Dan Patrick (2:42)
For those of us that are exiting stage left. Exiting stage left. 8773 DP show. If you'd like to dial us up, we're here. For the next three hours or so, we'll talk to Brandle Shamblee. Golf Channel Masters week underway. Got the par three tournament coming up and whether it looks like it's going to be great. The baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, a little bit later on in the program if you would like to join us. Operator Tyler sitting by. You'll take your phone calls. Good morning. If you're watching, if you're streaming on Peacock or NBC Sports network, stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the DP show and first hour brought to you by the great folks at Miller Light. The picks will be coming in. Draft night isn't just about who gets called. It's about who shows up. Fernando Mendoza is not showing up the number one overall pick. It's going to sit this one out and be with his family. But for the big moments, Miller Light, legendary moments. Start with a Miller Light. Got a play of the day poll question. Stat of the day, all of that forthcoming NBA final regular season games. I mentioned, Fernando Mendoza is going to sit this one out. And I don't know, you know, might have to do with his mother not being able to travel, but he wants to spend the time with his family. I remember covering Barry Sanders and Barry Sanders was going to be at home with his family. He didn't go to the draft, but, you know, Barry wasn't the number one overall pick. Now if I'm the NFL, I'm like, okay, how do we get Fernando Mendoza? It's like you go to a play opening night and the star is not going to be there. He'll eventually be there, but he's not going to be there that opening night. And this draft is void of stars, name recognition. You have Jeremiah Love. Now he's the other big name. But, you know, this was about Fernando Mendoza. And if I'm the mothership and you want to have features, you know, your, your lead up to the draft. The Raiders are on the Clock and Fernando Mendoza walking in with his family. What's he wearing? You know, then you get that opportunity, get an interview with him. He gets drafted, he gets to hug the commissioner. And then you talk to him again after he gets drafted. So you get to spend, you know, a good hour on Fernando Mendoza leading in, you know, to that first night of the draft. Speaking of Jeremiah Love, I had him as second on my Heisman list. I thought he was wonderful this year. I thought he was must see tv. Here's the problem I have, and it. And I guess it's a good problem. But the Tennessee Titans at number four, they're the ones that a lot of these mock drops have them taking Jeremiah Love, the Notre Dame running back. And while I love Jeremiah Love, I don't want to take a running back unless I know my team. Like, that's the missing piece. Now, this is why I thought the Giants taking Saquon Barkley, it was a smart move. It was at the end of Eli's career. I thought that they were ready to win. And he was going to be that safety valve. He was going to give you 1200, 1400 yards. He was going to catch, you know, 40 or 50 pounds, and he was going to be a weapon. But if you take him that high, you got to make sure that you're able to use him on a good team, because you don't build around a running back. Now, years and years and years ago, you could build around a running back, but that's not the case anymore. The Raiders, they drafted Ashton Jenty. And while I loved watching him in college, I didn't think he played well. I didn't think he was a threat. He had 900 yards. 975. And he averaged a 3.7 yards per attempt. Number six pick overall. Well, he might be the right guy. It just wasn't the right time for him because the offensive line wasn't any good. If I'm Tennessee, I think long and hard about, okay, take Jeremiah Love. How is my offensive line? Because if we're confident our line is pretty good, not average, then take Jeremiah Love. But if you're not confident that that line will be opening up holes for him, you're gonna have him for four years, and then you might be getting better, and then you're gonna have to pay him. But if I'm taking Jeremiah Love, like Washington to me is the destination, because they had a down year, injuries, and you put Jeremiah Love in there with Jaden Daniels, now we got something. We got something going on. But I got to have the right team around him. It's just like a quarterback. And I have to have the right team ready to go for that running back. And I don't know if Tennessee is that team right now, because you might waste him. And he gets, you know, a thousand yards, which isn't a big deal anymore, but a thousand yards and your team wins, you know, six games. But if you have that missing piece and it's like, man, I can. I got a home run threat right there, because that's the guy. Because if I'm the Titans, I have the fourth pick. Do I trade out of that? Can I trade out of that? Can I get a lineman that I think is worth that pick? And alignment makes more. You know, we don't like when our team takes a lineman, a defensive lineman, an offensive lineman. We like when you have that pick that everybody knows. Oh, my God, Mill Kuyper loved that. You know, it's when you get some guy, you know, Jimmy Lipper out of NC State, and you go, yeah. But then you get to the playoffs, and then all of a sudden they're saying, oh, this is how they built their team. They got that center and then they got this guard, they got that tackle and free agency, that's how you win championships. That's how you advance in the playoffs. It's nice to have the shiny pieces, but if they're covered up, you know, the gold looks like pewter. And that's the big difference I have with this going into this draft. Jeremiah Love is a home run waiting to happen, but I got to make sure that I have a team that can allow him to hit home runs. Yes, Marvin.
