What is up everyone, welcome back to another FanDuel live stream where we're taking a look at some more NFL draft prospects on Blade and Kirk and these are my top 5 wide receivers in the upcoming NFL draft. I posted them on Twitter and if you haven't seen them already, well then you should take a look, right? No, I'll tell you. My top 5 wide receivers in the upcoming NFL draft are number one, Marvin Harrison Jr. Obviously. Number two, Roma Dunze. Maybe not as obvious, but I still think very apparent. I think there's three guys that are just like clear wide receiver one material. And then number three is Malik Neighbors, which some people have neighbors above Dunze, whatever. And then at number four, and at number five is where things get a little interesting for me. I'm a big fan of Xavier Leguette as many people have seen already. I made a TikTok about him and I put it out in my top 5 list, Xavier Leguette, my wide receiver 4. And then at wide receiver 5, I have Brian Thomas Jr., another LSU guy, but I think he's really good, really put himself into that X-Roll at LSU so that neighbors didn't have to, right? It was a successful offense because of it. And really all we're going to do is just kind of go through each of these players, talk about why I have them where they are, why I have them where I do. And you know, for those that did not make the top 5, you know, people have questions about Eddie Mitchell. Some people like Troy Franklin, though I think most people have cooled on him recently. Some people might have Xavier Worthy. So those are guys that we can talk about as well if people want to. But I think my main objective is just to look at the people in my top 5. I've got some tape pulled up from some of their best performance, not even their best performances, their most active performances. Basically the games where they get the most targets just so that we can have a large sample size of stuff to look at because we obviously can't look through every single game from these players. But we can at least take a look at, you know, a half because I want to get through. We have an hour. I want to get through as much as we can. I don't want to spend it all on Marvin or all on Rome or all on neighbors. But if people have questions, people want to talk about stuff, obviously we can do that as well.  Just give me one moment, yeah. But we're going to talk about my top 5 receivers in the upcoming draft class. Number one, first up is Marvin Harrison Jr. I've got this tape up from the Penn State game. I think he had 13 targets, 15 maybe. He had a lot of targets in this game. So this is definitely going to give us a holistic view of, you know, who Marvin Harrison is. I think he's basically a perfect prospect. I would have him not just as the best receiver in this draft, but, you know, not taken into account positional value. I would consider Marvin Harrison Jr. to be the best player in the draft. So you can see we have him at the bottom of the screen here for those who are watching on TikTok. I'm live on the Fandal YouTube and on the Fandal Twitch. We're going over my top 5 receiver prospects in the NFL draft. I posted the list on Twitter, so we're going over that list. But Marvin Harrison, bottom of the screen here, I mean, this happens pretty fast. So it's a really tight release here. He wants to establish inside leverage, and this DB wants to get physical with him, which in college you're allowed to do. So this is something that really is only apparent in college, but the amount, the number of receivers that you'll find that you can judge very easily, I'm trying to think about how to say this, you can judge very easily how good a receiver is at dealing with contact, because it's more prevalent in college. You can have hands on receivers for longer within the rep. Marvin Harrison Jr. faces this contact pretty head on, not afraid of him, throws him off as he breaks into this route, doesn't really let it hinder him at all, makes a nice catch on the sideline. Honestly, the biggest case for Marvin Harrison Jr. to be wide receiver one is that his quarterback is Kyle McCord. That should honestly be the biggest reason, but a lot of receivers here, they're not able to break off of this contact so easily, pretty effortless there, and this is a good throw by McCord here. I'm not, I don't want to slander McCord on this rep in particular, but McCord was not a good quarterback for the Buckeyes this year, but that's a good throw and a good catch by Marvin Harrison there. Big route too, low run play here, low screen, not a bad blocker either, not a great blocker, there's better receiver blockers in this class I think. This is, he's at the top of the screen here, probably trying not to get himself killed by this linebacker that's fading out, but kind of tries to settle into the space a little bit here, McCord leads him a little further than he likes, but this is a good catch nonetheless. We don't really want to put this throw so high, because this could be a hospital ball, especially if he's lead more, this could be a really hot. Do I follow baseball? I do not, and I won't pretend like I do, but what do I think about guys like Marv not doing the combine versus a dunes aid doing it? I think, well, the big criticism with Marvin was that not only did he not do the combine here, I'll transition back here, the big criticism with Marv was not only did he not do the combine, but he also didn't do his pro day, which people were like, well, why, right, that doesn't make any sense, but I think about the biggest reason to do, the biggest reason why people skip out on the combine is like they have nothing to prove, and I get that, because the combine is in kind of an unpredictable situation.   You can kind of do whatever you want, you can run a 40 in ideal conditions, you can get thrown to by guys that you're comfortable with, but Marvin not only didn't have anything to prove, so he doesn't have to do the combine, he also would then go to a pro day, where he doesn't have the advantage of having a quarterback that he's familiar with. I guess Stroud was in attendance, so maybe Stroud would have thrown to him, but like, what Kyle McCord is going to throw, no, he's in Syracuse, and I don't know if he would want Kyle McCord to throw into him anyway. It really just would not make, it would not make a lot of sense for Marvin to do a pro day, when the whole benefit of the pro day is that you're going to be in a comfortable, familiar situation, he wouldn't have that advantage of like getting to receive footballs from someone who he's not comfortable playing catch with, Stroud gassing it, that would have been cool, if Stroud went out there and was like, hey Marvin I'll throw you some, but I mean Stroud's been in Houston, it's not like they've practiced recently, I think to me that's the biggest thing, if I were Marvin and I'm like, well it's either going to be like the backup from McCord last year, a freshman, or no one, right, I mean that's the reality is like, he's just not going to be comfortable in that situation, as much as like Rome is, who is going to get thrown to by Pentax, right, or neighbors who has Daniels, like every other receiver is going to have their quarterback throwing to them, and a lot of these receivers have quarterbacks in the draft, so they're pretty good, it's like even if Kyle McCord was there, I still don't know if Marvin would have done the pro day, because McCord is not good man, so I don't know how I am very pro, I'm very pro Marvin Harrison Jr. skipping out on the combine and his pro day, he had nothing to gain from doing it, and I just don't think the pro day would have helped him, or I think the pro day could have also done just as much damage as a combine would have for him, but we'll get back to the tape here, this was a good catch, but this was almost a hospital ball because it was so high, right, a lot of times you want those slants, when you have a guy on his back, you kind of want those to be low in a way, but he caught it, so nothing too much to criticize, it's kind of a, this is almost like a triple option, right, almost, but decent blocking here, reads it, I mean it's four on two, right, he's got a guy behind him, guy coming through in between, and you know he's got a couple guys out there blocking, but I mean this is four on two here, as far as blocking goes, he gets as much as he can, see what we're talking about man, and this was almost, this was almost a disaster, Marvin is already off the ball, you don't want to throw this so far behind him, because then if it is, and if it falls it could be a fumble, that's very scary, do I think the cowboys go after another receiver, I think they could, I'm not sure who would be there for them, maybe Leguette, maybe Thomas, maybe Mitchell, I mean there will be guys, I'm not sure exactly who, but they could, they might have other needs though, they might want to repair the offensive line a little bit, they might want to, I don't know, I guess I've been given a whole lot of thought to what the cowboys should be doing, I think their defense will probably be fine, I know they put the investment into the defensive line last year, I guess it depends on who's there, I think of Johnny Newton where there they might take him, but if it's, I think if the best player on the board is a receiver, I could see them going receiver, and that kind of just goes for the back half of the draft, you know teams that made the playoffs or teams that were close to the playoffs, you're typically just going best player available regardless of need, but sometimes you like to force, sometimes you like to force need just a little bit, just just a little bit, back to Marvin, misfire on a screen here, he's at the top of the screen, just a little drag route, of course trying to hit the seam, wasn't open, he probably should have just hit Marv, Marv probably could have scored, look at that man, not open, I mean it's one-on-one, so I guess you trust your guy to make a play here, but tough play to make. Where do you get college film from Caddy's cut-ups? I'm not entirely sure where you look that up, whether it be, I mean I know he's on Twitter, I follow him on Twitter, so I know you can find him on Twitter, but you subscribe to his Patreon, I think it's like five dollars a month, and you get access to cut-ups from every college prospect. If you're trying to watch, you know, NFL draft film, it's a very good resource to do so. All right, Tripp's on the left side, he's the middle guy, so they just got him running like that, slot fade, and really I think he's just trying to clear out here to give space for number four and complete. Two by two, or not even two, just kind of like twins on the right side, he's the slot, they run it to the opposite side, so we'll skip on through here. Look at that, oh great route though, so I'm trying to see where this ball landed. Little outside of his frame here, just a tick outside of his frame, which is insane because he's 6'4", it's like just a tick outside, very good route though. This is kind of textbook out route, because you know this is a quick route anyway, so what you can do, he buys a little bit of time, just kind of read the initial positioning of this DB, pushes to his depth, gets his hips open just enough so that he's reaching when he makes this break, drops his hips, he's got separation here, but again it's just like just maybe a tick outside of his frame. I do also know that Marv supposedly