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Top-level fantasy football and NFL betting analysis from every perspective and angle. From numbers to the film room with a single goal to help you score more fantasy points. We are back with another episode of On the Club. I am your host, Brett Whitefield. It is officially draft week. We are joined by Christopher Wecht on this mock draft Monday. Christopher, how are you? I'm doing good.

I'm ready for finally all the talk to just, you know, be laid on at the table, find out where guys are going. I can't wait for Thursday. Heck yeah. It's one of those bittersweet things. Like I'm a very sentimental guy. So I'm like, oh, just get here, please. I need this to be over.

But then I'll be bummed when it's all sudden done, you know? Yeah, it always goes by quick. You don't want, I mean, we were spoiled a little last year with last year's first round with all the trades that happened, AJ Brown, Marquis Brown. Yeah. Just people moving up and down. Like, for all we know, it could be boring, a boring first round. And you're like, oh, that wasn't even worth the weight.

Yeah, I think the Vegas line for trades right now is four and a half first round trades. I bet the over, but only because I want to see the over. Yeah, exactly. So, all right, we're going to jump right into this mock draft Monday, today we're going to do something a little interesting we're going to go through the top 10 teams currently picking in the top 10 we're going to do three round mocks for each of them starting with the first pick overall and that's the carolina panthers chris are we in agreement here that they're probably just going to go bryce young yeah i think that's i think that's the choice whether we think

that should be or not i think we should just roll as if it is yeah i mean i'm fine with it i i think they should swing for upside with richardson but young is a fine player and you know he For him to be successful, he will have to be an outlier. I get the concerns there, but he's definitely relatively clean from an on-the-field standpoint. Yep. All right. So we hit Young. We're coming back with Pick 39 here.

And I kind of feel like the direction of their draft should be getting Young support right away. Yeah. Worry about the defense later? Like that receiver group, I know they added what, DJ Chark and Adam? Terrace Marshall's still there. Yeah, Terrace Marshall still there. there but they did trade DJ more. I still, I want to add pass catching

weapons, whether that's tight end receiver, although they did sign a tight end too, so they're probably not going that direction, right? I don't think a one-year deal for Hayden Hurst is a like a death nail for adding a tight end, specifically a more dynamic tight end than Hearst.

Okay. All right, so sit here at Pick 39. Best available players per my draft board are Jamir Gibbs Darnell Washington Steve Avila, guard from TCU, tight end Sam Leporta.

I think I'm leaning you go Josh Downs here. Give your rookie quarterback someone to grow with. I mean, I'm not the biggest Josh Downs fan, but I don't, I just don't know,

like when do they pick again after this? I feel like they... 93? Yeah, so that... I'd rather go Jalen Hyatt. Oh, I didn't. even see how it was on the board yes i would i would rather do hiatt yeah so i have hyatt rishy rice marvin memm sedrick tilman a t perry john mingo tyler scott all higher than

josh down's on my board so i'd rather go one of those guys i think hiatt's a great pick here though yeah i would definitely agree with that like thelin doesn't have a ton of juice charks got the ankle he's coming back from he's definitely lost a little bit of juice i still think he's a good athlete but And then Marshall's a good athlete, but he's also like a bigger, slower guy. I think Hyatt gives them, you know, some legit juice down the field for Bryce Young. Yep. All right, let's do it. Jalen Hyatt to pick 39 for the Carolina Panthers.

So now they have Bryce Young and Jalen Hyatt coming back at pick 93. Do you consider defense here? Are you just doubling down it and just trying to give Bryce this best chance to succeed as possible? I don't think they They probably don't need a receiver here They could go running back Miles Sanders They sign him

Deonté Foreman left Chuba Hubbard is still there I think I would lean defense though It looks like there's some better Players available on the board here Defense-wise Per corners I really really like Travius Hodges Tomlinson from TCU

Corey Trice from Purdue He's kind of a late riser but I was on him early in the process. I really like Corey. I think he gives them a lot of what they're looking for at Corner to. Kobe Turner, stay in state, Wake Forest Kid. He's more of a three technique. He can play next to Derek Brown and be successful there.

