April 14, 2026 • 37 mins
Stugotz and company talk NBA as Izzy "sets the table" for the playoffs. Stu and the fellas welcome NFL Insider Ian Rapoport onto the show to talk about all of the NFL headlines going into the draft. Taylor has a proposal to make the NFL playoffs better.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Let's give this.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
If you're listening to Fox Sports.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Radio eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, call in
about anything. Does it have to be what we're talking about,
whatever's on your mind? Ask us anything.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Don't ask me anything about the first episode of Vitorious
season three that I haven't seen yet. I also have
not seen the untold on the jail Blazers yet, so
don't ask any questions about that necessarily, although we can
ask David Stodterm I have plenty of those questions.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yes, he will join us in hour number two. Ian
Rappaport will join us in about fifteen minutes to get
us ready for the NF draft. Taylor wrote me a
note today saying this is the worst Yankees team of
his lifetime, not worse. Yeah, my least favorite, your least
favorite last week it was your favorite.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Never He just wrote that down on a piece of
paper and just handed it to you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
He does that occasionally, yes he does. But me and
Taylor are very excited today. Really well, yeah, we have
Ian Rappaport, we have David stotdommeaier, but we also have
someone who is willing to set the table the NBA
play in games or tonight they start tonight, the play
(01:37):
in Tournament. I told Taylor before we got started here
that is he wanted to set the table for the
NBA play in Tournament. And he got equally as excited
as I did when you told it to me, is he?
How about that?
Speaker 4 (01:50):
It's so crazy. You gotta be careful with the phrases.
The youth around here, the things that gets you gots excited.
I was looking for a throwaway away to explain how
you know we're going to talk about these playing games.
Then as soon as I said set the table, the
man got super.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I wrote it down. Look, I circled it. Look the
parentheses set the table. Well whatever, it's semicircle.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
So admittedly today I'm very distracted because I've got this
Liverpool Champions League game about to kick off, big Champions
League night in anfield. But the second I heard Stu
Gotts mutter the words set the table. I perked up
and I said, I took off one headphone. I say,
what did you say the table?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah? Yeah, you heard me correctly. Yeah, I know you're
a Liverpool guy.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Yes, no, yep, up the Reds?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
So is up board out Ricardo? I mean, you guys
are kindred spirits. I'm actually rooting for PSG, a team
they're playing. Yeah, I'm a diehard PSG guy. Yeah, okay,
I'm just rooting for action. I mean, seriously, in any
sort of soccer game that I ever watched, just someone
scored more than three goals? Did you say? Up the Reds?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
What did I say?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Not you?
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Chris the bear, Felico Stu, I think, is who you're
confusing port Opercardo with.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
He's a Liverpool supporter.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
My fault.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I think that should be the headline question of this show.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
What did I set? If you were to ask me
right now tell me anything you've said in the first
three minutes of this show, I wouldn't be able to
do it. I mean, now, a boy that set the table?
Oh yeah, semi circle. So without any further ado, is
he please? There is a table to be set. Taylor
(03:28):
and I are excited. We are sitting down for dinner
and is he is going to set the table.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
You gotta set the table before you sit down for dinner, right,
that'd be pretty annoying if you sit down to a
blank table and then people start setting it around.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yes, I guess you're right, we'll set it anyway.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Well, I've been telling Taylor that the Heat's going to
be playing against the Hornets tonight and three officials because
there just seems to be a lot more support for
the Charlotte Hornets, right, Like they're America's team. They're the
team that everybody wants to see because they're a little
bit intreue, right. They've got the kind of wackiness or
the jankiness of lamellow ball, and they've got this Konk
(04:05):
Nipple guy that everybody wants to know if he's any good.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
They're a team in which I think people are excited
about because they play in exciting style of basketball. They
have some stars on that team, but they're also a
team I think, of all the teams involved in the
play in tournament, a team that if they get out
of the play In tournament. I think people feel like
maybe they can make a little tiny run in the
Eastern Conference. Is that fair?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
I think it's fair if they see if they're a
team that right now has some confidence, But I don't
think they have playoff level confidence right Like they need
to figure out if their starting lineup, which has since
it's been together has been spectacular, is a real thing
or if it's just kind of a regular season mirage,
especially late in the season. Maybe got a bunch of
games against some you know, teams trying to lose in there,
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and so I don't know if they're super confident that
they can even in this game against Miami because Miami
went into Charlotte earlier this season when Charlotte was at
its hottest and took that game.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
When does a teeny tiny run stew become make some.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Noise Eastern Conference Finals?
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Right? Right?
Speaker 6 (05:06):
They have to make the Eastern Conference Finals before the
Hornets can make some noise.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah, the tiny run is the second round. Yeah, you
get to the second round, you lose, you win the
second round, you get to the Eastern Conference Finals. You're
not expected to be there. Now you're making noise.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I would argue teeny tiny run might be seven games
in the first round as a lower seed, as a
seven or eight seed, that could be a teeny tiny.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Run, right, I don't know, bord at Ricardo is disagreeing
with everything that I'm saying about Eastern Conference. Finally, well
why I mean? I think it was the two thousand
and four playoff run where the Heat made a little
run and got to the second round with Dwayne Wade
and we lost to Indiana Pacers I think in seven. Yeah,
that was the second round.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
You know, we made a little run there and he ended.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Up getting Well, that's what I'm saying is a teeny
tiny run. Had they won that series, they would have
made some noise.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Actually, you know what I'm kind of with Ricardo here
taking the Paces take it. So it was an upset
win in the first round against the against the New
Orleans Hornets, and then made some noise by taking the
Pacers to six. And I don't know what stan Van
Gundy was thinking by leaving Dwayne Wade on the bench
or the final play in Game six where they needed
just one more shot to tie the game. Even though
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he's not a three point shooter, he was Dwayne freaking Wade.
But anyway, yeah, I would say that was making a
little noise.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Because it's a playing team. So if they get to
a second round of the NBA playoffs, they have made
some noise. What if it's like, let's say the Lakers,
if they get to the Western Conference finals, have they
made any noise?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Make noise if it's in a place that you expect
to be even if you're seeding, isn't that right? They're
what a five seed, four seed, so they're really only
expected to get to the second round if they go
one round further. If they're a veteran, confident team, that's
not making noise, Okay.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
It definitely depends on your team's expectations. Like if the
Knicks make it to the Eastern Conference finals, that's not
a really a teeny tiny run. They were expecting to
get there. They fired their coach to get there and
take them further. If the Hornets win the play in
and then they take the Pistons to game six or
game seven, yeah, I think they're making noise.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
I think they're really oh wow, first round making noise.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
First round noise.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
I think that's the teeny time you run. I don't
think that's making noise all the Knicks, to your point,
they can do neither. For these entire playoffs. They can
either make they can make a teeny tiny run. They
cannot make a little bit of noise. They have to
win it and win it all. That's the only thing
they can know. They make it to the NBA Finals,
they've made some noise. They have they made They just
matched expectations if they make it to the NBA.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Listen, I am glad we are defining these things because
we need to because sports radio has not yet done this,
and I am the commissioner up sports Radio and I'm
telling you we need to do it, and we're doing
it right now. We're setting the table. So, Taylor, what
do you have for us on this front?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
If the Knicks make the finals.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yeah, not only will the Knicks be making some noise,
We're gonna be making sure you hear us making some noise.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Well that's what is he is protecting against, right, Yeah,
the TLEs, it's not a big deal.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
You know, I think they made some noise last year
getting to the conference finals for first time in twenty
five years. You fire your coach with the expectation of
getting to the finals. That's not making noise. You can't
be surprising people. And when you're making noise, it's because
you're surprising people. It's not because people are matching expectations.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
So it seems that it's based on where your position
this year, what you did a year ago. So let
me ask you this. If the Hawks make it to
the Eastern Conference finals, teeny tiny run or making noise,
that's making a lot of noise.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
I mean, I would argue the Hawks have already made
their teeny tiny run because they just.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Making it to the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
They get into the playoffs, getting the seed, they could
have had a five seed. They were very close to that.
So yeah, I would say they're in the middle of
a teeny tiny run. If they get to the conference finals,
that is making some noise.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
What about the Pistons. If the Pistons make the finals,
they're the one seed, so you would assume that's not
really making noise if they make the finals expected, but
it's a team that really hasn't been there recently.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Question, So I would say, yes, they're making noise because
they are re setting their expectations with a guy coming back,
their leader coming back from a collapse lung when you
have the willis Reed type of scenario. Right, your star
is whatever under the weather, injured or something not, and
you are going further than you thought you would with
an injured star. It's one hundred percent making noise. Huh,
(09:17):
Like when who was it? I think it was the
Celtics team without Kevin Garnett made a second round that
felt like a teeny tiny run. But there've definitely been
players or teams that have made noise with like injured
or less than one hundred percent players because it lowers
your expectations. So yes, they could still make a run.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
We have a phone call for is he here? Russell
and Phoenix? Go ahead, you're on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Hey, what's up, guys? I just thought i'd take advantage
of Stu Gotts. You're offering to call in about anything. Yeah,
kind of a health question for you. Have you been
diagnosed or do you have any like, you know, formal
disorder with the chronic fake laugh thing. I was worried
about your health.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I thought you wanted to call in about Phoenix. I
mean you had an NBA question for Izzy. I don't
even know what health is you? What is he talking?
