The Perfect Mock Draft, Part 2: Picks 17 to 32

19:49And maybe you believe you can get a little bit more value out of Simpson because he hasn't played as much. And it's possible that with more reps, you get a better player. I think he's a little more polished in the pocket than Brock Purdy is or was. That's fair. That's fair. Coming out of Iowa State, I think that's fair. Even now, I don't think that's the greatest strength for Purdy. I think the greatest strength, which has... I think we missed the mark on the Purdy analysis when he first ascended, and we were like, oh, well, he's not this big, strong athlete with a strong arm, so it must be processing and accuracy.

20:19And then we've seen over the last couple of years, he hasn't been very accurate in the process. His time to throw is one of the highest in the NFL. He takes more sacks than you would expect for a guy who's supposed to be a timing and processing guy. I think Simpson, as a prospect, and I want to reiterate, as a prospect, is what people thought Brock Purdy was that first year when he exploded. I think Brock Purdy, if anything, he has shown his ceiling is much higher than that over the last couple of years.

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21:46Diante Lee:To the Los Angeles Chargers. All right. Ty Simpson goes to the Pittsburgh Steelers at 21. Austin, that brings you up 22, the Los Angeles Chargers. Okay. For what it's worth, I do think Simpson to Pittsburgh, it's a landing spot that makes sense. And I think this is right around the range where I think the Simpson sweepstakes should start. I think that he is worth that back end of the first round, especially in this year's class when a lot of these top right now where the board has fallen, like a lot of the top 20 consensus players are already off the board. I think teams will be calling to kind of get that fifth year option trade back up into the first round if he doesn't go to Pittsburgh.

22:25if that's the case. For the Chargers, I think there's part of me that wants to reach on interior offensive line and look at Oregon's Emmanuel Pregnone or Texas A &M Chase Besantis. But at the same time, I do get excited by the receiver position and some of the guys that are available here. I do think some of it might be like what Omar Cooper Jr. can do and what they want Ladd McConkie to be could be redundant. This is a tough spot. I think I'm going to go Dylan Thienemann, the Oregon safety, who I think a lot of people have coming off the board at 18. They have Tony Jefferson at strong safety right now, Elijah Molden playing free safety for them.

23:02I think that adding Thienemann immediately competes for a starting spot on that side. I think the one thing that stops me from maybe making this pick is I do think Harbaugh specifically wants big men in the first round. And if Falk is still here or some of the guys that have come off the board, Proctor, I think they're going to be looking at those guys. But if not, I think the best player available on the board right now is Dylan Thienemann. I didn't think he'd be here. I think throwing resources at the secondary is always smart draft positioning. I think I'm going to go Thienemann here at 22.

23:29I think truthfully, this would be a good spot maybe to consider Peter Woods. If I had Caleb Banks and I had a foot injury, I think that he actually would have been an awesome fit playing up front for Los Angeles. I think that really just this draft board, the way that we've kind of gone through this exercise, probably puts a team like the Chargers at the biggest disadvantage because, you know, a wide receiver with more juice, like a Casey Concepcion is not on the board. You don't have Jordan Tyson falling where maybe you can go, you know, get him at value because he's dropped further than people expected in this process.

23:58And all of the, you know, high octane edge rushers are off the board as well. So you don't have, you know, a Joey Bosa replacement or, you know, somebody who can maybe fill in for Khalil Mack when, you know, maybe inevitably because of his age, he has to miss a couple of weeks. So this is kind of concerning, I think, if you are Los Angeles, especially because the guards in this class after Ioane aren't sexy enough to be able to reach here. So yeah, this is tough. I would be really kind of interested if Tiananmen were in L.A., what the role would be. Because I think that you want Tiananmen close to the line of scrimmage or close to the ball.

24:30And unfortunately, any time that he gets close to the ball, that means that Derwin James probably is not. And that means you're probably making the wrong decision. So it will be fascinating to see what that kind of usage would look like in this secondary.

