The First Ever Mock Draft

The boys are live on the Mock Draft Simulator and nothing is safe. G, Brandon, Matthew, and KK each take control of ALL NFL teams across Round 1 of the 2026 NFL Draft — and the chaos is immediate. Matthew gets handed the keys to the Pittsburgh Steelers on their home draft turf. Brandon somehow sends a star receiver to the Jets. KK is on the clock for his Lions. Picks get defended, picks get roasted, and somebody makes a decision that the rest of the crew will never let them live down. This one's for the draft heads. @redzoneblitzpod on X, Instagram, and TikTok. redzoneblitzpodcast@gmail.com

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SPEAKER_01 0:20

It's time, fellas. It's time. We're gonna do it. The inaugural, the very first Red Zone Blitz podcast. Mock draft. How you fellas doing?

SPEAKER_03 0:33

Fucking beautiful. Good, man. Good. Doing good, man. Awesome.

SPEAKER_01 0:38

You know, good times. Mock draft season is here. Draft is two weeks away. It's beautiful time to be alive. Um, how this is gonna work. So I'm gonna dive right into it. We're gonna have obviously each person on this podcast will get a pick. We're gonna start pick one with Matthew, pick two, Brandon, pick three, KK, pick four will be me, and then we'll go back to Matthew, Brandon, KK, and then end up a me. So each host will control eight teams across round one. Um, when it is your pick, you are going to be the GM. So that means you will be making the picks. Now, what I will want each and every each one of you guys to do, myself included, is when it is your time to pick, you will then have to nominate two players. Um, you will nominate two players and you will give the reason as to why these two players are your nominees and why you ended up going with the player you went with. Um, you will also have the opportunity, if it is available to you in the simulator, um, to trade down. Um, I will provide you your trade down options, and then it's up to you to make that decision as to whether or not that's something you would want to do. Seems fair enough, fellas. Yes, sir. Awesome. So, what we're gonna do is we're gonna go in. Um, each of us have made their own board, so we are not playing, we are not going off our off one single board, we're going off each an individual board itself. Um, and we're off to the races. So the first pick, uh, the Las Vegas Raiders, Matthew. Who do you mean you've got to nominate two? Uh, you do have some trade offers. Would you like to hear them?

SPEAKER_00 2:26

Yeah, I would like to hear the trade offers. Okay. Why not?

SPEAKER_01 2:30

So you've got um the first trade offer um is from the Arizona Cardinals, who pick number three. They are trading you, offering you a trade for your first overall pick. They are willing to trade their first round pick from this year's draft. So third overall, third overall, their second round pick from this year's draft, and next year's first round pick. That is the first team. The second team that you have that is anybody want to take any guesses? This is beautiful team. I bet you the Jets. No, actually. Close, close. Browns. Correct. Because they just wanted to quarterback, man.

SPEAKER_00 3:22

Fucking Thanos collecting all those the system, just knows.

SPEAKER_01 3:27

It's it's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

SPEAKER_00 3:29

What would they offer?

SPEAKER_01 3:30

So the Browns are offering you the sixth overall pick, the 24th overall pick from this year's draft, which is a Jacksonville pick. Yeah, next year's first, second, and third for the first overall pick.

SPEAKER_00 3:48

Jeez.

SPEAKER_01 3:52

Well, you are getting quite a haul.

SPEAKER_00 3:55

That's quite a haul from the Browns.

SPEAKER_01 3:58

That is that's quite that that'll make a thing.

SPEAKER_00 4:01

I mean that's crazy. Yeah, that I mean, if I was really a GM, that would make what do you mean?

SPEAKER_01 4:05

You are a GM.

SPEAKER_00 4:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:07

No, that's dang. This is that's a crazy, that's a crazy offer.

SPEAKER_00 4:12

I the Cardinals one even is pretty interesting because you're only moving down. If I look at it, yeah, you're only moving down to three, but it's also like if you get the first round pick next year, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:21

And the Cardinals are gonna be garbage.

SPEAKER_00 4:22

They're gonna be garbage, right? I don't know about the Browns. The Browns maybe won't be that trash, but well, the Browns are giving you their whole future, basically.

SPEAKER_01 4:29

Like everybody, they I don't know kind of crack their smoking just to take Fernando Mendoza number one. Yeah, that's kind of crazy, but oh, he's it sounds like he's staying put, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, he's giving it the old Italian shake.

SPEAKER_00 4:43

It's yeah. On my big board, I actually the the best player I have in the draft is actually Arville Reese. Nice. I think those are tempting offers, but I think for the Raiders, you can't pass on Mendoza, and you've already bolstered up your defense with you know Dean and Walker, and you've got all these weapons, Bowers, Genty. You're missing, and you've got the Kubiak as your head coach, offensive-minded coach. The only like your missing piece is really Mendoza. So with the first overall pick, the Las Vegas Raiders select Fernando Mendoza, quarterback, Indiana. There it is.

SPEAKER_01 5:23

All right, here we go. This is uh I know you were hoping that I picked the Browns.

SPEAKER_00 5:27

Dude, that was a I would have died the Cardinals trade.

SPEAKER_01 5:29

No, but that's an insane. You would have taken the Cardinals trade.

