# The Insiders Podcast: 2026 NFL Draft Recap

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 28 Apr 2026, 44 min.

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NFL Network Insiders Mike Garafolo, Judy Battista, and Ian Rapoport recap the top storylines from the 2026 NFL Draft. They deep dive into the draft of the Giants, Chiefs, Rams, and more. Plus, Steve Wyche and Omar Ruiz breakdown the Raiders draft, while Marc Ross assesses the NFC East teams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:08] Speaker 1: Then the Raiders hit the jackpot there at number one,
[0:10] Speaker 1: see Vegas. That's what I did right there for an
[0:12] Speaker 1: new Mendoza, the number one overall pick, officially a Las
[0:16] Speaker 1: Vegas Raider, and now we see where it goes from
[0:19] Speaker 1: here him Kirk Cousins's going to break all that down.
[0:21] Speaker 1: We are also going to look at the NFC East
[0:23] Speaker 1: as we review the draft by division, and we are
[0:26] Speaker 1: starting with the Giants, the Cowboys, the Eagles, and the
[0:31] Speaker 1: Washington Commanders.
[0:32] Speaker 2: That is tonight on Tonight's program.
[0:34] Speaker 1: Then there's that drama in Los Angeles, body language, everybody
[0:37] Speaker 1: reathing into that, Sean McVay saying, now you got it
[0:39] Speaker 1: all wrong.
[0:40] Speaker 2: I just make sure that guy.
[0:41] Speaker 1: Wasn't upset because I got to manage him, and I
[0:42] Speaker 1: gotta manage Ty Sinpson. We're going to get into all
[0:45] Speaker 1: that as well here on The Insiders Monday Post Draft edition,
[0:51] Speaker 1: looking back at the twenty twenty six NFL Draft and
[0:53] Speaker 1: breaking it all down for you. Ian Rapaport, Judy Batista
[0:56] Speaker 1: here with me, Steve weish omar Ruiz in Los Angeles,
[0:58] Speaker 1: Mark Ross long for the ride as well, plenty to
[1:01] Speaker 1: get into.
[1:02] Speaker 2: So let's get right into it. Ar Bel Reese.
[1:04] Speaker 1: Everybody thought he'd be gone by the time the Giants
[1:06] Speaker 1: were on the clock, maybe even the Giants themselves, but
[1:09] Speaker 1: they said, who cares, he's there. We're taking them with
[1:11] Speaker 1: a fifth overall pick. Who cares if he's this positionless guy.
[1:15] Speaker 1: They kind of like that. That's a positive thing for
[1:17] Speaker 1: the Giants. So r bel rees, followed by Francis Malanoa
[1:21] Speaker 1: and then Colton Hood.
[1:22] Speaker 2: I mean throughout the draft, the Giants felt really.
[1:24] Speaker 1: Good about what they did, what they took away in
[1:26] Speaker 1: this draft, not just in the top ten. Judy, you
[1:29] Speaker 1: were there in East Rutherford. Let's look back on the
[1:31] Speaker 1: Giants draft and give them an apot.
[1:34] Speaker 2: No, I said, no draft rads, I promised, Oh got it.
[1:37] Speaker 3: We're not doing grades.
[1:38] Speaker 4: But I can tell you that on Thursday night, when
[1:40] Speaker 4: they came in to talk to reporters, they were elited.
[1:45] Speaker 4: Arvel Reese dropped into their laps. They did not think
[1:48] Speaker 4: he was going to be there. He was their top
[1:49] Speaker 4: rated non quarterback on their board, and then Ceci Malanoa
[1:55] Speaker 4: was also there. He was in their top five players
[1:58] Speaker 4: non quarterbacks.
[1:59] Speaker 3: They got both of them.
[2:01] Speaker 4: One comment that John Harbaugh made was they got tougher
[2:04] Speaker 4: up the middle. Clearly he was focused on the trenches
[2:08] Speaker 4: in this draft. They wanted to get stronger, they wanted
[2:10] Speaker 4: to get tougher, they wanted to get bigger, faster violent.
[2:15] Speaker 4: That was a word that was used to So they
[2:17] Speaker 4: were thrilled with how the first round went and thrilled
[2:20] Speaker 4: with how the rest of the draft went.
[2:22] Speaker 3: Really, for the.
[2:22] Speaker 4: First time the pairing of Joe Shane and John Harbaugh,
[2:25] Speaker 4: it went about as well as they could possibly have
[2:28] Speaker 4: dreamed of.
[2:30] Speaker 5: There's so many fun things that go into preparing for
[2:32] Speaker 5: a draft, and what we all do is spend a
[2:34] Speaker 5: lot of time in the phone going through various scenarios
[2:36] Speaker 5: with general managers and coaches, trying to tell everyone, all, right,
[2:39] Speaker 5: this team takes here, here's who takes this guy, here's
[2:42] Speaker 5: who might be around. And of all the times when
[2:45] Speaker 5: I talked to general managers about how the first five
[2:47] Speaker 5: picks of the draft were.
[2:48] Speaker 6: Going to shake out, this did not come up. Arvel reaches.
[2:51] Speaker 6: Going to five was not a consideration.
[2:54] Speaker 5: In fact, if it did happen, I would have thought
[2:56] Speaker 5: that someone would come up in trade. Instead, the Giants
[2:59] Speaker 5: just at chilled, they were ready, and they take the
[3:03] Speaker 5: best player on the world, someone who's athleticism and suddenness
[3:06] Speaker 5: really impressed everyone. You could rush off the edge, you
[3:09] Speaker 5: can play off the ball linebacker, which is what he
[3:11] Speaker 5: is going to do right from the jump. But this
[3:13] Speaker 5: is so interesting for the Giants because had they just
[3:15] Speaker 5: stayed there and taken someone else if Reese was gone,
[3:18] Speaker 5: my understanding is they would have taken Francis Malanoa, who
[3:21] Speaker 5: they ended up be ending at ten. So they get
[3:23] Speaker 5: two players who they believe were worthy of the number
[3:26] Speaker 5: five overall spot, and then Mike. So much of the
[3:29] Speaker 5: conversation was about, like, what are the Giants going to
[3:31] Speaker 5: do with Keevon Thibodeau. How about nothing? How about just
[3:34] Speaker 5: keep Thibodaux on the edge. How about Reese plays off
[3:36] Speaker 5: the ball, They mix in some pass rush and they
[3:38] Speaker 5: just get a lot better on defense.
[3:40] Speaker 6: That's a good outcome.
[3:42] Speaker 1: Ernie of Corsi, who used to occupy Joe Shane's chair
[3:45] Speaker 1: as general manager of the Giants, said you can never
[3:48] Speaker 1: have too many pass rushers. Well, that's certainly what the
[3:51] Speaker 1: Giants are looking at right now. I also agree with
[3:53] Speaker 1: you Ian about the Balanoa pick. The people have asked
[3:57] Speaker 1: me if Reese had gone for where were they have
[3:59] Speaker 1: gone yeah, Malanoa and then come back with a wide
[4:01] Speaker 1: receiver at ten.
[4:03] Speaker 2: People say, well, yeah, yeah, but Malanoa, you.
[4:05] Speaker 1: Could have gotten them at ten. Well you don't know
[4:06] Speaker 1: that at the time. Number one, number two. If Kate's
[4:08] Speaker 1: not at four, that pushes the receiver to them at ten.
[4:11] Speaker 1: That guy smiling, he should be smiling. Judy, you alluded
[4:14] Speaker 1: to it. John Harball and Joe Shane, who have hit
[4:16] Speaker 1: it off really well. Since Shane was a big part
[4:18] Speaker 1: of the recruiting process to get Harball to East Rutherford.
[4:22] Speaker 2: This was a home run for them over the weekend.
[4:25] Speaker 1: From that standpoint, I know a lot of people say, well,
[4:27] Speaker 1: Harball's here and Shane's going to handle the whole free
[4:30] Speaker 1: agency in the draft and after the draft he's just
[4:32] Speaker 1: going to dispose of him.
[4:33] Speaker 2: I do not expect that to happen.
[4:35] Speaker 1: Joe Shane is the general manager of the Giants and
[4:37] Speaker 1: John Harball is pleased about that. The Chiefs Ian we
[4:41] Speaker 1: talked about leading after the draft, the potential for the
[4:43] Speaker 1: Browns to slide back and the Chiefs to slide up,
[4:46] Speaker 1: because we had heard the same thing that that was
[4:48] Speaker 1: potentially going to be the trade Chiefs up to six
[4:50] Speaker 1: Browns back.
[4:51] Speaker 2: We didn't know quite who they were going for. We
[4:53] Speaker 2: thought maybe an edge player.
