WEBVTT - LISTEN | Jets Mock Draft - Part 2 (4/22) 0:00:03.640 --> 0:00:07.000 Welcome to the Official Jets Podcast Draft Countdown series presented 0:00:07.000 --> 0:00:10.640 by Verizon e A. Anthony Beck myself wrapping up our 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.760 mock draft here in today's podcast, and then also Olivia 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:17.120 land is gonna join for some closing thoughts one day 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:20.079 before the two thousand twenty NFL Draft, and let me 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.080 just recap the mock draft picks one through ten. On 0:00:23.200 --> 0:00:27.640 the prior episode, we had Joe Burrow Chase Young, Isaiah Simmons, 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:30.920 Tristan Worth to the Giants, two to the Dolphins, Justin 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.280 Herbert to the Chargers, Jerry Judy to the Panthers, jeff A. 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.440 Cood to the to the Cardinals, Derek Brown of the Jaguars, 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.279 Andrew Thomas to the Browns, which leaves the New York 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:44.320 Jets with the eleventh pick with their option of McKay, Beckton, 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.000 Jedrick will Seedee Lamb, the most popular names in the 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.280 mock draft circuit, and then of course any other player 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.440 that's still on the board and a B. Let's start 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.840 with you if you're Joe Douglas, who is the newest 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:58.760 member of the Green and Wall. Yeah, well, you know, 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.320 a lot of talk, I think conversation. Now we we've 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.240 talked about some really good tackles on the board and 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:08.360 some extremely elite wide receivers that are left. There's a 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.400 clear path to where this team and the success starts. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.360 And you look at the past where Joe has been 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.480 uh and the teams with the Ravens Eagles, the places 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.199 where they've been able to kind of grow the most 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.839 has been at their offensive line position. You can never 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.360 have enough of these guys. Guys. We've seen it the 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.120 last couple of years, how quickly if an offensive lineman 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.759 goes down, how bad it can get for your team 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.039 up from We saw all kinds of varieties last year 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:42.000 with the Jets. So, without further ado, with the eleventh 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:46.440 pick of the two thousand twenty NFL Draft, the New 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:53.720 York Jets select Mackay Beckton, Louisville tackle. Okay, now, I 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.320 will say this, I told you many times that I 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.840 was huge on Tristan Worth's I thought he's the best player. 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:05.160 As I go back and watched more of Beckton, you know, 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:09.119 at six ft six, six ft seven, However, they got 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:14.640 him at three sixty pounds. This guy is unbelievable. The 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.920 space he takes up, the finish and nastiness that he 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:23.400 has the swift movement in his feet. Right, these are 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:26.560 things in combinations that are not supposed to be true 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.760 for a guy this size, for a guy this tall 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:34.880 and this long. Uh, he's got extreme with in his reach. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.320 And he and his really best at his one on 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.680 one work, whether it's past protection or rush run blocking. 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.720 And I think the difference here, guys with this guy 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.200 is he's so massive that he is really going to 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:53.360 fill some space, not just at the tackle position, but 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:57.760 sliding down. You can be a little more versatile because 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.520 of his size up front, and that's to help I 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:04.280 think big time, not only for for Bell in running 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.680 the football, but you know clearly for Sam Donald getting 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.720 the time that he needs. You've loaded up, you have depth, 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.679 You've now been able to get a massive tackle that 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.040 that can really be a guy that can play with 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.480 the Jets for a decade hopefully. I have a close 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:23.000 relationship with several coaches at Louisville. I told him, I said, look, 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.880 I need an honest assessment about Beckton. I don't want 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:30.360 the popular kind of you know summary that you've been reading. 