Draft prospect scheme fits with Matt Bowen & cornerback class deep dive with Mike Renner
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🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
We know most teams tend to draft either for value or position of need. But which player in the 2021 draft class could fit with certain teams because of their unique skillsets or the way they fit into certain schemes? Former NFL player & current ESPN-er Matt Bowen joins Robert Mays to bring you some special fits that could make huge sense on draft day. Then PFF's Mike Renner stops in to dig into the cornerback class & compare it to years past, current players & more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:15.9 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:19.4 | Before we get started today, I wanted to mention that |
| 0:22.0 | Nate, me, and Lindsay and Dan Bruegler are going to be doing a live show the night of round |
| 0:27.5 | one. So that is April 29th. We're going to come to you guys starting the middle of the first round |
| 0:33.2 | after the top 10 is gone. And we're going to talk about what's already happened. We're going to |
| 0:37.2 | react to some of the picks as they go down. So please come join us for that. You can find that on YouTube. We're going to find it on Twitter. We're going to be blasting it out constantly here over the next couple of weeks. So be on the lookout for that. Very, very excited. Nate and I are going to be in person in Chicago doing that. So really looking forward to that. Today's show, |
| 0:39.4 | really good one for you guys. Mike, I'm excited. Nate and I are going to be in person in Chicago doing that. So really looking forward to that. |
| 0:56.3 | Today's show, really good one for you guys. Mike Reiner from PFF is going to be joining us a little bit later to talk about the top corners in this year's draft. |
| 1:03.2 | We're going to do some cornerback superlatives as a way to dig into that group. |
| 1:07.0 | Before we do that, though, very excited to welcome my friend, multi-year NFL veteran, a presence on the ESPN matchup show that is completely essential viewing for any good football fan, Matt Bowen. |
| 1:18.4 | Matt, how you doing, man? |
| 1:20.0 | I'm doing great, Robert. |
| 1:21.0 | How are you? |
| 1:21.7 | I'm doing awesome. |
| 1:22.7 | I'm excited. |
| 1:23.6 | We are getting closer and closer to the draft. |
| 1:25.8 | I know you guys are doing your first draft special for a matchup relatively soon, right? Yeah, our first one is this Wednesday night, 9-80-C-N-2, and then we'll be back during draft week for a second one, which will be that Tuesday night of the draft week. I think around the same time, prime time and ESPN2. So we're excited about it. You know, we take a different approach there, Robert. |
| 1:45.7 | We look more of player traits and how they fit in today's NFL schemes, |
| 1:49.8 | whether our offense or defense, and especially at the quarterback position. |
| 1:52.8 | But our breakdown pieces are more focused on the traits and what they can be |
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