# The Insiders Podcast: Baldy's Favorite Draft Picks, Emeka Egbuka Joins, NFL Stars Out at Met Gala

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 6 May 2026, 43 min.

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NFL Network Insiders Mike Garafolo and Judy Battista deliver football's biggest headlines on Tuesday May 5, 2026. With features from analysts Brian Baldinger, Sara Walsh and Michael F. Florio, the Insiders touch on news from Green Bay, Dallas and Tampa Bay -- with the former coming directly from the source, wide receiver Emeka Egbuka. Baldy shares his favorite draft picks from each round, Florio dives into rookie fantasy sleepers and the Insiders react to the best NFL outfits at this year's Met Gala. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:08] Speaker 1: Our tour of the NFL by division and how they
[0:10] Speaker 1: did in the draft continues this evening.
[0:13] Speaker 2: It's the AFC North tonight.
[0:16] Speaker 1: Brian Baldinger will be here to tell us which team
[0:18] Speaker 1: in the division had the best draft he already knows.
[0:21] Speaker 1: And Mecca Avuka fantastic year one in Tampa Bay here
[0:25] Speaker 1: to talk about.
[0:26] Speaker 2: You know the number one is Jersey. Year two are.
[0:29] Speaker 1: Sarah Walt's going to talk to you about football, and
[0:31] Speaker 1: I'll bet you they're going to talk soccer too as well.
[0:34] Speaker 1: And our Michael f Florio says, it's never too early
[0:37] Speaker 1: to be looking at some fantasy sleepers for your draft
[0:42] Speaker 1: coming up in a couple of months. Flourio all over
[0:45] Speaker 1: it when it comes to the rookies. That is later
[0:48] Speaker 1: in the program that we call the Insiders. Welcome inside
[0:52] Speaker 1: with the aforementioned insider, Judy Batista, me Mike Garrofalo. We
[0:56] Speaker 1: have got a lot of news to get to. You know,
[0:58] Speaker 1: you think the NFL is gonna quiet in May, That's.
[1:01] Speaker 2: Not the case.
[1:02] Speaker 1: DJ Reader, big news, Well, big guy. The Giants remember
[1:06] Speaker 1: they traded Dexter Lawrence away. They met with Reader before
[1:10] Speaker 1: that happened. Everybody said, oh they're preparing for that. Well,
[1:13] Speaker 1: the deal went through as far as the trade was concerned. Well,
[1:16] Speaker 1: now this deal gets done two years up to twelve,
[1:19] Speaker 1: up to fifteen and a half million, excuse me via
[1:22] Speaker 1: incentives per me and Ian Rappaport DJ reader says, yeah,
[1:25] Speaker 1: big Apple, because there's no swamp emoji. That's where he's
[1:28] Speaker 1: going to be playing in the swamp and he's rather
[1:29] Speaker 1: for but you know the New York market. Meanwhile, this morning,
[1:33] Speaker 1: our Tom Pellisero reporting that Dante Fowler Junior a one
[1:37] Speaker 1: year contract worth up to five million. He has had
[1:39] Speaker 1: a productive a couple of years and now headed to Seattle.
[1:42] Speaker 2: There's a bunch of veteran pass rushers on the market.
[1:45] Speaker 1: Seattle said, we want this guy right here, so he
[1:48] Speaker 1: locks up a deal with the Super Bowl champions.
[1:52] Speaker 2: This news coming this evening.
[1:54] Speaker 1: This is great news for everybody who doesn't love chaos.
[1:59] Speaker 1: Our friend Kevin Seiffer and Kayln Kaylor over that at ESPN,
[2:03] Speaker 1: the NFL and the NFL Referees Association have progressed far
[2:06] Speaker 1: enough to the union that scheduled a ratification vote for
[2:08] Speaker 1: a news CBA on Thursday night.
[2:12] Speaker 2: That is great news. There was a May thirty first deadline.
[2:14] Speaker 1: That's when the current CBA between the referees and the
[2:17] Speaker 1: league expired, which meant replacement officials and that was going
[2:20] Speaker 1: to be put into motion.
[2:21] Speaker 2: At that point, the NFL was saying.
[2:23] Speaker 1: Yeah, the season's well away, but that was the deadline,
[2:26] Speaker 1: so not even close.
[2:27] Speaker 2: And Judy, we had heard this that there was progress
[2:30] Speaker 2: the last couple of days. Nobody wanted to talk about it.
[2:32] Speaker 2: There was no public posturing indications that it was real.
[2:35] Speaker 2: And yes, it looks like it's going to be real.
[2:39] Speaker 3: Yeah, they had been negotiating for two years, but things
[2:42] Speaker 3: really ramped up in the last few weeks. They were talking,
[2:46] Speaker 3: but also on the other side, the NFL was starting
[2:49] Speaker 3: to hire potential replacement officials. They had prepared for the
[2:53] Speaker 3: idea of training them throughout the summer, sending them out
[2:56] Speaker 3: to training camps, mini camps, OTAs to get them, to
[3:00] Speaker 3: send them into the spring league to get them reps.
[3:03] Speaker 3: But all along they were talking. The bottom line is
[3:06] Speaker 3: neither side wanted to have to use replacement officials. Obviously,
[3:10] Speaker 3: the regular officials did not want to use replacement officials,
[3:13] Speaker 3: and even the league, even though they said they had
[3:16] Speaker 3: much better technology in place to support replacement officials. Owners
[3:20] Speaker 3: had approved some rules that would have allowed the games
[3:23] Speaker 3: to basically be officiated out of New York if you
[3:26] Speaker 3: were using replacement officials. The league didn't want to have
[3:29] Speaker 3: to go that route. Everybody in the league office remembers
[3:31] Speaker 3: what happened in twenty twelve when they had to use
[3:33] Speaker 3: replacement officials. It was bad, It was a fiasco. Nobody
[3:38] Speaker 3: wanted to go through it again. And it appears that
[3:41] Speaker 3: they are going to avoid that. That is certainly very
[3:44] Speaker 3: very good news for everyone.
[3:46] Speaker 4: Yeah.
[3:47] Speaker 1: I know you're sitting at home with your big screen
[3:48] Speaker 1: TVs and your slow motion replays and you're saying these
[3:51] Speaker 1: guys stink.
[3:52] Speaker 2: They don't stink.
[3:53] Speaker 1: They're very good at what they do, and you didn't
[3:55] Speaker 1: want to see the alternative. And it looks like yo
[3:57] Speaker 1: wo for the twenty twenty six season. That is great
[3:59] Speaker 1: news there. We'll let you know when that is formally ratified. Meanwhile,
[4:03] Speaker 1: the Packers have two key players coming off of ACL injuries.
[4:06] Speaker 2: There you see Tucker Craft right there, What a blow
[4:08] Speaker 2: that was.
[4:09] Speaker 1: And then Michaeh Parsons after everything that they committed to
[4:11] Speaker 1: him draft capital wise and then financially, to have him
[4:15] Speaker 1: go down with a torn a cl late in the season.
[4:18] Speaker 1: The good news is both guys on the road to
[4:20] Speaker 1: recovery still have a couple of months to go before
[4:22] Speaker 1: the start of the season. Here's general manager Brian Guda
[4:24] Speaker 1: kunstan their recoveries.
[4:27] Speaker 5: Yeah, I know, they're doing great, you know. You know,
[4:29] Speaker 5: Tuck's been here every day and he's obviously a little
[4:31] Speaker 5: bit ahead of schedule just because his injury after quite
[4:33] Speaker 5: earlier than the Mic has did. But Mike has such
[4:36] Speaker 5: a he's a little bit of a freak, and so
[4:40] Speaker 5: I think some of that's taken over and he's doing
[4:42] Speaker 5: really well as well. So certainly expect both those guys
[4:45] Speaker 5: back early in the season and it'll be a big
[4:47] Speaker 5: part of what we're doing moving forward.