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:31.960 I want to know about this kid. Is he a 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.400 good kid? Is he hang around bad people? Does he 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:36.360 not work hard? Is he as he suck in the 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.400 weight room? That's exactly what I didn't hear about this 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:43.320 guy from from people that I trust. Uh. They said, listen, man, 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.720 he's a difference maker, and I believe him. It shows 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.000 up on film, and it shows up a lot, and 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:49.480 there's a lot of good stuff on him. I think 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.760 it's gonna be a fun pick if and when the 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.080 Jets come into that spot and they get a position 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:55.560 to pick the tackle, I think it's gonna be a 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.840 spot to go. I think you're going backflips if this 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.920 is a scenario for the Jets. Bottom line, nobody's gonna 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.320 be at one Jets Drive, but virtually everybody will be 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:08.760 doing backflips because I don't think you could go wrong 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.160 with either Affected or Wills. And I know if Becton 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.840 was your pick, Anthony, I think Wills is going to 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.880 be a stud probably right tackle, because that's what he's been, 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.160 uh since high school. I say, why messed with that? 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:24.279 Why even flip him to the left side. I think 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.839 you're gonna be a stud player for potentially ten years. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:32.039 Ceedee Lamb is appealing, no doubt about that, especially what 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.800 he can do after the catch. He doesn't have the 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.440 raw speed of a Rugs, and he's not the route 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:45.000 runner that Judy is, but man, he is dynamic and 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:49.719 it's so enticing to think of parents ceedee lamb with 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:54.840 Sam Donald. Um. So that's where my mind is right now. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.960 I've narrowed it down to three guys, and I'm trying 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:05.600 to talk my way through it. With that eleventh selection. 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.360 In the two thousand twenty NFL Draft, the New York 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:18.920 Jets select McKay Beckton, tackle out of Louisville Nice listen 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:23.120 fellas three hundred pounds. And I know you're not supposed 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:24.920 to fall in love with guys just because of the 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.880 way they talked to the media, But when he was 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:32.640 in Indnnapolis, Beckton he's got a nasty edge, and he 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:36.560 talked about New York and the grimy nous of New York, 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.840 and I just think he'd be a perfect fit here. 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.479 Just go and punch up YouTube and look at some 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.360 of his dunkey videos over the years. He's got great feet. 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.840 I think he's got the highest ceiling of any offensive 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:54.520 lignement in this draft. I have a twenty two year 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.440 old quarterback here in Sam Donald, I said I'm gonna 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:05.440 protect him. This guy has unlimited potential. I love it. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:08.279 I think he's just coming into his own. With that 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.479 being said, I don't think he could go wrong with 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.760 Wills or Lamb. But to pick here, respected, given the 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:18.159 landscape of our mock draft, I think to all of 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.440 our points, very very happy if you're a Jets fan. 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.880 But let me ask you this, how realistic do you 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:28.279 think that this has come April probably about nine pm 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.400 when the Jets are on the clock or whatever time 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:34.320 it is, that both McKay Beckton and Jeddrick Wills are 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.320 on the board. You know, we we talked about it. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:41.800 Um you know, Carolina could go offensive tackle, which we 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:46.560 did not say that they would do Jacksonville Jacksonville as well. 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:50.760 So that's where it gets tricky. Okay, imagine if those 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:55.440 four guys okay are are gone now what they'll have 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.640 that ready. They'll have that plan for my pick. I 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.440 can tell you right now that Ceedee Lamb is not 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.640 an option for me given the two tackles on the 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.280 board and becked in Jeddrick Wills. And then you can 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.400 get a good receiver at forty eight that could be 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.000 a Day one guy and you think about the recent 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.880 success of round two guys, even just last year with 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.240 the Old Miss Cats and DK Metcalf and A. J. 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.840 Brown and Michael Thomas was the second round pick for 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.560 the Saints. So I'm between McKay Beckton and Jeddrick Wills, 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:27.080 and honestly, I'm I'm pretty torn for a number of 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:33.800 different reasons. But without further ado, with the eleventh pick 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.680 in the two thousand twenty NFL Draft, the New York 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:41.880 Jets select McKay Beckton, tackle Louisville, and I think it 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.640 comes down to this for me, and I didn't want 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.160 to be that guy to make it that we're all 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:48.679 uniform here. So I'm gonna make a case for Wheels 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.720 right after I say this, But I think what both 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.280 of you said, a guy of that size should not 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.840 be able to move the way that he moves, and 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:01.440 what he said he has, it seems like he unlimited potential. 