob as they discuss all things surrounding the NFL offseason!
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Pre-Draft Excitement and Season Recap
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Making Waves is on the clock, and we are back for the pre-draft episode, baby.
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Let's dive right in.
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mac.
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And I'm your host, Bob.
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And it has been three months since the end of the 2022-2023 NFL season.
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We got about four months to go before the next season kicks off.
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We could not stay away.
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We had to hop on.
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for a pre-draft episode.
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The NFL draft is tomorrow night.
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There's a lot of excitement surrounding this draft.
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There's a lot of great players.
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There's also a lot of, I would say, uncertainty around where a lot of these players are going to end up, which makes it so, so exciting.
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And I will certainly be tuning in.
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I don't know about you, Bob.
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I will absolutely be tuning in.
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And uncertainty, very good word.
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I agree there's a lot of it.
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You're so welcome.
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There is a lot of it.
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As Max said, I and she both obviously could not stay away.
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It's only been a couple months since the book was closed on the 2022-2023 season.
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We've still got four months until the kickoff, like my co-host said
Draft Predictions and Aaron Rodgers' Trade
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once again.
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But we're just so excited for tomorrow night.
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Both of our teams have a top 10 pick.
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Both of our teams are looking like we're in a really good position heading into the season.
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And we're just excited to dive right into everything NFL and, more importantly, draft.
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Absolutely.
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And I just got to say, woke up this morning knowing that we were going to record a podcast.
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And it's just exciting to be back in the full swing of NFL things and talking about the NFL and looking at players, looking at trades and all the different things that have been happening.
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And boy, oh boy, has it been a lot.
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There have been a lot of offseason updates so far already.
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And we're not even to the draft yet.
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And there's just a lot of excitement, a lot of changes,
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coming up with this next season, but also a lot of excitement surrounding that.
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And we're going to dive into all that and more throughout this episode, starting with some off-season updates.
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And then we'll go into a little bit of a mock draft, so to speak, where Bob and I are going to make our predictions for what's going to happen tomorrow night for the first round, just the first 10 picks.
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There's something like
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What is it?
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190 something picks overall or yeah, we're not going through all of them.
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We're just going through the top 10.
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I mean, it'd be great if we went through all seven rounds, AKA like what, what are there?
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30, 32 teams times seven.
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So yeah, 200 some odd picks.
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I mean, we can, if our fans, if the wave riders really want us to, but for now we're going to stick with the top 10.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So no predictions for Mr. Irrelevant for this season, but hey, teams better be paying attention all the way through because if we learned anything last season, Mr. Irrelevant, not so irrelevant anymore.
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Exactly.
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Exactly.
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So some exciting stuff coming up and most excited.
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I am most excited about this first update we're going to be giving for the offseason updates.
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Bob, why don't you just take it away?
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Because I can't stand the suspense any longer.
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Tell our fans the good old news.
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Oh, wow.
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Well, speaking of suspense, everybody in the NFC North talking about Bears fans, Lions fans, Vikings fans, most other fan bases as well in the NFC have been on the edge of their seat for the last, it feels like about month, month and a half since this news initially broke.
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And then there's been a stall.
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There's been, you know, kind of just
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Hemming and hawing, waiting for the last shoe to finally drop.
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And as of yesterday, it was official.
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I guess it was two days ago.
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It was officially official that the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Sorry.
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I think it officially, the signed documents actually went through this morning.
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Oh, this morning.
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Okay, like I said.
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Officially, it was announced two days ago.
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Yes.
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Well, now the signed documents have come through officially, officially, officially this morning, but the Wicked Witch of the West has finally melted into a puddle.
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The person who has been just...
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torturing our fan bases and our teams for almost a decade and a half.
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The guy that we love to hate is out of the NFC North forever.
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Knock on wood.
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Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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I would say adios amigo, but he is not our amigo.
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Adios public enemy.
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Number one, Aaron Rogers has finally been dealt.
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He's been traded.
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He's been
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He will no longer be the dark cloud over our heads two times a year, even though Max boys were kind of the dark cloud over here.
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I was going to say, speak for yourself.
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I mean, yes.
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He did say he owned the Bears.
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He never said he owned the Lions.
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Well, now I thought we were on the same team here.
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Now it seems like we're kind of taking shots at me.
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We're on the same team.
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Bye-bye, Rogers.
NFC North's Future Without Rodgers
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Thank you.
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Bye-bye, Rogers.
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So yes, he is finally gone.
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He's done owning my favorite franchise.
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He's done with Hal Marys.
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He's done with the stupid belt buckle sign, State Farm stupid arse.
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Oh, explicit already.
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He's gone.
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He's been traded to the New York Jets for a couple of picks.
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I know me and you were texting about it a little bit, Mac.
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I feel like
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what the Packers got for him wasn't nearly what he is worth.
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So that's another great part of this.
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Yeah.
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Because when I initially heard this news break, I'm like, oh, the Packers are going to get the number one this year.
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They're going to get the number two.
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They're probably going to get a couple of really good NFL players from the Jets and then multiple first round picks in the future.
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They just swapped their picks, a.k.a.
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the Packers moved up two spots, right?
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And then they got like a second rounder that can turn into a first rounder.
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And that's like about it, right?
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Yeah, so I believe they got, I don't know the specifics of it, but I believe they swapped their first round picks.
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I believe they also got the Jets' second round pick of this year.
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I think they did get a little bit more.
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I think they got a first round pick next year and then a contingent second round pick in 2025.
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That could be a first round pick.
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or maybe the next year one is a second round pick contingent first year pick.
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If Rogers plays like 75% of the games or something like that, which he will.
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So, so they really did get three.
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They got two first round picks and I think two or three second or more second or later.
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Right.
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So they got a lot of draft capital.
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They really did.
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But I was also expecting players or, or something else in terms of,
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that trade, but yeah.
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Yeah.
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I was definitely happily surprised that it wasn't a crazy amount more, but yeah.
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Obviously, me and Mac and most of the people that will be listening to this podcast are going to be ecstatic with this news and already have been celebrating for the past couple days since news officially broke.
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But yeah, I mean, this obviously turns NFC North or the expectations for the division upside down.
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The best quarterback in the division for the past 15 years is gone.
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I don't know much about Jordan Love.
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He hasn't really impressed me with what he's shown when he has had his, you know, small opportunities on the field for the Packers.
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But I mean, this has got to be the Bears division now, right?
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Like Packers have no Rodgers.
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I mean, the Bears are right there.
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I love that you're saying that you can't fully get it out with, without a little smile and hint of laughter behind your voice.
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I'm so excited about it.
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You wish it is absolutely the lions that I think are next up on the slate.
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Hey, you agree to that.
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We've talked about this off air.
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I know you agree to that.
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I think that the Bears could potentially be second, especially with some of the trades that happen with the Vikings and things like that.
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But if there's any indication of what this season could shape up to be, I absolutely believe the Lions are at the top of that.
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Well, I mean, I guess we'll believe what we want.
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And I'm so stinging excited.
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I guess we'll both believe what we want to believe.
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I truly believe, depending on what happens tomorrow night, if things go well, if things go the way they're supposed to go, that I think the Bears have a legitimate chance.
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And all jokes aside, I also think that the boys in Honolulu Blue also have a legitimate chance.
Jets and AFC East Impact
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And I know the betters in Vegas have been really high on your favorite squad ever since this Rogers news.
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And even before.
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The news broke about him not being on the Packers.
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I know the odds makers were pretty high up on the Lions.
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So it's going to be interesting and we have a lot to be excited about.
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It really is.
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We're going to have a fun season ahead of us, especially if it is between the Bears and the Lions, which literally could not tell you a time that has ever happened where the Bears and the Lions are both kind of at the top of the division.
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I'm just excited for what's to come.
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And obviously there will be a lot more, a lot more to behind the bets that we make, a lot more behind the discussions that we have.
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It's just going to be fun.
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It's going to be a fun, fun season for sure.
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I can't wait.
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I mean, I love the summer and there's a lot to look forward to between now and September, but can it be September already?
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Like, come on.
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It can, but hopefully we can at least still go on our dirty 30 Mexico trip that we're taking this summer.
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So let's just skip to that and then we'll skip to September.
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We'll skip to July 5th, and then we'll skip to Labor Day weekend.
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That sounds good to me.
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Okay.
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Well, actually, I might need to also celebrate the rest of July because I'm meeting.
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I've got two sisters that are pregnant.
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I'm going to have two either nieces or nephews coming into the world wearing baby Giants gear or baby Lions gear, and I've got to meet them at least.
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And then we'll skip to September.
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Now we're getting a little crazy.
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Okay, sorry, sorry.
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Can we just do Dirty 30 trip, and then I can skip?
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to Labor Day and you can do your stuff in July as well?
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All right, you skip ahead.
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Come back.
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Let me know how the Lions are doing.
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If they're doing good enough, sorry, Amy.
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Sorry, Eli.
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Sorry, Kendall.
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Sorry, Carson.
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I am skipping all the way ahead.
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Okay, I'll skip ahead.
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Meet you there.
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And then you can meet babies and we'll see, I don't know, week two, week three, something like that.
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All right.
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Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
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Perfect.
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Oh my gosh, no.
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But for real, definitely a lot of exciting things.
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That's obviously a big one.
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And I got to be honest with you, the Jets are shaping up to be scary.
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Not only did they have the defensive rookie of the year and the offensive rookie of the year, right, with Garrett Wilson and then Sauce Gardner, but now they have this like multi-MVP quarterback on their team.
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They've got Breeze Hall, who's absolutely electric.
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I'm kind of scared of the Jets.
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I'm not going to lie, but I'm glad they are out of our division.
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He is out of our hair.
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We don't have to play him twice a year anymore.
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And we'll let somebody else knock him out in playoffs and we'll be fine.
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Man, and I completely agree.
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And the Jets, I mean, they had freaking Zach Wilson, who you were very publicly critical towards for good reason.
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Yeah, Zach, send me that gear back.
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I sent him some gear to apologize.
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Send it back.
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I don't apologize.
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I meant what I said, and I was right.
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You were right.
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We need that gear back.
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But honestly, like he's probably never going to start in another NFL game.
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So maybe he needs that for like a little, you know.
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I don't know, token of, you know, you made it here.
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Here's your gear.
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You're probably not going to play much, but like keep this amazing 100% cotton making waves.
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Keep the shirt off our back because you're going to need it.
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You won't be making the big bucks anymore.
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No buco bucks for him.
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That's for damn sure.
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But yeah, I was thinking about it earlier this week and you kind of hit on what I was going to say.
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The AFC East is a freaking wagon now with, obviously you got the bills.
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They've been perennially, is that a word perennially?
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Yeah, like annually, like they're good, like they're repeatedly good perennially.
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Yeah, perennially.
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I guess...
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I know perennial is a word, but perennial-ly-a.
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Perennial is like in terms of like plants, right?
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They come back every year.
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So I think that, I get where you're going with that.
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We'll accept.
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Wave riders, okay, we'll accept.
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Wave riders, rip me apart in our DMs on Instagram.
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If that's not a word, just call me names, whatever.
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But please let us know.
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But yeah, we got the Bills in that division and Allen.
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Obviously the Dolphins, if Tua stays healthy and doesn't get concussions, they're a wagon as well.
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That is a word and you use it correctly.
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Wow.
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Suck that, Wave Riders.
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Wow.
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Sorry, Wave Riders.
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I'm so sorry.
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I interrupted you.
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No, you're good.
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Starting the season off with a bang.
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It just happens so rare.
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I had to give you your kudos, you know?
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Thank you for the kudos.
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Appreciate that perennially.
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I get kudos perennially.
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But that's going to be the new word.
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That's going to be the new saying of the season.
