Arizona Cardinals' pick of Jeremiyah Love featured without near mistake
ESPN's 'The Pick is In' didn't explain the Cardinals' delay in announcing the selection of Jeremiyah Love.
The Arizona Cardinals and their selection of running back Jeremiyah with the third overall pick of the 2026 NFL draft were featured in ESPN's documentary, "The Pick is In. " which premiered on Sunday. However, it wasn't focused on the Cardinals, and it didn't include a bit of a blooper moment for the Cardinals.
The parts that focused on Love were more from the point of view of his agent, Kyle McCarthy. In the premiere , McCarthy tells Love earlier in the day that he felt that Love's ceiling in the draft was at No. 3 with the Cardinals.
When it was time for the draft and the Cardinals were on the clock after the Las Vegas Raiders had selected QB Fernando Mendoza and the New York Jets had selected EDGE David Bailey, time was coming off the clock without the Cardinals making the pick or getting Love on the phone. His agent and other teams who were filmed all reacted with the idea that the Cardinals were making trade calls. We all thought this at the time.
That wasn't what happened. Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort explained after the first round of the draft that the reason why the pick didn't get filed more quickly was because of "technical difficulties. " "We had the wrong phone number," Ossenfort explained.