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NEW 2026 NFL Mock Draft | Every 1st-Round Pick After Free Agency and Trades · Bleacher Report

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Speaker 1: Let's run through a new rapid fire mock draft for
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six NFL Draft, and number one overall
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Speaker 1: No surprise here, it's Fernanda Mendoza, the quarterback from Indiana.
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Speaker 1: The national champion and Heisman Trophy winner, goes number one
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Speaker 1: overall in this mock draft to a revamped Raiders roster
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Speaker 1: which looks pretty dang good after free agency. Here, so
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Speaker 1: I love the idea of the veteran Tyler Linderbaum the
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Speaker 1: center getting to work with the young quarterback in Fernando Mendoza.
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Speaker 2: I feel really good about that.
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Speaker 1: And I just feel really good overall about what the
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Speaker 1: Raiders are building.
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Speaker 2: At number two, it's the New York Jets.
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Speaker 1: They made a lot of moves in free agency which
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Speaker 1: I really like, and I feel like it sets them
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Speaker 1: up perfectly to draft Rvil Reese, the edge rusher from
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Speaker 1: Ohio State. This team's moving more towards an odd front defense,
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Speaker 1: and that's why Reese makes a lot of sense to me.
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Speaker 1: He can play that stand up outside linebacker role where
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Speaker 1: sure he's doing a lot of work on the line
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Speaker 1: of scrimmage as an edge rusher, but it also frees
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Speaker 1: him up to still be able to hunt the ball
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Speaker 1: on running downs and even in coverage a little bit too,
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Speaker 1: in those short areas where Rbel Reese is at his best.
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Speaker 1: At number three, the Arizona Cardinals, I think they could
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Speaker 1: go either side of the ball, but I'm going to
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Speaker 1: take linebacker Sonny Styles from Ohio State. The combine phenom
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Speaker 1: and one of the biggest risers in the twenty twenty
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Speaker 1: six NFL draft process. His presence on the Ohio State
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Speaker 1: defense allowed Caleb Downs, r Bill Reese, and so many
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Speaker 1: other playmakers to play with their hair on fire, to
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Speaker 1: play free and confidently because this dude was the cornerstone
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Speaker 1: in the middle. At number four, the Tennessee Titans have
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Speaker 1: been busy since free agency, adding a ton of new players,
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Speaker 1: specifically on the defensive side of the ball, and I
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Speaker 1: think that's all setting things up for them to be
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Speaker 1: the favorites to draft Jeremiah Love, the running back out
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Speaker 1: of Notre Dame. They've made a lot of different editions
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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. They have made some
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Speaker 1: splashes on the offensive side, bringing in Wandale Robinson, bringing
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Speaker 1: back Calvin Ridley, having the receivers that played well last year.
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Speaker 1: Wish him Ray dk and Alcayo Maner, But it's all
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Speaker 1: about building the best offense possible for cam Warden. The
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Speaker 1: way that you do that is you give him a
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Speaker 1: dynamic run game to feel confident with the guy who's.
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Speaker 2: Next to him in the backfield.
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Speaker 1: Jeremiah loves the best offensive player in this class, and
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Speaker 1: he can go to the Tennessee Titans as early as
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Speaker 1: number four overall at number five for the Giants, oh
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Speaker 1: no sunny styles, No Jeremiah love for them on the
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Speaker 1: board here, but I think they should be confident taking
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Speaker 1: a guy's talented as Carnel Taate, especially because of what
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Speaker 1: it could mean for Jackson Dart, their quarterback. When Jackson
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Speaker 1: Dart was at his best at Old Miss, he was
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Speaker 1: vertically stretching the field.
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Speaker 2: We know Moleague neighbors can do it when he's fully healthy.
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Speaker 1: Now you would have Carnell Tate, who is one of
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Speaker 1: the best deep threat wide receivers in all of college football.
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Speaker 1: Last season, he gets open consistently deep down the field
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Speaker 1: zero point zero drop right, despite being thrown into situations
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Speaker 1: where a lot of times it was those fifty to
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Speaker 1: fifty balls. But he's coming down with it because he's
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Speaker 1: that good and he's that natural of a deep threat
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. Think of what Isaiah likely Carnel Tate Laite
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Speaker 1: neighbors can be with this group man that is leaning
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Speaker 1: into what Jackson.
