Hey, I’m glad Adam Schefter was honest about it.

On Monday, Schefter, a guest on the “Pat McAfee Show,” said the Washington Commanders, in his mind, were most likely going to draft Jeremiyah Love in the first round when they were on the clock at No. 7 overall.

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Or did he?

The internet blew up, the Washington fan base was ignited and excited on Twitter (X), posting and discussing the Commanders drafting the Notre Dame running back. After all, Adam Schefter (ESPN) had ‘reported’ it, correct?

Actually, no, he had not ‘reported’ it. Schefter, a guest on Team 980 with host Kevin Sheehan on Tuesday, clarified what had transpired during his Monday conversation with McAfee.

Schefter told Sheehan, “This is, let me spell it out…connecting the dots, okay? Jeremiyah Love, in my mind, is going to be a top ten pick. I don’t believe a month out, ‘don’t think, not reporting’, (I) don’t believe or think that he (Love) will go 4. I’m skeptical he will go 5. I don’t think he’ll go 6.”

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“I think Washington, and let me be very clear, I’ve never spoken to Washington about Jeremiyah Love, never once, okay? But I’ve spoken to a lot of people about Jeremiyah Love and the kind of player he is. I also know that Washington has been in the running back market. Ah, they’ve been in the running back market. We’ve got a great player. There’s a real chance he may get past 4 or 5, and 6. If that real great player gets past 4 (through 6), wouldn’t it make sense to take him at 7?”

Yes, there have been voluminous times NFL analysts intend to persuade their viewers that they have some sort of inside knowledge, they have people confiding in them. They are inside; they are within the NFL inner circle.

Schefter would most likely admit to this as well. It is a temptation. But in this instance, Schefter on Monday was not “reporting.” He was not providing any insider information. Tuesday, Schefter went as far as to convey to Sheehan that he had not even spoken to anyone in the Commanders building about Jeremiyah Love. Schefter informed the Commanders’ fan base on Tuesday that they should realize he had only been playing connect-the-dots and was thus merely offering his opinion (one month prior to the draft) of where he thought the Notre Dame running back would land in the first round.

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Schefter was not ‘reporting’ Monday nor Tuesday regarding a Commanders consensus. Sorry, he was only providing ‘his opinion’ of where things in his mind seem to be heading. That’s all it was, Commanders fans.

There is an important distinction needing to be maintained between ‘thinking’ and ‘reporting.’ Glad to see Schefter keeping that distinction front and center with his followers.

This article originally appeared on Commanders Wire: Washington Commanders: Adam Schefter on Jeremiyah Love