Speaker 4 (10:06):
About it's fairly just making fun of the fact that
you laugh all the time.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Your cash. Sorry, I'm funny, I mean, listen. I am
sorry that Taylor and Izzy are so funny they made
me laugh on a daily basis. I am sorry for
enjoying my job. I am sorry that we're talking about sports,
and sports make me makes me laugh because we're talking
about setting the table and someone pays me a lot
of money to do this, and so that's why I
(10:29):
laugh so much. I'm laughing all the way to the bank.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
What would be the medication to get you to stop
fake laughing?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
No money?
Speaker 5 (10:38):
That's a classic call screen though, where it's where he
says he's got an NBA question.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I should be I should be applauding Russell. I should
he got through the screener he had an NBA question
for Izzy and really he did it. What he was
doing was just taking a shot at my health.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
I mean, hey, is the first time long time? What
do you think about Devin Booker this playoffs?
Speaker 4 (10:57):
I believe you invented that move right of squeaking the
call screener and you know, saying that things in Spanish
are actually something else.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
That was Mark Cockman, it was. I've also myself called
into many a sports radio show telling him I wanted
to discuss one thing and came out with another. I mean,
that's it's classic sports radio caller stuff. Is he You
know that you've called in the shows before?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Haven't you you know what that color did?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Well? Made a little noise? Have you properly set the
table here? Do you know what else? I'll try to?
Speaker 4 (11:29):
All Right, so let's just say from this of this game,
in this Charlotte Miami situation.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Anyway, go sort that was good?
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Jarry, guys, it was which one of these two teams?
Would you say? You'd say the Hornets have the more
probable roster to make some noise?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Right? Yes?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I think with the Miami Heat. The only thing that's
interesting is they have more experience in this type of game.
They might throw things at lamellow Ball that he might
not have seen all season. Not to say that he
won't be able to adjust to it, but in a
one game scenario, you're talking about a team adjusting on
the fly, and you know they're probably prepared for just
about anything. But that's what I love about these playing games,
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or these winner take all situations. Is especially in the
play in right, because you didn't just spend six games
playing them. In game seventh, it's very rare you can
throw a surprise at a team in a play in situation.
You can throw a surprise out there, and it'd be
interesting to see if the Hornets can handle that. And
if they do handle it well and end up winning,
then I think you know, you can say, all right,
this is a playoff ready team potentially, but it's going
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to be a nightmare if they end up facing the
Pistons in the first round, because that defense is just disgusting.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Can the Celtics make any sort of noise or they
pass the noise phase of their organization like they're expected
to do things right.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
No, the Celtics are currently in the midst of making
noise right now.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
They are, yeah, because they're playing the way they've been playing.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
This was supposed to be, as Dalen Brown says, a
gap year for them, right, So yeah, they absolutely are
already on the verge of making noise. What that now
comes with expectations. If they don't make the conference finals,
that's the huge upset. If they make the NBA finals,
that's probably where they think they're going to be because
above them, in terms of the seedings is a one
seed with very little experience, and below them are some
teams that haven't proven anything.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
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Speaker 1 (13:26):
Ian Rappaport is NFL network Senior Insider and you can
see them on The Insiders Monday through Fridays seven pm
Eastern on NFL Network. NFL Network, ESPN, and ABC provides
live coverage of the twenty twenty six NFL Draft from
Pittsburgh April twenty third through the twenty fifth. Ian, Where
does the Draft rank for you in terms of sporting
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events on the calendar? For me, it's number two, right
behind AUGUSTA wow.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Oh on the whole calendar.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes, I mean yes, yes, it's see.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
It's weird for me because when you cover it and
you're involved in it, it's not like sitting on the
couch drinking a beer watching the Masters. So like, I
don't know that I can even compare it to something
I would watch, Ok, you know what I mean? Yes,
But I will say this in my calendar. It's my favorite,
Like it's the best, you know, like the because like
free agency is intense and very very important in my world,
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Like in a lot of ways, pretty miserable, Like you
don't sleep, you're on the phone all the time, You're
stressed NonStop. You know, every great scoop that you have
is followed by someone else having something else, or something
didn't work out as you wanted, or it's just it's
extremely stressful. Playoffs are great, but there's always head coaching
searches during it. Super Bowl is fun, but we have
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an eight and a half hour pregium show, so I'm
always like so tired by the game. Draft is just
the best. Like it's stressful, yes, but it's so exciting.
It's like weeks and weeks and weeks of work and
then you just get to watch it all unfold and
like in real time figure it out with the rest
of the world, and it's like like you know, the
tension and the drama, Like I just I love it
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so much.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Do you like it more or less that it's now
longer and kind of drug out over a course of
several days.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I never really knew it when it was just two
days because I started when it was I think I
think when they added the third day. But like, I
like it now as it is because as much as
I like, like, hey, who'd you pick? Who'd you pick?
Who'd you pick? I like the analysis and the is
this team going to trade? And what does this mean?
Like I like all that stuff, and I you know,
(15:36):
I like going to bed on Thursday and being like,
all right, somebody's on the clock for thirty three. A
couple of teams will make some trades based on the
players they just got, like, you know, let's let's have
a good two days. And I just, you know, I
think the whole thing is pretty awesome. Honestly.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
How do you feel about the first team, the team
with the first pick in the NFL Draft this year
would be the Las Vegas Raiders having two minutes instead
of five? I mean, let's go, You've had the entire
season to figure it out. I think it's nine, isn't
it not much?
Speaker 7 (16:03):
Seven?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Is it seven?
Speaker 7 (16:04):
Now?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
It's five too many? As far as I'm concerned. You know,
I want all of it.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
No, Because I sit there in front of my camera
with a microphone, and you know the whole world is
watching I'm want to make sure I get something to say.
I want to make sure I get to jump in there,
you know, So like should be twenty minutes set up
the drama. You know, you don't want to just get
on with it, you want to milk it. So yeah,
I would say should be longer.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Where are you on Mendoza as far as a number
one overall pick? Like, where are you on his game?
Do you think it's going to translate to the NFL?
Speaker 7 (16:36):
I would say, first of all, from the Raiders perspective,
they seem very convicted that this is their guy, and
that's that's where you want to be. You're picking a
quarterback number one, you'd like to say like, all right,
like this is the guy. And for quarterbacks, to me,
it's either like this guy's worthy of the number one
pick or he's not a starter, right because like, if
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you have any starting quarterback in the NFL who is
worthy of getting a contract extension, in other words, he's
your starter so much so where you're like we're gonna
put fifty million dollars or sixty million or whatever it
is behind him, he is worthy of being the number
one pick. So the question for Fernanda Mendoza is like,
is he a guy? That's it. It's is he a guy?
And I believe that he is a guy. The raiders
(17:19):
think he is a guy, and you know, we'll not
get We're not going to know until he gets out there,
probably by the third year. But just based on what
he is like mentally and intangible wise, seems like he's
headed for a pretty bright future.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Is Tie a guy?
Speaker 4 (17:38):
I was going to make that a longer question, but
I like that it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yes, yes, it's a good question.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
So it's a good question. And I think quarterbacks so
often are judged based on the body of work, and
he doesn't have a long body of work. You know,
it's not like you know, like even the sort of
sleeper quarterbacks of that success brock Perdy would be a
good example. Have a long history of starting, so you've
seen a lot, You've been in a lot of situation,
so you can react like you know, you're you've done
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enough to where people can say, like, based on what
he's done, he's going to be successful. I don't know what,
Ty Simpson. He hasn't done a lot, and I think
by the end of the year this year he wasn't
playing great, but he's got a lot of tools, he's
got good makeup, and you've seen him do it. So
I think it's a little more of a toss up.
But you know, my guess is he's probably a late one.
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So that's more of an understandable investment as opposed to
like someone taking him. What's to say, you know, second.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Overall, and there was a report earlier this week about
Ruben Bain from Miami and him being involved in a
twenty twenty four accident in which a person later died.
What do NFL teams know about that and how do
you think it will impact him on draft night?
Speaker 7 (18:51):
I would say teams have known everything about it. You know,
they really have had a pretty good idea, you know,
probably since before the start of the year. I mean,
you know I've heard about it. It was it was not
exactly a secret. I mean, there was a public go
fundme page, there was a public charge, and he was
a very high profile player, like this is something that
a lot of people knew about. They've been able to
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question him directly, They've been able to get the info.
