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Speaker 1: The twenty twenty four NFL Draft has wrapped up and

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Speaker 1: the Browns have made all six of their selection. Today

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Speaker 1: on from the podium, we're going to hear from some

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Speaker 1: of those Browns draft picks from over the last two days,

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Speaker 1: and of course a few members of the front office

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Speaker 1: as well as They're going to go over every pick

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Speaker 1: that they made in the twenty twenty four NFL Draft,

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Speaker 1: starting the day at the podium where the two picks

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Speaker 1: from Friday night, Mike Hall junior from the Ohio State

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Speaker 1: University and Zach Ziner from the University of Michigan, who

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Speaker 1: both talked about how excited they were to play in

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Speaker 1: Cleveland and how they planned to put that Ohio State

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Speaker 1: Michigan rivalry aside.

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Speaker 2: I mean, considering in Zach, you were obviously asked last

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Speaker 2: night about this, but considering how you guys are connected

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Speaker 2: from last November, how surreal, strange everything that you know

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Speaker 2: kind of as Zac said before, it comes full circle

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Speaker 2: now that you guys are are teammates.

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Speaker 3: In the NFL.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I would just say know first off,

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Speaker 4: you know, I mean the game you know in itself,

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Speaker 4: you know, the up North and Ohio State rivalry is insane,

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Speaker 4: you know from day one, you know, whenever you attend

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Speaker 4: these prestigious colleges, you know, that's the that's the main goal.

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Speaker 4: So but you know, being my rival, my first uh

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Speaker 4: you know, my three years throughout my career. Then finally

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Speaker 4: being a teammates. Yeah, it's crazy to you don't see

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Speaker 4: them in the building. I'm going to be seeing them

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Speaker 4: day in and.

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Speaker 5: Day out, you know.

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Speaker 4: But I mean we're brothers now, and it's all it's

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Speaker 4: all about that.

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Speaker 5: What kind of.

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Speaker 6: Reaction you got in since last night from just Northeast

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Speaker 6: Ohio friends, family, is you got to hear from more

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Speaker 6: people about being with the hometown team.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, being with my hometown team has just been a

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Speaker 4: blessing come true. You know, it's just the greatest feeling ever.

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Speaker 4: You know, I feel like, I mean, everybody wants to

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Speaker 4: stay home, but you know, sometimes it's not a reality.

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Speaker 4: But waking up this morning is an actual reality. Like

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Speaker 4: I mean, waking up as a Cleveland Brown. It's the

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Speaker 4: same we talked. I mean, I talked about this with

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Speaker 4: I played football, you know, at the age of six.

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Speaker 7: Playing in that style offense. Yeah, Deren Michigan.

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Speaker 8: How all that preparing you for the NFL?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think it's perfect. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 9: we were a run first offense for sure, you know,

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Speaker 9: run the ball a lot, and then they started stacking

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Speaker 9: the boxing with a play action. But I mean JJ

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Speaker 9: was able to pass the ball too, So I think

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Speaker 9: we're pretty diverse, you know, and able to do a

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Speaker 9: lot of things. So you know, I'm excited to see

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Speaker 9: how that's gonna help me translate to the NFL.

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Speaker 10: Maybe forty one starts at right guard.

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Speaker 5: How much experience do you have playing other positions?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, so I cross trained to play center. My sophomore year,

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Speaker 9: we had an older guy come in who was a

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Speaker 9: walk on, earned his way to have a scholarship. Fifth

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Speaker 9: your guy. He had some back problems, so I crossed

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Speaker 9: trained to play center. He was able to make it

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Speaker 9: through the year, so I never had to play, but

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Speaker 9: I played center in two spring games. Two springs, So

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Speaker 9: you know, if I've experienced, they are just never any

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Speaker 11: And you guys are brought now, but go back to

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Speaker 11: that game in November twenty fifth and Zach gets hurt.

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Speaker 11: You know what's that like for you guys to see

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Speaker 11: a moment like that where a guy gets carted off

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Speaker 11: the field, because you could happen to anybody, right.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 4: I mean, uh, like we were just talking about that

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Speaker 4: and we were just saying, like, you know, whoever's going

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Speaker 4: to win that game? That was the you know, the

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Speaker 4: national championship game. So and they won a national championship,

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Speaker 4: so there was no coincidence. But I mean just seeing

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Speaker 4: that and you know it's it's obviously the biggest rivalry

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Speaker 4: of all sport, but I mean, just to see that

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Speaker 4: it was just real tragedy to see that means the

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Speaker 4: and my brother, but you know, we were just real.

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Speaker 4: I mean, because when you when you go out there

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Speaker 4: You don't you don't want to go against you know,

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Speaker 4: no offense to anybody, but you know the second or

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Speaker 3: I mean, and this game is all about competing.

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Speaker 12: That Zack was telling us yesterday that you reached out

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Speaker 12: to him after that injury, and you just kind of

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Speaker 12: share with us like when you did that and what

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Speaker 12: you were feeling and sort of what you said.

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Speaker 4: You know, it was just checking up on him, just

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Speaker 4: making sure everything's good. I mean, I know he wanted

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Speaker 4: to play in the National Championship game. That was that

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Speaker 4: was just I mean everybody who want to do that though,

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Speaker 4: for sure, so but I mean, for sure it was

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Speaker 4: just a tragic event that happened.

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Speaker 10: In the minutes and hours after that injury, all the

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Speaker 10: things you processed, did you worry about your NFL.

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Speaker 5: Future at all?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 9: I mean it definitely crossed my mind. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 9: on the you know, going into that game and you

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Speaker 9: know the year I've had and then that happening, I

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Speaker 9: mean it definitely crossed my mind. You know, I knew

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Speaker 9: something that happened to my leg. I didn't know how

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Speaker 9: it's definitely something that crossed my mind for sure.

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Speaker 12: Where that you were you could actually feel something with the.

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Speaker 9: Bones that you were, Yeah, so like yes, like when

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Speaker 9: the doctors came came out, like my leg was kind

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Speaker 9: I could feel all the bones like in there, like

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Speaker 9: but you know we got through it.

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Speaker 11: Hey scenario, So where are you health wise if you

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Speaker 11: hit all the checkpoints? And where are you in terms

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Speaker 11: of your rehab?

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Speaker 12: Yeah?

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Speaker 9: So I'm clear for everything. So at this point is

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Speaker 9: just building the strength back up, building the stamina. But

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Speaker 9: the legs healed, so at this point, you know, just

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Speaker 9: building the calf strength and the muscles around it back up.

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Speaker 2: You weren't able to work out for any teams?

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Speaker 9: No, I made a video a couple of weeks or

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Speaker 9: a week and a half ago that posts on social media,

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Speaker 9: But I didn't work out.

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Speaker 3: No, sir.

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Speaker 13: You to be in a room now with Wyatt Teller

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Speaker 13: and Joel Antonio, what do you hope to learn from.

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Speaker 8: Those two guys?

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Speaker 13: And just how exciting is if you to be in

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Speaker 13: a room with you know, two of the.

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Speaker 8: Best in the games.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I'm pumped to have two guys like that,

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Speaker 9: you know, that have done it and are doing a

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Speaker 9: high level. I mean, just you know, I'm pumped to

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Speaker 9: come in be in that room and just learn from them,

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Speaker 9: you know, just see how they go about their everyday lives.

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Speaker 9: You know, how they prepare, how they attack, practice, all

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Speaker 9: that kind of stuff, and just you know, mimic and

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Speaker 9: attach on them at the hip and just try to grow.

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Speaker 3: For both of you.

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Speaker 7: What's it like joining a team that's already a playoff team?

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Speaker 7: You know, you're not here with a two and seventeen

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Speaker 4: I mean, first and foremost, you know, just coming in

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Speaker 4: with a team like this, you know, it's a winning tradition.

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Speaker 4: You're just starting to get back to, you know what

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Speaker 4: I'm saying, winning a lot of games. So I think

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Speaker 4: that's a great thing in itself, and hopefully, you know,

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Speaker 4: we'll be able to bring one back, you know, for

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Speaker 4: the city of Cleveland.

