WEBVTT - Draft Pick Profile - Denzel Mims (5/6) 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:07.560 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast, Episode 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:11.440 two of the Draft Pick Profile series presented by Verizon, 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:14.120 And on today's episode, E A and I will break 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:18.119 down the Jets second round pick Denzel Mims, the former 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:21.320 Baylor Bear who the Jets to get number fifty nine, 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:24.040 And of course you'll hear from the Jets personnel talking 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.600 about Denzel Mims, and you'll hear from the man himself, 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:31.600 Mr Denzel Mims. But first things first, let's talk about 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.599 where the Jets were on the clock and how they 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:38.360 actually acquired Mims, because originally they had the forty overall selection, 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.880 which they traded to the Seattle Seahawks, and the Jets 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.960 slide back eleven spots to fifty nine. They pick up 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:47.840 an extra third round pick, pick one on one, which 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:49.880 then turned into a couple more picks, and we'll talk 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.960 about that on a later episode. And on fifty nine, 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:58.280 Denzel Mims, who was slotted or projected even to be 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:02.080 perhaps the third or fourth receiver off the board in 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.800 some mock draft, is there for the taking at fifty nine. Yeah, 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.040 this whole thing was fascinating the way it played out. 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:13.240 Greens because the Jets too clear areas of needs. Uh 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:16.160 two of the four you would say would be tackle 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.880 and receiver, and they addressed tackle with the selection of 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:25.720 Mackay Beckton Thursday Night, number eleven overall, and they had 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.839 all the receivers on the board at that pick eleven, 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:34.080 and they opted to go Beckton there. And ironically the 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.360 first receiver came off the board a couple of minutes 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:40.560 later when the Raiders threw an Old L. Davis curve 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:44.920 at you and went for the speed receiver in Henry Ruggs, 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.880 the fastest white out in this draft class. And then 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.800 Jerry Judy Fell I would say, to Denver number fifteen overall, 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:57.520 and a lot of people were awfully surprised that Ceedee 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:01.480 Lamb not only went to the Dallas Kyleboys, but it 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.920 happened at number seventeen overall, so setting the stage for 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.280 Night to Greens. We knew there was gonna be a 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.680 run on receivers, and the Jets and Joe Douglas were 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.760 sitting at right dead center. In the middle of the 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.959 second round at number forty eight overall, we saw t 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.840 Higgins start to night the Clumson product go to the 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:25.760 Cincinnati Bengals and Joey Burrow with the thirty third overall selection. 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:31.400 Michael Pittman, former teammate of Sam Donald at USC's at USC, 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.880 he goes thirty four to the Indianapolis Colts and Philip 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.000 Rivers would be thrown him the football in then we 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.679 saw a little bit of a gap right and the 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:45.320 next receiver off the board Jacksonville want Laviska Chennault with 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.840 forty two overall, and then Penn State alum kJ Hamler 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:52.679 goes to the number of Rouncles at forty six. So 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:58.560 on night to Greens, you had four receivers come off 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:02.400 the board in round who before Douglas gets on the 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:07.919 clock at forty eight overall, and at that point he says, 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:12.239 I have a number of players I like if I 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:17.120 moved down and the Jets moved out, And then when 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.520 the Jets moved down, I'm sure a lot of Jets 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.560 fans were thinking, oh my god, the Jets are gonna 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.760 miss out on a receiver, because I know a lot 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:29.160 of Jets fans were clamoring for a receiver. And then 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.160 you think about who was off the board or who 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.160 came off the board rather in those eleven spots, Chase 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.240 Claypool goes forty nine overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.360 might end up being a tight end because Claypool had 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:44.120 said that he would be open to playing tight end. 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.960 And then a little bit of a gap, and then 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.960 the son of Jets wide receivers coach Sean Jefferson, two 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.720 picks before the Jets are on the clock, gets elected. 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.480 That's Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson. He goes to the 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.240 l A. Rams And then at fifty eight over all, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:03.320 you're probably assuming that the Vikings aren't going to take 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.680 another wide receiver after they took Justin Jefferson in the 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.840 first round. And then lo and behold, Denzel Mims is 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.160 there for the Jets at fifty nine. And I just 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.600 want to reiterate this. I was speaking to Dane Brugler 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.560 of the Athletic and we were doing our draft recap 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.960 segment of Bruegler's draft board, and he said, if Denzel 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:27.680 Mims went twenty nine and not fifty nine, nobody would 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:29.760 have batted an eye. So the fact that the Jets 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.680 were able to get Denzel Mims at fifty nine, I 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.360 think it just shows what great value the Jets got 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.599 in Mims, and it's a good point. I think there's 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:44.280 an overreaction there when Joe d moved back because a 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:46.720 lot of people, and I know you were getting this 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.760 on social media too as we're creating content at the 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:53.560 same time, a lot of people wanted Douglas to take 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.720 Mims with the forty eight overall selection greens um So 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.120 you have to always let it layout a little bit. 