<v Speaker 1>Wednesday, April twenty second, twenty twenty six, You are listening

<v Speaker 1>to the Daily Dose Sports podcast and I am your host,

<v Speaker 1>Clinton Daily, coming to you from my high city here

<v Speaker 1>in Denver, Colorado, and we are back for another week

<v Speaker 1>of talking sports with a dose of common sense. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>Happy Wednesday to you. Hope your week is going well.

<v Speaker 1>Hope you your family or friends, everyone is staying strong

<v Speaker 1>and healthy in your world right now. And of course,

<v Speaker 1>the NBA and NHL playoffs got started over this past

<v Speaker 1>weekend and the opening rounds are underway. Have they been great?

<v Speaker 1>And the NHL has been interesting, But let's jump into

<v Speaker 1>the NBA right off the bat. Out West, we have

<v Speaker 1>the number one Oklahoma City Thunder facing the number eight

<v Speaker 1>Phoenix Suns. Yet that's a cakewalk. We have the number

<v Speaker 1>two San Antonio Spurs who are beating up on the

<v Speaker 1>number seven Portland Trailblazers, and the world is getting to

<v Speaker 1>see firsthand just how amazing young Victor Webin Yama can be. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>I think the Spurs are gonna roll in that one.

<v Speaker 1>My number three Denver Nuggets are in a dog fight

<v Speaker 1>against the number six Minnesota Timberwolves for a number of reasons.

<v Speaker 1>One because the Nuggets make so many fundamental mistakes, especially

<v Speaker 1>on the defensive end, and then Minnesota just out physicals them.

<v Speaker 1>I think this series could go seven. That might be

<v Speaker 1>the most entertaining series of the league right now. And

<v Speaker 1>then we have the number four Los Angeles Lakers without

<v Speaker 1>Luca and Austin Reeves, but they're still more than holding

<v Speaker 1>their own against the number five Houston Rockets, who I

<v Speaker 1>know are banged up as well. But man, Houston had

<v Speaker 1>some really high expectations this year. They have not lift

<v Speaker 1>up to those in any capacity. Over in the East,

<v Speaker 1>we have the number one Detroit Pistons facing the number

<v Speaker 1>eight Orlando Magic, and Orlando actually one game one. I

<v Speaker 1>think that was just a blip. I think Detroit's gonna

<v Speaker 1>rally and come back and win that series, but it

<v Speaker 1>didn't start off well for them. The Boston Celtics are

<v Speaker 1>the number two seed and I expect them to make

<v Speaker 1>very quick work of the Philadelphia seventy six ers, and

<v Speaker 1>it wouldn't matter if Joel Embiid was playing or not.

<v Speaker 1>The New York Knicks are the number three seed. They

<v Speaker 1>are facing the number six Atlanta Hawks, and hey, this

<v Speaker 1>might be another tight series. Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson. Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>we know he can carry them. Oh, but on Monday

<v Speaker 1>Night it was Atlanta CJ McCollum making the clutch plays

<v Speaker 1>down the stretch. You know, if the Knicks could just

<v Speaker 1>get anything from big Man Karl Anthony Towns, they would

<v Speaker 1>be a team to deal with. But they don't. Finally,

<v Speaker 1>the number four Cleveland Cavaliers are making what looks like

<v Speaker 1>quick work of the number five Toronto Raptors, at least

<v Speaker 1>so far. But it is Cleveland, so you never know. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>right now, the NBA is probably the most predictable league

<v Speaker 1>in all sports. I would put it right there, maybe

<v Speaker 1>with Major League Baseball, but usually Baseball at least has

<v Speaker 1>a surprise or too. Hey, not here in the NBA.

<v Speaker 1>I will pick the Oklahoma City Thunder to beat the

<v Speaker 1>Boston Celtics right now, and it's May. And you know

<v Speaker 1>what I'm gonna be right over in the NHL. And

<v Speaker 1>I know we don't talk a ton of NHL here

<v Speaker 1>at the dose, but in the West, we have my

<v Speaker 1>high scoring Colorado Avalanche facing the Los Angeles Kings, who

<v Speaker 1>are trying to just beat them up and kind of

<v Speaker 1>muck things up. And you know, it's kind of weird.

<v Speaker 1>I kept seeing all these no King signs around Denver

<v Speaker 1>and I didn't understand what in the world they were

<v Speaker 1>even talking about. Now I understand them. Go Avs go.

