Speaker 1: Welcome to the official five. We were presented by Win Batt.
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Speaker 1: Allen here againside the studio with Anthony Bett, Eric Coleman,
Speaker 1: Trader Joe up to his tricks again here to get
Speaker 1: night to the two thousand two draft under way. Making
Speaker 1: a trade with the New York Giants. A Crosstown Giants
Speaker 1: goes up to spots, gives the Giants a fifth round pick,
Speaker 1: and he takes Breece Hall out of Iowa State. Anthony,
Speaker 1: were he surprised by the selection and also what kind
Speaker 1: of player in the Jets game? No, not surprised at all.
Speaker 1: I think they're playing with house money at that point
Speaker 1: in the second rounds um, they're getting an elite offensive
Speaker 1: talent that basically carried this entire program on his back
Speaker 1: for the last you know, two and a half seasons.
Speaker 1: Super productive, a ton of touches, over eight hundred touches
Speaker 1: in his career. He's still only twenty years old. Uh
Speaker 1: excellent patients as an outside zone runner, inside zone runner, downhill,
Speaker 1: power gap scheme type style runner, and when he gets
Speaker 1: to the second and third level, he's got great awareness
Speaker 1: and great ability to make people miss and an extraordinary
Speaker 1: burst with his fourth three eight speed and the most
Speaker 1: important thing, guys, he can get it in the end zone.
Speaker 1: Fifty touchdowns I think straight games he scored a touchdown. Um,
Speaker 1: he is an elite back and he can catch the
Speaker 1: football as well. So eight plus catches doing that. Elijah
Speaker 1: Vera Tucker in two thousand one, Jeremaine Johnson and round
Speaker 1: one here in two Breece Hall in round two in
Speaker 1: two Joe Douglas not afraid to use that capital goal.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it. You see a guy
Speaker 1: out there that you know can help your team, that
Speaker 1: can that can come out in here and and be
Speaker 1: a first day starter on this team. Go get him.
Speaker 1: Go forget the forget about the rest of the pigs,
Speaker 1: Go get your guy. And I love what they got
Speaker 1: in Breece Hall. You know, he's a guy who was
Speaker 1: a three down back who can run between the tackles,
Speaker 1: He runs behind his pads, and he's deceptively fast. I
Speaker 1: think earlier we were talking and you said that he
Speaker 1: reminds you of like a Matt Forte, and I see that.
Speaker 1: I see how smooth of a runner he is. He
Speaker 1: has great vision, he has great patience, he sets up
Speaker 1: his blocks. Well. I think he's gonna be a great
Speaker 1: addition to this New York Jets offense. So much speed
Speaker 1: being drafted in these first two rounds. All right, we
Speaker 1: gotta be honest. Though, we did a mock draft here
Speaker 1: inside the studio a couple of days ago. You were
Speaker 1: virtual and Anthony Beck takes Breeze Hall out of i
Speaker 1: With State. Look, I felt like it's a luxury pick
Speaker 1: for the team. Um, you know, do they need a
Speaker 1: running back? No? But can you get through a season
Speaker 1: with one young back? I think we've looked at the
Speaker 1: Jets over the last couple of years and that doesn't
Speaker 1: really happen. Right, You need more bodies, and now you're
Speaker 1: talking about an elite body. So this is the top
Speaker 1: running back in the draft, folks. Vertical Okay, he grated
Speaker 1: very high across the board and testing, so he's a
Speaker 1: superior athlete. And literally, you know, everybody week the week
Speaker 1: when he was at Iowa State, everybody on defense knew
Speaker 1: he was the catalyst that made the engine run. And
Speaker 1: they still couldn't stop him. They loaded the box up.
Speaker 1: I watched him play games where eight almost nine guys
Speaker 1: in the box. Those guys blocked them up and stuff,
Speaker 1: but he's still finds a way to get through and
Speaker 1: make people miss man. Uh. He's fun to watch and
Speaker 1: he is a big time pickup for this football team.
Speaker 1: He is gonna be good. You're gonna want more carries
Speaker 1: from it. I'd be shocked if he doesn't come in
Speaker 1: during the season and really like wow, Like this kid
Speaker 1: is pretty good. I know immediately when he gets the
Speaker 1: training camp, he's gonna have that effect. Do you worry
Speaker 1: about the workload, the touches that he had third college?
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. He's young, Anthony said, he's twenty
Speaker 1: years old. This is a young man. Uh, and and
Speaker 1: he's not going to get anything close to that here
Speaker 1: with the Jets because you don't see a lot of
Speaker 1: running backs getting thirty carries like they did, you know
Speaker 1: back in the day. He's gonna get fourteen fifteen carries
Speaker 1: a game. Uh, Michael Carter is gonna get the other
Speaker 1: the rest and so you still have Tevin Coleman, Todd Johnson.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of work to go around. And what
Speaker 1: I like about Breeze Hall is that he can catch
Speaker 1: the ball out of the backfield. You know, you can
Speaker 1: run your screens, you can run swing passes. Your check
Speaker 1: down pass can get turned into an eight yard play.
Speaker 1: So a guy who can make people missing open field.
