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Starting point is 00:00:37 finances with Monarch Money use code LOCKEDONNFL at MonarchMoney.com for 50% off your first year. Hello everyone. My name is Zach Hickster, resident film nerd over at Horseshoe monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year. Hello everyone, my name is Zach Hickster, resident film nerd over at horseshoehuddle.com and I'm joined as always by Jake Arthur, our boots on the ground for the site. We are here back again with some dueling mock drafts and today's theme, you know, we do a theme every single week. Our theme this week is more so just going through our predictive mock drafts that we did this past week. Jake and I both released our predictive mock drafts, post free agency predictive mock drafts last week for horseshoe huddle.com. We did full seven rounds today. We're only going to do the three rounds on the show. So definitely

Starting point is 00:01:18 check out those write ups. You want to see the full seven rounds. But since we just released those predictive mocks and we haven't really done like a full prediction one in a while on the show, we decided today we're just going to go through, talk through our process on our predictive mocks and kind of go round by round for the first three rounds. So, Jake, you're going to lead it off because you picked everyone's darling with your with your mock draft. Who did you go with in the first round of your predictive mock? Yeah, so absolutely.

Starting point is 00:01:47 Just a shocker thrown a wrench into the mix. Now, Tyler Warren tied in from Penn State. I think, you know, I we kind of have gotten to the point where a lot of us probably have Tyler Warren exhaustion, but it's really the most clear cut option. Like there's only a few guys. If you have Tyler Warren there, he had Jihad Campbell there. There's a couple other guys like it's probably going to be worn.

Starting point is 00:02:11 And there's really not much competition for that pick if he's there. I mean, everything about it is just a layup. That's the position they need the most. If you take quarterbacks out of the equation, he would be like he's like the highest rated non quarterback or one of them in the draft. If there were going to be no quarterbacks drafted, he would be a lock for the top 10, you know. So they missed out on Brock Bowers last year. And while he's not Brock Bowers as a prospect, I don't think they want that feeling again because Bowers, of course, went on to like rewrite the record books for rookie pass catchers, essentially. So you look at him as a prospect, six, five and a half to 56.

Starting point is 00:02:49 He's got the great size. You don't have the yeah, but like he's undersized. You don't have the Herald fan and of it all. Even when Kylan Granson was drafted, a lot of us were pretty optimistic, but he was undersized. So you don't have that with Warren. Unbelievable production. Last year at Penn State was the offense over 100 catches, over 1200 yards, eight touchdowns. And oh, yeah, a guy that size did a lot of wildcat stuff

Starting point is 00:03:14 and also ran the ball 26 times for another 200 yards and four touchdowns through the ball as well. Had another touchdown there. So this guy did everything from the tight end position at that size. Like this is not a gimmicky guy. I just there there is almost no. Miss rate on this player. Now will he wind up being like a top 10 caliber player?

Starting point is 00:03:41 If you fast forward five years, we don't know, but there is almost no way that he doesn't immediately come in and be like a starting level tight end for this team, and at least be leaps and bounds ahead of what they had. So the high end of this, you get a player who is going to spend his career in Indianapolis and be a productive tight end for you and be a multi multi pro bowler. I mean, in the low end of it is, you know, you've got a guy who is productive, but just maybe hasn't lived up to being like the absolute stud and star that you thought he was going to be.