SPEAKER_00 5:32

Oh, we should have given him the Raiders. But like because you just signed Kirk Cousins and you're getting yeah, but Kirk but Kirk Cousins is in the next two drafts. Kirk Cousins is not gonna lie.

SPEAKER_02 5:40

I mean, quarterbacks coming on next year. Yeah, quarterback class next year. Yeah, picks picks. And you can add maybe Norvell Reese.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

But like you could add in, like, but like the thing is is the Browns one. I the Browns one excites me because it's like you could go and like what if Ty Simpson's sitting there at 24? Like, if you really want to go take quarterback this year, he's there. But that um those amount of picks from a franchise that is as dysfunctional as the Browns. Yeah, like if you like the three of us, right, or four of us, if we sit on this podcast and we talk shit about the Browns, could you imagine being their like competitors? Like, could you imagine being NFL GMs? Like, they must think the Browns are the world's biggest fucking lunatics. Oh, yeah. This yeah, like anytime the Browns start calling you on draft day, I bet they get giddy. They're just like, oh, I wonder what they're gonna fucking do now. But that hey, you know what? You stood Pat.

SPEAKER_00 6:30

Because I think I think if you actually look at Mendoza compared to the QB's next year, uh he he's still up there to me. Yeah, I mean like he he could be he could potentially go number one next year, too, if you put him in that class.

SPEAKER_01 6:42

Yeah, no, no doubt. Now moving on to a team that's hoping to pick a quarterback probably next year, number one. The New York Jets. Uh, you got some trade offers. Would you all right? Uh you have the first one is from the New York uh football playing Giants. Um, they have offered you okay.

SPEAKER_00 7:02

What it's so the Giants are trading with the Jets if yes.

SPEAKER_01 7:05

So the Giants will have offered you their fifth overall pick uh for your second overall, and they've also thrown in the 37th and 105th, and their first round pick from next year.

SPEAKER_03 7:17

That would give the Jets four first round picks next year. Yes. That would is that the only trade offer I'm getting?

SPEAKER_01 7:24

Uh no. You also have another trade offer. You've got uh the uh Los Angeles Rams that they have um very nicely uh offered you. Let me see here. Uh what have they offered you here? Apologies. Uh here we go. They've offered you the first, the 13th overall pick, the 61th overall pick, the first round pick from next year, or for next year, and wide receiver Puka Nakua. What?

SPEAKER_00 8:09

I mean what?

SPEAKER_03 8:12

So you're giving me okay. So you're giving me Puka Nakua. The number 13 this year? Yes. A first round next year.

SPEAKER_01 8:24

A first round next year.

SPEAKER_03 8:26

N61. Dude, that's a no-brainer. Dude, I gotta take that. Yeah. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 8:31

All right.

SPEAKER_02 8:32

I gotta do it. I'm just confirming that that is the Rams are on the board.

SPEAKER_03 8:37

I'm just I gotta take that, man.

SPEAKER_00 8:39

This is gonna be the most chaotic mock draft.

SPEAKER_03 8:41

I'm just confirming that that has happened. That has to. Like, there's no fucking way. Like, I'd get fired if I didn't take that.

SPEAKER_00 8:49

Uh yeah, I don't doubt that. I mean, like, that is I mean, even just 13 and Nakua would probably take it.

SPEAKER_03 8:57

I'd definitely entertain them, but you get everything else. Like, that's yeah. Man, the Rams in this scenario, they really don't think Puka Nakua is gonna make another rehab.

SPEAKER_01 9:05

Yeah, I know like they are thinking it's some hot waters here.

SPEAKER_03 9:09

Well, fuck, maybe he'll have to go back into rehab after you're just getting in a rehab. Um, we just traded you the jets. Fuck it, I'm going back. So no, but I'm taking that trade all day long.

SPEAKER_01 9:21

All right. So the Rams are now on the clock. Um, and who did I have picking for the Rams? Matthew. You get to pick for the Rams. So you get to pick for the Rams. Uh you get to graft uh the Giants have still called. So the Giants have still offered, they really want number two. So I can get tell you what they've offered you. What they'd offer me. What they'd offer him now, right? What they'd offer the Rams, correct. Yes. So you are picking for the Rams, number two overall. Um, the Giants have offered you the fifth overall pick, uh, the 37th overall pick, the 105th overall pick, and next year's first round pick. Or number two. No, I won't take that. Matthew said, fuck them trades. Give me give me a fucking pick here. All right, so you have the chance to take the number one player, I think you just mentioned on your board.

SPEAKER_00 10:18

Yeah, and I think it makes sense. I think I will. I think I would pick Audro Reese here at number two.

SPEAKER_01 10:24

Damn, nice and easy. All right, KK. The Arizona Cardinals are up next. Uh, they have number three. Um there is a team that is uh trying to get into the trade market here. Um they've got you've got one trade offer, and it is from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oh, oh. So this is a trade to go from the 21st pick to the third overall pick. Uh, the Pittsburgh Steelers for your third overall pick are offering you pick number 21, 53, 76, 85, 121 of this year's draft, and for next year's draft, they're first and second.

SPEAKER_02 11:15

You gotta you gotta make that deal.