suffers from concentration drops occasionally, so if there were a criticism that would be it, but these routes are pretty nasty, the athleticism is about as good as it gets, Kamal Kord takes a sack here, one on one on the outside, run, he wants Marv here on the slant again, just outside of his frame, not sure what Makord is doing, I mean this is as easy of a route as you get here, right, you don't want to run into coverage, right, you don't want to be in the same spot as another receiver, Makord just puts this outside of, I'm sorry, brother on tiktok is asking me if I've ever started, if I've ever considered getting into boxing, what are we talking about? I'd love to see Cincinnati move up to like 10 or 12 to get Bowers, I don't know if Bowers falls that far, that's because I look at like the Jets and I keep saying the Jets should trade up because I don't think, I think there are too many teams in that top 10 that could use a weapon, I mean there's at least five, right, and there's four blue chip weapons, there's Marvin, there's neighbors, there's a doomsday and there's Bowers, there's five teams that could reasonably take those guys before you even get to the Jets, I just don't know if you're getting one of those premier guys unless you're well within the top 10, Makord overshoots this seam again, open, it's open, this one's open and Marvin's open too, you've got two open seam routes, you've got an open go round on the outside at the top of the screen too, just terrible, terrible by Makord so far, Marvin's getting tackled mid route, this is crazy, Jets give up like 10 and a fourth for Cincinnati's first and second, wouldn't that be funny, I didn't sell out, what are you talking about, that's a great catch by 17, another run, let's get to like half time maybe in this game, we've already got, we're already kind of 20 minutes in, I want to get to some of the other guys, this is good coverage here kind of at the top of the screen, this whole, this throw might be behind him, it might be one that he could catch but this is, I wish I had the other angle to kind of really see what this ball is, so yeah I mean he's got, he's won this rep as far as creating separation and it's behind him here, Makord's not even under pressure, I mean it's like catchable but it's a good route and it's just like a low throw that's behind him, when the receiver is, when the DB is behind him, sometimes I forget how bad Kaio Makord was this year, this is the thing, it's like Marvin is the only receiver in this draft that is like dealing with quarterback play this bad, every other one had like is going to have a guy get drafted this year, Marvin at the top of the, more runs, more runs at the top of the screen once again, little corner route, ball's out before he even makes his break, but it's a threatening route as far as pushing vertical, they're kind of giving the exact same look here, they run it this time, bro what is going on here, I mean this is a horrible decision, in what world is this an open throw, Kaio what are you doing, this has to just become Kaio Makord hate, that's all, this throw is horrid, how did you not see 11 drop, he didn't even like show blitz or anything, he just lined up and just dropped, that's it and he dropped right in the zone that you threw into, like what are you talking about, Roman Wilson had worst QB play, listen I'm not a big McCarthy fan, but he's better than Kaio Makord, this is a horrible decision, Jesus man, oh my god, oh my god, Marvin's getting like really held here, yeah and they called it, it's right there, yeah the Jersey tug, so my his shoulder really dipped on that, I couldn't tell if he just tried to dip his shoulder or what, but I'm like that's a clear hole, the arms flailing and everything, don't need any Oscar winning performances for this, but again Kaio Makord you are the worst man, brother is lucky that wasn't a touchdown, all right we got Marvin and another run play here, give my guy a bone real quick, there it is, this is not a good throw, I mean maybe it's a fine throw, actually that's probably the best throw that we've seen Makord make, not the best read, but a pretty good throw for the read and then Marvin what a heck of a catch, I mean he's literally running into this DB as he makes this catch, I don't even know how he sees the football here, that's my question, it's like how does he see this, because he breaks and I guess he just, I mean that's concentration right there, if you're worried about concentration drops, this is as good of concentration as it gets, you run into the DB, keep your eyes on the football, make the catch through contact, so okay so we're not quite to half time yet, he's so wide open here, what happened here, okay yeah they just crushed this zone, great play call, let's see what he does after the catch, nothing too crazy, right just picks up an extra, looks like 10 maybe 15, catches it at the yeah 46, gets to maybe the 41, nothing wrong with that, I mean he's got a million jerseys around him, if he scored a touchdown off of this he'd be Tyreek Hill right, yeah they wanted a flag on that one, I'm trying to Marvin might have earned a flag there too, I think they tugged on his arm though not the jersey, Jesus McCord, anyway yeah let's let's look at the rest of the receivers, we don't want to spend too much time just on Marvin, I think most people would agree with me that Marvin's number one, a dunes ace number two, we don't have to talk about him too much, to me Rome is I mean about as close to being the best receiver in this class as you could get without just being Marvin Harrison Jr, he would be a wide receiver one in most other years for me and I think for a lot of people, he's the best contested catch guy, he's a dog when it comes to attacking the football in the air through contact and he's got a very complete route tree, the one thing that you would really lose out on maybe is like the after-the-catch stuff but I just like don't mind that so much, the only thing that I really care about I think he's the best at attacking the football at the catch point in this class and he's probably got the best ball tracking down the field in this class Malik neighbors would be next, another guy that we could watch don't necessarily need to though, super dynamic athlete could be a wide receiver one in a lot of other classes, very good after-the-catch, very very fluid route runner, good hands like just all around solid guy, not a lot to criticize here so those are those are the big three right we don't have to discuss too much on that we spent a lot of time on Marvin we didn't really have to do that we'll move on though to Leguette who is my wide receiver for and we'll just kind of skim through this tape because this is the Georgia game so the problem with Xavier Leguette and what and I think partly why a lot of people don't like him but it also makes his film difficult to watch is the South Carolina offense is extremely difficult they have a lot of routes that kind of run into the same space not a very not not a very well-designed offense think like Greg Roman Ravens but with worse quarterback play right but as far as the skills that he brings to the table I think it's very hard to find someone that does more of the things that I like so I oh over the last couple of years I've become more and more infatuated with receivers that really dominated at the catch point Leguette is that guy I want guys that attack I want guys that are attacking the football at the catch point and guys that track the football well down the field those that's number one number two route running is important but it's easier to teach I think the tracking I think the the aggressiveness at the catch point that stuff is harder to teach and it's harder to find right there's only but you think about the best receivers in the league they're all good at it they're all good at it so if I'm looking for a guy who like has that potential that's what I'm looking for pretty good blocker again there are better blockers in this class actually Rome is a really good block Rome Roma dunes is a really good blocker we'll talk about lad McConkey a little bit he's a really good blocker look at this I mean this is this is a staredown throw he's not going through his progressions he's just waiting for leguette to look back and then he's pulling the trigger on this throw no matter what not particularly super open but he just puts it high enough and leguette just says yeah it's mine gets the foot down great catch that's Georgia man it's against Georgia yeah but this isn't like a particularly well designed route system you've got like every route on the field going into the same air like every route is flowing this way and you got the quarterback staring down one side of the field and you've got two DB's in the same area as leguette and he still makes this catch it's just he's just like I'm just gonna high point it and go get it that's what we like to see he's just staring down staring down that side of the field again I think he wanted leguette this time and then he was like I'm not gonna force it again he probably could have though I mean he had enough space from from the underneath corner and the safety was there but Bladen has leguette as wide as you report because he has the same accent as Ranny Moss he must be right I haven't even heard leguette talk so I don't I didn't know they had the same accent I don't even I'm trying to even think about what Ranny Moss sounds like and I like cannot visualize it right now oh look at the blocking not the best blocker and the best blocker in this class might be lad Makanke honestly but I like receivers that are willing enable blockers it just makes them easier to get on the field and I think NFL teams will like that I like it as opposed to like well I have to to put you in a situation that is super ideal and it's like it we have to force feed you the ball no matter what it's like I just want to be able to run offense and if like you're the best player then that's fine but you know a lot of these guys for you know four five six seven eight nine receivers off the board they're not going to be the best they might not be the best player on their team you know some of them are going to go in the second round it's like you might not get a hundred targets you might have to settle for you know 60 it's just like bad offensive line quarterback that's taking like seven step drops look at it for surprising but you don't hate it yeah I mean again it's just I think he attacks at the catch point in a capacity that a lot of other receivers don't Keon Coleman's another guy in that vein that I think deserves a lot of respect for his skill set at the catch point maybe less so at FSU and more so at Michigan State they just run like like what is this route combo what is this route combo hitch route and then a speedout what what is this route combination man there is no way that that this was seen as a an ideal route combo for this for this play either someone got the play wrong or this is crazy little screen no blocking not surprised throw the ball anyway we won't spend too much time on this legato great athlete he attacks the catch point at a high level I like it a lot because of that my fifth guy would be Brian Thomas Jr actually I wonder I don't remember if I can pull up Keon Coleman from Michigan State but if I can I would like to so it'd be 21 right maybe it is 22 I don't know which game this will do Minnesota we'll