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Speaker 1: The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the
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Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up Everybody? We are
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Speaker 1: less than ten days away from the NFL Draft and
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Speaker 1: this is the Season with Peter Schrager and I take
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Speaker 1: a lot of pride in doing just two mock drafts.
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Speaker 1: Won the week before, won the day before. Right now
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Speaker 1: it's time to jump in to my first mock draft.
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Speaker 1: Que the music pump. I almost want to have the
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Speaker 1: Alan Parson's project to the Chicago Bulls theme as we
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Speaker 1: build up here, because the Bears are the first team
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Speaker 1: on the clock. No delay here. Let's get right into
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Speaker 1: it first overall, pick the Chicago Bears. Select Aleb Williams
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Speaker 1: quarterback at a usc I reported this last week. These
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Speaker 1: guys have had had three great meetings. The first one
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Speaker 1: was at the Combine, second one was at the Pro
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Speaker 1: day in La. The Bears brass took Caleb Williams out
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Speaker 1: to a really, really cool exclusive dinner club called Bird Streets.
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Speaker 1: Now bird Streets is owned by the same guys who
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Speaker 1: own Nice Guy and Delilah. These are big Vegas, LA
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Speaker 1: and now in Miami there's at Delilah. The group is
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Speaker 1: called the h Wood group. They're one of these restaurant
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Speaker 1: groups that also does clubs. Bird Streets is like their
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Speaker 1: private members club, and they arranged it so that they
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Speaker 1: could have Caleb Williams have dinner with them there, and
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Speaker 1: the Bears brass was obviously GM, Ryan Poles and Matt Aberflus,
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Speaker 1: couple other people joined and I was told from Bear
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Speaker 1: sources the night they had their dinner at Bird Streets,
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Speaker 1: Jamie Fox was there. Cuavo Quevo, I don't know, Quevo
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Speaker 1: from the Migos was there and they were all coming
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Speaker 1: over and saying what's up to Caleb Williams, and the
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Speaker 1: Bears were blown away with how Caleb himself at dinner
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Speaker 1: and also handing himself in that la scene. Then two
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Speaker 1: weeks later, it's the only visit Caleb Williams has taken
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Speaker 1: as a draft prospect. It was in Chicago. Caleb goes
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Speaker 1: to the facility in Lake Forest, Illinois, and the dinner
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Speaker 1: was at a restaurant in Lake Forest, which I thought
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Speaker 1: was interesting. They had it in Lake Forest, not in Chicago,
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Speaker 1: and Caleb was amazing and they were members of the
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Speaker 1: Chicago Bears team at this dinner, So you could see
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Speaker 1: him interact and then the next day he had his
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Speaker 1: visit at Hallis Hall and blew him away. They're all
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Speaker 1: in on Caleb Williams, and it sounds like Caleb Williams
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Speaker 1: is all in on them Great Bears. Caleb Williams put
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Speaker 1: it in number two. Commanders. Commanders have a really interesting
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Speaker 1: off season. They bring in Dan Quinn. They bring in
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Speaker 1: Bob Myers, who is the Golden State Warriors general manager,
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Speaker 1: who helped with the hiring of the general manager position
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Speaker 1: which was Adam Peters from the San Francisco forty nine Ers.
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Speaker 1: They bring in Cliff Kingsbury. In recent weeks, they've made
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Speaker 1: a bunch of different acquisitions. They've also quietly today which
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Speaker 1: is Monday, announced the hiring of Dave Gardy. You say,
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Speaker 1: who's Dave Gardy. Dave Gardy has worked at the league forever.
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Speaker 1: His father, I believe it was the head coach at
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Speaker 1: Hostra for many years. But Gardy has been a league
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Speaker 1: employee who works in the operations and the management council
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Speaker 1: and is pretty much like the go to guy for
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Speaker 1: all salary, cap and transaction things at the league. So
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Speaker 1: everything and every team they have questions or complaints they
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Speaker 1: would go to Gardy. Gardy also had this group beneath him,
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Speaker 1: like the Management Council, which is basically a feeder system
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Speaker 1: to all the teams for team presidents, team gms, and
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Speaker 1: the list goes on whether it's Brent Tillis who now
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Speaker 1: runs the Panthers, or it's Mikey Greenberg and Tampa, or
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Speaker 1: Mike Disner who is the man up in Detroit. Like
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Speaker 1: all these guys and ladies as well Jackie Davidson who's
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Speaker 1: down in Tampa, and several others. They all worked at
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Speaker 1: the Management Council at the League Office and then they
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Speaker 1: end up getting jobs at teams, whether they're the number two,
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Speaker 1: number three people in the front office. Guardy was kind
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Speaker 1: of like the guy who ran it all. Shocker to me,
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Speaker 1: Guardy's leaving the League Office to go work for the
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Speaker 1: Commanders and like what seems to be like a nebulous title,
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Speaker 1: a new title, and from what I gather, they're just
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Speaker 1: trying to bring about as many smart in the no
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Speaker 1: leaders as possible. And this is going to be a
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Speaker 1: collective decision. This isn't going to be one where the owner,
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Speaker 1: Josh Harrister says, I want this quarterback I have the
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Speaker 1: commanders sticking Jaden Daniels, LSU quarterback, the Heisman winner actually
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Speaker 1: waged in more at his pro day than anyone expected
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Speaker 1: as of today, which is Monday afternoon. I think it's
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Speaker 1: Daniels over May. I don't think it's a trade back.
