Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: W Vua FM, Tuscaloosa.
Hey, everybody, thank you so much for listening to 90.7 the Capstone. My name is Tanner Thompson. Welcome back to student section college football. Please welcome my co hosts, Elliot Miller, with a full stretch done during the intro.
[00:00:28] Speaker B: Yeah. You know what?
[00:00:29] Speaker A: Almost felt like he was trying to make me break or trying to what?
[00:00:32] Speaker B: You know what, Tanner? I would never do something like that because I don't. Quite frankly, I'm disappointed that you would think that lowly of me.
[00:00:40] Speaker A: I think I'm impossible to break, honestly. So I think that.
[00:00:42] Speaker B: No, you are. You are the unbreakable man.
[00:00:46] Speaker A: You just have a way to twist things. Elliot. Anyway, Graham Baco as well. Graham, how are you doing?
[00:00:52] Speaker C: I'm doing great. How are you guys?
[00:00:54] Speaker A: I'm great.
[00:00:55] Speaker C: Well, Elliot.
[00:00:56] Speaker B: Oh, you know what? I'm feeling like Tony the tiger because I'm feeling great. Okay, I gotta turn your mic down before you. Why?
[00:01:05] Speaker A: Real quick.
[00:01:06] Speaker B: Okay. The Pirates are back. Mitch Keller, extension. I'm here for it. Inject it into my veins.
[00:01:12] Speaker A: Inject his extension into your veins.
[00:01:14] Speaker B: Exactly. All five years of it.
[00:01:16] Speaker A: All five years.
Oh, man. With that being said, we are going to continue, I guess, our attempt last week of talking about the NFC and their needs coming into this draft.
I believe we did the NFC north. Yes, last week, and then we got halfway through the west.
[00:01:38] Speaker B: Do we get halfway or we just.
[00:01:39] Speaker A: Excuse me, the 49 ers and the Cowboys, but for the sake of just making sure we cover everything, we can go and start with the NFC west as a whole.
I think we've had a good amount of dialogue about the San Francisco 49 ers.
So let's move on to the Seahawks.
[00:01:59] Speaker B: The Seahawks.
Oh, boy. Where do I begin? I don't know.
I'm probably going to opt for an off ball linebacker for them. I think if there's any really gaping hole on that roster, they have Witherspoon at corner.
I'm forgetting his name, is escaping me on the other side.
Cornerback wise, it was like, he was like a six round pick, right? Is it Quandre Diggs? Is that who it is?
[00:02:29] Speaker A: Trayvon Diggs?
[00:02:30] Speaker B: No, not Trayvon Diggs. It's Quandre Diggs. Right? Yeah.
[00:02:34] Speaker A: Well, quandary Diggs is a safety, I believe.
[00:02:36] Speaker B: Oh, is he a safety? Okay. Anyway, their secondary.
That's who it is, right? Anyway, their secondary set.
I don't really know who's on their line or their edge rushers, but their run defense, I thought was pretty good last year, if I remember properly.
[00:02:54] Speaker A: They were not a bad team, man.
[00:02:55] Speaker B: Yeah, no, not a bad team, but I think whenever you have father time, Bobby Wagner and then the rotting carcass of Devin Bush on your team, there's definitely an improvement to be made at the inside linebacker position. Also on offense, they're pretty set.
They got a ton of guys both, like at the running back, the wide receiver Gino Smith has proved himself capable.
[00:03:15] Speaker A: Maybe an offensive lineman. Yeah, I think you go probably interior. I think with Charles cross you feel pretty good about the outside, but I think they would probably, especially with the running backs they have, I think you'd want to shirt up that interior a little bit more.
[00:03:31] Speaker B: So o line, off ball linebacker.
[00:03:34] Speaker A: Exactly. Absolutely. Any, any guys specifically we're thinking about, or were we still too early in scouting to have some answers?
[00:03:42] Speaker B: I mean, me personally, I want my team to draft an inside linebacker because.
[00:03:46] Speaker A: They always need one.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: Okay, fair enough. A guy that I am intrigued by, and I think that he will be slept on due to injuries. And because he's older, he's out of NC State.
Okay.
I believe he won the award for the best linebacker in the nation, but his projected draft stock is like maybe fifth round.
[00:04:08] Speaker A: Got you.
[00:04:08] Speaker B: But he's probably got like fourth, 5th round. But he's probably got the talent of a first round linebacker. He just has a checkered injury past with.
[00:04:15] Speaker A: Right.
[00:04:15] Speaker B: And he's just old because I think he's 24.
[00:04:19] Speaker A: 24.
[00:04:20] Speaker B: Yeah, something like that. Maybe 25. He might be turning 2025.
[00:04:22] Speaker A: Seems to be the latest that anyone enters the draft.
[00:04:26] Speaker B: Yeah. His name also escapes me for a minute right now. I don't remember what his name is. One of you guys can look that up real quick.
[00:04:32] Speaker A: Again, still very early in draft season, it's hard to have good holds on whatever team's need is. But that being said, I think we feel pretty good about the Seahawks.
[00:04:43] Speaker B: Oh, Peyton Wilson. Peyton. That's his name.
[00:04:45] Speaker A: Gotcha. All right, well, Seahawks hopefully draft Peyton Wilson.
[00:04:50] Speaker B: Actually, I hope the Steelers draft Peyton Wilson. But Seahawks, if you want an inside linebacker.
[00:04:54] Speaker A: Fair enough.
[00:04:55] Speaker B: I suggest Peyton Wilson.
[00:04:56] Speaker A: Fair enough. With that being said, we can go to a team that's a little bit more so has a little more high value pick in the Arizona Cardinals out of the NFC.
[00:05:05] Speaker B: Should have just picked Will Anderson last year.
[00:05:07] Speaker A: Should have picked Will Anderson. You don't like the Paris Johnson pick or is just lame?
[00:05:13] Speaker B: I'm just saying Will Anderson. I mean, they really let the Texans fleece them. I get it. They got a really high pick this year, too.
[00:05:22] Speaker A: I think they should have taken Joan Carter last year.
[00:05:26] Speaker B: They should have taken one of the guys they should have taken.
[00:05:28] Speaker A: There was no elite defenders sitting at like two borderline generational prospects, mainly Jalen Carter, in my opinion.
[00:05:35] Speaker B: Yeah, it's one of those things.
Know, sometimes we make errors, we make mistakes and, well, they're reaping the benefits of that. Right?