pull up Keon Coleman yeah so this is Michigan State Keon Coleman so a lot of people don't like Keon Coleman a whole lot because the numbers that FSU were bad but you watch the tape at you know Michigan State and you'll you'll probably get a good taste of what this guy can bring to the table not hard to spot the biggest guy on the field yep bottom of the screen there it's running the ball though you're my guy a bone all right biggest guy in the field there he is bottom of the screen they're throwing it not to him but a good route here he's a very good athlete slow speed out actually I probably dick rode that route a little a little much kind of top of the screen ask oh not quite where you want this is actually a great camera angle oh my god still could have caught it but not quite where you want it I just don't think he expected it there trying to get some better clips and it's already 14 nothing get the ball out what are you doing yeah bro these quarterbacks some of them are terrible biggest guy in the field has thing he goes to FSU and Theo's brought this up a lot and he ends up being on the same field as Johnny Wilson it's like these are the same guy like the same archetype so you might have just been a little hitch route yeah nowhere to go 17 nothing dog or five minutes into the tape they're getting crushed anyway number five is Brian Thomas bro had a billion touchdowns this year this is an explosive offense and he filled kind of the role of that X receiver that you know people saw neighbors line up in the slot a lot this is why because you have a guy that can line up on the outside and take the top of the defense that's not him but LSU receivers they're usually pretty good he's number 11 so he's in the slot here Daniels oh Daniels it's the ball batted at the line more runs more runs could be the problem with watching these receivers sometimes is they just don't always get the ball and I tried to pick games where they got the ball a lot but I can only control so much man give me a break and Daniels likes to run the ball a lot and take a lot of hits and slips on this route here it's okay it happens I forgive you and this is that play so we'll skip past that 14 nothing all right I got top of the screen here Brian Thomas they throw the neighbors on the other side we like neighbors not mad at it top of the screen once again they go to neighbors once again great guy to go to rare Jaden Daniels pass over the middle I just want to see if I can just pull up the play where I was a great thing about the legate tape they I got to see I got to show exactly what I wanted to show on the first play Brian Thomas however I got it got a really flow through here we go that's that's it I think he got this one I can't remember if he got this one or not but I know he has a few contested attempts in this game so looks like they did give it to him so yeah I mean this is textbook stuff that that Brian Thomas can do for you but this is also this is also I need to make this point this is also the most common route concept that you will see in college football all right the inside fade hit on the outside right DB actually plays this really well and this is what makes Brian Thomas so good and why I like him catch point man catch point attack the ball at the catch point bring it to your body this is a difficult catch to make a lot of receivers would not make this catch Brian Thomas does Roma doon say does Marvin Harrison does Xavier legate does all right those are the kind of plays that you get from Brian Thomas Junior and so you can kind of see the vein of receivers that I really like I'm not a big fan of worthy like tiny fast receivers just don't enthuse me a whole lot though Tank Dell has been a success in the NFL many would say and then Adnan Mitchell is another big name who I like a decent amount I think he's got a good skill set I had this route pulled up from earlier because I knew I wanted to show it this is a really nice route he's definitely got some elements of like CD he's got maybe some Jefferson and like he's got some big time wide receiver one aspects to his game but he's also and this is not something that I like to to point at because it's a lot of receivers do it where you know if they're not the number one guy on the field or if they're not the one getting the ball sometimes they take plays off but it feels like Mitchell does it more often and it's concerning in that regard I also think he can be a little bit of a body catcher when it's not necessary and this is something that like if you if you watch highlights of guys that those are supposed to be like the best that they can offer and I feel like I find more flaws in Mitchell's highlights than I do in a lot of the other top receivers in this class and that's concerning to me there's a play against Oklahoma State which this is the TCU game so I'm not gonna go and rummage for it right now but he makes a a really you know it's a good route he gets open good catch cuts back has a lot of space it's a good move after the catch but he gets caught like trips up on what I thought should have been a touchdown so there's just certain things and maybe I'm nit picking and I just like like certain guys and I've been enthused by certain guys but this might be something where I'm willing to be wrong on where I think there's three receivers that are like a clear top tier blue chip guys and then there's a couple and then I just kind of pick the guys that I like the most and go from there and maybe that's an archetype thing but like that's something that I'm willing to be wrong on I think is if I'm picking Leggette and Thomas over Mitchell because of archetype and style I think I'm willing to live with that one guy I do want to talk about we've got about 10 more minutes because I know Bridget's gonna go live for the for the March Madness stuff yes Lad McConkey this will be I mean this is nine minute tape here top of your screen here Lad McConkey is probably the best blocker and the best route runner in this class and that makes him in my opinion really easy to get on the field I think he is going to be good in the NFL the level of what his ceiling is I don't know because I don't think he can line up outside and I do see elements of him struggling to fight through contact but his hands are good his route running is very good that probably the best in this class and his blocking is probably the best in this class and I think when you have those elements to your game and he's a really good athlete I mean we saw his combine he's super fast I think he's just gonna be a super easy guy to get on the field he's gonna be really easy whether it's you know obvious I think he's better than like a special teamer but if it were to be on special teams or as a receiver probably both I just think it's like a guy that is going to be a successful weapon but I just don't think he's gonna like fight through contact well as like an ex-receiver like he's very solidly in like a slot role for me bottom of your screen here they line him up outside but you see there's I mean there's no press man right straight zone here cover to it looks like he's so wide open I mean this play has gone on for a long time so like yeah but this is what you want to see right when you know things kind of start breaking down you know how do you make yourself available you got a lot of guys just kind of standing around on the back side coming back to the ball they call this incomplete but I mean this is good effort top of your screen again off the ball right this rowdy kind of gets a little tangled up trying to come back on get a little bit of bowers action in here too it's almost not worth talking about tight ends you might as well include bowers and in the list of receivers and just put in the bowers just becomes wide receiver for by default for me I'm trying to get examples of the blocking by lad but I and I thought it was I remember this being a game that was really worth watching but I am struggling to now find those examples I should start drawing up my own cut-ups that would be really I think that would be really useful but here's an example of him you know struggling through the contact a little bit you know a DB gets hands on him and you know we saw Marvin was able to really fight back get guys off of him at the top of his route lads route kind of dies in that aspect that's a good block right there just initiate some contact right a lot of receivers don't even seek out the contact there so the fact that he's willing to do that that's another one again a lot of guys don't even seek out the contact at all and that's just to get the willing right so there's two aspects to receiver blocking willing and able so we've seen the willing just the want to seek out contact when you're not you know the guy on the play that's a good route there you know push vertical so first you you realize that oh I need to go back this DB's got a lot of outside leverage so we're gonna say okay we're gonna really threaten you outside force you to stay out there and then we'll push vertical and then we'll come inside on this dig route it's like good spatial awareness but this is another example of just like the contact this is not like heavy contact who's like a little like jab and it throws him way off so that's my main concern and I think it's I don't think it's I don't think it's nothing it's definitely not nothing but I think he's got really good I think he's got really good skills more the contact stuff there that's that's definitely the main concern for me with with lad oh yeah man Brown's are going 17 and oh that's that's facts but throw a little screen to him there not really anywhere to go not a super open route here this is really good coverage right I mean they've got a guy on him and a guy on top of him it's not a bad route though probably not his best route but it's a good release it's a really nice release and it you'd probably want to see this more as a plant than a than a breakdown though got them lined up in the slot here another in in breaking dig route catches it at the one isn't really able to fight forward to the to the goal line there but it's a good catch secure it through contact here even though it's kind of an early ball right he's kind of still finishing through his break and then they punch it in here the one there's that contact struggle again you get hands on him it it's an issue so that's what I'm saying he's got a line up in the slot but we'll look at we'll look at some numbers here real quick there's bowers good catch good hands catch top of the screen little jailbreak action and then so yeah we'll bounce out of that real quick got a couple minutes left here just look at some numbers yards per route run against zone Malik neighbors Marston Marvin Harrison Jr. two of the top guys up here got Jeff Foreman yards per route run against man coverage Xavier Leguette's number three and of guys with like substantial targets he's the guy Roma dunes a is up there too Troy Franklin's up here but Troy Franklin also has a very you a very low contested catch rate and somewhat of a high drop rate which is concerning to me and you know we didn't get to look at him but I think his my concerns with him is he doesn't really track the football well down the field even though I do think he's a pretty good route runner and then we'll look at one other stat real quick we'll just do receiving and we'll go to 50% of targets and now if we just look at a we'll look