Questionable 2024 NFL Draft Classes

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What are some of the most questionable draft classes in the 2024 NFL ORG drafts

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and potential setbacks, teams that might have made life a little bit more difficult,

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Yes. And I'm not saying all these players stink and this is a terrible draft. It's just not how I would have done it or I don't love the hall. And I came up with four teams that, and the first one to me is Houston ORG. And a lot of people seem to be praising Houston ORG. You know, they brought in a lot of guys. And they did. There's ninepicks, but five of them were in the sixth and seventh round in a draft that was really weak at the end. And they traded out at 23. And their best player is, or their first pick is Kawami Lasseter, a good corner on tape, but he ran a four, six, five. I mean, like, he's far from a premium prospect. Blake Fisher PERSON's okay. Caitlin Bullock's the deep middle guy.He's fine. Cave Stover PERSON, to me, is a backup tight end. And the other guys are all late-round picks. Like, I didn't think they got much, considering that they had a fair amount of draft capital when this whole process started.Yeah.

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When it, and I know they got future draft considerations as well, but.

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They do have a future second from the Vikings ORG.

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From the Vikings ORG, right. And I didn't really understand the idea that we're going to trade now with the Vikings when they did it.

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And I said this at the time, this isn't a hindsight thing. It was like, why is Houston ORG moving out of a place where they could potentially get a really

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good first round caliber player that's in a much different tier than they would get? And our thought at the time was, oh, yeah, they don't really like the top of this draft. There's 18 first round grades. They're sitting at 23. They know they're not going to get their guys. They're going to move down.Casario obviously comes from New England LOC. They move down all the time. Maybe they thought they weren't going to get calls guys, so they're going to move down. Casario obviously comes from New England LOC. They move down all the time. Maybe they thought they weren't going to get calls on draft day, and they either wanted to go down. Seemingly would be the idea why they would do something like that that early. Mistake, right?

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I mean, we're talking a massive tier jump from where, look, in Camarie, Matt Lasseter PERSON, good football player, might be a super star in the league, who knows. But his profile, his physical profile, his draft profile isn't close to what they would have gotten at pick number 23.

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Even if they were taking a corner there. I mean, the corners of 23 are night and day different than Lasseter PERSON.

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They could have had the second best corner in the draft.

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And maybe their favorite corner in the draft if the guy that went one pick ahead of them, which was the first corner and Quinion Mitchell PERSON wasn't their top corner. And you have to wait for the draft to come to you, I think, a little bit more in this situation. And six quarterbacks go, I mean, that changes the dynamic. Maybe you did have only 19 first round grades. Well, guess what?One of them is now there at 23 for you. Yeah, exactly. And the players are fine. I just don't see any impact from the group. You know, like, will Blake Fisher PERSON even start? Will he be a swing tackle? Kalen Bullock PERSON, to me, is not much of a tackler, but he handles the deep middle. Well, okay. And again.

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Safety, like I, yeah, with Galen Petrie PERSON being more of the box,

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dropped down a nickel guy over the top of Kaelin Bullock PERSON. I can see the fit there. Cade Stovers PERSON, maybe a backup early, could become a starting tight end in the NFL ORG.I do like the Blake Fisher PERSON pick. I think it's about the, the height of where he should have gone. I thought he's just, you know, stay two guy,second, third round guy. But one of the last developmental, you know, he was in that group with Rosengarten and Sulamataia as the last, and maybe even Patrick Paul, who actually went surprisingly early in the second round to the Miami Dolphins ORG. But one of those guys is like, okay, he's got the goods to stick an offensive tackle, even if it takes him a year or two. So you might have a starting offense. Probably Blake Fisher PERSON is my favorite pick there just because you might end up with a starting offensive tackle there. But there's work to be done, and he might not ever get there.It might just be a swing tackler and maybe moves inside. So not a lot of value from what I saw on the draft board. I don't know how much impact this class is going to have. And when you trade out of the first round, okay, you didn't get a ton out of it from this year. That second rounder better be supremely valuable for you next year. And then we can really fully grade that trade if it's the 33rd pick in the draft next year.Maybe it will be worth it. Yeah. I mean, that is out there and that's important. And maybe that class is exceptional and maybe they find a star. I get it. And even the Fisher pick.I mean, we boasted that was our favorite. But at 59, it wasn't like, man, they got him 30 picks later than they should over 20. I don't see any of them, any picks that they made that I thought, man, that was a steal.