[00:05:45] Speaker A: Are they are. But they did not take Will Anderson or Jonathan Carter. So that being said, any specific ones you guys want? Obviously they're at four, which is a very likely landing spot for one of, or honestly could be a likely landing spot for the receiver of the draft being Marvin Harrison, which is a need they have. But, Elliot, you seem apprehensive.
[00:06:09] Speaker B: Is there any, I mean, it's not that I'm apprehensive about it. It's a function of they have so many needs. I don't really know what you even do at that point. Yeah, and quite frankly, like I said, they kind of got fleeced out of the trade last draft.
I wouldn't recommend drafting or trading back again because clearly that doesn't work for them at the, I mean, who do you take? Okay, sure. You take Marvin Harrison Jr. And then what? Now I don't remember what their next pick is after that.
[00:06:42] Speaker A: I don't know. Off the top of my head, I really don't.
[00:06:44] Speaker B: So you're, so now you're sitting there. Okay, cool.
I got a receiver, man.
[00:06:49] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, you got a potentially generational receiver.
[00:06:52] Speaker B: To be fair, my defense stinks. The rest of my offense, outside of probably Kyler Murray and Marvin Harrison Jr. Who I just drafted, stinks. Okay. So there's just so many issues with this team. This is very much best player available. That's probably not a quarterback. You could almost, maybe make an argument they can't trade Kyler. His contract is just awful. But realistically, if they really wanted to, they could roll the dice on a quarterback. If they really felt like they could.
[00:07:24] Speaker A: Trade Kyler, it would be a Cardinals move, man.
[00:07:26] Speaker B: It would be a Cardinals move. But you could probably fetch a good haul for Kyler. It would be expensive, it'd be pricey, but you probably could do it. And you probably could take a really good quarterback if you wanted to.
[00:07:37] Speaker A: They've done it before successfully, man.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: They have done it before.
[00:07:39] Speaker A: They took Josh Rosen and took Kyler Murray literally the year after.
[00:07:44] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:07:45] Speaker A: Which you could say worked out to a certain extent.
[00:07:49] Speaker B: Did it really work out?
[00:07:50] Speaker A: I don't know.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: Did it really work again?
[00:07:52] Speaker A: It depends on how you know the success of a team because the pick itself, you could argue, worked out because Kyler Murray is a really good player.
[00:07:59] Speaker B: He is.
What if the Cardinals as a franchise accomplished nothing?
[00:08:05] Speaker A: And honestly, I mean, there's also an argument to be made for, to bring Josh Rosen back.
Not to bring Josh Rosen back, not to bring Josh Rosen back, but for the sake again, development for a quarterback takes a long time in this league. And to take a guy that is a talented player and then move on immediately after taking that was kind of crazy. It's a ridiculous thing to do. And then for a while you could justify it.
Mean, they got Kyler Murray, they got a phenomenal player in return. But what's that success really mean for a team that still hasn't really cracked the top of the NFC west since making that move?
[00:08:46] Speaker B: Haven't cracked the top half of the. Yeah, okay. I don't even care about the, I mean, you got to put it in perspective, right? If I say that in relation to, let's say, the AFC north or maybe the NFC east or something like that, a lot of times you have three teams that are really. So, like, if I'm number three in the, I, I have no shame in finishing third in that division whenever all of those are like a bona fide playoff team.
[00:09:11] Speaker A: Right.
[00:09:12] Speaker B: I mean, in the NFC west, you have the Niners. The Seahawks have like a wild card.
[00:09:19] Speaker A: I mean, dude, there was a time this past season where people were talking about the Seahawks coming out of the right, right. That was a legitimate argument.
[00:09:25] Speaker B: Right. But what I'm saying is you got those teams, and so I'm not worried about them cracking the NFC like the top half of their little division themselves. I'm a little more concerned with the fact that in the whole grand scheme of things, they just stink. They're just bad, even.
[00:09:42] Speaker A: It just doesn't come up in any dialogue.
[00:09:45] Speaker B: No, they come up in the bad dialogue. Okay.
[00:09:48] Speaker A: It doesn't come up in any significant dialogue. I mean, the most significant dialogue they've had is that they might get Marvin.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: Harrison Jr. That's great. And you know what? I'm sure he will be really happy being on a team that goes like three and 14.
[00:10:02] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:02] Speaker B: I'm glad that Kyler can pat his stats a little bit more.
[00:10:05] Speaker A: Right.
[00:10:06] Speaker B: I'm glad that Marvin Harrison can have a really nice rookie year and I'll be happy for them if they win more than four games.
[00:10:11] Speaker A: Fair enough.
[00:10:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
They have so many issues.
[00:10:15] Speaker A: They just have so many.
[00:10:16] Speaker C: It's going to take multiple drafts.
[00:10:18] Speaker A: If you're a team that needs to.
[00:10:19] Speaker C: Go get back to relevancy.
[00:10:21] Speaker A: Exactly. If you're a team that needs to, could use guys on both sides of the line, then you are not in a good situation because if you need both sides, I mean, a lot of teams are lucky to need one side. You're extremely lucky to have both. If you have both, then you can be a dominant football team. It's what the Eagles have done. Success well, did successfully for a while until that offense kind of seemed to lose its.
That's why. That's why you see the Eagles invest heavily in both sides of the trenches every year. But we could probably move on to the NFC west. We have done the Niners already, obviously. Seahawks, Cardinals, leaves us the Rams.
Rams are kind of a funny team.
[00:11:05] Speaker B: Define funny as in like I laugh when I watch them play or funny as in I'm not really sure what to make of their situation right now and I'm just kind of grasping for straws at what I think they're going to take.
[00:11:16] Speaker A: Yes, pretty much the second one.
[00:11:18] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:11:19] Speaker A: Yeah, they're in a place where again, they're one of those teams that made the playoffs, cracked their way in there, but couldn't get it done against, I would say confidently better team in the Lions.
But obviously you're always going to have needs every single year. The quarterback's also in a weird spot to where Matt Stafford, I believe is a good player, but the age factor is there.
[00:11:45] Speaker B: The injury.
[00:11:46] Speaker A: Exactly.
He's old and again, there's trade him back to Detroit.
[00:11:52] Speaker B: I'm just kidding. But you could make an argument that they maybe should take a young quarterback, maybe not in the first, take somebody.
[00:12:01] Speaker A: In the third or fourth.
There's a few guys in this draft that have incredible.
[00:12:05] Speaker C: That's probably what they're going to do.
[00:12:07] Speaker B: Michael Pratt.
[00:12:08] Speaker A: Michael Pratt, you want a guy with incredible tools and Michael Pratt, as your.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: First suggestion, you're talking about a guy that goes in the third and fourth round.
