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And now, it's Rich Eisen. Hour number three of the Rich Osen Show is on the air. Matt Miller of ESPN zooming in shortly to talk about the NFL draft, a total reconfiguration towards the end of it today. Jalen Waddell has been traded from the Dolphins to the Denver Broncos for a one and a three this year and a pick swap in the fourth.
So the Broncos are going to be choosing late in the second round on Friday night, and then not again until early on Saturday. They're going to be running it back. 844204, which is, in fact, the number to dial here on the program. Chris Brockman and Jay Felley in their position. TJ Jefferson has got the electric candle working right here.
I don't I think we're having a very good show for being a Faghazi candle that we're going to be able to do. Oh, watch it'll flicker a little bit. Oh, okay. That's uh that's production value right there. Fughesi candle.
Very good. Faghese candle. Let's go to Ed in Michigan. 844-204 rich. Number to Donald.
What's up, Ed? Ed, line one, you there, Ed?
Okay. I'm going to put Ed back on. You know what? I don't really want to hear from Ed. Why do you want to hear from Ed?
Well, I can see what his topic is. Ah, okay.
Well, Derek in Missouri, one of our regulars. What's up, Derek? You there, Derek? Yeah. Uh not much, Rich.
I was uh gonna go into the discussion about uh asking you about John Franklin's draft needs, but uh But we don't need to do that now because of the uh news that broke this morning about Jerry Waddles, so uh Glad that we got something going for free agency.
Well, frequency is pretty much out the window now because everybody's pretty much booked in as far as acquisitions and such and new deals. But other than that, I would say Waddle's not a bad addition. I like it. It's something that we need to boost our receiving core with him and One more figure before you let me go, Rich, before you get to Matt Miller, I want to say congratulations on your anniversary yesterday for Sports Center. Thanks, bud.
There's a reason why you've been on my TV. uh thirty plus years good sir and uh 'Cause you're professional, professional, and you're uh good man in what you do, and you got a good team behind you down here at the studio. I appreciate every one of you. Thanks, Derek. Appreciate that.
That's uh Derek in Missouri here on the program. Hey, listen, in terms of what the the Broncos need, um, Is just more football players, right? I know. That sounds like a bunch of word salad right there, or a cop-out, but the bottom line is. They've decided to run it back.
And I don't know who's going to be available with the 62nd overall pick. I just don't. And whoever's going to be sitting there, it doesn't matter what side of the ball. Go get them and bring them in and tell them: guess what you get to do? Win a Super Bowl this year.
In Super Bowl 61 in Los Angeles, California. That's what you get to do. And good luck. to everyone else trying to beat the Denver Broncos this year because They can beat you in many different ways.
Now they could beat you deep. with a uh with a uh a quick threat. as uh our buddy uh uh Gus Ramsey. Wants to chime in here on the program. He's a Die Hard Bronco fan, and I'm a Die Hard Gus Ramsey fan from back in the day on Sports Center and Full Sale University, the Dan Patrick School of Broadcasting.
What's up? Gus Ramsey. Rich, how are you, sir? I'm good. Congrats on Jalen Watts.
What's up, man? Right, dude? Gus? Yeah. You know, I was ready to give you a little grief for not really caring about the Patriots and Brockman, and then he dropped an either or, and now I'm back on your side.
Okay, thank you. Gus, that was going to throw the graphics team under the bus on that. I couldn't go to that slide. Since Jalen Waddell came into the league, the Broncos have had fifteen one hundred yard receiving games. Jalen Waddell has thirteen.
And I've been a fan of this team since nineteen seventy six. I really had to scratch to try to find a player like him that they've had. they've had some Sprinter guys, Rick Upchurch and Vance Johnson, and they were good receivers, but not to the level of Waddle.
So this just completely changes the game for them. And you mentioned Peyton, like if you're Davis Webb, like now you've been handed this Peace. You gotta think they're just sitting down in the office today scribbling stuff up and trying to. It's just going to bring a whole new book to this offense that they really have maybe not never had, but haven't had in a really long, long time.
So what do you think they need? What's left? What's a piece that if they're sitting out there 60 second overall on the clock? on a Friday night in Pittsburgh. With their first draft choice of this draft, who do you think they could take, Gus?
What do you think do you think they'd go defense now? you do because I I mean the the receiver room is pretty deep unless Thank you. They managed to find a way to Good trade up for I don't think Sadiq is gettable now, but I think they could look at tight end. But beyond that, they're definitely going to be looking at inside linebacker. Maybe a secondary piece, but I would bet more likely to go defense than offense.