SPEAKER_01 11:18

Okay, the only one that's gonna be. You gotta make that deal.

SPEAKER_02 11:22

We're taking all the trades, and you just do all the picks. Arizona's a team that needs all the picks they got.

SPEAKER_03 11:27

They need they need building, they need so much help. That is fucking wild.

SPEAKER_01 11:32

Over to Matthew to make the third pick.

SPEAKER_00 11:36

I don't want to keep picking guys.

SPEAKER_01 11:38

Um, you are gonna veto trades here. You have no you have nobody wanting to make a trade with you.

SPEAKER_02 11:47

So there's was it Pittsburgh picking a three?

SPEAKER_00 11:52

That would be uh something.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

That would be a beautiful time to be alive, and I think you have some options here, man. You have some options like a ton of options. Ruben Bane pairing him up with TJ Watt, David Bailey pairing him up. You got you can pick Sonny Styles, you can go Jeremiah Love, you can kick Francis Magoa.

SPEAKER_02 12:11

You can't go love when you just signed Dowdle. Why not? Why not? And warn. Let it ride.

SPEAKER_00 12:16

Why not? He's uh he's a it would be my pick. He's a Steelers fan.

SPEAKER_02 12:21

Oh, yeah. There you go. Why not make it happen?

SPEAKER_00 12:24

Jeremiah Love. Third. Oh my god. Okay. Jeremiah Love.

SPEAKER_01 12:31

Going to going to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Um, I'm up next with the uh with the good old Tennessee Titans. Um I've got a trade offer as well. Uh the Cowboys are offering their first two picks to take number four. So 12 and 20. 12 and 20. Don't be biased here. Move up to five.

SPEAKER_00 12:55

You're a Titans GM. You're not a Cowboys GM here.

SPEAKER_01 12:58

Uh yeah, right. Because I know you I mean, it would be nice to move like to get those two first round picks, but I think like if I'm the Tennessee Titans, I need a blue chip. Like, I need somebody that I can build, build around. Um, let me go into my board here. Let me see what I have. Um, so let's see. What do I have? I've got Ruben Bain as my number five, fifth ranked player. Um, so I've got David Bailey ahead of him. So I've got David Bailey as my number four ranked player. All my other players have gone. So I mean, it makes sense to go Bailey here. So I'm gonna go with David Bailey, Texas Tech Edge. The other player that I was thinking about was Ruben Bain. I've got them. They're really close.

SPEAKER_00 13:47

One and two.

SPEAKER_01 13:48

It's they're very close. Um, I think I'm just trying to think from a perspective of an NFL GM, and like they care a lot about shit like arm length when it comes to their edges, so I can see Ruben Bain sliding her. So I'm gonna give David Bailey to the Tennessee Titans. Um, that leaves us with the New York Giants picking at number five. Who's got the Giants? Uh that would be Matthew. Matthew's made a lot of picks.

SPEAKER_02 14:18

Like four to the front, five. I know.

SPEAKER_01 14:19

He's been GM Matthew has been picking.

SPEAKER_02 14:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:25

I mean, I mean, talk to me. Like, who do you who do you have here? Like, obviously, you've got the Sonny Style still available, Ruben Bade is still available. I would I would have gone with Stells for Tennessee, but you got Caleb Downs still available. Yeah, um, Carnell Tate is still there if you were looking for like a dance partner with Malik neighbors. I personally I think that's where I would lean if I was the Giants, not speaking from a Cowboys fan perspective, where I want all the wide receivers to go, but I I would really like Carnell Tate in that position. I think you can get like an up and come, like that is a real good tandem to have with like their current backfield, new coach, they got a quarterback, they have a star receiver, you add another one in there. And if Carnell Tate was a little bit taller, had a little bit more of a wingspan, he'd be going number two in this draft.

SPEAKER_00 15:12

So I'm actually gonna go a little different from that. I think they're uh Giants are pretty solid on D. And I think they have weapons, but they don't have no one to protect um Jackson Dart. So I'm gonna go Francis Maui Goa. Great pick out of Miami. He's my top uh offensive lineman.

SPEAKER_01 15:32

Uh, we've got KK with the Washington Commanders. No trade offer for you, KK. You have to make the pick.

SPEAKER_02 15:42

Didn't you miss pick number six? Or is that the one?

SPEAKER_01 15:46

Oh, sorry, Cleveland Browns. Sorry, sorry, sorry. I did, I did, I did. How dare I? How dare I forget about the folks at Cleveland? Uh, go ahead, Brandon. Cleveland is up.

SPEAKER_03 15:57

All right. Am I getting any trade offers?

SPEAKER_01 15:59

You are not.

SPEAKER_03 16:00

Oh, fuck.

SPEAKER_00 16:01

You did all your trading in that first pick where you now you guys have to actually contribute to this.

SPEAKER_02 16:07

Yeah, I'm not training, trade, trying to keep trading it to me. Let's get on Ty Simpson. Quarterback. No.

SPEAKER_01 16:14

Um Garrett Nusmeyer, quarterback, LSU Tigers. Cade Klobnik. No. Um Nathan Rourke, free agent.

SPEAKER_03 16:26

Philip Rivers. Where's my fucking board? Where'd my board go?