24:41Diante Lee:Hold on. The pick wasn't in yet. It looks like they wanted the pick in, but the broadcast is saying it hasn't been called in yet. They may have got a last second call from Jerry Jones. Okay. Saying we just want to move up one spot. We will swap our fourth for your fifth. We just want to move up one spot. Are you interested? One spot? Who are you taking? Well, we can't tell you who we're taking. You're moving up one spot. You can't tell me who you're taking. Are you taking Thienemann? If you're taking Thienemann, then I'm going to say no. All right. All right. Listen, Jerry, no one said Jerry. You know, he operates by his own rules.

25:25Diante Lee:And so he didn't get the call in in time. No, no. Is this the third executive we're going to call dumb on the show? Yeah. He maybe should have tried to be a little bit more savvy because the Cowboys thought when they traded from 20 to 23, they were going to be able to get Thienemann And they were going to be able to do like Deontay said, like the Eagles, Quinion Mitchell, Cooper DeGene. And they were going to say, you know what? We're going to get our own white safety to pair with our stud cornerback. But they're unable to do it here. Thiedemann goes off the board. And so now the Cowboys are left there at 23.

25:58Diante Lee:And they say, you know what? We're going to get an edge rusher we like. And it's our board. We're going with TJ Parker from Clemson. He's going to fit this scheme very well. We're going to have him at the edge there with these defensive tackles who we like a lot. We're not going to do any Micah Parsons comparisons. We're going to talk to Jerry before the press conference and say, Jerry, please do not. That's not what we're talking about here. Just let Will McClay handle it. Let Christian Parker handle the press conference, the press tour. But we like TJ Parker, Jermaud McCoy. We come out of the first round with those two players and an extra third with our trade with the Eagles.

26:37Diante Lee:Deontay, we're feeling pretty good about ourselves in Dallas. I think the combo of T.J. Parker and Rashawn Gary is like the perfect mix of guys who have the skill sets that suggest that they should be very productive players. And they only get you like six and a half, seven sacks in a year. And it feels like you're just underwhelmed the entire way. And that's not to say that T.J. Parker is not a good player coming out. I just think that when you watch the tape, you see a guy who has all the skill, all the ability. You look at 2024 and it looks like a guy who might be turning the corner to be one of those premier edge rusher prospects coming out.

27:05And then you watch in 25 and it's a lot of getting close, but not delivering a lot of plays where you feel like you should just get a bigger impact for a guy who's been considered a first round prospect basically throughout his collegiate career. And I think ultimately he's well rounded enough for you to be happy with it. I do think again, if you're Dallas, you're really kicking yourself with the way that this board worked out because the high, you know, all the high profile guys that you would have liked to have added weren't available when you, when you got, when you traded back to 23. By the way, I would love to be on the fake podcast where we get to react to the report that Jerry Jones tried to make a trade up with a team that already had drafted.

27:40That would be gold.

27:41Diante Lee:It felt a little too real, didn't it, Ruiz? That actually could happen, I feel like. Do you have a Jerry Jones impression to make it more real? You know, I thought about it, but it has to come to me naturally. Let's see. Let's see. Maybe in the future, maybe later in this pod. Maybe he'll try to trade up again here for somebody. All right, I'm up again. Back to back. I've got the Cleveland Browns, I think, right? Yeah, 24 here. I've got the Cleveland Browns. Now, the Browns picked earlier. They took Caleb Downs, right, Austin? You took Caleb Downs for the Browns at number eight. So now they're at 24 here.

28:15Diante Lee:And they say, hmm, we thought we wanted to get some offensive tackle help. We thought we wanted to get some wide receiver help. What direction do we potentially go here? We're going to surprise. Well, this is tough. I'm going to go Caleb Lomu, the offensive tackle from Utah in this spot for the Cleveland Browns. We also considered Omar Cooper Jr. Austin. We also considered maybe Max Iannachor. You took the first pick for Cleveland. Did I screw this up for us, or is Lomu an okay pick for the Browns here? I think I would have picked Lomu in this spot as well. I think that I was strongly considering offensive line at the top with them.