All right, Gussie. Thanks for the uh yeah, yeah, and before I go, I know I texted you yesterday that I thought um Francisco Cavelli and Tom Sizemore are basically the same guy. Um, he did say that, so I'm asking you. if you could cast Francisco Cervelli in a time seismo role, What would it be? My pick is I'd put him at the as the mob boss and enemy of the state.
Yeah. He does look like him a little bit. Good one. You know? Yeah, have your team get a split screen up there and show the world.
You gotta find the right pictures, but it can work. And by the way, one last thing before we go. Long time Bronco fans will remember, Sammy Weiner used to kind of have a wobble touchdown celebration. where he would kind of go side to side and then spike.
So this will be our second waddle touchdown. celebration. And I think a penguin guy will fit well in the cold climate of Denver. This is why Dan turned to you, Gus, to make the youth in his name smarter and better. That's why you're next to the map.
These are the kinds of conversations that we have around our classrooms. Tom Sizemore and Francisco Cervelli, what movies could he do? I don't know what they're talking about at Syracuse in Northwest or in Arizona. But was there a thing I texted you yesterday? Was Michael B.
Jordan extra happy that he won the Oscar because he didn't need Scotty Pippin to do it? Gus, Ramsey, everybody. Those are the kinds of conversations we have here at Full South. I'm already seeing all the posts out there on socials that if. LeBron B.
James ever wins an Oscar one day, then it's going to be on about which is the best. Thanks, Gus. Appreciate the time. That's Gus Rins. Take care, buddy.
That's Gus Ramsey, everyone. There you go. Do you think Michael B. Jordan would be as successful and famous if he was just Mike Jordan? Obviously, he did the B, so there would be no confusion.
Why not? And so if he just went by Mike. Yeah. Right. You think it's because of the Michael B.
of it. That's why he's his No. Hey, TJ Jefferson. Yes, sir. Hey, TJ Jefferson.
Did you know Jerry Jones has spoken about Cowboys' free agency? Today? At the Grand Prix, did you know there's a Grand Prix of Arlington? I did not. I did not know that.
Did you know that? I had no idea. Fast cars. Don't spend a lot of time down in Arlington. The Dallas Cowboys, general manager, owner, whatever you want to call him.
I mean, he's the owner. All of these things. I mean, all of it, yeah. Yeah, the major domo. Is the cowboys.
Major domo. Right. Yeah. He spoke about the cowboys' free agency at length.
Okay. Would you like to hear it? No, I would. I have not heard it either, but I'm excited to hear it. Let's go.
Hit it. I don't know that since we've had free agencies, we know it today. Where it's really very viable, most teams involved very actively. Uh making deals, if you will. I don't know since that has evolved and come about that we've ever had this kind of reshaping.
of an aspect of our team. And of course, we actually have touched some offense with some blocker, with a great blocker. But more importantly, what we've done on defense. And uh that was what we have set up for the draft. Plus what we really have coming back From our veteran defensive players that really didn't play that much last year.
Injury issues, things like that, gives us a lot of promise. And I'll tell you, when you have the challenges we had last year, There's no place to go but up on the defensive side of the ball. And had we played a lick of defense last year. We'd have had ourselves an uh, I think, a real playoff run. Huh.
You can't argue with that. I understand that frequently we play Jerry Jones sound bites. I turn to you, and you're shaking your head, you're heading your hands, or whatever, but. If we played a lick of defense last year With the offense, they could have made a playoff run. I still don't think they'd be better than Seattle.
No. The way that Seattle was playing. No, but we would have been better than how we played. How about by the way, we didn't talk about them sending Osa Digizua to the Niners of all teams. Right.
Of all teams. Of all teams. And we thought now that they've got that line, but clearly cap wise, they needed to make at least another move, it seems like. But to turn their defensive line now into Uh Kenny Clark. Quentin Williams and Rashawn Gary.
Along with What they've added. In other pieces, and what they could add in the draft. with two first rounders. You gotta like what they've got. cooking up right now.
12 and 20. They can add two really good players to their defense. That's why I'm like holding. You should. Expectations until after this draft.
Oh, no, I understand that, but you're going to come out of the draft in Pittsburgh feeling great. And that Friday show that we do in Pittsburgh after the Thursday night where they choose these two guys, you're going to go on. You will not. Go on the air on Friday going, What the hell were they doing? I don't see there's any how that could happen.
