Previewing Today's Draft

Time Feels Broken In LA

SPEAKER_00 0:06

It's missing the point. It's about to be the NFL draft. That's crazy. I don't really understand how time works anymore, Mike. Especially where I'm here with Mike Marcangelo. It's me and him missing the point. NFL draft. Sports. I don't get how time works because here in sunny Los Angeles, where I live, there's no seasons. So I don't really mark my years. I sort of just watch decades fall through the hourglass like seconds. And I, you know, exist in this vapid vacuum, just trying my best on a daily basis. But thankfully, there's these time markers like when we're drafting 22-year-olds to come and play for our respective NFL teams. That's fun, isn't it? We're going to do a little mock draft, round one. I have a job, so does Mike. So we're going to do one round. And then we're going to talk about what we want to see from the rest of the draft for our teams. And teams around the league. If it comes up. How do you want to do this, Mike? Do you want to go like your obviously our overall number one pick is going to be the exact same, right?

Michael Marcangelo 1:21

So that's I think our number one, number two picks should be the exact same. You think?

SPEAKER_00 1:26

Okay.

Michael Marcangelo 1:26

Maybe. So one, your show, you run it.

SPEAKER_00 1:30

One, I had Mendoza. Yep. To the Raiders. Uh going to the Raiders, yeah. So that's we can talk about that either way. He's minus 20,000 to be picked first and in the Vegas odds, and he's going to be picked first.

Michael Marcangelo 1:45

Just to stretch this out for as much time as possible in this pick. Do you think they're drafting number one to sit him for a year behind Cousins, or do you think he's actually going to play?

Mendoza At No. 1 And QB Sitting

SPEAKER_00 1:54

I don't know what kind of private investigator Kirk Cousins has on his payroll, or like what like the his ability to get giant contracts that he's not worth is staggering to me. If I were them, it's not because you want Mendoza to grow up to be Kirk Cousins. But if I were them, I've never not seen that be helpful for a quarterback at this point. Whether it makes him turn into Aaron Rodgers or it makes him turn into Jordan Love, the sort of scale of how effective it is. Jordan Love being closer to the bottom. We understand what you're right, Kevin. Modern day would be Josh Allen and Sure. So it's it's helpful. It's a helpful thing. You following a rookie quarterback around on my team on the Chicago Bears for the last for his rookie year, and then the sophomore transition. I'm obviously consuming every piece of content. And he said a lot of times, like year two is different because it's on it's where you to park. You know what I mean? There's just stuff that you don't need to learn that that I'm sure like a little betting in process would be really helpful. Also, the Raiders have more work to do than just the quarterback position, in my opinion. So I wouldn't send him out there to get Mullered. Even look at May. Like he didn't start until late in his rookie year. And I think that was even beneficial to him, even though he had to run for his life for the second half of his rookie year. But he still looked the part. We have a lot of conversations about Drake May going from his rookie year to his sophomore year. I don't know, man. He looked pretty good at the end of that year. And then lo and behold, he takes your team all the way to a Super Bowl. So things can change quickly and rapidly. That means the same thing. But things can change. I imagine the the Raiders fans and their fan bases in Oakland and uh, I guess Las Vegas are going to be clamoring for Mendoza to see the field once they see how completely unable to move around Kirk Cousins is. But like, you know, like the Bears had I've had Case Keenum just chilling on the bench, and it's been really beneficial to Caleb. You know, he doesn't need to have been fucking Brett Favre. You know, he does he doesn't need to have been the best guy in the world. Those guys just retire on huge money anyway. Like that it's gonna be a guy that's that's collecting the last few years of his contract that he can get, which in Kirk Cousins, I mean his agent. Good God, I gotta call him to make my deals. Yeah, I think I think it's the natural order of things. As far as if Mendoza is gonna be a good quarterback in the NFL, I really like him as a character. I think he's funny. I'm cheering for him. Going to the Raiders doesn't make me like cheer against him in any way. I don't know about you. I don't know about your relationship with Tom Brady or his relationship with you, but I think it's fine. I think it's it suits all parties, and it's not it doesn't smack of the usual desperation that a number one overall pick has, don't you think? Like where it's like, damn, I know they're gonna draft a QB, but they've got a lot of work to do. They've got some decent players, they've got they got their their franchise running back last season who came good eventually. And if you can put it online in there, you can start to actually make some moves.

Michael Marcangelo 5:02

You get Brock Bowers, you get Ashton Genty, and now you have Mendoza. This kid's thrown for 57 touchdowns and 12 picks over the last two years, I think just shy of like 6,600 yards. So he can throw. Yeah, but I think having a guy like Husins start, I think because what we've seen, like you saw from the Justin Fields experiment, but what you also saw from from the from Caleb, which I do think it would have been much different if Ben Johnson was year one coach or Caleb, right? Sure. See them start reacting to the speed of the overall game like eight to nine starts in. Yeah. So there's no need to rush you. You're paying Kirk Cousins like$35 fucking million dollars a year to to lose your game. So just let them do that.

SPEAKER_00 5:49

One of those two guys is gonna be on starting QB money. And realistically, you have to see it as a project that lands within the rookie deal for the kid. So you just you want to make this project come true while he's on his rookie deal. Because as we've seen with the Patrick Mahomes of the world, once you get that second, third contract, it's really fucking hard to pay the rest of the team. I don't know why everybody doesn't do the Robert Kraft method, which is like, don't worry, I'll get you on the back end to like take a little bit less money so I can go get Randy Moss, but well, I don't know, whatever. They he never got caught, but he was definitely doing something. It's not as if Brady got less money. Come on, think about it. Um I guarantee you his money was subsidized when he took less contract money. I guarantee you.

Michael Marcangelo 6:33

I bet he I bet he paid zero dollars in rent for his TB12 facility at Chalad Stadium.

SPEAKER_00 6:39

Yeah, among other things. You can put perks incentives.

Brady Money Talk And Raiders Vibes

Michael Marcangelo 6:42

I would have said, yeah, he probably has an ownership stake, but that all went out the window when he decided to be Raiders. But no, I'll just to answer one of your first questions. I separate. Tom Brady was the great is the greatest player ever. He's my favorite quarterback of all time, obviously. Wow. And now he's a dick.

SPEAKER_00 6:59

All right, those two can those two things are fine. I just find it strange when I see him in commercials still. I'm like, how much money is too much, Tom? Is there a number? Well, he did lose$110 million in crypto. Oh, even Gronk, or even Gronk was like, meaning, we know that not real money. That's a funny joke. So fucking good. Yeah, yeah. He lost a bunch of money in crypto, but like the guys that rich don't really lose money. The only time you ever really hear about guys that rich going broke is when it's like his accountant was stealing from him the whole time. That's the only time you ever hear that, really.

Michael Marcangelo 7:30

Or if your significant other hires a private investigator to take pictures of you and a reporter at a couple's only place in Sedona, but it's fine. Do you want to talk about that? Yes. But yeah.