Speaker 1: He has the speed to go the distance. You know,
Speaker 1: look at him. He's an All American. This guy knows
Speaker 1: how to play ball. Carries stay last year two three
Speaker 1: carries nearly fifteen hundred yards on the ground every five
Speaker 1: point five yards to carry. For those watching on YouTube
Speaker 1: or New York Just dot com, that's fifty touchdowns on
Speaker 1: the ground. And another thing that he just talked about
Speaker 1: is could be Zake Wilson's front on the backfield thirty
Speaker 1: six receptions last year, eighty two for his career. Um,
Speaker 1: he's really a depth. He looks very comfortable like getting
Speaker 1: out and running some patterns, very smooth, understand space. You know,
Speaker 1: can match up out of the backfielders the back or
Speaker 1: beat him one on one and get into the open
Speaker 1: area catch the football. Um. You know, I think when
Speaker 1: we watch Zack Wilson last year, some of the struggles
Speaker 1: he had was kind of getting those easy throws to
Speaker 1: those backs or whoever tight ends. Well, now he's gonna
Speaker 1: have dudes that are capable of making big plays in
Speaker 1: those situations with Briefe and of course continuing with Michael
Speaker 1: Carter and of course the two tight ends. So uh,
Speaker 1: this takes a lot of pressure off your quarterback. You know,
Speaker 1: we we get enamored by all these throws that Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson made in his pro day and at b y U,
Speaker 1: he's not gonna have to do that. Those plays are
Speaker 1: now gonna come open for him a little more naturally
Speaker 1: within the play development and progressions because now you've got
Speaker 1: multiple weapons, you know, coming out of the backfield, going
Speaker 1: across in motion, Elijah Moore, all these different things now
Speaker 1: two tight ends, one tight end, tight end, split out
Speaker 1: two backs, maybe Briefe and and and uh and my
Speaker 1: car on the field at the same time. I mean, wow, Like,
Speaker 1: you know, Michael Flore, like you know, he's he's kind
Speaker 1: of be like, you know, the ultimate man signs is
Speaker 1: gonna be cooking. All the smoke's gonna be coming out
Speaker 1: of his office Instagram right looking over the jet set.
Speaker 1: But I thought that was great. He's looking at him like, wow,
Speaker 1: Now I got you. Silence taking a look at La
Speaker 1: Flour said, yeah, man, And I think all that starts
Speaker 1: with the offensive line and what they've done, you know,
Speaker 1: establishing this line. You look at it across the board.
Speaker 1: You bring in Lake and Thomlinson, you already have Vera
Speaker 1: Tucker McKay beck and he comes back healthy. I mean,
Speaker 1: you have the key components for a great run game.
Speaker 1: You know they're gonna be able to protect the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Give Zach Wilson some time and all the pressure won't
Speaker 1: be on your quarterback now that you can run the
Speaker 1: football briefe Hall to another specialty that he brings to
Speaker 1: the table. What's your offensive lineman are gonna love? Is
Speaker 1: a back that understands how to set up his lineman.
Speaker 1: Yes to block, So he's waiting, waiting, gets a guy
Speaker 1: to go, and then baby comes here and now it's
Speaker 1: an easier block for the lineman instead of a guy
Speaker 1: that just like catches the ball, takes it from the
Speaker 1: quarterback and just tries to hit into this hole with
Speaker 1: no one. Yeah, that's not that's not briests man, That's
Speaker 1: not how he's round the ball. That's that's been his
Speaker 1: whole career and he's made guys. Look, really, I'm kind
Speaker 1: of interested in how we're gonna handle this. Michael Carter
Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. Got Breese Hall, You
Speaker 1: got Bryce Hall. Man, it's gonna be It's gonna be yeah,
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, what about Jonathan Taylor. That's a name that
Speaker 1: some people have thrown out there when they were trying
Speaker 1: to look for a pro comp. Four day four mench
Speaker 1: of Briest Hall because eighteen pounds and he's a four
Speaker 1: three nine guy. I think it's a good comp. But
Speaker 1: it's just a piece of his game, right. He also
Speaker 1: gives you and and I don't want to bring this name,
Speaker 1: but that patience of a of the pinnacle of Levian Bell,
Speaker 1: that kind of style running is what you know, we
Speaker 1: kind of all thought that we're gonna get here several
Speaker 1: years ago. We didn't get those Steeler days. But those
Speaker 1: are the runs that he can make as well. So
Speaker 1: it's a combination of those kind of guys, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be fun. Man's kid's gonna come in,
Speaker 1: he's gonna work hard, he's super smart, he's a great kid,
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Speaker 1: have come in the last calendar year. Maybe in a
Speaker 1: couple of months, draft Elijah More or last year signed
Speaker 1: Corey Davison, free agency, draft Garrett Wilson, this year, draft
Speaker 1: Breest Hall. You're starting to see it all come together
Speaker 1: at Braxton Burials. Toget and he was here, but he resigns.
Speaker 1: But Elijah More, Corey Davis, he didn't get time coming out,
Speaker 1: but for a big guy, he really can move. And
Speaker 1: then Garrett Wilson sub for four as well. So the
Speaker 1: speed dynamic is gonna be a lot different on this
Speaker 1: football field compared to even just a year ago. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I mean you talk about we talked about offense and
Speaker 1: defense with the speed, but look at the special teams units.
Speaker 1: You know, look how they're going to improve with with
Speaker 1: all this depth that they've created. This team gott strides better.
Speaker 1: They got a lot better on offense. Defense, you have
Speaker 1: a lockdown corner and Sauce Gardner. You already brought in
Speaker 1: one of DJ Reid. Uh you know you you add
Speaker 1: in all these talented players, Garrett Wilson on offense, a
Speaker 1: guy who's gonna help spread that field open along with
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore. I mean, look at the youth, Look at
Speaker 1: the speed, Look at the intensity that is brought into here.
Speaker 1: There they're the all these guys have Robert Salas persona
Speaker 1: that all gas, no breaks. It's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of fun competition and practice, right, I mean, think about
Speaker 1: corners safety. All these guys are gonna be competing for
Speaker 1: valuable time. And now we're gonna get a tremendous amount
Speaker 1: of great players on the field at once that are
Speaker 1: determined to be the best at their position. It's it's
Speaker 1: it's a good time right now. And I think we
Speaker 1: all kind of predicted that, Like, look with the free
Speaker 1: agent moves last year, this year, the draft capital last year,
Speaker 1: this year, that there can be some significant changes. And
Speaker 1: the one thing that Joe Douglas trust the process, right,
Speaker 1: it's not happening last year. It's part of the process. Now.
Speaker 1: You look what you're adding into the fold with all
Speaker 1: the new pieces coming in, and they still got more picks,
Speaker 1: and there's some heavy hitters dropping still that are still
Speaker 1: available in this draft and make them even more home
Speaker 1: run hits. Like you talk about even if it's a
Speaker 1: special team player, you might get a really good, high
Speaker 1: end special team player and a guy that can ultimately start.