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Why'd he last that long, you know? Well, the two drafts that I want to bring up are that are very similar to that vibe. Because I think a lot of teams and probably the Vikings ORG after getting that pick and then they moved up again to secure probably the player that they would have taken if they couldn't go get J.J. McCarthy right with the Minnesota Vikings going and grabbing Dallas Turner after trading up with the Jacksonville Jaguars at 17. So that's what I'm guessing. And I haven't heard the post draft presser, but I bet, you know, Quasi over there in Minnesota GPE is like, well, if we didn't takeMcCarthy, we're going to take this guy. And we got both of them in the first round. So they're probably hugging and high-fiving about that draft in Minnesota GPE. By the way, there was a report that the Vikings did indeed offer their future 2025 first round pick to go up and try to get Drake May at number three. And then we're, you And then we're unsuccessful, obviously, in that. So, you know, there's probably a gap for them on their board between Drake May PERSON and J.J. McCarthy PERSON.But they still like McCarthy PERSON enough to go get him and was maybe plan B for them in this draft. And that's probably something that shouldn't really surprise anybody, right? That report came from ESPN's Jeremy Fowler PERSON. And I think we kind of already knew that was happening, but that report's now out there.And it sounds like, okay, yeah, they tried to go get Drake May PERSON, couldn't get him, ended up with J.G. McCarthy PERSON. That was a, go ahead.

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If you want to stick there,

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the Vikings are one of my four teams also that I don't like their draft.

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Oh, okay.

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If you want to do that on the other side, or we can do it now if you want, but I'm not happy without what they did either for a lot of reasons. Yeah, they weren't one of mine. So I'm interested to hear why they were one of your questionable drafts, man.

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Let's start to get into it now and maybe we'll finish the time in a minute. And I credit them for staying patient and getting McCarthy at 10. I mean, I know they moved up one spot, but so be it. They got their man, they got their quarterback, and no one will care about anything I have to say if he turns into a star, let alone, you know, man, Chiefs ORG had the trade, it gave so much stuff to trade up for Mahomes PERSON.You know, like, no one remembers that stuff when people are great. And I fully recognize that. And I also think the Vikings ORG are getting a lot of credit for, they got their franchise quarterback prospect without giving up next year's first. That's great. And they added two studs to this draft.And maybe it's going to be like Will Allen and C.J. Stroud PERSON. And maybe it will. But over this year's draft and next year's draft, this is what's really bother me is next year's draft. All the Vikings have next year is their first, which is great, and two fives. So they have no day two picks and no fourth rounders next year. And in this draft, yes, they have the two firsts, but the only picks they have inthat neighborhood are Kyrie Jackson. So half their draft, more than half their draft were six and seventh rounders. They got a fourth rounder, Kyrie Jackson PERSON, fine, but no meat and potatoes. You know, like there's a little bit of filet mignon, sure, but no meat and potatoes. You know, like, there's a little bit of filet mignon, sure, but there's no sides, there's no veggies, there's no cheap guards that's in the second round or a safety that I can get four years out of for two years in a row. That's a hard

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way to live. The draft of the Alabama kicker as well in the sixth round and then some big men later in the draft, sixth and seventh round picks, Walter Rouse PERSON tackle.

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Michael Juergens, Center from White Forest, Levi, Drake, Rodriguez.

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I do not have a scout report on the Texas A&M commerce defensive tackle in the seventh round.