at general yards per route run Malik neighbors Marvin Harrison Jr. again Freud Franklin I have my issues with Franklin Leguette's right there who we just looked at you know I like Rome is there no I like Brian Thomas is there and then but you look at like drop rate who's a guy that we don't want to see up here Troy Franklin's the only guy that we've talked about that's kind of up here Marvin is a little higher than you would like but it's not 10% so that comes to like the concentration drops issue that you know people have with him worthy maybe a little bit Brian Thomas maybe a little bit contested catch really contested targets Keon Coleman again the FSU stuff is tricky to go with just because he was objectively better at Michigan State Marvin Harrison Jr. takes a lot of contested targets mostly because the positioning of the throws that he gets is not ideal so a lot of targets that should be open or should just be regular targets end up being contested because of how the ball is placed I feel like Luke McCaffrey's kind of underrated I would be very interested it's not someone that I've given like a ton of like interest in looking at but very I think underrated as far as where he's being placed or what he could be maybe I think he could be pretty good Roma dunes a obviously 75% contested catch rate he turns 50-50 balls into 70-30 right he is that good neighbors is up there legat is up there in terms of target rate and then as far as you know they're conversion I mean if you're above 40% I would say you're you're pretty much in that range Franklin's just outside of that worthy is outside of that too but you know 47 we got 43 for Marvin Luke McCaffrey's at 60 hey but that's pretty much it again the top five receivers that I have coming into the NFL draft this year I've got Marvin Harrison junior number one now come back to this Marvin Harrison junior number one Roma dunes a number two Malik neighbors number three that's the big three I think those guys are wide receiver one material and then like Xavier Legat to me is like late first round could be really good Brian Thomas to me would be early second round would be a great wide receiver to very like maybe like a T. Higgins type mold and then there's some guys outside of that that I like a little bit less Mitchell and McConkey and then Keon those would be like the three outside of the top five that I'm like interested in but not as interested in as the other two but yeah that's pretty much it so I really appreciate you all tuning into this we'll be back next week probably looking at corners I'm thinking we'll see I'll let you all know on Twitter you'll see you know next week when I drop another position top five but yeah thank you all so much for tuning in and until next time


A very good evening aspirants welcome to the hindi news analysis brought to you by Shankar ice academy and today i have chosen these news articles for discussion and as you can see we have topics from international relations and today we will see about chili cultivation we'll see about financial stability report about atel innovation ranking and also about the agreement that india is planning to sign with australia so let us get to the discussion now so this discussion is going to be based on this editorial article it is about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline this pipeline is often in news nowadays it is a news since the Ukraine issue started and this particular editorial it highlights the uncertainty around this Nord Stream 2 pipeline and here the author has also pointed out the importance of this pipeline to various countries like Russia Germany USA because all these countries are using this pipeline as an economic tool as well as a geopolitical tool so that is why today we are going to see about this Nord Stream 2 pipeline and its geopolitical significance the syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference you can take note of it so first what is this Nord Stream 2 pipeline and why is Russia keen on completing this project see first note that this is a natural gas pipeline this pipeline seeks to connect the russian city of east luga to the german city of libmin so the pipeline runs from russia to germany but particularly this pipeline is important for russia why because see russia has the highest gas reserves in the world it has 38 trillion cubic reserves and this is roughly equivalent to 19 percentage of total natural gas reserves that is found in the world and according to world integrated trade solutions russia actually exports around eight billion dollars worth of natural gas so that means many countries depend on this exports actually europe is the biggest market for russia's gas exports here you can see that 72 percentage of russia's gas exports goes to europe and among these european countries you can also see that germany actually accounts for 16 percentage of russia's gas exports so that means europe is the largest customer for russia and in the europe germany is the largest customer now for transporting this natural gas there are many natural gas pipelines from russia here in this image you can see all these pipelines which are marked in various colors these are the important pipelines that connect russia and europe and these transport natural gas now note that currently two land-based pipelines are functional this is the brotherhood pipeline here and the yamal europe pipeline apart from this one offshore pipeline is also functional this offshore pipeline is the nord stream one pipeline so here pay attention we have two nord stream pipelines one is the nord stream one and the other one is nord stream two in this representation you can see that nord stream one is depicted in this blue line and nord stream two pipeline is depicted in pink line now this nord stream two is what is under construction but nord stream one is already functional now in this map you can also notice that yamal europe pipeline which connects russia and europe it actually passes through belaris and this brotherhood pipeline it passes through ukraine so that means for these pipelines to be functional there should not be any uncertainty in belaris or ukraine otherwise they can easily block the pipelines passing through their country and if they do so then it would be a major blow to the russian economy and to counter any such instance russia focused on the nord stream pipelines because it is an offshore pipeline as we already saw so these countries cannot use it as a leverage against russia in case there is a crisis situation and this is the main reason why russia is pushing for nord stream two pipeline also so due to these reasons russia is saying that this pipeline is a purely economical project for it but on the other hand some countries like usa and most of the european countries they are little concerned about this project they are mainly worried that russia could use this pipeline as a political weapon see you should understand that russia currently supplies around 50 percentage of europe's natural gas so already 50 percentage of europe's natural gas needs are met by russian imports so when the nord stream two pipeline gets fully operational then this figure will rise so this will give more bargaining power to russia while dealing with europe and its energy market and that is why european countries are concerned with this along with this some countries are also worried that russia might use this particular project to undermine the resilience of democratic institution of europe but as usual the russian president mr putin has dismissed all these claims he's saying that these claims are nothing but foolish propaganda even in the recent international economic forum 2021 mr putin has claimed that nord stream two is purely a commercial project which is shorter cheaper and economically more viable compared to the gas transit through multiple european countries so according to him this pipeline doesn't have any geopolitical side but we can clearly see that the concerns of european countries are valid to some extent so so far we saw the importance of nord stream two to russia and its economy and we also saw why european countries are against it now what about usa because we saw that usa is also against it actually usa is keen on stalling this project this is mainly because of usa's shale gas reserves see we know that us has a large amount of shale gas reserves what is a shale gas see basically shale is nothing but a finely grained sedimentary rock and the gas that is trapped along the cracks and fractures of shale can be extracted using hydraulic fracking or hydraulic fracturing now this natural gas which is obtained from this method is what is called as shale gas now as i already said us has large reserves of shale gas and its production has particularly increased from 2005 and it is increasing since then due to the extraction of natural gas from the shale reserves you can see in this representation here the blue line represents the the production of natural gas and the red line depicts the consumption pattern and the green line represents the net imports of natural gas and if you look closely presently usa does not import natural gas because here the value is zero and also the production has crossed the total consumption in the recent years here you can see that the consumption is lower than the production so that means now usa has to sell its surplus natural gas and that is why it is looking for a market to sell this surplus gas production and europe is a huge market for natural gas and that is why usa is also focusing on europe but to capture the european market usa has to take several steps why because already europe is dependent on russian supplies so first usa has to reduce europe's dependence on russian supplies then only it can supply its natural gas to europe and for this several steps were taken by the u.s administration and already during mr trump's administration in 2019 they signed a law this law imposed sanctions on the european companies that was involved in completing the nord stream 2 pipeline but this move was particularly opposed by the former german chancellor angela michael she claimed that the european countries must be allowed to make autonomous decisions regarding their imports so she also asked the us to withdraw its extra territorial sanctions so we can see that this move of mr trump's administration actually strained the u.s germany relations but now we have mr biden's administration usa so in july 2021 itself the current u.s administration and germany they came to an agreement through this agreement both countries decided to allow the completion of the nord stream 2 pipeline along with this they also signed an agreement to invest more than 200 million euros in energy security in ukraine and they also plan to invest more on the sustainable energy across europe now this agreement will also restore trust and it will enhance the close cooperation between usa and germany so that means even after usa's continuous effort to stall the nord stream 2 pipeline this july 2021 agreement actually gave a go ahead for the completion of this pipeline so as of now usa cannot do anything so now what about germany how is this pipeline important to it now to understand that we need to understand about the installed power generation capacity in germany this graph represents its installed power generation capacity now here you can see that the nuclear power and coal contribute a significant