Nightcap Hour 3: NFL Draft 2026 LIVE Picks Reaction

12:08Shannon Sharpe:I mean, he played well. He did. I just need, I need you to be more consistent. He's just not consistent. Not at all. and you know the number one thing Ocho it's any position in the NFL is consistency the NFL any goddamn sport you got to be consistent the better you are especially when it comes to get that money when it comes to getting that bag and having that goddamn bring truck back up it's all about being consistent at a high level that's all it comes down to at the receiver position they need some consistency that goddamn Harold Fennin I mean again I'm going to continue to sing that young bull praise because every time, if there was anything that was exciting to watch with the Cleveland Browns, it was when Shadou was playing and that goddamn Harold Fannin Jr.

12:53was on that goddamn field. He was phenomenal.

12:57Shannon Sharpe:I like it. I like it. Now,

13:03Shannon Sharpe:has N 'Joky's signed anywhere? Nope. I don't think so.

13:19Shannon Sharpe:we had a pick 20 oh so okay the Browns pick conception who's up next the Bears Bears Bears

13:32Shannon Sharpe:they need a safety I can't believe what's going on how they let Kevin Bayard go he's an all pro he made the Pro Bowl and then he's old you know how they treat you you know how they treat you made all pros pro bowls but especially at that position in which you require when it comes to your price point you know they you know they want to go young they want to go young they be tripping all i know is he a ball hawk hey every time no matter where he is the ball find him did he get picked up by anybody did he then somebody to sign him? Was it the Eagles? Did he go to the Eagles? Where's Kevin Bayard?

14:20Shannon Sharpe:Or he going to the Patriots? Reunited with his former coach. Ray rule. See how it didn't make sense? Makes sense. That's why I say you never know. You know, you always just play hard practice. You don't know because a lot of times Ocho, assistants become head coaches or assistants become a D coordinator where he might be a position coach. Here, he might be an offense OC or DC somewhere else or maybe even a head coach. Man, you know the Ocho, man. I love the Ocho. Ocho worked hard, got the locker room right, boom, got it done. And sometimes, hey, you get an extra year, you steal an extra year where you could have been out of the league.

15:02Shannon Sharpe:Now you're in the league. You make three, four million dollars and hey. That's what I wish guys thought about instead of, you know, raising hell all the time and bucking. Still a year. A year or two. Hell. Yeah. The last time the Cowboys and Eagle made first round trade swaps was in 2021 when the team swapped picks. Philly landed Devontae Smith. Dallas took Micah Parsons. They did it again this year. Philly gets wide receiver Makai Lemon. Dallas land pass rusher Malachi Lawrence. I mean, they had pretty good success with the last defensive lineman named Lawrence. He just happened to go win the Super Bowl in Seattle.

15:45Shannon Sharpe:DeMarcus Lawrence, D-Law. So maybe Lightning can strike again for these teams.

15:56Shannon Sharpe:This segment is brought to you by Tommy John's. Comfort is a new power move. Ocho, what would you say has been the biggest power move of the draft so far? Power move. I mean the biggest power move in a draft so far would probably be And I hate giving this team credit, but I probably say Caleb Downs to Caleb Downs and the Cowboys Caleb down in the Cowboys To me the most impactful move

16:36that's hard i like bailey i like bailey of the jets yeah i think they're just a plug guy that you can go play i like uh i i it's a young it's one thing to do with him you know i that's tough can you come in there and make a difference right away it's a different ball game playing against some god damn tackles and god damn college and you get and you're going against grown men in the field they got families to feed with them long ass arms that's a different ball game huh but it should translate based on what we've seen on film from him I like the Caleb Downs pick huge

17:23Shannon Sharpe:so we got several more picks the Bears are on the clock safety D tackle edge maybe wide receiver Ocho remember didn't they trade more DJ more than Buffalo that's right but they got they got golden they got wrong We got a nice running game. I mean,

17:53Shannon Sharpe:you can never have enough, you can never have enough guys to get after the quarterback. Are they going, they got two receivers, they got Komet, they got Loveland. Rome. Rome, Golden.

18:12Shannon Sharpe:Offensive lineman. Dillon. Dylan Thineman. Dylan Thineman. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. I like it. I like it. Remember we talked about they lost Kevin Bayard. Got everybody in place. You know, Jalen Johnson should be back. He should be fully recovered from that course surgery. Didn't they move didn't they move Edmonds? Number 47. Didn't they move him? They came from the Bills. Yes. I'm not sure. Houston just traded up, Ocho. Then Texas? They said somebody. That means if they're trading up, that's something they need.

19:09Shannon Sharpe:They got wide receiver as a need, position, and edge. You remember they were talking about moving on from, what's the one they got from Minnesota, the edge, the outside guy? Greenway? Is that the edge outside of, opposite of Anderson Jr.? What's about Daniil Hunter? Daniil Hunter, Hunter, Hunter, Hunter. They just paid him though, huh? Hey. Linebacker, OG. Edmund's with the Giants. Might need to protect CJ Yeah, a little more. They got corner on here. They good at corner. They good at defense. Who that? The Texans. The Texans traded up. They don't need no corners. Hell, they don't need no goddamn defense, period.