Unless they trade out and there's somebody that they think you think could have helped them, I think that there's going to be two players. on defense left on the board at 12 and 20 that they're going to Add. Along with what they've done, and you're going to feel really good about the Cowboys are up to. And that's not something I say a lot. Yeah, you really don't.
That's my first blush thought about that soundbite. My second one is: we've got to get Caliendo in here. Where he does Jerry Jones talking about the cars from the movie cars. Does this just pop in your head? Yes, watching, you know, listening to that.
The hum of the cars, right? I want him to do rascal flats. I want him to do. Say Lightning McQueen, you know, like, don't you think? Jackson Storm, Macau.
Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Chit kicks. Chit kicks. Just the cast of cars.
Of course, the cars from cars. while singing Life is a Highway or talking it out. Bob Cutlass. You know what I mean? Don't you think that'd be great?
I'm here for that. Rent Mustang burger. If you ain't first, you're lost. Thank you very much as well. I like that.
Little Ricky Bobby. 844-204 Rich is the number to dial. All right, Matt Miller is going to join us next. We have situated him. We have found him.
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Now here is on St. Patrick's Day wearing green. Good to see you, Matt. How are you, sir? No well, gotta bust out the green for today.
If today only the one day you can wear a hoodie under a suit jacket on ESPN and get away with it. I like it. Let's do it. Let's just jump right into it. Matt Miller.
Is there I'll ask this on behalf of Miami Dolphin fans. Is there any chance Carnell Tate will be there for the 11th overall pick? and the Miami Dolphins being on the clock. in several Thursdays from now in Pittsburgh. Matt, what do you think?
I'd be pretty surprised if he's there. I think he's just too good of a prospect, too good of a route runner. He's exactly where the league is going at that position. We're kind of going away from the smaller, speedier guys and going more toward proven route runners. I think you can thank Puka Nakua.
You can thank Jackson Smith and Jake, but even Justin Jefferson to some degree. Guys who maybe you look at them and say you don't have that elite physical trait like Xavier Worthy with the speed that he has or the quickness or that burst in the open field. But what you do have is an ability to just get open on your own. And I think that's something that has become, once again, incredibly important. And that's what Carnell Tate does.
His superpower is he's always open. He can separate before the ball gets there. He can separate after the ball gets there. He has that ability to high point.
So for Dolphins fans, I don't think he will be there at 11. But I would say the silver lining is you now have a front office coming from Green Bay, an area where they've had a lot of success finding wide receivers outside of the first round. We know they historically went forever without drafting a receiver in the first round. And some of that philosophy is probably going to be in South Beach now. the irony would be though that uh they get Green Bay front office and head coach people, and they do use their first first round selection on a wide receiver, even though they do now have another one at 30th overall.
Let's just say they do something like that. Um, who would be the wide receiver, not named Carnell Tate, that you think would? be a fit for Miami and that they would pull the trigger on. Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Makai Lemon from UFC. I think he would be a fit at 11 if he's still on the board.
He is actually my number one receiver in this draft.
Now he's a little bit smaller than Cardinal Tate, but his middle of the field toughness is exceptional. He's a great route runner, a yak player. He could play in the slot. He could play outside. And I referenced the Iowa game with Lemon constantly of someone who just showed his toughness.
There are multiple plays where he knows the safety is going to come in and lighten him up. He's still willing to go up, climb the ladder, catch the ball. And then he does give you a lot of juice after the catch. He created the most missed tackles of any receiver in this year's draft with 21.
So he has that ability to make you miss. But then there's that toughness in his game where he will try to run over you. He'll try to run through you and get to the end zone if he has that opportunity.
So if they go away from that old school Ron Wolf strategy and want to draft a receiver at 11, I think he's a tremendous fit with what they now have in Malik Willis. And really an offense that's going to be built around the run game. You're going to be able to win with play action with a route runner like Makai Lemon. Yeah. And just to, you know, reconfirm.
Yeah. What I thought from the combine, I just googled him to see what his height is, 511 and Waddles 510.
So that's kind of apples to apples and just that one metric right there. And I'm also seeing most of the headlines involving Lemon is the fact that he's already scheduled a top thirty visit with guess who? The Miami Dolphins. And that was from two days ago.
