{"id":346970,"date":"2025-11-01T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346970\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:32:12","slug":"todd-mcshay-slams-espn-for-blocking-potential-mel-kiper-jr-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/346970\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd McShay slams ESPN for blocking potential Mel Kiper Jr. reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Todd McShay, formerly an NFL draft analyst at ESPN, has criticized his former employer for preventing a reunion with Mel Kiper Jr.<\/p>\n<p>McShay made the comments on this week\u2019s episode of \u201cThe McShay Show\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>The two were longtime colleagues at the Worldwide Leader, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/02\/sports\/what-pushed-todd-mcshay-over-the-edge-with-his-paul-finebaum-hate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McShay is now questioning the<\/a> network\u2019s handling of its draft coverage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.47976879;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37544702\" width=\"873\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1196854182.jpg\" alt=\"Todd McShay of ESPN looks on prior to the Capital One Orange Bowl between the Florida Gators and the Virginia Cavaliers at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida.\" class=\"wp-image-37544702\"  \/>Todd McShay of ESPN looks on prior to the Capital One Orange Bowl between the Florida Gators and the Virginia Cavaliers at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s been going on with Mel and I is some petty, petty s\u2013t,\u201d\u00a0McShay said during his show. \u201cAnd it\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NFL reporter Field Yates has since become Kiper\u2019s partner after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/30\/todd-mcshay-another-let-go-in-espns-massive-layoffs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McShay was a casualty of ESPN\u2019s 2023 layoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McShay spoke positively about Yates, referring to him as \u201ca really nice guy\u201d who\u2019s \u201creally good at his job,\u201d but said that Yates didn\u2019t appear to be a fit with Kiper.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37544885\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mel-kiper-jr-seen-set-19458221.jpg\" alt=\"Mel Kiper Jr. on the set of ESPN SportsCenter.\" class=\"wp-image-37544885\"  \/>Mel Kiper Jr. is seen on the set of ESPN SportsCenter, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.  AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to make compelling content with Mel, you must challenge Mel,\u201d McShay said. \u201cAnd 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\u2019s just not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tmake every NFL game pay off\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36699206\" width=\"158\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UnderdogLogo_Final_stacked-black.png\" alt=\"underdog fantasy logo\" class=\"wp-image-36699206\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:1;display:block\"  \/> Underdog Fantasy<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.underdogfantasy.com\/p-new-york-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Underdog<\/a><\/strong> is where football fans become winners.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy player picks<\/li>\n<li>No season-long commitments<\/li>\n<li>Real prizes every single night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Use promo code <strong>NYPOST5<\/strong> to get $50 in site credits when you play $5!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMust be 18+ (19+ in AL, NE; 19+ in CO for some games, 21+ in AZ and MAZ) and present in a state where Underdog operates. Concerned with your play? Call 1-800-GABMLER or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncpgambling.org<\/a>. NY: Call the 24\/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369). New York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase. The Underdog promo code might vary by location.\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/16\/sports\/no-one-was-happier-that-selfish-james-franklin-got-fired-than-todd-mcshay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">McShay continued<\/a> on about ESPN getting in the way of the two doing shows together, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s just the new girlfriend, who\u2019s going to block with their body the opportunity to let the public see the rapport her boyfriend has with the ex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s jealous, petty sh*t rooted in insecurity. And you say, \u2018Why?\u2019 And I ask the same question because it\u2019s ESPN; it\u2019s the Worldwide Leader. We\u2019re just\u00a0\u2018The McShay Show.\u2019\u00a0But some of the richest people I know are also the pettiest and most insecure.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can give them all the jets and the yachts and the mansions in the world, but they just won\u2019t ever be happy or content. Other people\u2019s happiness and security make them crazy because they can never replicate what you have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Todd McShay, formerly an NFL draft analyst at ESPN, has criticized his former employer for preventing a reunion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":346971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5723,170315,1232,4261,62,1486,3581,170316,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-346970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-espn","9":"tag-mel-kiper","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-sports-entertainment","14":"tag-sports-media","15":"tag-todd-mcshay","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115472102371314464","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}