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:05.000 And when you think about Joe Douglass past not only 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.440 being in alignment but where he grew up per se 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:09.520 in the NFL, you think about a guy like Jonathan 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.880 Ogden for the Baltimore Ravens, and I think maybe McKay 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.400 Beckton could be that guy for the New York Jets, 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.280 or at least envisioned him to become that guy. But 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.920 really quickly about Jedrick Wills. For him to dominate in 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:27.240 the SEC and debatedly the best conference in in college football, 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.640 and do it for so law. I mean thirty nine games, 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:35.319 one sack, very good in the run and protecting to 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.600 his blindside. He would be a surefire guy. And I 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.920 know that a lot of people will say, well, right tackle, 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.680 little leven maybe too rich. Well, how about the Philadelphia 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.000 Eagles in two thousand thirteen when they selected Lane Johnson 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.480 with the fourth overall pick. Or you think about Jack 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:55.640 Conklin and free agency number eight overall pick right tackle 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.600 for the Tennessee Titans, probably playing right tackle for the Browns. 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.840 And then you think about a guy in two thousand 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.319 eighteen Mike McGlinchey started right tackle for the fort and 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.040 the forty Niners obviously represented the NFC and the Super Bowl. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.040 So if the Jets do, in fact, in this situation, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.480 go with Jeddrick Wills. I don't think that that's a 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.520 bad pick at all. I think it actually it's a 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.679 very good pick. Anthony just had one final question here, 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:23.040 how important our days two and three for Joe Douglas. 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:27.040 Give me a great couple of positions where he's really 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:31.080 got to solidify that group for the Jets here in 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.920 two thousand and twenty and this weekend, no doubt. So 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.440 you're right, d m s will clearly be known for 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.360 the top guy they take. But if you can get 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.520 multiple guys on your draft board to come in not 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.959 only be contributors, but be starters and be long term players, 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.520 that's where you make your money because you can't just 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.640 lean on your first round picks every year and then 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:54.160 that's it. Receiver is going to be the area, okay, 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.679 where the second round pick of the Jets look and 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.079 you know who could be in those those guys who 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.320 who could fall in that where he can come in 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.320 be a top tier receiver, still bring you what you 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.559 want at that first round level and make big plays. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.760 I'm just gonna give you two names. Lavisca Chenault. Okay, 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.920 this guy last year was banged up, but he played 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.400 through a lot of injuries. He's tough as nails. Everybody 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.160 was talking about this guy two thousand and eight teen 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.880 when he jumped on the map. Another guy's Denzel Mims 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:26.360 out of Baylor, long, big, strong, physical, extreme speed, and 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:30.439 can win in the tight red zone ten fifteen yards 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:34.000 uncoverable slants fates. He did it better than anybody in 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.719 college football, and he was usual at utilized that way. 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:38.920 And he can catch a slam at the twenty and 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.520 take it eighty yards. As I look into the third round, 0:10:41.559 --> 0:10:43.679 you get those two picks. Third round is it's kind 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.120 of a spot you look at cornerback. Two guys to 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:50.040 keep an eye on. Bryce Hall from Virginia. Really loved 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.640 this guy. Okay, he was an All American last year. 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:54.560 Got nicked up a little bit. Okay, and again you 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.920 don't want to take up injured players, but again you 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:58.720 do your homework, you find out what it was. If 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.080 they're healed, they're good. This guy was you know, lad 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:05.679 the nation and pass breakups in two thousand eighteen. Very intelligent, 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.680 very smart, and can play variety of ways at the 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:13.120 cornerback position. Another guy's a J. Green out of Oklahoma State. 