Speaker 1: But we look at all these picks, these guys are
Speaker 1: gonna be, uh you know, at least in my eyes,
Speaker 1: pushing to be on the field immediately for the Jets. Yeah,
Speaker 1: start with Gardner, Garrett Wilson, like my mentioned, um, Jermaine
Speaker 1: Johnson going to be part of that pass rush. You
Speaker 1: have so many different options. I just I just find
Speaker 1: it fascinating the speed difference on this roster over the
Speaker 1: course of eighteen months or so. It's just gonna be
Speaker 1: so noticeable in a league that favors guys who can
Speaker 1: do damage with the ball in their hands. Take a
Speaker 1: dump pass five yards and turn it into fifty, or
Speaker 1: take a screen, take a slant and go to the
Speaker 1: house like Garrett Wilson. Can you have more guys who
Speaker 1: are gonna help you get those big plays in a
Speaker 1: hurry and then also get to the quarterback defensive way? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean, and you talk about Jamaine Johnson and Anthony
Speaker 1: You've been saying it since we picked him, a guy
Speaker 1: who has seventy tackles at d N. What that means
Speaker 1: is he's getting to the ball every place. He's not
Speaker 1: just making the splash plays that a normal defensive end does.
Speaker 1: He's pursuing. He's flying over the field, and when he
Speaker 1: gets there, he has terrible intentions. He's trying to hurt people.
Speaker 1: This guy is physical. He's gonna bring a different a
Speaker 1: different level of physicality to the defense. And I just
Speaker 1: I love it. I love these young guys that really
Speaker 1: loved the game of football. They play with their hair
Speaker 1: on fire. And it's gonna be great. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: chip on his shoulder. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's he's here
Speaker 1: at six, but he thought, you know, people like top
Speaker 1: ten for this dude. And he's been through a journey
Speaker 1: now and that maybe why. I mean, he was at
Speaker 1: uh Juco, you know, trying to find his way. Yeah,
Speaker 1: last chance you I mean, you know those guys are
Speaker 1: that's a tough deal now they it's not like, you know,
Speaker 1: having fun and and get all the accolades and some
Speaker 1: of these big school worked his way up and uh
Speaker 1: you know, finally found his home at Florida State for
Speaker 1: his final year and he made the most of it.
Speaker 1: So yeah, extreme amount of production out of all these guys.
Speaker 1: You're looking at their numbers, it's sick numbers across the
Speaker 1: board for these four players, leaders of each of each
Speaker 1: position in their category. Yeah. And the other thing is
Speaker 1: a character. I mean, these guys definitely dynamic talents. But
Speaker 1: they're gonna fit very good into a culture that you
Speaker 1: see Robert Sala and Joe Douglas building here what they want.
Speaker 1: These guys love football. They're gonna be good teammates. There
Speaker 1: were good teammates on the college level. You guys mentioned Johnson.
Speaker 1: He's a guy who stayed in touch with everybody in Georgia.
Speaker 1: I was happy, was celebrated when they won a national championship.
Speaker 1: He said he just had to go to Florida State
Speaker 1: to further his development, and he took that next step.
Speaker 1: But I've been so impressed talking to Sauce Gardner thinking
Speaker 1: about his story, how he was so lightly recruited coming
Speaker 1: to Cincinnati, undersized talk even I don't know what it
Speaker 1: was like five pounds in the high school, and that
Speaker 1: he just took off lanky kid and then steps along
Speaker 1: the way. And Garrett Wilson think about what competition did
Speaker 1: for him at Ohio, stayed playing with Crystal Jameson Williams.
Speaker 1: By the way, those guys go ton of eleven and
Speaker 1: twelve in the draft. That was really kind of ironic
Speaker 1: if we look back at it. But these guys, when
Speaker 1: Sala says we're looking for players who love football, these
Speaker 1: guys all fit the bill. Yeah, And sometimes when you
Speaker 1: mentioned those kind of guys that they don't really have
Speaker 1: maybe the matching numbers, they're like, oh, yeah, we just
Speaker 1: love the way you play. But these guys do you
Speaker 1: get both like very rare, you know, And it's very
Speaker 1: rare where you can actually talk about four guys like
Speaker 1: literally are all interchangeable as being arguably the best player
Speaker 1: in this in this draft lineup for them. Again, I
Speaker 1: can't get over. Uh, how happy is Zach Wilson that
Speaker 1: you're able to get these guys. I mean, it's impressive.
Speaker 1: He's got I mean, listen, he's look. I've said it yesterday,
Speaker 1: I'll say it again. Go to work, exact, just go
Speaker 1: do your thing, get better every day, make football. And
Speaker 1: I know he is. Make it important to you every
Speaker 1: little detail. It's not it's more than throwing. It's more
Speaker 1: than getting on the film. It's more than asking coach
Speaker 1: more questions. It's it's it's got to be every detailed
Speaker 1: aspect of what you do in your life has to
Speaker 1: be uh has to be all about the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: improving yourself. If he does that, he has an opportunity
Speaker 1: to be one of the best ever put a uniform
Speaker 1: on here. Because of the pieces around him, it's on him.
Speaker 1: You know, nobody's gonna be able to just make that happen.
Speaker 1: He's got to make that happen. And again, that goes
Speaker 1: across to the guys, we just drafted. If they just
Speaker 1: do what they've been doing, it's gonna be good. Michael Flair,
Speaker 1: Michael Flair has so many options, so we keep on
Speaker 1: talking about that. But you just added Breese all to
Speaker 1: the equation. That means. So we're saying that yesterday when
Speaker 1: you pick up Garrett Wilson, but now you come back
Speaker 1: with Breece Hall was the most productive back in college football.
Speaker 1: Dynamic talent, So you just keep on adding to the mix.
