Pardon My Take
NFL Draft Rapid Reaction, Jon Gruden In Studio, Justin Thomas Off His Big Win Sunday + NBA/NHL Playoffs And Fyre Fest
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
Its instant reaction on the NFL Draft first round. The Jags make a splash, Shedeur gets undrafted in the first round, we recap our teams (00:00:00-00:21:36) and then welcome in Coach Gruden to talk in detail on some of the picks and players he loved from Day 1 of the NFL Draft (00:21:36-00:50:08). NBA/NHL Playoff recap, Rockets even the series, Celtics on cruise control (00:50:08-01:11:14), Caps up 2-0 and more (01:11:14-01:27:28). Justin Thomas joins the show fresh off his victory at the RBC Heritage to talk golf, his first win in 3 years, how it felt fighting through those years without winning, getting tips on putting and more (01:27:28-01:59:20). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week (01:59:20-02:21:49).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take
Chapter 1: What were the biggest moves and surprises in the 2025 NFL Draft first round?
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There's nothing like the draft. Although, the draft is way more fun when your team sucks ass.
I see what you're doing here. I would rather the team be good. Oh, for sure. But it is the truth. Yeah, yeah, the end of the draft. Crazy draft? I don't really know.
I mean, the Jaguars trade was crazy. That was a pretty nuts trade. Fleeced? Fleeced. I saw some of the different draft conversion charts. Some people were saying it was an all-time fleecing. So the Jaguars.
All right, so let's set the stage first. Roger Goodell came out in a bike. That was weird. I understand, obviously, it's the Packers tradition, but it was just weird seeing Roger Goodell on a bike.
Well, you know why they do that in Wisconsin, right? Because the entire state has DUIs.
Oh, yeah, that too. Yes, good joke. I like that. I like that. Uh, they do leave the league for sure. Uh, but they came out and then Clay Matthews FCC, uh, please arrest this man. I don't, I also think he lied. I don't think Donald Trump, he said the bears still suck. And he said that Donald Trump sent him a message saying that.
Yeah, which would be, Clay, you're doing fake news. Yeah, right. Clay Matthews is now leading the league and doing the anonymous fake sources that Mr. President hates so very deeply. He should take away Clay Matthews' FCC license. Can you arrest someone for misquoting the president?
Send Clay Matthews to El Salvador. Agreed. That was bullshit. And also, let's just say, let's just call a spade a spade. He has the entire NFL world watching him, and all he's thinking about is the Bears.
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Chapter 2: How did the Jaguars and Browns approach the NFL Draft differently?
Okay. Although that would be more like this. That's jacking off the bull.
No, but this would be milking. This is kind of a reverse. This is more... OTPH. Yeah, this is more inseminating them. That's inseminating your own chest. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, no, I'm going this way. So you're standing behind the cow. Yeah, I'm branding. Okay, so you're... Like this. Gotcha. So you used to wake up in the morning, brand cows, then play football? Yep. Yeah, I love the guy. Yeah. Great pick. Yeah.
With Ted McMillan, the only thing I know for sure about this pick is we're going to get some fire, fire side-by-side photos of Bryce Young and Ted McMillan. Oh, yeah. Because what is he, 6'5", 6'6"?
Yeah, little Aaron Judge, Jose Altuve.
Yeah, that's the new one. Just dropped. Yeah. Kelvin Banks also... His baby threw up on itself. Yeah, I saw that. Was that his baby? I don't know.
It was a baby.
There was a baby in the room next to him that got jostled a little bit in all the excitement. And then the baby just puked everywhere. And that's all of our first experiences with New Orleans.
Yeah. Tyler Warren going to the Colts. I feel like everyone thought as soon as the Bears took Colson Love and I was like, he's going to Tyler Warren's going to be a cult. Any other? I mean, we don't know. We're going to have Gruden sit in with us in a second. Oh, bothered me a little that the Packers took Matthew Golden after McShay told us that he's his number one receiver.
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Chapter 3: What insights did Coach Jon Gruden share about the draft picks and players?
I get personally attached to players. That's the biggest fault I have. A lot of the players, ah, Gruden, you drafted so-and-so. He's not a good one. In fact, I love that guy. I get attached to these guys. When I meet them and I spend time with them, there are certain guys you cherish. You want to be around. You want to help. You want to see succeed. And Malachi Starks, he comes in my office.