[00:12:14] Speaker A: I gave you Michael Pratt and incredible tools was the word that I said.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: Incredible tools for a third and fourth round quarterback.
[00:12:20] Speaker A: Michael Pratt, I'm going to let you have this opinion.
[00:12:26] Speaker C: Who would you suggest?
[00:12:28] Speaker B: Who's going to be available?
[00:12:29] Speaker A: Again, I'm strictly going off of the tools part. Michael Pratt, there will be other guys in the third and fourth round that are more toolsy guys that you may want to pick because Michael Pratt's a guy that is closer to being, is like further along the path of being an NFL player than a lot of the other guys you could get. Especially because I believe Matt Stafford's situation is where he does have a good few years. He probably has three more years of playing football and that's a lot of time. So you don't have to go for a guy like Michael Pratt. His playstyle isn't know what the NFL is looking for right now, if that makes sense.
[00:13:08] Speaker B: Okay, sure. But what do they really need, the Rams? A corner.
[00:13:17] Speaker A: I would say I definitely need a corner. I think they go corner in the first round. In my opinion.
[00:13:23] Speaker B: They don't need a receiver. No. They also don't need a running back.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: No.
[00:13:29] Speaker B: Do they really need offensive line?
[00:13:31] Speaker A: Maybe. I think they're in one of those situations where you could safely invest on either side. I think they probably have someone they could improve on on both sides. But in my opinion, especially in a draft where I think the corner drop off is significant out of the top.
[00:13:47] Speaker B: Five, six, not like last year.
[00:13:48] Speaker A: Exactly. That drop off at corner is going to be significant. So if a corner goes early, then I think teams are going to go.
[00:13:54] Speaker B: Into a corner corner frenzy.
[00:13:56] Speaker A: Exactly. So I believe corner is the most likely option for the Rams.
[00:14:00] Speaker B: I'll level with it.
[00:14:01] Speaker A: Perfect, man. I appreciate that. Tell you what, now that we're done with the NFC west, we'll go to break for a few minutes and we'll probably come back with the NFC east. Thank you for listening to 90.7, the capstone back from that break. We're going to continue our dialogue on what the NFC needs in this upcoming 2024 draft. I believe I said we would continue with the NFC east.
[00:14:45] Speaker B: You did.
[00:14:46] Speaker C: You did.
[00:14:47] Speaker B: Nice suit analysis.
[00:14:49] Speaker A: Moving on, we should start with COVID the Cowboys. We have done plenty of the Cowboys. Yeah.
[00:14:58] Speaker B: I'm sick of them. I don't want to talk about them.
[00:14:59] Speaker A: How about I actually think this could be an interesting one. The Giants, how do we feel about the New York football giants, man? How do we feel about them?
[00:15:08] Speaker B: How do I feel about that?
It's another team that's in a bad spot.
[00:15:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:15:15] Speaker B: I really just don't know. I don't get it. I don't understand what they're doing. They are not cooking.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: They are not.
[00:15:21] Speaker B: Okay. Somebody needs to take away their food handling license because the way that they try to cook that roster and put it together like a stir fry, it's bad, not too good. My chicken was medium rare.
[00:15:36] Speaker A: Okay, medium rare.
[00:15:39] Speaker B: That's bad.
Okay. So it's one of those things where they also have a lot of needs. And I also don't know what the contract situation is with some of these guys. They were really in a wild west standoff with Saquon last season. Okay. I'm pretty sure that was a one year deal. Okay. Was it not? Was that a one year deal?
[00:16:01] Speaker C: It might, maybe. I don't know.
[00:16:03] Speaker A: I'm not sure.
[00:16:04] Speaker B: I think it was a one year deal. So they might be at a crossroads again.
Either that or they franchise tagged him. It was one of the.
[00:16:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:16:11] Speaker B: So he's going to be up again for another contract here. There. Yeah. I don't know what's going to happen there. So if they lose Saquon. Oh, yeah, no, he is available. He has a free agent. That's off, they're saying, because some guy said he should go to the Cowboys. Okay.
[00:16:23] Speaker A: Oh, jeez.
[00:16:24] Speaker B: I'm glad. I don't get paid to say things like that.
But it's one of those things where if Saquon's gone, well, you need a running back now. Okay.
You look at the quarterback situation. I was just about to say that Jones played okay. Actually, I thought whenever he was in, I thought he wasn't playing horrible, and then he got hurt. And so this is another one of those situations of a quarterback that I really cannot analyze where they're at currently with the current coaching regime, with the current players they have around them. Because he got hurt, he didn't play enough. I would like to say that they probably need a quarterback, but I think, unfortunately, they shelled out that giant contract to him, so it's hard to justify him being a backup.
[00:17:09] Speaker A: I have to say that I am in the camp of they need a quarterback, but it is heavily restricted by. You have a contract that you owe him and no one's going to trade for that.
[00:17:18] Speaker B: Why would I trade for that guy on that contract? I would rather take the 10 million Mitchell Trubisky contract.
[00:17:24] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's a bad one, too. That's a bad one, too.
But, yeah, they're in such a strange spot and it's a bad spot.
[00:17:39] Speaker B: It's not a strange.
It's strange, actually, because it's not like they're abysmal. They're not like, embarrassing. They just don't.
If I feel like I'm rock with a stick, do something.
[00:17:58] Speaker C: If Saquon leaves, they're going to be in an even worse position.
[00:18:02] Speaker B: Well, yeah. I mean, that's kind of how that works when your star player leaves.
[00:18:07] Speaker C: No, yeah. What I'm saying is I feel like they're in a bad situation. I think it's only going to get worse if Saquon leaves. I mean, you can make an argument for quarterback Saquon leaves.
You need a running back if he leaves.
[00:18:19] Speaker B: I'm going to be honest, though, with Saquon.
[00:18:20] Speaker C: Hold on. And then you can also make a case for their defense. I mean, they need a lot of.
[00:18:28] Speaker B: Different things here, but really warms the IR bench. Okay. I've never seen a dude get hurt so often as he does from a running back perspective at that high of a pick. And part of it's because they run him until the wheels fall off because.
[00:18:43] Speaker A: He'S the only bright spot in that.
[00:18:45] Speaker B: He is the only bright spot. Okay. And I'm sure that's why his parents call him son. But it's one of those sorry, guys. That was pretty good. Okay.
[00:18:56] Speaker A: I can't believe how fast you reacted to that. That was unbelievable.
[00:19:02] Speaker B: My mind is like a vault of just.
[00:19:04] Speaker A: That's how you would describe what just happened. Okay.