You know, we also know the facts of the situation,
which are his charge was dismissed. He was not charged
with speeding. There was no DUI tests at the scene,
you know, So there's there's a lot there. But teams
have had the ability to do the due diligence and find,
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you know, at least some sort of a comfort level
with what obviously has been a tragedy in a non
football sense.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I find what's happening here with the Philadelphia Eagles to
be fascinating from the standpoint. They've had an amazing amount
of success over the last four or five years, and
yet there's still turmoil inside that organization with Jalen Hurts
and AJ Brown and I know Howie Roseman just had
to talk about it again. How do you think the
AJ Browns situation is going to play out in Philadelphia?
Speaker 7 (20:02):
Yeah, I would say most likely you're looking at a trade.
I mean, look, anything's possible, and I've seen seen things
that I knew for sure were going to happen end
up not happening, you know. I mean the Max Crosby trade.
I think this year was a really good example of that.
But if you say to me, what's my guess as
far as most likely, I mean, he's probably traded to
the Patriots in June. I think that's what most people believe.
(20:25):
And that's not a surprise, that's not news. That's sort
of you know, it seems like that's the way it's heading.
It's just, you know, everyone's in a little bit of
a standstill salary cap wise, because you know, for the Eagles,
they they could do it now, but they'd have to
you know, move some things around. And so I think
probably everyone ends up waiting, waiting until June.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
So it benefits them in some sort of financial capacity
if they wait until after June first. Is that is
that what happens?
Speaker 7 (20:53):
Yeah, just simply it's it's a forty million dollar dead
cap hit if they do the trade now. It's only
twenty million dollars if they do it after June first.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Ian, this is like when we talk in NFL. For
whatever reason, we got a couple of Jets fans on
this podcast. Alright, he's probably talking more to in fact
that credit happened.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
This is our super Bowl man, leave me alone.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
I mean, come on, I credit Stu Gotts to Mike
Greenberg for keeping the Jets relevant nationally because they're fans.
Rich Eison also real Yeah, famously of course, I've heard
some things that the Jets are excited about a certain
wide receiver falling to them at number sixteen. So anytime
we get a chance to talk up a possible positive
for the Jets, I try to give this opportunity for Stu.
(21:34):
So tell me about the Jets maybe getting MacKaye Lemon
to fall to them.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Well, the problem is the Jets always make it a negative.
They turn a positive into a negative like no other
team I've ever seen. But anyway, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (21:44):
So I don't know that it would be MacKaye Lemon
falling to sixteen. I mean to me, like that's probably
his window right there, is like in the you know,
let's say eleven to twenty range. I mean, he's one
of the top three receivers in the draft. It feels
like he's more or two slash three as opposed to
number one. It feels to me like Taita's number one.
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And you know there's gonna be like, let's say before sixteen,
you'll probably get four linemen, four tackles, you might get
a guard in there too, you get probably three edge rushers,
you might get a tight end. So it's like, you know,
and this is one thing that's weird for the draft.
It's like, can you believe this guy fell? And you're like, well,
(22:26):
sort of fell. But also like all these teams just
needed tackles or all these teams had tackles ready to
highly so like, I think it's possible. I don't know
for sure that that would be their guy, but I
know that a lot of people really like Makay Lemon,
and you know, the comp is a'min Ross Saint Brown,
which I mean, if that's right what he ends up being,
I think Jets fans will probably be pretty excited about it.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Yes, Ian On the opposite end of that spectrum, who
are some names that you're hearing that are rising up
draft boards?
Speaker 7 (22:57):
You know, I would say the tackles are probably rising,
you know, feeling from Georgia Proctor from Alabama, and those
are ones that I would say, maybe top twenty now,
maybe you know, probably top fifteen, a top twenty before,
maybe top fifteen. Now, there's a safety from Oregon named
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Dylan Tanneman, who I think a lot of people really
really like, who's almost surely a first rounder. Now you
might not have thought that a little bit ago. I
would say, Monsieur Delaying for sure, the top corner, you know,
probably a top twelve pick. I mean those are short
sort of the names we're talking about. And I think
it's weird because what the draft basically ends up being
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is until you get to like two weeks out, it's
just who have you heard of?
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Right?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
And so those are the guys that get mocked. Now
it's like you really dig in, you learn about these guys,
and so the real analysis kind of happens.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
And I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
I don't think we love the idea when people put
out mock drafts to suggest proposed trades and like, because
I mean, it's hard enough to make get the draft
right when you're starting to throw in trades there, but
is there a team or two that intrigues you that
might definitely pull off a trade, either getting out of
a spot or you know, trying to build up.
Speaker 7 (24:13):
I'll give you one, eh trade. And by the way,
I like when mock drafts have trades.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Do you yeah? Same? I do too.
Speaker 7 (24:17):
Yes, It's fun, Like it's just you know, it also
gives you a chance to be right and then you
can be like, dude, I just predicted this well meant
level where it's like if you're taking big hacks right seventeen,
you have like the Lions getting like, you know, Caden
Proctor or something. It's like congratulations, right tackle. I would
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say probably Cowboys would be a team that could move
up for a impact, you know, big time defensive talent,
you know in the Ruben Bay Ilk. Maybe it's Rvel Reese,
you know, if he falls to like four or five.
I mean, there's there's different moves they could make, but
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I would say Cowboys moving up would be a possibility.
Texans moving out at twenty eight. I know a lot
of teams at the end of the draft always want
to move out. But if someone comes up for Ty Simpson,
do the Texans end up trading out. I think that's
one that would, you know, sort of make sense to me.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Cowboys moving up for Baines sounds like a very Cowboys move.
Speaker 7 (25:19):
Yes, yeah, I mean, you know, I don't know what
he's gonna end up being, but he is for sure talented.
The arm length is real. That's a real thing.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Yep.
Speaker 7 (25:29):
There's there's no historical precedent on someone with you know,
those arms being picked that highly. But you know, we'll
see what it ends up being.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
You mentioned Max Crosby before. Do you expect him to
be a Raider when the season starts.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
I do expect him to be a Raider season starts. Okay,
It just it feels like once that trade didn't happen,
and once he kind of settled back with his team
and got to look around and be wow, we actually
got some guys. We're going to get a quarterback, and
team's more talented than when he left. You know, has
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one has too fewer first round picks obviously over the
next two years. But you know, his look, his knee
I think will be fully healthy probably in August. Could
have trade up and then anything's possible. But it feels
to me like most people are moving forward with him
being a member of the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
If you're the Steelers, are you demanding that Aaron Rodgers
give you an answer before the draft? Do you think
Aaron Rodgers will give them an answer before the draft?
Speaker 7 (26:37):
I don't think I'm demanding anything from the Steelers because
it's sort of like, yeah, you know, first of all,
like they're not going to pick a starter for this year,
so you know, you could demand all you want, and
if he goes no, what do you be like all right,
then we won't sign you. It's probably well anyway, Yes,
(26:58):
I think you'd like an answer, but I don't know
that I'm matters draft wise, like if they end up
picking you know, let's say, a quarterback in the first round,
like not going to start this year anyway, I don't
think so you'd like an answer, but I think mostly
you'd like an answer sometime before September so we can
take part in the spring a little bit like he
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did last year.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
I just find it amazing that that organization, a pillar
of stability in the NFL, cannot figure it out, has
nothing in terms of stability at the most important position
in the sport. Like that, to me, that's confounding, you know.
Speaker 7 (27:31):
I mean, yeah, but that's you know, that's sort of life.
I mean. They also have a new coach this year
for the first time in however many years, and stability
has been great. And I think their fans, you know,
probably were frustrated by all that's stability too, because they
wanted excellence rather than stability. I don't know what the
right answer is now. I would say like most likely
(27:54):
Rogers is probably back, but I do know that he
has not given them an answer.
Speaker 5 (27:57):
Yet, in between his production and the injury, it feels
like Travis Hunter was a pretty big disappointment in year
one in Jacksonville. What do you see for him going
into year two so Jacksonville can try to recoup some
of the assets they gave.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Up for him.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Well, I mean, I know that they still think he
can be a special player. He did get injured last year,
and you know, you don't take a player in the
first round and say, like, all right, if he doesn't
perform this year, then you know we've missed. I think
you know it's a that's a ten year investment, right. Yes,
he got injured last year. I think that was obviously
too bad. And I think it was going okay until
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that point. But I mean, you know, was drinking from
a fire hose, as coaches always say, was learning a
lot two positions. You know, I would say this year
feels to me like he'll be more corner than receiver.
I do think he'll be a receiver, but more corner
than receiver. And you know, we'll see when he's to
(29:00):
focus on defense, which is where most people thought he
would be a success in the draft. You know, what
kind of a player is here? I think that'll be interesting.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
What are you hearing, Jeremiah Love?
