2026 NFL Draft First Round Reaction!

Ross Tucker Football Podcast: Daily NFL Podcast

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ross breaks down the entire first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, giving his thoughts pick by pick including: Raiders draft Fernando Mendoza first overall: 9:20 Cardinals go with Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love at 3: 9:40 Titans take Carnell Tate 4th: 10:30 Chiefs trade up for Mansoor Delane: 12:55 Rams take Ty Simpson at 13: 17:15 Eagles trade up for Makai Lemon: 21:25 And more! Download the DraftKings Sports Book App and use code ROSS! Connect with the Pod Website - https://www.rosstucker.com Become A Patron - https://www.patreon.com/RTMedia Podcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerPod Podcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rosstuckerpod/ Ross Twitter - https://twitter.com/RossTuckerNFL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Draft Kings Network.
0:07.8	If I'm Matthew Stafford, I hate that the Rams took Guy Simpson, number 13.
0:15.5	No matter what he'll end up saying publicly, if I'm Matthew Stafford, I am furious.
0:22.5	You're tuned in to the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, guiding your gridiron journey,
0:27.1	none other than your host, former NFL lineman, Ross Tucker.
0:35.1	Oh, yeah, it is.
0:38.0	But it's not just any Ross Tucker football podcast.
0:42.2	It is a Finnish Strong Friday that my trusty producer, Jack and I are recording Thursday night.
0:51.6	It's 11.07 p.m. Eastern time. The NFL draft just ended. And we wouldn't be
0:59.6	able to sleep yet anyway. So let's just record it now and get it posted for all of you guys
1:04.7	as soon as we can. I'll give you my big takeaways. Then of of course, we'll dive into every single pick.
1:12.9	There's a lot to get to.
1:14.9	There's even some stuff that happened earlier in the day,
1:17.7	especially as it relates to the Cowboys and the Patriots that we need to discuss.
1:22.5	But we start with the big show.
1:26.4	The Big Show.
1:28.6	All right, Ross, before we get into it, pick by pick, what were just your general
1:32.4	takeaways from the first night of the NFL draft?
1:35.7	It's just so awesome.
1:37.4	I mean, first of all, I need to give a shout out to everybody that showed up tonight
1:42.3	to Pizza Boy Brewing in central Pennsylvania. First of all, I to Pizza Boy Brewing in Central Pennsylvania.
1:46.4	First of all, I love Pizza Boy Brewing.
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