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Bob Aber. Jake Kester is in Green Bay, boots on
the ground covering the NFL Draft, and thus we will
check in with Jake a bit later in the show
to get some of that boots on the ground reporting.
And guys, I need to apologize up front to you
today because I'm going to unleash Taylor upon all of you.
You know, I try to avoid mock draft season at
all costs, But here, on the penultimate day before the
future of your New Orleans thinks will be charted, We're
gonna let Taylor run a little bit. We're gonna let
our guy off the leash. He's gonna give you a
sharp mocked ten, a sharp pigs mocked ten coming up
this hour as Taylor gives you everything you need to
know about how it's gonna go down in this top ten.
He's like he's like a racesource in the stall, chomping
at the bit. He's pawing at the gate, just ready
for it to open. So Paul and we'll talk baseball
first before we let him run too wild and free.
I'm just giving you full disclosure that's about to go down, Okay,
So do with that what you will. I hope everybody's
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and you can debate Tata's sharp mocked Tin, Sharp picks
mocked ten. If you want a lader, what's up girl?
How we feel late night for you working that LSU
baseball game? Eh?
Speaker 4: So late. I didn't even turn my own mic on it,
just talk just now.
Speaker 2: But yep, you got this.
Speaker 4: I was gonna say, is gonna go like full ray Man?
Speaker 3: Yep.
Speaker 4: And then whatever segment that is gonna.
Speaker 2: Be late, it's gonna be like uh Will Ferrell in
old school when they're asking him the academic question and
he and he blacks out after a U a beautiful
soliloquy answering the question perfectly, or or or Gallifanakis coming
down the the escalator in Vegas with the numbers flying
around his head.
Speaker 5: Uh, Taylor's been prepared for the street Tatum when he's
like drawing all the fours on the whiteboard.
Speaker 2: Yes, exactly like science. That's actually probably more like what
it's gonna be like, because in those other examples it
was high. There's more highly effective. Yeah, well, well it
remains to be seeing the efficacy of our resident Bock
draft expert. Yeah, take day. What's up? You excited?
Speaker 3: Yeah, very excited.
Speaker 6: I got to tell you, I don't think I've ever
looked into the Jacksonville Jaguars more in my life.
Speaker 3: They last night they are a.
Speaker 2: Wild Cardini the top four seemed pretty set by in
any trades Jacksonville, where's everything goes a little wonky.
Speaker 6: Like I'm like one day of research away from just
like going to work for the Jacksonville Jaguars. That suff
I've never looked into that team. I forget that's an
NFL team half the time. But now I'm like, oh,
we're gonna get into Liam Cohen. But yeah, it's uh,
it's done.
Speaker 3: The mock's already done.
Speaker 2: Let's go, and I and I cannot see it. He
actually is holding his mock behind a paywall. He just
has the picks. He just has the picks listed, not
the players, like just as the teams listed, not the players.
So I'm excited to react live. I agree. I I
like how you did it. I like how you did it.
I too, had to study a little bit of these
mocks with maybe the most minimal effort ever, just kind
of a lazy passive things I could sound somewhat informed.
Speaker 4: Did Jake tell you about his binder?
Speaker 6: Uh?
Speaker 2: No? What about his binder?
Speaker 4: Is serious?
Speaker 5: XM producer made them a binder. This is only for
the first round, I think he said, right, No.
Speaker 6: The first three and later actually so.
Speaker 5: Three and later, three hundred and twelve pages. His producer
put together a binder of three hundred and twelve pages
worth a draft info.
Speaker 4: That's level.
Speaker 2: Is it all original research? Yeah? Because the NFL rate
like when we do our when we do our draft
show on Thursday at don One, which all should all
come out to, it's gonna be a bit like an
offseason whiskey wine. It's gonna be very fun. We're gonna
have a good time, We're gonna get drunk, we're gonna
celebrate football. Uh, but I'm probably just gonna have Dane
Brugler's The Beast open.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I used to just use Mike de Tilliers and basically,
whenever a player was picked, you flip that page, you
take their information, and you just deliver it in your
own voice so you sound like you know what you're
talking about. Now, the first round picks you generally, if
you love the draft, you should have some more original takes.
But rounds three through seven, I was doing radio in
New Orleans. That was a classic. Just okay, find him
in the Detillier book and let's just say whatever Mike said.