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.720 So he comes back and he still gets Mims, and 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:08.040 then he gets additional draft picks. And the Jets again, 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:12.600 as we entered this weekend, we knew they had multiple 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.800 holes and the other point of the processes you want 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.599 to increase the depth on your roster, not saying Mims 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.479 is gonna come in and be a depth piece. He's 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:27.279 going to be expected to contribute immediately for this team. 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:32.200 But where the Jets I think got really sold on 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:36.040 Denzel Mims was when you were down in Mobile, Alabama 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.200 covering the Senior Bowl. Because he was the top receiver. 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.720 He separated himself from everybody else who was down there 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:47.800 that week. And there is no better time to have 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.360 a great final audition per se before you go to 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:56.159 Indianapolis than those practice sessions when people watch you run 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.400 routes one on one against some of the nation's top 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.120 prospect and in terms of the Senior Bowl, it's the 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.280 last time that players are wearing pads until they get 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.360 drafted by their respective team and then go to training 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.400 camp and everything of that nature. And before E. A 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:16.200 and I breakdown Manned and talk about his collegiate road 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.520 and what he did at Baylor, let's hear from the 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:23.680 Jets personnel on what they like about Denzel Mims. Denzel 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.040 is going to be another big, fast athletic target for 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.520 us on the outside, and he's got the ability to 0:06:28.560 --> 0:06:30.800 play inside in the slot and when we need him 0:06:30.800 --> 0:06:34.200 in certain packages and situations. What we need, like I said, 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.240 a big fast guy who ran four three eight. He's 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.080 a former track champion. This is the guy who's been 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:42.920 extremely productive with the three consecutive seasons of fifty catches 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.720 or more and showed really well at the Senior Bowl, 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:47.520 came on the scene there, and then it took it 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.640 to another level when he got to the Combine running 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.200 four three eight. We've got a lot of upside with him. Still, 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:54.800 we feel like there's still development with him, and you know, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.000 we're really excited about having him and adding him to 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:58.840 the mix with what we have in terms of guys 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:02.600 that that Sam can use his weapons. Just a really 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.479 impressive player. You know, he's got you know, outstanding highway 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:07.720 and speed for the position on the balls in the 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.000 air lookout, because this guy can really play above the 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.600 rim in that regard, and he has really good body 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.840 control and stuff. So he's got nice size. He's a 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.640 good red zone target. He's a good target for Sam. 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.120 I think the game's gonna translate really well for him 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.480 because I mean, you know, the coverage gets tighter at 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:26.040 the next level, but but he's still gonna be you know, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.720 almost six three and running four three, so he's gonna 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:32.880 I think he's gonna be at an advantage. Uh, the 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.120 way he uses his body to to position himself to 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.160 to make contested plays, and you know that that's really 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.440 gonna work to his advantage. I like when guys playing 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:43.480 an All Star game and they they played at a 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:45.800 high level for his good competition, and he did just 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.840 that at the Senior Bowls. He showed off his his wingspan, 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.120 he's catching radius, and you know, he had a good 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.640 week and you know, against good competition. I thought he 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.360 flashed deep speed, He showed courage in the middle of 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.720 the field and did a good job down in mobile 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:00.440 and for us, I think that means a lot. We're 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.760 really excited about it. Now. This is a player that 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:08.440 in August or September, even October, he would have been 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:12.880 well below the radar. But in November and then obviously 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.640 when Baylor got into their bowl game against Georgia and 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.880 the Sugar Bowl, and then the Senior Bowl and then 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:23.239 the Combine, this player has been on a rapid rise 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.800 up a lot of draft boards. I would say that, 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.559 you know, he worked his way up to the area 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.439 where he was taken in the second round, and you know, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:36.040 he brings a lot of size, a lot of vertical speed. 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.400 And the thing about him to me was just the 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:43.240 fact that you know, as a rookie, he can run 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.839 a hitch, a hook and a go and a and 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.319 a back shoulder fate and a defense will have to 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:52.280 respect that. Teams will have to respect that height, weights 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.800 being on the perimeter, and hopefully that will help our 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.120 offense in terms of the running game and maybe opening 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.840 up some options for other receivers, because this guy has 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.520 to be respected in terms of being a vertical threat. