In short
Episode topic: Rich Eisen Show Hour 2 plus “Overreaction Monday (on a Tuesday)”—March Madness talk with Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, then NFL draft speculation and NBA/Women’s hoops overreactions.
Guests and backgrounds
Tom Izzo, long-time Michigan State men’s basketball head coach; Rich Eisen hosts. “Overreaction Monday” segment features co-hosts TJ and Chris (plus calls from listeners). No other named guest appears in this hour besides Izzo.
Key claims
Izzo says Michigan State’s success hinges on defense and rebounding, but worries about turnovers versus UConn. He praises UConn players Reed (31 points/27 rebounds recently) and “Caravan.” He ranks point guards like quarterbacks and says Izzo’s current point guard (Fears) is among the top tier but needs fewer turnovers and better control. Izzo discusses emotional discipline and references past on-court incidents.
Notable examples
Sweet 16 record streak (28 straight times); Izzo’s UCLA game and Big Ten tournament “flush it” mindset; comparisons to point guards (Magic, Cleaves, Cassius Winston, Denzel Valentine, Kaitlin Lucas). Overreaction: Rams won’t force a QB/TE succession with Jeremiah Love; CJ Stroud trade idea; Wembanyama MVP chatter; women’s tournament blowouts.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOMarch Madness and Tom Izzo Introduction
1:30 to 2:25
Rich discusses March Madness and introduces Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo.
“No one knows what it means, but it's provocative.”
Tom Izzo's Basketball Insights
2:25 to 4:31
Coach Izzo shares thoughts on the Sweet 16 and his team's preparation.
“You know Steve's favorite burger place in town.”
UConn's Challenge and Coaching Style
4:31 to 6:02
Izzo discusses the challenges posed by UConn and his coaching approach.
“But how about six Big Ten teams still left?”
Success Factors in the Tournament
6:02 to 8:50
Izzo emphasizes the importance of defense and controlling turnovers.
“at 9.30 because we play at 9.45, which will end up about 10.15.”
Evaluating Point Guards
8:50 to 11:23
Discussion on the criteria for evaluating the performance of point guards.
“We've gotten better offensively, but our margin for error-rich is pretty slim.”
Connecting Players with Emotions
11:23 to 14:00
Izzo talks about emotional control and connecting with players under pressure.
“But from Cleaves to, you know, Cassius Winston, I mean, those guys were, you know, maybe the top.”
Tom Izzo's Emotional Control
14:00 to 15:00
Discussion on Tom Izzo's emotional management as a coach.
“He has to learn how to control his emotions a little bit.”
Favorite Michigan Man
15:00 to 16:00
A light-hearted exchange about Tom Izzo's favorite Michigan connections.
“When I think of you wearing Spartan pajamas, that motivates me.”
Ann Arbor Experience
16:00 to 16:50
Tom Izzo shares a humorous experience from Ann Arbor.
“And and it was it was me yelling at an official and it said angry midget.”
Facing Legendary Coaches
16:50 to 18:00
Discussion on potential matchups with legendary coaches in the future.
“You know, I just talked earlier today to Kelvin Sampson.”
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Coaching Ties
18:00 to 18:50
A look back at Tom Izzo's coaching journey and connections.
“So it's really my wife's fault, not anybody else.”
College Acceptance Rates
18:50 to 19:40
A discussion on the acceptance rates of Michigan and Michigan State.
“Don't forget, the football coach now twice removed.”
Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday
24:34 to 28:00
Discussion of NFL draft prospects and Overreaction Monday segment.
“844-204-RICH, number to dial here on our simulcast together.”
Rams' Draft Strategy Discussion
28:00 to 29:00
Exploring the Rams' potential moves in the upcoming NFL draft.
“the moves they've already made, and their kind of history.”
Evaluating Ty Simpson's Fit with the Rams
29:00 to 30:30
Assessing whether Ty Simpson aligns with the Rams' current strategy.
“So they could move up to take James Pierce, who might not be playable for a while.”
Jeremiah Love's Draft Prospects
30:30 to 32:00
Discussion on where Jeremiah Love might fit in the upcoming draft.
“I mean, Daniel Jeremiah, I don't ever discount what he has to say.”
Team Situations for Draft Picks
32:00 to 34:00
Analyzing the best teams for Jeremiah Love and potential landing spots.
“Went from fourth overall to the Super Bowl.”
C.J. Stroud's Trade Potential
34:00 to 36:40
Debating whether C.J. Stroud should be traded and implications for teams.
“If you're the Pittsburgh Steelers, would you trade 21 for C.J.”
Wemby and MVP Candidacy
36:40 to 38:00
Discussing Wemby's rising MVP candidacy and comparisons with others.
“I'm watching the Alien in San Antonio, the team that you should have adopted as your favorite team, as you said a couple years ago.”
Women's Basketball Tournament Discussion
38:00 to 40:40
Critiquing the women's basketball tournament and proposals for improvement.
“and that is a superpower that's some 80s early 90s era attitude um but even if i say this is not an overreaction.”
