NFL Draft Predictions With Peter Schrager and Police Reform 2021 With DeRay Mckesson

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Fox and NFL Network's Peter Schrager to discuss the upcoming NFL draft including what the 49ers will do with the third overall pick, rumors of quarterback Justin Fields sliding, the Bengals choosing between a top wide receiver and a (possibly) generational offensive lineman, trying to get a read on the Patriots, NFL draft prop bets, and more (3:30). Then Bill talks with civil rights activist and podcaster DeRay Mckesson about continuing the fight for police reform in the United States. They discuss the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, police departments that have reformed their policies with the 8 Can't Wait campaign, some of the challenges to reforming police policy, informative statistics, and more (1:01:15). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, if you care about the NFL draft, we have some amazing coverage on the podcast network
0:03.9	this week for the ringer, including the ringer NFL show,
0:08.0	Danny Hyffinds, Danny Kelly, Kevin Clark, Nora Prince, Yadi, special guest, Warren Sharp.
0:12.0	They're going to be breaking it down a week doing bigboard stuff. All kinds of things,
0:16.0	check that out. Also, check out Ran Resilos podcast as well. He is sitting in the draft as well.
0:20.7	We're about to hit it in one second. Stay tuned. We're also brought to you by the ringer.com,
0:25.8	as well as the ringer podcast network. Our presenting sponsor is Fandool. Fandool.
0:31.6	They're starting to listen to me on props. We are creating starting on Wednesday.
0:36.1	So it's in time for the Wednesday night ESPN game. We've created a new super boost. It's called
0:41.6	Bill Simmons. This is 40 super boost. What does that mean? First of all, I'm older than 40.
0:47.3	Basically, I've noticed how there's been a lot of 40 point quarters this season. I thought it'd
0:52.1	be fun to bet on. So this is 40 super boost. We'll be either Washington or L.A. the Lakers
0:59.7	to score 40 plus points in any quarter on the Wednesday night game. You can bet that. Go to
1:05.7	Fandool. The odds will be up on Monday morning. You can bet on it. The best part about this is
1:11.0	you can root for either team. Whoever just starts scoring just root for them. If the Wizards have
1:16.8	29 points with four minutes to go in the second quarter, just root for them to hit it.
1:20.4	I'll be really interested to see how this plays out. But is the Bill Simmons. This is 40 super boost
1:26.8	launching on Fandool on Wednesday. Excited about that. Also, how's that I talked about how they
1:32.0	didn't have scoring title odds? Well, they do now. Curry is minus 400. Bradley Beale is plus
1:37.1	300 if you want to do a scoring title bet. Fandool. Present sponsor of the Bill Simmons podcast.
1:42.5	Coming up Peter Schreger. Our old buddy is going to talk going to fell draft and then
1:47.1	Durey McKesson is going to update us on everything going on with police reform. He's been on a few
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