Starting point is 00:04:14 But I just, I don't see any way that this doesn't have some sort of success to it. Yeah, and I will add to that where I think it's at the point where, yes, we've been talking about Tyler Warren to the cold off season, but I think that's also what the Colts have been talking about internally. Yeah, all off season is just the pick that makes the most sense for GM and for head coach that are essentially on the hot seat. Like you got to have some success this year. It's why they brought in Daniel Jones to compete with with Anthony Richardson is you need these fallback plans. And you need this season to be a success in some way. And right now when you're looking at this tight end room, in good upside as well, very productive college player, and he's going to be ready to go from day one. I mean, he kind of brings everything that they're looking for. And the only reason I don't have him as my pick in my predictive mock is I just don't know if he's going to be there at 14. We're looking at around one this year with so many question marks when it comes to the non-quarterbacks. Even with the quarterbacks, we have question marks, but teams are still going to draft quarterbacks high when it even they could have 100 question marks and you're going to still take a quarterback because it's just that dependent of a league right now but when you're looking at the non

Starting point is 00:05:32 quarterbacks I mean you got so many tracy guys who didn't produce or you got very good players who were injured you got you know other off-field things with some of these guys like there's not that many safe like sure like surefire bets in this first round of this draft and Tyler Warren to me is so safe and so secure for these general managers that I don't know if he's gonna fall to the Colts at 14 so with all that in mind for my first round pick of this mock I traded back I did the horrible thing that no false fan wants to hear is I moved back to pick 19, picked up an extra third rounder and another future day three pick again,

Starting point is 00:06:11 for the sake of this mock, we're just gonna really talk about the third round pick because that's what I'm gonna be using in the third round section today. And I took offensive lineman Tyler Booker out of Alabama. And this is kind of a weird pick because Tyler Booker is not at all a Chris Ballard offensive lineman. He's a big body guy, but when I say big, he's 330

Starting point is 00:06:32 pounds, like a very different size than we typically see the Colts go for on the interior offensive line. Didn't test out of this world. I mean, he had great length and great size, but just did not have the foot speed or the explosion that the Colts typically go for. But I will say this last off season, at least I was extremely shocked by the edge rusher they went with in round one. And that was Lealtzou Latou because he did not fit the size requirements. He did not fit the arm length requirements. He did not fit the explosive requirements that balladers typically gone with at that

Starting point is 00:07:03 position. But he overwritten all that because of the production in college. When you're looking at Tyler Booker, a player who started three years at Alabama only allowed two sacks in those three years at Alabama, one of the best pass blockers in this class, a dominant run blocker. I've heard that his interviews with offensive line coaches have been just fantastic this entire off season. And one thing I certainly know about the Colts is when it comes to offensive linemen,

Starting point is 00:07:29 if Tony Sparano Jr. says he wants a guy, the Colts are like, fine, you've earned that. You know, with his work with Will Fries, with his work with Baron Hart Ryman, with his work with Tanner Bordellini and Matt Consolves, they trust Sparano Jr. to pick offensive linemen when it comes to the draft and If his interview went as well with spronto jr. As I've heard it's gone with most offensive line coaches that he's talked with this offseason I think the Colts are gonna be a team that are kind of sneaky for Tyler Booker You could also replace Booker in this mock draft with like Grey Zabel for North Dakota State like Gray Zabel for North Dakota State.

Starting point is 00:08:08 Um, kind of my final thoughts on taking Booker here is again, the Colts need a guy who's ready to go from day one because everyone's on the hot seat this season. So it's, it's kind of what scares me when it comes to like the Jihad Campbells and the Colston Lovelands who both are dealing with torn labor rooms. And they might not be ready for day one of the regular season. If, if anything, they'll miss most of the preseason offseason work So it's not really how I would approach the draft I don't care if a player misses a couple months out of a five-year contract, you know with your team

Starting point is 00:08:35 But when everything is kind of on the line this season and the Colts have a big need at right guard I could see them bypassing a Loveland or bypassing a Jahad Campbell for just that steady safe guard who's going to be a good player from day one like Tyler Booker or again if you want to throw in a Graze Abel here those guys are going to be good players for you from day one just like a Tyler Warren would be and in this scenario you also pick up an extra pick so that's my predictive mock right now I don't know where they would go if Warren was off the board so I kind of figured they would trade back and go with an interior offensive lineman that fills the need and also the owner meetings. In the the sorry the GM meetings in the head coaching meetings down in Florida. They talked about the need at right guard quite a bit. So I do think that's going to be a big need for them in this draft and I wouldn't be shocked if they wouldn't guard in round one in this class.