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Speaker 1: They have six picks in the top one hundred, this
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Speaker 1: would be their first one, and you have Jaden Daniels,
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Speaker 1: the LSU quarterback working in Cliff Kingsbury's offense, with Adam
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Speaker 1: Peters's first selection being the Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU,
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Speaker 1: which leads to the Patriots at number three. Put them
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Speaker 1: on the clock. Patriots, you're gonna hear a lot of
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Speaker 1: trade back smoke, and it might happen. But I think
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Speaker 1: New England's new brass would actually be very comfortable with
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Speaker 1: either Daniels or May, or maybe even McCarthy. So I
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Speaker 1: could tell you they took May out to stakes at
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Speaker 1: a restaurant called Davios in Patriot Place before his Foxborough
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Speaker 1: visit and they loved him. They also loved Daniels, and
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Speaker 1: then on Sunday night it was dinner with JJ McCarthy
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Speaker 1: and he's there today Monday in Foxborough. All that is great.
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Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a quarterback, and I
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Speaker 1: think it's Drake May University of North Carolina. And I
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Speaker 1: think the Patriots Mac Jones was traded for like a
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Speaker 1: ham sandwich. He's out of the picture. They did not
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Speaker 1: have a very busy offseason. I don't understand what the
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Speaker 1: strategy has been. I think in the draft they go offense, offense, offense, offense, offense, offense,
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Speaker 1: and Drake May University of North Carolina quarterback is the
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Speaker 1: Patriots quarterback of the future, which leads to the Arizona
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Speaker 1: Cardinals at number four can stay put and they could
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Speaker 1: take Marvin Harrison Junior. They could be very happy Kyler
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Speaker 1: Murray has a receiver to gir old with and we're good.
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Speaker 1: Or the Arizona Cardinals can dangle that pick to a
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Speaker 1: host of teams who are looking to move north. When
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Speaker 1: I say move north, I mean coming from the back
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Speaker 1: of the draft up. Those teams could include the Las
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Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders to go get JJ McCarthy. That could include
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Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos to go get J. J. McCarthy. It
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Speaker 1: could include the Minnesota Vikings who have the eleven and
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Speaker 1: the twenty three to go get JJ McCarthy. But the
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Speaker 1: team that I have trading up to get JJ McCarthy
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Speaker 1: fourth overall is going to shock a lot of folks.
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Speaker 1: There is a trade made in the Arizona Cardinals give
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Speaker 1: up the fourth overall pick and in exchange get the
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Speaker 1: sixth overall pick, a third round pick, and next year's
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Speaker 1: second round pick of the New York Giants. And the
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Speaker 1: Giants move up from six to four, and it is
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Speaker 1: the Giants who select JJ McCarthy with the fourth overall pick.
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Speaker 1: They go quarterback. Daniel Jones, of course is still there,
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Speaker 1: still do forty something million this year. But I've got
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Speaker 1: the Giants and Joe Shane, who did not draft Daniel Jones,
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Speaker 1: making a move trading up and going and getting JJ
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Speaker 1: McCarthy number five the Chargers, as everyone's still in all
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Speaker 1: with their jaws on the ground to that one, Chargers
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Speaker 1: select Marvin Harrison Junior. They get the envelope in there quick.