amount to germany's energy basket but we know that germany has set out a plan to shut down its nuclear and coal power plants because they have taken decision to move towards renewable resources but we know that renewable energy is unpredictable so germany is thinking that power produced from natural gas could act as a buffer because this is less polluting than coal and even according to a data from 2015 germany actually imported about 40 percentage of its natural gas from russia it imported 29 percentage from the netherlands and 34 percentage from norway that means only 10 percentage of its natural gas consumption was got from its own fields so this data shows that germany is heavily dependent on russian natural gas so that means if this nord stream 2 pipeline is completed then it will enable germany to get cheaper and reliable natural gas from russia so this will also help in germany's smooth transition to renewable energy but this is a problem for germany also why because this will make germany more dependent on russia and this will lead to rise in energy prices say actually right now also in europe the whole sale energy prices have more than doubled this is mainly due to the limited supply of fossil fuels and even for this current increase in price the european countries are blaming russia they're saying that russia is intentionally decreasing its gas supplies to europe which is increasing the current price and if this happens then its controversial nord stream 2 gas pipeline will be completed ahead of its time so that means based on these facts now germany cannot only rely on russia and that is why it is now planning to diversify its natural gas supplier base actually germany is building its first liquefied natural gas terminal to receive natural gas from other countries such as usa and katar and apart from this germany is also using the current crisis to increase its investment in the renewable energy and the production of green hydrogen so it is trying to diversify its energy needs so regarding the nord stream 2 gas pipeline the current new german chancellor has to make a tough decision we know that it took administration in this month only mr olof schaltz became the german chancellor in december 2021 so now he has to make the tough decision because on one hand russia is increasing its military posture against ukraine because it wants to prevent ukraine from getting closer to the nato countries and this particular stance of russia is seen as a threat in europe so because of this many european leaders or of the opinion that germany should cancel the pipeline altogether in case of any military escalation happens in ukraine due to russia so on one hand mr schaltz should make a decision that will satisfy germany's energy needs and on the other hand he should also ensure the geopolitical stability of the region and he should also ensure that this nord stream 2 pipeline is not used as a geopolitical tool but it will be used as a balancing tool which will be used to balance germany's energy needs as well as solve the geopolitical issues so let's wait and see what he decides and whether this nord stream 2 pipeline gets completed or not so in this discussion we saw the importance of this pipeline to three countries mainly it is important to germany and russia we saw that and we saw why usa is opposing to it because then usa will not able to make european assets energy market and finally we also saw that how the current german chancellor has to make a tough decision which will balance both germany's energy needs and solve geopolitical issues in the region so with these points let us move on to the next discussion this discussion is going to be based on these two news articles and these articles talk about the national ranking which ranks the most innovative educational institutions in our country yes here we are talking about the utter ranking of institutions on innovation achievements therefore from prince perspective and also from main's perspective it becomes important for us to know about this national ranking its parameters because based on this only the institutions are ranked and you'll also see the ranks of various top notch institutions in our country let us see them now before that the syllabus relevant to this discussion is highlighted here for your reference now first note that as its name suggests this utter ranking of institutions on innovation achievements which in short is also called as aria basically focuses on innovation so when we say innovation we refer to converting ideas into new or improved products processes and services this means translating the scientific knowledge into products services and offerings and then taking these inventions to marketplace and bringing economic growth and social development so overall innovation is linked to economic growth and social development and remember that the decade of 2010 to 2020 it was declared as the decade of innovation by our prime minister this decade was announced to foster innovation and also to unleash the creative potential of every Indian so basically this decade was aimed at making India as a global innovation hub now in the process of becoming a global innovation hub higher educational institutions they play a crucial role therefore these higher education institutions they need to create a sustainable innovation ecosystem so that they can unleash the creative potential of youth now here the role of government also comes into play because it becomes the duty of every government to ensure that innovation is primary central role of all higher education institutions in our country because we want to make our country a global innovation hub and to ensure this particular objective this national ranking of aria was started in the year 2018 it was introduced by the then ministry of human resource development which is now called as ministry of education so the basic objective of this ranking is actually manifold it aims to measure innovation and startup ecosystem based on input process output and outcome based parameters and along with this this ranking all to aims to measure the impact that is created by these innovation and startups from the higher educational institutions in society and in the market so we can understand that having innovation is not only important but understanding its impact in the society and market is also important and this is also done by this ranking and ultimately all of these given objectives aim at the ultimate objective of uplifting India's position in the global innovation index and according to aria's objective it aims to raise India's ranking in global innovation index from 48 to top 30 in a time period of five years so here let us briefly understand what is this global innovation index so it is an annual publication of world intellectual property organization and as you know this world intellectual property organization or WIPO it is a self-funding agency of united nations and this organization and this global innovation index it focuses on the recent global innovation trends and it also ranks the innovation ecosystem performance of economies around the globe now by this ranking it also highlights the innovation strengths and weaknesses of economies and the gaps in their innovation metrics so these are the indicators of global innovation index 2021 now if you take india india has gradually performed better and its ranking has improved in this global innovation index here you can see that in 2016 we ranked 66 and in 2021 we are at 46th position so in six years we have improved 20 ranks and as we saw one of the objectives of aria is improving india's ranking from 48 to top 30 so the 48th rank was in 2020 but every year we are improving our ranking actually india has done so better that in 2021 india is also among the top three innovation economies in central and southern asia along with this india is also ranked among the top three innovation economies in the lower middle income category also and a national ranking such as aria will also assist in improving india's rank to top 30 in global innovation index so for this purpose what does this aria ranking do see it also systematically ranks education institutions and universities but it ranks these institutions and universities primarily on innovation related indicators or parameters so what are these indicators and parameters see it has nine primary parameters and these include the patent filed and granted then under the ventures established you also have these are parameter of number of registered students and faculty startups then it also has the parameter of fund generation by incubated startups then the specialized infrastructure created by institutions to promote innovation and entrepreneurship like this it has many important parameters from patent to startups so just go through these parameters now along with this you should also note that the 2021 ranking classifies the participating high education institutions under two heads they have been classified as technical higher education institutions and non-technical higher education institutions and then each of these class is then categorized as publicly funded institutions and privately or self-financed institutions so totally we have six categories in the aria ranking and the one which we are concerned with is the category of institute of national importance and central universities or centrally funded technical institutions and in this category the top ranking institution in 2021 is the indian institute of technology of medras that is iat medras and here you can see the top ranking institutions in the remaining categories you just go through the names of these universities and institutions now another fact that you should focus from exam perspective is that it is the third time that iat medras has been ranked the most innovative education institution in our country so among the iat itself iat medras has been ranked the top innovative institution and overall if you see also in the institute of national importance category as usual the seven iat and the indian institute of science in bungalow they are the top eight central institutions this means that these institutions perform better in promotion and support of innovation so these are some of the crucial facts that you need to know about aria ranking and also about the global innovation index and india's ranking in it remember that aria ranking is based on fostering innovation and our prime minister declared 2010 to 2020 as decade of innovation and then we saw that in the global innovation index india has been performing better in the last six years india has improved 20 ranks india has improved from 66 to 46 and now india is aiming to go to the top 13 global innovation index and here only aria ranking also helps the institutions in achieving this goal and this aria ranking has parameters that cover various areas such as patents fun generation entrepreneurship startups etc and then finally we saw that iat medras has been ranked for the third time as the top innovative institution in our country so with these facts in mind now let us get to the next discussion now our next discussion is going to be based on this news article which talks about the recently published report of rba which is the financial stability report this was published yesterday and it is the 24th issue of financial stability report and this particular news article talks about the status of gross non-performing