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.520 We're going to keep improving with them too. I think 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.440 there's there's a room for growth with what he's already 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.120 brought to the table, and and you know as a 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.400 coach that that makes us excited and be able to 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.720 help him grow over the years and see how how 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.839 far we can take him. The rout tree, I'm not 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:24.360 is not a concern for me with him. I think 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.760 he's got the ability to to learn. You know, that 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:29.959 was one of the things that just going through our 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.880 process of and being able to pick up things when 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.360 our coaches met with him. It's really a lot of 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.120 times where you have a younger player coming in, you 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.600 have a whole offseason go through. But we're not gonna 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.959 have that more than likely this year. I mean, if 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:46.480 you do, it's gonna be a limited time and we're 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:48.679 gonna have to get him caught up as fast as 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.000 we can when we're able to do the virtual stuff, 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:52.959 and you know, by the time he steps on the 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.319 field hopefully has a good grasp of that, which I 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:58.040 feel like you will, and we'll figure out how far 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.599 he goes mentally, and then we'll take advantage of what 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.760 he knows and you know, allow him to do the 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.240 things that he does really well as much as possible. 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:09.880 He a A couple of things really stand out to me. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.760 The first thing you mentioned Henry Ruggs and the speed 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.560 that he offers at four to seven, well, Denzel Mims 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:19.040 not far behind four point three eight forty yard dash 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.680 at the combine. But more than that, he's the only 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.000 player e A over the past three seasons in the 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.840 n C Double A to have at least eight receiving 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.199 touchdowns and each of the last three seasons and in 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.760 two of those he eclipsed the A thousand what the 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:38.320 thousand yard mark. It's pretty impressive how far he has 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:40.920 come since after his freshman year when he went into 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.760 Matt Roull's office, who was the coach at Baylor who 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.840 did a fine job, uh, you know, taking that program 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.760 and really lifting it up after everything that Ed had 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:54.439 been through and he's now the head coach of the 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.800 Carolina Panthers. But Mims went into rule and actually actually 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:02.760 asked him if he could switch back to cornerback because 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.439 he had played on both sides of the ball in 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.120 high school. And you just saw the guy continue to 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:12.800 develop over his collegiate career. Sophomore year really broke broke 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.439 out Green sixty one catches more than a thousand yards, 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:20.040 a thousand and eighty seven receiving yards, and the eight touchdowns. 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:22.960 Then he had the eight touchdowns again as a junior, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:27.160 and then last season sixty six catches a thousand, twenty 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:32.280 yards receiving and twelve touchdowns. That's the kind of production 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.760 you love because not only is he putting up yards, 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.280 but he's putting the ball in the end zone. The 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:42.439 NFL is all about scoring, and he was a dynamic 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.880 red zone target. And you mentioned his speed. He's a 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.959 long strider, doesn't look like he's moving that beast, but 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.679 he just jumps up on you and he can win 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:58.040 contested battles greens because he's six three two seven pounds. Yeah. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:11:59.880 He I think what really stands out to me also 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:03.800 the average fifteen point seven yards per catch. And Joe 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.040 Douglas and Adam Gates in Indianapolis at the combine had 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:12.280 talked about adding explosive, dynamic playmakers and Denzel Mims certainly 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:14.400 fits that bill. And what I just want to talk 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:18.560 about his background as a high school player in danger Field, Texas. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.319 I mean, this guy was a four sport athlete, he 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.480 played baseball and then gave that up because of an 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:27.240 arm injury. Then he was a football player. He was 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.679 a track runner. I mean, this is a guy who's 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.520 a freaky athlete. And he was the number sixty eight 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:38.199 rated receiver in his recruiting class. And he had some 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:41.640 other offers like from Arkansas State and Texas State and 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:45.680 Texas Tech. But Denzel Mims actually grew up a Baylor fan, 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:49.640 so once the Bears offered him a scholarship, he committed 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.400 to them and under twenty four hours. And he also 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.720 has some DNA and where in his family. He has 0:12:56.800 --> 0:13:00.839 several cousins who played college football, including David MAM's who 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:04.000 played at Texas State. And I just want to circle 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.319 back to the Senior Bowl. He really did put on 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.920 a show there and I feel like I don't remember 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.400 which personnel member of the Jets said it, but he 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.520 was somebody that maybe you didn't really hear about a 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.120 lot in the beginning of the season, and he knocked 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:21.680 the pre draft process out of the park, which led 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.599 him to the number fifty nine overall selection. Yeah, you 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:29.200 really did. There's a guy who ace the off season. 