The Athletic's NFL Draft Analyst Dane Brugler joins to break down his 2025 NFL Draft Guide 'The Beast': https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/the-beast/2025/

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00:00 Intro

00:30 Dane Brugler Joins 

1:00 Dane’s 7-Round Mock

3:05 ‘The Beast’

4:17 Favorite personal story

5:17 Shavon Revel

6:24 Jamari Caldwell 

7:03 Scouting process 

8:54 Shedeur Sanders evaluation

15:29 Garrett Nussmeier 

16:15 Jalen Milroe’s value 

18:35 Running back rankings

19:07 How special is Jeanty?

23:25 Cam Skattebo strengths & weaknesses

25:26 Edge rushers

36:15 IPP Players

38:58 Would Sam have made the NFL?

40:30 DT & CB classes

45:45 Travis Hunter

47:04 Matthew Golden

48:47 Jaylin Noel

50:15 Biggest Surprise of Draft Night?

53:00 The Beast

54:50 Sponsor: Zbiotics 

56:03 Fan Bets

1:00:05 Ashton Jeanty Goes Top 5?

1:02:25 Bears select Jeanty?

1:03:50 Giants select Jeanty?

1:04:45 Giants select Sanders?

1:06:50 Abdul Carter won’t go to Giants

1:07:30 Bears won’t draft Will Campbell or Mike Green

1:08:20 Bengals select Nolen?

1:09:05 Bengals won’t select OL or DL

1:10:29 Bengals select Jihaad Campbell

1:11:05 Eagles move into Top 25

1:12:40 Sponsor: SKIMS

1:15:02 James Pearce Jr. falls out of Round 1

1:16:30 Seahawks won’t take IOL

1:18:30 Cowboys take Tetairoa McMillan

1:19:40 Panthers go offense in Round 1

1:21:35 Panthers take Campbell or Schwesinger

1:22:56 Vikings trade out of the first round

1:27:00 Vikings pick a WR at #24

1:28:00 Jets/Saints trade up for Sanders

1:29:57 Saints take Sanders

1:30:58 Sanders falls out of top 10

1:31:40 Falcons won’t take pass rusher round 1

1:32:30 Packers won’t draft offensive skill player Round 1

1:33:40 Packers trade up for McMillan

1:34:15 Chiefs pick 3 to 4 linemen 

1:35:09 Chiefs will pick O-line

1:39:40 Titans draft WR with pick #2

1:40:25 Lions select Ezeiruaku

1:41:30 Chargers draft edge

1:42:30 TreVeyon Henderson goes top 25

1:44:20 Lions trade a player to move up

1:45:20 Raiders won’t pass on Sanders

1:47:45 Landon Jackson will go Round 1

1:48:48 Jihaad Campbell will be a top 10 pick

1:50:35 Falcons won’t select Ezeiruaku

1:51:10 Eagles won’t select DL

1:51:39 Giants trade up & take Milroe 

1:52:09 Cowboys go offense Rd. 1

1:52:28 Raiders won’t select 30-visit player Rd. 1

1:54:10 Falcons select receiver at pick #15

1:55:00 Zero trades in first round

1:56:45 Final bets 

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It's time for Steve Palazzolo's Mock Draft! Steve makes his picks for all the teams in the 1st round of the 2025 NFL Draft with Sam Monson by his side giving his 2 cents on each pick.

00:00 Intro

1:50 Mug Check

2:20 Draft Show

3:04 Steve’s Mock Draft

5:50 Titans - Cam Ward 

7:18 Browns - Travis Hunter 

20:30 Giants - Abdul Carter

21:17 Patriots - Will Campbell

32:46 Jaguars - Mason Graham

38:05 Raiders - Ashton Jeanty 

41:30 TRADE?!

43:46 Jets - Armand Membou 

44:58 Panthers - Mike Green

47:28 Saints - Shedeur Sanders 

1:02:21 Bears - Will Johnson

1:07:20 Top 10 Recap

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1:10:00 49ers - Jalon Walker

1:11:29 Cowboys - Tetairoa McMillan

1:15:00 Dolphins - Kelvin Banks Jr. 

1:20:15 Colts - Tyler Warren

1:27:30 Falcons - Donovan Ezeirauku 

1:30:30 Cardinals - Jahdae Barron

1:33:10 Bengals - Walter Nolen

1:38:55 Seahawks - Jihaad Campbell 

1:47:00 Bucs - Shemar Stewart

1:52:00 Broncos - Matthew Golden

1:56:25 Recap Picks #11-20 

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2:00:00 Steelers - Kenneth Grant

2:04:10 Chargers - Colston Loveland 

2:09:36 Packers - Maxwell Hairston

2:12:35 Vikings - Emeka Egbuka

2:18:33 Texans - Josh Simmons

2:20:00 Rams - Trey Amos

2:24:10 Ravens - Derrick Harmon

2:26:00 Lions - Mykel Williams

2:27:35 Commanders -  Malaki Starks

2:28:36 Bills - Shavon Revel 

2:30:20 Chiefs - James Pearce Jr. 