So we can connect some dots right there before we turn the page, Matt. Where do you think Carnell take going if you don't think he's going to get out of the top ten? I mean, I think the conversation starts as early as four. The Tennessee Titans added Wandell Robinson, but he's a slot-only player. If you want to help Cam Ward, one way to do it would be to give him an ex-receiver somebody can win on the outside one-on-one.
And from then on, it's every team. The New York Giants, they could use someone like this opposite Malik Neighbors. The Cleveland Browns could use a, they don't have a quarterback, but they could definitely use a number one receiver. It goes all the way through. And I even think nine, Kansas City, is a sneaky spot for a potential wide receiver because we just don't know what the future holds for Rishi Rice, who's been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons the past couple of offseasons.
And Xavier Worthy, who I mentioned earlier, has not been the hit that we all thought he might be when he broke the 40-yard dash record. Rich, I know you were close to setting that, but where he had you by a little bit. It was close, but he had you. He did.
So those guys haven't been the impacts that Brett Beach needs them to be at receivers.
So I can't see him getting past Kansas City at nine.
So I think the window for Carnell Tate is really from four to nine.
Well, one of the reasons why I wanted to have you on, Matt, is to. Refresh the draft conversation as we're five weeks away from the draft now through the prism of free agency. And to see the Saints at eight and the Chiefs at nine go into the running back free agent market. Tells me a couple of things. And one is that they do not believe Jeremiah Love gets down to eight or nine.
Let's start with that. Where do you see him landing now that you know the Saints and the Chiefs kind of believe he's not going to last very long on the first Thursday night? Yeah, when we saw Kenneth Walker sign with Kansas City, my first thought was, okay, they knew Jeremiah Love wasn't going to get to nine, so you got to solve the running back problem. And they did that in a great way for agency. But I think the love conversation is not like the Cardinal Tate conversation.
It probably starts at three. I think the Cardinals should go right tackle with Francis Mauino. They could go past Rusher, but they could just take Jeremiah Love and say, okay, we don't have the quarterback yet, but we'll build the offense around Love. And then we'll add the quarterback next year in a richer class. But I think for the Titans, the way they attacked free agency, the way they trade for Jermaine Johnson, who was familiar with Robert Salad, they get John Franklin Myers.
They solve some problems in their secondary. They could look at this draft and say, maybe we don't value a receiver at four, but we think Jeremiah Love can be exactly the complement that Cam Ward needs, much in the same way that the Giants had Daniel Jones. You had Saquon Barkley try to help each other out that way.
So I think Love could go anywhere from four to seven. I don't know that he gets out of that window right now. It feels like Tennessee is the most interesting spot, but something I. Did hear at the combine after we sat down together, Rich, was that the New York Giants should not be ruled out when it comes to Jeremiah Love. This is a team that's proven in the past they'll take a running back early.
And what was told to me, if you remember that amazing moment on Hard Knocks where John Mario just has his head in his hands and he's leaning against the wall and he's so upset that Saquon's going to Philly, they definitely have some remorse about losing a star running back.
So here's your opportunity to get another one to help your young quarterback, which is exactly what they did when they drafted Saquon. Yeah, we had Cam Scataboo on this program last week, and he said, though, that he's going to be ready for Bear. He's going to be back. He said he can't outrun a baby hippo right now, or he said that that's the only thing he could outrun. But.
You know, it would be tantalizing to say, you know, love in New York, but again, that Scataboo's going to have to get some touches, and love appears to be that guy who's going to eventually be. You know, if it all works out the way that we think. That guy is going to be 20, 25, 30 touches, Bijan, McCaffrey type of guy, right? I mean, so I don't know if that would be a fit. In the long run, at the end of the day.
It'd be an interesting one. And I think it would speak to does the new coaching staff value Scataboo, who had such great moments in his rookie season? But it's a style thing, I think, would be the biggest question there is: what do you want out of your running back? Do you want that bruiser? Which Scataboo has some runaway capability.
We certainly saw that at Harrison State. We saw it last year with the Giants. Love is just a different type of running back. He is that Bijan, Saquon, Christian McCaffrey-type player that's going to help you as a receiver, as well as he can run inside, outside. He's got the speed.
He has power. I mean, it's just truly everything you could want in a running back prospect.
So it's not what I would do if I were the Giants at five, but I think those are the conversations that are happening around the league right now: is this such a transcendent prospect that you evaluate your team a little bit differently and say, sure, we have a second-year running back that had some moments last year, but do we look at this guy and think maybe he could be better? Matt Miller here on the Rich Eisen Show. The other thing that the signing of Travis Etienne or HEN. um in New Orleans and then Kenneth Walker in Kansas City tells me is again Love's not getting there. But they're also that's too high to take price.