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Pants on the ankles, egg on the faces last year.
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Perennially is the first saying that we'll be saying all the time for this season.
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But AFC East, I digress.
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Some things never change.
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We've got Josh Allen and the Bills now.
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We've got Tua and the Dolphins.
Offseason Changes and Trades
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And we've got Rodgers and the Jets.
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Who's the other team in that division?
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Wait, what are you talking about?
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the AFC East now that Rogers with the Jets, we got, Oh, the Patriots.
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Oh yeah.
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The Patriots.
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So that division, I mean, Mac Jones, unfortunately, your namesake, Mac, will for sure be the worst quarterback in that division.
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But yeah, Allen, Tua, and Rodgers, the AFC East might be the new AFC West upcoming this year.
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So it's just so much to look forward to.
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I totally agree.
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And it's so fun when things shift like that.
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Crazy.
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Because if you talk about the Jets, you know, for multiple years, they were not a great team.
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And it's just cool how things are shifting and changing.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Speaking of shifting and changing, we can move along to the next change that has occurred so far in this offseason.
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Wow, she's still got her transition, folks.
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Smooth as butter.
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Transition game still on point.
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Transition game strong.
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Moving on to the second update we have here.
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Odell Beckham Jr. We were waiting all last season to see where he was going to land.
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Obviously, if you'll remember, he won a Super Bowl ring with the LA Rams two years ago.
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All last season.
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He ended up tearing his ACL in that game.
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He was out for most of the season.
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We thought he was going to land somewhere during the season last year, but he didn't.
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He held out in this offseason.
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He has now been traded.
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He is going to be playing for the Baltimore Ravens.
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And...
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Normally, I would be like, holy cow, what an incredible pairing.
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Lamar Jackson, Odell Beckham Jr. The Ravens are going to be a team to watch, especially offensively.
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But there is a little bit of a question mark there because Lamar has requested a trade from the Ravens.
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That hasn't necessarily happened yet.
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That hasn't gone through, but he's trying to make that dough.
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He's trying to make that money.
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The team has not been meeting what he has been asking for.
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So there is a chance that he will be traded.
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I don't know that that's certain.
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There's a chance that they could also keep him, but I don't know why you would want to stick with a team or a team would want to stick with you when you're trying to get out.
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I think most likely scenario, he probably will get traded at some point.
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But who knows?
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Maybe with this Odell Beckham Jr. signing, maybe he'll have a little bit of something else that he'll want to stick around for.
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So that is just something to consider in this offseason.
00:16:28
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Agreed with everything you said there per usual.
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Not per usual.
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When you talk about the Lions, I usually don't agree with you.
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But with that analysis... 99% of the time, though. 99%.
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when it's not about lions a hundred percent, but yeah, I, I agree.
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That is a huge move by the Ravens.
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And a lot of people expected Odell to come back middle of last year.
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He was doing like, it was very public that he was doing all these visits and stops at, you know,
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different contenders.
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And yeah, he just never ended up signing last year.
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But last time we saw him on a field was when he was with the Rams and he had like two touchdowns in the first half of the Superbowl.
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And then he obviously tours ACL and we haven't seen him since, but Odell is definitely still in his prime.
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It's a great pickup.
00:17:13
Speaker
And Lamar has been looking for a number one receiver for a long time.
00:17:16
Speaker
He's got how does he still have Hollywood?
00:17:18
Speaker
No, Hollywood Brown's on the Cardinals now.
00:17:21
Speaker
He traded the Cardinals last year.
00:17:23
Speaker
Yeah, he's got Mark Andrews, but obviously he's a tight end.
00:17:26
Speaker
And yeah, he's been looking for a number one receiver for a while.
00:17:29
Speaker
So yeah, Lamar did request that trade.
00:17:31
Speaker
It was before the Odell.
00:17:32
Speaker
And I heard that the night that Odell signed with Baltimore, they were seen in Miami together, like out to like some,
00:17:40
Speaker
Bougiars dinner celebrating.
Bears and Lions Offseason Moves
00:17:42
Speaker
So I do think Lamar will at the very least start with the Ravens.
00:17:45
Speaker
And if they're, if they've got any football sense, they'll, they'll pay him what he wants and deserves and lock him down for the foreseeable future.
00:17:53
Speaker
But yeah, that's a scary, a scary duo with Lamar and Odell.
00:17:56
Speaker
So Baltimore stand up.
00:17:59
Speaker
Baltimore coming in hot and Lamar is a great quarterback.
00:18:04
Speaker
So give him some money, get that man some money, give him some dough.
00:18:08
Speaker
Give him some dough.
00:18:11
Speaker
I'm excited for this.
00:18:12
Speaker
Speaking of dough.
00:18:14
Speaker
Speaking of dough, what's this have to do with money?
00:18:17
Speaker
This has a lot to do, though, with getting something compensated in some way because, holy cow, the amount that the Bears got.
00:18:27
Speaker
I'll let you take this away with the number three update here, but, geez, I'm not happy about it.
00:18:33
Speaker
I can take this one away?
00:18:34
Speaker
You're letting me take the Bears away?
00:18:35
Speaker
Yeah, all you.
00:18:36
Speaker
All you.
00:18:37
Speaker
Thank you.
00:18:37
Speaker
Sorry, I'm just fist-pumping over here.
00:18:39
Speaker
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
00:18:40
Speaker
Wow.
00:18:41
Speaker
So we'll take you back to early March.
00:18:43
Speaker
I was heading to Vegas for the weekend to go to a bachelor party of one of our wave riders, Casey Smith.
00:18:50
Speaker
And I was waiting in the airport and all of a sudden my phone just started blowing up with texts and updates and alerts.
00:18:57
Speaker
And everyone's like, oh my God, the Bears traded away the first pick.
00:19:01
Speaker
And I was like, no, why would we do that?
00:19:04
Speaker
I wanted Jalen Carter or Will Anderson Jr. And I was fully committed to getting one of these stud defensive ends or defensive tackles.
00:19:13
Speaker
And all of a sudden, my phone is blowing up and the Bears traded the first pick.
00:19:18
Speaker
And it was blowing up so much to the point where I could not load the articles.
00:19:23
Speaker
I was like, oh my God, did they drop the ball?
00:19:26
Speaker
Did they drop the bag?
00:19:27
Speaker
Did they get enough for the pick?
00:19:29
Speaker
In short, yes.
00:19:30
Speaker
Oh, they got enough for the pick.
00:19:32
Speaker
They got more than enough for the pick.
00:19:34
Speaker
It's absurd.
00:19:36
Speaker
It was absurd.
00:19:37
Speaker
We definitely, as the young kids are saying these days, we fleeced the Panthers.
00:19:42
Speaker
We put the blanket.
00:19:44
Speaker
That's what kids are saying.
00:19:45
Speaker
I have never heard that.
00:19:47
Speaker
I mean, you got to be around the kids.
00:19:49
Speaker
Sorry, I guess I'm not hip.
00:19:51
Speaker
I'm not hip.
00:19:52
Speaker
I'm not happening.
00:19:53
Speaker
I'm 30 now.
00:19:54
Speaker
We're both 30 now.
00:19:55
Speaker
That's another off-season update, Wave Riders.
00:19:59
Speaker
Wave Riders, both of your favorite hosts recently did turn 30 within the last couple weeks.
00:20:05
Speaker
And I guess we're not as hip as we should be anymore.
00:20:07
Speaker
But...
00:20:09
Speaker
The bears fleeced the Panthers.
00:20:11
Speaker
They fleeced the Panthers.
00:20:12
Speaker
Okay.
00:20:12
Speaker
We fleeced them.
00:20:13
Speaker
So yeah, put that in the repertoire in case you're around, you know.
00:20:16
Speaker
I'm storing it up here.
00:20:18
Speaker
Store it away.
00:20:18
Speaker
You'll need it for sure this year.
00:20:20
Speaker
But yeah, the Bears got more, got everything and more than I ever could have imagined.
00:20:26
Speaker
The number one priority for my Chicago Bears this offseason, it was very public that Justin Fields needed help.
00:20:34
Speaker
That includes offensive line help, but more importantly, receiving help.
00:20:38
Speaker
And we went out and got a number one receiver, DJ Moore.
00:20:43
Speaker
He's had quarterbacks in his career, such as Chase Darnold,
00:20:48
Speaker
Baker Mayfield, PJ Walker, and he has still been putting up crazy numbers.
00:20:53
Speaker
He is definitely league-wide believed to be a top 15-ish receiver.
00:21:00
Speaker
He'll be our number one.
00:21:01
Speaker
That'll put Mooney to two.
00:21:03
Speaker
Claypool to three.
00:21:04
Speaker
We got Cole Komet.
00:21:05
Speaker
So getting him alone, I was like,
00:21:08
Speaker
Amazing.
00:21:08
Speaker
We needed a number one guy and we got a solidified number one guy.
00:21:13
Speaker
But then I continued reading with a big old smile on my face and saw that we got their number one pick.
00:21:19
Speaker
So obviously they got our number one pick.
00:21:20
Speaker
We got their number nine.
00:21:22
Speaker
So I'm like, okay, we still got a top 10 pick.
00:21:24
Speaker
We got DJ Moore.
00:21:25
Speaker
We got their number one first-round pick for next year, which could be a top-five pick.
00:21:33
Speaker
And then we got their second-round pick this year and next year.
00:21:37
Speaker
So, oh, my God, we're swimming in picks.
00:21:39
Speaker
We're swimming in talent.
00:21:40
Speaker
And the Bears are back, baby.
00:21:42
Speaker
Yeah, you guys got so much for that trade, which absolutely is just absurd.
00:21:47
Speaker
I mean, I'm sure a lot of people were kind of vying for that number one pick because there are a lot of good quarterbacks in this draft class and there are a lot of teams that are in need of those quarterbacks.
00:21:57
Speaker
But come on now.
00:21:58
Speaker
The amount of picks and DJ Moore, just freaking stupid.
00:22:04
Speaker
The Panthers absolutely shit the bed in this one, in my opinion.
00:22:08
Speaker
Oh, explicit.
00:22:09
Speaker
Sorry.
00:22:10
Speaker
That was a hard S-H-I-T.
00:22:12
Speaker
She didn't say shiz.
00:22:13
Speaker
It was.
00:22:13
Speaker
It was.
00:22:14
Speaker
Sorry.
00:22:14
Speaker
They sharted in the bed.
00:22:16
Speaker
What do you want?
00:22:16
Speaker
Is that better?
00:22:17
Speaker
Much better.
00:22:18
Speaker
I thought you were going to say shiz, but I guess we'll go with sharted.
00:22:21
Speaker
They shiz'd the bed.
00:22:23
Speaker
They sharted the bed.
00:22:24
Speaker
And I only live two hours from Charlotte, so I may need to go over there and burn that city to the ground.
00:22:31
Speaker
You might have to.
00:22:32
Speaker
And honestly, the bed.
00:22:34
Speaker
Yeah, geez.
00:22:35
Speaker
I guess that's what I do.
00:22:36
Speaker
I was burning down Indy last year.
00:22:37
Speaker
Indy is on your hit list.
00:22:39
Speaker
Charlotte is now on mine.
00:22:41
Speaker
These cities better watch out.
00:22:43
Speaker
They better watch out because they're pissing us off and we're not joking around.
00:22:46
Speaker
Obviously, Charlotte did not piss me off.
00:22:48
Speaker
I would love to cover Charlotte in gold.
00:22:52
Speaker
So in my opinion, Charlotte, I love you to death.
00:22:55
Speaker
You're just smack talking on them that you fleeced them.
00:22:57
Speaker
I'm going to cut that clip and I'm going to send it over there.
00:23:01
Speaker
Send it to them and all their fans will be like, yeah, they sure as heck did.
