Ranking Week 1 CFB Matchups, a 2023 NFL Re-Draft, QB Start-Bench-Cut, and Debuting First Tape

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Let's just be honest, but there's some interesting games from a scouting perspective certainly from the national college football like perspective, the just looking at the whole picture. So I'll throw it to you, Mensch. How are you today, brother? I'm doing well. How are you? Good. Energized. Some juice. That's great. Two of the two of the four kids are off to college. AJ drove a car. He got his license yesterday to call to high school. I should say not college. She's wishing. How's he been doing? Where's his own image and tears this morning, you know, first born drives the car to school. By the way, that's a problem. We got to buy. We got to buy him a car. I right now don't have a car sitting in it like when this is over, so we get some stuff to do after the show and Mia freshman in high school first day in high school. So a lot of stuff going on. Tate and a lair had enough. They go Tuesday. They're after Labor Day. Okay. All right. A block. I want to draft the week one slate. I will let you kick things off. What's the first game you have? Like you cannot miss. You are going to be seated 15 minutes before watching the pregame. You got your spread going. You're ready. What is it? All eyes are on Baton Rouge and I am here for it, but let's be honest. I mean, it's Louisville at Ole Miss. That's the best game. Why would not? What do you mean? No. The only two. The only game with two ranked teams. Okay. I am fascinated, fascinated with what Jeff Brom and Louisville the head coach is going to do with his new transfer quarterback from Ohio State Lincoln client holes. It kind of holds. I hope I said that right. He is a dynamic player. Got all kinds of arm talent, can make plays with his feet. Louisville is completely rebuilt itself through the transfer portal. I don't think we really know what we have there, but they have a lot of talent. And listen, I'm going to be honest. Any day you get to see Ole Miss running back, he won't let you run the ball. Is a good day. Add to that, turn to that, Shameless, all the buzz that's been going on about him in the off season, about them being able to get him another year of eligibility. We finally get to see him back on the field. Clemson, we'll get into a section in a second. Clemson LSU is sexy and I get it and I can't wait to talk about that game too. But I can't wait to see the talent from Ole Miss. I can't see what Jeff Brown from Louisville does with his new quarterback. That to me is the best game week one. Yeah, I mean, not that this draft is going to wind up mattering and we're not going to keep tabs on it. No one's going to win or lose, but like fine, I'll take, I'll take, I'll take Miles Garrett at pick two, you know. Fine. I'm taking Clemson LSU, I'm going to outsmart myself with this one. I mean massively. Here we go. Like criminally almost. Lane Kiffin is the face of college football this year, whether it's a mask moron or whether it's the hero of, or you view him as the total villain, I think most people probably would go with C. It's loaded with prospects from our perspective, right? And I'll get to some of those later in the show. Some Levit, I, like, and I'll get to this more, but like the fact that I actually get to sit down and watch Sam Levit play in a football game with under Lane Kiffin when there's offseason and see the progress, can't wait for it. Like I am here for it. Then you've got the fact that it's, I mean, you're in Death Valley, LSU's Death Valley, the only Death Valley if you're from Baton Rouge, if you're from Clemson, it's a little bit of a different deal. And like even this past couple of weeks with NFL players coming back and they're not going to factor in and we'll catch up later this week with the ruling in Baton Rouge on Thursday. And what that, what that means to a Bruce Feldman is going to join us and talk to us about what he's hearing. But there's just so much smoke around this game and oh, by the way, LSU's the top 10 team. Oh, by the way, Davos coming out and just like indirectly, but kind of directly shredding Lane Kiffin and his college football morals, his moral compass is distorted, basically. I'm here for like, we got it. We have a potential handshake game, you know what I mean? Like James, James Franklin and Mike Loxley at that, at 50 our line, Harbock Pete Carroll, like Alex Golisch in Tom Herman when Golisch gave him the quick handshake and then walked off. Those things don't usually come true, by the way, but you bet. My ass is going to be sitting there after the game looking and I will be so pissed if they don't have a camera on those two, because they've done that before too, where they miss it. It's a potential handshake game. All right. So pick number three. What's the third best game in your mind? What's the third best game in my mind? I'm going to go with Western Michigan versus Michigan, Jason Beck, the offensive coordinator coming over from Utah. I want to see how good this Michigan offense is going to be under him. He had last year, he was with Utah, they were the second best rushing team in the country. The year before that, he was the offensive coordinator in New Mexico, second best rushing team in the country. They have two outstanding running backs and Jordan Marshall and Savion Heiter, the true freshman who's going to be an absolute stud. The question is, how good is Bryce Underwood going to be and how much can he get out of him. But I'm here to see that. Western Michigan is also interesting is that they have the the Mac player of the year last year in Brock Lowry, the quarterback. This is going to get interesting if this game is tight because Lowry's a rushing quarterback. He's a mobile quarterback who can scare the hell out of you late in the game if this gets tight by just extending drives, making plays and making this Michigan team sweat. I think they need to get out early and take care of this or this could get interesting. I feel like you're having a disastrous draft. But I'm like, I'm here, I'm here to watch your games, but I'll like, I'll see your Western Michigan, Michigan. And I'll, I'll raise it with Notre Dame Wisconsin. Okay. Let me, let me keep this thing simple for you. Luke Fickle has his job on the line, essentially, and he's done some nice things and you can kind of sense that, that NIL transfer portal recruiting things are on the uptick, but is it enough this year? We've got some dudes on defense, they always have a good offensive line. And I'm not saying that this is, this is anywhere close to a game. I'm not even saying that, but what I am saying is like they've been preparing all off season for an opportunity to play this Notre Dame team. This Notre Dame team that loses two first round running backs to the NFL and now it's all on our third ranked QB prospect in this class ahead of Archmanning, CJ Carr. CJ Carr has become one of the darlings coming into the year. And now all the, the emphasis is on him in this passing game. With a couple guys from, from last year phase on to good player, great house is a big, big tall receiver. Can you stay healthy? They brought in some transfer portal guys, right? And now it's about, can CJ Carr carry this team? National championship expectations for Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman is one of the most beloved coaches in all of college football, but it's time to go win one. And oh, by the way, we're playing in Lambo field. Get out of here Western Michigan, Michigan. I'm taking Notre Dame in Lambo against Wisconsin. your fourth pick. I mean, you just, you're like, first of all, great take big hat. And second of all, you're like the guy who loves, uh, yeah, because pickles doing some good things. Yeah, I mean, like, come on, come on. Really? Like, like, like, all of a sudden, like, come on. And you're like the guy who loves reality TV, right? You're here for like the link. Don't mind. I watch more from love than I like to. You know what? This is what you're, you're, you're such the TV guy still. You're like, what sells? We're on the football guy where I want to see like, what's, what's really going on here? The nuts bolts of it all. What's this being long term? Who's your fourth pick? I missed the football guy. You had, you had to be aggressive about coming after my pick. So I'm going to come right back at you. I'm going to go a Boise State at Oregon. I like that. And I just, I want to see what it looks like with the two coordinators. I want to see what this looks like. How the operation is, do they come out? Are they ready to go? Or are they going to come out a little sluggish? Is this going to take a little bit more