Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast, Episode
Speaker 1: two of the Draft Pick Profile series presented by Verizon,
Speaker 1: And on today's episode, E A and I will break
Speaker 1: down the Jets second round pick Denzel Mims, the former
Speaker 1: Baylor Bear who the Jets to get number fifty nine,
Speaker 1: And of course you'll hear from the Jets personnel talking
Speaker 1: about Denzel Mims, and you'll hear from the man himself,
Speaker 1: Mr Denzel Mims. But first things first, let's talk about
Speaker 1: where the Jets were on the clock and how they
Speaker 1: actually acquired Mims, because originally they had the forty overall selection,
Speaker 1: which they traded to the Seattle Seahawks, and the Jets
Speaker 1: slide back eleven spots to fifty nine. They pick up
Speaker 1: an extra third round pick, pick one on one, which
Speaker 1: then turned into a couple more picks, and we'll talk
Speaker 1: about that on a later episode. And on fifty nine,
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims, who was slotted or projected even to be
Speaker 1: perhaps the third or fourth receiver off the board in
Speaker 1: some mock draft, is there for the taking at fifty nine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this whole thing was fascinating the way it played out.
Speaker 1: Greens because the Jets too clear areas of needs. Uh
Speaker 1: two of the four you would say would be tackle
Speaker 1: and receiver, and they addressed tackle with the selection of
Speaker 1: Mackay Beckton Thursday Night, number eleven overall, and they had
Speaker 1: all the receivers on the board at that pick eleven,
Speaker 1: and they opted to go Beckton there. And ironically the
Speaker 1: first receiver came off the board a couple of minutes
Speaker 1: later when the Raiders threw an Old L. Davis curve
Speaker 1: at you and went for the speed receiver in Henry Ruggs,
Speaker 1: the fastest white out in this draft class. And then
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy Fell I would say, to Denver number fifteen overall,
Speaker 1: and a lot of people were awfully surprised that Ceedee
Speaker 1: Lamb not only went to the Dallas Kyleboys, but it
Speaker 1: happened at number seventeen overall, so setting the stage for
Speaker 1: Night to Greens. We knew there was gonna be a
Speaker 1: run on receivers, and the Jets and Joe Douglas were
Speaker 1: sitting at right dead center. In the middle of the
Speaker 1: second round at number forty eight overall, we saw t
Speaker 1: Higgins start to night the Clumson product go to the
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals and Joey Burrow with the thirty third overall selection.
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, former teammate of Sam Donald at USC's at USC,
Speaker 1: he goes thirty four to the Indianapolis Colts and Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers would be thrown him the football in then we
Speaker 1: saw a little bit of a gap right and the
Speaker 1: next receiver off the board Jacksonville want Laviska Chennault with
Speaker 1: forty two overall, and then Penn State alum kJ Hamler
Speaker 1: goes to the number of Rouncles at forty six. So
Speaker 1: on night to Greens, you had four receivers come off
Speaker 1: the board in round who before Douglas gets on the
Speaker 1: clock at forty eight overall, and at that point he says,
Speaker 1: I have a number of players I like if I
Speaker 1: moved down and the Jets moved out, And then when
Speaker 1: the Jets moved down, I'm sure a lot of Jets
Speaker 1: fans were thinking, oh my god, the Jets are gonna
Speaker 1: miss out on a receiver, because I know a lot
Speaker 1: of Jets fans were clamoring for a receiver. And then
Speaker 1: you think about who was off the board or who
Speaker 1: came off the board rather in those eleven spots, Chase
Speaker 1: Claypool goes forty nine overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who
Speaker 1: might end up being a tight end because Claypool had
Speaker 1: said that he would be open to playing tight end.
Speaker 1: And then a little bit of a gap, and then
Speaker 1: the son of Jets wide receivers coach Sean Jefferson, two
Speaker 1: picks before the Jets are on the clock, gets elected.
Speaker 1: That's Florida wide receiver Van Jefferson. He goes to the
Speaker 1: l A. Rams And then at fifty eight over all,
Speaker 1: you're probably assuming that the Vikings aren't going to take
Speaker 1: another wide receiver after they took Justin Jefferson in the
Speaker 1: first round. And then lo and behold, Denzel Mims is
Speaker 1: there for the Jets at fifty nine. And I just
Speaker 1: want to reiterate this. I was speaking to Dane Brugler
Speaker 1: of the Athletic and we were doing our draft recap
Speaker 1: segment of Bruegler's draft board, and he said, if Denzel
Speaker 1: Mims went twenty nine and not fifty nine, nobody would
Speaker 1: have batted an eye. So the fact that the Jets
Speaker 1: were able to get Denzel Mims at fifty nine, I
Speaker 1: think it just shows what great value the Jets got
Speaker 1: in Mims, and it's a good point. I think there's
Speaker 1: an overreaction there when Joe d moved back because a
Speaker 1: lot of people, and I know you were getting this
Speaker 1: on social media too as we're creating content at the
Speaker 1: same time, a lot of people wanted Douglas to take
Speaker 1: Mims with the forty eight overall selection greens um So
Speaker 1: you have to always let it layout a little bit.