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Speaker 14: You know.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I'm excited. You know, I don't like

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Speaker 9: to lose, you know, I like to win. And you know,

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Speaker 9: I've got some rings over the years, and I'm hoping

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Speaker 9: to keep adding to them.

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Speaker 15: Did you attend Browns games as a kid.

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Speaker 4: I think I've been the one. I can't remember which

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Speaker 12: A ton of family in town, or can you sort

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Speaker 12: of describe what your family and friends situation is like here.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I don't have too many family members in here.

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Speaker 4: It's just my mom, no, my brother, and that's just

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 16: Really, part, are you hoping to go somewhere else just

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Speaker 16: to get you know, to kind of broaden your horizons.

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Speaker 3: Maybe you spend all your life.

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Speaker 16: In Ohio like good party, you think Okay, might get.

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Speaker 3: Drafted somewhere else.

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Speaker 4: I mean at the time, I felt good at my

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Speaker 4: thirty visit here, you know, I felt at home, and

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Speaker 4: you know, being here, I mean it's just meeting the

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Speaker 4: coach Schwartz is just I understand his philosophy here is

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Speaker 4: just everything was a fit. I mean from day one,

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Speaker 4: I love to hear and even telling my mom and

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Speaker 4: my brother, you know, I feel like, you know, Cleveland's

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Speaker 4: the one and luckily I ended up here. So it

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Speaker 4: was the best thing ever.

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Speaker 11: One on one in all over the last couple of years.

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Speaker 3: Uh. In the game, Yeah, A couple of a couple

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Speaker 3: of times. Yeah, he got he got me, he never.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was it was it was a pretty good battle.

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Speaker 4: You know, he would give me a couple of times.

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Speaker 4: But it's just it's all about competing at the highest

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Speaker 14: I think I asked you about Jim Schwartz yesterday last night,

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Speaker 14: But what do you think in general about this scheme

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Speaker 14: where we've heard it last year? Defensive tackles don't have

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Speaker 14: to sit there and eat up blocks. They want you

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Speaker 14: guys skidding after the quarterback. I guess how much more

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Speaker 14: do you think you can unlock just.

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Speaker 5: With your pass?

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Speaker 3: The ship man?

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Speaker 4: I feel like, you know, Coach Schwartz is just going

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Speaker 4: to bring the best out of me every day, day

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Speaker 4: in and day out. And you know, our whole philosophy

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Speaker 4: having that having that mentality in that mindset to finally

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Speaker 4: be able to let the dog unleash, that's the best

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Speaker 12: A huge Browns fan growing up, And if so, who

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Speaker 12: were some of the players that you identify with or

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Speaker 12: what are some of your Brown's memories.

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Speaker 4: I remember when Johnny Manziel got drafted here, Trent Richardson,

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Speaker 4: that was the best thing ever. I mean I even

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Speaker 4: still watched like little highlights and stuff from like the

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Speaker 4: a dream come true to be a Cleveland Brown here,

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Speaker 4: growing up here, been here my whole life, So it's

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Speaker 4: just all of a feeling.

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Speaker 5: So like being a published author.

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Speaker 8: Make sure it sounded right.

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Speaker 3: Disrupting? I mean just causing havoc? You know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying. They didn't know too.

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Speaker 3: I mean that was the best thing to ever happened.

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Speaker 12: We began together in a way that you would not

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Speaker 9: So I mean we guess who are enemies in college?

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Speaker 14: I don't know if you know why color is also

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Speaker 3: So excited for sure.

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Speaker 16: But Joe Thomas, yesterday you mentioned Larry Johnson would a big,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I feel like coach helped me.

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Speaker 4: I mean, he's He's helped me tremendously on the field,

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Speaker 15: You said, you're you've been cleared and now it's just

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Speaker 9: You know, I mean I expect to be on the

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Speaker 12: All the pluck gas in the locker room or they're

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Speaker 3: This, yes, ma'am.

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Speaker 4: I mean as harsh as it sounds, I mean we're

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Speaker 3: And you just we got to go out there and

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Speaker 16: Brought your own.

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Speaker 5: Support group here. What can you say about them? And

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I got my parents here. I mean

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Speaker 8: So it's pretty surreal to.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I feel like it's just a great experience to

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Speaker 3: Just being be able to have him look at me.

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Speaker 4: You know, lay it down the road when he gets

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Speaker 4: You know, without him, I'm nothing.

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Speaker 6: You would allowed no sex and committed no penalties. You know,

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think it just comes down to,

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Speaker 6: Like the cerebral part of the game, which obviously is

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Speaker 8: How much is that a strength of yours along with leadership?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a big part of

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Speaker 5: Three.

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Speaker 14: I guess Zach make you have like a different appreciation

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Speaker 13: But how'd it going for you?

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Speaker 15: I was surprised the Browns picked you, or was there

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I had a great formal visit with

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Speaker 5: Before the drive started. Were you hoping to get reconnected

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Speaker 9: I don't know if I'm a West Coast guy to

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Speaker 17: Yeah, with the way you guys played in Michigan, and

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think, you know, we couldn't block

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Speaker 1: The Browns fifth round pick Jamari Thrash was up next.

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Speaker 2: But what did you get out of that one year

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Speaker 2: you weren't able to really get during that time at

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Speaker 2: Georgia State. That helped you prepare you for now this

447
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Speaker 2: next step.

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Speaker 18: Just being a coach Browns off knowing that he runs

449
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Speaker 18: the post of offense and I knew that he was

450
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Speaker 18: going to get me. You know, I don't want to

451
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Speaker 18: say a leg up, but he was gonna give me

452
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Speaker 18: an opportunity to know learn NFL offenses. You know, going

453
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Speaker 18: to ACC, I was able to I was able to

454
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Speaker 18: go against the ACC defenses. Uh well they were what

455
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Speaker 18: atc DE mean that run NFL defenses. So just being

456
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Speaker 18: in a SEC and going against a different competition and

457
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Speaker 18: playing with Bam, you know, they also helped me a

458
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Speaker 18: lot to you know, mature and pick up on a

459
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Speaker 18: lot of things heading into this what actually heading into.

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Speaker 3: My NFL career?

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Speaker 6: Hey, Jamari, congratulations, what is your reaction to getting picked

462
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Speaker 6: by the Browns and did you think there would be

463
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Speaker 6: a fit there? Did you have any kind of contact

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Speaker 6: with them before the draft that made you think it

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Speaker 6: would be a possibility.

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Speaker 18: Yeah, So I actually made with them at the come on,

467
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Speaker 18: you know, they ran me through a couple of tists.

468
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Speaker 18: You know, they got to know me as a player

469
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Speaker 18: in the characters. So I actually kind of, uh, you know,

470
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Speaker 18: it looked crazy.

471
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Speaker 19: I actually kind of I was.

472
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Speaker 18: I knew they were gonna pick me, but I looked

473
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Speaker 18: at it like the upcoming forward picks and I was like, okay,

474
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Speaker 18: Like I know, I talked to the Browns a lot.

475
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Speaker 18: I know, I talked to you know, such and such

476
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Speaker 18: a lot. So you know, I was just waiting, we'll

477
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Speaker 18: see what team's gonna grab me. But man, I'm blessed

478
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Speaker 18: arned a big Cleveland by you know, it means a

479
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Speaker 18: lot to me right now.

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Speaker 8: Hey, Jamary, what was this weekend like for you?

481
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Speaker 3: Where were you? Who were you with? And what were

482
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Speaker 3: the emotions?

483
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Speaker 14: Like?

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Speaker 18: I mean, I was just around my family and family friends, uh,

485
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Speaker 18: you know, people I grew up with. Uh, you know,

486
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Speaker 18: it's kind of it got kind of shaky for them

487
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Speaker 18: because you know, I'm like, you know, I just kept

488
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Speaker 18: you know, one round went by and then you know,

489
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Speaker 18: I was just trying to you know, getting kind of nervous.

490
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Speaker 18: I couldn't be still. So that's why I know what

491
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Speaker 18: I'm there. I can't be still. But you know, once

492
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Speaker 18: you know, coach called Melett know he's gonna select him.

493
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Speaker 18: You know, it was a great feeling.