00:23:04
Speaker
Yeah, their fans do probably believe that.
00:23:06
Speaker
Our front office stinks, but I will, it goes without saying I'll be cheering for the Bears every week this fall, and I'll be cheering against the- Oh, you will?
00:23:16
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:16
Speaker
Is it- No.
00:23:17
Speaker
Shocking, right?
00:23:17
Speaker
Surprising to me.
00:23:18
Speaker
Shocking.
00:23:18
Speaker
Shocking, right?
00:23:19
Speaker
Truly shocking.
00:23:20
Speaker
And I will also be cheering against the Panthers so we can maybe get another top three or four pick for next year.
00:23:26
Speaker
So all's well in Chicago.
00:23:28
Speaker
All's well in Chicago.
00:23:30
Speaker
And I don't know what the Panthers saw in one of these quarterbacks, but they must have been like, we cannot miss out on this guy because they gave away their whole future to the Bears.
00:23:37
Speaker
So cool.
00:23:39
Speaker
Yeah.
00:23:39
Speaker
I mean, we'll see what happens.
00:23:41
Speaker
Obviously they need a quarterback bad, but still, yeah, they, they gave away.
00:23:48
Speaker
their absolute soul, and they gave it to the devil.
00:23:50
Speaker
Whoa!
00:23:51
Speaker
Are we talking about Aaron Rodgers again?
00:23:53
Speaker
What the heck?
00:23:54
Speaker
Don't mind me.
00:23:55
Speaker
I'm just dancing over here.
00:23:56
Speaker
All right.
00:23:57
Speaker
Fine.
00:23:57
Speaker
Well, let's move on to some good news.
00:24:00
Speaker
That's obviously some really bad news.
00:24:01
Speaker
That was great news.
00:24:02
Speaker
Let's move on to some good news, and let's talk about what the Lions have done this offseason.
00:24:06
Speaker
My boys have also done pretty good this offseason.
00:24:09
Speaker
I wouldn't say it's a DJ more and multiple first-round picks and multiple second-round picks type of that.
00:24:14
Speaker
But we have picked up some really good people in the offseason, starting with a former Bear.
00:24:21
Speaker
Come on over to the light side, the good side.
00:24:25
Speaker
David Montgomery, come on over.
00:24:26
Speaker
We unfortunately had to release Jamal Williams.
00:24:30
Speaker
He was asking for more money.
00:24:32
Speaker
I think he deserved it.
00:24:33
Speaker
He obviously broke a touchdown record last year for us.
00:24:37
Speaker
beating out Barry Sanders with 17 rushing touchdowns.
00:24:42
Speaker
We ended up releasing him.
00:24:44
Speaker
Sorry, Jamal.
00:24:45
Speaker
Love him.
00:24:45
Speaker
He went on down, and he's down in Louisiana, and he's a saint now.
00:24:50
Speaker
He's down in the bayou.
00:24:51
Speaker
He's down in the bayou.
00:24:54
Speaker
Love him, so still be rooting for him.
00:24:57
Speaker
But instead, we picked up another kind of ground-and-pound running back in David Montgomery, so pretty happy with that one.
00:25:02
Speaker
I know you probably weren't so much.
00:25:05
Speaker
but we'll take him.
00:25:06
Speaker
I don't need to talk on that one.
00:25:07
Speaker
All right.
00:25:08
Speaker
You don't need to talk on that one.
00:25:09
Speaker
Only good vibes tonight.
00:25:10
Speaker
Beyond that, we also picked up Cam Sutton from the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:25:15
Speaker
So a great safety to have out in the backfield.
00:25:18
Speaker
We're really putting a lot into our, into our secondary there.
00:25:22
Speaker
And,
00:25:23
Speaker
Of all of them, the best one in my opinion, arguably one of the best free agents on the market was C.J.
00:25:30
Speaker
Gardner-Johnson of the Philadelphia Eagles.
00:25:32
Speaker
You remember how strong that Eagles defense was.
00:25:37
Speaker
picking him up for our backfield in that secondary.
00:25:41
Speaker
Oh my goodness.
00:25:41
Speaker
That was a good day for me.
00:25:43
Speaker
That was a good day for Lions fans.
00:25:45
Speaker
And just finally investing in that defense that we need to invest in so much.
00:25:49
Speaker
So offseason for the Lions has not been too shabby either.
00:25:52
Speaker
And we have two first round draft picks thanks to our trade of Matthew Stafford to the Rams.
00:25:57
Speaker
We've got number six overall.
00:25:59
Speaker
And then we also have, I think it's, what's the next one?
00:26:02
Speaker
I think it's number 16.
00:26:04
Speaker
I think he's out.
00:26:05
Speaker
18?
00:26:06
Speaker
I thought it was a little sooner than that.
00:26:08
Speaker
I thought it was like 14 or 15.
00:26:09
Speaker
Maybe it's 14.
00:26:11
Speaker
Lions first round.
00:26:13
Speaker
I should know this.
00:26:14
Speaker
Jeez.
00:26:14
Speaker
What kind of fan am I?
00:26:15
Speaker
Yeah, what the heck?
00:26:17
Speaker
We have number six, and I thought it was number 18 maybe, but.
00:26:22
Speaker
It just says two first rounds.
00:26:23
Speaker
What the heck?
00:26:24
Speaker
Oh.
00:26:26
Speaker
That guy in my face, pants on my ankles.
00:26:28
Speaker
You were right.
00:26:29
Speaker
It's 18.
00:26:29
Speaker
Oh, thank goodness.
00:26:31
Speaker
Okay.
00:26:31
Speaker
I know more than I thought I did.
00:26:33
Speaker
So we got number six.
00:26:34
Speaker
We got number 18.
00:26:35
Speaker
Two first round picks this year.
Key Trades and Team Strategies
00:26:37
Speaker
And the offense we had last year still, for the most part, intact.
00:26:41
Speaker
Minus Jamal.
00:26:43
Speaker
And then some other stupidity on the Lions front.
00:26:46
Speaker
But we want to get into that.
00:26:48
Speaker
Oh, you don't want to hit on that right now?
00:26:50
Speaker
No, we don't need to talk about the suspensions that some of our players received for illegal gambling.
00:26:55
Speaker
But...
00:26:56
Speaker
That's all right.
00:26:56
Speaker
Moving along.
00:26:57
Speaker
We'll save that for the fall.
00:26:58
Speaker
We'll save that for the fall.
00:27:01
Speaker
Moving along to the number five off-season update.
00:27:06
Speaker
What you got for us, Bob?
00:27:08
Speaker
Number five.
00:27:10
Speaker
So the next thing on my list as my potato phone Android is loading is a very, very well-known cornerback.
00:27:19
Speaker
He's been on the front lines for a lot of reasons, a lot of football reasons and a lot of just big mouth reasons.
00:27:26
Speaker
He loves to crap talk.
00:27:27
Speaker
And I feel like he's one of those guys that if he's on your team, you absolutely love him.
00:27:31
Speaker
If you're playing against him, especially if you're a receiver, you absolutely despise the guy.
00:27:35
Speaker
We're talking about Jalen Ramsey, and he was picked up by the Dolphins.
00:27:39
Speaker
So the Dolphins have a lot of big names.
00:27:41
Speaker
They've got a lot of speed.
00:27:43
Speaker
They have got a lot of promise and upside.
00:27:47
Speaker
And I think it all comes down to whether or not Tua can stay healthy and stay on the field because before he got hurt, the Dolphins were looking like,
00:27:53
Speaker
a powerhouse in the AFC.
00:27:55
Speaker
Obviously he got a couple of really nasty concussions and he was playing pretty bad down the stretch because he had a lot of nasty concussions.
00:28:02
Speaker
Again, Jalen Ramsey for them is huge.
00:28:03
Speaker
They had a kind of a weaker secondary and he was, I'd say him as well as CJ Garner Johnson.
00:28:09
Speaker
He chose the wrong team, but those two were probably the top cornerbacks that were out there.
00:28:14
Speaker
And Jalen obviously went to the Dolphins.
00:28:15
Speaker
So that was a big pickup for Miami.
00:28:18
Speaker
Um,
00:28:19
Speaker
So yeah, that's, that's a update number five.
00:28:21
Speaker
And I would also like to apologize for my co-host.
00:28:25
Speaker
She was talking all about how excited she was about the lines, getting CJ from the Eagles, but she forgot to apologize to our favorite Eagles fan.
00:28:33
Speaker
Big T, we're really sorry that the Lions stole your favorite cornerback.
00:28:37
Speaker
Mac was just shoving that in your face, how excited she was that she didn't even apologize for taking your player.
00:28:42
Speaker
So I'd like to apologize.
00:28:44
Speaker
Big T, I'm thinking about you.
00:28:46
Speaker
You're going to be all right.
00:28:48
Speaker
Super Bowl runners up.
00:28:49
Speaker
You've got a number 10 overall pick.
00:28:51
Speaker
I think the Eagles are going to be doing just fine this year.
00:28:56
Speaker
I think they are as well.
00:28:57
Speaker
They also just locked down their franchise quarterback for a lot of money.
00:29:01
Speaker
So Big T just wanted to give you a shout out.
00:29:03
Speaker
Happy to have you back in the States.
00:29:04
Speaker
And yeah, that was update number five.
00:29:07
Speaker
All right.
00:29:08
Speaker
Sounds good.
00:29:09
Speaker
Number six, we have the Giants making some moves in this off season to acquire some help.
00:29:17
Speaker
Definitely some questionable things by the Giants, in my opinion.
00:29:20
Speaker
Obviously, they're pretty strong with Daniel Jones and
00:29:24
Speaker
kind of pursuing that and making sure that they're building around him, which who knows?
00:29:29
Speaker
There must be something there that I'm not paying attention to, I guess.
00:29:32
Speaker
But what they did is they went and got him some help with Darren Waller, the tight end out of Las Vegas Raiders.
00:29:41
Speaker
And he is now on the Giants.
00:29:43
Speaker
That was a big move for them.
00:29:45
Speaker
Darren Waller is a huge tight end, a top, I don't know, I would say like top two, three,
00:29:53
Speaker
number ranking tight end behind Travis Kelsey, maybe Mark Andrews.
00:29:57
Speaker
There's some good tight ends out there, but he's definitely in the mix for one of those top tight ends.
00:30:01
Speaker
So him moving to the Giants, that was a big move for them.
00:30:04
Speaker
And obviously they're trying to build up their offense around, around Daniel Jones, it's seeming like so good move giants.
00:30:10
Speaker
And I hope you're happy about that one, Eli.
00:30:13
Speaker
Shouts out Eli, future Papa.
00:30:15
Speaker
Yeah, that's a great one, and I agree with you.
00:30:17
Speaker
I feel like the tight ends, like there's a lot of really, not a lot of good ones.
00:30:20
Speaker
There's a couple at the very top, and then there's a lot like kind of crammed in the middle, like Hawkinson and guys like that, like in the middle that are, I'd say the top couple are,
00:30:30
Speaker
Like you said, obviously Kelsey's in his own league.
00:30:33
Speaker
And then, yeah, I'd say between Kittle and Andrews and Waller, those guys are all like right up there as well.
00:30:38
Speaker
So that's a huge debt for the Giants.
00:30:40
Speaker
And I mean, they just paid Daniel Jones as well.
00:30:43
Speaker
They believe in him and we'll see if, no pun intended, it's going to pay off.
00:30:49
Speaker
Why is that a pun?
00:30:51
Speaker
Why is that a pun?
00:30:52
Speaker
Because they said they just paid Daniel Jones to receive.
00:30:55
Speaker
We'll see if it's going to pay off.
00:30:57
Speaker
I missed that.
00:30:58
Speaker
I missed that first part.