I'm leaning in corner here. I like Hodges Tomlinson a lot. I've seen him, unfortunately, the Eagles pick right after, and I've seen him mocked to the Eagles in this third round spot quite often, but I think he's a good fit for the Panthers too. I mean, they don't have. So Dante Jackson is still there. Who played opposite him last year?

Yes, J.C. Horn. I think that get... Yeah. Horn, they move around a lot. So... Hodges Thomas is probably a slot only in the NFL, unfortunately. He's 5'8. I think Horn can definitely play on the outside.

They definitely started to do that as the year went on and they needed more bodies there. That gives them a pretty good young game. secondary to, you know, continue to build the defense around. Yep, I like it. Cool. So we'll go Travious Hodges Tomlinson. So they finish up with Bryce Young quarterback Alabama, wide receiver Jalen Hyatt from Tennessee and cornerback Traveas Hodges Tomlinson.

No big Hogg Molly type dudes, but I think this would be a good draft for them because they're getting Bryce Young immediate help plus investing into that secondary. They have a decent pass rush actually when things are going well. Yeah, they have a pretty solid defensive line. You know, like you said, Derek Brown, Brian Burns. It's not, I wouldn't call it a huge need for them. But obviously nothing wrong with adding depth on the defensive line. For sure.

All right. We're going to jump right into the Houston Texans in the two slots. What's, so they've got multiple first round picks. They have the 33rd overall pick, the 65th overall pick, and the 70th third overpick. So they got five picks on day one. too. Are we buying the they might be okay not taking a QBE talk? I decided I'm not buying it. Really? I it's tough. I do believe that they might not like Stroud talk. Oh, I that I believe on that. Yeah. So then it becomes Will Levis or Anthony Richardson and I would not pass. Even if it is

Levis like I don't have him as high as the other QBs but I you know I'm not ever going to fight with taking your shot on a QB you really feel strong about. But it does, what's the percentage chance you think of them sticking here and making a pick and it's not a QB versus them trading out of this spot? I kind of bought into it last week that they might be looking to trade out, but then you hear all the talk about the Colts and how they like Levis. And I think the Texans are probably going to be forced with the harsh reality that if they want Levis, they got to take them right here right now.

Yeah. That's the way I'm going to run. So now the bigger philosophical question is, is like, well, can they just wait on quarterback altogether? Like, not this year. You know? No. Yeah.

It's easy to say no, but the regime is new. They presumably have time. The second you get the QB in there, the clock starts, we've had that conversation. So it's like there could be some validity to that. I'm still thinking they're going to go Levis, though. I'm probably going to mock them Levis and my predictive mock that's going to drop Wednesday. They, so I mean, last year's regime was new technically too. So I know it was Lovie Smith.

They were, what are that called? They were lame duck. Lame duck coaches. Yeah, they definitely were. But I, like, you can't, you've got some, you know, good graces building with you. You know, the whole Deshaun Watson things pass you now. You know, you bring in Damico Ryan's former player for the team. You want to get your fan base excited.

I find it hard to believe that the owner would be okay, punting off. another year and not wanting to take a shot and try to actually build with the QB. Especially Levis is such a Texan. Yeah, he definitely is. All right, so we're going Levis here? Sure. Okay, Levis. At Pick 12 now, similar to the Bryce Young Panthers talk, I feel like I want to just double down and get Bryce help.