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:16.040 He's another guy a lock up corner, can get in 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:20.120 your face. Uh, can can play the multiple types of 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:22.679 looks that you want to have on defense at the 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.960 cornerback position. But he's able to kind of lock you 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.000 up one on one, which is going to be key. Obviously. Guys, 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.760 when we're talking about these positions, as you get later 0:11:29.760 --> 0:11:33.040 in the draft, as I categorize positions, that fourth round 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.800 pick can become important. And what exactly do you want 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:38.240 in that pick? And let's just say hypothetically, you get 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.240 the tackle, you get a receiver. I think you have 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.680 an opportunity to get a special player. What is a 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:45.600 special player? A slash kind of guy, right, A guy 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:49.240 that can play receiver, running back, do multiple things on 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.800 your offense. You know, give your UH coordinator in this 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.160 case coach Gaze an opportunity to be flexible with multiple 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:59.080 players that can also fill in in times of need. Uh. 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.600 Two guys that that come to mind in this area 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:05.000 of fourth round UH Antonio Gibson, who was labeled as 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.839 a running back out of Memphis. He's a receiver running 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:11.880 back guy, just really tough, strong, good speed, made a 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.520 lot of breakout plays, huge jack after the catch. Another 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:19.479 kind of wild card player. Limb Bowden out of Kentucky. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.840 I mean he's just a very versattle player. Man. He's 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.880 a little rough around the edges. Okay, he's got to 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.280 get a little more mature. But when you talk about 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.240 skill level, think about like a Percy Harvin kind of guy. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.960 Just multiple. He's a thousand yard receiver two years ago. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.520 They forced him to play quarterback this year in Kentucky 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.120 and he was, you know, the leading rusher in the 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.280 in the conference with the team that they knew he 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:43.439 was going to do something with the football every single time, 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.200 and they still couldn't stop him in the sec of course, 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.360 going late, you want to enhance running back a J. Dillon, 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.680 a pounder from BC maybe in the fifth round, a 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.480 guy that you know you can give the ball to 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.319 get those tough yardages. It will be very interesting to 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.200 see how the virtual draft, obviously not only unfull old 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:02.800 with the players selections, but how it looks of course, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.360 with Roger Goodell announcing the picks from his basement and Anthony, 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.040 we can't thank you enough for going through our mock 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.439 drafts and honestly crossing my fingers at our mock draft 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.880 comes to fruition here because I think Jets fan would 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.480 be pretty happy. I think the one thing we've learned 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.720 over the years, guys, no matter how many mock drafts 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:20.960 we've seen in players that people think they're gonna pick it. 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.480 Never ever falls out that way and and there are 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.360 some crazy picks sometimes and you never know who's gonna 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.920 fall in your lap. So I think, you know, being 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.520 at eleven, it's a good spot for the Jets. They're 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:35.079 gonna have a variety of options, and I think a 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:38.559 fans are gonna be pretty pleased with that selection. Now 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.360 joined by Olivia land Is, who's back in her home 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:45.200 state of Colorado, and you know, the draft really right 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.800 around the corner, and really really right around the corner, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:51.480 meaning tomorrow, and I just kind of wanted to take 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:54.120 the time to take a second and reflect on how 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.720 the three of us have been covering the draft. Obviously 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.560 it's been a weird pre draft process us, but also 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.560 we were time to cover the NFL. So to both 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:06.360 of you, what have you kind of taken away from 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:12.040 this whole entire experience of remote life. Well, for me personally, 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.800 it's been very, very different, to say the least, because 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:20.520 I started out in my apartment in Jersey, which is 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.720 a one bedroom apartment that I share with my Great 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:29.040 Dane dog. So um kind of lonely honestly at first, 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.920 just because we spent four weeks pretty much in quarantine 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.840 out here in Colorado. It's been a little bit better. 