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Speaker 20: Hey, Jamari, looking at the roster and the receivers that

495
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Speaker 20: are currently in Cleveland, is there is there someone that

496
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Speaker 20: you're looking forward to kind of picking their brain and

497
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Speaker 20: trying to grow their grow your game around them, all.

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Speaker 18: Of them, you know, I know, I know they just

499
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Speaker 18: recently got Judy, you know, Mark who has been there

500
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Speaker 18: a lot, and Moore's been there, Uh, James Rochet. You know,

501
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Speaker 18: I'm just willing. I'm just ready to you know, work,

502
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Speaker 18: you know, learn learn what I can learn from those guys. So,

503
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Speaker 18: you know, really excited about the future.

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Speaker 5: Jamuri.

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Speaker 21: It doesn't look like you have a bunch of special

506
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Speaker 21: teams on your resume. Is that something that you think

507
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Speaker 21: you can do in the pros? And have you have

508
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Speaker 21: you done much of it at all?

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Speaker 18: Yeah? So, actually when I went to Louis, you know,

510
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Speaker 18: I was a gunner. I was a gunner. You know,

511
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Speaker 18: I played punk return you know, in high school. I

512
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Speaker 18: did it a little bit in college. But you know,

513
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Speaker 18: I got my opportunity to do it, you know, in

514
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Speaker 18: the game. But those are my you know, that's my

515
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Speaker 18: background when it comes to you know, special teams. So

516
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Speaker 18: but yeah, especial teams something that I'm definitely, you know,

517
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Speaker 18: willing to do. That's something that it doesn't matter if

518
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Speaker 18: I'm willing to do it or not. You know, I

519
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Speaker 18: don't have a choice. But uh, yeah, that's my whole

520
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Speaker 18: mindset when it comes to it. Were space team and

521
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Speaker 18: I don't mind doing special teams.

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Speaker 3: Jamari.

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Speaker 13: If you were to write out your own scouting report

524
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Speaker 13: on yourself, what would it say.

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Speaker 18: Uh, playmaker good with the ball in his hand, creates

526
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Speaker 18: you know enough such separation. I mean, I feel like

527
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Speaker 18: my take, you know, my take to just speak for itself.

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Speaker 19: Congratulations, Jamari. In your conversation just with the Browns at

529
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Speaker 19: the combine, just what were some of the things you

530
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Speaker 19: picked up on, learned about and liked with the offense

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Speaker 19: that they're trying to run next next season, Just saying

532
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Speaker 19: how how.

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Speaker 18: To use their receivers. Just seeing you know, seeing how

534
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Speaker 18: versat how they let their receivers be because you know,

535
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Speaker 18: they showed me a couple formations and you those films,

536
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Speaker 18: you know, Mark Cooper being took WI to the left

537
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Speaker 18: and also in the slot as well, So just seeing

538
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Speaker 18: how to use the receiver, you know, their concepts and

539
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Speaker 18: then you know, just play style.

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Speaker 14: Hi, Jamari, Ashley Bastak from Cleveland dot Com, I know

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Speaker 14: you're excited to pick everyone's brain in that receiver room.

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Speaker 14: It sounds like that I've read you get praised for

543
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Speaker 14: your route running. I'm wondering with Amari Cooper specifically, since

544
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Speaker 14: he's regarded as one of the best route runners in

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Speaker 14: the league. How excited are you to get to talk

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Speaker 14: that aspect of the game with him?

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Speaker 18: Man, I can't wait. Mark, We've been doing a good job.

548
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Speaker 18: You know, he's always been consistent. You know, he was

549
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Speaker 18: one of my favorite siver when he was at Betan

550
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Speaker 18: as well. So just being in that room with him

551
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Speaker 18: and Judy and Eliza more. You know, just being in

552
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Speaker 18: the room with those guys, I know I can just

553
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Speaker 18: learn a lot. Like you know, I can't wait. I

554
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Speaker 18: can't wait to you know, get into.

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Speaker 17: That room with those guys, Hey, Jamary, I saw that

556
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Speaker 17: you had a hand injury, had surgery, you played through it.

557
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Speaker 17: How did that affect you in the second half of

558
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Speaker 17: the season, and you know why was it so important

559
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Speaker 17: for you to stay on the field.

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Speaker 18: You know it kind of slowed me up, you know,

561
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Speaker 18: getting trying to get back juice, you know, catching what uh,

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Speaker 18: I don't want to say one hand, but trying to

563
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Speaker 18: get straight back in you know, hand I had surgery

564
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Speaker 18: in it differ it definitely, you know, slowed me down

565
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Speaker 18: a little bit toward the second half or to see him,

566
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Speaker 18: but I always just want to you know. So just

567
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Speaker 18: knowing what we had to do and seeing when we

568
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Speaker 18: get in the standards, I knew that, you know, going

569
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Speaker 18: to going to the a SEC Championship was something that

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Speaker 18: that was big on us, you know, coming in, uh

571
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Speaker 18: in next January, coming in yeah, coming in next January.

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Speaker 18: So I have something that was big for us. And

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Speaker 18: I just know the type of player I am in

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Speaker 18: tope of teammate that I am, so I didn't mind

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Speaker 18: you know, playing you know with a broke hand or

576
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Speaker 18: a broken ridge or a broken finger. Like just knowing

577
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Speaker 18: me as a player and just knowing that my teammates

578
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Speaker 18: on the field each each game really did a lot

579
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Speaker 18: to him. So just knowing that that they needed me,

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Speaker 18: you know, I don't I don't mind going all out

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Speaker 18: for my teammates.

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Speaker 1: Director of Player Personnel Dan Sagany was up next. He

583
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Speaker 1: talked about what he sees and all the draft picks

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Speaker 1: so far and what specifically led the team to selecting

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Speaker 1: Jamari Thrash.

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Speaker 22: Yeah, we're very, very excited to add Jamori to the roster.

587
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Speaker 22: So Jamari for us, we view him as a guy

588
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Speaker 22: that can play inside and outside. He had a really

589
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Speaker 22: productive college career at Georgia State and then you know,

590
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Speaker 22: decided to transfer up to Louisville last year and had

591
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Speaker 22: another you know, big year, big year there. So a

592
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Speaker 22: guy with speed, a guy that showed up really well

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Speaker 22: through the Senior Bowl process. We really enjoyed getting to

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Speaker 22: know him u through our spring scouting process, and you know,

595
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Speaker 22: with these picks at this time of the draft, we're

596
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Speaker 22: really looking to find players that we're looking forward to developing,

597
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Speaker 22: getting having our coaches get their hands on him and

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Speaker 22: you know, see what they can do.

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Speaker 5: So he's a competitive kid.

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Speaker 22: He's had production inside and out throughout his college career,

601
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Speaker 22: and he's a good playmaker with the ball in his hands.

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Speaker 22: So excited to add him to the room and let

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Speaker 22: him compete.

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Speaker 11: He doesn't have much special teams experience, but he said

605
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Speaker 11: he knows that's got to be his role going forward.

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Speaker 11: Here see guy that you can envision, you know, using

607
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Speaker 11: in those kinds of spots. I guess he was a

608
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Speaker 11: gunner in the school.

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Speaker 22: Yeah, I mean he's got speed, he's a tough kid

610
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Speaker 22: like and the thing that stands out about him even

611
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Speaker 22: for a slighter receiver, is like he can get off

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Speaker 22: the line.

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Speaker 5: He knows how to win.

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Speaker 22: That stuff usually trans will translates pretty well to the

615
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Speaker 22: gunner spots. So again, a guy you can probably develop

616
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Speaker 22: as a returner as well. Just give him the production

617
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Speaker 22: he's had with the ball in his hands. So, you know,

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Speaker 22: a guy that all those guys they know they're going

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Speaker 22: to have to compete for, you know, for roster spots

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Speaker 22: and special teams is a big part of that. But

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Speaker 22: when you're looking at receivers, you know, if a guy

622
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Speaker 22: has twitched, quickness, toughness, they usually find a way to

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Speaker 22: get on the field.

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Speaker 5: So looking forward to seeing what he can do working

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Speaker 5: with Bubba.

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Speaker 23: So you've been here a long time.

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Speaker 10: Is there every conversation like we should probably start adding

628
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Speaker 10: some guys from that football factory in two hours down

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Speaker 10: the road.