Speaker 6: Well, to your point, like, even in the first round,
if a team trades off grab somebody you didn't.
Speaker 3: Expect, you likely still know who the player is.
Speaker 2: Yes, in the first round you should have I know
I may not because I'm not very good at the draft,
but if you are, yes, you should have some Uh,
you should have some awareness of everybody who's in play.
Speaker 6: Basically, well, Jake told like Peyton Turner, Jake told us
after the show, like the producer told him, guys, this
is not my final Like, I just wanted to get
this out there.
Speaker 3: He's like, there may be more.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 2: So it is original work.
Speaker 6: And he was telling us, he's like, guys, I gotta
do like so much research for arounds like three through seven,
like we're doing this, and then like the middle of
the show he's like, never mind, the producer did all
of it.
Speaker 4: The He's like, I know, it's only three hundred and
twelve pages. Don't worry. Mores coming.
Speaker 2: Yeah, weaponize Autism could be a very impressive thing.
Speaker 5: His mantra is about to be crazy.
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about last night LSU. I read this was the first
time that this has happened in a midweek homb game
that LSU has been run ruled. Now, I did not
double check it with Todd.
Speaker 4: Police specifically non conference.
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, yes, well midweek, yeah, which is generally going
to be a non con game. So yes, So for
the first time, LSU run rolled at home in a
midweek game, losing to the Cajun Cannons Northwestern State Demons
thirteen to three four kin and it was a disastrous night.
This is what I would call a classic burn the
tape game. Nine hits, thirteen runs, four walks, three hit batters,
two wild pitchers, errors all over the place, a ill
timed weather delay that everything fell apart after asternight awful
all the way it started good. I mean, you had
a leadoff home run about the first and the second
inning you're like, oh, okay, it's gonna go well. Then
the lightning rolls in and then pretty much everything went
wrong after that's save for one Jake brown solo shot.
And I think the conversation about this midweek game has
a bit nuanced in my mind because I know what
Jake would say if he were here, and that is
that all games matter. And I agree when it comes
to how the team should approach everything, But I am
not on the team, and so with Tennessee looming, I
look at a Tuesday game against Northwestern in which everything
fell apart after an hour and a half rain delay,
and as a fan, I'm not overly pressed about the
whole thing, especially when it's a first midweek loss of
the season. And and and yes, you could argue, you know, well,
you're a shaky as you've been all season longer in
the series you've lost five to seven. Well, two things first,
so is Tennessee. They probably won their midwekend. But whatever, Again,
I'm not overly pressed. I don't think that matters so much.
And more importantly, you're just coming off of a series
win against a good Alabama thing. The absolute worst thing
you could do would be too overly focus on this
Northwestern game and let it bleed into the weekend. Again classic,
burn the tape, flush it. You're trying things. You know
you got bear at third you want your brass was
bad in there. I'll let y'all speak to that more.
But again, this is not a game that anybody should
ruminate on. This is not a game that any of
these players should let bug them too much. Uh again,
and and and even I mean, look, Jade Newton was rolling,
the weather will in and everything falls apart. It's a
weird night. It's a weird night on Tuesday with maybe
your biggest series of the entire series coming up on
the weekend. So again, the team, they gotta do what
they gotta do. They gotta fix, they gotta fix, they
need to process this. But as a fan, I'm sorry,
I don't I just I don't care. Who are y'all
where's y'all's head at? With the first ever run ruled
home midweek loss fellows h.
Speaker 5: I mean last night it was definitely like hard to
watch and rough as a fan to like watch the
team kind of after the lightning delay, it kind of
all fell apart. Yeah, So like Newke came out, he
was doing really well, and again, like you said, Derek
Curriell first pitch that he sees hits a home run
and then Josh Pearson has one too, and it just
it kind of just fell apart.
Speaker 4: I'm not there's definitely some stuff.
Speaker 5: So the thing that concerned that we've been talking about
for the past couple of weeks, and we talked about
after they got swept by Auburn is the lack of
being able to hit with runners in scoring positions. So
you left eight runners on base last night, and then
it started we mentioned this whatever week it what last
week it started with Nichols. You left twelve runners on
base that night, left a bunch on base during Auburn.