[4:50] Speaker 1: Yep, early in the season. Can't guarantee it'll be the
[4:52] Speaker 1: start of the season. It sounds like maybe Michael Parsons
[4:55] Speaker 1: might bleed into it. We'll see how it.
[4:57] Speaker 2: Winds up going.
[4:57] Speaker 1: Still too early to call, but again, moving in the
[5:00] Speaker 1: right direction, Judy. To get those guys back early in
[5:04] Speaker 1: the season, even if it's only a couple of weeks in,
[5:06] Speaker 1: that would be fantastic for the Packers obviously.
[5:10] Speaker 3: Yeah, you can't overstate how important each of those guys are,
[5:12] Speaker 3: and you can't overstate how devastating it was when they
[5:16] Speaker 3: both got hurt. First, let's start with Tucker Kraft. The
[5:19] Speaker 3: offense was simply less efficient. Jordan Love was less efficient
[5:23] Speaker 3: after he got hurt. He was top three in yards
[5:26] Speaker 3: and receptions among tight ends in the first half of
[5:28] Speaker 3: the season, then he got hurt. They had fewer yards
[5:32] Speaker 3: per play after he got hurt. Jordan Lud's completion percentage
[5:35] Speaker 3: declined after he got hurt. And then when you look
[5:37] Speaker 3: at Michael Parsons, he was injured in the game against
[5:41] Speaker 3: Denver in December. They did not win another game after
[5:44] Speaker 3: he got hurt. After he got hurt, they only had
[5:47] Speaker 3: three sacks total the rest of the season. They gave
[5:51] Speaker 3: up nine more points per game, one hundred yards more
[5:55] Speaker 3: per game than they did when Michael Parsons was on
[5:58] Speaker 3: the field. They had just beaten the Chicago Bears, and
[6:02] Speaker 3: in the next week, Micah Parsons got hurt again.
[6:04] Speaker 6: They didn't win a game after he got hurt.
[6:06] Speaker 3: They lost twice of the Bears, including in the playoffs,
[6:09] Speaker 3: in a really tightly contested division. You can't overstate how
[6:14] Speaker 3: big a loss Micah Parsons was last season and how
[6:17] Speaker 3: big it would be to get him Ancraft on the
[6:20] Speaker 3: field for most of this season.
[6:22] Speaker 1: As for Parsons, defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon said he's been
[6:26] Speaker 1: spending time looking at all the personnel because he is
[6:29] Speaker 1: new on the scene there in Green Bay. Indicated he's
[6:32] Speaker 1: going to have a new scheme. I mean, back in
[6:34] Speaker 1: Philadelphia had guys that could just rush the passer, didn't
[6:37] Speaker 1: have to blitz mush much. If you don't have Parsons
[6:39] Speaker 1: early in the season, maybe you do have to do
[6:41] Speaker 1: some more of that to start generating things. But again,
[6:44] Speaker 1: it's going to look different than the last time. He'll
[6:46] Speaker 1: have Micah Parsons out there eventually wrecking stuff fully healthy.
[6:49] Speaker 2: Will see how far into the season that is.
[6:52] Speaker 1: George Pickens signing his franchise tag, So how far into
[6:55] Speaker 1: the season are we expecting him?
[6:57] Speaker 2: How about week one?
[6:58] Speaker 1: That's what happens when you signed the franchise, Deagan, You're
[7:00] Speaker 1: supposed to be there for all the off season work
[7:02] Speaker 1: as well, unless unless you're traded.
[7:06] Speaker 2: But here's Stephen Jones saying, you get that out of
[7:09] Speaker 2: your head.
[7:12] Speaker 7: I really do think George has believe it or not
[7:14] Speaker 7: has a chance to have just as good a year,
[7:16] Speaker 7: if not better, and uh, you know, obviously the expectations
[7:20] Speaker 7: or he'll be in the building working alongside his teammates
[7:25] Speaker 7: and working, uh, you know, to create an identity for
[7:28] Speaker 7: this football team to have success.
[7:31] Speaker 8: What was his reaction, his agent's reaction when he told
[7:35] Speaker 8: him that he was going to get the franchise tech.
[7:38] Speaker 7: Oh, I think they understood completely. I mean they're grown men,
[7:42] Speaker 7: and certainly, uh, David Mullagett is one of the best,
[7:46] Speaker 7: if not the best, and what he does and uh,
[7:50] Speaker 7: he understands the business of football and he's been professional.
[7:55] Speaker 7: Jerry and I had a great visit with him on
[7:58] Speaker 7: the phone about uh, George and what the future holds
[8:03] Speaker 7: and what expectations are and certainly, you know, we'll just
[8:08] Speaker 7: see how this thing plays out in terms of, you know,
[8:12] Speaker 7: how this offseason goes, but certainly have high expectations here
[8:17] Speaker 7: in terms of what we can accomplish as a team.
[8:20] Speaker 1: And in terms of I just got to ask you
[8:22] Speaker 1: what everyone always wants to know, what the franchise tag
[8:26] Speaker 1: trade conversations.
[8:27] Speaker 7: I mean, just we row interests in a trade for
[8:30] Speaker 7: George Pickens zero.
[8:32] Speaker 8: He's going to be aboy this zero interest.
[8:37] Speaker 2: Shut it down.
[8:37] Speaker 1: He also mentioned David Mullagetta, his agent. See they do
[8:40] Speaker 1: know his name, Judy, but they did have good conversations
[8:44] Speaker 1: recently with him and with George Pickens regarding his role. Previously,
[8:48] Speaker 1: Stephen Jones had said that no one had shown any interest,
[8:51] Speaker 1: No one had called about trading for George Pickens.
[8:53] Speaker 2: There would have been interest.
[8:55] Speaker 1: And this is pretty good indications from Jones that he
[8:58] Speaker 1: wants to send that message to the rest of the league.
[9:01] Speaker 1: Don't even bother to call at this point because we
[9:03] Speaker 1: have zero interest. I mean, that's pretty last year with
[9:06] Speaker 1: Michaeh Parsons, they had said a lot of the I
[9:09] Speaker 1: don't know that they ever said quote zero interest. So
[9:11] Speaker 1: Stephen Jones shutting that down, Judy, making it clear that
[9:14] Speaker 1: at least for this upcoming season, George Pickens's a cowboy.
[9:19] Speaker 6: Right, shutting it down as firmly as.
[9:21] Speaker 3: You could possibly shut it down, at least at this
[9:23] Speaker 3: point in the year. Now, I think the question is
[9:26] Speaker 3: do we see a fully engaged George Pickens and will
[9:29] Speaker 3: he be enthusiastic about being there for OTAs.
[9:32] Speaker 6: In training camp and all of that.
[9:34] Speaker 3: Brian Schottenheimer spoke earlier this weekend, said, you know, George
[9:39] Speaker 3: Pickens loves football.
[9:40] Speaker 6: He loves to play football.
[9:41] Speaker 2: He said he would play it for a dollar.
[9:43] Speaker 3: Well, I'm not sure that he would play it for
[9:45] Speaker 3: a dollar, but certainly if you get George Pickens in
[9:48] Speaker 3: there for the entire offseason. Stephen Jones also said that
[9:52] Speaker 3: he and Dak have been working together. That is huge
[9:55] Speaker 3: for this offense. They are returning all eleven starters. This
[9:59] Speaker 3: offense was ainamite last season. If they take off from
[10:02] Speaker 3: where they were last season, that is a huge boost
[10:06] Speaker 3: for a team that of course has remade their defense.
[10:08] Speaker 6: They could be a team.
[10:10] Speaker 3: That has a chance to make a quick push into
[10:13] Speaker 3: the playoffs.
[10:13] Speaker 6: Again that offense.