of a acclimation period than I think it should? And Boise State, look, they gave Oregon all kinds of problems two years ago. That was a 3734 game and granted Ashen Gentie was in the backfield for Boise State. But this Boise State team is exactly what you think of a Boise State team in good depth at running back and experience quarterback, a solid defense. I think Oregon's going to handle them. And I think I'm not really overly concerned about losing the game. But what does this all look like? Do they come out and make a statement of that we should be the number one team in the country and really flex their muscle with all that talent? Or is this going to be more of a project than maybe I was anticipating coming in? Yeah, I'm here for that game. Dante Mores with coach apparently, like in Asia or something this off season. Yeah. Will Stein. Like, I just want to see, like, where are we? Right. Is there anything different? Is there anything more advanced? I want to see that. I'm going to go, I don't know, I mean, I do know why. This one intrigues me. I feel like nobody in Tallahassee wants Mike Norvella's their head coach. What do you mean? He's done so well. And SMU, like, was the darling a couple of years ago and still has Kevin Jennings. And last year, kind of like, I don't know it. It feels like this could go one of two ways for SMU, right? I watched that FSU game last week in its New Mexico 34-17, New Mexico hangs, hangs around till like the fourth quarter. In consistent past pressure, I thought some inconsistency on defense didn't look like a team in Florida state that is going to like, maybe surprise all of us, right? And then I think back to last year with like Castellanos and Alabama, the win. And it dissipated. But it felt like maybe they caught lightning in a bottle for another year, you know, after a miserable 2024 season. So anyway, 419 total yards of offense, 217 rushing, right? Six for six in the red zone. There were some positive things in the offense for Florida state. I thought the running back, Chroma, who's, who's main Chroma, the 115 yards on 14 carries, impressive, singleton, the other running back, really impressive. Chris Jones, defensive standout. So there's some players I want to watch. But then you get Kevin Jennings, coming back then, would they name the stadium after him when he's already currently playing or something crazy like that? Which team's going to step up? I think there could be some fireworks in this game offensively. I just think it's going to be a fun game. And I think it's on, I don't want to say an elimination game, but we're going to find out real quickly with Florida state and SMU. Is there kind of a sneaky sleeper team here? Or are they what we kind of think? Which SMU, I think it's a good football team. I think they're better than the FSU. But this, this is kind of a telling one for me. Yeah, I'm with you. I, it's good. I, you can't tell you a sneaky one. I think that's, is that the end of the draft? But I got a sneaky one for you. Is it? Or is it one more, so we have one more? Give them one more. Keep an eye on Miami at Stanford. Again, not a game that I think Miami loses. That is a nine p.m. Friday start. I think it's just kind of a, it's, it's, Miami didn't play last week. Stanford did. I, for them, I think it's going to be interesting. We're dealing with that. The time change, the travel. I think that game's going to, in all of the changes that they're going through and they're still jelling. I think Miami handles them. There is a massive talent cap between those two rosters, but it might be a little closer than some people think. Yeah, I don't disagree. And, and I want to see Mensa in that offense with those weapons in that system. You know, like, all right, B block. Let's switch it up here. This was, this one, Connor Nevins through this one out. I think it was Dan. Cut, no, start bench cut Friday night. It was Connor. This is Dan's concert in the newsletter, right? And the newsletter. But then we, we're going to retail it. By the way, check out the newsletter. We're rolling one out every day. We're like, it took some time off summer. Everyone needs a break, including the readers. But it's the McShay report. McShay report. Google it, subscribe. Also, you can go to the ringer.com/McShay. We're getting ready to unveil it. And, and, and no time at all, our top 50 prospects with all our evaluations. But you can get the newsletter there as well. Every day this week, we're, we're rolling out new stuff. From watching tape this, this summer, unveiling our top prospects by position. Eventually, you know, we'll, we'll culminate it with top 50 prospects and, and get ready, get everyone ready for the season. And what is shaping up to be arguably the best draft in the history of the NFL? We'll see how it plays out. We're going to get some answers starting on, on, really on Thursday, but this entire week one. But three quarterback prospects that we both think highly of are playing on Friday night to treat Friday night treat, you know? And we're going to play a little game as we did in the newsletter with Start Bench Cut. Here are the three quarterbacks, you ready? Yeah. We've got, we've got John Matier from Oklahoma. We've got Jaden Mayava from, from, from, from USC playing in the second game now. After the San Jose State one. And then Darian Mences, you just mentioned in that Miami game. So let's start with who are you starting? And I think we're probably going to agree on this one. But if you had to start Bench Cut and it's kind of a, it's shitty spot that that Connor puts us in here. But let's, let's roll with it. Who are you going to start? Mensa. It's not even close. I just think he's the most accurate and the most consistent. And that's what I want. Yeah, I agree. I mean 91 grade coming into the year. We both see him as a, as a, as a first rounder with the, the ability to elevate. Are you doing this for college or pro right now? I can do it for both quite honestly. It changes my rankings though. Does it change yours? Mensa would be top for both, by the way. Mences, that's, that's off the table. Mensa pro and college. I want Mensa first. All right. So then let's, let's finish that up. But he's the highest grade of the three. I just trust him throwing the football. Yeah. If you put Mensa in any one of these situations, he would be my start for Oklahoma, for USC, you know, I just, I'm itching as a college football fan and an evaluator to see him come out and play. So, um, so yeah, it would be the start there. So, so now let's go to Bench. If you're viewing this from a scope of you want one player to play in a college football game, are you taking mater or are you taking my, I'm taking, you got a, you got a benchum, but essentially you're saying you'd rather have right on your team. You're taking mater mater. Yes. I love my oba, but I think mater's ability to make plays with his feet makes him so freaking dangerous. And I also think he has, and it's not that I'm knocking my oba here, but I do think that mater has a, his brain's a little bit different and like he, he's a guy who put the team on his back and we're going to go do this. My oba's more of a distributor and a point guard, which I really like, but mater is, I can throw three picks and still find a way to win this football game for you. Yeah, I know it was, I know it was San Jose State, but my oba went 86.2% last week, 286 yards, rushing touchdown, two touchdown passes, like the bunch of kids running around out there for him. Yes. How about those freshmen? Yeah, I can't over. That's interesting. I spent a whole, a whole 2025 season looking ahead to the 2027 draft. I'm not doing it this year, but I'd be lying if my notes page on my, on my iPhone doesn't have a couple names from a couple three names. Yeah, a couple three, a couple edge, an edge, a wide receiver and a tight end, I think a tight end. Oh, yeah, 19, yeah, grown ass man. Okay, I don't disagree. I would go the same. If we're going NFL prospect, I'm taking, I'm taking my oba. I think my tears is one of the most fascinating players that no one's really talking about because we get so much to talk about all the off the field stuff, the lane kiffin stuff. We've got archmaning, Dante Moore, CJ Carr, we get all these big name transfers from Mensa to Levitt, all of this stuff, right? Matthias is just kind of quietly back at Oklahoma. They lost a lot of good players, brought in a lot of good players. The expectation has kind of been, it's been numbed a little bit, like, or muted. And I just, I He you know he's worked as a soft you know he's the first guy in the building by like two hours You know that like the grind he's put it through watching the man in passing academy that like just just