NFL First Round Draft Recap

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1:01Run in the three man show, EB had it out to Utah today for a volleyball tournament. I just learned it a month ago. I always wondered why he was traveling so much for volleyball that unlike a lot of other sports, there's no league. So they just do tournaments. You know, so if you have a kid that plays soccer, yeah, or a kid that plays lacrosse, you're usually in a league in every Saturday or every Sunday, you have a game. Well, in at least the leap volleyball, I guess it's just tournaments. It's got to travel over the place. I told you travel softball the same way. Travel football and you just do tournaments on the weekends. And there's no league where they, you know, you have standings. It's just tournaments. Yeah. So it's kind of similar. So EB will try and get a hold of him later in the program. He upset a lot of listeners and people that follow the show because he tweeted that sunny styles as a project. Okay. All right. He's rooting against him. He's like a stretch to me.

2:01Even though he's even though he's a huge commander's fan. Yeah. All right. Just because and I talked about this last night at the at honor, you want to be right in your opinions. So he's going to root against him. He just is. Well, I can. If he's really a commander's fan, he should be. You don't think he will the way he is. I mean, deep down if he gave him truths here. If he's written to you the year, you think he's going to be happy. I don't think so. Well, the weird part is if that holds true, then he's going to be rooting for Caleb Downs. Oh, yeah, who plays for the rival biggest rival in the Dallas Cowboys. One hundred percent, which is bizarre. Everyone in the room knows that that would be bizarre. But look, the commanders clearly had sunny styles above Caleb Downs on their draft board. That's why they selected him. And number seven and Downs went to Dallas later. I will say this. You ended up leaving honor brewing before they made this selection left around 840. So just before, yeah, because it wasn't, I mean, it was moving fast. Last night, Jason left a couple of minutes after we got off the air.

3:04Yeah, I left around 815. I went outside and talked to people, but I was out by 15. I wanted to be in my bed, watching the fix. I was there for the selection. Yeah, there was a loud pop. Yeah, the fan base likes the selection. All the styles online from Grant Danny, who were obviously broadcasting after we were done. I grabbed his t-shirt was still there, I believe, when the pick was made and the crowded honor brewing seemed to appreciate the pick. Yeah, people seem to like it. I said, Draft, were you there till 11 till the end of the broadcast? He didn't state it. No, not till 11. I stayed till I don't know after the Alphans or Cowboys pick or so, like 13 or 14. Okay, so mid first draft, but you, you can attest to it. It was a big pop. When they took sunny styles, people were, it was exciting because we had the radio broadcast in our years, probably 30 seconds beforehand. So we knew, and then so we were just waiting for the say sunny styles. And crowd went crazy. Yeah, yeah, Mike Mar, Mike Mar, you're a

4:04commander's fan. Are you listening, buddy? How'd you feel about sunny styles? He's fixing the stream. Oh, yeah, got it. Yeah, um, we should thank honor brewing to great spot. We had talked about it that we'd been there before. Really great to see a lot of our long time listeners there. Like we saw our boy Wupac and scene wall for a while. My guy, Alan, so many other guys that haven't seen in a long time. So it was kind of good to be out there. I told you guys, he was going to be packed and we got it, you know, I mean, that place is popular anyway, but you rarely find the entire parking lot filled. I mean, I, I literally did eight laps around the lot until I found a spot. Yeah, that, that's how I like you had to wait until somebody just left. Yeah, Matt Myers and I got lucky. I got but you basically had to circle the front lot like a vulture. Unless you're going to go park at an office park and risk getting towed. See that, yeah, that was my issue. I was like, I'm really going to park this place across the street where there are no cars.