assets mentioned in this report so today we will see what is this financial stability report and few facts relevant for examination we'll also see the effects of increasing gnpas first what is a financial stability report see it is a report which is published by rba as we already saw and it is published biannually that is it is published once in every six months and this report is approved by the financial stability and development council subcommittee so first let us see about the financial stability development council see this council is chaired by the union finance minister and its members are governor of rba finance secretary or secretary to the department of economic affairs then it also includes secretary of department of financial services as its members chief economic advisor is a member then chairman of security and exchange board of india that is sebi is also a member chairman of irdai and pfrda is also members of this financial stability and development council now this council mainly deals with issues relating to financial stability financial sector development it also deals with interregulatory coordination financial literacy financial inclusion and it also exercises supervision of large financial institutions so now what about financial stability development council subcommittee that is fsdc subcommittee see this committee is chaired by governor of rba so remember that fsdc is chaired by union finance minister but the subcommittee is chaired by rba governor this is an important fact from problems perspective now this subcommittee meets more often than the full council and all the members of fsdc are also members of the subcommittee now in addition to this all four deputy governors of rba and the additional secretary to the department of economic affairs are also members of this subcommittee so now why is this financial stability report published what is its purpose see this report as we saw is a biannual exercise and this exercise reviews the nature and magnitude of macroeconomic environment along with this it also reviews the implications of risks and stress on the macroeconomic environment on the financial institutions markets and infrastructure more importantly these reports also assess the resilience of financial sector through stress tests so now what does this report say about gnpa there is gross non-performing assets before knowing that let us see what is the non-performing asset see we know that loans or advances are made by banks and these are called as assets and these assets they generate income for the banks in the form of interest but what if the loans turn bad or what if the banks are not getting the interest or what if they don't get the principal amount from the borrower after the due date now if these happens then the loans are no more assets for the banks and this is when they become the non-performing asset and according to rba all the advances where interest or principal remains due for more than 90 days then such advances will be classified as non-performing assets now this gross npa is nothing but the sum of all the assets that are classified as npas now according to the news article the gnpa in september was 6.9 percentage and now in this financial stability report it is predicted that by september 2022 that is by next year this gnpa may rise to 9.5 percentage under severe stress conditions now this increase is a cause of concern for many reasons let us see why it is a concern see when the gnpa rises the banks won't have sufficient funds for development projects so this will delay the recovery from the pandemic and secondly when the banks have reduced funds with them which happens due to the increase in gnpa then at this juncture they will be forced to increase their interest rates to maintain their profit level so this increased interest rate will bring down credit supply in the economy and this will directly impact the private investment so that means with no funds for developmental projects and with reduced private investment the employment rate will also come down so this will in turn bring down the private consumption expenditure and we know that already the private consumption is below the pre pandemic levels so if the gnpa further rises in 2022 then the private consumption will come down further and this will make the economic revival difficult so we can see that how gnpa affects one thing and that one thing affects the other thing it is like a butterfly effect so in this discussion we saw about financial stability report what is its purpose about the financial stability and development council its sub council we saw that fsdc is chaired by the union finance minister but the fsdc subcommittee is chaired by the rba governor and then we also saw what do we mean by non performing assets and gross non performing assets and finally we saw why rising gnpa is a cause for concern so with these facts in mind now let us move on to the next discussion now this discussion is going to be based on two articles one is this article in the main newspaper and this article is in the text and context page now these two articles talk about opening of india's dairy sector to australian dairy companies this will happen if the comprehensive economic cooperation agreement is signed between india and australia see actually india and australia have been discussing a full comprehensive economic cooperation agreement by the end of 2022 but now both parties have been working quickly to secure an interim agreement before that and according to this news article the bharti kisan union it has said that the indian farmers will oppose this agreement between india and australia if it opens the country's dairy sector to australian dairy companies so today we are going to understand about this agreement and why indian farmers are opposing it and we'll see how the issue is similar to the arsep agreement and we'll also see some of the important points mentioned in these articles the syllabus relevant to this discussion is given here for your reference see first of all what is comprehensive economic cooperation agreement or in short sika it is nothing but a trade agreement which is made between two countries that aims to improve bilateral trade see whenever we use the term trade agreement it refers to an accord between two or more countries for a specific term of trade commerce transit or investment and such trade agreements mostly involve mutually beneficial concessions now depending on the conditions and concessions which are agreed by the participating entities actually there are several types of trade agreements so the conditions and concessions decide the type of trade agreement so the types include the free trade agreement preferential trade agreement comprehensive economic partnership agreement and comprehensive economic cooperation agreement etc but today our focus is going to be on comprehensive economic cooperation agreement only that is sika see basically this agreement consists of an integrated package on goods services and investment and it also focuses on other areas such as intellectual property rights competition etc but most importantly this agreement cover negotiation on trade tariff and tqr rates only see a tqr stands for tariff rate this tqr allows a predetermined quantity of a product to be imported at a lower import duty rate see this lower import duty rate is called as in quota duty which is lower than the usual duty rate so that means if we assume that a country has agreed tqr for a predetermined quantity x and let us assume that the tqr is 30% is here so now the importing country will import that product in this tqr only up to that x quantity but once this x quantity is filled or once the trq has been filled it doesn't mean that they should not import they can import even after that but here the problem will be they have to pay higher tariff rate because now the trq has been filled so if before that they have been paying 30% now they will be paying more than 30% for the remaining imports so the benefit of such a trq is that it allows for access to a market that might have been close to exports so in this way it benefits the exporters and also consumers in the importing country because there the consumers will be getting product in a cheaper price see remember the details about tqr because we will see why this is an issue later in the discussion now with respect to the sika agreements you should note that india has already made sika agreements with malaysia singapore and japan and in that line only india is now going to sign an agreement with australia also actually india is planning to do it not yet decided so now what is the issue in this sika agreement see first of all this sika eliminated tariff barriers double taxation duplicate processes and regulations between two countries but along with this the sika also enhanced bilateral collaboration related to education science and technology information technology finance fields intellectual property etc etc that means it has enhanced bilateral collaboration in many sectors and this includes the dairy sector also so that means the india concludes a sika agreement with any country then india will be required to open its sectors including its dairy sectors to the companies of that other country so here we are talking about australia and signing an sika agreement with australia so that means if india concludes this agreement with australia then india will be required to open its dairy sector to australian dairy enterprises this means that then india will be required to allow australian dairy farms to operate or to grow in india's dairy sector so you can understand why this sika agreement is an issue for the farmers in the dairy sector now apart from this india might also be forced to phase out or remove the high tariffs in order to provide a liberal tariff rate quota and this is a deep concern for the indian industry so the farmers representative organizations have already raised concerns to open the indian dairy sector to foreign dairy companies and particularly this opposition was already given when the discussion of rsep was in the air see if you remember rsep it is the acronym for regional comprehensive economic partnership now this rsep is considered as the world's biggest free trade agreement because it proposes free trade agreement between 10 asian countries with its six free trade agreement partners and these six free trade agreement partners are china australia new zealand japan south korea and it also includes india so when rsep was being discussed and when the problem was you know whether india will sign rsep or not at that time many issues were cited in it and one of the prominent issues that was cited again and again was the dairy sector issue because at that time farmers argued that india's dairy sector would be destroyed if the rsep is implemented so now we are going to see what were the reasons given by the farmers for opposing rsep now these reasons are similar to the concerns in seek agreement so if you understand these reasons we will be easily able to understand the reasons for opposing seek agreement so let us see them one by one now firstly the issue was of the tariff clauses for agriculture so this included dairy industry also it was cited that in the rsep agreement the tariff clause was much more severe compared to the existing world trade organization agreement now to understand why it is stated as severe we need to understand the