Bald Guys On The Bench
Bald Guys On The Bench
Draft Night Drama: Live Reactions to NFL Picks
Recorded April 24th, 2025
When NFL Draft night arrives, nothing matters more to diehard fans than seeing their team make the right pick. In this raw, unfiltered reaction episode, we ride the emotional rollercoaster of the first round in real-time as we anxiously await the Pittsburgh Steelers (pick #20) and Los Angeles Chargers (pick #21) selections.
The tension builds with each passing pick as we debate potential scenarios, analyze team needs, and react to surprising early selections like Jacksonville trading up for Travis Hunter and the Cowboys taking interior lineman Tyler Booker at 12. All while trying to keep track of an NHL playoff game happening simultaneously!
For months, speculation swirled that Pittsburgh might select Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders or another signal-caller, creating genuine anxiety for Steelers fans wanting defensive help instead. Meanwhile, Chargers supporters wondered which direction new coach Jim Harbaugh would take with his first draft pick. The countdown to these back-to-back selections creates genuine drama you can feel through your headphones.
The payoff comes in authentic, unscripted reactions when the picks are finally announced - from sheer relief to excitement to immediate analysis of how these selections fit into each team's plans. We explore what these choices mean for both franchises' futures and speculate about day two possibilities with several highly-rated prospects still available.
Join us for this special draft episode that captures the essence of why we love sports - those high-stakes moments where hope, knowledge, and emotion collide. And remember, as we rightfully acknowledge: there are only 32 GMs and coaches in the world for a reason, so maybe we should trust their process over our amateur analysis!
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welcome to another episode of the bald guys on the bench podcast, with your hosts graham cohen and scott wasco what's up everyone and welcome to a oh my god, scott Graham restressed episode of the bald guys on the bench. Not only are we stressed, it's draft night, it's Thursday, first rounds. Going as we come on air, it's pick 19. My Vegas Knights are losing, going into the second period two to one. We're watching all these studs get picked. Graham, we don't have much hair combined, bro, but at the end of tonight we might have a little less. But anyhow, what's cracking bro?
Graham:I mean it's not this bad, but your boy's been on suicide watch the last hour.
Scott:It seems like oh, just wait until the next 15 minutes when y'all take shed door. Oh man, anyhow can we get this going?
Graham:we need a drink I'm thirsty, let's get it going. Let's grab one crack, one brother, come on and folks.
Scott:Normally we're a little more organized going into a show. Tonight there are absolutely zero notes. The main thing, grant and I grant and I said grant, audrey, you're welcome. Uh, gram and I want to accomplish tonight is live reactions from his team's draft and my team's draft. We were trying to get rob, who we mentioned on the episodes on tonight because you know, no matter who the Chargers take, he's going to bitch about it and I wanted his reaction too.
Scott:But you know tonight was Trevor's senior night for high school baseball. Totally get it, family bro. So, graham, it's pick 19. Tampa's on the clock. Then we got the Broncos, then we got the Steelers, then we got the Bolts. Fireworks early in the draft when Whatchamadoogle, they were talking about it, jacksonville was talking to the Browns about moving up. Then it happens.
Graham:You know, there's been so much chatter going on these last couple days, the past weeks, that it's almost like what's smoke and mirrors, what's real, what's not, and, to be honest, I really did not think the Browns were going to trade out but to get what they got. I'm not.
Scott:And the guy they drafted for Jacksonville moving up three spots. They get Mason Graham. Pair him with that freak Garrett. Yeah, the Browns won the draft so far. Yeah, I mean, but they're in the same situation as you guys. They got flacco as their quarterback.
Graham:You got mason rudolph uh, they also got kenny pickett.
Scott:You know former first rounder I know, I just had to I forget the rest of the words of that song because I would have just gone straight with that right there.
Graham:I mean, look, they did what I didn't think they were going to do. I thought for sure they were going to take Travis Hunter. I mean, the Browns, they made a great play. I can't knock them. They did the right thing. The Browns didn't Brown themselves Like it's almost like what.