Speaker 1: You really addressed the tightime position. You mentioned Lank and Tomlinson,
Speaker 1: You mentioned all the pieces up front where they're building,
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, the number two overall selection last year, More
Speaker 1: and Davis and Garrett Wilson. Um. You know, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be interesting to watch how quickly this all can come
Speaker 1: together now because there are a lot of new pieces,
Speaker 1: but there are a lot of talented pieces, absolutely, I mean,
Speaker 1: and you're adding that competition, you adding that that intensity,
Speaker 1: that want to get better. You know, Sauce talks about
Speaker 1: coming in here trying to get better, trying to learn
Speaker 1: from your teammates. Garrett Wilson comes in with Corey Davis
Speaker 1: in the locker room, you know, with with Braxton Barrios,
Speaker 1: you know he had. There's there's guys, there's veterans in
Speaker 1: each position that these guys can all come in and
Speaker 1: learn from and good enough players that they can push
Speaker 1: them to be the best that they can be. Karl
Speaker 1: Lawson is coming off injury. Imagine when him him healthy,
Speaker 1: Jermaine Johnson on the other side, and that defense behind
Speaker 1: him flying to the ball. It's gonna it's gonna be
Speaker 1: really nice to see. And honestly, you know, just a
Speaker 1: message to the current players. You know, and I don't
Speaker 1: know who they are. They all maybe if you're not
Speaker 1: in the building or you're gonna be getting in the
Speaker 1: buildings soon, get here, man, because having all these guys
Speaker 1: together right now, going through O T A S. Working out, running, grinding,
Speaker 1: sweating with your guys, and you bring in this rookie batch, man,
Speaker 1: it's it could be special, but you gotta put that
Speaker 1: it's gotta be team, man. It's gotta be about the team.
Speaker 1: And if all these players are here doing that every
Speaker 1: single day like we did back when we played, good
Speaker 1: things can happen. We were here when those years happened,
Speaker 1: that good things can happen real fast. For this football
Speaker 1: team if they're here completely every single day heading in
Speaker 1: the train. I just want on with this. What were
Speaker 1: your thoughts overall on we talked about Tyreek Hill. I'm
Speaker 1: putting that to bed, but there was a report here
Speaker 1: today that the Jets offered the ten tent selection, a
Speaker 1: second round pick for In, a second round pick for
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, and a fifth round which I know you
Speaker 1: a fifth rounder. Just just your thoughts quickly how it
Speaker 1: turned out, just from back from the beginning. I wasn't
Speaker 1: a big fan of it. Yes, Deebo is great, Tyreek
Speaker 1: is great. But when you talk about what you have
Speaker 1: to give up, look what we would have been given up.
Speaker 1: You given up talented players at each position that are
Speaker 1: going to be able to help your team. Well, it
Speaker 1: turns out, it turns out with Garrett, Well you're not
Speaker 1: getting Garret cost and you gotta pay him twenty plus
Speaker 1: a million dollars. You got you got four young players
Speaker 1: who are going to contribute from day one and they
Speaker 1: are gonna be here for a long time. All right,
Speaker 1: So you can make the argument that Jets got the
Speaker 1: top player in four position groups and a mad sauce
Speaker 1: gardener Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson, and then finally Briest Saw.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Brieste Hall, let's get to Ethan Greenberg, who
Speaker 1: talked to him after his second round selection, now joined
Speaker 1: by the newest Jet running back, Breese Hall out of
Speaker 1: Iowa State. Breese, just, what was your reaction when you
Speaker 1: found out that the Jets were on the clock. Did
Speaker 1: you have an inkling that maybe they traded up to
Speaker 1: get you? Yeah, you know, I just for a while
Speaker 1: it felt like it was taken forever. But then once
Speaker 1: I got the call and I saw New Jersey, I
Speaker 1: just knew. I was like, all right, this is this
Speaker 1: is the moment. So it's just it's just been a blessing.
Speaker 1: Did you have any feeling throughout the process that the
Speaker 1: Jets liked what you brought to the table, Like are
Speaker 1: you surprised that the Jets called you? Or are you thinking, like,
Speaker 1: know what this is? This is where I was supposed
Speaker 1: to go. Yeah, it didn't really surprise me though I
Speaker 1: had i'm a formal meeting with him at the Combine
Speaker 1: and some Zoom meetings, so um, I had already kind
Speaker 1: of built a relationship with the coaches, so um, once
Speaker 1: I got the call. It didn't really surprised. So what
Speaker 1: do you bring to the table for Jets fans at
Speaker 1: haven't watched you play before? How would you consider or
Speaker 1: what would you consider the strength of your game? UM?
Speaker 1: A three dome back who can you know, block, catch
Speaker 1: and run. UM, a natural playmaker. UM, somebody who could
Speaker 1: hit the home run, and you know, just somebody who
Speaker 1: can do it all. What was what was the key
Speaker 1: for you to be so consistent the past two years?
Speaker 1: We're talking first team All American Big twelve Offensive Player
Speaker 1: of the Year, stats off the charts. So what was
Speaker 1: the key for you for that success over the past
Speaker 1: two seasons? Religious focusing in on those small things. My
Speaker 1: coach has always preached me that if I had focus
Speaker 1: on the small things and my natural ability would take over.
Speaker 1: So you know, for me, it was just staying on
Speaker 1: my ps and ques and focusing on on the small things.
Speaker 1: So with this Jets running backs room right now, Michael
Speaker 1: Carter yourself. What do you know about Michael Carter and
Speaker 1: what do you think that you add that maybe he
Speaker 1: doesn't have it? What kind of combination do you bring
Speaker 1: and put on the plate here? I watched him in
Speaker 1: North Carolina so I kind of kind of feel how
Speaker 1: he was him and Javonte Williams, and you know, just
Speaker 1: knowing that he's a bruiser, but he can also make
Speaker 1: you miss um and I really I really like his game.
Speaker 1: I feel like I can compliment him a lot. So
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to get in there and learn from him.
