Todd McShay slams ESPN for blocking potential Mel Kiper Jr. reunion

Todd McShay, formerly an NFL draft analyst at ESPN, has criticized his former employer for preventing a reunion with Mel Kiper Jr.

McShay made the comments on this week’s episode of “The McShay Show” over at The Ringer while speaking about a potential reunion between him and Kiper. McShay claims ESPN has blocked any chance of them working together.

The two were longtime colleagues at the Worldwide Leader, and McShay is now questioning the network’s handling of its draft coverage.

“What’s been going on with Mel and I is some petty, petty s–t,” McShay said during his show. “And it’s been going on with Mel and I recently, ever since I started this show. They absolutely have refused to have Mel and I on the air together on any platform.”

NFL reporter Field Yates has since become Kiper’s partner after McShay was a casualty of ESPN’s 2023 layoffs.

McShay spoke positively about Yates, referring to him as “a really nice guy” who’s “really good at his job,” but said that Yates didn’t appear to be a fit with Kiper.

“In order to make compelling content with Mel, you must challenge Mel,” McShay said. “And in order to challenge Mel, you must be grounded in high-level content and sources and years of perspective. And it needs to be your full-time gig, and it’s just not.”

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McShay continued on about ESPN getting in the way of the two doing shows together, saying, “It’s just the new girlfriend, who’s going to block with their body the opportunity to let the public see the rapport her boyfriend has with the ex.

“And it’s jealous, petty sh*t rooted in insecurity. And you say, ‘Why?’ And I ask the same question because it’s ESPN; it’s the Worldwide Leader. We’re just ‘The McShay Show.’ But some of the richest people I know are also the pettiest and most insecure.

“You can give them all the jets and the yachts and the mansions in the world, but they just won’t ever be happy or content. Other people’s happiness and security make them crazy because they can never replicate what you have.”