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Speaker 22: Well, we have lots of conversations about lots of different players.

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Speaker 22: I figure you'd be asking about Akron at this point,

632
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Speaker 22: but now, I mean, we're trying to add the best

633
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Speaker 22: players we can to our roster, and everybody's boards different.

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Speaker 22: You know, we we kind of had to wait a

635
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Speaker 22: little while today before we made a pick and really

636
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Speaker 22: just trying to add the best depth and competitive players

637
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Speaker 22: we can to our roster, regardless of school, regardless of background.

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Speaker 5: All these guys have all different backgrounds.

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Speaker 22: These days, and you know, it's cool to see a

640
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Speaker 22: guy have great success and then transfer up and have

641
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Speaker 22: it translate well and work out well for him and

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Speaker 22: then show up with the Senior Bowl and show out

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Speaker 22: like he did.

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Speaker 5: So guys like that, you know, we're excited to at

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Speaker 5: at any point.

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Speaker 3: Most us have the same opinions of.

647
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Speaker 5: The quality of players that are available. How hard is

648
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Speaker 5: it to trade out? At this point? Is anybody to

649
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Speaker 5: trade out?

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Speaker 22: We certainly do our due diligence, making a lot of calls.

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Speaker 22: I mean, we've been honestly at all spots. We kind

652
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Speaker 22: of talk about it every year where we were very

653
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Speaker 22: proactive making calls up and down the board just based

654
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Speaker 22: on who's there, based on you know, a handful of

655
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Speaker 22: players that could be there, and then we kind of,

656
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Speaker 22: you know, sit and wait to see where it goes.

657
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Speaker 5: But again, you know, you're you're trying to find developmental players.

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Speaker 22: We're in a good spot with our roster where you know,

659
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Speaker 22: we have a lot of quality bets on this roster

660
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Speaker 22: that you know, anybody that we drafted this point is

661
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Speaker 22: going to be able to learn from some pretty good

662
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Speaker 22: pros and guys that have been around a while. And

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Speaker 22: you know, again, our job is to help play the

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Speaker 22: roster two three years out down the line, and that's

665
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Speaker 22: where these picks you know, really become important and you know,

666
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Speaker 22: really good developmental pieces for us.

667
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Speaker 7: It's a general question, but when's the transfer portal and

668
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:59,840
Speaker 7: everything that's that presenting a different challenge, challenge and scouting guys.

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00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,200
Speaker 5: That's a great question.

670
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Speaker 22: I would say, like the transfer portal has been interesting

671
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 22: because you you know, it's almost better perspective, right because

672
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 22: you're you're getting background from sometimes three different schools on

673
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,119
Speaker 22: players now if they've gone through two or three schools

674
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 22: at this point.

675
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 5: So you're getting perspectives.

676
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 22: You're you're seeing how guys have grown and matured over

677
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,159
Speaker 22: their career, not just at one school. You know, if

678
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 22: they've stayed with one staff, you're learning from you know,

679
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 22: multiple staffs that they've had at different stops. It really

680
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 22: gives you a sense of like who the who the

681
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,199
Speaker 22: player has become, not just as a player, but as

682
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 22: a person as they've gone. So I think it makes

683
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,200
Speaker 22: it a little bit harder to gather the information. But

684
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Speaker 22: our scouts do an unbelievable job.

685
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 5: I mean they're on the road two hundred days a year,

686
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 5: digging this digging this information up. That's what they do.

687
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 5: So we're fortunate they we.

688
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,880
Speaker 22: Have a really good group so that by the time

689
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Speaker 22: you know, we're comfortable making a pick and adding a

690
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 22: player to our roster, we feel like we really know

691
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 22: that player. And it all starts with gathering that background

692
00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 22: and all the work that everybody upstairs do.

693
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 12: Us that Hall and Zinter had that ironic, weird connection.

694
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 22: Before you drafted them both on day two, I mean,

695
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 22: we're we're aware of some connections, but I would say,

696
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 22: you know, we're really excited to add both guys as

697
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 22: football players.

698
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 3: I mean, they're.

699
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,360
Speaker 15: Got shoved into or I've seen them play a lot.

700
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 22: I can tell you every every play in that Ohio

701
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 22: State Michigan game. We've seen probably eighty times as a

702
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 22: group together at this point. So that's what we do

703
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 22: from February through about a week ago. So yeah, like

704
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 22: I said, that's why I was like, did you guys

705
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 22: challenge them to a steelcage death match out here before

706
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,239
Speaker 22: before we even started the day. So yeah, both those

707
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 22: guys obviously are super competitive players and have played, you know,

708
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 22: some pretty good football at a high level. So that'll

709
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 22: be fun to watch that battle and practice for years

710
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 22: to come as you guys get to watch.

711
00:28:59,520 --> 00:28:59,959
Speaker 5: Them out there.

712
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 3: So that game, I was not at that game.

713
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 12: I was.

714
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 5: I was up there a year or two ago, but

715
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Speaker 5: I was not at this. Yes, how many one on

716
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 5: sky or one or two might have been. I think

717
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 5: this year is one we want to say two last year.

718
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 13: Your question about development, this this is the fifth straight

719
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 13: year I believe that you guys are drafted a receiver.

720
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Speaker 10: Two are no longer with the organization, So I'll.

721
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Speaker 13: Leave you with three, including Thrash heere I realized when

722
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 13: you're at this point in the draft, you're.

723
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 8: Hoping to get lightning in the bottle. How do you

724
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 8: feel about.

725
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 13: The young receiver development right now.

726
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,200
Speaker 8: As far as where you know where it's at and.

727
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,959
Speaker 13: You know, is it a case where you guys are

728
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 13: just trying to keep reinvesting in that particular position.

729
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 5: Open the Yeah, that's a great question too.

730
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 22: I think like it just to answer the first party

731
00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 22: of a question with developing receivers, I feel great.

732
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Speaker 5: I think chat o'sha is one of the best receiver

733
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Speaker 5: coaches in the league.

734
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Speaker 22: I think we have a great player development crew here

735
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 22: that does a lot behind the scenes to continue working

736
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 22: with these guys. You know, with Jamari in particular, the

737
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 22: thing that stands out to us is his ability to

738
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 22: separate naturally and he's kind of proven that at two

739
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 22: different levels now and then you know through the spring

740
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 22: in the All Star Game circuit. As we mentioned, so

741
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 22: when we're you know, the hard part about receiver in

742
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 22: the NFL developing, and that's why it is like a

743
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 22: high turnover position is like there's sometimes two three on

744
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 22: the field at most, but and it takes an opportunity

745
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 22: sometimes you know, it takes an injury.

746
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 5: For a guy to get on the field and show

747
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Speaker 5: what they can really do.

748
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Speaker 22: We've had plenty of guys through the years that you know,

749
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 22: look great in practice and then you know they have

750
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 22: to show up and prove it. But you need those guys,

751
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 22: you know, to to be able to get to the

752
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 22: field and be active to do it. So I know

753
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 22: somebody asked the special teams question, that's one way to

754
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 22: get on the field and prove yourself.

755
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 5: There's plenty of you.

756
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 22: Know, as a history of guys in the league that

757
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 22: started as special teams players and developed into good players.

758
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 22: And you know, thinking through the back through the years here,

759
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 22: even Rishard Higgins, you know, had a little bit action

760
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 22: as a rookie. You know, he's a guy we cut

761
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 22: put back on practice squad, brought him right back to

762
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 22: the fifty three, and then it took him a year

763
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 22: to really.

764
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Speaker 5: Prove what he could do.

765
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Speaker 22: So, you know, as an organization, I think we're in

766
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 22: a great spot with player development. And you know, our

767
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 22: job again is to provide depth and so that we

768
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Speaker 22: can survive injuries over the course of the year and

769
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 22: when those guys get their opportunity to show what they

770
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,479
Speaker 22: can do they you know, they have one or two

771
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 22: things in their skill set that allows them to succeed

772
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Speaker 22: at our level.

773
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Speaker 2: I think Zach had said that he had worked a

774
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 2: little bit early in his Michigan career at Center. Do

775
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 2: you guys sort of envision him potentially, you know, some

776
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 2: versatility there beyond just just guard, you know, just even

777
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 2: if it's just as you an emergency of possibility.

