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Baldy's joining 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.080 us from Los Angeles, and I think doos You're in Florida, right. 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.320 I am in the great sunny state of Florida. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:42.080 How you guys feeling this morning? 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.320 I'm good man, But you know, this this draft, I mean, 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.600 you know, fans could talk about it twenty four to seven, 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.519 but eventually, like you gotta like do it and then 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.800 just let it go because honestly, like none of these guys, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.600 you know, everybody wants to have them in the Pro Bowl. 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:00.760 You know, these guys gotta just they're just getting started. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.400 They're just all getting started. 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:03.000 All right. 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.559 Well, let's put a ball on the Jets twenty twenty 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:06.240 five drafts. 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:09.800 Shall we Baldy, what were your. 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:14.160 Thoughts on the way GM, Darren Mougie head coach Aaron 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.640 Glenn navigated their first draft. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:18.000 I thought it was excellent. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.320 I mean, they had real needs and they found real 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:25.200 value in those needs, starting with armand Member, who was 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:29.160 an elite prospect all right, from his size, his movement, 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:32.520 his production, what he did at Missouri. And then to 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:36.360 get Mason Taylor, a position of real need that many 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.920 thought maybe they would spend their seventh pick on a 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.240 tight end and they elected to go the other way. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.840 But they got the two big positions of need for 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.040 the offense to really help out justin fields to give 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.760 him the best opportunity. I thought the Jets have been 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:54.960 struggling for years to really build a really talented offensive line. 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.160 They were never able to quite get there, and I 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.720 feel like they've got the pieces in place to be 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:01.280 a real right now. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:05.320 Duds, did it feel vindigated you've been picking Mambo for 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:06.480 months to the Jets? 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:10.640 Yeah, me and Baldy were kind of kidding. We kind 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:12.600 of always knew that was gonna be the pig. Just 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.400 you got to think you just read in between the lines. 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.880 Aaron Glenn coming over from Detroit. How did they build 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.080 it throughout the trenches? They have one of the best 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:23.400 offensive lines in football, and there was one void on 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.000 that offensive line, and you had a player that could 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.840 easily fill that void in mar Membo. It wasn't a 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:30.880 guy that you had to take and then cross train 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:32.680 him to the other side because he hadn't done it. 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:34.760 He's played right tackle his whole career. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:36.800 So like, it just made too much sense when you 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.440 talk about him being young, the upside, the athletic ability, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.760 and then just the dog mentality he has fits what 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.240 Aaron Glynn wants to do. And then to echo what 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.839 Baldy was saying, like, when you look at this offensive line, 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.519 the last time the Jets were true contenders, you're talking 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.520 about twenty eleven, it was built through that offensive line. 0:02:55.720 --> 0:03:00.160 So Aaron Glynn again, Tenner Ainstrang coming from Detroit was 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.080 built through the offensive line. And then the Jets have 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.960 one of the youngest offensive lines, so now this group 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:08.160 can grow together. Literally, the oldest player or starter or 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.840 projected started on the offensive line for the Jets, it's 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.800 twenty seven years old. I don't know many other teams 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.120 can say that right now about their offensive. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.800 Line, Baldy, what do you'll like most about Memo's game 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:22.080 and is he makes this transition, what is he going 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:22.800 to have to work on? 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.119 Well, I mean it the NFL level. I mean, you're 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.760 just gonna see great players every single week. It's you know, 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:32.359 you don't get that in college. And so it's about 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:36.480 being consistent, consistent with your technique. I think all these 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.000 young guys, you know they're gonna get stronger. I think 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:41.400 he can get stronger in the upper body where he 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:43.840 just locks guys out and then he just ends the 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.520 pass rush like he's got you can see it in 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.480 flashes where he can do that and he has done that. 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.640 But you know, you just love his movement. Like there's 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.040 so many things you can do with an athletic tackle. 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:57.880 I mean the perimeter game, the quick game, getting to 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.960 the second level, cutting off on the backs, like all 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:03.680 those things he will be able to do just naturally. 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.720 Then's the question of all the you know he's got 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.560 to work with Alivia Tucker. You want to become the 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:16.000 right side, like the communication that you need to handle stunts, 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.520 to handle you know, any kind of movement up front. 