Speaker 1: What about your game suits what the Jets do well
Speaker 1: here on the pro level? I mean, I feel like
Speaker 1: being at three down backsuits every offense, so you know,
Speaker 1: for me, just being able to do everything at a
Speaker 1: consistent level. All right, last question for you, Briest, what's
Speaker 1: your message to Jets fans right now? Like, what type
Speaker 1: of player? What type of person are they getting in you?
Speaker 1: They got the best running back in his draft, and
Speaker 1: they got Um, a person who's gonna be great on
Speaker 1: the field and great off the field. So you know,
Speaker 1: just somebody who's gonna give their all on the field,
Speaker 1: but somebody who's gonna be able to impact the community
Speaker 1: off the field. Awesome, Briest, congratulations, appreciate the time. Thank you,
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Speaker 1: all right with the magic at Ethan Greenberg is suddenly
Speaker 1: here or not with freestall anymore? It is Friday morning?
Speaker 1: What do you think about the draft? Three minutes Friday
Speaker 1: before I ask you about that interview and your interaction
Speaker 1: with Brees Saw, what do you think so far of
Speaker 1: the Jets draft? How could you not be I mean,
Speaker 1: how could you not be excited and all being realistic
Speaker 1: or you know, I think that when you look at
Speaker 1: the Jets draft, I think the ending on which analysts
Speaker 1: you talk to, you could say the Jets drafted the
Speaker 1: best cornerback available, the best wide receiver available, the best
Speaker 1: running back available. And I'm sure there's some people that
Speaker 1: believe that Jermaine Johnson was the top pass rusher, but
Speaker 1: I feel like consensus is that he was a very
Speaker 1: good pass rusher and a very good class So I
Speaker 1: feel like, so far, how could you not be excited
Speaker 1: because the Jets got better at a lot of positions.
Speaker 1: And really, like what stands out to me more than
Speaker 1: anything is if we just talked about the cornerbacks room.
Speaker 1: That room ended last year with Bryce Hall and Brandon Echols,
Speaker 1: the ad Sauce Gardner and Dj read Now that room
Speaker 1: has really good depth, and I think that kind of
Speaker 1: motto you could implement at other positions like tight end.
Speaker 1: With the addition of Jeremy Ruckert and c j Uzama
Speaker 1: and Tyler Conklin, and with running back at Bruce Hall
Speaker 1: in there and Garrett Wilson as well, I just feel
Speaker 1: like there's a lot of depth now starting to build
Speaker 1: up at key positions. How cool a story is that
Speaker 1: Jeremy Rucker grew up a Jets fan a Long Island.
Speaker 1: I'm sure that's something that I feel like I empathized
Speaker 1: with I mean, not the not the Long Island Park. Yeah,
Speaker 1: empathized with this, Yeah, empathized. You know, well, I don't
Speaker 1: know what the word is twelve twelve. You know, you know,
Speaker 1: empathy for Jeremy Rocker, but you're gonna relate, Yeah, you
Speaker 1: ever late growing up a Jet fan and not working
Speaker 1: for maybe maybe empathy tough years, guys, kid, You know,
Speaker 1: I want to know who his favorite jet was growing up,
Speaker 1: because you know, I had favorite Jets growing up, and
Speaker 1: you know, I'm he's around the same age as me,
Speaker 1: a little younger, but you know, I'm sure we have
Speaker 1: some overlap. I'm sure he was a big Lee on Washington. Guy.
Speaker 1: I just talked to Rucker and we're gonna hear from
Speaker 1: him at the end of this podcast. But yeah, we
Speaker 1: were thinking tight end all along for the Jets this offseason.
Speaker 1: They had to address it right but after Freeancy, you
Speaker 1: didn't know what was gonna happen because they got zj
Speaker 1: Usama in here and they got Tyler Conklin in here,
Speaker 1: and they kind of changed the dynamic of the position.
Speaker 1: And we're kind of working our way, I guess from
Speaker 1: back to front now because this is their latest pick.
Speaker 1: But uh, interesting where they go to Ruckert here, because
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily think tight end was a big need
Speaker 1: at this point, especially in around three to your point.
Speaker 1: But he sticks to the board here, Joe Douglas, and
Speaker 1: that's what he's been doing all along. Yeah. I also
Speaker 1: think that it's important to note that c j Uzama
Speaker 1: and Tyler Conklin, we're both later round picks. They weren't
Speaker 1: like first or second round picks. And that was something
Speaker 1: that actually I noticed when the Jets signed both those guys,
Speaker 1: where it's like maybe you have a guy, you develop
Speaker 1: him for a couple of years, and then uh then
Speaker 1: he comes on the scene. And you know, the Jets
Speaker 1: love to run the ball, and Jeremy Ruckert's prowess is
Speaker 1: definitely in run block. And you know, I have a
Speaker 1: question for you. It's similar the running Backs room, Like
Speaker 1: when you hear Bruce Hall is selected in the second round,
Speaker 1: knowing what the Jets think about Michael Carter, Like are
Speaker 1: you surprised at all? Are you like you know what,
Speaker 1: like this is gonna be a one to punch him? Like,
Speaker 1: let's roll. I think you want playmakers, So I guess
Speaker 1: it makes sense that the Jets are following the script
Speaker 1: that Joe Douglas said, one of the big things of
Speaker 1: emphasis is to consider continue to accelerate the development of
Speaker 1: his young quarterback. And he takes Garrett Wilson with the
Speaker 1: number ten overall selection. He brings in, brings in Lake
Speaker 1: and Tomlinson in free agency. He gets the two tight ends,
Speaker 1: and then he comes back with another tight end. But
Speaker 1: Bruce Hall. This is a crowded running backs room. And
Speaker 1: but that speaks to the changing nature of the National
Speaker 1: Football League to I think that what we've seen in
Speaker 1: years past is listen, this offense is predicated on a
Speaker 1: lot of guys touching the football. And Hall is a
Speaker 1: guy who was so productive and Iowa State, and he's
Speaker 1: fast and he's big, and you've got really good run
Speaker 1: out of Michael Carter last year. Tevin Coleman is back
Speaker 1: in the mix. Um he Robert Salom was talking about
Speaker 1: Austin Walters. Austin Walter today, you Michael Pete, Ryan Stell
Speaker 1: on the roster. Ty Johnson is another guy on this
Speaker 1: offense who's a sub four four guy. I mean, if
Speaker 1: we go up and down the roster, and I was
Speaker 1: talking to back to Coleman about this a couple of
Speaker 1: minutes before you got on, was this roster has really
Speaker 1: changed in terms of speed dynamic. Yeah, I definitely agree
Speaker 1: with that, and with the running backs in particular. I
Speaker 1: just feel like if that room is fully healthy, but
Speaker 1: at the end of training camp, a good player is
Speaker 1: not gonna make the team. And that just speaks to
Speaker 1: the depth at the position. What stands out to me
Speaker 1: about Breece Hall. You look at you know, you look
Speaker 1: at his resume. You know, he's a consensus First team
Speaker 1: All American Backs back years, Big twelve Offensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year. Stands out to me. FBS record rushing touchdown
Speaker 1: in twenty more consecutive games. The guy finds the end
Speaker 1: zone had fifty rush touchdowns. That was and and he
Speaker 1: had eleven school records. And you know, and I know
Speaker 1: Beck's not sitting right here like he was a couple
Speaker 1: of minutes ago, and he loves the briest Hall pick,
Speaker 1: but he picked him in our mock drafts. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: he's got a big I was a part of that.
