WEBVTT 1 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.039 Well, I don't know how much more fired up you can get. Today 2 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.640 is the day that you have had circled and underlined, and then you get 3 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:31.879 out of bed and here it is. It is the NFL Draft in Detroit 4 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:41.039 or the Detroit Lions holding the pick at number twenty nine. The Detroit Lions 5 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:44.399 who won twelve games this year and went to the NFC Championship game. Coming 6 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:50.079 up here in just one minute, we'll connect with Matt Dry from Lockdown Lions 7 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.960 get his thoughts on what the Lions are going to do in the draft. 8 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:58.560 Let's run over the headlines, and that headline has to do with the draft 9 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:06.920 being in Detroit. Also the Tigers. They take the series against the Rays, 10 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:11.719 but they lose last night seven to five down in Tampa. But four 11 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:15.000 and two on the road trip for the Tigers, who now begin a six 12 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:19.359 game homestand they're off today, but they have the Royals and the Cards coming 13 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:26.400 up the Battle of Missouri over the next six days, starting tomorrow at Comerica 14 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:32.439 Park. Your winners in the NHL. You had Boston over Toronto, the 15 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:37.000 defending Cup champs of Vegas. They get it done in Dallas again three to 16 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:44.879 one. The Kings andse Copatar overtime winner five to four LA over Edmonton. 17 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.959 And then in the NBA with no Jimmy Butler, the Heat beat Boston one 18 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.480 eleven, one oh one. That's the biggest surprise of the night, the 19 00:01:53.599 --> 00:02:00.359 Thunder taking care of the Pelicans one twenty four ninety two out west to take 20 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.280 a two to old lead there and tonight this is I don't know how your 21 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:09.520 setup is. Maybe you're taking a party bus and you've got a hangover type 22 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:15.120 suite at one of the casinos and you've got Tiger tickets in your back pocket. 23 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:20.360 That all sounds pretty good to me. It also sounds pretty good having 24 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.800 your own TV and then a couple other TVs set up because you've got three 25 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:32.000 basketball playoff games at two NHL games Panthers and Lightning Canes and Isles Calves and 26 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:37.960 Magic Knicks and seventy six ers and the Nuggets and Lakers, all of that 27 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:40.520 going off. Eight o'clock is when the draft gets going. We'll see when 28 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.719 they actually put the Bears on the clock. Who's on the clock right now 29 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.280 is the host of the Locked on Lions pod, and that is Matt Derry, 30 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:53.159 who joins us here on ex'es and bros. On the Michigan Sports Network, 31 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:59.560 Matt, how are you, Dennis? Are we gonna play guess what's 32 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:04.879 in fifth? Or what? Well we're gonna play guess what's in Brad Holmes's 33 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.400 back pocket? I want to know, you know, the excitement of the 34 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:12.759 draft is out of sight. I want to start with the Amana, Saint 35 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:17.319 Brown and pinay Sewell, they get those guys done, but why not golf 36 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:23.000 done prior to tonight? Is that leverage on the golf side or the Lions 37 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.639 trying to leverage him a little bit with that twenty ninth pick. Let's start 38 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:30.879 there. Why I don't, Dennis, I don't think that tonight has anything 39 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:35.919 to do with golf. I don't. I don't think there's any leverage with 40 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.400 the pick. What I do think is you're getting Amen Rod thirty a year 41 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:45.719 DeVante Smith signed for twenty five, So you knew Saint Brown's a better player 42 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.159 than Smith. Smith's not even the number one receiver on his own team in 43 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:52.599 Philly, so he kind of knew that was going to be around the number. 44 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.960 So I think that's the steal, getting him for four at one twelve 45 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.039 and getting that done now I think that's awesome. As far as the golf 46 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:04.439 situation, Jared's gonna want fifty, right, Dennis. I mean he's gonna 47 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:08.919 want that five in front of that zero. And I think the Lions are 48 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.960 thinking more in the fours. And so they know they've got him for this 49 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.120 year at a good price, and if they tag him next year, it's 50 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:21.480 what forty two forty three million, that's still below with Deshaun Watson and Kyler 51 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:26.360 Murray make so they kind of have golf. They know they have him at 52 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.079 least for two more years with that tag. Now, you don't want to 53 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:32.759 alienate him. You want to show him the love. But I think that 54 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:36.959 the agent's going, we want Jalen Hurts money around fifty to fifty one. 55 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.639 I think the Lions are probably, and this is just speculation, probably around 56 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.879 forty six forty seven, just above Watson and Murray. So it's probably where 57 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.439 we're at right now. Makes sense to me. You know he'll be hearing 58 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.199 the love from the fans at the draft tonight, is they'll be channing his 