Uh Jadarian Price, who was love's teammate. Is the only other back who might be valued in a certain way. as a difference maker, with all due respect to everyone else.
So that to me made it seem like this is not a very deep running back draft at the end of the day, despite what we saw on the field at the Combiner. Is that the general sense? Coming out of anything, Matt? Yeah, it definitely is. We'll see the two Notre Dame backs go one, two.
I think it's the expectation. And Jajarion Price should be a top 40 selection, maybe even a late first-round pick. And I think with him, it's a lot of what he could have done had he been the number one running back somewhere else. He's a great return man. He runs with power.
He has speed. In a lot of ways, he is a lot like Jeremiah Love, just not as proven. I think the wild card will be Mike Washington, the running back from Arkansas, who had a great senior bowl week, had a great combine week. There was that cool moment where he's sobbing on the bench after running a 4-3-3 in the 40-yard dash.
So he's the only other player that I think we could look at right now as saying probably a second-round pick for Mike Washington, but it is a very weak class at running back.
Some players that we expected to pop. You know, both running backs at Penn State had down years. We just didn't see the big years from players like C.J. Baxter at Texas, who actually went into the transfer portal and didn't enter the draft this year. Same with Trey Weisner, another longhorn running back.
So we didn't see the big pop from running backs this year that we expected. And it has left a pretty diluted class.
Well, I mean, I'm looking at the end of the first round, who would Um barring any trades. Take price. What about the Seahawks having lost? Walker, would you think that that would be a landing spot, or that just isn't? what the Seahawks would want to do with their first round Super Bowl selection.
Matt. No, I think it's definitely he's in range there. And I think even looking at Houston, you know, and I know Houston's done some things in free agency, but that's still getting younger, you know, getting younger, getting cheaper, having someone that's more of a long runway instead of these short-term answers.
So I think we can say Houston, we can say certainly would be an option there. And then, like you said, you know, looking at these teams that don't have that answer because you lose a free agent. When you lose Kenneth Walker, you have Zach Charbonnet, but there's been injury concerns there.
So I think Price. If you're looking late first round and we're trying to squeeze the second running back in, those are the two spots that make the most sense to me. Cowboys at 12 and 20. By the way, I don't know if, was that John Schneider calling you with the answer to my question during the day? It might have been the Giants upset with us about Cam Scataboo.
You'll let me know afterwards. Just text me when we're done. Cowboys at 12 and 20, they tried for Nicobe Dean, and he said the gut feeling, apparently, according to my colleague Jane Slater from NFL Network, was to go to the Raiders. They apparently tried for Max Crosby and were, I guess, maybe fortunate that they didn't land him based on the way the Ravens handled their business. What do you think the Cowboys at twelve and twenty are looking like right now?
From what you're coming, post-Combine, post-free agency, two defenders, right there, do you think? Boom, boom. I think it has to be. And honestly, why not two players in the secondary? Why not just be aggressive in fixing the secondary?
It's funny when you have a team like Dallas and they say we were in on Max Crosby. Probably could have kept Micah Parsons and just solved a lot of your problems that you created on your own if you had just kept the guy that was in-house and quite a bit younger and loved being there. But I think now looking at where they've kind of made their bet, how they're going to fix this team is the secondary needs help. And I think corner at 12, that could be the first corner off the board this year.
So you might have your pick of Mansoor Delaney from LSU, who I thought was the best corner in college football last year. Or you're going to have a player in Jamaica McCoy from Tennessee who missed the 2025 season because of an ACL injury. And then you loop back around at 20 and you got a shot at maybe the number two safety off the board with Dylan Danaman from Oregon or Emmanuel McNeil Warren from Toledo.
So if you want to aggressively fix your secondary, and I think. Thinking about it from a salary cap perspective, if you can get a number one corner on a rookie deal for five years, that's great calculus to be in to where you can say, okay, now we're not paying $25 million, $30 million for a corner, we're paying responsible money for one. That's where Dallas kind of has to be with the superstars they have on offense and the way they're trying to build this defense with quite a few veterans up front. I would think you have to be aggressive in the secondary. And then there is that need of linebacker.