Starting point is 00:09:26 No, I, I feel certain about a couple things in this draft and that's they're going to look at a tight end early and I think they're going to come away with at least a couple offensive linemen. And obviously right guard is the biggest hole right now because I don't think they just want to mess with Matt Gonzalez and just plug it right in. That's not how it sounds. So, you know, judging off of going with Lattu last year, they're letting Tate be king on some guys. I think they're more willing to do that when the position coach stands on the table for him.

Starting point is 00:09:56 Reggie Wayne with Josh Downs, Spirano with I mean, Bordellino was a great athlete, but Gonzalez didn't have a complete pre-draft profile. So if Spirano does this again with Booker, you know, there's also things we can't really see like the zebra technology stuff, the GPS data, if they're on field in game stuff looks good. Uh, then I can see them letting that sway them a little bit. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:10:19 Uh, but no, I mean, right guard is certainly a need. And what we both did here with Tyler Warren and Tyler Booker is support this quarterback, whoever it's going to be. Like if you're going to use a quarterback competition, you have to give both of these guys as much support as possible. And whether it's Warren or Booker, again, I think if Warren's gone, like you did, trading backs probably the smart thing to do. You can't really go wrong there.

Starting point is 00:10:43 I mean, Booker is a great player and I think the tenacity at which he plays in his play style just fits really well with what the Colts do. Yeah, for sure. And it also allows Mac and solvus to stick it right tackle. Yes, this also, which I think the

Starting point is 00:10:57 Colts really want to do. They did not seem too excited about moving and solvus inside, and I came away from a lot of like bathroom staking comments in Florida this past week as in saying like in solvents is not going to be the starting right guard this next season.

Starting point is 00:11:10 Yeah, that's exactly what it sounded like. I just think they want to groom him for the future right tackle and leave it be as the swing tackle for now but coming up guys. We've got two more rounds to get to so let's go ahead and look around to. This is a message from sponsor Intuit TurboTax. Taxes was waiting and wondering and worrying if you were going to get any money back and then waiting wondering and worrying some more. But now taxes is matching with a TurboTax expert who could do your taxes as soon as today. An expert

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Starting point is 00:12:29 What are you doing in the second round? Yeah. So in the second, again, I've talked about it just ad nauseam this whole off season about how the Colts need a tight end in this round. And there's only three guys really worth pursuing. And kind of with my reasoning in that first segment, I don't even know if they're going to pursue Colts and Loveland because of that shoulder injury. So it really leaves it to Tyler Warren in round one or Mason Taylor in round two. So in my predictive mock draft scenario,

Starting point is 00:12:56 the Colts just aren't going to wait for Mason Taylor to fall to that second round pick. They move up to pick, was it 39 with the Bears? They give up their fourth round pick this year. Again, the trades are not going to be perfect here. I'm not a whiz was it 39 to the Bears they give up their fourth round pick this year again The trades are not gonna be perfect here. I'm not a whiz when it comes to that They're gonna be rough outlines of this So the Colts give up the 45th overall pick in 117th pick to move up to pick 39 To go get their tight end that they desperately need and I think Mason Taylor is a fantastic Consolation prize if you can't get Tyler Warren in round one. Yeah, he might not be as safe as a Tyler Warren because he doesn't have

Starting point is 00:13:29 the blocking or the size exactly that Warren has. But with Taylor, you're really betting on this 20 year old tight end who has gotten better throughout college, still is growing into what he can be, still has a lot of like good traits as a blocker and he's a pretty solid pass catcher as well with with some upside to be a legit starting tight end in the NFL. So maybe he doesn't have this like sky high ceiling as other tight ends in this class and maybe he doesn't have the highest floor but I do think he's a he's a pretty safe bet in round two as well. Again for a 20 year old who's put some good film on tape in the SEC, who's still athletic and strong as well, can still put some weight on.