29:00And I think you're looking at Maui Noah, you know, Fonda was already off the board. I think they need to, you know, I think Andrew Barry, I'm not sure where your guys head is on this. I think he might be a little bit on the hot seat in terms of just like, I think if this offensive line plan that he put together does not work out at all, where he kind of structured the roster in a way that like, you're going to lose like five starters in one off season. And when we asked him about it, he's kind of like, oh, I like what the Bears did. They kind of threw an offensive line together in one off season.

29:25They traded for a guy, They brought in two guys, and that's how we're going to do this. So if this doesn't work, like the offensive line frame that they've done, bringing in Zion Johnson, Elton Jenkins, trading for Titus Howard, they're going to need insurance. And I think Lomu is that insurance. He comes in as that sixth offensive lineman for them, and maybe he's not starting at left tackle right away, but if DeJuan Jones goes down, he can come in. I think Lomu is smart, especially at this part of the first round. I think it makes sense with that analytics-backed approach to just throw a bunch of darts at the dartboard when you're trying to solve a problem with a team.

29:54and I think they can't come away from this first round without an offensive lineman.

29:58Diante Lee:Yeah, yeah. Let's take one more break. We come back. Ruiz is on the clock. All right, Browns, Caleb Lomu at number 24, which brings us to a very interesting pick. The Chicago Bears at 25, Ruiz. You're on the clock. Where is Ben Johnson going? What's going to make him rip his shirt off that he's so excited with this pick? I see this more as a Dennis Allen pick. I'm going to go Zion Young because I just think that's like the ideal defensive lineman for a Dennis Allen defense, long, strong. You need that when you play the type of, if you're going to be in too high and you're going to need guys to two gap and you're going to need guys to set the edge in the run game.

30:37And I think Zion Young can do that. So I think that the Bears are in a spot right now after last year's, I would say, ambitious offseason approach where they were targeting certain positions and trying to build up the offense as quickly as possible for Ben Johnson. And I think you go with the eat your vegetables type draft here.

30:55Diante Lee:Zion Young, Deontay, what do you think on that Dennis Allen defense? It's interesting to me. Like I've really had a hard time trying to figure out what the Bears would do in this spot. Because in most mock drafts, you're just not going to be picking from the best edge rushers available. And I do think that they need to address the position. So you're looking at maybe you go defensive tackle in the same conversation we were having with TJ Parker and being a little bit disappointing on tape in 2025 would apply to the number one D tackle on my board and Peter Woods. And then you think about like Cassius Howell, who's like a DPR.

31:27But then I looked at this when I was doing the last mock draft I did, he would easily have had the shortest arms on Chicago's roster, right? Like that's just not a thing between Ryan Poles and not Dennis Allen either. He likes those big body power rusher types. And Zion Young is probably the best bet to bring it here. Is it an overdraft? Maybe, but if you're Chicago, I think you want to spend as many of your picks in the top 100 as possible just throwing darts at defense because you cannot bank on forcing a historic amount of turnovers again to try to keep things, you know, even during games and not have to ask Caleb Williams to be a hero or your safety to go jump around again for you to win football games.

32:05I feel like Allen, like I would ordinarily not recommend drafting for fit in a scheme, but I think Dennis Allen is one of those defensive coordinators where you trust him to get the most out of one of, like a guy that fits his scheme. So that's why I would be confident. Maybe drafting Young, maybe four or five picks too high than you would expect. Okay.