778
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Speaker 22: Yeah, I would leave that one fully up to the coaches.

779
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 22: I mean, the good thing about Zach is he's played

780
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Speaker 22: multiple positions. He is super smart. He's a guy where

781
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 22: you honestly feel like you can plug and play wherever.

782
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 22: And he's you know, he's gonna know exactly what to do.

783
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 22: He's gonna know, you know, the right angles on how

784
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 22: to do it. He's gonna take coaching very well and

785
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 22: understand exactly what we're doing schematically.

786
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Speaker 5: So long term, roster wise, those things bear themselves out

787
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 5: over time.

788
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 22: Again, opportunity creates playtime, and we'll see how he does.

789
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 22: But you know, I think he fully fits our you know, smart, tough,

790
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 22: accountable mantra, and we'll we'll fit right into that room.

791
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 5: Really early.

792
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Speaker 14: Yesterday, the front of de Tackles and it just seems

793
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 14: like you guys obviously come away with one. But in

794
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 14: the NFL, the contracts that veterans are getting in free

795
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 14: agency and that emphasis on d tackles you can get

796
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 14: after opposing quarterbacks. How in recent years has that changed,

797
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 14: like your evaluation of the position, and how have you

798
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 14: seen it kind of trickle down into college maybe anything

799
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 14: like that.

800
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean pass rusher is a premium no matter

801
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 5: what I mean. We see you know, the guys that.

802
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 22: Hit the market this year, even you know, signed extensions

803
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 22: recently at the de tackle position.

804
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 5: It's a highly paid, highly coveted position.

805
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 22: And you know, taking a guy like Mike very good

806
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 22: you know, quickness, twitch, power, and you know has you know, really.

807
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 5: Like the ideal skill set for what we're looking for

808
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 5: out of a three technique.

809
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 22: So when you see guys like that, they kind of

810
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 22: jump off the tape. In college, a lot of college teams,

811
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 22: you know, play odd fronts or play three guys where

812
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 22: it's you know, you have more dbs and linebackers on

813
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 22: the field. But you know, a guy like Mike really

814
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 22: was identified pretty early here as a guy that's a perfect.

815
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 5: Scheme fit for us. And if it's what we do.

816
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 5: And again it is something that we're always looking to

817
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 5: add wherever we can.

818
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 8: So he really had something.

819
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Speaker 11: I'm sorry, he has some real dominant stresses down there and.

820
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 8: Then maybe some inconsistency.

821
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 5: What would you attribute that to inconsistency?

822
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 22: Yeah, I would just say, like, you know, he's a

823
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 22: guy that's going to come off the ball, so maybe

824
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 22: it looks a little bit differently when you know the

825
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 22: ball goes the other way or it gets out a gap,

826
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 22: you know, maybe from where he was supposed to be

827
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 22: on tape. I just think like his his strength is

828
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 22: coming off the ball. It's disrupting. It's you guys have

829
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 22: heard Jim's phrases over and over. That's that's what he does.

830
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 22: And I just think his even like his his inconsistent

831
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 22: plays create opportunities for others, which is how we we

832
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 22: kind of view things when you're building your front seven,

833
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 22: and you know, we're fortunately that we have a couple

834
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 22: of pretty good d linement around him with the ability

835
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 22: to rectify some mistakes. When you got a guy that

836
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 22: just gets up the field and disrupts and has power

837
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 22: and plays fast, So that's what we want our.

838
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 3: Guys to do.

839
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 2: Back to the development aspects.

840
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 14: We look at Murry's teams.

841
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 16: In the area that he can grow.

842
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,879
Speaker 22: What can this current being here just with one mari

843
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 22: and give yeah, Marie, I would be watching and listening

844
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 22: to every detail that those guys provide with throughout running.

845
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 22: Like when you talk about the three guys you mentioned,

846
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 22: they're all very quality route runners. They all have the

847
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,320
Speaker 22: ability to play inside and out, just like we we

848
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 22: view Jamaria. So you know, route running in the NFL

849
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 22: versus a high high amount of press coverage is you know,

850
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 22: takes again the receiver curve.

851
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 5: It takes a little time for these guys to figure

852
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:19,919
Speaker 5: that out.

853
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 22: You know, his his athletic skill set and what he's

854
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 22: proven throughout his college career is already you know, up

855
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 22: to par if you will, and then it's up to

856
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 22: him to you know, learn the nuances, learn those smaller

857
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 22: things and really probably learn to study tape and listen

858
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,600
Speaker 22: to how these guys see the game, because that's a

859
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 22: that's a pretty smart receiver group and guys that you know,

860
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 22: the one of the best things about that group. We

861
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 22: always joke about how we have a pretty boring receiver

862
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 22: group here, and it's because those guys are they're pros.

863
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 22: They all you know, they all pull for each other,

864
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 22: they all root for each other, and they all learn

865
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 22: from each other.

866
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 5: And guys have come from you know, different buildings too,

867
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 5: so they've gathered a lot along the way.

868
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 16: So receiver client appears as deep as this one is

869
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 16: one of the challenges with that, and like, do you

870
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 16: group guys by Okay, these guys are whatever's by style.

871
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 16: I guess when you're breaking down and decide we're gonna

872
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 16: wind up picking.

873
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 22: Yeah, that's an interesting question because we build our board

874
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 22: a certain way, but I would say in general, we're

875
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 22: looking for guys that can separate, get open, catch the ball,

876
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 22: run after the catch.

877
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,240
Speaker 5: That's kind of how we view things in general. Receiver

878
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 5: corners another position in the league.

879
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 22: Where like guys come in all different shapes and sizes

880
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 22: and have you know, maybe highs or lows here, and

881
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 22: some of that is size.

882
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 5: But again, you know, the league's trending to a lot

883
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 5: of eleven personnel.

884
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 22: You're gonna play with three receivers most of the game,

885
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 22: so you know, we put a premium on guys that

886
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 22: we believe can separate and catch the ball, which you

887
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 22: know Jamar has proven he can do it at a

888
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 22: high level.

889
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 10: So spens this year studying these guys and years in

890
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 10: some cases. Are you ready to have a first round pick?

891
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:57,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.

892
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 22: Actually it'll be a lot more exciting probably down here

893
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:01,279
Speaker 22: as well.

894
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 5: So, but I mean, in general, it's funny. I remember

895
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 5: being asked this question.

896
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 22: Last year, and all we do is really shift our

897
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 22: board and just shift the players that you're focused on.

898
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 22: So it's like if you're if you're taking a receiver later,

899
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 22: you're still as excited about him sometimes or a player

900
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 22: being there in the fifth round, sixth round as you

901
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 22: would be getting you know, quote unquote getting your guy

902
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 22: in the first. So the two guys that we added yesterday,

903
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 22: we were very excited you know that it end up

904
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 22: working out and we were able to add them to

905
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 22: the roster. So I would say there's like no shortage

906
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 22: of excitement when we're able to do that. But you know, again,

907
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 22: a first round pick is a huge resource, and as

908
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 22: we've seen the last couple of years, those can go

909
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 22: a lot of different ways, and you know, we deploy

910
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:45,800
Speaker 22: our resources in a lot of different directions.

911
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 5: I would say, so, but yeah, it'd be nice, nice

912
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 5: to have that resource back looking forward to it.

913
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 17: Jamari played part of the end or like most of

914
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 17: the end of the season with a broken hand. Could

915
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 17: you see that difference on film when you were watching it?

916
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 17: What I mean, what is it about a guy when

917
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:02,400
Speaker 17: he wants to play through that and stay nfield?

918
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 14: Yeah?

919
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 22: I mean receivers that play through stuff like that and

920
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 22: you know your job is catching the ball. I think

921
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 22: it just again proves the makeup of who the kid is. So,

922
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 22: you know, tough, competitive and smart is what we're looking

923
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 22: for in every position. I think he fits all that

924
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 22: and just one more example how he proves it.

925
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 17: So sounds about any drop issues with him.