So if there's anything that I'm like truly concerned about,
Obviously the bullpen did not have a good night last night,
but that hasn't been your problem the past couple series.
Speaker 4: So if I have.
Speaker 5: Any concern that I'm like, okay, I I kind of
start to see a pattern a little bit, and like
that's actually kind of like a red flag to me.
It would be that the runners left on base and
lack of production when you have runners in scoring position,
even on a midweek game.
Speaker 2: Now we did shay, the hoom runs were solo shots. Yeah, yeah,
we could have time those a little better. We did
say at the beginning of the year, Johnson said, they look,
this is probably a team that's going to leave a
lot on. Yeah, because they get a lot on. But
but to your point, while they were really good for
the majority of the season getting those guys home, you're right,
as of late, it's been a little extra at it's
been particularly a struggle, and that's probably one of the
kind of cornerstone behind cornerstones behind this slide here recently, Taytay,
what about you? Oh sorry?
Speaker 5: Ahead of lone No, I was just gonna say, like
it is kind of so Tennessee and LSU are neck
and neck competition wise in all like national polls, SEC stats,
batting average, era, all of it. You got two of
the best aces in the country and Kate Anderson and
Liam Doyle and they're both up for National Pitcher of
the Year awards. So, I mean, they did beat Lipscumb
last night, but it's Lipscumb and I know that that's
Northwestern State. But again, I'm not too worried.
Speaker 2: About not gonna judge them on the midweek games about
whether or not they're ready for this.
Speaker 4: Sea right, And we talked about it yesterday.
Speaker 5: They just dropped a series to Kentucky and one on
the road versus All miss and then dropped the series
to Texas, A and M the weekend before that. So
I mean we're also kind of like neck and neck
with where we're at it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, both teams are after an unreal start. Both are sliding,
yeah a little bit here, going through some adversity. How
are you gonna respond?
Speaker 5: I mean the Tigers have responded pretty well every single
time that they've dropped, Like when we lost to Texas,
responded really well. True that swept by Auburn won two
of three versus Bama. So I don't know, we'll see,
but I'm not like overly worried about it. But it was, like,
I can't make any excuses. It was very very rough
to watch last night.
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, Aga again burn the tape again, thirteen
runs on nine hits because you had four walks, three
hit batters two while bags. How many errors did you
end with four? Ibe?
Speaker 4: I think it was four or five. Let me see.
Speaker 2: The point is disastrous nights on all accounts. But also
what three three? Yeah, so you were about to say seven,
I look, you know a night that is Yeah, Landra
to work the game last I mean, it wouldn't have
surprised me though, Like it felt like that's the thing, like,
I wouldn't surprised me. The point is, though all of
those numbers are the exception, not the rule, even though
think Elser actually may lead a wild pitches, but still
it's not something that has been too terribly damning on
the weekend as far t te What did you think
about the game last night?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, like Landra mentioned, the the bullpen was
was pretty bad.
Speaker 3: I mean it was it was underwhelming.
Speaker 6: Like Dylan Thompson shout out first appearance in two years,
he's the only pitcher last night that did not give
up a run. Your bullpen on SEC weekends the last
two weeks has kind of carried your pitching stuff outside
of Iron send in that big game from Kate Anderson,
because you've struggled so much in game threes on the mound,
like your bullpens kind of build you out.
Speaker 3: They were bad last night.
Speaker 6: Again, they've been really good lately, Like you mentioned, that's
kind of the exception to the norm of what we've seen.
Speaker 3: However, could they fall back.
Speaker 6: At what we saw at the beginning of the year,
because the beginning of the year they weren't great, So like,
that's maybe my only thing.
Speaker 3: Also, you don't have.
Speaker 6: Any clutch hitters on this team right now, I mean very,
very few that I can look at.
Speaker 3: Jones has not been good lately.
Speaker 6: He had a home run on the weekend, Jared Jones
was two for eleven against Alabama. I mean, it's just
he'll show flashes. I think Jared Jones was struggling personally. Also,
I understand it's a midweek I don't understand playing Jared
Jones at third only because I don't think he's ever
going to be a realistic option for you there in
the weekend. And if he's not, then why do it.
You have braswell, you have Tanner Reeves. Heaven forbid. If
both of those guys get hurt, you're likely sliding Daniel
Dickinson over who played there a little bit in the fall,
and you're putting somebody in there at second, Like, I
don't think Jared Jones is ever going to be.
