Waiting for the NFL Draft DRAMA 😳 + Unexpected transfer portal updates 👀 | College GameDay Podcast

Rece Davis and Pete Thamel take stock of the latest notable players in the transfer portal, how they performed last season and what to expect from them next season. Then NFL Insider Field Yates joins to lift the curtain on the NFL Draft drama circulating around the Minnesota Vikings, QB Drake Maye and other teams trying to make a splash in this year's draft. Finally, they get into some QB drafting strategy and what aspects of a player can't be measured ahead of the draft.
0:00 Welcome
0:54 What’s it like to have dinner with Rece & Pete?
2:58 Where will CB Cormani McClain transfer to?
6:05 RB Damien Martinez leaves Oregon State
9:24 NFL Insider Field Yates joins the pod!
11:48 Where does the drama start in the NFL Draft?
13:23 Addressing QB Drake Maye criticism
18:37 How many QBs go in the first round?
21:39 QB comparison: Michael Penix Jr. vs. Bo Nix
25:04 Draft a QB backup or future star?
28:55 Predicting draft surprises at CB position
29:47 Cornerback Quinyon Mitchell
44:20 What you can’t measure in the NFL Draft
44:48 Film study with NFL Insider Field Yates
46:08 Do fractional arm measurements matter?
46:41 Draft night conundrum: DT T'Vondre Sweat
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This guy doesn’t need any more coffee or energy drinks. 😅

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Jesus loves everyone ❤

[@7MikeM7]

Pete, I love you, but please think a little harder on the way you describe your feelings toward people like Damien Martinez and Kadyn Proctor. At the end of the day, you’re absolutely right that they should not be faulted for taking advantage of financial opportunities presented to them within the system they’re living in, but you’re overfeeding the beast when you “hope” they also are valued equally at their new programs. They should be expected to go out and earn the bounty they’ve been given, not *also* expect to have the same preferential treatment and literal banners that the programs who valued them beyond dollars and cents gave them. Even mercenaries have set expectations set, and they don’t get a banner before they start.

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Rece and Pete 👍🏈👍