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Speaker 2: Dart does best.
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Speaker 1: At number six, Cleveland Browns now wide receivers a big
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Speaker 1: need for him. I also think offensive line is still
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Speaker 1: a big need for them, but I still think the
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Speaker 1: need a franchise caliber left tackle prospects. And when Roe Freeling,
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Speaker 1: the offensive tackle from Georgia one of the biggest risers
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Speaker 1: in this class and mention of Sony Styles is one
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Speaker 1: of them. Think when Roe Frieling is another one tested
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Speaker 1: fantastic when he was in Indianapolis at the Combine, he
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Speaker 1: showcased what a great athlete he is. He still got
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Speaker 1: some polish to work through as a true starting offensive
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Speaker 1: tackle in the NFL with him only being a true junior.
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Speaker 1: Making the jump here in this class, but oozing with
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Speaker 1: talent and somebody that I think Monkin would really like
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Speaker 1: to get on that offensive line to draft, develop and
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Speaker 1: feel good about the years moving forward.
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Speaker 2: At number seven, this is where the slide stops.
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Speaker 1: This is where the slide has to stop. Ruben Bains
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Speaker 1: got to get off the board at this time. I
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Speaker 1: think he is a fantastic football player. Arm length be damned,
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Speaker 1: I don't care. I saw him dominate as a run defender.
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Speaker 1: I saw him dominate as a pass rusher. Miami built
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Speaker 1: so much of what they did around this guy, and
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Speaker 1: I feel like Washington could get the same type of impacts.
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Speaker 1: Win percentage was so high, the solo run stop percentage
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Speaker 1: was high for Ruben Bain. He's a monster and I
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Speaker 1: think he's immediately the best defensive lineman on the Washington Commanders.
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Speaker 2: Number eight to the New Orleans Saints now with.
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Speaker 1: Them signing Travis a chand I feel as though they
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Speaker 1: did that because they know Jeremiah Love is not very
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Speaker 1: likely to get to them a number eight.
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Speaker 2: I think they need pass rusher as well.
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Speaker 1: David Bailey is still on the board, and I think
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Speaker 1: he's the guy that they need to go after here.
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Speaker 1: They lost some talent on the defense side of the
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Speaker 1: ball to Mario Davis Alontak Taylor, like they've lost some
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Speaker 1: guys in free agency that got to make sure that
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Speaker 1: pass rush is as good as it could possibly be.
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Speaker 1: And I think David Bailey, even if he's in a
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Speaker 1: pass rush rotation for now in New Orleans. That's what
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Speaker 1: Brandon Staley, their defensive coordinator, wants, waves of top tier
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Speaker 1: pass rushers.
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Speaker 2: Anytime you have that luxury, you're feeling good.
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Speaker 1: And he can win some football games for the Kansas
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Speaker 1: City Chiefs at number nine. This is one of two
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Speaker 1: selections that they have now in the first round after
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Speaker 1: they're trade with the Los Angeles Rams.
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Speaker 2: Caleb Downs on the board. I'm going Caleb Downs.
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Speaker 1: This is a perfect player for Steve Spagnolo, who does
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Speaker 1: so many different things on his defense. And he does
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Speaker 1: it because not only is you have physical players, he
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Speaker 1: has highly intelligent players football IQ and instincts awareness that
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Speaker 1: is the best of Caleb Downs. Some people all, right, well,
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Speaker 1: is he the athlete that you need him to be
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Speaker 1: to draft the safety this high?
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Speaker 2: Maybe not in.
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Speaker 1: Terms of his overall athleticism, but it didn't stop him
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Speaker 1: from making plays consistently against the best level of competition,
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Speaker 1: whether he was at Alabama or when he was at
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Speaker 1: Ohio State. Is one of the best players in all
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Speaker 1: college football. And I really do think he reminds me
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Speaker 1: so much of what Antoine Winfield junior does for the
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Speaker 1: Tampa Buccaneers. Playing free safety, playing strong safety, playing in
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Speaker 1: the slot. Caleb Downs could do it all at a
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Speaker 1: very similar size and athletic profile. We're going back to
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Speaker 1: back safeties here the back part of the top ten
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Speaker 1: because I'm going to have the Cincinnati Bengals taking safety
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Speaker 1: Dylan Thieneman from Oregon, another player who absolutely killed it
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Speaker 1: at the Combine.