Or sorry, will Levis help right away? Yeah, this is a dream set up the way that this draft board fell out, I feel like for them. Staring down Jackson Smith. and jigba i wouldn't even hate if you said bejohn here uh like just just get juice around your offense and qb i would definitely lean the jsn route but if they did take bjohn here oh i'm not a proponent of taking an rb early i don't think it's like the worst idea in the world either is it the worst idea no but like they do have damien pierce and devon singletary they're they're fine there yeah i agree i would go jsn but i'm just all right i i like jsn too jesn especially his ability in the in the

short and intermediate part of the field that's going to help Levis. That's where he really struggles. You know, just to get Levis in rhythm last year, like 30% of his throws were within like two yards of the line of scrimmage or less. Crazy. So JSN will definitely be a guy who generates early separation and helps Levis kind of get in rhythm and build on that accuracy he needs to build on. So, all right, coming back, pick 33. I think again, the board fell pretty well for them. What do you see here? I like Anton Harrison here. I know they have decent tackles.

I like continuing to invest in that O-line. Keep Will Levis clean. I like Jemir Gibbs here. I think he's likely to go in the first round. He's sitting here at Pick 33. I like John Michael Schmitz here. That's the name I was going to bring up. Yeah, they do need center guard help.

I think he can play either spot. again you're investing into that offense you know focused on keeping keeping levis clean keeping the pressure off of him yeah in a perfect world you you know levis and michael schmidt basically grow together you know you've got jeff saturday and Peyton manning and you know other center qb combos we've seen over the years just just let them get in the room together they're both good prospects overall and hopefully they you know they're the future of your team yeah the only You know, the defensive guy I'd throw out here is Mazi Smith. D tackle from Michigan.

I do think he's a lock first rounder, so I don't, I wouldn't love mocking him here just because I don't think it's realistic. Yeah. They're, and they're, I mean, they've got him okay D-line. It's definitely not amazing. But yeah, he, he does feel like a first round pick at this point. Yeah. So you cool with John Michael Schmitz then?

Yeah. All right, John Michael Schmitz. So we got two more picks here, pick 65 and 70. probably going to turn to the defensive side of the ball, eh? Yeah, it looks like it. I mean, so Tyreek Stevenson is here. Corner from Miami, I like him. Clark Phillips, the third from Utah is here as well.

I like both those corners. Yeah, Stephen Nelson is older, for sure. They've obviously got Singletary on the other side. Singletary. Why am I blanking on that? Oh, Stingley, Singletary. I had Devin Singletary in my head. All good.

Yeah, and like all the D-Linman just went on like a massive run. So there's not really any here. This is probably a good spot. Like this is the sweet spot for corner. Yeah, there's a lot of corner. Sidney Brown is here actually too, safety. I do like him. Do you think he, so they drafted Jalen Petrae last year.

Does he fit well with them if that's your starting safety duo moving, you know, moving forward? They both can play free in the box or over the slot. Right, a lot of versatility between. I love doing that. They did bring in Jimmy Ward, though. Okay. That's good to know. Let's go Stevenson.

I think Stevenson's a baller, and I think this is really good value for him. He should be a second round player. Sure. All right. Tyreek Stevenson Corner Miami. So pick 73. Oh, man. So this is, now you're seeing Luke Weipler still here.

And you regret the Josh. Yeah. Like that stuff. Now you can't, you can't obviously play like that. This, I mean, I see, I kind of want to add another receiver. I know we already took JSN. I was going to say the same thing. I like Mims here.

I like Rashi here. Yeah, you can have Mims and Nico Collins playing. You're mostly outside with JSN also playing outside, but can play in the same. slot or you can move in the slot move together a lot yeah exactly that's what i was saying Tucker craft wouldn't be bad here either i know there's been bolton shultz on the one-year deal but that's almost perfect because he's going to need a little bit of developmental runway so and they really have not much out behind shultz yeah so yeah i don't hate that plan either i'd probably go craft if i was making the pick yeah i know we're not going past this but like

what are the other receivers there's still got to be if minns and dell and rashi yeah there's plenty. There's a good chance they could add even more receivers as the draft goes on. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, there's still a lot. Jalen Reed, A.T. Perry. Yeah, they pick at the top of the fourth round. There's going to be, there's going to be a, you know, an A.T. Perry or something based off how this board's falling right now. Yep. All right. Let's go Tucker Craft tight end at South Dakota State. So in the first three rounds, we got a hall of quarterback Will Levis, not my favorite player. the class but i think that's what they'll do jackson smith and jigba at pick 12 at pick 33 we went