Speaker 1: He was the one that put him on the table,
Speaker 1: but you know I allowed him to do it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm about Anthony Coach Beck. We should call him the
Speaker 1: head coach in the XFL. Great news for him. I
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, I feel like every time I
Speaker 1: think about who the Jets drafted, and as you know,
Speaker 1: it starts like replaying in my mind because you know,
Speaker 1: we're so busy. Right after the pick, I'm thinking in
Speaker 1: my mind like, wow, like this Steve really got instantly better.
Speaker 1: And you know, I especially after free agency and when
Speaker 1: they were pumped about what they got done in free
Speaker 1: agency especially, you know, to me, I even go one
Speaker 1: step further. You think about the guys who finished the
Speaker 1: season hurt, like Corey Davis, specifically Carl Lawson, like fully
Speaker 1: healthy players that the Jets added last year in free agency,
Speaker 1: like Davis and Lawson. Those are two, like two new
Speaker 1: starters in two I know Corey Davis played almost a
Speaker 1: full season or a big chunk of it, but he
Speaker 1: was on pace for a thousand yards. I just feel
Speaker 1: like the blueprint is are and I know you don't
Speaker 1: win the draft in April, right these players have to
Speaker 1: develop in whatever, but I feel like this draft has
Speaker 1: the blueprint to have an early return similar to the
Speaker 1: two thousand and we're not even in Day three yet
Speaker 1: we're not even day three, and the Jets right now
Speaker 1: just scheduled to have two picks, so it could be
Speaker 1: an early afternoon for you for you to Saturday afternoon,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Okay, let me flip the script
Speaker 1: on you, because this is something that over the years
Speaker 1: you would do if I was in that seat and
Speaker 1: you were in this seat once your most favorite pick
Speaker 1: after two days. Yeah, that's a great question for the Jets.
Speaker 1: And that's not saying he disliked, because you're you're telling us, well,
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm slightly biased to Jermaine Johnson because
Speaker 1: we were in Mobile and I remember walking by. He
Speaker 1: was not on the Jets team. He was on the
Speaker 1: other team, the Lions team, the American team, and I
Speaker 1: remember walking by not knowing really who he was, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh wow, like who's this dude because he
Speaker 1: towered over me, And yeah, I think he's just very impressive.
Speaker 1: And then fast forward to the combine. Well, first of all,
Speaker 1: he had a fantastic week that added to it. Then
Speaker 1: you go to the combine. I remember listening to his
Speaker 1: press conference and I'm like, who's this guy? You know,
Speaker 1: like he just has a really calm, captivating way about him,
Speaker 1: like very comfortable in his own skin, very confident, I mean,
Speaker 1: but he was on the other side of the studio.
Speaker 1: I love the the outfit choice, and he had an
Speaker 1: outfit change midday. Yeah, in the press conference. Well when
Speaker 1: when you did the one on one, he was wearing
Speaker 1: the black and white or the black and yellow like
Speaker 1: the bumblebee colored floral print. Then he had the Florida
Speaker 1: States seminal like red gold white print suit for the
Speaker 1: press conference. You know, Hey, to me, it's Jermaine Johnson.
Speaker 1: Also when you factor in just what this defensive front
Speaker 1: wants to do, and you know that opposite Carl Lawson
Speaker 1: could be a guy like Jermaine Johnson, with John Franklin
Speaker 1: Myers and Jacob Martin also and everyone else on the roster,
Speaker 1: you add Vinny Curry. To me, I think that's like
Speaker 1: a it's a I don't want to say game changing piece,
Speaker 1: but it definitely changes the dynamics of what you want
Speaker 1: to do upfront because we saw a lot of times
Speaker 1: last year where four guys in, four guys out, and
Speaker 1: so this just adds to that and it allows you
Speaker 1: to have two fresh units where the drop off of
Speaker 1: talent isn't maybe what it was last year. You have
Speaker 1: a favorite though, well, I just want to say this
Speaker 1: first is that could be a hillacious pass rushing unit
Speaker 1: in sub packages. Because Carl Lawson knock on class here
Speaker 1: he comes back. He was so outstanding during training camp.
Speaker 1: We were so excited to see what he was going
Speaker 1: to do on the field, just from a curiosity standpoint,
Speaker 1: because this was the perfect system for him. I am
Speaker 1: curious to see what happened in the middle though. John Yea,
Speaker 1: John Franklin Wiers we love the Jets love his versatility.