32:25Diante Lee:So I on Young, the safety, I know he gets mocked to the Bears quite a bit. Emmanuel McNeil, Lauren Toledo, he's still on the board there as well. 26 the Buffalo Bills Austin Gale you know no matter what you do don't worry the owner's gonna stick up for you and if it gets screwed up he's gonna say it wasn't his fault Joe Brady made him pick this player who do we who do we got Austin at 26 it's tough I think that this would be a spot if we were doing a two round mock which I know our producer Christopher Sutton doesn't want us to do for another hour I think that if Ty Simpson was still on the board I think the Bills could be receiving calls for someone to come back up and get them.

33:06I think that getting out of this spot and going into the second round is something I think the Bills could even entertain, especially trying to get just like cheaper, but also just like pick up more capital and add more rookies. I think they need pass rush juice. They added Bradley Chubb and they had Gregory Rousseau on the edges, but I want someone that could fly and peel back on the edges. And that's why like thinking about Cash Howell, Texas A &M Edge, even though he has the short arms, maybe that's who you're looking at here. I also think that, yeah, they've added some guys in the secondary.

33:34They brought in D 'Alfred playing the slot. Gino Snow thinks it's going to be a depth piece for them, the safety, and then C.J. Gardner-Johnson, the veteran, but I still think they need help in the secondary. Part of me is like, do I just take Avion Terrell here or Chris Johnson in the San Diego State corner or even the safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren and attack the secondary? I think that's ultimately what I'm going to do. I think I'm going to take Chris Johnson out of San Diego State. My Aztecs, San Diego State at 26. I think he's got inside-outside versatility. They're going to learn what a defense is like without Sean McDermott.

34:07But they brought in this DC, Jim Leonard. Every nerd loves Jim Leonard. I'm excited to see what he gets out of this group. I think it's a hatchback. You know, it's a hodgepodge group that's going to have a lot of new starters. Bring in Chris Johnson and just play him wherever he fits the most in year one and figure him out down the road.

34:20Diante Lee:Ruiz, Jim Leonard, the early favorite for Hipster DC of the Year in 2026. I know you like to keep track of those rankings, right? He's got to be way up there. Favorite? I think he's already won it. He hasn't even coached a game. Yeah, I think you might be right there. Chris Johnson goes to the Buffalo Bills, which brings us to Deontay and the San Francisco 49ers at number 27. This is where you would like to have an ear to the wall to just hear what the argument is between what Kyle Shanahan wants and what's maybe best for the franchise. Because I think that you would like maybe to get an Emmanuel McNeil-Warren because the safeties that they've drafted have overall been kind of disappointments.

34:59I've liked Jair Brown and Flashes, just hasn't been consistent enough and has dealt with injuries. You like Malik Mustafa in flashes, another guy who's been dealing with injuries. His play style is kind of conducive to being banged up because he is definitely going to lay his body on the line to show up and make tackles out in space. And we haven't necessarily seen the kind of coverage versatility. I think they need to maximize that position. But you know, Kyle Shanahan, he's looking at these wide receivers, man. If I'm going to go make a Super Bowl run, I got to go outscore Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford.

35:28I've got to find a way to finally score a touchdown against Mike McDonald, right? Because I haven't been able to do that in a regular season. I think I'm looking at an Omar Cooper Jr. and saying, I can turn that into Debo Samuel. I can go get this guy and turn him into another Debo as a guy who can catch the ball underneath. He's going to make people miss. He's going to go find me those six to eight hidden yards after the catch. That's something that I would be really interested in if I were Shanahan. And I think that he'd be a good fit if we're thinking about the 49ers trying to make a super strength, even more of a super strength out of this offense.

36:00Diante Lee:Yeah, he would. I mean, he would automatically become among the favorites, I think, for offensive rookie of the year in that scheme. Mike Evans there, Ricky Pearsall there. They just brought in Christian Kirk. I mean, honestly, maybe you're playing him over Kirk. I think there's a lot of out of Kittle. Yeah, you're drafting over Kirk here, for sure. I don't think he'd have the production to be a rookie of the year. Shanahan's kind of tough on young receivers, too, I would say. Absolutely. Yeah. Maybe not tough enough on Brandon Ayuk, in hindsight. Bad take, Shield. Bad take. Jeez. You guys got strong takes about it.