center from minnesota john michael schmits who should be a day one starter for them uh pick 65 we went corner tyree stevenson and pick 73 we went tight end tucker craft will levis has to be happy with that i i mean if you're telling me you're you're getting drafting a qb and and then you're surrounding him with a draft like this i mean it doesn't get much better than this yeah i agree and this is basically like 80% of the content on this pod and the other one is talking about supporting quarterback's property. You're not going to find any issues from this podcast on a draft like that. Oh, and look at that, Chris.

We ran starting the new mock for the Cardinals. Matching our board so far. Matching the board so far. All right, pick three. It seems like the Cardinals want to trade out. The way Peter Schrager phrased his tweet this morning that they're open to moving out, It just reeks of like they don't have a suitor. Are we trading back here?

Are we just going to make the pick as is? I'm in the camp of I don't care if you technically lose value by all the trade value charts. You do it if you're the Cardinals because they have so little talent, specifically on the defensive side of the ball, but also on the offensive side of the ball. I've stated, Chris, on multiple pods that they have no business making this pick. Yes. There is not a play. Unless they've done all their homework on Jalen Carter. and he's an Aaron Donald level talent or something

he's my number one player on the board if you feel comfortable with that with the off-field go ahead and take him at three that's the only player though that they should stand pat and be okay with that said do are we making a trade then yeah yeah make the trade who's coming Tennessee Detroit Las Vegas um man what about yeah I'm I kind of like the Vegas route I think I think I think Vegas is more than interested in the QB than I know there's been some talk of them but I think there's definitely some more interest than we think from them.

So let's assume the market for this pick wasn't great. So the Raiders are only having to give up pick 38. Does that work for you? Yeah, that's fine. So the Raiders give up 7 and 38 to move up the three. Raiders are now on the clock. Oh, frick. Well, that's going to take a minute.

Yep. Anthony Richardson Actually, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter, Chris. Yeah, we're just doing the Cardinals. We're just doing the Cardinals. I don't know why my brain just broke for a second. Cardinals are now picking up.

So they miss on the big, pretty much the big defensive players in the draft. In the top 10 anyway, the big name ones of Carter and Anderson. Yeah, but the guy there's linked to is still here, no? yes yeah Tyree Wilson's still there apparently PFF dropped him from number six on their board to number 28 on their board over the weekend so you know nothing like crazy massive adjustments late the process Mike renter departs and they're like let's boot him

Tyree he's gone get him out of here do you think there's any chance they would go Devon Witherspoon here over Tyree Wilson yeah I do I don't know if you paid paid attention to my mock last week, Chris, but I have the Cardinals trading bag and taking Witherspoon at 11. I think Witherspoon is a perfect fit

for John Gannon's defense. No, I don't think John Gannon's a very good coach, so maybe he doesn't get involved himself, but do you want to go Witherspoon here or Tyree? Looking at the deaf chart, I mean, they need help everywhere, but it does seem like on the defensive line, they're really in trouble, like J.J. Watt retiring and whatnot.

Let's do Tyree Willis. We like the depth later at Coleman. Playing devil's advocate, Witherspoon is still the favorite for the lines at six, so there's probably a chance he's not even there. Tyree Wilson to the Cardinals at seven. They pick again at 34. This is the pick they got.

No, it's not. This is their original pick. What do you like here? The Ardneyed at an edge. What a... Jemir Gibbs? I mean, I love that. yeah i mean they definitely need the help

Connor is a walking you know injury tent right yeah so john michael smits maybe is interesting but like i don't think it's we've already been somewhere yeah exactly and Gibbs just feels like such a good fit yeah what they're trying to do yeah let's go Gibbs boom pass catching weapon also takes some stress off of connor all right pick 38 four picks later Anytime you're picking this close together, you see a lot, you see another tradeback a lot of, a lot of the time. But let's not give ourselves more work to do here. What about Steve Avila here?