926
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 22: No, our scouts do a really good job of providing

927
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 22: that context. And you know, we have a number of

928
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 22: different lenses. We look at you know, drop right stats,

929
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 22: all those things, and we really try to contextualize things

930
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 22: the best we can and really go over the player's

931
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 22: whole career, not just you know, one small sample of

932
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 22: his four or five years playing college football games.

933
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:48,959
Speaker 15: And pick three different usiness with Franklin or Franklin kind

934
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 15: of combine came here.

935
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 9: So you surprised he went so low.

936
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 22: I mean, we enjoyed our time with Troy too, you know,

937
00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 22: wish him the best of luck where he ends up.

938
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 22: I would say, again, everybody's board is very different, and

939
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 22: you know where you're choosing players in the drafts, you're

940
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 22: kind of for us, we're looking at bundles of players

941
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 22: and the availability to get players that we like at

942
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 22: different positions across you know, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,

943
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 22: whatever round it might be.

944
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 5: So but yeah, I mean good player and wush them

945
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:19,760
Speaker 5: the best going forward.

946
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 22: So there's a lot of guys who spend you know,

947
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 22: time with through the process that you're excited to see

948
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,479
Speaker 22: how they end up because you know you had great

949
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 22: experiences with them and.

950
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 5: Want to see how they do.

951
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: So wrapping up the day at the podium was general

952
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski. They talked

953
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: together to recap all the picks in the twenty twenty

954
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: four NFL Draft and how they feel the weekend went

955
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: for your Cleveland Brown.

956
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 24: All right, So as we wrap up draft weekend, very

957
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 24: excited with the you know, the group of players that

958
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 24: we were able to select this weekend. You know, all

959
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 24: of them have aspects that made us excited about them

960
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 24: as prospects.

961
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 8: And also as people are you know, our scouts are coaches.

962
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 24: They've been hard to work, you know for the last

963
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 24: little bit, you know, signing undrafted free agents something that's

964
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 24: been you know, really fruitful for us over the past

965
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 24: couple of years, but particularly last year, you know, with

966
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 24: with Ronnie Hickman and mamou So it's a it's an

967
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 24: important part of what we do and our job's not

968
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 24: not done yet. But we like the young players that

969
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 24: we've added to the team. We're looking forward to seeing

970
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:27,879
Speaker 24: them integrate with the veterans as we get into May.

971
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 24: And with that, I'll open up for questions.

972
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 12: For the surprise today that maybe you could start with thrash.

973
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 14: Would you like so much about Chart?

974
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,399
Speaker 24: Yeah, so, you know Jamari, we liked his route skill

975
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,879
Speaker 24: and his separation ability. You know, this is a guy

976
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,279
Speaker 24: that both it was very productive at Georgia State and

977
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 24: then transferring up to Louisville, you know, really answered the

978
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 24: bell there and then really even through through the Senior

979
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 24: Bowl in January. We view him as a guy who

980
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 24: can play outside and inside. You know, he's good with

981
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 24: the ball in his hands. So as we think through

982
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 24: our offense and are you know, fit within that receiver room.

983
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,280
Speaker 24: We're looking forward to seeing him compete, you know, compete

984
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 24: for reps, and we think he's a guy that has

985
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:12,280
Speaker 24: position flegs.

986
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 3: You go in the depth on drafting Watson, what did

987
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 3: you like about him?

988
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 24: Yeah, So with with Nathaniel, So one of the things

989
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 24: that we thought a lot about when you know, we

990
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 24: lost Siaki excuse me, when we lost Sioni in uh

991
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 24: in free agency this this spring. You know, one of

992
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 24: the things that he was able to add when he

993
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 24: played both Mike and Sam is a little bit more

994
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,760
Speaker 24: stoutness in the middle of the defense, you know, particularly

995
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 24: at the point of attack. And we think that you know, Nathaniel,

996
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 24: you know, he's got good range, he's incredibly smart, and

997
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,879
Speaker 24: he has good instincts. But he provides maybe a little

998
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 24: bit of a diverse profile in that linebacker room because

999
00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 24: he does have a little bit more strength and power

1000
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 24: at the point of attack. So we see him as

1001
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 24: a as a player that that has the potential to

1002
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 24: make be developed into that type of role Mike Sam

1003
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 24: flex and ultimately be someone who's who's a candidate to

1004
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 24: call the defense after he gets to see legs out

1005
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 24: from under him.

1006
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 2: Well, see as you got later into the you know,

1007
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 2: especially those last three picks. How much are you guys

1008
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 2: sort of looking special teams looking at, especially with the

1009
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 2: changes that you're going to deal with with the new

1010
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 2: kickoff role, how they they could fit in there.

1011
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 8: That's a great quest question, Chris.

1012
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 24: That was actually a big part of the discussions with

1013
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 24: a number of the prospects that we we talked about

1014
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 24: and debated and you know, some went off the board

1015
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 24: at different points, but it was it was a big

1016
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 24: part of the discussions with you know, as we thought

1017
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 24: kind of through the whole you know, big picture profile

1018
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 24: of an individual player.

1019
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 8: So definitely definitely part of it.

1020
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 10: Are you comfortable with lessons off field stuff?

1021
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 8: And do you think that's why he was still available.

1022
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 22: Over the six round?

1023
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 8: Yeah?

1024
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,320
Speaker 24: I can't comment on why, you know, how other teams

1025
00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 24: viewed him, but you know, we are comfortable with the person, yes, And.

1026
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,360
Speaker 17: I guess I wonder how on see they don't you

1027
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 17: guys right because he was in four or six years,

1028
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 17: so you've doesn't work on him in previous drafts.

1029
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 24: Yeah, I would say he's probably been on our radar

1030
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 24: as much as any prospect in this in this class.

1031
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 24: I wouldn't I wouldn't say that it was anything, you know,

1032
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 24: too far off the norm.

1033
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 8: In that regard where you have a draft where you've.

1034
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 17: Just kind of stayed put in major picker, because there's

1035
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,439
Speaker 17: something different about this draft.

1036
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 8: It wasn't for a lack of effort.

1037
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 24: I can assure you, Dan, Yeah, we were talking about

1038
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 24: that as we were coming downstairs, like, man, this is

1039
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 24: the first draft that we haven't executed a trade. I

1040
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 24: blame it on Quazy and you can quote me on

1041
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 24: that because we Kevin was joking as like, I've never

1042
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 24: heard two people talk more about trades involving seventh round

1043
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 24: picks than the two of you and not get a

1044
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 24: deal done. But we you know that we had a

1045
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 24: number of opportunities where we were either trying to move

1046
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 24: around today and you know, like we talked about yesterday,

1047
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 24: we had a couple opportunities, but it just didn't It

1048
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 24: didn't make sense for whatever reason.

1049
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 8: But I would not say that that's going to be

1050
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 8: the new Momo.

1051
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 13: I think this is the fifth straight year you've drafted

1052
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 13: a wide receiver. Is is that a just a coincidence

1053
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 13: or is that kind of a just a byproduct of

1054
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 13: the first two guys that you did draft not.

1055
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 24: Being here, Yeah, I think it's probably a little bit

1056
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 24: more coincidence. I mean, I think you see more. You know,

1057
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,360
Speaker 24: that's gonna be one of the more plentiful positions in

1058
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 24: terms of just overall quantity year over year. And then

1059
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 24: also just like as you as you think about different

1060
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 24: positions and where you select them, like, I don't, I wouldn't.

1061
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 8: I wouldn't read too much into that, Daryl.

1062
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,240
Speaker 11: You guys are building bridges between Ohio State and Michigan.

1063
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 11: I know you've spent some time with Mike and with Zach.

1064
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 11: What was it like to see them together today and

1065
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 11: just the general impressions on that, No.

1066
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:46,879
Speaker 8: It was, it was great.

1067
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 24: I mean, I think those two guys are going to

1068
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 24: add a lot to our locker room in different ways.

1069
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 5: You know.

1070
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 24: I think Mike with just his his passion and his

1071
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 24: and his energy, and I think Zach's kind of the

1072
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 24: just the steady, you know, steady presence. But I'm looking

1073
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 24: forward to seeing those two battle it out on the

1074
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 24: practice field, you know, once we get the pads on,

1075
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 24: and they're both looking forward to being teammates us.

