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The Mike Francesa Podcast

Mike Francesa offers his 2022 NFL Draft Round 1 reactions - NY Jets & NY Giants draft star players

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Football, Baseball, Sports

4.6938 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Mike Francesa dives in with his 2022 NFL Draft Round 1 reactions. The NY Jets used their #4 pick on Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, a cornerback from Cincinnati, while the Giants used pick #5 for Kayvon Thibodeaux, a defensive end from Oregon. Hear Mike's take on those picks and more right now!00:00 The Jets & Giants excelled in the first round01:40 NY Jets - Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner, CB, Cincinnati03:58 NY Jets - Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State04:20 NY Jets - Jermaine Johnson II, DE, Florida State06:28 Giants - Kayvon Thibodeaux, DE, Oregon09:28 Giants - Evan Neal, OT, Alabama13:50 Recap of Draft Round 1Subscribe to The Mike Francesa Podcast so you don't miss a single episode. Follow Mike Francesca & BetRivers Network on Twitter:🐣 Mike Francesa (@MikeFrancesa) https://twitter.com/MikeFrancesa🐣 BetRivers Network (@BRNPodcasts) https://twitter.com/BRNPodcasts📧 Email your questions to mike at Mikefrancesapodcast@gmail.com

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0:26.6

Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesca podcast, a special podcast this week,

0:32.1

reviewing the first round of the NFL draft, and it was an interesting one to say the least, especially since,

0:41.0

it was especially interesting considering that we knew there was no quarterback sizz in this draft.

0:47.1

We knew quarterbacks were not going to be a part of the top 10.

0:49.6

We knew they were not going to be a very big part of the round. And that usually takes away a lot of the luster.

0:55.9

That was not the case this year.

0:57.7

And especially in New York, where football has been deader than dead, it was really revival Thursday night.

1:07.3

Because considering the night that the Giants and the Jets had, especially the Jets,

1:15.6

it's very rare that I can sit here and say both teams got everything right, but I have to

1:24.0

sit here and say that both teams got everything right.

1:29.0

They did everything the way it should have been done, and it is very rare to say that.

1:34.9

All right?

1:35.4

So to come off this first round, and there's still a lot of draft to play with,

1:39.8

but to come off this first round and have that opinion of the two teams who have been so bad at administering their teams and building their football organizations,

1:51.9

it is really nice to be able to sit here and say, hey, you know what?

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