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Speaker 1: I know some teams like neighbors more than Harrison. I
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Speaker 1: know one team likes a dooonesay more than both of them,
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Speaker 1: but I think Harrison is the pick. They got rid
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Speaker 1: of Keenan Allen in a trade they didn't sign back
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Speaker 1: Mike Williams. There is any wide receiver need. They've got
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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, and I think im Harbaugh saw Marvin Harrison
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Speaker 1: for many years at Michigan. I like that fit. That's
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Speaker 1: the fifth overall pick. Cardinals traded back two spots. They
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Speaker 1: go in. They get Roma Dunsay at a Washington. They
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Speaker 1: get a number one guy for Kyler Murray, and they
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Speaker 1: get a smart, tough, building block player. Adunzay's awesome. He
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Speaker 1: is a blue chip number one. Cardinals pick up a
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Speaker 1: couple other picks and they get a Dounza. They also
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Speaker 1: have the Houston Texans first round pick later in the
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Speaker 1: first round. Very very big draft of the Cardinals. If
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Speaker 1: they start off with Adunza, I think that's good. Leads
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Speaker 1: to seven. Tennessee went back and forth. Here Joe Alt
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Speaker 1: the offensive tackle at a Notre Dame, or Malik Neighbors,
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Speaker 1: the electric wide receiver at LSU. I've got Tennessee taking
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Speaker 1: Joe Alt, the offensive tackle at a Notre Dame, six
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Speaker 1: foot seven, nimble son of a former NFL offensive tackle
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Speaker 1: and a towering protector of Will Levis's blindside for years
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Speaker 1: to come. You want to talk about a good offseason,
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Speaker 1: if Tennessee could add Ridley, and they could add Joe
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Speaker 1: Alt and they could you know, Tony Pollard. This is
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Speaker 1: a good offseason for the Tennessee Titans, and all is
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Speaker 1: the number one tackle in this draft Atlanta. Malik Neighbors
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Speaker 1: is sitting there. Could Atlanta possibly take him in the
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Speaker 1: same offseason they got Rondell Moore and they got Mooney,
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Speaker 1: and they also already have Drake London and they already
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Speaker 1: have taken Kyle Pitts and Bijon Robinson with first round
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Speaker 1: top ten picks. I say no, I go with Atlanta,
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Speaker 1: going with Dallas Turner, defensive end out of Alabama. They
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Speaker 1: add to the defense here. He was a three year
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Speaker 1: starter at Alabama stud I think he's the first defensive
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Speaker 1: player taken in this draft, which leads to number nine.
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Speaker 1: The Chicago Bears. They could just look at this thing
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Speaker 1: and they could take Melik Neighbors and be done with
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Speaker 1: it and be happy and walk on and continue to
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Speaker 1: keep I say they trade the pick. Bears trade the pick,
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Speaker 1: and who do they trade it to? Who's coming up?
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Speaker 1: How about that one team in the end, AFC South,
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Speaker 1: who has been very quiet with signing outside talent and
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Speaker 1: yet actually has a window to win. That's the Indianapolis Colts.
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Speaker 1: I've got the Colts moving up from fifteen to nine.
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Speaker 1: They swap a first and they give a future second.
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Speaker 1: They move up. They get neighbors the star wide out
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Speaker 1: out of LSU in an AFC South. Like I said,
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Speaker 1: that's all the Jaguars, Texans, and Titans be very aggressive
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Speaker 1: in free agency GM Chris Ballard shows he's got a
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Speaker 1: trick up his sleeve. He goes up and gets neighbors.
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Speaker 1: Now you've got Anthony Richardson at quarterback. You got Pittman
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Speaker 1: and Pierce at the wide receiver spots. Now you've got neighbors.
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Speaker 1: Who's probably your number one Jets at ten. I've heard
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Speaker 1: from a lot of people Jets are a prime prospect
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Speaker 1: to move back here. I don't see it. I've got
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Speaker 1: Brock Bowers going tenth overall to the New York Jets.
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Speaker 1: I think they stick and hold tight. I love Bowers.
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Speaker 1: I love Bowers for a year now. I think a
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Speaker 1: lot of teams love Bowers. He is by far the
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Speaker 1: number one tight end prospect in this league, in this draft,
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Speaker 1: and he also has incredible yards after catch ability. Rock
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Speaker 1: Bowers goes ten. All right to recap, Aaron, should I
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Speaker 1: go through my one to ten real quick for you
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Speaker 1: and give me your initial thoughts? Go Caleb one to
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Speaker 1: the Bears, awesome, Commanders sick, Jayden Daniels. Patriots take Drake May,
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Speaker 1: Giants trade up six to four and get JJ McCarthy
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Speaker 1: with Alt Neighbors Harrison all on the board. They go,
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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy. Your thoughts on that one.
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Speaker 2: I think the Giants trading up to four is the
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Speaker 2: most surprising to me, because that's six to four is
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Speaker 2: not that far of a trade. And I don't know
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Speaker 2: if JJ would be gone. But man, seeing Marvin Rome
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Speaker 2: and a Duneza, I mean Marvin Rome and Neighbor's going
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Speaker 2: by nine and then Bowers at ten. It's amazing the
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Speaker 2: pass catchers that early up and like you said, Dallas
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Speaker 2: Turner the only defensive player so far.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So Chargers five go Marvin Harrison, and then like
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Speaker 1: you said, six a Dunzay to the Cardinals. Titans take
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Speaker 1: Alt Turner two, Atlanta Neighbors nine to the Colts, and
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Speaker 1: then the Jets take Brock Bowers at ten, which leads
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Speaker 1: the Vikings at eleven. Vikings do not move up to
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Speaker 1: get JJ McCarthy. In my mind, draft, who cares. I
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Speaker 1: just don't have them giving, you know, having enough Amo,
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Speaker 1: even with the twenty third overall pick. Instead, I've got
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Speaker 1: the Vikings selecting Terry and Arnold defensive back out of Alabama.