Speaker 7 (29:11):
You know, it feels to me like his day will
end earlier, his night will end early. You know, I
would say his window starts at three with the Arizona Cardinals, right,
and you know you got teams all up until seven.
Who could take him? I mean really like I would
also wonder if he gets by, like let's say he
(29:32):
somehow gets to four to someone trade up for him,
and he is you know, there's some people believe who
believe that he is the best overall player regardless of
position in the draft, and so if he's floating there,
I mean, I think someone will come up and take him.
So I do not think he'll have a very long wait.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
How many texts did you receive during this interview? I mean,
I don't envy your guys lifestyle. I really don't. I mean,
it's just don't feel bad for me. I'm not feeling
badly for you. I'm just saying what I do is
that's a five five or any of them from the
white or from family members or anything.
Speaker 7 (30:04):
No.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
No, what's the.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
Level of player that you would have stopped this interview
to report news?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (30:11):
Yes, I mean I would say, like if it was real,
like big time breaking news, I would have just said, like,
hold on, guys, I'll be back. You know, if it
was Rogers coming back, I probably would have said, I'll
talk to you guys later.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Have you ever done that before? During an interview?
Speaker 7 (30:29):
Oh? Yeah, yeah, it's happened. And everyone's like, I can't
believe it. I'm like, can you really not believe it?
Like what do you think I'll do here? Like you
like the information, but how do you think it happens? Yes,
this is how it happens.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Would you be surprised if I told you that Adam
Schefter missed an NFL story because he was taking NBA
phone calls with us.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
I mean that that happens all the time. I mean
the list of people are like have you ever missed
a story? If you're talking about if your question is
have you ever missed a story? And then you say something,
the answer is always yes, because I missed plenty of
stories because I'm doing things. It's like life happens, and
you know, it takes a long time to come to
(31:08):
peace with Like it is okay to be like in
the swimming pool and miss a trade like that is life.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
It was okay, you're allowed to miss one, right, I
mean allowed to miss one. I like that. Ian Rappaport
is NFL Network Senior Insider. You could check them out
on The Insiders Monday through Friday, seven pm Eastern on
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(31:35):
It's his favorite event on the sports calendar. It's my
favorite event, second favorite on the sports calendar after the Masters.
Did you get into the Masters over the weekend? You did? Right?
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Oh? I love it. I love golf.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
I love golf.
Speaker 7 (31:47):
Golf season is almost upon us, so I was. It
was a little anticomeactic at the end, right, but down
the stretch, you know, ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, it is
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah, all right, man, we appreciate it. That's the place
you can't use your phone. Go to Augusta and just
put your phone away.
Speaker 7 (32:03):
One of these days I will be there. I've not
been yet, but one of these days I'll be there.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
All right, check it out. It's worth your time. Ian,
Thank you. So much again. Check them out all of
the draft April twenty third through the twenty fifth. We
appreciate the time. Enjoy the draft. Man, it's gonna be fun.
Speaker 7 (32:18):
All right, cannot wait. Thank you guys for having me.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
All right, thank you man.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
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Speaker 1 (32:31):
Our thanks to Ian Rappaport for joining us. Damon Stottameier
going to join us in our number two Mighty Mouse.
Thank you. I'm so proud of.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
You, really because you said thank you like you were annoyed.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
I'm not annoyed, just proud. Okay, yes, never annoyed, just proud.
He's growing up right in front of our hour. Wow,
you messed up the wrong word purposely. It's a joke
that carries over from seven years ago in a different
radio show. The second is either Taylor and bardout. Ricardo
(33:11):
told me that there was a big time soccer match
going on. You have to call it a soccer match.
What I did is I put a bed in adjusted
total under half a goal in the first half. So Taylor,
what is the score of this soccer game? Right?
Speaker 7 (33:27):
Now?
Speaker 1 (33:27):
That's going on this big soccer game that is happening
right now as we speak.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
Yeah, so there were two minutes away from halftime. Liverpool
needs two goals to at least force extra time.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Zero zero, thank you. Always is accent pack though, right, jeez,
a lot of near goals maybe.
Speaker 5 (33:46):
No, not really, Yes, she's had the better chances. Liverpool's
striker got hurt, non contact injuries, but a disaster so.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
Far the bus. How much time is left? I hope
so because I have the under how much time is
left in this match?
Speaker 6 (33:59):
Tutes, it's in the half.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
In the half, you're saying, right, in the half. Yeah, okay,
so I'm looking good. Yeah. Neither team really looks like
they're going for it right now. They never are. That's
my problem with the sport. You had a question for us, Taylor.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Yeah, so the way they do it in the Champions League,
which we're in right now, it's played over two legs,
so each team gets a whole match and then you
just take the combined score from those two legs and
then the winner moves on. So my question for you, NFL.
We're always trying to get more NFL games instead of
getting an extra regular season games too. Why don't we
(34:35):
have a double legged wild card weekend? So like this
past wild card weekend, the Bills beat the Jaguars in
Jacksonville twenty seven and twenty four, right, but what if
they played a return match in Buffalo where they had
to beat where the Jaguars now had a chance. Where
the game is basically starting Bills three, Jaguars nothing.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
So the Bills are spotting the Jags three. Well, the
Jags are spotting the Bills three, right, three to.
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Nothing, basically a best of three game series. It is
kind of crazy. This is a version of a best
of two.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Right, but they're still prolonging the playoffs, right, I mean
we are technically playing an additional game, right.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
Yeah, you get double the playoff games?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Are we doing this every round? So in the.
Speaker 5 (35:17):
Champions League it's every round except for the finals, So
we can do that for the NFL every round except
for the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Okay, so AFC championship game it is Chiefs and Bills.
They play in Kansas City. Kansas City wins by fourteen.
They go back to Buffalo and Casey is up fourteen
nothing to start the game. Yeah, yeah, I'm in the.
Speaker 6 (35:36):
More, the more we're talking this out. The more I'm in.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Yes, I mean, I'm surprised it took me so long
to agree with you, but this is the greatest rule
change in the history of sports. If the NFL were
to go through with it, I mean that's how you
do it, is that would be great?
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (35:51):
No, no, So I don't know if Taylor is proposing
that we shorten the regular season, but I'm assuming no.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Right, that's crazy crazy.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
So you're talking about extending the playoffs through March?
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Is that what we're talking because you're round, I think,
I mean, yeah, right, not go football.
Speaker 6 (36:06):
If it leads us right up to Augusta, that would
be ideal.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Yes, really through March madness, you're taking away You're putting
playoff games in the middle of the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 5 (36:16):
Yes, yeah, So the super Bowl is the week before
the Masters, and then we cut to jim Nantz in Augusta,
and jim Nantz.
Speaker 6 (36:23):
Is like, I got it from here, guys, Hello, friends.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
I have the rest of the little break from the NFL.
I've got this, and then back to Iron Eagle. Now,
football is not going to make the mistake that soccer did.
And because I know I don't think they do this
anymore with Champions League, where road scores count more. They're
the tiebreaker, right, road goals was the tiebreaker before.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
You can't. Uh, it's it's ridiculous. Why why would that
even matter where you score the goal? The field is
the same wherever you are because they never score them.
Speaker 5 (36:51):
Yeah, and that rule has also been eliminated because I
think soccer even realized, like, hey, this is this is
kind of dumb.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
So Buffalo is down fourteen to nothing against Kansas City
and they have to go immediately into like you know,
you know, no huddle offense. I mean yeah, because they're
playing catch up, right, I mean there's some urgency there.
Do they get the ball first.
Speaker 6 (37:15):
Got into the coins as?
Speaker 4 (37:16):
Yeah, yeah, I'd be happy if your defense coming out,
I don't know, we're good. We're gonna play prevent the
entire game.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
We're up twenty one. Oh god, I am so in.
I mean, unfortunately, the players union so out, Claire's Union.
Every other sport should be out.
Speaker 5 (37:32):
And don't get me started on promotion and relegation, because
that's a that's a whole different conversation.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
I want to get you started next
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Speaker 4 (00:39):
Don't ask me anything about the first episode of Vitorious
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not seen the untold on the jail Blazers yet, so
don't ask any questions about that necessarily, although we can
ask David Stodterm I have plenty of those questions.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yes, he will join us in hour number two. Ian
Rappaport will join us in about fifteen minutes to get
us ready for the NF draft. Taylor wrote me a
note today saying this is the worst Yankees team of
his lifetime, not worse. Yeah, my least favorite, your least
favorite last week it was your favorite.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Never He just wrote that down on a piece of
paper and just handed it to you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
He does that occasionally, yes he does. But me and
Taylor are very excited today. Really well, yeah, we have
Ian Rappaport, we have David stotdommeaier, but we also have
someone who is willing to set the table the NBA
play in games or tonight they start tonight, the play
(01:37):
in Tournament. I told Taylor before we got started here
that is he wanted to set the table for the
NBA play in Tournament. And he got equally as excited
as I did when you told it to me, is he?