Speaker 1: So he comes back and he still gets Mims, and
Speaker 1: then he gets additional draft picks. And the Jets again,
Speaker 1: as we entered this weekend, we knew they had multiple
Speaker 1: holes and the other point of the processes you want
Speaker 1: to increase the depth on your roster, not saying Mims
Speaker 1: is gonna come in and be a depth piece. He's
Speaker 1: going to be expected to contribute immediately for this team.
Speaker 1: But where the Jets I think got really sold on
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims was when you were down in Mobile, Alabama
Speaker 1: covering the Senior Bowl. Because he was the top receiver.
Speaker 1: He separated himself from everybody else who was down there
Speaker 1: that week. And there is no better time to have
Speaker 1: a great final audition per se before you go to
Speaker 1: Indianapolis than those practice sessions when people watch you run
Speaker 1: routes one on one against some of the nation's top
Speaker 1: prospect and in terms of the Senior Bowl, it's the
Speaker 1: last time that players are wearing pads until they get
Speaker 1: drafted by their respective team and then go to training
Speaker 1: camp and everything of that nature. And before E. A
Speaker 1: and I breakdown Manned and talk about his collegiate road
Speaker 1: and what he did at Baylor, let's hear from the
Speaker 1: Jets personnel on what they like about Denzel Mims. Denzel
Speaker 1: is going to be another big, fast athletic target for
Speaker 1: us on the outside, and he's got the ability to
Speaker 1: play inside in the slot and when we need him
Speaker 1: in certain packages and situations. What we need, like I said,
Speaker 1: a big fast guy who ran four three eight. He's
Speaker 1: a former track champion. This is the guy who's been
Speaker 1: extremely productive with the three consecutive seasons of fifty catches
Speaker 1: or more and showed really well at the Senior Bowl,
Speaker 1: came on the scene there, and then it took it
Speaker 1: to another level when he got to the Combine running
Speaker 1: four three eight. We've got a lot of upside with him. Still,
Speaker 1: we feel like there's still development with him, and you know,
Speaker 1: we're really excited about having him and adding him to
Speaker 1: the mix with what we have in terms of guys
Speaker 1: that that Sam can use his weapons. Just a really
Speaker 1: impressive player. You know, he's got you know, outstanding highway
Speaker 1: and speed for the position on the balls in the
Speaker 1: air lookout, because this guy can really play above the
Speaker 1: rim in that regard, and he has really good body
Speaker 1: control and stuff. So he's got nice size. He's a
Speaker 1: good red zone target. He's a good target for Sam.
Speaker 1: I think the game's gonna translate really well for him
Speaker 1: because I mean, you know, the coverage gets tighter at
Speaker 1: the next level, but but he's still gonna be you know,
Speaker 1: almost six three and running four three, so he's gonna
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be at an advantage. Uh, the
Speaker 1: way he uses his body to to position himself to
Speaker 1: to make contested plays, and you know that that's really
Speaker 1: gonna work to his advantage. I like when guys playing
Speaker 1: an All Star game and they they played at a
Speaker 1: high level for his good competition, and he did just
Speaker 1: that at the Senior Bowls. He showed off his his wingspan,
Speaker 1: he's catching radius, and you know, he had a good
Speaker 1: week and you know, against good competition. I thought he
Speaker 1: flashed deep speed, He showed courage in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field and did a good job down in mobile
Speaker 1: and for us, I think that means a lot. We're
Speaker 1: really excited about it. Now. This is a player that
Speaker 1: in August or September, even October, he would have been
Speaker 1: well below the radar. But in November and then obviously
Speaker 1: when Baylor got into their bowl game against Georgia and
Speaker 1: the Sugar Bowl, and then the Senior Bowl and then
Speaker 1: the Combine, this player has been on a rapid rise
Speaker 1: up a lot of draft boards. I would say that,
Speaker 1: you know, he worked his way up to the area
Speaker 1: where he was taken in the second round, and you know,
Speaker 1: he brings a lot of size, a lot of vertical speed.
Speaker 1: And the thing about him to me was just the
Speaker 1: fact that you know, as a rookie, he can run
Speaker 1: a hitch, a hook and a go and a and
Speaker 1: a back shoulder fate and a defense will have to
Speaker 1: respect that. Teams will have to respect that height, weights
Speaker 1: being on the perimeter, and hopefully that will help our
Speaker 1: offense in terms of the running game and maybe opening
Speaker 1: up some options for other receivers, because this guy has
Speaker 1: to be respected in terms of being a vertical threat.