Scott:Yeah, really, don't forget. I mean they got the second pick in the second round. Yeah, okay, and the Jags first round pick next year, which you know that's going to be top 15. Exactly, I mean, that's a lock. Tampa's pick is in. I hate not being able to hear it, but whatever, I know I feel you. I mean Jacksonville. They got some stud wide receivers Adding. Him was a homeboy. They took in the first round last year Brian Thomas Jr. Hey, trevor Lawrence, pressure's on bro. They got your weapons.
Graham:I mean, is it still pressure when they already paid him the contract? I mean he already got his first one, I mean he could still get another one, but it's just like he aight.
Scott:Pressure's on dude.
Graham:Oh, I'm not disputing that one bit, I mean all eyes are on him.
Scott:Remember that quarterback named Russell Wilson that signed that contract and then got cut?
Graham:Yeah, but that was after his second or third contract. This was only homeboys first. So I mean tomato, tomato, I get it. No real other surprises to me.
Scott:I mean abdul carter. Three, yeah, yeah, big surprise, tyler booker into your offensive lineman cowboys, take it what? 12 yes, well, I was kind of the top 10 first not saying that the dude's not stud right, but a lot of people had him maybe fallen late first, maybe into the second and. But then you listen to a lot of guys and they say the whole reason the tackle was drafted in the first round last year from bama was because of Tyler Booker. That's how good he was. Yeah, here they take it. Wow.
Announcer:Wow.
Scott:I was low-key, hoping he dropped to the Chargers Just.
Announcer:It would have been a move.
Graham:I mean, they got wide receivers though.
Scott:Mark my words and I know if we went back and listened to the episodes from two years ago when Ohio State opened up the season, I think against Notre Dame, and Ibuka was dominating the game and I said he is better than homeboy. That got taken by the Cardinals last year.
Graham:Marvin Harrison yeah, the highest rated wide receiver ever to come out. Yeah, how did he do last year? Well, harrison, yeah, the highest rated wide receiver ever to come out.
Scott:Yeah, how did he do last year?
Graham:Well, I mean, no, he ain't him bro, he ain't him Bro. You put Marvin Harrison Jr on the Chargers, you put him on the Bills, you put him on any team that.
Announcer:How about?
Graham:this you could have put Marvin Harrison on Tampa right now. Baker Mayfield would have had a day with him. That's what I'm saying. It's just like when you go to a team that you're picking fourth, you got multiple holes to fill.
Scott:Dude, I think the Broncos are going to take the running back from Carolina.
Graham:Hampton, I mean.
Scott:I think it's going to happen. Here's four minutes and 18 seconds away from being on the clock. Best case scenario. Who are you picking right now, Steelers?
Graham:I'm looking at best available. I would take Will Johnson in a heartbeat.
Scott:Doug Corner.
Graham:We need that yeah.
Scott:Get young on defense. I know, especially at that position, that is way more important in the modern age of football than it used to be. I'm not saying it wasn't important. What is the league? It's than it used to be. Not saying it wasn't important, but what is the league?
Graham:It's a past league Right, I mean, I wanted one of the stud defensive tackles. Grant went a lot earlier than I thought. 13. Way earlier.
Scott:There's still so many defensive line studs out there, but you're going to take prime time. I'm sorry, graham, this is going to be the second time I know.
Graham:But, dude, we have players that you need to win now. Shador is not winning. Now we're going to sign old man Rodgers.
Scott:You're going to draft Shador and then draft. No, you mean draft, and then sign yeah, and then sign Rodgers.
Graham:Yeah, I would rather get Will Johnson do the one year with Rodgers, call it whatever draft, a quarterback next year, or still take Will Johnson and then not take Shador, and you could still get Howard late, you could still get the kid from Louisville, you could still get Milrose, maybe in the third you could get.
Scott:I mean Dude, right now you're on the clock. In less than three minutes You're going to take a quarterback. Are you taking Dyer or are you taking Sanders?
Graham:All the Pittsburgh beat writers are saying Tomlin loves Shador.
Scott:What is that? Smoking mirrors.
Graham:I'm hoping Take Will Johnson. Please Take the number one corner.
Scott:You're taking Dart.
Graham:Ugh don't.