How about that?
Speaker 4 (01:50):
It's so crazy. You gotta be careful with the phrases.
The youth around here, the things that gets you gots excited.
I was looking for a throwaway away to explain how
you know we're going to talk about these playing games.
Then as soon as I said set the table, the
man got super.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I wrote it down. Look, I circled it. Look the
parentheses set the table. Well whatever, it's semicircle.
Speaker 5 (02:12):
So admittedly today I'm very distracted because I've got this
Liverpool Champions League game about to kick off, big Champions
League night in anfield. But the second I heard Stu
Gotts mutter the words set the table. I perked up
and I said, I took off one headphone. I say,
what did you say the table?
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah? Yeah, you heard me correctly. Yeah, I know you're
a Liverpool guy.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Yes, no, yep, up the Reds?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
So is up board out Ricardo? I mean, you guys
are kindred spirits. I'm actually rooting for PSG, a team
they're playing. Yeah, I'm a diehard PSG guy. Yeah, okay,
I'm just rooting for action. I mean, seriously, in any
sort of soccer game that I ever watched, just someone
scored more than three goals? Did you say? Up the Reds?
Speaker 6 (02:54):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
What did I say?
Speaker 4 (02:56):
Not you?
Speaker 5 (02:58):
Chris the bear, Felico Stu, I think, is who you're
confusing port Opercardo with.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
He's a Liverpool supporter.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
My fault.
Speaker 4 (03:04):
I think that should be the headline question of this show.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
What did I set? If you were to ask me
right now tell me anything you've said in the first
three minutes of this show, I wouldn't be able to
do it. I mean, now, a boy that set the table?
Oh yeah, semi circle. So without any further ado, is
he please? There is a table to be set. Taylor
(03:28):
and I are excited. We are sitting down for dinner
and is he is going to set the table.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
You gotta set the table before you sit down for dinner, right,
that'd be pretty annoying if you sit down to a
blank table and then people start setting it around.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Yes, I guess you're right, we'll set it anyway.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
Well, I've been telling Taylor that the Heat's going to
be playing against the Hornets tonight and three officials because
there just seems to be a lot more support for
the Charlotte Hornets, right, Like they're America's team. They're the
team that everybody wants to see because they're a little
bit intreue, right. They've got the kind of wackiness or
the jankiness of lamellow ball, and they've got this Konk
(04:05):
Nipple guy that everybody wants to know if he's any good.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
They're a team in which I think people are excited
about because they play in exciting style of basketball. They
have some stars on that team, but they're also a
team I think, of all the teams involved in the
play in tournament, a team that if they get out
of the play In tournament. I think people feel like
maybe they can make a little tiny run in the
Eastern Conference. Is that fair?
Speaker 4 (04:27):
I think it's fair if they see if they're a
team that right now has some confidence, But I don't
think they have playoff level confidence right Like they need
to figure out if their starting lineup, which has since
it's been together has been spectacular, is a real thing
or if it's just kind of a regular season mirage,
especially late in the season. Maybe got a bunch of
games against some you know, teams trying to lose in there,
(04:49):
and so I don't know if they're super confident that
they can even in this game against Miami because Miami
went into Charlotte earlier this season when Charlotte was at
its hottest and took that game.
Speaker 6 (05:00):
When does a teeny tiny run stew become make some.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Noise Eastern Conference Finals?
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Right? Right?
Speaker 6 (05:06):
They have to make the Eastern Conference Finals before the
Hornets can make some noise.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Yeah, the tiny run is the second round. Yeah, you
get to the second round, you lose, you win the
second round, you get to the Eastern Conference Finals. You're
not expected to be there. Now you're making noise.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I would argue teeny tiny run might be seven games
in the first round as a lower seed, as a
seven or eight seed, that could be a teeny tiny.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Run, right, I don't know, bord at Ricardo is disagreeing
with everything that I'm saying about Eastern Conference. Finally, well
why I mean? I think it was the two thousand
and four playoff run where the Heat made a little
run and got to the second round with Dwayne Wade
and we lost to Indiana Pacers I think in seven. Yeah,
that was the second round.
Speaker 6 (05:41):
You know, we made a little run there and he ended.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Up getting Well, that's what I'm saying is a teeny
tiny run. Had they won that series, they would have
made some noise.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Actually, you know what I'm kind of with Ricardo here
taking the Paces take it. So it was an upset
win in the first round against the against the New
Orleans Hornets, and then made some noise by taking the
Pacers to six. And I don't know what stan Van
Gundy was thinking by leaving Dwayne Wade on the bench
or the final play in Game six where they needed
just one more shot to tie the game. Even though
(06:09):
he's not a three point shooter, he was Dwayne freaking Wade.
But anyway, yeah, I would say that was making a
little noise.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Because it's a playing team. So if they get to
a second round of the NBA playoffs, they have made
some noise. What if it's like, let's say the Lakers,
if they get to the Western Conference finals, have they
made any noise?
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Make noise if it's in a place that you expect
to be even if you're seeding, isn't that right? They're
what a five seed, four seed, so they're really only
expected to get to the second round if they go
one round further. If they're a veteran, confident team, that's
not making noise, Okay.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
It definitely depends on your team's expectations. Like if the
Knicks make it to the Eastern Conference finals, that's not
a really a teeny tiny run. They were expecting to
get there. They fired their coach to get there and
take them further. If the Hornets win the play in
and then they take the Pistons to game six or
game seven, yeah, I think they're making noise.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
I think they're really oh wow, first round making noise.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
First round noise.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
I think that's the teeny time you run. I don't
think that's making noise all the Knicks, to your point,
they can do neither. For these entire playoffs. They can
either make they can make a teeny tiny run. They
cannot make a little bit of noise. They have to
win it and win it all. That's the only thing
they can know. They make it to the NBA Finals,
they've made some noise. They have they made They just
matched expectations if they make it to the NBA.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Listen, I am glad we are defining these things because
we need to because sports radio has not yet done this,
and I am the commissioner up sports Radio and I'm
telling you we need to do it, and we're doing
it right now. We're setting the table. So, Taylor, what
do you have for us on this front?
Speaker 6 (07:42):
If the Knicks make the finals.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Yeah, not only will the Knicks be making some noise,
We're gonna be making sure you hear us making some noise.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Well that's what is he is protecting against, right, Yeah,
the TLEs, it's not a big deal.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
You know, I think they made some noise last year
getting to the conference finals for first time in twenty
five years. You fire your coach with the expectation of
getting to the finals. That's not making noise. You can't
be surprising people. And when you're making noise, it's because
you're surprising people. It's not because people are matching expectations.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
So it seems that it's based on where your position
this year, what you did a year ago. So let
me ask you this. If the Hawks make it to
the Eastern Conference finals, teeny tiny run or making noise,
that's making a lot of noise.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
I mean, I would argue the Hawks have already made
their teeny tiny run because they just.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Making it to the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
They get into the playoffs, getting the seed, they could
have had a five seed. They were very close to that.
So yeah, I would say they're in the middle of
a teeny tiny run. If they get to the conference finals,
that is making some noise.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
What about the Pistons. If the Pistons make the finals,
they're the one seed, so you would assume that's not
really making noise if they make the finals expected, but
it's a team that really hasn't been there recently.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Question, So I would say, yes, they're making noise because
they are re setting their expectations with a guy coming back,
their leader coming back from a collapse lung when you
have the willis Reed type of scenario. Right, your star
is whatever under the weather, injured or something not, and
you are going further than you thought you would with
an injured star. It's one hundred percent making noise. Huh,
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Like when who was it? I think it was the
Celtics team without Kevin Garnett made a second round that
felt like a teeny tiny run. But there've definitely been
players or teams that have made noise with like injured
or less than one hundred percent players because it lowers
your expectations. So yes, they could still make a run.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
We have a phone call for is he here? Russell
and Phoenix? Go ahead, you're on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Hey, what's up, guys? I just thought i'd take advantage
of Stu Gotts. You're offering to call in about anything. Yeah,
kind of a health question for you. Have you been
diagnosed or do you have any like, you know, formal
disorder with the chronic fake laugh thing. I was worried
about your health.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I thought you wanted to call in about Phoenix. I
mean you had an NBA question for Izzy. I don't
even know what health is you? What is he talking?
Speaker 4 (10:06):
About it's fairly just making fun of the fact that
you laugh all the time.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Your cash. Sorry, I'm funny, I mean, listen. I am
sorry that Taylor and Izzy are so funny they made
me laugh on a daily basis. I am sorry for
enjoying my job. I am sorry that we're talking about sports,
and sports make me makes me laugh because we're talking
about setting the table and someone pays me a lot
of money to do this, and so that's why I
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laugh so much. I'm laughing all the way to the bank.