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.640 He goes to mobile he takes care of business there 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.839 and then he follows it up at the combine. The 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.760 four point three eight was what tied for third bastest 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:44.240 among all wide receivers this year, and the six point 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:50.719 six six second three cone drill let all whiteouts this year. Um, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:55.160 he's got long arms too, thirty three and seven eight 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:59.560 seven eight of an inch, which right, yeah, I'm really 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.679 glad you mentioned that, because, um, that's the same arm 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:09.000 length as Tristan Worth's. Yeah, so that means And Joe 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.199 Douglas pointed this out, and so did Phil Savage and 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:16.760 Rex Hogan and Chad Alexander and the like. Everybody talked 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:20.880 about his catch radius. So in the National Football League 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:25.160 where you're not getting free all the time because everybody's 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.920 so highly skilled and there's so many athletes on the 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:32.080 on the field, Um, that means that if you're throwing 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.560 a ball and it's in his vicinity, he has the 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:39.080 ability to get it. And that can be a quarterback's 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.760 best friend. And we'll talk about it later. But the 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.800 Jets are getting bigger on the outside and they've gotten 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.880 faster on the outside, and that's gonna be key for 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:53.880 Sam Donald as he moves forward. And one last athletic 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:58.800 number before we hear from Denzel Mims himself, thirty eight 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.160 and a half vertical jump. Mean, this guy's got bunny. 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.160 So he's clearly a freak athlete and he has the 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:08.000 production to back it up. And without further ado, let's 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:12.840 hear from Denzel Mims himself, that's not What was that 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.000 moment like when he got the call from the Jets tonight? 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.720 I was unbeliev feeling. You know, it was always something 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.280 I've been working in my tail off since I was 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.200 eleven and twelve, and just to get the call from 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.600 the Jets, it was very excited. Um, He's a dream 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.600 come true and it's something I've been working for, working 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.160 hard for. What kind of interaction did you have with 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:33.040 the Jets during the pre draft process and did you 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:38.680 have a feeling that hey, this might be my professional team. Um. 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:43.400 We had a few conversations, and you know, I always thought, 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.280 you know, I always thought, um, I was be a 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.440 Jet one day, you know, and the back of my head. 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.960 And when I actually got the phone call, I mean, 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:53.120 I was very excited. I was very happy. What do 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.840 you think about now you're gonna be working under the 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:01.720 tutelage A wide receivers coach Seawan Jefferson also Heinz Ward 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.520 is a member of this staff. Is well, those are 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.800 two guys who really thrived at the highest level in 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:11.000 the National Football League. I mean it's gonna be amazing. 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.640 You know, You've got two great coaches, and um just 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.400 to play for them and get taught to learn a 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:17.920 lot of things from them, and they teach me a 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:19.840 lot of things to help my game, and I mean 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.080 it's very exciting. I'm they's gonna be I' gonna be 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.000 very happy to play for him. How were you used 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:29.040 at Baylor? How do they take advantage of your skill set? 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.520 And maybe how did you develop over the time you 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.800 were there? Um well, I developed a lot, you know, 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.600 from my firstman year always to my senior year. I 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:38.920 grew up in mature it as a man on and 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.560 off the field, and um, I just knew the game 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:43.920 I was. I was talking the game of football, the 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:49.280 actual details of everything on the football field. And you 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.360 know the way they used me. You know, they knew 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.040 I needed the ball in my hands. You know, I 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:54.640 make a lot of I make a lot of plays 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.000 when I got the ball in my hands, and they 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.440 know I need the ball, and um, when it comes 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:00.200 down to crunch time, they know that I with the 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.040 ball because I'm gonna make the play and try to 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.400 help my team out to get the wind. It sends 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.639 out how much pride do you take in making a 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:11.400 contested catches because you know at this level there's gonna 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:13.879 be a lot of traffic around it? Almost definitely. I 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:15.920 mean I take pride in a lot. You know, I 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.960 work on in a lot, and um, I know that 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:21.760 at the next level is a lot of great corners, 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.440 and I know that you're gonna always have separation. So 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.000 I mean, he's gonna be a lot of and I 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:28.479 mean I feel like I can come through with him. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:31.480 What kind of field did you get before the Jets 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.760 offensive system when you talk to the coaches, Um, it's 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:36.840 gonna be a great field. You know, we've got Sam Donald, 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.120 and I mean, that's a great quarterback. And I can't 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.360 wait to get to work with him and make think 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.560 a lot of things happen with him. Have you had 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.880 an opportunity to watch Sam over the last couple of years. 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.239 He's just twenty two years old. He's already got two 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:53.720 years of professional experience under his belt, and uh, he 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.480 is a very accurate past or when given time, and 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:59.719 he can make plays on the run almost that I mean, 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.920 I had had time to watch them and just to 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.080 actually be playing with him and be on the same 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.159 team as him, in the same office with him, and 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:11.520 when he's unbelievable. What about this receiving corps have taken 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.720 a look at the Jets a little bit in that aspect. 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.359 Brashott Perriman coming over former first round pick himself and 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:21.159 in two thousand and fifteen, and this team has one 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:25.200 of the better slot receivers in football. Jamison Crowder. Um, 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:27.399 it's gonna be it's gonna be great to play with them, 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:30.720 you know. Um, there was an unbelievable guys. They're very talented, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:33.720 a very great football players, and um, just to play 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:35.320 with them and learn a lot of things from him, 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.320 he's gonna be very great. Do you take pride in 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:42.600 the fact that Joe Douglas selected you obviously wanted to 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:45.720 be in the National Football League. But with that being said, 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.920 the Jets general manager said, we have to surround Sam 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:55.200 Donald with more speed and explosive playmakers. Yeah, almost definitely 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.440 on me and the most definitely got player, playmaker and 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:00.680 grace Be you know, and can't wait to get to 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.840 work with him. I'd like to ask guys this, after 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:07.520 they get drafted, what kind of scouting report would you 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:13.880 give yourself scouting report? Yeah, Um, he's a great guy. 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.639 He's an unbelievable player, football player. I mean, he makes plays, 0:19:17.680 --> 0:19:20.520 he's fast, he's physical, I mean he's got everything. Is 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:24.240 um that you wanted to receive it, and you're really 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:27.159 happy tonight. But one thing that is stuck out to 0:19:27.359 --> 0:19:31.240 me about you and McKay Beckton said that last night 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:34.240 as well the Jets first round pick, is that you 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.240 carry a chip on your shoulder. Don't you almost definitely, 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:39.919 almost definitely carry a chip on my shoulder? I mean, 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:42.760 and he's he's gonna always be there. What do you 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:45.720 think about coming to New York? I can't wait to come. 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.040 I can't wait to see the big album. I'm ready 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:53.840 for it turns out. Congratulations, We appreciate your time. Thank you. Yeah, 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:56.920 let's take a look now where Denzel Mims can fit 0:19:57.160 --> 0:20:00.119 in to this Jets roster. And you think about the 0:20:01.440 --> 0:20:05.600 kind of remaking of this receiving corps. Jamison Crowder's and 0:20:05.680 --> 0:20:08.240 trenched in the slot, but at the end of last season, 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.520 the Jets had Robby Anderson. He now goes to the 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:14.000 Carolina Panthers, and now the Jets have for Shot Perriman, 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:17.280 Denzel MIM's. They signed Josh Doson in the off season. 0:20:17.600 --> 0:20:20.120 Clint j Noton was a question mark. Maybe he'll return. 0:20:20.640 --> 0:20:23.520 And I think the Jets and Joe Douglas really have 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.239 a different brand of receiver on this roster right now 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.000 than the end of last season. Yeah, they do. You know, 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:34.080 Braxton Barrios and Vincent Smith. We should add them into 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.679 the mix as well, and we'll have to see how 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:40.560 the chart all shakes out. But when you say different receiver, 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:44.240 I think the one thing that you look back at 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:50.159 with the Jets season in particular their passing game was 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:55.400 maybe the lack of ability to get the contested balls. 0:20:56.240 --> 0:21:01.800 Um So in Perriman and Mim, now these are guys 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:05.720 that you're going to expect to win it when it's 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.480 in the air, when it's up, and they have that 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:14.800 good size speed combination and actually rare size speed combinations. 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:19.280 Now for Mims, it's going to be how quickly can 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:22.400 he make the transition to a National Football League offense. 0:21:22.480 --> 0:21:25.359 He was asked to run a lot of vertical routes 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.679 at Baylor because you have a freaky athlete, so let 0:21:29.760 --> 0:21:31.640 him run. Let him go down the field and take 0:21:31.680 --> 0:21:33.960 the top off the defense. There were all a lot 0:21:34.000 --> 0:21:37.200 of cornerbacks and college football who could run with him. 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.000 Now it's going to be and Adam Gates thinks he 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:43.040 can handle it, and they would not have taken him 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:46.000 in the second round had they thought he couldn't handle it. 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:49.200 But it's gonna be about developing a different route tree 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:54.720 because he's gonna be running a lot different system on 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:58.520 Sundays than he did on Saturdays. Well, I'm glad you 0:21:58.600 --> 0:22:01.879 mentioned that because at the Senior Bowl that was one 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:05.119 of the questions heading into the week. How big of 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:08.120