00:30:59
Speaker
I thought you were trying to use it as a pun for like Darren Waller's name or something.
00:31:02
Speaker
And I was like, hmm, not following.
00:31:04
Speaker
Darren Waller, money, Waller, duh.
00:31:10
Speaker
Oh my word.
00:31:11
Speaker
Okay.
00:31:11
Speaker
Moving along.
00:31:13
Speaker
We've got two more updates.
00:31:15
Speaker
It's been a bit of a QB carousel this off season.
00:31:18
Speaker
It always kind of is.
00:31:20
Speaker
QBs are moving around.
00:31:21
Speaker
Teams are looking for new things.
00:31:22
Speaker
There's still going to be a lot more that happens in this off season.
00:31:26
Speaker
Heard a lot of rumors about train Lance possibly getting traded.
00:31:29
Speaker
There's a lot of teams that need a quarterback and not enough within this draft class to fill all of those needs.
00:31:36
Speaker
Um,
00:31:36
Speaker
So we'll see what happens throughout the rest of this offseason.
00:31:39
Speaker
But there have been two big quarterback moves beyond the Rodgers trade that we already discussed.
00:31:45
Speaker
So go ahead, Bob.
00:31:45
Speaker
Why don't you take away the first one?
00:31:48
Speaker
I'd love to.
00:31:49
Speaker
So, yeah, speaking of Las Vegas Raiders.
00:31:53
Speaker
Raiders.
00:31:55
Speaker
They just got themselves a new quarterback.
00:31:57
Speaker
And, yeah, in San Francisco, I mean, talk about having more than you can handle.
00:32:02
Speaker
They had three quarterbacks that probably a third of the league would have
00:32:06
Speaker
died for one of the three.
00:32:07
Speaker
Obviously, they started the season expecting Trey Lance to be their QB1.
00:32:12
Speaker
He got hurt week two, so then obviously in comes Jimmy G. He was hemming and hawing.
00:32:17
Speaker
He was doing his thing and looking like they were going to be a team to reckon with in the NFC.
00:32:21
Speaker
He goes down.
00:32:22
Speaker
So then, speaking of draft night tomorrow, Mr. Irrelevant, who has been
00:32:27
Speaker
Been mentioned many times in this podcast.
00:32:28
Speaker
He took over.
00:32:29
Speaker
So they had three quarterbacks.
00:32:31
Speaker
Something's got to give.
00:32:32
Speaker
The one they decided to part with was Jimmy G. They didn't pay him.
00:32:35
Speaker
They're going with youth, which makes sense, with Trey Lance and Brock Purdy.
00:32:39
Speaker
But yeah, Garoppolo was signed by the Raiders after they kind of went their own way from Carr.
00:32:47
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And yeah, I think it's going to be interesting because we've only seen Garoppolo in this 49ers offense.
00:32:54
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I know he's with the Patriots way back when, but that was for like a season.
00:32:57
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And he really did well in that offense.
00:33:00
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A lot of people criticize him saying it's such a quarterback friendly offense that literally anybody that goes in Shanahan just has the offense set up to have a quarterback succeed.
00:33:09
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So I think it's going to be interesting to see how Garoppolo does in Vegas.
00:33:13
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He lost his maybe number one weapon, obviously, as we just mentioned in Waller, but he's still got Hunter Renfro.
00:33:21
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He's still got a couple other guys to throw to, and he's got one of the best running backs in Josh Jacobs.
00:33:25
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So, yeah, we'll see if he can.
00:33:26
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Dante Adams.
00:33:29
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Am I okay?
00:33:30
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You're good.
00:33:33
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I was like, who do the Raiders even have?
00:33:35
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And I'm like, oh, yeah, only like one of the best wide receivers in the league.
00:33:39
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Don't mind me.
00:33:39
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They're probably the best receiver in football.
00:33:42
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Yeah, they've lost their best weapon in Waller.
00:33:44
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I did the exact same thing in my head.
00:33:46
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I'm like, man, the Raiders are going to struggle this year.
00:33:49
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But no, I totally forgot.
00:33:51
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Obviously, they've got one of the best wide receivers out there.
00:33:55
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Dang it.
00:33:55
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Okay, so like I said, Carr has a lot of weapons with Renfro and, of course, Devontae and Josh Jacobs.
00:34:01
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No, Garoppolo.
00:34:02
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Garoppolo, not Carr.
00:34:04
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Like I said, Garoppolo has tons of weapons in Las Vegas.
00:34:08
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So...
00:34:09
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You're good.
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00:34:10
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I'm realizing now we kind of did these backwards because people are probably sitting there like, wait a minute, Derek Carr, where's he?
00:34:18
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That's a number eight update.
00:34:19
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Perfect transition.
00:34:20
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We probably should have done that for number seven and switched the two.
00:34:23
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Oh, well.
00:34:24
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Well, here we are.
00:34:24
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Live and you learn.
00:34:25
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Hindsight's 20-20, right?
00:34:26
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Here we are.
00:34:28
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Here we are.
00:34:29
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All right.
00:34:29
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Well, I'll move into number eight since we already kind of touched on that.
00:34:32
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Obviously, if Garoppolo is in Las Vegas for the Raiders, that means Derek Carr is not, unless you've got two starting quarterbacks on the team, which sometimes that happens.
00:34:42
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But nope, this did not happen this time.
00:34:44
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Derek Carr was traded.
00:34:46
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He is also going down to the Bayou.
00:34:49
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He's going to New Orleans.
00:34:51
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He is a Saint from here on out.
00:34:54
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Well, for this next season, not from here on out explicitly, but he's
00:34:58
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Yes, this next season, Derek Carr is a saint.
00:35:01
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He moved down there and I expect some pretty good things.
00:35:06
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Like we already mentioned, Jamal Williams, he is down there as a running back, as like a ground and pound running back.
00:35:12
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I think he's going to do a lot for them, especially complimenting Kamara.
00:35:17
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If Kamara is still down there, there's been some legal stuff with him.
00:35:20
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So who fully knows about that?
00:35:22
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But
00:35:23
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Either way, they've got a pretty solid offense down there.
00:35:26
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They've got some good things moving for them.
00:35:29
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Michael Thomas, I believe, is still going to be down there.
00:35:32
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And the Saints actually did a pretty good job.
00:35:34
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Their defense was looking pretty good.
00:35:36
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Cam Jordan, they've got a lot of good pieces.
00:35:39
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So sending Derek Carr there, it will be interesting to see, similar to what you said with Garoppolo.
00:35:44
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It'll just be interesting to see him in a new place.
00:35:48
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with new pieces around him and see if he can actually break that barrier.
00:35:52
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He's never been viewed as like this elite quarterback.
00:35:56
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So we'll see maybe a new position, a new city, some new pieces around him will allow him to take that next step and become a pretty solid quarterback.
00:36:07
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I agree.
00:36:08
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I think, yeah, I mean, obviously Carr did not have his best season last year and he is on a downturn, but yeah, I mean, Garoppolo and him,
00:36:18
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have upside to, I mean, who knows, maybe they're those kind of quarterbacks that go to a new city and all of a sudden their career is just revitalized.
00:36:25
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So I think both of those, they're not superstars, but I think Carr and Garoppolo, both of those are going to be exciting to watch.
00:36:31
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And if I was a fan of either of those teams, I'd be pumped.
00:36:33
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I mean, they've both been to playoff games.
00:36:36
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Garoppolo has been to a Superbowl, so we'll see.
00:36:39
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Absolutely.
00:36:39
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Yeah, I think they're both very good at managing games, maybe not necessarily taking it.
00:36:44
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You know, they're not like that scrambling quarterback that you're getting out of some of these younger quarterbacks and things of that nature.
00:36:51
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But you still got good game managers, good game experience.
00:36:55
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They're bringing a lot to the table, I think, in terms of their experiences as well.
00:36:59
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So, yeah, should be exciting.
00:37:02
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Should be very, very exciting.
00:37:03
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So I am pumped to see.
00:37:05
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And not to steal your transitions, but speaking of exciting, tomorrow night, bum, bum.
00:37:12
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Bum, bum.
00:37:13
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NFL Draft 2023, Kansas City, baby.
00:37:18
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We are coming.
00:37:19
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We are taking you on.
00:37:20
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Not us in person.
00:37:22
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I wish we were, but I will be on my TV taking on Kansas City in the NFL.
00:37:26
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Draft of 2023 and super excited.
00:37:29
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There's obviously a lot more updates this offseason beyond the eight that we just highlighted.
00:37:35
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There's been a lot of coaching changes, a lot of other player trades.
00:37:38
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We just wanted to highlight those those top eight and leave some room for a little mock draft here with the first 10 picks of the NFL.
00:37:47
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So I just think we should dive right in, Bob.
00:37:50
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But actually, oh, before we do, I know our fans have probably really been eager and excited for
00:37:56
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They haven't heard your advertisements in like three months.
00:38:00
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So Bob, let's just give the people what they want before we do our mock drafts.
00:38:05
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Oh, no.
00:38:08
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I truly did not even prepare for this like for a second.
00:38:12
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I didn't either.
00:38:13
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I was just like, wait a minute.
00:38:15
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We have to do an advertisement.
00:38:18
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Oh, no.
00:38:19
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I totally forgot about this.
00:38:20
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Okay.
00:38:20
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Well, this is literally right off the cuff.
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00:39:00
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Oh my God.
00:39:02
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I like the real life.
00:39:04
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Like the little rhyme you had there.
00:39:07
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I actually thought that was pretty darn good.
00:39:09
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I'm not going to lie.
00:39:10
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You know what?
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I've had worse.
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I've had worse, worse.
00:39:11
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You've had way worse.
00:39:13
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And you've had heads up for others and they've been worse.
00:39:17
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So that was actually pretty darn good.
00:39:19
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Thank you.
00:39:19
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I just knew Disney, you know, they bring dreams to life and yeah.
00:39:24
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I don't have sweat beating down my forehead and that's happened before on an advertisement.
00:39:28
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So you know what?
00:39:29
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We'll take it.
00:39:30
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We'll take it.
00:39:31
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Overall, I thought that was a great, great advertisement.
00:39:33
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Nice work.
00:39:34
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And thank you, Disney.
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I love Disney.
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We all love Disney.
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00:39:44
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These young men, they've been working their whole lives for this.
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And thank you so much for helping their dreams come true and celebrating that.
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And just supporting them and realizing their dreams.
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Thanks so much, Disney.
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Thanks, Disney.
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We love you.
00:39:57
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All right, let's kick off this mock draft for tomorrow night.
00:40:02
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So the way this is going to work, obviously, we just did the first top 10, like we said.
00:40:08
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Bob and I will both reveal our number one overall draft pick, number two, number three, all the way down to 10.
00:40:14
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And we'll just talk a little bit about why we kind of think that player would be a fit there.
00:40:19
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Obviously,
00:40:20
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With any draft, we're not going to know until tomorrow.
00:40:24
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Things change in an instant.
00:40:26
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Teams can trade up.
00:40:27
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Teams can trade down.
00:40:28
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It's going to be wild, but this is just a fun little guessing game to see where we think these people will end up.
00:40:34
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So do you want to kick it off, Bob, with the number one overall draft pick for the 2023 NFL Draft?
00:40:43
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I would love to.
00:40:45
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So as we've talked about at great length,
00:40:49
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Already the first pick used to be along to my boys, the Chicago bears.
00:40:54
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They traded to the Carolina Panthers.
00:40:57
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So on the clock, right?
00:40:59
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The second, I mean, the second this podcast airs, cause we're on the clock right now, as I said, to start off the episode, but right when this episode drops, the Carolina Panthers are on the clock and, um,
00:41:10
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This was like a 50-50 for me, and I feel like a lot of the experts have been saying the same thing.
