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NFL Draft With Daniel Jeremiah, NBA Playoffs & Ben Simmons Dresses Like The Joker

Monday, April 25, 202213 takes

Football is back. But first we recap the weekend of basketball including Celtics whomping the Nets and Ben Simmons antics continue. (-) Jokic earns his MVP. Grayson Allen owns Big Cat. Embiid is hurt. The TWolves stay undefeated in protest games and more. (-) Who's back of the week including Scumbag Yankee fans and Baker Mayfield's statue. (-) Daniel Jeremiah joins the show to talk about the NFL Draft, how this class stacks up, how he ranks the QB's and some nuggets you can pass along to people you watch the draft with. (-) We finish with Billy Explains, as Billy breaks down the Elon Musk/Bill Gates feud. (-)

Who Is Back

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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I could beat DK Metcalf in a five-yard dash

I was actually talking to Billy earlier about this. You think I could be DK [Metcalf] to five yard dash? ... You guys don't know how sprinting works... I can just take a step. Yeah. That's your steps as well. You guys don't know how sprinting works.

DK Metcalf is one of the fastest players in NFL history; PFT is a podcast host. Literally impossible for PFT to win.

Interview

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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

Kenny Pickett will have a career similar to Alex Smith or Ryan Tannehill

I think Pickett feels like, I feel like he's got a high, a high floor. He's kind of like, if you're looking at what he can be, I think of a guy like Alex Smith, the career that he had, I could see Pickett having that type of a career. You know, Tannehill, Alex Smith.

Pickett struggled significantly in Pittsburgh and was traded to the Eagles as a backup after two seasons, currently tracking well below the careers of Pro Bowlers like Smith and Tannehill.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

The Saints will not draft a quarterback in the first round

I don't think New Orleans is taking one [a QB]. I know they acquired the extra first round pick, but everything I've kind of heard you go out and you sign Andy Dalton and you've already got Jameis. Like you're going to end up probably having to release one of those guys. If you draft a quarterback, she probably not going to carry three. So that, that doesn't make as much sense for them.

The Saints drafted Chris Olave and Trevor Penning in the first round; they did not take a QB.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

Aidan Hutchinson is the best player in the 2022 NFL Draft

I just keep going back to the fact like you just got off the Urban Meyer rollercoaster, like let's just take, take Aidan Hutchinson, just put it right in the middle of the fairway here. ... I think he's the best player in the draft personally.

While subjective, Hutchinson won Defensive Rookie of the Year and has been a Pro Bowl-caliber player, arguably the most productive from that class early on.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. is way better than any defensive end in the 2022 draft

I can tell you after having done this for 20 years, that the defensive man from Alabama [Will Anderson] is an absolute freak show. And he's way better than anybody in this draft class. Not even close, he just jumps off the screen.

Will Anderson Jr. went #3 overall in 2023 and won Defensive Rookie of the Year, widely regarded as a superior prospect to 2022's #1 pick Travon Walker.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

Garrett Wilson is the best wide receiver in the 2022 class

I love Garrett Wilson from Ohio State. I just think he does everything... he's one of those guys. You can play him outside. You can play him inside. He's got real speed... and he plays that way, but he's strong. To me he's my top guy.

Wilson won Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2022, validating DJ's assessment of him as the premier talent in the class.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Daniel JeremiahDaniel Jeremiah

Baker Mayfield will be traded by the end of draft weekend

I'm going to say that actually, I'm going to say Baker does. I'm going to say Baker does [get traded]. I could see Baker and Carolina for a pick next year though, that that wouldn't surprise me.

Mayfield was not traded during the draft; he was traded to the Panthers on July 6, 2022.

Billy Deep Dive

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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022·Billy Deep Dive
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Tesla is the only electric car company

Musk responded: 'Sorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.' ... They're [Tesla] the only electric car company actually.

Incorrect. Numerous other companies (Rivian, Lucid, Ford, Chevrolet, etc.) were producing electric vehicles by April 2022.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022·Billy Deep Dive
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Big CatBig Cat

Bill Gates could not hit a slow-pitch softball

Do you think Bill Gates could hit a slow pitch softball? No, that makes me feel good. No. ... Let me let me get a little fucking 10, 10 foot arch on his ass. He won't, he won't be able to hit that.

Inherently subjective and untestable without Bill Gates on a diamond, but likely based on general public perception of Gates' coordination.

Other

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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Once you hit your 30s, you are never going to experience ten days with no pain

The rule is 10 days with no pain [for Ben Simmons to return]. I got news for you, buddy. Once you hit your thirties, you're never going to experience 10 days with no pain. It's just constant pain.

While hyperbolized for comedy, the general sentiment of chronic aches in one's 30s is a widely shared subjective experience.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Jason Tatum is as good as Kevin Durant right now in their respective careers

I thought that going into it, when we talked to Russillo, I was like, everyone's talking about Kevin Durant. Is there a chance that Jayson Tatum is just as good as Kevin Durant right now in their respective careers? Cause obviously Kevin Durant's a little older, a lot of injuries. Like this series, [Tatum] has been the better player. Not even, that's not even debatable offensive and defense.

The Celtics swept the Nets and Tatum outscored Durant while defending him heavily. Tatum went on to make 1st Team All-NBA that year.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Grayson Allen officially owns my life

Grayson Allen is my daddy. There's nothing more. So the Bucks is, he owns me. He owns my life... Grayson Allen owns me. I there's nothing more. I can say.

Allen had multiple high-scoring games off the bench that buried the Bulls in this series.
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Take Slip·Apr 25, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You cannot win an NBA championship when your best player is a primary ball-handling guard

I'm not ha—I don't know if I believe it, but I'm ready for it. I might be more of the mindset of like, you can't win a championship when your best player is a guard. Yeah. Like is a primary ball handler. Yeah. But then the Golden State Warriors might fuck me up on that one a little bit.

The Warriors (led by Steph Curry) won the title shortly after this episode aired in 2022, directly disproving the claim that it's impossible.