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But I mean, it's all about those first round picks, right? If they hit on them, home run, if not, it's a setback because of how little draft capital they have next year, although they will be getting a late third round comp pick,

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obviously very likely for Kirk Cousins. Yeah. So they'll have one day two pick next year. But yeah, like they traded away everything. So next year, if they got their quarterback, maybe the plan is trade down from round one and try to collect more of those picks. I just don't like going two years

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in a row without second through fourth rounders. I mean, those are such valuable cheap labor picks that you could hit home runs on. And that means you're going to have to overspend. And with a rookie quarterback you can, but whenever needs arise and they ultimately will, they're going to have to go spend $110 on a $100 player, you know what I mean, and free agency.

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And I hate that. Yeah. And, you know, not only do they need to hit on their new star quarterback, obviously, right? But they also better be right.

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Yeah. Right. He has to be good. They better be right about the rest of the depth on their roster as well around him because they don't have a lot of picks to help that out. And if he's a top 10 quarterback,none of these things I just said matters at all. And they do so of their first. And as you mentioned, that might be the fifth pick of the draft next year. And it might be the best pass rusher we've seen since Nick Bosa or Miles Garrett. Great. It's just there's no middle stuff for two years in a row.

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Not a lot of room for error too when you go up twice and get your guy.

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And they paid a lot to go up the second time as well, a number of picks to get there. I didn't love that part either.

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Next, Matt PERSON, we've got to get to a couple more teams. I have multiple teams on my list. Some questionable drafts doesn't mean they're bad, but big questions about some of the draft class that we have coming up here next. Today's episode, Peacock and Williamson is sponsored by Monopoly Go PRODUCT. The new hit mobile game, it's a twist, a modern twist on classic Monopoly PRODUCT.And I know Williamson's a big Monopoly fan, and so I can't wait to take him on in Monopoly Go PRODUCT and see if we can climb up the leaderboards, maybe together, working together with our friends for time tournaments where you build up each other's boards. The more you win together, the more awesome prizes you unlock or go heist. Go heist Williamson PERSON's bank vaults and maybe knock down some of his properties. Maybe charge him huge rent on some of those iconic monopoly properties. You can do all of that.Take down your friends or help build them up. And there's always new timed events that help you win big like massive multipliers, everything you win or rent frenzies as well. Tons of new ways to play Monopoly Go PRODUCT. And there's always something fun to discover in Monopoly Go PRODUCT. So get off the bench and go ahead and download free now on Google Play or the App Store ORG.It's Game On. I got to go to the low-hanging fruit here. The next couple of teams I'm going to bring up, or what kind of we talked about with the Houston, Texas GPE, where you're sitting there in the draft, and if they didn't trade out of the first round, they could have been there at 23, saying,I can't believe who's here for us that we do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. And I know-

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I didn't think six quarterbacks were going to top 12.

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This guy's still there.

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Right.

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Chris Ballard told Rich Eisen PERSON before the draft, Eisen asked him, how many quarterbacks are going to go before you guys pick at 15? He said, well, I have a good idea that three are going to go. But Rich, Rich, I hope you'll tell me that six are going to go. That's what I hope could possibly.

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And that's what happened.

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And they ended up with the first defensive player in the draft with Latu at 15. That could have happened for the Houston, Texas at 23, but they trade it out of there. That could have happened for the, you know, any number of teams in the back half of the draft. But you know who it didn't happen for, and you know who helped those other teams, helped that happen for the other teams is the Atlanta Falcons and the Denver Broncos ORG.

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So I got to bring up both of those teams.