Vrabel And Reporter Rumors Debate

SPEAKER_00 7:42

Just before we move on with the rest of the draft, it's not as if it was a big reveal that we're picking Mendoza to go first overall, but what I don't I'm not someone who subscribes to the salacious news side of my sports. I don't generally give a shit. Whereas for that. Hey, you're a little you're a little gossip whore, but I generally don't give a shit what they do outside of the field arena, whatever. I case in point, it took me way too long to stop being a fan of Connor McGregor. I was like, what? I don't give a shit what he does. I it's fun when he comes out, the music and this fucking flag. It's and he's funny on the mic. Who cares? And then it was like, ah, it got bad enough, where you're like, geez, all right. It bleeds over. I don't really give a shit if the is Rabel married. You have to you're gonna have to catch me up here. I have no fucking what's going on.

Michael Marcangelo 8:31

Mike Vrabel has been married, has been with the same woman and married to his college sweetheart that he met at Ohio State. They married Mrs. Rabel, I think just after he graduated. So there's no prenup. We just know that. We know that. That's too bad. Diana Rossini, who's also married. The problem that I have again, I don't think either of them should lose their jobs because they cheated on their significant other.

SPEAKER_00 8:56

Like, agreed. What does that say?

Michael Marcangelo 8:59

I but I do think if you are a reporter, you there are ethics clauses in your contract.

SPEAKER_00 9:05

And also just like you should that might because there's gonna be favoritism. There's and then there's also on the reverse, there's gonna be an issue where it's like, how many scoops people are going back already, I'm sure, and being like, how many Patriot scoops did she have? Like four Tennessee scoops when he was that, yeah. Oh wow, it goes back that far, really.

Michael Marcangelo 9:22

She's it's been, I mean, she and Britt McHenry. Remember her, the blonde, the girl from I think she was from Fox. They got into a fight in the chili or in a restaurant parking lot back in 2015. Was it a chilies? Because like I love chilies. Because they they both found out that they were sleeping with Sean McVeigh.

SPEAKER_02 9:43

Good for him. Yeah. Was he married? I don't think he was married at the town. Okay.

Michael Marcangelo 9:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 9:50

But listen, again, the only part is this lady's just got a thing for head coaches. Are we? Can I ask something? Are you a hundred percent sure that she was sleeping with Rabel? Because wasn't there like uh there's no truth to these rumors? I know they say that every time.

Michael Marcangelo 10:03

Mike Vrabel hit his okay. So how this I'll just to shortly give you like catch up speed. Please think somebody was trying to sell these pictures to TMZ, and TMC said no, we don't want like we don't want anybody doing that. Oh, but then the page six had it, and they called Racine and Vrabel and said, if you can just provide us with any proof that you were there with other people, like limo receipts, anything, we won't run it, and we'll give you two days to prove it. And they said no, fuck it. And then their their story when it came out, like Vrabel said, Because it was a couples only retreat you mentioned, right? That's yeah, couple couples only resort. Uh don't go to couples. And he wasn't staying there, he was staying two and a half hours away. So he drove, he just drove there for it. And they got pictures of them holding hands.

SPEAKER_00 10:54

So they're holding hands in the pictures, yeah.

Michael Marcangelo 10:55

It's not good. And then they're by the pool, and his statement said, This these photos were taken out of context, like we're friends, and anyone that thinks otherwise is laughable.

SPEAKER_00 11:06

Yeah, yeah, I heard that, I think.

Michael Marcangelo 11:08

And then two weeks later, he says that he had to have really hard conversations with his family. I heard you with the players. What so what is it, dude? Because you're not gonna lose your job, you're not getting fined, she lost hers, for sure. And you all basically took the Belichick approach right out of the battle, just deny. Almost like the Trump approach, and then it came back to bite you in the fucking ass. So how like I my only thing was how are you gonna think I think it was like a couple days before he was talking about one of the players about how they need to be educated and their beliefs and make sure that they're consistent. Like, you can't do that and then have this come out and then try and fucking deny it. And we know that you're trying to deny it because you've been with your significant other since before you made money. There's probably no prenup, and you're fucked.

SPEAKER_00 12:01

But each of them are married, each of them have two kids. That's really too bad because Mike Vrabel I guess there's gonna be a cognitive dissonance for no matter what, but he's gotta know on some level that he's able to bag this lady because he's Mike Vrabel. He looks like a gym teacher. And oh, his wife was probably there for him during the stroke. No, that was Teddy Bruski. Oh, that was Teddy Bruski, that's right. Alright, well then fuck it. What's she done for me lately? Yeah.

Michael Marcangelo 12:31

Maybe all the all all the clips coming out. Maybe she sucks. All the clips coming out of Roussini just just dog walking her husband to the media. I I don't post pictures of him because uh my husband isn't a 10. Like he's average.

SPEAKER_00 12:44

Oh, she said that.

Michael Marcangelo 12:45

But she she said all this shit over the last couple of years.

SPEAKER_00 12:49

Mike Vrabel's not a 10, honey. No, Sean McVeigh neither. What the f what are we doing here?

Michael Marcangelo 12:56

Objectively, Sean McVay's a little more of a 10 than Mike Vrabel is.

Back To Picks Two Through Ten

SPEAKER_00 13:00

Well, you can be more of a 10, Mike. I would expect you to be closer to a closer to a 10. 10's a 10. Here we are in our sports podcast talking about how handsome head coaches are in the NFL. I love it. Objectively. I don't think number two is as locked up as you do, unless we agree. In which case, I think it's locked up. Tell me who you have going number two. David Bailey. I think it might be Arvell Reese.

Michael Marcangelo 13:24

Okay, but but I have every mock draft that I've read, and I've read five of them. It's all Bailey, but we've heard some momentum for Arvell Reese. But I would just say, like, the Jets had the one of the worst defenses in the history of the league. They kept they they forced zero fucking zero turnovers last year. No, just zero interceptions. Zero interceptions. And this guy had 14 and a half sacks last year in Texas Tech.

SPEAKER_00 13:48

They need him. I think it'd be either way. I will say there's gonna be so many players coming out of Ohio State this year that it's like they might have that inflated school thing going on where it's one or two of them's gonna have to not work out. And I know that Reese is a little bit lighter, a little bit because he's a year younger or two years younger. I think so. And I like I read all the same mock drafts you did, probably, but I also I've been looking at the betting odds, and right now Reese is the favorite to go to. So I don't know. I guess we'll see. Six or one, half a dozen of the other, because I have the next guy going next. So I really think if if you're sitting there as the Cardinals, you don't have that. You have Jeremiah Love going next. Is that the case?

Michael Marcangelo 14:33

No, I have I have Reese going next, but I I two out of the five had Jeremiah Love going to the Cardinals.

SPEAKER_00 14:40

Yeah, because the Cardinals the thing is, I'll put it to you like this. If I was the Cardinals, if Bailey goes, take Jeremiah Love. If the Jets take Reese, I think you gotta take David Bailey, right? Like you don't have to take Arvell Reese. No, I think I like the mock draft, I'm just trying to get it right. I just think David Bailey's the better edge rusher, and I think the Jets fuck things up all the time.

Michael Marcangelo 15:04

But but what you just said was if they take Reese, and then the Cardinals at three should take Love. Why would you not take it?