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Speaker 2: Showcased explosiveness, fluidity, goes on field drills. I mean, they
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Speaker 2: were a thing of beauty. This dude.
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Speaker 1: He's been able to showcase eperdue and elite cover player,
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Speaker 1: especially as a free safety, A true single high free
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Speaker 1: safety this passion year at Oregon, downhill safety, that range
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Speaker 1: in run defense as well.
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Speaker 2: He showcased it all.
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Speaker 1: And I know that the Cincinnati Bengals were active in
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Speaker 1: free agency, especially when it came to some of their
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Speaker 1: key needs on defense, safety being one of them. But
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Speaker 1: I don't think that takes away from him being an
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Speaker 1: option for them at number ten. If he's the best
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Speaker 1: player available, which I feel like he is in this situation,
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Speaker 1: take him.
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Speaker 2: Make your secondary elite.
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Speaker 1: By trading Jalen Waddell, the Miami Dolphins put them in
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Speaker 1: position to draft two players in the first round this year.
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Speaker 2: But here with their first.
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Speaker 1: Pick at number eleven, I'm gonna go with the trench player,
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Speaker 1: Francis Malio. As we say in the NFL Stockings Games podcast,
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Speaker 1: low moving costs, all right, He's staying in Miami. Played
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Speaker 1: at Miami, was one of the best offensive linemen in
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Speaker 1: college football, specifically this past season. He was a four
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Speaker 1: and five star, so he's been starting for the last
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Speaker 1: couple of years.
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Speaker 2: But man, the way that this guy plays with power.
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Speaker 1: I know that Jeff Hapley, their new head coach, is
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Speaker 1: gonna love it. They've got a couple of tackles that
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Speaker 1: they feel good about, but I feel like they really
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Speaker 1: need to draft the player to be able to be a.
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Speaker 2: Long term starter guard for them over Joe.
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Speaker 1: And Savonaia and even a long term tackle option. I
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Speaker 1: feel like when you get Francis malanoa you have the
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Speaker 1: ability to do both of those things. So more of
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Speaker 1: that downhill power man and gab skiing run blocker type
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Speaker 1: of a player. But somebody who I think shows good
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Speaker 1: flexibility in this league as somebody who could.
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Speaker 2: Start at multiple spots for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Speaker 1: At number twelve, I'm gonna have them taking Mansor Delaine
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Speaker 1: in the cornerback from LSU.
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Speaker 2: They've got to Ron Bland.
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Speaker 1: They do have Sibone Revel, but they might be in
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Speaker 1: a situation where, now that they do have Kobe Durant
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Speaker 1: as well, they could have total flexibility with four corners
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Speaker 1: they feel great about if they're able to draft Mansor Delane.
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Speaker 1: He is viewed as one of the top twelve players
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Speaker 1: overall in this class, and so for him to get
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Speaker 1: to number twelve that might even be a stretch at
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Speaker 1: this point. But Dallas needing to get better in the secondary.
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Speaker 1: They could get a surefire starting outside corner with Mansor Delane.
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Speaker 1: What is less need going to do a number thirteen
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Speaker 1: overall for the Los Angeles Rams, I mean, the guy
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Speaker 1: has already traded a first round pick for Trent McDuffie,
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Speaker 1: gone all in on the secondary spot. I mean, they
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Speaker 1: are the Super Bowl favorites in my opinion going into
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Speaker 1: next season.
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Speaker 2: Spencer Fono, the offensive tackle from Utah. He moves so well,
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Speaker 2: he is so.
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Speaker 1: Athletic, so well coordinated, such a natural at the offensive
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Speaker 1: line that he can play all five spots. I truly
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Speaker 1: believe that he played a right tackle for Utah over
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Speaker 1: the last couple of years. Fantastic as a zone scheme blocker,
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Speaker 1: but I think he can play guard.
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Speaker 2: I think he could even play center for you.
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Speaker 1: At number fourteen, the Baltimore Ravens, I'm looking at the
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Speaker 1: offensive line here with the Baltimore Ravens. I'm gonna go
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Speaker 1: with Vega Owane, the offensive guard from Penn State, who
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Speaker 1: I think is an immediate starter here for this team.