00:41:15
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This is a one of two that they're going to go with.
00:41:19
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100%.
00:41:19
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We think so.
00:41:21
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So just based off of what I've heard, how the pro combine or the pro day went, and the style of offense that Frank Reich, the new Panthers coach, and kind of like that team, what he has around him, I think the first player drafted in the 2023 NFL draft
00:41:40
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is quarterback out of Alabama, Bryce Young.
00:41:46
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I think he's going to fit in well with that offense.
00:41:48
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I think Thielen is a good veteran receiver.
00:41:51
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He's going to be a pretty reliable guy for him to kind of hit the ground running.
00:41:56
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And I think Bryce Young is a pretty, pretty, I don't know.
00:42:00
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I feel like you can't miss with him.
00:42:01
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He seems like he's a pretty, pretty legit talent.
00:42:04
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So I think Bryce Young will be the number one pick.
00:42:08
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Absolutely.
00:42:09
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I couldn't agree more.
00:42:10
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I was here nodding my head as Bob was talking.
00:42:13
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I'll be curious to see if we have any other the same, but I was pretty confident we would probably have this one the same.
00:42:19
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I also have Bryce Young going first overall in the 2023 NFL draft to the Carolina Panthers.
00:42:28
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Couldn't agree more.
00:42:28
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All right.
00:42:29
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Yeah, yeah.
00:42:30
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This was probably the most confident pick of the 10 that I had.
00:42:36
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Oh my gosh.
00:42:37
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Well, I cannot wait to hear the rest of yours in that case because I was not confident about this one at all.
00:42:42
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Oh, really?
00:42:43
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I was going back and forth between him and possibly my next pick.
00:42:47
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Well, to me, the number one is the most confident you can be because anything could happen at two, which then throws everything else off.
00:42:54
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You know what I mean?
00:42:55
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That's valid.
00:42:55
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I mean, the Panthers, hell, they could have known who they were going with number one since they traded for the Bears pick.
00:43:01
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Yeah, maybe, maybe.
00:43:02
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But yes, I think they're going to get their guy.
00:43:04
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I think they have an eye on Bryce Young.
00:43:05
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So I think the Alabama stud is moving on over to Carolina.
00:43:11
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Well, you heard it here, folks.
00:43:12
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You heard it here, folks.
00:43:16
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You heard it here, folks.
00:43:19
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You heard it here first, folks.
00:43:21
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Bryce Young is the number one pick in the draft.
00:43:23
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You don't even need to watch because this is legit.
00:43:25
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So Panthers have selected Bryce Young.
00:43:28
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He's now their quarterback.
00:43:29
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All right, perfect.
00:43:30
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Panthers, Bryce Young, love it.
00:43:32
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All right, number two overall.
00:43:35
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You want to just snake it back?
00:43:36
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Let's snake it.
00:43:38
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All right, I think this is where things are going to get interesting.
00:43:41
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Oh, baby.
00:43:41
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Because there's been a lot of chatter in the offseason that the Texans are going to pick up a quarterback here.
00:43:46
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Yeah.
00:43:47
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And as we mentioned, you know, there's a couple quarterbacks on the board.
00:43:51
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There's been a lot of chatter about that.
00:43:54
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However.
00:43:56
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However.
00:43:58
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The Texans, clearly we saw this last season.
00:44:02
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They have made some moves that have not been the smartest.
00:44:06
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Number one, winning that last game when they had the number one overall pick.
00:44:10
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They went and won and then lost the number one overall pick.
00:44:13
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Clearly they're not the smartest team, but actually I have been reading and hearing some other chitter chatter that the Texans are going to do something different here, not select the quarterback and instead build on their defense.
00:44:27
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Demeco Ryan's, or Demeco, is it Demeco Ryan?
00:44:31
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Yep.
00:44:33
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Their coach was...
00:44:36
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Working for the 49ers, he helped build up that defense a lot.
00:44:40
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He helped work with Nick Bosa, and I've heard that he has a lot in terms of stock for edge rushers.
00:44:47
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So I have been reading some stuff that the number two overall pick could potentially, and in my mock draft, the Houston Texans have selected Tyree Wilson from Texas Tech.
00:45:01
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What the heck?
00:45:02
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Not even the number one edge overall, but I have heard links to this name that they are super high on this guy.
00:45:10
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So that's what I have here in the mock draft.
00:45:12
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Tyree Wilson edge going to the Houston Texans.
00:45:16
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And the Texans just keep Texaning.
00:45:20
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I mean, Hey, I guess if they get a head coach who is defensive minded, he was the defensive, like you said, coordinator for the 49ers for the last however many years.
00:45:28
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Yeah.
00:45:28
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I mean,
00:45:29
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If he's focused on defense, maybe he'll be like, that's a generational talent we need to get.
00:45:33
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So we shall see.
00:45:34
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But first, okay, first surprise of this mock draft.
00:45:38
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I certainly tried to keep it interesting.
00:45:40
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There are a ton of mock drafts that have like three quarterbacks going in the top like five.
00:45:46
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I was trying to switch it up a little bit.
00:45:48
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And I really have been reading that a lot, that there is a high potential that the Texans will kind of steer away from the quarterback position that a lot of people think they're going to choose.
00:45:58
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Wow.
00:45:58
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If that happens, that would open up the rest of like three through seven big time.
00:46:02
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Oh yeah, it definitely did.
00:46:04
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That scares me because your boys are right smack dab in the middle there.
00:46:07
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Okay.
00:46:08
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So wow.
00:46:09
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Tyree Wilson, number two to the Texans.
00:46:12
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I like it.
00:46:13
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So in my opinion, the Texans are all in on a quarterback.
00:46:18
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I have not read that about Tyree or like defensive ends or like, just like focusing on the defensive end or defensive side of the ball.
00:46:25
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That does make sense.
00:46:27
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But yeah,
00:46:28
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Who I have here is another quarterback.
00:46:31
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I still think they need their quarterback.
00:46:33
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Let me be very clear.
00:46:34
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I still think they need a quarterback.
00:46:36
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That's just where I was going with my positioning.
00:46:39
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No, I respect it.
00:46:39
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And I like the wild card in there.
00:46:41
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But yeah, I know the Texans have been looking for their guy for a long time.
00:46:45
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And I'm trying to think about the last time the Texans had like a legit quarterback.
00:46:50
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And I cannot think of one in my head.
00:46:52
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When was the last time the Texans had?
00:46:55
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Well, it was Deshaun.
00:46:56
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Okay.
00:46:56
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So Deshaun back like,
00:46:58
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three, four years ago, but obviously he's just the scummiest of scum.
00:47:03
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So we won't talk about him in this exciting podcast, but yeah, they have been without a quarterback for multiple years now.
00:47:10
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They need one Davis mills, no offense, man, but you're not in my opinion, the answer to that position.
00:47:17
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So just based off of, you know, next best position player up, I have the Texans going CJ Strout quarterback out of Ohio state,
00:47:28
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He was the other guy that I was back and forth with for the Panthers to take it one.
00:47:32
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And it seems like for the last month or so, all the experts have been going back between Bryce and CJ.
00:47:38
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He's obviously a stud as well.
00:47:39
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He's going to definitely succeed wherever he goes.
00:47:42
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And people really used to hate on Ohio State quarterbacks in the NFL.
00:47:48
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Oh, Ohio State quarterbacks never do well in the NFL.
00:47:50
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We still do.
00:47:52
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Excuse me?
00:47:53
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Sorry.
00:47:54
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We still do.
00:47:55
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Sorry, Justin.
00:47:56
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Not sorry.
00:47:57
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I do not agree with that.
00:47:59
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Please put that on record.
00:48:00
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But everyone's like, oh, Ohio State quarterbacks can't do it in the NFL.
00:48:04
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They can't pass.
00:48:05
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They can't run.
00:48:06
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They're duds.
00:48:08
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They're losers.
00:48:09
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You know what?
00:48:10
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Justin Fields proved all those naysayers wrong last year, and CJ is going to be the beneficiary of Justin paving the waiver.
00:48:20
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Did he?
00:48:20
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Absolutely.
00:48:20
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Because you guys had the number one overall pick, from what I recall.
00:48:26
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Are we on the same team here?
00:48:28
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What's happening?
00:48:28
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Same team, same team, same team.
00:48:30
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But yes, she always has to go back.
00:48:33
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I can't resist.
00:48:33
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I can't resist an open shot at you, Bob.
00:48:37
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My ribs are just wide open.
00:48:38
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I'm looking the other way and she decides to take a couple quick jabs at him.
00:48:44
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But you know what?
00:48:45
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Justin's listening in.
00:48:46
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We got weapons around him now.
00:48:48
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He's going to have his protection.
00:48:50
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And you just wait, McKenz.
00:48:51
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I can't wait until about mid-November, early December.
00:48:56
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I'm going to remember this moment, April 26th, 4.52 Central Standard Time.
00:49:01
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And I'm going to have a chance to go for a shot, and I'm going to take it.
00:49:04
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You should, as you should.
00:49:06
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I'm going to take it.
00:49:07
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All right.
00:49:08
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So CJ coming off the board for the Texans for you at number two.
00:49:13
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All right.
00:49:14
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Number three on the clock, Arizona Cardinals.
00:49:17
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Who you got?
00:49:17
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So Cardinals, in my opinion, they've got their quarterback as of now, of the future.
00:49:24
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Kyler is still...
00:49:26
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I don't think he's on the hot seat yet.
00:49:28
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He's had some injury issues.
00:49:30
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He definitely for sure needs to stay healthy.
00:49:32
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And if he had a couple, for sure, if he has a couple more years where he can't stay on the field for 16, 17 games, then I think he's on the hot seat.
00:49:40
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But as of now, I feel like Arizona is pretty happy with Kyler.
00:49:43
Speaker
So in my opinion, I'm like, okay, what do they need?
00:49:46
Speaker
Well, they just lost JJ Watt to retirement.
00:49:49
Speaker
Their defense has definitely struggled the last couple of years.
00:49:51
Speaker
So they need a guy that really is going to turn that defensive line upside down and just be a guy that they can rely on for a decade or more.
00:50:01
Speaker
And the easy choice, in my opinion, is a guy that last year he wasn't draft eligible yet.
00:50:06
Speaker
He was like the number one guy on the board if he would have been able to leave last year.
00:50:11
Speaker
And this would have been
00:50:13
Speaker
One of the two guys that would have been 50-50 if the Bears would have kept their number one pick that I would have wanted.
00:50:18
Speaker
But I think the Cardinals are going to go D.E.
00:50:20
Speaker
They're going to go Will Anderson Jr. out of Alabama.
00:50:24
Speaker
He's a physical freak.
00:50:25
Speaker
He is a pass rusher.
00:50:26
Speaker
He can go off the edge.
00:50:27
Speaker
He can clog up the middle.
00:50:28
Speaker
He's a stud.
00:50:29
Speaker
And I think any Cardinals fan would be ecstatic if they got him.
00:50:33
Speaker
So I'm thinking Will Anderson is going to come off the board as the first defensive player at number three.
00:50:38
Speaker
Okay.
00:50:39
Speaker
All right.
00:50:39
Speaker
I like it.
00:50:40
Speaker
I definitely could see that being a potential option here at number three.
00:50:45
Speaker
For my mock draft here, we've got the Arizona Cardinals on the clock.
00:50:50
Speaker
And, oh, my goodness.
00:50:52
Speaker
What?
00:50:53
Speaker
This is in.
00:50:55
Speaker
This just in a trade alert.
00:50:59
Speaker
What?
00:50:59
Speaker
Tennessee Titans trade with the Arizona Cardinals down from the 11th slot to take the number three spot.