36:32Let's bring in Monty Austin forward to just dunk on you. We need to stop. We need to stop.

36:38Diante Lee:All right. Omar Cooper Jr. there at 27. I have the Houston Texans here at 28. Now, this is tough because as I was prepping, I was like, you know what? Probably going to go offensive line. Maybe take one of these guards that shouldn't go this early, but we're going to do it anyway. But you still got Emmanuel McNeil Warren on the board. Do they say, hmm, you know what? That might be good value that we don't want to pass up. Avion Terrell still on the board. Peter Woods, you know, is that a player they look at and say, man, he's still available. This guy was in like very high in the mock drafts at the beginning of the season.

37:15Diante Lee:Didn't have a great year, but still a very good player. All right, you know what? I'm going to stick with my initial instinct and go with Chase Besantis, the guard there. You know what? I thought about some of the defensive players, but I looked at it and I think they probably just want to establish that identity, identity still on the offensive line. So from Texas A &M, I think he fits there, maybe a bit of a reach. I don't know, Deontay, do you think they would go with the defensive player in this spot? Or do you think we stick with what we think going into the draft that they would go offensive line?

37:47I think had Caleb Banks not broken his foot at the combine, this would be a great spot for Caleb Banks because they need an interior disruptor. that has pass rush upside, a three down interior guy to really round this out. I think that that might be in play for them. I don't hate Besantis. I think that the interesting thing is trying to consider what they're going to do with their two second round picks, right? And that's not necessarily today's exercise, but they've got a couple second rounders where they might be able to address the interior of their offensive line. They might be able to go add some depth at defensive tackle because I think that most of the D tackles in this class project better as day two guys than they do as day one guys.

38:23So maybe there's still an opportunity where you can go get your hands on a Caden McDonald if you want to run stuffer maybe instead, right? So I'm very fascinated to see what they do with their first pick because it probably informs what their second round is going to look like. I also think that if they're thinking offensive line, I think that they maybe want to take a swing on one of these tackles, right? I can't pronounce his last name, but Iyankor of Arizona State or Blake Miller. Max Iyankor or Blake Miller. Yeah, I thought about those two as well. I think they like Ed Ingram. They just brought in Wyatt Teller, the longtime Browns guard.

38:54I think they want to start those two guys at guard. And I don't know. I think that they have an embarrassment of riches on defense, the swarm slash swarm defense. And like, they do need maybe a pass rushing three technique, but like part of me is like where the value is, where it's sitting. I don't even hate them like throwing resources. That's secondary. Like you're telling me like McNeil Warren or Avion Terrell in this spot is bad. I don't know. Like the guy, I just think maybe making myself super strong.

39:20Diante Lee:Terrible pick. Yeah. That was awesome. That was a support-like pick right there. That was, I mean, that was a complete disaster. But you know what? Sometimes the pressure gets to you when you're on the clock and it got to you there. They only got eight minutes. Yeah, I apologize. If it was 10 minutes, I would have nailed it. Eight minutes, it got to me. So I apologize to the Texans fans. I'm putting you on the hot seat right now. You tried to make a trade after a pick was already made. I forgot about that. Listen, you know, when we get later in the draft, when you're older, it gets to you. So that's going to be my excuse here.

39:53Diante Lee:for what's happening. All right, Ruiz, you're up. 29 Kansas City Chiefs. Who do you got? I'm going to go with Maxi and Achor to fill that void that the Chiefs, that whole developmental tackle that never develops under Kansas City, which seems to be a guy they have on their roster, add to the roster every draft. But we didn't take an offensive tackle with our first pick. So I think that just makes sense. I think you have to build up this offensive line. and we've focused so much on wide receiver with them and the that's the reason why the explosive plays have gone away from their offense but I think it's just I don't really have enough time to to give Pat time to sit back there and let routes develop and he has to usually rush his throws when he's throwing deep so I think they need to start building up that offensive line this is a risky pick I think he might not be a good player for another year or two but I think it's a chance you have to take if you're the Chiefs you have to take high upside picks here?