Speaker 1: We're going to keep improving with them too. I think
Speaker 1: there's there's a room for growth with what he's already
Speaker 1: brought to the table, and and you know as a
Speaker 1: coach that that makes us excited and be able to
Speaker 1: help him grow over the years and see how how
Speaker 1: far we can take him. The rout tree, I'm not
Speaker 1: is not a concern for me with him. I think
Speaker 1: he's got the ability to to learn. You know, that
Speaker 1: was one of the things that just going through our
Speaker 1: process of and being able to pick up things when
Speaker 1: our coaches met with him. It's really a lot of
Speaker 1: times where you have a younger player coming in, you
Speaker 1: have a whole offseason go through. But we're not gonna
Speaker 1: have that more than likely this year. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you do, it's gonna be a limited time and we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to get him caught up as fast as
Speaker 1: we can when we're able to do the virtual stuff,
Speaker 1: and you know, by the time he steps on the
Speaker 1: field hopefully has a good grasp of that, which I
Speaker 1: feel like you will, and we'll figure out how far
Speaker 1: he goes mentally, and then we'll take advantage of what
Speaker 1: he knows and you know, allow him to do the
Speaker 1: things that he does really well as much as possible.
Speaker 1: He a A couple of things really stand out to me.
Speaker 1: The first thing you mentioned Henry Ruggs and the speed
Speaker 1: that he offers at four to seven, well, Denzel Mims
Speaker 1: not far behind four point three eight forty yard dash
Speaker 1: at the combine. But more than that, he's the only
Speaker 1: player e A over the past three seasons in the
Speaker 1: n C Double A to have at least eight receiving
Speaker 1: touchdowns and each of the last three seasons and in
Speaker 1: two of those he eclipsed the A thousand what the
Speaker 1: thousand yard mark. It's pretty impressive how far he has
Speaker 1: come since after his freshman year when he went into
Speaker 1: Matt Roull's office, who was the coach at Baylor who
Speaker 1: did a fine job, uh, you know, taking that program
Speaker 1: and really lifting it up after everything that Ed had
Speaker 1: been through and he's now the head coach of the
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. But Mims went into rule and actually actually
Speaker 1: asked him if he could switch back to cornerback because
Speaker 1: he had played on both sides of the ball in
Speaker 1: high school. And you just saw the guy continue to
Speaker 1: develop over his collegiate career. Sophomore year really broke broke
Speaker 1: out Green sixty one catches more than a thousand yards,
Speaker 1: a thousand and eighty seven receiving yards, and the eight touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Then he had the eight touchdowns again as a junior,
Speaker 1: and then last season sixty six catches a thousand, twenty
Speaker 1: yards receiving and twelve touchdowns. That's the kind of production
Speaker 1: you love because not only is he putting up yards,
Speaker 1: but he's putting the ball in the end zone. The
Speaker 1: NFL is all about scoring, and he was a dynamic
Speaker 1: red zone target. And you mentioned his speed. He's a
Speaker 1: long strider, doesn't look like he's moving that beast, but
Speaker 1: he just jumps up on you and he can win
Speaker 1: contested battles greens because he's six three two seven pounds. Yeah.
Speaker 1: He I think what really stands out to me also
Speaker 1: the average fifteen point seven yards per catch. And Joe
Speaker 1: Douglas and Adam Gates in Indianapolis at the combine had
Speaker 1: talked about adding explosive, dynamic playmakers and Denzel Mims certainly
Speaker 1: fits that bill. And what I just want to talk
Speaker 1: about his background as a high school player in danger Field, Texas.
Speaker 1: I mean, this guy was a four sport athlete, he
Speaker 1: played baseball and then gave that up because of an
Speaker 1: arm injury. Then he was a football player. He was
Speaker 1: a track runner. I mean, this is a guy who's
Speaker 1: a freaky athlete. And he was the number sixty eight
Speaker 1: rated receiver in his recruiting class. And he had some
Speaker 1: other offers like from Arkansas State and Texas State and
Speaker 1: Texas Tech. But Denzel Mims actually grew up a Baylor fan,
Speaker 1: so once the Bears offered him a scholarship, he committed
Speaker 1: to them and under twenty four hours. And he also
Speaker 1: has some DNA and where in his family. He has
Speaker 1: several cousins who played college football, including David MAM's who
Speaker 1: played at Texas State. And I just want to circle
Speaker 1: back to the Senior Bowl. He really did put on
Speaker 1: a show there and I feel like I don't remember
Speaker 1: which personnel member of the Jets said it, but he
Speaker 1: was somebody that maybe you didn't really hear about a
Speaker 1: lot in the beginning of the season, and he knocked
Speaker 1: the pre draft process out of the park, which led
Speaker 1: him to the number fifty nine overall selection. Yeah, you
Speaker 1: really did. There's a guy who ace the off season.
