Throwbacks with Matt Leinart & Jerry Ferrara - The Triple Option and Throwbacks Live presented by Nissan | Day 1

Episode Date: April 24, 2025

It’s The Triple Option and Throwbacks Live presented by Nissan! Heisman Trophy winners Matt Leinart and Mark Ingram, 3-time national champion coach Urban Meyer, former Entourage star & actor Jerry Ferrara & broadcaster Rob Stone crossover for an unforgettable special.    The Triple Option and Throwbacks are teaming up to bring you the most insightful, entertaining, and detailed coverage of the draft. From Matt and Mark’s draft day memories to Urban Meyer’s inside look at the pre-draft process, to Jerry's diehard fandom takes, we’re diving deep into the biggest stories & moments. The guys will give you their expert analysis on top prospects like Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders and chat with Packers legend John Kuhn as well!    A big thank you to our presenting sponsor:  Nissan | The All-New Armada is here! Go to Nissanusa.com/Armada to learn more.   And our additional sponsor: Wendy’s | Find your new favorite Frosty flavor today with choices like Brownie Batter, Strawberry and Caramel Swirl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good afternoon everybody. Thank you. We enjoyed that feedback. Good to have you here. Well we got some Vikings fans running around here. We got a lot of Packers, Colts. Who's ready for this NFL Draft? Huh? Awesome. Hey thank you all for joining us. We welcome you to the Triple Option and the Throwbacks crossover presented by our great partners at Nissan. We are live from the Draft House here in beautiful Green Bay, iconic Lambeau Field right here behind us. Take adventure to new heights in the all new 2025 Nissan Armada. Head over to NissanUSA.com slash Armadaada to learn more you see the Armada in the

Front yard of this beautiful house take a look at it alright So first time ever guys our two podcasts are crossing over live triple option throwbacks We're here with you for the next two days, so come on back tomorrow as well plenty of food and beverage everywhere again You can see this live on YouTube on X on Facebook just go to the triple option or the throwbacks handle again my name is Rob Stone who's ready to meet the rest of the guests here right we're ready we all right we're gonna need a little bit better than that who's ready to meet our co-hosts ah there we go Green Bay that's what we're talking about all right we got any Michigan football fans out there?

Oh! All right, get ready to boo. All right, well, let's see, hold on. OH! Oh! All right, I think Michigan's gonna win this one. He is, ha-ha, let's go Badgers! There we go.

Play to the home crowd, Rob, play to the home crowd. You should know better than that. He is a three-time national champion head coach. He has sent multiple first round picks to the NFL and he is a 2025 College Football Hall of Fame inductee. He is the Urban Meyer. Give him the OH, coach. Give him the OH coach, give him the OH. There's a few. There we go, there we go.

Urban Meyer, alright. Hold on, Luke Fickle heat coming in. I thought we were in the Midwest. I thought this is like everybody's come together with cheese, curds, and beer, and love, and hugs. All right, we'll talk about that after the show. All right, let's bring on our second co-host. He is a national champion from the University of Alabama.

He is a Heisman Trophy winner, a first-round pick, a former pro bowler. He is Deuce, deuce. Mark Ingram, the second. What's up, baby? All right. He smells as good as he looks, everybody. Just so you know that.

It's the truth. Show him the zippers on the back of the pants. Don't understand. This is the Midwest look Show them the zippers on the back of the pants. Don't understand. This is the Midwest look, right? The Midwest approves of this. I don't know what the hell he's doing either. I don't get it either. All right. This man goes by many names. He's got a ton of talents. He is an actor. He is a writer. He is a producer. He is a director. He's a gopher. He is a production assistant, he does it all. You might know him as Joe Proctor,

maybe you know him better as Turtle. He is a New York sports super fan. He is also the proud recipient of a recent colonoscopy and he's happy to tell you all about it in great detail. He is Jerry Ferrara. You're welcome. Welcome. How to get that in. All right one more. One more to go. You guys ready? We already have one Heisman Trophy winner. We already have two national champs. We're going to add to both of it. So a Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Southern California. Fight on. He is a

former All-American. He is a college football Hall of Famer. So here at the Nissan Drafthouse with the 10th overall pick we select from USC Matt Leinert. He's got the suit, people. Hold on. The original hat. This is what we used to wear back in the day in 2006. Mark, what do you think, Mark? I like it. I like it.

Hold on. The camera's got to see it. What do we do with this button, Midwest? Does anybody know? Who has four buttons anymore? Nobody, right? Go, go, go, go. What do you guys think? Take it.

Four. Four buttons. Four buttons. Hey, this is PG. She is spicy. She is spicy. All right. Woo.

All right, here we go. Four buttons? Four buttons. Four buttons? It's a good look. Thank you. It's It's a good look. It's really not a good look, but... Alright, so here we are.

Thank you. This is like more material. This could clothe my entire family. Alright, here we are. Iconic Lambeau Field. You guys know this place well. Some of us have never been here before for Jerry, coach

and myself. This is our first time but Mark you started your NFL career right there. Yeah I did. Yeah I did man. My first NFL game was the NFL kickoff you know the kickoff whatever on Thursday and it was right here in Lambeau, man. And yes, they did win. They won. It was a close game. And we had a goal line stand stoner. So it's like on the one yard line, last play of the game, right?

And of course, we lined everybody up. Coach, what did you say? We lined everybody up. 22 people within three yards of the ball. We lined everybody up. And their D three yards of the ball. We line everybody up. And their D line just torpedoes the O line. And then linebackers just jump over the top. And I'm just get the ball.

And there's just a green jersey just falling on me. So that was the dream start to my NFL career. Do you remember 2017, though, as a Saint? Yeah. I tapped that ass that time. Yeah. And I did a Lambo Yeah, I tapped that ass that time. Yeah, and I did a Lambo leap, I'm sorry. Did you?

Yeah, I found a Saints fan, did a Lambo leap, turned up in the, they weren't happy with me that day. And I had my career game against the Packers. Sunday night, they was in New Orleans, hung up 172 on them, a couple of TDs, you know, hit the beanie winnie on them in the end zone, you know, so, but I love the Packers, man. They fans always will.

How can you not like Green Bay? They fans are always so respectable and kind. Except for her. Except for that one right there. Where? Yeah. She's a troublemaker. Security's got her eye.

We keep an eye on her. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Matthew, you played here as well. She threw the bomb right at me. Yeah, this is a Green Bay has a special place in my heart. It's actually my first time back since 2006. So I was a rookie in Arizona and we played Green Bay October, late October. My oldest son who's now 18 was born that same week. So he was born I think on a Monday, Tuesdays and off day in the NFL. So I

missed the first couple of days of practice to go fly back home to LA to be there for the birth of my first born. And that week we were on the road in Green Bay playing against Brett Farr for the Packers who was one of my idols growing up as a quarterback. So we lost 31-14, got our butts kicked. We weren't very good that year, but to play there,

my family went, I threw a touchdown in that game, it was pretty cool. This is my first time back in 19 years, and it will always hold a special, because my son was born that week, which is cool, and I got to play against my idol, so it's great to be back. You just reminded me, because my dad actually played with Brett Favre here. So I remember having like, being a little dude,

like with a cheese head, like watching my dad come in here in Lambeau and play With Brett Favre and like he used to tell me like he used to catch passes and his fingers would be all jacked up for Brett Favre But we also I mean we also Green Bay came to Arizona a lot in the playoffs I'm sure the Packers fans remember those the Rodgers the playoff games that we won. I think the the year we went to the Super Bowl Green Bay came to us. We beat them on a crazy game They came to us a couple times in the playoffs, but only one time here in my career, but it's great to be back. So real quick, the three of us, this is our first

time here in Green Bay, first time looking at Lambeau, and you know there's just a handful really, Jerry, of iconic sporting venues in this country. Madison Square Garden, certainly one of them. For football, it's maybe Soldier Field, but it's definitely this place. Yeah, when we pulled up here, we were even riding over together, and the minute we just saw the stadium, the sign, you just have to take a picture of it.

