NFL Draft Booms, Busts & Scandals
The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
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4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The Favorites is back as Action Network crew Stuckey, Kendra Middleton and Brandon Kravitz continue digging into the upcoming 2026 NFL Draft. With only days away, the squad gets into their top 5 players in the draft they're POSITIVE will have great NFL careers. Plus, in previous years, which busts did we think would be good and what great players did we think would be busts? Now we'll be able to go back on the record and see how right or how wrong we were with our predictions. All that and thoughts on the current NFL scandal between coach and journalist right here on The Favorites. We're back every Tuesday and Thursday so subscribe, rate and review!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the favorites presented by Draft Kings. The Crown is yours. I'm your host, |
| 0:14.5 | Brandon Kravitz, joined by the Queen of the Pod, Ms. Kendra Middleton and the Prime |
| 0:18.7 | Minister of D-Gen Nation Stucky. Your faves trio is back to wrap up the week. |
| 0:24.5 | NFL draft less than 20 days away. We're going to plant our flag on some of the top prospects in this year's draft. |
| 0:30.9 | But oh my Lord, what a story that has taken over the NFL world that has nothing to do with the football field. |
| 0:40.5 | Diana Rossini, formerly of ESPN, now with the athletic, very credible reporter, at least she was, |
| 0:48.2 | romantically involved, as it would appear allegedly with Mike Rable, the head coach of the New England Patriots, |
| 0:55.7 | photos have surfaced, and the commentary has been outright, outrageous. Kendra, I have been |
| 1:03.3 | so curious on so many different levels to get your thoughts on this story. First of all, because |
| 1:09.7 | of the market where you spend most of your time, |
| 1:12.6 | which is Boston, |
| 1:13.9 | as a woman in media and sports broadcasting, |
| 1:19.8 | and just because you generally have unique opinions, |
| 1:23.5 | no matter of the situation, |
| 1:25.3 | but I have a lot of questions, |
| 1:27.3 | but I just want to start with your general read on this as this story is developing. |
| 1:33.8 | I feel like I'm getting asked to make a statement in court right now. |
| 1:37.0 | The first thing I would say is you said that she's no longer credible. |
| 1:40.4 | I would say maybe she is the most credible source, to be honest. Like, |
| 1:46.4 | how much more credible can you be? I guess that's not a bad point. You can go back to her |
| 1:54.3 | log about anything involving the Patriots are interested in AJ Brown and all that shit. Sure. |
| 2:03.1 | Yeah, all of that and say that probably has even a higher layer of truth to it I more so mean moving forward yes whatever |
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