We're gonna start with the Detroit Lions drafting at number
six. Where do you see this conversation going?
Listen, they get this pick from the Rams.
I listen, Dan Campbell, can we agree that
he's a monster? He is 100% like he's a
truly as savage as a coach, Dale Carter.
He fits the bill, right? I'm, I'm
going, if I'm, if I'm Dave Campbell,
I'm like, give me this guy and I can
create, I can wreak havoc in my division.
Ok? It's really interesting that you went there.
I think my initial thought is for Devin Witherspoon,
right? Because all the reasons that you said you
want an animal, you want a guy that's a
hitter. They got Jeff a up out of there
about a week ago. So they're gonna be in
that cornerback market presumably. And Witherspoon to me is
a guy that fits that mold because you know that
he's gonna come up and hit, you know that
he has that fearlessness that Dan Campbell would desire.
And I think cornerback right here would not only be
good value for the type of player that Witherspoon would
be, but you also get a guy who fits
that system. But there's also a part of me
that says, let's roll the dice a little bit
and I know what some of the concerns might be
with Jalen Carter, but you're getting one of the
best players in the draft right now at a position
of need. And I'm intrigued by seeing him a
big athlete who might get a little bit tired,
but when he's going, he's one of the best
on the field that can change our organization. I
see that guy and I'm intrigued by the pick.
I mean, this is a guy, Jalen Carter
. We're talking about a guy that can play from
what a zero to a 50 to 5. And
for people that don't understand, you have a sinner
. OK, let me do it this way.
I don't wanna, I'm trying not to give the
middle finger to the, to the camera. You
have, you have a, you have your sinner
, let me put my thumb down. You got
a sinner, you got a guard, you got
a tackle and in between you have, you have
a zero that's straight here on the center. Then
you got a one, then you got a two
, then you got a three, then you got
a four, then you got a four I and
then you got a five. Jalen Carter can play
all of those positions, all of them and he
can play them well. And that's the scariest part
about him. So for me, listen, how
much do you want to push back to get Witherspoon
to Detroit? Because they, they lost, obviously
, they gave up a coda because if you pass
on Jaylen Carter, that means somebody else is going
to get him and that somebody else could be the
bears who are in your division. And the thing
that I think about here too and why Carter would
be the guy that I could go with is I
think in the, the Lions are picking twice in
the first round. I think if you really want
a corner, you could go and get them.
I can't remember. I think it's 18. They
might have as their second pick. I'm not sure
, but you can go and get a corner there
. That would be a really good player. There's
only one Jalen Carter in this draft. And so
I think that's the move right here for the Lions
at six. Now, we've got the Raiders on
the clock and my initial thoughts are who's going to
be behind Jimmy G long term. Is there a
quarterback that we feel like we could take right here
? And one of these developmental guys that's still on
the board because we do have Anthony Richardson and will
Levis still out there or now we've got our pick
of the corners and they need some help on defense
too. So this could be a spot for Gonzalez
. This could be a spot again for Witherspoon Felder
. Where do you want to start the conversation on
this? I start with Pete Sky. Listen,
if you're gonna, if you're gonna go, if
you're gonna take this Jimmy G experiment, if this
is what you're gonna do, right, you're gonna
commit yourself to him for the next couple of seasons
. Give him some help up front. That's my
thought process here with putting Skanky there smart player.
Obviously, he's a legacy player, which we're going
to talk about. I think tomorrow we're going to
talk about some legacy guys, but he is someone
that if you get him in there, he's a
day one starter at worst. He's playing guard for
you at best. He might be your starting left
tackle, but give Jimmy some help so that he
can find ways to make plays down the field with
the guys, other guys that you get in this
job. Ok. So my pushback there though is
if we're going to go Sky and he ends up
slotting in at a guard, did we just put
too much value on a guard? Because if he's
playing tackle for us, I'm, I'm totally in
there on it. And if we want to open
up the tackle conversation, I know this is a
guy that you think might play guard in the NFL
and Paris Johnson Junior, but you got to throw
him in there. But if we're going for a
guy that might be a little bit in between.
Is that too much, too high for a guard
? I just, I, I don't think he
plays a guard. I do think he's a tackle
in the NFL. But what I'm saying is worst
case scenario. He could be a guard. But
when I look at him and like the reality for
me with Sky is he's well taught, he understands
what he's supposed to do. Does he have the
longest arms? Absolutely not. Do you want to
put, what do we do? You want to
put? B Broader Jones here? I think B
Broader Jones is still a little bit of a wrecking
crew and he had a lot of help in Georgia
with Brock Bowers and obviously Darnell watching a guy,
I'm sure we're gonna probably get to as we go
through this exercise. But the big key for me
with Skanky is you get a guy that's kind of
plug and play. You do that. What do
you know what? Let me ask you because you
got me showing all my cards. Tell me,
you tell me, what do you like? What
do you like here for the, for the Raiders
? I was gonna go, you know, I'm
a defensive guy, I'm pounding the table for defense
and I'm looking at corner because the top corners are
still right there on the board. We have our
pick of the litter I mentioned Witherspoon and what he
can provide and this is an organization. Now,
that's missed on some corner prospects here in some previous
drafts. Garon Conley Damon Arnett, I could go
through the list here. They need to get a
guy that they can bring in and stabilize their franchise
defensively and I thought they moved the ball well enough
a year ago. Again, defense has got to
be one of their answers. We could go Gonzalez
here too if we're talking about a pure cover guy
who's got the ability to track the ball like a
wide receiver. That's the guy that you want in
the NFL. And so it seems like we're completely
torn here philosophically. Do you bolster that offensive line
and really shore up the offense with Jimmy G there
or do you go defense in an area that is
of concern for this organization? You know what,
I'll give it to you, I'll be giving,
I'm giving it to you, Christian Gonzalez here.