Sadly for me, one of my fondest memories, I don't wanna get booed here, but it's Coach Coughlin's cheeks froze, Giants Packers to get to this, yeah, sorry, I know, you can boo. It's fine. But it's really cool to be here and what a great place to have the draft. Agreed.

I mean, how excited are the fans for the draft to be here in Green Bay, right? It's freaking awesome. It's so awesome. Great show out in Detroit last year, Pittsburgh next year. Jerry, did you see the Lambo flying in though on the airplane?

I did not, no. When you see it flying in. That's when you let you let oh yeah, that's sexy. Coach, you've been in some iconic venues for sure. Yeah, I was I was sitting next to Jerry walk in. I see Lambo field, but I'm old school. I remember Vince Lombardi Bart star and that was my mayor. That was my era. What were you doing? Vince Lombardi was coaching huh? For who? What? I remember the

magic. I'm the Magic Man. Big fan. Thanks for having us. And this is an iconic place. You know, it's really cool. This is the only place that a small market can still dominate the big market. And that's a great appreciation for so many people. This community is certainly amazing and unique. All right. So here it is.

It's it's draft day, right? Twenty twenty five draft. Mark, your memories from when you were drafted in the first round by the Saints. Man, I remember being in the green room for a lot longer than I had wanted to be. You know what I mean? Me, too. It's all relative, right?

Like, you know, there's people who got drafted six, seventh round, but, like, when you're there, in New York, in the green room, and, like, the whole room is clearing out, you're still the only one basically almost still in the room, it's kind of, like, discouraging. You're still the only one basically almost still in the room. It's kind of discouraging. You know what I mean?

Humbling. No, but I remember being there with all my loved ones, obviously, and my mom, my sisters, my grandma. I had Coach Saban was there. Julio got picked number six. And he came back and sat with me. So I just remember being around people who loved me and supported me and obviously having the opportunity to go and achieve my dream of playing in the NFL.

So great day, great memories. But like I said earlier, like that's really the start. You know what I mean? Just because you get drafted doesn't mean you've made it. You still have to go prove yourself why they picked you in order to be able to go have a successful career in the NFL. So, amazing blessings, great memories. I remember my suit, you know what I mean? I think my suit was a little bigger than yours. We should pull up a picture of that suit.

I look like a bishop, you know what I mean? Like Deacon Jones, you know what I mean? All the suits a little bit more fitted now. Mine was baggy back then, but yeah, I was clean though. I was iced out, had to iced out watch, you know, I was fresh. So you're still iced out. I was going to say that's nothing's changed. You're extra iced out. Just the quality is a little better.

Yeah. Coach, your memories with Jacksonville and what draft day was for you as a head coach? Not great memories, getting her ass kicked in, but. Oh snap. I've been on both sides. Let it all out, coach. Just let the emotions out.

Both sides of the draft watching our college guys' lives get changed. And I remember the one year I think we had five or six guys going the first round. But when we, it was a game change. It was a generational talent. I still believe it will be a Hall of Famer someday. I know it's not a star, but Trevor Lawrence

was a no-brainer. You look at every quality that you look for in a quarterback, and it was the same year Zach Wilson was coming out, I think Trey Lance was coming out. We did our due diligence, we did our work, but that was a no-brainer. We also had a pick late in the first,

and that was a lot of time spent. And that's where Jimmy Johnson put together, they still use it to this day the draft value and Matt and mark what you see is the top of the draft is over the values unbelievable What you can get from that and I'm curious what's gonna happen this year because there's a lot of Conversation about is the top of the draft that high for us no brainer Trevor Lawrence take them but then when you start getting in the back half of the first round, the valuation drops dramatically. And you can get sometimes three players

in that middle to late first round for that first pick. So we picked Trevor Etienne. And he was tremendous. And he got hurt for our first year. But we spent more time on the back half of the first round than the first pick. You remember, Coach was watching video of Trevor Lawrence, your first stint on Big Noon kickoff, and we were doing some demos of Lawrence and what he was doing on the collegiate level,

and I could hear it in Coach's voice like, oh man, this guy can run. Like you were loving his legs. Yeah, he's a four, he's six, what is he? Six-six, he's a four-four-four, he's a legit four-four. He's under four-five, great release, and I know it hasn't gone great,", he's a 4'4", he's a legit 4'4". He's under 4'5", great release, and I know it hasn't gone great, but he's still good. I still think once they get the surrounding cast and everything, he'll be an all-pro for a long time. The situation you're in has so much to do with the success you have, you know, so.

Jerry, as a New York guy, what does the draft mean to you? How does it resonate? Well, I kind of speak on behalf of the fans where I think it's awesome to hear these stories, right? Because you're seeing young people get this amazing start in their career. But then as a fan, it's always the chance of hope, right? Regardless of where your team is,

if you aren't in the Super Bowl or if you weren't even a playoff team, it's a sign of hope that one of these young players is gonna come in and change the face of everything for a franchise that we love. So that's how I always looked at the draft. The draft means hope. Hope for the young guys coming in to have amazing careers

and hope for the fans that that player will come in like maybe a great pass rusher at number three to change the future of the team. What do you guys think of the draft hitting the road? Right, it used to always be in New York City. Roger Goodell, I didn't realize this. I think New York kind of pushed him out, as someone was saying the other day at dinner.

That's one of the greatest things to spread the wealth. I was at Ohio State the year after he won the title, and it went to Chicago. And that's the first time I saw hundreds of thousands of people for the draft. So I think it's been a great boom for... It's become a show. Yes.

That's why we're here. Right? We're here on the road. Mark, what's something that you're really looking forward to tonight with the round one coming down? You know, I'm a running back, man. So just, you know, I think Ashton Gentry, man, just the season he had, it was unbelievable.

You talk about the season he had, the yards after contact he had, Stone, he had 1,900 yards after contact. Like, that's a huge season for anybody. That's more yards than I ran for in my Heisman year. Like, you know what I mean? So like, when you put that in perspective, in over 164 tackles he broke. So like,. So I think he's going to translate great to the NFL. I think he can, every down back, he can run inside, run outside, catch the football, pick up pass protection. I saw him do it all when we watched these games on film.

So I love that the running back is having to resurgence. We saw what Saquon was able to do for the Eagles. Obviously, Green Bay has a great runner, and Josh Jacobs. So the running back is still position one. You know what I mean? Position A. You feel me? Why do you think teams got away from the running back? Why did the priority get lessened at some point?

I think it was the one. I think it was the Todd Gurley deal. Todd Gurley, who was great, got paid all that money that year, got hurt, and then it was just like, teams were like, why are we going to pay these guys $40, $50 million? And then you started to see second, third round, fourth round draft picks have the same type of success. So I'm so pumped up, because the running backs

are making a comeback. They're an integral part of an offense. And you see what Detroit's doing. Jameer Gibbs in Montgomery. You see Ash and Gentie. Now, this is the deepest running back class, probably, Mark, in a long time. But I think we're seeing a premium back

on what Saquon did. Bijon Robinson was drafted in the top five, I think, a couple years ago. He's a star. So I'm fired up, too, to see. I think someone might make a play for Gentie in top five I'm not sure who that's gonna be but someone's gonna maybe come up and get them. Yes, sir. I Think I think as far as the draft for me today

The obvious is just Chador Sanders in this quarter for what is kind of a quiet draft as far as like there's not I mean I think we all assume Cam Ward's going number one, but outside of that It's like there's not a ton of quarterbacks being talked about. That's what's dominated the draft, even last year, six first round quarterbacks, which was a record. So I'm just, I think there's gonna be a splash trade somewhere to trade up and get somebody.

I think that's gonna happen. I think we might see some movement from the second round coming back into the first. And after the first two picks... That's wide open. The Giants could be chalk. They could take maybe Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter, but if they don't, and what happens with that pick could dictate the rest of the draft in the first round?

