Welcome back to another episode of the Adam Schifter podcast.

And our guest this week, one week away from the NFL draft, will be none other than the new host of the NFL draft on ESPN, television anchor,

television show host, radio show host for ESPN and ABC, not to mention a novelist,

the new host of the NFL draft, my colleague, my friend, Mike Greenberg. And there already

has been a lot of draft conversation, and it's only going to ramp up in the coming

days leading up to the draft that will be held in Cleveland next week. The NFL will be back

on site one year after the virtual draft that unfolded in the most unlikely circumstances

at such a difficult time

in our country's history. And the draft this year is going to be great. Again, there'll be people

in Cleveland. There'll be players in Cleveland. Our set, the ESPN set will be in Cleveland. And I can

tell you that the set feeds off the energy as it did when we were

in Nashville last and Dallas, Texas, and Philadelphia, and Chicago, and New York, and all the

places we've been where there's been real live interaction. This is going to be my first

work trip since the Combine of 2020 fired up to be with everybody there

on site and fired up to see where all the quarterbacks go, to see any teams that move up in the

draft, to see any teams that move back in the draft. And my understanding is that Carolina at number

eight is open to moving back in this draft. But my understanding is that Carolina at number eight is open to moving back in this

draft. But again, at this point of the year, a week out of the draft, there are a lot of

conversations occurring between a lot of teams. And much of it doesn't take shape and focus

until the day of or even the night of the draft when we see who is and isn't

available while a team is on the clock. Here's somebody who's off the clock, the former NFL

quarterback Alex Smith. What an incredible career. What a remarkable journey. He leaves the game

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