[10:15] Speaker 3: Whatever happened on the defense after they got rid of
[10:17] Speaker 3: Micah Parsons last year, that offense was humming. And if
[10:21] Speaker 3: George Pickens is fully on board with this season, that
[10:23] Speaker 3: is a very good thing for the Dallas Cowboys.
[10:27] Speaker 1: Brian Chattenheimer is saying, look at the two teams in
[10:29] Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Just because you missed the payoff doesn't
[10:31] Speaker 1: mean you can make the Super Bowl next year. So
[10:32] Speaker 1: he's looking even beyond the postseason, at least the early
[10:34] Speaker 1: stages of the postseason to get to that point. If so,
[10:37] Speaker 1: George Pickens is gonna have to be a big part
[10:38] Speaker 1: of that. Do you want more Cowboys? Because here comes
[10:41] Speaker 1: more Cowboys. The pick is in going to show you
[10:43] Speaker 1: how the Cowboys swung the deal for Caleb Downs.
[10:46] Speaker 2: In the draft, the New.
[10:52] Speaker 6: York Giants have submitted their pick.
[10:54] Speaker 9: Miami is on the clock.
[10:56] Speaker 10: Hey Kyle, this Stephen Jones. How are you mad here?
[11:00] Speaker 10: Dallas one behind you wondering if you're going to pick
[11:02] Speaker 10: away or would.
[11:03] Speaker 4: You be.
[11:05] Speaker 9: Were you guys looking.
[11:07] Speaker 10: We'd probably throw in, uh our fifth plus something, Uh
[11:13] Speaker 10: go one spot plus.
[11:16] Speaker 5: No, No, we're gonna We're gonna stay.
[11:18] Speaker 4: Okay, we're pick up. Okay, sounds gold, No good. Miami
[11:24] Speaker 4: is using all of its time here.
[11:25] Speaker 11: I really didn't think that Miami in this particular case
[11:29] Speaker 11: was going to draft him. But I didn't doubt a
[11:32] Speaker 11: entire minute that somebody else would come over and trade
[11:35] Speaker 11: Miami out of that spot and get him right off
[11:38] Speaker 11: from unders. It wasn't a hard decision to go ahead and.
[11:41] Speaker 2: Up the ante and make sure we add the league
[11:44] Speaker 2: in general.
[11:45] Speaker 12: Uh, you know, had that feeling that uh, you know,
[11:47] Speaker 12: the draft wasn't that deep and blue chip type, especially
[11:51] Speaker 12: defensive players. So you know, we just decided to pull
[11:54] Speaker 12: the trigger there and send the two fives.
[11:57] Speaker 13: Hold on here, Steve, we'll do they'll move back once
[12:00] Speaker 13: you'll move back one spot for a five. Yeah, no,
[12:09] Speaker 13: we do one seventy seven, one eighty.
[12:11] Speaker 4: If it's two fives.
[12:14] Speaker 14: Okay, okay, we got it, Heden, hold on, hold on, guys,
[12:20] Speaker 14: please be quiet, killo.
[12:26] Speaker 4: Hey this Stephen, Hey Stephen.
[12:28] Speaker 13: We're giving them our pick number twelve and we're giving
[12:32] Speaker 13: them one seventy seven, one eighty.
[12:34] Speaker 2: Miami.
[12:36] Speaker 4: Okay, yep, are we good?
[12:40] Speaker 8: Yes?
[12:42] Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's time.
[12:45] Speaker 10: We there turned out and in we got ten seconds,
[12:48] Speaker 10: two seconds.
[12:49] Speaker 2: Then it's us on the clock.
[12:51] Speaker 8: Bet I get it.
[12:51] Speaker 9: In Stallas has somethingted. It's pick Miami is on the cop.
[12:58] Speaker 15: Caleb Downs with the eleven Pigs. In the twenty twenty
[13:14] Speaker 15: six NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select Killer Downs defensive
[13:21] Speaker 15: back Oh Steam.
[13:25] Speaker 16: Elsboy Town for paddle of the best football players you
[13:35] Speaker 16: will ever find.
[13:36] Speaker 4: He say he is an alpha.
[13:38] Speaker 16: I thought even at two for the Jets it would
[13:40] Speaker 16: make sense because he will change the culture.
[13:42] Speaker 2: And nobody on defense needs more than that for the
[13:44] Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys job not a good job.
[13:50] Speaker 8: Job?
[13:52] Speaker 2: When did they call him that?
[13:53] Speaker 1: Because there was a video of them calling him, like
[13:55] Speaker 1: did that happen?
[13:56] Speaker 2: After? Usually they call him and then they submit that.
[13:58] Speaker 1: I mean, it was chaos there, but the Cowboys get
[14:00] Speaker 1: it done. Caleb Downs is a cowboy. Coming up, we're
[14:03] Speaker 1: gonna be looking at the AFC North Brian Balding are
[14:06] Speaker 1: telling you who won the draft in that division. And
[14:09] Speaker 1: up next and Mecca and Buka joins our Sarah Walsh
[14:12] Speaker 1: to talk about everything he has done in Tampa in
[14:15] Speaker 1: just one year and what to expect going forward.
[14:17] Speaker 2: That's next to the insiders, right.
[14:24] Speaker 4: And Bro, we could not stop.
[14:26] Speaker 8: We're gonna stop you, Bro. Roll on.
[14:29] Speaker 2: The slant ball is caught Jackson Smith and Jiggbub those
[14:33] Speaker 2: a dark caught ball of fifty.
[14:37] Speaker 8: Jackson Smith and Jigity.
[14:39] Speaker 2: He makes the catch, Buka makes the catch.
[14:42] Speaker 17: Enough four yard line number eleven.
[14:45] Speaker 8: Comes up with the CATCHPA having a way level game today.
[14:52] Speaker 8: Jackson Smiff and Jaclob cut down say hawks caught ball
[14:57] Speaker 8: touched up Samba Bayka.
[15:00] Speaker 4: Hey, I love you, stay healthy, Please stay healthy. You
[15:02] Speaker 4: lazy means sure.
[15:06] Speaker 3: That was a pretty good duel there last season. All right,
[15:09] Speaker 3: here's the list of rookies who had the most receptions
[15:12] Speaker 3: of at least twenty yards since twenty twenty.
[15:14] Speaker 6: Pretty good company.
[15:15] Speaker 3: For Amica Buka, Puka Nakua, Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, and
[15:19] Speaker 3: here's our Sarah Walsh with a buka.
[15:23] Speaker 9: I'm macha, great to have you with us. You know,
[15:25] Speaker 9: a year ago, at this time, you had been just
[15:27] Speaker 9: drafted by the Buccaneers in the first round, and that's
[15:30] Speaker 9: the time of the year that guys say they're heads
[15:32] Speaker 9: swimming because they come off the combine in the draft
[15:34] Speaker 9: and then they got get ready for the season. And
[15:36] Speaker 9: yet when I say you made an immediate impact, we're
[15:39] Speaker 9: talking a historic immediate impact. No NFL player had ever
[15:43] Speaker 9: started their career with over four hundred yards, twenty five receptions,
[15:47] Speaker 9: five touchdowns in their first five games. So what advice
[15:50] Speaker 9: would you give to that class that just got drafted
[15:53] Speaker 9: to be able to make the kind of impact you
[15:55] Speaker 9: did a season ago?
[15:58] Speaker 18: Yeah, I would tell them that, you know, kind of
[16:00] Speaker 18: everything they heard is true. Your head is going to
[16:02] Speaker 18: be swim swimming. There's going to be a lot of
[16:04] Speaker 18: things that come up that you're going to have to
[16:07] Speaker 18: battle and face you just got to face it all
[16:09] Speaker 18: with you know, that great and that adversity that you
[16:11] Speaker 18: learn throughout years and years of playing football.
[16:13] Speaker 4: So obviously, you.
