Safe Bets or Future Busts? Breaking Down the 2026 NFL Draft

The Domonique Foxworth Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Domonique and Charlie take a deep dive into the safest bets and biggest risks in the 2026 NFL Draft. They break down what teams should—and shouldn’t—do when they’re on the clock. Hear where they stand on top prospects like Sonny Styles, Rueben Bain, Caleb Downs, Jordan Tyson, Ty Simpson, Kenyon Sadiq, and more. Plus, they shift to college hoops and ask, are blue bloods becoming a thing of the past? 0:00 Intro 0:50 Do you see Carnell Tate as a safe pick? 3:34 Is Jordyn Tyson a risky pick in this year’s draft? 6:05 Would you consider Bain a risky or safe pick? 7:27 How do you describe risk at the top of the first round? 19:14 Are Caleb Downs and Sonny Styles the safest prospects? 26:41 Riskiest prospects: Kenyon Sadiq 31:05 Ty Simpson 33:35 Other risky prospects in this year’s draft 50:24 Are blue bloods in college hoops a thing of the past? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Off top in the common draft era, the number one, the number two, and the number four pick
0:37.1	have produced seven apiece.
0:39.4	Hall of Amors. Play music. This is the Dominique Foxworth Show.
0:45.8	Welcome to the Dominic Foxworth Show. I'm Dominique Foxworth, joined by the great Charlie Kravitz.
0:50.2	How are you doing crappy? Soon to be eight, Jaden Daniels. Get him a gold jacket.
0:54.7	Well, I mean, not soon, hopefully.
0:56.3	Hopefully not that soon.
0:57.9	But soon it'll be like, you'll see the percentage on football reference.com of like his
1:01.7	Hall of Fame percentage, 99.9.
1:03.3	In the top 10, apparently 9 and 7 are the worst spots.
1:08.1	Oh, great.
1:08.7	They've only produced two future Hall of Famers.
1:11.9	Soon to be three.
1:14.0	With whoever the commanders get coming up here.
1:19.4	What's the pick that, like, it's going to come through.
1:22.2	It's going to like, Carnal Tate.
1:23.0	And I'm like, Hall of Fame, found the table.
1:25.6	You're going to know that I'm lying.
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