00:51:09
Speaker
Overlooking and jumping ahead of the Indianapolis Colts to try to get their quarterback because they have thrown Malik Willis to the wind.
00:51:19
Speaker
They have thrown caution to him.
00:51:21
Speaker
They have tossed him to the side from last year.
00:51:23
Speaker
Ryan Tannehill is on his way out.
00:51:26
Speaker
The Titans are looking for their next quarterback, and he is coming out of Ohio State.
00:51:33
Speaker
CJ Stroud going to the Tennessee Titans number three overall.
00:51:38
Speaker
CJ Stroud.
00:51:41
Speaker
Wow, Mac, I'm liking the outside the box thinking here.
00:51:46
Speaker
I'm way outside the box.
00:51:48
Speaker
I didn't do any trades inside my top ten.
00:51:50
Speaker
Dang it.
00:51:51
Speaker
You better watch out.
00:51:54
Speaker
What if literally every single one of these things happens?
00:51:57
Speaker
I would throw up in my pants.
00:52:02
Speaker
But yeah, that's what I'm going with.
00:52:06
Speaker
So you think they're done with Tannehill and they're done with the Malik project?
00:52:11
Speaker
Yes, so I think that they're done with the Malik project.
00:52:13
Speaker
They ended up having him lower on their starters list later in the season last year.
00:52:19
Speaker
He was like a way late...
00:52:22
Speaker
addition so I don't think it's too much of a loss for them it's not like they spent like their number one overall pick on him or whatever okay so I don't think it's too too much I think they're going for a long-term quarterback and Tannehill is not the answer I've seen a lot of things that they are getting ready to move on from him here within the next year or two and that would give CJ a year to learn under him and we'll see
00:52:45
Speaker
If after three picks, it goes Bryce Young, Tyree Wilson, and then the Titans trade up for CJ Stroud, I'm going to be like, what is happening?
00:52:55
Speaker
I'm going to be freaked out.
00:52:56
Speaker
Okay, so I like it.
00:52:57
Speaker
I have heard a lot that they're either going to trade up or if he's on the board, they would take him at 11.
00:53:02
Speaker
So if he falls that far, I have heard that a lot.
00:53:05
Speaker
Oh, if CJ falls to 11.
00:53:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:53:08
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:53:08
Speaker
Ballsy waiting to see if they... That would be ballsy.
00:53:11
Speaker
And I don't know if they would.
00:53:12
Speaker
That's why I'm thinking they're going to jump ahead of the Colts, who also need a quarterback, which brings me to the number four overall pick.
00:53:19
Speaker
The Indianapolis Colts on the clock.
00:53:21
Speaker
Select their guy that I have seen a lot of links with.
00:53:25
Speaker
The guy that they are really high on.
00:53:28
Speaker
Will Levis?
00:53:29
Speaker
Is that how you pronounce his last name?
00:53:31
Speaker
quarterback from Kentucky.
00:53:34
Speaker
There's a lot of controversy around him.
00:53:36
Speaker
He's kind of, he's kind of seems like, sorry, explicit, a douchebag a little bit.
00:53:42
Speaker
Oh, oh my goodness.
00:53:43
Speaker
Doesn't he?
00:53:44
Speaker
Have you seen some of his videos and stuff?
00:53:46
Speaker
He seems kind of cocky, I guess, but I don't know.
00:53:48
Speaker
We'll see what happens with him, but supposedly the Colts are really high on him.
00:53:52
Speaker
So I think they take him at number four overall.
00:53:55
Speaker
Okay, well, I'm going to say a lot of times.
00:53:56
Speaker
And they absolutely need a quarterback.
00:53:57
Speaker
A thousand percent need a quarterback.
00:53:59
Speaker
They've had a weird carousel the last couple of years.
00:54:01
Speaker
They've been going like the veteran route.
00:54:03
Speaker
They had Phillip Rivers for one year.
00:54:04
Speaker
Then they had Matt Ryan for like a half a year.
00:54:06
Speaker
They keep grabbing these older guys.
00:54:08
Speaker
Obviously, it's not working out when they're grabbing Hall of Famers.
00:54:10
Speaker
And then they tried with, who's that guy out of Texas?
00:54:14
Speaker
They tried with Wentz.
00:54:15
Speaker
They've tried with Matt Ryan.
00:54:17
Speaker
They've tried with all these people.
00:54:18
Speaker
Yeah, and it's not working out.
00:54:19
Speaker
So I'm going to save some time here.
00:54:22
Speaker
I had the exact same thing.
00:54:23
Speaker
I have Colton Ford going with Will Levis.
00:54:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:54:25
Speaker
Wow.
00:54:26
Speaker
Perfect.
00:54:27
Speaker
Easy peasy.
00:54:28
Speaker
Bingo, bingo, dodge, derango.
00:54:30
Speaker
Number five through 10 is where things get really dicey and questionable for me.
00:54:34
Speaker
But what do you got?
00:54:35
Speaker
Things get a little messy here.
00:54:36
Speaker
The Seahawks, I originally thought they were going to go QB, but they seem that they're pretty happy not writing back with Gino because...
00:54:46
Speaker
They just signed Geno to a mega deal, which, hey, well-deserved.
00:54:50
Speaker
Geno didn't write back all year.
00:54:52
Speaker
And because he didn't write back, he just got this contract.
00:54:54
Speaker
So I'm going to start not writing back, and maybe I'll get either a raise or a ton of money because it worked for Geno.
00:55:00
Speaker
So Seahawks do not need a quarterback.
00:55:04
Speaker
I feel like going receiver or running back this early never really works out, so they will not do that.
00:55:08
Speaker
They obviously got Kenneth Walker from Michigan State, rookie running back last year.
00:55:13
Speaker
So –
00:55:14
Speaker
Their defense is really the only thing that it looks like needs immediate additions and help.
00:55:21
Speaker
And I've been reading a lot of stuff on Pete Carroll's kind of down on guys that don't really have the Seahawk way or the Seahawk mentality or any guys with off-the-field issues.
00:55:32
Speaker
So that immediately takes off Jalen Carter, in my opinion.
00:55:36
Speaker
So that would open up a guy that Mack had going a little earlier than I expected.
00:55:41
Speaker
But I have the Seahawks going with Tyree Wilson,
00:55:45
Speaker
out of Texas Tech.
00:55:46
Speaker
They need DE help big time.
00:55:48
Speaker
He would be in my draft with Will Anderson already off the board.
00:55:52
Speaker
He would be, in my opinion, the best talent remaining that doesn't have any apparent off-the-field issues that Pete Carroll might have a problem with.
00:56:00
Speaker
So, yeah, at number five, Tyree Wilson out of Texas Tech going to Seattle.
00:56:06
Speaker
All right.
00:56:07
Speaker
I like it.
00:56:07
Speaker
We are certainly along very similar thinking lines here.
00:56:12
Speaker
I also have an edge getting drafted to Seattle at number five, but I have arguably the number one edge behind Tyree Wilson.
00:56:20
Speaker
If it wasn't for that connection with the Texans, I have Will Anderson Jr., as you already mentioned, from Alabama going off the board here to the Seattle Seahawks.
00:56:31
Speaker
I think, oh, sorry.
00:56:31
Speaker
I didn't mean to go ahead.
00:56:33
Speaker
I think if Will Anderson dropped to number five, Pete Carroll would poop his pants.
00:56:36
Speaker
And he would, they would take about two seconds to put that pick in.
00:56:41
Speaker
Cause yeah, if he's still available and if it's what happens in your draft happens, that would be the biggest no brainer pick of all time.
00:56:47
Speaker
Yeah, I completely agree.
00:56:50
Speaker
I don't see any way that he falls further than that.
00:56:53
Speaker
But who knows?
00:56:55
Speaker
Crazier things have happened.
00:56:56
Speaker
So we'll see if that happens for the Seahawks.
00:57:00
Speaker
And then also with the Lions, I think they're in a similar boat here with the Seahawks.
00:57:05
Speaker
I think we're both kind of going for defensive players and things of that nature.
00:57:10
Speaker
Things could get dicey here because I really would be happy with any of the players for the Lions between like...
00:57:17
Speaker
Who is the number six pick?
00:57:18
Speaker
The Detroit Lions are on the clock.
00:57:21
Speaker
These bad boys on my hat.
00:57:24
Speaker
That's what I thought.
00:57:25
Speaker
That's what I thought.
00:57:26
Speaker
Any of the picks really between like five and eight that I have on mine, I would be more than happy with.
00:57:34
Speaker
I've heard some talk about the Lions looking at a quarterback here, like if CJ falls to this or Will Levis falls to this or Anthony Richardson even.
00:57:45
Speaker
I've heard some talk that the Lions might consider a quarterback at this point for down the line, looking at the future behind Jared Goff, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
00:57:55
Speaker
As a fan of the Lions, though, I say absolutely not.
00:58:01
Speaker
I don't think there is any point in focusing on the future right now when we don't even have a present yet.
00:58:09
Speaker
Last year was a great improvement.
00:58:11
Speaker
We've got a really good team.
00:58:12
Speaker
We're starting to build some –
00:58:14
Speaker
like camaraderie and some investment into the lions.
00:58:18
Speaker
I fully believe in Holmes and Campbell.
00:58:21
Speaker
I think they're making a lot of great moves in Detroit.
00:58:24
Speaker
However, I don't think it would make sense to focus on the future when we didn't even make the playoffs.
00:58:29
Speaker
We were just shy.
00:58:30
Speaker
We need to focus on the present and really building that.
00:58:32
Speaker
And that starts in my opinion with defense.
00:58:36
Speaker
So I'd be happy with, you know, these edge rushers off the board, any of these cornerbacks off the board,
00:58:42
Speaker
It scares me a little bit with the pick that I have for the Lions because of his off the field situation.
00:58:51
Speaker
As you mentioned, Jalen Carter, the defensive lineman out of Georgia, I think he's got so much elite potential.
00:58:58
Speaker
He potentially is the number one overall in this entire draft class when he is on the
00:59:04
Speaker
If we had him on the inside line with Hutchinson on the one side, we've got James Houston on the other side.
00:59:12
Speaker
That would be a scary defensive front that I would be all for.
00:59:16
Speaker
I'm a little concerned because it was off the field issues, but I don't know.
00:59:22
Speaker
That's not for me to judge or to determine.
00:59:24
Speaker
So for number six overall, he's the best guy on the board at this point, in my opinion.
00:59:28
Speaker
I think the Detroit Lions go with Jalen Carter.
00:59:31
Speaker
Man.
00:59:33
Speaker
That would be scary.
00:59:34
Speaker
I do not want that to happen.
00:59:35
Speaker
I do not want Hutchinson and Houston and Jalen Carter to all be like 23 and below on the same line.
00:59:43
Speaker
That would not be fun.
00:59:45
Speaker
So, I mean, this all seems realistic too.
00:59:48
Speaker
So this could absolutely happen.
00:59:49
Speaker
And I've seen mock traps where he falls out of the top 10.
00:59:52
Speaker
Yeah.
00:59:52
Speaker
I guess it all depends on who's willing to take a chance on him, but he's upside.
00:59:56
Speaker
Like he was the far and away number one guy on the board a month and a half ago.
01:00:01
Speaker
And then he came to training camp a little out of shape and he had the speed racing accident.
01:00:07
Speaker
Yeah.
01:00:07
Speaker
I mean, I think he's got a lot to prove.
01:00:09
Speaker
I was reading some stuff trying to like wrap my head around if we were to draft him.
01:00:13
Speaker
And I guess all that is kind of like resolved in terms of court.
01:00:16
Speaker
Like he already got his sentencing and stuff.
01:00:19
Speaker
For those of you that don't know, he was involved in like this high speed crash that killed a teammate.