SPEAKER_00 15:10

No, it should take Bailey. No, it should take Bailey. Okay, okay. If the Jets do what I think would be a mistake between the two edge rushers and take Reese, which I think they were going to, I think the Cardinals should take Bailey. If not, I think they should go and get their running back. That's that would make sense to me. I'm a little dubious about taking a running back in the top five in general, because it's like I don't know how much you read about how much how deep of a running back class this was. The Bears starting running back, we got in the seventh round last year, and he's great. Kyle Muran guy, the wrong guy. He's great. So you can go find yourself a running back. Do you need to use the fourth overall pick on it? Or the third overall pick on it? I don't know. I don't think so. So the way my mock draft is going, I the way I think it's gonna go, even if I don't agree with the picks, it's going Mendoza, Reese, Bailey, Jeremiah Love to the Titans. But who do you have the Titans picking? I have Jeremiah Love the Titans. Okay. But we just have the other ones flipped because you think Okay, got it. So we're back aligned. One and four we're aligned of. We just have two and three switched. Okay. Five. This is this is a weird one for me. I think you're probably gonna disagree with it. I have Jordan Tyson going to the Giants. So I have Caleb Downs. That's interesting. Talk to me about that. Do you think he's gonna go that high? They I have him at 10, just spoiler alert. But also for the Giants.

Michael Marcangelo 16:38

If you just you think about what he could do for the back portion of that secondary next to Javon Holland. I because I think I'm thinking the same way about Tyson next to neighbors, though. You know what I mean? Like But don't they have they could also take if they want to take a jumper and go Carnell Tate, yeah. You're right. I don't know what they're gonna do, but I offensively, but I do think when you look at their offense, they have their quarterback, they have the number one wide receiver, they have a good tight end, and then and their the running.

SPEAKER_00 17:05

I'm pretty sure that Dart's good, so I agree. I but that's why I want to get them a weapon.

Michael Marcangelo 17:10

And Scatablu's good. He's a weirdo, but yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:13

And they spent money on their offensive line and defensive front last year, so now it's yeah, that's why I had them not take in Maui Goa, the tackle from Florida. Because I thought about that for a while, but I was like, I don't like I think if you're gonna spit, like they spent already in that area a little bit, and I think that they just need to scheme better for Dart to not get a concussion, as opposed to right protect him better. Like fucking. Yeah, no shit. The Patriots almost killed him, like almost killed him. Dude, I it he's really good, and it was fun to watch him do that. I had a good time watching the Giants before they all got decimated by injury. I honestly did. I knew they were gonna do anything, but it was a fun team to watch. I just hope they scheme better for him next year. Otherwise, his fucking brain's gonna melt in his helmet. We're gonna have another Tua situation on our hands. We gotta be more Sidney Crosby than Tua in this situation, you know. Alright, that's fine. I have Tyson going at that. You don't I then have I think it's Maui Go, is how you pronounce it. I have him going next. I have the Browns trading with the Cowboys. Oh shit. This is interesting. I didn't do any trades. Oh no, I did. I did. No, I didn't. I didn't. I thought about it and then I didn't. I I almost had the Bears trading up, and then you were you were gonna be like, they're not gonna do that. You're just that's just like wishful thinking, and I'm like, alright, fine. So I just had the guy want to drop down. The the Cowboys are gonna trade with the Browns straight up.

Michael Marcangelo 18:38

They're giving number 12 and number 20 for number six and thirty-nine. That's what I think.

SPEAKER_00 18:46

Why would they do that?

Michael Marcangelo 18:48

Because they need they couldn't stop anybody last year.

Trades And Team-Building Philosophy

SPEAKER_00 18:51

They also have 19, though. The Browns. Uh yeah. Oh, that's I guess they're picking back to back, 19 and 20. That's right. No, no. You get 12. Oh, you're good. They're giving oh, I see. Okay. 12, 19 and 20, right? Got it, got it, got it. I'm with you. Okay, that makes sense. Okay, and then what happens?

Michael Marcangelo 19:08

Dallas drafts Sonny Styles, the linebacker from Ohio State because they couldn't stop anybody last year. This guy's he's fast. He's fucking so good. Yeah, he's they need someone to to anchor or just to do something on that defense. And I think that's he's the best player left for them to do that.

SPEAKER_00 19:24

Yeah, he's really good. I was struggling to have the Browns not pick him, but I'm like, I just I just feel like they're gonna take a take an offensive tackle. I it makes more sense to me. That kid, Maui Go is 6'6, like 350. He's a fucking beast, and he's like Samoan. That's the best plus 10 right there. Samoan. Yeah, Sonny Styles. I had going to Washington next, which I think that was the state. They had the same problem. Like they had a sophomore slump. I still think they have a lot of really good players, but they need to get some real names on their defense because I think that they're aging on the offensive side of the ball, but there's they were just absolutely getting shredded up last year.

Michael Marcangelo 20:00

So I have Cardinal Tate going to the commanders, pair him up with Terry McCormick. And then you get to get McLaurin, Tate, Luke McCaffrey, Trelon Burks. Yeah, that's good. Now you're getting a pretty good offensive unit, I think.

SPEAKER_00 20:14

I think you I think you drafted for from the team's perspective, and I think I drafted from the what I think is going to happen perspective. Because like I think you're making smart picks for these teams. Now, I think if you think back to every draft you've ever been through, that's not what happens often. So I do think these are smart picks. I think you've improved almost every team so far in the top eight. And I'm sure I have too. These are all good players we're talking about here so far. That and they're all the biggest names, right? Like we've both got all the biggest names going. Nobody's making any anything, any crazy declarations yet. I think we'll see what we assess of the edge rushers, because there's a lot in the that are going to go in the first round. I think we'll see who we like in edge rushing from this point forward, because I had Colonel Tate going eighth to the Saints. Who did you have going to the Saints? Ruben Bain. I had Ruben Bain going ninth to the Kansas City Chiefs. So we're in, it was just that trade that kind of knocked us off. Yeah, because I have I have Jordan Tyson going to the Kansas City Chiefs at nine. Gotcha. Gotcha. That would be a drop for him, in my opinion, because I think he's gonna go top five. If he goes to the fucking Chiefs, I'm gonna be so mad. That's they're immediately good again. Okay, sick.

Michael Marcangelo 21:24

Well, they still don't really have an offense. Yeah, he's playing, but they still don't really have an offensive line. So it's gonna be Kelsey. Let their whole offensive line walk two seasons ago.

SPEAKER_00 21:31

It's really weird.

Michael Marcangelo 21:32

Yeah, to get Kenneth Walker. So it's gonna be Travis Kelsey, Hollywood Brown, Jordan Tyson, and Xavier Worthy. That's pretty good. Rishi Rice. That's pretty good. And probably Tyreek Hill.

SPEAKER_00 21:45

And also Patrick Mahomes. Yeah. Okay. Well, I had Ruben Bain going to them because I think they need defense. I know they need an offensive line, but I didn't have anybody because I had the the one guy going in the top 10 that I thought was going to go in the top 10, it didn't make sense to. Me to do that unless they trade down, which I did consider. They might. They honestly might trade down just based on what the next few rounds looks like for them. And they need more things as we're now discussing. Then you know, maybe we don't know. I had Caleb Downs going to the Giants next. So we kind of had him go to the Giants together. I don't see a safety going in the top five.

Michael Marcangelo 22:20

So I have Francis Mayoga going to the Giants.

SPEAKER_00 22:23

That's interesting. That's really interesting. Talk to me about that.

Michael Marcangelo 22:27

Now I think so. This is where I'm trying to use what I've seen with my eyes over the last 10 fucking years of the draft. But also, if there's going to be a player that's going to fall, it's usually a running back or an offensive lineman. Offensive lineman or premium. I know, but people get trigger happy nowadays with the quarterbacks and running and wide receivers.