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I just don't think that if, like, let's say, let's say the, so obviously the Minnesota Vikings used to have Kurt Cousins. He went to the Atlanta Falcons ORG. If the Vikings still had Kirk Cousins PERSON, would they have drafted? Would they have done what they did in the draft? Or would they have allowed a player to fall to them? You know what I mean?And so for the Atlanta Falcons ORG, they are the ones that allowed these other things to happen for these other teams. And then obviously there's the, you know, the team building aspects of, okay, you have an older prospect that should be more ready to play early, but now you want them to sit for three years, potentially behind Kirk Cousins PERSON. You didn't utilize the power of this eighth pick in the draft to either move down. And obviously, I don't know if they got any offers to move down or anything. But you drafted a quarterback. There's just such a narrow margin to get this right. And the only right thing is if Pennix PERSON ends up being a star quarterback.And then you also win in the meantime with Kirk Cousins PERSON. And then you didn't draft anybody that could help you do that on the defensive side of the ball. So it's just a big questionable move for me. And I know it's the low hanging fruit, but we've got to talk about the Falcons ORG in this. Because I haven't really heard anything from Terry Fontno PERSON, the GM, from ownership, from, I mean, they're like, we had a lot of conviction in it. It's like, okay, you better be right.You know what I mean? This is a sixth-year senior quarterback, and maybe he's amazing, and he better be amazing because, you know, you didn't leave yourself any margin for error to build the rest of your football team. And the craziest thing I heard is like, maybe he might even sit for four or five years. He'll be 30 years old. It doesn't make any sense at all to be part of

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the equation for you if you're the Falcons ORG. No, it doesn't. And I crushed this pick on our

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Friday show after round one. Makes very little sense to me. I think you're causing problems in

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a locker room that don't need to happen. And of course, I'm the first to say, the best time to go shopping for a quarterback is when you don't need one. And if Pennix PERSON turns into a pro bowler, it's all worth it. And I'll eat my words. And that could happen. That absolutely could happen. I just don't understand it. And Mike Lombardi's podcast is one I listened to a lot. And he's been killing this pick.And he had some good points too along the lines of, hey, when the Chiefs watched Pat Mahomes PERSON in practice all year long during his rookie season, everyone in the building knew he was better than Alex Smith PERSON, who was a good player, but like you're causing problems within the team.He described it like this. You know what Pennix PERSON is going to do to the scout team defense of Atlanta with that arm and no pressure? He's going to look unbelievable. And everybody in their buildings will be like, hmm, why are we giving the old guy $90 million again?You know, like it just causes problems.

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Yeah, you get all the rest. You get all the reporters there at training camp. Right, right.

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And they just see a guy with a better arm than the start. Ricking it. And they're

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going to start writing articles about, man, Pennix really slings it much better than Kurt Cousins. And Kirk Cousins PERSON is, you know, a certain age coming off the Achilles. But if you weren't sure about Kirk Cousins PERSON, why he signed him to the big money deal. And he's got a lot of money for acouple years. So even if Pennix PERSON hits, it doesn't make any sense from that aspect to start him over Kirk Cousins. So you made money for a couple years. So even if Pennix PERSON hits, it doesn't make any sense from that aspect to start him over Kirk Cousins PERSON. So you made a mistake on that side. So, you know, it's a mistake on one side of the other, almost very likely. But then just beyond the Pennick stuff, you get into the second round, Rookeroro PERSON. I mean, he trading up for him.

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Trading up for him. I didn't think he was, you know, a slam dunk prospect before you trade up for him in the middle of the second round or, you know, a little earlier in the second round. You're trading up for a guy with like nice traits and everything, but some stuff to work with. But it really felt like, okay, now we're on day two. We did the quarterback thing. Now we have to chase defense.And I didn't think they got great value on the defensive side of the ball until around, you know, four where branded doorless, a defense tackle out of Oregon ORG is sort of a big end undersized tackle rotational pass rusher you know so but he's not a starting player probably unless he does do the outside in thing and and then you know so they went uh aurora roero trice doorless and you know just kind of hoping to get some some talent on the defensive side of the ball because they passed on defense early. And I just felt like they were chasing that.And none of those prospects really blow me away, although I do like doorless in the fourth was a nice pick value-wise. But you look at the rest of their draft. I'm just really underwhelmed. And I'm not sure how much impact they're going to get and probably not for a while with their quarterback, even if he does hit. I agree with all that. And two more notes I want to throw on top of it is, okay, you trade up the 35 for Rook.If that was Johnny Newton PERSON, I'd be like, okay, cool. That guy's going to impact games now. You know, I mean, he's a much better player, I think prospect, but player, than Rook is today. I mean, in terms of impacting games. They have the easiest schedule in the league. They're in the easiest division in the league.They just spent $90 million on a quarterback. We don't need projects. We need to win now. And I do commend the philosophy of after the Pennix PERSON pick. They went D-Line three picks in a row. I just don't love any of those three players for what they paid for them. I mean, their pass rush has been a problem now for, I mean, like, worse than the league for like four or five years. I don't think it got fixed.

