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00:00all right donnie let's start with the national football league though some news and notes and
00:03some big headlines around the sport again as we have shared the 2025 nfl draft just over a week
00:11away eight days from now opening night opening round in green bay wisconsin and the guy we expect
00:17to go number two overall our reigning heisman winner in travis hunter who of course won the
00:23heisman trophy because he was sensational and historic on both sides of the football as a
00:29wide receiver and a lockdown cornerback for colorado this past year in 2024 now donnie as for
00:36his future in the nfl as a two-way star we'll see exactly how nfl teams and organizations
00:43hope to slot him in but for travis hunter he's pretty steadfast in the idea that he can still
00:50be elite on both sides of the ball in fact even saying when asked if a team told him hey you're
00:56only going to play as a wide receiver or as a cornerback travis hunter said if that's the case
01:01then he's not playing football at all yeah that doesn't again i need to hear like the in-depth
01:07details it's just mean like okay coach i'm gonna be full-time on defense but let me run like three
01:11or four routes in a game on offense and i'm good because the one thing he's never going to do in
01:14the nfl to carol how much he says it it doesn't make any sense to play both ways full-time because
01:19understand this in the nfl it's not major league baseball it's not basketball hey play offensive defense
01:23in basketball the concussions the injuries the wear and tear nobody's going to do that to a superstar
01:28player like himself because understand this if you're just a defensive back can you get injured
01:32yes if you're just a wide receiver can you get injured yes but you know what you can't do play
01:35on both sides of the football if you get injured at all in that football game they'll find ways to
01:40use his unique skill talent there's no doubt about it but i don't understand the grandstanding as if
01:45it's like a simple answer is like travis do you want to play both ways absolutely i'll do whatever
01:50that team asked me to do i would love to play both ways travis whatever they said you're too
01:53important to us we want you to play defense i'll do the same thing whatever it is to win a football
01:58game instead of the stance of well if i go to the organization i'll get what i want i'm just going
02:02to retire from football altogether when you know he's not doing that like i don't understand why you
02:06you pick these battles before you even get drafted there's simple answers you tell the media and the
02:11teams of what you want to do there's not don't draft me if i'm not playing 100 on both sides of the
02:16i'll retire i don't understand this yeah i don't really either drs obviously travis hunter has the
02:23belief in himself i'll just say this as a wide receiver he's really good he's not nfl caliber
02:29as a cornerback he is a lockdown guy that i think could be a game changer on that side of the field
02:35now should he be involved in offensive sets should he have a couple of special plays in an offensive
02:42scheme especially for the browns sure i'm okay with that get him the football because of how
02:48outstanding a playmaker he is but i think his benefit for going this high in the nfl draft drs
02:55is not because he is a two-way superstar it's because he is just an absolute football stud
03:00in an elite lockdown corner on the defensive side of the football 713 offensive snaps for hunter in
03:082024 748 defensive snaps for travis hunter and cu in 2024 1461 in total the first player drs since the
03:192017 college football season to play at least 250 snaps on either side of the football and he played
03:26more than 700 on either side there was obviously the natural conversation well can his body hold up
03:33if he were to do even anything uh close to it in the national football league i don't even think
03:38that's part of it i just think it's how he can be best utilized in the nfl travis can say all he wants
03:45he might get a couple of offensive plays if you're drafting him second overall as the browns are projected
03:50to do you think of him as a playmaker and a special talent but you're drafting him that high because he is
03:56an elite lockdown quarterback of which he is exactly you can i mean he's he would be a viable nfl wide
04:03receiver he just should just go that route as opposed to even play defense but the point is and
04:07we see it in the past and also his coach deon sanders did it perfectly with the dallas cowboys
04:11in elite best of the world competition cornerback no doubt about it but he was making plays even in
04:17the super bowl as a wide receiver against the pittsburgh steelers packages will be out there they can
04:21utilize his talents a kick return here a punt return there play great defense and away you go in your
04:26career and have an extended career nobody wants you playing 150 snaps in an nfl game taking that
04:32beating you won't make it past week five yeah i completely agree donnie and i don't think the
04:38browns would allow that to be the case i also don't think travis hunter is an idiot and i do not believe
04:43travis hunter would walk away from football if cleveland said you're not our wide receiver three
04:48as we get ready for 2025 minus 310 for travis hunter to be that second overall pick but we'll