SPEAKER_00 22:51

At least we agree that he's going top ten. Yeah, top ten. It's high. It's a high pick for him.

Michael Marcangelo 22:56

And I think now that you're protecting Dart, you've already added to the defense. I I think you're putting yourself in a position to be the second best team of the NFC East.

SPEAKER_00 23:08

And wait, who did you have? You had the Giants selecting who at five? Caleb Downs at five. Got it. I don't think I think that they should, honestly, if they're gonna do what you want them to do, I think they should flip those picks. I think they have a better chance of getting what's his name at ten. Then let them drop.

SPEAKER_02 23:24

Yeah, let them drop. I mean it's a safety. I know safety.

Michael Marcangelo 23:31

But if you're not gonna do it, I think Kaylee Down's going 10. I really from from their perspective though, if you think there's a chance that the tackle can drop and you have the ability to shore up your secondary for the next five years, you should do it.

SPEAKER_00 23:47

I know tackles are at such a premium, though. I'll leave that as the next piece of the conversation. This is one guy who I think I might have too low because he could also easily go to at least three of the teams we talked about, including the Chiefs, Spencer Fano. He maybe goes sixth. If he doesn't, he maybe drops down to the Chiefs and goes ninth. If he goes, if he gets to 11, the Dolphins are stupid not to pick him up, in my opinion. I think the same thing is true of the Cowboys next after this, but I don't think that's what's gonna happen. So he's a 6'6 tackle, he's a junior, he's 320 something, I think. He's he's a beast. He's gonna be really good. He's gonna be a really good tackle in the NFL. He's got the arm length, he's got like all his intangibles look good. Sorry to bring up arm length. I know it's my beast subject. Head tackles. I think maybe there's a Utah factor where people are like, uh, but I think he's probably do you where do you have him going, just out of curiosity? I have at 11.

Michael Marcangelo 24:42

I have Mansoor Deling. I have a cornerback LSU. Because I just think when you're a team like Miami is right now that is in such fucking burn it, burn it to the ground and rebuild, you go get a cornerback. I think you yeah, I think because you don't have a quarterback yet. So you build from the outside in, you don't build from the inside out unless you have your guy. Unless you have your guy. Well, yeah, but DK, Miami, not only do they not have anybody, but they don't have a starting corner. Yeah, that's true. So they gotta go get him. But I had to answer your question, I have Spencer Fano go into the the Ravens at 14. Okay, whatever.

SPEAKER_00 25:22

Do you think that there's some chance that they try to trade a little bit down and take a quarterback? Because who's the next quarterback that's gonna go? That what's his name? Ty Simpson from Alabama. But he's not gonna go this high, I don't think. Yeah, I don't think so. So do they just go back? Do they drop back a little bit and try and get a QB?

Michael Marcangelo 25:42

I think haven't we been hearing that next year's quarterback pool is gonna be a little bit better? So I think you just buy take. Yeah, yeah. You're probably right.

Bears Draft Needs And Edge Rushers

SPEAKER_00 25:50

Okay, well, I had Mansword Delane going next to the Cowboys. I think as at this point, you're getting I'm gonna I'm gonna suffering repeat myself at this point, but I think any bit like it could have gone anyway at this point. Like he could have gone already, almost certainly, to someone. He's really good. He's definitely the I'd say he's probably in the conversation for best three corners we've seen over the last two to three years. I think he's gonna be really good. Some people say he's a little undersized, but I think he's just gonna grow into it into the NFL. I think this is a guy who's dropped this next guy I have going 13th. Hold on, because uh my not say yourself.

Michael Marcangelo 26:31

No, because remember, I have Cleveland and Dallas with the trade. So I have Cleveland taking Caden Proctor offensive south of Alabama.

SPEAKER_00 26:39

Yeah, very interesting. I have him going a little bit later. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. You can always use a guy in that position, right? Dallas could just certainly use them. What do Dallas? The crazy thing about Dallas last year was that like I think that was Cleveland taking it, remember? Oh, that's right, that's right, that's right. I keep I'm getting confused on the trades. Sorry. Cleveland, well, essentially we thought the same thing then, right? We thought Cleveland needs to tackle, and you thought they could get more value if they just trade back a little bit. That makes sense. I think that's smart for them to do. They should start building from that position for sure. But yeah, I see nothing wrong with it. I have the Rams at 13 taking Mikhail Ehman. Same. Okay.

unknown 27:17

Yeah.

Michael Marcangelo 27:17

Well, I think you get him with Puka if you're gonna go with Devante. That's uh that's and Stafford's coming back for one last ride. So I think what you're doing is you're setting yourself up to be.

SPEAKER_00 27:29

Just give him everything he can possibly need to try to win.

Michael Marcangelo 27:33

Yeah, and you're also setting yourself up to be an enticing spot for another QB once Stafford retires, because then you're gonna have Devontae's probably gonna be out in a year or two, he's 34, and now you're gonna have Puka.

SPEAKER_00 27:43

About done. He's not quite the same guy anymore, in my opinion.

Michael Marcangelo 27:45

He's still got but if you do this, like we both think they're gonna do you shore up that. You now have Devonta as the best number three in the game.

SPEAKER_02 27:54

Is that even debatable?

SPEAKER_00 28:00

Yeah, it's true. It's true. I was gonna make an argument because I think we had the best number three in the game. The Bears had the best number three in the game last year, but since we got rid of DJ Moore, I think, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, Devontae Adams is your third option, it's pretty fucking crazy. You're gonna have a great last year if you're Matt Stafford. Round 14 or pick 14, excuse me. I'm just really nervous to get to this one because I have no fucking idea how to say this guy's name, but I think the Ravens are gonna take Olava Vega Ioni.

Michael Marcangelo 28:31

Yes? Bad? It sounded pretty close. I mean I had him falling far, by the way. Really? Why is that? Does it do something I don't know? He fell to 21 to the Steelers for me. That would be a pretty good pickup for them.

SPEAKER_00 28:48

What am I missing about this guy?

Michael Marcangelo 28:50

Well, I remember I have Spencer Fano going to the Ravens, and I think I think obviously he's probably a little bit of a of a better offensive lineman. He's ranked higher. And I think for the needs of the other teams between them and the Steelers are just much different.

SPEAKER_02 29:07

Okay. Fair enough. So for 50, I have Kenyon Sidi.

Michael Marcangelo 29:15

Okay. Talk to me about that. You you lose Mike Evans, and so you're you're gonna need to shore up your passage.

SPEAKER_00 29:22

He's durable, because honestly, like just because I also have him going 15. Is it like they just need somebody that's not gonna get fucking hurt?

Michael Marcangelo 29:29

I mean, he runs a what do you he ran a 4340 at 200? He's 245 pounds and can jump 44 inches high. So he's explosive. I just don't know. We'll find out because college durable is not the same as metal durable.

SPEAKER_00 29:44

But he's an athlete, is your best?

Michael Marcangelo 29:47

Yeah, seems to be.

SPEAKER_00 29:49

I love a high tight end pick as we've drafted close to leather than the 14 last year. It was great. He was awesome. So yeah, got speed. I like the Bucks. I'm a fan of the Bucs, as are you. They're fun to watch. I think giving Baker more weapons is a good idea. We gotta try to get a healthy core around him to the end of the season to see what they really can do. So hopefully this guy comes in, makes an immediate impact, and doesn't get hurt.

