2021 NFL Draft Round 1 Recap

Chris Simms Unbuttoned

Chris Simms

Sports, Football

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 99 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Simms & Florio recap Round 1 of the NFL Draft (4:00) The 49ers pull a shocker going with Trey Lance (16:00) The Bears get aggressive with a trade-up to snag Justin Fields (23:45) Mac Jones falls to Bill Belichick and the Patriots (30:30) Is the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay over? (52:30) 2 RBs in the 1st round? The Steelers grab Najee Harris and the Jaguars pick Travis Etienne (57:30) Peter King joins from Atlanta to talk about the Falcons drafting Kyle Pitts (1:01:45) Florio & Simms hand out some Round 1 Superlatives: WRs fly off the board in the Top 10, Caleb Farley & Jaelan Phillips get good value, and the Cowboys get a stud in Micah Parsons (1:13:00) Speed Round: What was the best trade? Which Alabama player will make an immediate impact? Which QB should be happiest with his new protector? And which CB is in the best situation? (1:24:00) The Big Kahuna (Cajones) Draft of the gutsiest picks from Round 1 (1:37:45) Names to look for in Round 2 on Friday night

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I do have a dark name nine here. It was more honest because I was number nine. My dad wore number nine.
0:06.0	My brother wore number nine. I'll throw up in the high school in my bedwork, throwing his professional career.
0:10.0	But yeah, it works out great now.
0:12.0	I don't think I had any hints. I had no idea to be honest with you.
0:16.0	So I was confident in myself. I think if he didn't think I fit well, he wanted to trade it up.
0:24.0	I feel like secretly I really wanted to go to the Patriots all along.
0:28.0	I'm actually really happy that it happened.
0:32.0	Oh yeah. Friday. Friday.
0:36.0	First day of the draft in the books. It's Friday and you're here.
0:40.0	Is this what a Friday feels like? Man, it's overrated.
0:44.0	We do twice a year on Friday, maybe three times a year on Friday, first week of the season.
0:48.0	Super Bowl week. Right.
0:52.0	The day after the first night of the draft. I'm glad you're here because I have many questions about your friend Kyle Shanahan.
0:56.0	Oh, okay. That's I got questions next your hours.
1:00.0	I think I think one of the questions is when are you going to have his initials removed from your leg?
1:04.0	Oh, immediately after this show today, I think it's over. It's done.
1:08.0	Unless you were part of the grand global conspiracy.
1:12.0	Yes. To keep their pick in the dark when they had no strategic reason.
1:16.0	To keep their pick in the dark. That may be that may be.
1:20.0	Yeah, maybe.
1:22.0	It's not. I can promise you. It's not. I can promise.
1:26.0	Much more. Okay.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Simms, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Simms and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.