59 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.839 name. I think the answer to this question is yes, the Brad Holmes 60 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:58.480 at twenty nine, you think he's moving up. You think he's moving down, 61 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.639 you think he's staying at twenty nine. What's your feel right now as 62 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:06.120 you look to what the Lions might do tonight? You know, Dennis, 63 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:11.000 I don't want to get over dramatic, right, but like, if you're 64 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.399 going downtown tonight and you're gonna be out there in the cold, and it's 65 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.240 midnight or whatever it is, and the Lions are on the clock and you're 66 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:24.759 so excited and you've been drinking since four get prepare yourselves for whom that says 67 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:29.839 raiders on the clock or bills on the clock, and it's like, wait, 68 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.360 what I've waited all night for our pick? I think he's trading back, 69 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:35.839 I really do. I don't think it's the lock. I don't think 70 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:43.319 there's but I just think there's probably fifteen twenty guys on their board with the 71 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.360 first round grade. And if they're all gone, and let's say this kool 72 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:51.720 Aid McKinstry foot injury is real and maybe he's slide, maybe you can get 73 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:58.319 kool aid later and accumulate picks. I mean, that's just a sense that 74 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:00.160 I get. When you're at twenty nine. We know they're right in front 75 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:03.240 of them, the bills have got to take a wide receiver. Well what 76 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:08.959 if Brad loves ad Mitchell and he goes to pick before then what do they 77 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.639 do? So a lot of intrigued there. But if I had a guess, 78 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:16.120 I would say maybe a trade down and getting a couple more second rounders, 79 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.800 because as we know, Brad Holmes the last couple of years has feasted 80 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:25.480 on second rounders. At dari speaks on Twitter. He is the host of 81 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.759 the Lockdown Lions pod. I hope that there's a guy with a nickname Cornbread. 82 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.319 They can get a kool Aid and a Cornbread, Wo'd be off and 83 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:38.879 running. What if you've probably have been asked a few times to participate in 84 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.319 mock drafts and you don't have the opportunity to move back or move up. 85 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:47.319 Who are the players or the player that you continue to select when you are 86 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:53.680 put under the gun and have to pick at twenty nine knowing what Holmes may 87 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:59.160 do to give people the gauge And you mentioned a few names already, Yeah, 88 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:02.360 you know. We did a Lockdown host mock draft that we do every 89 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.879 year with all the hosts of all the shows around the league and kool Aid. 90 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.680 McKinstry was my pick at twenty nine because he fell to them, and 91 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:15.720 really because he visited here because they could use another corner who couldn't use another 92 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:21.600 corner after the Cam Sutton incident and releasing I just that was who I took. 93 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:30.199 I've seen the name Brayden Fisk a lot lately as a possibility, and 94 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:35.240 there's a lot of talk around the league about Johnny Newton from Illinois dropping somehow 95 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:40.600 dropping to twenty nine. And if that's the case, I think Brad Holmes 96 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:45.319 would run the card up there quickly because Newton for some teams are the top 97 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:49.800 fifteen player. But that could be intriguing as alignment. We know Brad loves 98 00:07:49.839 --> 00:07:54.800 to stock up on offensive and defensive linemen, So those are some names that 99 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.439 I think to keep an eye on if they're going to stay at twenty nine. 100 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.879 But again, I think Brad likes to throw a curveball at us. 101 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.720 I mean, who had Jamiir Gibbs and Jack Campbell last year at twelve and 102 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.959 eighteen? Then nobody right, So no, there's always going to be a 103 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.759 surprise with Brad. But he's done so well in the draft. I said 104 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.839 it on my show the other day. Twenty three picks he's made in three 105 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:20.839 years, twenty two of them are still on the roster. That's insane. 106 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:22.839 That is well, we're out of time. But you know, I think 107 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.000 that you've nailed it when you look at the different positions they could go back. 108 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:31.440 But you've mentioned defensive end, defensive tackle, corner, of the possibility 109 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:39.120 of taking aligneman, even a center, a wide receiver. It is a 110 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:45.080 real blank canvas here for Holmes. But if I'm pinning you down final thing, 111 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.519 you think that it's likely that Holmes is going to move back a little 112 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.360 bit because of the clut of players that he'll have on his board, he'll 113 00:08:52.399 --> 00:09:00.960 be able to pick up an extra selection and pick tomorrow. I do, 114 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.279 And I think if Pennix and Nicks are still on the board at twenty nine, 115 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:05.799 and you've got the Raiders and one of these other teams that needs a 116 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:11.279 quarterback, you might be able to really leverage that into