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Speaker 1: They stay put and they get what I'm told is
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Speaker 1: a one of one kid and an all around incredible,
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Speaker 1: incredible leader. He was a red shirt sophomore, but he
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Speaker 1: arrived in Tuscaloosa as a safety, played inside and outside,
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Speaker 1: and I'm told interviews incredible and saying Sam Darnold will
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Speaker 1: be the day one starter in the scenario, because if
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Speaker 1: you're not taking a quarterback up here, you're going with
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Speaker 1: Donald who you signed for one year, ten million dollars.
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Speaker 1: They go Terryan Arnold number twelve Broncos. They miss out
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Speaker 1: on quarterbacks too. Is it too soon to take Bo
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Speaker 1: Nix or Michael Penn? I think it is. I think
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Speaker 1: they go with Leatu Latu at a UCLA Denver Broncos twelve.
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Speaker 1: Latu viewed by many as the best pure pass rusher
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Speaker 1: in this draft. I could see them saying, all right,
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Speaker 1: give them to us if he medically checks out, because
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Speaker 1: he had this Knick injury that was pretty severe. They
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Speaker 1: go with him and then maybe they move back into
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Speaker 1: the end of the first round and try to get
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Speaker 1: Nix or Pennix if it makes sense. But I got
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Speaker 1: them going lat To. We've had one offensive lineman taken
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Speaker 1: that was Joe Alt thirteen. The Vegas Raiders on the board.
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Speaker 1: I have them taking Oulu Fashanu offensive tackle at a
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Speaker 1: Penn State. Spoken with a lot of folks around the league.
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Speaker 1: Raiders need offense in a lot of ways. If they
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Speaker 1: don't get a quarterback and move up to get one,
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Speaker 1: if they don't have a chance to get neighbors of
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Speaker 1: Dounze or Harrison, look for them to go offensive line
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Speaker 1: here and Fashanu is the real deal, maybe the biggest
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Speaker 1: upside out of all these offensive tackle prospects, which leads
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Speaker 1: to the Saints at fourteen. Fourteen Saints go Tellayse Fuwanga
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Speaker 1: Oregon State. He is a tackle boo could play anywhere
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Speaker 1: on the offensive line if needed, mean streak. Teams have
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Speaker 1: loved meeting with him. Fourteen is a steal for him.
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Speaker 1: I've seen him going as as high as top ten
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Speaker 1: and other mock drafts. Fifteen Chicago traded down with Indianapolis.
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Speaker 1: We got at fifteen. Chicago got them taking Quineon Mitchell
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Speaker 1: out of Akron. Defensive back. Bear's trade back, and they
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Speaker 1: still get the stud defensive back who might go first
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Speaker 1: through all the dbs in this draft, Tim or Arnold
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Speaker 1: if the ball falls, If the board falls this way,
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Speaker 1: Mitchell spectacular dB prospect, was amazing at the Combine was
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Speaker 1: insane at the MAC. Small school guy all relative obviously,
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Speaker 1: but not a power five guy going to the top
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Speaker 1: fifteen Chicago. That would mean they get Caleb Williams, and
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Speaker 1: they would get Quineon Mitchell, and they'd pick up another
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Speaker 1: draft pick for a future draft. Sixteen Seattle, I have
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Speaker 1: them stay in local and drafting Troy Watanu, offensive tackle
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Speaker 1: at A Washington for again, big man played offensive tackle,
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Speaker 1: can also play guard if necessary. One of those guys
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Speaker 1: who I think is going to be a top twenty pick,
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Speaker 1: I've got him here going staying local, going to Seattle,
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Speaker 1: number seventeen. Jacksonville Jaguars. They take JC Latham out of Alabama.
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Speaker 1: Latham could give could go as high as being the
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Speaker 1: second offensive tackle taken. Teams like them that much. The
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Speaker 1: scenario I have him going here, which is about the fourth
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Speaker 1: offensive tackle. Again, this could all change. If I'm the Jaguars,
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Speaker 1: You're trying to keep Trevor Lawrence upright, that's the main goal,
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Speaker 1: and they'll do that here eighteen. Cincinnati Bengals got them
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Speaker 1: going defensive tackle Byron Murphy out of Texas, top interior
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Speaker 1: defensive line prospect in this class. He's interviewed well, he's
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Speaker 1: had a really good combine and pro Day. And they
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Speaker 1: got Sheldon Rankins, they got bj Hill. Those guys are
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Speaker 1: good defensive tackles inside. But Murphy's stud top twenty pick.
