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Speaker 2:
[00:48] Dateline, Pittsburgh. We are just hours away from the Raiders going on the clock at pick number one. So why not do one last month? Mel Kiper and Field Yates are in their war rooms and they are ready to roll as this penultimate edition of First Draft starts right now. Welcome back one and all. That's Mel Kiper. That's Field Yates. I am Greeny. Let me set the stage for you here. This is our final edition of First Draft that will drop before the draft takes place. We will be back on Monday of next week to recap everything that we see this weekend in Pittsburgh, including our grades and everything else. And a reminder that Field Yates has his final mock draft of this cycle coming Thursday morning. So this will be subject to change. But here's the plan for today's edition. We are going to do our own rapid fire mock draft. We're going to go through the first half of round one. So Mel and Field, if you are ready, we're going to make these picks as we go. For the purposes of this, we're not going to waste any time at number one. We all understand Fernando Mendoza is going first to the Raiders. So we'll put him there and we will put the Jets on the clock. Mel, you're at number two. You'll be doing the even numbers and Field will be doing the odd. Mel, where do the Jets go at number two?

Speaker 3:
[02:10] It's Reese Bailey. I don't know, Field, help me out here. I don't know where you're going to go. I can go either way. I've Reese slightly ahead on the grade than Bailey, but you heard Bailey. You hear a little Reese. You hear Vegas with Reese. Who the heck knows? I'll go David Bailey. You know, he's a proven edge rusher out of Texas Tech. He had that great year. Talk about getting after the quarterback. He did it on a consistent basis. And he has that knack for the strip sack. He did it at Stanford. He did it at Texas Tech. So for David Bailey, he's ready to come in and get after the quarterback. We don't know how long it will take Arvell Reese to learn that aspect of his game, to become that edge rusher that can learn how to get after the quarterback and get sacks. Off-ball linebacker could be Micah Parsons. Maybe not, who knows? I'll go Bailey, but it could be Reese. So again, either one of these guys at two would be in play. Who it's going to be, I don't know. For this exercise, I'll go David Bailey.

Speaker 2:
[03:02] So I'm looking on...

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Speaker 2:
[03:45] The screen there, and it said he's your number five prospect. I should have this memorized, but I don't. Do you have Arvell Reese ahead of him or behind him?

Speaker 3:
[03:53] Yes, Arvell Reese has been all year. Arvell Reese has been rated ahead. I did not have, going into the year, a super high grade on David Bailey. Arvell Reese didn't either. He was a wait and see, but the intel you got was he was gonna be great. David Bailey, you saw him at Stanford as a good player. He became a great player at Texas Tech. So he ascended where Reese, from the get-go, remember he had that sack, hesitation to all fall and boom. He was getting there after Arch Madden. He got that sack in that game. And he had sacks early, didn't have any late. Didn't have a forced fumble in his career, but you saw the versatility and what he could be is only 20 years vane. Keep in mind, he's two years younger than David Bailey. So that's why I kept Reese as a higher rated guy. But you hear Bailey to the Jetson for this exercise. That's what we're trying to do. We'll go David Bailey, but it could be Reese. And I guess at three fielding, you're gonna take whoever's left over, right?