[00:19:07] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:19:07] Speaker A: A vault.
[00:19:08] Speaker B: It's like a vault.
[00:19:09] Speaker A: I mean, clearly.
[00:19:09] Speaker B: Let's put it in a computer science reference here. It's like an array. You fed it something. Okay. I processed the value and I output what the value was at that.
[00:19:17] Speaker A: You're losing our viewers, our listeners.
[00:19:19] Speaker B: Excuse me, not viewers, but I'm bringing it back in. I just wanted to give that a fault example to you. But anyway, it's one of those things where the dude is hurt so often, so half the time they're not even playing him at running back because he's hurt. Okay. They're playing with backups, like, at least 25% of the time.
[00:19:39] Speaker A: Right.
[00:19:39] Speaker B: Okay. So, I mean, yeah, it makes them worse on paper. I think it looks worse on paper than it does actually in play.
But they can compete to a certain degree.
They can compete with the Cowboys when they feel like it. They can compete with the Eagles as well.
It's not that it's completely out of reach. They're not at commander's level of disgraceful.
[00:20:06] Speaker A: Which I guess we'll get to in.
[00:20:07] Speaker B: A second, which we will get to in a. But, like, they have things that they need to resolve.
[00:20:12] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:12] Speaker B: I thought that their defense did take a bit of a step up, though. Yeah.
[00:20:17] Speaker A: Wink Martindale is leaving, I believe.
[00:20:19] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:20:20] Speaker A: Which that's going to be kind of a bummer.
[00:20:22] Speaker B: One step forward, two steps back. But I do think that they have the know, you have Thibodeau, they have Bobby Okariki. Right.
They have their corners as well.
They just drafted one that was like super banks.
[00:20:40] Speaker A: Good player.
[00:20:41] Speaker B: He was pretty mean. It's not all bad. It's not all doom and gloom. Not the worst situation, but they need offensive skill players.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:20:51] Speaker B: Their offense sucks.
[00:20:52] Speaker A: They need offensive skill players. They need line, too, man.
[00:20:55] Speaker B: I mean, they need offense. Yeah.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: They need so much. They need a lot.
[00:21:00] Speaker B: What would you prioritize, out of all the offensive positions?
[00:21:05] Speaker A: I don't think you'll ever. I mean, this isn't how you build a team, but I'm relating this to just, like, the fans and know reputation, I guess, in the NFL, one, I think they could go receiver for that reason, because everyone keeps saying that, oh, we don't know if Emma Jones is good or not because the skill positions haven't been.
[00:21:25] Speaker B: Part of it is that their receivers are always hurt, too. I feel like Slayden is always hurt. I always feel like, what's the other receiver that they have? His name escapes me as well.
Slayton's the, isn't he?
[00:21:39] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:21:39] Speaker B: Yeah. Slayton's the two. I know Hyatt didn't really.
[00:21:43] Speaker A: He didn't really have much of a role.
[00:21:44] Speaker B: Didn't really have much of a role last year. I can't remember who the one was, but I swear he was hurt, too. And they were hurt at the same.
[00:21:52] Speaker A: And, like, I think I understand that criticism to a certain extent from fans.
[00:21:57] Speaker C: But at the same time.
[00:21:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:00] Speaker B: Wandale Robinson. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah.
[00:22:02] Speaker A: And I understand the receiver criticism, but at the same time, man, I think there are pretty obvious things in Daniel Jones's game that hold him back as a player. He hasn't been able to figure out reading or pocket presence yet. I think his biggest fault right now is that he just cannot understand where people are in the pocket, and his spatial awareness just isn't very good because that guy, again, it's one of those things that even though he's like, joan Jones is a athletic guy somewhat, it's.
[00:22:31] Speaker B: Actually a freak athlete.
[00:22:34] Speaker A: He really is a great player. But, man, there are certain things, playing a quarterback, being a quarterback, that will hold you back no matter what, that you have to learn. And pocket presence is one of them to a huge extent, in my opinion. And the fact that he still hasn't figured it out and we're in year four.
[00:22:52] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:52] Speaker A: Bodes poorly. Bodes really poorly.
And again, I think it's gotten to the point where you got to make the hard decision and you cut it, move on.
[00:23:01] Speaker B: I don't know the details of his contract. I mean, I don't know if it's guaranteed.
[00:23:05] Speaker A: I have to imagine that it's a decent portion guaranteed. I can't imagine that cutting him as the answer. But that being said, no one's going.
[00:23:13] Speaker B: To trade for that.
[00:23:14] Speaker A: Nobody's going to trade unless they trade.
[00:23:15] Speaker B: Him to the commanders.
Speaking of the commanders, speaking of the.
[00:23:19] Speaker A: Commanders, we can go right to that.
[00:23:21] Speaker B: Oh, boy, where do I begin?
[00:23:24] Speaker A: Also in a somewhat, in my opinion, little bit strange situation, mainly pertaining to draft position and having a quarterback who just threw for a lot of yards. Technically, that being said. Yeah. And he also had the most dropback any quarterback in the league, I believe so. On paper, maybe he had an okay season. But you're also in a draft right now where a quarterback is at more of a premium than it usually is and next year it will not be at a premium.
And again, they're sitting at, I mean, you have a chance to walk with Drake may or Caleb Williams or Jaden Daniels. I think it's really hard to walk away.
[00:24:10] Speaker B: I personally, I think that Sam Howell's season is complete fool's gold.
[00:24:15] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:24:16] Speaker B: Okay. Yeah, they're sending the brother to the glue factory. There is no way. There is no way that if I am the commanders, I'm like, you know what, that's my guy right there. That's my guy, man.
I don't even know where to start with these guys.
It was really highly touted. Oh, they got the enemy and everything. It was going to work and the offense looked good at times and then a lot of times they looked really bad.
[00:24:53] Speaker A: I'm going to say something. I think this is a sign of when a team is truly, truly lacking on the roster and is not a good football team is when their top needs, and I'm going to read this according to the NFL website because I think it's that funny.
[00:25:07] Speaker B: Let's hear it.
[00:25:07] Speaker A: Their top needs are quarterback edge, rusher, offensive tackle, wide receiver, interior, offensive line. Those are, in my opinion, the five most important horsemen of you need. Like you are in a dark, dark place if those are your top needs. And again, according to the NFL website, that's what they think their biggest needs are. And I have to agree to a certain extent to pretty much all of them. Obviously quarterback edge, for sure. Chase Young was their only maybe bright spot and he still wasn't.
[00:25:42] Speaker B: But they also need line because they traded sweat.