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Now, the Denver Broncos are on my questionable list just because I didn't think Bo Nix PERSON was worth the 12th pick in the NFL draft, but, you know, he was the sixth quarterback. They felt probably like they just had to do it because it was their only chance. So it kind of backed into a corner and you never want to make a draft pick because you feel backed on into a corner. And you're forcing a need. So we'll see which of these quarterbacks pan out.And obviously, you know, when we go back and grade this in three years, if Nick ORG's hits, it's a fine. It's a great draft, you know. But I actually liked a little bit more about what they did later. I like Jonah Ellis in the third round out of Utah GPE, the edge rusher. They didn't have a second round pick. I like Troy Franklin in the fourth round where they got him.I'm surprised Troy Franklin fell all the way down to where he was. Chris Abrams Drain, Audrake Estime, Notre Dame ORG running back. I like me some day three running backs. It's the right time to draft a guy like that. So, you know, some okay picks, I think, later on after that. But, you know, you don't have a second round pick, and then round one, you go witha questionable quarterback pick. You know, he better be good or have a second round pick and then round one, you go with a questionable quarterback pick, you know, he better be good or this is not going to be a good draft.

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They're on my list, too. I have one other team, but for all those reasons, I will give them credit. I really like their fourth and fifth rounders, Franklin, Abrams Drain, Estime PERSON, you know, I mean, Estimay is going to back up Giovante, who's now coming up to a contract year. It's amazing that stuff happens that quick. I can take her to leave Ellis, but it's fine. I mean, Iimate is going to back up Javonte, who's now coming up to a contract year. It's amazing that stuff happens that quick. I can take her to leave Ellis ORG, but it's fine. I mean, I got no problem with it at all.Bo Nix just feels like drafting Kenny Pickett at 12, you know? Right.

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And yeah, it's in that that's what it was to me. It wasn't like, okay, well, Kenny Pickett went 20. If he drafted Knicks at 20, I don't even like it that much more.

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No, me neither.

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Right. I thought today's NFL, there's not enough 20. If he drafted Knicks at 20, I don't even like it that much more. No, me neither. Right.

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Today's NFL ORG, there's not enough feeling.

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Day two guy.

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Might be a nice fit.

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We'll see what Bo Nix PERSON ends up being.

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That brings up a question about the age for prospects.

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And, you know, with the extra COVID year, there's so many sixth and fifth year prospects in the draft and fewer guys declaring.

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So less of the really young prospects as well.

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There was so few of those like red shirt sophomores and just true juniors and

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those 20, 21 year old prospects and there were some of those.

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But I find it fascinating how teams weigh that. Because when you think about a guy who's been like, where was Michael Pennix when he was the age of J.J. McCarthy? Where was Bo Nix PERSON when he was the age of J.J. McCarthy?He wouldn't have sniffed the first round.

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Like, I'm not picking on Jaden Daniels, but I bet Caleb Williams and or Drake May PERSON in that situation when they're 25 years old, probably could win the Heisman WORK_OF_ART. Yeah, that's a good way.

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If in three years, Drake May got to go play at LSU with two first round wide receivers. Right. Or

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Washington with all those receivers against USC and Oregon ORG.

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He'd probably be pretty good.

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Probably look better than he did this year.

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Yeah.

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That's like if you put Sam Darnold back at USC ORG right now,

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he'd probably be fine.

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You know what I mean?

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On the other side of that,

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if you're a team,

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like at least you get to see it because you don't ever know,

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like he might not get there.

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Drake May might not look better in two, three years.

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He might be terrible when he's 25.

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Don't be wrong. Yeah, might not. But I do. He was issues.

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I do believe three years from now, Caleb, May, McCarthy PERSON, if thrown in those other three situations, would have done every bit as much as much as watch as those guys.