Starting point is 00:14:10 I think there's a lot of growing that he needs to do, but I do think he can get there because the traits are so tantalizing with him. So Mason Taylor, my comp for him is Hunter Henry. I think he moves very, very similar to Hunter Henry. And I think that he's a guy where, again, if the Colts don't get a tight end in round one, we could see them come flying up for him in the early round two range, like in the early 30s even. I moved to 39 here, but it wouldn't shock me if they jumped up to like 35, 36.

Starting point is 00:14:38 Because again, if they don't get Tyler Warren, they have to get Mason Taylor in round two. They're in that dire of a position when it comes to tight ends. So I have Tyler Booker in round one and then Mason Taylor, a really solid tight end prospect in round two. Yeah. I mean, that's a top 40 guy for me. I think you either have to trade back into the bottom of the first or like you did here 45. I don't think he's going to cut it. You got to get into that top 40 somehow,

Starting point is 00:15:04 especially when we've seen tight ends kind of go earlier than normal, at least in bulk these last few years. And shoot, we saw last year the first 14 picks in the draft or offense. There's really no reason for teams not to be enamored by Taylor. I think he's got a high floor. He moves really well as sure-handed as a young prospect. He's got Hall of Fame bloodlines with Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas. I mean, he's a tight end, but he's got, he's got really sweet nifty feet like a receiver, I think, when you get into

Starting point is 00:15:33 kind of tight situations. So I think they're kind of like Warren, I think it's nearly impossible that he doesn't find some success in the NFL. Just seems very, very safe to me. So coming up for me, I mentioned I think they're gonna look hard at offensive lineman. I kind of struggled on this one finding whether I wanted to go interior or tackle on this one, cuz I know they like a lot of day three tackles in this one. But a guy who has a profile of the day three guys are looking at on day two is Minnesota tackle Ariante, Ursary.

Starting point is 00:16:11 So this was another guy they they got their initial look at the senior bowl. But he's six, six, three thirty one with over 33 inch arms. So he's got the size. He's got the length. He's an athletic guy. You can see him getting out there to the second level and you know, lead blocking a little bit on the outside runs, but also he can mull a guy. He has plenty of power to take out a guy in a phone booth as well. So this is a guy really like three-year starter at left tackle.

Starting point is 00:16:39 Again, I think he's pretty scheme versatile. Zach, you've done a lot of work on the offensive lineman this year. If you're looking, if you're hoping to strike gold on like a Bernard Ryman type of guy, they don't have the same background whatsoever, but you hope to find an eventual starting tackle on day two. It's not super common, but I think Ursory is one of those type of guys that you could take a chance on. And if you're just kind of sitting and waiting for Braden Smith's contract to run up there's your right tackle after after he's gone. Yeah no very good offensive tackle prospect in this class definitely in that range of

Starting point is 00:17:16 raw but has some upside but I think in this scenario with you taking a tackle at round two Gonzalves would be the guy up at right guard and And you would have Ersiri be just kind of your swing tackle for the year, learn behind Braden Smith and Baron Rieman, and eventually take over come 2026 at that right tackle position. A really interesting fact about him and it kind of plays to, again, the kind of how Ballard giraffes offensive tackles is Ers He's still relatively new to the position. I know he played, he started for three years in college, but he only moved to offensive tackle, I believe it was like his junior or senior year of high school and really started working at the position there.