Speaker 3: A realistic option for you.
Speaker 6: Yeah, third, and then people can say, Okay, well you
wanted Jake Brown's bat in the lineup base, you wanted
your offensive thing. Me and Landra were looking before the show,
like Michael Braswell's hitting three twenty four in SEC play,
He's kind of been more consistent than Jared Jones so far.
Speaker 3: I don't. I don't really understand that move. Those kind
of my biggest I think.
Speaker 2: More consistent than Jared Jones. What's what's Bear? What's Bear
hitting in SEC play?
Speaker 3: I don't know off the top of my head. SEC play.
Speaker 6: I'm just looking at like the last week and a half,
the struggles they've maybe had. Braswell hasn't struggled quite as much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean, look, you know Bear's gonna no,
I get it, Bear's gonna be fined. He'll he'll, he'll
find his.
Speaker 6: I just I don't get the move at third. I
don't see how that benefits you.
Speaker 2: And what great players do is rise to the occasion
when it matters. So again, yes, as adversity struck, absolutely,
but you did win the series last weekend. It's not
as dark as it seems. And Tennessee is that golden
ticket game, that get out of jail free card, you know,
I you win that and nothing else else matters. So
it's gonna be a massive week and I'm excited. Burn
the tape and move on. All right, when we get back,
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the best morning sports show around sorta
it's off the bench with Hester and t Bop.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to Otbaby Baby. The NFL draft said to
get in her way tomorrow. It's going to be in
Wiscnson for the first time in eighty five years. Guys,
eighty five years. December ninth, nineteen thirty nine, before World
War Two was the last time the draft was held
in Wisconsin. It was the night before the nineteen thirty
nine NFL Championship game, in which the Packers beat the
Giants twenty seven to zero. I've always said it that
thirty nine champion game one of the worst of all time.
Absolute disgrace by the New York Football Giants. And look
excitement as high man, because look, the draft taps into
that most indomitable and powerful of human emotions. What do
y'all think that is? You two young people that are
clearly disassociating.
Speaker 3: During my monologue.
Speaker 2: Here is what is the draft tapping into that is
ancient and eternal, indomitable and a core piece of the
human spirit. I don't know, Jesus, hope, hope. The draft
represents hope for a better day, that who you are today,
that you could be better tomorrow, That you may be
miserable now, but you're one pickaway from figuring it out.
You draft a quarterback and you actually end up getting
one of the guys, and all of a sudden, you're
looking at a decade of runway in glory, division titles, wins,
and we've seen it the Saints so sixth draft, the
Saints twenty seventeen draft. These kicked off half decades of runs, hope.
And you never know quite when your team is going
to have one of those drafts. And frankly, the odds
are against you. But as the only Christmas famously said,
you're telling me there's a chance, And yeah, I am
so approach this draft. Approach this Thursday, Friday and Saturday
with a full heart and an open mind. And remember
when it comes to Schrodinger's pick, is he good? Is
he bad. At this point in the year, you can
choose to believe that he's good and surrender yourself to hope.
Do not be like Ao Maher who famously told a
were gorn, do not trust to hope. It is forsaken
in these lands. And I get that because Mickey Loomis
has scarred you and he's given you PTSD with these
garbage ass first round picks in this god awful Derek
Carr contract. But even a broken clock is right twice
a day, and even Loomis in his tenure, has had
a couple of those drafts. And so here's to hoping
it'll happen again. Who knows, Maybe we'll look back on
this night is the night when everything changed. We'll see,
by the way, further evidence that Derek Carr needs to
never set foot in Louisiana again, except to return his playbook.
Kirk Friacking Cousins is at the Falcons offseason workout right now,
the guy who is benched, who's begging to be traded
so he can play. But why is he there Because
he's being paid a lot of money to be there
AKA a professional, not a whiny, little broken down car anyway,
So let's talk about this draft. It is now time
give me some Okay, First off, give me one of
the greatest sounds in all of sports. Tell me like
Pavlov's dog that doesn't make you start to salivate a
little bit. I was looking up the history of that
chime yesterday. It was made by guy Bob Christiansen, who
Bob seems to have the gift. He also did CBS's
March Madness intro. He did the ESPN NHL theme and
here's what he had to say about a quote. It
cuts through, but it doesn't have to be loud and
in your face. It's almost subliminal, which is all the
reason why people say they like it and they've cut
onto it, they've heard it whether they know it or not.