Navigating Onboarding Experiences
42:47 to 43:32
Discussion about onboarding processes and experiences.
“Well, I was about to say, should I go on LinkedIn and start complaining about all the onboarding stuff that I'm doing right now?”
Expectations for NFL Draft Hosting
43:36 to 44:44
Rich Eisen shares insights on hosting the NFL Draft and his career journey.
“and I saw this thing on Awful Announcing this morning.”
Future of NFL Game Day Coverage
44:48 to 45:53
Updates on the NFL game day franchise and upcoming broadcasts.
“They're punching in, and then they start, they're friendly at punching in the clock, and now it's time to do battle.”
Transcript
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1:33No one knows what it means, but it's provocative.
1:35Rich Eisen:From the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. What did you tell Tom Brady? We came to play football and not argue with the refs. Yeah, he didn't like it. Earlier on the show. 2026 NFL draft prospect Eli Stowers. Coming up. Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. Actor Kevin Zegers. Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday. And now, Rich Eisen. Hour two of the Rich Eisen Show on the air here on this Tuesday in March, late March. The madness, as we know, has gotten us down to 16 teams. They call it the Sweet 16. I'm just dispensing information. You already know. That's what I'm great at. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial here on the program.
2:21Rich Eisen:And he's truly my favorite Spartan. Great television show back in the day. uh he's in march man let me get this right my goodness gracious 28th straight times 28 straight times and mark bringing michigan state to the big dance that is an all-time record getting set to coach them in the sweet 16 for a 17th time ladies and gentlemen tom is about what's up coach how are you good to see you boy them are some fancy new dibs you got out there in that studio man that would that look nice what do you think oh when you're gonna invite Me and Mooch out there to, you know, buy us a burger and watch the show or something.
3:02Rich Eisen:Oh, listen, Tom, I'm up for that. You know Steve's favorite burger place in town. He likes wagering those burgers. It's called the Apple Pan. He wagers those against my 15-year-old son when Michigan plays Michigan State, Tom. This year was not a good year. I don't know. We might see it one more time in Indianapolis. What do you think? Right. I think both both parties would be excited about that. Yes. That means we're both there. But I can't believe Mariucci actually spends money on a burger. Usually just cooks it at home. Oh, yeah. Money. You know, he is. No, no. Is he is he going to be in D.C.?
3:44Rich Eisen:Is he coming to watch? No, he's not. He was going to come, but he's got his kids coming out to his place in Montana. Now that he's riding horses and everything, you know, I'm still working. He's riding horses. What the hell's going on with that deal? I think he's trying to get a part in the new Yellowstone series, Tom. Could you imagine? Mooch and Yellowstone. You know, that would be great. Does he wear a cowboy hat? Does he do that? Does he do all of that stuff? Hey, I just gave him a new pair of tennis shoes because he had the same ones he was wearing when he was coaching at the 49ers. So, I mean, that's how bad Mariucci is.
4:24Rich Eisen:oh my gosh I don't know he's the best but as far as tighter than a skin on a grape his poor wife he doesn't let her buy anything oh my gosh is Magic going to be there walk me through who you know is going to be in DC I don't know Magic he's supposed to call in today so you know I'll find out what he's doing I think Steve Smith is coming I mean we'll have a lot of alums there like you'll have a lot of alums in Chicago, you know? But how about six Big Ten teams still left? How about it? I thought UCLA was going to be the seventh, you know, and they didn't get a guy hurt. They were playing really well, and I thought Wisconsin was playing really well and got upset by one.
5:09Rich Eisen:I know six Big Ten teams, Coach. I'll give you the floor on that, what you think that means. Go for it. What do you think? Well, I think it's pretty exciting. You know, we have 12 women's teams in. We have three or four hockey teams in from the Big Ten. We have six teams in the Sweet 16. We've had national champs in football the last three years. I'd say, you know, you better move back in the Big Ten country. Oh, that's right. You are in Big Ten country. I forgot. I still can't get used to that. I still can. It's crazy that I do live in Big Ten country. But that is the world in which we live. All right.
5:45Rich Eisen:So walk me through. Drew, where are you in the process for UConn right now? Where are you? We're up to here with film, you know, and watching film and kind of figuring out. We had practice yesterday. We're going to have a little practice today at 3, and then believe it or not, I'm going to have a little practice tonight at 9.30 because we play at 9.45, which will end up about 10.15. So you'll probably miss the game. No, I'm on the West Coast. I'm on the West Coast, so I'll be watching it. I'll be there. Oh, yeah, that's right. I'll be there. That's one advantage. That's crazy. It really is nuts.
6:23Rich Eisen:But you really, so that's who you're prepping? Everybody, you're actually going to be holding a practice of when you're expected, potentially, well, you're expected to be later. Your scheduled tip-off time is going to be? We're going to do it once early in the week just so, you know, you know how anal coaches are just to have. I'll never forget when Mariucci had his first NFL game. He lined his guys up in practice for the national anthem. You know, we get a little goofy when we get to this time of year. So I guess that's what I'll do tonight. Are you superstitious? No. No, I don't wear the same tie, underwear, socks, nothing.
