the Atlanta. Falcons last year. They took Kyle pits a great
pass-catching tight end with the fourth selection this year.
It's Drake London
with the eighth overall pick Chris. I guess it didn't hurt
him to not run the 40. He said I'm not running the 40 before
the draft. Go watch my film Falcons. Watch this film
Falcons liked what they saw. Yeah, I get it. I do. I mean,
you know, the 40 is the the one concern you have about them
is straight. Speed is not like Oh, wow, but Mike, you've heard
me say before size is a skill.
It is something when you're that big
and it's the most unbelievable thing. You've seen my cat mean
the 50/50 balls. It it's he's the best that's ever coming to
college with these type of things, back shoulders 50/50
balls. It is a T20 with Drake London.
And then the route running
is that of a smaller human being. He has unbelievable feat
and ability to, you know, kind of know how to use the right
body language to get a guy going this way. Then put his
The ground and go the other way.
He's very good with that. So there's almost like some slot
value to the guy to he's he's a he's a safe pick that way and
then damn, you know, you said it with him and Kyle pits.
Holy cow. Good luck, everybody out there. If you don't have
big Corners, it doesn't get I don't care how you cover these
guys. You could be in their Hip Pocket. They're just so big.
They're still going to catch the ball and that's going to be
a real issue for teams matching up with the Atlanta Falcons
and the Run continued because after the
The Falcons went with Drake London at 8:00. Now, the
Seahawks opted to stay, put and take a tackle, and Charles cross
was hanging around. I think longer than folks thought that
he would. But then at number 10, the Jets do not trade
the pick to the 49ers for Deebo Samuel. They take Garrett
Wilson from Ohio State
and then the st. Straight up to 11 to take Chris. Oh la vie
from Ohio State Buckeye receivers back to back
which which just again underscores what we've been
saying teams value. The players at that position and they were
making the moves to get them, the Jets. By staying put
the Saints by jumping from 10:44. Yeah. Well, a Lobby to
the Saints. I think that was like one that you know made a
lot of sense in a lot of ways. I could, I could see that
marriage, great route Runner, right, you know, can do all
the things that that offense and Sean Payton has done and he has
the speed to go deep
and do that. He's really an all-around like well-rounded
receiver and same with Wilson. I mean, you know, Garrett
Wilson to the Jets. I thought the Jets are one of the teams.
Teams that won the draft for sure to
get sauce Gardener
and of the best corner in the draft of my opinion,
they trade up late in the first round and get Jermaine Johnson,
the third and then you give your biggest asset on your
football team. Zach Wilson another weapon and you go. Okay
man, the Jets not next year
and offensive lines in a pretty good spot. You got
the quarterback and you talk about Corey Davis. Second round pick
from the 2021 draft. Elijah more
added with this guy right here and you go. Oh,
just got a little
That a receiver here because a lot of I mean wet Wilson can
fly mean he can run and he's got a little size 2 and he's
going to be a great fit for the New York Jets. He was a little
high for me at number 10,
but still if you love them you're committed to him, go get him.
He was a little high for you at number 10, huh,
but it maybe wasn't high enough for me
face on last night. No, and then we go from a i'ave to
the trade that sent the lions from 32 to 12. The first thought was
the first thought was, oh, they Really are serious about
a quarterback. They were looking at Kenny pig at they were
looking at Malik Willis and maybe they're making this move to
to cut off the Steelers before they could jump up to try to
get somebody right ends up. That they snatch Jameson
Williams the guy who I think would have been the first
receiver taken but for the torn ACL. So daschle Championship,
I really am surprised the
Vikings facilitated the Lions move. I really am
and they got the 32nd. Pick the 34th pick and an early third
round, pick for it. I think even get a future first round
or I thought A minimum
you drop 20 spot. You're going to get a future first round or,
but if they're comfortable with what they think they're going
to get in the in the range that they acquired those pics. So be
it.