01:00:24
Speaker
He was basically like racing cars or something like that with teammates and a guy died.
01:00:32
Speaker
and of course he needs to be held responsible for that.
01:00:35
Speaker
And supposedly he already got sentencing and all of those things involves like probation and fines, et cetera, et cetera.
01:00:41
Speaker
So I don't think there's going to be any other additional charges brought forth beyond that.
01:00:47
Speaker
But still, I mean, that's got a way on you, I would imagine.
01:00:49
Speaker
And there's still some stuff there in terms of questioning character and all of that.
01:00:55
Speaker
So definitely, definitely.
01:00:57
Speaker
I mean, his on the field talent is unquestioned for sure, but yeah,
01:01:02
Speaker
Yeah.
01:01:02
Speaker
I mean, if everything off the field is, is settled and he's gone through all the necessary steps, then I mean, at number six, that would be an incredible pick.
01:01:09
Speaker
And that would be very scary for me and anybody that's not a Alliance fan.
01:01:15
Speaker
So yeah, we'll see what happens tomorrow, but I speaking of pooping pants.
01:01:18
Speaker
I've also been seeing some stuff that has him in mock drafts have him falling all the way to the bears.
01:01:22
Speaker
So baby, baby, baby.
01:01:25
Speaker
Oh, baby, baby.
01:01:26
Speaker
But what do you got?
01:01:27
Speaker
Who do you got my boys picking at number six?
01:01:31
Speaker
I know we've talked about it at length about what your boys need.
01:01:35
Speaker
And I had said something about cornerback and you're like, I don't think so.
01:01:39
Speaker
And then like a couple of days later, the lions traded Jeff Okuda and it was like, Oh, now I think they actually do need cornerback.
01:01:51
Speaker
I think we always did.
01:01:52
Speaker
I didn't think it was our number one need.
01:01:54
Speaker
But yeah, now that they traded away Okuda, it's definitely that in defensive line.
01:01:59
Speaker
I don't know.
01:02:00
Speaker
Just defense in general we need.
01:02:01
Speaker
Sorry.
01:02:01
Speaker
Continue.
01:02:02
Speaker
No, you're good.
01:02:03
Speaker
So I say cornerback is probably one of the highest, if not the highest needs.
01:02:07
Speaker
And I remember this guy from the Big Ten.
01:02:09
Speaker
He was locked down all last year.
01:02:11
Speaker
And in a lot of mock drafts, I've seen his name in the top five, six, seven.
01:02:17
Speaker
And it just seems like a good fit.
01:02:20
Speaker
with a cornerback out of Illinois, Devin Witherspoon.
01:02:22
Speaker
So I have him going six to the Lions.
01:02:25
Speaker
There's a couple of cornerbacks that were kind of popping up, but just based off what I've read, it seems like this guy would be the best fit for that defensive scheme.
01:02:32
Speaker
So I've got Witherspoon going number six and hey, I'd be, I'd be, I mean, cornerbacks are very important position.
01:02:38
Speaker
I'd rather that than Jalen Carter.
01:02:40
Speaker
So fingers crossed.
01:02:42
Speaker
Fingers cruel.
01:02:43
Speaker
No, I would actually be okay with picking him up.
01:02:45
Speaker
I agree.
01:02:45
Speaker
Cornerback is certainly a position that we do need to fill.
01:02:50
Speaker
And yeah, I've read a lot of great things about him or even Christian Gonzalez, which we'll get to, I'm sure in both of our top 10 mock drafts here.
01:02:57
Speaker
Oh, geez.
01:02:58
Speaker
Maybe I need to switch some things around.
01:02:59
Speaker
Oh, maybe not.
01:03:00
Speaker
Continue on.
01:03:01
Speaker
Number seven.
01:03:02
Speaker
Go ahead.
01:03:03
Speaker
Number seven.
01:03:04
Speaker
So speaking of teams that usually don't have problems with
01:03:08
Speaker
people that have off the field issues, the Las Vegas Raiders.
01:03:11
Speaker
So that should give you, that should give you a little bit of insight into who I'm going with here.
01:03:17
Speaker
I think it's a good fit.
01:03:18
Speaker
Not, not ripping on the guy.
01:03:20
Speaker
I mean, you know, like I said, I'm assuming and hoping that he is making amends for what happened, but yeah, I mean, all that aside, the Raiders also do have defensive problems.
01:03:33
Speaker
And yeah,
01:03:34
Speaker
It just seems like I think Carter will fall a little farther than people think.
01:03:37
Speaker
I don't think he'll fall past seven.
01:03:41
Speaker
So I think the Raiders are going to snag Jalen Carter in a heartbeat, knowing that this guy could have gone number one if things would have kind of panned out differently.
01:03:50
Speaker
But I think the Raiders are going to be pretty pumped with getting Jalen Carter at seven.
01:03:55
Speaker
So I have the Raiders going with him.
01:03:57
Speaker
Okay.
01:03:58
Speaker
All right.
01:03:59
Speaker
I like it.
01:03:59
Speaker
A lot of similar names here, just distributed a little bit differently.
01:04:03
Speaker
Yep.
01:04:04
Speaker
For the Raiders, I have who I was just discussing, picking up cornerback out of Oregon.
01:04:11
Speaker
It's Christian Gonzalez.
01:04:12
Speaker
Okay.
01:04:18
Speaker
So I see it going either way, but I agree.
01:04:21
Speaker
I think the biggest thing for the Raiders, they need to work on their defense.
01:04:24
Speaker
I mean, we already talked about on the offense, they have zero wide receivers, none of note.
01:04:29
Speaker
They don't have a top 20 receiver on their team.
01:04:32
Speaker
They don't have Devontae Adams or anything like that.
01:04:35
Speaker
No, but in all seriousness, I know cornerback is a need for them.
01:04:39
Speaker
Christian Gonzalez, I've read a lot of really good things about him that he has probably the most upside out of any of the cornerbacks.
01:04:46
Speaker
and a lot of length and speed and the things that you're looking for in guys that can immediately transition into the NFL.
01:04:53
Speaker
So yeah, I have the Raiders going with Gonzalez here at number seven.
01:04:59
Speaker
Okay, moving along to number eight.
01:05:01
Speaker
Moving along to number eight, the Atlanta Falcons are on the clock.
01:05:05
Speaker
I have them kind of following suit with this defensive front here.
01:05:09
Speaker
I have them also choosing a corner, one that you already mentioned, Devin Witherspoon.
01:05:15
Speaker
I have them picking him up here at number eight out of Illinois.
01:05:20
Speaker
Okay.
01:05:21
Speaker
I like that pick.
01:05:23
Speaker
This is one that I kind of went a little rogue on.
01:05:26
Speaker
Oh boy.
01:05:26
Speaker
I'm so excited.
01:05:28
Speaker
This is one.
01:05:28
Speaker
It's not, I don't think it's going to be the biggest shock in the world, but this is a name that we've not heard yet.
01:05:33
Speaker
And a lot of the mock drafts I've seen has Falcons going defense.
01:05:38
Speaker
I still think they need offense.
01:05:39
Speaker
They've got, they do.
01:05:40
Speaker
They definitely do.
01:05:41
Speaker
Yeah.
01:05:42
Speaker
And they've got weapons.
01:05:44
Speaker
Who you probably do at this point.
01:05:47
Speaker
Who's the tight, who's the tight end of the have that stud from Florida that they got a couple of years ago.
01:05:52
Speaker
Kyle pits.
01:05:53
Speaker
They have Kyle pits.
01:05:54
Speaker
They've got solid running backs.
01:05:56
Speaker
They've got, I'm trying to think, they have Cordero Patterson.
01:05:59
Speaker
They've got another receiver.
01:06:00
Speaker
I can't think of it.
01:06:01
Speaker
It's not Ridley because he's on Jacksonville now, but they've got some solid guys.
01:06:05
Speaker
They, I don't know why people aren't talking about the Falcons as a team that need a quarterback.
01:06:09
Speaker
Like they had Marcus Mariota last year.
01:06:13
Speaker
Oh, you thought I was going to go so wrong.
01:06:14
Speaker
Never mind.
01:06:14
Speaker
I did not think that was what you were going to say.
01:06:16
Speaker
You probably thought I was going to go.
01:06:17
Speaker
You thought I was going to be John Robinson, I bet.
01:06:19
Speaker
I thought you were going for John Robinson because I heard his name tied to the Falcons.
01:06:23
Speaker
Okay.
01:06:23
Speaker
Yeah.
01:06:24
Speaker
So, I mean, in my opinion, I'm sitting here like, okay, the Falcons have a lot of like, they have a good base, but this is such a quarterback heavy draft.
01:06:32
Speaker
Um,
01:06:34
Speaker
I think they're going to go quarterback, and this guy absolutely shined on his pro day.
01:06:39
Speaker
They've got Marcus Mariota.
01:06:42
Speaker
They've got Taylor Heineke.
01:06:43
Speaker
Heineke did fine in Washington, but I still don't think he's the guy that's going to bring you to a championship-caliber team.
01:06:51
Speaker
Sorry, no offense, Heineke.
01:06:52
Speaker
I'll send you some swag, whatever.
01:06:54
Speaker
But –
01:06:55
Speaker
I think this guy, he's a Southern guy.
01:06:57
Speaker
He's from the South.
01:06:58
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I think he's going to fit in with the culture in Hotlanta just based off like playing in the SEC, being very familiar with just playing down there for a long time.
01:07:08
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I think Anthony Richardson is going to be the freaking fourth quarterback off the board in the top 10, which I don't know if that's ever happened, four quarterbacks in the top 10.
01:07:17
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But I think the Falcons are going to be like, this is a guy that could change our
01:07:20
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franchise for the better.
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So I got Anthony Richardson here.
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All right.
01:07:24
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I actually like that pick.
01:07:25
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That makes a lot of sense.
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And yeah, I would be okay with that happening.
01:07:30
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I think that'd be a good fit.
01:07:32
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Thank you.
01:07:32
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Sorry, I'm air drumming over here because I think it's a perfect pick.
01:07:34
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No, you're good because you know who's coming next in number nine.
01:07:36
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Oh, that too.
01:07:37
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Yes.
01:07:38
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Go ahead.
01:07:38
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Well, you haven't told me who you think the Falcons are going to pick yet.
01:07:40
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Yeah, I did.
01:07:42
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I just said Devin Witherspoon.
01:07:44
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Oh, sorry.
01:07:45
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I forgot that you went.
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You're good.
01:07:46
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So now it's you with the number nine pick overall, the Chicago Bears.
01:07:51
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It's like I'm just here when you're telling me your picks.
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Jeez, what the heck am I doing?
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Are you eating gummies over there?
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Yeah, are you even listening?
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Are you eating gummies over there right now?
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I am eating gummy bears.
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She just got exposed, folks.
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She thought that no one was going to know that she's eating Haribo gummies.
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I'm muting it so you don't hear it squishing, though.
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I know.
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I just wanted to let everyone know that you're eating Haribo gummies.
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Okay.
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Yes, I am.
Bears' Draft Needs and Haribo Banter
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Number nine, I'm going to be in front of the tube tomorrow night.
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Probably some Tostitos, maybe a little queso, maybe some mild, of course, salsa, maybe a brew.
01:08:20
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Just so excited for this.
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And there's a lot of things that Bears can do here that would make me a happy camper.
01:08:26
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If Jalen Carter fell, yes.
01:08:28
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If Tyree Wilson somehow fell, which would be unheard of, yes.
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But if we...
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get an offensive lineman, I am going to be a happy pappy.
01:08:39
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And there's two guys that make so much sense.
01:08:42
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And I've been going back and forth between two big 10 offensive linemen.