[16:15] Speaker 18: Know coming off the season, uh that my last year
[16:18] Speaker 18: in college, Uh, you know, played in the National Championship,
[16:21] Speaker 18: played sixteen games, coming off a long season, to go
[16:24] Speaker 18: straight to Combine training, to go to Indy, to go
[16:27] Speaker 18: to the draft, and everything like that, it all moves
[16:29] Speaker 18: very quick and it's like a it's like a whirlwind.
[16:31] Speaker 18: So I think, you know, if you have someone to
[16:35] Speaker 18: to lean on or something to be center focused on,
[16:38] Speaker 18: I think that really helps a lot too.
[16:41] Speaker 9: I want to ask you about one of those guys
[16:42] Speaker 9: that I'm guessing you probably leaned on, Mike Evans, who
[16:45] Speaker 9: is no longer with the Buccaneers.
[16:47] Speaker 2: I mean, this guy was the best ever.
[16:49] Speaker 9: To put on a Buccaneers jersey, and now he is
[16:51] Speaker 9: with the Niners. He will someday be in Canton. What's
[16:55] Speaker 9: the best advice that you ever got from Evans?
[16:58] Speaker 8: Yeah?
[16:58] Speaker 18: I think you know, Ike is someone who I learned
[17:03] Speaker 18: most from just watching. Obviously, he said a lot of
[17:05] Speaker 18: things to me, and we talk a lot, and he's
[17:08] Speaker 18: a really good friend of mine, But kind of everything
[17:11] Speaker 18: I learned the most from him was from watching him.
[17:14] Speaker 18: Just the way he approaches the game, the way he
[17:15] Speaker 18: plays his game, the sense of confidence that he has,
[17:18] Speaker 18: his mentality, you know, it speeds volumes to who he is,
[17:22] Speaker 18: and I think that, you know, all the stuff he
[17:25] Speaker 18: says to me is backed by his actions. So he
[17:29] Speaker 18: taught me so much my rookie year and the things
[17:30] Speaker 18: that's going to help me throughout the rest of my
[17:32] Speaker 18: career as well.
[17:34] Speaker 9: And now that's obviously a huge change that he is
[17:37] Speaker 9: not there in that locker room. Another change, you have
[17:39] Speaker 9: a new offensive coordinator in Zach Robinson. I know you
[17:41] Speaker 9: guys have had limited time together at this point, but
[17:44] Speaker 9: what does he sort of bring to the table and
[17:46] Speaker 9: what you've learned from him so far.
[17:49] Speaker 18: Yeah, he brings a new style of offense, I think
[17:52] Speaker 18: coming from Atlanta, obviously they had a lot of success
[17:56] Speaker 18: there last year. They had you know, a great wide
[17:59] Speaker 18: receiver production. When it comes to Drake London, obviously they
[18:02] Speaker 18: got the running back involved, they got Bijon and then
[18:05] Speaker 18: you know they're tight end. Kyle Pitts had a great
[18:07] Speaker 18: year as well, So I think he does a great
[18:08] Speaker 18: job of utilizing all the weapons that he's given and
[18:11] Speaker 18: obviously coming to Tampa, he has a lot of weapons.
[18:14] Speaker 18: He has Me, he has Chris, he has Jayleen McMillan,
[18:16] Speaker 18: he has Bucky Irving, Ted Johnson, Kay Dawton. There's so
[18:20] Speaker 18: many weapons that are at his disposal now. I think
[18:22] Speaker 18: just the more creative ways he finds he gives us
[18:24] Speaker 18: the ball with Baker at the helm, I think we're
[18:26] Speaker 18: going to have a really dangerous offense.
[18:28] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[18:29] Speaker 9: I want to ask you about the connection with Baker
[18:31] Speaker 9: because obviously it's so important with the quarterback and the receiver.
[18:34] Speaker 9: But your connection now is going to be a lifetime
[18:37] Speaker 9: connection because back in November, you guys were asked in
[18:40] Speaker 9: the locker room what Baker should name his baby boy.
[18:44] Speaker 9: Here's what you said back in November.
[18:46] Speaker 4: Matt, would you say we should name Bakerson? You're talking
[18:50] Speaker 4: about Weed. It's Baker Sonon. We don't get the name.
[18:52] Speaker 4: He'd be harder to start with an M.
[18:54] Speaker 18: It'd be like M and M and Mayfield and Mayfield.
[18:59] Speaker 4: He got to give some espns and we when we get.
[19:01] Speaker 18: Jet the Maverick Maverick Mayfield, just call him that.
[19:05] Speaker 4: That's the key for you'd be coming up. So I
[19:08] Speaker 4: like the MM but I don't know.
[19:11] Speaker 17: Listen, guys, Ultimately, I like names, but it's got to
[19:14] Speaker 17: go through the chain of command.
[19:16] Speaker 4: It's normally how it works.
[19:19] Speaker 9: April sixteen, Maverick Mayfield arrived. And when you heard this
[19:24] Speaker 9: and back, what did you think?
[19:26] Speaker 4: Well, I didn't think anything at first.
[19:28] Speaker 18: Baker Baker had texted me a picture of Maverick when
[19:30] Speaker 18: he was born, and I was just really happy.
[19:32] Speaker 4: Obviously, healthy, healthy baby boy. I was just really excited.
[19:35] Speaker 18: I completely forgot that that video even existed and that
[19:38] Speaker 18: I suggested Maverick.
[19:40] Speaker 4: But I mean, it was really cool.
[19:43] Speaker 18: Obviously, he has a he has a first overall pick
[19:46] Speaker 18: a Hall of Fame type of name. So he's loved
[19:50] Speaker 18: by our team, he's loved by our community. So obviously
[19:54] Speaker 18: we're we're all really happy for Baker and Emily and yeah,
[19:58] Speaker 18: but I think, you know, I don't want it to
[19:59] Speaker 18: get blown out of proportion. Obviously, you know, Maverick was
[20:02] Speaker 18: the name I suggested, but I think I think it
[20:04] Speaker 18: was already on the short list, and you know, it
[20:06] Speaker 18: just got approved in the end, but you know, it was.
[20:09] Speaker 4: It was a pretty funny video.
[20:11] Speaker 9: It's a really good video. It's a really good name.
[20:13] Speaker 9: You can't argue with that. And you brought up love
[20:16] Speaker 9: and I love this story that I need to bring
[20:19] Speaker 9: up to you because I'm a former college soccer player.
[20:22] Speaker 9: So you are getting married this summer to Laney who
[20:26] Speaker 9: played soccer Notre Dame. But this summer, when you guys
[20:29] Speaker 9: get married, you are not going to be the only
[20:31] Speaker 9: professional footballer in your household. She is playing professional soccer
[20:35] Speaker 9: in Sweden right now. What is that like for you?
[20:38] Speaker 9: Watching her? And I don't know how often you get
[20:40] Speaker 9: to watch her play over in Sweden.
[20:43] Speaker 8: Yeah, no, I have been.
[20:45] Speaker 18: I have been able to watch her and it's been amazing.
[20:47] Speaker 18: She's doing so good over there, and you know, it's
[20:49] Speaker 18: definitely been difficult with the time change and everything that's
[20:54] Speaker 18: been going on, but you know, she's been seeing a
[20:56] Speaker 18: lot of success.
[20:57] Speaker 4: Her team has been seeing a lot of success.
[20:59] Speaker 18: They actually just won the Europa Cup finals, so they
[21:02] Speaker 18: just qualify for Champions League, you know, which is in
[21:05] Speaker 18: you know, the top league in the world. So you
[21:07] Speaker 18: know she's going to be playing on the same stage
[21:10] Speaker 18: that I'm playing on. So, uh, you know, to know
[21:12] Speaker 18: that I'm the least uh, you know, talented one in
[21:19] Speaker 18: my marriage is definitely a research feeling that I that
[21:22] Speaker 18: I picked right, So.