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You know what I mean?

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Right, right. Surroundings were just so huge and so much better for three of them than the other three. And because it's, it's hilarious because Trey Lance was 20 years old when he came out, right? And you say the same thing about him, but he's the same age as panics. You think back, you're like, man, you should have transferred to a D1 school and played a few more years.

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Yeah, what if he transfers to LSU ORG, you know what I mean? It's kind of better to be more finished when you do come out of college. So there's that side of the argument as well because you need to be ready at some point. And if you're not ready, don't come out. I misspoke a second ago. It's one thing I'm going to take back is I implied that McCarthy PERSON didn't have a good situation.He had an awesome situation. He was just super young.

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And he didn't need to carry the team. Right, right, right. You know, do a lot to help that team win even though he did enough he did he did some things for sure all right i got a couple more here and then we'll get out of some of the latest news as well around the NFL next today's episode of peacock and williamson is brought to you by fan duel america's number one sports books playoff time in the NBA ORG and n hl baseball's infull swing and fanduel is your place to bet on every game and And right now, new customers get $150 in bonus bets, guaranteed. That's $150 win or lose at Fandul ORG. Bet on everything from slap shots to home runs to slam dunks, all in an app that's safe, secure, and easy to use. And yes, of course, you can still bet on tons of 2024 NFL ORG futures, who's going to win the next Super Bowl players of the year,rookies of the year, and tons more. So what are you waiting for? Visit fanduel.com slash locked on and make your first bet in automatic win. Fanduel, America's number one sportsbook. We brought up your Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, Matt PERSON, as one of the best drafts. I'm going to bring up my San Francisco 49ers ORG here,not because it was a bad draft. Actually, I think the Niners ORG got a lot of good players in this draft. It was sort of the anti-Mnesota Vikings ORG where they got almost all meat and potatoes. And I think they drafted, you know, a day two guy on day one. But, and then, you know, with Ricky Purcell, wide receiver out of Florida GPE, they got Renardo Green, Florida State ORG Corner that could compete to be a starter in his career.Dominic Pune PERSON was my favorite pick of theirs, maybe. Me too.

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Third rounder out of Kansas ORG. Yeah.

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And Mustafa, yeah, exactly. The third and fourth round picks. Malik Mustafa could be, like, they could have, they might have drafted four starters, right? And then you get a fourth round running back in Isaac Garrendo PERSON, who's, you know, height weight speed guy. And in a Shanahan offense, you shouldn Garrendo PERSON, who's, you know, height, weight speed guy. And in a Shanahan PERSON offense, you shouldn't be shocked if he's, you know,averaging five and a half yards per carry at some point in his career.

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And that offense for a short time.

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He's where he most, most, you know, whether or not he becomes a starter or whatever, Jacob Cowling, another, you know, they had three fourth round picks. So they drafted six times in the first four rounds, you know, punt returner, uh, slot receiver out of Arizona in Jacob County GPE. So I liked the players they got,but the reason I bring up the 49ers and the questionable part of it is that first round pick and the second round pick and how they maneuvered the draft. And we talked about so many teamswere sitting there mid, late first round. I can't believe this player fell to us here. You know, like the pick right before, pick 30, Nate Wiggins goes to Baltimore ORG.They probably thought Nate Wiggins PERSON was going to be gone.

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And they were jumping for joy when they saw six quarterbacks go in the first round.

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I don't think John Lynch turned to Kyle Shanahan PERSON and said, I can't believe Ricky Pearsall still here at Pick 31.

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I was hoping to get the 51 for the Steelers ORG.

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Right. Yeah, that's kind of whatever. But I kind of hoped he did. It's really funny because everybody, everybody talks. Ricky Pearsall still here at Pick 31. I was hoping to get the 51 for the Steelers ORG. Right. Yeah.

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I didn't think he would, but I kind of hoped he did.

