The Draft is One Day Away!

NFL Live

ESPN Radio

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3.7 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Laura Rutledge is joined by Dan Orlovsky, Peter Schrager, Marcus Spears, Mina Kimes, and Ryan Clark. The NFL Draft begins tomorrow! The crew will discuss all the latest buzz, team needs, and the impact on the upcoming season. Plus, Adam Schefter updates us on all the latest news around the NFL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.7	Happy NFL Draft Eve.
0:47.2	Welcome to NFL live presented by Lowe's.
0:51.8	We're flying over the Allegheny River and you see Acreter Stadium in the background.
0:56.3	This is the site of the 26 NFL draft. So many incredible stories. The NFL is going to change drastically over the next few days. This is the walk that the
1:01.9	players will take as they head out there onto the stage to hug the commissioner. Here their name
1:07.1	announced. It's one of the most emotional life-changing exciting franchise-changing
1:12.9	moments that we ever see happen in the NFL there's going to be an influx of fresh talent
1:17.3	they all begin that journey right there on that stage we are so glad that you're with us here
1:21.9	it is a thrill to be at this event one of our favorites ever we can officially start because
1:26.8	swagoo did the wave.
1:28.0	We got Swagoo, Mina Kimes, Ryan Clark, Dan Orlovsky. We have Adam Schaefter and Peter Schrager as well throughout. Look at that smile. Damn, why your seat so high? Because every time y'all make me drop my seat, every person I see in public goes, there's so much taller than I thought. And I'm tired of it. Oh, I can't do it.
1:44.5	I'm taller than you.
1:45.5	I'm taller than you.
1:46.5	I'm significantly taller than you're so much taller than I thought and I'm tired of it. Oh, I can't do it.
1:45.0	I'm taller than you.
1:46.0	I'm taller than you. I'm significantly taller than you and I'm taller than you. Significantly. Let me see something really fast here. Let the public go. Well, I can't go much higher, but all right. Anyway, Dan's tall. We got it. Let's get to a lot more here. Adam Schaefter as we've got a lot of stories that are flying around.
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