[00:25:45] Speaker A: Yeah, right. Exactly. It's just a serious lack of players.
[00:25:51] Speaker B: And then at important, very important. And I forget who it was. It was one of you guys I think that was saying. But I think they picked Forbes, right? Yes, the Forbes list. The Forbes list. That brother that might have been a whiff, a swing and a miss when.
[00:26:08] Speaker A: You line up on him, you make.
[00:26:09] Speaker B: A lot of money, that one.
[00:26:12] Speaker A: And he's still, honestly, he's a great zone corner, but golly is a liability.
[00:26:17] Speaker B: In mankind and this is going to be a function of me. I don't know enough about the commanders. I don't know enough about what scheme they run most often, but like teams.
[00:26:27] Speaker A: Running a lot of zone no matter what.
[00:26:29] Speaker B: But if you have to take the guy off, like you have to take him off in man coverage because he is that bad.
Probably shouldn't have picked him that high.
[00:26:40] Speaker A: Who all did he go ahead of in that draft?
[00:26:42] Speaker B: Joey Porter Jr.
I'm trying to think where they drafted at. Was it 20?
No, it wasn't in the 20s. Wasn't right.
[00:26:52] Speaker C: Had to have been in the team.
[00:26:53] Speaker B: Was it like 13 or something?
[00:26:55] Speaker A: Couldn't have been 13.
[00:26:57] Speaker C: I was thinking mid late teens.
[00:26:59] Speaker B: Okay, maybe it was 17 or something. Let me look it up.
[00:27:01] Speaker A: Good Lord. But again, man coverage. Emmanuel Forbes cannot hold up. He's just not big enough.
I don't know. I can remember. 16th, 16th, 16th.
[00:27:11] Speaker B: Okay, so that means he went ahead of Gonzalez. Yeah, right. He went ahead of banks, he went ahead of Porter Jr. Was the only.
[00:27:20] Speaker A: One that went above him. Witherspoon or did other corners go?
[00:27:24] Speaker B: It might have been Brian branch.
[00:27:25] Speaker C: He went ahead of Brian branch.
[00:27:28] Speaker B: Are you going to make an argument that he's a safety, not a corner?
[00:27:30] Speaker A: He is a safety nonetheless, right?
Does he play like a slot nickel guy for the lines?
[00:27:36] Speaker B: He can be. That was, I think, his draft profile.
[00:27:39] Speaker A: He was drafted as a safety.
[00:27:41] Speaker B: He was drafted as a safety. I know because the Steelers had an interest in branch and I knew that they were interested. They said he was primarily a safety, which is part of why the Steelers didn't take him, because they had safeties on their roster and they didn't need that.
Let's see.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: You still looking at the.
[00:28:00] Speaker B: I'm trying to draft order up. I'm trying to get the draft order.
[00:28:02] Speaker A: Don't worry about it here. While you're doing that, since this team does, since again, since they're sitting at two and we know that they need just about everything. What do you guys think they're going to do?
[00:28:13] Speaker C: They got to go quarterback.
[00:28:15] Speaker B: They're taking a quarterback. I don't know if it's going to be the right one, but they're going to take a quarterback.
[00:28:19] Speaker A: Which one do you think falls to them? I know it's almost impossible to predict that at this point. I have a pretty confident prediction, but.
[00:28:27] Speaker B: It'Ll be may, although personally think they should take Jaden.
[00:28:32] Speaker C: If I were them, I would take Daniels if he's there at number two.
[00:28:35] Speaker A: Okay, I disagree with that, but I think there will be plenty of time to talk about the quarterbacks.
[00:28:41] Speaker B: The only defensive back to go ahead of Emmanuel Forbes is Devin Witherspoon.
[00:28:50] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:28:51] Speaker B: So he went ahead of Christian Gonzalez, Deontay Banks, Joey Porter Jr.
Julius Brentz, Brian Branch.
[00:29:02] Speaker A: Yeah, that's tough, man.
[00:29:04] Speaker B: Many more names as well.
[00:29:06] Speaker A: That is tough.
[00:29:07] Speaker B: It's a tough scene. You hate to see it.
[00:29:09] Speaker C: Truly, that is tragic.
[00:29:15] Speaker A: All right, so you guys think Daniels or you prefer Daniels if you it's.
[00:29:19] Speaker B: Quarterback, but I would prefer quarterback for sure. I prefer Daniels.
[00:29:23] Speaker A: I prefer May. But again, plenty of time to talk about that. We don't have to now.
That leaves one team left in the NFC. So we have not talked about also quite a polarizing team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
[00:29:36] Speaker B: Are you allowed to draft a coach in the NFL draft?
[00:29:41] Speaker A: Honestly, I don't mean for this to be too significant of a victory lap, but I have been down on Nick Sirianni even before. Even before they started. Yeah, even before they started their insane run. I just do not like there's something about the guy he's supposed to be. Again, I don't know what he contributes in terms of the actual playing of football. I don't think he's only calls plays for either side. I think he attempted offense and it did not go well. And I don't know how much of a role he has in design of.
[00:30:12] Speaker B: I feel like Big Dom has more of an influence on the team. Did you see the report that came out? Like, he loses his temper if big Dom is not on the sideline with the players and coaches. This is a real story, by the way.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: And again, he's supposed to be a locker room guy. That's supposed to be his thing. One, the locker room was not maybe like strength this year at all.
[00:30:31] Speaker B: And also like a peewee team, like.
[00:30:33] Speaker A: A peewee team probably even could have motivated mean. Again, like when you see him, in my opinion, this may be a weird take, but he just kind of rubs you the wrong way and a lot of the things that he does and the way that he acts. And I think Philly people always said like, oh, he's a Philly guy. This is what we want.
[00:30:51] Speaker B: But Philly people are. That's how Philly people are, man.
[00:30:55] Speaker A: I'm not going to say that live on the air, but I'm going to let you have.
[00:30:58] Speaker B: This is how Philly people are, man. You know what? I come from the other side of the pond, across the state, okay? I can tell you right now that's the Philly culture. To be quite honest, it does rub people the wrong way. Okay. I mean, it does. That's just how it is. It's the style, though. Like, if you're from the northeast, right? You don't think anything of it, right? I'm like, yeah, okay, he's from Philly, right? That's just how he is, man. But in the grand scheme of things, you can't be acting like that. Yeah.
[00:31:22] Speaker A: You could say, oh, it's because I'm from Philly and call it.
[00:31:24] Speaker B: Right. Yeah. You can't make that as an excuse for everything. Okay, sure, man. I can be aggressively northeast if I really want to, but I'm not going to be like, oh, my bad. I'm from Pittsburgh.