<v Speaker 1>That's not how it works. That's not how any of

<v Speaker 1>this works. The Edmonton Oilers are facing the Anaheim Ducks.

<v Speaker 1>Edmonton is trying to get back to being fully healthy,

<v Speaker 1>but I mean, I think they're gonna roll the Ducks

<v Speaker 1>because the Ducks play no defense. There is no d

<v Speaker 1>in Ducks. The Vegas Golden Knights are going against the

<v Speaker 1>new expansion Utah Mammoth. Hey, both of these teams can

<v Speaker 1>score goals, but I think the Knights are going to

<v Speaker 1>advance on their experience alone. And the Dallas Stars are

<v Speaker 1>in a very physical series with the Minnesota Wild. I

<v Speaker 1>know the Stars are going to eventually beat the Wild.

<v Speaker 1>I know the Stars are a title contender, but this

<v Speaker 1>might be a physical series that could go seven games.

<v Speaker 1>And then over the East we get the very talented

<v Speaker 1>but also inexperienced Buffalo Sabers, who are facing a Boston

<v Speaker 1>Bruin team that also has struggled to play defense. So

<v Speaker 1>I think Buffalo squeaks out a win, right, the almost

<v Speaker 1>always tough Carolina Hurricanes are facing the Ottawa Senators, who

<v Speaker 1>just always seem to find ways to fail in the playoffs,

<v Speaker 1>and I think that'll happen again here. The Tampa Bay

<v Speaker 1>Lightning are facing the Montreal Canadians, who are extremely talented,

<v Speaker 1>I just don't know that they have the depth that

<v Speaker 1>Tampa Bay has. And the Pittsburgh Penguins are in a

<v Speaker 1>wild series against the Philadelphia Flyers. Hey, Pittsburgh flies around,

<v Speaker 1>they score points, and the Flyers try to lock you

<v Speaker 1>down with their defense. So this might be a really,

<v Speaker 1>really entertaining series. I would probably lean towards the Flyers though. Okay,

<v Speaker 1>so I'm going to be a homer and I'm going

<v Speaker 1>to predict my Colorado Avalanche to have a rematch with

<v Speaker 1>the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Finals. But

<v Speaker 1>like I said, the NHL is way harder to predict,

<v Speaker 1>and it seems like every year we get a major

<v Speaker 1>upset or two in those Stanley Cup playoffs, and it

<v Speaker 1>won't surprise me one bit if we get a few

<v Speaker 1>more this year. Hey, Today, in the Dose, we will

<v Speaker 1>of course be bringing you our annual daily dose NFL

<v Speaker 1>mockery draft as only we can, we will let you

<v Speaker 1>know exactly who will be getting picked in the first

<v Speaker 1>ten picks of the twenty twenty six NFL Draft. Remember

<v Speaker 1>that begins tomorrow night, and we have a daily dose

<v Speaker 1>Top five for you that will also be heavily NFL

<v Speaker 1>Draft flavored as well. But first, we do have a

<v Speaker 1>little bit of news to touch on this week, and

<v Speaker 1>let's stay in the NBA, where the NBA has made

<v Speaker 1>an interesting ruling because they have ruled that Los Angeles

<v Speaker 1>Lakers guard Luka Doncic and Detroit Piston's guard k Cunningham

<v Speaker 1>are eligible for the twenty twenty six NBA awards after

<v Speaker 1>the league and the players Union ruled in their favor

<v Speaker 1>last week. Now, don Chic and Cunningham will remain in

<v Speaker 1>contention for those awards such as MVP and All NBA.

<v Speaker 1>But you know, each of these guys got hurt, and

<v Speaker 1>each injury caused an uproar around the league, leading to

<v Speaker 1>a discussion and a challenge to that sixty five game rule,

<v Speaker 1>which was introduced back in the twenty three twenty four season. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the rule is, if you haven't played at least sixty

<v Speaker 1>five games, you're not eligible for those awards. But please

<v Speaker 1>understand this. While that sixty five game rule is being

<v Speaker 1>blasted by the NBA and the players and the NBA slippers,

<v Speaker 1>understand that it's only asking you to attend your job

<v Speaker 1>seventy nine percent of the time. Imagine the job you

<v Speaker 1>work at right now and you only have to be

<v Speaker 1>there seventy nine percent of the time. Are you gonna

<v Speaker 1>be up for any Employee of the Month? No, I

<v Speaker 1>don't think you are. And as easy as that would

<v Speaker 1>be to attain, as easy as that mark is to hit,

<v Speaker 1>NBA players still can't get it. You know, I just

<v Speaker 1>can't figure out why NBA players won't play. Oh wait,

<v Speaker 1>it's because Commissioner Adam Silver allows them to not play.