7:02I don't do that.
7:03Rich Eisen:You don't do that. You don't believe it. It's probably better. Are you superstitious, Rich? um i just don't want to get in the way tom you know what i mean like i just certainly when it comes to my teams i just i just want to stay out of the way does that make sense to you you know that makes sense yeah you know but uh that doesn't mean you can't be remember that one year we were betting on pajamas that your whole family had away you know remember that year oh my god we won that year yes you did i never saw him so i don't know Yeah, you did. Trust me, Tom, there's many photographs of me wearing Ohio State gear from the early parts of this show about, you know, from when we first started 11 years ago to about five years ago.
7:47It's changed, though. It's flipped now, so it has. A little better.
7:51Rich Eisen:No, certainly on that front. So what is the challenge you're already seeing already out of UConn and Dan Haley's squad? They have a former player from Michigan, a kid named Reed, who has just blossomed this last two months. I mean, he had 31 points, 27 rebounds. He's 6 '11", 270 pounds. You know, he's built more like a defensive lineman, but he's done a hell of a job for him. And then he got the kid, Caravan, who's been there, I think, since UConn opened. Since he's been there forever. and he's still as solid as a rock. But, you know, like us, they got a lot of players back and Danny does a great job there.
8:34So it'll be a war. And, I mean, both physical teams and it should be a hell of a game, I hope.
8:40Rich Eisen:What do you find is a through line for success in the tournament, Coach? Well, I think a couple things that we do really well, defend and rebound. And I think one thing that really bothers me because it's your big football, guy and whenever they talk about the Super Bowl you know what they talk about the rushing game and turnovers you know turnovers turnovers lately we've turned the ball over too much and that's my one worry because Danny UConn comes at you hard and turnovers are going to be a big key so hopefully we can straighten that out in these three four days here yeah I mean in the the whole survive and advance uh mantra on top of it I mean and I know the Big Ten tournament didn't go the way you wanted but your first two games in this tournament have been very impressive to say the least coach so what what do you tell them i mean you just flush it and then you're it just doesn't matter like new tournament new everything what'd you say that's that's kind of what i did i mean uh you know we're not as talented a team as you've seen us over the years uh the last two years but we've and maybe more together team.
9:48Very connected, pretty tough. We've gotten better offensively, but our margin for error-rich is pretty slim. So we played a good UCLA team who really played well. That dent was unbelievable in our game, and they beat us. And, you know, I thought we got beat by a good team. But when you go back, you got Saturday, you get up, and you say, well, now it's time for the real tournament. You know, if I would have won the Big Ten tournament, I would have called that the real tournament. But since I lost it, I moved on to the next real tournament.
10:24Rich Eisen:You cracked me up, man. Tom Izzo here on the Rich Eisen Show. Obviously, you've had some terrific point guards through your tenure. Where does Fears rank for you, Tom? Well, he's moving right up there. But, you know, I think everybody's – you can't canonize somebody until they put some bricks and mortar in. You know, we got to you got to win some championships or you got to at least get to final fours or you got to do some things, you know, that point guards are like quarterbacks. They're judged almost more on wins and losses than they are out of production. Now, he's been the best assist man in the country.
11:00He's really gotten better this last year. He's better shooter. He's improving in a lot of areas. And now, you know, like they say about coaches, you know, you got to win certain games. So we got to a Sweet 16 last year to an Elite Eight. We'll see what happens. But he's up there with those top four or five guys. You know, I'll put Magic up there, even though I didn't coach him. But from Cleaves to, you know, Cassius Winston, I mean, those guys were, you know, maybe the top. Denzel Valentine was a very good point guard here. Kaitlin Lucas was a great point guard here. So I've had some really good ones.
11:40and he's right there knocking on the door. We'll see what happens here in the next couple weeks.
11:45Rich Eisen:Yeah, I mean, again, you think point guards, that's just in general or just your program measured that way, Tom? I think in general. I think point guards are quarterbacks, and you know what quarterbacks are. You're more in tune to football a little bit. You can have great stats as a quarterback, but if you don't have the production or you don't win a championship, you never get quite what you – and I'm not saying we've got to win a championship for him to be, you know, with some of those other guys. Listen, he's had a hell of a year. He's made great progress. What I told him is two things we've got to keep working on, making all the players around you even better and dragging them with you.
12:29And then turnovers have been a little problem lately, so we're hoping to clean those up.
12:33Rich Eisen:What about playing under control? Emotions. Yeah, he's got to do that. He's gotten there, though, Rich. You know, I don't always play under control either, so I'm probably a bad role model. No, don't be that way. Obviously, you know what I'm talking about. Do you ever connect him with Draymond to have conversations about that? I did. In a matter of fact, I called all the people that had problems. I called down to Phoenix because, you know, they had a kid that played at Duke that went through a little bit of that. But, you know, it's, yeah, you know, I mean, I'm not proud of everything, but I understand some things and some things get blown out of proportion.