40:48Because like you said, they have the ninth pick this year, but when is that ever going to happen again? I think if you're Howie Roseman, you're upset because I think the hope is that someone like Ihanichur falls right into this range and maybe you can package up your second round pick with another third and try to sweep in here after you make your first first round pick to get a guy like Ihanichur because he can wait, right? He doesn't have to play immediately. You can kick him inside to guard if you want him to compete with Tyler Steen. He's a great athlete, somebody who's continuing to learn the game.

41:18But I do like this pick for the Chiefs because you have Jalen Moore in theory to be the guy that he competes with, right? And he kind of sets that water mark. If you can cross this and you're good enough to be a starting tackle in the league at worst, then I do think that a hundred-year ceiling is through the roof as a guy who is a late riser in this process. And I think you saw last year that they were willing to move guys around, especially in training camp. When they were trying to figure out their offensive line, they were moving right tackle to left guard. It was crazy to keep track of. So I like that.

41:47But if you're Harry Roseman, you just wait four years until, you know, second contract and you sign them and you get a Mekhi Becton type player.

41:54Diante Lee:All right. The Chiefs come out of round one with Mansour Delane, the cornerback, and Max Ihanachor at 29. The New York Giants, Austin, at number 30. What direction are we going in after their trade? This is you, right? I can't remember. I think it is Ruiz, right? I think it's Ruiz. All right. I guess the 30th overall pick is mine, but you traded away my Dolphins pick. So, like, I don't know if I keep it. Do I keep it if I'm slotted in at number 30? It's a great question. Ruiz and Austin, you have to come to some type of consensus. Deontay traded up with Miami, right? Deontay's like, I'm giving up my 30th overall pick, which was my pick, which you probably should have conferred with me on when you traded it away.

42:38But I was supposed to be... I only have eight minutes on the clock, man. You gotta make fast decisions under duress. I was supposed to be drafting for the Dolphins at 30 and then that pick got traded away. And maybe it's, I guess, who was the Giants at five? Who accepted that trade? I think it should be them who take it here. I think I'm the one, yeah, I'm the one that took that. So am I drafting as the Giants? Drafting as the Giants at 30.

42:59Diante Lee:It's the Giants pick. And I, you know, the three of you have to come to consensus because it sounds like it's all your picks. So Ruiz, you lead us off. Austin didn't, you know, didn't want it there. He passed it off to you. And so they didn't want it and they traded away. I had it and then it's gone alright you three who are the Giants taking at 30 oh oh oh the Toledo safety yeah yes I like that can we all agree on the board best player on the board I think he's the playing with Javon Holland that would be a good pair yeah yeah I think you need someone to replace Tyler Newbin I think Denard Wilson bringing in that system I think you want another safety another guy that can play next to Javon Holland I think you can't ignore that second safety spot like some other teams might be able to do.

43:45So I think that just makes sense. And it's best player available team need fit scheme fit. I think it checks all the boxes.

43:52Diante Lee:Let's see how easy that was. You guys can work together. Emmanuel McNeil Warren, the safety from Toledo goes to the Giants at 30. Deontay, the New England Patriots at 31. What do we got? This is really tricky. This is really tricky. Now that McNeil Warren is off the board, because I would have 100 % jumped on that if he had fallen to New England here. I think this one's rough for me because most of the offensive linemen I was really interested in are also off the board that could have played maybe inside or outside or somebody who could compete with Morgan Moses as he's aging to play the right tackle spot.