the going in the lab Tweaking his mechanics finally after a lifetime of being like all over the place jumping up in the air Back foot up like he was a disaster But still was getting torque on the ball that I didn't even understand how he did it and now he's doing it like a lot of the other guys do Most of the other guys do solid base hip rotation arm slots a little different to protect that thumb I'm fired up to see it, but yeah like draft prospect wise I think my I think my office probably the guy that's most overlooked in all this I think he's a better peer passer you and I both walked away from the tape. Yeah, cuz I look at him He's this big tightly packed athlete does some mobility things You see a lot of his highlight throws are kind of on the move creating you say this dude will carve you man Yeah, so I'm fired up to see both of them, but if you gun to head prospect wise. I would go I would go Mensa my ava Matier gun to head college football game. I'm with you man. I wish we could disagree here But my now just just got a little something, you know, he's just got a little something One of the great competitive. We over look how great of a competitor this dude is Oh my god, yeah, like I don't I'm a cut any of them like I don't want to cut anyone like that That's what it talks about the exercise, but yeah, you have to you have to make a call and that's why it's fun I hope we continue to do it. I think we can do with other positions, too. It would be interesting Yeah, I mean in Conor can you believe himself for putting us in the spot? If it was a love doing so yes, I mean, what if what a what a slate though on Friday night You're used to like remember back in the day with Joe Tess. It was Joe Tess and and and Pollock and and Palmer Yeah, Jesse Palmer and And there was always like Boise State was pulling off massive upstate upsets and and and Tess was treating it like WWE and it was it was wild right and then all of a sudden like The high school game kind of took over It's not in a fear of Friday night lights and we're gonna play Saturdays and they would throw in a game on Friday night Maybe three of them a year. You're excited to watch, but like it wasn't like back in the day like early 2000s, you know Yeah, now I get a sense is a little bit more of an emphasis on the Friday night game Which I'm here for and talk about kicking things off and I know they're not the best matchups necessarily Yeah, but anytime you can isolate and not have 55 games going on on a Saturday And you can sit back and watch three potential draft picks three of the best at the most important position in one night That's gonna be a fun deal. The McShay show is brought to you by Fandool. College football can change in a single play And sometimes your bet changes right along with it That's why Fandool is giving all customers a bet reset. Oh man. I love to have one of those Here's how it works opt-in place an eligible college football bet and if it doesn't win You can get your bet back in bonus bets Sign me up with a bet reset from Fandool. 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This is gonna be something that we integrate throughout our shows the rest of the year First tape I Love the name Because we are the anti-take factory Yeah, I had to I had to dip my toes into some of it and I was constantly I even worked it into a contract once once mentioned to And I will not give details ever publicly Where I didn't have to be involved in that culture, right? Yeah Protections put in place to make sure that I wasn't one of those airbag like and not airbags like hot air balloons Whatever you want to call Windbags whatever. Yeah, whatever windbags. Yeah, I felt like an airbag Deploying and breaking bones every time you have to sit through that gas bags That gas bags there we go. Yeah, thank you Tucker. I don't know what you're talking about by the way Do you have I know name and even or no? So this is our instead of instead of it being the initial take and getting out to the take We're gonna get first tape. These are the things that we've watched and we've studied throughout the year Throughout the summer in this case getting ready like what what are we most intrigued to watch based off of the tape We've studied what jumps out at us and we've come up with four categories within this first tape segment, right? The first is and I'm gonna ask you who's the top rate and by the way, we have not shared so we might have a duplicate I didn't even think about that But who's the top rated prospect with the most to prove in week one for you not saying that this is gonna change his draft stock Or it's all on the line. I'm saying you're going into this week and you're like I need I'm like I'm curious I'm eager to see I want some I wanted like confirmation of or I want to be proven wrong Whatever it is a guy maybe in our top 50 or ideally in our top 20 or 30 that you that you have High expectations low expectations, whatever it is, but they got to go out and start showing it week one Listen, I've got two if you want to go first, but I think there are two names that are obvious and I think the one that really The jumps out to me is Texas quarterback arts manning like it's got to be arch and I know listen The opponent is not great week one But that also sets you up for if you get off to a slow start the noise and Austin is gonna start getting loud Very quickly and then you turn around. I would I agree with the premise I would I actually think the noise nationally will be louder than the noise in Austin Really the weird Yeah, I I guess pull right I mean Yeah, but it's like I honestly think in Austin. He's he walks on water. I Think nationally people are rooting for his I told you I'm sitting in the manning passing Academy the manning passing Academy 1400 High school kids are invited there They're they're guests of the mannings and there's like a section of kids are kind of booing arch And I don't know if it's like the nebo baby thing or just too much height, you know kids these days like they don't It's like the the anti-jeet or Yankees the anti whatever the winner is or the big it's like we're going against the grain, right? So I think nationally it might be but anyway, sorry I'm nitpicking, but I do want to give that perspective that I think nationally people kind of There's always seen it it seems like a lot of people would like to see him fail nationally when you get on social media and all that stuff Whereas people who are in the know and people who like understand ball and people who are in Austin and see see him for what his value is and what he is and the Human being he is and the leadership he has and the work he puts in and the potential he has like I think that they're they're less Eager to like oh, I knew it, you know versus the some kind of sometimes nationally. I feel like that's the that's the agenda Yeah, I hear you if you got cam Coleman in the building and you go out and you put on put up 21 points against Texas state I think even Matthew McConaughey's gonna raise some eyebrows and be like What are we doing like if he goes out and he dirt some balls and he just He doesn't play up to the level that we think that he's going to play and by the way, this is not my expectation I think they're no role. I think they're going to come out Ready to go. I think this I think this Texas team is going to be very good And probably end up higher than what I had him in the prison, which was was seventh But just felt like you had to put them there until we saw what they're actually going to be that being said If they put up 21 against Texas state or it's a 20th 10 14 game Well, I think there are going to be some people in Austin who are going to feel a lot like those kids at the camp and wonder what's going on here And you give me a second one then go ahead. I didn't see you go there. You hit that. That's my that's my guy Yeah, I know cars gonna make like all the pretty throws and against this defense of Wisconsin like I think he's gonna have some success. I wanna see him win the mental game for four quarters. I wanna see him come out and look razor sharp. I wanna see a guy that I saw at the Manning Passing Academy that is advanced in terms of his knowledge, his processing, that does have robotic mechanics that we've seen with the elite quarterbacks that we saw even from a taller, longer, levered Mendoza a year ago. I think his football intelligence, his decisiveness, I think it's off the charts. I think that his mechanics are outstanding. It's this compact, lightning delivery, repeatable. He's like a jugs machine, right? I think his best trait might be to touch timing, layering the ball as you talked about. I think outside the numbers, even more so than kind of some of the middle