19:59They traded up with Buffalo, Ocho. Huh?

20:03Shannon Sharpe:The Texans traded up with Buffalo. They're on the clock now at 26 instead of Buffalo. Yeah, I mean.

20:14Hey.

20:16Shannon Sharpe:What you thinking? Offense. It got to be. Another receiver? Because you remember, what's the guy we had on? We had a receiver on last year from the Texans that was playing well. They had a couple of guys that stepped up and played well. Obviously, the most consistent guy is Nico. Tank Dale's coming back this year. He has a year coming back. I mean, he wrecked his knee. But I see, I mean, he's posted some stuff where he's out there running, Ocho. So, we'll see what they're going to do with that. how well he bounced back from that. Yeah, J. Higgins and Noel. Higgins was the guy. He went crazy, boy.

20:55Shannon Sharpe:Higgins went crazy. An edge, but I can't see an edge. They don't need nobody on defense. Yeah, two or low.

21:12Shannon Sharpe:Offensive line.

21:21Shannon Sharpe:is Luther Burton Ocho not Golden Luther Burton. Golden is in Green Bay Luther Burton in Chicago. Luther Burton. Luther the real deal boy. When they gave him opportunity real deal. Hey, same thing with Golden. All they want Golden to do. Yeah.

21:47Shannon Sharpe:and then they wonder why guys don't pay the cars got it man that man can run something other than the damn go right he go route and the goddamn over that's it that's all they ran him on shallow shallow cross shallow cross and the go route

22:05Shannon Sharpe:okay chat what y 'all think the texans need what do the texans need chat

22:18Shannon Sharpe:O-line linebacker I thought the linebackers played well I thought Al Z was unbelievable he's physical hey goddamn CJ Stroud was running for his life so you like offensive line here sure that thing up please three step drop you getting hit fast step drop in the shotgun you getting pressure like come on man

23:04it's gonna be okay because y 'all ain't on the clock get y 'all laugh out there

23:08Shannon Sharpe:y 'all traded that pick to the texas

23:13Shannon Sharpe:mostly like O-line and

23:19Shannon Sharpe:O-line O-line running back linebacker

23:30man you're talking about quarterback

23:32Shannon Sharpe:man CJ ain't going nowhere they about to get CJ about to break CJ off

23:39Shannon Sharpe:They're taking a guard from Georgia Tech, Keelan Rutledge. Let me use the restroom real quick. Told you. Yeah. I like this. I like offensive line. I don't think they need it. They don't need a whole lot, especially defensively. I think they're loaded defensively. All those guys, Petrie Thump, Stingley, those guys across the board in the back, and then you got Hunter, you got Anderson, and you got a plethora of defensive tackles that they can rotate. I like Al Z. I like Tua Lowe.

24:16Shannon Sharpe:Protect CJ. CJ do a better job of protecting the football. And I think that will come as they do a better job of protecting him. I think he does a better job of protecting the football. But you cannot have the turnovers that you had against Pittsburgh, the turnovers that you had against the Patriots. You can't do that. The Dolphins just traded with the Niners. Miami's now on the front. Damn. So the Niners said, look, we need a couple of, hey, give us a couple of. So the Niners, so where did the Niners slide back to? Who did they trade with? The Dolphins? Okay. Man, somebody's Dolphins really like.

25:05Okay.

25:06Shannon Sharpe:That's the Broncos pick.

25:14Shannon Sharpe:I like it. I like the 49ers. The 49ers are like, we don't really love anybody that high up. If we can drop back a couple three spots and then pick up some extra draft capital down the road, okay. because the thing is we just saw Kit George Kittle out here and he looked good he walking he walking yeah but he's not running yet he's not doing any activity no but he just had a kidney surgery in December or January and he already walking Dr. Elitroge did his surgery so we know he also did, I think he did Jason Tatum. Didn't he do Jason Tatum surgery?

26:03Shannon Sharpe:Or did he went to the team doctor?

26:12Yeah.

26:13Shannon Sharpe:Elitrash did Tatum.

26:18Look, he's

26:19Shannon Sharpe:out there in that curling Joe clinic.

26:26Shannon Sharpe:Joe, he perfected the Tommy John surgery, named after Tommy John when everybody thought his career was over. He redid that. But they're excellent. And I'm not saying anybody isn't, but if I got to have a major surgery, that's where I'm going. Both of my hips were done out there. If I get anything else done, as much as I hate to travel, it's probably going to be out there.