Cubby, a break, man.
[00:31:37] Speaker A: 100%.
[00:31:38] Speaker B: Yeah, it just doesn't work like that. Okay, what do they need? They need a coach, but more importantly, I don't know what they need on defense. I don't.
[00:31:51] Speaker A: Corner.
[00:31:52] Speaker C: Corner. Yeah.
[00:31:53] Speaker B: Oh, that's right. Because. Yeah, Bradbury. Bradbury.
[00:31:57] Speaker A: That guy got a little bit cooked this season. A little bit cooked all season.
[00:32:02] Speaker B: Probably a corner. I think you could also make an argument for interior linebacker.
[00:32:08] Speaker A: I thought you say interior defensive line. I was going to call you an idiot.
[00:32:11] Speaker B: No, inside linebacker.
[00:32:12] Speaker A: No.
[00:32:13] Speaker B: You could absolutely argue because I think.
[00:32:15] Speaker A: They need help with safety, too.
[00:32:16] Speaker B: They do need safety help. So secondary back end, that's what we're looking for on offense. Do they really need any help on offense? They just need to score.
You guys got to put it together. There is a difference. Whenever I watch an inability of a team like the Giants to score, when they got all their backups in and they're playing with, like, a corpse of a team, and then I watch the Eagles put out the monstars or whatever on the field, and then they score like ten points and they're like, oh, we'll just put it together next week.
[00:32:50] Speaker A: Yeah. It's a tough team to evaluate because you have the obvious need early. And I'm sure they probably will go corner because they are actually in a spot to where you don't have to go offensive line, you don't have to go defensive line. You are in a good spot. Hassan Reddick's destination this season could be a factor because I believe there has been a little bit of dialogue about where he ends up. But that being said, that's the only thing that I think could deter them from taking cornerback or safety.
[00:33:17] Speaker B: I agree. So unlike the Eli Ricks truth or the late Adrian Wesley, you're not a believer that top five corner in that draft, by the way.
You don't think that he can rise up in the ranks to help ease some of that pain?
[00:33:37] Speaker A: He could. I mean, he's again, a talented player. A lot of people like Keely Ringo, too. I'm not as high on Keely Ringo, but I think people view them very similarly.
[00:33:45] Speaker B: They are viewed similarly. I do think Rick's has the edge over Ringo.
[00:33:48] Speaker A: I just think Ringo from an athletic.
[00:33:51] Speaker B: Ringo is really slow. That's the big issue. And in a league like this, you've got to be able to run with the guy. Okay? You cannot be like, oh, well, I'm just good in zone because I like to run and sit down right here in my little bubble. Right? Again, like with the Forbes thing, you have to be able to play a man. Okay? If the dude torches, I will make an exception. If it's like Tyree killer, Jalen Waddle, I get it. Those guys are freak.
[00:34:14] Speaker A: There's a speed, really good Rex Ryan quote. I think he says that you can find a cover two corner at your local 711 because a cover two corner is the guy. He covers the flat. He sits right there. He waits for the running back to go out there. Maybe someone ends up in the flat. But he famously says that you can find a covered due corner at a 711.
[00:34:32] Speaker B: He's absolutely right.
[00:34:33] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:34:35] Speaker B: That is what I think Keeley Ringo is. Just based on the fact. I think in college you can be slower because not everyone is at that level. But in the NFL, you've got to be fast.
[00:34:44] Speaker A: Absolutely.
Literally. You have to be a next level athlete no matter where you are. Literally. Because everyone is. Everyone is. Everyone is.
[00:34:53] Speaker B: I'm sure there's a D lineman out there that runs faster than Keeley Ringo. Aaron, Donald, probably Nolan Smith. Yeah. Nolan Smith. Yeah.
[00:35:01] Speaker A: That being said, that feels like we. Yeah, that feels like the NFC east, which leaves one more division.
The NFC south, brother, which might be.
[00:35:12] Speaker B: The worst division in football. It might actually be worse than that one time that the NFC east took the.
[00:35:19] Speaker A: Yeah, I have successfully saved it for the end. That being said, since we can have a whole segment for it, I'm going to take us a break for a little bit and we'll see you guys in a few minutes.
All right. And we are back to finish up our talk about the NFC teams who need help and, oh, they all need help. Oh, boy. Just by some dumb luck we've ended up with the NFC south to round out. So we don't have to start with the Panthers.
[00:36:02] Speaker B: No, actually, let's end with them. I think that'd be a great first.
[00:36:06] Speaker A: Let's start with I think the Saints are kind of an interesting one. Some good players, a lot of old players, too, which seems to be the perpetual problem for the Saints no matter what.
But yeah.
Is Derek Carr the guy in?
[00:36:23] Speaker B: I don't me personally, I don't think he's awful. I think you do a whole lot worse. I would not prioritize quarterback.
[00:36:31] Speaker A: No. As an even, especially with being in a weird spot.
[00:36:35] Speaker B: There's no reason he's good.
Mean, you see how the Raiders are.
[00:36:40] Speaker A: He's good enough to where you have reason to think that you can push this team further without building up other things.
[00:36:45] Speaker B: They probably do need a little bit of work on the defensive side of the ball in a few areas. By a few, I mean probably every spot.
So, yeah. How about you guys just have a full defensive draft that actually will probably work out.
[00:37:02] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, that's happened. The Panthers had a full defensive draft and I want to say like 2018 or something like that.
[00:37:08] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:37:08] Speaker A: And it worked out pretty well. They're sitting at 14.
[00:37:12] Speaker B: Some prime defenders out there.
[00:37:14] Speaker A: Yeah, you could get a pretty good edge. Pretty good corner at 14 if you need it.
[00:37:19] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:19] Speaker A: All right. Saints probably lean edge or corner, something along those lines.
[00:37:24] Speaker B: I concur.
[00:37:25] Speaker A: But yeah, now we can technically the hometown team for me, the Atlanta Falcons.
What do you think their best course. Now, this dialogue could change a lot based off of potential moves that they can make in this offseason.
[00:37:41] Speaker B: Oh yeah, Justin Fields.
[00:37:42] Speaker A: There is a ever growing percent chance of Justin Fields joining the Falcons because there's an ever growing chance of Russell Wilson joining the Steelers, which it's very in play. Whether you want to discuss that or not. I understand.
[00:37:56] Speaker B: I just want to point out, okay, I was against the Justin Fields to the Steelers because it's just not going to work. It's not the right scheme.