stuff. I wanna see him come out. I wanna see the little bit more consistency on those middle of the field throws. I wanna see a little bit more consistency 'cause I've seen greatness on throws on the move. I wanna see a little bit more consistency in that regard. I wanna see who are the guys stepping up for Notre Dame? Who's he developed the rapport with outside of the two returning guys, phase on, and it's great house, right? Yes. I wanna see what that receiver core looks like and how's he feeding those guys, right? And then Luke Fickle, like Mike Tressel's coordinate, and the defense, Fickle, I told you, yeah, call me big cat, whatever, they were 15th nationally versus the run. 20th in sax per game, 24th in total defense last year. That's Fickle's identity. So while it may not be the best team or opponent, they're going up against the defense. It's gonna be pretty comparable to what they're gonna see. And quite frankly, might be a better defense than they see in the vast majority of games. And it's an opener. And it's in Lambo. I think there's opportunity here for CJ Carr to come out and make a statement. And I'm here to see it. Just wanna point out really quickly that Western Michigan had the ninth best scoring defense in the country last year. I don't give a shit and no one, literally no one. Watching on Netflix or Spotify or listening on Apple cares. Just saying, just say what's that Michigan game? It's gonna be good. Oh my gosh, when you tripled down on Western Michigan. All right, next category within first tape. Who's the new face that you can't wait to watch? There are so many. This is the hardest category. By far, there were maybe 20 names I could go with. But I'm going with a true freshman. I'm going with a house state receiver, Chris Henry Jr. And I'll tell you this right now, you lose Carnell Tate. This is what you lost. Carnell Tate averaged 17.1 yards per catch. He had 4.6 catches per game last year. He was their deep threat. He was the guy that could go up and get the ball down field. It's going to cheer my smithers. They worked him in different ways because you have to, because they're going to adjust the defense for it. Gadi Gadi, I think Chris Henry Jr., as a freshman, is capable of replacing that production. And let me tell you why. He is 6'5" and 211 pounds. This is not one of those high school receivers who's going to have to get him in the weight room. He's going to get to the dining room. And we're going to have to beef him up and get him bigger. So we can handle the physicality of play at this level. He is from a physical standpoint ready to go. And then you watch what he did in high school. And his ability to track his sticky hands, his speed. He is, I think, already ready to make an impact as a downfield pass catcher right now. Add into that this running game, I think, is going to be outstanding. Arthur Smith, the new offense coordinator, is going to feature play action. You got Jeremiah Smith drawing so much attention away from him. He's going to get some single coverage matchups. This kid is someone to keep an eye on. I'm interested to see if Smith and Ryan Day make it a priority to get him going against Ball State and really get the ball rolling. But from a talent standpoint, I can't wait to see what he does. Yeah, me too. It's eagerly anticipating, like everyone's waiting to see. Because if he's the guy that people think he can be, and even if it's not in week one, but it builds, and he becomes that guy in November, December, January, we're going to have to re-wrap our best pandems in college football. And it absolutely will exceed that of Indiana. Kansas is with Cam Coleman. And Indiana with Charlie Becker and Nick Marsh. That leads me to Perfect Segway. My new face that I'm dying to see is Nick Marsh. I feel like because Josh Hoover transferred in and Mendoza's out. I feel like because so much else is going on in college football, and you've got Cam Coleman with Arch. For some reason, it was like a big story right when it happened. But I haven't heard a lot of Nick Marsh stuff, right? And this for me, I'm not looking to find out if Nick Marsh belongs. He does. I'm looking to find out if Indiana can unlock Nick Marsh. Six, three, two hundred and ten pound Nick Marsh. I know he's a big physical presence. I know he's a playmaker. I know what he can do physically. I know last like career two seasons with that offense, with a passing game that's not, it was not up to a consistent level that you'd expect, right? The child's a dynamic athlete, but not a great passer at this point, and he's transferred since. A hundred catches, 1,300 yards, nine touchdowns. But if you do quick math right there, that's 13 yards per catch for him last year is just 11.2. You get Charlie Becker on the opposite side. You get Hoover who they're hoping that Hoover's dam doesn't break. And that's the focus for Shanahan and Signetti. This offseason is to make sure he plays in the system, zone read, mesh ball out quickly, no turnovers. We went on defense, we run the football, you can't be that guy. But we want you to sling it and do all the things that you can do. When they take their chances, whether it's those back shoulder fades, vertical routes, deep posts we saw with Omar Cooper Jr. last year, right? I want to see Nick Marsh become an absolute frickin dog down the field, because I think he can be. He's capable and I wanted them to go like, yeah, he's a day two wide receiver. He's got a lot of talent. I want him to be like, oh no, like, is it Becker or Charlie Becker or is it Marsh? They're both top 20 picks. I want it to be that level. That's what I'm excited to see in India. And yeah, they're playing. They're playing. It's a Saturday big noon kick against North Texas. That's what it is. So I'm excited to see that out. Real quick, has not been my best show. I mean, maybe I didn't have the best draft at the beginning of the show. I've stumbled over some names, but at least I didn't make a Hoover Dam show. And I hope that's not something that you go back and like, that was pretty funny. I think I'm going to go back to it because I'm going to tell you right here, right now in front of everyone. We could scrap the Hoover Dam jokes. >> Yeah, I could actually, I could see like my son does a really good job of sideying me. >> Yeah, he's a grown king of the kids. >> Growing up, I was the eye rolled guy. He for some reason is the side eye guy. >> Yeah. It's been in his report card a couple times to be honest with you. >> We could do without the side by the way. >> That's all right. >> You know, if you don't want to do that. >> The worst thing to report a robot. >> I felt the side eye from another point in this house. So yeah, you're right. That will be my last Hoover Dam. >> Thank you. >> And yeah, you're right. You've kind of sucked in this show. >> Agreed, thank you. >> You didn't have to say it. >> I'm just, I'm getting spiteful. All right, this is the third element I want to do in first take. Underrated prospect. That you're excited to see in week one. Who's the guy that maybe nationally isn't getting the love that he deserves? Maybe it's from a program he's in. Maybe there are the great players at that position. Whatever it is. Who's a player that is that you're excited to sit down and really watch. But yep, I knew it. Yep, and now I can get on social. Now I'll get on the show Saturday night. By the way, Saturday night show is back. It'll be on Netflix. It'll be on Spotify. You'll get it on Apple. We are taping it this year after. And it will be out ASAP. Tucker is the best in the freaking business. He's going to turn that thing around and have it for you shortly after the prime time game. Right after the prime time game, we're going to tape it. And we're going to get it out as fast as we can. But the Saturday night show, the instant reaction show with all of our draft takes, our college football, you know, analysis, not takes. We don't do takes. We do first tape. It'll all be there. But on Saturday night, who's the guy you're hoping that you get to talk about that's kind of been overlooked? I love early in the year when you get these smaller programs playing up against the bigger programs because it gives an opportunity to some of these players to show what they can do. And Youngstown's going to Kentucky this weekend. And they have an offensive tackle name, Desmeel Lee. And I'll be honest with you, he is a early round talent with mid to late round tape. And what I mean by this is he six foot six, he's three hundred twenty four pounds. He moves really well, McShay. I mean, some of his past sets are gorgeous. I think he was. He went against Michigan State last year. I think physically he really held his own in that game. The issue I have