Scott:And if you don't, I hope the Giants call the Chargers right now to trade up and get Dart. I mean, the Giants and Ole Miss have a little bit of a connection, aka two Super Bowls, Eli Would make sense, even though they have the other ones. But I don't know. I don't know. Here we go, dude Broncos, take a punter or a kicker or something like that.
Graham:You dumbass they're taking the full clock. They got a minute and 25 left.
Scott:They're trading.
Graham:They'd have to trade somewhere in the beginning of the second if they want to get Hampton, or they'll just wait and they can get either of the guys from Ohio State.
Scott:Yeah, that stud tackle is still out there from Ohio State. Yeah, that stud tackle is still out there from Ohio State.
Graham:Jeez, the offensive tackle. Yeah or Devent Offensive tackle.
Scott:Can we? Please do this.
Graham:I mean.
Scott:Man, what you got saying, bro. What are you saying what you going to do, speaking of which, I'm just thinking about this, how good is the wide receiver room in Tampa for Baker, mike Evans, godwin and now Ibuka I guess that's one of our keepers in fantasy for six bucks or something like that? Yeah, if you like targets. And what's the second-year running back's name? Bucky Irving? Yeah, yeah.
Graham:Oh man I mean the kid from South Carolina is still available.
Scott:The safety right, yeah yeah, matthew Gold, nick Amanowari, or however you pronounce his name, hampton, please, is still available.
Graham:The safety right. Yeah, matthew Goldman, dick Amanowari, or however you pronounce his name.
Scott:Hanton, please no Hanton.
Graham:Dude, I would love.
Scott:Shador Sanders.
Graham:Will you shut up with that right now, dude? Oh, there you go. Derek Harmon is still available. Derek Harmon.
Scott:Graham. There you go. Derek Harmon's still available. Derek Harmon Graham, stop looking past Shador and Dart please.
Graham:I told you I don't want a quarterback in the first for four months straight.
Scott:I know and I told you for four months straight.
Announcer:We're only doing this podcast because this is going to be a Graham meltdown.
Graham:I know this, I hope, I hope, oh, because this is going to be a grand meltdown, I know this, I hope. I hope. Oh, it's going to happen.
Scott:I'm going to Broncos are either taking Golden or Hampton. Come on, dude, the pick's been in for 10 minutes. God dang NFL is trying to make that cash.
Graham:Come on, come on, derek Harmon to Pittsburgh, come on.
Scott:Oh pick again. Yeah, you've been saying that for, oh my God, longer than you've been on the goddamn clock. The Chargers are going to take it oh my God, oh, come on Pittsburgh.
Graham:And the worst part is this is D-line that says is there a third need? No it's their first. We're signing Rodgers bro.
Scott:No trade in front of the Steelers. The.
Graham:Broncos stay at pick 20. Come on.
Announcer:Who let's?
Graham:go? Come on, why are they letting some kids come up there and speak for their team? How do they decide what's going on right now? Come on, the Denver Broncos select Punter.
Scott:From the eastern shore of the Blind and Deaf College, from North Carolina Wow. That is a stud. Wow, corner, pairing him up with. What's his name?
Graham:Oh, is he any good Wow.
Scott:Cornerback from Texas, jody Barron. Oh man, and just like that, folks. Steel City is on the clock. Oh man.
Graham:Lord Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, please, I don't ask for a lot. I really don't.
Scott:This is going to be great. You're not going to take a quarterback. I've just been bullshitting with you the whole time. No, you're not taking a quarterback.
Graham:Take. Oh, they got to take the, the tackle from oregon. They got to. It's either him or your guy from michigan, will, johnson oh?
Scott:man, I can't even look. This is gonna be amazing live. I'm sorry, have Graham will edit some of the silence out, but we're like.
Graham:Oh, a hundred percent. Have I not been saying D tackle for four months now?
Scott:No, maybe six.
Graham:Okay, thank you. Like Pittsburgh couldn't stop a nosebleed.
Scott:And have I not been saying you need to get young at quarterback? I mean, even if you sign Aaron Rogers, this isn't the draft. The draft of quarterback.
Graham:I mean, even if you sign Aaron Rogers, granted this isn't.