I think in round two, you look at someone like Anthony Hill Jr. from Texas, who was a three-year starter there, has tons of athletic ability, has some upside as a pass rusher off the edge as well. You can get three starters for this defense in the first two rounds. How did free agency at all affect the quarterback draft? Anything?
I mean, what do you think, Pat? Yeah, I think if you're Ty Simpson, you're probably you've crossed Miami off, and that was a reasonable landing spot for him. You know, as number 11 overall, I'm still not sold on Ty Simpson. I'm just, I'm, I'm waiting to have that conversation where someone tells me I'm wrong and then explains why. But I look at a quarterback who started 15 games in college and doesn't have those elite physical traits, 6'1, 210 pounds.
The first nine games of the year were great, but you get into SEC competition, the final six were not good at all. And yes, he was banged up. And yes, the offensive line wasn't great this year, but Ty Simpson is a really interesting quarterback conversation because do you play him immediately because he needs more experience, he needs more reps, or do you hold him back because he doesn't have that experience?
So I think the landing spots for him shrank due to free agency. I don't think Arizona drafts him at number three overall.
So I think that maybe is a round two where they trade back into round one if they are in love with him. I don't think the Jets draft him at two. Maybe they're an option in the middle of the first round. But it feels like a game of musical chairs where the ideal spots for him might be more round two than round one. Unless we think Pittsburgh goes the Kenny Pickett draft again and has a quarterback fall to them and they say, oh, well, we have to do it because we don't have one.
But that so clearly didn't work out for them before that I think you'd have to be a little gun shy. Yeah, man, it just seems like 2027. You're talking about it. Everyone's talking about it. Everybody's putting their draft capital into it.
I wouldn't be surprised if we do see some teams maybe at the back end of this first round and Pittsburgh trade out and be happy to trade out to get more capital next year, right, Matt? Am I wrong? Yes, no. No, you're right. And when even so when Baltimore traded with the with the Raiders before it all fell through, my initial thought was, why would you give up a 2027 first round pick?
You would have to pry that pick from my cold, dead hands before I would give up a 2027 first rounder. There's just no way that the value is there. And I think even looking at trades that are happening, the first thing I do is scroll to see 2027. You know, when Schefter or Rappaport tweet, I want to see what 2027 capital has been giving up because it's not just Arch Manning and players like that at the top. It is a much deeper draft top to bottom.
And, you know, it's going to be fun to start talking about that in early May. I don't want to put this class to bed and not talk about these players in the next 45 days, but I think if I was in a front office, we would be doing everything possible to get picks for next year. And we've seen that conversation with Jim's already who are focused on getting comp picks for next year. And that's third and fourth round picks that they're thinking about a year and 45 days away. They're already thinking about how to get that extra capital.
Well, not to have you stray out of your. Lane of being a draft expert and into information, but You know, information is part of your bag. The reaction that you heard from sources of yours, if you don't mind, about the Max Crosby reversal. And and now that we're A week plus away from all that. Guess what, man?
Yeah, the biggest thing I heard was that, well, Baltimore is hard to work with now. You know, this kind of puts a sour taste in your mouth of who is going to want to do those pre-deadline deals with them where you're essentially waiting for, you know, this date because of the tampering period. I think that, you know, has certainly taken a franchise that has always been viewed as one of the model franchises for drafting and team building and player development.
Now, Eric DaCosta is looked at a little bit differently because I'm not sure if you've heard differently or if people have said differently. Everything that I heard was they just got cold feet. This wasn't about a failed physical. This wasn't about Max Crosby's demands or anything of that nature. It was just a team that realized that they could go back on a deal that they had made.
And maybe they had the same conversation we're having, Rich, and said, we sure we want to give up a 2027 first rounder for a 29-year-old pass rusher that we're now going to have to pay top of market.
So, you know, it's their right to change their mind because of that window that exists there. But I think the perception about Baltimore has definitely taken a hit in the last week. Yeah, I mean, I'm hearing similar to what you're hearing is the fact that they, you know, thought about some of the information that they already had on Crosby, potentially did get a little bit more of an independent view on things. And that independent view came after losing their center and tight end and fullback and punter and knowing that they were going to be more. Holes to fill and fewer draft choices, and two different drafts at the very top of those drafts with which to fill it.