<v Speaker 1>He allows them to do whatever they want. Yeah, that's

<v Speaker 1>so weird. I also can't figure out why those TV

<v Speaker 1>rantings just keep getting worse every single year. You know,

<v Speaker 1>are we gonna have a weird offseason in the NBA?

<v Speaker 1>We could, because you know, Billy Donovan has decided to

<v Speaker 1>step down as head coach of the Chicago Bulls after

<v Speaker 1>six seasons. You know, Donovan spent the last six seasons

<v Speaker 1>in Chicago after five years in Oklahoma City. He was

<v Speaker 1>pretty good in Oklahoma City. He made the playoffs every year,

<v Speaker 1>but the Bulls went to twenty six and two fifty

<v Speaker 1>six under Donovan and they missed the playoffs for the

<v Speaker 1>fourth year in a row. This year. He was unable

<v Speaker 1>to turn them around. But it's not just Donovan. Could

<v Speaker 1>we see an NBA offseason, like I said, of big changes? Hey,

<v Speaker 1>could Steve Kerr be done for Golden State Warriors. I

<v Speaker 1>don't know his body language in that final game, sure

<v Speaker 1>looked like he might be done. And finally, could Lebron

<v Speaker 1>James be done? Remember, Lebron is now forty one, he'll

<v Speaker 1>be forty two next year, and he could be a

<v Speaker 1>free agent after this season. There's no question the guy

<v Speaker 1>can still play. But is there any chance Lebron could

<v Speaker 1>step away quietly and go away? Of course there's not,

<v Speaker 1>because that's not who Lebron is. Lebron is a drama queen.

<v Speaker 1>I fully expect Lebron to announce his retirement like five

<v Speaker 1>years in advance, so everybody can give him the gifts,

<v Speaker 1>everybody can give him the flowers, everybody can make a

<v Speaker 1>big deal out of him, because that's just who Lebron is.

<v Speaker 1>He is a Kardashian at heart. So the twenty twenty

<v Speaker 1>six NFL Draft will get started tomorrow in Pittsburgh. And

<v Speaker 1>while it might not be a super top heavy draft,

<v Speaker 1>that doesn't mean there isn't talent to be found in

<v Speaker 1>this draft. You just have to do your research. You

<v Speaker 1>just have to do your homework. The first round will

<v Speaker 1>be completed tomorrow, followed by rounds two and three on Friday,

<v Speaker 1>and then rounds four through seven on Saturday. And right

<v Speaker 1>now we are bringing you our twenty twenty six daily

<v Speaker 1>dose NFL mockery Draft. I'm gonna let you know exactly

<v Speaker 1>how those first ten picks are going to go. At

<v Speaker 1>number one, the Las Vegas Raiders are on the clock,

<v Speaker 1>and you know, I actually think the Raiders would love

<v Speaker 1>to trade this pick and go try to attain some

<v Speaker 1>more talent. The problem is, I don't know that anyone

<v Speaker 1>else really wants Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza that bad, so

<v Speaker 1>they just aren't the deals to be made. So the

<v Speaker 1>Raiders will take Fernando Mendoza quarterback out of Indiana, and

<v Speaker 1>then he and Kirk Cousins will lead the league in

<v Speaker 1>shuckey darns when they throw interceptions hey, be encouraged homeschool kids.

<v Speaker 1>If Fernando can make it, so can you. Up? Next

<v Speaker 1>to number two are the New York Jets, And you know,

<v Speaker 1>the Jets literally need help everywhere. But I believe they're

<v Speaker 1>going to focus on a pass rusher here and they're

<v Speaker 1>gonna take Ohio State pass rusher Arvel Reese. The Jets

<v Speaker 1>were thirty first in South last season with just twenty

<v Speaker 1>six They were twenty seventh in pressure rate at a

<v Speaker 1>really really poor clip of just twenty eight percent. Now,

<v Speaker 1>Arva Reese is probably more potential than production so far,

<v Speaker 1>although I think he has a way higher ceiling. But again,

<v Speaker 1>this is the Jets we're talking about. If they can

<v Speaker 1>screw this draft up, they're gonna try. At number three,

<v Speaker 1>we have the Arizona Cardinals, who have another new head

<v Speaker 1>coach in Michae Lafleur, who comes over from being the

<v Speaker 1>offensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams and walks into

<v Speaker 1>an absolute disaster in Arizona. Now, the Cardinals have to

<v Speaker 1>be tempted to take an offensive player here. That defense

<v Speaker 1>was just so bad. I don't think they have a choice.

