MEL KIPER'S MOCK DRAFT 2.0! Top-10 breakdown w/Field Yates

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Field Yates and Mel Kiper Jr., we're breaking down the top-10 selections of Mel's second Mock Draft of the 2026 season. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft! (2:10) No. 1: QB Fernando Mendoza to Raiders (5:20) No. 2: S Caleb Downs to Jets (11:08) No. 3: Edge David Bailey to Cardinals (13:57) No. 4: LB Arvell Reese to Titans (17:30) No. 5: OT Spencer Fano to Giants (22:49) No. 6: WR Carnell Tate to Browns (27:00) No. 7: LB Sonny Styles to Commanders (31:12) No. 8: WR Makai Lemon to Saints (35:22) No. 9: RB Jeremiyah Love to Chiefs (38:33) No. 10: Edge Rueben Bain Jr. to Bengals (41:36) Final thoughts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:02.5	Brian Paddyman.
0:06.1	Did you say someone got to stop?
0:09.6	Brian Padda, senior defensive lineman from Miami.
0:12.9	Gunned down.
0:14.3	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.2	Boy, he's grabbed there.
0:18.6	An hour before he died, he was on the phone. Arguing with somebody.
0:21.3	This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	The biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.5	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:30.9	There's hot, and then there's hot and spicy.
0:34.7	And Mel Kuyper Jr.
0:35.9	Mock draft 2.0 is here, and the top 10 picks are sizzling.
0:39.6	We're breaking it all down. That's coming up. Plus, we're responding to your questions,
0:44.3	your takes, and your draft dreams live as first draft starts right now. Good Monday morning to you,
0:50.7	at least that's when Mel and I are having this conversation. We're doing so from the comforts of our own home because Mother Nature had other plans. More snow here in
0:59.0	Connecticut. Not happy about it, Mel, but I am pumped about your mock draft 2.0, hot off the
1:05.9	press. Can't wait to dive into it, Mel. How difficult was this mock to put together for you?
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