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The Morning Shift talks about if they agree with where Pete Prisco has Bijan Robinson, Chris Lindstrom, and Drake London ranked, and discuss if they think any other Falcons should be in Pete’s Top 100 list. They explain why they think Drake should never be below New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave on any type of ranking list.

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00:00So we were talking earlier today about Pete Prisco's top 100 NFL players for 2026.
00:06Three Falcons made the cup.
00:08John Robinson at 17, Chris Lindstrom at 33, Drake London at 96.
00:12So we already agreed that Kyle Pitts should be in the top 100,
00:16but, Bo, you were saying Drake London at 96, way too low.
00:19Where would you put him then?
00:20Well, if Chris Olave is at 71, which wide receiver for the Saints,
00:28and he was drafted in the same class, if Olave is at 71, how the hell is Drake at 96?
00:37And, look, I know that Olave had probably one of his healthiest years last year,
00:43and Drake did miss, what, five games.
00:47But, dude, like, in Drake's 12 games, he was on pace for almost the exact same year.
00:54I just don't know how some guys that have had good years and then go through injured years
01:00are all the way up there, and then Drake is all the way down.
01:05I just don't know, and I'd like to ask.
01:06I know Dylan reached out to Pete, and I'd just like to know what the reasoning behind that was.
01:12Why is Drake so low?
01:14Because as a career-wise, Drake has outperformed Chris Olave.
01:17And that's exactly what I was about to say.
01:20When you compare their career-wise, and, Bo, you made the point earlier when we were talking about this,
01:24the 620, how he does kind of also take into account their cumulative careers
01:30and what they've done over their entire career, not only just, you know, last season.
01:36If you're looking at their careers as a whole, it's not even close, man.
01:40So, the fact that you have Drake barely cracking the top 196 and Olave at, what'd you say, 71, Bo?
01:47I mean, that just doesn't make any sense to me.
01:49At least they need to be closer to each other, and if you're going to have Olave all the way
01:54up there,
01:54Drake at least needs to be at 75.
01:56I mean, at the least.
01:57But he should be ahead of him.
01:59Well, talk about it like this.
02:00Why is T. Higgins below Chris Olave?
02:02And look, I love Chris Olave.
02:03I was a huge, I actually wanted Olave out of the draft when they, when, when, because
02:08he was in the same rookie class as Drake, and I was like, man, I don't understand that.
02:15Why would they get him over Olave?
02:18But you look at Olave, I mean, Olave in 24 had 32 catches.
02:22Now, he had a good year in 23 for as much as he played, but he's battled so many injuries
02:29with the concussion stuff has been very, very scary for him, and I hate that.
02:34But, you know, I just think Drake's, I think, I think T. Higgins and Drake are both better
02:40than Olave.
02:41So, I'm sure Pete would say, well, you know, he had 1,100 in 23, and he had a, he
02:48had just
02:49over 1,000, and Drake's only had 1,000 yards a year.
02:51And I would say, okay, I can, that's cool, but he's not the better receiver.
02:59I don't think any, and, and, and he's probably going to get paid more because resetting the
03:03market and those types of things.
03:06And Drake was the last guy to get paid, but I don't, I don't, I personally don't think
03:10he's below, um, I don't, I don't think Drake is below him.
03:13Not that far anyways.
03:14And I do wonder if Pete takes into account, not only the numbers that they put up, but
03:19the type of numbers that they put up with the quarterbacks they have, because Chris Olave,
03:23you know, did have some years with what Derek Carr.
03:25I don't, I think he, uh, missed Drew Brees overall, but, um, he had some, he had some
03:29years with where Derek Carr, who's a pretty darn good quarterback in his own right, was
03:32throwing him the football.
03:33And we know what Drake has been through as far as his quarterback plan.
03:36He's been quarterback proof up until this point in his career.
03:38So I wonder if he takes that into account at any point as well too, because I think it
03:42should be.
03:43When you talk to Pete, can we get a whiteboard explanation of how he mathed everything on
03:48this list?
03:48We need to see everything that went into it.
03:49Like your teacher makes you show your work.
03:51Yeah.
03:51Right.
03:52Yeah.
03:52I like, yeah.
03:54Well, yeah, because then we know they're not cheating.
03:56Exactly.
03:57But I'd like, I've known Pete, uh, for quite a while.
04:02So I've been in business.
04:02I'm not like we're best for him.
04:03I've just known Pete, you know, kind of know how he goes about things.
04:06He does, he does do everything he can to watch stuff and talk to people.
04:12Um, and look, that doesn't mean he's not wrong.
04:14Uh, and that doesn't mean I can't disagree with him, but he, he tries to go about it.
04:20But, you know, very intelligently and, and, and look, I don't think he was wrong on everything.
04:26Um, you know, there's, there's, I think, I think he actually underrated Drake and overrated
04:31Lindstrom.
04:32Really?
04:32So where do you think, cause he's at 33.
04:34So where should Chris Lindstrom be?
04:36I think further down because to me, the, I love Lindstrom.
04:42It's nothing, it's not a knock.
04:43Like he, he does a very good job, but I, I just feel like the scheme that he's been
04:48in has, um, has fit him perfectly.
04:52And so therefore I, I, I think Matthew Bergeron can fit in most schemes.
04:59Will he, will he be all pro in most of them that not necessarily, but I think he can be
05:05good.
05:05Um, Lindstrom has been all pro at the wide zone blocking scheme and that's great, but
05:12I'm not sure if he can transcend multiple schemes.
05:15And, and, and I think that does, and Mike will tell you, and that's one thing I've learned
05:18from Mike is certain guys schemes just make them way better than, or I don't want to say
05:25way better, but they excel in certain schemes.
05:27It gets the best of the best out of them.
05:29Um, but at times I've seen Chris Lindstrom and look, everybody has guys they struggle
05:34with, but at times he's, he's been just okay.
05:38And I don't know if last year he quite had it in my mind and all pro year.
05:42Do you think he'll be higher next year?
05:44What kind of season are you looking forward to with him?
05:46You know, I don't know.
05:46I think it's interesting because I think he can do the gap scheme stuff, which, you know,
05:51more, more pullers and that kind of thing.
05:53But he, I always go back to what he said a couple of years ago.
05:58Or maybe it was last year where he was like, Hey, we do what we're good at.
06:01And that's what we, and that's what the wide zone is.
06:04And I'm just wondering how comfortable he would be and how comfortable he will be in
06:08this scheme.
06:09Um, but he's got one of the best offensive line coaches that there, that is in the league
06:15and Dwayne Ledford was no slouch either, but with Bill Callahan, you know, he's, he's
06:20also a pretty good O-line coach and for a different scheme, I'm just curious how that's
06:25going to work out, but remember you're also affected by who's next to you.
06:30And with Juwan Taylor at right tackle, another new guy at right tackle for him to be next
06:35to, um, that could affect him as well.
06:37Well, and I am purposely holding on to Bajon Robinson because there was a heated debate
06:42in this studio a few months ago about Ronald and Bajon and Bo, you claim Bajon is the number
06:48one player in the NFL and he's at 17.
06:51So we got to dig into him a little bit.
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