You know he's a badass. He has this presence about him. He's a great communicator. He's big, strong, experienced. He's just a clutch, game-changing player. And for the Ravens to get him and pair him with Kyle Hamilton and Bobby Humphrey, I'm telling you, that was a big pickup for Baltimore tonight.
He's an awesome player. I wanted him. That was my guy. So Mike Vrabel, apparently, he worked out all the guys, all the big guys that he was thinking about drafting, put his hands on them. And he said that Will Campbell felt the best to him, felt the strongest. Do you get physical with draft picks if you're interviewing them? No, that must be a Patriot thing.
Must be the tuck rule bullshit. I don't feel the guys butt cheeks to see if he's for me. I got better evaluation.
I got a question about the Falcons. So they take Jalen Walker at 15 and they come back into the first round and take James Pierce at 26. Two guys, they don't play exactly the same way, but you're hoping they're going to be edge rushers. Jalen Walker can maybe move around a little bit more.
Is that weird to take two guys and also come back into the round to not, like, you see it with quarterbacks, but they did trade a decent haul to come back into the first round.
I was surprised by that. They gave up a lot to get for the 26th pick. You would think it would be a quarterback. Right. Because a lot of teams will do it to get the control.
I love Tennessee.
My wife cheered at Tennessee. I go back to Tennessee. I got a place in Tennessee. I want to love Pierce. I don't see Pierce as a run defender yet. I don't see him wearing the big boy pants and doing what you need to do to be that kind of a player where you give up a first-round pick and other picks to get them. But I know the Falcons need a pass rush.
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Chapter 4: What are the key takeaways from the NBA and NHL playoff games so far?
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Don't do it.
Yeah, I mean, lasagna was the only one I could come up with if you're just picking with the pastas. I don't know what, like a... A pierogi dinner would be tough, too. Yeah, pierogi would be tough, but that's another one where they don't give you, like, a ton.
Yeah, but when I get them, I get, like, four different kinds of pierogis.
Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
Pierogi might be the most underrated pasta dish. I don't even count it as pasta because it's Polish. Yeah, but it's got the pasta around it.
Yeah, that's just a Polish pasta. Okay, Knicks-Pistons. Knicks win. Jalen Brunson was great. He was great. Say something positive about Jalen Brunson. Also, Cat was great. I bet Cat to have a bounce-back game. I feel like this is just what Cat does. Next game, he's probably going to be invisible. The game after, he's going to be awesome. Also, the Knicks...
Turns out passing the ball works because I felt like they passed the ball a lot better. It wasn't just ISO ball. And the Pistons fought till the bitter end. I think the end of the game, the last, like, 10 seconds took, like, 25 minutes. There was a bunch of reviews. They gave them an inbound. I think the clock operator gave them a little something, something extra.
And they kept on fighting, kept on fighting. Uh... Yeah, Jalen Brunson was good.
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Chapter 5: How are injuries impacting the NBA playoff teams and players?
Chapter 6: What are the most notable picks and strategies from the NFL teams in the draft?
Kind of telegraphed that one. The Falcons took a player from Georgia for the first time in like 50 years. Wow.
And Jalen Walker.
The fan base really- He kind of fell. They really wanted somebody from Georgia. Yeah. Because anyone from Georgia will be happy with that. And then they trade back up and get the guy from Tennessee. So- That was a-
that felt like a lot. They gave up. I mean, it doesn't matter if James Pierce is really good. And I think there's a chance that he could be, you know, some people were saying that he has the highest ceiling, maybe some character issues, but that was, that felt like a lot to trade.
Yeah, and then, unfortunately, we had Shadur falling and Deion in the green. I don't know if that's a green room. It was just kind of a warehouse that they had them all in.
Yeah, it was just their party. It was like a rave. It was his house, I think.
Oh, so they were not in Green Bay. No, they were not. Okay, yeah. So they were just at a party and Shadur did not get picked. I think that Deion's going to be so mad he's going to start his own league. He's going to go home tonight and be like, you know what? If they don't want you, fuck them.
Yeah.
The DFL.
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Chapter 7: How do the hosts analyze and react to the NBA playoff action and betting tips?
Chapter 8: What are the hosts' predictions and picks for the first basket scores in NBA playoffs?
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