Speaker 1: M guy lineup outside early and then in the subpack
Speaker 1: and just can move inside. Quinn and Williams one of
Speaker 1: the most talented defensive tackles, young defensive tackles and football
Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankings still here. Remember the one guy that I
Speaker 1: forgot about earlier with Solomon Thomas. This is a former
Speaker 1: top five pick who can give you some rush on
Speaker 1: the interior as well, who's familiar with the solid system
Speaker 1: rankings um Nathan Sheppard back in the mix. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be surprised actually not to get two out of myself
Speaker 1: on Day three of the draft of the Jets at
Speaker 1: either a big defensive tackle, if you weren't surprised if
Speaker 1: they do or if they don't. If if they don't,
Speaker 1: and then if they don't do it in the draft,
Speaker 1: then priority free agents and drafted free agents. But as
Speaker 1: far as well, there's also one more guy to Jonathan Marshall,
Speaker 1: and you talked about a guy with like freaky traits.
Speaker 1: That's a good point, and we'll have to see what
Speaker 1: he looks like in the second year. But um favorite pick.
Speaker 1: I like sauce just because he just says the New
Speaker 1: York field. You grew up in New York. I've been
Speaker 1: working here for a long time. He's just he's a
Speaker 1: kid who's gonna get after you, get in your face.
Speaker 1: That's like a New York mentality. But he also is
Speaker 1: somebody's gonna really acclimate himself well inside the locker we're on,
Speaker 1: he's talking about being a sponge. He also was a
Speaker 1: person who was doubted, he wasn't heavily recruited. He grew
Speaker 1: he was part of that Cincinnati program. Who would have
Speaker 1: ever thought three years ago that saw a mod saw
Speaker 1: his gardener gona be the number four overall pick in
Speaker 1: the draft. And then you think about the Jets they
Speaker 1: had one of the greatest cornerbacks in the history of
Speaker 1: the league. Guys gonna be Pro Football Hall of Famer
Speaker 1: next year into Roll Reeves. So there's some cool connections there.
Speaker 1: So I guess that one stands out to me. How
Speaker 1: about more surprising pick for you? I think my most
Speaker 1: surprising pick would come from day two. Really yeah, with
Speaker 1: with Hall or Rucker being the two options, and to me,
Speaker 1: to me, it's kind of a push um only because
Speaker 1: you know, am I surprised, No, I'm not surprised. But
Speaker 1: with to me, like cornerback, totally understand wide receiver at
Speaker 1: tennon Garrett Wilson. You knew the Jets were in in
Speaker 1: the veteran market when they tried to get Tyreek Hill.
Speaker 1: Didn't surprise me that they were going after him, meaning
Speaker 1: Wilson at ten. Then you talk about Johnson edge rusher
Speaker 1: not surprising at a quarterback right check check check, right,
Speaker 1: So that that leads me with the running backs in
Speaker 1: the tight ends, and to me, I'd almost lean tight
Speaker 1: ends because of the two additions in free agency and
Speaker 1: use Zama and Conklin. It doesn't surprise like if you
Speaker 1: told me the Jets draft at a tight end I
Speaker 1: would not have been surprised if you told me it
Speaker 1: was round six, I would have been like, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: or around five. Because the Jets don't have a six
Speaker 1: round pick. They had to five until they traded them away.
Speaker 1: It was fourth round. I'm like, Okay, I get it.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that I'm surprised in the third round.
Speaker 1: It's just like, oh, okay, maybe that's a bit of
Speaker 1: a luxury pick, not that it's a bad pick. And
Speaker 1: with Breece Hall, I know, I feel like the vibe
Speaker 1: that we get from Robert Sala and Joe Douglas as
Speaker 1: they love Michael Carter. Now that doesn't mean that you
Speaker 1: don't want to add to that room. I always felt
Speaker 1: like there was gonna be another guy. But when you
Speaker 1: look at San Francisco and that's really what we have
Speaker 1: to go on compared to last year, Like Elijah Mitchell's
Speaker 1: a sixth round pick, so I'm thinking, oh, maybe there's
Speaker 1: like a Day three guy that can plug and play
Speaker 1: kind of like Michael Carter. Instead it's Day two, it's
Speaker 1: Breest Hall, and you know not I'm a fan of
Speaker 1: the pick. I just I wouldn't say like I wouldn't
Speaker 1: have put my money on that if I had the
Speaker 1: opportunity to, and it ended up being Breest Hall. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's fair, and I think you'd go either
Speaker 1: way as far as that second day. But it just
Speaker 1: speaks to what Douglas is doing here is just sticking
Speaker 1: to the board, especially with that Rutgerd pick, because all
Speaker 1: you can say, hey, listen, there's another playmaker, another play
Speaker 1: And while Ruckert didn't have the opportunity to catch as
Speaker 1: many balls as he would have if he wants somewhere
Speaker 1: or else. Shoot, I mean you almost feel bad for
Speaker 1: Jeremy Ruckert, not because he's not a talented player, not
Speaker 1: because he's an NFL player now, but just on a
Speaker 1: college level, it's like that speaks to being a team
Speaker 1: oriented guy. Because we talked about all these guys going
Speaker 1: in the transfer portal. If if Rucker was all about himself,
Speaker 1: he'd be like, Okay, so I got Garrett Wilson here,
Speaker 1: I got Crystal lave Hair, Jamison Williams here. No, I'm
Speaker 1: never gonna get the balls, so I'm just gonna go
Speaker 1: somewhere else. But he stuck it out and now he's
Speaker 1: a third round pick because he's a complete tight end
Speaker 1: in terms of yes, known first blocking progress more, but
Speaker 1: also and had the opportunity to really catch a lot
Speaker 1: of balls on the collegient level. And that's one thing
Speaker 1: that really helped him and Mobile when we were down
Speaker 1: there is that he was able to run those routes
Speaker 1: in showcase pretty good hand. It's also a great I
Speaker 1: feel like it's a great situation for him when like
Speaker 1: the expectations not like to come in and catch fifty balls,
Speaker 1: like yeah, I feel like the expectation for him is
Speaker 1: like you come in, you knock people off the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, and you learn from the two guys in
Speaker 1: front of you, or whoever's in front of whoever else
Speaker 1: is in the room. The two new additions to be
Speaker 1: in particular like Usama Conklin both Day three picks who
Speaker 1: have groomed themselves into stars earning second contracts, and then
Speaker 1: maybe you know down the road, you know in three
Speaker 1: even wouldn't surprise me if you know, let's say, injury
Speaker 1: led to opportunity for Jeremy Ruckert if he stepped in
Speaker 1: and he was a productive pro Dame Bruegler actually wrote
Speaker 1: when we wrote I wrote an article about five players
Speaker 1: to watch in Mobile, and Dane Bruegler wrote in it,
Speaker 1: I have the article pulled up. I think Jeremy Ruckert
Speaker 1: will be a better pro than he was in college.