Scott:This isn't the draft. The draft of quarterback.
Graham:That's my point. But yeah, let him sit behind Rogers. Okay, I get that, but that's not what your boys feel.
Scott:That's a low key, amazing pick for the donkeys, by the way.
Graham:Oh, it is.
Scott:Hampton's not off the Charters' radar. Now Y'all ain't taking him.
Graham:No, but would you take him at that? Yeah, with your other needs.
Scott:Yeah, yeah. Now you pair him with Nazi. You got Hampton under control for five minimum years. You got A and B. It's hardball football. You wear the shit out of the defense by running the shit out of it by two monsters According to.
Announcer:Kick his in, should be worse.
Scott:Don't blow it, dude. Don't blow the reaction. My hands are free. I'm not looking at my phone like you, you jackass.
Graham:I'm not looking. Oh, my god. I'm not looking at my phone like you, you jackass. I'm not looking. Oh, oh, my god, I'm kidding I need to get my tissues ready. Hold on.
Scott:Jackson Dart is not on the phone. What the?
Graham:fuck, I almost wish I was listening to their reactions to see what these commentators are. Oh, they're definitely taking us to the door. They're definitely taking us to the door. No, we are not. We are taking tackle corner, either or this is going to be amazing. Preferably tackle Dude if they take hand. I swear to God.
Scott:I can see it being a stealer thing.
Graham:They better not, they better not. There's so many other good running backs.
Scott:There are.
Graham:Because you know people are still flirting with Pittsburgh trading. See, yeah, their needs T-tackles. The first thing pops up Come on, take my boy for more, let's go. Pick is in Please, lord, please.
Scott:Second period started. Come on, Knights.
Graham:Please Lord, please, please, please, please. From the University of Colorado. I've been asking for six months for a stud. Defensive tackle.
Scott:Oh.
Graham:God.
Scott:Moment of truth.
Graham:Don't say it. Say what I want. Say what I want, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. What I want, yes.
Scott:Yes.
Graham:Yes, wow, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Scott:Wow, yes.
Announcer:Yes.
Graham:Wow, I can.
Scott:I feel like I lost a few pounds right there.
Graham:I can you know that weight off my chest is gone.
Scott:Charter's about to take Will Johnson.
Graham:You can breathe. I lost a few pounds right there.
Scott:I can you know that weight off my chest is gone. Oh, charter's about to take Will Johnson.
Graham:Which would be perfect.
Scott:Reunion with his defensive coordinator and his head coach.
Graham:Yeah, why is it always? People just seem to fall to you in the Charters.
Announcer:Dude, I love it.
Graham:Dude the last four years, everyone has fallen to you Literally.
Scott:I'm texting Rob right now on the clock. Oh my God, wow, we got a lot of people we can take right here. Homeboy from Tennessee, pierce Edge, yeah.
Graham:Yeah. Will Johnson is locking up, it's either I mean 100% that.
Scott:Oh man, Wow, yeah, Beating the bookie just tweeted wow, just what the Steelers needed more defense.
Graham:Beating the bookie. Doesn't know if football stuff are inflated. I finally responded so happy in the thread they're like if football stuffs are inflated. I finally responded so happy in the thread they're like oh, he's alive.
Scott:Come on, dude, should we go to the second round?
Announcer:Yes.
Graham:Or someone could jump into the first.
Scott:Come on, Bolt.
Graham:Yeah, dude, you have to take. Yeah, dude, you have to take. Yeah, it has to happen. I would be shocked. Yeah, I mean dude on the big board. Will Johnson is like a top 10 player, overall player.
Announcer:Yeah.
Graham:I know I mean dude. Matthew Golden is still there. There's the wide receiver from Missouri, the Luther Burden III, is there.
Scott:You need to say something in the text or I'd be like wow, billy, that's the most positive thing I've ever heard you say about the Steelers. I mean, it's spot on.
Graham:Would have rather had a corner. But yeah, Will Johnson, yeah, I would have been happy with that too, but we can't stop the run.
Scott:Here we go. Rob's texting me. I'm going to call him. You think I can call him.