26:59yeah yeah

27:00Shannon Sharpe:get asked to drive me back in a new truck ass got a new truck what you got tahoe can't have money boy the uh talk about the high country you'll see that you in the city now and you know you know what you know what I want what uh super duty ford f450

27:28Shannon Sharpe:lord have mercy that thing will be parking the driveway you can't park it in no garage yeah yeah yeah driveway big enough i don't i don't know why i just wanted with the you know with the with the big back the double tight the double ties in the back yeah yeah big super yeah i don't know i like duallys for some reason i always wanted one just never got it you had well you know they got the 450 and the 650 they got a 650 yeah that's too big huge google it hold on yeah wait that like that jory shake it in jory said yeah i want water yeah

28:07Shannon Sharpe:i think i think time got a 650 oh that's 650 that's way too big huh I want the 450 With the 30 inch rims on it Yeah I know What you're talking about Nah My pickup day I think my pickup day is over

28:33Yeah

28:33Shannon Sharpe:Yeah I think that's a yeah No but uh The bills On the clock Is that the bills on the clock? No, who's on the clock at 20? Oh, who's on the, oh, Dolphins on the clock at 27. The Dolphins on the clock. The pick is in. Who did Dolphins get? Damn, they got, it came in that fast? Yeah. They take a receiver or they got a DB? Cornerback? Where is he from?

29:09Shannon Sharpe:Wow. Where is he from? cornerback Chris Johnson San Diego State. Well, they must have seen some on film. ISO got a 650. Oh, you do. ISO tall as hell. He probably need that.

29:28Man, I got

29:38what

29:43man i'm hungry damn

29:47Shannon Sharpe:that thing nice ocho but man that thing just i'd be side swiping oh you see it you see the kind with the i see that he got that uh that platinum that's who we do yes love i got i got one man how much the things here for shoot i think maybe shoot I don't know they got the 450 King Ranch I got one on my Instagram that looks so nice I'm like man I got to have this I mean oh man let me get off this thing man 200 what 200 ,000 how much are they shoot I don't know I don't think it's that much though

30:36Shannon Sharpe:hold on I see

30:49Shannon Sharpe:oh 109 that's the starting that's the basic I'm not doing nothing crazy man I just you know I just I just want to put it 169 I just want to I just want to put what color you gonna get black? Probably, you know, gunmetal gray. Gunmetal gray, you know, with the gloss grill, you know, with the nice little 30-inch rims, and that's it, that's it. Nothing else, nothing else. Because when I get rid of it, I want it to be nice and intact. I'm gonna have a little miles. Anybody at Ford, if they happen to see this, y 'all wanna help me? You know, I wanna get a Super Duty, you know, 350, maybe 450. Whatever you see fit, you know, for a young fella.

31:31Y 'all, y 'all, y 'all get in contact with me.

31:34Shannon Sharpe:Man, BMW got a new, they came out a new 7 Series. You said new 7 Series BMW? I don't like BMWs, unfortunately. I do.

31:45Shannon Sharpe:I mean, I've had a BMW, basically, since they came back out with a 760 back in 2002. I've had one.

31:57Yeah, I don't like BMW. BMW cool, you know.

32:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but I like it. I like BMW. So who we got? So have we – is the Dolphins picker in? So who's up at 28? Oh, the Bills. The Bills. Bills are up. Bills are up at 28. Right? Yeah. Yeah. The Niners are 30. Yeah. Selection, Miami selected Chris Johnson, a 6 '1", 193-pound quarterback out of San Diego State.

32:33Shannon Sharpe:we can see that

32:39Shannon Sharpe:buffalo buffalo buffalo wide receiver they got dj moore they got shakur they got keon coleman um who's gonna come down there yeah all the boys i got a few boys xavier leger to be here i mean i i haven't been posting it but I got about 20 of the fellas, man, coming out, man. It's going to be dope. I can't wait.

33:10Shannon Sharpe:Buffalo, Buffalo, Buffalo. What you think they need, Ocho? I just gave you three receivers. They traded for DJ Moore. They got Shakur. They got Keon Coleman. Are they going another wide receiver? Do they take an edge? They have to go defense. Yeah. Yeah, got to go defense. There's really nothing wrong with them offensively. Obviously, you can always feel some holes. You can never have too much of any position. But defense, people ran the ball on you like crazy last year. They did what they wanted to to you last year. So if there's anything you need to do, I think when Ed Oliver went out at some point with injury, I can't remember exactly.

33:50Shannon Sharpe:Bills traded out of the 28. They just keep trading. They traded out of it? They traded to the Patriots. Yeah, I mean it. Patriots on the clock.

34:07Shannon Sharpe:Boy, Patriots. Patriots been on the clock for like the last couple of weeks.

