The NFL Draft is about rising, falling, getting evaluated in a way that makes you look like you can fit on an NFL roster.

There are some questions about how that gets done from both the media and from players.

We're going to get into that today on Lockdown NFL Draft.

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to another episode of the Lockdown NFL Draft Show.

I'm your host, forming the NFL Draft.

I'm your host, forming the NFL Draft.

I'm David DeBack, Eric Crocker.

And of course, I'm joined by my co-host, my guy, Ryan Tracy.

And we're here, man.

We're going to talk about it about a lot of stuff that's going on in the draft.

What was said by Kirk Herb Street, Desmond Howard.

And how that pertains to players opting out, playing in bowl games, getting hurt, the importance of it.

And maybe guys thinking about their future.

So let's get into it, Kirk Herb Street, Desmond Howard.

They basically came out and said, kids don't love the game anymore.

So they're opting out of bowl games.

That bowl games that they would have loved to play in.

And they're like, well, if it's not a playout game, it's not important.

And you have guys, Kenny Pickett.

He opted out, Matt Carell.

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