Starting point is 00:17:54 So similar to Ryman, who was a tight end in college and moved to an offensive tackle, similar to brain Smith, who didn't even play tackle in college. Like it seems like Ballard does like these guys who still have room to grow because they're not as experienced enough at that position. Yeah. So Ursary for me, aside from hitting all the all the marks you're looking for in terms of his athleticism and his size in regards to what Ballard liked to tackle, it was also kind of that fact as well that pushed them up to,

Starting point is 00:18:25 I think he was my second bill to Ballard tackle in this class. So I do think he's a good fit for what the culture looking for. Again, I don't know if they go tackle in round two, but again, if they're looking at say the guard market by there that pick in like round two, like say Tate Ratledge is gone and maybe Wyatt Milam went because there was a run on guards. Then I could see them saying, you know what, we can put can solve us at right guard. Let's take a tackle and roll from there. Like they have avenues to play with when it comes to this offensive line. They're not so set in stone where they like have to take a guard and can solve us has

Starting point is 00:18:56 to play tackle. I think that's the way they prefer to go. But I do think they'd be they'd be comfortable putting can solve us at right guard and drafting a tackle in this class as well. So Ursary again, as a guy just fits everything they look for, it tackles, got the size, got the speed, has got the run blocking mentality, has the ability to grow as a pass protector, kind of fits a lot of what they're looking for. Yeah, and he I think he looks pretty ready as well.

Starting point is 00:19:23 I think he processes things pretty pretty well because you see how rushers come at him and he's ready. He's ready for battle. He does not ever seem like behind in the count like he's already ready to counter everything they got at him again. You get that in a three-year starter, but I like the fact that I don't think let's say he had to play pretty quickly into his rookie year. I don't think he'd be totally lost. Yeah. So I like that about him. And again, he fits a lot of what the

Starting point is 00:19:50 Colts want. And I think that is about the only scenario in which the Colts would be willing to let Gonzales move into right guard is if an opportunity like this presented itself where they're like, okay, so we can move Gonz Gonzalez into right guard and we can have something better than Blake Freeland here as the swing tackle. This is that scenario there. So coming up guys, we've got round three and Zack is double dip and he's got an extra pick to make. Do you ever check your bank account and wonder where did all of my money go? Been there lots of times, but between dining out,

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Starting point is 00:21:41 So what we'll do is just make a me sandwich. You give your first one, the Colts pick at 80. I'll give you my Colts pick at 80 and then you tell us 84 that you got from the Buccaneers. Okay, okay. So we'll start with my first one here. And because I had the extra pick to play with and round three, there were so many different avenues I could have gone with. I could have gone for a third safety here. I could have gone for defensive lineman, pass rusher, whatever you need need there I could have gone again for offensive line like there's a lot of different ways to play with this when you have the extra pick I went with defensive tackle just because the Colts are needing of that third defense tackle they have not had a productive third defensive tackle behind Stewart and Buckner probably the entire time we've had this duo in Indianapolis. So I went with Ty Hamilton out of Ohio State, a guy who tested extremely well at his pro day,

Starting point is 00:22:32 a guy who had some good run defensive reps this past season. And I think he's got some potential to grow as well. Like he can still add a little bit to his frame, be a really good run defender in the NFL with some pass rushing juice as well. in the NFL with some pass rushing juice as well. I thought I showed some pass rushing juice. Kind of the stock for him is all over the place right now. I've seen some sites with him being a top 75 player. I've seen other sites with him being in the two hundreds. You know, it's kind of a crazy projection

Starting point is 00:22:59 for him. But for me, when I'm looking at this, a multi-year starter at Ohio State who tested extremely well, who was productive this past season as a senior, I don't know how that falls to day three. And when I'm looking at the defensive tackles that could be there in round three, yes, a CJ West could make some sense. Yes, a Neas Peebles could make some sense out of Virginia Tech. But for me, a Hamilton, you just get such a solid floor, who's's also a good run defender and again has that pedigree at Ohio State and was really productive last year. So I went with Ty Hamilton again. There's a lot of

Starting point is 00:23:32 different defensive tackles you could go with here, but you know, just pick your poison. I want a defensive tackle in this draft. I'm not going to hide that. I desperately think that the Colts need to get a third defensive tackle at all cost. And I think a guy like Hamilton could be a solid player this next season. No, I like that one a lot. I like Ty Hamilton. I think he offers a lot of athleticism in the middle and moves around very well. I was at that pro day you mentioned and that guy is a smooth operator looked really good in the positional drills. So yeah, I like that one a lot. You need competition there alongside Neville Gallimore and Adetami Adebuare.

