Alternate NFL History with Mina Kimes

The Bill Barnwell Show

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of the Bill Barnwell Show, Mina Kimes joins to discuss some of the biggest hits and misses of the 2018 NFL Draft and how they impact the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. Then, they dive deep into draft picks that could have changed the course of history, including if the Browns passed on Baker Mayfield. They also discuss whether Tom Brady would have stayed in New England if Bill Belichick had drafted Nick Chubb. Later, Mina and Bill turn their attention to the draft story of Lamar Jackson and what sets his journey apart from others. 6:14 Was the Browns drafting Baker Mayfield at No. 1 a mistake? 8:57 Would Saquon Barkley still be drafted at No. 2 overall? 16: 28 Can a guard go in the top 10? 18:23 Will Brock Bowers be a top-10 pick? 19:11 Josh Allen draft takeaways 27:21 Why was Josh Rosen the most pro-ready QB in 2018? 31:55 Should the Bucs have drafted Vita Vea or Derwin James? 34: 00 How often has trading up worked? 38:58 Are we undervaluing centers? 50:51 What makes Lamar Jackson’s draft story unique Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show. I am Bill Barnwell today.
0:12.3	Joining me to talk about the most pressing topic of the week.
0:17.0	You think everyone is thinking about right now, but maybe the thing everyone should be thinking about right now, the 2018 NFL drafting, what it means for the 2024 NFL draft.
0:28.9	And joining me to talk about that is someone who I feel like at that time, please correct me if I'm wrong, was really becoming more of a draft takesman.
0:40.0	I feel like this was really the draft that like cemented a lot of, you know, stances.
0:47.0	I feel like it really, I associate a lot of people.
0:49.8	I don't, I'm not saying bad takes.
0:52.2	I feel like there's some good ones in here that we're going to get to.
0:56.8	A card carrying member of Darnold Hive.
1:02.1	It's Bina Kimes.
1:03.2	Mina, what's up?
1:05.9	Not much, Bill.
1:07.3	You're right.
1:08.4	This is about the time my ESPN career, I started giving more aggressive draft takes.
1:14.0	But unfortunately, it was before I recognized that I had to temper my takes and be a little bit more careful about what I said in public because they could come back to haunt me.
1:24.5	So there are some freezing cold takes of mine out there on the 2018 draft.
1:29.4	There are also some good takes.
1:30.6	So I'm looking at the first round.
1:33.2	Yeah, there's hits and misses.
1:35.3	There's lessons to be learned.
1:37.1	I think there, and this obviously cuts to what we're going to talk about today.
1:41.5	There are also a lot of lessons and themes that resonate with the current draft.
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