1076
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,359
Speaker 11: Trained a little bit at center. Is that maybe down

1077
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 11: the line you guys look around with him.

1078
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:20,840
Speaker 24: Yeah, you know, very rarely will we bring alignment in

1079
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 24: and have them work at one spot, you know, especially

1080
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 24: you know, young players, we want them to have, you know,

1081
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:32,800
Speaker 24: positional flexibility, and Zach's incredibly smart and someone that we

1082
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 24: expect to be able to handle a load of multiple spots.

1083
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 16: When you look at the tight end room, was at

1084
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,320
Speaker 16: a position where you consider guys during this draft, and

1085
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 16: I guess I know there's a lot of time left

1086
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 16: in the offseason, but how do you think it kind

1087
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 16: of stacks up right now?

1088
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:48,720
Speaker 3: Do you feel like maybe your.

1089
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,439
Speaker 24: Guys short Yeah, I'd say in any room, we don't

1090
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,880
Speaker 24: feel like we're done. You know, the first game is

1091
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 24: until what Labor Day weekend or after Labor Day weekend,

1092
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,359
Speaker 24: so we've got a long way to go. We can

1093
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:03,000
Speaker 24: probably maybe catch our breath for a day. But you know,

1094
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 24: I think we talked about before the draft. You know,

1095
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 24: it's zi areus we traded for on a Friday night

1096
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 24: in the.

1097
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 8: Middle of May.

1098
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 24: Shelby we signed what early August, and we traded for

1099
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 24: Pierre and Dustin you know, at the end of camp.

1100
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 24: So there's still work to do in the roster. And

1101
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,800
Speaker 24: that's not just limited to the tight end room, but

1102
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 24: you know that's what the next couple of months before

1103
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 24: in a.

1104
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,880
Speaker 16: Spot he came into the weekend going, we'd really like

1105
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:29,880
Speaker 16: to address that spot.

1106
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,719
Speaker 8: What do I typically say before the draft in terms

1107
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 8: of the draft?

1108
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 12: Yes, or at the end of the of the Deshaun

1109
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 12: Watson trade, the last pick was made by by Houston,

1110
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 12: just wondering you know what, you know, what do you

1111
00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 12: think about that now? Knowing that that's kind of behind

1112
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 12: you in some respects and you'll have a first round

1113
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 12: pick next year, can you sort of wrap up where

1114
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 12: how you feel about the whole.

1115
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 18: Thing right now?

1116
00:46:57,719 --> 00:46:59,879
Speaker 24: I'll be honest in truth, Mary Kay, I haven't thought

1117
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,320
Speaker 24: about that way or like spend any time reflecting on it.

1118
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 24: I really just look at it as, hey, here are

1119
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 24: resources in a given year. How do we best apply

1120
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 24: them to the team to to make it better in

1121
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 24: the short and long term?

1122
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 8: So that's that's not something I really think about.

1123
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 12: How much are you looking forward to having something to

1124
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:17,839
Speaker 12: do on Thursday.

1125
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 15: Night next year?

1126
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 17: For now?

1127
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 24: Now, I look, it'll it'll be great to have kind

1128
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 24: of our full complement of draft picks back for sure.

1129
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 8: How we deploy them? You know we'll see over the

1130
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 8: next year.

1131
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 5: Could you speak to the developmental aspect this?

1132
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 13: You know, the bulk of this draft here seems to

1133
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 13: be about bringing in some young guys that maybe not

1134
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 13: immediately are going to have an impact.

1135
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 8: Maybe hope one or two of them can, but you know,

1136
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 8: down the road they will. You know, just how you

1137
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:47,520
Speaker 8: get these guys in here?

1138
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 23: Sure, we look at it. I mean, these are not

1139
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 23: finished products. Some of them are very young obviously, Mike,

1140
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,240
Speaker 23: Mike is twenty years old. So, uh, these these guys,

1141
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 23: these people are are developing, you know, off the field.

1142
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 23: Obviously we're gonna spend a lot of time with them

1143
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 23: on the field to develop them and their skill set.

1144
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:06,520
Speaker 23: But that's that's a huge we talked about it yesterday.

1145
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 23: That's a huge part of our job as coaches is

1146
00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 23: to get as much out of these players as we can. Uh,

1147
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 23: and and we're eager to get to work with them

1148
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 23: in a couple of weeks.

1149
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 7: Ask you Kell, so, how excited you get when you

1150
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,239
Speaker 7: when you have a new draft class and don't see

1151
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 7: them on the field here in a in just a

1152
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 7: couple of weeks.

1153
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,920
Speaker 23: Yeah, we Uh, that's the thing, get seeing them on

1154
00:48:25,960 --> 00:48:28,440
Speaker 23: the grass is what's most exciting, Uh, you know, bringing

1155
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 23: them in here and uh, it's a long, arduous process

1156
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 23: and Ab and his crew did a great job and

1157
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 23: it's so organized and uh, really the they stayed true

1158
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 23: to really the process, if you will. Then when we

1159
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 23: get them on the grass, that's the fun part for

1160
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:44,880
Speaker 23: the coaches, where we can take them through an individual

1161
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 23: drill and and start to acclimate them to our schemes.

1162
00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 14: Last week, you talked about potentially with the new kickoff roles,

1163
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 14: the size of coverage players maybe looking for some different things.

1164
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 14: Did Watson size play a big factor in determining determining

1165
00:48:58,719 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 14: his value.

1166
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 8: On That's a great, great question observation. It did his

1167
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 8: his style of play, did you know?

1168
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 24: I think it's something for us when when we went

1169
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,319
Speaker 24: through the process, you know, we thought he could fill

1170
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,120
Speaker 24: this or potentially fill this specialized role at linebacker, but

1171
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,760
Speaker 24: we also thought he could be a multi face producer

1172
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 24: on special teams and specifically with the new kickoff rule.

1173
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 24: You know, as we talked about before the draft, probably

1174
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 24: none of us really know how it's how it's going

1175
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 24: to look and operate, but it certainly is.

1176
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:26,399
Speaker 8: A specuative play on our part that we think that's

1177
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 8: something that he could be good at.

1178
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 14: Like rash who it sounds like he hasn't played a

1179
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,719
Speaker 14: ton of special teams, and that obviously becomes such an

1180
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 14: important part for rookies.

1181
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 13: Like how do you go about evaluating a guy like that?

1182
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 3: Basically?

1183
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 24: Truthfully, with with receivers, they're unless they're returners, they're typically

1184
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 24: not like highly involved in special teams or like I

1185
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 24: should maybe I should say it differently, they're not highly

1186
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 24: impactful like multi face producers, just because of what's required.

1187
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 8: So I think guys that do that are a little

1188
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 8: bit more of the exception to the rule.

1189
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,960
Speaker 24: But we always tell our guys like, hey, if you're

1190
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 24: not you know, if or not Amari Cooper, like, you've

1191
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 24: got to be able to do more to be active

1192
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:07,440
Speaker 24: on game day. So that'll certainly be you know, not

1193
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 24: just a challenge to Jamari, but really all of our

1194
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,960
Speaker 24: young guys who probably for a lot of their careers

1195
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,279
Speaker 24: have not played special teams and this will really be

1196
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 24: the first time.

1197
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,320
Speaker 2: How do you approach I know you're not going to

1198
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 2: give names right now, but as you try to approach

1199
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 2: that on the UDFA class, what's kind of your method?

1200
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:28,879
Speaker 5: What are you looking for as you kind of piece

1201
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:29,480
Speaker 5: that together.

1202
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 24: So the way we look at it is any player

1203
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 24: that we add to the roster, they should have some

1204
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,320
Speaker 24: some clear strength, even if it's very narrow. You know,

1205
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:44,840
Speaker 24: are they someone who is really fast or really strong,

1206
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 24: or someone who can rust the pass, or someone who's

1207
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:50,120
Speaker 24: really good in the run game. You know, there should

1208
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,399
Speaker 24: be some type of clear strength for why they are here.