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It's really funny because everybody talking about Ricky Pearsall PERSON is like, oh, man, I really like Ricky Pearsall PERSON. I just thought I just had him a little bit later. So that's what everyone says about Ricky Pearsall PERSON, which is funny, which is why he's probably ends up being worked the pick because when you're drafting that late, and I think the 49ers might have been, who knows, one pick, two picks outside of that.Oh, we got this guy that we didn't think he was going to get there. And I think they still missed out on that group and we're like, okay, well, we were going to draft from our, you know, high second round grades anyway. And Ricky Piersall PERSON is one of those. And so everyone says the same thing about Ricky Piersoll PERSON. Oh, I really liked him.I just had him like 15 spots later or, you know, 20 spots later, whatever it was. So I just thought that was fascinating. And then in the second round, they allowed the chiefs to trade with them to go up one spot to get spots later or 20 spots later, whatever it was. So I just thought that was fascinating. And then in the second round, they allowed the chiefs to trade with them to go up one spot to get Kingsley Suamata I, which is a huge long-term need for the 49ers ORG at offensive tackle. And with what Suamata-Ia could be, and clearly I was higher on Suamata-I and the 49ers ORG were,they didn't care. They let the team that's beat him in the Super Bowl twice in the last five years, go get a future offensive tackle for themselves instead. That was interesting. If Suamata I PERSON ends up being a starting offensive tackle in the league, and, man, Brett Beechin and Andy Reid PERSON's team is probably where I'd want to goif I was a developmental player like that, then you look back here like, what were you guys doing, man? You just made it harder for yourself to win a Super Bowl EVENT, and you let a more important position pass right by you by letting those chiefs come upto make that pick. So the Niners ORG draft was interesting just because of some of those wrinkles to it, but I thought they drafted a lot of players that'll end up being part of that team for a while and potentially a number of starters.Without question.

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And of course, you're on top of the Niners ORG. I don't have much to add other than I don't see anyone. Like, I'd be shocked if there's a pro bowler in that group. You know, like there are some meat and potatoes. I don't know that anyone has a really high ceiling. Green PERSON will probably have a fine career. Pune and Mastoffer were my favorites. And I think Poonie PERSON will be somewhereon the interior, maybe even center. And of course, the didn't put out the fire of moving a current receiver when you take one in the first round and then another one in the fourth that could Debo still be on the move or even Jennings PERSON? Everyone's talked about Ayuk PERSON. I would keep Ayuk PERSON over those other guys.

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Yeah, I think Jennings PERSON is now the most likely because he's an impending free agent. And they drafted two slot guys and that's where Jennings PERSON does his work as well. Yeah, 100%.

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And we'll see what's happening there. Debo, I think is next year. And John Lynch PERSON did say after the draft, he said after the first round, it's like we stopped listening to offer. So that was that.

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And I like it better that way. I think it makes the 49ers ORG better and more dynamic to add another receiver to the mix rather than trade away a guy because then you're not even getting better in the near term and they're in that Super Bowl EVENT window.

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One more quick team for me is the Saints who just did a totally Saints thing and with the lack of picks they have and just moved up again in the second round. And after drafting Fulaga in round one, which I thought was fine. I thought they might have wanted more of a left tackle than a right tackle potentially there.

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But going up to get Kool-Aid McKinstree PERSON, I think it was totally worth it in a player that a team probably should have been going up to get at that point.

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But the Saints ORG are that team is just funny because it's what they do. And it's maybe the last team that needs to be doing a move like that. They need to, I don't know what the Saints ORG are doing.

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Can you shop in the bargain aisle ever?

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You know what I mean? Right.

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And Spencer Rattler PERSON is at least interesting for them. Yeah, I like that pick. Yeah. He may end up starting the last four games of the year, you know what I mean? So different than Derek Carr PERSON, right? Absolutely. Yeah. And again, I mean, it sure is not a screaming indictment that Ramchek PERSON's going to be fine because for Lago PERSON's right tackle only or guard. And I thought left tacklewas a bigger problem. So I agree with you. McKinstree has also fueled some fire that Latimore could be on the move. I don't know about that. I have one more team if you want to wrap it up with that. Sure. Yeah, absolutely.Tennessee, I love Latham PERSON. And I don't even think seven's too high for him. But they've immediately said he's going to play left tackle, which, why are you doing that? I mean, just because Dylan Redunz PERSON is stuck at right tackle, is that, is he too good to move? You know, like, you're going to draft a dude at seven. And I know Alt PERSON's probably going to move to, but I don't love that.But that's, I'm picking Knits PERSON there a little bit. I hate the sweat pick at 38. I think that's terrible. He's going to play 20 snaps a game.

