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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast, Episode

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Speaker 1: two of the Draft Pick Profile series presented by Verizon,

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Speaker 1: And on today's episode, E A and I will break

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Speaker 1: down the Jets second round pick Denzel Mims, the former

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Speaker 1: Baylor Bear who the Jets to get number fifty nine,

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Speaker 1: And of course you'll hear from the Jets personnel talking

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Speaker 1: about Denzel Mims, and you'll hear from the man himself,

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Speaker 1: Mr Denzel Mims. But first things first, let's talk about

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Speaker 1: where the Jets were on the clock and how they

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Speaker 1: actually acquired Mims, because originally they had the forty overall selection,

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Speaker 1: which they traded to the Seattle Seahawks, and the Jets

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Speaker 1: slide back eleven spots to fifty nine. They pick up

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Speaker 1: an extra third round pick, pick one on one, which

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Speaker 1: then turned into a couple more picks, and we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about that on a later episode. And on fifty nine,

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Speaker 1: Denzel Mims, who was slotted or projected even to be

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Speaker 1: perhaps the third or fourth receiver off the board in

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Speaker 1: some mock draft, is there for the taking at fifty nine. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this whole thing was fascinating the way it played out.

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Speaker 1: Greens because the Jets too clear areas of needs. Uh

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Speaker 1: two of the four you would say would be tackle

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Speaker 1: and receiver, and they addressed tackle with the selection of

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Speaker 1: Mackay Beckton Thursday Night, number eleven overall, and they had

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Speaker 1: all the receivers on the board at that pick eleven,

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Speaker 1: and they opted to go Beckton there. And ironically the

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Speaker 1: first receiver came off the board a couple of minutes

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Speaker 1: later when the Raiders threw an Old L. Davis curve

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Speaker 1: at you and went for the speed receiver in Henry Ruggs,

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Speaker 1: the fastest white out in this draft class. And then

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy Fell I would say, to Denver number fifteen overall,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of people were awfully surprised that Ceedee

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Speaker 1: Lamb not only went to the Dallas Kyleboys, but it

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Speaker 1: happened at number seventeen overall, so setting the stage for

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Speaker 1: Night to Greens. We knew there was gonna be a

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Speaker 1: run on receivers, and the Jets and Joe Douglas were

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Speaker 1: sitting at right dead center. In the middle of the

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Speaker 1: second round at number forty eight overall, we saw t

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Speaker 1: Higgins start to night the Clumson product go to the

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals and Joey Burrow with the thirty third overall selection.

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Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, former teammate of Sam Donald at USC's at USC,

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Speaker 1: he goes thirty four to the Indianapolis Colts and Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers would be thrown him the football in then we

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Speaker 1: saw a little bit of a gap right and the

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Speaker 1: next receiver off the board Jacksonville want Laviska Chennault with

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Speaker 1: forty two overall, and then Penn State alum kJ Hamler

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Speaker 1: goes to the number of Rouncles at forty six. So

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Speaker 1: on night to Greens, you had four receivers come off

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Speaker 1: the board in round who before Douglas gets on the

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Speaker 1: clock at forty eight overall, and at that point he says,

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Speaker 1: I have a number of players I like if I

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Speaker 1: moved down and the Jets moved out, And then when

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Speaker 1: the Jets moved down, I'm sure a lot of Jets

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Speaker 1: fans were thinking, oh my god, the Jets are gonna

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Speaker 1: miss out on a receiver, because I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of Jets fans were clamoring for a receiver. And then

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Speaker 1: you think about who was off the board or who

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Speaker 1: came off the board rather in those eleven spots, Chase

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Speaker 1: Claypool goes forty nine overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who

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Speaker 1: And then a little bit of a gap, and then

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Speaker 1: the son of Jets wide receivers coach Sean Jefferson, two

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Speaker 1: That's Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson. He goes to the

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Speaker 1: l A. Rams And then at fifty eight over all,

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Speaker 1: you're probably assuming that the Vikings aren't going to take

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Speaker 1: another wide receiver after they took Justin Jefferson in the

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Speaker 1: first round. And then lo and behold, Denzel Mims is

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Speaker 1: there for the Jets at fifty nine. And I just