Graham:You could, but I don't think it will sound very good I know.
Scott:He said I said y'all took a defensive tackle from Oregon. He said is Graham happy? I was like ecstatic.
Graham:I put it in the thread Dude if you guys don't take Will Johnson, I will be shocked, Especially with how well the corners you guys drafted in the fourth and fifth round last year.
Scott:I said we're about to take Will Johnson quarterback from Michigan. He goes. Who? Who the hell is Colton? He's asking me if Colton's still on the board. Loveland, colston, loveland. We got three minutes. I don't know they're using all that clock. We got three minutes. I don't know Trade.
Graham:They're using all that clock.
Scott:Yeah, I said Loveland, he goes. Yes, I'm like I told you you got picked by the Bears?
Graham:Yeah, but how Ten?
Scott:Well, he's like what's his nuts?
Graham:Wake up, Rob Wake up.
Scott:Wow, come on, trade back. I know Right now, dude, the Giants are going. We need a young kid. Charters are about to flee some. Let's go.
Graham:It's either Hampton, the wide receiver from Texas, or Will Johnson, Derek Harmon.
Scott:Baby hey, two straight years of first round offensive and defensive line from Oregon. We got 10 picks.
Graham:Then why would you need to trade for more picks?
Scott:Because the second round are all players that could have been drafted in the first round After pick 15. Here we go, baby Will Johnson.
Graham:No, I get it, I get it.
Scott:University of Michigan, I get it. Just go ahead and say it. They're on the phone, I get it. University of Michigan, I get it, I get it. Come on, just go ahead and say it. They're on the phone, bro. They're on the phone. Ain't nobody cheering?
Graham:Dude if Harbaugh doesn't pick his guy.
Scott:Look at Ortiz.
Graham:Oh man, something's yeah okay, that's Shador, what you mean Okay, you're stupid, that's what I'm looking at on my screen. Oh no, what's stupid would be if Harbaugh doesn't pick his guy? It's gotta be Will Johnson. Come on, rogers, pick up the pen. It's gotta be. I almost want to go back just to hear this commentary now. It's like what was it after pick 10 that they went to the college guys? Now it's like they started like the ESPN crew started with the original.
Announcer:Well, Schefter's always on the side. It was like Schefter and Bugger and all those guys. They have two different sets. They have the game day set and they have their ESPN set.
Scott:Here we go.
Graham:Dude, are they going to make a pick or are they going to lose it?
Scott:Trade, it's a trade it doesn't say pick is in. Oh my God, the pick is in.
Graham:Oh my God, the pick is in Right at the end.
Scott:Oh man Come on Not going to be mad regardless, all right, whatever, whoever we pick. No, I'm not going to be mad regardless, all right, whatever, whoever we pick no, I'm not gonna be all great options.
Scott:I would, just so he doesn't go to anyone else I want you to take johnson if he fell to be honest green bay board with davy fucking right when the commissioner walks to the stage. I'm gonna turn the volume up so I can hear this you could have done so it's okay for you, oh, okay. Come on, nights on a power play, come on, this is like this just sucks. The only thing that could have made this worse is if the Mets were playing. But you know what? The Mets aren't playing folks. The Mets aren't playing Folks.
Graham:The Mets aren't playing because we're the best team in baseball right now. Had to get that in at some point. Come on, oh folks, if you could see Scott right now. He's got the draft on the TV. He's got the Knights on the laptop. He's got two remotes in each hand. He's looking over here. He's trying to do that. It is Sports Central right now.
Scott:And May 14th schedule release. They said that tonight let's go.
Graham:I'm taking that day off. That's actually my mom's birthday.
Scott:All right, we're hugging and cheering. Draft pick is in. Here we go Please, baby Jesus.
Graham:Come on Wow.
Scott:Hampton Wow, hampton Wow.
Graham:They took him Wow, wow.
Scott:My phone's blown out, wow. Hey, it's Harbaugh ball, dude, wow.
Graham:The only thing that sucks about that Najee's fantasy value just went down a little bit no-transcript because Harris was a one-year deal, just like Dobbins last year.