Speaker 1:
[04:41] Well, maybe not, because this is a mock draft. Two things of note here, we're recording this prior to the final mock draft that I have. So if there are things that you hear that are inconsistent with how my mock draft looks on espn.com, I've given you that warning right now. We're also doing this through the prism of what we think will happen, not what we would do. Because what I would do versus what I think will happen as of right now are different for Arizona at number three. As I think the Arizona Cardinals will take running back Jeremiyah Love or Notre Dame. I would personally just take whichever of those two pass rushers does not go number two, presuming one of them does go number two, but Jeremiyah Love, who's number two ranked player on my big board overall, 40 touchdowns over the past two seasons, best by far pass catching running back in the draft, I think is bound for Arizona at this moment in time. I would feel more comfortable taking a pass rusher or a pass protector. I would certainly love to trade down, but Jeremiyah Love is a dizzying level of talent. He's a hard guy to overlook no matter where you are on the board. And maybe this is just Tyler Algier's fate, because Tyler Algier was drafted by the Falcons, is a fifth round pick out of BYU, had a really solid rookie season, and then bam, the team took Bijon Robinson a year later. It won't be a full year, but he signed a nice free agent contract in March with the Arizona Cardinals, two years, 12 million bucks. A month later, he may have been relegated to backup duties already, as Jeremiyah Love takes over in the Arizona Cardinals' backfield. Thriven believes money is more than numbers. It's a way to care for the people, causes, and community you love. That's why Thriven brings together a unique combination of financial services and generosity programs, offering advice, investments, and insurance to help you plan your finances while creating opportunities to give back along the way. Through generosity programs that offer resources to fund service projects or direct charitable funds, Thriven makes it easier to turn your values into action and support what matters most to you. With more than 120 years of experience, and as a Fortune 500 company, Thriven continues to serve individuals, families, and communities across the country. To learn more, visit thrivent.com. Thrivent, where money means more.

Speaker 2:
[06:59] I'm fascinated to see if that happens, Mel. I don't mean to interrupt the proceedings here. We'll get back to the mocking in a minute. But if that happens, you and I will be sitting on the same set together, Mel. If Roger Goodell says the name Jeremiyah Love third, just quickly, what are you going to say?

Speaker 3:
[07:14] Love the player, don't like the fit, is what I would say. The fit to me is it screams trouble. That's all I can say because of the old line and the lack of a quarterback and in that division. So we'll see what they end up doing. If they go that route and we got the Tennessee Titans sitting there at four, either Arvell Reese or David Bailey is there. One of those two is there for the Tennessee Titans. We were thinking all along Sonny Styles because of the Fred Warner comp and putting him next to Cedric Gray. Carnell Tate would be the pass catcher you could use. So basically it's down to Styles or who's leftover between Reese and Bailey. Do you want to go edge? Do you want to go off ball if you're Tennessee? I just think at this stage of the game, when you've done probably so much on Styles, Styles to me, I just can't believe a kid who's that good and proved that 13 more tackles than Arvell Reese and is that Fred Warner for Robert Salove, love is gone. You put him next to Cedric Gray and you got versatility there. You have it with Arvell Reese as well. This is a tough call. If Reese is there and you're talking about or Bailey and you're looking at Sonny Styles for a mock field, I'm going to go with the Warner comparison. I'm going to go Sonny Styles here.

Speaker 1:
[08:27] I like it, Mel. I think that makes... I know that we've talked about Reese vs. Bailey, Reese vs. Bailey, Bailey vs. Reese, but there is a second Reese vs. other player conversation here with Sonny Styles. It just comes down to... I think when you're picking at four, there is an element of, Mel, there's two ways to approach it. One is you want the guy that presents the most upside period, right? And I think that Arvell Reese presents the most upside. I don't think Sonny Styles has a lack of upside, but there's also the argument of, we're at four, it's not a great draft, let's just put it on the fairway. Right, what are the chances that Sonny Styles busts? Pretty low, right? I mean, this guy between the physical characteristics, the production, the track record, the human, it's a pretty darn good bet to be a great NFL linebacker. So that would be the quarterback of the Titans defense, and it would put me on the clock with the fifth overall pick in the New York Giants. I was probably not expecting Arvell Reese to be available at number five, and we do have Abdul Carter. We do for now have Cabe Ntibideau. We do have Brian Burns, and yet I'm still taking Arvell Reese number five overall to the New York Giants because there is no such thing as a team that has too many pass rushers. We can figure out the logjam at a later date. Trades exist in the NFL. Ways to manipulate your roster exist in the NFL. If he has to play stand up inside linebacker to start, I'm good with that as well. But if I'm the New York Giants, this is John Harbaugh putting his imprint on this team. Give me Arvell Reese. I'll figure out the rest of it at a later time.