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Speaker 1: want to reiterate this. I was speaking to Dane Brugler

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Speaker 1: of the Athletic and we were doing our draft recap

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Speaker 1: segment of Bruegler's draft board, and he said, if Denzel

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Speaker 1: Mims went twenty nine and not fifty nine, nobody would

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Speaker 1: have batted an eye. So the fact that the Jets

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Speaker 1: were able to get Denzel Mims at fifty nine, I

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Speaker 1: think it just shows what great value the Jets got

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Speaker 1: same time, a lot of people wanted Douglas to take

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Speaker 1: Mims with the forty eight overall selection greens um So

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Speaker 1: you have to always let it layout a little bit.

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Speaker 1: So he comes back and he still gets Mims, and

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Speaker 1: then he gets additional draft picks. And the Jets again,

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Speaker 1: as we entered this weekend, we knew they had multiple

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Speaker 1: holes and the other point of the processes you want

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Speaker 1: But where the Jets I think got really sold on

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Speaker 1: Denzel Mims was when you were down in Mobile, Alabama

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Speaker 1: covering the Senior Bowl. Because he was the top receiver.

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Speaker 1: He separated himself from everybody else who was down there

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Speaker 1: that week. And there is no better time to have

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Speaker 1: a great final audition per se before you go to

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Speaker 1: last time that players are wearing pads until they get

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Speaker 1: and I breakdown Manned and talk about his collegiate road

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Speaker 1: Jets personnel on what they like about Denzel Mims. Denzel

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Speaker 1: is going to be another big, fast athletic target for

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Speaker 1: in certain packages and situations. What we need, like I said,

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Speaker 1: a big fast guy who ran four three eight. He's

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Speaker 1: a former track champion. This is the guy who's been

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Speaker 1: extremely productive with the three consecutive seasons of fifty catches

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Speaker 1: to another level when he got to the Combine running

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Speaker 1: four three eight. We've got a lot of upside with him. Still,

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Speaker 1: we feel like there's still development with him, and you know,

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Speaker 1: impressive player. You know, he's got you know, outstanding highway

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be at an advantage. Uh, the

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Speaker 1: really excited about it. Now. This is a player that

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Speaker 1: well below the radar. But in November and then obviously

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Speaker 1: he brings a lot of size, a lot of vertical speed.

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Speaker 1: And the thing about him to me was just the

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Speaker 1: respect that. Teams will have to respect that height, weights

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Speaker 1: being on the perimeter, and hopefully that will help our

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Speaker 1: We're going to keep improving with them too. I think

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Speaker 1: there's there's a room for growth with what he's already

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Speaker 1: help him grow over the years and see how how

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Speaker 1: far we can take him. The rout tree, I'm not

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Speaker 1: he's got the ability to to learn. You know, that

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Speaker 1: He a A couple of things really stand out to me.

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Speaker 1: The first thing you mentioned Henry Ruggs and the speed

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Speaker 1: that he offers at four to seven, well, Denzel Mims

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Speaker 1: not far behind four point three eight forty yard dash

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Speaker 1: come since after his freshman year when he went into

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Speaker 1: did a fine job, uh, you know, taking that program

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. But Mims went into rule and actually actually

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Speaker 1: asked him if he could switch back to cornerback because

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Speaker 1: develop over his collegiate career. Sophomore year really broke broke

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Speaker 1: out Green sixty one catches more than a thousand yards,

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Speaker 1: a thousand and eighty seven receiving yards, and the eight touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Then he had the eight touchdowns again as a junior,

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Speaker 1: and then last season sixty six catches a thousand, twenty

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Speaker 1: you love because not only is he putting up yards,

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Speaker 1: but he's putting the ball in the end zone. The

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Speaker 1: NFL is all about scoring, and he was a dynamic

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Speaker 1: he just jumps up on you and he can win

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Speaker 1: And I really like Denzel mims answer where he told you,

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Speaker 1: you know, I want to earn my stripes first as

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Speaker 1: a blocker, and then the ball will come to me.

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Speaker 1: That was the second edition of the Draft Pick Profile

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Speaker 1: down each Jets traffic and next up we're going to

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Speaker 1: the third round with Cal safety Ashton Davis.