34:16Shannon Sharpe:They probably said, man, I sure will be glad with this damn draft over. Yeah. We just need Can we just get Just make it to July Ain't nothing really going on in July We don't have to report Hey Let us get to like the June After that That last minicap Ocho Like the first or second week of June And then we get six weeks of dial time Everything a hush up

34:48Shannon Sharpe:Patriots on the clock What you think the Patriots take it Ocho Boy a or the selection made it to the D lineman old tackle they took an old tackle yeah protect your quarterback Caleb Lemieux protect your quarterback

35:08huh what'd you say I said protect your quarterback yeah

35:19Shannon Sharpe:Boy, y 'all ain't gonna let this go. Y 'all gonna be cracking jokes forever. What are they talking about? What? In the chat? We know who had this pick.

35:35Shannon Sharpe:The Chiefs on the clock. They said they need a wide receiver, an edge, a DT, tight end, cornerback. well they're taking one cornerback right okay wide receiver they they re-signed Tyquan Thornton I like that yeah

36:00Shannon Sharpe:they got worthy they got Rasheed Rice potential tight end because you know Kelsey's not going to play forever

36:15Shannon Sharpe:and eventually he's going to want to do other things probably movies or getting the tv get married like she's going to want him to come home this opportunities boy for sure opportunities for sure see Ocho you should have had like opportunity like this when you and I retired yeah yeah when I was healthy I could run around and jump and do all kinds of things I could have been I could have been an action hero or something like Action Jackson you could have been like OJ Simpson do movies after you're done hell do movies while you're still playing TV

36:59baby

37:00Shannon Sharpe:Peter Woods a defensive tackle from the Clemson is going to Kansas City. Okay. Gonna pair him up with goddamn Chris Jones. Yeah, because they let a lot of those DTs go. They let Nandi go. A lot of guys that they had brought back. So they're just like, you know what? Let's just start fresh. Let's just start fresh.

37:33Shannon Sharpe:so now who's on the clock at 30 san francisco the uh the niners

37:4149 has got to go defense yeah

37:48Shannon Sharpe:yeah they just need to keep they just need to keep their guys healthy the guys can't stay healthy Bosa has missed two of what last four years? Warner is out. Kittle. It's time. You just got to keep your key guys healthy. I don't know what they're doing with Brandon Ayuk. I don't know what the hell they're waiting on. I don't understand it. That's a situation I've never even seen before. Took him. Took him.

38:19Shannon Sharpe:He reported that the Steelers wanted to take Lemon at 21. but the Eagles traded up to 20 and snatched him. That's why the Cowboys moved up to 11. They didn't want to run the risk if somebody else moved up. Even if the Dolphins didn't want him. Somebody else moved up, they're like, damn. They're like, you know what, for two fifth rounders, we'll take him off your hands. I like it. I like that a lot.

38:58Shannon Sharpe:Mm-mm-mm.

39:08Shannon Sharpe:Is he already? Damn.

39:16Shannon Sharpe:Chief picks it. We already know what the chief took. They took Peter Woods. Peter Woods. Defensive tackle. So now we got 30, 31, 32 left.

39:36Shannon Sharpe:So New England was going to pick 31. They traded up. They traded up with Buffalo. Who did they trade up with? Who did they?

39:51Shannon Sharpe:The Chiefs. and not the Chiefs, the Patriots. Remember, they were going to pick 31. They traded up. Buffalo's 31. And Seattle's 32.

40:13Shannon Sharpe:I like it.

40:19Shannon Sharpe:You like it in this election so far? I would show you like what everybody's doing. Seems like everybody got need. I don't think anybody drafted on, you know what, best available. I think people got... Listen, this is not a very, very strong draft. I said this earlier when you walked away real quick, being that it's an impactful draft, maybe the first three, maybe five picks of players that are going to come in right now and make an immediate impact. There might be some gems that flourish or come along later on down the line. but there's really been nothing that just pops out at you. Like, you know what, this makes this an exceptional pick and exceptional first round.

41:02I'm trying to say it without being disrespectful to the guys that are going early, but based on what I've seen, when it comes to Mendoza, I get. Caleb Downs, I get. Styles, I get. We saw Bane. We saw Mesador. We saw these guys and the success they had in college, but when you get to that next level it's still a different ball game and you have to prove yourself that you can do it at that next level nothing has just popped out on tape where it's like you know when you saw Sean Taylor play you know when you saw Ed Reed play in college when you saw Ray Lewis when you saw them dudes play you understood that at the next level they gonna dominate I ain't quite seen that yet Chad you can correct me if you think I'm wrong let's be honest no

41:58Shannon Sharpe:you watch Adrian Peterson oh my goodness man it was a man amongst boys in college yeah

42:10hold on

42:11Shannon Sharpe:the Jets are on the clock did the Jets trade it back

42:22Shannon Sharpe:the 49ers

42:29okay

42:31Shannon Sharpe:just traded back into the first round Ocho they're taking Omar Cooper the wide receiver Indiana hey cool hey cool okay Hey, paying Coop up there. Okay, I like that. I like that. I like that. Coop, get out there, line that thing up, Coop. Get that boy Tino still in that thing. I'm on the line. Hey. Hey, I feel like I can get out there right now, boy, give you 1 ,500, boy.