SPEAKER_01 16:30

So right now, I'll give up. I'll give this is great podcasting we're doing right now. This is six overall, though, right? Yeah. This is sixth overall. I'll give you guys a rundown of what players are left right now. You've got it. So Sonny Styles is still there. You've got Ruben Bain Jr. still there, Caleb Downs, Mansuward Delaney, Carnell Tate, Dylan Thianam, Spencer Frano, all that lovely stuff.

SPEAKER_03 16:50

The two guys I'm looking for for Cleveland is between Monroe Freeling tackle out of Georgia. Um and Carnell Tate, because they need another weapon, a wide receiver. Um, I think with they could get Freeling at 24. That's why I said, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 17:13

I don't know. I would if I'm Cleveland, you gotta go Carnell Tate. I gotta go Carnell Tate. I feel like that's kind of the the consensus there. So Carnell Tate goes off the board to Cleveland. Now, KK, we got Washington. No trade offers for you. Sonny Styles still on the board, Ruben Bain Jr. still on the board, Caleb Down still on the board. Mike High Lemon.

SPEAKER_02 17:38

I'm Washington. I gotta go with Sonny Styles. That's a good pick. Yep.

SPEAKER_01 17:42

Alright, Sonny Styles, going to the commanders.

SPEAKER_02 17:45

They need help at both sides of the ball. You just learn from the vets.

SPEAKER_01 17:50

Uh Saints. Uh Saints are up, uh, I believe. Is that me picking the Saints? Yes, it is. Um, all right. So Saints, um, I mean, it's tough. I mean, I think at this point, Caleb Downs has got to be nominated pretty much in every conversation that you have. Man, it must pay to be a Chiefs fan right now. You're either ending up with Ruben Bain Jr., Caleb Downs is a potential player there. Um, oh man, this is tough. I originally I've seen a lot of mocks where Carnell Tate falls to the Saints and he pairs alongside with Olave. I'm gonna go in a little bit of a different direction for them. I'm gonna give them Mansur Delaney. So cornerback out of LSU stays in the state. He goes to the New Orleans Saints. And then that goes to, I believe, Matthew, who will be picking for the Kansas City Chiefs. Wow, this is uh I mean you got Ruben Bain, uh, you can Caleb Downs, Dylan Thienum, you can go Mike High Lemon. Um let me check if you have any trade offers. You do not.

SPEAKER_00 18:54

No, I wouldn't even trade out from this. I guess it's between Downs and Bain Jr., but I don't know. What do you need more? You got Chris Jones, who's aging out, but then on the other side, you got rid of uh what was his name, McDuffie.

SPEAKER_01 19:13

Uh I mean you've got a player, they both come with their caveat of like asterisks. I think like Reuben Bain, for example, you've got an asterisk on um, you've got an asterisk on his arm length. Um where do I have Mr. Reuben Bain? I've got him at a I've given him a first round grade. Um in terms of where I've got Mr. Caleb Downs, also a first round grade. But Downs has does have some injury concern with his uh I think it's his what's his ankle?

SPEAKER_00 19:43

Knee. Sorry.

SPEAKER_01 19:44

Yeah, so there is there's a little asterisk there for both. You can't go wrong.

SPEAKER_00 19:48

Yeah, I think um I think the Chiefs are pretty good up front though, but secondary is where they're kind of struggling. So I think I'm gonna go Caleb Downs.

SPEAKER_01 19:58

All right, there you go, Caleb Downs. You are a Kansas City Chief. Now, Brandon, the Cincinnati Bengals. They have lots of needs on offensive line. I know. Um, you've got some trade offers.

SPEAKER_00 20:16

Defensive line as well.

SPEAKER_01 20:17

If you are interested in listening to that.

SPEAKER_03 20:19

Let's hear the trade offers.

SPEAKER_01 20:20

Of course you are. Of course you're interested in listening to them. Um the Jets. Yeah, fuck. This guy is rolling right now. He is he is cooking. Uh, you've got a Jets trading again, uh, trying to move up into top 10 position. Uh trading you the 13th pick. Uh for 1361 and 140 for the 10th for the Bengals.

SPEAKER_03 20:44

So to move up three spots, I'm getting, or sorry, to move move back three spots, I'm also getting a 61 and 140.

SPEAKER_01 20:54

12.

SPEAKER_03 20:56

So it's LA's Yeah, no, I'm just saying it was my board because I got I gotta make sure. Yeah. I think I would do that to move back. No, just to because if you're moving back three and you're getting the extra assets, because Cincinnati needs help. I mean I'm I'm like no.

SPEAKER_01 21:15

Because right now it's like you either have Ruben Bain, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:19

I'm I'm looking at I'm looking at Ruben Bain, Jamond McCoy, and um and and Thaneman or whatever is Thanum. So one of those three is still gonna go back, is still gonna be there if I if I move back.

SPEAKER_00 21:37

Yes. Correct. I think you I mean, I don't know. If it was me, you've lost Hendrickson.

SPEAKER_03 21:44

That's why that's also what I'm I'm I'm thinking 'cause like you would lean towards being Yeah, 'cause the other guys I have are a little bit lower, so yeah, you know what? No, I gotta stick, I gotta go. They need to replace uh Hendrickson, so Uh Reuben Bain.