Speaker 4 (10:33):
What would be the medication to get you to stop
fake laughing?
Speaker 1 (10:36):
No money?
Speaker 5 (10:38):
That's a classic call screen though, where it's where he
says he's got an NBA question.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
I should be I should be applauding Russell. I should
he got through the screener he had an NBA question
for Izzy and really he did it. What he was
doing was just taking a shot at my health.
Speaker 5 (10:52):
I mean, hey, is the first time long time? What
do you think about Devin Booker this playoffs?
Speaker 4 (10:57):
I believe you invented that move right of squeaking the
call screener and you know, saying that things in Spanish
are actually something else.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
That was Mark Cockman, it was. I've also myself called
into many a sports radio show telling him I wanted
to discuss one thing and came out with another. I mean,
that's it's classic sports radio caller stuff. Is he You
know that you've called in the shows before?
Speaker 4 (11:18):
Haven't you you know what that color did?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Well? Made a little noise? Have you properly set the
table here? Do you know what else? I'll try to?
Speaker 4 (11:29):
All Right, so let's just say from this of this game,
in this Charlotte Miami situation.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
Anyway, go sort that was good?
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Jarry, guys, it was which one of these two teams?
Would you say? You'd say the Hornets have the more
probable roster to make some noise?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Right? Yes?
Speaker 4 (11:51):
I think with the Miami Heat. The only thing that's
interesting is they have more experience in this type of game.
They might throw things at lamellow Ball that he might
not have seen all season. Not to say that he
won't be able to adjust to it, but in a
one game scenario, you're talking about a team adjusting on
the fly, and you know they're probably prepared for just
about anything. But that's what I love about these playing games,
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or these winner take all situations. Is especially in the
play in right, because you didn't just spend six games
playing them. In game seventh, it's very rare you can
throw a surprise at a team in a play in situation.
You can throw a surprise out there, and it'd be
interesting to see if the Hornets can handle that. And
if they do handle it well and end up winning,
then I think you know, you can say, all right,
this is a playoff ready team potentially, but it's going
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to be a nightmare if they end up facing the
Pistons in the first round, because that defense is just disgusting.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Can the Celtics make any sort of noise or they
pass the noise phase of their organization like they're expected
to do things right.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
No, the Celtics are currently in the midst of making
noise right now.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
They are, yeah, because they're playing the way they've been playing.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
This was supposed to be, as Dalen Brown says, a
gap year for them, right, So yeah, they absolutely are
already on the verge of making noise. What that now
comes with expectations. If they don't make the conference finals,
that's the huge upset. If they make the NBA finals,
that's probably where they think they're going to be because
above them, in terms of the seedings is a one
seed with very little experience, and below them are some
teams that haven't proven anything.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Godson Company
Live weekday sent three pm Eastern twelve pm Pacific on
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Speaker 1 (13:26):
Ian Rappaport is NFL network Senior Insider and you can
see them on The Insiders Monday through Fridays seven pm
Eastern on NFL Network. NFL Network, ESPN, and ABC provides
live coverage of the twenty twenty six NFL Draft from
Pittsburgh April twenty third through the twenty fifth. Ian, Where
does the Draft rank for you in terms of sporting
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events on the calendar? For me, it's number two, right
behind AUGUSTA wow.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
Oh on the whole calendar.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes, I mean yes, yes, it's see.
Speaker 7 (13:56):
It's weird for me because when you cover it and
you're involved in it, it's not like sitting on the
couch drinking a beer watching the Masters. So like, I
don't know that I can even compare it to something
I would watch, Ok, you know what I mean? Yes,
But I will say this in my calendar. It's my favorite,
Like it's the best, you know, like the because like
free agency is intense and very very important in my world,
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Like in a lot of ways, pretty miserable, Like you
don't sleep, you're on the phone all the time, You're
stressed NonStop. You know, every great scoop that you have
is followed by someone else having something else, or something
didn't work out as you wanted, or it's just it's
extremely stressful. Playoffs are great, but there's always head coaching
searches during it. Super Bowl is fun, but we have
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an eight and a half hour pregium show, so I'm
always like so tired by the game. Draft is just
the best. Like it's stressful, yes, but it's so exciting.
It's like weeks and weeks and weeks of work and
then you just get to watch it all unfold and
like in real time figure it out with the rest
of the world, and it's like like you know, the
tension and the drama, Like I just I love it
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so much.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
Do you like it more or less that it's now
longer and kind of drug out over a course of
several days.
Speaker 7 (15:13):
I never really knew it when it was just two
days because I started when it was I think I
think when they added the third day. But like, I
like it now as it is because as much as
I like, like, hey, who'd you pick? Who'd you pick?
Who'd you pick? I like the analysis and the is
this team going to trade? And what does this mean?
Like I like all that stuff, and I you know,
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I like going to bed on Thursday and being like,
all right, somebody's on the clock for thirty three. A
couple of teams will make some trades based on the
players they just got, like, you know, let's let's have
a good two days. And I just, you know, I
think the whole thing is pretty awesome. Honestly.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
How do you feel about the first team, the team
with the first pick in the NFL Draft this year
would be the Las Vegas Raiders having two minutes instead
of five? I mean, let's go, You've had the entire
season to figure it out. I think it's nine, isn't
it not much?
Speaker 7 (16:03):
Seven?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Is it seven?
Speaker 7 (16:04):
Now?
Speaker 1 (16:05):
It's five too many? As far as I'm concerned. You know,
I want all of it.
Speaker 7 (16:08):
No, Because I sit there in front of my camera
with a microphone, and you know the whole world is
watching I'm want to make sure I get something to say.
I want to make sure I get to jump in there,
you know, So like should be twenty minutes set up
the drama. You know, you don't want to just get
on with it, you want to milk it. So yeah,
I would say should be longer.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
Where are you on Mendoza as far as a number
one overall pick? Like, where are you on his game?
Do you think it's going to translate to the NFL?
Speaker 7 (16:36):
I would say, first of all, from the Raiders perspective,
they seem very convicted that this is their guy, and
that's that's where you want to be. You're picking a
quarterback number one, you'd like to say like, all right,
like this is the guy. And for quarterbacks, to me,
it's either like this guy's worthy of the number one
pick or he's not a starter, right because like, if
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you have any starting quarterback in the NFL who is
worthy of getting a contract extension, in other words, he's
your starter so much so where you're like we're gonna
put fifty million dollars or sixty million or whatever it
is behind him, he is worthy of being the number
one pick. So the question for Fernanda Mendoza is like,
is he a guy? That's it. It's is he a guy?
And I believe that he is a guy. The raiders
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think he is a guy, and you know, we'll not
get We're not going to know until he gets out there,
probably by the third year. But just based on what
he is like mentally and intangible wise, seems like he's
headed for a pretty bright future.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Is Tie a guy?
Speaker 4 (17:38):
I was going to make that a longer question, but
I like that it's a good question.
Speaker 1 (17:41):
Yes, yes, it's a good question.
Speaker 7 (17:42):
So it's a good question. And I think quarterbacks so
often are judged based on the body of work, and
he doesn't have a long body of work. You know,
it's not like you know, like even the sort of
sleeper quarterbacks of that success brock Perdy would be a
good example. Have a long history of starting, so you've
seen a lot, You've been in a lot of situation,
so you can react like you know, you're you've done
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enough to where people can say, like, based on what
he's done, he's going to be successful. I don't know what,
Ty Simpson. He hasn't done a lot, and I think
by the end of the year this year he wasn't
playing great, but he's got a lot of tools, he's
got good makeup, and you've seen him do it. So
I think it's a little more of a toss up.
But you know, my guess is he's probably a late one.
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So that's more of an understandable investment as opposed to
like someone taking him. What's to say, you know, second.
Speaker 5 (18:34):
Overall, and there was a report earlier this week about
Ruben Bain from Miami and him being involved in a
twenty twenty four accident in which a person later died.
What do NFL teams know about that and how do
you think it will impact him on draft night?
Speaker 7 (18:51):
I would say teams have known everything about it. You know,
they really have had a pretty good idea, you know,
probably since before the start of the year. I mean,
you know I've heard about it. It was it was not
exactly a secret. I mean, there was a public go
fundme page, there was a public charge, and he was
a very high profile player, like this is something that
a lot of people knew about. They've been able to
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question him directly, They've been able to get the info.