43:05I give you 1 ,500 ATDs right now. I'm telling you. All I need is opportunity. Oh, man.

43:11Shannon Sharpe:Look, they took David Bailey. They took Sadiq. They took Cooper. Hey. They get an edge. Deploy pressure. They got two offensive weapons for Geno. Hey, Aaron. Aaron Glenn, they making some moves. Hey, one way to turn your franchise around. You got to start somewhere. You got the bill somewhere. You got to start somewhere. The quarterback got to play well, Ocho. All this is inconsequential if your quarterback don't play well. That's the one position. is virtually impossible for you to overcome bad quarterback play. You right. You right. And you got your weapons coming in now, so it ain't no excuses.

43:53Yeah. Let's go, Gino.

44:00Are you a fool there? Let me see what that thing look like. Let me see what it look like.

44:07Shannon Sharpe:That's it? I ain't getting about half a slap. Why is it about time to go to bed? I think I'm going to eat a whole slab of ribs and go to bed. Man, I'm finna go eat good, man. You tripping. I'm going to get me some seafood rice, lobster tail, chocolate cake. Man. Probably ate tail before you left the house. Huh? George, you probably ate tail before you left the house. Nah, nah, nah. Come on. I ain't really like that. I just be talking.

44:46Shannon Sharpe:Can't eat no more of that Gotta wait till I get my lactate Gotta get my lactate in before I do anything else Buffalo on the clock Alright Buffalo what you doing? Defense Nah hell no Slime ass okra

45:13Shannon Sharpe:what we got Ocho what we got Buffalo what you say you're taking defense absolutely anything else from Buffalo with this pick would be uncivilized uh

45:29Shannon Sharpe:Chad what y 'all think Buffalo's gonna take here we got two pigs left Buffalo's on the clock under four minutes left And then Seattle.

45:50Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I need to eat, y 'all. I ain't lying. I ain't ate anything since 3 o 'clock. All right.

46:01Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah.

46:07Shannon Sharpe:Defense, edge. They put the sauce on the side. Huh? So maybe some of your ribs taste. No, they put the sauce on the side. They don't want you to make a meal. They don't want you spilling stuff in the bag, in your car. DoorDash, Uber Eats.

46:30Shannon Sharpe:It's Buffalo. Buffalo, y 'all know who y 'all want to pick. Y 'all don't have to take all the time. Hey. Like hey everybody wait till the 15th man you got the money you know you got to pay taxes and that thing in the hell you wait like hey you know what maybe they changed their mind baby I don't owe what they said I owe you do every time ain't nothing changing oh all you gonna do is wait longer and just get mad doing that chick have to go out well direct deposit now.

47:03Okay.

47:07All right.

47:08Shannon Sharpe:Now it's time to play a fade presented by prize picks. All right. Ocho Jalen Brown. One. He will make more than 1.5 three points. Uh, three point shots. So he'll make at least two threes. Absolutely. They shoot 2000 threes a game. True. Vijay Edgecom. He'll have at least 15 and a half points. more or less than 15. Oh, I don't know. You got that one. I'm going to say, yeah, he's been playing well. He had 30. He was the first guy. He was the youngest guy to have a 30-10 game. He was younger than Magic Johnson when Magic had his historic. He had a 42-15-7 when he jumped center in game six against his 76ers in 1980.

47:53Shannon Sharpe:He's the youngest. LeBron James will have at least 40 when you combine his points, rebounds, and assists. Absolutely. He don't have a choice. All right. Carry the low, young king.

48:11Shannon Sharpe:Luke Kennard will have at least 14 and a half points. He had 27. So right now, he's averaging 25 points a game. And he has to play well, and he will. So I'm going more. So Jalen Brown will have more than 1.5 threes in the game. Vijay Eshkem will have more than 15.5 points in the game. LeBron James will have more than 40. When you combine his points, rebounds, and assists. And Luke Kennard will have more than 14.5 points. $25 to win$125. Download the app today. Use code SHANNON to get$50 in lineups after you play your first$5 lineup. Alright, who did that select? Hold on, Tennessee Titans on the clock.

48:59Shannon Sharpe:They slid back in the first round. Oh, they took Kendrick Falk Viva a defensive end from Auburn

49:17Shannon Sharpe:I like it. They get a wide receiver and they get some help for us sign up Simmons over there. Oh

49:28Jeffrey

49:28Shannon Sharpe:y 'all really could have you now if they didn't get me the 10th pick for Simmons I'd say Ocho y 'all doing something boy y 'all did something with that with Ocho I'd have been worried Ocho I got you but I listen I appreciate the sexy Dexie boy you hear me I know I know Jeffrey Jeffrey up there too but sexy Dexie ain't too far behind boy

49:51What happened? Makai Lemon was on the phone with the Steelers.

