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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

2022 NFL Draft: Deshaun Watson trade impact, David Ojabo’s injury & pro day takeaways

The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

The Athletic

Sports, Nfl, Robert Mays, Nfl Draft, Football, Football,

4.63.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Dane Brugler and NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein break down the Deshaun Watson trade, the picks exchanged and what it means for Houston and Cleveland this season. Plus, they discuss David Ojabo’s Achilles injury and how it impacts his draft status. They wrap by reviewing their takeaways from the top pro days. 


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0:00.0

This is the Athletic Football Show.

0:13.6

Welcome back. I'm Dane Bruegler, joined as always with NFL.com's Lance Zerlein.

0:20.9

This is the athletic football show.

0:22.5

It's our midweek NFL draft edition.

0:25.3

And today we're going to touch on some of this quarterback movement.

0:28.6

We had the Deshawn Watson trade, the Matt Ryan trade, going to the Colts.

0:33.1

So we kind of reset the market.

0:35.4

We want to hit on some pro days. That unfortunate David Ajabo injury.

0:39.8

Plenty to talk about here as we're towards the end of March, almost to April, which is kind of crazy.

0:46.8

But I want to start with this Watson, Deshaun Watson trade.

0:49.8

And maybe it's a little hyperbolic, but maybe not, to call it the most all-in trade in NFL history.

0:56.9

But it kind of feels like that when you talk about the money involved, the compensation, the potential PR backlash.

1:04.1

But it also, there's draft implications here.

1:07.2

So that's why we want to touch on it.

1:08.8

And I think we offer a unique perspective, Lance, because I'm a Cleveland guy. You're a Houston guy. So that's why we want to touch on it. And I think we offer a unique perspective, Lance,

1:11.6

because I'm a Cleveland guy. You're a Houston guy. So first, let me get your 60-second kind of

1:18.0

summary of the trade that we knew was coming. But now that it's official from a Houston perspective,

1:24.0

how you're feeling about the move? Well, there's different ways to answer that.

1:29.7

I think you can answer it from a league-wide standpoint. The league just thinks this

1:33.2

guaranteed money is just really bad in terms of the way that it's resetting quarterback

1:39.8

market for. I mean, he's a good, shan watson is a good football player taking you know

1:46.9

taking out all the the personal and the character stuff that people want to we're having a football

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