[4:54] Speaker 1: But no, this one made a lot of sense mansword Delane.
[4:57] Speaker 1: Because they had lost both of their starting warner back
[5:00] Speaker 1: to the Rams.
[5:00] Speaker 2: They make a big add to the position here.
[5:02] Speaker 5: I was pretty sure of a couple of things going
[5:04] Speaker 5: into the first round of the draft. One was that
[5:07] Speaker 5: either the Chiefs or the Cowboys would trade up. I
[5:10] Speaker 5: was pretty sure about that because I kept hearing that
[5:13] Speaker 5: the Chiefs wanted someone they'd make a lot of noise
[5:16] Speaker 5: about coming up, and I believed going in that number
[5:19] Speaker 5: six made sense because I knew that going from nine
[5:21] Speaker 5: to six wouldn't be that expensive, and the Browns wanted
[5:23] Speaker 5: to come back.
[5:24] Speaker 6: So in my head, I'm.
[5:25] Speaker 5: Thinking Bailey's gone, Reese is gone. It makes sense the
[5:29] Speaker 5: Chiefs are coming up for Reuben Bain, which is what
[5:31] Speaker 5: I thought, because I just had no idea that they
[5:34] Speaker 5: were that interested in Monsieur Delaine, who was the Constsus
[5:37] Speaker 5: top corner. They lost a corner trading McDuffie to the
[5:41] Speaker 5: Los Angeles Rams Judy, so it does make sense. They
[5:44] Speaker 5: just kept it so quiet that nobody knew they would
[5:47] Speaker 5: take a corner that early they were able to kind
[5:49] Speaker 5: of stealthily do it well.
[5:51] Speaker 4: And then they did select arm Mason Thomas, so they
[5:54] Speaker 4: did address their need for more pass rush. Even later
[5:58] Speaker 4: on in the draft, I think it was the fifth
[5:59] Speaker 4: round they find they got a wide receiver. Remember we
[6:01] Speaker 4: were talking about their need for a wide receiver coming
[6:04] Speaker 4: out of their strafts, So they addressed that. The first
[6:07] Speaker 4: four picks of the Chiefs drafts were all defense. You see,
[6:10] Speaker 4: they also got a three technique tackle there, so Steve
[6:13] Speaker 4: Spagnolo has a lot of new toys to play with.
[6:16] Speaker 4: The one thing they did not address that now you
[6:18] Speaker 4: have to see what they do in the post draft process,
[6:21] Speaker 4: is they did not address the offensive line, which is
[6:23] Speaker 4: still an area of some concern in Kansas City. So
[6:27] Speaker 4: we'll see what they do in the coming days and
[6:30] Speaker 4: weeks at offensive line. But again, they hit on the
[6:33] Speaker 4: things that were most important. Their defense needed.
[6:35] Speaker 3: A lot of work.
[6:36] Speaker 4: They feel like in Kansas City that they're going into
[6:39] Speaker 4: sort of the second act of the Patrick Mahomes dynasty era,
[6:43] Speaker 4: and this was an opportunity to reset, and they really
[6:46] Speaker 4: reset on the defensive side.
[6:47] Speaker 7: Of the ball.
[6:48] Speaker 1: Judy, they didn't draft a tackle. They didn't sign the
[6:51] Speaker 1: tackles an underrafted free agent. In fact, I reported today
[6:54] Speaker 1: that Micah pettis a Florida State offensive tackle who was
[6:58] Speaker 1: with US and the Insiders recently going to work out
[7:01] Speaker 1: or to try out as a rookie camp because there's
[7:03] Speaker 1: a chance for him to get on the roster given
[7:05] Speaker 1: that they didn't address this.
[7:06] Speaker 2: So yes, you're correct about that. Number two.
[7:08] Speaker 1: When it came to mansord delay being a surprise, Rett
[7:11] Speaker 1: Beach gets on the phone with him, you saw it
[7:12] Speaker 1: on the draft call, saying you didn't hear from much
[7:14] Speaker 1: much of the spring.
[7:15] Speaker 2: That was by design.
[7:16] Speaker 1: We were trying to keep this one under rep so
[7:18] Speaker 1: the Chiefs being sneaky with that.
[7:19] Speaker 2: So Ian like me, we.
[7:21] Speaker 1: Thought maybe edge rusher, don't feel bad we wound up
[7:24] Speaker 1: being delayed because they did run some misdirection on that one.
[7:28] Speaker 1: Speaking of players who didn't hear from teams, Ty Simpsons
[7:31] Speaker 1: said he never talked to Sean McVay before the for
[7:33] Speaker 1: the Rams selected him with the thirteenth overall pick.
[7:36] Speaker 2: Here look a surprise.
[7:39] Speaker 1: In a lot of ways, Ian, but definitely the team
[7:43] Speaker 1: that throughout the draft process we did connect them to.
[7:46] Speaker 1: It was just a matter of well, maybe with their
[7:48] Speaker 1: second first round pick, then they trade that away. Well
[7:50] Speaker 1: maybe later in the draft. Could they come in the
[7:51] Speaker 1: second round. No, they said, we're not messing around. It's
[7:54] Speaker 1: a quarterback. You take them when you want to take them.
[7:55] Speaker 1: You take them at thirteen.
[7:57] Speaker 5: If you like him enough to believe that he has
[7:59] Speaker 5: a future st quarterback in the league, just take him wherever,
[8:02] Speaker 5: because the reality is, if Ty Simpson ends up starting
[8:05] Speaker 5: for the Los Angeles Rams at some point next.
[8:08] Speaker 6: Year, two years, three years, who cares?
[8:11] Speaker 5: He is going to be worth the wherever you select
[8:13] Speaker 5: him if he is a good quarterback, So it doesn't
[8:14] Speaker 5: matter if you like him, just take him. This is
[8:17] Speaker 5: a fascinating one for me because this was the one
[8:19] Speaker 5: team that really didn't need anything, Like the roster's so good,
[8:24] Speaker 5: and you know, Sean McVay didn't really play rookies anyway.
[8:26] Speaker 5: It's not like they needed one guy to come in
[8:28] Speaker 5: and phill hole. So I'm like, who could they get
[8:30] Speaker 5: to invest in the future enough that's worth it at thirteen.
[8:33] Speaker 6: This was the only thing.
[8:35] Speaker 5: I could possibly come up with, except everyone said the
[8:37] Speaker 5: same thing. Well, yeah, the Rams don't really like him
[8:39] Speaker 5: because they haven't spent a lot of time in them.
[8:41] Speaker 6: Turns out that also was by design.
[8:43] Speaker 5: And I will say this, the Rams are so good, Judy,
[8:45] Speaker 5: they are never going to have the opportunity to draft
[8:47] Speaker 5: at thirteen again. If you get someone to this town level,
[8:51] Speaker 5: at this position, you have to take it.
[8:53] Speaker 4: I understand all the hand ringing from folks who say, well,
[8:56] Speaker 4: they are in a Super Bowl window right now, they
[8:58] Speaker 4: have the defending lead MVP. They should have drafted somebody
[9:02] Speaker 4: who could help them immediately. Okay, I don't know who
[9:05] Speaker 4: that would have been that they need, because as you
[9:07] Speaker 4: pointed out, they don't really have any holes on their roster.
[9:10] Speaker 4: Maybe another wide receiver if you're worried about that position.
[9:13] Speaker 4: But we spend a lot of time talking about teams
[9:16] Speaker 4: that have not had succession plans. We've talked about it
[9:19] Speaker 4: with the Pittsburgh Steelers who have tried to have a
[9:21] Speaker 4: succession plan and it just hasn't come to fruition and
[9:24] Speaker 4: now they are waiting on Aaron Rodgers.
[9:26] Speaker 3: We talk about it with other teams. We have seen this.
[9:29] Speaker 4: Work at the Green Bay Packers twice, where you draft
[9:32] Speaker 4: a quarterback high while you still have the guy in
[9:36] Speaker 4: place and you're still trying to win Super bowls there.
[9:38] Speaker 4: We have seen it work there and this is what
[9:41] Speaker 4: they are trying to do at the Rems. And you're right,
[9:44] Speaker 4: they are so good. Much like the Steelers, they never
[9:47] Speaker 4: draft high. They're never going to be high enough to
[9:50] Speaker 4: get one of those guys in the top five picks.
[9:53] Speaker 4: You got to take him if you think he's the guy.
[9:55] Speaker 4: And if he sits on the bench, that's okay. Patrick
[9:58] Speaker 4: Mahomes sat on the bench for a little while too.
[10:00] Speaker 1: Ian reported before the draft, Jimmy Garoppolo is considering retirement.
