Ross Rant: 2022 NFL Mock Draft | First Round
Inside scoop on the private conversations between General Managers and potential first-round draft picks:
1. Jacksonville Jaguars: "Urban Meyer? Never heard of him."
2. Detroit Lions: "Yeah, it is true. He normally gets two venti cups from The Bucks with two espresso shots in them on the daily."
3. Houston Texans: "Don't mess with Texas, well, at least four times last season."
4. New York Jets: "Have you heard we won Super Bowl III?"
5. New York Giants: "We are the best team for a future career as a morning television host."
6. Carolina Panthers: "You're gonna love the Coca-Cola 600 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame - VIP access for both!"
7. New York Giants: "No cheerleaders. No mascot. All business here."
8. Atlanta Falcons: "Whatever you do, never mention 28-3 around these parts."
9. Seattle Seahawks: "Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental."
10. New York Jets: "Have you heard we won Super Bowl III?"
11. Washington Commanders: "More people in this town read The Commanding Heights than attend our games."
12. Minnesota Vikings: "Skol is a Danish-Norwegian Swedish word for cheers or good health. It is used to express friendly feelings toward one's companions before drinking."
13. Houston Texans: "When we look at our roster, we see...."
14. Baltimore Ravens: "Do you ever get the feeling that there's something going on that we don't know about?"
15. Philadelphia Eagles: "He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas."
16. New Orleans Saints: "America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland."
17. Los Angeles Chargers: "We are the LA Clippers of professional football."
18. Philadelphia Eagles: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
19. New Orleans Saints: "If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom."
20. Pittsburgh Steelers: "We didn't quit, you quit!"
21. New England Patriots: "Do your job."
22. Green Bay Packers: "We last appeared in the Super Bowl for the 2010-11 season, where we beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25. Awesome."
23. Arizona Cardinals: "Show me the money."
24. Dallas Cowboys: "People who confuse brains and luck can get in a whole lot of trouble."
25. Buffalo Bills: "BILLievers."
26. Tennessee Titans: "Titan Up."
27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: "Fire the cannons!"
28. Green Bay Packers: "No. We are not overrated."
29. Kansas City Chiefs: "I think when I get on the plane, and it's snowing, and I get off the plane, and I'm sweating, I'll know I'm there."
30. Kansas City Chiefs: "Oh, I just go home, and I play Madden, man. I play my own Super Bowl."
31. Cincinnati Bengals: "Fortunately, there's not a ton to do in Cincinnati ... so nobody's going out to clubs and bars and getting COVID every weekend."
32. Detroit Lions: "Tell me, can you bite a kneecap off?"