What I'm looking forward to, and this is... I really want the crowd to think about this, is that teams that pick early in the draft, obviously, are not very good. So one player a lot of times can't flip a organization right away. On this Jimmy Johnson chart, and for the fans that don't know,

Jimmy Johnson obviously great coach, Super Bowl winner at the Cowboys, put together this chart years ago. NFL still uses it as we speak. So 3,000 point value system for the first player picked. As you get to the bottom of the first round, it's 600. That means the GMs that use this, and the head coaches and talk about trades,

you could potentially get four first round draft picks by flipping the first pick or the second pick. It's tempting, why not? If it's not a, if it's Trevor Lawrence, no, don't do it. He's a generational. If I'm not as Cam Ward, a generational is Carter, a generational is Travis Hunter. All these guys, if not, I'm trading it. I'm going to go get five first rounders to build my pro organization.

Because the one guy, if he's not a generational, it's not going to flip your team. It's going to hurt. That makes sense. It's going to hurt your team. And that make sense? It's gonna hurt your team. And that's the value system that I think people overlook. And this is... This sits on the desk of the GM on draft day. How cool is that? Yeah. And you sit there and stare at it

as you're going through the draft. It's proven. Inside info from Coach Meyer this morning. He know what I'm talking about. I think we're gonna see some moving and some shaking again. This is the triple option. This is the throwbacks coming together live from Green Bay, Wisconsin, right outside of,

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Gonna fit a full back in there. Oh, speaking of, welcome back to the triple option and the throwback crossover presented by Nissan here right outside Lambeau Field. Who's ready to start not booing but cooing? All right, we ready for this? Are we ready for this? Here we go. We're bringing in former Green Bay Pro Bowl. Former Green Bay Super Bowl champion, the pride of Schippensburg University.

Let's go Raiders! He is John Kuhn. Welcome baby. Former teammate of Mark Ingram as well. What is up? This is awesome. Man, the NFL draft, being in Green Bay, it's something that when I came here in 2007, I never imagined we'd see this day. This was before Title Town.

There was still a K-Mart and a little shopping center down there. And they built this immaculate title town all with this vision in mind to have an NFL draft in this city, in this community, in this state. I can tell you what, I've been all around last night and this morning, and Wisconsin has shown up big at this draft,

showed up big. Yeah! A quick estimate, how many pounds of cheese curds have you digested through your career? I don't know. I don't know, Rob. They're so good. We don't count calories up here. Not at the full back position, right? We weigh in and if we make weight, then we good. I'm gonna let these guys jump in a second. I'm always fascinated by the culture in Green Bay. So as a player, you get drafted and you're dropped into a neighborhood, into a community.

Like, where do these guys live? How do they acclimate? What do they do? Are they here year round? How does it work as a player for the Packers? You know, it's like any other NFL city except it's got its own little flavor here. Guys, you know, in every other NFL city, guys don't just live right by the stadium, right?

So there's little communities outside, you know, Howard DePierre that guys can go into. Young guys normally start off with apartment buildings before they upgrade into houses and start having families. But it's no different in a lot of these guys, man. There's no better place to start your NFL career than in Green Bay Wisconsin you got a team and a city giving you every advantage to be successful this facility is top end in the NFL and then the number of distractions are limited although you can find them in Green Bay and do some stuff but distractions are limited and it's wholesome.

These guys, listen, these fans are the best fans in professional sports, I believe it. Even though I played on a couple other teams and I love those fan bases, this group has a 100,000-person wait list for season tickets. Find that somewhere else. Find that somewhere else. Hey, John, in this world of big markets,

and this is Enigma, Green Bay, how in the world does this, they change coaches, they change quarterbacks, they change, and they win. They win. They win. Why? What is the secret sauce here in Green Bay? Well, honestly, I do.

I just think it's one of those, well, the quarterback part helps. When you go three in a row the way that the Green Bay Packers did, it helps a lot. So we all know, and we'll talk about some draft picks, and quarterback's the quarterback part helps. When you go three in a row the way that the Green Bay Packers did, it helps a lot. So we all know, and we'll talk about some draft picks, and quarterback's the most important position. When you go from a Brett Favre to an Aaron Rodgers to a Jordan Love, that helps a lot.

But really what it is is when you walk in here the very first day as a player, and it doesn't matter if you're drafted here, if you're traded here, if you come here as a free agent, you see the history that this place has. You see the demands that's put on you as a player and what is required of you and expected of you when you play here and not just by this organization but by these people, by the city, by the people and by the owners. You uh, oh is it? Alright he's working. We're back. Can you hear me? Can you hear me?

Lambo Leaps, Memories, obviously had a great career here, played with some of Oh, is it? All right, he's working. We're back. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Lambo Leaps, Memories. Obviously, he had a great career here, played with some of the greats. What is your fondest memory as a Green Bay Packer? A failed Lambo Leap. And also, yes, apparently he had a failed Lambo Leap that we want you to talk.

We want you to talk about the failed Lambo Leap, but also just your fondest memory of being a Green Bay Packer. You know, winning the Super Bowl is the best. It's the absolute best. Doing it against the team that cut me three years in a row into Pittsburgh Steelers, that was even better. Yeah.

That's more of a personal, you know, feel good. But I would say winning the George Hallis trophy in Chicago after the NFC Championship game, taking their previous owner's trophy home with us and bringing it back to Lambeau Field to go to the Super Bowl, that was probably the sweetest because we had such a great team that year. And Chicago was just in the thorn in our side

with Erlacher and that great offense that they had down there. So beating them at their place to win the NSE Championship probably, but we've had great success in Chicago. We really have. We won a game down there in 2013, fourth and eight from the 48 yard line with about 40 seconds left

and we pulled an improbable Hail Mary to Randall Cobb to score a touchdown. So we've had a lot of success down there, but I would say the NSE Championship's my favorite. So I love this because you're a fullback man, an old school football, I formation, you have a fullback. I played with Owen Schmidt, I played with some of the way, just crazy fullbacks and obviously you fit that mold

and I have so much respect for you guys. The fullback position now, obviously offenses and everything has changed. What are your thoughts on that, and what is just like, kind of take the fans through just what it was like. Like you are literally lead blocking for guys. You don't get a lot of glory or grace, but you are as important as an offense alignment.

Talk a little bit about just the fullback position and where you think it's gonna go. Maybe it's coming back, I don't know. So when I first got in the NFL, it was all lead and power. A little bit of counter-bim, but in all honesty, it evolved and it started going outside zone, guys that could catch the passes in the flat,

do the little belly thing, and still lead block. You had to be able to play special teams at all times as well. And by the time I was done playing, the linebacker sizes themselves have shrunk because they went from taking on ISOs and taking on powers to having now cover people into space. So you had to change during my time. You had to change from really being that battering ram to having some finesse while still being physical.

I don't think that's changed very much since then other than the NFL has decided we're going to potentially eliminate a spot and we're going to call it the BB. And I see that in a lot of playbooks now. It's the BB. It's no longer a fullback. It's no longer a tight end. It's called the blocking back. And, you know, Matt, just as good as anybody, you can line a fullback up and there's an F in every position. Even if it's five wide, there's an F on that field. So the players are there. They just might not be called the fullback.

You come in on the work week on Monday. Who's the top three or four defensive players in your career just when you can't really watch a film saying, damn, I got to block that dude? I would say Lance Briggs is number one. He was a dog. Lance Briggs was so nasty. And him and Erlacher together, I think, will go down to me as the greatest one-two combo.

Now Navarro Bowman and Pat Willis will have something to say about that, because they were outstanding as well. But man, those two down in Chicago were both great. The two I named in San Francisco were fantastic. Bobby Wagner, I got to play a lot against Bobby early in his career. He's still doing the damn thing. Still doing the damn thing. So I would say some combination of those four or five guys that I just named are the ones that I come in and I go, this is, I'm going to earn my money this week.

All right. I got to do it. I feel like you're the perfect person to ask. And I think in this scenario, we usually don't let the person use themselves, but I think you could use yourself here. Okay. Mount Rushmore fullbacks. Okay, okay. By the way, you should be on there, so feel free to put yourself on there.