SPEAKER_01 22:02

There you go. Congratulations, Ruben. You are a uh Cincinnati Bangle. All right. KK. The Miami Dolphins. No trade offers.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

Well, they got rid of Waddle, so they're going to take Mikai Lemon in this draft. Wide receiver.

SPEAKER_01 22:18

Is that your pick? Yep. Nice. I mean, I like that pick. I feel like that would be that's a terrible place for a guy like him to be, though. I feel like him in Miami is just going to be a just an a bruli time. It's going to be puka nakua season in in Miami very quickly. Oh, God.

SPEAKER_02 22:38

Okay. Shitters. What are you going to have? Like 20 trade offers coming?

SPEAKER_01 22:44

No, there's none, actually. Unfortunately.

SPEAKER_02 22:47

Nobody wants to deal with Jerry.

SPEAKER_01 22:48

No one wants to deal with big bad Jerry. Okay, so I got a shit ton of tackles left. I've got a guard that's sitting there.

SPEAKER_00 22:57

Who's picking? You gotta, I mean, I mean, we know. Like, oh, sorry.

SPEAKER_01 23:00

This is Dallas. The Dallas Cowboys will be number. I picked number 12. Um, so right now you're looking at Dylan Thenham, uh, who I do not love. Spencer Fano, Monroe Freeling, who are tackles, not really needs. Uh, Kenyan Sadiq, uh no. Oliviega Ione, the guard from Penn State. Now, he this is a very like this is a very Jerry Jones pick. If I were to go down and take Ione. So for that reason, I will. No, fuck it. I'm gonna nominate two players, Jermon McCoy and Akeem Mazzador.

SPEAKER_00 23:32

It always comes down to Jermon McCoy.

SPEAKER_01 23:34

Jerm McCoy always lives, uh, he lives rent-free in my that's that's the pit.

SPEAKER_03 23:38

You know what? At least he came out and finally had his pro day and he knocked it out of the park.

SPEAKER_01 23:42

Yeah, I do like I do like his I I do like his pro day. So I'm gonna go um I'm gonna go Jermaine McCoy here. Um, as great as that sounds, because you know what? I really liked the pro day, it was fantastic, it was great. Um, I also have a first round grade on him, so I think the film pops up. So there you go. And now the Jets who are branded because you are of your trade. You have no trade offers. Uh, probably a good thing for you. Um, and you get to make a pick.

SPEAKER_03 24:18

Let's see who am I going for.

SPEAKER_01 24:21

There's a ton of players. Like, if you look at the needs of the Jets, like you got to you need a quarterback, wide receiver, edges, cornerbacks. Like, there's there's quite a few things to choose from here. Like Jordan Tyson's there. Your boy Tyson. Oh, you're also picking again in 16, I believe. The Jets are as a team.

SPEAKER_03 24:40

Yeah, I think I'm going. I think I'm going Jordan Tyson right here. Or no, no, no, no, I'm not. No, I'm not, no, I'm not. No, I'm not. So we just got Pukanakua. We don't need fucking yes. I don't need a responsibility yet.

SPEAKER_01 24:53

I don't need I don't need Garrett Wilson and Puka Nakua are holding it down.

SPEAKER_03 24:57

For now.

SPEAKER_01 24:57

And Brees Hall with Geno Smith.

SPEAKER_02 25:00

Oh, it's all right.

SPEAKER_03 25:03

Fuck you got Gino Smith. It's gonna be a bad time. Oh man. It's gonna be a bad time. For number one.

SPEAKER_01 25:10

Jeez, Louise. It's gonna be a bad, bad time.

SPEAKER_03 25:14

Oh man. Um what?

SPEAKER_01 25:22

I'm on guys. We need to be a little bit more decisive. People are listening. This is an audio only podcast. It just can't be Brandon going edge. Fuck it.

SPEAKER_03 25:36

I'm going edge. Give me a key, Mesador.

SPEAKER_01 25:38

Oh, nice. Alright. And now we got the Baltimore Ravens. Uh, who are gonna be Brandon again?

SPEAKER_03 25:48

Um fuck.

SPEAKER_01 25:49

Who's I there are gonna be some prisoners jacking off to your auditory sounds? I hope you're gonna do that. I know who they could take. I actually know who's I think Jordan Tyson could be fantastic on the Baltimore.

SPEAKER_03 26:01

No, no, they need to replace uh Linda Baum.

SPEAKER_01 26:05

Oh, yeah, okay. So what's the Spencer Fano?

SPEAKER_03 26:09

There's who is it? Who's it that worked out on was it Fano that worked out the center drills for your compound? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so I'm taking Fano. All right. They needed they need to replace him on center, and he was doing the center drills, and he looked really good doing them. So there it is.

SPEAKER_01 26:26

Alright, KK Tampa Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They've got some some players left. Dylan Thianim, Monroe Freeling, Kenyon Sadiq. No trade offers, though. Should mention that.

SPEAKER_02 26:39

I think they're gonna go after uh Kenyon Sadiq.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

I think so too. That was the guy that I had there. I think they've got uh they've got the.

SPEAKER_02 26:52

Sadiq's probably better. Yeah, more athletic. More athletic.

