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Still Against All Odds

Michael Lombardi on Aaron Rodgers Future, 49ers Original Draft Plans, Mac to Pats

Still Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Basketball, Football, Sports

4.5610 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Cousin Sal and Dave recap a big weekend in sports from the NFL Draft to the Kentucky Derby, as the Mets just hang on for a win and the Packers are trying to hang onto Aaron Rodgers (02:00). Former NFL executive, Michael Lombardi joins the show and the guys first talk about how it’s been 20 years since the Pine Barrens episode of The Sopranos first aired (08:30). Mike talks about how no one doing these mock drafts really knows anything and he doesn’t believe the 49ers coaches didn’t know who they were drafting with the #3 pick. He discusses how the 49ers could have originally traded up to draft Mac Jones but were then convinced to take Trey Lance (10:30). Mike doesn’t see Aaron Rodgers being traded and the 49ers may not have had to trade up to draft Trey Lance. He believes Mac Jones and Trevor Lawrence will be the best quarterbacks from this draft and reminded that all the Alabama players say Mac Jones is better than Tua (17:00). The guys discuss the AFC North and Najee Harris was too talented for the Steelers to pass up, how the Raiders and Jon Gruden have struggled with personnel decisions and why Jared Goff’s contract has made things difficult for other top tier quarterbacks. Then after the Jets two Michael Carters, Mike tells the story of Tampa Bay turning in the wrong card (25:15). Dave and Sal discuss which teams they could see not making the playoffs and disagree on both the Seahawks and Steelers (30:30). Then it’s a quick recap on the Kentucky Derby (42:00), Bucks/Nets and the Lakers schedule down the stretch as they look to avoid the playoff play-in round (47:30). Finally, the guys give out their Crown Royal Athletes of the Week and discuss The Sopranos versus Breaking Bad (55:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Extra Points.

0:08.1

Now here's your host, Cousin Sal, and his pal, Dave Damasek.

0:15.0

All right, welcome to Extra Points podcast, part of the Extra Points Podcast network.

0:20.1

Cousin Sal coming to you with my dear,

0:22.1

dear friend Dave Damashek and Hill producer Jim Cunningham. Guys, we did it. We are in May.

0:29.9

The calendar keeps rolling. Fun, fun, fun sports weekend, Dave. I've had my Mets won by a

0:34.6

fricking quarter of an inch. Reese Hoskins home run.

0:38.2

But no, it hit the top of the game. I'll thank God for replay. I don't care what everyone says. Thank God for replay. We don't need to go extra endings in the game that didn't need to go extra innings. For God's sakes, the Mets held on. NFL draft, your team. We're going to talk to Mike Lombardi later. What fun.

0:35.1

It's all coming together,

0:56.6

Sal, especially for 32 football towns, fan bases. Every team is now, at least in the hearts of

1:04.5

the fan bases. They have a real shot at the playoffs. Maybe if things break just right to Super Bowl.

1:10.7

I think that's the takeaway

1:12.5

now every year. Everybody. I want to ask Lombardi about this because we talk about, you know,

1:18.7

everyone thinks these five quarterbacks went in the first round. They can't miss, right? But

1:23.2

if you put the over under at one and a half, how many of them are going to be great?

1:29.9

And by great, I mean, I don't know.

1:32.0

Do we say that like Herbert and Burrow are great?

1:35.1

I know that's a little premature, but that's how many are even that good out of five?

1:41.6

You know, I feel like now like a stick in the mud, a curmudgeon or whatever else or a

1:48.7

hater, but this entire thing, Sal, we're now like, okay, before things actually kick off,

1:55.6

we only have a few more steps to go before regular season, NFL 21 arrives for us. And they are some stuff

2:04.4

about like how the incumbent veteran, like is given this rookie QB a real chance to learn

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