Aaron Rodgers Deadline Drama and a Wild NFL Draft Admission

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to a bizarre NFL story involving the Ravens admitting owner Steve Bisciotti helped make a draft pick, sparking a debate about whether New York fans would ever tolerate that kind of front office involvement. The guys compare it to the Jets and Giants, discuss owner influence across sports, and break down why the reaction would be completely different in this market. The conversation also turns to Aaron Rodgers after the Steelers place a rare unrestricted free agent tender on him, creating new speculation about his future and whether Pittsburgh is finally putting pressure on the quarterback to make a decision. Evan and Tiki debate what the move actually means, why the Steelers may be protecting themselves from Rodgers dragging things into training camp, and what it says about the current state of negotiations.

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0:00.0	Alex Cora elected to spend time with his family, did not take the job, which is a sign that he probably would do the same with the New York Mets if they offered it to Alex Cora.
0:08.7	Not a surprise. A, he probably likes his family. And B, he is still owed $7 million this year and next year.
0:14.9	Right. And so to not work, why not just take the paycheck and wait for more opportunities?
0:20.9	So Alex Cora is very unlikely to manage a baseball team in 2026.
0:26.0	And that's smart.
0:26.9	I think it is very smart for him.
0:28.4	Better to evaluate the season and then evaluate your options next year.
0:32.5	Yeah.
0:32.7	And where this impacts the Mets is simply if they fire Mendi, which they still haven't done,
0:39.2	whoever they hire, you would want to have as the interim manager so that you are in the
0:44.0	sweepstakes for Alex Cora and his availability.
0:47.4	So I think that probably eliminates a Carlos Beltron or any other big name manager you want to come up with that's sitting on the seat right now.
0:54.0	And it leads you back to Andy Green or Kai Correa. Now I'll play a clip for you real quick because when I hear things in sports I always say what would we do? Like how would we react to this? And so yesterday the general manager or I think it was two days ago, but the general manager of the Baltimore Ravens, Eric DeCosta, was explaining one of his draft picks. And in doing so, said something that if this was ever uttered about
1:16.2	Woody Johnson or uttered about John Mara, we would lose our collective minds. Take a listen to
1:24.1	Eric DeCosta explaining one of his draft picks.
1:29.1	Adam Randall's an interesting pick.
1:32.2	I think it is, you'll probably see the video at some point.
1:35.1	It's the first draft pick that Steve Bichotti's ever made.
1:43.4	So, you know, when we were down in Florida, Steve was begging for a draft pick, and he owns the team.
1:47.2	I said, yes, Steve. And so, of course, you're going to have a draft pick and he owns the team. I said yes, Steve. And so of course you're going to have a draft pick. And so we decided on our last fifth round pick. He did his research.
1:52.4	He studied the tape. Could you imagine? No. Could you imagine if Darren Moosie sat there and said,
1:58.1	you know, Woody was begging for a pick? And I said, well, he's the owner.
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