Welcome to The Athletic Football Show.

I'm Robert Mays.

Day three of the draft is in the books. We watch it from the studio today, me, Dane Brugler, Derek Klass, and Dave Helman. We're going to chat a little bit about some of the more notable picks from day three today. Obviously, Jermod McCoy lasting to pick 101, Gary Nussmeyer falling a little bit, some of the slot and safety players

that Dane liked a little bit more than the league seemed to when it comes to their draft slot.

So just some notable picks from day three before digging into Dane's favorite picks from day three.

We have about a half dozen of those.

And then we zoomed out and looked at the draft classes overall.

Probably hit about six to eight classes that Dane really enjoyed,

just like the way that those teams attacked their picks.

And then we spent a little bit of time talking about some classes that we found

confusing, confounding, trying to find the right adjective to be a little bit nicer

than we might have been on the show.

But talked about probably 10 to a dozen draft classes overall, and then we're going to be doing a ton of draft talk on the show over the course of this entire week. Dane is going to power rank every single one of those classes. That is going to be available on the athletic if you want to go check that out tomorrow. So that's what we got today. Me, Dane, Derek, Dave, chatting about day three of the draft and some of our favorite halls overall from the three days of the draft.

So let's get to it right now.

Welcome to the athletic football show's live coverage of day three of the 2026 NFL draft.

The 219th pick in the draft is now in, courtesy of the New Orleans Saints.

We'll be keeping an eye on the last round or so as it rolls by,

mostly to make sure that no players come off the board that were not in Dane Brugler's The Beast. Yeah, it's always a little nerve-wracking because there's a chance maybe someone sneaks in there, but I'm confident we're good, so. We'll talk a little bit about some of the drafts overall as this winds down. We'll talk about that at the end, some of the drafts that we like the most, a few that found a little bit confounding. But, Dave, let's start with the biggest news of today, just some of the picks that we found most notable guys that lasted longer than we thought, landing spots that we were most interested in. And I think that conversation has to start with Jermond McCoy going 101 to the Raiders, the idea that at the beginning of this process, we thought that he could potentially be a top 10 pick.

And he lasts until the first pick of the fourth round.

Obviously, we know why that is.

But one of the stories of draft weekend, the fact that he was still available as we got day three going here.

It's a small consolation for a guy that we talked about as a top 10,

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