existing norms under wto see basically wto allows a country to fix tariffs up to a certain maximum level for a given commodity line so such maximum level of tariff allowed by wto is known as bound tariff so that means bound tariff is the highest allowable rate that a wto member can impose on a country so we can say that it is the upper limit but note that the actually applied rate may vary so if assume a bound tariff for a product for example for orange if it is 43 percentage then that doesn't mean that that country has to impose 43 percentage tariff it can impose any number of rates but it should be not higher than 43 percentage so countries can impose tariff rates up to this level so you can understand that bound tariff is generally more than the applied tariff but in case of rsep what was the condition was that it tries to reduce the level of bound tariff to zero within the next 15 years so this means in 15 years it will be without any tariff this means it will become a free trade between the both countries and as we already saw rsep is a biggest free trade agreement so you can see how it is trying to impose this free trade criteria so this was an issue for the dairy farmers in our country because as of now if you see India's average bound tariff for dairy products is about 63 percentage but our average applied tariff is about 34 percentage so just imagine if this bound tariff is brought to zero then it will affect the domestic dairy farmers in our country because then they will be also forced to reduce their rates to those levels and as we know our country has more small and marginal farmers who are engaged in agricultural activities including the dairy farms so they will be more affected by this criteria in addition to this I said that TRQ is an issue why because under TRQ a particular quantity has to be imported in that tariff rate but the problem is that in the dairy sector the other major players in the world they are providing subsidies to their domestic dairy players for example if you take USA according to some sources it gives around 28 billion dollars of subsidies to its dairy sector per annum so if after that subsidy if this TRQ is also applied then that dairy product will be more cheaper than the Indian product so here again the Indian farmers will not be able to equalize with that subsidized product and that is why TRQ is an issue particularly in the dairy sector other than this you should also remember that India is largely self-sufficient in milk production we don't import or export milk in any significant quantity but if we consider the global milk trade other countries import and export actually developed countries account for 79 percentage of the total world export of milk and here the major players are as you can assume obviously USA then European Union Australia and New Zealand so for example a country like New Zealand it exports 93 percentage of its milk production on the other hand if you take the developing countries they actually account for 80 percentage of the world's total milk imports so these countries export and it is imported by the developing countries and even though India is a developing country as of now we are largely self-sufficient in milk production so in such a situation if India would have accepted the RCEP deal then it would have affected the local small dairy farmers because of the competition because again they will be forced to provide the product for cheaper rates now apart from this you should also remember that over the last 25 years Indian policy has actually consciously encouraged the growth of private milk companies Indian policy has actually favored the entry of multinational dairy corporations into the Indian dairy sector through joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions that means the multinational dairy firms has been building a strong presence in India even prior to the RCEP talks but here the main criteria that you should notice that at present these multinational dairy firms are forced to buy milk from Indian farmers only why because if they import from other country then the applied tariff or the actual tariff will be applied on that dairy product and as we already saw this is around a 34 percentage so this 34 percentage will be applied on that dairy product so those multinational dairy firms that are present in India they will have to pay 35 percentage more for those products so that is why they are now forced to buy milk from Indian farmers so this in a way has a positive effect on the Indian dairy sector but what will happen if we sign RCEP as we already said RCEP wanted to bring the bound tariff to zero so that means this 35 percentage will not be applicable anymore and this means that then the multinational dairy firms would have been able to import milk from other countries they will be more profitable if they import milk from New Zealand or Australia rather than buying it from Indian farmers so Indian farmers will lose their business so this is also another reason why Indian dairy farmers are against RCEP deal and we can see that similar conditions and similar problems will arise if Sika agreement with Australia is signed because they also feared that because of TRQ the imports will be in a subsidized rate so here in the competition the Indian farmers will be on the losing front so you can understand how as well as Sika will affect the Indian dairy sector if they are signed now apart from these points the article also mentioned about some of the arguments that actually favored signing of RCEP agreement we'll see two of the major arguments here and we'll see whether these arguments are valid or not see one of the major argument was that India will be milk deficient country in the future and will be forced to import milk so it will be better if India enters RCEP today rather than later this was the argument put forward but according to Nitya Ayog's forecast this argument is false see Nitya Ayog has forecasted that in 2033 India's milk production would rise to 330 mmt but our milk demand would be 292 mmt only so that means by 2033 India is likely to be a milk surplus country not a milk deficient country now another argument which was put forward was the quantity of milk imports from New Zealand it was argued that this quantity is unlikely to exceed 5 percentage of the total exports of New Zealand so they argued that the impact on Indian prices would be insignificant but this argument is also false because according to the data compiled by Amul which is a dairy company in India even this 5 percentage of New Zealand's exports is sufficient to flood India's domestic market so that means this argument is also incorrect so as of now we can say that Indian government does not have any plan to sign RCEP agreement but we have to wait and see how this Sika agreement issue unfolds so that is all in this discussion we saw about Sika agreement what is it and how it will affect Indian dairy farmers so with these points let us move to the next discussion so last discussion for today is going to be based on this news article from the Chennai edition of hindu newspaper this article mentions that the farmers in Tamil Nadu are cultivating a specific variety of chilli and they are cultivating this mainly to turn their chilli grown land into a pesticide free land so today let us see briefly about chilli cultivation and its important characteristics and few steps followed by the farmers for pesticide control see this is a rare discussion we have never discussed about chilli as a commercial crop so today let us see about see basically chilli is a spicy fruit it is used in cuisine preparations and it is mostly added as an ingredient in foods to make it spicy we know that now this chilli is a tropical plant and also a subtropical plant so it requires a combination of a warm humid but yet dry weather so India has a favorable climate for chilli cultivation and because of this in India chilli is considered as one of the most important commercial crops and it is also grown almost throughout our country and they are found in different colors also they are found in green color orange white yellow and red yes we do have white chilli and the pungency in these chilli varies according to their varieties now these red chilies get their color from a coloring compound called as capsaicin so remember the coloring compound is capsaicin now they have a hot and pungent taste we know that and this is due to a chemical compound called as capsaicin and the numerous small chilli seeds they also contain capsaicin and that is why they also have that pungent taste and make the food spicy see if you remember we discussed about this capsaicin when we discussed about the 2021 Nobel Prize particularly when we saw the Nobel Prize awarded in the field of physiology or medicine in 2021 we saw about capsaicin if you remember in this field two US scientists received the award they were David Julius and Adam Pataputian and they received award for their individual discoveries regarding receptors for temperature and touch we discussed about Nobel Prize and about this particular discovery in our October discussion now among these scientists David Julius wanted to have a fundamental insight into the mechanism of pain and for this he actually studied capsaicin that he got from the chilies so this is where we heard the term capsaicin remember this so now coming back to chilli cultivation let us see what type of soil is required for its cultivation see chilies need moisture for growth and black soil that retains moisture has been found to be ideal for chilli cultivation if they are grown as rainfed crops now under irrigated conditions the crop needs well drained sandy loam soil which has rich organic content in areas such as Uttarakhand soil is mixed with gravel and coarse sand before undertaking chilli cultivation now here you should know that the pH of the soil should be neutral because this plant cannot tolerate acidic or alkaline soil and this particular crop is grown as both kharif crop and rabi crop and around the world if you see it is produced throughout the world and the top 10 chilli producing countries are India China Ethiopia Myanmar Mexico Vietnam Peru Pakistan Ghana and Bangladesh and in India the top 10 states that produce chilli are Telangana Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Odisha Gujarat Assam Punjab Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and Mizoram so these are the few facts that you need to know about chilli cultivation now the news article also mentions about some of the methods used by the farmers for pest control now one of the methods used is intercropping that is they grow chilli along with other crops to divert the pests this is called as intercropping now other than this they also use some organic materials such as punga oil and neem oil this is also proved to be successful apart from this they also use light traps these light traps they attract the insects so they are kept away from the crops so these are few of the methods used by the farmers for pest control you can use these facts in any of your mains answer writing where you need to mention about pest control so with these facts in mind let us get to the last session which is the practice questions discussion session so now let us take up this first question with reference to national rankings of 2021 adult ranking of institutions on innovation achievements and India rankings 2021 under NIRF