44:27I think this ultimately ends up being a best player available type of situation for them. I'm going to go with someone that might not even play the majority of the snaps, but can give them a lot of value in the box. And that's going to be Caden McDonald to be a defensive tackle here for New England. I think that there will be some questions to ask for a team that has Christian Barmore and Milton Williams, so there's a lot of money already tied up in the position. But I think we saw last year that what they really want to do is be able to play out of base, play their heavier bodies up front, really not allow you to run the ball between the tackles and trust that the combo of Christian Gonzalez and Carlton Davis can play tight enough coverage where you can't just play one-on-one ball out on the perimeter either.

45:08Katie McDonald kind of makes it a near impossibility, I think, for you to feel good about running the ball from B-gap to B-gap against this defense.

45:15Diante Lee:All right. They load up on the interior on the defensive line, which brings us to the Seattle Seahawks. My pick at 32. And when I was prepping, I didn't have this guy's name written down, but I think if Peter Woods is still available at 32 and Mike McDonald's like, I could work with those, that skill set here, it's too good value to pass up. I'm not going to reach for a guard or reach for another position. So the Seattle Seahawks, I thought maybe Cata McDonald would be the guy, but if he goes before Woods, I'm going to stick with Peter, go with Peter Woods here, the defensive tackle from Clemson at number 32.

45:51Diante Lee:And that is the perfect mock draft. You heard it here. What do you think, Ruiz? What's the over-under on just prospects we got right that will be picked in the first round. So not even matching it with teams. Just these are the 32 guys who are going to be picked on Thursday night. 32 out of 32. Come on, man. I like that. This is a ringer NFL team, man. We're not missing picks. I like that. 32 out of 13. Do we think Akeem Messador, the Miami Edge, who is, I think, 25 years old, do we think he just falls out of the first round? You can't be a senior citizen. Blind spot for me. I'll admit this is a total blind spot for me.

46:29I think that he could very easily be a very productive pro the moment I see his name show up on the ticker in the first round, I am absolutely going to Twitter to blow up whatever GM makes this pick. Yeah, I mean, he's three ages. Zion Young is like, oh, he's an older prospect. Zion Young is three years younger than Akeem Mesador. Like, it is kind of, I feel like Mesador, you want to talk to yourself, and I like love the way he plays, but I think maybe this is right. Maybe he does end up falling out of the first just because you're drafting a guy who's going to be almost 30 when you're deciding on his fifth year evaluation or fifth year option.

47:03I've always said this is a pro-ageism podcast.

47:06Diante Lee:Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. The issue there, right, is like, I think we're really smart about wide receiver and breakout age, right? Like everybody kind of understands that late breakouts at wide receiver probably means there's a red flag with those guys. We don't necessarily apply it the same to other positions. And I think it absolutely should. I think it means something to me that Akeem Mesador is really just kind of like a tweener type throughout his college career. And then he gets to a team that's going to have multiple pros on it, that's competing for a national title. You're playing across from another surefire first round pick.

47:33And now we get the best play out of you at 25. I don't know. That's just always going to be a hang up for me. Fair.

47:39Diante Lee:I got to say, you know, Austin Gale loves ball. When two hours in, he's like, well, the Texans in the second round. And hey, what do you guys think of Akeem Mesidor? I mean, this guy, the energy from Austin Gale. Who doesn't love draft season? He loves draft season. Austin is a walking can of Celsius. Okay. That's right. anybody who has not met him. I'm ready to start the second round if you guys are. Okay, that'll be maybe on the YouTube channel or I don't know, Netflix might have vetoed the second round. Twitch, we'll get out on Twitch. Mock draft. But yeah, check that out or maybe on Austin's social media he'll do every second.

48:13Diante Lee:Maybe he'll go all the way to the seventh round. Maybe he'll do a seven round mock. Why not us? Just anytime. All right, there you go. First round mock from the Ringer NFL team. Thanks to everyone for listening. Appreciate Christopher Sutton for perusing Stefano Sanchez on video and additional production supervision from Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopala. I'm Shil Kapadia. We'll talk to you next time on The Ringer NFL Show.

48:58Thank you.