13:16But I don't defend anybody. You know, if you're not doing what you're supposed to do, you got to take the ridicule that you get. But I think he's grown from that a lot. And sometimes adversity brings coaches and players together too. And so not that I want it to bring us together, but I think it did bring us together a little bit.
13:36Rich Eisen:Well, I mean, were you referring to Grayson Allen? You connected him with Grayson Allen? I didn't have him, but I talked to some people. I see. I knew what he went through, and, you know, it's tough. I mean, sometimes it's emotions do get the best of us sometimes, and that's all I'll say about it. Yeah, he's a terrific player, though. Yes. You know what I mean? And he's really a good kid. I mean, academically he's been great. off the court. He's been great. He has to learn how to control his emotions a little bit. I'd say that's a fair statement. Tom Izzo here, a couple minutes left, coach of Michigan State basketball.
14:16Rich Eisen:Am I your favorite Michigan man, Tom? Seriously. What do you think? I got a guy I work with here named Doug Herner who played at Michigan back when Kazzy Russell was there. He's been with me for 30 years. So you're probably, it's one in one A. I don't mind being your, I just want to be in your top five. Oh yeah, you're in my top five. Okay. I just want to be in your top five. You know what I mean? Because I wouldn't be on the show if you weren't on my top five. I actually got work to do. Now, normally you'd call me in the week of the Michigan game to distract me. No, no. See, I stayed out of your way.
14:54Rich Eisen:I stayed out of your way. You did. I try to stay out of your way. And you know. By the way, we lost. So next year, call me again, which is like the fact that when am I the mush? Are you saying I'm the motivator? You're the motivator. When I think of you wearing Spartan pajamas, that motivates me. So next year, I want you to call me the week we play him and I'll be on the show. Well, I'm curious to know, in all seriousness, you know, the Dusty May moment when he's sitting on your bench coming out before the game and the fans are giving him all sorts of crap in your house. What did you make of this?
15:30Hey, let me do. You think I get hugs and kisses when I go to Ann Arbor? No, I mean, I mean, the things they said to me in Ann Arbor were almost I couldn't even put them on the air. But, you know, one of my favorite all time things happened in Ann Arbor, you know, usually. Oh, Schembecker was really good to me. I was really close with Lloyd Lloyd Carr. You know, he's a northern Michigan grad with Mooch and I. And so when I went down there, a lot of good things. But one guy had this this big poster when I went out there about six, seven years ago. And and it was it was me yelling at an official and it said angry midget.
16:08And I thought it was so good. I went up in a student section. I said, can I take a picture with you? And I think the guy liked me after that because of it. He was mad because he wanted to hate me. And that was kind of a unique moment. So I have my good times in Ann Arbor also.
16:24Rich Eisen:I love it. And, you know, it's kind of crazy, Tom, before I let you go. It's entirely possible that you could survive, advance and face Rick Pitino and then get to Indianapolis and and face Calipari, you know, guys who have been all over the map. But as long as your tenure, you know, and it's just amazing how how that's entirely possible right now. I can't make it up, you know? You know, I just talked earlier today to Kelvin Sampson. That's right. You have to see him, too. And he's got a chance. And believe it or not, Rich, I replaced Kelvin as the GA at Michigan State. He worked for Judd for a year.
17:07Wow.
17:08Rich Eisen:That I did not know. Judd's upstairs having a beer right now. That's right. Telling Kelvin and I, neither one of us played a lick of zone, and he's mad at us for that. he's having a beer but he's probably still swearing at us for not playing zone i bet it's it's it's remarkable um what you're doing and you know i i love you um and i do i do root for you uh with the exception of one or two times that's fair man that's you know what i root for you and i was kidding you about the new but boy walking through watching you walk through got a hell of a place up there, up there sometime. I'm going to get out there with Mooch and we're going to come visit you.
17:47Make him buy the burgers. How's that?
17:49Rich Eisen:Okay, that's great. What do you, are we taking a hot tea with lemon? What are we doing for the voice? Yeah, I know. What do we got? You know, it's, it's my damn wife. I got to yell at her to get my clothes ready. So it's really my wife's fault, not anybody else. Got it. Okay. Make a note of that. Tom, take care of yourself, man. Good luck against UConn and beyond. Thanks, Rich. I appreciate it. You're serious. My favorite Spartan right there, ladies and gentlemen, Tom Izzo. And I'm 1A. Favorite Michigan man. There he goes. Funny that he wants you to talk to him, but you won't even talk to your own.
18:25Rich Eisen:I thought you were going to throw me under the bus in front of him. I was about to. I think both of us wanted to. I was about to. It's different. It's different. It's totally different. It's totally different. I root for him. I truly do. I don't. You know how I watch Duke games around here. Yeah. Well, yeah. Literally. Have you ever heard me root against Michigan State in that way? No, no. In all seriousness. Not basketball. Not basketball. Not basketball. Football, yeah, but not. Well, but football is not him. Yeah, it's different. What if he coached football? But he doesn't. That was quick. But he doesn't.