maybe an extra couple 117 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.879 of picks and their second round er. So keep an eye on that. 118 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.639 And you just bring up a very good point, Dennis, What about the 119 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:22.320 future of Frank rag Now what about the future of Taylor Decker. Decker's contract 120 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.200 is up out of this year. You know, the Lions love him and 121 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.720 he loves them, but that was not a Brad Holmes draft pick. Taylor 122 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:33.960 Decker was drafted by the previous regime, so you know, you never know. 123 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.279 Rag now after last year was kind of playing retirement to the ball the 124 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:41.000 injury. So stocking up on a good interior old lineman or tackle for the 125 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:46.039 future. Keep an eye on that as well. Bolls. Keep an eye 126 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.919 on your Twitter feed. Look like you were having dinner with like thirty people 127 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.440 at the fanciest restaurant in town. I'd love that. We love you ds. 128 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:58.600 You're doing a great job on the Lockdown Lions pod. Continues success and 129 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.879 thanks for joining us this morning on Axes and bros. All. He's good 130 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.279 to chat with you, Dennis Op You and Mab and the crew are doing 131 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.039 well back home too, buddy, Thank you have fun tonight. There he 132 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.679 is Matt Darry, the host of Lockdown Lions. It's open for you now 133 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:18.279 to talk about Detroit. You know the numbers, you know the text. 134 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.000 Well, get him out there to you straight ahead as we talk about draft 135 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.759 day and what the Lions are gonna do. You're on the Michigan Sports Network 136 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:33.039 in the Den step up to the play with the Eagle Casino in Sports, 137 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.879 the mobile sports book app that you can bet on all your favorites all year 138 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.480 round, including of course, our national pastime. 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Unfortunately, he wouldn't make another start that year. 148 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.879 He'd be limited to just thirteen more starts and just two wins. The 149 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.919 rest of his injuries shortened career. He was special while it lasted. It 150 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:41.039 just didn't last long enough for Tigers or Baseball fans fired up this morning to 151 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.919 be with you here on Actions and Bros across Michigan on the Michigan Sports Network. 152 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:50.919 I'm done as fifty an in for Matt Sheppard. 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We just talked with Matt Derry about the allions and 162 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:48.080 he predicts a trade back. I want to ask you, how okay are 163 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:56.559 you with a trade back? Eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty 164 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:01.519 three. That's tomyro hotline. Ben. What are the four names of the 165 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.840 callers on hold right now? Then the phone calls are or phone lines are 166 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:11.759 wide open right now. Wide open. That means there is listen. That 167 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:18.759 means on draft day at eight twenty in the morning, with the most intriguing 168 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.960 draft ever on tap, that we have a phone line available for you and 169 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:33.120 you can get up immediately eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three. 170 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.320 Take advantage of the Meyer hotline eight six six eight three eight forty eight 171 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:43.320 forty three. Text it in sports radio to twenty one thousand, Sports Radio 172 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:46.480 to twenty one thousand. We would like to hear from you. Now. 173 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:52.039 Look, I am okay with a trade back. I get sitting there and 174 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.840 wanting a selection, but just walk yourself through it. You're down there, 175 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:01.759 you're enjoying the entire day whatever libation, and maybe you're just eating hot dogs 176 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:07.320 pizza waiting for the draft. But you get to the very end, and 177 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:09.759 if the commissioner comes up there at twenty nine and says there's a trade, 178 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:15.440 you know that the possibility is going to be there. I think you'll know 179 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:20.960 even before that what happens at the end of the draft. Every year we 180 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.679 have looked at ten twenty maybe even more mock drafts, and so we all 181 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.080 have these ideas of where these players are going to be picked, and inevitably 182 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:37.879 there's three or four players that drop and you'll be sitting there and you'll be 183 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:43.879 thinking, Wow, I can't believe that this Cooper dejene is sitting right there 184 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.720 for the Lions to take. This is going to be the easiest selection ever. 185 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:52.360 They will sprint the card up there and they will take it, and 186 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.080 they will take the gene and they'll be happy and they'll get an A plus 187 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:03.159 and you know you're gonna go into the night feeling great. But the thing 188 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:09.840 is as that Brad Holmes the part of the things, and we find this 189 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:15.399 out during the draft, and then thereafter when you start having guys falling on 190 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:20.360 what happens usually they