<v Speaker 1>I think they have to go defense. The Cardinals were

<v Speaker 1>in the bottom five in pressure rate as well last season,

<v Speaker 1>and I think they need someone like an rvel Rees,

<v Speaker 1>but he's already off the board. They really need someone

<v Speaker 1>to be opposite Josh Sweat in a division where you've

<v Speaker 1>got quarterbacks like Matt Stafford and Sam Arnold and Brock Purty.

<v Speaker 1>So I think they go Texas Tech outside linebacker David

<v Speaker 1>Bailey here and try to shore up that defense a

<v Speaker 1>little bit. The Tennessee Titans are up at number four,

<v Speaker 1>and despite being completely incompetent, Notre Dame running back Jeremiah

<v Speaker 1>Love falls right into their lap here. And I actually

<v Speaker 1>think Jeremiah Love could end up being the best player

<v Speaker 1>in this draft, so this is an absolute steal for

<v Speaker 1>the Titans. The Titans can now put Jeremiah Love in

<v Speaker 1>the backfield with second year quarterback cam Ward and don't

<v Speaker 1>look now, but they're starting to resemble a real, live

<v Speaker 1>NFL team. That is something brand new for us with

<v Speaker 1>the Tennessee Titans as of recently. At number five, we

<v Speaker 1>have the New York Giants, and I believe the New

<v Speaker 1>York Giants are going to set out to repair their

<v Speaker 1>terrible defense by adding Ohio State safety Caleb Downs. I

<v Speaker 1>think Caleb Downs is a plug and play kind of guy. Now,

<v Speaker 1>remember the Giants now have new head coach John Harbaugh.

<v Speaker 1>Also remember he drafted a few safeties in the first

<v Speaker 1>round when he was in Baltimore. Malachi Starks and Kyle

<v Speaker 1>Hamilton were both Harbor picks in recent years, and I

<v Speaker 1>actually think Caleb Downs would end up being better than

<v Speaker 1>either one of those guys. No, he's not as athletic,

<v Speaker 1>but he's highly intelligent. And with quarterback Jackson Dart and

<v Speaker 1>running back Camp Scataboo already on this roster yet, it

<v Speaker 1>makes sense they might want to pick a smart guy.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, at this point, they might just want to

<v Speaker 1>pick a guy who won't slam his head into a

<v Speaker 1>brick wall on purpose, as far as that goes up. Next,

<v Speaker 1>at number six, the Cleveland Browns are on the clock.

<v Speaker 1>And while that offensive line in Cleveland allowed their quarterbacks

<v Speaker 1>to be sacked and insane fifty one times last year,

<v Speaker 1>you'd think the Browns would go get some offensive line help.

<v Speaker 1>But remember this as the Browns now most franchises would

<v Speaker 1>go get one of these offensive tackles that's out there.

<v Speaker 1>There's a few guys on the board, but I think

<v Speaker 1>the Browns are gonna do what a little baby would do. First,

<v Speaker 1>shining thing, They're gonna grab it. So they're gonna select

<v Speaker 1>Ohio state wide receiver Cardinal Tate instead. Hey, Carnal Tate

<v Speaker 1>is capable of producing big plays if his quarterback doesn't

<v Speaker 1>get killed first, but they will, so he won't. The

<v Speaker 1>Browns take Cardinal Tate at number six. The number seven

<v Speaker 1>pick belongs to the Washington Commanders, and while they need

<v Speaker 1>help nearly everywhere, we know that head coach Dan Quinn

<v Speaker 1>does like to have cornerbacks that can play man de

<v Speaker 1>man defense. He likes those guys that can be out

<v Speaker 1>on that island and control one side of the field.