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Speaker 1: You signed John Simpson, but you still got Andrew Bore
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Speaker 1: He's on the other side, and obviously you're trying to
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Speaker 1: fill the hole left by Tyler Linderbaum as well. To me,
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Speaker 1: Vega Owane gives you two guards that you feel fantastic
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Speaker 1: about and then hopefully that can help whoever is starting
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Speaker 1: at center for this team. Some of the best hands
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Speaker 1: in the draft when it comes to not only the
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Speaker 1: punches that he has at initial contact, but also resetting
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Speaker 1: and hand fighting against edge rushers. An interior defensive lineman,
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Speaker 1: He's somebody who plays with a lot of power, a
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Speaker 1: lot of patience.
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Speaker 2: He's an immediate starter for the Ravens offensive line.
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Speaker 1: At number fIF team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's been
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Speaker 1: a disappointing offseason for them when it comes to acquiring talent.
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Speaker 1: They really didn't make the big splashes at both linebacker
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Speaker 1: and pass rusher that they needed to.
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Speaker 2: Here they have the opportunity to do so.
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Speaker 1: Taking my edge to my second best edge rusher in
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Speaker 1: the draft, and that.
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Speaker 2: Is he Messador from Miami.
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Speaker 1: He is already a polished player. You drop him into
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Speaker 1: any situation and he is ready to go. The reason
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Speaker 1: why is because he wins with technique and fundamentals as
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Speaker 1: much as he does with athleticism. He's got good strength
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Speaker 1: to him at six foot three, two hundred and sixty
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Speaker 1: five pounds, one of the deepest pass rush bags of
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Speaker 1: any pass rusher that we have in this draft, probably
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Speaker 1: second only to his teammate in Ruben Bainn. I think
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Speaker 1: he is immediately the best pass rusher on the Buccaneers
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Speaker 1: and a player that they absolutely need given the losses
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Speaker 1: that they have had with usc wide receiver Mikayle Lemon
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Speaker 1: still being on the board here for the Jets, it's
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Speaker 1: hard for me to go anywhere else. I think he
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Speaker 1: is an easy plug and play type of a guy
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Speaker 1: next to Garrett Wilson and somebody who immediately becomes the
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Speaker 1: number two target getter on the New York Jets. He's
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Speaker 1: an Aaron Glenn type of player because he plays like
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Speaker 1: a dog man. I mean, whether it's blocking, whether it's
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Speaker 1: contested catch opportunities, and that's just not in short area
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Speaker 1: stuff either. This is a complete type of a wide receiver.
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Speaker 1: He's not going to play on the line of scrimmage
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Speaker 1: as an X outside the numbers for you all the time,
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Speaker 1: but as a move Z receiver as that's a lot receiver,
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Speaker 1: I think you can do a lot for you. For
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Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions at number seventeen, you can think about
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Speaker 1: offensive line here because there are some offensive linemen that.
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Speaker 2: Are still available BO. But with Hakadi Mohammadan in this
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Speaker 2: team anymore, I mean, who is it at edge rusher
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Speaker 2: outside of Aiden Hutcheson. They need somebody else.
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Speaker 1: So with chelvid folks still on the board, I feel
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Speaker 1: like he is a Lions type of player. Six foot
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Speaker 1: five two and seventy five pounds, this dude can hold.
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Speaker 2: The line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 1: One of the better run defending edge rushers that we
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Speaker 1: have in this entire draft class. But he's got flashes
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Speaker 1: of pass rush production and explosive ifs to him as well.
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Speaker 1: And best case scenario you've got two defensive linemen that
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Speaker 1: are going to be incredibly hard to stop if they
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Speaker 1: are both firing on all cylinders. At number eighteen for
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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, I'm gonna look at Emmanuel McNeil Warren,
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Speaker 1: the safety out of Toledo, a big time playmaker whether
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Speaker 1: it comes to forcing fumbles interceptions. I mean, this guy
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Speaker 1: was all over the field the last two years with Toledo.
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Speaker 1: I think you really honed in on some of those
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Speaker 1: over aggressive mentality and plays that he had, and he's
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Speaker 1: just he's so much more patient and in control now.
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Speaker 1: Now you get so much more of the good and
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Speaker 1: less of the regrettable plays. I think he is somebody
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Speaker 1: who you could plug in immediately to a safety room
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Speaker 1: that needs that major playmaker now that Harrison Smith is gone.