01:08:48
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And just based off things that I've read, offensive line is weird because a lot of times, like for the average football fan, looking at you, Maddie and Vince, you might think of offensive line as like,
01:09:00
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You just need five or six of them and they can play anywhere, but that's not true.
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Some offensive linemen do well on the left side.
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Some do well on the right side.
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We need a left guard to block Justin Fields blind side.
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And it makes all the sense in the world to get another Buckeye in there.
01:09:15
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Another fellow Buckeye to block Justin's blind side.
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So I think Paris Johnson Jr. would be a perfect selection.
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If we got him a beefy 360 pound,
01:09:29
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6'6", just a beast of a man, blocking Justin for the next 15 years, his blindside.
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They'll be best buds.
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Justin will be bringing him out to dinner, getting him cool stuff.
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Just don't let me get blindsided.
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You're my best friend.
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If we get Paris Johnson Jr., I'm going to be a happy pappy.
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So I'm hoping that's what happens.
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Wow.
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Okay.
01:09:49
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I like it.
01:09:50
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I am very similar boat as you Chicago bears.
01:09:53
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I was looking fully at their offensive line at this point.
01:09:57
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Like you said, if some of those other guys fall, you obviously probably can't pass on them, but.
01:10:02
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Excuse me.
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You're excused.
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But I agree.
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Offensive line right now is exactly what the Bears need.
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They put a lot of pieces on their offense to try and get the ball out of Justin's hands into the wide receiver's hands and DJ Moore and Chase Claypool.
01:10:19
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They need some protection in order to do that.
01:10:21
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I actually went with the other.
01:10:23
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I was also between those two, those two top offensive linemen.
01:10:28
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I went with Peter Skaranski out of Northwestern for the Bears.
01:10:31
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The Chicago boy.
01:10:32
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Yeah, for the Bears here.
01:10:35
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Staying home.
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He's staying in Chicago.
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And yeah, I went with him.
01:10:40
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I think any protection, either of those picks are going to be a great fit for the Bears.
01:10:44
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But that makes a lot of sense what you're saying, needing that left guard, protecting that blind side.
01:10:48
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So I could see that happening as well.
01:10:50
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Absolutely.
01:10:50
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If it means anything, if we got Skaronsky, I would be just as happy.
01:10:53
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So I'd also be a happy pappy if we got Peter.
01:10:56
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Well, good.
01:10:57
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I'm glad to hear you're going to be a happy pappy.
01:10:59
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Absolutely.
01:11:00
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All right, the number 10 overall pick goes to the Philadelphia Eagles.
01:11:06
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And sorry, before, can I, do you mind if I interrupt real quick?
01:11:08
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Before we do the 10th pick, because I know we're going to do.
01:11:10
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No, sorry, you cannot interrupt.
01:11:12
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Oh, it's like you know what I'm going to say, but I don't think you have any idea.
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Oh, wow, I wasn't expecting that.
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Weren't expecting that one, I know.
01:11:22
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But, I mean, we're going to do the 10th pick.
01:11:25
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We're going to sign off here, and I think it would be,
01:11:28
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There would be nothing that would make the Wave Riders and myself more excited than for you to just kind of send us off into the draft before the Eagles pick here with a nice little advertisement.
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Thank you.
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Oh, geez.
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Okay.
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When you said you're a lover, I was like, that was not the direction I was expecting you to go here.
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I was trying to think of something to rhyme with corner, and I couldn't, and lover doesn't rhyme with corner, but I...
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That was hilarious.
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Because you also said, like, corner.
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So I was like.
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It started strong.
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That was
Eagles' Draft Strategy and Bijan Robinson
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Thank you, Haribo.
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01:13:26
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Let's talk number 10 pick, the Philadelphia Eagles.
01:13:29
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Man, they have their cake and they get to eat it too.
01:13:31
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Super Bowl runners up.
01:13:34
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Top 10 pick in the NFL draft.
01:13:36
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What could be better for this team, honestly?
01:13:39
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They've got a lot going for them.
01:13:41
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I wanted to keep along with the same lines of just being absolutely just going buck wild with this mock draft.
01:13:48
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So I went crazy here.
01:13:49
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I think the Eagles could go a lot of different ways with this pick.
01:13:52
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Number one, I think they could absolutely trade back.
01:13:55
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I think they could garner some more draft capital if they were to trade back.
01:13:59
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There's a lot of people that are looking for these top 10 slots.
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So they've got that option.
01:14:05
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Number two, I think they can fill some needs on defense and go with another corner if one of these two corners drops or go with some other defensive players that have made it pretty high on the big board list.
01:14:19
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But for me, I couldn't do a mock draft without saying this guy's name because I think he's just an elite talent.
01:14:24
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They did get rid of Miles Sanders, so they have a little bit of a need to fill.
01:14:30
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So with the number 10 overall pick, the Philadelphia Eagles select Bajon Robinson, the running back out of Texas, arguably one of the best guys, if not the best guy in this year's draft.
01:14:44
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The reason he falls so low is because people do not put a ton of stock in running backs.
01:14:48
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They don't last that long in the NFL season.
01:14:51
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So it's hard to put them really high up in drafts.
01:14:55
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A lot of drafts, mock drafts have him falling even lower, even potentially to my boys that could fall at 18.
01:15:02
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I've seen that link.
01:15:03
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I've seen a couple like, you know, beyond 20s, but I just got to say his name.
01:15:07
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This guy is an elite talent and deserves to be a top 10 pick in my opinion.
01:15:11
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So Dijon, new home in Philadelphia.
01:15:14
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And if that happens, run for the freaking hills, because that's going to be a scary one to punch with.
01:15:21
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Jalen Hurts and Bajon Robinson.
01:15:23
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Dang it.
01:15:25
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I was so excited to end that too.
01:15:28
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I was so excited to end it with a little more outside the box.
01:15:33
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Oh, sorry to steal your thunder.
01:15:36
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You really did.
01:15:36
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You didn't just steal it.
01:15:37
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You bottled it up and you just use it yourself as a firework.
01:15:40
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And here I am with a little, with a little hand lighter left and your firework had just exploded.
01:15:45
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Oh man.
01:15:46
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Obviously I got to respect the pick because I had the same thing.
01:15:48
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I didn't see it in many mock drafts, but.
01:15:51
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Yeah, I saw one person was like, Bajon would make sense here.
01:15:55
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And I was like, huh, they did lose miles.
01:15:58
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I was like, they've got like gain well and a couple other guys.
01:16:01
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But that would be a perfect fit for them.
01:16:04
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He is like, I saw like all these, these projections for like the top.
01:16:09
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20 fantasy running backs for next year.
01:16:11
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And he was like number six.
01:16:12
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Oh, I'm sure.
01:16:13
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I'm sure.
01:16:14
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To be incredible.
01:16:15
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And I think if the Eagles got him, it would be a wagon.
01:16:18
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I've said wagon.
01:16:18
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Oh my gosh.
01:16:19
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Put him behind that, behind that old line.
01:16:22
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He also is so good.
01:16:24
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Just out of the slot coming out of the backfield, any of that.
01:16:27
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I mean, they could have such, such a crazy, crazy.
01:16:31
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I don't even want to think about it.
01:16:32
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It'd be insane.
01:16:34
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And I think that, yeah, I agree.
01:16:35
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And they don't have a lot of holes.
01:16:38
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Because they are such a good team.
01:16:39
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They lost a couple of players, but they also filled a lot of holes as well.
01:16:43
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And I don't think there's going to be anybody there that jumps off the page more than Bijon.
01:16:49
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Bijon.
01:16:50
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Bijon Robinson.
01:16:52
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Bijon.
01:16:53
Speaker
That sounds like a mustard.
01:16:54
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Bijon mustard.
01:16:56
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Because Dijon is a mustard.
01:16:58
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That's why I think it sounds like a mustard.
01:17:00
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Dang it.
01:17:00
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I thought I was going way outside the box.
01:17:02
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I'm like, yeah, because it's one letter different than Dijon.
01:17:05
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because it's basically a mustard.
01:17:07
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But I think there's gonna be a lot of people in Philly that are putting Dijon mustard, Bijon mustard on their Philly cheesesteaks next year, because I think he's going to be available.
01:17:16
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I don't think any other team would reach to get a running back.
01:17:20
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The Eagles, like that's not even their pick.
01:17:22
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They got it from another team and they have another pick later on in the, the first round.
01:17:27
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Yeah.
01:17:28
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They'd be silly not to grab a guy like Bijon.
01:17:30
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So I think they, I think it's going to happen.
01:17:32
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Yeah, I mean, I certainly think he could still be available.
01:17:34
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The only other team I've seen that could potentially reach would be the Falcons.
01:17:39
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Yeah, I've seen him link to them a little bit.
01:17:41
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But yeah, I think he'll be available.
01:17:44
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I've seen a lot more that he's pushed even further back just because it is hard to grab a running back that early on.
01:17:50
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But he's such a rare talent.
01:17:52
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I feel like he's got to do it.
01:17:53
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He is.
01:17:54
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And I feel like running backs usually don't have a lot of hype coming out of college anymore.
01:17:56
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And he has all the hype.
01:17:58
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So it's going to be exciting to see what he does.
01:17:59
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But yeah, overall, we were pretty similar.
01:18:02
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I think you said, I said, oh, no, we both said Witherspoon.
01:18:05
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You said Gonzalez.
01:18:06
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I said Richardson.
01:18:08
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But other than that.
01:18:10
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Richardson.
01:18:10
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And then you, we had different Chicago Bears.
01:18:13
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Karowski and Johnson.
01:18:14
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Yeah.
01:18:15
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But overall, I mean, we have a lot of similar names coming off the board in the top 10.
01:18:20
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They certainly could go to different teams and throw everything out of whack.
01:18:24
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But that's what makes it so fun.
01:18:26
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It is.
01:18:26
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That's what makes
Draft Night Anticipation
01:18:27
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the NFL draft one of the best sports nights around, especially to give us a little something to hold our hats on until September.
01:18:33
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But my favorite from yours is the Titans trading up and getting CJ because I did not expect that at all, and that makes all the sense in the world.
01:18:42
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So that would really create some waves.
01:18:45
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So we'll see.
01:18:46
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We will see what happens tomorrow night.
01:18:49
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Tune in starting at 8 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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The NFL draft is here.
01:18:56
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What?
01:18:57
Speaker
It's at 8?
01:18:58
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What?
01:18:59
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Yes.
01:18:59
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8 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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Tune in tomorrow night.
01:19:04
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You're welcome, Bob.
01:19:05
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Uh-oh.
01:19:06
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Do you have a volleyball game?
01:19:07
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I do, but it's at 9.
01:19:09
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But I thought the draft was at 7 p.m.
01:19:12
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Your time, 6 p.m.
01:19:14
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my time.
01:19:14
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Okay, well, I guess.
01:19:15
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Sorry, nope.
01:19:16
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8 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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Tune in tomorrow night.
01:19:19
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We know what we're talking about, even if Bob gets his times wrong.
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Yeah, it should be a good one.
01:19:24
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Lots of exciting things happening all throughout this weekend for the draft.
01:19:28
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Pay attention to your favorite teams, as well as my favorite team, the Lions, obviously.
01:19:32
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More importantly, my favorite team, the Chicago Bears, duh.
01:19:35
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And maybe the Bears.
01:19:36
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Lots of fun things coming for next season.
01:19:39
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Thanks for tuning in.
01:19:41
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We'll see you soon.
01:19:43
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Go Bears.
01:19:44
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Go Draft.
01:19:45
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Go NFL.
01:19:47
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And you know what?
01:19:48
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Now that this episode is officially dropped, the Carolina Panthers are on the clock.
01:19:53
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Peace.
01:19:54
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Go Lions.