18:58Rich Eisen:Don't forget, the football coach now twice removed. Okay? The football coach twice removed in Mel Tucker refused to let us give an nil glue deal to kenneth walker that's true after he scored five times against my wolverines and i'm like how do we not give the glue deal to that kid right it was very strange said no yeah and then his predecessor dantonio is the one who marched through the michigan football warm-ups in michigan state there's some bad bad blood there's bad blood in basketball too there's no doubt but it's just different it's different is those different that guy's a legend he is mooch he were in in high tops really right yeah they're the same person yeah they are they really are you know and so obviously that's just i've got the biggest soft spot yeah i do not root against him uh if if mich who who's the one who said michigan state versus michigan somebody came on this program and predicted that.
20:08Rich Eisen:That was their bracket. Was it Jay Billis? It might have been Jay. No, Billis had Iowa State bouncing Michigan. And he had Michigan State beating Duke in his bracket. But I think it was Seth Greenberg. Didn't Seth Greenberg have Michigan State versus Michigan? It had to be Jay or Seth. Yeah, those are the ones that we had on. That would be stupid. Crazy stupid. That would be crazy he stupid but when michigan takes on michigan state in basketball i'm i'm all in on that front but outside of that i do root for him the other way around it's not the case i understand that because they can't get into michigan wow man that's so hard did he hang up on the zoom door yeah he's yeah he's checked he said he had stuff to do yeah yeah i'm looking up acceptance get a lozenge.
21:00Rich Eisen:Acceptance rates. Acceptance rates. Hold on. One's easier to get into, pal. And one in state. You know. I'm telling you. It's the truth. Trust me. I went there for four years and it's only gotten more difficult. I couldn't get into Michigan now. Yeah, acceptance rates to Michigan right now between 16 and 18%. Not great. That's kind of crazy. 115 ,000 applications. And if you look up Michigan State's acceptance rate, it just says turnstile. No, it does say 84%. Rich guy. You are. What? No, it is. Is this thing on? Nobody's answering. The AI overview calls it a lightly selective institution. What is it called?
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21:46Rich Eisen:Lightly selective. Lightly selective. It's like dating me. Whoa. What? Lightly selective is Mike Del Tufo's dating policy. Wow. You can look up Mike Del Tufo's acceptance rate and it says OnlyFans. We take a break. We take a break. We should. We really should. We'll let you know if we're ever coming back. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast.
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24:33Rich Eisen:Back here on the Rich Eisen Show, 844-204-RICH, number to dial here on our simulcast together. Let's go to William in Topeka, Kansas. He's been hanging on for a while. What's up, William? Hello. Hello. Thanks for taking my call. Thanks for making it. I was wondering why no mock drafts seem to have the Chiefs taking Kenyon Sadiq or any Travis Kelsey heir apparent. None of your esteemed colleagues seem to think that they're going to do that. No. I'm wondering why, because, you know, even though he signed a three-year contract, I think, at least from my perspective, everyone's assuming that it's going to be his last year and the other two are just there in case he wants to.
25:20Rich Eisen:And if he wants to come back again, they'll restructure it. Right. But, I mean, why do you guys think that they're not thinking about that? Because I don't know if Kenyon Sadiq is a ninth overall pick prospect. and I know you take them when you can get them but um they they probably need a wide out more I mean for now for now in the future I I think a wide out is more a better use of their of their real estate there William from the fact that again Kelsey is coming back and I know you'd like to get a stupendous tight end to follow in his footsteps whenever it's time for somebody to do that but at the wide receiver position you've got rashi rice who has been suspended um and is either um what do you what what's a good way to put it here uh injury wise or on that front potentially not dependable and then there's xavier worthy and then hollywood brown just left the team and you know i think they did re-sign thornton uh i think it's a better i think he's going to surprise a lot of people no maybe so i just think it's a better use of their ninth overall pick real estate to go with a wide out william that's my two cents on that and i appreciate your call yeah or a corner too you know you could after having traded mcduffie you could you could go uh delane right there he's worthy of a top 10 it seems like they're penciling for wide outer corner right uh i i think that that's a better use of their i mean even if jeremiah love does slip you know they just spent the free agency dollar dude walker that would be wild there's no way love is slipping like the don rest his soul who then survived took five shots all right it's uh overreaction monday on a tuesday time hit it oh That was terrible.
27:22That was crap. That was garbage. That's why it sucks.
27:25Rich Eisen:Overreaction. Mondays. Monday. On a Tuesday. All right, Christopher. The Overreaction Monday pod is still sitting there wherever you get your podcasts, whether it's for your ear gates through the ESPN Pod Center network, or you can check it out on the Rich Eisen Show YouTube channel, youtube.com slash richeyesenshow. You have the floor for this one. What's up, guys? Happy Tuesday. Great to see you. A couple NFL things and then a little hodgepodge here. How dare you, hodgepodge. NFL draft on the brain. We're a month out. Can't wait. It's going to be awesome. And more and more you think about it and you think about where this team is slated, the moves they've already made, and their kind of history.