Starting point is 00:24:07 Because I mean, these weren't great players, but you are without Taven Bryan and Raekwon Davis. You also just need quality bodies for backups and competition. So I like that one a lot. Moving along to my pick in the third round, I think the Colts are going to get a running back somewhere before round six probably. And one I like a lot that I think checks a lot of boxes for them is Miami's Damien Martinez. He is a tough inside runner, good contact balance, good vision and drive to him as well.

Starting point is 00:24:45 Good three down guys, a capable pass catcher. One of the guys you could notch as a good pass protector on here as well. So he's really good. If you're looking to replace Zach Moss, he's the Zach Mossiest of the running backs in this draft, I think. There's a lot of different flavors of running backs in this one. But if you thought Moss was like the perfect compliment to Taylor and was like an ideal three down back who when Taylor misses his three

Starting point is 00:25:14 and a half games per season, you got a guy here who can carry the load for that time. That's Martinez. I really like him. This is such a deep running back group, though, that like, who knows where he's gonna go. I've seen late round two. I think when this pre-graft process really got going back at the senior blood is seen like round five. So yeah, really no idea. I know he is one of the better, more well balanced prospects though. And again, the Colts need running back, I think more than people realize

Starting point is 00:25:46 they do have Kalil Herbert, which I think was great, but they still need that running back capable of, of pass pro. He Martinez would be the only one who feasibly should never leave the field when he's in a drive really. Yeah. Uh, Taylor has some issues with drops in pass pro Kalil. Herbert is a good runner and receiver, but pass pro is not his thing either. So you have to have this guy who's going to replace Trey Sermon. And certainly as a runner

Starting point is 00:26:13 and pass catcher, he is an upgrade for sermon. So I like Martinez a lot. I'm fine with it being in round three. I'm not going to take up a bunch more time because I know you got one more pick to make. What do you think about Martinez? Yeah, I'm a big fan of Martinez. We've mentioned him on quite a few shows now at this point, I think. So it's pretty evident that here on Lockdown Colts, we're big Damien Martinez fans. I think he's my ideal running back in this draft. I think it really was his pass blocking though. That sold me when I was watching his film, I came away thinking he's one of the better pass blocking running

Starting point is 00:26:41 backs in this class. Um, and, and I think when you add that with his tough running style, with his ability to make guys miss in the hole, his sweet feet for a big boy running the ball, a big fan of Damian Martinez. But now I'm going on to another player I'm a big fan of is my my second third round pick here, and that is a linebacker, Smale Bond and Junior from Georgia. We have Bruce here in the comments that have been yelling for the whole show

Starting point is 00:27:04 about how we need a linebacker. Don't worry, Bruce, I got you covered here with this one with Monden Junior out of Georgia. And I think he could be available here in round three, despite, again, the pedigree and the production at a big school. I think he could be here in round three because he did deal with some injuries last year.

Starting point is 00:27:20 And he might be maxed out at his size, which is like 225, 226 pounds. Like he's not a very big linebacker but when you look at the Colts, I mean Zaire Franklin's in the 230s, EJ Speed was high 220s, low 230s, Shaquille Leonard was playing at like 218 here. Like I, you know, it's not official that he was playing at like 218 but he was playing at like to 18 with the Colts. So the Colts don't really care about the size of their linebackers. They care about the speed and the ability to move between tackles and just make plays on the ball. And when you look at Monden, Jr., what he did at Georgia last year,