say, oh, it's medicals. There's going to be 191 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.240 a couple of these guys that are being talked about, you know, Matt 192 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:28.759 Darry Alread talked about kool Aid, m Kinstrey, maybe a foot. The 193 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:35.600 Lions list is going to look vastly different with what they know with their medicals 194 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:39.039 on the players, what have they brought them in, whether they've had a 195 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.039 chance, and you know, the guys that they're targeting to feel like they 196 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.960 have, you got the clean medicals, and it just gets to where you're 197 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.159 in the catbird seat when you're one of the last picks. Certainly, it's 198 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:56.080 nice to be a top five pick. You're getting the superstars and all that. 199 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.080 You're going, goy, god, you need a quarterback. You're flipping 200 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:02.600 out, or it's you know, here's the future all that. But when 201 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.120 you're at the back of the draft, the draft just comes to you and 202 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.679 you sit there. There's gonna be a bevy of players, and then the 203 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:14.039 chance with other teams because you get that extra year if you're a first round 204 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.240 pick. Teams that want to come back up late in the first round, 205 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:25.559 and so seeing the Lions just moving back, and because it's at the very 206 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:30.399 tail end. Now you know, if the Lions were picking ten and they 207 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:34.519 moved out of the first round, well then it's like it's over for you. 208 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.000 You know, just this Lions fan. You're excited, Hey, number 209 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:41.279 ten pick, there's been a train and then you find out that the Lions 210 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.279 have moved out, and of course they can always move back in, but 211 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:47.360 you're just sitting back. You're like, oh, this sucks. But if 212 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:53.679 you've waited all night and then you're sitting there, then you just only have 213 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:57.639 to wait a couple more picks, and then it makes tomorrow not much more 214 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:04.000 exciting because then you're gonna be flushed and you're gonna have more picks. And 215 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:15.680 you're also reminded pretty quickly that the Lions moved back last year took Jamier Gibbs 216 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:19.519 picked up an extra selection from the Cardinals early in the second round, where 217 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:23.680 the Detroit Lions selected Sam Laporta, who is now the best tight end in 218 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:30.119 the NFL. So you talk yourself through all of that and you understand exactly 219 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:36.319 what the Lions are gonna do. It's tough to do when you sit there 220 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:41.640 when it gets to be about twenty five and you're looking at five players and 221 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.480 you're like, Wow, the Lions are gonna get a great player. These 222 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.400 guys are being talked about in the early teens. This guy was talking about 223 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.359 as a top ten pick. I don't know if that's gonna be the case, 224 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.039 but there's gonna be a few of the guys gonna be there, and 225 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.519 you're gonna look and you can say, wow, all of these guys nobody 226 00:17:56.559 --> 00:18:02.240 thought was gonna be there, and they're there, And then Holmes, Can 227 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:10.960 you know, do what Holmes does and make that move? How about that? 228 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:15.079 That's where we're said not you know, the the buzz in general about 229 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.359 this draft, of course, is going to be the quarterbacks. I think 230 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:25.279 it's easily locked in where we know Caleb Williams that is a one chance that 231 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:30.240 he is being selected by the Bears. I also think that Daniels. Daniels 232 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:34.759 makes you so much sense for the commanders everything when you look at what he 233 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.400 was able to do at LSU last year. Those guys have separated. So 234 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:45.720 now we're talking about the m and ms. May and McCarthy and the Pats. 235 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.519 You know, certainly they can talk about moving out. When you get 236 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:55.160 a shot to get a franchise quarterback, as we have discussed all morning, 237 00:18:55.799 --> 00:19:04.759 you don't have one and you're in position to get one, you take them. 238 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:08.920 So whether they like May or McCarthy, whatever they're thinking, whatever Mayo, 239 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:15.119 the other MD there, the head coach now is thinking along with the 240 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.559 front office there in New England. It could be JJ, it could be 241 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.920 Bay, but I think we're all pretty sure that it's going to be three 242 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.160 quarterbacks to come off the board. So then you go to Arizona, Arizona. 