SPEAKER_01 26:56

Yeah. All right. Uh Brandon, you're back up.

SPEAKER_03 27:01

Uh you need you now. You need to get um who's picking up oh sorry, it's me.

SPEAKER_01 27:05

Never mind. I'm picking on the 16th pick for the Jets. Sorry, sorry, apologies, apologies, apologies. Um, all right, so Jets, so far, what have they done? They've done some trades, they have taken Akeemidor. Um, they have gotten Puga Nakua somehow in this lovely world. Um, I'm gonna go and I'm gonna give um the folks in New York a big boy uh guard. So I'm gonna give him some offensive line protection, yeah. Um gear up for whoever they decide to pick at quarterback. I'm gonna go with Olivega Ione. So I compare him a very close comp to Tyler Booker from last year. Uh, he I think he grades out a little bit better as a prospect. Big fan of Tyler Booker. So um Ione going to the Jets, and then KG, we'll get you to pick the Lions here.

SPEAKER_02 27:59

Lions are gonna pick.

SPEAKER_01 28:02

You got Monroe Freeling.

SPEAKER_02 28:03

Monroe Freely.

SPEAKER_01 28:04

Yeah, you got Monroe Freeling there, who seems like the logical pick for the for the Detroit Lions there. Um, and then I will go ahead and I will take the Minnesota Vikings pick, so I will let Brandon take the Cowboys pick. Uh, there's a bunch of oh, the Cowboys want to trade up. Let's see. Let's see if there's uh their trade offer is worth anything. Uh for some reason the Cowboys want to trade up for the uh two picks. Um let's see what their trade offer is. They are offering uh they are offering a okay, so that's not terrible. Um they're offering to move up from 18 to 20th, they are offering the um I don't know if this is making sense. This doesn't make any sense.

SPEAKER_02 29:05

The Cowboys are trading or the Vikings are trading?

SPEAKER_01 29:07

No, the Cowboys are trading up. The Cowboys are trading um to move up to 18, they're trading the 20th pick from this year. Um on my sheet, I know why. Oh, sorry, no, not the 20th pick from this year. They're trading the first round pick from Green Bay next year, the 2027 pick, and then they are trading um round number seven from next year to move up to 18. I will take that.

SPEAKER_00 29:41

Crazy.

SPEAKER_01 29:42

Um okay. Uh go ahead, Brandon. You can make this cowboys pick. So cowboys at 18? Cowboys at 18, yeah. So who do the lions say? Conroe Freeling.

SPEAKER_03 29:55

Uh, that's gotta be Thienman. I had another guy that penciled in there.

SPEAKER_01 30:00

You wouldn't take Terrell there? I mean, you are picking again at 20.

SPEAKER_03 30:05

Oh, right. So, yeah, no, I'm taking like Avion Terrell. No, I take I would take Thieneman before at that spot. I'd take Thienman before.

SPEAKER_02 30:13

I hear the Cowboys making that deal because Carolina was gonna take that guy.

SPEAKER_00 30:17

Bang, okay. I think Thaneman's more solid on D than Terrell.

SPEAKER_01 30:22

Matthew, I will give you the good old Panthers.

SPEAKER_00 30:26

Panthers, Panthers gotta protect Bryce Young, so I'm gonna go Caden Proctor.

SPEAKER_01 30:32

That is a big boy pick. He's huge. Um, all right, I'll take Cowboys 20th. Uh, I think it's time. I think it's just Jordan Tyson music. It might be time, really. Um, this is quite a fall for Mr. Jordan. Uh Mr. Jordan Tyson. Um, as there's nobody that wants to trade with me, so I mean I've got CJ Allen there. Um I've addressed our needs. Like, I feel like Jermon McCoy and Dylan Thenham are good. Um that they do a good job addressing the needs. However, not happy. The only thing is with taking Jordan Tyson, I'm not happy with the edges. So just because of that, I'm gonna take uh Keldrick Falk, edge from Auburn. Originally I was not gonna take him, but we need an edge. Uh now we've got uh the Cardinals, which I believe are is KK. Now they're picking 21. Remember, they made this trade with the Pittsburgh.

SPEAKER_02 31:37

Oh, yeah, that's right.

SPEAKER_01 31:39

You've got CJ Allen on the board, you've got uh Emmanuel McNeil Warren, you also have Ty Simpson still there, C is Howell, Blake Miller, Caden McDonald, Kayla Banks. Guys, I can't keep Matthew. I guess you and I have to fucking carry carry this conversation it's just pure silence.

SPEAKER_02 32:05

Yeah, Evie and Terrell's still on the board, right?

SPEAKER_01 32:08

Uh correct. Yes, Avian Terrell.

SPEAKER_02 32:10

I'm Arizona. I'm taking Evie and Terrell.

SPEAKER_01 32:12

All right. Uh we've got uh 22. We've got the Brandon over to you. Who's picking? Uh Brandon for the Chargers. Chargers Chargers at 22.

SPEAKER_00 32:22

Oh, I know a good pick here for them.

SPEAKER_03 32:25

Chargers. Try Jordan Tyson. Yeah, um I'm man, it's like someone's gotta fucking take him. Larry McConkey, man. He's at the sophomore slump. They need online help. That's the next thing. So I'd be Jordan Tyson, or I'd be also looking at um.