I would say mission accomplished, especially game of the later
round happened, or maybe, like me, you hear that and
it just drifts you off into slumberland. One of the
great all time sounds to take a nap to. But
like pathslos, are you here to give to me one
more time? Your ears per cup and you tune in.
I'm excited, I can't wait, and I am ready to
surrender myself to hope at Don Juan this Thursday. So
beware ye who enter here, because your cynicism and your
negativity and your pessimism that you wrap up in the
false shroud of realism has no place here. Full hearts
and open minds and full cups and open lungs. This
Thursday down one yes longer. I don't know what I'm
talking about. I'm sorry, guys, I'm just wait with time.
Speaker 4: Are you doing Friday night lights just now? Because that's not.
Speaker 2: What is? What is? These Friday nightlights can't lose, okay,
but also well you can lose. To be clear, I
mean again, this Vickie lum is drafting. You know, the time.
Speaker 5: That you were overly hopeful. Yeah, and I was the pessimist. Yeah,
Derek Carr happened.
Speaker 2: I don't care.
Speaker 3: I would rather.
Speaker 2: I would rather die believing heaven is real then live
thinking that I will never exist after I leave this earth.
Speaker 3: You know, there's.
Speaker 2: Nothing wrong I surrendering to optimism. So I'm not gonna
let you infect me. Look with your wiles, Okay, look
what I.
Speaker 5: Was gonna say. I can be optimistic. I'm an optimistic person,
but I'm also realistic.
Speaker 2: Far too often people again. Far too often, far too
often people cloak their pessimism and realism. And what that
does is it sets your mind to expect reality to
always end up being bad. What if we flip it?
Remember the secret?
Speaker 4: Remember when you know what, I would be very optimistic.
Speaker 6: Yes, here's your optimistic realism. The bad news is the
New Orleans Saints need pretty much everything. The good news
is the New Orleans Saints need pretty much everything.
Speaker 2: Go.
Speaker 6: So, as long as your player is not a complete
bust at number nine, you're going to get better.
Speaker 2: Can't go wrong here. That's a great point.
Speaker 3: There's your optimistic realistic.
Speaker 2: Glass half full because the rosters half full. Yeah, so
everything helps.
Speaker 6: Like they can draft a position or a player and
you'd be like, huh, I.
Speaker 3: Maybe wouldn't have went there, but I'll tell you what,
it's a better new we have.
Speaker 6: Hell yeah, And that's that's kind of going to be
like my reaction pretty much regardless of who they picked.
Speaker 2: Well, Okay, so I went long there. I did not
mean for that to happen. So when we get back where,
we're gonna give you some some good music and we'll
get uh Taylor sharp picks mock ten coming up next
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff
mixed in off the bench with Hester and Tibom.
Speaker 2: What's up y'all? Welcome back, go TV. All right to Landra,
give us some give us some NFL films, music or
you have some draft music, doesn't matter, hold on, just
something to set the football moon here. No, this is
perfect as we're finally letting Taylor sharp out the pin baby.
He's been studying mocks for for for months now, he
was studying him during the season, and now it's NFL Draft,
Miss Eve, and Taylor's ready to go. All right, Taylor Saint,
you're in the top ten. Tell us how this top
ten is going to go.
Speaker 3: We'll get the obvious one out of the way, obviously
a number one.
Speaker 2: Overall.
Speaker 6: The Tennessee Titans are going to take cam Ward. I
think that's like maybe one of the top tens where
you're certain about because even even Cleveland and New York
at two and three, you think it's gonna be some
combination of Hunter and Carter. You don't know who goes where,
but cam Ward to the Titans, that seems like a
done deal. They kind of canceled their meetings with all
their quarterbacks, and they were targeting like cam Ward will
be a Tennessee Titan tomorrow night.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I remember cam Ward was on Fortnite.