2:34:40 Eagles - Josh Conerly Jr. 

2:36:30 Recap

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Steve Palazzolo and Sam Monson discuss their top sleeper picks and hidden gems of the 2025 NFL Draft.

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00:00 Intro

5:30 What is a sleeper?

9:30 Que Robinson

14:19 Lan Larison 

20:21 Tory Horton 

26:25 Jacob Parrish 

29:30 Sponsor: ZBiotics 

30:55 Weather talk

32:40 Kevin Winston Jr. 

37:05 CJ West 

42:25 Willie Lampkin

51:22 Jalen Travis 

56:06 Mapalo “Maz” Mwansa

1:01:31 QB Sleepers

1:08:00 Chat Sleepers 

1:23:00 Send your draft bets!

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson rank the top 10 edge rushers of the 2025 NFL Draft class, explaining strengths, weaknesses & potential fits. They may have chose the exact same 10 players, but the order will surprise you!

00:00 Intro

0:53 Mug check

2:00 Mock draft review

3:45 Top Edge Rusher Prospects

5:00 Defining “Edge”

9:30 Sam’s Top 5 Edge Rushers

10:22 Steve’s Top 5 Edge Rushers  

10:50 Rankings by on-the-field play

13:58 Abdul Carter - Consensus #1 

24:00 Jalon Walker 

36:55 Mike Green 

46:00 Donovan Ezeiraku 

57:00 James Pearce Jr. 

1:12:05 Sponsor: Zbioitics 

1:13:05 Sam’s #6-10 

1:15:01 Bradyn Swinson

1:20:14 Mykel Williams 

1:29:26 Shemar Stewart 

1:51:10 Landon Jackson

1:59:10 Nic Scourton

2:07:05 Edges That Just Missed 

2:26:10 Sleepers

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It's time for Sam Monson's Mock Draft! Sam makes his picks for all the teams in the 1st round of the 2025 NFL Draft with Steve Palazzolo by his side giving his 2 cents on each pick.

00:00 Intro

3:05 Mug check

4:11 Titans - Pick #1 

6:48 Browns - Pick #2 

20:00 Giants - Pick #3 

24:00 Patriots - Pick #4 

30:08 Jaguars - Pick #5 

33:20 Raiders - Pick #6 

41:32 Jets - Pick #7 

45:13 Panthers - Pick #8 

53:50 Saints - Pick #9 

58:50 Bears - Pick #10 

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1:02:12 Review: Picks #1-10 

1:03:14 49ers - Pick #11 

1:06:05 Cowboys - Pick #12

1:15:20 Dolphins - Pick #13 

1:20:11 Colts - Pick #14 

1:24:08 Falcons - Pick #15 

1:30:45 Cardinals - Pick #16 

1:33:00 Bengals - Pick #17

1:37:04 Seahawks - Pick #18 

1:41:40 TRADE?!

1:43:17 Bucs - Pick #19 

1:45:14 Broncos - Pick #20 

1:47:40 Sponsor: Timeline

1:48:33 Recap Picks #11-20

1:49:30 Steelers - Pick #21 

1:55:06 Chargers - Pick #22 

1:56:39 Packers - Pick #23 

2:01:20 Vikings - Pick #24 

2:04:45 Texans - Pick #25 

2:06:35 Rams - Pick #26 

2:10:30 Ravens - Pick #27 

2:13:00 TRADE?!?

2:14:58 Lions - Pick #28 

2:19:26 Commanders - Pick #29 

2:21:58 Bills - Pick #30

2:24:40 Chiefs - Pick #31 

2:26:38 Eagles - Pick #32 

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson give their updated team needs for all 32 squads as the 2025 NFL Draft approaches quickly and the free agent market continues to shrink.

00:00 - Countdown

00:33 - Welcome

1:22 - Joe Milton traded

6:08 - Cowboys team needs

9:17 - Giants team needs

12:39 - Eagles team needs

16:28 - Commanders team needs

20:28 - Falcons team needs

24:30 - Panthers team needs

28:30 - Saints team needs

32:17 - Buccaneers team needs

35:04 - Bears team needs

39:40 - Lions team needs

43:11 - Packers team needs

47:36 - Vikings team needs

51:34 - Cardinals team needs

55:22 - Rams team needs

59:30 - 49ers team needs

1:02:40 - Seahawks team needs

1:05:45 - Timeline!

