Ep. 604 - Josh Edwards on NFL Draft, Illini prospects
Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast
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🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
CBS Sports draft analyst Josh Edwards discusses the Chicago Bears trade of the No. 1 pick, the strengths of the draft and the Illini's top four NFL Draft prospects: DB Devon Witherspoon, DB Sydney Brown, DB Quan Martin and RB Chase Brown.
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| 0:00.0 | today on the online inquire podcast we're going to take a little respite from basketball of course |
| 0:17.3 | we're heading out to the NCAA tournament so figured on a travel day on a day we're going to get a lot of reporting done. We'll leave you with a little football talk. I get on an NFL draft expert, Josh Edwards, he's a draft analyst for CBSSports.com, is written for 24-7 sports as well. And we get to know what the national guy thinks of the Illinois draft prospects. Devin Witherspoon expected first round pick. |
| 0:39.4 | Kwan Martin and Sidney Brown, have they established themselves as day two picks |
| 0:43.5 | and how high could Chase Brown go in this NFL draft? |
| 0:46.8 | We'll go over all that. |
| 0:47.8 | And of course, my bears. |
| 0:50.0 | Bears. |
| 0:51.1 | Bears. |
| 0:52.0 | We are at the forefront of the NFL. |
| 0:54.1 | And it seems like we're actually doing |
| 0:55.6 | things that people understand and that people agree with, including trading the number one |
| 1:00.5 | overall draft pick for a haul that includes the ninth pick of this draft, a second rounder |
| 1:05.8 | in this draft, a first rounder in 2024, which I think could be very, very good, a very good draft pick. |
| 1:12.1 | And DJ Moore. |
| 1:13.8 | I say CJ later to Josh. |
| 1:16.2 | I just had a brain fart. |
| 1:17.8 | But DJ Moore, an actual top 20 wide receiver on the Chicago Bears roster, a cost-controlled |
| 1:25.3 | guy makes so much sense. I really like what Ryan Polk's done, |
| 1:29.9 | if you cannot tell. I think this made a lot of sense to not only address a huge need right now |
| 1:36.4 | with a young player, cost-controlled player, but also add some premium draft picks. The first rounder |
| 1:42.5 | this year, top 10 pick, get some O-line help, get some D-line help. Maybe we want another playmaker, but I think you're going to get a very good player there as long as you hit with that draft pick. Get a couple second rounders as well. And then that 2024 first-round pick is one of the biggest things of this. Don't scoff at that because even if it's pick 15 or pick 12 or pick 8, that is a very |
| 2:03.3 | valuable pick and what is a very deep draft. And I also think it gives you draft capital in |
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