SPEAKER_01 32:43

I don't want Jordan Tyson to go to the team picking next, so please take Jordan Tyson.

SPEAKER_04 32:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:49

No, I'm I'm I'd be terrified of the team picking after the Chargers. Got Jordan Tyson. Would not be good.

SPEAKER_03 33:00

Alright, just for your sake, I'll take Jordan Tyson.

SPEAKER_01 33:02

You mean our sake? The Eagles are up next. They're not taking Jordan, they're not taking Jordan Tyson. I think they would take him. AJ Brown trade? I still don't think they would take him. You trade away AJ Brown, now you just get Jordan Tyson.

SPEAKER_02 33:14

There's another receiver on the board coming up, too.

SPEAKER_01 33:16

Omar Cooper.

SPEAKER_02 33:17

A couple of them.

SPEAKER_01 33:18

Denzel Boston. They're coming. Uh KG, you're picking for the Eagles. So wait, sorry, who did you pick for the Chargers?

SPEAKER_03 33:24

Jordan Tyson. Give him that extra weapon.

SPEAKER_02 33:30

I think the Eagles would go after Denzel Boston, a big receiver.

SPEAKER_01 33:34

Damn. Okay. A couple wide receivers going. Matthew for the Browns at 24.

SPEAKER_00 33:41

Ty Simpson. No.

SPEAKER_01 33:43

You've got CJ Allen sitting there. Omar Cooper Jr. still there. I mean, uh you already took Carnell Tate, so I don't think you take a wide receiver here. No, no, no.

SPEAKER_00 33:53

I think they would go D. I think uh Emmanuel McNeil Warren. I was thinking him or Lomu, but I think they're really bad on defense.

SPEAKER_01 34:01

So that would be Emmanuel McNeil Warren. That'd be a good pick. Uh, we got the Bears up next. Uh, we'll let you pick again, Matthew. The Chicago Bears.

SPEAKER_00 34:15

I think they just lost. Uh, since they just lost more, I would go Omar Cooper Jr. I think he brings some speed to the team.

SPEAKER_01 34:22

That's that's a good pick because you're you got a young wide receiver room getting even younger. You got a young quarterback. That core stays young. Brandon, the Buffalo Bills.

SPEAKER_03 34:31

Wait, sorry, who do you pick?

SPEAKER_01 34:32

Big go Omar Cooper Jr.

SPEAKER_03 34:34

For the Bears. The Bears. For the Bills. Oh God. I'm between no, I'm I'm between Zion Young and Colton Hood.

SPEAKER_01 34:47

The problem with Zion Young is Zion Young's way down there. I know.

SPEAKER_00 34:50

He's such a he's such a reach, though, but and who's the other guy you're thinking of? Colton Hood. Corner. Colton Hood, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 35:00

Actually, actually, actually.

SPEAKER_01 35:03

So I'm gonna tell you why Zion Young won't go in the first round. Because the Eagles have already drafted. And he's got some uh some uh colorful charges on the man. He's got a W uh D UI, yeah, and there's also a domestic violence charge on him. So be based off of that, I think he might be high on like some like simulator boards and like rankings, but I think his off-field issues are gonna drop him out of the first round.

SPEAKER_03 35:35

Actually, that's fair. They need a big boy up front, don't they?

SPEAKER_01 35:39

There's like some players, man. Like right now, it's like those, yeah. They couldn't protect. No, you know what?

SPEAKER_03 35:44

I'm I'm thinking Blake Miller.

SPEAKER_01 35:46

Blake Miller, yeah. Clemson, he's a big guy. Lomo. Max I know the Arizona State guy, Max. I I enough.

SPEAKER_03 35:53

No, I was thinking more on the defensive side. Kidden McDonald. Oh Peter Caleb Banks.

SPEAKER_01 35:58

Peter Woods. Oh, he's up.

SPEAKER_03 35:59

Peter Woods or Caleb Banks. Yeah, I think I'd go Peter Woods over Caleb Banks. I think so too. I'm going, I'm going Peter Woods.

SPEAKER_01 36:05

All right, Peter Woods, you're going to uh you're going to Buffalo. Uh 49ers, that is KK.

SPEAKER_02 36:11

49ers, I think, are going to take Kency Copception. Oh. They need a little quick receiver in the exception. Like Nevin, Evan showed up, but I can see that.

SPEAKER_01 36:23

The guy that plays different formations. Uh Houston. They are going to take Ty Simpson. No. Um I'm going to give Houston, and this is going to be a stretch, and this probably will be a little bit of a reach. And shoot me if I'm wrong. I'm going to give him Jacob Rodriguez, linebacker from Texas Tech. I think they are very, very good defense. There's not a whole lot of pressure on Jacob Rodriguez to be the guy right away, but he is a he's a bona fide study.

SPEAKER_02 36:54

I think they need a lot of help. I'm going to give on the O-line.

SPEAKER_01 36:56

I'm going to give him Jacob Rodriguez for now. Now we've got uh back to Matthew for that Kansas City pick. What number are we at? We're at 29. So you got CJ Allen still there, Blake Miller is still there, Cacius Howell, Caden McDonald, CJ Parker, Caleb Banks, Colton Hood, Brandon Cise.