SPEAKER_02 30:14

16th. What do you got? Omar Cooper.

Michael Marcangelo 30:19

Why? I had the Jets going defense with an with a number two overall pick, right? So they have to take a look at receiver because if you just look at the like if you just look at their depth chart, it's Garrett Wilson coming off of a knee injury, and then who? Like no one else in the team at 400 receiving yards last year. So you get a guy like like Omar Cooper that can come in. He had just under 950 yards last year, but he caught 13 touchdowns. It's like I think he's the guy.

SPEAKER_00 30:46

I had him taking Caden Proctor, the Miami offensive lineman. Okay. Again, it's it's best available, you got a lot of work to do. That that was my reasoning.

unknown 30:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

I just think it's like that. I think maybe I'm out of date on this, but I thought offensive linemen were first round gold. I thought that's what you want them to do, especially if you didn't have any other good players. But what's I thought that's what we always did.

Michael Marcangelo 31:14

But the pundits seem to believe that that both defensive line and offensive line are deep in this draft, so there might not be that far of a drop-off between a 16th overall pick and a f and a and a 38th overall pick.

SPEAKER_00 31:28

Fair enough. I don't know. I have an offensive lineman going at 17 to the Lions, also. Monroe Freeling. Monroe Freeling, indeed. Yeah. It's a different cat. He's 6'8. Yeah, yeah. He's got that, he's got that farm boy O lineman face, too.

Michael Marcangelo 31:46

He's like Dave Campbell's gonna fucking love him.

SPEAKER_00 31:48

Yeah, and it just, I don't know. He looks like a lion to me. Yeah, like he just looks like it, it's just a fit. I still think it's a consolation prize behind Procter. If Proctor's there, they should get him. I he's not making it to 20 freely, no fucking way. He's falling. I now that I'm looking at it, that guy whose name I couldn't pronounce going to Baltimore, I feel like they might take Proctor, to be honest, but we'll see. The Vikings, I had going safety and taking Dylan Thyneman, and I think it's just because his name sounds like Adam Thielen, and I associate him with a as a Viking.

Michael Marcangelo 32:21

So, like their Harrison Smith is aging out. So you get you got a shrimp. Instant impact.

SPEAKER_00 32:27

Yeah, instant impact. He's gonna he's gonna be able to bet in. They need coverage at that position. I don't think they're gonna be very good next year anyway. I think just start building your defensive core. What about the Panthers?

Michael Marcangelo 32:42

Everything in my gut tells me that they're gonna try and add more to the offense for Bryce Young. So I have them going to get Denzel Boston. Interesting. I just think he had was it 10 or 11 touchdowns last year? He's super reliable and dependable with his hands. He can box out defenders. Wait to tell you where I have him going.

unknown 33:08

Great.

Michael Marcangelo 33:09

I'm sure it's the bears.

SPEAKER_00 33:10

It's not, it's not, no, it's not the Bears. We don't need wide receivers. It's not 19th to the Panthers. Who do you have going to the Panthers? Omar Cooper Jr. Because I still have him on the board at this point. Okay. So same deal. I think you're right to make that to make that assessment of them. But he I still had him on the board and you didn't. That was the only difference. Which it then makes Boston fall. Quite a waste. Pick 20, I still have the Cowboys, but you don't anymore. Pick 20, I have uh Cleveland.

Michael Marcangelo 33:46

Right. With Emmanuel McD McNeil Warren. Interesting. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 33:52

Yeah, I see this is where I'm more comfortable seeing safeties go.

Michael Marcangelo 33:57

I also I don't trust that Cleveland really is centered about centered around building around Shador Sanders right now. I don't know if they think he's gonna start or if it's gonna or if Rubin Tug's coming back, or if it's Gabriel. So I think there's one thing that they have been able to do over the last five or six years, and it has been field a really good defense. Yeah. So just keep doing that. And if you listen, if you can hold teams to 17 points, you you have a better chance of winning, obviously. That's really deep. Yeah, I have safety from Toledo.

SPEAKER_00 34:29

I still have the Cowboys at this pick, and I have them taking Malachi Lawrence from UCF. Linebacker help. He's a little bit of a hybrid, but he can be their edge rusher if need be. I'm just still thinking about the fact that they lost outside linebacker impact by making the biggest trade of last year's offseason, and they need to start building back in that position. They improved at the interior. I think they are already gonna do work, as I've explained, to help Dak in this draft. And I think now it's time to shore up that defense that was switched to cheese last year, and they got almost no pressure on the QB. They became a really good run stopping stopping team when they worked on personnel on the inside, but they had almost no pressure on the QB. So I think they're gonna go for this guy, and I think it's a smart thing because he's more of a hybrid, he's not like a pure edge rusher. You can just have him like moving around. As far as I haven't really watched him play a ton, this is just like what I'm seeing in the expert analysis. But that's interesting. I like your trades. I think I should have done that. It's it adds some spice. 21. I have Blake Miller going to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I think they're gonna run it back again with Rogers, and like honestly, he just got sacked too much. And this Blake Miller guy looks like a fucking Pittsburgh Steeler, dude. He looks like they they grew him from the ground in western Pennsylvania. It's like a real thing. He went to Clemson, he's 6'7, 3'20. What else can I say about him? He sh I think the Steelers are incredibly likely to go offensive lineman. I think they'll take the best available offensive lineman left at 21, and I think it's gonna be Blake Miller.

Michael Marcangelo 36:02

Yeah, so I have Ola Valle Ione. Remember, I already told you about him. I go to Pittsburgh. I think that's uh I just put his last name or actually his full name. But they lost Isaac, was it Somalo? Is that the so that he can swap right in for them? I also think that they're still convincing themselves that 43-year-old Aaron Rodgers is gonna be back. But even if he isn't even if he's with Mike McCarthy, I might add, your favorite. Yeah, the white Mike Tomlin. Now, I would just say so unfair.

SPEAKER_00 36:36

Gun to your head right now, gun to your head right now, tomorrow, Vrabel has to resign in disgrace because he keeps putting his fucking pee in the wrong place. You got two choices in this hypothetical, Mike McCarthy's available, Mike Tomlin's available. Gun to your head, which one do you take?

Michael Marcangelo 36:51

Mike McCarthy. That's insane. No, it's if we were gonna be running like a defense first approach as opposed to offensive first approach? No. We have Drake May, I think he'd I would say yes, but you're telling me that he's gone. So do I have to pick somebody? I'm gonna pick the offensive guy. That that won Aaron Rodgers the championship. That's interesting. Over that's actually fair logic.

SPEAKER_00 37:14

I thought for a second you were just being a dick, but that's actually fair logic. I think you could argue that Tomlins steps in more seamlessly with the scheme that they're running at the moment, but sure. Yeah, I think it's also the best quarterback Mike Tomlins had since Ben Rothesburger. That'd be pretty cool.

Michael Marcangelo 37:30

Yeah, but it would also be the best quarterback that Mike McCarthy's had since Aaron Rodgers.

SPEAKER_00 37:34

Since Aaron Rodgers, but like 20 years ago, yeah. Yes. Old friends. All right. That's cool. Good choice. 22 to the Chargers. I have another edge rusher, pretty deep this edge rushing class, which is good because the Bears really fucking need one. A spoiler alert, I have them taking one. I have Akeem Mesador from Miami going to the Chargers. Okay. Tell me why. I think there's two guys left that they could possibly take at edge, and I really want the Bears to get the other guy. So I'm trying to will it into existence. And this is the only way I know how.

