Opening Kickoff 4-29-26 Recapping the Draft plus Rounding the Bases

About this episode

The episode features discussions on the NFL Draft and the Dodgers' strong start in baseball.

On this podcast: Dave Steinwedel, Payton Girod and Kevin Pearce are back to talk: Paytons review of a Dallas Hotel room (1:13-4:50) Pro Football Network NFL Draft Analyst Ian Cummings joins the guys to discuss the Ty Simpson pick, some of the other picks that stood out, how the Jets and Giants did, which rookie QB starts and more. (4:51-44:45) Jared Diamond of the Wall Street joins the show to discuss the Dodgers strong start, who is a threat to them, the ABS system and more. (44:46-END)

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Steinwedel, Payton Girod, Kevin Pearce

Guests: Ian Cummings, Jared Diamond

Topics covered

• NFL Draft
• Dallas Hotel review
• Dodgers baseball
• rookie quarterbacks
• sports analysis

Keywords

• NFL Draft
• Ty Simpson
• Dallas Hotel
• Dodgers
• rookie QB
• sports podcast
• Ian Cummings
• Jared Diamond

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pro Football Network, Wall Street

Places: Dallas

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