You know, we also know the facts of the situation,
which are his charge was dismissed. He was not charged
with speeding. There was no DUI tests at the scene,
you know, So there's there's a lot there. But teams
have had the ability to do the due diligence and find,
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you know, at least some sort of a comfort level
with what obviously has been a tragedy in a non
football sense.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
I find what's happening here with the Philadelphia Eagles to
be fascinating from the standpoint. They've had an amazing amount
of success over the last four or five years, and
yet there's still turmoil inside that organization with Jalen Hurts
and AJ Brown and I know Howie Roseman just had
to talk about it again. How do you think the
AJ Browns situation is going to play out in Philadelphia?
Speaker 7 (20:02):
Yeah, I would say most likely you're looking at a trade.
I mean, look, anything's possible, and I've seen seen things
that I knew for sure were going to happen end
up not happening, you know. I mean the Max Crosby trade.
I think this year was a really good example of that.
But if you say to me, what's my guess as
far as most likely, I mean, he's probably traded to
the Patriots in June. I think that's what most people believe.
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And that's not a surprise, that's not news. That's sort
of you know, it seems like that's the way it's heading.
It's just, you know, everyone's in a little bit of
a standstill salary cap wise, because you know, for the Eagles,
they they could do it now, but they'd have to
you know, move some things around. And so I think
probably everyone ends up waiting, waiting until June.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
So it benefits them in some sort of financial capacity
if they wait until after June first. Is that is
that what happens?
Speaker 7 (20:53):
Yeah, just simply it's it's a forty million dollar dead
cap hit if they do the trade now. It's only
twenty million dollars if they do it after June first.
Speaker 4 (21:03):
Ian, this is like when we talk in NFL. For
whatever reason, we got a couple of Jets fans on
this podcast. Alright, he's probably talking more to in fact
that credit happened.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
This is our super Bowl man, leave me alone.
Speaker 4 (21:14):
I mean, come on, I credit Stu Gotts to Mike
Greenberg for keeping the Jets relevant nationally because they're fans.
Rich Eison also real Yeah, famously of course, I've heard
some things that the Jets are excited about a certain
wide receiver falling to them at number sixteen. So anytime
we get a chance to talk up a possible positive
for the Jets, I try to give this opportunity for Stu.
(21:34):
So tell me about the Jets maybe getting MacKaye Lemon
to fall to them.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Well, the problem is the Jets always make it a negative.
They turn a positive into a negative like no other
team I've ever seen. But anyway, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (21:44):
So I don't know that it would be MacKaye Lemon
falling to sixteen. I mean to me, like that's probably
his window right there, is like in the you know,
let's say eleven to twenty range. I mean, he's one
of the top three receivers in the draft. It feels
like he's more or two slash three as opposed to
number one. It feels to me like Taita's number one.
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And you know there's gonna be like, let's say before sixteen,
you'll probably get four linemen, four tackles, you might get
a guard in there too, you get probably three edge rushers,
you might get a tight end. So it's like, you know,
and this is one thing that's weird for the draft.
It's like, can you believe this guy fell? And you're like, well,
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sort of fell. But also like all these teams just
needed tackles or all these teams had tackles ready to
highly so like, I think it's possible. I don't know
for sure that that would be their guy, but I
know that a lot of people really like Makay Lemon,
and you know, the comp is a'min Ross Saint Brown,
which I mean, if that's right what he ends up being,
I think Jets fans will probably be pretty excited about it.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Yes, Ian On the opposite end of that spectrum, who
are some names that you're hearing that are rising up
draft boards?
Speaker 7 (22:57):
You know, I would say the tackles are probably rising,
you know, feeling from Georgia Proctor from Alabama, and those
are ones that I would say, maybe top twenty now,
maybe you know, probably top fifteen, a top twenty before,
maybe top fifteen. Now, there's a safety from Oregon named
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Dylan Tanneman, who I think a lot of people really
really like, who's almost surely a first rounder. Now you
might not have thought that a little bit ago. I
would say, Monsieur Delaying for sure, the top corner, you know,
probably a top twelve pick. I mean those are short
sort of the names we're talking about. And I think
it's weird because what the draft basically ends up being
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is until you get to like two weeks out, it's
just who have you heard of?
Speaker 1 (23:45):
Right?
Speaker 7 (23:45):
And so those are the guys that get mocked. Now
it's like you really dig in, you learn about these guys,
and so the real analysis kind of happens.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
And I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
I don't think we love the idea when people put
out mock drafts to suggest proposed trades and like, because
I mean, it's hard enough to make get the draft
right when you're starting to throw in trades there, but
is there a team or two that intrigues you that
might definitely pull off a trade, either getting out of
a spot or you know, trying to build up.
Speaker 7 (24:13):
I'll give you one, eh trade. And by the way,
I like when mock drafts have trades.
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Do you yeah? Same? I do too.
Speaker 7 (24:17):
Yes, It's fun, Like it's just you know, it also
gives you a chance to be right and then you
can be like, dude, I just predicted this well meant
level where it's like if you're taking big hacks right seventeen,
you have like the Lions getting like, you know, Caden
Proctor or something. It's like congratulations, right tackle. I would
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say probably Cowboys would be a team that could move
up for a impact, you know, big time defensive talent,
you know in the Ruben Bay Ilk. Maybe it's Rvel Reese,
you know, if he falls to like four or five.
I mean, there's there's different moves they could make, but
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I would say Cowboys moving up would be a possibility.
Texans moving out at twenty eight. I know a lot
of teams at the end of the draft always want
to move out. But if someone comes up for Ty Simpson,
do the Texans end up trading out. I think that's
one that would, you know, sort of make sense to me.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Cowboys moving up for Baines sounds like a very Cowboys move.
Speaker 7 (25:19):
Yes, yeah, I mean, you know, I don't know what
he's gonna end up being, but he is for sure talented.
The arm length is real. That's a real thing.
Speaker 1 (25:28):
Yep.
Speaker 7 (25:29):
There's there's no historical precedent on someone with you know,
those arms being picked that highly. But you know, we'll
see what it ends up being.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
You mentioned Max Crosby before. Do you expect him to
be a Raider when the season starts.
Speaker 7 (25:48):
I do expect him to be a Raider season starts. Okay,
It just it feels like once that trade didn't happen,
and once he kind of settled back with his team
and got to look around and be wow, we actually
got some guys. We're going to get a quarterback, and
team's more talented than when he left. You know, has
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one has too fewer first round picks obviously over the
next two years. But you know, his look, his knee
I think will be fully healthy probably in August. Could
have trade up and then anything's possible. But it feels
to me like most people are moving forward with him
being a member of the Raiders.
Speaker 1 (26:30):
If you're the Steelers, are you demanding that Aaron Rodgers
give you an answer before the draft? Do you think
Aaron Rodgers will give them an answer before the draft?
Speaker 7 (26:37):
I don't think I'm demanding anything from the Steelers because
it's sort of like, yeah, you know, first of all,
like they're not going to pick a starter for this year,
so you know, you could demand all you want, and
if he goes no, what do you be like all right,
then we won't sign you. It's probably well anyway, Yes,
(26:58):
I think you'd like an answer, but I don't know
that I'm matters draft wise, like if they end up
picking you know, let's say, a quarterback in the first round,
like not going to start this year anyway, I don't
think so you'd like an answer, but I think mostly
you'd like an answer sometime before September so we can
take part in the spring a little bit like he
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did last year.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
I just find it amazing that that organization, a pillar
of stability in the NFL, cannot figure it out, has
nothing in terms of stability at the most important position
in the sport. Like that, to me, that's confounding, you know.
Speaker 7 (27:31):
I mean, yeah, but that's you know, that's sort of life.
I mean. They also have a new coach this year
for the first time in however many years, and stability
has been great. And I think their fans, you know,
probably were frustrated by all that's stability too, because they
wanted excellence rather than stability. I don't know what the
right answer is now. I would say like most likely
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Rogers is probably back, but I do know that he
has not given them an answer.
Speaker 5 (27:57):
Yet, in between his production and the injury, it feels
like Travis Hunter was a pretty big disappointment in year
one in Jacksonville. What do you see for him going
into year two so Jacksonville can try to recoup some
of the assets they gave.
Speaker 6 (28:13):
Up for him.
Speaker 7 (28:14):
Well, I mean, I know that they still think he
can be a special player. He did get injured last year,
and you know, you don't take a player in the
first round and say, like, all right, if he doesn't
perform this year, then you know we've missed. I think
you know it's a that's a ten year investment, right. Yes,
he got injured last year. I think that was obviously
too bad. And I think it was going okay until
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that point. But I mean, you know, was drinking from
a fire hose, as coaches always say, was learning a
lot two positions. You know, I would say this year
feels to me like he'll be more corner than receiver.
I do think he'll be a receiver, but more corner
than receiver. And you know, we'll see when he's to
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focus on defense, which is where most people thought he
would be a success in the draft. You know, what
kind of a player is here? I think that'll be interesting.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
What are you hearing, Jeremiah Love?