1209
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 24: Because once we get to September and we're putting the

1210
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:01,439
Speaker 24: team together, as you talk about call it through fifty three,

1211
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,280
Speaker 24: it really is a puzzle pieces. You're trying to compliment

1212
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:08,759
Speaker 24: your your starters and your primary players with skill sets

1213
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:12,520
Speaker 24: that you may lack in certain areas. So when we

1214
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 24: go in the undrafted free agent process, we're looking for

1215
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 24: guys with straints and maybe you know, and probably by

1216
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 24: definition those guys that are maybe a little bit more

1217
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 24: limited coming in. But it's like, hey, does this guy

1218
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:26,400
Speaker 24: have size, you know, can he run? Or if we

1219
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:28,480
Speaker 24: have a certain profile at the position, we're looking for

1220
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 24: the most important trade. So maybe a perfect example would

1221
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 24: be you know, Ronnie Hickman last year. You know, we

1222
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:35,799
Speaker 24: thought this was a guy who was athletic, who could

1223
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 24: run and had great ball skills. So we're like, hey,

1224
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 24: this is a guy who could be a developmental free

1225
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,280
Speaker 24: safety for us. And Ronnie came along even more quickly

1226
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:47,239
Speaker 24: than we anticipated, but those strengths were something that we

1227
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 24: felt would.

1228
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 17: Complement our room.

1229
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 16: I picked that a little bit too, because I thought

1230
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 16: I saw you was on that freaks list. Was there

1231
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,879
Speaker 16: something specifically about his traits that jumped out.

1232
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 3: Of you guys?

1233
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:56,439
Speaker 5: Yeah?

1234
00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 24: With Juwan, we really thought that his maybe a little

1235
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 24: bit like what we talked about with Michael yesterday, where

1236
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 24: his strength he's kind of like a move style defensive tackle.

1237
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 24: And and and for us, as we get into the

1238
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,759
Speaker 24: later rounds where we get into the undrafted free agent pool,

1239
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 24: you'll see us choose or select or sign guys that

1240
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 24: are more that profile because of what we ask our

1241
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:19,440
Speaker 24: defensive line.

1242
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:19,919
Speaker 8: To do in this scheme.

1243
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:22,760
Speaker 5: Did to Miles Harden.

1244
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:27,719
Speaker 24: Yeah, so you know, Miles small school corner who we

1245
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 24: thought actually has a pretty well rounded skill set. I

1246
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:32,920
Speaker 24: think he probably has maybe a little bit more from

1247
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,840
Speaker 24: our perspective, Uh, you know, a nickel nickel profile with

1248
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 24: even maybe some potential to to flex at safety, but

1249
00:52:39,239 --> 00:52:43,760
Speaker 24: really smart kid was productive, you know, out of South Dakota,

1250
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 24: you know, good enough tools for the position, and I

1251
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,280
Speaker 24: think as you know, Nate, you know corner will always

1252
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:50,560
Speaker 24: be a premium spot.

1253
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,279
Speaker 12: For us for defense to offense. Did it just kind

1254
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 12: of turn out that way? You didn't go into the

1255
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 12: draft thinking that.

1256
00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 24: You needed to go heavy depend Yeah, it just it

1257
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 24: kind of And and I'll be honest, like probably going

1258
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 24: to the draft, if you would have asked me how

1259
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 24: it would have shaped out, it probably would have been

1260
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:06,520
Speaker 24: the other way, just because of you know, some of

1261
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 24: the strengths and weaknesses of the draft class. So it's

1262
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,800
Speaker 24: just another reminder to us that you just have to

1263
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 24: stay flexible and adaptable with you know, what the board

1264
00:53:15,280 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 24: throws at you. But you know, we're excited about the

1265
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,879
Speaker 24: young the the the group of young men that we've added.

1266
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,960
Speaker 17: I know how you're going to answer this, but have

1267
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:26,879
Speaker 17: you made a decision on Greg's fifth your option?

1268
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:30,480
Speaker 24: Very happy with Greg wanted as many man corners as

1269
00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:34,440
Speaker 24: we can have, and we'll let you guys know when, uh,

1270
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 24: at the appropriate time.

1271
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,240
Speaker 5: We're earlier. You're talking about traits.

1272
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 6: I think last year you're talking about horses and horses. Well,

1273
00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 6: is there is there something off the top of your

1274
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 6: head like in this draft class, this guy does X

1275
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:54,919
Speaker 6: really well and that stands out above the rest.

1276
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:57,600
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's a that's actually a really great question.

1277
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 5: You know.

1278
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,800
Speaker 24: I think probably the easy one is Mike just because

1279
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 24: you know, his ability as a rusher, just both with

1280
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:12,960
Speaker 24: his physical tools and feel. It's it's something that we

1281
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,400
Speaker 24: put a premium value on. But you know, I really

1282
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,080
Speaker 24: could go down the list. Like you know, Zach, we

1283
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,000
Speaker 24: think is you know, his superpower is he's an excellent

1284
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 24: past protector. Jamari, he's an outstanding separator. You know, Nathaniel,

1285
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 24: you know, he's really good in the run game, particularly

1286
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,120
Speaker 24: using his strength. You know, Miles is probably a little

1287
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,640
Speaker 24: bit of his you know, his instincts and versatility. And

1288
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 24: then Juwan it's his it's his movement ability. So that's

1289
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 24: not to say that all those individuals are isolated to

1290
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 24: that you know, primary feature, but it's certainly something that

1291
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 24: that made them attractive to us.

1292
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:50,560
Speaker 8: Let me go here, Darrel, I'm.

1293
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 19: Curious if in the fifth round they're a little brotherly

1294
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 19: instinct in play when the Eagles came up and jumped

1295
00:54:58,440 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 19: you guys, try to get to your mind.

1296
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:03,719
Speaker 8: Try Oh no, there wasn't. I'd like to say there

1297
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 8: was a better story to that, but no, there wasn't.

1298
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 5: There wasn't.

1299
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 13: It's one thing to rebuild a roster, it's another to

1300
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,840
Speaker 13: kind of get the wheel of talent flowing, so to speak,

1301
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 13: where you can cultivate your own to compensate for any losses.

1302
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 13: Do you feel that, now you're as deep as you

1303
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,920
Speaker 13: are into this, that you've gotten to that stage and

1304
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,520
Speaker 13: roster building where you feel like that that wheel was

1305
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 13: starting to naturally turn for you as opposed to you're

1306
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:37,680
Speaker 13: constantly filling poles and.

1307
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 8: Things like that. Yeah, truthfully I do, Darryl, I certainly

1308
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:44,400
Speaker 8: hope so. But we feel good about the health and

1309
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:45,280
Speaker 8: depth of the roster.

1310
00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:49,680
Speaker 24: We won't know till we get to the fall, because

1311
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:52,320
Speaker 24: you know, as I say, every year, guys surprise you

1312
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:56,879
Speaker 24: in both you in both directions, and things change fast

1313
00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 24: in the NFL, you know, as we see. So as

1314
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:02,680
Speaker 24: we sit here today, though we're happy with where we stand,

1315
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 24: we're not satisfied, and we know that we still have

1316
00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 24: work to do and in areas to bolster and supplement,

1317
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 24: but we do feel good about the health as we

1318
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:13,760
Speaker 24: stand today.

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Speaker 12: Perhaps a quarterback, maybe in undrafted or somewhere that you

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Speaker 12: guys can bring in here because it seems like you

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Speaker 12: might need another arm or a developmental player with what's

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Speaker 12: going on with Deshaun and Dorian.

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Speaker 8: I'd say that's unlikely.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, draft is perfect.

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Speaker 23: Did you guys accomplish what you guys wanted to accomplish

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Speaker 23: this weekend and maximizing those late round picks?

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Speaker 8: I'd say so, number one. I mean don't. I don't

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Speaker 8: know that anyway.

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Speaker 24: Everyone's gonna say they accomplished what they intended to accomplish,

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Speaker 24: But the truth is none of us actually know. All

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Speaker 24: we can say is we tried to make the best decisions.

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Speaker 24: You know that we're at the moments that they were

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Speaker 24: placed in front of us. You know, I think we

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Speaker 24: had some goals in terms of pick management or resource

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Speaker 24: management that we just we weren't afforded or we weren't

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Speaker 24: afforded the right opportunity to execute on. But that being said,

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Speaker 24: we're happy with the group of players that we're bringing in.

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