Starting point is 00:27:55 he was playing as a star defender at times. He was playing as an edge rusher, you know, alongside Michael Williams and Jaylen Walker, he was playing as the traditional offball linebackbacker and you saw a lot of good things from him a former safety That moves really well his closing speed and coverage is fantastic his ability to make plays on the ball is really good I think this is a guy where at the very worst you're gonna get Just a top-tier sub package player who can cover in blitz and do a lot of things for your defense And we've talked about how all off season that Lou Anna Rumo wants to be multiple with this defense

Starting point is 00:28:29 He wants to have guys that don't fit in specific boxes guys that can do multiple things and you look at a player like Monden Jr. You know, you can have him be You know your will linebacker in base downs You can have him be a guy who can go out and cover a tight end down space. You can have him be a blitzer on third downs. Like you can do so many different things with him. He can kind of be like what they were doing with Ronnie Harrison the last couple years. Ronnie Harrison, right? No Ronnie Harrison.

Starting point is 00:28:57 I was thinking of the old Patriots. Yeah, Ronnie Harrison. They can do a lot of those things. They were trying to do with him, but with a young player who has some upside and ability to grow. So Monden Jr. is for me linebacker for in this class. I have him much higher than pick 84, but because of the injuries and the maxed out frame, I think he could be there for the Colts. And if they miss out on Swessinger and they miss out on Jahad Campbell, I think this is

Starting point is 00:29:22 the best scenario to upgrade that linebacker room. So if the Colts can do what I did in this draft, which is trade back and accumulate picks and get an extra third round pick, you can spend that on a linebacker, get a player like Monda Jr. and just roll from there. Yeah, I certainly like going with Mondan over like a Danny Stutzman or Barrett Carter. I think I would put Monden as the higher upside guy there from that group, but I think you add someone like him and he doesn't, you don't feel the pressure to totally take Jaylen Carlis out of the equation there. In the base defense, you can have Carlis

Starting point is 00:30:00 at Sam and then you can have Monden at Will. You can have all three of those guys out there, but whatever linebacker they bring in has to have coverage skills such as Mondan. So I like that one a lot. It's a versatile guy that you can move around. And I mean, if you want to get back to the days of when the Colts defense was good, like even just look at Eberfluss,

Starting point is 00:30:21 that defense for its flaws, it had some really, really good times. The players swam to the ball. They were fast, rangey, and they were able to play free. And that's kind of Mondans game. He's not a guy. I wouldn't put him into some over analytic role where you have to make him think about a bunch of things.

Starting point is 00:30:42 But you let him you put him out there in space and he's going to make plays. Yeah, no, I'm a big fan of Monden. He's really grown on me recently and and he's again, I had that hot take a couple of shows ago where I was saying like, if you don't get sweatshirt, don't take a linebacker in the top 100 picks. And then I watched Monden soon afterwards. I was like, okay, if you don't get Monday, then don't take a linebacker in the top 100 picks. I've I'm fully sold him at this point. But again, guys, this is our mock draft Monday face off that we're doing This is based off our predictive mocks that we did for horseshoe huddle comm last week So if you want to see the full seven rounds from both of us Check it out over on horseshoe huddle or Jake will put it in the in the comments below or it is in the show notes

Starting point is 00:31:19 It's both mocks. Yeah, perfect So if you want to check that out, you can see which quarterbacks we took on day three I know I took one on day three. Did you take quarterback on day three Jake? I don't think I did Oh gosh, I took one that I did not want to know see mine right up mine had a twist though I listed trade up and trade back Each round. I think there is a quarterback at least one in there in that scenario. There you go Okay, so you guys checked it out for the full seven rounds in the show notes below.

Starting point is 00:31:48 But just to recap the first three rounds, Jake went all offense today. He went Tyler Warren. He want Ariante, Aresuri, and he went Damian Martinez. And I went Tyler Booker, Mason Taylor, Ty Hamilton and Smale Mondan Jr. I think I won personally, Jake, but I think you're going to get more votes because of Tyler Warren. So let us know in the comment section below everyone.

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