243 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:33.519 If there was just this one wide receiver, I certainly could use a 244 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:44.240 wide receiver for Kyler Murray. But since this particular draft has three for sure 245 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:53.759 things in wide receivers, and Marv Harrison junior of Doonsey and the player that 246 00:19:53.960 --> 00:20:04.119 seemingly every every UH Draftnick every GM telling people behind the scenes Malik Neighbors might 247 00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:11.920 be better than all of them, it behooves the Cardinals to move. Someone's 248 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:17.400 coming up to four to get either May or McCarthy. I'm gonna lock that 249 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:22.279 in for you. I'm gonna lock four quarterbacks one, two, three and 250 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:29.160 four. I'm gonna lock that in for you. Another intriguing part, and 251 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.000 it's not just that he was the coach at Michigan, but it is Captain 252 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:37.880 Khaki who's sitting there at five. If four quarterbacks go, then Jim Harbaugh 253 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.640 company are sitting there. Are they gonna take? Is Jim Harbaugh gonna take 254 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:48.640 Maserati Buckeye Marvin Harrison. Now you can say, yeah, well you know 255 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.920 it's quarterback Justin Herbert, the guy rid of Keenan Allen. They need a 256 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:56.799 wide receiver. But again, there's three of them there. I see Harbaugh 257 00:20:56.920 --> 00:21:00.799 moving out, not just because he's a buck eye. I just think he's 258 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:06.119 moving out. All right, I'll give you some more predictions on how this 259 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:07.200 thing is going to go. Of course, I want to hear from you 260 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:14.480 as we move towards the draft as we get twelve hours out here in Exis 261 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:18.759 and Bros. I'm the Michigan Sports Network Huge here for my good friend Drew 262 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.640 and the crew at Impact Power Sports. Now. 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How okay are you with a trade down 288 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:41.160 for the Detroit Lions, that and anything else as you're thinking about with this 289 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:48.200 draft tonight eight six six eight three eight forty eight forty three on the Meyer 290 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:59.759 Hotline eight six six eight three eight four eight four three. As we draw 291 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:07.240 cli to the Bears making their selection of Caleb Williams, Caleb Williams, Jayden 292 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:14.440 Daniels, it's going to be either Drake may or JJ McCarthy at three. 293 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:22.839 I predict that four that the Cardinals aren't moving out in whichever quarterback that the 294 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:30.119 Pats don't take. You've got the g Men, the Vikings, the Broncos, 295 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:37.039 the Raiders, you could make a case maybe for the Saints, all 296 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.720 trying to move up. Teams are going to be moving up, trying to 297 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:44.640 get one of the this is a four quarterback draft up towards the top. 298 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:51.640 And then you're looking at Nicks being in the mix, with Pennix also being 299 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:55.400 in the mix. Whether that's going to be then in the teams or if 300 00:24:55.400 --> 00:25:00.960 one of those guys falls into the twenties, but I'm thinking that it is 301 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:07.200 going to be sick quarterbacks selected. And then I also think with the Chargers 302 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:12.720 sitting there at five, knowing Jim Harbaugh, I don't think he wants to 303 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:19.319 take a wide receiver necessarily at five. I think Jim Harbaugh wants an offensive 304 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:25.079 lineman. And I think that he can sell that to Justin Herbert and saying, 305 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:27.279 look, yeah, this is a three wide receiver draft, and there 306 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:32.640 are some great ones right there, but we're running the football to protect you. 307 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:40.960 And I think Harbaugh sells. I think Harbaugh is going to sell Herbert 308 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:48.359 on an offensive lineman, and then the possibility of looking at the tight ends 309 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:52.640 in this draft. I think Harbaugh could try to just move back a little 310 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:56.319 bit. I think a guy I don't know how much he's being talked about, 311 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.279 we know that he's a great player. One thing about Harbaugh is that 312 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.680 we've known that he has game plan, that he has seen Marvin Harrison Junior 313 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:10.960 up front and center, seeing Ohio State for the last couple of years. 314 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:18.359 I also think O doonsay for Washington, whether you think he's better than neighbors 315 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:21.599 or not. Three wide receivers, whatever, you know, your taste is 316 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:26.400 a doonsay. Playing for Washington, he had to game plan for him and 317 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:36.839 the other player to think about that Harbaugh saw front and center was Brock Bowers. 318 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:42.440 I think Bowers ends up with a lightning bolt on the side of his 319 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:48.920 helmet. All right, Before we read some of the texts, let's get 320 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:55.440 to the phones and we welcome in John on Exes and Bros. On the 321 00:26:55.440 --> 00:27:00.799 Michigan Sports Network. Hey, John, Hey, how's the going? What 322 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:03.480 can't be going any better? John? As I wait for the draft? 323 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:07.400 You know, yeah, I totally agree. I'm actually driving out there right 324 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:12.960 now. Now you're talking, John, You're out your way to the draft 325 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:15.640 at eight thirty nine in the morning. That's what I'm That's what I like 326 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:21.720 to hear. Yeah, I'm I'm actually media credentialed. I'm an NFL draft 327 00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:25.240 to handle is so getting out there, getting set up. I'll be on 328 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:29.880 media row. I'm ready to go. I'm jazz. They got my coffee. 