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First Draft

CFP National Championship Reaction & Mel's Top 25

First Draft

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4.21.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr. react to the biggest draft risers and fallers from the CFP National Championship game including what players could be high 1st round draft picks this spring. Plus, we dive into Mel's Top 25 for the 2024 NFL Draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back into first draft. I am Field Yates and I am joined by the man who needs no introduction.

0:08.0

If you like the NFL draft, if you've been following it for the past 40 plus years, you know Mel Kuiper Jr. is the voice of authority on all things

0:17.2

NFL draft. Mel, the NFL regular season, is over. The college football season is over. That means, my friend, it is over. The college football season is over. That means my friend it is

0:24.5

officially draft season. It is feel let's team up man. I got four months to go and

0:29.6

a lot to talk about quarterbacks at the top. A lot of teams with decisions to make

0:33.7

starting with the Chicago Bears, so you stick with Justin Fields or do you go away

0:37.5

from Justin Fields, trade them and draft Caleb Williams. So a lot of debate

0:41.2

to battle for that second quarterback spot,

0:43.4

Jay, where are we with Michael Penix Jr.

0:46.6

after a subpar performance last night?

0:48.6

Where are we, J.J. McCarthy, after not having to carry a team

0:51.5

on his shoulders during his career at Michigan.

0:53.6

It's going to be really fun and there's other players in this draft by the way

0:57.2

field as you all well know beyond the quarterback so it's going to be a lot of fun

1:00.7

what a great ride it will be between now and late April.

1:03.2

Well to your point now the NFL's offensive rookie of the year award is coming down to

1:07.4

two gentlemen.

1:08.4

CJ shroud the second overall pick in the draft who some people thought the Texans

1:12.4

might have put themselves in a bind by dropping to pick number two in week 18 last year and having to quote unquote settled for C. Day's shroud.

1:19.8

The other man who was in the race for offensive rookie of the year is

1:23.2

Pukadakua, a fifth round pick who the Rams admitted themselves was

1:27.0

going to test poorly during the pre-draft process.

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