with his tape is that as the play evolves, as each snap evolves. his technique tends to fall apart and he starts to lose. He's got to be cleaner with his technique. What's concerning about that is that he's a four year starter, okay? So you're hoping that at this point, after being a four, this is your fourth year as a starter, that some of those things are a little more developed, a little more refined. But he also only played one year of high school football. So let's keep that in mind. I like that. He was able to cross in basketball, guy. You thought maybe you had heard the end of this name for a while, but I think the talent in the background is going to draw some comps to Maxi and Acher from Arizona State. And I think he's that he's, it's that volatile stock with this kid. He could be someone who gets, you know, a camp invite or gets drafted late if he doesn't play well this year or he could be someone that generates a lot of buzz. Because again, 324 pounds, guys don't move like he does. So he could really move up with a strong season. I, I like that and I like you're going with your, you're staying in your lane. Like you're going to identify the best offense of what, no, seriously, I think that's great. I'm actually going to go a little more mainstream for week one because I do feel like this year, there's a lot of prospects that aren't getting love that deserve some love because we've got so many damn quarterbacks and we've got edges like Dylan Stewart and Colin Simmons and, and, and Yannes AP air and we've got, we've got wide receivers like Jeremiah Smith and, and Cam Coleman, like it's just, and even the running back positions, like I'm not hardy. We're going to put the plug in that for a little bit. We'll see, we know what the injury stuff is with the off the field incident, but we still have Q1 Lacey and we've got, we got bought Florida. But why, why is no one talking about Isaac Brown, the Louisville running back? This guy is a dynamo man. He is so damn explosive. I mean, I get it, he's, he's, he's undersized, but he's also, what is he, he's like 5, 9, 190, I think is what he's, he's listed at, but he's also, like he, he's one of those guys that can catch the football. He can take, he can, like one, one play, all it takes is being out of position. I'm excited to see him for Louisville. You talked about the new quarterback coming in, you talked about the, you talked about Jeff Brown. Yeah, throwing Brian Brown, like the Brahms and what they do with, with offenses when they get one off season to kind of transform to their new quarterback. But I want to see now with Isaac Brown, who's considered, I would say third round probably, if you can sense this pole, the, all the skills, like somewhere in there, maybe top 100, maybe slightly out. I want to see him become the guy this year. I mean, Pete Golding runs a defense that attack in your face, disrupt, and he kind of will be like, it's okay if you're not gap sound and all of that up front. So yeah, there may be some negative plays for Brown, but it also creates some opportunity for Isaac Brown to come out. And if there's one guy out of, out of place and he gets a little crease to go, you know, watch out. Pete Golding likes him, Golding called Brown one of the best backs, we'll see all season. And they're playing in the SEC and, and I don't know if they're playing ball. And it was, I don't have the schedule in front of me, but they're going to face some pretty good backs. His explosiveness, his ability in space, his initial, like that initial burst and then finishing speed. So also get some contact balance and body controlling 8.8 yards per carry for, I knew it was high. I just looked it up. I knew it was high. But there's 8.8 yards per carry. And yeah, there's the, the Sun Terrain Perkins, there's Will Eccles, who's one of your favorite prospects in the entire class, Cam Franklin at edge, just Keaton Thomas. But there's seven guys that are lost from last year's defense. So Goulding now, as the head coach, but the defensive specialist is going to try to reconstruct that defense. And there's some opportunity early with some new faces for him to have a monster game and maybe keep this thing close for Louisville, you know, it's almost like you think that it might be the best game of the weekend. I hear you. Second best, last, last one I want to get to here, first tape, Buyers Remorse Anxiety is what I'm going to call it. Who's the prospect or player in college football that you may be fell in love with? Maybe you gave a grade and you're like, I know he's capable of, but maybe he's not there now. Who's the player that you're going to watch in week one? You're kind of going in like, I know he can't. I believe in this guy. I gave him that grade, but you're like, I don't want to face McShea. If this guy comes out and is average to below average and lays an egg in week one, and that doesn't, and that doesn't make a player, you still got the rest of the season, right? But I don't want to start off in a bad foot after I kind of stamped this guy. So we'll call it Buyers Remorse Anxiety going into week one. Who is it? I'm going to go LSU left tackle Jordan Seaton and that's him to a team in. I mean, you just explained it really well, talent for days. And when the tape is good, I am in love. And I thought that he could be in the running as, you know, the first, you know, like a top five pick, if not a first, the overall pick, if it's not a quarterback and all that, yada yada. When we were going into the evaluation process and he ended up being the fourth offensive tackle on my board once I got through. And the reason is he's just inconsistent. And now you're taking a kid who was playing a Colorado and that's, that's great. And you're putting him in the SEC. And now you're going against Clemson and a guy and will help the edge from Clemson who I think got better over the, he's gotten significantly better over the last two years and might get after him a little bit in this game. I'm worried about this match up from a seat in standpoint. I think seat is going to be really good, but this could be a tough one for him. Cause I think Will Helt is that good too. So it's going to be interesting to see. I think, you know, I look at Will Helt by the way, I'm a little higher on him than you are. He's a taller, leaner guy. He's got some Aiden Hutchinson to him, the way he moves in that frame. And yeah, listen, man, I really like him. So this is a match up that I've got my eye on. Yeah, I gave hell. I think at 90 and put him in a burgeon or top 30. Yeah, yeah. But you see that. That's awesome. But you, I also kept in consideration, I probably would have given him like an 88, but like, I know how much you like him. So I kind of met you in the middle of that. Yeah. And again, our top 50 prospects, well, we'll unveil that shortly as we get through this week in the newsletter. Then make sure you report Google, subscribe, please. I'm sticking with LSU, weirdly enough, we didn't pre-plan this. I know. I believe in him. I believe in the guy coaching him. I believe like you have no idea how much I believe in his ability. But I'd be lying to you if I told you I'm not nervous about Sam Levin. And I wish they had a warm up came against Texas State or Western Michigan. I have gone all in on Sam Levin. And you and Stanford Steve have pushed me on Levin to Mon Williams, where I'm probably going in even more than I want to, but I'm cool for you in a corner. I love it. But on Monday night, what is it Monday night, 730, I think it is, when's the LSU comes again? It's Saturday night. Oh, Saturday night. Sorry. Yeah. There was another game Monday Saturday night at 730 whenever, yeah, the prime time game. I am going to be quietly sitting there with sweaty palms. Here's my deal on Levin, okay? My entire projection hangs on one question. How quickly and effectively can Lane Kiffin get this beautiful rock and turn it into a diamond? Right? How quickly can you get him to play on schedule, get his mechanics right, play him within a system? It took Pat Mahomes a year of sitting as a backup and watching Alex Smith and Andy Read around him and then finally getting the starting job to kind of be in place to do that. Levin doesn't have that. Levin gets plucked late in the transfer portal after a whole lot of stuff was going on. Comes in. There's all sorts of distractions at LSU. He's got to learn all this stuff and come in week one against Clemson. But I'm here for it. That's a dynamic athlete. His explosive quickness is he is speed. He's got this live loose arm. He fits the ball into some tight windows where you're like, yeah, that's my guy. That's my guy right there. Clip that one tuck. Clip that play, right? He's got this competitiveness