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.480 I've been around family, but it's definitely there have been 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:43.360 challenges for sure to covering this remotely, just because you know, 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.960 everybody has to figure out certain technology that works. But 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.480 you know, for the most part, I feel like on 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:53.160 my end, we're doing pretty good. Yeah, what Aqueal the sentiments. 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.600 I can't believe everything that lives has been through. She 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:02.560 traveled back to her native Colorado twenty six hours without 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:07.400 stopping because folks, and rightfully so, they're trying to take 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.480 care of people on the front lines. And one of 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:13.280 the hotels, I believe the backstory there was that the 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:18.320 hotel that you would actually made a reservation at um 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:23.160 said hey, listen, I'm sorry, but we have to we 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.520 have to use these rooms for medical personnel. Right, So 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.360 you actually not only did you go home to Colorado. 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.920 It's not like you got in a plane and was 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.440 it was there in a couple of hours or even 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.840 took your time getting across the country. You did it 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:41.360 one day plus two hours. Yeah, it was probably I've 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.240 never done that before. It's one of the craziest things 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.520 I've ever done. Honestly, I probably will not do it again. 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.400 But yeah, like you said, my mother and I started 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:51.960 driving from Jersey. We drove seventeen hours and one day, 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:56.360 and then had reserved a hotel in Missouri because it's halfway. 0:15:56.520 --> 0:15:59.200 And when we got there they were like, yeah, actually 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.560 were which you know under I understand now, but they're like, 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:06.760 we're only accepting medical personnel, essential staff. So I just 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:08.200 looked at my mom. I was like, you know what, 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.000 let's just go. Let's just drive all the way through. 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.760 We have eleven hours left, We've already done seventeen. Like, 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:18.880 let's create the music unbelievable and listen. I think when 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:23.000 we started this six seven weeks ago, we just wanted 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:27.560 to provide content for everybody out there in Jets Nation 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.160 and also NFL fans who are looking for a diversion 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:35.320 or an outlet, because the passion is still there for football. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:38.360 But for me, early on, it was difficult to be 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.760 honest with you, because I didn't know how to come 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:46.600 across with enthusiasm, with passion or more of a somber 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.640 tone because what was happening not only throughout the nation 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.960 but throughout the world for me and for both of you, 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.600 and it's been hey, how can we provide content for 0:16:56.640 --> 0:17:01.680 people that they want to see? And here when we 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:05.000 first got home, was like, how can we provide content now? 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.840 And the first thing we thought of was let's get 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:13.679 on the horn. Let's start doing podcasts, Jets related podcasts. 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:17.560 But also looking forward to the draft as well, I 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:21.919 think are fans and I think NFL fans very receptive 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:26.199 as far as the content has been concerned. Now, we 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.840 had the draft tomorrow night, and I think the weekend 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.800 it's going to be exciting and on precedent, yeah, I 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:39.399 think that actually, given the odd times, to say the least, 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.800 I think at least in my time here, we've probably 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:46.760 covered the draft better than any prior year, which is 0:17:46.800 --> 0:17:49.000 kind of ironic because we've all been at home and 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:51.960 you would think that in the office you'd have more resources. Well, 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.159 the interviews that Live has done, the interviews that E 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.840 and I have done together and separate, it just feels 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.960 like we've really covered this draft up to bottom. We've 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:05.520 left no stone on turn and I'm really excited for 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:09.160 the draft, and I think given the lack of sports 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.440 out there right now, everybody seems a little more so 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.320 in tune with the draft and every year if you're 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.439 a Jets fan, if you're a football fan, this is 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:22.400 a time of year that inject some life into your team. Frankly, 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:24.159 I'm ready to get this show roll, and feels like 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.080 we've been talking about this for a while now, so 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:30.080 I'm very excited to see what actually happens tomorrow night 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:33.639 and throughout the weekend live you can tell the folks 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.080 about this. We were all set to send you to 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:41.119 Las Vegas. Yeah, I think I'm I'm honestly still just 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.960 trying to absorb the fact that everybody is going to 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:46.600 be covering the draft from home. Like Ethan said, I'm 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:50.000 I'm looking forward to seeing how this unfolds. But it's 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.000 definitely going to be different for me this year, like 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:56.240 you said, because the past two years, I've physically been 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:59.360 at the locations of the draft, which was Dallas two 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:03.679 years ago and then Nashville last year. So I don't know, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:05.480 I don't know what this is going to look like. 