04:56travis hunter has also said he wants roger goodell when he is introduced when his pick
05:00is announced at some point a week from tomorrow to be said travis hunter you know as they give you
05:07your quarterback cam ward quarterback miami he wants to be said travis hunter wide receiver
05:12cornerback colorado we'll see if that happens either yeah i don't again i don't mind that because he
05:19should get snaps on both sides of the football but it just sounds like hey my demands coming in are
05:23i'm gonna pick and choose i'm gonna but you know what i want to see your offensive playbook and your
05:27defensive playbook before you draft me that's what it sounds like at this point and again there's a lot
05:31of bluster from a heisman trophy winning uh you know player which as it should be but it's just kind
05:36of interesting like that hill as opposed to saying like i want to play both ways i hope they let me play
05:40it too if they don't i'll take my ball and go home no you won't yeah no you absolutely will not we had
05:47the big news yesterday of course for travis hunter's colorado teammate shinor sanders the giants
05:52and sanders holding one final private workout together on a thursday in boulder the giants will
05:59also get other final looks the rs at jalen milrow and tyler shuck as we shared yesterday milrow not
06:07exactly in consideration to be that third overall pick but the giants do have the second pick of the
06:13second round if they looked at a quarterback following round number one yeah i know i'm
06:19honestly surprised that like they didn't get another look at daniel jones you know what another
06:22daniel jones got called for an individual workout and like threw a couple five-yard outs like that's
06:26our guy and they go wait wait wait wait we drafted him a couple years ago he's not our guy but did
06:31you see him in shorts and a t-shirt he can ball out enough with the giants yeah i completely agree
06:38drs if you do not know already you do not never know and if you don't have a plan how to shape your
06:44franchise with a quarterback in the future you are doing yourself a disservice we'll continue to talk
06:52the nfl it's the early major league baseball plays for this wednesday now just over a week away from the
06:582025 nfl draft some more nfl news and notes of course drs as we get to certain stages in the nfl
07:05offseason calendar when you have these big marquee events some of those headlines start to ramp up just
07:11a little bit for the miami dolphins what exactly is their plan this offseason under mike mcdaniel very
07:18high optimism in the last few years to be a playoff team to be a playoff contender they were not this
07:25previous season and what exactly is going to happen moving forward the miami dolphins are exploring along
07:31with jalen ramsey some potential trade destinations for the 30 year old all pro cornerback but they are
07:38not all that interested in trading tyree kill at this moment drs as we shared in our opening segment
07:44to start off hour number one the fins kind of thought of in this limbo situation entering 2025
07:50win total eight and a half for miami the under has the juice around a 500 mediocre team that's what we're
07:57expecting yeah the vibes aren't high there mike mcdaniel might be one of those coaches that it's
08:02like hey you know what this could be your last year down there and a lot of pressure on his coaching
08:06shoulders as well but it does look like a fire sale this is usually one of the trades that's supposed to
08:11pop up in the middle of the night like wow man they traded jaylen ramsey what they get back for him
08:14when you are the general manager at the podium of a press conference basically yeah look give us a phone
08:20call we don't want him here he doesn't want to be here we'll help him out and get him out of town so
08:23i don't know if somebody's going to think they're getting a steal because they're going to get a
08:26high level football player with a high level paycheck at that point and what's the motivation
08:31here on yet another team for jaylen ramsey that's what i'd worry about but more of the focus is on
08:36one of the more talented teams in the afc over the past couple years the miami dolphins they're not
08:41getting any bang for their buck whether it's regular season playoffs you know talent level whatever it
08:45might be so yeah i'm i don't want to say i'm out on the miami dolphins but some of those teams i'm
08:50intrigued by so far no way about to be year number four under mike mcdaniel playoff appearances in his
08:56first two years and not a playoff win miami has not won a playoff game since the wild card round
09:02of the 2000 nfl season nothing that's happening right now makes you feel all that much more
09:08confident the fins are going to figure it out and change that 25 year streak this upcoming season
09:15tyron smith one of the greatest to ever do it as a left tackle in the national football league in
09:21recent memory signing a one-day deal drs for the dallas cowboys to retire as a cowboy after 14 nfl
09:28seasons a sign of the time for those uh cowboys offensive linemen because we also know zach martin
09:36retired earlier this offseason a new era for dallas up front yeah what a monster left tackle and such a
09:44good player throughout his time with the dallas cowboys but as we know with the cowboys they've had