[10:04] Speaker 1: You need to back up in some form or fashion, right,
[10:07] Speaker 1: so you get Ty Simpson. You try to bring him
[10:09] Speaker 1: along behind Matthew Stafford. Maybe he winds up being your
[10:11] Speaker 1: number two. Maybe Garoppolo could still be welcome back, because
[10:14] Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh mentioned at the league meeting he did expect
[10:17] Speaker 1: or hope that Garoppolo was going to come back.
[10:19] Speaker 7: So maybe he.
[10:20] Speaker 1: Still could come in as the two and Simpsons the three.
[10:22] Speaker 1: We'll see how they handle that. But basically, the Rams
[10:24] Speaker 1: feeling really good about their quarterback of the future in
[10:27] Speaker 1: Ty Simpson. Let's see how he Develops'd be interesting to
[10:29] Speaker 1: see how Carson Beck develops. You've got two veterans Jacoby Brissett,
[10:34] Speaker 1: as well as Gardner Minshew there with the Cardinals, but
[10:37] Speaker 1: as Ian reported, Brissette hasn't been there. We'll see about
[10:39] Speaker 1: a contract resolution in the meantime. Yeah, a lot of
[10:42] Speaker 1: folks were a little higher on Carson Beck. Then maybe
[10:45] Speaker 1: we thought winds up being a third round pick, number
[10:48] Speaker 1: sixty five overall, with the chance to at least make
[10:51] Speaker 1: a statement to the Cardinals and say, hey, I'm your
[10:53] Speaker 1: guy moving forward. If you got a high pick next year, Judy,
[10:55] Speaker 1: maybe you'll even have to use it on a quarterback
[10:57] Speaker 1: because you got me.
[10:59] Speaker 6: Yeah.
[10:59] Speaker 4: I mean, of all the quarterbacks that were drafted, Carson Beck,
[11:02] Speaker 4: strangely enough, may get a start before any of them.
[11:06] Speaker 4: If the Raiders stick to the plan, then not start
[11:08] Speaker 4: for Nando Mendoza right away, but Carson Beck a third rounder. Remember,
[11:12] Speaker 4: before the draft, the brain trust in Arizona declined to
[11:15] Speaker 4: name a starter, declined to even name.
[11:18] Speaker 3: A front runner for the starting job.
[11:20] Speaker 4: Now we assume that Jacobe Brissett will be the starter,
[11:24] Speaker 4: But you don't know how that's going to go, and
[11:25] Speaker 4: you certainly don't know how things are going to go
[11:27] Speaker 4: in training camp. Carson Beck has played a lot of games,
[11:30] Speaker 4: a lot of high profile games, high pressure games. He
[11:34] Speaker 4: played a two huge programs. He played in the National
[11:37] Speaker 4: Championship Game only a few months ago, so he's got
[11:40] Speaker 4: plenty of experience in high pressure situation. It's going to
[11:42] Speaker 4: be really interesting to see how this plays out in Arizona.
[11:45] Speaker 4: But I don't think anybody would be surprised if he
[11:48] Speaker 4: is starting sooner rather than later.
[11:50] Speaker 5: There yeah, kind of a sneaky selection here. And I
[11:53] Speaker 5: think once Carson Beck didn't go in the second round
[11:56] Speaker 5: in the air was like, well, I guess maybe the
[11:57] Speaker 5: Cardinals don't like him. No, they really just understood the
[12:00] Speaker 5: value across the league, knowing that if people didn't take
[12:02] Speaker 5: him in one, they probably weren't going to take him
[12:04] Speaker 5: in two. Arizona Cardinals wait weight weight and get a
[12:07] Speaker 5: really really talented quarterback in the third round.
[12:10] Speaker 6: And here's what they have right now.
[12:11] Speaker 5: They have Jacoby Brissette, who started a bunch of games
[12:14] Speaker 5: last year, expect to be their starter of this year,
[12:16] Speaker 5: but has not been present this spring because he wants
[12:18] Speaker 5: a contract extension. And then they have Gardner Minshew, who
[12:21] Speaker 5: has obviously started in the past. It does seem judy
[12:24] Speaker 5: like what you said, Carson Beck is going to get
[12:26] Speaker 5: a shot, and he'll either earn it or he won't,
[12:29] Speaker 5: but he is going to have a very interesting opportunity
[12:31] Speaker 5: in Arizona.
[12:33] Speaker 1: The pre draft process, interviews at the Combine and elsewhere,
[12:36] Speaker 1: meetings with teams very important, particularly for quarterbacks.
[12:39] Speaker 2: Carson Beck did a really great job throughout that process.
[12:42] Speaker 1: Given folks the right answers about how things ended at
[12:44] Speaker 1: Georgia and maybe areas where he could have improved.
[12:47] Speaker 2: Carson Beck winds up with the Cardinals.
[12:50] Speaker 6: What does the future look like as a head coach
[12:52] Speaker 6: in this league for you?
[12:53] Speaker 3: I guess it's going to happen.
[12:54] Speaker 2: Yeah, you guys know, I'm going to Las Vegas.
[12:56] Speaker 7: I'm firing up about it. This is a Sober and Black.
[12:58] Speaker 7: This is the Raiders, this is the store franchise.
[13:01] Speaker 6: When the opportunity came out, had a chance to.
[13:03] Speaker 7: Come here and compete with this organization, it was a
[13:05] Speaker 7: no brainer.
[13:06] Speaker 8: Roll bo edg.
[13:07] Speaker 5: Max Crosby is now headed to the Baltimore Ravens.
[13:11] Speaker 6: A massive, massive ball, true first round picks.
[13:14] Speaker 3: You could see a whole lot of positions. It's cash
[13:17] Speaker 3: that has been misspence.
[13:18] Speaker 9: Highlighted by Tyler linderball.
[13:20] Speaker 10: But then they follow it up and getting on the
[13:21] Speaker 10: defens side of the ball, getting us money to the
[13:24] Speaker 10: Kobe D's and play.
[13:25] Speaker 6: Walkers of the world.
[13:26] Speaker 7: So they have the money and they have to spend.
[13:28] Speaker 11: The news that the Max Crosby Blockbuster trade is off
[13:33] Speaker 11: and sent shock waves through the league book.
[13:35] Speaker 5: Cousins is going to give about twenty bill to mentor
[13:37] Speaker 5: Fernando Mendoza.
[13:38] Speaker 6: We know there's a respect here for the Raiders and
[13:40] Speaker 6: whatnover that said, love being a.
[13:42] Speaker 12: Part of that.
[13:43] Speaker 13: Welcome to the twenty twenty pick NFL Draft. With the
[13:46] Speaker 13: first pick, the Las Vegas Raiders select Fernando Minovaana.
[13:52] Speaker 11: But exactly what we're looking for and what the franchise
[13:55] Speaker 11: we think you can't wait for for Lordon.
[13:56] Speaker 14: With the thirty eighth picks, the Las Vegas Raiders Traydon
[14:01] Speaker 14: Stoke defensive back Arizona.
[14:03] Speaker 2: With the sixty seventh thick Kee.
[14:06] Speaker 7: Ron Crawford defensive n Auburn.
[14:08] Speaker 8: With a ninety first pick, Trey Zoom the third guard Texas,
[14:13] Speaker 8: A and.
[14:13] Speaker 7: M Welcome to the Raider.
[14:18] Speaker 1: I feel like we all lived a lifetime in the
[14:20] Speaker 1: Raiders offseason. Fernando Mendoza, the number one overall pick. Trade
[14:25] Speaker 1: on Stoke's there the safety, followed by Kiroon Crawford, who
[14:27] Speaker 1: then jumped into the pool once he was drafted. Jamal
[14:30] Speaker 1: McCoy's an interesting one. If they can get that knee
[14:32] Speaker 1: right at some point, what a value that's going to be.
[14:34] Speaker 1: Mike Washington Junior bald, he loved him. We were talking
[14:37] Speaker 1: over the weekend and Hezekaya mass is one of the
[14:39] Speaker 1: best names in the draft this year. Our guy Omar
[14:43] Speaker 1: Ruwis was out there in Vegas covering the Raiders.
[14:46] Speaker 2: Steve Weiss was with me and Los Angeles breaking it down.
[14:48] Speaker 2: Those guys are in Englewood.