And had their finger on a chess piece. Maybe if they really were going to pull off a double dip with Trey Hendrickson, they decided to just go in that direction and send the trade back. And I find it appropriate and interesting that you just said, Matt, that it's not dealing with the Ravens in the pre-new league year portion, not throughout the rest. I mean, if somebody's going to want to trade up and get a player, they're not going to not call Eric DaCosta because they're fearful of the way the trade could go down. I just think it's that portion of the year where maybe next year somebody might think twice.
uh as opposed to any other time throughout the year. Yeah? Without a doubt, and pick 14 this year is quite valuable. It's interesting. I have 12 players with a first-round grade this year.
So 14 is that spot where you're probably hoping that a couple teams reach for need and you're still capable of getting a true first-round caliber player.
So there is a lot of value in that pick this year. I understand Baltimore's mindset of, you're right, we lost Tyler Linderbaum. We lose Isaiah likely. Maybe we're looking at a situation where. Kenyon Sadiq from Oregon, the top tight in this draft is there for them.
And maybe that is more valuable than this trade for a pass rusher, especially once you saw the price go down on Hendrickson. Like watching his stock drop, the price ticker on Hendrickson probably did add to the cold feet they were having in Baltimore. But that tampering period will be very different for Baltimore moving forward. You know, this happens to agents all the time where an agent doesn't operate in good faith and teams say, we don't really want to work with that agent for a little while. You know, you kind of put them in timeout, so to speak.
And I would not be surprised if we see a little bit of that for Baltimore, too. All right. Last one for you. Since we spoke to you at the Combine, the player. Whose stock is just going through the roof that we might not be.
Um aware of, Matt, you got one for me? There, yeah, I think it's Miami right tackle, Francis Maui Noah. I have a seven-round mock draft coming out in about 10 days, okay? And he will be featured very, very highly in that seven-round mock draft. I think he's one of the cleanest, safest players in this draft.
And because he's an offensive lineman, because he's a right tackle, they don't get a lot of the praise, a lot of the buzz. You know, they're working out on Sunday in Indy when a lot of folks have hit the road. But I have a strong feeling that he will not get very far out of the top five. He is just such a good prospect in a draft that lacks a lot of blue chip players. He's on the fringe of being a blue chip right tackle and would be on par with a lot of the really good offensive linemen we've seen drafted early the last couple of years.
All right, Matt. Thanks for the time. We'll get you back on. We'll keep on checking in, see if any of this information changes or upgrades or downgrades and anything like that. I appreciate the time, brother.
Appreciate it. Yep, thanks, yes. That's Matt Miller, everybody, right here on the Rich Eisen Show. Mendoza goes and then the Jets choose somebody of Bailey. And Reese or Styles.
Right. Yep. Uh that leaves Everybody not named Two of those guys for the Cardinals. Let's just say they do go. with the Miami right tackle.
There with Maui Noah there. Yep. Okay. That leaves the Titans with Every offensive skilled player, if you will. Uh not named Fernando Mendoza.
Fact. Right. Or they might just say, screw it. We'll go with whoever the Jets didn't take at the pass rush. Mm-hmm.
They love Styles or they love Bailey. Let's just say Reese goes there, right? That leaves every other Offensive player, not named Fernando Mendoza, for the Giants. Or The third Player that, right, not named Bailey or Reese or Styles. Yeah, exactly.
Or named one of those. Mm-hmm. What do the Browns do at six? Because Tate's sitting there too. The Ohio State.
I think the Browns would go for Carnell Tate in a heartbeat. Right? Which leaves potentially Jeremiah love for the commanders. Wow. I I just kind of named all that.
Which leaves every wide receiver On the board for the Saints, not named Tate. That also leaves Downs still on the board, right? Correct? There's another offensive. The Browns could go offensive lineman there, too.
Spencer for no. He could be taken off the board there. The kid from Georgia, I believe, is out there, sitting out there. As well, which would push everybody, not everybody named Tate and Love down another one. Yeah.
Just throwing some scenarios out how some really good offensive players could get pushed down into that Saints Chiefs category. And let's just say love is available there for the saints. Would you call up? Mickey Loomis and start making a trade? And if you're the saints, you'd have to accept it, right?
Have to. 'Cause you've just sounded Tra you've tr just signed Travis Hen. Who I can't stop talking about, not only because he's a good player, but I just want to show off my French accent. Do you think Devin H. Thank you for that chuckle?
Do you think Devin H should now change his pronunciation to ATN? Just to screw with us. Why not? I mean, these mock drafts are going to be very interesting. Because there are ways for really good, because let's just say, You put that up one more time.
Let's just reverse it.