about him that like harkens the day of Brett Farve. But he also makes some mistakes and makes some decisions where you're like, fuck, man, you hurt. You're killing me. You're trying to like, I'm in your corner. And then he makes some throws where that like should be easy. Some lay ups that he just kind of misses because his feet aren't right or his eyes weren't there and everything's rushed. So now I've got this off season. It's been chaotic and all this and Lane Kiffin's got to do in a thousand different things. He's still recruiting NFL players to come back. And I'm like, if we had the time to properly get him kind of channeled in the right, you know? Lane thinks he has. I can tell you that much. And now you going up against Tom Allen's defense in the second year of this defense and didn't go well last year. I get it. But a lot of guys kind of met eye in the NFL and maybe that kind of held them back. Now year two. 15 points per game Clemson allowed in their final four. They started to click a little bit. Now you're two and you get Sammy Brown back, phenomenal linebacker. Ashton Hampton, one of the potential shutdown corners will help you talked about it. The edge rush of position. This is the test, man. This is the test. And I'm gonna be white knuckle in this motherfucker for four hours on Saturday night. 'Cause I believe in love it, but this is scary. I've watched some talented corners in this class, man. And none of them backpedal quite as well as you do. Great backpedal. I mean, you were backpedal. I feel like a little bit of a backpedal. I'm not backpedal. I mean, this has been your guy. I have a terrible backpedal. I'm not balanced, I keep aren't quick enough. I'm upright, I get, no, I'm not backpedaling. I'm just saying, if I'm being honest, this is a truth serum moment. So if, I believe in everything I said, but I'm also like, I have enough self-awareness to know that it's what I saw. It's not there, but I believe it's going to be there, but is it gonna be there fast enough or in week one, he doesn't come out and all of a sudden, we get a situation where it's like, LSU just got upset by Dabo Clemson, you know? - Yeah. - Look, and now I get to go on the show. It's gonna be on Netflix and Spotify that night. And you come in with that big ass grin and white beauty shining. And 11, 115 for 33 with two picks. And LSU just got upset is the number 19 in the country. That, like, you know, look, I could say you're doing the mature thing and I respect the honesty and yada, yada, yada, or I could just bust your balls and I'd rather just bust your balls. That was gonna be the end of our show. And then Connor jumped in with something, like literally at the end of our production call yesterday. And as he initially was saying it, I was like, love the idea, we're not squeezing this in. And then the more we started talking about it with Will Lev is getting cut and with some of the fourth year options on quarterback, the fifth year option not being picked up and fourth year quarterbacks, like Stroud and Bryce Young, 'cause you guys Stroud and Bryce Young. We started looking at the 2023 draft class, or let's definitely do a 2023 read draft 'cause that class is fascinating. But maybe we'll do it another time. Now let's do it tomorrow, let's do it. So here we are. (laughing) I'm here for it, man. It's a total, like, talk about like a detour, sharp left. Here we go. All week one college football, like leading up to all of our tape study out pro prospects. Let's go back to 2023, but let's go. Tucker, throw up the graphic of what we had in that first round. Okay? Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, right off the board. Remember the drama, Nick Casario. This is the GM of the Houston Texans that moved up. They take CJ Stroud. Let's show our quarterback he's the guy, but we all kind of knew that Will Anderson wanted to be the pick for some people in that building. And maybe ownership for some other people got involved and said, well, we need to quarterback too. All right, fine. I'll go mortgage off these picks. I'll move up to two and I will go get both guys. So it was Bryce Young and then the Texans got CJ Stroud and Will Anderson. Then the cults came in and I was surprised. I didn't see it. I saw the talent. Everyone could see the talent. I didn't think the cults were gonna take Anthony Richardson at four, but they did. I loved Evan with a spoon. We both want a football player. But not the biggest, you know, the biggest cat, not a former five star. He what you talk about. You talk about John Schneider having convictions and I don't care the position, the size, what I think that dude is among the top five players in this class and it's paid off. Paris Johnson's been really good for the Arizona Cardinals. Tyree Wilson with the Raiders. Bijon Robinson goes eight is a two high for a running back. We all know he's talented. Jalen Carter goes nine. As Shafter's phone is blowing up and I'm in the neighborhood and there had to be talks between the agent, the shark down in South Florida and how he rose men. Parameters in place, 'cause this guy's got some character stuff and some off the field issues and we've seen some stuff since he's been in the league. But my gosh, he might be the most talented, physically gifted player in this entire draft and it's kind of how it's played out. And then Darnell Wright, the right tackle, coming out of Tennessee, right? She kind of bears pick a 10. So now we have an opportunity, we're meant to redraft this thing, knowing what we know. On by the way, Will Levis was the 33rd overall pick. We had the girlfriend at the time who remains the social media. Darling. Yeah, that's. Oh no. She remains something on social media. Oh, okay, but does not remain Will Levis's girlfriend. I believe she's dating another athlete as far as I know. But my point is it was a big story on draft night, Gia Dutty. That is her name, the young lady I'm referring to. You can check that out on social media. But here's a second pick of the second round. Yeah, you don't want to, let's keep our for you page clean. So when Stella gets on your phone or Iris can sneak around, I'm joking. All right, here we go. But Will Levis gets cut and we had those two quarterbacks were picked one and two. I was just on with Bill Simmons yesterday. He had a fun hour with him. Talked about it. And Richardson was four. Yeah. And so you got two guys. It's like, yeah, didn't work. Didn't work gone. Gone from Tennessee is Will Levis and gone from the starting job. And honestly, if I think if the Colts got a decent offer to trade him, he'd be gone from Indianapolis. And then you got Bryce Young and CJ Stroud. You're looking at like, what do we do with him now? We've said, correct. Groud was brilliant as a first year player. Last two years, we've seen a massive regression. It's hard to pinpoint. Then we got Bryce Young who was the opposite arc where it was miserable in the beginning. What a bust off the bat. But regained his confidence. Got an opportunity, got in the starting line. It started to play better last year. I thought he played well later. There's a season went on. I thought he played really well in that playoff loss. I was impressed. I saw some things. But neither organization, Dan Morgan for Carolina, Nick Casario for Houston, neither organization was willing to commit understandably. So they shouldn't have, but they've also been very confident in their support of those players. And they both want these quarterbacks to succeed. But they don't have enough belief to pay him. So where are we now if we're gonna redraft? And I want to start with Carolina right now. Right off the bat, I'm giving you the first pick to put the pressure on you bench. Who you taking with that first pick if you're the Panthers? It's Will Anderson. I don't like it's just, it's Will Anderson. He's a dominant edge rusher in his league. He just got paid. It is a no-brainer for me that it's Will Anderson. I don't disagree. Okay, well, and that would have given you four years to figure out a different quarterback. And quite frankly, like the 15th ranked quarterback last year. However, you would rank them. Like I think that they got a much better shot. Are you really gonna run beating the Patriots in the playoffs? Go ahead, what? >> You're not factoring like roster and need into this, like redraft, right? Because, and this is what's fascinating about this to me is, when you go back and you're like, you should have just taken the best damn player. Like, why not take the best player? Like that's, and it's funny when you look back at it that way. And when you're going through the process, you're like, this is what we need. And this is like going back, I'm just taking the best guy that I could