consider the following statements NIRF ranking ranks higher education institutions in different domains of knowledge whereas aria ranks higher education institutions on the basis of innovation see second half is correct we know that we saw this today now if you talk about NIRF see it was launched by the ministry of education in 2015 and this national institutional ranking framework outlines a methodology for ranking higher education institutions across the countries especially it ranks these institutions in different domains of knowledge these domains include universities engineering management medical law architecture pharmacy etc but in case of aria we have only the domain of innovation other than that the institutions are classified as technical non-technical here the question doesn't say about it so this statement is correct now the second statement IIT mattress has ranked the top institution for the third consecutive term in both rankings now if you look at the question this question talks about the 2021 rankings in these two national rankings and today we saw that for the third time IIT madras has ranked the top innovative institution in our country now you should also note that in NIRF ranking also for the third consecutive year IITM was ranked the best higher education institution in the country so this statement is correct so here both the statements are correct so the correct answer to this question is option c now this next question is based on monetary policy committee first statement is it is institutionalized under banking regulation act 1949 so this statement is incorrect because the monetary policy committee is institutionalized under rva act of 1934 and the main aim of MPC is maintaining price stability while keeping the objective of growth in mind now the second statement is governor of rba is ex-officio chairman of MPC this statement is actually correct and here the question asks for the incorrect statements so the correct answer to this question is option a one only today I have one main question so interested viewers can write answer and post it in the comment section and whenever we get time we'll review your answer and with this we have finally come to the end of today's in the news analysis and practice questions discussion session if you like this video don't forget to like comment and share and also subscribe to our channel shankarai's academy to get more updates related to civil services preparation thank you


would say learning is teacher-centered. The theory of behaviorism in classroom setting came from pedagogical research by Thondike Pavlov. Constructivism, it is a theory that advocates that people learn through experiences and reflection. A constructivist approach would incorporate project work, inquiry-based learning, and might adopt a Montessori method. Project work, inquiry-based learning, Montessori method. Constructivism is based on the pedagogical research of PRJ. Where PRJ? Constructivism is also sometimes described as a progressive teaching style. Social constructivism, a social constructivism pedagogy could be considered to be a blend of two priorities, teacher-guided student-centered. Teacher-guided student-centered. Leibweigotsky develops social constructivism. Leibweigotsky. Okay, the teacher might also use teacher modeling, questioning, and a mixture of individual pair and whole class instruction. Liberationism, it is a critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogy is important. Developed by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. He wrote a book called Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Student may take on the role of the teachers and decide upon the topic of the lesson. In this pedagogy, the teachers should provide space and opportunity for the students to showcase the term open pedagogy as a long history. Now we are talking about OER-enabled pedagogy. That is open educational resources-enabled pedagogy. Dufen argues that open pedagogy is a philosophy in which the content of the course as well as its progress is determined by the needs and preferences of participants. Williams and Gray use the term to refer to the opening up of educational processes enabled by Web-1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 technology. Web-2 technology is the term used to describe a variety of websites and applications that allow anyone to create and share online information or material they have created. Web-1 means developing the Internet. Web-1, read only web. Web-2, writing and participating web. Web-3, read, write, and execute web. Web-4 means mobile web. Connect all devices in the real and virtual world in real time. Web-5 means open, linked, and intelligent web. That is emotional web. We have to understand that what is the meaning of open here. It indicates that these materials are licensed with copyright licenses that provide permission for everyone to participate in the five R activities. Willi describes the five R's in more detail. These are retained, reused, revised, remixed, and redistributed. Let's talk about each one. Retained means the right to make own and control copies of the content. Make own and control copies. Reused means the right to use the content. Revised means the right to adapt, adjust, and modify. Remixed means the right to combine the original or revised content. Redistributed means the right to share copies of the original content. It can be understood that OER gives permission to its users to use that material in any way as described above, but it has to give due credit to the original. Now, what are the reasons behind emergence of this new pedagogy? First one is new demands of a knowledge-based society, new technologies which have been evolved so fast, blended learning which is the call of the art that is proper blending of online and offline learning, collaborative approaches to the construction of knowledge, building communities of practice. Another one is use of multimedia and open educational resources. Increased student control. Choice and independence means pedagogy now becomes student-centered that is they can learn by their own. Anywhere, anytime, any size learning, new forms of assessment. Digital learning can leave a permanent trace in the form of student contributions to online discussion and e-portfolios of work through the collection, scoring and assessment of a student's multimedia and at last self-directed and non-formal online learning that is in which comes OERs and MOOCs, MOOCs that is massive open online courses, field of educational technology and higher education. Thus, in this way we can say that this is the concept of pedagogy, its various approaches and the reasons for the emergence of a new pedagogy which is the call of the art in this new global world. This new pedagogy has attained its momentum in this COVID period.


So, my entry into gender studies as a field came through my post-graduate degree program. So I did my master's and PhD in gender studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. But really, primarily, the reason why I chose gender studies and not to continue with political science was my own sort of engagement with feminist social justice movements on the African continent. So this was an opportunity for me to link the social justice-related work that I was already engaged in with a sort of academic theoretical way of reflecting on and thinking about social movements and social transformation. So a lot of my historical research-related work has been rooted in the area of conflict and peace and security studies. So that's sort of the nexus of things that I work around, primarily through an interest in gender and sexuality and how that intervenes in debates on nation and state building in post-conflict context, thinking about discourses on violent masculinities, gender bodies, violence against women, and rape in context of sexual violence. All of this through a critical gender studies lens and a critical feminist security lens as well. So at the Center for Gender Studies, we run a range of degree programs. There's the master's degree in gender studies, which I convene. And this contains a couple of core modules, the core module on gender theory, which is really an opportunity over two terms to expose students to a range of theoretical approaches that are useful for thinking around questions of feminist theory, but also gender studies much more broadly.  But in addition to that, we have a module on dissertation methods, which is an opportunity for us to prepare students around thinking about their final dissertation and research related products. We have a master's in gender law and master's in gender and sexuality. Because our program is interdisciplinary in nature, we tend to attract a whole range of students. Students who are coming in with previous backgrounds in gender studies from the undergraduate programs to students who have had no sort of training, you know, academic training in gender studies, but come from social sciences and humanities. We have also had the odd number of students who are coming in from medical backgrounds, economic backgrounds, and we try as much as possible to recognize that because gender studies is interdisciplinary, there is an opportunity for somebody from journalism, for instance, to want to do a gender studies degree in order to improve the ways in which they think about journalistic practice and how they think about writing social change stories, for example. So it's a broad range of students, including folks who have taken time off from doing academic work. We have had two students as well, a part of, you know, the broad range of students we attract on our degree programs. So most of the students who graduate with degrees in gender studies would ordinarily more often they're not going to the policy world. So people were interested in development policy, thinking about international policy debates with a focus on how gender fits into that. There are people who go back into their own sort of professional background. So perhaps somebody who was already doing journalism, we have had students go back into doing that, but simply with a much more heightened awareness and an analytical lens of gender in doing that kind of work. People who are already doing sort of anthropological or medical related work go back into those fields. So what we try and do with this degree program is open up new sort of career parts, but also allow those who already have a predetermined career path to do that work better through an understanding of how gender operates in the world. I would say that the Gender Studies Degree Program at SOAS is a very exciting program. At the Center for Gender Studies, we take pride in the fact that we offer students a very mixed way of thinking about an academic program. We are not only interested in exposing you to theoretical work, but we want you to engage with activism, we want you to engage with organizing communities in London and other actors who might be crossing through London as part of our sort of seminar series and broader community engagement. So it's an exciting program that allows you to really experience both London, experience the global South and knowledge from this context in their diversity. It is an intense program, so you must come prepared for a one-year intense sensory experience, but which will ultimately leave you more invigorated and more excited about the world that you're about to confront and work.