We usually don't allow that, but. Should he be on the list, guys? Yeah! So there you go. Three spots to fill. These guys are awesome. Well, I'll be honest, I know. Now, here's a quick question. Jim Brown and jim taylor were both listed as fullbacks. Do you guys consider them fullbacks? No, no

Anybody out there? No, okay So we'll keep them out then but I mean, hey historically and I know a lot of history Your list you do how you do it how you want is your list. I'll go all stop Yes, he listened a train there was a time there was a time in the 90s when kids actually said, I want to play fullback because of Mike All-Stars. So Mike All-Stars, he had the big, big old neck. Yeah, the shoulder from Purdue. He learned in Purdue, the bigger he looked, the 10 guys were like, no, no.

So Mike All-Stars, number one there, Lorenzo Neal, because he's just he's just an outstanding guy. 20 years at the fullback position. Are you kidding? Might have been 19, but he's just an outstanding guy. 20 years at the fullback position. Are you kidding? It might have been 19, but he's up there. Lorenzo Neil, I would have to do, and some people may not remember this guy, Sam Gash. He was an absolute maniac.

He was a maniac fullback when he was playing. And then, man, who else am I gonna throw up there as a fourth one? You. Who? You. Who? Who? You know what? OK, OK.

Oh, Rathlin. He named a good one, Tom Rathlin. Here's one better for you. Larry centers because he was the first fullback to catch 100 passes in a season. When you talk about the position, getting versatile and having to do different things, Larry centers was the guy who made that happen.

I'm not trying to make light of a situation, but I'm curious. Is there a play in your career that you don't remember, but you hear about a lot as a fullback? No, luckily, luckily, no, I did not have diagnosed concussions. I did have one ding down in Atlanta. We beat the breaks off of them in the 2010 playoffs. And my second touchdown in the game, I got hit on the side and things were kinda,

do you remember the knockout game that you used to have on PlayStation? When you got knocked down, you had to make the two screens superimposed. I had a little bit of that going on. So spelling salts. While I was on one knee. And then I got up and I came to the sideline.

And back then the game was so cool. I just said to Doc McKenzie, know he said okay we're gonna check you out and I said just a stinger just a stinger Doc and he goes John I know it's just a stinger but we're up 28 you're probably gonna sit the rest of this one out. It's good decision good decision on his part. Let's talk about the draft overall Matty I'm gonna start with you. Is Cam Ward locked and loaded at number one going to the Titans? Yeah, I mean I think so. It's such an interesting quarterback draft class compared to last year, right? And six guys in the first

round and all six of those, because we saw Pennix kind of late in the season take over, all really good. Like all showed tons of promise, gonna have great careers probably. This year it's a little bit different. I think Cam Ward is for sure has the highest ceiling of all these quarterbacks. He started at three different universities and college. He's a tremendous athlete, has all the physical traits. I think there's a big gap between one and two, and two we might not know who that is.

It could be Shador, it could be Jackson Dart. But I think the Titans, and Coach knows this, he just talked about it. You know, he picked Trevor Lawrence number one. I think when you believe in a guy, you're throwing all the money at it. There's a belief. And hopefully this is the guy that can change the organization in Tennessee. You know, they've missed on a couple quarterbacks recently. They need probably a lot more help too than getting that. But if they believe Cam Ward is the guy that can change their franchise, that's who they're going to pick today.

I'd be shocked if they don't. Unless they trade down and get some quantity. Cam Ward to me is a big time prospect that could be that guy. See, do we not think anything crazy is going to happen? Do we think it's going to go chalk and it's going to be what we've all heard about? But you just got to look at it like there's quite a few teams that need help and players and a quarterback as well. So I think you might see other teams trying

to get into the first round. I want to ask, is Cam Ward a generational talent? I know it's a simple question, very complicated, because if he's not, you got to trade that pick away, man. You got to go get your team right. Is he a gen? Yes or no? Is he a generational? I think all that matters. You've got to go get your team right. Is he a gen? Yes or no? Is he a generational?

I think all that matters. You have to be. All that matters, Coach, is what those guys think in that room and making the pick. If they think he's a generational player, then that's who they're going to take. We've watched film. He's dynamic.

He can run. Yeah, but gosh, how many first round drafts? I was one of them 15 years ago, but how many guys just don't ever make it to what you have as a number one draft pick. So to your question, the jury is out, but all that matters is what they believe in that room and that's what we're hearing. Mark, you interviewed Cam last season as part of Big Noon Kickoff. What were your takeaways from him as a human being and as a talent? I mean, I was extremely impressed with him.

Just what he hadn't been able to go through. He had no stars coming out of high school. He went to Incarnate Word. Then he goes to Wazoo. Then he goes to Miami. So you see this progression of a guy who refuses to be denied, right? And when you have a guy that has that kind of mindset and that kind of ability to overcome adversity.

That's someone who you want leading your team. Then you turn on the film. Miami probably wins four games if Ken Ward is not their quarterback. So I think he's a dynamic player. I think he has a good arm. I think he has a good mindset and leadership and all that, being able to lead grown men in the locker room, that's to be seen. But I came away extremely impressed with him. He's very rooted in his family. we saw him last night at dinner had his whole family with him so I came away extremely impressed when I was able to have that interview with him I want to ask John that John were you part of a rebuild and if you are if yes one time 2016 well I guess you could say 2008 with Aaron Rodgers first year as

a starting quarterback was somewhat of a rebuild even though we had just gone to the NFC Championship the year before with Brett Favre. So yes to some to some extent I was part of it. So would you would you if you're sitting in that war room? Would you be on a because I was I rather take well once again a generational talent I'd rather get me four or five that I know are gonna be starters and then you know Yeah projected guys that you can plug in and play because one guy unless he's that good is not gonna flip it. It's not gonna flip you to the top of the AFC. Can it flip you to much better than what you were last year? Can it flip you to nine

and eight? Can it flip you to the seventh seed in the playoffs? What I found in the NFL to be true is that an average quarterback gives you a chance of winning, right? So you need a guy, he doesn't need to be, you know, per se generational to flip you from four wins to nine wins. I think an average quarterback and I think Cam Ward is better than an average quarterback. How has Green Bay been able to do it over the last couple quarterbacks in franchise history? Not getting the top 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 pick, doing it late in the first round or somewhere else? They tell you the same thing with houses. Don't buy a house when you need a house.

Because then you're going to be pressured into spending some money on some stuff that you don't necessarily need. When you buy a quarterback, when you draft a quarterback, before anybody even suspects you, people were looking in 2005 when Aaron Rodgers got drafted and saying, okay, well he's, you know, probably seeing Aaron dropping the draft and probably never believed the Packers. And then they were sitting there watching again

and people probably never imagined that the Packers were gonna trade up in 2020 to get Jordan love. But you know what? They did it both times because they did their due diligence. They did believe that they were generational. They already had their plan for that season and maybe even other seasons going forward. And they said, this guy is the guy that we can build 15 years after the next two. I mean, you played, well, Roger sat for what, four years, right? Or three or four years behind Brett.

He got to learn. And that was sort of kind of how it was with quarterbacks in that era. It's like you sat, you learned. I sat a little bit behind Kurt Warner. And then now we're seeing all these guys just get thrust into play right away, day one. What do you think?

Because you've been in a million huddles, years and years of huddles, and young quarterbacks, older quarterbacks. What do you think is like the one thing in a million huddles, years and years of huddles and young quarterbacks, older quarterbacks, what do you think is the one thing, the hardest transition that you've seen? Because now these young guys are just getting forced into throw. Hands down, hands down, it's the mental side of this thing, right? It's the mental side of the game that's the hardest for the rookie quarterback. And I mean, Patrick Mahomes sat for 15 games.

Yeah, behind Alex Smith. 15 games behind Alex Smith Josh Allen thrown right in there And remember what we were saying about Josh Allen 55% completion percentage Missing all the deep balls all of a sudden you put them with Stefan digs There's your deep ball connection his timing started get worked out the rhythm started get worked out So I don't think it's a one-size-fits-all for when to play the quarterback position But I tell you what you better be hat you better have a guy who's smart if you're putting him in there at the beginning because if he can't take it mentally, the emotional side of this will get to these guys too.