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:23.080 So to take the thinking out of it where you 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:24.760 could just react. I mean, he's got to get to 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.640 that stage and that will come, but that will come 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.800 with reps. And then it's a question of how quickly 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.440 does it come. How quickly do they they build this bond, 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.320 this bond that great offensive lines have where it's literally 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.360 five guys with one mind, and you know, the communication 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.080 normally starts from the center tipman, and it goes left, 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.520 it goes right. That's what's got to come right now 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.360 with armand but the actual ability is there, and that's 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.760 where you got it's got to start because he's going 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.279 to see some of the best pass rushers in the 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.240 league right now are coming over the right tackle. And 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.479 so you know, you go up to Buffalo and you 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.839 see what what they put over that right tackle. 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.400 That's a good football player right there. So that's what 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:05.359 he's got to get ready for. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.520 Dudes, I like it that there's no projection that he's 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.560 moving positions that I'll have an opportunity to win that 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:17.040 right tackle spot. And that's where he was entrenched in 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.839 at Missouri. I just wanted to move the conversation forward here, 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:25.320 du Is. I think for a long time it's debating 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.920 whether it was going to be tackle or perhaps tight end, 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.800 and most people were looking at Tyler Warren there. Ironically, 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:37.039 the Bears take Colston Lovelin off the board and number 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:40.760 ten overall Warren slips or I don't even want to 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:44.520 say slips when he goes to fourteen to Indianapolis. How 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.919 much do you think it went into the thinking for 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.679 the Jets that if we're going to get our tackle, 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.320 we better get one now because we have an opportunity 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:56.200 to actually come back in the second round and get 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:59.000 a tight end. And how about the way that worked 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.560 out for them getting Taylor at number forty two overall. 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:04.520 Yeah, without a doubt. 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.680 You build it in the trenches, and those guys tend 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:10.120 to go faster, I believe, you know, the top tackles 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:13.000 went really early in this draft. We talk about Will 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:17.279 Campbell going four overall and Arma Membu going seven, Calvin 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:19.680 Banks going nine, So there was a run on, you know, 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.360 the top three tackles, and the just didn't want to 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.760 take a chance to potentially, you know, go tight end 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.880 and then miss out in a Day one starter at 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.640 tackle in the second round, because again, those tackles went fast. 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.599 Even Josh Simmons went at the end of the first round, 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.400 so like you would have missed out on him, Josh 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.880 Cornerly Connorley, you would have missed out on him because 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:39.440 he would at the end of the first round. So 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.359 I thought it was strategic by Darren Mujie and also 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.280 Aaron Glenn to realize, like we talk about positional value, 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.080 the offensive tackle is higher than the tight end position, 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.320 and we can get a really good tight end in 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:53.480 the second round. As matter of fact, they got everybody 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.680 or mostly everybody's tight end three in the second round, 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:58.160 So I thought they played it the right way. 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.039 Baldy, I love those draft calls that we see on 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:07.520 draft weekend, specifically Mason Taylor's draft call. Offensive coordinator Tanner 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:11.240 Engstrand got on there and he was pumped. He said, listen, 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.880 we got a plan for you. Angstrand comes from the lines. 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:19.200 Of course, how do you envision Taylor working in this offense? 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.000 Well, I mean, anybody that's watched Detroit the number one 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:24.880 offensive football You watch Sam Laporta the day he came 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.440 out of Iowa and what he has been able to 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:31.320 do in that offense. All the crossing routes, you know, 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.520 all the movement and things that they do, the two 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.120 tight end sets that you'll get with Ruckert right now. 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.680 Mason Taylor, they were a big two tight end set 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:42.160 that helped him in the run game. You know, the motions, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.680 the pre snap motions that they would do with Laporter. 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.720 You're gonna see the same thing with Mason Taylor. That's 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.080 what you saw at LSU. He was He probably was 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:52.600 in motion every single play, you know, changing the strength, 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.360 looking for matchups. So he's been doing a lot of 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.880 these things. But I can just take a you know, 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.960 just a snapshot of Detroit's offense from the offensive line 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.600 to the tight ends, to how they worked the tight ends. