Mel Kiper's STRONGEST & WEAKEST positions of 2025 NFL Draft class

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Welcome back to "First Draft"! Hosted by Mike Greenberg, Mel Kiper Jr. and Field Yates, we're back to discuss how the New York Giants should approach the 2025 NFL Draft following the benching of former 1st-round quarterback, Daniel Jones. Plus, we run through the strongest and weakest positions of the upcoming draft. (0:00) Welcome to First Draft (0:57) How should NYG approaching '25 NFL Draft? (6:20) Will Shedeur Sanders be drafted No. 1 overall? (13:40) Will Daniel Jones get a second chance elsewhere? (22:54) The Jets' disastrous season continues (26:32) Strongest & Weakest positions of '25 NFL Draft (27:27) Running backs (30:47) Edge rushers (31:56) Defensive tackles (33:41) Tight ends (36:42) Placekicers & Punters (39:48) Weakest: Quarterbacks (43:02) Offensive tackles (45:39) Wide receivers (48:47) Orange Crushers of the week (51:08) See you next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.3	Music. A giant shakeup in the Big Apple with Daniel Jones benched, Mel Kuiper, and Field
0:47.1	Yates will tell us how the G-Men should approach the upcoming draft.
0:51.1	Plus, as always, we're responding to your questions, your takes, and your
0:55.1	draft dreams live. First draft starts right now. Hi and everybody. We are the first draft podcast.
1:04.3	It is a delight to have you back with us, as always, every week through the college football
1:08.2	season on Thursday afternoons, live on the NFL on ESPN YouTube channel,
1:13.3	and wherever you get your podcasts,
1:15.2	you know who they are,
1:16.5	the legendary Mel Kuyper, Field Yates, ready to go.
1:19.7	Mel's big board is out now on ESPN.com.
1:22.1	It's updated every Friday.
1:23.6	And this week, we are going to get to the strongest and weakest positions of the 2025 class.
1:30.0	It's not a normal year.
1:32.2	This is going to be a little bit of an unusual draft and the guys will dive into that.
1:35.8	But let's start with big news from the NFL.
1:39.8	Mel, I remember when Daniel Jones was drafted number six by the Giants.
1:43.6	There have been very few picks in recent memory that sort of took over the conversation
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