Guard TCU. Yeah, I like that pick a lot. They definitely need, I mean, they, man, they just need so much help everywhere. There's like not really a bad pick. What's a bad pick the Cardinals could make in terms of position, like resource allocation? Probably a tight ends. That's probably it, right? Probably running back, but Gibbs is the exception because of what he can do in the past game.

Yeah. Maybe a safety and early safety because they have Booter Baker. That's really it, though. Like, there's very little they can do wrong. It feels like. These early third round picks are crazy, Chris, because it's like there's so many corners there. I know. That's what I think we've now seen twice and now the third time.

And it feels like this. Yeah, why wouldn't you take a corner here? Yeah, let's go. I do think you could go receiver. as well if you wanted to like a rashi rice assuming like a dionre hopkins trade is on the horizon at some point here yeah i like receiver here i mean we could go tank dell he fits their size

what are we doing we already have rondellmore on the team roddel more Greg Dorch another one too marquis brown there's yeah no thanks he's just he's the same guy as all them that works perfectly all right so if they're going receiver here Let's go. What about Michael Wilson?

Stanford, give them some size. Yeah, him or Rashi would be the two. I would get with it. I'm inclined to go Wilson. I think Rashi is going to fall because of the off-field stuff quite a bit. It's what I'm hearing from literally just about everybody I talk to. All right, pick 96. Tomlinson's still here.

I know we mocked him earlier. Tomlinson. So is Trice. Trice is still here as well. I like both those guys. Let's go, let's go Trice. All right. They need cornerback help desperate.

So I think this is a fantastic call for the Cardinals, to be honest with you. And I wouldn't, I know we were, you know, like they could trade out again from some of these spots. They could. And add even more depth. They could do, they could trade DeAndre Hopkins on draft night. You know, we saw them add Marquis Brown on draft night last year. Like there's ways they get even more youth.

Yeah. In the first three rounds. So from the three hole, we trade back to seven with the Raiders, pick up an extra second round pick. We go with Edge, Tyree Wilson from Texas Tech, running back from Alabama, Jemir Gibbs, TCU Guard Steve Avila, Stanford wide receiver, Michael Wilson, Purdue cornerback, Corey Trice. I think it's a really good haul. Yeah. Needs with good players. Fitzneeds, aka the whole team. All right, moving on to the Colts. Chris, I don't know that we're going to have time to do the whole top 10 today. Yeah, might have to stop at five. We'll see. We'll

see we'll see how fast we can get going here all right colts are standing pat presumably who did who did uh the raiders come up for stroud or richardson richardson they came for richardson which i would you know i can see it going either way let's give him stroud i feel like stroud is their guy yeah he's probably my least favorite of the four and so that just josh mcdanalds would just take him on purpose i'm kidding that's a joke um so we're going richardson here for the colts then yeah or no no Stroud I thought Oh you gave you gave Stroud to the Raiders

I gotcha I got you want Stroud here I don't care yeah no Richardson Richardson works for me here Works okay Richardson to the Colts at four So again another mock with four straight Quarterbacks I think anytime you're putting our personal spin on it

That's the way it's gonna go It really just depends who can trade out and who can't Yeah Yeah pick 35 They have a lot of needs, but like, it's tough. McDonald, I think he goes in the first round. I think he probably does too. They've added a lot of depth on the D-line over the years.

They've invested a lot into Edge, actually. Yeah, Quitty Pay, DeForest Bunkner plays on the inside. Ibukam. That was, was that last year or two years ago? No, they just brought him in. Yeah, they just brought him in. Yeah, so Payne and Ebukom, Buckner, Grover, Stewart. Oh, Deo, the Vanderbilt kid from 21.

He tore his ACL at the Combine, I think, whoever. He's a second round pick. They're expecting him to take a step forward. So if they go D-Line, I would expect it to be interior D-Line, right? Probably, but there's not really, that's not really an option here for that. So. Wow, I don't really. I love the spot.

