Not only was Ruben Bain the most dominant defensive player in the 2026 NFL draft,

it was also the biggest deal on night one.

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I'm Damian Parson.

That's Keith Sanchez.

And on today's episode, we are talking NFL draft steals.

We're going to talk about day three steals from the 2026 NFL draft.

Day two steals from the NFL

draft let's kick this thing off with players from night one day one round one of the 226

NFL draft keith who was a steal for you which prospect or prospects would you label as a steal

in night one yeah d p this is this is a tough exercise right round one because

all of these guys were first rounders right so um you're looking at this against your comparative

board and the first guy i'm gonna bring up i'm gonna go reuben bane rubin bain with the Tampa bay bucks

i believe this is a still because anytime you get a guy that could potentially be the best player in his position group and you can get him at 15, I consider that a steal,

right? If we look, if we look ahead in five to seven years from now and people say, Ruben

Bain is the best edge rusher in this draft class, right? From a numbers to statistics perspective,

right? I wouldn't be surprised, right? From a numbers to statistics perspective, right,

impact, wouldn't be surprised, right? And so if you have a guy that's ranked that high and he's in the mix to be the best of the class and you get him in 15, then I will see that that's considered a steal. So I'll go Ruben Bain with the Tampa Bay Bucks. That's the first guy that jumps off as a steal for me.

No, I thought about that too.

And I know some people are probably like,

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