Welcome back to first draft and something just smells a little different in the air right now as the man who is the NFL draft is back with us the godfather of NFL draft coverage the man who created this

industry he is incomparable he is Mel Kuiper Jr how the heck are you Mel.

Be on happy new year, Merry Christmas, every happy holidays, everybody.

It's all right 2024 for us because we're thinking 2024 draft and we were talking before about

the portal and all the extra years of players have in terms of eligibility so

draft eligible means you are eligible which you could go back so so many players

to evaluate so many players unfortunately this year that we thought would be or

we have highly rated that are injured

so many things to talk about we go to the teams picking at the top of the board who

they may think about so a lot to get to today field let's go and then go at it and try to get as much in as we possibly can.

Yeah and Mel of course you're constantly churning out content beyond the stuff that you see on

Easpian.com. Mel is appearing every week on the Monday Blitz talking about the notable prospects. you're doing a radio show on Saturday morning.

Mel, love it every Saturday morning. I drive my daughter to gymnastics and she indulges me with a little bit of sports radio.

You have an open invitation anytime you like calling infield you're going to be be put on so you know what she's got

something I just you disagree with I said which I'm sure happens every week you know

feel free to call in we'd love to bring you on she's starting to get a little more

self-sufficient so she doesn't need me as much during those

gymnastics classes so this could be the time for me to make my colleague whenever you're freed up a little bit.

Okay deal and then of course on ESPN.com you are constantly putting up draft content which includes most recently

your update a big board which every Friday every Friday okay so you're updating every Friday

mail and I would just be before we get into some of the players and this the various changes

does it change much in your in your mind? some of the players and this the various changes.

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