329 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.519 I've been studying these prospects for months. I'm ready. Let's do it. 330 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.680 Well, let me ask you. I just gave you my thoughts here 331 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.359 at the top of the draft. I think that the four quarterbacks that includes 332 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:47.680 JJ McCarthy. They're gonna go one through four and then I think the Chargers 333 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:51.119 are moving out. How do you think about that prediction is? How does 334 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:53.960 that sit with you? I think it's I think it's a great fit. 335 00:27:55.440 --> 00:28:00.680 I've been talking about the Chargers of the trade down candidate for a while. 336 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.559 You know, whether the Cardinals sticke at for and take Marvin Harrison junior and 337 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:10.720 then a team like Minnesota is super aggressive and moving up to get JJ McCarthy, 338 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.119 I think there's going to be a market for the fifth overall pick. 339 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.920 I think that what the Chargers need, like you were just talking about, 340 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:22.039 I think they need offensive line. So I think they would be happy to 341 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:29.319 move down to that like ten to twelve range, pick up some added capital 342 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:36.079 to kind of retool for Jim Harbaugh and get a really really solid offensive lineman 343 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:41.000 to go at right tackle, because left tackle sets for the Chargers. So 344 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:45.680 a name to watch for the Chargers in my opinion, to lose Sulaga offensive 345 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:48.559 tackle out of Oregon State, who has been a career right tackle, but 346 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.200 a very very very good one, I think it would be a natural fit 347 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:56.799 for him to plug in on the right side for Justin Herbert to protect him. 348 00:28:57.599 --> 00:29:00.880 I think you're on it. And the only thing that Jim Harbaugh likes 349 00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:06.480 more than a big fat tackle is a big fat, you know, defensive 350 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:08.440 lineman. That's what he wants, and I think that's where the focus is 351 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:11.440 gonna be. And as much as we can sit around. Yeah, you 352 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:18.000 know, great players win in wide receivers, Harball, he knows that you 353 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:23.160 win, and the way he wants to win is with line play and a 354 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:26.359 quarterback and even know that wide receiver. You say, what about Herbert? 355 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:32.839 He needs one and you'd like to have one of those top three or you 356 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:37.279 would like to have Bowers. I'm I'm with you on that. I think 357 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:40.720 he's moving out. What about the Lions, John, what do you think 358 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:45.519 they do at twenty nine? They could go defensive tackle, defensive ends, 359 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:51.200 safety, quarter offensive line, wide receiver, you know your pick? What 360 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:56.119 do you want? Yeah, the lines are a super interesting team because they 361 00:29:56.160 --> 00:30:00.759 are really good all of a sudden, and I've been you know, I've 362 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:03.039 been really impressed with what they've done for the last couple of years. They've 363 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:07.400 built from the trenches out, which is how I think Jim Harbaugh and the 364 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.359 Chargers are going to do it. Like just said that same conversation, you 365 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.200 built from the trenches out. The Lions are a great model of success for 366 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:18.480 having done that. Now they're competing and they're young. I think it's great. 367 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:22.079 I think that the Chargers are going to look at that and be like, 368 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.519 yeah, this is a it's hope we need to do. You got 369 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:27.240 to build some of the trenches out and get on line that first. So 370 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:30.920 that's why I like them to go offense now, especially if they can straight 371 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.960 down if you big. The Lions are interesting because now you're in win now 372 00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:38.200 MO, you're a team that's being talked about as arguably the best team in 373 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:41.559 the NFC, if not one of the top three teams in the conference. 374 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:48.839 I still like them to go trenches. I just I can't shape the feeling. 375 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.160 I think interior offense. The line is an interesting conversation for the Lions 376 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:59.559 and Jackson Power as Johnson career starters center for University of Oregon is a name 377 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:03.319 that I like for them because the injury offensive line is set. But you've 378 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:07.319 got a couple of guys just on one year deal. I think that he 379 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:11.000 can start day one at guard, or he can learn and be a rotational 380 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:15.000 guy in case of injury and ends up taking over at center or guard as 381 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.759 early as next year to be a franchise cornerstone on the off that line. 382 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.519 That and you put him with his college teammate Pinnet Duel, which is just 383 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.160 pretty fun. Yeah, it sounds like a prudent pick. The only thing 384 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.319 I don't like about that is that it almost feels like you're accepting that Frank 385 00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:34.160 Ragnow is going to retire, which he might. You know, he's gonna 386 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:38.839 have difficulties with his foot or his toe. And it's as much as Sewell 387 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:44.359 is the anchor and the you know, the big time player on that line, 388 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:48.799 rag Now is there right