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Yeah, he's a two-down player.

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And then the off-field stuff on top of it. And you drafted him at the max is what he should have gone. He was super clean off the field. So that's, yeah, that's.

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And he should be good at, you know, as long as he just doesn't wash out of the league,

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he should be good in the role that you obviously need him to be when you draft the guy who's 366 pounds. But how much are you going to utilize that role in today's NFL ORG is the big question.

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And you hope he's 366. He didn't weigh in at the senior bowl so he could get down to 360. Yeah. You know, like features up at Camp 388. I mean, he's useless. And I don't know.And then there's no third round pick, which isn't their fault. But I don't love their hall. And I'm a big, big, laytham PERSON fan. But now

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they're going to ask him to play left, you know. Yeah. And you were a Latham fan at 20 more than you

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were at seven. I'm even a Latham fan at 10 or 9. I mean, I thought he was the second best

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tackling in this draft. So I'm a big, a big believer, but he's his right tackle, his right tackles get. And I know that right left thing doesn't matter anymore, but he's never played it, you know. To a lot of shock of Dallas Cowboys ORG fans, the Cowboys did not draft the running back. And then they went and signed Zeke Elliott PERSON back. Getting the game back together, Matt PERSON. What do you think about that?

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I thought he was a lot better for the Patriots ORG than I expected him to be.

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So I'll give him credit. By no means, should he be the answer? I think some of these running backs that lose a step or two, but are big-time professionals

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can still churn out a yard or two more than they should, you know, knowing how to run and setting guys up. But I can't believe this is their running back room right now with the draft already passed.

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Bringing back, Zique PERSON is fine for the feels and everything, but to have not, to not have something else,

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especially when there are so many good day three running backs available in this draft.

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They didn't have any youth and induced to that room.

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So that's interesting.

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If we had a fantasy draft, is Zke the first cowboy running back off the board?

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I'd probably look down the death chart a little bit.

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Right, right.

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Last one here, Travis Kelsey PERSON,

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what do you think about this? Travis Kelsey post-draft gets a two-year $34.25 million contract extension. Do you think this is my hypothesis on this map? My hypothesis is they drafted a tight in pretty high. And this was them saying, Travis, hold on guys, Travis Kelsey PERSON is not done yet.

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We didn't draft his replacement necessarily. Right. I do love the pick of Wiley to learn from Kelsey PERSON. I mean, they have some traits. He's receiving tight end. I don't know if this means he's not going to retire after the year. I assume they'd get one more year at Kelsey PERSON. And I'd have to really study the contract to see if it impedes him from doing that in any way. I'm sure it doesn't. But I think he's just getting a little bit more money. I wouldn't look too much into it. And I think they're kind of throwing him a bone. Like you said, don't forget

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about this guy. I mean, he felt a little bit, like a statement. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You know, it's funny, though, remember last offseason?

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We went through this Aaron Donald thing and then he's still in it up retiring this year too.

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So it doesn't preclude it. Can't stop the guy from retiring. Yeah, exactly. Right. All right.

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There we go. Some questionable NFL ORG draft classes. Doesn't mean they're bad, but we do have some questions here as we sit post draft. What are your favorite, at least favorite draft classes, the 2024 NFL ORG draft? Let us know on Twitter at BDPcock at Williamson NFL ORG. We'll hit our post-draft mailbag pod on Wednesday's episode.You can also get the questions in. Drop them in the YouTube ORG comments. Make sure you subscribe while you're there. Matt and I back tomorrow. Right here, Peacock and Williamson PERSON.

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