Scott:Yeah, wow, dude, the Packers are sitting here going. Thank you, hey.
Graham:I mean, all right, the Band-Aid is finally ripped off. First reaction how are you feeling?
Scott:For offense. We signed the brick wall from the Eagles. We might have drafted the best right tackle in the game in the first round last year. You add Najee to your backfield and you add this monster. I could go all night. I told you, no matter who we picked, I wasn't going to be mad and I've been loving this dude forever. I mean, okay, the year before last you could blame it on Drake, may you know, a first-round pick, I think number three overall, because he was a stud and Hampton was in his backfield. Well, guess what? They had a dude starting for the first time and Hampton dominated. What?
Graham:Oh my God, oh my God Hold on. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I don't want to call this a Kix.
Graham:Rocks moment. But did you see the text? Read Grammar Police. You're getting called out right now, bro. This dude said let me back up. If we take sanders in the third, I'll be a saints and browns fan. Now, bro, make up your mind. You've been a stealer fan. You bought a rental property down in New Orleans so you had a New Orleans residency for five, eight, however long, many years. That was All right, I get it. You show some support. You know Steelers was your main team, but you know you had your little side piece with the Saints. Okay, that's fine. But then you're going to threaten not being a Steeler fan, or at least being a Saints first, if they take Shador and then we don't. We take a stud defensive tackle and now you're going to come out with this Bularkey. Like bro, do you even watch football? Like I can't.
Scott:Anyhow, Graham, crazy night, First round of the NFL draft. You were stressing, I was stressing, and I didn't even care who we took. You know, I just wanted to, you know, make the team better. And Ortiz and Harbaugh, I trust Everybody out there talking shit, shut up. I mean. Whatever it is what it is. That's why there's only what? 32 GMs in the world and 32 head coaches in the world, and 32 head coaches, that's 64 people out of this world that are a whole lot more smarter with the game of football than us. So that's the process. Let's go, dude, let's go. I mean there's still studs available, dude, Will Johnson, top 10 prospects still available. I mean there's still studs available, dude, Will Johnson, top 10 prospect still available. I mean tight ends galore running backs, Hendrickson from Ohio State there's people out there.
Graham:Both of the running backs from.
Scott:Ohio State. It is what it is, and guess who else is still?
Graham:out there. There's plenty of talent out there, shador.
Scott:Hmm, dude, oh my, there's plenty of talent out there, shador.
Graham:Dude. Oh my, I would say how fitting it would be for Cleveland to draft him. But I'll say this For the struggles that the Browns have had consistently over the decades the quarterback position. If Shador is the reason that they turn it around, I swear to God, there's just some things in life that just you can't explain and that could be a situation where it's just like the chips just somehow fall out of the way. You're just like what.
Scott:Dude, I was listening to that podcast. I was talking about earlier the Kelsey brothers and they had Joe Thomas on. They asked Joe Thomas, how many quarterbacks did you play left tackle for? Don't quote me on the number, but it was like in the twenties. He said at one point yeah, they signed the dude the week before. Okay, the first string went down, second string went down, and we're on a game winning drive and he can tell everybody in the huddles, all stressed, and he goes all right, I'm going to make a joke. And he looks at the dude and he goes hi, rest. And he goes all right, I'm gonna make a joke. And he looks at the dude and he goes hi, my name is joe thomas, I'm the left tackle for the cleveland browns in the huddle on a game-winning drive. To some quarterback you said everybody loses it. Dude, they've had a million.
Graham:baker manziel dude, and the craziest part is yeah. Obviously the saying is true, hindsight is 20-20. The Browns that year had the first overall and the fourth overall. That was also the same year that Josh Allen was taken. Could you imagine If they would have just zigged Instead of zagged?
Scott:Didn't they take? They took Baker at one and then the corner at four, I think. Right, yeah, yeah, and had and had weapons for Baker. Granted, he's gotten better with better with age. Well, I don't know, the Browns still didn't have anything for him to do. Oh, a hundred percent. A hundred percent. Yeah, I don't know.