We're going to talk plenty more quarterbacks coming up in the next 40 minutes or so. Who is he again, guys? Koon! Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it so much. I have a feeling we're going to be hearing a lot more from you in the coming months. We'll talk about that maybe a little bit later. Here we are, the triple option, the throwbacks. There's a Buckeye out there.

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the the the the the the All right, it is time now for cool picks presented by Wendy's find your new favorite frosty flavor today with choices like brownie batter, strawberry and caramel swirl. All right, so we're going to talk about a potential draft pick or a theme that we think is going to be a cool pick later today, Matt, as our resident quarterback, we'll start with you and let's attack the QB situation. It's I just said I just talked about a couple minutes ago. I think it's a very

intriguing class because it's not a deep quarterback class. I think you have Cam Ward and then there's a cluster of quarterbacks there that could go as early as top 10 or into the second round. So something to keep an eye on is Jackson Dart. Jackson Dart out of Ole Miss, started three years at Ole Miss, was fantastic there in the SEC. I was actually looking at him, I average about 500 yards rushing every year. Like he's a kid who can run the football, derby, all this.

I actually believe he's gonna be the second quarterback taken today in the draft. And I think something either, we know the Giants Browns need a quarterback, Steelers need a quarterback. You could even see the Rams at 26 get a get the next quarterback of Stafford might be done here in a year or two I've got a Rams fan right here I think Jackson Dart is going to go in the first round today

Whether it's a trade to get up into the late first round or somewhere there Maybe 21 of the Steelers so someone and someone in the coaching profession told me they compared him to Joe Burrowish a little bit the same mentality Toughness he's confident. He's tough He's got a little swag to him. He can move like Joe Burrows a good I mean, that's a good comp like he he has that same type of body same type of size. So keep an eye on Like, let's just, like, calm down a little bit. You know, you can't just throw shit on me. We're just saying... We're just saying he reminds us of us.

He went number one overall in 2020. You go over the last five NFL drafts. Calm down. Nineteen quarterbacks have been taken in the first round. Of course, six were taken last year. Caleb Williams, Jaden Daniels, Drake May, Michael Panix, J.J. McCarthy, Bo Nix, all in the top 12. So there was a quarterback run.

Matty, you and I were talking about quarterbacks yesterday as we were driving here, and the over-under on quarterbacks taken in the first round, they always loved the hook. Right, Martin? They loved the half, right? I was ready to bet that over. I was ready to bet that over.

Two and a half? You went over, then under. Now I think I'm under. You back to under? You're a little out of place. You think only two gets in the first round? Yeah. No way.

I think five quarterbacks could go in the first round. No way only two go in the first round. We're not doing bold predictions right now. I'm just saying it could happen. There's no way only two go in the first round. Quarterback is going to be a fascinating situation, the Shador, Sanders, everything, but something you talked about, Mark,

this is a draft that is deep at the running back spot. Yeah, deep at the running back position. Deep at the running back position. I think you're going to get a very high quality running back in rounds. In the round two, round three, round four. One guy who I think is not getting enough respect right now is my boy, Kam Skadabu. Guess who?

Kam Skadabu. If you know football, you watch football, this dude is a guy who does the dirty work. We had John Kuhn up here, you talk about someone, he said that you're gonna have to be able to play special teams. This is a guy who can play special teams, he can run the ball, he can catch the ball.

He had over 2,300 all-purpose yards, over 600 yards receiving, you know, so. He ran all over Texas in the playoff. He threw a touchdown pass. So you talk about a versatile player, a versatile back who does the dirty work and who kind of sets the tone. You need a tone setter at the running back position.

That's him. That's a dude that a franchise and a fan base will throw their arms around, right? Like they're chanting, Koon, Koon. Skataboo, Skataboo, let's go. Which Frosty did you pick? Brownie Batter. You went with the brownie batter? Brownie batter, my dog.

Man, that looks pretty good. That looks pretty good. Who wants a New York Giants perspective? It doesn't matter, because you're going to get it anyway. I saw one Giants jersey out there. I saw a neighbors jersey out there. How do you think the Giants are going to handle this one? So, kind of off Matt's point, to me with the Giants,

I think it has to be obviously Carter or whatever play. I think you have to leave with Carter and a QB in the first round. I think that has to be, I think you have to trade into that first round. And kind of what Coach was saying, like, it needs to be generational, and I agree with that, but I think you do in today's day

need a lot of swings because I think it's the hardest thing to figure out. And we've seen some players emerge from late first round, mid first round. Russell Wilson, who's now on the Giants. Was he fourth round pick? You know, Tom Brady, Tom Brady, of course, you know, Broc. I think if you're the Giants, you need as many bites of the apple as possible. They might have nine quarterbacks in that quarterback room at one point.

Last last 15 drafts, Jerry, the last 15 NFL drafts, the New York Giants have only taken four quarterbacks. Can you name them? Think about that. I can. No, no, no, no, that's a little trivia. In the last how many years? Last 15 drafts. 15 drafts. We'll start in 2013. A young man out of Syracuse. 2013 young man out of Syracuse. You call yourself a giant. INSC round four, 110 overall. Nassib? Nassib. Five games, nine completions.

All right, 2017 from Cal. Davis Webb. Davis Webb. Round three, 87. Played one game for the Giants, two total in the NFL. You're seeing a track record. It's not going great. We go to 2018. played one game for the Giants, two total in the NFL. You're seeing a track record. It's not going great.

We go to 2018. I don't even know how to pronounce this guy's last name. Kyle Lavaletta, Lavaletta from Richmond. Round four, one away. Two games played, zero completions in one year in the league. This makes me feel great, guys. This makes me feel great.

Okay. Then 2019, I hope you can name this guy. Round one, number six, Daniel Jones. 6, probably could have got him at 18. Why don't you give the fans a little perspective on your thoughts on Daniel Jones? Listen, I stayed on the island for a long time. We talk a lot about on throwbacks during this season.

I tried really hard. But now you know how that story ends. He's going to absolutely light it up at some point with the mic. He's just going to happen. The story is grueling. Yeah, he's going to absolutely light it up at some point. Of course. It's just going to happen. The story is grim. Yeah. How do you feel about your quarterback room

right now with DeVito, Jameis Winston, and Russell Wilson? J.Boo. I got the pleasure to hang out with Tommy DeVito at Superball. I think he's a good guy to have around. Look, I really was excited for the Jameis Winston experiment that was going on. I know Malik Neighbors was probably very excited, because he might have had 1,900 yards at receiver

with James throwing it. Kind of to quote Coach here, what are we doing? What are we doing? What are we doing? What are we doing? What are we doing? Coach, somebody that's not named Travis Hunter. I like Mason.

How about the Buckeye in me? I got Mason Graham. I'm going to say this, Mark. I think on day one, on day one, first game of the season next year, I think Mason Graham will be the most impactful draft pick in this draft plan. Him and possibly your guy, the tight end, Tyler Warren. A defensive tackle, my coaching history every Sunday

I would come in, get ready to play the next team. I'm not watching the quarterback, I'm watching the opposing D line. If we can handle them, life's good. If we can't handle them, it can ruin your day. That's a bad week. That's a bad. So I think Mason Graham, what he did the Buckeyes last year in that game, we were there. He two gapped. He played with great leverage, great hands.

He's a monster. I think he's NFL ready. I think he makes the most impact on the first game of the season in 2020. He's a safe pick. And he's going anywhere. I think he makes the most impact on the first game of the season in twenty twenty. He's a he's a safe pick and he's going anywhere from five to like I saw him in five. Yeah, which is crazy. He whatever team drafts him is getting the help and he looks

like a dude who's going to stay there for a decade plus and be a constant figure. By the way, what's your Wendy's Frosty flavor? Oh, was it Brownie? What do you call here? My brownie batter. My brownie batter. Brownie batter. Take a bite. I'll see y'all eating your frosties. Why didn't I? I don't have a spoon. That's all right. I got some spoons. Hold on. I get to make a pick too.