28:07Rich Eisen:It feels like the Rams are going to do something crazy during the NFL draft. Trade up for Jeremiah Love. Are they a Ty Simpson spot? It just feels like. I don't think they're a Ty Simpson spot. Why would they do that? Succession plan. We've seen how it works when other teams don't do this. But is Ty Simpson really the Rams' best succession plan? Is he? That's what I'm saying. Right now. If I'm the Rams, if I'm, well, listen. What they did with or for Trent McDuffie, I think, gives you the roadmap. That's leading you to say something like this. As a conversation starter for Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday.
28:47Rich Eisen:Correct. Win right now. Right. That we're going to take one of the first round draft choices, our own, which we're more apt or free to trade because we got Atlanta's next in this year's draft last year. So they could move up to take James Pierce, who might not be playable for a while. And to utilize that draft choice at all on a quarterback of the future makes no sense. It doesn't jive with everything else that they are indicating for less need. And I don't know if Ty Simpson's like, you know what we're going to do? We're so set for this year that we're already going to look over the steering wheel.
29:34Rich Eisen:What if Stafford wants to keep playing? What if Stafford puts another season together, most likely not MVP, but close enough to the point where he wants to keep playing? And it doesn't make much sense. So I'll go here and say this is not an overreaction. But they're not going to force the issue. They're not going to force it. So getting McDuffie using their own draft choice was a brilliant move. It's exactly what they needed, and they went at a very high end to fill that need. And I think that they're sitting there at 13th overall with an opportunity to get a really good player for now and the future.
30:18Rich Eisen:That's where they're going to go. But this is not an overreaction. Jeremiah Love would be insane. You'd have to, again, get up to, I guess, Field Yates hasn't dropped in a seven. You'd have to come up high to the point where you have to come correct. I mean, Daniel Jeremiah, I don't ever discount what he has to say. It just strikes me if you got Kyron, you got Blake Corum. That's pretty darn good. That's good enough at the least and excellent at the most. What if they swap with Cleveland and then Cleveland takes Simpson at 13? Listen, I know what Orlovsky had to say, but I think Simpson is potentially being overrated by people right now.
31:02Rich Eisen:is pumping up Simpson right now. All right. And maybe they'll be, and they're all right, and we'll see what happens. But I don't know. Simpson is... I think once his pro day hits soon here... Oh, it'll go crazy. It's going to go... What else, Chris? What else you got over there? All right. Let's talk Jeremiah Love. Okay. So Adam Schefter said yesterday to Pat that doesn't think Arizona or Tennessee are in the mix for him. That puts Washington in a good spot. But if you're Jeremiah Love, Yeah, you want to go as high as you can, but he should want to slide out of the top 10. Why? Think about Jeremiah Love on the Dallas Cowboys, TJ, or Tampa or Baltimore or Kansas City, Cincinnati.
31:50Rich Eisen:That's where he should want to go. Well, if he winds up in Washington, Washington was four quarters away from the Super Bowl two years ago. Yeah, but last year was now we got questions about the quarterback. Their coach almost got fired last year. You're off. That is a tough situation. Tough division. I'll call that an overreaction. Look at your team, buddy. Went from fourth overall to the Super Bowl. I did him with the buddy because his team had the right coach mix with the draft prospect taking one spot away from Jaden Daniels. This is Jaden Daniels. If he could be connected to Jaden Daniels for the Washington Commanders in the NFC East, right there in the middle of the Atlantic, and this is the guy along with Jaden Daniels that can lead them into the new, you know, RFK senior stadium, you know, then this is exactly the spot he should want to go to.
32:50Rich Eisen:If I'm Jeremiah Love, I'm waking up and seeing this mock draft saying, the commanders, sign me up. Now, if you could wind up with the Giants, that's another one. I mean, being in the New York City media market as Jeremiah Love, you know, in the city where they had come up with the I Love New York t-shirts, get out of here. I mean, you know what I mean? Like, now we're talking. That's some nice extra ends for your pocket. Just because you're sitting there saying these teams stink, you don't want to play for teams that stink. I don't want to play for a team that stinks. Do you? Well, somebody drafted by the Patriots.
33:26Rich Eisen:You think Will Campbell's like, oh, I'm playing for a team that stinks. I'm playing for a team that has sick. Yada, yada, yada. He's in the Super Bowl. Everybody's now pointing fingers that he's the reason why they lost it. But you know what I mean? Okay. He's in a good spot. I'm thinking if I go to the team, they're not going to stink. This is an overreaction. Interesting. What else? How about this one? There is a quarterback out there. Okay. Arch? who maybe his stock has fallen a little bit, even though he's had some playoff success. A quarterback needy team should call Houston for C.J. Stroud.
33:59Rich Eisen:Houston was the place. If you're the Pittsburgh Steelers, would you trade 21 for C.J. Stroud? I would. You would? You wouldn't? I would. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. And if you're Houston. No, you wouldn't. You don't have to pay him. You're not on the hook for$250 million. He is constantly tilting at this windmill. And you get to start over. He is constantly hammering this nail. And you have a playoff team built around Ty Simpson. Why would you want to start over if you... It's about dollars and cents, TJ. He is desperate to find a team that has drafted a quarterback in the top five and has gotten a good amount of success with that kid.
