The Bow Tie Chronicles: How the first-round report card blog came to life

In the 122nd episode of The Bow Tie Chronicles podcast, we discuss the first-round report card blog — the Falcons received a D for over-drafting two linemen in the first round — and walk everybody through what happened in the aftermath.

According to Daniel Jeremiah’s Top 100 rankings, G Chris Lindstrom was the biggest reach in the 1st Round of the #2019NFLDraft @Falcons #Falcons

*Based on selection vs ranking differential @MoveTheSticks pic.twitter.com/PYyv5wQ9pb
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) April 26, 2019

Also, Chris Lindstrom and Kaleb McGary answer a few questions at the podium before we asked McGary about why he cut the cord on the music in the locker room as a freshman.

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