Coach, drink out of it like he did. He's drinking it like a milkshake. What do you got for us, Rob? Well, Coach didn't go with a Buckeye, so I'm going to go with a Buckeye. Josh Simmons, right? 6'5", 3'17". He was high round one material before he got injured. Probably would have been the first offensive lineman taken. Had that patella injury in mid-October, but he's got the measurables. Two years at San Diego State, two years at the Ohio

State. Remember, has some experience at right tackle from his days as an Aztec, moved over to the left tackle side, so he shows that he can be versatile, right? from his days as an Aztec, moved over to the left tackle side. So he shows that he can be versatile, right? And this is a guy that, again, if he was healthy, you're gonna look at the medical reports. If he was healthy, that's a top seven type dude, and he's slipping late in round one. I wonder if somebody says, you know what,

let's remember the guy who was a top 10 pick and take him early. And I've been there, you're gonna do the evaluation like you can't imagine on that knee. They are diving into that knee to make sure everything's good. Oh, for sure. Someone could get a steal with him, Rob. Yeah, all right. So I got my Frosty, but hold on.

Has anybody got some cheese curds out there? We got some cheese curds. Throw us a cheese curd, please. Who's got cheese curds? Bring them on to the stage. Come on. How do we? It's Wisconsin. It should be raining cheese curds? Bring them on to the stage. Come on. How do we have? It's Wisconsin. It should be raining cheese curds.

We got some cheese curds? Where are they? I'm going to start telling people to throw them. My gimmick is not working. Yeah, we don't need torches. We got about five more seconds and I'm done. All right. Hold the cheese curds. I'll eat the cheese curd frosty a little bit later,

but I'm going with the caramel. Sell it for me. Mark Ingram, sell this caramel frosty for me. Look at the caramel dripping off the frosty. It's just deliciousness. It's just immaculate. Oh, man. With the brownie battle. I am a sucker for a frosty.

Now we just need french fries so I can dip. You know what I mean? Dip. Well done. Well done. All right, we're going to take a break here from Lambo. We're going to clean up the frosties off our chins over here. We're going to talk to the guy who's maybe the most fascinating talent

in this upcoming NFL Draft, the Heisman Trophy winner from Colorado, Mr. Travis Hunt. Where is he going to go? Maybe number two, maybe number three. Who knows? We'll talk about that when we return to the Nissan Draft House here. Throwbacks and the triple option in the house here in Green Bay. -♪

This is the triple option and throwbacks presented by Nissan coming away live from the Draft House here in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lambeau feel like,, Matt, you could throw. Man, I don't think you could make it now. Back in the day, maybe a couple hops from here. That's like 100 yards, dude. You think that's 100 yards?

But you had a cannon. That's deep, Rob. That's deep. That's like 200 yards. That's how much faith I have in your arm, or I did have in your arm. Zero chance. Apparently not. I'm throwing about about 51 yards right now. Okay. It's just still pretty good. 51 is... Round one from the NFL draft today. Tomorrow. 50?

Round two and three. Saturday, rounds four and seven. So 257 picks. Seven rounds over the course of the next couple days and maybe the most interesting talent in this year's draft. We understand what Cam Ward is but what Travis Hunter brings to the conversation, two different positions, two sides of the ball, he's a fascinating talking point for this draft. And some of we know well, we covered him a bunch on Big Noon. We met him, remember he was on set with us in Penn State.

I didn't realize how big he is. He's a great kid, he's a grinder, he works out of these clean living guy that takes care of his body. So a couple weeks ago, I came out the He does his athleticism. Could he be the best corner, I think, top one of the top five corners of the NFL? Yes. Could he be one of the top five receivers in the NFL? I think so. Can he do a both? I do, but this was thrown at me

just a couple days ago, Matt. He has not played elite competition, he has not. And when Colorado had, you know, they haven't. You know, and that's this whole Shador Sanders conversation too. So it was thrown back at me aggressively and said, there's no chance. This is not me saying that this is a former NFL GM said, do you believe he can go against Denzel Ward line up for four or five plays in the series, punt the ball,

and then go over and play defense against Marvin Harrison, Jr. or whoever. And that's a different, and you guys know it. Yeah. You got next step from college to the NFL. Yeah. It's a ridiculous step. Well, you saw when he tried to do it against McMillan to receive from Arizona, he kind of had a tough day. McMillan put up some good numbers that day when they played Colorado. So you are going to have to do that. If his mind say he wants to do it, right.

But in my personal opinion, I think he goes on the defense side of the ball. I think he plays cornerback. And I think you have a package of 20 to 25 plays for him on offense so he can focus on defense, but still be impactful on the offensive side of the ball as well. So that's the way I think you're able to handle that situation until he can prove to himself and to the coaching staff that you need more of a workload Also, you know how difficult it is and again if there's someone that can do it he continues to prove everybody So that's why like that's why I would I would bet that he could do it and he could do it at a high level

but Coach you know this the NFL prep the week and like defensive coordinators and how much time goes into one game on Sunday. It's, college is a lot, but like NFL is no joke, you know, and he's, can you just imagine like the D coordinator and the offensive coordinator is like sharing like what, like just like the prep of a week of going into offensive meetings, defensive meetings and making sure then you're dialed in on Sunday. And if you, maybe you miss a coverage or that and you get burned by Tyree Kill, like it is a different game at the next level, playing and play out.

So I say, why not? Give it a try. He's a unicorn. He really is. I mean, Shohei Otani of football, for sure. Like, we've never seen. We talked about it with Charles Woodson. Charles Woodson had packages on offense.

He was never an every down guy. This guy has done that at a high level. And can he do it against the elites? It's a question that remains to be seen. And the question on top of that, if you do, how long can you sustain it? Reality is the body is going to start to do this shortly. And it's do this much quicker than it did in college.

Because who you're playing. You're taking double steps. The season is that much longer. And when I started thinking about, you know, I had some great teams, but week in, week out, with that, Kat's getting ready to face, I mean, there's no slouches that he's gonna be going against. But don't you think too, like to Mark's point,

even if he's not a full-time receiver and it's a package where there's 10 plays, 15 plays, he's one of the guys to me, if I was rooting against him, if I see him on offense, he's getting the ball. He's, there's so to me, if I was rooting against him, if I see him on offense, he's getting the ball. He's so much gravity is going to be drawn to him if he is on offense, whether he gets the ball or not. And yeah, maybe that's not something you could do time in time out. But if he's on the field on offense, you've got to assume they're trying to get him the ball. It might be a lot of things you could do off that.

And that's the impact that he has of being on the offensive side of the ball. Because now you have other players. Open things up. Can you imagine him doing an eight or nine play drive as a wide receiver? And then they punt, kick a field goal, score, comes back. And now he's like, oh, you have to go guard D.K. Metcalf for 10 plays. Hey, Cleveland needs all the help. I mean, anybody he's not going to be in there for the nine plays on the drive, though, in my opinion. But that's that's the thing is like, how much is not going to be in there for the nine plays on the drive, though, in my opinion.

Right. But that's, that's the thing is like, how much is he going to play on offense or how much? How about his quote? How about his quote? What is the quote again? His quote is saying, if they're not going to let me play both ways, I'm not going to play for you.

Essentially is what it was. Which is probably not true, but you got to take him at his word because that guy's going to play football. I just hate player mandates like that. I mean, you're going do what you gotta do. It didn't feel like a mandate to me. It felt more like, hey, I really want to play both sides. I hope you respect what it is.

The kid wants to do it. He wants to do it. And all he's done is his whole life. By the way, he's gonna go to Cleveland at two, we think. So who's he playing up? He's gonna guard Jamar Chase. Oof. Yeah. And we're all gonna watch it. DK and Pittsburgh now, and Baltimore. That's why to guard Jamar Chase. Yeah. Yeah. And we're all going to watch it. DK in Pittsburgh now and Baltimore.

That's why you guys are the boy. Pickin. Pickin is going to eat. Baltimore with Ze Flowers. I'm all for it. As popcorn. By the way, I say I say I say double down and then add to it. You talk about like he's going to play defense. They're going to let him return punts to man. Let him put that ball in his hand.