Speaker 2:
[09:57] You know what that reminds me of Mel? I'm going to go back to the draft. I just looked up to see what year it was. It was it was the 2015 draft. I remember leading up to that draft, the New York Giants, the team that I root for had the sixth pick. And you kept saying all the time, I think Leonard Williams might be the best player in this draft. Leonard Williams is the best player in the draft. Leonard Williams. And then I woke up and Leonard Williams fell to six and I couldn't believe it. And I feel like that is what this would be if Arvell Reese falls to five. And I know he's not first or second on your big board. But Arvell Reese, we could be looking back on this 10 years from now and saying the best player in this class fell all the way to number five.

Speaker 3:
[10:39] Yeah, third best player on the board behind Mendoza and Jeremiah Love is Arvell Reese. And if he gets down there, they say Styles is right in that mix. Obviously, Caleb Downs, David Bailey, all that kind of guys bunched together there. But there is a chance now that when you're looking at this particular pick, the Cleveland Browns are sitting there saying, okay, offensive tackle or wide receiver? OT wide receiver. Do we stretch it for Kaden Proctor? Do we stretch it for Monroe Freeling? What was the major problem the Cleveland Browns had last year, guys? They didn't catch the football. And now you got a guy who will catch it, is used to the weather conditions. Played at Ohio State, you thought about safe picks. Ohio State receivers are pretty doggone safe. This guy catches everything thrown his way, knows how to get open, blocks as well for the run game. Trust, okay, what did Shador Sanders say? I need trust, build up trust with my receiver. This guy runs precise routes, tracks the ball very well to deep ball. He's got great instincts and awareness. He's an unselfish player with incredible character. If Shador's out there five hours before practice, he'll have somebody to throw to. It'll be Carnell Tate. It'll be the Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison. He can never get enough reps. They can never throw the ball. Had Peyton thrown it to Marvin enough, right? This will be Carnell Tate. He is a worker, dedicated from Ohio State, going to Cleveland Browns. Weather, sleep, snow, rain, wind, ice, cold. He can deal with it. I'll go Carnell Tate here to the Cleveland Browns and get the offensive tackle at 24.

Speaker 1:
[12:12] No issue there, Mel. I just, you know, I keep going back to this dynamic. In this very watered down NFL draft, my biggest goal is to put players around where they are on my overall rankings board in mock drafts or in this case, the alternating mock draft. Carnell Tate is much closer to sixth than Caden Proctor is or Monroe Freling is. I like both those guys. People know how much I love Monroe Freling especially. Carnell Tate is number seven on my big board, number eight maybe, I think it's seven. I apologize for not having that memorized at this moment. Take the guy that's right there. If you got to navigate the board to get an offensive tackle later, you can do exactly that. I'll go to number seven here now, which gives me the Washington Commander's team that probably would have taken Carnell Tate if he had gotten there and I was on the board. I think I would consider it at the very least. I'm going to Caleb Downs though. Safety, Ohio State. One of the few to me can't miss players in this draft class. He's going to change the dynamic of your defense the minute he is a part of your defense. He's in the box safety. He's a deep middle of the field safety. He's a gifted punt returner. If you ever want to tap into that skill, he's physically imposing, imposing despite the modest stature. This defense last year allowed more yards than anybody else in the NFL. They've worked hard this off season, has their GM Adam Peters to get the pass rush right. They've done things on multiple levels, a Leo Shannall added to the linebacker room. Not afraid to continue to invest in this defense. Give me Caleb Downs number seven to the commanders. This episode is powered by GNC. You know how everyone's looking to draft that next game changer? Well, that's exactly what the drop by GNC is built for. It's where the top picks in wellness and performance get called up first. No guesswork, just the best of the best. We're talking breakout formulas, rising brands, and can't miss trends, all scouted by GNC's experts. So you're not scrambling to keep up, you're already on the roster. If you want first round talent in your routine, don't wait on the clock. Check out the drop by GNC, where what's next gets drafted first.