Graham:The Browns still didn't have anything for him to do. Oh, 100%, yeah, I mean, I get it. I just like I've said on this podcast many a times, many a times, the Browns are the Browns and they do what they do. So you know, there's 31 other teams that got choices to make. Tomorrow. Day two, we got the second round and third round. Unfortunately, the Steelers, as of right now, only have a third round pick. We'll see if that changes, who knows?
Graham:All I'll say is this If they do get a second round, I hope it's not by trading George Pickens, unless there's a certain someone that they do get a sick around. I hope it's not by trading George Pickens, unless there's a certain someone that they can get. I know the Steelers are high on having two wide receivers. I get that because, look, we're not franchising them, we're not giving them his fifth-year option, so we're not going to pay him Anything. Get something for him. But we still need another wide receiver. Like, what I don't want is you trade pickings to get a rookie wide receiver. I don't want that. I'd rather have pickings for the year. To be honest, if you're gonna do this, I'd rather have it be like two years ago, where we gave away trade, uh, claypool, and got the first pick in the second round or the second pick in the second round in that type of situation, then that's where we could get you know.
Scott:Hey, nobody knows how it's going to pan out. You know you can't, you can't. I love how all these so-called experts give every team a rating or a grade a day after what's your first round pick grade. Dude, let's give it three or four years. You can't grade a draft after one year.
Graham:Oh, so it's kind of like how it is when they give draft grades after it's over, like, bro, every draft, not every draft, but a lot of the drafts that knock on wood, I'm 85% to at least at minimum make the playoffs right. But even within that, oh that's a C plus or a B plus. I'm like, just because I took guys not at the point in time that you wanted me to take them, it doesn't mean I had a bad draft. Like it's all strategy. So, whether it's fantasy or real football, like things happen for a reason. You got to play to win the game. These guys know what they're doing. Well, I wouldn't say a select few, but a majority of them do. And then there's a few of them that are like hello, hello yeah exactly.
Scott:Thanks, tom, for drafting Quentin Johnson. We could have taken Zay, flowers or Addison, or what's the Titans name for the Lions? Oh yeah, he's pretty god dang good.
Graham:Or or youid, or you know me, or Graham, or me or you wait, hold on, hold, on hold on, back up, back up, back up, you really would rather take Dalton Kincaid over Washington. I'm only saying that, folks, because if you've heard our podcast over the last year, and a half and us with him in fantasy, you would know what we said about that guy, even though he has the talent. He has the talent.
Scott:First two years. It's not Kincaid's fault Josh Allen's the best tight end playing quarterback in the league and won't look at him. And won't look at him and target him oh no, no.
Graham:No, yeah, they weren't. Okay, that's my point. They weren't throwing on the ball, big difference. But hey, I'm excited. I'm so happy we didn't take Shador, and I'm not saying that's a knock on Shador, I just wanted the tackle. We got who we wanted. I'm excited, I'm so happy we didn't take Shador, and I'm not saying that's a knock on Shador, I just wanted the D tackle. We got who we wanted. I'm super stoked. I'm happy for the Chargers. Hampton's a great player. It's good for what Harbaugh wants to do. I'm happy about that. I'm happy for the both of us and I'm very curious to see what happens the next two days.
Scott:I'm very curious what happens in the next two minutes with Vegas on a power play that hit the post that did not go in the net. Empty netter. Anyhow, folks, there's no heart attack dude.
Graham:Folks before Scott has a heart attack, let's get out of here.
Scott:Folks, I hope you enjoyed the episode. Graham's got a lot of editing to do because there was a lot of bullshit, but you know it's the NFL draft, let's go. We want to do it live. Graham, you're happy, I'm happy, let's go. It's the beginning of the NFL. Get us out of here, brother.
Graham:The start of the 2025 year of the NFL is going quite nice for both of us and I'm very happy. Hey, scott, you know it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you, and someone's birthday is coming up here pretty soon. Actually, both of our birthdays are coming up here pretty soon, so got a lot to look forward to. Got a lot of good things coming up in the weeks coming ahead. Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with you and, as the best homie always says, Booba.
Scott:Good night friends. Good night Vegas, golden Knights, minnesota. Have fun hanging out at the Mall of America. Nobody cares. Sidor, you're not that good.
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