behind him. And I know you got to 389 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.799 prepare for the future and everything else, but a very prudent pick if it 390 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.079 ends up going that way, John, give me one, Give me one 391 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:56.640 more. I got another question for you. Now, give me a bust, 392 00:31:56.720 --> 00:32:00.279 give me a sleeper. As you take a look at tonight, a 393 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.240 guy that you would not take because you think he's going to be a bust. 394 00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:06.799 And then somebody didn't have to be at the thirty two that are mentioned 395 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:13.720 often but certainly can be somebody who thinks just as an absolute lock. Yeah, 396 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:17.799 so I'm always pro player, right, I'm rooting for success for all 397 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:22.920 these guys. You hope that all of them live out their dreams. Right, 398 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:25.200 they make it to the NFL, they're able to be a long time 399 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:30.240 starter. I was very high on the amman Rod Saint Brown hype trained in 400 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:34.440 that Tree draft cycle. I thought he should have gone in the second round, 401 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:38.880 getting him in the fourth with the steal for the Lions. Alde receiver 402 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:42.759 that I think is being hyped up a little bit too much in this draft 403 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:49.319 class is ad Mitchell at a University of Texas. I like him. I 404 00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:53.119 think he's obviously over athletic. He had a great combine, but I think 405 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:55.839 that he's still a little bit of raw to be talked about as a first 406 00:32:55.920 --> 00:33:02.440 round take a sleeper. If I'm the Lions and they want to wait on 407 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:09.920 offensive line on the interior, that's tough. It's the name of being talked 408 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:14.279 about a lot. But I'm really high on Zach Frazier as well as an 409 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:17.640 interior offensive lineman for the Lions. In particular, I think Brad Holmes showed 410 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:21.440 last year that he doesn't care what anyone else thinks, and he's gonna do 411 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:24.319 what he thinks gives his team the best chance to win. So I wouldn't 412 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:28.799 be surprised if we saw him be aggressive tonight and move up in the draft. 413 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:31.920 I know a trade down Kad absolutely happen to occur. Some more value 414 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:37.480 and the Jackson powers Johnson conversation is a prudent choice, like you said, 415 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.000 but I wouldn't be surprised to see him be aggressive and move up for a 416 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:45.759 defensive back that he really likes. And I like Terry on Arnold a lot 417 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:50.359 out of Alabama, so that could be a name where if he starts slipping 418 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:53.319 a little bit, gets into the mid to late teams, I could see 419 00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:57.400 Brad Holmes getting a little bit of an Ischy trigger and going up and getting 420 00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:00.400 them John I love it. I can tell well that you do know what 421 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:05.720 you're talking about when it comes to the draft. Enjoy it, and I 422 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:13.039 think what we have on tap is the most intriguing draft of all time and 423 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:16.400 certainly nationally with it being in Detroit for the first time, there's going to 424 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:22.760 be no argument there. Great job and enjoy yourself tonight in Detroit. Safe 425 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:27.519 travels. And you know, as I look at it and thinking about I 426 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:31.360 see Peter Schrager who has just released his final mock draft. He has the 427 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:40.320 Lions. And one thing about Shreger is that he's not somebody that's just making 428 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:46.119 his picks by watching film and watching the college game. He makes his picks 429 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:53.079 based on who he's talking with from these cities for personnel that is working with 430 00:34:53.159 --> 00:35:00.039 these teams. That's his thing, and not that you know he's nailing this 431 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:06.199 draft or anything, but I find it interesting as I look at Schrager's final 432 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:09.440 mock that has just been put out, that he has the Detroit Lions moving 433 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:17.880 up from twenty nine to twenty one and taking the defensive end from Florida State 434 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:24.239 Jared Verse. Now, just over these last two days of being here and 435 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:30.639 talking with the people and asking about players that they wanted to see, the 436 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:36.480 majority of the people have picked defensive end. Whether it's either of the Robinson 437 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:44.360 Darius Robinson or Chop Robinson or the defensive end from UCLA Ltto. These a 438 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:50.159 been the Jared Verse has been mentioned, and here's Jared Verse Schrager thinking that 439 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:54.559 the Lions would move up. Now, my own pick was Cooper dejen from 440 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:59.800 Iowa, the safety who could come down and play Nickel who you leave them 441 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:02.719 at? You can put him over at corner. I like that flexibility. 