It was a bad fall for them. Yeah. They could go corner. They could go corner. Like a Cam Smith. Yeah. Kim Smith, Ringo. DJ Turner.

Turner has the, he, like, Turner's reeks of a guy. Like, his tape is okay. The reeks of a guy that's going to go obscenely high because of the 40 time. Yeah, they trade away. Who was the vet corner? I'm blanking on his name. Who was the vet corner? Are they?

Who? Rocky Sin, they traded, right? No, no, no. Bigger name. I'm totally blanking on his name. Yeah, Gilmore. Yeah. Yeah, so they, I mean, right now,

their projected starters are Kenny Moore, who usually plays in the slot, and then Isaiah Rogers, and not much else behind them. Alice Flowers, my God. Yeah, they got to go corner. Yeah. All right.

Let's go Cam Smith. Cam Smith is more prototype size, weight, speed kind of guy. Go, Cam Smith. Smith here. Ringo went the very next pick, so that's funny. Pick 79 here. So they went quarterback and corner.

They have decent receivers in Pierce and Pittman. Like I like both those guys a lot. I don't really have anything from the slot, though. Is this a spot? Maybe you would consider a Tank Dell? They brought in Isaiah and McKenzie, who I think we're both not big fans of. Yeah.

You know, Tank Dell definitely is interesting here. that i i think sydney brown here could also be interesting if you wanted to go to defense again but like we said we're adding a quarterback we're big fans of surrounding your quarterback with talent so i think i'm leaning the receiver route as well yeah they drafted nick cross last year who i think might get into that free safety spot this year um so you like dell or mims here let's do del we we sent mims Yeah, and I also are there. Dell is like a slot only type kind of guy. And Pittman and Pierce are basically outside only type guys.

So it kind of just fits better, I think. So we went Richardson at four, Cam Smith at 35, and Tank Dell at 79. It's not a terrible hall. I think the board fell really crappy for them and both basically those last two picks. Yeah. So. Seahawks at pick five. So are we sticking with kind of how this has played out or are we kind of

like swiping the slate clean every I mean the only difference is what Levis not being there and Will Anderson is gone yeah are you think they I lean that they like Carter better than Anderson assuming all less equal basically their activity it seems that way a lot of the beats though I've been adamantly saying they won't take Carter really Yeah.

Well, that, I mean, that's interesting because then it has to be Anderson or a QB in my eyes. Yeah. So do you want to go there? You know, there's no QBs in the scenario that just played out. Yeah, and I don't think Levis is that interesting to them. Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine with Carter or Wetherstone. Oh, let's go Carter.

Jalen Carter at 5. pick 20 I think tight ends like a sneaky interesting spot for them really I know they have no a fan but they love to like

we saw Colby Parkinson Will Disley get a lot of playing time I don't know if they invest a first round pick in it maybe it's a better round two three pick yeah Jordan Addison I like I mean I've

mocked Addison to the yeah I think that's pretty interesting all right I like Addison there pick 37 if you want like an upgraded version of Disley to go with Noah Fant darnall Washington would be your guy yeah big blocking red zone option

would you pair Gibbs with Kenneth Walker in the backfield pretty different skill sets yeah I just don't think they value throwing to the running back so much. I don't know. Travis Homer had a whole

role there and he's gone now. Where did he go? Oh, he went to Chicago? That sounds right, but I don't remember. I kind of feel like they'd probably go defense here, to be honest. Like, and a Duke Aizoma. They love linebackers as measurable, so like Dailen Henley.

They are pretty, I mean, they brought Bobby Wagner back, but he is not young. He's not that young. So, yeah, they could use some help on the D-line and linebacker. I know we already have him taking Carter. What about Uzoma and the Dukai Zoma? Yeah, I like that. All right, pick 52, Seattle.