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.720 Like I can see a lot of that playbook coming 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:09.160 to the New York Jets right now. 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.600 Interesting tight end room now, dude, because you're adding him 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.960 to a guy that you like in Stone Smart and 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.200 Jeremy Rutgers is going to have an opportunity to play 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.880 some more now that Tyler Conklin departed. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.280 Yeah, and I'm so glad Brady brought that up as 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.480 far as Detroit living in twelve personnel, which is one back, 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.360 two tight end, because I look at it like this, 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.640 Jeremy Rutger is probably going to be their Brock right right, 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.959 and Mason Taylor is going to be the Sam l 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.480 porter that you know Tanner Ainstring had in Detroit. So 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.880 I could definitely see them coming out in two tight 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.680 ends SATs. And then even they liked some thirteen personnel 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:44.559 near the red zone and in the goal line as well, 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.000 So Stone Smart will be the third guy that they 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.120 use to not only run the ball, but also heavy 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.000 plays and pass. Stone Smart's a big, tall receiver. He 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.240 can go up and get the football. So it'll be 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:58.000 interesting to see how inventive Tanner Ainstream can be with 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.200 this tight end group of Stone Smart or Mason Taylor 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:02.319 and also Jeremy Rucker. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.600 Not really a surprise there with the first two picks, 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:10.240 especially the positions when you're speaking tackle tight end. But 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:13.640 I think the Jets surprise some folks in the third 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:19.320 round there, Baldy getting Florida State cornerback Zarier Thomas out 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:23.240 of Florida State. Aaron Glenn likes his corners big, and 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.640 this guy is big and he's physical. 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.160 Well, I mean they just I mean, just you just 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.360 keep turn the page back to Detroit. 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.320 You know, they signed Carlton Davis, who is a big 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.599 long corner. Last year they drafted Terry on Arnold in 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.360 the first round. Like you know, sometimes you got to 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:44.200 match up with these receivers. And one thing about Zarah was, 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:46.600 you know when you're watching Florida State, he's a big 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.120 six to one and a half corner, two hundred pounds 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:51.559 and he's not afraid to get his hands on guys. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.120 And you don't see a lot of press corners at college. 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:57.000 You just don't. And so the way that they. 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.880 Play zwnes and you know these h the defenses, you 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.280 don't see that, but you see a lot of that 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:06.120 at Florida State. So to me, I thought, Darren, it 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:10.480 was clearly a this is the best player on our board, 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.199 like because you know me and dudes are like man 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:14.120 defensive tackle. 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.319 There was a rich class of defensive tackles. 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:18.760 You could have said that, but maybe the way that 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.040 they stacked their board, Thomas was their next best player 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:25.200 at number seventy three, and so they took the best 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.480 player available and looked, honestly, everybody needs. 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.120 Four corners in any game. You need four corners that 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:31.560 could play. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.120 And so we know they've got three starters out there, 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.520 especially with getting Brandon Stevens a free agency. 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:39.720 And so I think that's that's what you got. 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:43.040 You got yourself a press corner that you know, whether 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.360 it's you're going up against a team that's playing ten 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.960 personnel in Buffalo, whatever it is, you might need that 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.200 fourth corner on the field, but in the rotation, you'd 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.520 love to have a guy that has that ability and 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:54.800 that length at that position. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:58.840 To as you guys both were there in Mobile at 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.319 the Senior Bowl, how much do you think he specifically 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:06.720 Thomas elevated his stock what he did there. 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.320 Yeah, he showed what he did all year long at 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:10.960 Florida State. 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:13.160 Now, there wasn't a lot to like about what you 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:15.960 saw on film from Florida State this past year, but 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.480 him and Josh Farmer were two of the brighter spots, right, 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.319 and he showed versus Kyle Williams, who was to me 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:23.719 the best separator in this class when it comes to 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.959 the receiver position. They had some really classic battles out 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.880 there in Mobile, and that's the thing that he does 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.520 like where other dbs struggled in those one on one 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.760 situations because Baldy, you know, it's slated for the offense 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.120 to win in one on ones with receivers and dbs. 