<v Speaker 1>So I believe the Commanders will select LSU cornerback man

<v Speaker 1>Seward Delayne here and try to upgrade that secondary. Now,

<v Speaker 1>Delayne has good size, he has good speed. He's actually

<v Speaker 1>pretty technically sound too, So this could be a good

<v Speaker 1>get for the Washing to Commanders. Now will it be

<v Speaker 1>good enough to make Washington fans forget that their quarterback

<v Speaker 1>is still Marcus Mariota and maybe not quite that good. Next,

<v Speaker 1>at number eight, we have the New Orleans Saints, and

<v Speaker 1>the New Orleans Saints really need to upgrade that defense,

<v Speaker 1>and while Miami edge Russia, Rubin Bain Junior, well he

<v Speaker 1>has a little bit of baggage. If you're not familiar,

<v Speaker 1>Ruben Bain was involved in a car accident back in

<v Speaker 1>March in Miami. He was driving four passengers in his

<v Speaker 1>car on I ninety five at four a m when

<v Speaker 1>his vehicle struck another car and actually killed one of

<v Speaker 1>the passengers in the other vehicle. And you might say, well,

<v Speaker 1>there's no way he's going to go this high at

<v Speaker 1>number eight to the Saints. But then you got to

<v Speaker 1>remember in New Orleans, I mean, killing folks is kind

<v Speaker 1>of let's just say, it's kind of part of the landscape.

<v Speaker 1>This could be a perfect fit, is what I'm saying.

<v Speaker 1>Bain goes to the Saints at number eight. The Kansas

<v Speaker 1>City Chiefs find themselves in kind of a weird spot,

<v Speaker 1>at least recently, as they finished this past season with

<v Speaker 1>a six and eleven record, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes going

<v Speaker 1>down with that knee injury, and the Chiefs have themselves

<v Speaker 1>a top ten pick at number nine. Well, remember the

<v Speaker 1>Chiefs are still looking for wide receiver help. Tiden Travis

<v Speaker 1>Kelsey is back Buddy's thirty six veteran wide receiver Hollywood

<v Speaker 1>Brown is gone. Third year wide out Xavier Worthy. I mean,

<v Speaker 1>he's shown flashes, but he only scored one touchdown all

<v Speaker 1>year last year. And of course for she Rice, that

<v Speaker 1>guy could go for another draw ride at literally any second. Well,

<v Speaker 1>Arizona state wide receiver Jordan Tyson, he's got some longevity

<v Speaker 1>concerns because in college he missed a third of his

<v Speaker 1>games due to injury. Well, that sounds like a perfect fit.

<v Speaker 1>That's exactly who the Chiefs would take, because the Chiefs

<v Speaker 1>always seem to have talented guys, they're just not always

<v Speaker 1>on the field producing. The Kansas City Chiefs take Jordan

<v Speaker 1>Tyson at number nine, and we finish off our twenty

<v Speaker 1>twenty six NFL Daily Dose mockery draft with the New

<v Speaker 1>York Giants again, who are back on the clock after

<v Speaker 1>already selecting safety Caleb Downs at number five. Well, with

<v Speaker 1>wide receiver Molik Neighbors coming off of an injury, I

<v Speaker 1>fully expect the Giants to take another wide receiver here.

<v Speaker 1>And USC wide receiver Mikayle Lemon is a slot receiver

<v Speaker 1>and he could take some of the pressure off of neighbors. Now,

<v Speaker 1>he's not a big guy. Lemon is about five to eleven.

<v Speaker 1>He's won ninety, but he's really good at going up

<v Speaker 1>and winning contested catches. And with Jackson Darter as your

<v Speaker 1>starter and Jameis Winston as your backup, yeah, you're gonna

<v Speaker 1>have to make some contested catches in New York too. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>our daily dose Top five. Okay, so let's get this

<v Speaker 1>on the table. Is the twenty twenty six NFL draft

<v Speaker 1>class the worst in recent memory? I mean, there's a

<v Speaker 1>good chance could be there, just isn't that much star power.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, the best player in the draft in most

<v Speaker 1>everyone's opinion is probably Notre Dame running back Jeremiah Love.

<v Speaker 1>He's not gonna go number one. So it might be

<v Speaker 1>kind of a weird draft where trades might end up

<v Speaker 1>being more exciting than the picks themselves. But trust me

<v Speaker 1>on this, we have seen some bad draft before. Today.

