That's right, welcome into yet another edition of the first draft podcast, your Tuesday

resource for all things. 2021 NFL draft field gates and Mel Kuiper Jr. here, Mel, just

you and I for right now. We're working through some tech issues with Todd Todd Todd, but

it's great to be with you nine days away from the draft.

Yeah, closing in on us field and we did this exercise, which was three rounds, picking

as the GM, it was not a mock draft. It would say draft where we were the GM of each team

that was making that selection, not worrying about knees, worrying about who was picked

prior. I had the odds, obviously for a reason, very odd and Todd had the events and there

we go. And I had the first pick we rolled right through fields. We had a lot of fun with

it. I think this was probably one of the one exercises, not a mock draft that we enjoy

the most because we're picking who we would select based on our ratings, not who we think

they will take. I agree with you, Mel, only because I know how much you guys think of

each of the prospects that we've discussed so frequently, understanding that just because

you like, for example, Kyle Pitz is number two overall player, doesn't mean you can throw

me a number two overall to the New York Jets. And we might have Todd, Todd joining us

potentially. We'll stand by just in case, but we're going to get started here and I'm

just going to ask you about some of the picks. The entire three round mock draft is available

now on ESPN plus as is your latest piece, Mel, about some players that you might like

more than maybe the NFL does. So just the guys that you just love, Justin Fields makes

that list amongst others. You could read that piece in its entirety on ESPN plus. So

as you mentioned, you had the odds, Todd had the event. So the first pick that we have

to talk about is the one that we think is the first pick to kind of upper grabs that's

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