34:42Rich Eisen:But not great. In the first contract, but not great. and in the process of doing well enough but not great has shown some Achilles heels and weaknesses, certainly in the divisional round of the playoffs. And he's in desperate search of that team to finally abandon the plan rather than be on the hook for a Tua-type deal, rather be on the hook for any type of deal that they will essentially regret. The Tua-type deal is the now shorthand of you paid him, you shouldn't have paid him, and it cost everyone their jobs. And Nick Casario, coming from the Belichick sort of school, or at least that world, would be exactly the guy to do it.
35:34Rich Eisen:You think he's your man? You think C.J. Stroud's that guy? Be my huckleberry, Nick. And you are talking it into existence every chance you can. This is a great idea. it's not going to happen. It will not happen. It should. It's not. But you're saying a quarterback needy team should call Houston for C.J. Stroud. You're not saying that Houston should listen. You're saying someone should call. I'm saying someone should. And this is, if that is the box in which you're putting this topic bar, I will say this is a good reaction. Call him up. Hey, you want to be on the hook for$280 million for a guy that, Yeah, that's not a great way to posit your trade, Chris, because my answer would be like, oh, but you will.
36:20Rich Eisen:So you want me to trade him to you so you could do what you're telling me beware of doing. That makes no sense. As a matter of fact, the price has now gone up. Great. Great job, man. You are the art of the dealmaker right there. Yeah, I didn't write no book. Okay. Clearly with English like that. A few more. I'm watching some hoops last night, TJ. I'm watching the Alien in San Antonio, the team that you should have adopted as your favorite team, as you said a couple years ago. I think he did, didn't he? Yeah, we added that band. Yeah, he gave up. No, I have a personal connection to them. You had one foot in.
37:02Rich Eisen:Wemby has passed Joker as the best player in the world. That's an overreaction. We've seen it once to this level. He's been incredible. And the MVP odds are closing. Well, even let's have him talk about his MVP candidacy. Oh, Mikey, you want to? Here we go. I have thought about it. I think right now there is a debate, you know, that should be. Even though I think I should lead the race. And I'm trying to make sure that until the end of the season, there's no debate anymore. I love his development. up man i love him he is brash did we see the brashness coming he is brash i like he is brash with some brass and the thing that i think that is ultimately his superpower is he cares man like game 65 on the schedule is the biggest game of his life and he doesn't want to lose it and that is a superpower that's some 80s early 90s era attitude um but even if i say this is not an overreaction.
38:13Rich Eisen:SGA is still an odd favorite. Still a massive favorite. Minus 900, but it's closed. Luka's now 10-1. A week ago, he was 40-1. Wemby, 12-1 now. The gap is narrower. How would you answer this question? I would say it's still... Joker's done it for much longer. Joker's 1A, probably Shea's 1B. I mean, Wembonyama was 12 when Jokic got drafted during a McDonald's commercial, right? Taco Bell. Is that what it is? Also, Luke has been incredible this season. All right, a couple more. It can't keep happening, TJ. We're not going to let it happen because I'm going to speak it into existence. Someone other than the Dodgers is going to win the National League this year.
38:57Rich Eisen:No, get out of here. Yeah, that would be nice. Get out of here. Come on now. Get ready, dude. I'm preparing myself for four Ohio State players in the top 10. They're going to win 120 games? And Field Yates says it's going to be four in a row, draft picks three through six. You know? It's going to be like Oprah giving out cars. You get a Buckeye. You get a Buckeye. I'm getting myself ready for it. Steal yourself, sir. This is going to happen again. Do you see Kyle Tucker's learning which way to actually do this silly stuff? They're doing this again? Well, did you see that? No, no, no. Yeah, like you could see when he reached first base.
39:36Rich Eisen:He kind of looked at the dugout to see which way am I supposed to do this? Oh, man. After he reached base is by point. Although Sasaki's had a terrible spring. He should just be. I know they got Diaz, but he should just be a bullpen guy, right? Sasaki. You know who's going to figure it out? Dave Roberts is going to figure it out. And you need to figure this out. I'm just putting it out. Overreaction. Someone else is going to win. All right. Just not the Mets. All right, last one. And this is hot. I'm coming in hot here. I'm watching some of the women's basketball tournament. I'm kind of dialed there.
40:11Rich Eisen:I went 31 and 1 in the first round, TJ. You want to know why? Because all the favorites won. That tends to happen. The women's tournament should only have 32 teams. Okay. All right. Why? Because the games aren't good, and it's not good for the sport. So I took note. In the women's tournament in the first round, 12 games were decided by 30 or more points. Yeah, I hear you. South Carolina won by 69. Yeah, but. Not nice. LSU doubled up their opponent. Won by 58. Five single-digit games. Yeah, but it can't. And they're playing these games on their home court. Why do we need to stack the deck for the favorites like that?