I haven't even really seen a whole lot out of Justin Fields that makes me think that he is definitively better than any of the current QBs that the Steelers either had recently or have on their roster.
[00:38:20] Speaker A: I think I'd rather have them, but.
[00:38:22] Speaker B: I would not for the price they want.
[00:38:24] Speaker A: That's fair.
[00:38:25] Speaker B: I am not paying a second round pick. Yeah, I think they wanted a first.
[00:38:30] Speaker A: They want no shot.
[00:38:31] Speaker B: No, they want a first for them. But the lowest they'll go is like a high end second round pick, right. I am not trading that high of a pick whenever I could get just as good of a player, if not better, at a different skill position.
[00:38:45] Speaker A: Right.
[00:38:45] Speaker B: It's just not happening.
[00:38:46] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:38:47] Speaker B: Don't get me started on the Russell Wilson thing. The brother is cooked, okay? That is a well done steak right there. He needs to be thrown out. He is a well done steak that I'm going to tell him. Congratulations anyway. The Falcons, you probably don't want those guys either. I'm just going to be honest with you.
[00:39:06] Speaker A: No, you don't.
[00:39:07] Speaker B: You really don't.
Again, the Falcons, they have too many needs. Know a team that's a little more finished like the Steelers, you could maybe argue can give up a pick for Fields. A team like the Falcons, which is so unrefined. It is like I straight up pulled ore out of the side of a mountain. You cannot be giving up your okay. Like, you cannot be doing that.
[00:39:29] Speaker A: And honestly, this may be, maybe this will change come draft time, who knows? But I genuinely believe that there is a good chance that Jane Daniels could be taken at eight by the Falcons.
[00:39:40] Speaker B: I'm not saying it's ridiculous. I don't think it's ridiculous.
[00:39:42] Speaker A: I know you guys are hiring him and that's a very fair take to him.
[00:39:45] Speaker B: He's still a top ten pick. Yeah.
[00:39:46] Speaker A: No matter what, he's a top ten pick. I think the Falcons have a real chance at eight.
[00:39:52] Speaker B: I would take him. If he is available at eight, I would take him in a heartbeat.
[00:39:55] Speaker A: Absolutely. And you'd have to be very satisfied walking away.
[00:39:58] Speaker C: No question.
[00:39:59] Speaker B: I would be satisfied.
[00:40:00] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:40:00] Speaker B: After eating that steak.
[00:40:03] Speaker A: You have a special talent, Elliot, the way your brain fires and the jokes that are just ready to go at all.
[00:40:10] Speaker B: You know what, man? It just says neurons firing in my brain. They just tickle it.
[00:40:16] Speaker A: Wow.
There's so much going on in terms of what you say that people that listen just don't understand all of it. They're missing things that I think only me and Graham are getting.
[00:40:27] Speaker B: What? Lore building or something?
[00:40:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, kind of the neurons firing at this point, I feel like.
[00:40:33] Speaker C: The listeners are starting to get used to the tickling neurons phrase here.
[00:40:38] Speaker B: We've used this now a few weeks in a row.
It's kind of like whenever you introduce someone to a new diet, you kind of have to introduce it slowly.
[00:40:46] Speaker A: Right?
[00:40:47] Speaker B: Now I can freely use that phrase, right, because I've introduced it slowly.
[00:40:52] Speaker C: Views are catching on.
[00:40:53] Speaker A: They are.
[00:40:54] Speaker B: They are.
[00:40:54] Speaker C: Select a new catchphrase here.
[00:40:56] Speaker B: There's multiple catchphrases?
[00:40:57] Speaker A: Yeah, like too many.
[00:41:00] Speaker B: I'm like a walking bleacher report template.
[00:41:03] Speaker A: That's true. I cannot imagine the photo album in your phone of just bleacher report quotes.
[00:41:10] Speaker B: Oh, I do. I have an album.
[00:41:11] Speaker A: I'm certain that exists. It does, man. All right.
[00:41:14] Speaker B: I can confirm.
[00:41:15] Speaker A: We should probably talk about my team.
[00:41:18] Speaker B: Well, no, you missed one.
[00:41:20] Speaker A: Oh, the playoff forgettable team anyway.
I'm kidding, though, actually. Mad respect to Baker Mayfield, I think. Very impressive season, but future Steeler. Also, my current head coach is a former Bucs offensive coordinator, so I shouldn't be forgetting that team significantly. But again, what do they be? This may be me overhyping Dave Canales, but I think it's not unfair to expect a Baker Mayfield decline in this next season. I think Dave Canalis played a major part in the success of that offense, just like he did with Gino Smith before and Gino Smith came down from the year he had before. I think that is a likely outcome.
Where does Baker do what?
[00:42:11] Speaker B: While we're on the top? Before I forget, where does Baker go in your.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: I think he stays in.
[00:42:15] Speaker B: I thought you said a decline. I thought you said decline.
[00:42:18] Speaker A: I said decline, but like a decline season decline.
[00:42:22] Speaker B: You meant like decline in terms of. Okay, my bad. My bad.
[00:42:26] Speaker A: No, yeah. I think we'll see a decline then. So I think quarterback will be a need soon, but it's not going to be one in this draft.
I think they're one of those teams that you probably go with, like the safe pick. You know what I mean? With the good edge rusher available. Good offensive lineman, available cornerback.
[00:42:46] Speaker B: Hot take.
[00:42:47] Speaker C: Oh, boy.
[00:42:48] Speaker B: Wide receiver, round one. Book it. Okay. It wouldn't surprise why I say that. I can almost guarantee that Mike Evans is out of Panther.
He could be a no. That's absolutely warranted. I think Mike Evans would enhance young.
[00:43:09] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:43:10] Speaker B: But because of his departure, you now have a major hole at wide receiver. Godwin can only do so much.
[00:43:17] Speaker A: I think what makes Godwin good is that he's a really good wide receiver, too.
[00:43:21] Speaker B: I would equate him to juju on his own as the one that's not going to fly. Okay. As the two with another guy.
[00:43:29] Speaker A: He fills in very well.
[00:43:31] Speaker B: That's an important role. It's understated, it's underappreciated.
[00:43:36] Speaker A: But if he's the only one.
[00:43:38] Speaker B: Yeah. It's just not going to work that well.
[00:43:39] Speaker A: Things are going to go bad.
[00:43:40] Speaker B: I've seen that story play out. So I would say they probably, if Mike Evans leaves, which he likely is. I think they actually go receiver. You do? Yes. There might be a decline from Mayfield, but if you're going to resign him like that, you must keep him happy to a certain extent to want to stick around at some point.