49:57Shannon Sharpe:He was on the phone with the Steelers when the Eagles traded up and took him. He's like, hey, Mr. Conn, hold on. I got another call coming in. Hey, son, we just traded up. We taking you in the 21st pick. Mr. Khan, I got to go. I ain't coming to Pittsburgh. You snooze, you lose.

50:30Huh?

50:32Shannon Sharpe:Yes. Yes. All right, Seattle. Look here. You take the best available player. That's all you can do at this point. Now, you had a great system with a two-back system when you had K-9 and Sharpen. He's not there anymore. Am I really going to take a running back with a 32nd pick, Ocho? I probably could get a running back in the second or third round. That would be just as good as somebody if I take in the first round. Now, edge, like rotation, corner. I did lose woman. So, if I went and got this Tennessee running cornerback or if I got Scott, if I got one of these guys, okay that's a good value pick there 32nd pick

51:24Shannon Sharpe:maybe take an offensive lineman they weren't that bad no it definitely wasn't

51:34Shannon Sharpe:if I'm gonna dream but if you take an edge basically you say you know what we just

51:43Shannon Sharpe:wide receivers. They got Shahi. They got JSN. What's the other guy? They had another guy too that played really well for them. Cooper? They got Cup. They taking Price at running back from Notre Dame. Oh. Remember they like the two back system. They had K-9 and they had Charbonneau. K-9 went to Kansas City. We like this. we don't want to put this kind of workload on running back.

52:19Alright.

52:21Shannon Sharpe:It's time for Q &A. Alright, it's time for our final segment evening. It's time for Q &A. Q &A.

52:38Shannon Sharpe:Junior underscore Cool cat Mendoza making the Latin community proud. While my cowboy keeps fumbling the Pro Bowl players like always. Ocho, I think 85 is available on our squad. Them days is over. I'm excited. I'm excited for one Caleb Downs to see what he does over there in Dallas. Mendoza, I'm hoping the Cowboys do right by young bull, allowing him to sit for a year and develop. Please do not throw the quarterback out there like they do all rookies. allow him to develop, learn, and watch. Underneath the watch of Kirk Cousins, I think he will be all right. They have so many other missing pieces that they need to continue to build before they put him out there.

53:23Shannon Sharpe:It was reported that the NFL asked Peyton Manning to reach out to Mendoza and see if he would come to the draft. But given his mom's situation, Ocho, come on, y 'all got to understand that, NFL. I would understand if his mom was in perfect health. But y 'all, come on now. Come on, NFL. Don't be selfish. I understand, but this is about him and his family. Let's try to make this thing as easy as he possibly can or his mom. He want her to be there. Do you understand? I mean, I get it. It would have been nice to get the first round pick and he walks out on the stage, but giving his mom her health?

54:03Shannon Sharpe:nah mom hey you done came to games and you went to all the bowl games nah mama this here you good you good what are you doing

54:28Shannon Sharpe:look at it I lured him he said yeah he said I'm gonna get me something to eat Kevin non-delusional cowboy fan I ain't got no more advice from my boy Ocho man I put that pepper and salt in the bed and I used some lemon pepper to add a little razzle dazzle I woke up with pink eye he done added lemon pepper lemon pepper burn your eyes man you tripping huh Coach Rogge said night kids and unk what it do question for Ocho put your GM cap on We need a number one, T. Higgins, Drake London, or Pickens. Who you taking? Woo! Oh, that's a good one. Probably Pick. He took you. That's you, but I'm taking Pick.

55:18Shannon Sharpe:Phillip Arthur Moore, praying for my Texans. Question, how long does the draft high feeling last? When did you go from being excited to getting into work mode and getting into the gym mode immediately? When did the excitement go down? God bless you, brother. Bro, when I came out, the draft was on Sunday. The draft was Sunday, Monday. It was 12 rounds then, Ocho. And so the draft feeling because they flew me out, and then we had practice. I think we had practice. I think we might have had practice. Rookie? It doesn't because I was still in school, So I went back to school and everybody was congratulating me on being drafted.

56:01Shannon Sharpe:You know, even though I didn't go as high as I wanted to go, but I was drafted. I'm from Savannah State being drafted. So that was a big accomplishment in and of itself. You know, hey, I was still in the weight room. Ain't nothing changed. But I understood. It's not – and my sister thought once you get drafted, you automatically on the team. No, hell no. Still got to make it. As a coach once told me, he said, we cut players year-round. Don't ever get comfortable. We cut players during the season. We cut players before the season. We cut players in the offseason. Okay. Noted. When did the high go down for you, Ocho?

56:40Oh.

56:45Once I seen them veterans come in. Hey, that high went right away. Once I seen them veterans come in, rookie camp, I still had that high. And I seen them veterans come in. it was a different ball game. It was a different ball game.

