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Welcome into a new episode of NFL Cover Zero, offseason edition, although there's never really an offseason in the NFL.

Today, Drew Franklin here with Billy Rutledge, bringing you another episode with more from that trip to San Francisco.

Got a little bit left from that, Billy.

We're not done.

A few more weeks of it.

And I've snuck in my Super Bowl t-shirt that I've got on today. Your hat. King's hat. I recognize the hat. The Super Bowl party. So I'm still very much living in that moment, Drew. But excited to share another interview with everybody today. Yeah, good to talk with you again today. Last week we had Eric Kendricks from the 49ers.

It became a big star for them as they battled injuries.

Today we have our interview with Justin Reed, played for the Saints. Talked a lot about the emergence of Tyler Shuck. Saints having a decent year, but I think what their expectations were going in the year. He was also a chief. Got to hear a little about if he thinks he might get invited to an important wedding this summer. but he was a fun conversation. Before that, though, Billy, it is kind of busy time in the NFL, even though there's not sports being played. We're counting down to the draft. There was a moment where we thought we'd be going to the draft. I'm part of the problem with me not be able to go with a baby coming, and you and Matt aren't able to make it now. Does it bum you out that you won't be making the trip to Pittsburgh? It does. One of the coolest experiences

I had was Nashville for the draft. That was just a sea of people. A fun multi-day event. And

they've taken it to different cities since, right? So it's really become an event. So it was looking

forward to Pittsburgh and what the pickle stuff that you got

into last time in Pittsburgh. So, you know, there's a lot of cool stuff that I was looking forward to. I have a wedding shower that weekend. So it doesn't really work for me either, Drew. All this family stuff we have going on. Yeah, you're expecting a much more important thing. So we're rooting for you and wishing you nothing but the best coming up here. Well, wedding's a big deal too. I'm glad you all are having that.

That'll be a fun time,

but we won't be in Pittsburgh, but there's still a lot to talk about, including another person that's not going to Pittsburgh. Who's that? What's up with your boy Fernando Mendoza? It's not going to go. I mean, locked in is the number one pick. It looks like he's going to have his own private family party elsewhere, probably back in Miami.

But, you know, it's a big deal when you're in that first round, especially pick one to go up on stage and shake the commissious hand, get the little side hug with Goodell. And it's looking like he might sit it out as well. Yeah, I'm a little disappointed, honestly. I'd like the number one overall pick to be there and shake the hand of Goodell and do the pictures and everything. That's just not his style, though, I guess, Drew. I mean, he's going to be a little bit more under the radar, less pop and circumstance. You know, it doesn't always work. But at the same time, he's trying to do his own thing. I did like the COVID draft, though. Do you remember the COVID draft? Oh, of course. So much to take away from the cover draft. Where it where it was like you know you had C.D. Lamb stealing his phone back from his girlfriend.

I mean, you had the moment the Titans draft picks. Mom was shoving the girlfriend off of him

to get out of the camera shot. Going into the home kind of gives you even more storylines a lot of

times.

So maybe we get something there for Mendoza.

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