Michael Marcangelo 38:10

I have Blake Miller go into the Chargers. Okay. Obviously, with all their injuries last year with Joe Alt and months later, they meet sure up that line. And I think that this just makes the most sense for them as a franchise, which then leads us to 23. And I have Peter Woods go into Philadelphia.

SPEAKER_00 38:30

Interesting. I made a pretty straight up and down pick here because I'm pretty sure AJ Brown's gonna be a Patriot. I think everybody is in agreement about that.

Michael Marcangelo 38:37

Can we talk about this real quick? Let's pause. Sure. Oh, I love it. The fact that they floated it out there potentially six or eight weeks before it happens tells me that they're just trying to drive up the price for AJ Brown, and it's probably less likely that the Patriots are gonna get him.

SPEAKER_00 38:51

Which is I thought it was like all but done.

unknown 38:54

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 38:55

Isn't that what they're saying? Isn't that am I mistaken about the Vrabel got got caught with receiving? So I don't know, I don't fucking know anything. You don't know what the Patriot season is gonna look like. It's probably gonna be fine. Fucking Chauncey Billups got arrested at the start of the year. The news cycle takes five seconds now. Fucking Donald Trump's, I'm gonna wipe Iran off the face of the earth. And then it's like, oh, we're talking about Mike Vrabel two days later. So who fucking knows? I don't know what kind of hell we live in, but I had them taking the best available wide receiver for that reason left on my board, which is KC Concepcion. I think he's really good. Texas AM, he's lightning, he's he's a really good contested catch guy. He would slot right in to the Philadelphia Eagles. We need skill guys to make up for the fact that our quarterback is only okay philosophy. And uh yeah, I think he would I think he would be a great pickup for them. I think he'd still be available.

Michael Marcangelo 39:48

I have we're at what 2024? I have Jamad McCoy, cornerback, Tennessee, going to the Cleveland Browns. Keep building that defense because again, I don't know who's starting quarterback. I don't know if they're prioritizing it, but I just think Denzel Ward, Tyson Campbell, and Jramon McCoy.

SPEAKER_00 40:07

I did almost I'm I did almost the exact same thing, but we switched up on a couple things. I had Emmanuel McNeil Warren, the safety going to them, just because by the time I got here, I was really convinced he was going to be gone regardless. So I had to get him off the board. That it was more a pick from his perspective than from the Browns' perspective, to be honest. But yeah, same deal. It's you and I seem to be thinking about the Browns in the exact same way, which is they just need to start getting guys. You just need to go start getting guys. You need to shore up positions that are historically hard to get great guys at good value at these positions. Offensive line, sure. If you haven't taken a corner, sure. It's like you're not getting a quarterback in this draft, and you're probably not getting a running back in the first round that's really going to be worth it. So let's start getting the main positions at on your offensive side of the ball and the defensive side of the ball sorted out. So I have Emmanuel McNeil Warren going to them from Toledo. Holy Toledo! He looks good, he looks like an athlete to me. Played all four years. I don't think he's ever had any issues. I think you slot him in there in the three or four years, he's like a top eight safety in the league. So it's it times out. Then my guy has fallen to the Bears. I hope. I think it's unlikely, but I think Keldrick Falk to the Bears, Auburn, 6'6, 276, athlete, speed guy. A lot of mock drafts had us taken Malachi Lawrence, the hybrid sort of strength guy that I was telling you about. But to me, I like I know what Dennis Allen has been historically good with in the past, but I also know the kinds of players that the Bears are focusing on getting in the Ben Johnson regime. And I think what he really wants and what we were really lacking, we had no fucking penetration on the quarterback at all last year, was really our big problem. I think we would have had a real shot to play you guys in the Super Bowl if we could just get to the quarterback in like less than 26 seconds on every snap. And I think this guy is a complete go-around as man, not go through as man guy. And I think he's trying to put athletes on the defensive side of the ball. So for me, this would be an ideal situation. Now, if we got Mesidore, if we got what's his name, Malachi Lawrence, like any, there's just so many good edge rushers in this draft. So I need the Bears to just not do a stupid thing and take a fucking safety. Please just we went, we spent on linebackers. We basically purchased all of our linebackers. I think I don't think we upgraded. I think we have all guys that are about as good as the guys we had last year, but they're they fit the scheme a little bit better. We went and got Kobe Bryant at the football Kobe Bryant, the alive one at safety. We short up the kind of middle bench of the backfield. I think we need if we were to go on to talk about what's going to happen for the rest of the draft. At one point, I want them to get a center. I have a guy in mind for around the third round. But after that, it's imagine you're filling out your special teams at worst, right? I want them to get corners, I want them to get safeties, I want him to get athletes on that side of the ball so we can just mix and match because and some interior work as well at the defensive line. But we really need to hit on edge rusher almost right away. This guy's got to come out of the blocks at a thousand miles an hour, and I'm hoping it's Keldrick Falk. He's a little undersized, maybe for that position, but God, is he a fucking athlete? So that to me, I think, would make an impact right away. He's also going on the other side of Montez Sweat. And I think Sweat's biggest problem is that he doesn't, you can just double team him because there's nobody else actually penetrating. So if they had just something to worry about, some sort of dynamism to worry about on the other side of the ball, on the other side of the line, then maybe Sweat actually lives up to his contract. I know I talked for a little long on that one, but it's because it's the Bears. It's your team.

Michael Marcangelo 43:49

Yeah. I have the Bears taking the defensive end, also, but it's Zion Young, the guy from Missouri. Yeah. I think there's so many of them.

SPEAKER_00 43:58

There's so many of them. Right.

Patriots Targets And Roster Vision

Michael Marcangelo 44:00

The reasons that you just said that they need to take Keldrick Falk, I think that they take Zion Young. I think he's more of a sure thing. I think he has less upside. So his ceiling is lower, but his floor is higher.

SPEAKER_00 44:11

Okay. I'm gonna actually pivot. I'm gonna pivot right now. I had I'm a little jealous that you did trades, and I didn't. And I only had one trade idea, which was the Bills trading back out of the first round. Because I think they have second round level positional filling to do. So I'm gonna say they're gonna trade back with the Cardinals. And the Cardinals are gonna take Ty Simpson, the QB from Alabama, right here, because they need someone. That's so high, though. Is it too high? Is he not a first-round pick?

Michael Marcangelo 44:47

No, he's not a first-round pick.

SPEAKER_00 44:48

So there's one fucking quarterback going in the first round. Is that really what you think? I can't possibly see that happening. That's what I hope. Do you think they're just gonna do the same thing? They're gonna wait until there's depth next year.

Michael Marcangelo 45:00

Do you think let me let me just ask you this? Are any of the team, this is rational, so it probably won't work, but are any of the teams that need a quarterback right now, if you put a quarterback in, are they a contender? No. No.

SPEAKER_00 45:13

But that's always the case.

Michael Marcangelo 45:15

That's always the case. If you don't have a QB. If you had a pretty good offensive line, pretty good offense and a okay defense, and you just you're a QB away from winning nine or ten games.