57:02Shannon Sharpe:He said, Dad, ask you what to eat. If you put me down, I might go get a little bite. And then me getting me up all night with your stomach messed up. Real Chris Moore, y 'all remember Ocho said Bane would be going to be gone by 10, and that's why he loved the Bengals trade. Ocho, ain't always right. I mean, he's still a foot. He'd have been right there for y 'all, Ocho. Dr. Frankie L Bellamy hey fam in your opinion how much of an NFL draft is a real evaluation how much of his height Politics and you know who interviews well, I think it's a combination. Yeah, that's 20 investing that kind of money you Oh, Joe because I'm trying to figure out how does somebody move up move up the draft board to slide down Well ain't no games played out the January How you rise up the draft board?

57:56Shannon Sharpe:He's rising up the draft board. What secret game did he play that we didn't see on television? Oh, he had a great draft about it. He had a great meeting. What? That has nothing to do with playing football. Unless I call the coach, the general manager, or the wife of a bad name, a garden tool, I don't know why. How I'm going to slide down the draft board with an interview. But if he said kind of anything. If he said anything, man.

58:31Shannon Sharpe:Why you not in the bed? You not sleeping? Nah. He said, I know I smell something down here. Glad I came downstairs. Glad.

58:46Shannon Sharpe:Titan guy, what's up, fellas? Do you guys have any stories about playing with a first round or players with high expectations and it turned out to be a bust. Yeah! Absolutely! Let me see, high expectations. Trying to be a bust. Shoot, the first round is I played with, but them boys turned out to be good, boy. Carson, Justin Smith. Justin Smith with hell. Jonathan August said he was the toughest player he ever played against. Oh, I'm trying to think. And J.O. is a top 100 player. Trying to think who else went first round. I played with a bunch of them. It's hard to live up to that height, bro. Exactly.

59:37Shannon Sharpe:Kaleidoscope, Ocho. Keep your eye on Sky LaBelle from UConn. He's the best receiver in the draft, in my opinion, and will be a day one game changer for any team. Skylar Bill

59:52Shannon Sharpe:Jordan Scott Why you Max Rich was fitted up like that Y 'all boys had that ish on You know a little something I threw together I was in a little hurry Get up out there You know

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1:00:09Shannon Sharpe:Oh I'm wearing my pants again I don't know what y 'all are talking about I ain't got it like that Wear pants one time or two times and that's it I got at least three more wears out of them Louis Vuitton pants. Don't we? Don't tell you, man. Oh, you got it. You should have worn some of these, boy, to the game. Nah, I ain't going to be able to do that, Ocho. I would have worn mine. You know he invited me to the game. I.J. Moolah. Man, why didn't y 'all tell me the Ravens used to be the Browns? I mean, I thought everybody knew that. Somebody would be probably young, huh? Baby. Drew 10 underscore.

1:00:45Shannon Sharpe:Man, Unk better than Mel Kiper. He hasn't missed yet. Yeah, you know, just keep your hair to the ground and, you know, things get revealed to you. Free game juke. Yo, Ocho, huge Bengals fan. Here you came to my 12th birthday party in Cincinnati back in 2009. I still got the picture. Next time you in the 90, hit me up so I can get you to sign it. Unk be hatin'. We got sexy Dixie. Ha, ha, ha. I got you. next time I come in town I got you

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1:01:33Shannon Sharpe:and that we beat them we beat them to the we did ESPN couldn't keep up with the pace of the slot because it's eight minutes and everything was happening so fast that's how we beating them out So come get your info from us.

1:01:51Shannon Sharpe:Real Sports Talk. I like DT from Ohio State. McDonald or wide receiver Denzel Boston for the Raiders in the second round or Emmanuel Neal Warren from Toledo. I like somebody's going to get a great pick with Mac. Somebody's going to get a great pick. He's sudden. He's physical. He's violent. As a defensive player, I want violence. Good hands. I don't want contact I want collisions

1:02:19Shannon Sharpe:that's what I want I want it like nuclear warfare I don't want winners I want survivors that's what we want tell him we want survivors

1:02:32Shannon Sharpe:he's out violence he said boy I be putting that thing on Teddy Teddy a chump he go jump up on stuff so I can't get him OG Thanos, what was your favorite pick and which was your least favorite? For me, I don't think anybody – for me, I mean, I know some people might say Ty Simpson was a reach. But think about this. He said the University of Miami had$6.5 million to come play one year. He turned that down. He had to have known something. He turned$6.5 million down, Ocho. for one year. I wonder I wonder why why would you do that? You think maybe he won't be Carson back out coming to Miami? Carson back in the draft.

1:03:24No, I'm saying to this. Oh,

1:03:29Shannon Sharpe:you know what? I mean, why why not come back and improve your draft stock? He went he went number what'd he go 13 12 one of them so which would you rather have 6 million or would you rather have 25 million because you don't all you're doing is laying it to that big prize you know the big prize three years away i i hope boy i don't see staff walking away like that no time soon they got 31 other teams other than detroit so 30 other teams i guarantee you he won't have no problem finding a team. Yeah, you're right. Remember, the Jets wanted him last year at 100 million for two years. Oof. And he went back to, what do you call them for a fake, like, maybe what, $88 million?

