Ep 144 - 2022 NFL Draft Preview with Chris Trapasso

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Chris Trapasso is an NFL Draft analyst for CBS Sports and the founder of the Scouting Gradebook - the internet's first customizable player grading system. Chris has more than 10 years of sports writing and coverage experience, and with the NFL Draft set for this week, now is the perfect time to bring Chris on.

Today on the show, Chris and Eric get into some of the best prospects in the 2022 NFL Draft. Other topics include:

(205-5:35) - How he started covering the NFL Draft

(5:35-9:00) - Sammy Watkins and Josh Allen first impressions

(9:00-13:05) - Process of grading players, hardest position to grade

(13:05-18:00) - Does NFL need developmental league? Strength/weakness of the 22 NFL Draft

(18:00-23:20) - QB Class in 22 Draft. Do scouting combine drills translate to success in NFL?

(23:20-28:20) - Eric's combine stats. The importance of length

(28:20-33:45) - Buffalo Bills plan for 2022 Draft

And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet.
0:16.4	This week's podcast is brought to you by Fandul.
0:19.4	With the NFL draft this week, I encourage you to go on Fandul now and then after the draft and see how the odds of your team winning the Super Bowl changed.
0:28.2	And that'll tell you a lot about how well they feel your team drafted this week.
0:33.2	Our next guest is Chris Trapasso.
0:36.3	Chris is a writer for CBS Sports and you can hear him everywhere this time of year talking
0:40.6	about the draft.
0:41.4	He is the founder of the scouting grade book, which is the internet's first customizable
0:46.6	player grading system.
0:48.6	We're going to have some fun today learning about the scouting process and learning about
0:52.8	this year's draft.
0:54.3	If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the impact we hope to have.
0:59.9	Thanks to everyone out there that has shared this podcast with friends and family, whether that's through email or texting or sharing it on social media.
1:08.2	That goes a long way, and it's because of you that our listener numbers are still growing like crazy.
1:14.0	And I'm incredibly grateful to you for that.
1:17.0	Enjoy.
1:19.0	Chris, welcome to the show, brother.
1:21.3	Hey, Eric, thanks for having me.
1:22.7	It's an absolute honor to have you on.
1:24.6	And I understand how busy of a time this is.
1:27.4	We're literally
1:28.3	eight days away recording this from the NFL draft. That's the peak of your year. So for you to
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