09:48a lot of really good football players since 1995 that haven't won anything here not necessarily his
09:54fault but you can look back at his career certainly fondly one of the best left tackles during his
09:59decade plus in the nfl spent last year with the new york jets only playing in 10 games his first 13 years
10:06in dallas thus the ceremonial one-day contract to retire a cowboy an eight-time pro bowler a two-time
10:14first team ap all eight days out from the 2025 nfl draft opening night opening round next thursday
10:22april 24th live from titletown in green bay wisconsin should be a great scene outside of lambeau field
10:30in fact we should figure out where the exact set is for the 2025 nfl draft you would have to assume
10:36outside of lambeau but we'll get you that in just a little bit how about the actual odds
10:42that we have for next week's nfl draft the market's starting to open up in a large way
10:48early this week we have talked first round picks what that means for the amount of quarterbacks
10:53we will see on the opening night we have talked a ton of projection should or sanders storyline and
11:00all of that how about the odds to be the fourth and fifth overall pick which are now out and available
11:06on the fan duel sportsbook because really the top three is where things are interesting we know cam
11:12more than likely just waiting official confirmation by the time we get to next thursday night as a
11:17minus 20 000 favorite going to go first overall the browns hold that second overall pick travis hunter a
11:23minus 310 favorite the giants hold the third overall pick abdul carter minus 240 to go third overall
11:30fourth overall it's the patriots new england in its first year under mike vrabel looking to build and
11:36fill out the roster in a variety of capacities they don't need a quarterback though of course
11:42trusting drake may fifth overall under new rookie head coach liam cohen it's the jacksonville jaguars
11:48cohen's main task reinvigorating the career of trevor lawrence what does jacksonville elect to do
11:53with that fifth overall pick to build out the team around their qb might jacksonville look to the
12:01defensive side of the football that's what the odds makers are projecting here mason graham the
12:07very talented interior d lineman out of michigan is a minus 145 favorite to be that fifth overall pick
12:15again as we have shared a variety of the times this is the latest into the league year as it is
12:20officially underway now for the last month month and a half or so that all 32 nfl franchises hold on to
12:28their original first round pick you would think although the patriots in the jags have a ton of
12:35team needs to fill early and often in this nfl draft they're not necessarily dead set on what they
12:42might do at fourth and fifth overall would either of these teams look to trade back come draft night to
12:48accumulate more draft capital to fill out the roster that needs it in plenty of spots that i guess would be
12:56the conversation mason graham not just a one minus 145 favorite by the way to go fifth overall the pick
13:02the jags have right now mason graham is a hefty favorite at minus 700 to be the first defensive
13:08lineman drafted in the 2025 nfl draft you see the second best price a five to one number on arm on
13:15membu the offensive tackle out of missouri that wowed at the nfl scouting combine there was a good
13:21portion of this draft cycle really up until the last week or so that membu was not just looked at
13:28more as a top five pick but as the first o lineman to hear his name called next week in green bay i have
13:36told you a few times i've headed over to our studios in new jersey and i can bet the nfl draft odds what i
13:42have elected to do shanor sanders to go to the steelers at a nine to one number it's now plus 550
13:48pittsburgh to draft a quarterback with its first position drafted it was plus 340 then it's plus 270
13:54now something i am glad i jumped on when i did will campbell the outstanding blindside blocker out of
14:00lsu to be the first o lineman drafted at a minus 110 price but armand membu adamazoo had a slightly
14:07better number than at minus 120 will campbell is now a minus 240 favorite to be the first o lineman
14:14drafted near a minus money two dollar favorite to be the fourth overall pick to be that staple of
14:20the o line to protect drake may in new england again as we look at where the nfl draft odds are
14:28right now second overall pick travis hunter at minus 310 third overall pick abdul carter at minus 240
14:37browns at two giants at three despite some late chatter i really expect that to be the path that
14:45we see come eight days from now on a thursday night i would be shocked if the browns do not draft
14:51travis hunter second overall we'll see about his position in the nfl and if the giants do not select
14:58abdul carter at minus 240 there's been reports on shador sanders and his number is shorter but it's
15:05still plus 420 to find his way to new york and because our producer extraordinaire joe friso
15:12tracked down this information the draft feeder for the 2025 nfl draft will be built in a parking lot
15:19at lambeau field one of the historic venues of course in all of sports and in the national football
15:25league it should be a great theater for the 2025 nfl draft just over a week away the early line returns
15:32tomorrow 8 a.m eastern time here in a thursday on sportsville