Speaker 2:
[14:24] All right, so we got three offensive players and four defensive players going off the board. This may not be the order in which we expected these seven players to go, but I think it's the right seven players. I think these are the, because I sit back and I aggregate just every mock draft I can get my hands on. These feel like the right seven players. We could sort of shake them up in a box and figure out what order they're going to go in. So now it goes wide open. Mel, you're up at number eight. This is where the mystery really begins. Where are we going?

Speaker 3:
[14:56] You're right. The seven guys I had back one last Wednesday in my final mock, all gone by seven, but five of the seven in different spots. Okay. Five of the seven players after the top two went to different teams. And Jeremiyah Love kind of made this thing go a little crazy, right? A little sideways. At the end of the day, I'm sitting here looking at the same exact way that was going to shape up last week. It is going to be shaping up now. The New Orleans Saints, I cannot believe, will not attack wide receiver at some point early and often. I expect two, maybe three receivers to be drafted this year by the New Orleans Saints. Is it going to be here though? Jordyn Tyson worked out Friday, caught the ball. Yeah, ran routes, caught the football. Coming back from that hamstring, still not a hundred percent. Well, he had the one drop. That was it in that workout. Jordyn Tyson is a big time talent. He's got to be heavily in this discussion. Ruben Bain Jr. in the discussion for obvious reasons. That's a need. Which one would be of those two? I'll stick with what I had last week. I'll go Ruben Bain Jr. here to New Orleans.

Speaker 1:
[15:52] Ooh, I like it. The way you set it up, Mel, I thought you had a right for Jordyn Tyson at number eight. I'm on the clock here with the Chiefs at number nine. Bain is one of those guys that, you know, there have been a lot of people that have suggested he is going to be a saint one way or another. We shall see at number nine. The Chiefs are on the clock. Wide receiver is tempting for me. I'm going Mansoor Delane, cornerback LSU. Chiefs have lost both of their starting corners this off season. Incidentally, both ended up in Los Angeles with the Rams, one via trade, one via free agency. Delane separated himself because of the health concern surrounding Jermod McCoy. 11 pass breakups this past year. Man coverage specialist is, or has a beautiful man coverage technique, effective against the run as well. A pretty clean prospect for me. Give me Mansoor Delane, who the cherry on the Sunday for him was running a four three eight forty at his pro day at LSU. Check the final remaining box to check.

Speaker 2:
[16:46] OK, he's number nine in this mock that we're doing. And so Mel, the New York Giants, by virtue of that somewhat stunning trade over the weekend involving sexy Dexter Lawrence, have the 10th pick, which they got from the Bengals. So the Giants, who we've already given Arvell Reese, what direction do they go here?

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Speaker 3:
[17:35] Just because it's John Harbaugh, that's all I'll say. Normally, you would say pencil in Jordyn Tyson here. You say pencil in Jordyn Tyson, done deal. But this is John Harbaugh and Jim Harbaugh. I tie them both together because Jim had that option too, not that long ago when he was Chargers head coach, say, you know, skill position player offense or in the trenches. Went with Joel. John Harbaugh in the trenches. The reluctance with wide receivers in this draft, you can find wide receivers. The old line so critical to Jackson Dart. We know Jackson Dart is going to have to be less reckless with his body, but he is a talent. And I think the key is going to be keeping him upright, give him a chance. CC Maui Noa has that versatility, right tackle or guard. Just because he was coming back from the back injury. But the bottom line is for John Harbaugh, I'll go Maui Noa over Tyson. Maui Noa at right tackle was, I call him a guy entertaining to watch. He played a lot of football, he's still a very young player, came in highly regarded, still a guy who can keep getting better. There was thought, well, he'll be a great guard. Well, he can be an act of a right tackle as well. And then the fallback plan is he can be a guard. I say, well, everybody said that at Evan Neil. Well, hey, there's always going to be guys that don't live up to the hype or the potential they had. For CC Maui Noa, for John Harbaugh and the New York Giants. He'll not only help Jackson Tharn to assist that running game, Scadaboo coming back from the injury. Got other guys in that mix there. So I'll go Maui Noa, just the Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh. Just thinking about how the Harbaugh's old school in the trenches. John Harbaugh and this pick, I think, together, melds together and makes sense.