[14:50] Speaker 11: Now, he Mike, Yeah. Special weekend in Las Vegas. Was
[14:53] Speaker 11: able to witness a lot of it. And when Fernando
[14:55] Speaker 11: Mendoz and his family walk into the building, the entire
[14:58] Speaker 11: organization is standing around the line be getting him a
[15:01] Speaker 11: standing innovation. You have Fred blint Nikoff, you have Jim Plunkett,
[15:05] Speaker 11: you have Tim Brown, you have Marcus Allen, three fellow
[15:08] Speaker 11: Heisman Trophy winners, three Hall of Famers, and you talk
[15:12] Speaker 11: about a welcoming committee. Steve John Spytek there you see
[15:15] Speaker 11: there on the left, the general manager, the welcoming committee
[15:19] Speaker 11: that he's put together this spring.
[15:21] Speaker 6: With all the work they've done.
[15:22] Speaker 11: This offseason, whether it's talking about Kirk Cousins, the draft picks,
[15:26] Speaker 11: or free agency, it all seems to have come together
[15:29] Speaker 11: this weekend.
[15:29] Speaker 7: Yeah, Omar, when we're talking.
[15:30] Speaker 14: About this draft and they you know, you look at
[15:33] Speaker 14: most of the evaluations, very solid draft. You've got to
[15:35] Speaker 14: include what they did in free agency. Going to Kirk Cousins.
[15:38] Speaker 14: But whether it's him or whether it's Fernanda Mendoza. They
[15:41] Speaker 14: go out and get center Tyler Linderbaum, a garden Spencer, Butufort.
[15:44] Speaker 14: They load up on defense with three linebackers Dakobe, Dean Quitty,
[15:48] Speaker 14: Pey Kway Walker. Now you add some of these other
[15:50] Speaker 14: players to it. You talk about the safety trade on
[15:52] Speaker 14: Stoke's he comes in right. He's somebody who could back
[15:55] Speaker 14: up these linebackers. You can play several different positions they're at.
[15:59] Speaker 14: You cover the tight ends in the NFC West. Then
[16:01] Speaker 14: you add key On Crawford the third round, add depth
[16:04] Speaker 14: to the ed spot. We talked about Max Crossey playing
[16:06] Speaker 14: ninety eight percent of the snaps. He doesn't have to
[16:08] Speaker 14: do it. You see some Teraron Johnson. They brought in
[16:11] Speaker 14: a free agency. Now they add jermalm McCoy, see if
[16:14] Speaker 14: he can come in off that knee. But the interesting
[16:17] Speaker 14: one to me is Mike just talked about is adding
[16:19] Speaker 14: running back Mike Washington. He is a zone scheme, stick
[16:23] Speaker 14: your foot in the ground, one cut running back who
[16:26] Speaker 14: fits exactly what Klink Kubiak does. Remember they had Ashtion
[16:29] Speaker 14: genty the sixth overall draft pick last year. This could
[16:32] Speaker 14: be a hell of a backfield with two guys. When
[16:34] Speaker 14: you think about where Klink Kubiak is coming from, with
[16:35] Speaker 14: Kenneth Walker and Zach Charboney up in Seattle, he could
[16:39] Speaker 14: be redoing this. That's a quarterback's best friend. Omar so
[16:42] Speaker 14: whether it's Fernando Men those are Kirk cousins. They could
[16:45] Speaker 14: have two stud young running backs to help them along.
[16:47] Speaker 14: You look at Spike Tech's work over the weekend with
[16:49] Speaker 14: this draft. You hear all the general managers throughout the
[16:51] Speaker 14: NFL say we're going to do the best player available.
[16:54] Speaker 6: It looks like they lived it.
[16:55] Speaker 11: Heading into this draft, looked like wide receiver and defensive
[16:58] Speaker 11: tackle might have been their two biggest needs. Well, they
[17:00] Speaker 11: didn't make a defensive tackle. Wide receiver partic until their
[17:03] Speaker 11: second to the last and their last pick. It was
[17:06] Speaker 11: all for DBS like you mentioned, to fortify that unit
[17:09] Speaker 11: and sticking to that best player available and getting that value.
[17:12] Speaker 11: As for Fernando Mendoza going to have the rookie Mini
[17:15] Speaker 11: camp I asked fi Tech about how much they're going
[17:17] Speaker 11: to put on his plate and said they're going to
[17:19] Speaker 11: give it all to him. They expect a lot from
[17:21] Speaker 11: Fernando Mendoza with the playbook and everything else. Mendoza, for
[17:24] Speaker 11: his part, knows that he has to earn the respect.
[17:27] Speaker 11: He has to earn the trust of the locker room.
[17:30] Speaker 11: I asked how he's going to do that. He said,
[17:32] Speaker 11: getting to learn from those guys so as maniacal in
[17:35] Speaker 11: his preparation in his work ethic that Fernando Mendoza has been.
[17:39] Speaker 11: He says he knows Max Crosby has a legendary work ethic.
[17:42] Speaker 6: He's eager to learn.
[17:44] Speaker 11: From guys like Crosby and earn their trust and real quick, you're.
[17:46] Speaker 14: Going to be meeting up with Fernando Mendoza again on
[17:49] Speaker 14: Sicco Demayo Omar is gonna be a whole week fan
[17:51] Speaker 14: tomorrow Hispanic Football Hall of Fame back up there, at
[17:54] Speaker 14: the Raiders facility where they're going to honor with the
[17:56] Speaker 14: great Latino football players who've been in the NFL and
[18:00] Speaker 14: who's been in the NFL. Is a great work, great
[18:01] Speaker 14: opportunity by you. Good work this weekend, Thank you, Great
[18:04] Speaker 14: work by Mike Gy and the Insiders all weekend with
[18:06] Speaker 14: the draft as well, might be.
[18:09] Speaker 1: And Omar Felisa, that is congratulations, my friend. We're talking
[18:13] Speaker 1: Browns and their draft. Love people giving some high marks
[18:17] Speaker 1: for Andrew Berry and company.
[18:19] Speaker 2: No, that was not a draft grade. Told you we're
[18:21] Speaker 2: not doing them tonight and check back in three years.
[18:24] Speaker 1: By the way, the Giants draft review that is coming
[18:28] Speaker 1: up along with the rest of.
[18:30] Speaker 2: The NFC East. We did the Giants already.
[18:32] Speaker 15: NFC East coming up after the break on the Insiders.
[18:44] Speaker 10: Right by the confluence of the three Rivers, six figures
[18:48] Speaker 10: of fans getting ready to watch the twenty twenty six
[18:51] Speaker 10: NFL drafts.
[18:55] Speaker 13: Biggest Raiders are on the clock with the first pick,
[18:58] Speaker 13: Rinando Minova and.
[19:00] Speaker 2: I look forward to proving and earning it every single day.
[19:02] Speaker 2: David Bailey here, my love, Carnell Tape.
[19:05] Speaker 7: WHOA, that's an embarrassment of riches.
[19:07] Speaker 13: The Los Angeles Rams select Hi Simpson.
[19:10] Speaker 7: Okay, this is the first big shocker.
[19:14] Speaker 10: First round is in the books and a very emotional, fun,
[19:18] Speaker 10: unpredictable first night. And now it's time for night number two.
[19:22] Speaker 10: The only individual left in the green.
[19:26] Speaker 13: Room were the thirty six pick, the Houston Texans select
[19:29] Speaker 13: Dayden McDonald.
[19:30] Speaker 7: All right, this is emotional, man. Just I know I
[19:32] Speaker 7: supposed to be here. I'm just so blended.
[19:34] Speaker 10: The first ever game for the NFL in Rio de
[19:37] Speaker 10: Janeiro my Rokanya Stadium.
[19:39] Speaker 7: I think I said that right. I like it. I'm
[19:40] Speaker 7: not gonna argue with you.
[19:41] Speaker 10: I think it's called Macarain and Jim down the specimens
[19:44] Speaker 10: for you off its birth.
[19:50] Speaker 6: Steelers.
[19:52] Speaker 10: Night two has been quite something else Day three, they
[19:57] Speaker 10: already have a trade.
[19:58] Speaker 7: The Raiders have traded up with the Bill.
[20:00] Speaker 10: Jamaad McCoy, Amanda Meyer, the Hall of favors who have
[20:03] Speaker 10: come from the fourth round, and we aim to please.
[20:06] Speaker 7: Here we go.
[20:07] Speaker 10: The Jets just chose somebody and they are clapping and
[20:10] Speaker 10: a must like whoever it is in Mexico City.
[20:24] Speaker 3: She can't be tonight.
[20:26] Speaker 1: She's with me.
[20:28] Speaker 3: It's bag. I'll keep you sure. Look your first season.
[20:35] Speaker 7: It's not off from the home of the It's urge.
[20:44] Speaker 6: The draft is the best.