But like his match. But like if I'm the officer coordinator, he's going to punt. I let him return punts to man. Let him put that ball in his hand. He is magical. But like if I'm the officer coordinator, he's going to defensive coordinator room. I'm pissed off. Like, no, he should be coming over here with us. Like, you know, I mean, a lot of

man is right. Could that be a problem? And it's going to be a problem. Yeah, no, we want him. I think they'll I think they understand players won't care. The players are going to get better.

Yeah, it's the team is better with him playing both sides. Go to the coaches staff meeting. Right. No, It's just for the coaches. It makes the team better. If the team is better with him playing both sides of the ball, he'll do it. The problem's gonna be in the coaches' staff meeting. Right. Like, no, he's coming with us today. No, we need him to do this today. No, he's coming with us today.

And the last battle, and I'll end it with this, his agent. His agent is gonna say, let's make sure you are listed as a wide receiver, because the pay scale difference between wide receiver and quarterback is two different worlds. You want to be paid wide receiver money, not quarterback money. I want to be paid punder money. I don't care. I'll take any of that. I want to be playing wide receiver and quarterback money.

Now you put the two together. Now we're talking something else. Wide receiver CB. WRCB. Create a new position. WRCB. Create a new position. WRCB. All right. We're going to make some adventurous picks right now here in front of our live crowd right in front of Lambeau Field here in Green Bay. Take adventure to new heights in the all new 2025 Nissan Armada. Go to NissanUSA.com slash Armada to learn more.

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I want you to go. I want Jerry. Bold prediction. Give us a bold prediction. So I think, you know, we've all talked so much about this draft. And since the Super Bowl, Super Bowl ended that Monday, we were talking about the draft, which is great. But it's been a long time.

And we've heard kind of about the same players and the same teams and their needs. There's a bunch of teams that have been pretty quiet throughout this whole process, and maybe they're not gonna do anything, but if you are looking at those first five or six picks we've even talked about, if you are a team that believes you are maybe a Warren away

from really being a, I think it's not gonna be fully chalk from one to six, and it might not be as simple as, oh, the Giants move back, you might see a really good team, a close team, try to get in and swoop up one of these players that could take them to that next level. So, go ahead.

I want to piggyback on that real quick. You have an example? Because I want to take a poll. I love that thought. So, is this a fair list of tier one NFL teams that are this close to a Super Bowl? Detroit? Yes.

Buffalo? Yes. Philadelphia? They just won Super Bowl. Detroit. Yes. Buffalo. Yes. Philadelphia. They just won Super Bowl. Kansas City. They have Baltimore. Baltimore. Yes.

Feels like a tier one. Tier two, they're really close, but might need a couple guys. Houston. Houston is, yeah. Rams. Rams are close last year. 49ers.

Washington. 49ers missed their window. Yeah. The Niners missed their window. So that might make things interesting with the draft. Two more, two more. Tampa Bay, close. Yeah, yeah.

Close because of where they are. And these guys behind us. Green Bay. These guys with Jordan Love right behind us. So those programs, I think, are feeling, wow, we're really close and we've got that window. How that manifests itself at the draft. I think that's interesting. Have adventure, be adventurous, get out there

and make some moves. You're driving your Nissan Armada, right? You wanna hear my adventurous thing? Talk about draft or talk about trades. I think this is, I'm gonna go out on, I think this is gonna happen tonight. It's gotta be quarterback related. I think the Chicago Bears.

Oh. I've been, yeah. Boo him. Say it louder man. Boo this man. The Chicago Bears are picking. Throw the cheese curds at him. They're picking 10 tonight.

Yeah. Okay. Throw the cheese curds at him. Hey man, come on man. I think they trade up into the top five. I think they trade with New England at four. Oh. To get Ashton Gentile.

Pair him with DeAndre. Listen for a second. Ben Johnson, now the new head coach. What did he have in Detroit? He had Sonic and Boom. He had David Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs. Now you get Ashton Gentile, who we love, right? And you get DeAndre Swift, who in win healthy is very good.

You pair that with Kayla Williams and all those star receivers they have. New England is in rebuild mode right now at four. They're probably going to pick an offensive tackle. They could trade back get get some more bears have a lot of capital in the second round as well so they can make this trade. New England kind of trades back picks 10. They still get a really good player and they get more draft picks. Actually I think Ashton Gentry telling you,

someone's going to trade up to get him potentially. OK. That's a good one. That's my bold prediction. I like that bold prediction. You want it, Mark? Come on. Man.

No, I think, man, what's possible, there's a premium on how the quarterback can run, right? And so when you have a generational talent of quarterback who runs the football in Jalen Milrow, I'm thinking like maybe somebody likes the upside of this young kid and they trade back into the first round and get him in the first round. You know, there's talk about him going second,

third round, mid-round, but when you have a quarterback who, he'll probably the second best running quarterback in the league right now today, after Lamar Jackson. When you have a guy who's that big, that athletic, running that fast, and his upside, you might have some, you know, some- That's bold. It might be appealing to some people,

you know, to go up there and get a Jalen Milro in the first round. How many quarterbacks, how many quarterbacks do you think? There's gonna be four bro. You think four. There's no way it's two right? If there is four then you might get him in the first. You're going Dart. Those are one and two. Cam, Chador, Dart. Cam, Chador, Dart. Milro. You're saying Chador goes with four Dart? Shuck and Milro. I'm just said the wild quarterbacks going in the first round I don't know what well we know cam but after that we don't know and again remember the in coach you were there Teams fall in love with the player

And you gotta have a quarterback You're not gonna succeed at any level in football without a quarterback and teams are gonna get Panicky and say maybe I do like this guy more. Or maybe I've always really liked him, and I'm going to play it quiet. Jerry, play it cool. And then get in there. I like Darko as the number two QB.

But the history of QBs, even looking at the Super Bowl with Patrick Mahomes, and it's not so much maybe the first round. It's that quarterback that's maybe the late first, early second. I think that something's gonna happen. I keep staring at this with the crushing

of marks at quarterback, which we all agree. You put these quarterbacks in a QB heavy draft, where are they in the last couple years? Yeah. I'm saying a team that, I'm looking at these five teams, you have Titans, Browns, Giants, Patriots, Jaguars. If they are in the mentality they need to rebuild, I said they dump one of those draft picks

and go get four or five, try to accumulate talent as opposed to stick all your money and resources into one that's a question mark. These mugs gonna draft the quarterback. That's what I think. I don't care. When's the last time there's been less than two quarterbacks in the first round? Like...

Actually, I have that. Do you have that? I have that for you. Do we have that? Pull it up. 2022, one quarterback was taken in the first round. Anybody know who that is? 2022.

Two years, three years ago. Two gloves. Oh, Kenny Pickett. Kenny Pickett. Number 20 overall by Pittsburgh. Wow. That's not long ago. Nine total quarterbacks were taken in 2022. Round seven with pick number 262. Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy. That leads to one of my bold predictions. A big name talent is going to get shipped today or tomorrow

Brock Purdy who you may be that big name miles Garrett day You may be that big name George Pickens. You may be that big name go on Kurt cousins Kurt Cousins is gonna be a part of a train tonight You like... Who is this guy? Here, Robbie. Here, Robbie. Robbie Dimes. I've done my work. Hold on. I have one more bold prediction. Actually, two more bold predictions. Make it three.

Three more bold predictions. I don't know. I'll have to figure out the other. The two teams that are going to walk away from this draft on night one as the winners, the New York Giants. Yep, I agree. And the Cleveland Browns.

Whoa. Which leads me to my final prediction. This one is not on your side, this one, Rob. Watch this one, ready? The Cleveland Browns will walk away with Travis Hunter and Shador Sanders and then immediately retire both of their jerseys. Oh my gosh.

I think they're gonna get both of those guys in the first count. Cut! How about that? Bringing Colorado to Cleveland. You don't think there'd be some excitement? That's not that bold of a prediction though. Really? Because Cleveland just traded back up in the first round.

That's why they're willing to move. I thought it was pretty bold. Thank you, Jared. I thought there was boldness. Boldness. Okay, all right. Let's talk about Shadour Sanders while we have the opportunity, while we're discussing him.

