2025 NFL Scouting Combine: Rich Eisen, Daniel Jeremiah poke fun at Ian Rapoport over Starbucks altercation

On Thursday, Rich Eisen and Daniel Jeremiah wasted no time addressing the elephant in the room during the NFL Network’s broadcast of the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. While introducing fellow analyst Ian Rapoport, Eisen joked about Rapoport making headlines due to his reported altercation with FOX Sports’ Jordan Schultz on Wednesday.

“There is one other member of our broadcast team that we got to bring in and he is the Jake Paul of NFL Network. Lots of buzz. He is trending with no punches shown,” Eisen said.

According to a report from Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, Rapoport and Schultz had a verbal altercation at a Starbucks in Indianapolis — the city hosting the NFL Scouting Combine — on Wednesday evening.

Florio cited “multiple sources” that watched the emotionally-charged altercation between Rapoport and Schultz inside the Starbucks located inside the Indianapolis JW Marriott, where Schultz allegedly accosted Rapoport, according to Florio.

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Florio reported Rapoport was involved in a private conversation with an agent inside the Starbucks when Schultz — ironically the son of former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz — approached the NFL Network newsbreaker and told him: “We need to talk.”

Rapoport reportedly shut his FOX Sports counterpart down cold: “We don’t need to talk,” according to Florio’s reporting.

Schultz then allegedly lobbed several accusations at Rapoport, according to Florio’s sources, as the two NFL insiders were face-to-face in the coffee house.

“If you have anything to say it to me, say it to my f*****g face,” Schultz reportedly told Rapoport, according to Florio’s account of the incident. “If this continues, we’re going to have a f*****g problem.”

Rapoport then asked Schultz to step back from him, to which Schultz reportedly shot back: “If this happens again, we’re gonna have a f*****g problem. Now I’ll step back.”

Rapoport didn’t allow the altercation to stop him from doing his job, and embraced Eisen’s jests in stride on Thursday.

“Thank you, Rich. I would say I’m properly caffeinated. A lot of great coffee brands. Dunkin’ does a really nice job,” Rapoport said, poking fun at Schultz and his Starbucks connections. “I could go on and on about the coffee brands that I love but that’s not for right now.”

After Rapoport concluded his report, Eisen wrapped up the segment with a few hilarious coffee puns.

“That’s the latest right there from a venti amount of information, from a fine Americano, Ian Rapoport,” Eisen said. “We’ve got the beans here on NFL Network.”