SPEAKER_00 45:26

Like you build like how the Eagles build. Right? Like you just you build around it, then you just slot a guy in that can do the job. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So and Ty Simpson probably is that guy. He probably is like the all right, let's see what we can do. We have every other piece, which the Cardinals certainly don't have, but whatever. I've already made the decision. I've already made the decision. It's fine. I've already made the decision. This is what's happening. I can't see one QB going the first round. That's gotta be unheard of. I have Keldrick Falk going to the Buffalo Bills. You pair him up with you had him drop in two, though. But usually so you think that other guy's better than him? I don't know if I see that because I don't even have that guy in my draft.

Michael Marcangelo 46:04

I think Zion Young has again higher floor and could and will instantly do what you want uh Keldrick Falk to do with Montez sweat. Yeah. But I think Falk has he has to work a little bit more on the fundamentals to be able to do that, which is why if you need a second edge rusher to be a performer right now, I would go get the sure thing as opposed to Buffalo doesn't actually need that. He can work with Bradley Chubb, work with is it is it Russo was last name, Greg Russo? They have good pass rushes. This is just another notch on the belt.

SPEAKER_00 46:39

Okay. I just need two at least two QBs to go in the first round. Max Dehanacor going to the 49ers. Yeah. Same? Wow. They need it. They need a line. They need to be able to give Purdy a little bit of time. I'm a pro-Purdy guy. I think the 49ers are like always thereabouts because they have a good coaching philosophy. They always have decent skilled players. If they figure out that voodoo coming from the Transformer station across the street, the sky's the limit. I yeah, I think they need an offensive lineman. And I think this is the best available guy. It's between him and one other guy, so 27 and 28 could flip for me. I think the Texans are going to take an all-lineman as well. I think they're going to take a mood. I think the guy from Utah. He's and he's another unit. I have the Texans taking Christian Miller.

Michael Marcangelo 47:26

Defensive tackle. Georgia, put him right next to Sheldon Rankins on the interior, and now you just free up Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter on the on the that's a that I don't know. That line would be a fucking problem.

SPEAKER_00 47:40

Jordan or fucking why can't I remember the fucking quarterback that he's the Texans name? CJ Stroud. CJ Stroud is getting fucking murdered last year, though. You don't think they need an offensive lineman? Also their run game. But their line was hurt.

Michael Marcangelo 47:53

It wasn't that from a lack of players. So maybe depth, maybe depth, yeah, but I think that defense, again, I trust that Houston can during the regular season put up 21 points a game, and I think their defense can hold people to 17 or 18. And that's a pretty pretty ball game for wildcard exit.

SPEAKER_00 48:14

Alright. I have the Kansas City Chiefs taking Dramad McCoy. Tennessee quarterback. They need him. They can take either him or Colton Hood right here. I haven't taken Colton Hood. I have the Dolphins taking Colton Hood next. So I think two corners back to back here. I have.

Michael Marcangelo 48:38

I feel so bad for fucking what you just know. I have the Carolina Arizona Cardinals trading with the Miami Dolphins to take Ty Simpson.

SPEAKER_02 48:52

That's funny.

SPEAKER_00 48:54

That's probably a better trade. He'll probably still be there. So at least we both have two QBs going and leaving the leaving the draft at the same time. I'm excited to tell you who I have the Patriots taking, and I think it's a really good pick for them. It's a guy you rate highly based on where you put him in the draft. Not Boston. Boston to Boston, baby.

Michael Marcangelo 49:11

That's too many wide receivers, assuming that we're getting AJ Brown. Dude, you guys are gonna be fucking stacked.

SPEAKER_00 49:19

That's so sick. That would be so fucking sick. Like Drake May would have such an embarrassment of fucking riches to throw to. And whoever his coach is will be so happy about it. But no. Do you want to take it on no lineman? Another one? You think you need to replace your left tackle? Come on. He was playing hurt in that game.

Michael Marcangelo 49:38

So I am operating under the assumption that we are getting AJ Brown.

SPEAKER_00 49:44

You didn't really seem like that was the case a few picks ago. I know.

Michael Marcangelo 49:48

Because I don't want to talk myself into it yet, just be disappointed on June 1st. So like but I have them taking Yakim Mesador Miami because what we saw in that Super Bowl that was exposed is Sam Darnold, Super Bowl winning quarterback Sam Darnold, didn't fear anybody on the Patriots. Whether it was still be there, to be honest. A lot of trades, engineer a lot of trades who should take him.

SPEAKER_00 50:16

If he's there, you should take him. Yeah. If him, Lawrence, or what's his name, Falk are there, you should take any of those guys. I mean, everything edge resistors are always at a premium, but I think it'd be really cool if Denzel Boston went to you guys. I think he'd be a perfect compliment to AJ Brown. I think AJ Brown would have another guy just like that. And Romeo Dobbs. And Romeo and Kishan Booty and Kyle Williams. We can stop listing people. Denzel Boston would start over both the last two guys you named. He would be your third. I think he started over Booty. Booty? That's some wild catch. No, no, no, no. I think it would be. I think no, I think I think So it'd be fourth. Because it'd be J Brody. Romeo Dobbs sucks, bro. First of all. I don't know what you think you're getting there, but he's not as good as you think he is.

Michael Marcangelo 51:00

We're getting the West Walker helmet guy. So we're but how they're gonna start. It's not because of the helmet.

SPEAKER_00 51:04

I think they all should be made to wear those helmets, to be honest with you. I think it should be fucking mandatory. But because I don't think he's good.

Michael Marcangelo 51:10

He's gonna read Hopefully J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs, on Booty, and then it would be Boston, right? He can also return kicks. So can you don't want Dobbs returning kicks?

SPEAKER_00 51:22

I don't know if it was a pretty famous fucking hand stumble against the Bears.

Michael Marcangelo 51:25

Trevion Henderson's returning kicks. You think he's better than Trevion Henderson?

SPEAKER_00 51:29

I don't think you should have I don't think you should have your starting running back returning kicks. He's not our starter as a right end. He will be next year. I know Seattle, I have taken Chris Johnson, the cornerback from San Diego State. Oh! Really? Yeah. Again, I just needed him out of the first round. It's just I'm looking at the odds, I'm looking at all the boards. Yeah, but I don't think he's dropping. Exactly. That's what you do. That's what champions do. What do you think? But okay.

Michael Marcangelo 51:58

I'm not trying to make you sway because these are your picks and you stand by them, and I fully trust you making them. But look, Charbonnet, like Torres ACL, Kenneth Walker left. I have to take in Gendarian Price.

SPEAKER_00 52:11

That's a second round guy, dude. That's a second round guy. That's second-round town. It's a waste of a 32 pick. It's probably likely, honestly, because that seems to be what super winners always do. They're like, ah, yeah. He averaged six shards a carry last year. Yeah, playing against two. Whoever Notre Dame played again. Yeah, not that's not those aren't elite, those aren't elite teams. Like the Notre Dame running backs always are a little bit inflated. This is a real thing. This is a real thing. I'm sorry to tell you this uh elite skill guys coming out of Notre Dame, is you're stuck in the 80s, my friend. Alright, if you say so. Chris Johnson not getting drafted in the first round would be shocking to me. That's the reason I have him going. And honestly, it's a yeah, it's an embarrassing reversal situation. You had fucking the Texans improving their D line, and you're giving me shit for having Chris Johnson go in the first round.