They, let's see. This board set up pretty well for them. The guy, I think that they would really, really want here. Let's see if he's actually available. Yes, Julius Brent's. Yeah, I'm in time with that. Six-four corner. Six-three corner.

Sounds like a P. Carroll guy. Yeah, exactly. I mean, him and Tariq Woll on opposite sides of each other. Kobe Bryant in the slot, that'd be disgusting. Disgusting. He fits their system just perfectly as well. All right, pick 83. So we've got two D-Linmen, a corner, and a wide receiver.

You think maybe they try to go interior O-line? They do have needs there, guard and center. The Chandler's fall as a very good. Savala is a very good player. Yeah, I do like the interior O-line call here. Okay. Savala is really the only guy left, it looks like. City snow might be a little early for him, though.

Voorhees is recovering from an ACL. Ola Watami is pretty good. PFF's lower on him than I am by a lot, but I think he's realistic day, end of day two guy. Who do you like between Savala and Olawitami? Let's go to Savala. Okay. Yeah, they have very, they have five total interior on O linemen on their roster right now.

They definitely should upgrade that if they want to have any hope of Gino replicating what he did last year. Cool. All right. So we went pick five, Jalen Carter, pick 20, Jordan Addison, pick 37, Felix and Adukee, Usoma, pick 52, Julius Brent's pick 83, Chandler Savala. Their defense got a lot better. Do you think it's a mistake for them to pass on quarterback if there's one there? No. Similar to like the Lions, I know you've been pretty adamant about them taking a quarterback.

The difference is is Gino's like pretty cost controlled for three years. True, but you're, if things go well, you're not going to be able to pick in this spot, hopefully again. That's, there's truth to that. I think they could look at quarterback at pick 20. We didn't talk about it, but Hendon Hooker. Yep. That's a good point. Definitely could be talked about.

I mean, yeah, should they think about it? Absolutely. It's just tough because like, so say Gino plays really well for three years. Then you're only getting two years of value on that rookie deal. It's kind of, yeah. Well, then Hooker, yeah, Hooker becomes even more interesting because, yeah, they would definitely have to get them in the first round because you want that fifth-year option on them.

Yeah, and then it's a tag year too. you get to six years yeah but at least it's the 20th overall pick the math is a little different you pick at pick five you're he's making over 10 million a year with Gino's 30 something million a year to sit it's just it's kind of an awkward situation for them yeah

so Gropolo's deal was more I think friendly to drafting a quarterback if I remember correctly yeah it's like a two year deal really Gino's is kind of a two year deal too they will have to eat some dead money on that third year though, where I think Garoppos is more straight up two years and also Cap hits in in the second and third year were as bad. Yeah. All right.

So we're at 33 minutes in. Chris, what about, how about we just come back tomorrow for picks six through ten? Sure. Yeah. Yeah, I want to keep the,

you know, the listeners to, you know, we want to keep it short for you guys. Yeah, there's going to be tons of draft. Tons of draft content, yeah. Yeah.

All right, we'll be back with Picks 6 through 10 tomorrow. And then other plans for this week, I'm going to have a special guest on. I don't want to announce his name in case he cancels, but that'll be later this week. And then we are doing shows Thursday and Friday as well. I'll be doing a, you know, a hype show on Thursday, kind of getting ready. We'll go through my predictive mock for sure. Then Friday we'll recap the first round. And then also a big announcement about the state or the future of the pod, the pod is not going anywhere, ladies and gentlemen.

I think I don't know to what capacity it will be alive still, but after the draft, we'll do probably same schedule for two weeks going through best draft and all that stuff. And then we'll probably scale it back to about a week or an episode a week through college football season and then we'll go back full time next January. So anyways, just want to let you guys know that should be fun. All right, Chris, thanks for joining today. Yeah, can't wait. Four more days. Four more days. It reminds me of the scene in Andor where where, what's his butt?

Andy Circus' character is yelling one way out. It's like, one way out. Four more days. We're right there. Right there. All right, guys. Take care. We will be back tomorrow.

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