[20:45] Speaker 5: I love it, I miss it already, but it's not
[20:48] Speaker 5: going anywhere just yet. Time for Draft review, presented by
[20:51] Speaker 5: Alexis joining me in rapport Judabats to Mark Ross, our
[20:55] Speaker 5: front office expert at analysts, Mark, let's get into it
[20:58] Speaker 5: a little bit, uh, with the New York Giants will
[21:01] Speaker 5: do a little NFC East tonight. How do you assess
[21:05] Speaker 5: with the Giants did, especially having two top ten picks.
[21:09] Speaker 3: Well, the Giants absolutely crushed it.
[21:11] Speaker 9: And look, we've heard about the highest player on the board.
[21:14] Speaker 9: Every team drafted the highest player of the board. Well,
[21:16] Speaker 9: undoubtedly r VL rees was the highest player of the
[21:19] Speaker 9: Giants board, probably the number one on most teams boards.
[21:22] Speaker 9: They absolutely got a steal there at five with Rvlreas
[21:26] Speaker 9: going there, who is just going to be a phenomenon
[21:28] Speaker 9: Just everybody talk about, well they got too many edges. No,
[21:30] Speaker 9: this guy can play all over the place and is
[21:33] Speaker 9: going to be a dynamic playmaker.
[21:34] Speaker 6: And then doubling up at.
[21:36] Speaker 9: Ten with Francis Malayno, the tackle from Miami who undoubtedly
[21:40] Speaker 9: was in their top five, their top two or three
[21:43] Speaker 9: on their board as well, and then even to get
[21:45] Speaker 9: Colton Hood, the corner from Tennessee in the second round.
[21:49] Speaker 7: There who I had as a.
[21:51] Speaker 9: Could have been the bottom of the first round pick,
[21:53] Speaker 9: maybe my third or fourth corner. So the Giants to
[21:56] Speaker 9: me got three shore fire starters and absolute playmakers there
[22:01] Speaker 9: with their first three picks.
[22:03] Speaker 4: All right, another team in the NFC East that had
[22:06] Speaker 4: two first rounders that Dallas Cowboys. How do you assess
[22:09] Speaker 4: how they did.
[22:11] Speaker 7: Well?
[22:11] Speaker 9: Dallas had a plan. Look, they needed to fix the defense.
[22:14] Speaker 9: They couldn't get any worse. So anybody they added who
[22:17] Speaker 9: is going to help that defense. But they get Calea
[22:19] Speaker 9: down to again as a safety, but was really to
[22:24] Speaker 9: me a top five top talent where you know this
[22:27] Speaker 9: guy is going to be a shorefire all pro type
[22:30] Speaker 9: of player, just so smart, so crafty, unbelievable instincts and
[22:35] Speaker 9: ability to get around the football. And then to double
[22:37] Speaker 9: up again with Malachi Lawrence the edge from Central Florida
[22:41] Speaker 9: who they needed to get that extra pass rush to
[22:44] Speaker 9: go with Rashaun Gary who they signed in the offseason,
[22:48] Speaker 9: and then go again with lt Overton and Jayshawn Barnum
[22:52] Speaker 9: the DN from Michigan. So of course they had that
[22:55] Speaker 9: concerted effort of our offense is great. We know we
[22:57] Speaker 9: can do on that side of the ball, but hey,
[23:00] Speaker 9: you got to go get some defensive players and they
[23:01] Speaker 9: did it.
[23:02] Speaker 5: Mark Diego's had a very notable draft for several reasons,
[23:05] Speaker 5: several viral moments of gol anyone surrounding mkayle Lemon.
[23:08] Speaker 6: More on that.
[23:09] Speaker 5: In a second, but overall, how do you assess what
[23:12] Speaker 5: the Eagles did in the entire draft?
[23:15] Speaker 9: Yeah, of course this is going to be talked about
[23:17] Speaker 9: forever with this trade up in the scooping mkayle Lemon
[23:22] Speaker 9: over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
[23:23] Speaker 3: But you're talking about the fit there.
[23:25] Speaker 9: We're really an absolute playmaker mostly in the slot, super smart,
[23:29] Speaker 9: super crafty inside there. And then to go get Eli
[23:33] Speaker 9: Stowers as well, you know, the flex tight end to
[23:36] Speaker 9: play inside as well. So it'll be really interesting because
[23:38] Speaker 9: Jalen hurts his strength is on the outside, so you're
[23:41] Speaker 9: really going to have to adjust his game. New offensive
[23:44] Speaker 9: coordinator there, Sewan Manion. It seems as if, like, Okay, Jalen,
[23:47] Speaker 9: you're gonna have to expand the game and get these
[23:49] Speaker 9: guys on the inside to hit these quick hitters to
[23:52] Speaker 9: get the ball into Lemon and Stour's hand and say,
[23:54] Speaker 9: let's go make some plays for us.
[23:58] Speaker 4: All right, let's wrap it up with one Washington Sunny
[24:00] Speaker 4: Styles in the first round.
[24:02] Speaker 3: What'd you make of that?
[24:04] Speaker 9: Yeah, kind of kind of calm compared to the other
[24:06] Speaker 9: three teams of Washington flew under the radar with such
[24:09] Speaker 9: big moves from those other teams. Have the two first
[24:12] Speaker 9: round picks, and then the drama with Philly and you
[24:14] Speaker 9: know Sonny Styles who slid in there were you know
[24:17] Speaker 9: that defense needed a lot of help as well. The
[24:20] Speaker 9: huge signings of the offseason. You're paying a ton of
[24:23] Speaker 9: money for Oway and Chase on there to solidify that
[24:26] Speaker 9: pass rush. So now you've got the quarterback of the
[24:28] Speaker 9: defense there in Sonny Styles. And I really like the
[24:31] Speaker 9: Antonio Williams pick though in the third round the wide
[24:33] Speaker 9: receiver from Clemson talked about mkayle Lemon working the slot,
[24:37] Speaker 9: but Williams really is super special there at a slot
[24:40] Speaker 9: as well, a lot of quick hitters there for Jane Daniels.
[24:42] Speaker 6: Let Terry McLaurin work on the outside.
[24:45] Speaker 7: I like the k Tron Allen pick as well.
[24:47] Speaker 9: In the sixth, sixth round, the running back for Penn
[24:50] Speaker 9: State who bring that tough, tough running, you know, just
[24:54] Speaker 9: downhill type grinder there that'll need there in that offense.
[24:59] Speaker 6: So much of the fun stuff that draft is. Get
[25:01] Speaker 6: through it.
[25:01] Speaker 5: You pay attention to the end, you're like, wow, what
[25:03] Speaker 5: in the world just happened, and take in the next
[25:04] Speaker 5: several weeks to process.
[25:05] Speaker 6: All of it. More great stuff. You're going to join
[25:08] Speaker 6: us more in the coming show in weeks and days and.
[25:11] Speaker 5: All that to kind of get us through this great
[25:13] Speaker 5: stuff as always, just as this one that is the
[25:16] Speaker 5: viral moment for mackay Lemon, one of the highlights of
[25:20] Speaker 5: the first round.
[25:21] Speaker 6: Why is Philly calling me?
[25:30] Speaker 8: Come on listen, listen, Hey, w Philly, you really just
[25:40] Speaker 8: treated this.
[25:46] Speaker 2: This is Howie Roseman on the GM of the Ecles.
[25:47] Speaker 2: How you doing Remember a walk on the heel? That
[25:53] Speaker 2: was kind of fun? How about how about we do
[25:56] Speaker 2: that for a living. We just traded up. We're picking you.
[26:01] Speaker 2: You're an Eagle congrat's brother. We trained out. We took
[26:04] Speaker 2: Makaile Lemmon.
[26:09] Speaker 1: That was Aaron moorehead in the back there in a
[26:11] Speaker 1: very crowded Eagles draft room. He's the wide receivers coach
[26:14] Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. He's had a lot of new additions lately,
[26:17] Speaker 1: including McKay lemon and Hobbie Roseman gave the same answer
[26:20] Speaker 1: about AJ Brown.
[26:21] Speaker 2: AJ Brown is a member of the Eagles, that's great.
[26:23] Speaker 2: He also said, we have nothing agreed to as far
[26:25] Speaker 2: as the trade. That's great.
[26:26] Speaker 1: We'll see what happens come June first and beyond. In
[26:29] Speaker 1: the meantime, MacKaye Lemon a guy that's willing to do
[26:31] Speaker 1: the dirty work, the tough work over the middle. You
[26:34] Speaker 1: got a quarterback you want him to throw over the
[26:36] Speaker 1: middle of the field. The Eagles do there, bring back
[26:39] Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard who can do some of that. McKay lemon
[26:41] Speaker 1: now as well as the Eagles try to stack that
[26:44] Speaker 1: receiver room. No matter what A J. Brown or no,
[26:47] Speaker 1: AJ Brown felt like they needed depth at that position.