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.319 He actually elevated his game doing those scenarios because that's 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.880 what he does on a daily basis. And Baldy hit 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.040 this on the head earlier talking about a lot of 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.679 these kids play more zone in college. Well, that's where 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:49.439 you kind of get exposed and man coverage when it's 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.920 one on one situations, and that's where he really solidified 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.240 itself and showed that he could be a press man 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.880 cover corner. I think being there in the third round 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:00.240 was a surprise to AG and Darren Moujie. As to 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.200 Baldy's point, this was a rich defensive tackle class and 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.280 there was a run in the second round and then Darius, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.400 even Darius Alexander fell to the first round and the 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:12.040 third the first pick in the third round, so maybe 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.559 he was a consideration as well, but he was also 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:16.920 gone by the time they picked. They looked at their board, 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.439 they looked at where the next defensive tackle was maybe 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:22.080 and they said, you know, Thomas on the board was 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.360 significantly higher than the next defensive tackle. So we're gonna 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.480 get the most bang for our buck with the value 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.640 with getting Thomas here. And I think that's why they 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.640 took him in the third round ball he we. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.760 Thought the Jets were gonna add receiver at some point. 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:40.200 Early Day three starts with Aaron Smith out of Georgia. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.720 What can you say about his physical skill set? 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:45.520 Well, I mean he's got world class speed. 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.600 I think he runs you know, a ten to one 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:51.120 eight hundred meters, which is world class, right, But you know, 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.360 I mean there's speed and then there's football speed. This 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.079 guy separates Like this guy when you watch him, you 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:00.160 know he's fast because he's going up against sec he 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.480 you know, cornerbacks and defenses and he's running by people. 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.360 Now he needs to go get married to a drug 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:10.680 machine and he needs get on I mean because you know, look, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:14.079 the guy has not had a lot of production at Georgia, 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.160 and he wasn't on the field lot. They had a 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.360 lot of other talented guys. He had to kind of 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.080 wait his time, and you know, he made the best 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.880 of it this year. But for the most part, this 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.040 is a guy that you can't teach this kind of speed. 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.240 He's going to open up things underneath for a lot 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:33.000 of players. And I keep going back to Detroit. I 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.920 mean this is what they have, you know, with one 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:40.000 of their elite players in Williams there and this is 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.280 the prototype right here. Get a guy that can fly. Now, 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.719 he's not he's not polished yet. There's a lot he's 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:50.360 got to learn, but the raw talent is there at 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:50.959 that position. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.240 All right, dud, So one of the receiver has problems 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:59.679 with drops? Is that something that you can coach it 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:00.520 out of him? 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:01.280 Meaning? 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.760 It was interesting last weekend because Baldi talked about. 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:05.559 James and Williams. 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.760 Aaron Glenn talked about jameson Williams and you know the 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.400 scouting report on him coming out and his difficulties with drops? 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.800 Is it more Can it be a physical thing that 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:19.840 turns into a mental thing or is it more mental 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:21.800 when you're talking about drops. This is a kid who 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.320 averaged nineteen point nine yards of reception at Georgia. And 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.920 the other thing that I really like is he's got 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.960 a mentality. He's not just like, oh, I'm a speed 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:34.400 and ness guy. He brings up physicality the game and 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:36.880 I think immediately he's going to contribute on special teams. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.160 You always want that in your day. Three picks. 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.200 Yeah, without a doubt. You go back to the Jamison 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.000 Williams comparison. He definitely struggled. You know, he came in 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.840 with an injury, but he struggled his first full year 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.720 playing in regards to drops, and people were wondering, dang, 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.680 did Detroit potentially reached too early for this guy and 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.160 then he was able to put it together. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.280 To me, it's more of a mental confidence thing. And Baldy, 0:14:58.320 --> 0:14:58.600 you know this. 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:00.880 You covered the game for a long time, like there 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.960 sends to be a mental block. Once you drop one pass, 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.280 then you drop another, then you drop another, and the 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.400 only way to get over that is to continue to 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:10.360 go out there and. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:11.480 Try to catch the football. 