Overreaction Wednesday: Rich Talks Cowboys, Colts, NFL Draft, Lakers, Mets’ Misery & More

The cold open is a meta joke about itself. Overreaction Monday on a Wednesday. Higher register. We make up the rules, we break the rules, the rules are made up. Then Chris Brockman opens the file and the room actually gets to work, draft eve, with the first round less than 24 hours away.

First take. One of the four Ohio State players going in the top ten will bust. Brockman cites Vernon Gholston as proof of the genre. Rich pushes back, says he thinks all four are great football players, and admits he cannot wait for Carnell Tate to give Mike Hoskins the are-you-not-entertained touchdown moment in the Big House. Tomorrow would be the first time since Bubba Smith and the 1967 Michigan State class that one school sends four guys into the top ten.

Next. Brockman calls Jeremiah Love the first non-quarterback off the board. Rich says that is barely a limb to crawl out on. He runs his come-at-me board. Mendoza first, two edge rushers or one edge plus the Arvell Reese hybrid, then Love. Has the Titans unable to pass on him at four. Imagine Love and Tony Pollard in the same backfield with Cam Ward. Who catches it. Calvin Ridley, finally, hopefully a renaissance.

Dallas. Stephen Jones tells the room George Pickens is playing on the franchise tag, no long-term deal. Brockman calls his own overreaction. Dak throws thirty touchdowns to CeeDee and Pickens combined. TJ does not bite. Rich points out the deadline is mid-June and frames the announcement as Stephen pushing back on tenor and numbers, not closing the door. Randy Moss and Wes Welker hit thirty-one combined in 2007. That might be the ceiling.

Indianapolis. Daniel Jones looks healthy. The Colts off to seven and one again? Rich groans. Are you this bored, did you come up with this on the flight? Brockman admits he burned all the good takes on Monday.

Hoops. Lakers to the Western Conference Finals, says Brockman. Rich, openly accused-of-being-a-passionate-Laker-fan in the chair, walks the bracket. They are the four. They get Oklahoma City. So no. The takes converts on the spot. NBA should reseed like the NFL. Rich was not always there but is now. The Spurs Celtics Knicks first round upset call gets the room nodding. The CJ McCollum cooking of Jalen Brunson at the Garden gets relived in real time, Trey Young times Michael Jordan times Reggie Miller.

The button is the Mets. Twelve in a row. Soto coming off the IL. Rich says they win tonight. Clay Holmes pitching, sub-two ERA. Lindor's homer left them tied with Aaron Judge and Ben Rice combined for season home runs. That is a great way to finish overreaction Monday. On a Wednesday.