This week Melissa is joined by Stacey Dales of NFL Network to wrap up the NFL Draft and discuss her fascinating career arc. Among topics discussed:

- Will the NFL regular season start on time?

- A defense of Green Bay's Jordan Love pick

- Stacey's rise as a basketball star

- Playing in the WNBA and how respect for the league has grown

- What goes into being a good reporter?

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On NFL Draft eve, Melissa shares a recording of a first round mock draft with a refreshing twist - all the selections were made by an array of talented women who cover the NFL! This mock draft was held on Tuesday 4/21 and livestreamed via Facebook. (Note: There was a technical glitch and the recording stopped at pick 22 but Melissa fills in all the prospects that were selected and by which reporter.)

Among the incredible reporters and analysts who participated:

Lindsay Jones (The Athletic)

Kimberley Martin (ESPN)

Rhiannon Walker (The Athletic)

Nora Princiotti (Boston Globe)

Jennifer Lee Chan (NBC Sports Bay Area)

Charean Williams (Pro Football Talk)

Liz Loza (Yahoo)

and MORE

Agent Nicole Lynn of Young Money joins Melissa Jacobs to detail the strange NFL draft process for her clients.

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NFL Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion Sam Rapoport takes us inside the 4th Annual Women's Careers in Football Summit where 40 invitees got to inference with NFL head coaches, GMs and the women who have broken barriers.

Also, Melissa shares her thoughts on the CBA negations and the perils on a 17-game season.

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Melissa is joined by The Athletic's Lindsay Jones to wrap up Super Bowl 54 and look ahead to the hot button issues that will define the NFL's offseason?

Where will Tom Brady land?

What rules will be changed?

Are the Chiefs poised to repeat?

Melissa officially gives her Super Bowl prediction and then is joined by her favorite football player of all time, future Hall of Famer Frank Gore!!! Frank talks about his future, mentoring young RBs, and those dark years in San Francisco. (8:07) Bonus: 10-yr old Myon Gore joins with a message for his dad. (16:48)

And then the amazing, brilliant Laura Okmin joins to talk about calling her first ever Super Bowl for Westwood One! (18:30)

Melissa kicks off Super Bowl week with a (slightly homerish) examination of Super Bowl LIV with KNBR reporter Bonnie-Jill Laflin. (6:42) Melissa and Bonnie-Jill reminisce about the Harbaugh era but explain why the Shanahan era will have more staying power. Plus, is Jimmy Garoppolo the most underappreciated player in this game.

Melissa is joined by recurring guest, her husband Dave, to preview the AFC and NFC Championships.

Melissa shares her thoughts on the NFL's flawed Rooney Rule (3:25) and the coaching hire cycle. (7:45) Then 49ers Chief Administrative Officer Hannah Gordon joins Melissa IN PERSON to talk about her incredible rise as a team executive and all the programs she oversees, how to market the NFL to women and the brewing excitement ahead of the 49ers' divisional clash with Minnesota. (12:43)

Melissa wraps up by making her surefire divisional round picks! (39:00)

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On a holiday edition of the TFG Pod, Melissa is joined by her husband Dave to discuss all the visions of NFL playoffs dancing in their heads! Why SF should be extra nervous about Seattle in Week 17, who will end the Patriots' run and who will coach the Cowboys in 2020. Plus Dave shares a poignant observation about Love Actually.

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