Speaker 2:
[19:13] All right, the first offensive lineman going off the board. Then we get field at number 11, the Miami Dolphins, who I think under the list of needs, we could write everything.

Speaker 1:
[19:25] Really greeny.

Speaker 2:
[19:26] Where do the Dolphins go here at 11?

Speaker 1:
[19:28] With the 11th pick, the Miami Dolphins take the player that Mel I feel like has teased for the past two opportunities that he was going to take him. I'm going to Jordyn Tyson, wide receiver from Arizona State. And there are words that are ringing through my brain right now from John Eric Sullivan, their GM, who was talking about building this thing from the inside out. And their offensive line is not great at all. Spencer Fano certainly looms large for me right now. But that wide receiver room is as bad as I've seen for an NFL team going into the NFL draft in quite some time. Go name three receivers or go ask one of your friends to name three receivers in the Dolphins roster. Every friend that can get it right, buy that person a beer because they got serious football knowledge. Jordyn Tyson, the explosive wide receiver from Arizona State can beat you at all three levels. Mel already mentioned the late workout that he had this past Friday in Phoenix and by the way who was there? John Erickson, the new Dolphins General Manager. So he has an up close and personal look, what this player brings to the table. Give me Jordyn Tyson at number 11 overall.

Speaker 2:
[20:34] That's an interesting pick for a team that is as desperate as they are. I hear what you're saying Field about the need at the position, but to run the risk on the injury factor with a player when you literally need everybody, that would scare me to death as my first pick, but I understand it. He's the best player according to every evaluator. I think he'd be the best player left on the board. All right, Mel, we get to 12 and the first of two Dallas Cowboys first round picks will only get to this one in our exercise today. What are they doing at 12?

Speaker 3:
[21:05] Well, this is a pick you trade up. This is why if you're Dallas, you got to be aggressive. What defensive player here is attractive? This team gave up 30 or more points in nine football games. That's why there's talk of Dallas. It's a 12th and 20th pick. Moving up, they get a Reese. Move up, they get a Styles. Move up, they get a Bailey. Move up, they get somebody who can be impactful on that defense. At 12, though, without any trades, mate, who's the best defensive player? Who's that versatile chess piece you can move around? Kind of like a Caleb Downs is Dillon Thieneman. So Dillon Thieneman, I'm going 18 to Minnesota for this exercise with no other defensive players worth stretching it for. I know they made the move for the Safety of Arizona. The bottom line is Dillon Thieneman is that guy. You can play all over the place, get a single high, you can go in the box, you can go all over the place with Dillon Thieneman. To me, it's too high, screams trade up for Dallas if this board flows the way it did. And we all expect it to be similar to this in terms of what defensive player is going to be there at that point for Dallas at 12. For this exercise with no trade, Dillon Thieneman, Safety Oregon.

Speaker 1:
[22:09] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[22:10] I like it. I like it right there, Mel. Go ahead and field. The Rams are next.