40:51Rich Eisen:Like, make it a little bit more compelling. I understand that, Chris, because you need to have fans in the stands. If you play those games that are blowouts in neutral sites, you know, in a town that does not have a potential loyal fan base to show up, you're running the risk of having empty arenas. I'll call this an overreaction. In order for there to get deeper rosters in more schools, they need to be seen on television. That simple. And I know that being seen being blown out, but I. Ratings for a 40 point game can't be worth the season. I get it. I understand. But being on television is better than saying you don't make the tournament because you're not competitive enough.
41:34Rich Eisen:If you're a California Baptist and you're losing by 60, what is the point? That's embarrassing for your sport. I understand. I see what you're saying. I get where you're going, but I'll call that an overreaction. All right. I appreciate your, you know. I mean, I'm watching. And I appreciate your attention to this matter. Thank you. As they say. I'm trying. All right. We take a break here on the Rich Eisen Show. 844-204-RICH. Number to dial. I think you would like to address something that I'm poised about. Oh, yeah. The Rich Eisen Show, the podcast.
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42:49Rich Eisen:Well, you're out there in the news. Well, I was about to say, should I go on LinkedIn and start complaining about all the onboarding stuff that I'm doing right now? Oh, yeah. I'm on a Disney portal, like, giving every piece of information. Well, if you remember when I... I'm moving contracts. I'm moving everything. Yeah. Battery disposal. You watching any videos yet? Oh, those are the absolute worst. What? Okay, so for AT &T... I'm watching Pixar movies. Does that matter? For AT &T. For AT &T, we had to do stuff like watch literally a 40-minute video to show us how to dispose of things. No, I'm still getting requests from NFL HR, like you got to watch this video, got to watch that video, which normally I do, but I'm like, I'm out of here in six days.
43:32Rich Eisen:Yeah, speaking of which, Rich, you know, a lot of talk about that, and I saw this thing on Awful Announcing this morning. You know, obviously, NFL Network, ESPN, it's going to be one big happy family, and it's about the draft, right? So it says that there's going to be four separate draft telecasts across the ESPN platforms. And it says NFL Network is still going to have its main coverage. And this is a direct quote from the article. Rich Eisen, who has hosted the draft coverage for nearly 20 years, is expected to continue as host. Expected to continue. Although the tweet says that I'm poised.
44:05Rich Eisen:Yeah, yeah. And the quote ESPN is poised to air. I'm poised to anchor the broadcast once again. Here's what I can confirm. I love that. Here's what I can confirm. Yeah, what can you fill us in on? I can confirm the following. That you're poised? I am poised. I'm looking at it. You look very poised. I am poised. That's a nice slate shirt you got on. Expected to. I'll just say, of course I'm doing the draft. Okay, great. Yeah. And as a matter of fact, I'm expected to do the draft for as long as I'm with NFL Network. Fantastic. Do you have this in your contract? I think so. What are they going to do?
44:35Rich Eisen:Get Jerome on the phone. I've done it. I've done it. Listen, I'm honored. I am honored. If I keep doing this for a few more years, I will pass Chris Berman for most drafts, actually. host you're gonna be berman which is something i never thought could be possible ever when i first did when i did the draft the first time in 2005 you were here i'm sitting i'm sitting well not we're here but i'm talking about in person it was 2006 uh in radio city music hall i'm sitting there in radio city music hall a staten island kid and that art deco jewel right there in the middle of manhattan sitting on my set and the right side of the orchestra and i look over the left there's berman and i'm waving at him and i'm like you know i thought of i thought of that looney tunes where Ralph the Dog and Wile E.
45:13Rich Eisen:Coyote, hey, what's up? They're punching in, and then they start, they're friendly at punching in the clock, and now it's time to do battle. That's like, yes. Oh, right. You know what I mean? That's what it felt like, and I'm honored to do it then. But we've also been told the NFL game day franchise is remaining on time, too. Oh, fantastic. That's awesome news. I don't know. I'd love to keep doing it. but all i know is i can confirm new awful announcing i am poised yeah the four broadcasted the nfl network broadcast the main espn broadcast with greenie there's a game day one with reese and his crew and then pat's gonna do his spectacular stuff yeah it's gonna be awesome yeah it's me joel clatt of fox um i don't know how much longer that's gonna happen because now that we are disney i have no idea um and daniel jeremiah and charles davis love it And then Joel taps out after Friday night.
46:10Rich Eisen:What's up, Joel? Then we're there the whole Saturday. My run and everything, Run Rich Run is going to be shown that day. Stump truck. It stays like before. We told the same thing with the NFL game day. Told the same thing. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast.
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In ‘Overreaction Tuesday’ Rich weighs in on whether the Rams are going to do something crazy during the NFL draft, if Jeremiyah Love should want to slide out of the Top 10, a QB needy team should call the Texans for CJ Stroud, if Victor Wembenyama has passed Nikola Jokic as the best NBA player in the world, will another team beat the Dodgers in the National League, whether the NCAA Women’s tournament should only have 32 teams.
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