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.879 I mean, we have we have our plan, you know, 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:09.960 we have our plan on how we're going to execute it, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:13.920 but nobody's ever done this before. The league hasn't, nobody, players, 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:17.520 nobody so I'm super eager to see how this turns out. 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:19.399 But it's definitely gonna be different doing it from my 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:23.520 mother's home in Colorado as opposed to being on site. 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:29.160 As we close out the official Jets Podcast Draft Countdown 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:33.080 series presented by Verizon here the day before the draft, 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:35.439 I just want to know who do you guys think 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.000 the Pigs are gonna be at eleven? That's all I 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.439 want to know, Or you can alter and say what 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.600 you think a successful draft would be. Overall a draft weekend, 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:46.399 I feel like we've heard so much from the external guys. 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.240 Like I said earlier, I just kind of want to 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:50.639 give our predictions here, not that they mean anything, because 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:54.480 they really don't. I would say, if I were to 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:58.640 give my personal opinion on which direction they may go 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:03.280 in the first round, you know, in my in my eyes, 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:05.840 I feel like it would have to be either a 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.040 tackle or a receiver. But to answer the other part 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.359 of that question where he said, how will this just 0:20:11.520 --> 0:20:15.440 be an overall successful draft for Joe Douglas, I think 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:18.480 he just needs to stick to his plan. He's been 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:23.080 talking about his plan of bringing in offensive lineman and 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:26.439 building and protecting. Sam Donald even said that when he 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:28.840 spoke to the media a few a couple of weeks 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:32.200 ago when he said, I told Sam Donald's parents that 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:34.840 I was going to get him the protection that he needed. 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.760 Talking to so many of these NFL analysts around the league, 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:43.320 a lot of analysts have full one confidence in Joe 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:47.040 Douglas and his plan and what he's going to execute 0:20:47.080 --> 0:20:49.320 for this team and the holes he's going to fill. 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:52.280 Everyone's going to have different views on how he should 0:20:52.280 --> 0:20:54.920 approach it, but I think he is going to make 0:20:54.920 --> 0:20:57.400 it a success by just sticking to the plan he's 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:01.720 had all along. She's right. Every external analysts you talked to, 0:21:02.359 --> 0:21:05.320 nobody on the air or a lot off there, and 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:10.280 I will say this has once questioned, Wow, I don't 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:13.240 know if you had the right guy here. He is 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:19.560 universally respected in the NFL. That does not mean, oh, 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:23.879 he's definitely going to win a championship within two years 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:25.600 and the Jets are going to the playoffs next year. 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:29.520 But as what we saw in free agency was to 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:33.040 lives point is that he has a plan, he's going 0:21:33.119 --> 0:21:35.359 to stick to the plan. He is not going to 0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:38.920 be forced into a move because the Jets have a 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:43.560 potential need here or they have to fill this or wow, 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.680 if you don't take this guy. This is the reaction 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:50.040 on the outside. Joe does not play that. That is 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:54.320 not part of his game. He is three championships, He's 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:58.640 trust his people around him, He's got an all star staff. 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:02.280 So I just think this weekend you're a Jets fan, 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.000 buckle up. You know he's got eight picks right now. 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:09.760 Don't be surprised that their moves because listen, when you 0:22:09.760 --> 0:22:13.720 were talking about a seven round draft, typically you're gonna 0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:16.240 see some traits. Okay, that doesn't mean there's gonna be 0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:17.720 a trade in the first round. I'm not saying that. 0:22:18.280 --> 0:22:22.240 Watch him maneuver and navigate. Also, don't get caught up 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:27.080