The best running backs in the NFL were he said,
Tony Pollard and Tadj Spears. He said Calvin Ridley was
the best receiver in the NFL. Then he said Jamar
chaseas Jefferson and then fourth trailing Perts. He said Callahan
was the best coach in the NFL. So, yes, clearly
cam Ward going to be a Tennessee time they hung
out the family plenty. They love him. He's smart, He's
succeeded at all different levels. Cam Ward is gonna be
your number one overall pick and then already at number
two though it feels like there's some consensus thought, but
there are a couple wild card elements to play. What
are the Browns gonna do?
Speaker 3: Everyone's going to.
Speaker 6: Say Travis Hunter, I'm not I think I think Abdoll
Carter is a better fit for him. They have Denzel
Ward and Greg Newsom at corner already. Now they're saying
Greg Newsom could be on the trading block, But you
don't have to do that you already have this guy
in your room. Abdull Carter and Miles Garrett together be
terrible on that defense, I think is their best options.
I'm gonna go Abduelqrter second.
Speaker 2: It is interesting though, because from what I have read,
if the Browns draft Travis Hunter, it is for him
to major in offense. Yeah, the a minor in defense maybe,
which appears to be the opposite of what other teams
are thinking about. Travis Hunter. And Hunter wants to play
wide receiver.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he wants to play both.
Speaker 2: Hunter, we want to play both, but I think he
wants to kind of hear at the beginning because again,
he's not gonna be able to major in both at
the beginning. At least maybe one day he'll get there
for one game or but he wants to play wide
receiver first. I believe it's.
Speaker 6: Probably an easier transition than getting thrown out there as
a rookie.
Speaker 2: Corps money or glory.
Speaker 6: Yeah, that that is something to take into consideration with
the Browns because outside of Judy, they don't have a
ton they do have a lot on defense. I just
like Abdual Quarter's potential with the with the they verify
I think his potential with him at Miles garrett Is
is excellent. What do they say that the two things
you need to win a championship You gotta have a quarterback,
you gotta be able to rush the passer. They don't
got a quarterback to rush the passer better than anybody
in the league. I think abdul q fits there great.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they are Miles scart Is a two
time reigning Defensive Player of the Year, which hasn't amounted
too much for them. But you know already though Taylor,
going a bit off script as group thinks, says Brown's
go Travis Hunders we got we got Abdull Carter two.
So Giants didn't go Hunter at three?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 6: I think he impacts them offensively and defensively the most
that they need help at corner, and I think they
need help at receiver because outside of Elaitue Neighbors, they
don't have a ton a lot of teams keyed in
on the league neighbors at times. Last year, Hunter playing
wide receiver playing defense on the other side, Like, I think,
I think that's the best fit for him if he
wants to make an impact on both sides right away.
Speaker 2: Interesting a note, a trade up is in play? Or
excuse me, somebody trading into one of these spots is
in play. I believe because of Abdull Carter. Yes, because
he's thought to be the best player in the entire draft.
After he's not going to go first overall. And if
you are a team that is willing to heavily invest
and spend two first round picks, so getting Abdul Carter, well,
the Giants and Browns are so bad that I think
that they would welcome the two first round picks for
Abdual Carter.
Speaker 6: There was reports yesterday that the Browns and Giants are
like they're not turning down phone calls for what it's worth.
I did not include trades on.
Speaker 3: My top ten.
Speaker 2: No, I just like you can't trade.
Speaker 3: I just left it like it was.
Speaker 2: It just makes everything go immediately wonky, and it's such
a who knows type of deal. So I agree with
you there.
Speaker 3: But four overall Patriots will Campbell.
Speaker 6: This is starting to feel pretty consensus as well whelming favorite.
I mean, you go look at the odds, like he's
negative odds right now, Like that's they they've kind of
fallen in love with him. A lot of people thought
it was going to be Tedtoro at McMillan maybe three
weeks ago, but it looks like they're gonna go left
tackle Will Campbell, best left tackle in the draft.
Speaker 3: This was an easy one for me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this it seems like, look, Mike Vrabel, tough guy,
disciplined guy, trenches guy. Campbell checks all those boxes you
invest in Drake May are you telling me now you
have a you know, a franchise left tackle and a
franchise cornerback. Those are two of the most important boxes
to check for long term success. And in Will Campbell
you have a no nonsense guy that has started since
day one, snap one in college. So starting day one,
snap one in the NFL should not be as challenging
as it would be for others. Still very hard now,
so the tough four, that's all pretty group thinking. Again.