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.720 Like once you finally catch the ball, your confidence is 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:16.800 going to go out of this world. So I think 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:19.000 for him it's going to be a mental thing, and 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.840 he has one of the best receiver coaches and son, Jefferson, 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.880 to help instill some of that confidence into him to 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.440 hopefully get him over that help. 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.479 Because going back passed. 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.480 Last year in the twenty three season, didn't have issues 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:32.840 would drop passes. It was only this past season and 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:34.600 then even at the Singer Bowl he dropped a few 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:35.000 as well. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.560 So you would hope that they. 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.000 Could instill some confidence in the young man and he 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:40.520 could get back to where he was in the twenty 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:41.400 three season. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:42.240 Real quick, real quick. 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.040 I'd love to see you know, that daily competition with 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.840 him in sauce. You know, I think it's because his 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:51.240 speed is gonna make sauce really like, you know, stretch 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:55.200 those hamstreets before practice, but go up against a. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:56.160 Long corner like that. 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.160 I mean that should help him in practice out there, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.160 like just the whole iron sharpens iron type thing. 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:06.880 Baldy on that subject, how does it change the dynamic 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.680 defensively when the Jets put a guy like Smith out 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.680 there on the field. You know, you're number one going 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:17.840 on the outside is Garrett Wilson. You've fortified that offensive line. 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.280 But then if you got Smith out there and the 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.480 safety noises out there on the field, what is it 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:24.600 going to do for everybody else? 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.360 Well, your safeties are are not going to be nosy. 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.720 They're not you know, they're gonna line up, They're gonna 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.760 give themselves an extra step. You know, the corners are 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.200 gonna do their scout and report and they're gonna go. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.920 You know, nobody wants to get beat. Nobody wants to 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.560 you know, somebody to run by him on tape. Nobody 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.840 wants that on the resume, and so you naturally start 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.760 backing up a little bit when you've got a guy. 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.640 We saw it with Jameson Williams, like I would expect. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:50.480 Some of the things that they did do is with 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.520 Jameson like to end a rounds and reverses and stuff, 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.480 put the ball in his hands and let him go 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.400 to work. I mean, that's what they did. But you 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.880 saw the safeties were backing up before the ball was 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:04.919 snapped with him in the lineup and in key spots, 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.520 and so I can see defenses have the same fear 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:10.960 that that speed. 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:11.159 Puts in you. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.240 Yeah, And to that point, Baldy, right when you talk 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.920 about Garrett Wilson eating up the middle of the field, 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.439 because you talk about tenner enstring coming over from Detroit 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.120 route those past concepts where you run that deep dig 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:25.720 and when I say deep dig, you run you know, 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.840 ten yard fifteen yards down the field and you break inside. 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.560 Right, you have that linebacker that's in zone coverage. 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.840 Well, because Garrett Wilson is a guy, you know you 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.879 want to get the ball to. What he does is 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.480 he just runs a quick, little ten five ten yard 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.560 stop route and then everybody collapses on him. Now you 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.879 have a guy behind him wide open. And that's what 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.000 Detroit did with Jamison Williams and Amar Ross Saint Brown 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.359 because Amar Rossaint Brown is one of the best slot 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:51.359 receivers in football and he tears up the middle of 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.360 the field. Garrett Wilson has that same skill set. Now 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.080 with the speed of Arian Smith, he can do some 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.960 of the things that Jamo did in Detroit to free 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.440 up Gary Wilson, because if you get nosy, you're gonna 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.800 give up a fifteen yard dig route every single play 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.400 because everybody's colliding on Garrett Wilson. 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:09.640 All right, boul, let's get a last word from you, 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.320 because you got to catch a plane, and I'm sure 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.840 you're gonna be swimming with the sharks here in a 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:21.080 couple hours. Aaron Glenn said, we're looking for tough, physical, violent, aggressive, 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:26.159 and resilient players. What did you see from him? I 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:30.720 want to comment from you overall on ag and Mougie, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:31.960 the way they attack this thing. 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.360 Yeah, I mean, look, you know there's comps out there 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.960 to armand menmut to Jason Peters, who's going to the 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:42.720 Hall of Fame that the Eagles basically had for most 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:46.120 of their career but I mean just an explosive body type, 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.639 you know that can you know, walk guys off the 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:51.320