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Is the NFL in the Golden Age of Mr. Irrelevant?

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As the last pick of the 2022 NFL draft, Brock Purdy accepted the title of Mr. Irrelevant as he entered the league for the San Francisco 49ers. He’s already gone 17-4 as a starter, with 44 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He’s had a Pro Bowl appearance and of course, ended the season with an appearance in the Super Bowl. With the NFL draft continuing through the weekend, we will know who our next Mr. Irrelevant is on Saturday night. So today, ESPN writer Ryan Hockensmith joins us to explore Purdy’s relationship to the Mr. Irrelevant title and tells us the history of Paul Salata, the former NFL underdog who turned the final pick of the draft into an event in itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ryan, have you ever seen the movie Draft Day?

0:03.0

Ah, I'm a huge fan. I love a draft where one team can trade up three times and then down four times and

0:09.6

back up twice more. I love that.

0:11.4

I'm sorry. Did you say you're a huge fan of this

0:13.7

movie because I've definitely never seen it I was just putting you on the spot. Oh no I do I

0:18.2

like it it's wildly amusing the team Kevin Koster makes 300 trades in two hours.

0:23.5

That's great.

0:24.5

I want my picks back, all of them.

0:26.5

I want all three years of this team's future back.

0:29.5

That's not fair.

0:30.5

Well, you want to cry about it, Tommy, you want to make a little magic before the clock runs out on both of us.

0:35.0

I went to college in Ohio so I know a bunch of guys from Cleveland and they like went to see this movie the night it came out because they're Browns fans which is amazing to me.

0:45.2

That is a music. I'll put you on the spot yet again. Can you spell irrelevant in less than 10 seconds. Yeah, let's do, uh, it's a P-U-R-D-Y.

0:58.0

H-A-P-E-D-A-N-T. Well played. Now, I R, R, E, L, E, V A, A, N, T, but I always switch a couple of E's and A.

1:07.0

Thank you. That's what I'm saying. It's actually a hard word to type if you're really trying to do it frequently.

1:12.0

It's an irrelevant word. to type if you're really trying to do it frequently.

1:12.6

It's an irrelevant word.

1:14.2

It is an irrelevant word.

1:15.2

That's why it's not used more. As the 260 second pick of the 2022 NFL draft, Brock Purdy accepted the title of Mr.

1:37.4

irrelevant as he entered the league for the San Francisco 49ers.

1:42.0

Being picked last, most people didn't expect much from Purdy, but in just two

1:46.4

seasons he's already gone 17 and 4 as a starter with 44 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

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