[21:24] Speaker 4: Yeah, I love it.
[21:26] Speaker 9: Forget cake Tasting's place setting. She's got trophies to win
[21:30] Speaker 9: over there.
[21:30] Speaker 2: She's busy right now.
[21:32] Speaker 9: As athletes in the same household. What are some of
[21:35] Speaker 9: the ways that she helps you do your job and
[21:38] Speaker 9: you help her do her job in terms of being
[21:40] Speaker 9: able obviously to relate to each other.
[21:43] Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think you said her right there.
[21:45] Speaker 18: It's a unique position that we're in because we kind
[21:48] Speaker 18: of both go through the same things. Obviously we're playing
[21:50] Speaker 18: different sports, but the sporting world in the sporting industry
[21:53] Speaker 18: is very similar. So you know, I'm able to keep
[21:56] Speaker 18: her level, level headed when things don't go her way
[21:58] Speaker 18: and you know, when certain people get on her nerves,
[22:01] Speaker 18: and she's able to do the same for me when
[22:03] Speaker 18: I don't play my best game or when I do
[22:05] Speaker 18: play my best game, not to not to get to uh,
[22:07] Speaker 18: you know, hatty and hire myself, just to stay level
[22:11] Speaker 18: headed and to stay committed to the grind, committed to
[22:13] Speaker 18: the to the work that has to be put in
[22:15] Speaker 18: and everything like that.
[22:17] Speaker 9: Well, we see you wearing a USA a shirt and
[22:19] Speaker 9: you got a usa A background, tell us before we
[22:22] Speaker 9: let you go what you were doing with us A A.
[22:25] Speaker 18: I'm over here at usa AS quarters in Tampa, and
[22:28] Speaker 18: we are just basically preparing for hurricane season. We're raising
[22:32] Speaker 18: awareness and we're making disaster kits for you know, active
[22:35] Speaker 18: duty members of the military as well as veterans. For
[22:39] Speaker 18: those of you who don't know, hurricane season starts June first,
[22:42] Speaker 18: and that's something that's very real here in Florida and
[22:45] Speaker 18: here in Tampa. You know, we can obviously see the
[22:47] Speaker 18: effects that the most recent hurricane two years ago had
[22:50] Speaker 18: on the community and everything like that. So we're taking
[22:53] Speaker 18: the approach this year to be more proactive and more prepared. Obviously,
[22:57] Speaker 18: we're making disaster kits, and it's better to have not
[23:00] Speaker 18: needed that's needed not have it. So I think being
[23:03] Speaker 18: preventive with this type of thing when Mother Nature calls
[23:06] Speaker 18: is very important and it could be for a better cause.
[23:09] Speaker 18: And it hits really close to home for me, So
[23:11] Speaker 18: I'm really blessed to be able to be here working
[23:14] Speaker 18: with great staff and the volunteers who came out today
[23:16] Speaker 18: were amazing, So shout out to everyone involved.
[23:20] Speaker 2: And when you say it hits close to home.
[23:21] Speaker 9: We're separated for those of you watching home right now
[23:23] Speaker 9: and back, and I am separated by about twenty miles.
[23:25] Speaker 9: I am on Clearwater Beach, absolutely devastated by the hurricane.
[23:28] Speaker 9: So that work is so important and so impactful here
[23:31] Speaker 9: in this Tampa Bay community. Hey, congratulations, I will see
[23:34] Speaker 9: you out there in training camp, and best of luck
[23:37] Speaker 9: on the wedding. Tell Laney I'm a little rusty, but
[23:39] Speaker 9: if she needs someone to kick around with I I'm signing.
[23:42] Speaker 2: Up for the job.
[23:43] Speaker 4: I'll definitely let her no. Thank you so much, s Aarir.
[23:45] Speaker 4: I appreciate it.
[23:49] Speaker 3: Can't wait to watch him in his second season. But
[23:51] Speaker 3: first we are going to continue to look back at
[23:54] Speaker 3: the draft. Our draft review rolls on with the AFC
[23:57] Speaker 3: North Baldies here to break down the picks that is
[24:01] Speaker 3: coming up next on the Insiders.
[24:06] Speaker 15: With the ninth pick in the twenty twenty six NFL Draft,
[24:11] Speaker 15: the Cleveland Brown select Spencer Bono tackle.
[24:17] Speaker 1: Utah, the Baltimore Ravens select O Live A Benga Yo
[24:23] Speaker 1: want a guard, Penn State.
[24:27] Speaker 16: A SUPERB Penn State Nitley Lion, And with the twenty
[24:32] Speaker 16: first pick in the twenty twenty six NFL Draft, this.
[24:37] Speaker 4: Pittsburgh Stealers select.
[24:39] Speaker 16: Max Ianajor, tackle Arizona State.
[24:44] Speaker 19: With the forty first pick in the twenty twenty six
[24:47] Speaker 19: NFL Draft. The Cincinnati Bengals select Cassius Hoe defensive M
[24:52] Speaker 19: Texas A and M.
[24:56] Speaker 1: It's time for draft review presented by Alexis And if
[24:59] Speaker 1: you haven't fi it out by that little highlight reel there,
[25:03] Speaker 1: we are reviewing the AFC Norse.
[25:05] Speaker 2: Brian Baldier is going to do the job for us.
[25:08] Speaker 1: Brian, Let's start with Brian, right, who was it, Brian Baldy.
[25:12] Speaker 1: Let's start with the Cleveland Browns.
[25:14] Speaker 8: Baldy. Yeah, you know, I thought Andrew Berry was surgical
[25:18] Speaker 8: moving back from sixty nine to take that monster right there.
[25:22] Speaker 8: Spencer Fano the new left tackle. He've been searching for
[25:25] Speaker 8: left tackle in Cleveland for a long time, but it
[25:27] Speaker 8: really completes the rebuilding of this offensive line for Todd
[25:31] Speaker 8: Munkin and whoever plays quarterback. I just think it was
[25:35] Speaker 8: really really important to get a guy who's athletic, who
[25:37] Speaker 8: has played left tackle, played right tackle for the Utes
[25:41] Speaker 8: last year. But I think he really, you know, has
[25:44] Speaker 8: a position right now where he can plug and play
[25:47] Speaker 8: right now at left tackle. Then in the fifty eighth
[25:50] Speaker 8: pick of the second round, they took a Manual McNeil Warren,
[25:54] Speaker 8: the safety from Toledo, three year starter, and he has
[25:57] Speaker 8: such a presence about him. He's over six foot, he
[26:00] Speaker 8: has tremendous range. Cleveland's got good safeties with Grant del
[26:04] Speaker 8: Pitt and Ronnie Hickman, but everybody plays three safeties at
[26:08] Speaker 8: some point, and I just think he's going to get
[26:10] Speaker 8: on the field and make an impact the way that
[26:12] Speaker 8: he did at Toledo. He's a violent hitter. He'll play
[26:15] Speaker 8: well in Cleveland. I think the Dog Pound will really
[26:18] Speaker 8: like what they got at safety from Toledo.
[26:23] Speaker 6: The Ravens really focused on offense with their early picks.
[26:26] Speaker 6: Baldy how they do.