<v Speaker 1>Our Daily Dose Top five counts down the top five

<v Speaker 1>worst NFL draft classes. Ever, let's see how this year

<v Speaker 1>is going to stack up. We start off at number

<v Speaker 1>five and we go back to the year two thousand. Now,

<v Speaker 1>this draft is noteworthy for a number of reasons. First,

<v Speaker 1>it marked the first time in thirty four years that

<v Speaker 1>a kicker was taken to the first round, as the

<v Speaker 1>Oakland Raiders took Florida State kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who may

<v Speaker 1>or may not have roofed the Raiders front office to

<v Speaker 1>get that pick, but that wasn't even the most noteworthy

<v Speaker 1>aspect of this draft. No, That, of course goes to

<v Speaker 1>the New Patriots, who, with their sixth round pick at

<v Speaker 1>number one hundred and ninety nine, selected Michigan quarterback Tom Brady.

<v Speaker 1>But remember there were six quarterbacks taken before Brady, Chad Pennington,

<v Speaker 1>Giovanni Carmazzi, Chris Redman, t Martin, Mark Bolger, and Spurgeon win. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the Browns, in a clear indicator of why that franchise

<v Speaker 1>has been struggling like since always is the fact that

<v Speaker 1>they had the number one pick in this draft and

<v Speaker 1>they took defensive end Courtney Brown. The two thousand draft

<v Speaker 1>produced two Hall of Fame players, and Tom Brady and

<v Speaker 1>Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlocker. But other than that, it

<v Speaker 1>produced just fourteen Pro bowlers taken in the first round

<v Speaker 1>and just twenty nine Pro bowlers total. Yeah, two thousand

<v Speaker 1>produced Tom Brady, it produced Brian Urlocker. That's about it.

<v Speaker 1>And remember Tom Brady wasn't that well thought of even

<v Speaker 1>in that draft itself. The two thousand draft comes in

<v Speaker 1>at number five, we move on to number four, and

<v Speaker 1>we go back exactly one year before the number five class.

<v Speaker 1>Because the nineteen ninety nine NFL draft class was famous

<v Speaker 1>for its quarterback class. Five passers were selected in the

<v Speaker 1>first round, but most of them didn't really do anything.

<v Speaker 1>Once again, the Cleveland Browns were at number one. They

<v Speaker 1>took Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch. The Philadelphia Eagles selected Donovan

<v Speaker 1>McNabb at number two, but remember that pick was booed

<v Speaker 1>by the team's fans because they wanted Texas running back

<v Speaker 1>Ricky Williams. Cincinnati selected Oregon quarterback Achilles Smith, and then,

<v Speaker 1>I mean New Orleans Saints coach Mike Dicka got so

<v Speaker 1>little of this draft class that he traded all of

<v Speaker 1>his picks in order to move up and get Williams.

<v Speaker 1>I mean, Williams had a decent career, but he spent

<v Speaker 1>three years in New Orleans. Running Back Edwin James was good,

<v Speaker 1>wide receiver Tory Hole was good, and the number sixteen

<v Speaker 1>overall selection, Javon Curs looked like he was going to

<v Speaker 1>be an all timer with the Tennessee Titans, but I

<v Speaker 1>mean that didn't last. The Chicago Bears selected UCLA quarterback

<v Speaker 1>Cade McNown at number twelve. In all, the nineteen ninety

<v Speaker 1>nine class produced one Hall of Fame player in Georgia

<v Speaker 1>cornerback Champ Bailey. No one else is really even close.

<v Speaker 1>It produced just twenty five Pro Bowlers, and just thirteen

<v Speaker 1>of those Pro Bowlers were in the first round. The

<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety nine draft class comes into date a number four.

<v Speaker 1>So we reached number three and we get to a

<v Speaker 1>class that still has a chance to produce a Hall

<v Speaker 1>of Famer, but it won't be a gimme because back

<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and nine, Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford was

<v Speaker 1>the obvious choice for the Detroit Lions at number one,

<v Speaker 1>but the player selected at number two Baylor offensive tackle

<v Speaker 1>Jason Smith. He went to the Rams. Yeah, he lasted

<v Speaker 1>just forty five games in his entire career, and that

<v Speaker 1>kind of set the tone for the first round. Linebacker

<v Speaker 1>Aaron Curry went number four to Seattle. He was a bust.

