The NFL Trade Bonanza (feat. Carmen Vitali and JD Bunkis)

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dave Dameshek opens the show by answering the question: which QB draft class is the best in the history of people. Then Carmen Vitali and JD Bunkis join the show to talk about all the latest moves of the 2026 NFL trade. They get past the headlines and into why these teams make the decisions they do. They look at how GMs construct teams and why roster construction is a science, but an inexact science. Dave then uses a fact about Patriot fans (how they lament more than any other football fans and will whine about Drake Maye's injury for the rest of time) as a way chat about the gold medal hockey game. Would Canada have won if they put Sidney Crosby on the ice? The answer touches on the racial makeup of Canada and why French Canadians aren't pulling their weight in the goal. Yes, we go there. And then we wind our way back to NFL trades. It's Football America time! (NOTE: Recorded on Thursday at 1pm ET.) AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek JD Bunkis: https://x.com/JDBunkis Carmen Vitali: https://x.com/CarmieV Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: JD Bunkis, Carmen Vitali Team: Gino Fuentes, Ethan Bedowsky Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Soup Campbell Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Commanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, bad news, the alleged experts have already declared this year's QB draft class is no good.
0:06.2	Good news, we can use this time to get our ducks in a row and create a time capsule addressing this question.
0:12.3	Which QB draft class is the best in the history of people?
0:16.3	Ooh, good one, Dave.
0:17.5	But you know, Dave, it's going to be tough to answer what was a bunch of the guys still playing, so part of this is predicting what we haven't seen yet. But what we've
0:24.3	already seen from the 2024 class has them collectively in the conversation for history's greatest.
0:30.3	To this point, the 21st century's gold standard is the Ought 4 group, which does unfortunately
0:35.6	include J.P. Lawsman, but also Eli Manning, Phil Rivers,
0:39.0	and Ben Rathusberger. A combined four Lombardies and five Super Bowl appearances. Most people,
0:44.2	though, will still say the 83 classes tops. John Elway, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino. Also, Champagne,
0:50.6	Tony, Eason, who for what it's worth started Super Bowl 20 for the Pats, and underrated Ken O'Brien, and also Todd Eason, who for what it's worth, started Super Bowl 20 for the Pats,
0:54.4	and underrated Ken O'Brien, and also Todd Blackledge, who does not own one of the
0:59.0	classes, three gold jackets, or 11 Super Bowl appearances.
1:02.4	The group won just two totals, LaVarty's, one of which might have been for John, but both
1:08.5	were more thanks to Terrell Davis than any QB out there.
1:11.7	The 24 class is off to a historic start.
1:14.4	We can give Michael Pennix and incomplete to this point.
1:17.3	And while I know old number nine, J.J. McCarthy's already got some skeptics, he gets
1:21.9	one too.
1:23.0	There's also Drake May, who just started Super Bowl 60, and by the way, he was hurt. There's Bo Nix, who I think would have started that Super Bowl if he hadn't been heard. Then there's Caleb Williams, who appeared transformed by Ben Johnson, and don't forget the guy who a year ago we all agreed was the best of that bunch, Jaden Daniels, who pulled off the rare feat of starting a title game as a rookie. at the moment at least, we can't rightly say any of these guys are busts,
1:47.0	which would be a distinguishing quality compared with the other classes.
1:51.0	Then again, how about 2020?
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