[26:28] Speaker 8: I think they did well, and it started with my
[26:30] Speaker 8: favorite player in the draft. We've talked about him throughout
[26:33] Speaker 8: the process. Of Vega Yowani right here, he's going to
[26:37] Speaker 8: start at guard right away. I think he's going to
[26:39] Speaker 8: upgrade the center position, the tackle position, the guys around
[26:43] Speaker 8: him like he did at Penn State. And you can
[26:46] Speaker 8: basically send out a big old flair going we'll run
[26:50] Speaker 8: by Lavega, and you know what, You're still going to
[26:53] Speaker 8: have a hard time stopping him because he's just a plow,
[26:56] Speaker 8: just a human plow that opens up lanes, whether protecting
[27:00] Speaker 8: the quarterback or for the King. Henry and then at
[27:03] Speaker 8: wide receiver, Jacoby Lane, when you studied Makayle Lemon, you
[27:07] Speaker 8: kept coming back, said Jacoby Lane. I mean, he's over
[27:11] Speaker 8: six foot three, he's acrobatic as hell, He's faster than Lemon,
[27:16] Speaker 8: and for whatever reason, he didn't get the attention. But
[27:19] Speaker 8: I think the Ravens have been looking for a big
[27:21] Speaker 8: wide out like that, you know, to go with what
[27:24] Speaker 8: they have, and so I think he's going to fit
[27:26] Speaker 8: in real well. Probably Lamar Jackson become one of his
[27:29] Speaker 8: better friends. I think.
[27:32] Speaker 1: To the Steelers, we go and I will probably remember
[27:35] Speaker 1: their draft by that Makaya Lemon situation where they tried
[27:38] Speaker 1: to call him and then the Eagles jumped over them while
[27:40] Speaker 1: they took Max Honitcher instead.
[27:42] Speaker 2: Once the Eagles had taken Lemon.
[27:44] Speaker 1: Your thoughts on their draft all the way through that
[27:46] Speaker 1: Drew Aller picking the third round.
[27:49] Speaker 8: You know, sometimes things just worked out. Mike and Maxie
[27:51] Speaker 8: Honacher was a guy that they really coveted and really liked,
[27:55] Speaker 8: and so they got their their tackle, and we'll see
[27:59] Speaker 8: what happens to Broaderick. But he's going to get a
[28:01] Speaker 8: chance to start right away in Pittsburgh. He's just that talented.
[28:04] Speaker 8: I think he'll get coached up well. I know the
[28:07] Speaker 8: offensive line coach, James Campon was so excited to get him.
[28:10] Speaker 8: You get a chance to work with them. Hasn't played
[28:12] Speaker 8: football for a long time. But you know, what he
[28:15] Speaker 8: showed at the Senior Bowl was maybe the best tackle
[28:18] Speaker 8: performance there and that really kind of cemented their election.
[28:22] Speaker 8: Then Eli heiden Wright from the United States Naval Academy.
[28:25] Speaker 8: He's straight out of Mount Lebanon. He's a Pittsburgh guy.
[28:29] Speaker 8: Seventh round pick. They got catches everything all right, and
[28:32] Speaker 8: you can play him in a variety of positions. You
[28:34] Speaker 8: can play him four course special teamers, like I think
[28:37] Speaker 8: he's just going to be a stealer favorite, and I
[28:41] Speaker 8: think that they'll be. He'll get the Steelers fans to
[28:44] Speaker 8: wave their terrible towels in his favor.
[28:48] Speaker 3: The Bengals first round draft pick was Dexter Lawrence, So
[28:51] Speaker 3: how they do beyond that, Well, that.
[28:54] Speaker 8: Was a good start. Professor of Dexter's in shape and
[28:57] Speaker 8: motivated because there's no Dexter Lawrence's draft, but Cash from
[29:00] Speaker 8: Texas A and M. When I did Texas A and
[29:03] Speaker 8: M in Texas on Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving
[29:06] Speaker 8: this year, you just see his suddenness and his first
[29:09] Speaker 8: step ability. They've been trying to figure out that position
[29:12] Speaker 8: for a couple of years. Now Cash is how will
[29:14] Speaker 8: be in the mix. He'll get a chance to really
[29:17] Speaker 8: come on. And then I think this was an underrated
[29:21] Speaker 8: draft for centers. They got Connor Looke from Auburn, and
[29:25] Speaker 8: I thought, this is a guy that might be able
[29:27] Speaker 8: to upgrade that offensive line at some point. They've been
[29:30] Speaker 8: trying to protect Joe Burrow forever at a better clip.
[29:34] Speaker 8: They keep drafting guys. I think Connor Love's gonna have
[29:36] Speaker 8: a chance to really fit in as a rotational guy,
[29:40] Speaker 8: maybe a starter. He'll compete for a position inside for
[29:43] Speaker 8: the Bengals offensive line.
[29:46] Speaker 1: You know, I called you Brian earlier and I said,
[29:48] Speaker 1: who calls you Brian? And it got me thinking because
[29:50] Speaker 1: you told us after the draft you were going to
[29:52] Speaker 1: visit your mom.
[29:52] Speaker 2: Does she call you Brian or she call you Baldy too?
[29:55] Speaker 8: Now she's the only one that calls me Brian, Like
[29:58] Speaker 8: I'm not baldy to her him just it's bald he
[30:00] Speaker 8: But so mom, thank god she still remembers what my
[30:05] Speaker 8: first name is. That's good.
[30:09] Speaker 1: Michael f Florio is joining us now to go inside
[30:13] Speaker 1: with NFL Fantasy Live because he's already got some advice
[30:16] Speaker 1: for sleepers. People love to ask, who are the sleepers
[30:19] Speaker 1: in the fantasy Draft? Well, here they are right now,
[30:21] Speaker 1: at least from a rookie standpoint. Now, there's gonna be
[30:23] Speaker 1: a theme that's going to develop here. I'm not gonna
[30:25] Speaker 1: spoil it right off the bat. Start with a We'll.
[30:29] Speaker 2: Start with a wide receiver. The wide receiver is the theme,
[30:31] Speaker 2: but it's even deeper than that.
[30:33] Speaker 17: Go ahead, yeah, I'll start with my personal favorite that
[30:37] Speaker 17: fits this theme, and it's Chris Brazil, who is now
[30:40] Speaker 17: a Carolina Panther because last year the Panthers really struggled
[30:45] Speaker 17: to get consistent production.
[30:47] Speaker 2: From their outside wide receivers.
[30:49] Speaker 17: They were below average and yards catch right passer rating
[30:52] Speaker 17: when targeted, and they struggled to get anyone going downfield
[30:56] Speaker 17: outside of McMillan and Brazil.
[30:59] Speaker 2: He comes in.
[31:00] Speaker 17: He is very speedy, He has the size, he can
[31:02] Speaker 17: go up and high.
[31:03] Speaker 2: Point the ball. All of That is why I think
[31:05] Speaker 2: he could be a good field stretcher.
[31:06] Speaker 17: His physicality, I think means he could be a good
[31:09] Speaker 17: red zone option.
[31:10] Speaker 2: I'm expecting him to get an opportunity to come in and.
[31:12] Speaker 17: Compete with Xavier Laguette right away, and even if the
[31:15] Speaker 17: beginning of the year isn't great for fantasy, I think
[31:18] Speaker 17: he could become a waiver wire darling as the year
[31:20] Speaker 17: goes on.
[31:22] Speaker 3: All Right, keeping with the theme, how about another wide receiver.
[31:27] Speaker 2: Another third round guy?
[31:28] Speaker 17: Right? Malachi Fields now the New York Giants. He provides
[31:33] Speaker 17: New York with a wide receiver style that they just
[31:36] Speaker 17: simply do not have. He is huge, he can high
[31:39] Speaker 17: point the ball. He is a contestant catch monster in college.
[31:43] Speaker 17: It's why I think they could use him as a
[31:44] Speaker 17: field stretcher. But I honestly believe he might either go
[31:47] Speaker 17: to red zone guy week one because last year the
[31:50] Speaker 17: Giants wide receivers caught two red zone touchdowns.
[31:53] Speaker 2: That was the fewest in the NFL.
[31:56] Speaker 17: So the high red zone upside could lead to him
[31:58] Speaker 17: becoming as the option down the stretch.
[32:02] Speaker 1: You figured it out, like we didn't tell him. Give
[32:04] Speaker 1: us your favorite sleepers that are wide receivers. In the
[32:07] Speaker 1: third round. It just so happened that there were two
[32:09] Speaker 1: of them. Wait, hold on, there are two more to go,
[32:12] Speaker 1: and this one also in the NFC East.