have gotten because the, the 10 players that I have my top 10 in this list are all really good. >> By the way, I should have started with this. This is one of the best fucking drafts of all time. >> It's really good. >> Really good, this group. You can create a list of 30 guys where you're like, wow, they're all from this one class. I'm not saying this is impossible. But it's like, if I went back and studied the draft, it's got to be in the top 10, maybe like top five, seven of all the draft classes. >> Yeah. >> When you look at the top of this class, I don't disagree, I don't disagree. Number two, Houston, now Will Anderson's gone. Honestly, knowing what we know now is a redraft. I'm taking Pukin, I'm taking Pukin, Nikua over Jackson Smith and Jigba. I take either of them. I'll take either of them. I love them both. >> Yeah, you know, it's not that crazy. It's not that crazy. >> He's got 313 catches for 4,191 yards 19 touchdowns through three seasons. He had 129 for 17, 15 and 10 last year. He had an immediate record setting rookie impact. Now, is he the same guy in that system that he is with? You can argue that. Quite frankly, Jackson Smith and Jigba is more, it translates more to everywhere you go. So I could live with that. I could live with that. But Pukin, if you're going off the player that they have been, production consistent, like, but now we get the off the field issue. >> I haven't tried so long. >> There are some things there. >> I'm taking, you're right. You know what, I'm going to swap. I'm going to swap because it's not as transferable. And more importantly, where is he? as they off the field and where is the personal life and all that stuff. I was just going off of like the product, like who's been the best players? And you have to put Puka ahead of JSN. But knowing what we know now and we're allowed that, this is all about hindsight. I think it's more transferable. And I think, I mean, JSN is the most humble, nonchalant star that this league has had in a long time. I don't think people even realize how good he is because he's so nonchalant and so humble. So yeah, all right, I'll take JSN, thank you. Now pick three. Who you are? I know I'm getting a great player. I'm going to go Jalen Carter and there's a part of me that like this is really difficult to do it. But I think he is such a game record when he's right. And it's, and you're asking for trouble with a lot of the other stuff and I get it. And I ended one thing I will remember about this draft is how much shit you took for the reporting you done at Jalen Carter and how angry it made me. But that being said, there's just not a lot of Jalen Carter's in the world. Oh, I agree. So I'm going Jalen Carter here, but they're like four other guys that are making this real difficult. That's the beauty. All right, so the Texans would walk away with Jackson Smith and Jalen Jalen Carter. And the Indianapolis Colts would be on the board. I'm going to hold off on the running back here or the Indianapolis had one then they got one now. So put it still on the board now because I'm taking Puka here. I like that. I'm taking Puka Nukua here. I am. I think that feels fair. All right, so then Seattle's up at number five. You got an opportunity to bring back the same guy. Totally happy. But there's this other corner that just got paid a little bit of money. Did he get paid? I didn't know. He has it. He's getting set. He's going to get paid. Yeah. He's waiting to get paid more is what I should have said. Yes, yes, he did not get paid yet. That's the whole deal. He's waiting to get paid a little bit more than Devon Witherspoon who just got paid. Or you can go totally direction. I'm going to be John Robinson here, man. I just think he's that good. And it's an early for running back. I think there you could make an argument for two running backs in this class in the top 10. And as good as this group is. And I think be John's the top five in this class. I think he's that freaking good. I'm taking be John Robinson. All right, so I'm writing this down. So be John Robinson goes five, cross him off the list. Now I'm sitting at a list. It has two of those elite corners. It's got another elite running back. It's got some other really good players. And I am, I'm drafting for the Arizona Cardinals. Who by the way nailed that pick? I don't think people really-- Yes, Sarah Schatz is a damn good football player at a lower position to nail. But I got to take Christian Gonzalez. Really? And it's hard to get a shut down corner of his, yeah, I'm taking Christian Gonzalez. He's one of the massive impact players in the lead. Oh no question. I love God. He's a top 10 player here. I would argue you could put him in the top five. You could? I wouldn't hate it. All right, so yeah, so Gonzalez goes six. Yep. Who's that? Now picking seven is Las Vegas. You don't have to worry about taking the guy that they got the first time around 'cause you ain't gonna do that. Tyree Wilson. I, this might surprise him. Go with Darnell, right? All pro offensive tackle Darnell, right? The player that he is developed into is I just think he's one of the best offensive tackles in the league. And I'm not passing up at that at seven. Really? Over Paris Johnson? Yes. Yes. Over wither spoon. Yes. Those guys aren't gonna last long, by the way. They're coming off soon. Okay. All right, cross them off. This is fun. Number eight. I've got Atlanta and B. John's gone. Sorry, Falcon's fans. But the only thing you can hang your hat on these days, not only the pretty damn close. Right? Let's take it shots. Dance pissed. Atlanta needs a lot. I can't help it, I get it. I'm taking, I'm taking your mere gifts. Really? Yeah. All right. Well, I wouldn't, I, I love him. I think he's, I, I have him in my top 10. I just think that when you have a Devon, whether spoon out there that you're like, we've got, it's, we go through this exercise. We do mock draft sometimes and we're just like, we have a player that we like so much that somehow is falling. And it's always a good exercise to do. This feels like weather spoon, look how, how? You know, how is someone gonna get him at eight? He went five initially and he has been everything you've wanted and more. It is a good exercise to look to like how much we do push up these quarterbacks. And I love Bryce Young, but had concerns and I love CJ Straub. It had some concerns, but they were so good in that class and they were coming off of crazy. Like, you know, take the best damn football player, sort it out later. Good. So, so right now we've got, Will Anderson going number one to Carolina. Houston has two back-to-back picks. We got JSN, Jackson Smith and Jigbo, wide receiver, and Jalen Carter going number three. So they got an elite star wide receiver, an elite star on the defensive side and Carter. Then Pukin Nikuwa goes four set of Anthony Richardson to Indianapolis. Bijon Robinson comes off the board even earlier in number five to Seattle. They pass on weather spoon. Gonzo, cornerback as mentioned calls him. Gonzo is winds up going at at number six to Arizona instead of Paris Johnson. Las Vegas is thrilled to have a redraft. They get rid of Tyree Wilson's that pick and they take to Arnell Wright. They got an all pro right tackle. Jamir Gibbs goes number eight. So Atlanta still gets a running back. I mean, you love both of them, they get Gibbs. They can't be disappointed with that. And now we're at nine where the Eagles took Jalen Carter, defensive tackle from Georgia. He's off the board. What do the Eagles do at pick number nine? To have a weather spoon. No way, we took weight. No, weather's still available, right? Yeah, yeah. I cannot wrap my head around it. It's weather spoon like we're sprinting. How he does it again, we are sprinting to get that name in. Good congratulations, how are you feeling about it? I mean, you're acting as if you weren't, you didn't pass on them four times too. Like, I know, I know you're, that's, that's a fair point. You're right. But it's, it's, I'm not giving you a hard time for it. I'm, I'm actually saying is look at the talent that has come out of this draft. That somehow to have weather spoon's going to get pushed down the board. This one becomes tough at number 10. I think they've all been tough to be honest with you. I mean, they've all been tough. 