We all like him. He's a talent, Big 12 offensive player of the year. Obviously has pedigree, has DNA. I don't like how some of these negative articles have seeped out the last couple days. Well, look, I equate it to, like, having a conversation with my wife about some family drama, and, like, I don't know what to believe anymore.

You've told me this side of the story, this side of the story. Like, I trust nothing I hear. Similarly, what you're doing, I am so confused because it's been a full 360. He's going in the top three. Oh, he's gonna slip. Maybe someone's gonna take him at three, and now he's out in the top three, oh, he's gonna slip, maybe someone's gonna take him at three

and now he's out of the first round. It is so confusing, I've never been more confused about a single player and where he's gonna go and I think it could be all BS at this point. I feel like they hate this man for no reason. Hey Matt, we covered Shador a lot, we did a little segment on Big Noon and there is is is not

this year the year before. It was almost half the snaps. He was spent because his offense line was so bad. Right. Running for his life. You can't do that at the NFL. You can't. Everyone's too fast. Yeah. And you'll get hurt. Yeah. So what's his pocket presence? Who knows? He cannot say you have great pocket presence because you watch him now. And once again, I was all in on Shroud because we seen him incredible arm talent, accuracy.

But a lot of that you start back and you sit back and watch it. Wait a minute. Now he's on the move and you that's not possible. And now and that wasn't his fault. He was trying to he was trying to have the weight on his shoulders and be Superman and he would be running backwards 30 yards and get sacked. And there's only one. I mean, Lamar Jackson is really the only player that can that can almost kind of the weight on his shoulders and be Superman, and he would be running backwards 30 yards and get sacked and take a 30-yard loss. I mean, Lamar Jackson is really the only player that can almost kind of sit back and then pick and choose

when he wants to run. That's a whole different animal. And that's a whole different animal. Shador's a really fine quarterback. I mean, he's accurate. He's got a good arm. He moves well enough, but he's not an elite athlete in that regard as far as running.

Like, Ken Ward's an elite athlete. I think he runs, and he's not an elite athlete in that regard as far as running. Like, Ken Ward's an elite athlete. I think he runs and he's closer to the Lamar mold as far as his ability to use his legs. I think Shador needs to go to a place where he has to have a lot of guys around him. He has to have a lot of really good players around him. I'm not sure you're gonna get that at two or three. Let me put you on the NFL model, okay?

One through ten arm strength About like a seven accuracy once I think he's like a ten nine or ten he's highly accurate mobility one through ten So that one's that one's different for me because Ben Rothenberger was extremely mobile, but he wasn't fast right Dor Sanders can move and move around and manipulate the pocket, but he's not fast. So I think his mobility is very good. He's just not going to break away and run for, you know, like, again, I use Lamar. I mean, that's not, that's unfair, but Josh Allen, Josh Allen is big and fast and can run and use his legs.

Shador doesn't have that game. And then you go to football IQ. I think it's high. And then leadership quality. Those are the then you go to football IQ. I think it's high. And then leadership quality. Those are the things you're saying. OK, other than throwing his line under the bus that one time, I'd say that he has good leadership qualities. First rounder.

First round on sure. Yes. Tough top 15. Yes. Wow. You're torn. I know you are. Twenty one and a half. You had a morning. It's the line, right? But this is the to your are. 21 and a half. You had him yesterday morning. It's the line, right? But this is the... 21 and a half. This is what you're saying. This is the time of the draft,

and I went through this as well, where especially the quarterback position, stuff starts to come out because teams want to manipulate. They want to... Let's throw a bad arc. It's really the shitty part about it, especially with the quarterback who just wants to get drafted. I've never been more confused about it. The smoke screens, we just wants to get drafted. I'm never more confused about a player. We're all confused, but there's a rhyme and reason to some of these teams that are hoping

that a kid like that drops to him. It happens every draft. It happens every draft. We get two to three weeks out and there's just. But the problem is it's Shador, it's Deion Sanders. It's all of what we've seen from Shador and Colorado the last two years that have put this big ass light on him. And now he's about to become a professional.

So this is... We'll know the next page of that story tonight. How about some fan questions to take us home here as we're wrapping up the big show presented by these guys? I don't know if you guys are paying attention out there. How many of you, raise your hand if you think you could get one yard in the NFL? You guys are some lion...

I mean, you're gonna break your arm, dude. Unrealistic. Jerry, the question is on how many carries. One carry? You get one play. Three carries over or under one and a half yards. Raise your hand if you think you're going over. Is this net yards?

Is this gaining one yard or is it net yards? Like you have to have the stat line, three carries for one yard. Do we have coup blocking for you? You have to have three carries for over one yard. Give us a visual of what offers the line for best. For two yards. From the dude with the glasses in the Aiden Hutchison jersey

wants to say put him in the eye and I'll get it. That's not the best way to get your yard. Well, before we get to the fan questions, coach. You don't want to run up the middle. This one's for coach, and this one is from Jerry from Brooklyn. If first time, wrong time. If you had to, like, if there was a new rule that said you

have to play a non-professional one snap per game and I was your non-professional, where would you put me on the field? If I had to play one snap in order for your team to be eligible, what would you have me do? Long snapper. I'd extend you far right outside. Someone would have to cover you.

If not, we could fall down for six yards. Yeah, but this far right. So you wouldn't even have the faith to just be like, you know what? They'd never think we'd do this with Ferrari. Let's give the kid a shot. No chance. Just stand real. That's why you're a hall of fame coach. Hey, by the way, that reminds me one time I lined up on the outside as like a, as a decoy at the corner to start laughing. He jammed the shit. I was out there. I was like, dude, just, I'm not even, I'm just blocking he just goes all right Jim in Wisconsin who's out there in the crowd this is for Matt and Mark and we kind of ask Koon this question But hardest hitting player you ever played against in the NFL or you can go college or NFL

Hardest hit or hardest hitting part is hitting player whether he hits you or not the guy that you did not want to get hit by hitting player, whether he hits you or not, the guy that you did not want to get hit by? Spikes up. I think and the harder. I was never scared to get hit by somebody, but I was aware of where they were at on the field. Right. That's yeah. So I'd have to say it was Camp Chancellor. Camp Chancellor. Yeah. Legion of the Moon. He was just coming downhill. Camp Chancellor. Yeah, nasty mug. If he hit me, watch yo mouth.

He just big about six four'4", 230 pound safety, black visor sitting in the middle of the Legion of Doom. Just waiting, just waiting. Just you bounce out, he? Yeah, so, yeah, yeah, Carey Chancellor, I had to say, I knew where he was at when we played Seattle. Matt, who were you getting ready, you're coming, you're breaking the huddle and you're like,

oh God, this guy's coming off the edge. Ray Lewis in Baltimore. I was telling Mark, I want one of his all black Ravens jerseys. That was back in the heyday with Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs and all black, black visor, 52 right from here, like six yards on my health. And I never got hit by him, but I was like, God damn. But the hardest I ever been hit, James Harrison

for Pittsburgh, I was coming out on a bootleg. I went to jump up, he picked me up on my waist, body slam me. The only time in my career where I stayed out of play, I couldn't get up. There's did he say anything to you after he did it? Or he just let the hell I had a back contusion. And then the next week I broke my collarbone. It was a bad week for me. Not my neck in my back.

Oh, it was the trainers came out. The trainers came out. They're like, you're right. I'm like, yeah, I just can't move real quick. But give me a second Quick Matt hardest I've been hit That week one yeah, no, that's Maryland Coach you got one for you and I'm still upset you wouldn't actually give me the rock Are Ethan from Minnesota one of the most overlooked players you ever coached. Terry McLaurin. Yeah, I'm here.

A call. A call. A few commanders jerseys out there. Redskins. Gary, the Redskins right there. Yeah, wash their redskins. Terry McLaurin was a guy that was fast, was a guy that was unrecruited. Coming out of high school, developed was our best special teams player. the first year. The first one of the best hand pounces and he said his arms are too short. I was like, what are you talking about? And he went on to have a great career. A great career here started as a rookie at Green Bay.

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