Speaker 1:
[22:14] Yeah. Number 13 for maybe the Rams. I'm thinking Spencer Fano. And I absolutely love this pick for the Rams. I get it. This team could line up and play tomorrow with their starting five offensive line. It's a bit of a look ahead pick, but I think Spencer Fano is good enough to start for the Rams. Right now, they got good play out of Warren McClendon, their right tackle who filled in for Rob Havenstein last year. Alaric Jackson, their current left tackle going into the final year of guaranteed money on his contract. It's hard, I get it. The Rams are probably a lot of reasons why you would want the Rams to take a player that can influence winning, obviously. This year, maybe that's a wide receiver, given the age of Devontae Adams and just the need for three receivers in the NFL. Kenyon Sadiq appeals to me. Colin Spencer Fano, though, here at number 13 for the Rams.

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Speaker 2:
[23:32] Mel, I think the reason they gave the field and the evens to you.

Speaker 1:
[23:38] Here we go.

Speaker 2:
[23:38] You would have the Ravens at 14. What do you think they'll do?

Speaker 3:
[23:43] I got a little black here. I got the Ravens black here. I got a little purple coming. A lot of purple coming to Pittsburgh with me to all set the Steelers. I got a lot of purple coming with me, Graney and Field to Pittsburgh. Purple tie after purple tie will be worn this weekend. All set the Steelers. But I think here you're looking at what Fano gone, who's got that versatility to really help that line. Fielding went one pick ahead. What's the biggest issue this team had? It affected the center, Linder Baum was now a Raider. It affected the tackles, like Rosengarten in year two, kind of regressed because that guard play wasn't good. It was awful. It was awful, horrible guard play. Vega Ioane, what would we know? I say he's the safest player in the draft, because we know what he is. He's a great guard. He's a great guard. Remember Nelson went in the top 10 to the Colts not long ago. He's a great guard. We saw what Martin did to Calibre boys. We've seen that when you need a plug and play, Pro Bowl caliber guard immediately want a team that wants to jump back into Super Bowl contention after disappointing this past year. And they got to get a center at some point. They've had a good history with centers. Go back to Mitchell, then Linderbaum center. They'll be fine. There's a lot of centers in this draft. You can get in that third, fourth, fifth round area. Okay. Vega Ioane, Penn State offensive guard to the Baltimore Ravens to pick number 14 over tight end Kenyon Sadiq, who would be tempting, but again, there's tight end H backs all over the place in this draft as well. Find some guys that can help you there, whether it's a blocker like Will Katz Merrick from Ohio State, or if you want the pass catching option, there's a lot of guys out there that can be the Fs and a lot of guys can be the Lies. You get the in lines, you get the guys that can be the H back move tight ends in this draft. I bet 21 that I think have a shot to be drafted or at least have a draftable grade that when you combine the two. So you can put that off, but take the guard, like I say, a plug and play guy, elite player right away and a pro ball caliber player immediately in Ioane from Penn State.

Speaker 1:
[25:34] Okay.

Speaker 2:
[25:34] Oh, live, Vega Ioane from Penn State, who was described by one evaluator as being built like a fortress, which I thought was the best thing I've read anybody say about any player in this entire cycle. All right, Field Tampa, 15.

Speaker 1:
[25:50] 15. All right, so Mel just gave me a player that I didn't know would be available on the board, and I'm going Kenyon Sadiq, tight end, Oregon. The Buccaneers need a player very much like this on their roster. Their top tight end is K-Dot, very serviceable, but ideally number two tight end for your roster. Sadiq, who led the FBS in terms of receiving touchdowns amongst tight ends last year, is I would say inarguably the most athletic tight end in this year's class, and arguably one of the most athletic tight ends we've seen in the past decade, maybe even longer. Run after the catch instincts are off charts. This team no longer has Mike Evans. Chris Godwin was dealing with injury last year. We'll see what he looks like at this upcoming season. This will be I think his 10th season in the NFL now for Chris Godwin. So the future of this Buccaneers offense could be in the next year or two orchestrated around Mecca Abouka, their 19th overall pick last year, and Kenyon Sadiq, the 15th overall pick this year.