1:04:23Shannon Sharpe:$90 million? So.

1:04:29Shannon Sharpe:Brother Goose, Ohio State had four players drafted in the first 11 picks and have 2027 number one pick on their team. where they don't even make it to the Natty Howe. But the previous year, they won the national championship with them same players. Boy, it was good, boy. Yeah. Boy, it was good. But also, hell, the teams they playing were also good. Yes. Didn't they lose to Miami? How many picks did Miami have in the first round? They had three. Yeah. Two offensive linemen. Oh, no, no, no. They had offensive lineman, Bane Mesidor.

1:05:14Shannon Sharpe:Shaquan Browser. I'm actually not surprised the round pick, especially after Peter Shaker reported that. Why like Chad, new name, Ocho Frico. That ain't no new name. Grok said, here's some money for two seats, Ocho. Renai, Wick, Patrick, Ocho. I'm a Cowboys fan. We took Caleb Downs and Malachi Lawrence. Did we just level up on defense or miss a bigger impact? Love the show. I love Caleb Downs. Like I said, from everything that I've heard and read about the kid, he's the cleanest.

1:05:52Which means he has the least chance to not live up to expectations.

1:06:06Shannon Sharpe:and Malachi Lawrence. I don't know a whole lot about him, but we're going to find out. Dog Warren, you need to get Ocho, get a$5 ,900, and then you'll be set. I do. Triggered it. Hey, holler, holler, roll, get them sparks and SC, and I'm going to try and kill something. I see AJ is well likely to the pass now. Do y 'all like tied to LA? Roll, tie, go pass. Yeah. This is a projection.

1:06:42Shannon Sharpe:Look, at some point in time, Matthew Stafford, I don't – see, the thing is a lot of times people wait until the car actually put their ass down side the road.

1:06:54Shannon Sharpe:And it seems to me the Rams, like that's not going to happen to us. Now, could they keep him this year and keep Stafford for another year so Stafford can have this year and next year? sure sure and it might even keep him longer than that if ty simpson doesn't pan out or show that he can be number one because it will show or we'll show early like mike mike what's up no cho aka the virgin with mad kids how much did y 'all pay the spy at the draft i'm down to do it next year hit my line also with nfl don't mess with y 'all already then y 'all got nothing to lose by spoiling picks. Yeah, you're right.

1:07:37Shannon Sharpe:But I mean, I can see if Ocho and I wasn't two of the better players and, you know, doing a pretty good job of representing the NFL. But it is what it is. We don't cry with spilled milk. We're going to do what we do. We didn't get in this. When we started this, we didn't think we were going to get any help or any collab or any participation from the NFL. So I don't know why I thought that considering the success that we've had and so many people watch our pod that we're going to get some. But it don't matter because, as Ochoa said, we're going to do what we do. We're the best at what we do, and we're going to continue to do that.

1:08:09Shannon Sharpe:So as long as we got you guys' support, we're going to keep trucking right along. Hey, we don't ask any. We don't ask. We don't beg. We don't snivel. We don't grovel. It is what it is. And we're going to continue to do what we do because we think we're pretty damn good at it. As a matter of fact, I know damn well we're pretty damn good at it, and we're going to keep shining. Great. So, light going to shine on us even when it's dark. Baird Gang, being a Cowboy fan, I love seeing the Knicks fail. As I know her to Stephen A., I know he's beside himself. Yeah, he losing his damn mind today. I ain't going to lie.

1:08:42Shannon Sharpe:He going to be on one tomorrow. I mean, he's happy about the Cowboys. You know, Caleb Downs, he kind of, I think it said something about Caleb Downs going, if he's there, the Cowboys should take it. But he out of his damn mind about his Knicks being down 2-1. Thank you guys for joining us. We're back tomorrow as we cover rounds two. It was two rounds, two and three, or just two? Two and three tomorrow. So we'll cover rounds two and three tomorrow. Thank you guys for joining us for all things NFL draft. Draft night won the first round. Mendoza goes number one. Okay, we're coming on after the Lakers game.

1:09:20Shannon Sharpe:So we won't be on doing the draft, but we'll come on after the Lakers game, and we'll discuss trade, whomever, doing what. Obviously, we're going to talk about the Lakers as well. So thank you guys for joining us. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite up. That is my partner and co-host Cincinnati's on with shadow boxing on the radio. Hey, a former pro bowler and an all pro, that is Chad Ochocinco Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. And do us a favor, go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you guys for your eyes ears and your word of mouth.

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1:10:29Shannon Sharpe:I'm Unc. He's Ocho. We're out. See you tomorrow.

1:11:12We'll be right back.