Speaker 1: It all comes down opportunity and says it all. So
Speaker 1: that says it all right there. Um, by the way,
Speaker 1: Perry and Winfrey was he selected, he was not, he is,
Speaker 1: he is available, he is the Senior bowllet for those
Speaker 1: who don't know, Senior Bowl m v P played in
Speaker 1: Oklahoma defensive tackle, which is you know, I would say
Speaker 1: right now a quote unquote need for the Jets. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: me too, especially when you consider last year Sherwood, Jamie
Speaker 1: Sherwin and Homas and nozzwal Dean both selected on Day
Speaker 1: three as well. So I think that's definitely something to watch.
Speaker 1: And don't just watch the linebacker position. With that being said,
Speaker 1: because those guys were quote unquote college safetyes have played
Speaker 1: down and there in the box. So don't be surprised
Speaker 1: if the Jets find somebody of similar ilk here our
Speaker 1: bruiser saying Darren Beaver's also available. I'm pretty sure he
Speaker 1: was a mobile guy as well. Um, Daniel fala Lele
Speaker 1: offensive tackle, Minnesota. I'm getting a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of books. We're going to the mobile guys like the
Speaker 1: Minnesota kids like four pounds, yeah, it's like seven ft seven,
Speaker 1: Yeah he is. How about the one guy that that
Speaker 1: I do think is available, Brian Asamoa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma linebacker,
Speaker 1: also senior ball guy. No, I think he got selected.
Speaker 1: I'm good. Let's put this up right now. Well, a
Speaker 1: lot of balls in the air right now, Oh, Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1: There you go. But that that is a good that's
Speaker 1: a good signal that it's time for us to sign off.
Speaker 1: It's nice too, but it's really morning three here, but
Speaker 1: we'll be back to close it up with another podcast tomorrow,
Speaker 1: Day three. But the New York Jets so far quite
Speaker 1: a hall early in two thousand two draft Sauce Gardner,
Speaker 1: Garrett Wilson, Jermaine Johnson, Briest Hall, and then finally Jeremy Rucker.
Speaker 1: Two picks to go unless Trader Joe is on the
Speaker 1: move again. Right, hey, Green, thanks for stopping by. We're
Speaker 1: gonna close upon right now with some words from Jeremy Rucker. Jeremy,
Speaker 1: it seems like you're in a lively atmosphere right now.
Speaker 1: Paint the picture. What's going on you just got drafted
Speaker 1: by the New York Jets. I can't even explain it
Speaker 1: to you. I got, like everybody here grew but just man,
Speaker 1: I grew up, but just found I'm so excited. I
Speaker 1: can't wait to just get there and be a part
Speaker 1: of it, to worry right the way. I'm excited. So
Speaker 1: can you tell me that moment when you were selected?
Speaker 1: What was the atmosphere like as far as the people
Speaker 1: around you. I was dead silent um kind of everybody's nervous.
Speaker 1: I was getting a little nervous um kind of where
Speaker 1: I was expected to go and everything like that. But
Speaker 1: I mean, I just like to it. It's like close
Speaker 1: and once that phone right, everybody, you can hear a
Speaker 1: pinshop and then once I know it's my brother to
Speaker 1: grabbed his hat, it erupted. Uh Jets chance going off right? Um.
Speaker 1: I mean everybody here's ecstatic. I don't know who's more
Speaker 1: excited me now, but it's a dream come true. I want.
Speaker 1: I grew up going to games, I grew up going
Speaker 1: to training camp, I do the ball being a Jets fan.
Speaker 1: So I'm just just like, how valuable was that experience
Speaker 1: in January when you got coached up by the Jets,
Speaker 1: Dott and Mobile Alabama's Senior Bowl. I mean, I thought
Speaker 1: it was about the great relationship and all those guys
Speaker 1: coach me and I are like I thought, I really
Speaker 1: tried going in and soaking up as much as I know.
Speaker 1: And he's got um coach in a way where it's
Speaker 1: very easy to understand, and it's and I think that
Speaker 1: that the whole staff I got. I gotta fund I
Speaker 1: got a chance to be a part of that room
Speaker 1: for a week and and soak it all in and
Speaker 1: be there. I move that gene. But I had as
Speaker 1: a Kadon's for just that week, and now that I'm
Speaker 1: living it down, it's just it's hard to put in words. Outside, Hey,
Speaker 1: are you gonna be able to sleep tonight? It's a
Speaker 1: pretty loud crowd and a lot to celebrate. I had
Speaker 1: to tell him to be quiet. This is nothing compared
Speaker 1: to a couple of minutes ago. I'm well, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: celebrate it. I'm gonna I'm gonna enjoy the moment. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have to lock my imn have to lock myself
Speaker 1: in the room, in an inside room. Everybody's gonna be
Speaker 1: screaming bargaining. But I mean, like I said before, this
Speaker 1: just this just close to how I closed my support system.
Speaker 1: It's how close my family's and how we grew up
Speaker 1: being being just living. Hey, thanks, appreciate your time. Congratulations Yeah,