00:00The Ravens pick is in.
00:02I'm not going to give it away because I've seen it on Twitter already.
00:05But I think that it's not who I wanted.
00:10Oh, it's not Bain.
00:11It's not Bain.
00:12It's not Bain.
00:14Oh, so it's Vega.
00:16Yep.
00:17Yeah, they took the guard.
00:19They took the guard with Bain on the board.
00:23That'll be an interesting question for Eric.
00:26Now, let me just tell you about Ione.
00:286'4", 320, 31-and-a-half vertical, 8-8 broad jump, 32-and-three-quarter arm.
00:36He was a three-star committed to Washington.
00:38Then the coaches left and went to Alabama.
00:44And then Penn State got him on signing date.
00:47He redshirted in 22.
00:4823, he had five starts at left guard.
00:5124, he started all 16 games at left guard.
00:5425, started all games at left guard.
00:57613 pass-blocking snaps, zero sacks, four pressures.
01:02Zero hits on the quarterback.
01:04First team all Big Ten, 43 career starts.
01:07And in summary, I said this is – and he is a thick, thick –
01:11He's a sure-thing guard, but he's a guard.
01:14Yes, he's a guard.
01:14And he's a guard, period.
01:16He is a guard.
01:18And you know what, Ken?
01:20He's only played left guard.
01:22So, Simpson, where are you going?
01:24You're going to right guard.
01:25Or are you going to be the swing guy?
01:27To me, this says Emory Jones is your swing tackle.
01:31No, Vincent probably.
01:33Can he do it, though?
01:36They're not done yet, Ken.
01:38I know.
01:38But as it stands right now.
01:40Yeah.
01:40So, like I was saying, he's a real thick kid.
01:45He's got great core strength.
01:47He has good, strong punch and grip and pass.
01:50And he's good anchor.
01:52In the run, he'll come off too high at times.
01:55Limited laterally would have – I thought in zone stuff,
01:59I thought the lateral stuff may have some issues with that.
02:03But coming off, knocking him off the ball –
02:04Yeah, we're still waiting on Roger to get the official word.
02:07Here we go.
02:08In the 2026 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens select Oliva Venga,
02:15Yohane, guard Penn State.
02:19So, there you have it.
02:21Reuben Bain is dropping in this draft.
02:23And I guess there's reasons he's dropping.
02:25And this tells you – you've got the car situation where somebody passed away.
02:29But the arm length is obviously an issue for teams.
02:33Maybe, yeah.
02:34It may be two things, Ken.
02:36And teams are not going to say it's character.
02:40Yeah.
02:41They're not.
02:41And maybe he's – Ken, and maybe they found out more stuff.
02:44Because other than that, that came up.
02:47There was another where he had like a reckless driving or speeding type thing.
02:51So, maybe there's more stuff that came up with Reuben Bain.
02:58But he is a super talented guy that – I mean, he's sitting there for Tampa.
03:03And they need a pass rusher in the world.
03:04If Tampa passes him too, Ken, you know, then – because we said, is there a guy that is going
03:11to slide down the draft?
03:13And I don't know if anybody would have said Reuben Bain.
03:16No.
03:16I don't think so.
03:17He was going at – so, and teams that have passed him need pass rushers.
03:23Yeah.
03:24And this dude had nine and a half sacks.
03:26I also think there's a thing – I always say that drafting an offensive lineman in the first round is
03:31like getting socks for Christmas.
03:32Like, you need socks, but when you open up that package or, you know, the present and it's socks, you're
03:39not excited about socks.
03:40Right.
03:41That's like – it's hard to – this kid is – it seems like he's as much of a sure
03:46thing as you can have at guard.
03:48Yes.
03:48And so, it's hard for fans, I think, to get excited about a guard.
03:53But their guard play was dreadful a year ago.
03:55Well, it was like, Ken, when the Ravens at 26 took Hayden Hurst.
04:01Like, eh, okay.
04:02Then they traded up and got Lamar Jackson.
04:04Everybody's like jumping for joy.
04:05Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:05You know, kind of like taking a tight end.
04:08Same type of thing.
04:09So, yeah.
04:12And, Ken, you want to talk about mock drafts?
04:14What did most mock drafts have the Ravens taking?
04:17And what have we been talking about for weeks?
04:19Yeah.
04:20You know, Fano.
04:21Awane, yeah.
04:23Awane.
04:23Awane.
04:24Awane, Sadiq, you know.
04:26And everybody thought Bain would be gone and they didn't take him.
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