2026 Draft Round 1 Preview + Mike Vrabel will miss Day 3 of Draft for "counseling" (4/23 Hour 1)

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Hour 1: Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) and Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) discuss latest news in NFL including a preview of tonight's first round and New England Patriots HC Mike Vrabel missing Day 3 of the Draft for "counseling."

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0:00.0	On today's PFT Live, it's the first day of the 2026 draft.
0:03.1	We go over the latest buzz on how the top picks will play out.
0:06.4	We review the latest developments in the Mike Rabel saga in New England,
0:10.4	plus the Cowboys won't be giving George Pickens a long-term contract this year.
0:14.5	Are they making the same mistakes all over again?
0:18.1	PFT Live starts right after this.
0:22.2	The reality is there really isn't anything all over again. PFT Live starts right after this. The reality is, there really isn't anything all that sexy about this draft.
0:30.3	I'm not that fired up about it as we talked about.
0:33.4	Draft, draft, draft, draft.
0:40.3	It's coming up in just six days. Stop it, Miles.
0:42.3	At least pretend to care.
0:44.3	Draft, draft, draft.
0:46.3	The draft in all sports is an archaic, somewhat primitive way of dictating the way people's professional lives are going to go. Can you just let me think it's a big event and there's hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people there? Can you just please let me be in my peace and enjoy the show? I prefer to reside in the world of facts.
1:20.1	Whether it's facts or alternative facts, the draft is happening tonight.
1:21.5	Many will be there.
1:23.5	Hundreds of thousands.
1:24.2	Maybe millions.
1:25.1	Maybe a million.
1:27.3	Would have been a million if you would have gone.
1:31.0	If you would just get out of the barn and go into public and see people.
1:32.1	Get up there.
1:36.0	Get your ass up there to Pittsburgh and enjoy the draft.
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