5:07It's like some sort of like plumbing business, right. But then you have predatory tow truck drivers. I'm sure just scanning and like waiting to tow you. So I was just like, you know what, you're early. I'm just going to grasp and I got lucky with the spot right up front. I was circling the lot like a vulture. Yeah. And then I finally found someone leaving and I immediately turned on my blinker. And that's all Jason Cruz by. Yeah. And I saw another person walk out and I rolled my window down and said, hey, go stalk that guy. I did. Yeah. I followed up a nice move got lucky. Nice direction. But no, I was great. There's some tons of people out there. Yep. I had some good food. It's, let me just say this about, excuse me, about going to these, you know, doing live broadcasts out at bars or restaurants. It's fun. It is. It's something added energy. It is, but it's just so awkward because so many people want to talk to you. Yeah. And so many people want to take pictures. I can't tell you how many times someone would be talking to me. And I'm in a conversation with a listener and all of a sudden,

6:08someone comes up and just busts the conversation. I just, but yeah, they bum rush you. They really do. I mean, they don't wait. They just come up and then talk because then you go to them and you stop talking to this person, mid conversation. And then it happens again, it's just very awkward. You don't want to feel like a jerk by it. Right. I'm not going to say, just engaging from the person you're talking. The last thing I'm going to say is, bro, hold on, I'm talking. Right. But that's really what I'm thinking. I understand. But I mean, that's just the way it is. Yeah. Everyone wants to talk to you. And they realize they only have limited time. Right. But that happened probably 20 times last night. No, but it was cool because we haven't been out and about that much in the recent years. And it's actually an honor. So many people came up to us because yesterday was the day that Mayor Bowser came here and gave us the proclamation and we sports junkies day on James's birthday day on May 4th. So so many people there were coming up saying, I've listened to you guys for 20 years, 25 years, a whole time, 30 years and congratulating us. So, you know, thank you for coming out.

7:08It was a fun time and the draft. There's always energy. I mean, we talked about it. We went to New York a couple of times for draft shows. There's just something about it. Like if you're a Jets fan, for example, all of a sudden, you're like, you haven't made to play all some 15 years. That's how bad it's been for the Jets. But all of a sudden, you're thinking, oh, we got a quarterback. We got a tight end. We got a receiver. Right? Or no, they got a, they got a, they got a genome. Yeah. My bad stuff. They got Dave Bailey. Right. They got a family too. Yes. But they, you know, they filled like three holes right there in the first round. It'll be interesting. And then of course, the, the big surprise was, was Ty Simpson going 13 to the Rams. Yeah. That was, that was a bit of a curveball because you heard a lot of chatter that teams might trade back late into the first round, like 24 to 30, 30 range to get him. Yeah. He did first round. And look, he has the luxury of learning behind Matt Stafford, like Matt Stafford can call

8:11his own shots at this point. No, it's a great, it's a great situation for Ty Simpson, but it doesn't help the Rams immediately. And it seemed like it, it seemed like Sean McVey was not on board with the pick. If you saw this, this quick presser, like he, it seems like, I guess the, the GM is it less need. I believe so. Yeah. Might have, might have won the power struggle there because Sean McVey did not seem happy. It's a big role. The dice. Well, the Steelers are better. Oh, yeah. Because of the McKay Lemmon situation. Well, I think it's still is a bit because I'm sure they might have been targeted option of drafting Ty Simpson. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, but they were better because they thought they're going to draft McKay Lemmon. Howie Roseman, meanwhile, was on the phone with Dallas. He jumps a spot in front. He gets to 20. McKay Lemmon was like, well, I'm on the phone with the Steelers. I'm on the phone with the Eagles, like who's it going to be? And it was the Eagles that got him one pick before it seemed like he was headed. To Pittsburgh. Yeah. So he was going to stay in Pennsylvania either way. Yeah, exactly. He's a PA guy. But I will say that it's a good situation for Ty Simpson because he can sit there behind

9:17unless, you know, Matt Stafford gets hurt and he's out for the year and they force Ty Simpson in there. I don't even know if Simpson would be the two. He might even be the three. But it's a good situation for him because he's going to learn a great offensive on mind with Vic Vey and then, of course, obviously sitting behind Stafford. So that's, it's good for him. But, you know, who knows how long Stafford will be there. I assume he's only going to be there one more year. So he might be thrust into that starting role next year. We'll be reacting to the draft all throughout the show. If you want to chime in, you can always hit us up at 1-800-636-1067. Also, we'll talk to our pals, Steve Zabin, host right here on 1-067. The fan he'll jump on at 725, Chris Russell, the rooster will join us at 825 or all over the NFL. Draft, Odyssey sports draft coverage, presented nationally by bet 3-6-5 or winning is everything. Download the bet 3-6-5 app and lock in your picks before the game begins. You must be 21 or over, gambling problem called 1-800-Gamber, available in select states

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