Aaron Gordon
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104 appearances
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
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So I don't know if any of these guys are going to go on to be all pros, but at the very least, Salah and Kocerek, they can get back to basics. They've got this fleet of defensive linemen that they can put around Nick Bosa. And then their last pick, they got this kid, Nathan Rourke, the quarterback, who is – You know, whatever.
He's a story that if he followed it during the combine, it's one of these long shot stories like he won't play this year. But like that's a guy that I I trust. Kyle Shanahan took a guy in the late rounds at quarterback. I would bank on that other than more than any other coach in the NFL. So they must have seen something in him.
I think, yeah, you know, I'm not trying to butter up the guy that we're sitting here with, but like I was the biggest Colston Loveland fan in the entire NFL draft process. And I thought... He might've gone seven to the Jets, might've gone eight to the Panthers. Everyone thought it was a reach that he went before Warren.
I spoke with Bears people the night of the draft and they were like, it's not like we had Loveland like one and then a huge gap in two. It's like it was one and one A and we didn't know if either one of them would be there. And then at the end of the day, they're like, what we do is speed and what we need in this offense. This is the guy he's six foot six guys. Like he is. And he's awesome.
Two years ago when they actually had a quarterback and JJ McCarthy was throwing, like he was all over the field last year, he was injured. And then there was no quarterback play. The fact he goes before Warren raised a lot of eyes, but like,
I find it impossible with the hiring of Ben Johnson, with a new offensive line, with bringing in Joe Tooney, with then bringing in this kid, and then also having Luther Burden on the outside, who if you saw Ben Johnson's press conference, he was Jamison Williams' high school teammate. And Jamo was like to Ben Johnson, like, oh, this guy's just like me. He's a dog. He's nuts.
He's going to be the leader in the locker room. So they have all these new weapons, and like – I think Colston Loveland, I don't know if he's a fantasy guy or not, but I think he makes this Bears offense even scarier. So, Dan, I give you credit. This is a good one.
Yeah. I can give you a random skill position player and be like, I love the pick of this guy. I was shocked that Quinn Ewers went as late as he went to the Dolphins. I don't know if he's – because you got Zach Wilson as the backup and you got Tua as the starter, but to get him in the seventh round, that was straight up bizarre. Yeah. Um, but the kid that the rant, okay.
So I'm obviously tied in with the Rams and I know those guys really well. And the kid that they were talking about for like days and days with me. And I know they had a zoom with him the day before or the Wednesday before was the running back at Auburn. Jarquez Hunter is his name. And he's one of these guys that like McVay fell in love with. Les Snead went to Auburn.
He's an Auburn guy and he's not going to replace Karen Williams, but this is the battering ram that goes with Karen Williams. And like when I tell you they acted as if they'd gotten a first round pick on day three when they got this guy. So just knowing my connection to the Rams, I would assure you that Jarquez Hunter is going to play a role and he's a fourth round pick.
And they were literally doing flips over adding him as a running back to this team.
He is. First time I ever worked with Mel Kiper. I had met him before briefly and obviously grew up watching him. And we don't do the same thing. I'm always the one who's like, here's what an NFL team told me. And he's like, here's what I think of a player. I don't think, and for the amazing luck of him, I don't think Mel lives online or on Twitter. I don't think... he saw any of this.
I don't. And I don't. And I actually think it's really compelling content as much as you guys want to throw a shoe at me. Like it felt like the one thing the internet all agreed on was that like he was in the wrong, but I'm sitting there on the broadcast and I'm at the edge of my seat. And I'm like, this guy's really passionate about this.
And I actually love that because I worked with Daniel Jeremiah for years. I think he's, the best and the best guy. And you guys know he's amazing. And I've this year working with, with Mel and with field Yates and like Louis Riddick. And these guys do the work. Those guys, I've never seen them actually be upset about a draft pick. It's usually, here's what this guy brings.
Here's what this guy does. I'll tell you about his game against Ohio state two years ago. And here, this guy's story when he went to Iowa and had to transfer, like, and they're amazing at it. And field Yates is like an encyclopedia. I worked with him this week. I'm like, this guy's amazing. Mel Kiper is passionate and defensive of the players. And I think that's a dying breed.
So to me, is he okay? I think he's fine. I actually think it actually brought a lot to the broadcast. Now, whether you thought they focused too much on it, that's another question. But I love the fact that he was actually passionate. And if you think he was wrong, that's a different story. But gosh, that added a lot more entertainment value than just hearing...
All right, here's what I like about this sixth-round pick. Here's what I love about this seventh-round pick. They all can't be superstars, and yet you listen to most of us in the draft thing. We're like, this guy's great, this guy's great, this guy's great. Mel Kiper's like, what about Shador?
I think he's so in the film and so into his evaluations – I don't think he's considering the fact that Shador has a crew filming him, and that might rub some people wrong. Or that Shador, at an interview, that stuff doesn't... He's a film guy. And he's like, I've watched every snap of Shador Sanders' career. This guy is amazing. This guy is awesome.
So the fact that he was outraged by it, and you saw him listen off the quarterbacks, I freaking loved it, and I hope he brings that passion back next year. I know I sound like – I would have said that if I was at NFL Network. I would have said that if I'm Peter Schrager, an accountant, Peter Schrager working in a law office somewhere, or Peter Schrager, a garbage man. I love that.
I thought it was entertaining, and if we don't have that, it's all right. A lot of us, you know, okay, well, what's going on with Shador? Well, I want to – you know, that – Mel brought the fire.
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