442 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:06.719 I know a lot of teams are gonna like that as well. Would the 443 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:12.320 Lions want to move up for CD? Is he gonna fall in their lap 444 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:15.800 at twenty nine? Probably? Maybe? I mean I'd say probably not, 445 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:24.320 but maybe I look at it like that. Let's hit that text at When 446 00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:29.880 you text sports Radio to twenty one thousand, Ben Zost is reading those Ben 447 00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:32.239 what are the people saying via text? Says? How do we know that 448 00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:37.079 Hendon Hooker isn't that guy? We need to wait and see what he can 449 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.159 do before we go on to another quarterback. Goff has done a great job 450 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:46.559 and the Lions don't need to rebuild a quarterback quarterback position right now. Yeah, 451 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:51.000 well, you're right about Hooker. What there's a couple of things about 452 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:55.800 Hooker. The first thing that jumps out at you if you watched him, 453 00:36:57.079 --> 00:37:00.400 whether it was at Virginia Tech or Tennessee where in his final year he was 454 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.519 the sec Offensive Player of the Year. You know he's got the size, 455 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:08.280 and you know that he has the arm. You also know that he got 456 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:14.559 hurt and that's why he fell a little bit in the draft, and so 457 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:17.000 the Lions could be patient with him. You just wonder how much work that 458 00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:21.199 he has really had. The other thing is that he is twenty six years 459 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:24.679 old, So it's not like we're sitting here talking about Hendon Hooker who came 460 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:29.000 out early, who's been around for a year, and he's twenty two. 461 00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:34.159 Linshit of a pretty good idea where that knee is at and what he is 462 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:40.039 going to do now, It is just I look at it like this. 463 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:45.920 Certainly they got some value there, a guy that you could have argued could 464 00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:51.199 have been a first round a certainly a second rounder if he didn't have that 465 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:59.159 knee injury. So they're gonna see what they've got there. This is a 466 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:05.440 chance that they might have something here. But I think with the discussion earlier 467 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:09.960 about Jared Goff going into this final year, if he doesn't want to go 468 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:16.280 with a number at forty five and he's dead set at something in the fifty 469 00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:25.039 millions range, that the Lions could play the game of all right, let's 470 00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:30.039 let this play out, and then they could tag him. Now tagging quarterbacks, 471 00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:43.440 tagging any position, there's some risk involved tagging a quarterback just with everything 472 00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:45.599 that goes into it. Every time the guy throws it a complete pass eight, 473 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:52.280 don't tag him, or we're getting rid of him not having the security. 474 00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:59.079 It just opens up the questions you think people are pouncing on Jared Goff 475 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.960 talking about oh, people are being a little bit negative now he's walking it 476 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:07.480 back, or Brad Holmes pulling out receipts about the people are gonna we'll flip 477 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:12.480 if he's going into his final year and they don't have a contract, that's 478 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:15.440 all anybody's gonna be talking about left and right when it comes down to golf. 479 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:20.800 That's why teams like to get those guys done before that. But the 480 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:27.800 ability to possibly tag him talking about golf next year is out there. If 481 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:34.000 they don't want to say Lions friendly, I mean it is golf friendly. 482 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:40.280 It's friendly to everyone, maybe not to the agent who is gonna be dead 483 00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:47.800 set on fifty mil. Hey, don't forget Matt Sheppard, who is normally 484 00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:52.920 the voice you hear, I mean through your radio. He is going to 485 00:39:52.960 --> 00:40:00.320 be the MC at Soaring Eagle Casino tonight for an NFL Draft part. He 486 00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:07.400 will also be live from there tomorrow morning as he conducts and he is the 487 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:13.400 EMBc of this very program, xes and bros and reacts to whatever he sees, 488 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:19.679 and how it all plays out in the NFL Draft of Detroit tonight. 489 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:24.559 Interesting to me when I just think about Shep and I think about this draft, 490 00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.920 which is going to start a little bit after eight o'clock and the Lion's 491 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:34.159 picking at twenty nine, and then I think about him opening the mic at 492 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:40.320 six o'clock in the morning and then being up at Mount Pleasant. That's not 493 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:50.880 a lot of hours for Shep to sleep. How Shep goes about getting rest 494 00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:58.039 for tomorrow's show while taking in everything in the draft is a topic in and 495 00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:04.039 of itself. I want to thank everyone for calling, texting, listening over 496 00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:07.840 these last two days. Has been my pleasure to be here. Really want 497 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:10.800 to thank ben Zos. Ben great job, You're a pro. I had 498 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:15.039 fun working with you. Maybe we'll be able to do it again down the 499 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:22.280 line. Uh. Thanks to Matt Shepherd for calling me in from the bullpen 500 00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:29.280 that is going to do it. Enjoy the draft tonight. I'm going to 501 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:32.239 you know, I know I'm not in a limo, headed down in a 502 00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:39.199 suite or anything else. Credentialed NFL media. 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