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Speaker 1: I think that would be a good fit there eighteen,
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Speaker 1: which leaves to the Rams at nineteen. And I'll give
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Speaker 1: you my insight on the Rams. You know, Sean McVay
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Speaker 1: has never had a first round pick since he's gotten there,
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Speaker 1: has never had a first round pick. And I assure you,
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Speaker 1: if Sean McVay is taking a first round pick, I'll
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Speaker 1: put my name on this. Sean McVay is taking an
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Speaker 1: offensive player in the first round. I've got Sean McVay
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Speaker 1: taking Tyler Geiton, the offensive tackle out of Oklahoma. This
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Speaker 1: is a guy who is super athletic but very raw.
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Speaker 1: I could see him as like the right tackle, but
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Speaker 1: give him a year and then he's the mainstay. But again,
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Speaker 1: more bodies to protect Matthew Stafford. I think Stafford's got
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Speaker 1: one to two years left. He's got all these weapons.
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Speaker 1: You love Cup, you love Nikua, you love the running back.
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Speaker 1: There are other wide receivers that they could take here,
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Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go offensive tackle, continue to protect nineteen
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Speaker 1: Rams Tyler Geyton, which goes to the Steelers. At twenty.
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Speaker 1: I have them taking wide receiver Brian Thomas Junior out
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Speaker 1: of LS. I'm still keeping an eye on Pittsburgh and
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Speaker 1: what Omarkan's going to do at wide receiver. Because you
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Speaker 1: got the quarterbacks, there was this expectation that wide receiver
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Speaker 1: was next, and in this case, I think they do
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Speaker 1: get one in the draft. I like Thomas over a
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Speaker 1: d Mitchell. I'm not sure ad Mitchell and George Pickens.
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Speaker 1: Thomas is a different type of receiver. Big got the
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Speaker 1: hands obviously, and was the combine stud. That is eleven
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Speaker 1: through twenty. Real quick, if you're listening, eleven Minnesota Vikings,
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Speaker 1: Terry and Arnold defensive back at Alabama Broncos. Twelve Leatu
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Speaker 1: Latu at a UCLA the pass rusher. Vegas thirteen takes
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Speaker 1: Olu Fashanu at a Penn State the tackle. Saints at
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Speaker 1: fourteen takes Hala si fu Wanga, the offensive tackle at
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Speaker 1: Oregon State. Chicago trade it's back and at fifteen they
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Speaker 1: get quinny On Mitchell, defensive back out at Akron sixteen,
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Speaker 1: Seattle takes Troy Fatanu out of Washington and other offensive tackle.
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Speaker 1: Jacksonville is another offensive tackle, JC Latham. Bengals go inside
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Speaker 1: on defense Byron Murphy, Rams take another offensive tackle and
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Speaker 1: Tyler Geiton and the Pittsburgh Steelers take Brian Thomas Junior,
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Speaker 1: the wide receiver out of LSU at twenty. Aaron Any
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Speaker 1: thoughts eleventh through twenty.
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Speaker 2: You know a lot of these teams here could really
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Speaker 2: be in the market for a quarterback, like you said, Denver, Vegas, Seattle,
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Speaker 2: maybe the Rams, and so it is fascinating to see
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Speaker 2: this huge stretch of teams that really really might want
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Speaker 2: to trade up, and instead it's all tackles basically. And
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Speaker 2: you know, as a Bills fan, was really hoping Brian
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Speaker 2: Thomas would last. I don't think he's gonna last to
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Speaker 2: us unless we trade up. But man, it was tough
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Speaker 2: to see him go to Pittsburgh because they draft receivers
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Speaker 2: really well. And that makes sense because I think Brian
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Speaker 2: Thomas is great.
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Speaker 1: What's interesting is Pennix and Knicks that don't have going
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Speaker 1: in the which means now they're in that back third
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Speaker 1: of the draft. You start doing tears here and you're like, okay, now,
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Speaker 1: is this where a team trades back up and goes
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Speaker 1: and gets one of those guys if they want. Let's
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Speaker 1: see twenty one Miami Dolphins. I've got Jared Verse, pass
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Speaker 1: rusher out of Florida State. This is a guy I
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Speaker 1: he can go anywhere in the top twenty five, and
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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised. Productive pass rusher, extremely versatile at FS.
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Speaker 1: You again, down year for d line prospects. Verse could
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Speaker 1: be could be the dude I like him to the Dolphins.
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Speaker 1: They lost Van Ginkel and they also lost Christian Wilkins
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Speaker 1: this year, so that makes sense to me. All Right,
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Speaker 1: here's one that puts a smile on everyone's face. Twenty
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Speaker 1: two Philadelphia Eagles. How he's not just going to take
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Speaker 1: the best player. How he's going to make a splash.
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Speaker 1: He always does. Cooper Dijon dB out of Iowa. Is
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Speaker 1: it the Gene Dejon? I don't know. He's a white
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Speaker 1: cornerback and everyone's gonna make a big deal out of it.