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Speaker 1: For the Carolina Panthers, big splashing in free agency address
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Speaker 1: two of their biggest needs an edgresher and linebacker with
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Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd and with Jalen Phillips, Kenyan Sadek tight end
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Speaker 1: from Oregon. I'm gonna make him my pick here for
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Speaker 1: the Panthers at number nineteen because he is a sort
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Speaker 1: of do everything type of a player. Then you can
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Speaker 1: trot out three receivers of Tetro McMillan, Kenyon Sadig, Jalen Cocher,
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Speaker 1: and Xavier Leget can be sort of just that vertical
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Speaker 1: threat receiver, which he does well when you're not asking
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Speaker 1: him to do the things that he does not do well.
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Speaker 1: So you need a why you need to tight end
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Speaker 1: who could start for you anyways if you're not leaning
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Speaker 1: into Jatavian Sanders, and I think this could be a
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Speaker 1: sneaky spot.
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Speaker 2: For the Oregon tight end.
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Speaker 1: With the Cowboys going cornerback at number twelve, I have
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Speaker 1: them going linebacker here because that's one of the areas
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Speaker 1: that Dallas did not do any If they draft CJ.
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Speaker 2: Allen the linebacker from Georgia, to me, he's an immediate.
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Speaker 1: Starter for us, like he is an immediate inside linebacker
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Speaker 1: starter for the Dallas Cowboys from day one, and I
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Speaker 1: think you saw reasons for that in his Georgia tape.
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Speaker 1: They gave him so much responsibility as the green dooc guy,
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Speaker 1: being the one who communicates from the defensive coordinator all
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Speaker 1: the way to the other team making those adjustments in
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Speaker 1: the pre snap. They asked a lot of him in
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Speaker 1: coverage as well. As run defense.
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Speaker 2: I think CJ.
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Speaker 1: Allen's an immediate starter for this Cowboys defense. And number
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Speaker 1: twenty one, I'm gonna give the Steelers more of a
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Speaker 1: long term pick here. Let's go Blake Miller, the offensive
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Speaker 1: tackle from Clemson, one of my favorite in this class,
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Speaker 1: somebody who I've liked a lot over the last couple
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Speaker 1: of years. He's got fifty four starts under his belt.
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Speaker 1: He has developed more and more, he has gotten stronger
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Speaker 1: as the years go on, and all those starts at
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Speaker 1: right tackle, I mean he could play right time, and
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Speaker 1: you could flip Troy Faltanho back to left tackle where
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Speaker 1: he played at Washington. If you don't believe in Roderick
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Speaker 1: Jones to be a starter for you anymore, that's why
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Speaker 1: you would make this pick here. Because Jones has struggled
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Speaker 1: throughout the majority of his NFL career.
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Speaker 2: Miller is somebody.
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Speaker 1: That he's got that experience where you could legitimately put
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Speaker 1: him in this year and not be too worried about
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Speaker 1: how he is going to fare as a rookie. So
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Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Chargers at number twenty two, they
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Speaker 1: also needed tier defensive line and Caate McDonald from Ohio
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Speaker 1: state is on the board, and especially if they want
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Speaker 1: to have a guy head up against the center. Caate
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Speaker 1: McDonald is a perfect fifty, then I mean he's one
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Speaker 1: of the best run defenders in all of college football
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Speaker 1: at that exact role.
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Speaker 2: He had an elite grade in that category.
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Speaker 1: For the Chargers specifically, this would be a home run
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Speaker 1: type of a pick if they want to stay in
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Speaker 1: more of an odd front. For the Philadelphia Eagles number
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Speaker 1: twenty three, I'm not saying that aj Brown has played
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Speaker 1: his last down as an ear, but if he hasn't,
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Speaker 1: then I think the games remaining for him are in
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Speaker 1: the single digits.
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Speaker 2: That being said, get ahead of it. If you got
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Speaker 2: the chance to pick.
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Speaker 1: Omar Cooper Junior from Indiana here at number twenty three,
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Speaker 1: do it Omar Cooper Junior and Devonte Smith in the
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Speaker 1: same offense.
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Speaker 2: That is really nice.