1:06:58 - Bills team needs

1:12:28 - Dolphins team needs

1:14:54 - Jets team needs

1:20:16 - Patriots team needs

1:23:15 - Texans team needs

1:28:30 - Colts team needs

1:33:02 - Jaguars team needs

1:36:15 - Titans team needs

1:38:49 - Ravens team needs

1:42:19 - Bengals team needs

1:44:43 - Browns team needs

1:50:27 - Steelers team needs

1:54:35 - Broncos team needs

1:57:09 - Chiefs team needs

2:01:13 - Chargers team needs

2:05:21 - Raiders team needs

2:12:08 - Final thoughts

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson give their rankings of the top 10 RBs in the 2025 NFL Draft explaining strengths, weaknesses & potential fits including Ashton Jeanty, Omarion Hampton & Cam Skattebo.

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In the latest edition of Mock Draft Monday, Steve Palazzolo and Sam Monson take on 2 rounds of the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft and hone in on which guys will help build the futures of teams through through 2nd round of the draft. 

00:00 - Countdown

00:33 - Welcome

1:36 - why 2nd round matters

05:00 - Looking at Edholm’s 1st rd mock

17:30 - 2nd round starts

18:34 - 33rd pick (Falcons)

22:45 - 34th pick (Giants)

30:39 - 35th pick (Titans)

35:30 - Patriots move up to 35!

37:06 - 36th pick (Jaguars)

39:00 - 37th pick (Raiders)

41:34 - 38th pick (Titans)

50:20 - 39th pick (Bears)

56:50 - 40th pick (Saints)

1:01:20 - 41st pick (Bears)

1:06:17 - 42nd pick (Jets)

1:09:39 - 43rd pick (49ers)

1:14:22 - 44th pick (Cowboys)

1:16:33 - 45th pick (Colts)

1:20:40 - 46th pick (Falcons)

1:23:21 - 47th pick (Cardinals)

1:27:00 - 48th pick (Dolphins)

1:29:08 - 49th pick (Bengals)

1:33:04 - 50th pick (Seahawks)

1:34:00 - 51st pick (Broncos)

1:38:50 - 52nd pick (Seahawks)

1:44:55 - 53rd pick (Buccaneers)

1:47:50 - 54th pick (Packers)

1:51:28 - 55th pick (Chargers)

1:54:22 - 56th pick (Bills)

1:57:39 - 57th pick (Panthers)

2:02:36 - 58th pick (Texans)

2:05:49 - 59th pick (Ravens)

2:09:29 - 60th pick (Lions)

2:11:17 - 61st pick (Commanders)

2:13:30 - 62nd pick (Bills)

2:16:18 - 63rd pick (Chiefs)

2:20:24 - 64th pick (Eagles)

2:24:00 - Final thoughts

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson give their rankings of the top 10 WRs in the 2025 NFL Draft explaining strengths, weaknesses & potential fits - and don’t think the guys aren’t including Travis Hunter!

00:00 - Countdown

00:33 - Welcome

4:07 - Top WR prospects

12:00 - WR #1

22:29 - WR #2

35:00 - WR #3

42:14 - Jalen Royals analysis

51:00 - Jayden Higgins analysis

59:30 - Emeka Egbuka analysis

1:11:55 - Orgain!

1:15:20 - Jaylin Noel analysis

1:24:24 - Matthew Golden analysis

1:33:18 - Jack Bech analysis

1:41:32 - Tre Harris analysis

1:47:20 - Kyle Williams analysis

1:59:50 - Just missed the list

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Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson give their rankings of the top 10 QBs in the 2025 NFL Draft expalining strengths, weaknesses and potential fits. Plus, a quick recap of the Giants signing Russell Wilson & the Patriots signing Stefon Diggs. 

00:00 - Countdown

00:33 - Welcome

01:58 - Russell Wilson signs with Giants

12:05 - Stefon Diggs signs with Patriots

17:43 - Talking draft evaluations for QB

25:17 - QB Rankings Explainer

25:48 - Quarterback #1

43:32 - Quarterback #2

1:06:34 - Quarterback #3

1:20:54 - Quarterback #4

1:31:31 - Sam’s QB #5 (for Sam, #6 for Steve)

1:43:52 - Orgain!

1:45:10 - Steve’s QB #5 (#6 for Sam)

1:53:00 - Sam’s QB #7

1:58:20 - Steve’s QB #7 (#9 for Sam)

2:05:29 - Quarterback #8

2:13:20 - Steve’s QB #9 (#10 for Sam)

2:20:16 - Steve’s QB #10

2:24:40 - QBs outside of the top 10

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