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Speaker 1: And I mentioned it as the first thing, but let's
20:11
Speaker 1: put that out of the way and just consider him
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Speaker 1: a Swiss Army knife guy. Could play corner guy, could
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Speaker 1: play safety, guy, could play special teams. He can do
20:19
Speaker 1: it all. And he also had an incredible workout last week,
20:22
Speaker 1: just a few months removed from a very serious injury.
20:27
Speaker 1: Dejeene is a special teams guy if you need him
20:30
Speaker 1: to be, I'd love him for Philly. I feel like
20:33
Speaker 1: he'll be a fan favorite. And he's just an outstanding athlete.
20:37
Speaker 1: I posted last week his high school basketball highlights, jumps
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Speaker 1: through the roof, And if you're Philly, it's like, let's
20:42
Speaker 1: just add young talent. Let's just get more talent on
20:44
Speaker 1: this thing. We've already got a bunch of young guys
20:46
Speaker 1: who are supposed to sprout and develop on defense, defensive, backfield.
20:49
Speaker 1: It seems like an area of need. Cooper Dejean Dijon
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Speaker 1: dejeen twenty three, Minnesota. You know what, screw it? I
20:57
Speaker 1: have Minnesota at twenty three, taking Bo Nicks quarterback out
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Speaker 1: of Oregon. Nicks could go as high as eleven, twelve, thirteen,
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Speaker 1: or fall completely out of the first round. I don't know.
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Speaker 1: I know that teams are high on him, and everyone
21:08
Speaker 1: I talked to you says late first, early second. If
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Speaker 1: you're in Minnesota and you didn't get a quarterback at
21:12
Speaker 1: eleven and you got the best offensive back in this
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Speaker 1: draft in Arnold and Nix is sitting there at twenty three,
21:17
Speaker 1: don't overthink this. If you like them, take them. If
21:20
Speaker 1: you love them, you move up and take them. If
21:22
Speaker 1: you don't like them and you don't love them, then
21:23
Speaker 1: you take someone else and you just roll with Donald
21:25
Speaker 1: and you say that's that. I don't think they're just
21:27
Speaker 1: gonna roll with Donold and say that's that. I think
21:28
Speaker 1: they're getting a quarterback somewhere in this draft. The twenty
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Speaker 1: third overall pick, a backstop pick. Remember the trade up
21:34
Speaker 1: to get this selection. I thought I had was they
21:37
Speaker 1: would package eleven and twenty three, but I don't know
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Speaker 1: if that's enough to get up into the top three
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Speaker 1: or four. Instead, they get bo Nick's quarterback out of
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Speaker 1: Oregon twenty four Dallas Cowboys, always an intriguing pick. I've
21:50
Speaker 1: got them taken the burner from the combine. Xavier Worthy,
21:54
Speaker 1: Texas wide receiver, the fastest man to ever run a
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Speaker 1: forty since the NFL network started broadcasting it. He also fights,
22:01
Speaker 1: He's a competitor. I've got them getting another wide receiver
22:05
Speaker 1: for Dak, a deep threat in this one. He'll go
22:08
Speaker 1: with CD Lamb and hopefully they can handle the contract
22:10
Speaker 1: stuff with CD and with Dak. This is a cheaper
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Speaker 1: pick because you get a first round talent, you can
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Speaker 1: develop them over five years. He doesn't need to get paid.
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Speaker 1: Last time they take a wide receiver in the first round,
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Speaker 1: it was Cede Lamb twenty five. Green Bay Packers. Usually
22:22
Speaker 1: a trade back here or a defensive player. I've got
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Speaker 1: them going offense. Amarus Mims, offensive tackle at a Georgia
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Speaker 1: a massive ot, tremendous upside, but a relatively like just
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Speaker 1: a few games like a lack of experience at Georgia
22:36
Speaker 1: and the games he did play that were big. He
22:38
Speaker 1: was good, but he had a big injury in twenty
22:39
Speaker 1: twenty three. This is a deep wide receiver draft, a
22:43
Speaker 1: deep offensive line draft. I've got them scooping up another
22:46
Speaker 1: offensive lineman to protect Jordan Love. Last several picks. Let's
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Speaker 1: go right through it and then we'll wrap it, and
22:52
Speaker 1: then I'll tell you what we got coming up in
22:53
Speaker 1: the coming days. Twenty six Tampa Bay got them taking
22:57
Speaker 1: Graham Barton, offensive lineman at a Duke Tampa. I love
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Speaker 1: what they did this offseason, bringing back all those key
23:02
Speaker 1: players and bringing back key assets from last year's divisional
23:05
Speaker 1: round squad. We've got them taking an offensive lineman who
23:08
Speaker 1: could play tackle. He played center at Duke also, and
23:10
Speaker 1: I think he'll do both in the NFL if he
23:11
Speaker 1: has to. Graham Barton to Tampa twenty six. Twenty seven,
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Speaker 1: the Cardinals their second pick of the first round. I
23:18
Speaker 1: got them going Darius Robinson, defensive line out of Missouri,
23:21
Speaker 1: Quietest rising prospect in this draft class. I wouldn't be
23:24
Speaker 1: surprised if he goes top twenty at this point, I'll
23:26
Speaker 1: be honest, everyone was talking about Robinson. If the Cardinals
23:30
Speaker 1: can come out of this thing and get Roma Dunze
23:32
Speaker 1: and Darius Robinson, those were two really good first round picks.