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Speaker 1: I mean you could use those guys interchangeable in so
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Speaker 1: many different ways. Cooper Junior really great all round athlete,
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Speaker 1: good explosive. Is better explosive this than I thought when
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Speaker 1: we got to his combine performances. He's somebody who's got
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Speaker 1: a diverse release package off the line of scrimmage versus
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Speaker 1: press He's good in contest to catch situations. He's a
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Speaker 1: do it all type of a receiver and somebody that
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Speaker 1: I think the Eagles would love if they are subtracting
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Speaker 1: aj Brown from their depth chart and number twenty four
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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. Once again, we had them taken Moreau Friedling
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Speaker 1: at number six. Let's have them take Jordan Tyson, the
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Speaker 1: wide receiver from Arizona State here, in my opinion, the
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Speaker 1: most talented wide receiver in the class.
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Speaker 2: He can do it all. He's the best intermediate route runner.
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Speaker 1: The separation, the twitchiness that he has, the big playability,
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Speaker 1: it's all there for Jordan Tyson. The only worry that
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Speaker 1: you have really is the injury history. He's played four
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Speaker 1: years and he's been hurt for three of them, including
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Speaker 1: a hamstring injury this past year which kept him from
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Speaker 1: testing in Indianapolis at the combine. For the Chicago Bears
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Speaker 1: are number twenty five. They've got to get better on
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Speaker 1: the interior defense line, specifically in run defense. That's where
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Speaker 1: Christian Miller, the defense attacker from Georgia comes in. One
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Speaker 1: of the best run defenders in all college football this
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Speaker 1: past season, and he does it in a variety of
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Speaker 1: different ways, not just talent and size, but technique as well.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he is so smart for where the ball
15:18
Speaker 1: was going. He knows where he needs to place his hands.
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Speaker 1: He utilizes leverage so well. Christian Miller is one of
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Speaker 1: my favorite prospects of this entire class. To me, he
15:25
Speaker 1: is the least talked about good player in this draft class.
15:29
Speaker 1: And I think that is he the flashy name for
15:31
Speaker 1: the Bears to take it number twenty five.
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Speaker 2: No, but could he be the best? I absolutely believe that.
15:35
Speaker 1: All right, the Buffalo Bills here at number twenty six.
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Speaker 1: I look at the fact that Buffalo is changing from
15:39
Speaker 1: an even front to an odd front defense, and because
15:41
Speaker 1: of that, I like Zion Young Gear, the edge.
15:43
Speaker 2: Rusher from Missouri. The reason why is because he plays
15:46
Speaker 2: with such great length and power.
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Speaker 1: You could play him in a four eye technique if
15:49
Speaker 1: you want him at more of a defensive end spot.
15:51
Speaker 1: But I also believe he could be an outside linebacker
15:54
Speaker 1: for you as well. That on the line of scrimmage
15:56
Speaker 1: type of outside linebacker. We saw that at the Senior Bowl.
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Speaker 1: We saw that throughout his tape. He just plays with
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Speaker 1: so much power, really great first step exposed to this
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Speaker 1: to him really diversified his passers bag this past year,
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Speaker 1: and he's a great run defender in all situations. Twenty
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Speaker 1: seven in the San Francisco forty nine Ers. The Trent
16:12
Speaker 1: Williams situation is still one that is very intriguing to
16:15
Speaker 1: me because if you move on from Trent Williams, old boy,
16:18
Speaker 1: do you need an.
16:18
Speaker 2: Offensive tackle badly.
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Speaker 1: But even if he's still on the team, he can
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Speaker 1: get upgrade of one of those guard spots. That's why
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Speaker 1: Cayden Proctor, the offensive lineman from Alabama, makes a ton
16:27
Speaker 1: of sense for them.
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Speaker 2: I think he can play guard for you right away.
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Speaker 1: And then Trent Williams, whether this situation resolves itself with
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Speaker 1: him being on the Niners this year or not, he's
16:35
Speaker 1: not getting any younger. So to have Trent Williams and
16:37
Speaker 1: Caden Proctor on the same offensive line for Caden Proctor
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Speaker 1: to get to learn from an All Pro and Pro
16:43
Speaker 1: Bowl type of player like Trent Williams, that's an ideal
16:46
Speaker 1: scenario for whenever Trent Williams does decide to hang it.
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Speaker 2: Up, Caden Proctor you can slide right into that spot.