But the Jameson Williams pick was a surprise. The trade was
a surprise and the lions taking Williams was Brides, would have
been a surprise 15, 20 years ago, when Matt Millen was
picking first round receivers every year, definitely
a surprise now. Yeah, I mean, it was
Mike, I think the value in the trade and a lot of ways to with
this draft and you've heard people say this, I'm not
breaking news. A lot of the NFL looks at it and goes man,
the second and third round is where it's at.
That's where I think a lot of the, the team's think there's
tremendous value. So hey, you got the pick 3234, you got one
of the pics tonight to get a premium player
that I bet a lot of teams with thought would have gone in
the first round. But when it
pertains to Jameson Williams, when I was sitting there and
saw the trade, you know, people at NBC will tell you I was
going. It's got to be Jameson Williams. It's gotta be,
I just knew too many people in football who had them,
you know, at the Put their board is one of the best
players in the draft top-five player on their board top 8
player on their board. So then he was sitting there at 12 and
that kind of move that they did. Their
tells me that they had Jameson Williams up there.
At the top five, top six player on their draft board because
that's when you make that move to go, wait, he's at 12 and
it's going to cost this to get them and we think he's that
he's worth that.
Well, this is where Matt
like matches it all matches the perfect world. We have a need
of the position. And we think he's way better than the spot.
He's at right. Now. Let's make the move. Let's make the trade
and Jameson Williams is ready to bite. Some kneecaps off to.
He was pissed off walking in the podium. I guarantee he was
pissed. Those Ohio State kids
went before he did.
And there's a little personal, you know, he transferred he had
to leave there and go to Alabama.
So they're going to get a guy with an attitude and like, you
always talk about a chip on his shoulder, which is going to be
a good thing. He's gonna be mad even though he still picked 13
and or Even going to be
unbelievable player.
It's a huge factor in the psychology of the receiver. You
go later than you thought you go behind guys that you know,
you're better than it lights. A fire instead of being
complacent.
Like, you can be if you're the man, I take it right, Drake
London's going to have to get his motivation. Elsewhere.
Jameson Williams, only for pics later. His motivation is baked
in but Chris it was Charles Rogers
in 2003. Your guy Roy Williams. Yeah. In 2004 Mike Williams.
In 2005 only Calvin Johnson in 2007,
four out of five years.
They took receivers in round one, and they had not take
a first taken, a first-round receiver since then, here. We
are
15 years later, Jameson Williams,
another Williams, the third Williams, amazing. That's how
I was gonna say. I was go. They got an
unbelievable. They're saving money on the name, plates on
the back of the receiver jerseys, and they got to be hot
lines. They got to be putting move.
You know, right. Well, and then they have eight knots. We
didn't talk about it. Yeah, right. I don't, I don't know
what people were thinking. I understand that there is
a business component to what we do in the media
and we'd like to create drama wherever we can.
But let's not go crazy about it. There were people who were
like, oh, I don't know the Lions may take cave on
Thibodeau. I don't know the lines may go quarterback. All
right, eight and Hutchinson was an absolute positive complete
and total like perfection in her bright.
It was perhaps salute no-brainer pick. That's the guy
that would have taken. Taken if they had the number one overall
pick. Yes. It's the football Gods aligned.
That was it just made so many cents in so many ways.
Michigan, you know, the guy himself like we talked about
him and Dan Campbell look like they could cut off the sleeves
on a hoodie and walk down and be like, who, I don't know.
They're just Bros. They're awesome together.
So it was perfect. I know the lions are one of the teams in
one, the draft last thing here because I know we got to go to
a break here. But here's the other thing, I'll do in
the future and this is I know you're going to like this. This
is candy.
You right here.
I'm going to listen to the sports books and the gambling
sites a little bit about. Oh absolutely. Because obviously
they were clear
last night. They were cooled in, they knew
they knew what was going to go down and that to me was
shocking. And a lot of ways I would have lost a lot of money
last night. If I'd bet on that. They got plenty of reasons.
They got plenty of reason but it's not real though. You
would have won you would have won the cave on Tim. I know
I got her four-and-a-half. You wearing that one? Barely.