[26:50] Speaker 2: They certainly have that as of right now.
[26:53] Speaker 1: Although if you take away the number one guy to
[26:54] Speaker 1: look differently, Ian live.
[26:57] Speaker 5: On the Minnesota Vikings. Well, let me get to the
[27:00] Speaker 5: Cowboys first. The Dallas Cowboys added to their receiver room.
[27:04] Speaker 5: We'll get to a little receiver news. As a second
[27:06] Speaker 5: for the Vikings, NBS mark wes Valdez Scaling signing a
[27:09] Speaker 5: one year deal with the Cowboys.
[27:10] Speaker 6: Another shot for him.
[27:11] Speaker 5: This was the news I was about to talk about before.
[27:13] Speaker 5: Jordan Adison gets his fifth year option picked up by
[27:15] Speaker 5: the Vikings.
[27:16] Speaker 6: No surprise.
[27:17] Speaker 5: They told us they're going to do it a couple
[27:18] Speaker 5: weeks ago, and today they actually did it. The Vikings
[27:21] Speaker 5: also threw a little bit of a curveball with the
[27:24] Speaker 5: selection of Caleb Banks, and this is an interesting one.
[27:27] Speaker 5: Took um eighteenth overall earlier than most people believed, most
[27:30] Speaker 5: of because he's come back from another broken foot, the
[27:33] Speaker 5: injured at the Combine.
[27:34] Speaker 6: But they believed a couple things.
[27:36] Speaker 5: One, he was for sure the most talented player on
[27:39] Speaker 5: their board by a lot. Two, Florida loved him, spoke
[27:43] Speaker 5: very very highly about his character and this was a
[27:47] Speaker 5: big time physical beast that Brian Flores, the defensive coordinator,
[27:51] Speaker 5: has loved Caleb Banks. A surprised goes to the Vikings.
[27:55] Speaker 5: They believe he is going to make a huge impact.
[27:57] Speaker 4: Judy, let's talk about the Cleveland Browns. You remember they
[28:02] Speaker 4: had an awesome rookie class last year. Well, maybe they're
[28:06] Speaker 4: going to have an awesome rookie class this year. Let's
[28:10] Speaker 4: start with Spencer Fano, the offensive tackle who went look
[28:13] Speaker 4: at the size of him ninth overall. Remember, the Cleveland
[28:16] Speaker 4: Browns have totally overhauled their offensive line this offseason. They
[28:20] Speaker 4: used something like fourteen different offensive line combinations. Last year
[28:25] Speaker 4: was not a good situation. The whole thing got blown up.
[28:27] Speaker 4: So now they are starting over. Spencer Fano the tackle.
[28:31] Speaker 4: Then they drafted two wide receivers in a Row, Casey
[28:35] Speaker 4: Concepcion and Denzel Boston in.
[28:37] Speaker 3: The second round.
[28:38] Speaker 4: Then they added another offensive lineman, Austin Barber in the
[28:42] Speaker 4: third round. So whoever winds up being the starting quarterback
[28:46] Speaker 4: for the Cleveland Browns and they've got a competition going on.
[28:50] Speaker 4: They are going to have good weapons, and they are
[28:52] Speaker 4: presumably going to have much better protection than they had
[28:56] Speaker 4: last season. Let's stay in the AFC North we know,
[29:00] Speaker 4: of course, the Bengals' biggest move this offseason came before
[29:02] Speaker 4: the draft, getting Dexter Lawrence from the Giants. This is
[29:06] Speaker 4: what they did with the draft. They stuck with the
[29:09] Speaker 4: defensive line with their first pick, and that came in
[29:13] Speaker 4: round number two.
[29:14] Speaker 3: You see the picks here.
[29:16] Speaker 4: Duke Tobin of the Bengals talked to media today about
[29:20] Speaker 4: the draft, but he also talked about Joe Burrow's contract
[29:23] Speaker 4: situation here.
[29:24] Speaker 16: He is, It's been good. Joe's positive, and you know
[29:29] Speaker 16: he wants to help. He wants to be involved, and
[29:32] Speaker 16: he believes in our team and his teammates and the
[29:36] Speaker 16: guys that we've got coming in.
[29:38] Speaker 2: Have you approached Joe Burrow about a restructure?
[29:41] Speaker 7: Is that's something you would do?
[29:42] Speaker 16: Oh, those are things that we're working through after the draft.
[29:45] Speaker 16: And again we've layered in challenges, but we're up to
[29:49] Speaker 16: them and we do it because we got the opportunity
[29:54] Speaker 16: to add the right people and the right players.
[29:57] Speaker 4: We have talked about some of the headlined news so
[30:01] Speaker 4: far in this show. Next up, we're going to talk
[30:03] Speaker 4: about Under the Radar Drafts. Mark and Steve are going
[30:07] Speaker 4: to be back on the show Under the Radar Drafts
[30:11] Speaker 4: coming up next on The Insiders.
[30:22] Speaker 7: The second overall pick of this draft.
[30:24] Speaker 2: Is David Bailey, linebacker.
[30:29] Speaker 10: Texas, tex David Bailey is the highest drafting defensive player
[30:34] Speaker 10: in jet's history.
[30:35] Speaker 5: With the fifth overall pick, the New York Football Giants
[30:39] Speaker 5: select Arvel Reese, linebacker from the Ohio State University.
[30:44] Speaker 2: This is the big time get for the Giants.
[30:46] Speaker 9: This is a really, really good football player that is
[30:49] Speaker 9: very wrong.
[30:49] Speaker 7: Well I have to say this thing real. The tenth pick,
[30:52] Speaker 7: the New.
[30:52] Speaker 13: York Giants select Francis Mawrinoa tackle Miami.
[30:57] Speaker 10: So the Giants, with their two first n picks go
[31:00] Speaker 10: defense Rvel Reese and Francis Maui.
[31:03] Speaker 7: Noah, alright, I'll die about this man.
[31:07] Speaker 13: We're the sixteenth pick, the New York Jets elect Kenyon Sadik.
[31:11] Speaker 7: There you go, Joe in Oregon. You know that forty
[31:14] Speaker 7: he ran at the combine, one of the fastest tight
[31:16] Speaker 7: ends that we've seen in history.
[31:18] Speaker 6: You don't get the nickname Sadik the freak for being slow.
[31:20] Speaker 13: Where the thirtieth picks, the New York Jets select Omar
[31:24] Speaker 13: Cooper junior wide receiver Indiana.
[31:27] Speaker 7: And now he goes putting his jet hat on. He's
[31:31] Speaker 7: going to New York.
[31:35] Speaker 2: The Jets had a great draft. Yeah, that's right. But
[31:37] Speaker 2: the Giants had a great drift.
[31:39] Speaker 1: Yeah all right, three first round picks, two first round
[31:41] Speaker 1: picks the New York market. Yeah, okay, anybody can do that, right,
[31:45] Speaker 1: anybody can break that down.
[31:47] Speaker 2: But here on the inside, as we like to go deeper.
[31:49] Speaker 2: So let's go to some.
[31:51] Speaker 1: Under the radar, non New York market teams that really
[31:55] Speaker 1: did well.
[31:56] Speaker 2: I like this segment. That's a good segmal. Why he's
[31:57] Speaker 2: let's start in Kansas City.
[31:58] Speaker 12: Get well, well then, Michael, since I'm from Missouri, I'm
[32:01] Speaker 12: I'm gonna talk to my Missouri accident right here. Look,
[32:05] Speaker 12: I love what the Chiefs did right here because they're
[32:07] Speaker 12: trying to replicate what they didn't with that great draft
[32:09] Speaker 12: class in twenty twenty two where they went heavy defense.
[32:12] Speaker 12: But Mark, they had to go heavy defense because only
[32:15] Speaker 12: George Carr Laftis is the defender left from that twenty
[32:17] Speaker 12: twenty two draft class.
[32:18] Speaker 7: So they trade up.
[32:19] Speaker 14: They got Montsire Delaying out of LSU, the stud corner.
[32:23] Speaker 14: Then at number twenty nine in the draft pick they
[32:25] Speaker 14: got from the rate from the Rams for Tret McDuffie,
[32:28] Speaker 14: they go on, they draft defensive.
[32:30] Speaker 3: Tackle Peter Woods.
[32:31] Speaker 14: Marks family looks like they're coming back from the Frankie
[32:34] Speaker 14: Beverly and Mains concert.
[32:35] Speaker 7: Drafting all white and he's righty to rob it.