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Speaker 1: And number twenty eight, there's not a lot of spots
16:53
Speaker 1: that I would think, Okay, Peter Woods in the first
16:56
Speaker 1: round makes a ton of sense.
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Speaker 2: But for Houston, I think it does.
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Speaker 1: And Demico Ryan's defense, they're just looking to be one
17:04
Speaker 1: gap attacking penetrators on the defensive line, and that's exactly
17:07
Speaker 1: where Peter Woods was at his best in his freshman
17:09
Speaker 1: and sophomore years at Clemson. This year more of that,
17:12
Speaker 1: like nose tackle, hold the line of scrimmage. He didn't
17:15
Speaker 1: really get as many opportunities to be a pass rusher,
17:18
Speaker 1: but that's exactly where he is at his best when
17:20
Speaker 1: you're talking about putting him.
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Speaker 2: In this type of defensive front.
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Speaker 1: Kansas City on the board again after drafting Caleb Downs
17:26
Speaker 1: at number nine. Overall, I'm gonna stick with the second
17:27
Speaker 1: area and I'm gonna go with Jamal McCoy, the cornerback
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Speaker 1: from Tennessee. Now, he didn't play at all this past
17:31
Speaker 1: year because of an ACL injury, but what I saw
17:34
Speaker 1: from him in twenty twenty four, that's better than any
17:36
Speaker 1: corners tape that.
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Speaker 2: I saw here in twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: He's got the size, he's got the strength to be
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Speaker 1: able to play on the line of scrimmage, press coverage,
17:43
Speaker 1: true man coverage, stuff, and I think that's gonna be
17:46
Speaker 1: really really important for the Chiefs defense. Got another team
17:49
Speaker 1: doubling up here in the first round is the Miami Dolphins.
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Speaker 1: Are back on the clock at number thirty. Cash is out,
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Speaker 1: the edge rusher from Texas am somebody who has had
17:55
Speaker 1: an elite pass rush grade in each of the last
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Speaker 1: three seasons. I think I could be an excellent edition
18:01
Speaker 1: for them. I think this is a good spot for
18:03
Speaker 1: them to really address the defensive trenches after addressing the
18:06
Speaker 1: offensive line.
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Speaker 2: At number eleven.
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Speaker 1: Thirty one on the New England Patriots outside linebacker pass rushing,
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Speaker 1: I think that is an area that the Patriots need
18:14
Speaker 1: to improve.
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Speaker 2: Upon they want to get back to the Super Bowl
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Speaker 2: this upcoming season.
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Speaker 1: Malachi Lawrence, the edge rusher from UCF, has been one
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Speaker 1: of the biggest risers in this entire draft class. Really
18:25
Speaker 1: nice as a pass rusher, elite pass rush grades against
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Speaker 1: true pass sets this past season, and he does so in.
18:32
Speaker 2: A variety of different ways.
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Speaker 1: Fast and violent hands, a lot of really great pass
18:36
Speaker 1: rush moves, utilizing long arm techniques.
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Speaker 2: I mean, when you just give him the green light
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Speaker 2: to go, he can get in the backfield.
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Speaker 1: And you saw that from a really good almost twenty
18:44
Speaker 1: percent pass rus win percentage this past season. Finally, for
18:47
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks, Avion Terrell, the corner from Clemson.
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Speaker 2: He's a perfect.
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Speaker 1: Player for them given the fact that they're losing Rekilling.
18:54
Speaker 1: I liked it they brought back Josh Job. I really
18:56
Speaker 1: liked that move in between recoiling Josh Job.
18:58
Speaker 2: I would have also prioritized Shoe and brought Joe back.
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Speaker 1: But you got Job on one side, if you got
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Speaker 1: Avion Terrell on the other. He rarely lets size be
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Speaker 1: an issue for him, especially when it comes to run defense.
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Speaker 1: One of the better run defending corners that we had
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Speaker 1: in the country this past season. He's somebody who could
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Speaker 1: force fumbles, grab interceptions. He plays with the mentality that
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Speaker 1: I know Mike McDonald is absolutely going to love. So
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Speaker 1: as secondary of job, Eman Worry, Damon Witherspoon, and Avion Terrell,
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Speaker 1: you feel good about the attitude and the playmaking ability
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Speaker 1: of all those guys. Those were our picks for our
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Speaker 1: rapid fire mock draft. Now it's time to hear yours.
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