<v Speaker 1>The Green Bay Packers traded back in the first round

<v Speaker 1>and selected USC linebacker Clay Matthews. He's probably the next

<v Speaker 1>best player in this class. Pitt running back Lashawn McClay

<v Speaker 1>was okay, but after Stafford taking number one. Overall, two

<v Speaker 1>more quarterbacks were taken in the first round, Mark Sanchez

<v Speaker 1>by the Jets and Josh Freeman by the Buccaneers. Now,

<v Speaker 1>the two thousand and nine draft class has no Hall

<v Speaker 1>of Famers yet, although Stafford has a shot. But it

<v Speaker 1>produced just ten Pro bowlers total and just nine taken

<v Speaker 1>in the first round. The two thousand and nine draft

<v Speaker 1>class was not very good, and it comes in at

<v Speaker 1>number three. We reached the number two worst NFL draft

<v Speaker 1>class in history, and we go back to the year

<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety two for this one. Now, this was crazy.

<v Speaker 1>The Indianapolis Colts owned not just a top pick, the

<v Speaker 1>top two picks in this draft, and somehow they managed

<v Speaker 1>to miss on both. At number one, they selected Washington

<v Speaker 1>defensive tackle Steve Empman. Ittman played just nine games over

<v Speaker 1>three years because he was hurt all the time. Now,

<v Speaker 1>that one was unfortunate, but when you played on that

<v Speaker 1>horrible AstroTurf, injuries were a problem. But then at number two,

<v Speaker 1>the Colts picked Texas A and M linebacker Quinton kreat Yeah,

<v Speaker 1>he played seven years, he never made a single Pro Bowl. Now,

<v Speaker 1>to defend the Colts, it wasn't a great class. Take

<v Speaker 1>for instance, the quarterback class, Houston's David Klingler and UCLA's

<v Speaker 1>Tommy Maddox were taken in the first round. Virginia's Matt

<v Speaker 1>Blunden and Penn State's Tony Sakka were taken in the

<v Speaker 1>second round. That's horrible. We're a couple of late picks

<v Speaker 1>that were okay. Jeff Blake went to the New York

<v Speaker 1>Jets and then ended up playing a little bit in Cincinnati.

<v Speaker 1>And then, of course Brad Johnson was taken out of

<v Speaker 1>Florida State by the Minnesota Vikings. And you'll remember he

<v Speaker 1>did play quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they

<v Speaker 1>won the Super Bowl. But the nineteen ninety two draft

<v Speaker 1>produced no MVPs, no offensive or defensive Players of the Year,

<v Speaker 1>and of course no members of the Pro Football Hall

<v Speaker 1>of Fame. In all, the ninety two draft produced just

<v Speaker 1>twenty six Pro Bowl players, and just eleven from the

<v Speaker 1>first round. And that dreadful class of nineteen ninety two

<v Speaker 1>comes in at number two. So we reached the number

<v Speaker 1>one worst draft class of all time. Long and I

<v Speaker 1>know it's still kind of early, but this has to

<v Speaker 1>belong to the class of two. Thy thirteen the top

<v Speaker 1>two selections in the thirteen draft, Central Michigan offensive tackle

<v Speaker 1>Eric Fisher went to Kansas City, and Texas A and

<v Speaker 1>M offensive tackle Luke Jokel went to Jacksonville. Neither one

<v Speaker 1>did anything. The third pick, UCLA pass rusher Dion Jordan

<v Speaker 1>was picked by the Miami Dolphins. You'll remember he was

<v Speaker 1>suspended for the entire twenty fifteen season for a violation

<v Speaker 1>of the Substance Abuse policy. And then there were the

<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks in twenty thirteen, and they were bad. In the

<v Speaker 1>first round, the Buffalo Bill selected Florida State quarterback EJ. Manuel,

<v Speaker 1>not great. In the second round, the New York Jet

<v Speaker 1>selected West Virginia quarterback Gino Smith, who has honestly been

<v Speaker 1>head and shoulders better than anyone else in the entire class,

<v Speaker 1>but not really saying something. In all, the twenty thirteen

<v Speaker 1>draft class produced zero Hall of Famers, and there's no

<v Speaker 1>possibility of one. It produced just seven Pro Bowlers, and

<v Speaker 1>just five of them came from the first round. The

<v Speaker 1>twenty thirteen NFL draft class was beyond horrible, and leg

<v Speaker 1>lands here on our list today at number one. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>there's a chance that this twenty twenty six NFL draft

<v Speaker 1>class could be a bad class. There just isn't that

<v Speaker 1>much firepower here. But as you can see from our

<v Speaker 1>Daily Dose Top five today, it's going to really have

<v Speaker 1>to underachieve to be the worst draft class ever. Hey,

<v Speaker 1>next week on the Dose, we will be recapping that

<v Speaker 1>NFL draft, Plus you know we'll be keeping up today

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