'Cause I'm looking at 10 and you're like, shit man, when Laporta is right, he's one of the best items in the league. I got CJ Stroud, and that's not gonna be the direction we go. But I've got Brian Branch, he's a great player. I've got Devon H and there's, who's become an absolutely, sneaky, sneaky good. I got Jack Campbell, if we want to line back here, I get all these dudes, man. I get all these dudes. I'm going, I'm gonna surprise you a little bit though. I'm taking Zay flowers. You're Paris Johnson too. Yeah. I love Zay flowers. And, and I, I hear you. I mean, I don't like small receivers. And Zay flowers is one of those guys is like, you're gonna fall. But now I'm engaged in, and I don't care. He's putting him with a burden and flowers with Caleb and the time that I hear you, man. I know I hear you, that's why I love the player. I don't think you could, you could take that kind of receiver over a franchise left tackle and Paris Johnson, and I do think, and this was your guy. Correct me if I'm wrong. But Jack Campbell has turned into an absolute dude. I mean, he is, he's a linebacker. And I get no Williams. I know. You're right. That's a tough recall, especially with their offensive line. You can easily go, Paris Johnson, I'm like, yeah, fine, coin flip for me. Yeah. In fact, it might be a smarger call because it's presented like that positional value. But there's something about Zay with Ben Johnson's offense. I love that you throw on his hat. There's name it into the mix because he's, he's turned out to be that kind of a player. again. I just thought he was too small to do what he does at this level and he's been outstanding. All right. So throw up the graphic. Here we go. Will Anderson goes number one. If you're watching, you can see the graphic here by Tuck and Dan. If you are listening on Apple or anywhere else, I'll rip the room. Carolina Panthers in the 2023 redraft top 10, Will Anderson, best player from the class, goes number one overall. Jackson, Smith and Jigba, after a little bit of a discussion and mentioned showing me the way. What's the field stuff is a translatable, transferable to one scheme to the next. Jackson, Smith and Jigba goes number two to Houston and then Houston with that third pick gets another elite defensive star, Jalen Carter who comes with a little bit of baggage with my go. Oh, there's no, there's nobody that doesn't what he can do. Then you got Pukka Nikua going number four. The Colts fans would be thrilled them. We got Daniel Jones now. We just signed a big play outside receiver. Now we got Pukka as well. Let's roll. Cijon Robinson goes three spots earlier, running back Seattle Seahawks. How that would have changed kind of the fortunes or it's interesting to go back and look at you. Like how would things be? So the Seahawks get Bijon Robinson, Christian Gonzalez, a corner back from from Oregon, goes to Arizona at pick number six, Darnell Wright offensive tackle. Interesting move by Matt. Solidifying this offensive line for Mendoza. The Raiders take Darnell Wright, right tackle at seven Atlanta Falcons. They don't get the running back that they wanted, but my gosh, it's not that big a drop off when you talk about Jameer Gibbs at number eight. Eagles take Devon Witherspoon because Jalen Carter's off the board and the bears in a controversial pick by yours truly goes Zay flowers, which just got paid in Baltimore over maybe a Paris Johnson or some of those other great players that we mentioned. This is fun. It's great. Other than me calling Witherspoon, Weatherspoon over and over again, but you know, that's just that's part of the course of this guy. You knew we had to do it. Fandall keeps the lights on for us. Fandall is now everywhere. So let's share some of our favorite picks this week, Manchester's. We going to week one of the season. We'll do this. It's a segment we're going to do every single week leading up to the college football weekend at hand. I want to know your three favorite picks. It's at Fandall by the way on social media and get the Fandall app, please. I love the tool. But go ahead. Who are your three favorite picks for week one? I have done no analytic research to back this up, but I always feel like offenses get off to a slow start in the season, especially when there might be some changes or some question marks. And I'm expecting some low scoring games and a few of these. And I think I look at Tennessee Tennessee state of Georgia. Georgia has some questions at the wide receiver position. I think they're going to pound the rock. I think they're going to play great defense. That's going to be a low scoring game. I think Marshall at Penn State, I think Matt Campbell's first game at Penn State. They might play it a little bit safe. They're going to keep that defense is going to smother Marshall again. I see another low scoring game and then the last one would be Northern Illinois at Iowa. I know or the Northern Illinois just got tearing Dickens from Western Carolina and he was lights out last year. That transition makes might take some time. I think Iowa at home is just going to play smothering defense again and run the ball. They might play two quarterbacks in this game. I just think when you're getting off to the, at the beginning of the year, maybe offices aren't clicking on all cylinders and that they might not put up as many points as people expect. This is all right. My three picks, I feel, I feel great about them, that in the whole off season to get ready. I think, I think my, you don't buy a Ferrari and decide you're just going to take it out and drive in the, in the right lane like mench going 63 on cruise control down I 95. You save that to fly where you, where you can unlock that baby. I get Mensa. I got Malachite Tony. I got an offensive that's going to be even better than what Cam Ward had a couple years ago in my mind, right? I get another nugget for you as Miami gets ready to take on Stanford who looked a lot better than we expected. We talked to Andrew Luck right before that opening game. They go to Hawaii and they, or they played Hawaii and it was, yeah, it was, it was a grind for a while. They look good. They look like a program that believes in what they're doing. It's a fun game. They had to make a play late. It wasn't that. Mine, who I came back on. It was a good game. Here's, here's, here's what I, here's a nugget I got for you. Last 10 years, Mensa, opponents coming off a week one teams against opponents coming off a week zero who have not played in week zero. So the fresh team versus the team coming off of any game, win or loss in week zero. 149, 109 and six against whatever numbers out there. So to me, you add that to just the talent disparity and the fact that you want to drive for Ari 120 miles an hour, I think that this could be, this could be a lopsided event. Another lopsided event. I remember Nick Sabin that it wasn't great, like, in terms of having to score 30, you know, I'll, I'll duel the opponent by 30 more, 30 or more points or whatever it is. I think Alabama is going to absolutely annihilate Eastern, East Carolina. I think Alabama has heard enough. I think they got a stud quarterback in, in, in, in Keelan Russell. I think that they're going to wind up, I think we're going to wind up being like, wait, wait a second. Why didn't we see the writing on the wall with this team? I think now you got, with the board, they've got more players in that fit their mold and had another offseason. Like, I don't know. I think, I'm not saying Alabama is going to wind up winning the national championship. I think they're a little bit better than people think, and I think everyone nationally's had fun with, uh, I believe, of course, it's who's replacing Nick Sabin, and I think they want to make a statement in, in week one. I think East Carolina is going to be on the, on the, uh, unfortunate side of what could be Alabama kind of been like, yeah, get out of here. Finally, flex a little, flex a little, finally, Georgia tech. I know there's going to make Dan happy. I think Colorado has leveled off a little bit. Let's put it that way. I love Justin. It's fair. Haynes. I think, I think the mismatch in this game is going to be in the trenches. I really think Georgia tech is going to grind Colorado, wear them down. Colorado's offensive lines to rebuild. I think they're, I think he's going to be a mess. I think Justin Haynes is going to have an awesome, awesome day. What do you get for Georgia tech, by the way? That running back, Justice Haynes is, when he's been healthy, he's unreal. That was a great pick up by them. A great pick up. And I would say this, I think Georgia tech is going to win that by a couple of touchdowns. All right. We'll see you on the other side. Enjoy football this weekend, but we got one more coming up for you between now and then. And we're excited to, uh, to have a special guest joining us in Bruce Feldman. And something tells me, I don't think it's going to be surprising news out of Baton Rouge, but I think there's going to be a lot of intel that he can share that is, is very telling of what's going on in college football. 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