00:00all right gator you know what we've got today i don't well we had bagels outside fresh mel oh
00:13okay so mel kuyper espn.com has come out with 3.0 fresh mel so as we get closer to
00:23the draft
00:23and they start to hone in on who the picks might be scott might get a better sense for how
00:29things
00:29are going to go down you never really know but if it plays itself out this way what would you
00:35do
00:36what would you do with the lions pick at 17 if you're not familiar with how we play the game
00:40you'll understand it quickly so according to mel kuyper the first pick fernando mendoza's
00:45quarterback indiana goes to vegas number two david bailey outside linebacker texas text goes to the
00:50jets arvel reese outside linebacker high state goes to arizona interesting with those two players i
00:56i flip flop back and forth which one i'd rather have they're both great other picks of interest
01:02we won't go every over every pick one through 16 but caleb down safety ohio state goes to the giants
01:08at five you're going i was listening to mel talk about this and let me tell you something what's
01:15he fired up about his emphasis on the wrong syllable with monroe freeling is so funny isn't it great
01:22because now you notice it it is so funny guy's name's monroe freeling monroe freeling goes six
01:29to cleveland the tackle from georgia what other picks that might interest detroit as we move down
01:37the first round reuben bain jr goes to kansas city at nine the edge rusher from miami monsoor
01:42delane the cornerback from lsu monsoor i actually don't know that i don't know the proper way to
01:49pronounce his name uh he goes to cincinnati at 10 francis muiaga the tackle from miami goes to the
01:54dolphins at 11 uh jamaab mccoy corner tennessee goes to dallas at 12 spencer fanu tackle utah goes to
02:04baltimore at 14 kenyan sadiq tight end oregon goes to tampa at 15 right before who goes right before
02:11uh ty simpson quarterback alabama goes to the jets at 16 the lions are on the clock
02:18here are the players that you have to have to choose from why why why the sigh no it's all
02:22right
02:23it's just i'm just you know fired up because because what i want to do is is trade back but
02:27what do you of course yeah we can't trade for the purposes if the if the trade call comes
02:33we don't know what it is so if the trade call doesn't come what do you do so what we
02:37got who
02:38who's who's available kate and proctor tackle alabama okay oliva venga ione guard penn state
02:47dylan thenaman safety oregon yep yep peter woods defensive tackle clemson keldrick falk edge rusher
02:58auburn one of those five is the pick what do you think of this field of players you look disappointed
03:05well i mean i know there's more players that are available that i i might like max in answer
03:11better than kate and proctor um i might like a couple of linemen better than kate and proctor
03:16uh i know i like mesador better than i like keldrick falk um but nonetheless my pick is it okay
03:28because uh with the 17th selection in the nfl draft given this pool of players i scott anderson
03:38would draft offensive guard from penn state uh benga ione kang who would you pick if this is a field
03:49of players well it's just not the field of players it's what they've done so far in the offseason
03:56as of right now with this whole scenario put together i'm taking the tackle proctor from
04:01alabama i just don't feel as confident as maybe the lines do and bore them they didn't know more
04:07than me they've watched more film than me but this is a backup in case he ain't the guy and
04:11maybe
04:11proctor's the guy and they said they're heading into the offseason they want to build competition
04:15well here's your competition all right so for me the pick is in and with the 17th pick
04:20in the 2026 nfl draft the detroit lions select caden proctor for all the reasons you stated
04:27as i look at their roster makeup right now i don't think there will not be another right tackle
04:35signed i think they're going to sign a right tackle and i think they're going to sign an edge
04:38or trade for one or the other but if they don't i can see them getting away with a rookie
04:45right tackle
04:46more than i can see them getting away with a rookie edge rusher you can maybe get away with
04:52a rookie edge rusher if you're picking one two or three or if you believe you've got this rare case
04:56scenario where somebody at 17 is going to hit the ground running and be a force on the other side
05:03that 17 feels like a stretch i like keldrick fog but i i gotta go need here and i gotta
05:10go
05:10caden proctor so i took ionia and that could change any day based on what happens right because
05:17it's still free agency yep and dave burkett had a story uh just about an hour ago about the lions
05:22are still looking for offensive line upgrades and and talked about how they're hosting ben barch
05:27yeah a guard who has started a bunch of games in this league with san francisco when i forget where
05:31else but uh but he's 28 years old and started a bunch of games and he's in on a visit
05:39that would
05:40change what they do because if you're adding another player to the pool of guards and i would
05:44switch out that probably agree with you guys on proctor but this is why it's interesting because
05:48right now they haven't done that they haven't signed the other guard they haven't signed a tackle yet
05:53um and i get it and it's i just and and because what you said there were other you there
06:02are other
06:02players that i like at tackle probably better than caden proctor that maybe i would have taken
06:06yeah well fair enough uh what would you do people and we'll tell you who the pick is today at
06:1111 35
06:12but who would you take out of caden proctor olivai venga ione dylan thenaman peter woods keldrick
06:19falk should have given their positions the tackle caden proctor the guard vivang uh olivai venga ione
06:25the safety thenaman the tackle woods or the edge rusher falk who would you take 248-539-9797
06:32it is carson anderson on 97.1
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