[00:43:57] Speaker A: Yeah, I think it's a very fair take.
[00:43:59] Speaker B: And again.
[00:44:02] Speaker A: We'Ll probably readdress this through form of a mock draft at some point once these teams have made the likely significant moves. But I actually do like the receiver take. And again, I think they're going to be one of those teams that they could just use again, they're in a spots where they made the playoffs. You know what I mean? They could just go best player available. They could go someone that they feel could boost their team.
[00:44:23] Speaker B: Right.
You could say a strange position where they're not like in some purgatory. They may not look like super cool on paper, but. No, but I mean, their division stinks. It reeks. So it doesn't take a whole lot for you to win that division.
[00:44:40] Speaker A: That's true. And again, they have older players. So I think for the Bucks case, you've got to commit to having, because this division, it's not going to be bad forever, you know what I mean?
[00:44:50] Speaker B: Maybe two more years of being terrible.
[00:44:51] Speaker A: Yeah, Max. And I mean, that's just the case for all divisions that get the bad to the extent that it is. That's just how it always works. They always will recover. One team will recover. It will become a good division. That's just kind of how the cycle the NFL works.
[00:45:06] Speaker B: Speaking of a team on the come.
[00:45:07] Speaker A: Up, speaking of a team that's on their way there right now, the Carolina Panthers, before I get into it, what do you want?
[00:45:17] Speaker B: You know what, man?
[00:45:18] Speaker A: What do you think, man? Obviously the most glaring need. Again, they don't have a first round pick, which is important to know.
[00:45:23] Speaker C: That is a very.
[00:45:24] Speaker B: Gee, I wonder what happened.
[00:45:26] Speaker A: They got a really good quarterback in exchange.
[00:45:28] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:45:32] Speaker A: I think with the 33rd pick or the 32nd pick. Excuse me, because the Dolphins don't have a pick in the first round again. Right. Somebody's missing a first pick. I thought that was, that was last year. Is there a full 32?
Okay, so 33rd pick. Excuse me, first pick, the second round. There will be a receiver there that we like. There could also be a corner there that we would like. And surely there's got to be someone okay with that.
[00:46:00] Speaker B: Surely it's an offensive player. Do not sit here and tell me that you think it's a defensive player that you think they need.
[00:46:05] Speaker A: And I would be really upset. I think the only defensive position that I would be okay with drafting is cornerback.
[00:46:11] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I would be screaming, crying and throwing up if they took like a defensive lineman or something.
[00:46:17] Speaker A: Especially when you've got Derek Brown. You've got two solid edge guys in Brian Burns and Frankie Louvo. God, I couldn't think of his name. That's ridiculous. But yeah, it has to be offensive.
I have to imagine it's receiver. I think it's a pretty safe bet because especially when the need isn't a security blanket. The need is someone who propels the.
[00:46:41] Speaker B: Offense, runs faster than a four. Five.
[00:46:43] Speaker A: Exactly. Four or five could be generous, but four six, maybe four seven, but yeah, and that's why I think they'll probably go in a and again, it's really hard to know who's going to be there at 33 just because it could literally depend on what frenzy happens with receivers early because there very well could be, but then there could be a surprising guy that's still on the board that we would expect to get taken.
So again, receiver, priority one, priority two. Interior row line, 100%.
Also, I think the fact that we have a new offensive line coach will bode really well for this team because this same offensive line had a good season before this one, but our offensive line coach this year, there's also a lot of speculation that he was the, I don't know what the best word is, but essentially the eyes in the locker room for David Tepper, which he's no longer with the team now, he was fired and I think there was a lot of dialogue about him not being a very well liked member of the coaching staff, believe it or not.
But yeah, I think that will help it out a lot. I personally still believe Nikki Ikwanu I think he can become a good left tackle. Taylor Moton is obviously still there, vet solid there. You've got to beef up the interior and the offensive line as a whole has to be so much.
Yeah, I think honestly protection is their number one priority.
[00:48:08] Speaker C: Do you think or would you want them to trade into the first round?
[00:48:12] Speaker A: It would depend on position. It gets to be a real rocky road when you don't have the. Exactly. And the assets that you have is cap space, which is why I think they need to prioritize free agency. Above all, you don't have the pick assets. We're going to have plenty of second round picks in the coming years.
[00:48:29] Speaker B: Yeah, just don't do what you did last year.
[00:48:31] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:48:32] Speaker B: Old slow guys.
[00:48:34] Speaker A: And again, that's my point. Being free agency is the opportunity, I think, for the Panthers. There will be. Obviously, the third and third pick is still a good pick that's still top of the second round, and you can go get a talented wide receiver with that pick.
[00:48:47] Speaker B: Who do you want, out of curiosity, based on your current knowledge of who you think might be there? Obviously, we're not there yet, but who would you want highest on my list?
[00:48:57] Speaker A: Based on who I think will be there? And it's a big bummer for me that Emiki Obuka did not commit to the draft. He's returning to Ohio State. Unfortunately, Jalen Polk is somebody who I think would be available there who I would like to take. I think he's a very good player, but I also think that his hype will probably drive up as we get closer to the draft. But I think the likely option is Jalen Polk, Brian Thomas Jr. Maybe the second wide receiver at LSU.
[00:49:27] Speaker B: I think he's going earlier.
[00:49:28] Speaker A: Do you think Brian Thomas goes before 33? I don't know, man. There's so many good receivers in this draft, and simply not all teams are going to draft receiver in the first round.
[00:49:39] Speaker C: That's why I asked if you think that if you would want them to trade into first round.
Let's just say if there was a run at receivers and it gets a 33rd pick, you're like, oh, crap.
[00:49:52] Speaker A: I honestly think there's got to be.
[00:49:53] Speaker B: There's always a gem in a later round. Yeah, you don't need to do that. Yeah.
[00:49:55] Speaker A: And so many great receivers come in the second and third round. So I mean, again, use the picks that you have. You got to commit to that at some point. But yeah, with that being said, I think that covers all of the NFL over a few episodes, but I believe that's covered all of the NFL. We have. I guess as we move closer to draft season, we'll see how likely that becomes and we'll get a little bit more dialogue about what teams are.
[00:50:22] Speaker B: We'll get into that top five position rankings again.
[00:50:25] Speaker A: Oh, maybe we will. We probably will.
[00:50:27] Speaker B: A Thursday night special.
[00:50:29] Speaker A: Thursday night special.
[00:50:30] Speaker C: Thursday night.
[00:50:31] Speaker A: All right.
Well, with that, everybody, thank you so much for listening. We will be back next weekend.