Taylor going a bit off script with abdel Carter two
two hundred three, but it's taught to be one of
those two uh five is where everything starts to diverge.
Speaker 6: Yeah, this is my biggest wild card in the first round.
I considered Mason Graham here. Everyone had mocked him there
for months now, Schefter came out yesterday and said, I
to where the Jags are gonna go, But I feel
confident that it's not Mason Graham.
Speaker 2: Oh wow.
Speaker 6: You gotta remember they hired Liam Cohen. He's an offensive guy.
He's gonna want to put his stamp on the offense.
I think they go offense here. They could go o lineman,
but with Campbell off the board, I don't know if
they're in love with any of the other tackles remaining
right now. And they need help everywhere. I mean they can,
they can, they can get offensive line del Look.
Speaker 2: There are a lot of good tackles, but it is
the classic thing of Okay, are you gonna take the
second tackle or the first running back, well, first wide receiver.
Speaker 6: For what it's worth, Jacksonville's ten picks in this draft,
they got a lot of.
Speaker 3: Room to work with. You keep those ten picks, you
can go wherever you want. Uh.
Speaker 6: Tutor ro McMillan. A lot of people believe he's going
to go to the Jags. It's a great fit. The
problem is you already have a tutor Roe McMillan in
Brian Thomas Jr. They're both six foot four, they're the
jump ball receiver. I think you need a guy that's
going to be that possession receiver, that target across the middle.
And for this reason, I'm going Tyler Warren to the
Jacksonville down. Oh okay, I think he's a perfect fit.
Liam Cohen was great with Kate Otton and uh in
Tampa last year. A lot of people think Tyler Warren
is a top three player in this draft. Yeah, I
think I think you have a stamp on this offense.
People like the jint with the Jags.
Speaker 3: I do too.
Speaker 6: I think it's a good fit. Et N's kind of
gotten worse every year he's been in the league. But
with him and Bigsby, like, I think they're okay as
a duo. Oh they have Tank really yeah, they have
they have Take Bigsby and Travis Etn. I think there's
a bigger needs. I think Tyler Warren.
Speaker 2: This is this makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 3: This is kind of my wildcard pick.
Speaker 2: Pretty sharp breakdown there, Ta ta all right, we'll go
to five, then we'll take a break and finish up.
Next segment. Judy will go to actually, let's say you
right now, and when we get back, we'll get to
six to ten. Raiders, Jets, Panthers, Saints, Bears, on the clock,
Taylor Sharp picks, mock ten, finish it up next tof
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Once more, into the fray, into the last good draft
we'll ever know to pick number nine on this day.
But we're on pick number six with Taite give me
my music. So Taylor going to bit off script but
with solid logic as the Jags going Tyler Warren at five?
What does Las Vegas he does do at six?
Speaker 6: This one's easy, it's ashing gent t I mean they've
they've talked about him for a long time. I mean
the the GM said, if I don't take him like
my son said, he's not gonna call me dad anymore.
Speaker 3: I mean there was.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean yeah, exactly how he played by the
kid to get something you want.
Speaker 3: This one's easy.
Speaker 6: They'd want to watch running back rooms in the league
last year, it's gonna be Ashton Gent.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Also Pee Carrol, Yes, you know you just extended geno.
Pee Carroll loves defense and running the ball. Look at
what he did with bist Mode. Nothing that Pee Carrol
rets more in his lights and not handing the ball
to bist Mode on that play. Uh yeah. Gent. Also,
we haven't talked about on this or at least I
didn't those out, but I loved Gent's letter to NFL GMS,
basically saying, look, football is a sport about tackling, so
why not draft a guy that they can't tackle? Signed
Ashton Gent going to the at six. Uh. That appears
to be pretty consensus as well. So what then will
the New York Jets do on the clock at seven? Yeah?
Speaker 6: I think they take armand Membu the tackle out of Missouri.