[32:38] Speaker 14: Then they come back and they get the edge Mason
[32:41] Speaker 14: Thomas out of Oklahoma.
[32:42] Speaker 7: Mark.
[32:43] Speaker 14: These are positions we know that they had to address
[32:45] Speaker 14: with their defense. They lost too many players off of defense,
[32:48] Speaker 14: so that was significant and then they go out. They
[32:50] Speaker 14: had seventh round the Jeff garrett Usmeyer to the quarterback,
[32:53] Speaker 14: somebody they can groom as well for possibly to see
[32:55] Speaker 14: if he's down the road.
[32:56] Speaker 6: But I like what the Chiefs did.
[32:57] Speaker 14: We talked about it before the draft, Mark they needed
[33:00] Speaker 14: to talk up on defense, and they took their shot
[33:03] Speaker 14: for sure.
[33:04] Speaker 9: The show me state right Missouri. And before I let
[33:06] Speaker 9: go here with the j he was trying to replicate
[33:09] Speaker 9: Chris Jones. Chris Jones a little inconsistent in college, Peter Wood,
[33:13] Speaker 9: same thing, trying to replicate that Chris Jones. But I'm
[33:15] Speaker 9: gonna go with the Ravens here, who absolutely ravened out
[33:18] Speaker 9: on their first two picks.
[33:20] Speaker 3: With Ione and Zion Young.
[33:22] Speaker 9: Just two nasty, tough, physical players. You won't find anybody
[33:26] Speaker 9: at those positions in this draft more tough and physical
[33:29] Speaker 9: with those guys. But they loved how they doubled up
[33:31] Speaker 9: on big, strong receivers there, which of Kobe Lane and
[33:35] Speaker 9: Elijah Sharat, Chandler Rivers there, the corner from Duke in there,
[33:39] Speaker 9: that Nickel just super smart crafting, You'll love him. And
[33:42] Speaker 9: then get a starting punter and Ryan Eckley out of
[33:44] Speaker 9: Michigan State much like they drafted Tyler Loop their kicker
[33:47] Speaker 9: last year, to go in there and to start. They
[33:51] Speaker 9: find the same thing in the sixth round getting the punter.
[33:53] Speaker 9: So love what the Ravens did overall addressing the needs,
[33:56] Speaker 9: but really just getting physical, tough players.
[34:00] Speaker 14: Yeah, the physicality that they drafted. They're back in stride again.
[34:04] Speaker 14: You know what Els could be back in stride again.
[34:05] Speaker 14: We're going to the Miami Dolphins. Look at their draft.
[34:09] Speaker 14: They go out, they get the massive guy, Caden Proctor.
[34:13] Speaker 14: They had to rebuild this offensive line, so they get
[34:15] Speaker 14: Cayden Proctor with their second first round pick. They get
[34:17] Speaker 14: the corner out of San Diego State, Chris Johnson. But
[34:20] Speaker 14: mark what they did in the second and third and
[34:24] Speaker 14: fourth rounds, going out and get a Jacob Rodriguez, the
[34:27] Speaker 14: inside linebacker, the playmaker, the peanut punch master.
[34:31] Speaker 7: That is somebody who.
[34:32] Speaker 6: Could really help their defense.
[34:34] Speaker 14: And his mentor Zach Thomas, the Hall of Famer from
[34:36] Speaker 14: Texas Tech who played for the Miami Dolphins, who was
[34:39] Speaker 14: a playmaker as well.
[34:40] Speaker 7: Also, they go out and they get.
[34:42] Speaker 14: The hybrid safety linebacker Kyle Lewis out of Pittsburgh. I
[34:46] Speaker 14: have no idea why he fell as far as he did.
[34:49] Speaker 14: But this is somebody who gets the ball out. You
[34:51] Speaker 14: can play him in a lot of different positions. So
[34:54] Speaker 14: Miami had a lot of work to do at a
[34:56] Speaker 14: lot of positions. And then the one position that they drafted,
[34:59] Speaker 14: we don't know if it's gonna happened right away.
[35:00] Speaker 7: Wide receiver Chris Bell.
[35:02] Speaker 14: Also the dynamic playout of Louisville is coming off that acl.
[35:05] Speaker 14: He's somebody who can really help out this team a
[35:08] Speaker 14: little bit later, but we know they needed help at
[35:10] Speaker 14: wide receivers mark they drafted three.
[35:15] Speaker 9: Definitely some happy feelings down there in Miami after that draft,
[35:18] Speaker 9: especially Jacob Rodrigae is going to bring back visions of
[35:21] Speaker 9: Zach Thomas there as a tackling machine, Steve, but I'm
[35:25] Speaker 9: gonna go with another team in that state, the Tampa
[35:27] Speaker 9: Bay Buccaneers. Talking about the Ravens getting physical players, Tampa
[35:30] Speaker 9: Bay may have matched them with Ruben Bain, who he
[35:33] Speaker 9: saw how angry he was after going It wasn't a slide, Ruben.
[35:37] Speaker 9: Look you're still in a great spot there, but he
[35:40] Speaker 9: was all business coming across that stage.
[35:42] Speaker 7: Wasn't even putting on the hat.
[35:43] Speaker 6: Let's go.
[35:44] Speaker 9: And then Josiah Trotter, the linebacker from Missouri my very
[35:48] Speaker 9: first draft drafted his father, Jeremiah Trotter with the Philadelphia Eagles.
[35:52] Speaker 9: He brings that same toughness and physicality as his dad.
[35:56] Speaker 9: Attacking machine talked about Jacob Rodriguez, Josia Hahd Trotter there
[36:00] Speaker 9: all over the field, tough, physical and then Keante Scott,
[36:04] Speaker 9: the nickel corner from Miami who pound for pound for
[36:08] Speaker 9: his position, one of the toughest as well. So just
[36:11] Speaker 9: love that Tampa Bay had that defense, had a need
[36:14] Speaker 9: and had an identity Steve of these are great football players,
[36:18] Speaker 9: but also are bringing that toughness, tenacity, and nastiness to
[36:23] Speaker 9: bring that defense up to park.
[36:24] Speaker 7: One hundred percent.
[36:25] Speaker 6: Mark a lot of joy and pain coming.
[36:28] Speaker 14: To the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with some of their draft talent.
[36:31] Speaker 14: And for those of you who don't know, Mark and
[36:33] Speaker 14: I has absolutely killed this segment with the greatest hits
[36:37] Speaker 14: of Frankie Beverly in May's dropped in every one of
[36:42] Speaker 14: our analytic reviews to those teams.
[36:43] Speaker 7: Mike hera follow.
[36:45] Speaker 1: Yeah, I will never forget Jalen Hurts sitting with the
[36:47] Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy and a cigar in the locker room after
[36:50] Speaker 1: they won the Super Bowl. The Eagles did listening to
[36:52] Speaker 1: Frankie Beverly, and he said, I always listened to Franky Beverley.
[36:55] Speaker 1: So Frankie Beverly. Maybe this year's halftime Super Bowl. Uh,
[37:01] Speaker 1: Frankie Beverly. No, No, a tribute, A tribute.
[37:04] Speaker 2: I coming up. But the insiders, h we got Will Campbell. Caleb,
[37:14] Speaker 2: how are we doing?
[37:15] Speaker 7: We're doing great?
[37:16] Speaker 2: How are you doing?
[37:16] Speaker 3: Awesome?
[37:17] Speaker 14: Man? Hey, listen, we just made a trade, all right,
[37:20] Speaker 14: so we are.
[37:22] Speaker 2: We're gonna make you our first round take man.
[37:24] Speaker 7: Congratulations, awesome, Thank you so much.
[37:26] Speaker 2: I appreciate its. Caleb allri Man, it's coach Rabel.
[37:32] Speaker 7: I'm coach you doing We're doing great, man.
[37:35] Speaker 2: Congratulations.
[37:36] Speaker 14: We're excited to have you.
[37:39] Speaker 10: I hope you're with yeah, I hope you're with your family,
[37:42] Speaker 10: and uh, you're enjoying us and we can't wait to
[37:45] Speaker 10: get you here.
[37:46] Speaker 7: All right.
[37:47] Speaker 2: That was Thursday.
[37:48] Speaker 1: Then Mike Rabel was not there on Saturday, was with
[37:50] Speaker 1: his family for counseling. He said, in regard to everything
[37:54] Speaker 1: that's happened off the field with him, but back at
[37:57] Speaker 1: the team facility today, as a colleague ed ESPN Adam
[38:02] Speaker 1: Schefter tweeted ian the Caleb Lomo selection, everybody said, oh boy.
[38:08] Speaker 2: Moving on from Will Campbell.
