Chad Millman

When we launched Action, we had a deal with Sports Info Solutions.

When that deal was up, all I did was get emails from people on our team who are building models saying we got to renew with Sports Info Solutions.

They are a treasure chest reservoir, massive amounts of data across football, baseball, basketball, and they provide a lot of narrative research-driven content to places like ESPN, et cetera.

Today, one of the researchers, James Weaver, is joining us on the show.

Welcome in James Weaver from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the other side of the state in the Battle of Pennsylvania.

He's not wearing a pen shirt just to troll you, Simon.

All right.

So listen, I've said this before.

I just said it again.

We don't know how these drafts are going to pan out.

Like for example, in 2021, many outlets gave the New York jets an a or a minus for the draft.

which ended up being a disaster for GM Joe Douglas.

He traded Sam Darnold, drafted Zach Wilson, number two overall.

He traded two third-rounders to take a USC tackle.

They convert to guard.

He drafted two different guys named Michael Carter.

The Jets averaged six wins over the next three seasons, then they fired Douglas, right?

That draft also included Elijah Moore, who didn't want to play for the Jets.

Like, it was a truly...

Truly epic failure of a draft.