40's and Free Agents: NFL Draft Review
NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks
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4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 40s and Free Agents, Daniel Jeremiah and Gregg Rosenthal review the most interesting outcomes of last week's NFL draft. The guys discuss the Rams drafting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson in the first round, Rueben Bain Jr. going to Tampa Bay, how soon Fernando Mendoza will start for the Raiders, and much more! Tune in to find out what DJ and Gregg predict for this draft class going into the 2026 season.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.4 | Welcome to 40s and free agents. |
| 0:10.9 | For the very last time this draft season, I am Greg Rosenthal, |
| 0:14.7 | joined by the best draft analyst in the business. |
| 0:17.5 | This post-draft recap is brought to you by American Express. |
| 0:22.0 | We're sponsored DJ. |
| 0:23.4 | And even though it's the last thing you're going to do before you go into hibernation, |
| 0:26.8 | I want you giving full effort because the scouts, the podcast scouts are out there watching still |
| 0:32.8 | and they're going to be evaluating this game tape. |
| 0:35.2 | I can guarantee you you're going to get four to five of my best minutes that I have to offer you. And then after that, it's just, we're just hanging on. We're just hanging on. We're just waiting for the helicopter to come pick us up. We're kind of hanging on to that cliff. And then we go off into sunset. No, look, I would never mail it in. And not for you, not on this show that everybody seems to love, both inside the league and outside the league. Inside libraries, outside libraries. It's become a cultural phenomenon. Why? I can't cheat those people. That's absolutely right. If you do happen to catch us on YouTube, you can see the Born to Referee, my life on the Gridiron Book, now in the background |
| 1:12.5 | by Jerry Mark Bright, a suggestion from Daniel Jeremiah. So look, this is a great opportunity for |
| 1:18.7 | myself. I feel like this all draft season. I have access to DJ. And so this show is going to be |
| 1:24.8 | simple. I think post draft, I just wanted to ask all the questions that were in my head that I wanted Daniel Jeremiah to answer, recapping. |
| 1:33.4 | And then we'll send him on his way to finally start relaxing. |
| 1:38.1 | And so I'm going to go specific with some teams and some players first. |
| 1:41.7 | And then we'll get maybe some bigger picture if you had any |
| 1:44.3 | favorite picks, anything like that. |
| 1:45.7 | I'm going to start with the Eagles because to me, it's really fascinating how they get the |
| 1:51.5 | two receivers early, and I'm including Eli Stowers from Vanderbill as a receiver, along with |
| 1:57.5 | Mackay Lemon. |
| 1:58.7 | And you think about the matting, the offensive coordinator, Sean |
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