[38:09] Speaker 1: You don't move on from a top five draft pick
[38:12] Speaker 1: that quickly. Okay, the Patriots saying Will Campbell's still the
[38:15] Speaker 1: left tackle. That's what Brabel said right after the Super Bowl.
[38:18] Speaker 1: They liked Lomo's flexibility. So just a guy that they
[38:22] Speaker 1: thought could play a lot of spots, including maybe right
[38:25] Speaker 1: tackle because Morgan Moses was on the fence about coming
[38:27] Speaker 1: back this year.
[38:28] Speaker 5: But this is a fascinating pick, and I think, first
[38:30] Speaker 5: of all, the way this happened was interesting too. I
[38:32] Speaker 5: started getting calls before the draft that the Patriots were
[38:35] Speaker 5: making noise about possibly moving up, and I started to think,
[38:38] Speaker 5: why would the Patriots want to move up?
[38:40] Speaker 6: And I sort of thought, all right, if there's a
[38:41] Speaker 6: run on.
[38:42] Speaker 5: Tackles kind of through the Lions and the Panthers, then
[38:46] Speaker 5: maybe there's only going to be one really good guy
[38:48] Speaker 5: left that did not have maxahnic Suore going early. But
[38:51] Speaker 5: I did think that somebody would possibly trade up for
[38:54] Speaker 5: Caleb Loomu, and I thought, all right, the Patriots make sense.
[38:58] Speaker 6: But then it's like, well, they.
[38:59] Speaker 5: Don't need a left tack but okay, but they may.
[39:02] Speaker 5: And here's what I would say. The Patriots took someone
[39:05] Speaker 5: who has played left tackle at a very high level,
[39:07] Speaker 5: who has a lot of potential, probably needs to get
[39:10] Speaker 5: a little bit stronger, but has a lot of potential.
[39:13] Speaker 5: What they gave themselves was optionality. At the worst, they say,
[39:16] Speaker 5: all right, well, we just took our starting right tackle
[39:18] Speaker 5: at twenty nine, no big deal. At the best, lom
[39:21] Speaker 5: who comes in shows the kind of feed and agility
[39:23] Speaker 5: they want, and they say, you know what, he could
[39:25] Speaker 5: be our left tackle in the future.
[39:26] Speaker 6: Just put Will Campbell anywhere? Who cares?
[39:29] Speaker 5: Get the best five players online. Once you take a guy,
[39:32] Speaker 5: you take him, it doesn't matter where. Just get the
[39:34] Speaker 5: five best offensive linement on the field. The Patriots gave
[39:37] Speaker 5: themselves a good opportunity to do that with this pick, right.
[39:41] Speaker 4: Remember Will Campbell actually started last season off pretty well.
[39:44] Speaker 4: Then he got hurt, suffered a knee injury, and just
[39:47] Speaker 4: never came back. And obviously the playoffs were very bad.
[39:51] Speaker 4: So certainly the hope is that now he will be
[39:53] Speaker 4: fully healthy and look like the Will Campbell we saw
[39:56] Speaker 4: in the early part of the season before the injury.
[39:58] Speaker 4: But with this pick, does is It gives them a
[40:01] Speaker 4: lot of flexibility. He could play on the right side
[40:04] Speaker 4: if Morgan Moses doesn't come back, or he could eventually
[40:06] Speaker 4: replace him. He could be the swing tackle. He might
[40:09] Speaker 4: even be able to play guard if they needed to
[40:12] Speaker 4: do that. So this gives them a lot of flexibility
[40:15] Speaker 4: on the offensive line. We saw how badly the offensive
[40:18] Speaker 4: line performed during their playoff run last year, so this
[40:22] Speaker 4: was clearly the thing they had to fix, and this
[40:24] Speaker 4: is a good way to fix it. I feel like
[40:26] Speaker 4: they sort of went back and looked at the Super
[40:28] Speaker 4: Bowl tape and said, we got to fix the pass
[40:30] Speaker 4: rush and we've got to fix the offensive line, and
[40:32] Speaker 4: they address those both with early picks.
[40:35] Speaker 3: Good pick for the Patriots.
[40:37] Speaker 4: It's always hard when you're picking down at the end
[40:39] Speaker 4: of the draft order, but they got a really good
[40:41] Speaker 4: one player who I don't.
[40:43] Speaker 3: Think a lot of people thought was going to be
[40:44] Speaker 3: sitting there.
[40:46] Speaker 1: So much talk about the Patriots has been what's happening
[40:48] Speaker 1: off the field for this past weekend, at least, the
[40:51] Speaker 1: bulk of the conversation was about the roster, building it
[40:54] Speaker 1: and filling in some gaps or some needs for a
[40:57] Speaker 1: team that wants to get back to the Super Bowl,
[40:59] Speaker 1: proved that that was in a fluke and make sure
[41:02] Speaker 1: that they're solidified in.
[41:03] Speaker 2: The right places.
[41:04] Speaker 1: Elliot Wolf and company felt like they did that over
[41:06] Speaker 1: the weekend. Now it's about getting on the field this
[41:08] Speaker 1: spring and making sure that they can continue to move forward.
[41:13] Speaker 1: Mike Rabel, that is the hope for him, that he
[41:14] Speaker 1: can continue to move forward.
[41:17] Speaker 2: We shall see.
[41:17] Speaker 1: It's still going to be a topic, a storyline, and
[41:19] Speaker 1: people are going to ask about We'll see how Verble
[41:21] Speaker 1: handles it. He was asked if he's going to miss
[41:23] Speaker 1: any more football activity coming up, so that he can't
[41:24] Speaker 1: really answer that right now, So we'll see about that
[41:26] Speaker 1: part of things. The Insiders, we can tell you where
[41:30] Speaker 1: we're going to be here. You can find us Monday
[41:32] Speaker 1: to Friday on NFL Network seven pm Eastern. Yes, and
[41:36] Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcast. It's the off season. It's
[41:38] Speaker 1: consistent during the season that we're sort of all over
[41:40] Speaker 1: the place because we've got some football programming. Right now,
[41:43] Speaker 1: Monday to Friday, seven pm Eastern, NFL Network, that's where
[41:46] Speaker 1: you find The Insiders.
[41:49] Speaker 4: The Draft in Pittsburgh, this is bonkers. Eight hundred and
[41:52] Speaker 4: five thousand people attended the draft in Pittsburgh over the weekend.
[41:57] Speaker 4: That is a record. That's despite rain on day three.
[42:01] Speaker 4: No question, Western Pennsylvania loves its football. Great showing by Pittsburgh,
[42:08] Speaker 4: great football city.
[42:10] Speaker 6: Great golf city.
[42:11] Speaker 5: Right here, Dallas, this is Brian Schottenheimer losing to Caleb
[42:15] Speaker 5: Downs or winning. I'm not really sure who one, but
[42:18] Speaker 5: I know they had a little pipe pot competition on
[42:20] Speaker 5: his visit. After the Cowboys drafted me said, you know what,
[42:22] Speaker 5: let's have a rematch.
[42:24] Speaker 6: And I'm just gonna be honest. I'm going to go
[42:26] Speaker 6: with the player, not the coach. Coach is old.
[42:29] Speaker 2: I was talking to a head coach recently.
[42:30] Speaker 1: I said, how do you guys like get out in
[42:31] Speaker 1: the course in the spring, and like, you haven't swung
[42:34] Speaker 1: all year? They say, well, it's putting. We put a
[42:36] Speaker 1: lot in our office so we can be good at
[42:37] Speaker 1: that anyway. Cayden Ouigian, also playing golf, the Iowa wide receiver,
[42:42] Speaker 1: when he found out they were selected by the Steelers,
[42:44] Speaker 1: got the call. Rachel Bierman, his girlfriend, took the video
[42:47] Speaker 1: here of him getting the call and finding out that
[42:49] Speaker 1: he is now an NFL player, which is kind of
[42:51] Speaker 1: odd because he had to figure he was about to
[42:53] Speaker 1: get drafted, right, And what kind of call would you
[42:55] Speaker 1: take on the You always take calls on the course
[42:57] Speaker 1: for news.
[42:58] Speaker 5: I have two kinds of responses I have. Is this
[43:01] Speaker 5: urgent or can I hit you back? Or oh my god,
[43:03] Speaker 5: I got to answer right now. And if it's oh
[43:04] Speaker 5: my god, I got to answer right now. You know
[43:06] Speaker 5: I got to answer right now.
[43:08] Speaker 2: Yeah, it's that time of year.
[43:10] Speaker 1: Answer and calls on the chorus playing golf period, Let's
[43:12] Speaker 1: go do it inside of a cedarmarkt Let's go

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