Speaker 7 (29:11):
You know, it feels to me like his day will
end earlier, his night will end early. You know, I
would say his window starts at three with the Arizona Cardinals, right,
and you know you got teams all up until seven.
Who could take him? I mean really like I would
also wonder if he gets by, like let's say he
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somehow gets to four to someone trade up for him,
and he is you know, there's some people believe who
believe that he is the best overall player regardless of
position in the draft, and so if he's floating there,
I mean, I think someone will come up and take him.
So I do not think he'll have a very long wait.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
How many texts did you receive during this interview? I mean,
I don't envy your guys lifestyle. I really don't. I mean,
it's just don't feel bad for me. I'm not feeling
badly for you. I'm just saying what I do is
that's a five five or any of them from the
white or from family members or anything.
Speaker 7 (30:04):
No.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
No, what's the.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
Level of player that you would have stopped this interview
to report news?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (30:11):
Yes, I mean I would say, like if it was real,
like big time breaking news, I would have just said, like,
hold on, guys, I'll be back. You know, if it
was Rogers coming back, I probably would have said, I'll
talk to you guys later.
Speaker 1 (30:27):
Have you ever done that before? During an interview?
Speaker 7 (30:29):
Oh? Yeah, yeah, it's happened. And everyone's like, I can't
believe it. I'm like, can you really not believe it?
Like what do you think I'll do here? Like you
like the information, but how do you think it happens? Yes,
this is how it happens.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Would you be surprised if I told you that Adam
Schefter missed an NFL story because he was taking NBA
phone calls with us.
Speaker 7 (30:47):
I mean that that happens all the time. I mean
the list of people are like have you ever missed
a story? If you're talking about if your question is
have you ever missed a story? And then you say something,
the answer is always yes, because I missed plenty of
stories because I'm doing things. It's like life happens, and
you know, it takes a long time to come to
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peace with Like it is okay to be like in
the swimming pool and miss a trade like that is life.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
It was okay, you're allowed to miss one, right, I
mean allowed to miss one. I like that. Ian Rappaport
is NFL Network Senior Insider. You could check them out
on The Insiders Monday through Friday, seven pm Eastern on
NFL Network. Also all over your Draft coverage ESPN and
ABC and the NFL Network live coverage twenty twenty six
NFL Draft from Pittsburgh April twenty third through the twenty fifth.
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It's his favorite event on the sports calendar. It's my
favorite event, second favorite on the sports calendar after the Masters.
Did you get into the Masters over the weekend? You did? Right?
Speaker 7 (31:44):
Oh? I love it. I love golf.
Speaker 3 (31:46):
I love golf.
Speaker 7 (31:47):
Golf season is almost upon us, so I was. It
was a little anticomeactic at the end, right, but down
the stretch, you know, ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, it is
pretty good.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah, all right, man, we appreciate it. That's the place
you can't use your phone. Go to Augusta and just
put your phone away.
Speaker 7 (32:03):
One of these days I will be there. I've not
been yet, but one of these days I'll be there.
Speaker 1 (32:06):
All right, check it out. It's worth your time. Ian,
Thank you. So much again. Check them out all of
the draft April twenty third through the twenty fifth. We
appreciate the time. Enjoy the draft. Man, it's gonna be fun.
Speaker 7 (32:18):
All right, cannot wait. Thank you guys for having me.
Speaker 1 (32:19):
All right, thank you man.
Speaker 3 (32:20):
Be sure to catch live editions of Stu Gotson Company
Live weekday, said three pm Eastern twelve pm Pacific.
Speaker 1 (32:31):
Our thanks to Ian Rappaport for joining us. Damon Stottameier
going to join us in our number two Mighty Mouse.
Thank you. I'm so proud of.
Speaker 4 (32:42):
You, really because you said thank you like you were annoyed.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
I'm not annoyed, just proud. Okay, yes, never annoyed, just proud.
He's growing up right in front of our hour. Wow,
you messed up the wrong word purposely. It's a joke
that carries over from seven years ago in a different
radio show. The second is either Taylor and bardout. Ricardo
(33:11):
told me that there was a big time soccer match
going on. You have to call it a soccer match.
What I did is I put a bed in adjusted
total under half a goal in the first half. So Taylor,
what is the score of this soccer game? Right?
Speaker 7 (33:27):
Now?
Speaker 1 (33:27):
That's going on this big soccer game that is happening
right now as we speak.
Speaker 5 (33:32):
Yeah, so there were two minutes away from halftime. Liverpool
needs two goals to at least force extra time.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
Zero zero, thank you. Always is accent pack though, right, jeez,
a lot of near goals maybe.
Speaker 5 (33:46):
No, not really, Yes, she's had the better chances. Liverpool's
striker got hurt, non contact injuries, but a disaster so.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
Far the bus. How much time is left? I hope
so because I have the under how much time is
left in this match?
Speaker 6 (33:59):
Tutes, it's in the half.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
In the half, you're saying, right, in the half. Yeah, okay,
so I'm looking good. Yeah. Neither team really looks like
they're going for it right now. They never are. That's
my problem with the sport. You had a question for us, Taylor.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
Yeah, so the way they do it in the Champions League,
which we're in right now, it's played over two legs,
so each team gets a whole match and then you
just take the combined score from those two legs and
then the winner moves on. So my question for you, NFL.
We're always trying to get more NFL games instead of
getting an extra regular season games too. Why don't we
(34:35):
have a double legged wild card weekend? So like this
past wild card weekend, the Bills beat the Jaguars in
Jacksonville twenty seven and twenty four, right, but what if
they played a return match in Buffalo where they had
to beat where the Jaguars now had a chance. Where
the game is basically starting Bills three, Jaguars nothing.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
So the Bills are spotting the Jags three. Well, the
Jags are spotting the Bills three, right, three to.
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Nothing, basically a best of three game series. It is
kind of crazy. This is a version of a best
of two.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
Right, but they're still prolonging the playoffs, right, I mean
we are technically playing an additional game, right.
Speaker 6 (35:13):
Yeah, you get double the playoff games?
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Are we doing this every round? So in the.
Speaker 5 (35:17):
Champions League it's every round except for the finals, So
we can do that for the NFL every round except
for the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
Okay, so AFC championship game it is Chiefs and Bills.
They play in Kansas City. Kansas City wins by fourteen.
They go back to Buffalo and Casey is up fourteen
nothing to start the game. Yeah, yeah, I'm in the.
Speaker 6 (35:36):
More, the more we're talking this out. The more I'm in.
Speaker 1 (35:39):
Yes, I mean, I'm surprised it took me so long
to agree with you, but this is the greatest rule
change in the history of sports. If the NFL were
to go through with it, I mean that's how you
do it, is that would be great?
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (35:51):
No, no, So I don't know if Taylor is proposing
that we shorten the regular season, but I'm assuming no.
Speaker 1 (35:57):
Right, that's crazy crazy.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
So you're talking about extending the playoffs through March?
Speaker 1 (36:02):
Is that what we're talking because you're round, I think,
I mean, yeah, right, not go football.
Speaker 6 (36:06):
If it leads us right up to Augusta, that would
be ideal.
Speaker 4 (36:09):
Yes, really through March madness, you're taking away You're putting
playoff games in the middle of the NCAA tournament.
Speaker 5 (36:16):
Yes, yeah, So the super Bowl is the week before
the Masters, and then we cut to jim Nantz in Augusta,
and jim Nantz.
Speaker 6 (36:23):
Is like, I got it from here, guys, Hello, friends.
Speaker 1 (36:26):
I have the rest of the little break from the NFL.
I've got this, and then back to Iron Eagle. Now,
football is not going to make the mistake that soccer did.
And because I know I don't think they do this
anymore with Champions League, where road scores count more. They're
the tiebreaker, right, road goals was the tiebreaker before.
Speaker 4 (36:42):
You can't. Uh, it's it's ridiculous. Why why would that
even matter where you score the goal? The field is
the same wherever you are because they never score them.
Speaker 5 (36:51):
Yeah, and that rule has also been eliminated because I
think soccer even realized, like, hey, this is this is
kind of dumb.
Speaker 1 (36:58):
So Buffalo is down fourteen to nothing against Kansas City
and they have to go immediately into like you know,
you know, no huddle offense. I mean yeah, because they're
playing catch up, right, I mean there's some urgency there.
Do they get the ball first.
Speaker 6 (37:15):
Got into the coins as?
Speaker 4 (37:16):
Yeah, yeah, I'd be happy if your defense coming out,
I don't know, we're good. We're gonna play prevent the
entire game.
Speaker 1 (37:21):
We're up twenty one. Oh god, I am so in.
I mean, unfortunately, the players union so out, Claire's Union.
Every other sport should be out.
Speaker 5 (37:32):
And don't get me started on promotion and relegation, because
that's a that's a whole different conversation.
Speaker 1 (37:37):
I want to get you started next
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