The Ringer Fantasy Football Show
Draft Draft: Drafting All 32 Teams' Draft Classes, Aaron Rodgers Tendered (?!), and Is Tartar Sauce Just Fancy Mayo?
29 Apr 2026
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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
So it's mayo. Pickles and spices? Mixed with chopped cornichons. Cornichons. Cornichons, gherkins, capers, tarragon, dill, parsley, and chives. Huh. Okay.
Anyway. Welcome to the Ringer NFL Draft Show, soon to be the Ringer Fantasy Football Show. My name is Danny Heifetz, and I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Greg Kowalbeck, and we're going to go through all 32 drafts.
Chapter 2: What does the Steelers' tender on Aaron Rodgers mean?
We're going to draft the draft. I can't believe no one's done this before. We're going to draft which draft classes were the best.
That's right. Pretty simple, right? Draft, draft. No one's ever thought of that. We don't know if no one's ever thought of that, but if you did, you can't do it. You can say stuff. You can say whatever you want, Craig.
Chapter 3: What happened with Ty Simpson and the Rams?
Guy beats an ostrich in an eating contest. He's the eating champion of the world, apparently. He just grabbed the closest ostrich. Ten plates of spaghetti. Like nothing. Unbelievable. Yeah, we're going to draft, draft, and we're just going to go through DK's draft grades. They're at nfldraft.theringer.com, and Craig and I are going to tear them to shreds. But first, a couple pieces of news. What?
Chapter 4: What is the concept of 'Draft the Draft'?
Um... First of all, the Steelers have, I can't, I just saw this post from Adam Schefter and I'm just going to read it verbatim. I don't, I had never heard of this. Schefter posted this morning, sources, the Steelers placed the rare right of first refusal tender on Aaron Rodgers, meaning that he can accept a 10% raise off last year's salary, which would pay him about $15 million this season.
As another condition of the tender, Rodgers would only be able to sign with the Steelers once training camp begins, end quote.
I didn't know what this was. I've never heard of this before. And so they're basically just saying you can get a 10% raise if you sign with the Steelers and that's it.
I had never heard of this. Apparently they can do this with any free agent that doesn't sign after the draft. I've never heard of this.
Oh, you have to wait until after the draft to do it.
Apparently. I think this is bizarre. I guess what it means in practice is basically they're going to be like, Aaron, you can have a 15% raise or you can retire or you can go and play for someone else. And if you sign a contract elsewhere, we'll match it.
It's kind of weird that they had to do this. The key element is it gets him in the building. In theory. Right.
Wow.
Is it a 10 or 15%? I thought his tweet says 10.
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Chapter 5: What insights are shared about the Steelers' draft strategy?
Jalen Farmer, I think he could end up starting for them at guard. And then Deion Burks getting him in the seventh row, I thought was a really good value. Speedster ran like a 4-3-1. And he could come in and eventually work his way into being a third receiver there. So I don't know this.
And then, you know, just top to bottom, it was a very solid draft class considering all the considering, especially the fact they didn't have a first rounder.
I still think that Indianapolis is dogged pursuit of trading multiple first rounders and going all in just to capture the magic of starting one season, eight and two one time.
Chapter 6: What are the highlights from the Chargers' draft picks?
is pathetic and will look very poor in hindsight. Or ballsy. Or ballsy. Maybe it'll be their year. However, this is the kind of draft they needed because I thought they got phenomenal value at every spot that they really needed a starter. And I was very impressed by this draft from Indianapolis.
Chapter 7: How did the Colts perform in this year's draft?
They also drafted a guy named George Gumbs.
George Gumbs with a B. George Gumbs Jr.
My dog, George, is all gums. For some reason, his teeth all fell out. I don't know. George Gumbs. George Gumbs Jr.
Chapter 8: What opinions are expressed about the Commanders' draft choices?
Yeah. Please, my father was George Gumbs. Okay, next pick here. Keep it moving. Craig? I'm going to go with the Chargers because... I think Akeem Messidor was sick and he's going to be good immediately. And they took Jake Slaughter, who's going to be a guard, which is help that they needed desperately.
I love how fired up Mike McDaniel is about Brandon Thompson, the receiver they took at the fourth. Oh my God. Mississippi State. Yeah, I'm falling for it. I'm falling for that. You don't like that guy? He's 164 pounds. Mike McDaniel has a history of small players playing fucking great. Which ones? Devon Achan.
Okay, but that's a different player. He's a running back.
Devon Achan is 30. I said he has a history of players playing great. You said which ones I named.
Devon Achan's 190. That's like almost 30 pounds heavier. You know the 164 is huge. Yeah, but he's a running back. He's a running back. Yeah, he's 30. He's a light running back. Dude, all right, don't act like I am crazy. 164 pounds, he is probably literally the lightest offensive player in the entire league.
Respectfully, respectfully, why the hell would I take your opinion over Mike McDaniels?
160, because I don't know how many players have ever been drafted. I said respectfully. You could say, with a velvet painting of a whale and a dolphin.
With all due respect, I trust Mike McDaniel and his eagerness to take off his clothes for this man.
Well, then he better be fucking good.
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