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NFL Live

Rookie Minicamps are Underway!

NFL Live

ESPN Radio

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3.7588 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Laura Rutledge is joined by EJ Manuel and Tim Hasselbeck. The crew will discuss the beginning of rookie minicamps, the looming AJ Brown trade, and the latest on Aaron Rodgers. Plus, Jeremy Fowler joins us with all the latest news around the NFL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.

0:05.0

Mom!

0:06.0

Up the stairs for something.

0:08.0

Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.

0:12.0

Mom, what's for dinner?

0:14.0

Chop, sizzle, done.

0:17.0

Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.

0:23.6

So its phones down, forks up.

0:25.6

Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.

0:28.6

The New York Jets select David Bailey.

0:34.6

Boy to the Jets need him.

0:35.6

He's going to make a day one impact. This organization is trending in the right way, so, and I'm just ready to work. The New York Jets select Kenyon Sadiq. He's a rare talent. He's young. He's developing. The New York Jets select Omar Cooper Jr. They are building for the future, but also they're trying to win right now. This is Christmas morning for many Jets fans. They've got some hope.

0:58.0

The Jets draft class, one of 23 rookie classes that are in school today.

1:04.0

Look at them there, okay. Almost three quarters of the league is running rookie camp at the moment.

1:08.0

The first part of the off-season program that includes OTAs and mandatory mini-camps later this spring,

1:13.1

we're going to hear from a bunch of them throughout today's show.

1:15.6

But we start with some breaking news from Adam Schaeffer, who reported that the NFL and the NFL Referees Association have reached a seven-year collective bargaining agreement that will run through the 2032 NFL season. The current deal was

1:28.6

scheduled to expire on May 31st. This is massive news. I'm not sure we can even give it enough credit as we welcome Jeremy Fallon here. What more can you add just about how significant this is for what we'll see going forward? Laura, with the people I talked to at the league office, there's a sigh of relief. They did not want replacement refs.

1:43.3

Now they get a win-win for the fans,

1:45.7

for the league office, and for the officials.

1:47.6

Now, the league is, league office. There's a sigh of relief. They did not want replacement refs. Now they get a win-win for the fans,

1:45.7

for the league office, and for the officials. Now, the league is figuring that it has a win here because it gets more access to these officials. There used to be a dead period from the end of the season to like mid to late May where they could sort of disappear. Now the NFL can get their hands on them a little bit, do more training, try to keep more accountability for in season play.

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