Let's do it. All right, let's roll.
We got Gonzalez there, uh, for the Raiders
and now the Falcons are on the clock and I
think that we could go a number of directions here
. Me personally, defensive line, I know we've
taken a couple of guys off the board already,
but it seems like we've got some really good prospects
sitting there. We got your boy Miles Murphy who
I think is a phenomenal player as well. Also
a guy who you said is going to be off
the board early in Lucas, Van Ness really attractive
here for the Falcons for me. But I want
to see where your mind is at Felder. My
mind at Anthony Richardson, I talk to Falcons fans
. Right. I live, I live down here
. Right. And let me tell you something.
If Anthony Richardson is sitting there, they will lose
their minds if they don't get hit. He is
probably the most mercurial player in the draft. This
is a guy that can go up and down,
up and down. We saw him, we saw
him during the regular season and we saw some of
the deficiencies and then we also saw him attack the
problem over the course of his pro day and the
combine obviously. So for me, we know that
their quarterback situation is bad and oh, by the
way, Arthur Smith, he's my coach teammate,
he's an offensive guy. He was the offensive coordinator
, obviously with, with the Texans, I think
fixing the offense is kind of job one for him
. So this is gonna be really interesting. Um
I'm going Anthony Richardson here. I think that he
thinks he can fix him up to get him to
go play and kind of do a better job than
he did with. Was it Marcus Mariota? And
then obviously they had Tannahill there while he was still
there for a little bit. So this, I
think is where he's like, no, I can
, I can shepherd this whole thing. So two
things for that is number one, I think that
it's really likely that this move would happen and you're
totally right. Like, if you're Atlanta and you're
sitting there and says, why not bet on this
guy and see if we can't coach him up and
get him to play at a consistent level. But
now it feels like you're definitely putting on Desmond Ritter
. So how do you balance that? Now,
bringing Richardson into your organization? It does feel like
you're punting on Ritter and that's the part that,
but it didn't feel like they were into Ritter anyway
. And that's the part. That's, that's the
part that's interesting to me because if I felt like
there was some investment in Ritter, I would have
never made this call, but it seems like if
this is, what is it, um, what's
my guy say, bigger, better deal? And
I think that's what they're looking at is like,
doesn't Ritter high potential can be good. I don't
know. And then you see Anthony Richardson and you're
looking for, you're like a raccoon, right?
You're looking for the next shiniest thing that you can
find. And I think that's Anthony Richardson. So
I, I do think that the Falcons believe they
can boost this up. I think Ritter didn't show
them enough. Granted they didn't give him a chance
to show them that much. I think they're like
, oh, no, this guy, he's the
guy. This is our guy. Be interesting to
see if they don't see a future in Desmond Ritter
if they find him to be a trade piece potentially
for another team there. But we're going to go
with the Bears now and their G M Ryan Poles
has made it very clear that he wants to go
premium positions in the NFL draft. Specifically in the
first round, there is no more position that's more
premium to me than the offensive tackle. And we
know what the issues have been on their offensive line
. Broderick Jones, a name that pops up Paris
Johnson Jr, a prospect that in this war room
, you and I are a little bit torn on
. Do you think they go offensive line here?
Do you think they go a different direction? Understanding
that Jalen Carter is off the board now? Yeah
, I think there are three ways to help a
quarterback, right? And we've gone over this before
you can give them weapons. You can give them
protection or you can give them a defense. So
they don't have to do as much. I am
on the other side. A guy that we've talked
about and I go Miles Murphy, you don't trade
back in this draft and not take one of these
elite defensive line player. And that's the part where
I'm torn because I love Roderick Jones. Obviously,
I like Paris Johnson. I do view Paris Johnson
as a guy that we're going to try him outside
, but maybe we have to move him inside,
but I think he's, I think he is still
an awesome offensive lineman no matter where you play him
. But man, if the Bears and listen,
we're talking about the Monsters of the midway, right
? We're talking Super Super Bowl shuffle. We're talking
about the Bears. If they could get their defense
up to snuff, get their defense dangerous again,
then Justin Fields, life is gonna be really easy
. It's just a question for me is where are
we going to get our offensive linemen? Because I'm
tired of getting my quarterback hit and I understand where
we're at defensively. And to your point, Murphy
is a guy that I think would be tremendous here
. But for me, I need to see that
offensive line improve this year. Justin Fields is in
a critical spot. He cannot tolerate being hit anymore
for his own development and for the sake of the
longevity of his career. So if I'm making this
decision, I'm going Paris Johnson junior, get him
another buckeye in that building who's going to be motivated
to protect him. And I think that's where we
can roll, but now we get to the Eagles
sitting at and, and this one is so fun
for us. It's a luxury pick. They were
playing in the Super Bowl, they're drafting at 10
, they'd almost do whatever the heck they want right
here. So if you're sitting there and you're the
Eagles, how do you even start this conversation where
are we going? There's, there's two things they
need right there. It's, it's one of those
common, this situation where one hand washes the other
right where you can get a defensive back or you
can get an brusher. Now, now that you
are, now that we've, now that we've given
Paris Johnson to the Bears. This is a question
of Miles Murphy verse Devin Witherspoon. How do you
like that? I'm going Miles Murphy and it goes
back to a conversation. You and I have had
multiple times. This team look like it really didn't
have a weakness at many points in the year until
they played in that Super Bowl. And they couldn't
get any pressure on Patrick Mahomes. Miles Murphy's got
to be the pick here. Right. I dig
it. Yeah, I dig it. Listen,
let's go Miles Murphy. That means we get to
keep Devin Witherspoon on the board. But when we
do this again, uh tomorrow.