Michael Marcangelo 53:00

I have Chris Johnson going 39 to the Cowboys. Oh, that'd be cool.

SPEAKER_00 53:03

He'd be yeah, he gives me like a cowboy vibe for sure. That'd be fun. Real quick, can you do you have picks or are guys you would like to see your team make over the next few rounds just to tell me about the Pats and what they're gonna look like next season? Or because I did that for the Bears, but we can also just call it a day if you don't really have your if you can give me an overview, like uh like what positions you want improved on.

Michael Marcangelo 53:27

Yeah, so I I think they need to focus obviously on on defensive, like edge rushers, obviously, and and offensive line. But just to have depth. I'm not saying like replace Will Campbell, but if you can find a guy that could slot in as a left tackle and help Campbell move to guard where I think he'd be phenomenal, like you shouldn't pass that up. I have them I have them going and taking a wide receiver, honestly, in the second round, but late 63. Is it Chris Brazzle? He's from Tennessee. He's 6'5, 200 pounds. I like that. He could be a playmaker, but then the rest, the entire rest of the draft is just odds of lineman defensive pass rushers, that's it.

SPEAKER_00 54:12

I really want the Bears to make their selection in the first round, and then I want them to start making like aggressive moves to get up a little higher to get anybody that's dropped. Guys, if Emmanuel McNeil Warren is dropped to the second round, if Malachi Lawrence somehow is dropped to the second round, if and then same philosophy in the third. If you can get a guy like Grayson Halton from Oklahoma, the defensive lineman in the third round, great. I think the center I want us to draft, because we got your guys the center from last year to kind of fill the gap because we had a shock retirement, which sucks. But I think I want to get this guy Sam Hecht from Kansas State. I think we can get him in the third, and that's like a long-term project. Center's hard, man. Like most of the great centers are vets, right? So it's it takes a lot to be able to run that position. So hopefully it doesn't fucking derail our whole offensive line because that they played great last year. Like I was saying to you before, Charles Demings, he's a cornerback, Max Llewellyn, another sort of depth high motor edge rusher, Robert Spears Jennings, the safety from Oklahoma, Jaden Lucas, the cornerback from Clemson. I'm talking like high upside athletes, put them on the special teams and see if they can make an impact on the defensive side of the ball. Great. I need to be able to see the Bears build a defense that can at least keep up with the offense. We got really lucky that we were the best turnover team last year. That was that it we made great plays and everything, and there was some kind of pixie dust on our season, but honestly, we were a bottom five defense, and the roster proved that, and the amount of guys we let walk proved that. So I trust that we have a great defensive coordinator. I trust that we have a great head coach. I trust that we have the vision to build really improved defense, and I think high upside athletes is the way to do that in the draft, and savvy veterans is the way to do that in free agency, perhaps do trades, although I don't really know what guys we can trade for because we have no money. So it would be yeah. Obviously, we're an offensive team now, but I'm just always gonna have the instant prevailing instincts to say I want the bears to make the big defense.

Michael Marcangelo 56:23

The Bears just need to be a team that can defensively hold opponents to 20 points. Yeah. And that offense is gonna score.

SPEAKER_00 56:29

I mean, that would be ideal for everybody, really. It's but yes, that's true. Basically, if you didn't score to at least 24 points, you really didn't beat the Bears last year for the most part. So that if that offense can maintain, then great. But it was like Caleb gets better, then watch the fuck out because he was already pretty goddamn good.

Michael Marcangelo 56:47

But if you get the starting years prior, it was like the Bears needed to hold teams to 14 points, so it didn't even have a chance to featured.

SPEAKER_00 56:55

Yeah, not the Caleb years. But the two the 2006 Bears needed to hold teams to like three.

Michael Marcangelo 57:00

So it's like I Can I just tell you one one guy that I want to see drafted by the Patriots is I'm sure I don't know if you know him, Markel Bell, offensive tackle, Miami. Okay. He's six foot ten, 350 pounds, and he's a tackle. And more and I do say this because I'm gonna still want them to hedge with Will Campbell and maybe they move into guard, but Morgan Moses is 35, and this could be a nice long-term solution. He is fucking massive.

Why The Super Bowl Wait Is Bad

SPEAKER_00 57:30

Six, he I'm looking at him right now. He's fucking huge. He's six foot nine and a bit, and he's got 36-inch arms. Just put him in there, just put him in there. Is Drake gonna be able to see over him? That's gonna be the biggest problem. I hope he can stay low. If that's his worst problem or biggest problem, I'm fucking I'm happy. Listen, I really enjoyed doing uh doing a draft conversation with you last year because we talked about our two favorite guys in the first round, and we talked about our two favorite guys in the second round, and we ended up swapping in the second round. I got I got Luther Burden the third, the guy you wanted, and thank you so much for that. You got Trevion Anderson, the guy I wanted, and you're welcome for that. So I hope we both make out like bandits again. Obviously, there's a very strange, weird NFC AFC marriage between the Pats and the Bears. Our fates seem intermingled, our destinies seem destined to collide, honestly. I'm I'm seeing it, I'm seeing it at some point. Can I give you a hot take just to finish off this finish off this NFL chat? Because we haven't really talked about football since the Super Bowl ended and we we had to do that cleanup. The Super Bowl is the worst football weekend of the entire season. Yeah, you shouldn't have to wait two weeks. It takes the sales unless your team's in it. I think it's worse. You guys were a mess. You guys were a fucking mess. I don't think you even enjoyed watching it. It was you didn't win, but and it was you were never gonna win, but you didn't even enjoy it. And it's not because you were getting your ass kicked. I didn't fucking enjoy it. The wind of the sales of the football season's done by the time the Super Bowl happens. There's too much pageantry around it. I finally, as an adult, put myself in a position where I don't go to Super Bowl parties anymore because I don't want to be talking to people while the game's on, and I don't want to be surrounded by a bunch of people that had have been like, wait, is that guy still in the league? What's I don't like? I'm not interested in catching you up on a whole Gronk doing. Yeah. I'm just not, oh, the Patriots are still good. Do they still have Tom Brady? And I'm like, listen, it's not worth it for free chips and salsa, bro. I just want to watch the game. I genuinely just want to watch the game. If the NFL was smart, they would have the Super Bowl just happen the following weekend after the two championship games, and they would just get on with it. Honestly, they're just trying to milk out another week of dominance of the entire calendar year, and it's just silly. Why do we wait two weeks? It's so dumb.

Michael Marcangelo 59:48

But I think back to 01, 03, 04 when the Pro Bowl was the week before the Super Bowl, and it actually meant something. Like players actually cared to play. Now because there is that that two-week period and the Pro Bowl games are so fucking laughable, yeah, it does feel like you're just starving for that one game. And if your team's in it and they get fucking trounced on in the first quarter, like my team did this past year, then you're like, I just waited two weeks to get cut for no fucking reason.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:15

I know that's the other thing. You're like in your fucking head. You're in your head for that long if your team's in it. And also, honestly, I was just like sad Super Bowl weekend this year, this last year, because I was like, oh, it's done. NFL's done. This is too bad. That's what the week in between feels like to me, especially to be honest. But whatever, they're not gonna change it just because I said so. All right, we mocked drafted the first round. Good luck on Saturday. I'm really looking forward to what did I say? Um Saturday. Good luck tomorrow, and it's gonna be great.