SPEAKER_00 37:17

Who did I pick the Chiefs? I picked them picking downs, right?

SPEAKER_01 37:21

Uh the Chiefs pick Caleb Downs with their first pick in the first round. I think I would go Caleb Banks to replace um Chris Jones. Chris Jones, yeah. Yeah, that's a good pick. Uh I believe we've got Brandon up next for the Miami Dolphins. Uh Miami Dolphins second pick in the first round. And uh Mike High Levin went there in the first pick.

SPEAKER_03 37:43

I keep with where you're at. I think you gotta go Emanuel and McNeil Warren.

SPEAKER_01 37:49

No, I already picked it up. Matt's already been picked. Yeah, he went to the Browns on 24th.

SPEAKER_03 37:53

I missed that. Um, in that case, I'm taking Colton Hood.

SPEAKER_01 37:58

Yeah, that's that's a good pick for uh for Miami. For Miami. All right, KK. Good old uh good old New England Patriots picking 31st. I mean, they need a tackle too. So Blake Miller is there, it makes sense. Caden McDonald also makes sense.

SPEAKER_02 38:19

They have too many rookie old linemen, they're like first or second year.

SPEAKER_01 38:23

Brandon Sisei would be fun. That would be a fun time. Anthony Hill Jr.

SPEAKER_02 38:31

Yeah, I'd probably go with Brandon Cise.

SPEAKER_01 38:33

Mr. Sisei going to New England.

SPEAKER_02 38:36

Team him up with uh Gonzalez?

SPEAKER_01 38:38

Gonzalez, yeah, yeah. Uh Seattle on the clock. Um, all right, so Seattle's interesting. Uh, they need a running back uh to replace Kenneth Walker and Charbonnet's banged up. Judarian Price is the obvious name here. However, I don't know if Judarian Price really fits the mold. Yeah. Yeah. Um I think uh a few years ago, Seattle picked um, they picked a they picked a long horn. Uh and it was it worked out pretty well for him. Um Byron, was it his name? Byron Murphy.

SPEAKER_03 39:14

Byron Murphy, yep.

SPEAKER_01 39:15

Uh, I'm gonna go another long horn. I'm gonna give him Anthony Hill Jr. to close out the first round um on that study defense. All right, fellas. Let me let me walk through a quick review of what we just did here. What happened to all the trades?

SPEAKER_02 39:32

Two things later in the second first round.

SPEAKER_01 39:34

Well, that's it. That's it for the first round. I mean, that's that's what you're trading for. Uh we're not we can't do all the we can't go through and see how all the trades ended up, kk. That would be we'd be here for a while. Um let's see, where are my where are my results of this draft? I just want to see this actually happens.

SPEAKER_03 39:55

The jets are making out like bandits that this actually fucking happens. That would be the Steelers picking love at three.

SPEAKER_01 40:02

That would be something. That would be that would be a time. Um, I think like the big ones were were definitely like um like just the value that those trades are and able to like move down and get more pieces. I think you're you're in a solid, solid, uh you're in a solid spot. So I don't hate it.

SPEAKER_02 40:20

It's a good time in Pittsburgh. Rogers announcing he's coming back on draft day, them trading up to the number three.

SPEAKER_01 40:27

It could get wild. It could get wild.

SPEAKER_02 40:29

Imagine if they traded up to number one.

SPEAKER_01 40:32

Oh man. Hey, hey. Why stop at three? They have all they have a look, they have quite a lot of picks there. Uh fellas, we will be doing we'll be doing another one of these. Um, we will be coming a little bit more prepared. We'll try to make this a little bit more uh video appropriate, I think that would be the word. I'll try to do some editing. We'll try to see if we can put on some cool graphics for you guys. Um, what's your favorite pick that you guys made? The Steelers pick. Of course.

SPEAKER_03 41:00

The Jets trade, man. I fucking sign me up, man. Fucking sign me up, man. If I can get the new Puka Nakua here.

SPEAKER_00 41:08

If I can get you Puka Nakua and how many fucking picks? Trust me, the the GM of the Jets probably does this. Dude, we no, they'd be looking at Madden rating.

SPEAKER_01 41:18

We did this last year where we willed the LA Rams. We've done it before with Mike McCarthy. Puka Nakua to the new Jets. To the New York Jets. Make it happen.

SPEAKER_00 41:31

Straight out of what'd you say? Straight out of rehab. Straight out of rehab, right back in.

SPEAKER_01 41:35

Right back in. Known as the Academy of Rehab, the New York Jets practice facility. At least they're not electrocuting their players or whatever the 49ers are doing now. Um great time, fellas. We'll be back with a uh we'll be back with another episode. Um, probably soon when you hear this episode's drop. So um in the meantime, if you guys have any questions, inquiries, uh, you want to hit us up, hit our line. Uh, talk to us about how Puka Nakua is definitely gonna be a New York jet.

SPEAKER_03 42:03

That's the fucking craziest trade proposal.

SPEAKER_01 42:05

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SPEAKER_02 42:17

KK.

SPEAKER_01 42:18

And we're out.