[32:15] Speaker 8: Yeah.
[32:16] Speaker 2: I really like Antonio Williams.
[32:18] Speaker 17: He's a very shifty wide receiver that is.
[32:20] Speaker 2: Tough to tackle after the catch.
[32:23] Speaker 17: Very reliable too, Like Clemson also often went to him
[32:26] Speaker 17: on third and fourth down.
[32:28] Speaker 2: He is a chain mover, veteran PPR type. When you
[32:31] Speaker 2: think of him, think of someone.
[32:32] Speaker 17: Like Wandell Robinson, but he's paired with a great quarterback
[32:36] Speaker 17: and Jada Daniels. Since he's coming to the NFL, thirty
[32:38] Speaker 17: four percent of his passes has gone to slot receivers.
[32:41] Speaker 2: That is the second.
[32:42] Speaker 17: Highest rate in the NFL, and the Commanders are very
[32:45] Speaker 17: thin at wide receiver behind Trity, So it's possible that
[32:48] Speaker 17: he could be number two wide receiver in terms of
[32:51] Speaker 17: targets in year one. And hey, he could throw too,
[32:54] Speaker 17: so maybe we get some trick plays there.
[32:58] Speaker 3: But wait, there's more. A third wide receiver, you say, Yeah,
[33:04] Speaker 3: another one.
[33:04] Speaker 17: Right, Zachariah Branch, who reminds me a lot of Antonio Williams.
[33:08] Speaker 2: They're very similar.
[33:10] Speaker 17: Branch is very speedy, operates over the middle of the
[33:12] Speaker 17: field very well, just an absolute weapon with the ball
[33:15] Speaker 17: in his hands, the kind of player that coaches design
[33:18] Speaker 17: plays for. And he has a chance to come in
[33:21] Speaker 17: and compete to be the lead slot receiver in year
[33:25] Speaker 17: one and be potentially the second most targeted wide receiver
[33:28] Speaker 17: on the Falcons because they are very thin at the
[33:31] Speaker 17: position behind Drake London.
[33:33] Speaker 2: And just like with Williams, his quarterback throws to the
[33:36] Speaker 2: slot a lot.
[33:37] Speaker 17: Since Michael Pennix entered the NFL, thirty three percent of
[33:40] Speaker 17: his passes have gone to slot receivers. That is the
[33:42] Speaker 17: seventh highest rate in the NFL. So there could be
[33:45] Speaker 17: volume there for a guy who was really tough to
[33:47] Speaker 17: tackle after the catch.
[33:49] Speaker 2: Buccaneers wide receiver Ted Hurst taking.
[33:51] Speaker 1: With the eighty fourth overall pick, maybe even Chris Bell
[33:54] Speaker 1: wide receiver from Miami, and Naddie like, what do we
[33:56] Speaker 1: gotta do to get on Florio's list? You're naming all
[33:58] Speaker 1: these other guys. There's a lot of wide receivers taken
[34:01] Speaker 1: in the third round. Uh, you know what, let's just
[34:03] Speaker 1: cap it off with why not a fourth round running back?
[34:06] Speaker 2: Yeah, let's switch it up a little bit, right, Let's go.
[34:09] Speaker 17: With Jonah Coleman of the Broncos. Look, I think at
[34:12] Speaker 17: best he starts the years the Broncos RB three behind
[34:14] Speaker 17: Dobbins and RJ.
[34:15] Speaker 8: Harvey.
[34:16] Speaker 17: But as I've learned in the past, do not trust
[34:18] Speaker 17: Sean Payton when it comes to backfield usage. He just
[34:21] Speaker 17: loves to mix things up. And Coleman, he was a
[34:25] Speaker 17: team captain in college. He comes in ready to contribute
[34:28] Speaker 17: in year one. And what I love is he had
[34:31] Speaker 17: eighty seven catches in his college career.
[34:33] Speaker 2: And Sean Payton loves involving.
[34:35] Speaker 17: The running backs in the passing game at one.
[34:37] Speaker 2: Of the highest rates in the league. Last year, Denver
[34:39] Speaker 2: running backs with the seventh most.
[34:41] Speaker 17: Target So hey, maybe he comes in here he plays
[34:43] Speaker 17: that third down role, and if so, it would hurt
[34:46] Speaker 17: ur J. Harvey's fantasy value. But mean a lot of
[34:48] Speaker 17: good things for Jonah Coleman.
[34:51] Speaker 8: Pittsburgh with the.
[34:55] Speaker 15: Bird Fish greater flesh.
[34:57] Speaker 1: Bernando Mindoza raiders fatas in Las Vegas.
[35:01] Speaker 2: Second pick David Bailey.
[35:03] Speaker 17: I mean it's surreal toimia at Pargos Go offense.
[35:07] Speaker 8: They're going to be exciting when they put Jeremiah Love
[35:09] Speaker 8: on the field.
[35:10] Speaker 14: Ohio State four players drafted in the first eleven picks.
[35:14] Speaker 8: Rams, GM, Lesnid Tilt the family. Simpson is for sure
[35:19] Speaker 8: a first round there. Wow, Eagles just traded up with
[35:22] Speaker 8: the Cowboys.
[35:23] Speaker 15: The philadel Wi Eagles select mackay Lemon is a j.
[35:26] Speaker 4: Coo chluk add in the lead is.
[35:28] Speaker 5: Right acause Pithsburg's didn't select Max.
[35:32] Speaker 8: He had a your top What a night one? You
[35:36] Speaker 8: saw the stars come off the board one by one
[35:40] Speaker 8: and a very emotional, fun, dramatic, unpredictable first night.
[35:49] Speaker 3: We all had our favorite moments from the draft. Baldy
[35:52] Speaker 3: had seven of them. Seven rounds, seven favorite picks. Baldy,
[35:57] Speaker 3: let's start with night one. What was your favorite one?
[35:59] Speaker 2: There?
[36:00] Speaker 8: Number fourteen the Ravens. But Vega Yowani right there. I
[36:05] Speaker 8: mean they have an old saying in Baltimore. We all
[36:07] Speaker 8: know it play like a raven. I think Eric ta
[36:09] Speaker 8: Costa watched about two games of this man said that's
[36:13] Speaker 8: a raven. I don't think they wasted any time. There
[36:15] Speaker 8: wasn't much debate. They needed insight helping the offensive line,
[36:19] Speaker 8: and they found it. I mean, they'll create a highway
[36:22] Speaker 8: down there in Baltimore, Highway seventy one, just run behind Yowani.
[36:27] Speaker 8: Derrick Henry is going to find a new best friend
[36:30] Speaker 8: the way that he blocks and opens up poles.
[36:34] Speaker 1: Well Highway seventy one taking to Canton Baldy. We may
[36:38] Speaker 1: sit yeah, next fifteen to twenty years. Okay for you
[36:42] Speaker 1: Wannie nine two, two rounds for the price of one.
[36:45] Speaker 2: What'd you like it? Rend two and three.
[36:47] Speaker 8: I was a big fan of Josiah Trotter from Missouri,
[36:50] Speaker 8: and you know, Tampa just had one of their all
[36:52] Speaker 8: time greats, Levonte David stepped aside after a great fourteen
[36:56] Speaker 8: year run, and Levante was the second round pick. And
[36:59] Speaker 8: here's second round Josiah Trotter, the son of Jeremiah Trotter,
[37:03] Speaker 8: and you know the Trotter family, they bring the acts,
[37:06] Speaker 8: the big apps everywhere they go, and he brings the
[37:08] Speaker 8: acts I think to this defense in Tampa that they
[37:11] Speaker 8: desperately needed. And then I think there's Jennings Dunker. You know,
[37:14] Speaker 8: we all saw him at the senior ball We all
[37:16] Speaker 8: fell in love the mullet. You know, he's an Iowa
[37:19] Speaker 8: kid that played right tackle. But they lost their left
[37:23] Speaker 8: guard free agency this year. Isaac Samalo, I think Jennings
[37:26] Speaker 8: Dunker is you know, got his eyes on that position
[37:30] Speaker 8: at left guard, and I think he can step in
[37:32] Speaker 8: and play that position and be like a Steeler, I mean,
[37:35] Speaker 8: just nasty as can be. And that mullet plays well
[37:38] Speaker 8: in Pittsburgh, it really does.