Speaker 2:
[26:46] Okay, and then that brings us to the last pick of this mini mock that we are doing live here. So these picks have come fast and furious by you guys reacting to each other. Mel, I'm leaning a little closer. It's the New York Jets. They took, in this draft, they took David Bailey at 2, and what are they doing at 16?

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Speaker 3:
[27:39] I'll ask you, who was one of my orange crushers? Who did I say back in the day played fierce?

Speaker 1:
[27:43] Makai Lemon.

Speaker 3:
[27:44] Makai Lemon. Makai Lemon plays fierce, catches everything, snatches it. You gotta try to tackle this guy. You better bring it. I'm with Lewis Riddick is going to be talking about when Makai Lemon is taking. You better bring it, DB. You better bring it because he will break a tackle. He is a hard guy to get to the ground. Catches everything, plays with intensity, passion, loves the game. We run after catchability, as I said, is outstanding with Makai Lemon. He is a guy who loves the game and he's got some returnability as well. So for Makai Lemon, throw the football his way. He is going to catch it, gives you a lot of versatility as well. He can go all over the field making plays. He can go underneath, he can go intermediate, he can go deep, and he tracks that ball. And guess what? He plays bigger than that size because he plays like a defensive player, like a power forward, like a guy like Amon Ross St. Brown. He plays like that. That's what this kid is. Makai Lemon, he's no Lemon. He's a big time player, and he will be a great player in the NFL. I know Omar Cooper Jr. is in this mix somewhere. We're fortunate Omar Cooper Jr. up here from Indiana. But if Makai Lemon is there, I think the Rams will be in play for Makai Lemon as well. But fielding went Spencer Fano with Lemon there. I think it's, I'd say almost a no brainer. The Jets have to take him.

Speaker 2:
[28:58] Okay, and so that concludes this little mini-mock of the first half of this year's first round. I'll remind you again, we'll be back on Monday with a complete wrap up of everything that we see. But we have one more thing that we have for today's edition of First Draft and of the three of us on your screen, I'm the only one who knows what it is. So on Thursday, not only will we be nationally celebrating the first round of the NFL Draft, but we will also be, all of us, celebrating Field Yates' birthday. And so in honor of Field celebrating his birthday, we have a very special message.

Speaker 5:
[29:59] I love you, daddy.

Speaker 1:
[30:00] I love you, daddy. My God. Oh, boy. I'm supposed to be able to keep it together on national podcasting TV right now or internet TV. Those are, of course, my two daughters for now, soon to be three daughters, Kinley and Palmer, age four and two. That was awesome. That was special. I am now officially ready for the 2026 NFL Draft. And whoever got that video, brilliantly done by, I'm guessing, Joe G. But that is special right there.

Speaker 2:
[30:29] It was actually me. I drove all the way up there and shot that myself on my iPhone.

Speaker 3:
[30:35] And I coached up Palmer to try to outdo Kinley. So Palmer was bringing it with that daddy. Boy, she brought it.

Speaker 2:
[30:41] She was.

Speaker 1:
[30:41] They're probably people sitting there going, they're too blonde. Are we sure they're yours? Yes, they're mine. My wife is blonde as well.

Speaker 2:
[30:46] That is very nice. I think it was Joe's work and whoever's work it was. It was extremely well done. Happy birthday in advance field. Again, we will be back on Monday, breaking down everything that we saw over the weekend. Full, complete coverage of the entirety of the 2026 NFL Draft. It has been our honor to bring you right up to the moment. Let the picks begin for Mel and for Field. I am Greenie. Thanks for being with us. We'll see you Monday for First Draft. Hey, sports fans, the ESPN App has all of ESPN all in one place. The ESPN App is your home to thousands of live events, ESPN shows and originals across every ESPN network in service. And now you can check if you already have ESPN Unlimited as part of your TV package for no additional cost. Visit activate.espn.com to learn how to access your account or sign up, then start streaming in the ESPN App. It's all of ESPN all in one place. Sign up or activate now.