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Speaker 1: Guy at wide receiver, guy defensive line solid, which leads
23:39
Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills twenty eight. Air in your team,
23:42
Speaker 1: there's a wide receiver sitting there that could go top fifteen.
23:44
Speaker 1: I've got them taken A. D Mitchell also known as
23:48
Speaker 1: out An I Mitchell's full name. Tremendous player out of Texas,
23:52
Speaker 1: big body, can compete, had a good combine. I don't
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Speaker 1: have him as high as others happened. I've seen him
23:58
Speaker 1: go top fifteen, top sixteen. Like, I think this is
23:59
Speaker 1: about right back end of the first round, and I
24:03
Speaker 1: might be proven wrong. And Adam Schefter came out today
24:05
Speaker 1: and was like, teams are way higher on him than
24:07
Speaker 1: mock drafts. Twenty eight to the bill sounds right for me.
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Speaker 1: Ad Mitchell wide receiver, Buffalo. They got rid of Stefon
24:14
Speaker 1: Diggs last week, Kincaid, I think they view as a
24:17
Speaker 1: wide receiver slash tight end. Now you add this guy
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Speaker 1: in the first round who is a bawler. I like
24:22
Speaker 1: that pick for them. Twenty nine Detroit Lions select Zach Fraser,
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Speaker 1: interior offensive lineman at A West Virginia, A four time
24:30
Speaker 1: all state high school wrestling champion. Nasty, versatile, hungry dude.
24:35
Speaker 1: One of those guys who will just scrap. If that's
24:37
Speaker 1: not Dan Campbell, I don't know who is. And you
24:38
Speaker 1: add to that offensive line. You just keep bulking it up.
24:42
Speaker 1: Might be a little early. I think most people say
24:44
Speaker 1: Fraser is like second or third round. I've got him
24:46
Speaker 1: going first because it's my mock draft, and I think
24:48
Speaker 1: Zack Frasier and Dan Campbell are like Kindred Spirits. Thirty
24:51
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens best name in the draft kool Aid McKinstry
24:55
Speaker 1: out of Alabama, defensive back. The Alabama to Baltimore pipeline
25:00
Speaker 1: is real, even with Ozzie Newsom no longer making the
25:03
Speaker 1: picks and it being Eric DaCosta. I also think kool
25:06
Speaker 1: Aid can play right away and might have a bigger
25:08
Speaker 1: impact than Harry and Arnold. In his first year, Fluid
25:12
Speaker 1: Dude did not run the fastest forty, but like Big Smart,
25:15
Speaker 1: it's been around. Love this for Baltimore. You add to
25:18
Speaker 1: that backfield. Last two picks of the draft are two
25:21
Speaker 1: fun ones for me. They're both wide receivers. Thirty one
25:24
Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine ers. I've got them taking Lad McConkie,
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Speaker 1: wide receiver out of Georgia. This might be the first
25:30
Speaker 1: mock draft you see where McConkie goes in the first round. Again,
25:33
Speaker 1: there are other guys. Troy Franklin from Oregon, Kid Conley
25:38
Speaker 1: from or Corley from Western Kentucky. Everyone seems to love.
25:42
Speaker 1: And of course you know you've got Keyon Coleman, the
25:45
Speaker 1: big boy from Florida Stape. I got McConkie going to
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Speaker 1: the Niners, smart, tough, does it all. And like, gosh,
25:50
Speaker 1: you talked to any of these Georgia people, they just
25:53
Speaker 1: rave about him. I think he's just like a reliable
25:55
Speaker 1: wide receiver who can run an offense. And Kyle Shanahan
25:59
Speaker 1: is looking for that. He's not looking for a diva.
26:00
Speaker 1: He's not looking for the guy who is the five
26:03
Speaker 1: star recruit. He's looking for the guy who's gonna run
26:05
Speaker 1: his offense. Lad McConkie run that offense wide receiver out
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Speaker 1: of Georgia. And then my last pick, I don't know
26:10
Speaker 1: what's going on with the Chiefs and Rashi Rice. I
26:11
Speaker 1: have no idea where that thing ends up. I have
26:13
Speaker 1: them also going wide receiver, and I have them going
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Speaker 1: with a guy that I like personally, and it's Jalen Polk,
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Speaker 1: wide receiver out of Washington. He is our last pick
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Speaker 1: of the first rounds, personal favorite of mine. I keep
26:23
Speaker 1: on talking about him. I'm gonna wheel him to the
26:25
Speaker 1: first round. I love watching his film. I think he
26:28
Speaker 1: is awesome, and I think he's getting no love. I
26:31
Speaker 1: also think the Chiefs they need a wide receiver.