Okay, let's just say again, the Jets are totally going defense, right? And so, what if the Cardinals go love and the Titans go. Um tape.
Now, it's every defensive player not named either. Whoever the Jets take, I'm not sure. Available for the Giants. Cheese.
Okay. And then whatever lineman not what any lineman. All the linemen are. And the Miami kid still drops. Right.
It's possible. Yeah. Browns go defense. I don't know. Commanders go protector for Daniels.
No clue. But there's some really good players that get pushed down. To the commanders, saints, chiefs, and bengals, just sitting tight. You know? I just think at the end of the day, Tate being there for 11 for the Dolphins is a pipe dream.
Yeah, they're going to have to move up. Let's take a break here. Keithon has him at 11, by the way. Who does? Tate the Lord.
I just think it's a pipe dream. I honestly think it is. He's that good. And and people who just don't know about him because they're or or think he's not 'cause he ran some four five at the Combine or, you know, Jeremiah Smith is the one who gets all the pub for Ohio State. Take my word for it.
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Why wouldn't you want to get a list like this? From a Jewish man not wearing green. Number five on my list of my favorite sports Patricks. This is personal to me. ESPN, as you know.
It was my thirty year anniversary of my Sports Center from the other day. Just 30 years ago, my first ever sports center, once I departed ways and got handed a cardboard box. I wound up working with this man in my first gig after getting bounced from Bristol, Connecticut. I covered the U.S. Open for CBS Sports, and I sat there at the U.S.
Tennis Center with this man, and I fell in love with one Patrick McEnroe. I got to have Patrick McEnroe number five on this list. Number five is Patrick McEnroe. By the way, can you get more Irish than a guy named Patrick McEnroe? You can tell me.
What's up, Pat? Certainly, since your brother was hazing me nonstop when I showed up at the U.S. Open. Number four on the list is maybe the greatest player in the history of the United States. Hockey players born in the United States of America.
The man who passed Mike Madonna for most goals scored by an American hockey player. Three-time Stanley Cup winner Patrick Kane, who will never buy a meal in the city of Chicago, I think, for the rest of his days. Good one. Okay. Number three on this list.
Patrick Kane is not the highest-rated hockey player named Patrick on this list. Oh. When I did start at Sports Center back in 1996, the first Stanley Cup playoffs I ever covered. Was this one that involved Patrick Waugh getting a leg up, if you will, on Jeremy Roenick after the avalanche bounced the Blackhawks and Jeremy Roenick. Was critical of Patrick Waugh's play, saying, I want to know where he was in game three, probably getting his jock out of the rafters at the United Center, is what Jeremy Ronick had to say about Patrick Waugh, who retorted with this.
I can't really heard what Jeremy says because. I got my two Stanley Cup rings plug in my ear. Uh What an old timer. That puts Patrick Waugh third on my all-time Patrick Sports Patricks list. Number two, again, near and dear to my heart, one of the best players in the history of the NBA.
He was just born at the wrong time when Michael Jordan was playing collegiate and professional football, basketball. That's the problem. When Michael Jordan's playing for North Carolina, he's playing for Georgetown. Michael Jordan's playing for the Bulls. He's playing for the New York Knickerbockers.
Patrick Ewing's number two on the list. Patrick Ewing. And then number one on the list. I've got to do it this way. Keep the camera the way it is, okay?
Yeah. Number one on the list has got to be Patrick Mahomes. I mean, I had to slide in here and tell you my favorite Patrick. These were the holes. What do you think?
I did the slide and everything. Of the impression or the list. What do you mean? But the damn Man. How is Patrick Mahomes not number one on the list?
He's already on the Mount Rushmore before he even turned 30. In the history of the National Football League. Actually, you're right. I mean, look, there's a lot that you left off, is what I'm saying.
Well, I got it. And I can't. And give me the one. All right, we'll get one more. If I didn't put this man on the list, he would never talk to me again.
And plus, I feel this way about him. Because he was there for me. Thirty years ago when I did my first sports center this week, He was hazing me nonstop. DP. Dan Patrick.
Without him, this show doesn't exist. Nice. Dan wants me to say this. I owe my entire career to him. I would have totally flunked out.
Okay. Of Sports Center if he wasn't there since high school. I'll never forget. It was probably like three weeks after my first ever Sports Center. Get ready for that 2 a.m.
Sports Center. Looking at all the tapes, feel this presence to my left. Look up, it's Dan looking down at me. He goes, So. You're nervous.
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