He's been a popular pick for him. It makes a
lot of sense. He's a really good run blocker. They
signed justin Fields in the offseason. You don't you don't
have a ton of weapons outside of Garrett Wilson, but
what you do have is Breeze Hall Braylan Allen and
now Justin Fields. I think you're gonna run the crap
out of the ball. I think you take the best
run blocking right offensive head coach. So I think armand
Membu is a great fit for the Jets.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mimbo very young, only twenty one years old. He's
the profile on him. Is thought to be not as
polished or complete as Campbell yet, but may have the
higher ceiling than Campbell potentially with just the pure physical,
pure physical potential. So Membu at seven to the Jets,
number eight the kurline of Panthers.
Speaker 6: I got him a Jalen Walker linebacker from Georgia. They
need a lot of help on their defense. I mean
this is like a This is not a sexy pick
at all for the Anthers. But then you felt pretty
much everywhere. He can play in the middle, he can
rush the passer off the edge. He gives them a
lot of versatility. Well, Parsons just the comic right, Yes, yes,
Psons is the comp.
Speaker 2: That's what they're trying to get. Now, Mike Part's been awesome.
That's probably too high of a ceiling. Again, the problem
with Jalen Walker is not the most statistically overwhelming performance
in college. What is it like twelve sex total, Yes,
something like that.
Speaker 3: But man, Michael Williams, I know what.
Speaker 2: You're holding it down on a dominant Georgia defense for
years and massive physical tools. So it's it's it is
a type of pick that would make Saints fans uh
pull their hair out. But Jalen Walker seems to be
pretty consensus top ten and all the mocks that I've
seen as well. Okay, so before you get to the Saints,
it's running back. We got cam Ward one, we got
u Abdull Carter two to the Browns, Travis Under three
to the Giants, Will Campbell four to the Patriots, Tyler
Warren five to the Jags, Ashton Gent six to the Raiders,
are Mon Membu seven to the Jets, and Jalen Walker
eight to the Panthers. Taita, you have been communing with
Mickey Loomis and miss Gail. You have been providing them
with solace and relief in this time of a mourning
over the death of a pope. What have you learned
as you have been inserted there on Airline Drive?
Speaker 6: Well, this was a fun one because, like I said
in the opening segment, Saints kind of neat everything. Yeah,
it's almost the best player available here. I am going
best player available because Tyler Warren's gone, Ashton Genty's gone.
Those are really the two that you've heard about on offense.
Speaker 2: Say it. I think I know you're gonna say.
Speaker 3: I'm going Mason Graham.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there you go, Mason Graham. Look, if there's one
thing that Kellen Moore learned, it is that great teams
are built first and foremost on the lines of scrimmage.
And I know that this is and I know that
this would cause some to roll their eyes, but Mason Graham,
in terms of an interior defensive line prospect, is one
of the more dominant and more exciting, much more so
even than Brian Brazee when he was drafted. Like, Mason
Graham feels like a surefire hit for years to come,
and one that would raise the level of Brazi, Cam
really everybody around him. I would be happy with Mason
Graham at nine.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I think it makes sense. You love
gend and Warren, they're both gone. You had heard when
it wasn't Sanders, it's gonna be O line or D line.
But we had talked about the top two offensive tackles
are already off the board. There's a value at guard
later on in this draft that you need as well.
I think Mason Graham best player available. And we'll run
through ten here real quick. I think the Chicago Bears
get their left tackle for Caleb Williams. I think they
go Kelvin Banks out of Texas at ten.
Speaker 2: Oh well, so three tackles in Taylor's sharp picks mock ten.
And this is where it gets interesting. For the New
Orland Saints. You go Graham and nine, you go whoever
at nine, it doesn't matter. But it's not going to
be a quarterback. We feel pretty sure about that. There
is no idea how many here. Here's what I'll say.
There are not going to be an unseen at least
any quarterbacks drafted early in that first round outside of
cam Ward. There is going to be an extreme run
on quarterbacks late first, early second. The thought is trending
towards early second. And I don't love this for the
New Orleans Saints because they are right on the outside
looking in. They're at forty and you can say, oh, well,
twop of if they could package and trade up. True,
I don't want them to with all their needs. True,
but the other problem is a lot of people are
looking to trade up into those spots, so it's a
competitive market in which the price may be even a
little bit higher than it would be in a vacuum.
So something to look out for is a late run
on quarterbacks, maybe beginning at the end of the first
round Borrow definitely, if not, then taking place at the
beginning of the second round. And what's in northern seats too,
great job ta te flustering coming up next here, know
what you mean?
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