[37:41] Speaker 3: It'll fit in nicely. All right, four rounds on Day three,
[37:45] Speaker 3: give us your four picks.
[37:47] Speaker 8: Well. Mike Washington Junior, I thought was the second best
[37:50] Speaker 8: running back in the whole draft, and the Raiders got
[37:51] Speaker 8: him at the top of the fourth round. I think
[37:53] Speaker 8: it's gonna be a one to two punch with Ashton
[37:55] Speaker 8: Gen Mike Washington Junior. He looks like an alien Judy,
[37:59] Speaker 8: like he's saying, he's my height, and he weighs two
[38:01] Speaker 8: hundred and thirty pounds and he's faster than the win
[38:04] Speaker 8: So I think Mike Washington the fourth round made a
[38:06] Speaker 8: lot of sense. One of my favorite players in the draft.
[38:09] Speaker 8: I think he's going to have a really fine career
[38:11] Speaker 8: as they rebuild that offense with the quarterback in the
[38:14] Speaker 8: offense line with the Raiders. And then another running back
[38:17] Speaker 8: went in the fifth round. Emmitt Johnson and the Kansas
[38:19] Speaker 8: City Chiefs are rebuilding the running back room and started
[38:23] Speaker 8: with signing you know the league the Super Bowl MVP
[38:26] Speaker 8: and Kenneth Walker. But Emmitt Johnson had a great career
[38:29] Speaker 8: at Nebraska. Matt Ruld just raved about him. I think
[38:33] Speaker 8: he's got a real pro potential, contact balance, all the
[38:37] Speaker 8: things you're looking for. I think that becomes a good
[38:39] Speaker 8: one to two punch in Kansas City as they try
[38:41] Speaker 8: to run the ball a little bit better than they
[38:43] Speaker 8: did a year ago. And then in the sixth round, look,
[38:46] Speaker 8: we know that they love to collect quarterbacks in Cleveland,
[38:49] Speaker 8: but wait, do these quarterbacks look at Taylor Green six
[38:53] Speaker 8: foot six, two hundred and thirty pounds. He runs faster
[38:55] Speaker 8: than any receiver or defensive back they have. The guy
[38:59] Speaker 8: had seventy three runs of ten yards or more the
[39:02] Speaker 8: last two years in college football. Like he is an
[39:04] Speaker 8: athletic freak. And everybody on that team in Cleveland, whether
[39:08] Speaker 8: he gets a chance to play much or not, just
[39:10] Speaker 8: the talent alone is going to really surprise some people
[39:14] Speaker 8: in Cleveland. He'll be welcomed. And then in the seventh round,
[39:18] Speaker 8: I went to Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy. I
[39:21] Speaker 8: loved Landing Robinson. Like this kid, he's a captain, he's
[39:25] Speaker 8: a graduate, he's a you know, he's a midshipman, but
[39:28] Speaker 8: he plays the game the right way. He's going to Cincinnati.
[39:32] Speaker 8: He's going to make the team. He's undersized, but don't
[39:35] Speaker 8: tell him that. That guy plays the game. He can
[39:38] Speaker 8: jump from a three technique to a one technique with
[39:40] Speaker 8: one step. His hips open up, his feet are great.
[39:43] Speaker 8: You can't get him down on the ground. I think
[39:45] Speaker 8: Landon Robinson is going to surprise people in Cincinnati. I
[39:50] Speaker 8: had a lot of guys I really liked in the
[39:52] Speaker 8: seventh round of this draft, but none were that I
[39:54] Speaker 8: like more than Landon Robinson.
[39:58] Speaker 2: Balty.
[39:59] Speaker 3: I bet you could go two or three deep on
[40:01] Speaker 3: favorite picks in each of these rounds. We could just
[40:03] Speaker 3: keep going for weeks.
[40:04] Speaker 8: On your It was a hard task, Judy. It was
[40:08] Speaker 8: a difficult, difficult task from this down to just one.
[40:13] Speaker 2: Faldy, thank you very much.
[40:18] Speaker 3: Tonight is the inaugural Hispanic Hall of Fame induction. I
[40:22] Speaker 3: was lucky enough to be on the panel that selected
[40:25] Speaker 3: the group that is being honored tonight. It is a
[40:29] Speaker 3: great as Troy Vincent tweeted a celebration own day football.
[40:33] Speaker 2: It is in Las Vegas.
[40:35] Speaker 3: Uh and our good friend, friend of the NFL network,
[40:38] Speaker 3: friend of the show. Ron Rivera is among those who
[40:42] Speaker 3: is being inducted.
[40:43] Speaker 2: There is his rank.
[40:45] Speaker 6: Pretty nice. I didn't see those in person yet.
[40:48] Speaker 3: Here is the full class, some all time great to
[40:52] Speaker 3: Anthony Munio's, Ted Hendrix, Jim Plunket, Tom Flores, Tom Fierce.
[40:56] Speaker 6: Steve Van Buren.
[40:58] Speaker 3: There is also high school, college large and professional Players
[41:01] Speaker 3: of the Year. No surprise for an end of Mendoza
[41:04] Speaker 3: is the college football Hispanic Football Player of the Year.
[41:09] Speaker 3: Very excited for this class and future classes.
[41:12] Speaker 2: Mike our guy Omar Rouiz, I'm gonna be a part
[41:15] Speaker 2: of that event. After he attended the met gala. No,
[41:18] Speaker 2: he wasn't there.
[41:19] Speaker 1: Joe Burrow and Justin Jefferson there though, former LSU teammates together.
[41:25] Speaker 1: I know that Joe's been there before, Justin Jefferson's been
[41:28] Speaker 1: there before. But both guys big on the fashion and
[41:31] Speaker 1: really classic.
[41:32] Speaker 2: Looks right there.
[41:33] Speaker 3: I like that.
[41:34] Speaker 2: And then there's Russ and Sierra. A lot of golds.
[41:39] Speaker 2: Joe to your thoughts, I mean.
[41:43] Speaker 6: She looks fantastic. She is unbelievably beautiful. They all looked great.
[41:47] Speaker 3: I actually thought Joe Burrow was more conservatively dressed for
[41:51] Speaker 3: the Metgala than he is for some games except for
[41:54] Speaker 3: the blink.
[41:55] Speaker 6: I think they were wearing Cardier diamonds. Quite nice. Yeah, yeah, great,
[41:59] Speaker 6: look but yeah great.
[42:01] Speaker 2: I would too. I would too if I could. Yeah,
[42:04] Speaker 2: I like it's it's nice, it's uh, you're right.
[42:07] Speaker 1: We've seen him show up in the Tigers suit for this,
[42:09] Speaker 1: for the planet what. Yeah, she she looks like a goddess.
[42:12] Speaker 1: I mean she looks like a goddess a lot. We
[42:14] Speaker 1: saw her at the train duty.
[42:16] Speaker 2: She looked like a goddess.
[42:17] Speaker 8: Yes, but there she.
[42:17] Speaker 2: Really she looked like a goddess.
[42:19] Speaker 6: In August it was one hundred degrees. She looked great.
[42:22] Speaker 1: Yeah, and Russ you know, like like an admiral or something.
[42:25] Speaker 1: Right there, we're in next year. We're in tomorrow for
[42:28] Speaker 1: the Insiders to join us.

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