26:33
Speaker 2: Now.
26:34
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on with Rashih Rice. I
26:35
Speaker 1: think that makes a lot of sense. It's not Polk,
26:37
Speaker 1: it might be somebody else. But I think the fact
26:40
Speaker 1: that he went to Texas Tech and then transferred to Washington,
26:43
Speaker 1: maybe that has something to do with me putting them
26:45
Speaker 1: in Kansas City, with Mahomes having a connection there with
26:47
Speaker 1: the Red Raiders. That is the first round. There are
26:50
Speaker 1: a lot of big name players, Chop Robinson, Kean Coleman.
26:55
Speaker 1: We could go through the list, Michael Pennix that did
26:59
Speaker 1: not get drafted in my first round, the kid Reckstraw
27:02
Speaker 1: out of Missouri, Aaron. Any thoughts on the back end
27:07
Speaker 1: of that first round, including your Buffalo Bills getting ad Mitchell?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, actually, the wide receiver pairing I like
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Speaker 2: the most is Lad McConkey to the forty nine ers
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Speaker 2: does makes sense? Yeah, the forty nine ers love a
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Speaker 2: versatile offensive weapon. Mconkie's someone who people keep talking about
27:21
Speaker 2: is like he's got to be a slot receiver. He's
27:23
Speaker 2: got to be a he doesn't have to be a
27:24
Speaker 2: slot receiver, and he would be amazing in that offense.
27:28
Speaker 2: I know the news came out yesterday it broke that
27:31
Speaker 2: I you could request the trade, and then his agent
27:33
Speaker 2: was like, no, he thank you.
27:34
Speaker 1: I don't say the news broke. I say a rumor
27:36
Speaker 1: hit the internview.
27:37
Speaker 2: Yes, a rumor, yes, exactly quote unquote news. But yeah,
27:40
Speaker 2: lad on the forty nine ers just seems like the
27:44
Speaker 2: one other than Zach Fraser to the Lions, which I
27:46
Speaker 2: agree with you, is like that just sounds like, you know,
27:49
Speaker 2: the Lions took two players last year that we thought
27:52
Speaker 2: went way earlier than expected and they worked out really well.
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Speaker 1: So that was kind of my justification there, like I'm
27:58
Speaker 1: putting a player that I think fits the culture that's
28:00
Speaker 1: in sideline backern or running back brat Homes. Maybe our
28:02
Speaker 1: best interview last off season talking about those picks, similar
28:05
Speaker 1: to he'll that was my first mock draft. It goes
28:09
Speaker 1: live on NFL dot Com Tuesday morning. I'll do a
28:12
Speaker 1: little media around that, but we're not done this week.
28:15
Speaker 1: This will go up Monday, so you'll have this Monday
28:18
Speaker 1: on your commutes, and you know Tuesday morning to work.
28:22
Speaker 1: But I am going to go over to the to
28:24
Speaker 1: the other end of the spectrum, and I'm going to
28:27
Speaker 1: reach into the Bristol, Connecticut pool of talent, and I
28:31
Speaker 1: am going to tap on my buddy field Yates, who
28:35
Speaker 1: has taken on a bigger role. And then ESPN's draft
28:38
Speaker 1: coverage and the two of us tomorrow are going to
28:41
Speaker 1: record a live mock draft and we're gonna do as
28:44
Speaker 1: many of these as we can before the draft next week,
28:46
Speaker 1: where it's one of us has taken the odd numbers,
28:49
Speaker 1: one taken the even numbers, probably won't do any trades,
28:51
Speaker 1: and it's like a game of ping pong, and we
28:53
Speaker 1: have no prep between the two of us. We haven't
28:55
Speaker 1: spoken between the two of us. And where the chips fall,
28:57
Speaker 1: the chips fall. I think it's fun audio, it's good
29:00
Speaker 1: to listen to, and it's a good exercise as the
29:03
Speaker 1: draft comes. But let me promise you this, there will
29:06
Speaker 1: be it's in the rail draft. There will be crazy
29:08
Speaker 1: things that happen, and all these mock drafts, it's just
29:10
Speaker 1: to give you an idea of where some guys might
29:13
Speaker 1: land and kind of there's the region. But you know,
29:18
Speaker 1: once the trades start happening. It's like throwing a needle
29:22
Speaker 1: in a haystack, but I love doing it. I spent
29:24
Speaker 1: a lot of time on the phones this past weekend. Aaron,
29:28
Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow. We're gonna do this thing again,
29:30
Speaker 1: but I wanted to get this one up on Monday.
29:32
Speaker 1: A lot of me talking tomorrow will be with you.
29:34
Speaker 1: We'll have a field on and we'll chop it up
29:37
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