Speaker 1: He goes to mobile he takes care of business there
Speaker 1: and then he follows it up at the combine. The
Speaker 1: four point three eight was what tied for third bastest
Speaker 1: among all wide receivers this year, and the six point
Speaker 1: six six second three cone drill let all whiteouts this year. Um,
Speaker 1: he's got long arms too, thirty three and seven eight
Speaker 1: seven eight of an inch, which right, yeah, I'm really
Speaker 1: glad you mentioned that, because, um, that's the same arm
Speaker 1: length as Tristan Worth's. Yeah, so that means And Joe
Speaker 1: Douglas pointed this out, and so did Phil Savage and
Speaker 1: Rex Hogan and Chad Alexander and the like. Everybody talked
Speaker 1: about his catch radius. So in the National Football League
Speaker 1: where you're not getting free all the time because everybody's
Speaker 1: so highly skilled and there's so many athletes on the
Speaker 1: on the field, Um, that means that if you're throwing
Speaker 1: a ball and it's in his vicinity, he has the
Speaker 1: ability to get it. And that can be a quarterback's
Speaker 1: best friend. And we'll talk about it later. But the
Speaker 1: Jets are getting bigger on the outside and they've gotten
Speaker 1: faster on the outside, and that's gonna be key for
Speaker 1: Sam Donald as he moves forward. And one last athletic
Speaker 1: number before we hear from Denzel Mims himself, thirty eight
Speaker 1: and a half vertical jump. Mean, this guy's got bunny.
Speaker 1: So he's clearly a freak athlete and he has the
Speaker 1: production to back it up. And without further ado, let's
Speaker 1: hear from Denzel Mims himself, that's not What was that
Speaker 1: moment like when he got the call from the Jets tonight?
Speaker 1: I was unbeliev feeling. You know, it was always something
Speaker 1: I've been working in my tail off since I was
Speaker 1: eleven and twelve, and just to get the call from
Speaker 1: the Jets, it was very excited. Um, He's a dream
Speaker 1: come true and it's something I've been working for, working
Speaker 1: hard for. What kind of interaction did you have with
Speaker 1: the Jets during the pre draft process and did you
Speaker 1: have a feeling that hey, this might be my professional team. Um.
Speaker 1: We had a few conversations, and you know, I always thought,
Speaker 1: you know, I always thought, um, I was be a
Speaker 1: Jet one day, you know, and the back of my head.
Speaker 1: And when I actually got the phone call, I mean,
Speaker 1: I was very excited. I was very happy. What do
Speaker 1: you think about now you're gonna be working under the
Speaker 1: tutelage A wide receivers coach Seawan Jefferson also Heinz Ward
Speaker 1: is a member of this staff. Is well, those are
Speaker 1: two guys who really thrived at the highest level in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. I mean it's gonna be amazing.
Speaker 1: You know, You've got two great coaches, and um just
Speaker 1: to play for them and get taught to learn a
Speaker 1: lot of things from them, and they teach me a
Speaker 1: lot of things to help my game, and I mean
Speaker 1: it's very exciting. I'm they's gonna be I' gonna be
Speaker 1: very happy to play for him. How were you used
Speaker 1: at Baylor? How do they take advantage of your skill set?
Speaker 1: And maybe how did you develop over the time you
Speaker 1: were there? Um well, I developed a lot, you know,
Speaker 1: from my firstman year always to my senior year. I
Speaker 1: grew up in mature it as a man on and
Speaker 1: off the field, and um, I just knew the game
Speaker 1: I was. I was talking the game of football, the
Speaker 1: actual details of everything on the football field. And you
Speaker 1: know the way they used me. You know, they knew
Speaker 1: I needed the ball in my hands. You know, I
Speaker 1: make a lot of I make a lot of plays
Speaker 1: when I got the ball in my hands, and they
Speaker 1: know I need the ball, and um, when it comes
Speaker 1: down to crunch time, they know that I with the
Speaker 1: ball because I'm gonna make the play and try to
Speaker 1: help my team out to get the wind. It sends
Speaker 1: out how much pride do you take in making a
Speaker 1: contested catches because you know at this level there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a lot of traffic around it? Almost definitely. I
Speaker 1: mean I take pride in a lot. You know, I
Speaker 1: work on in a lot, and um, I know that
Speaker 1: at the next level is a lot of great corners,
Speaker 1: and I know that you're gonna always have separation. So
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna be a lot of and I
Speaker 1: mean I feel like I can come through with him.
Speaker 1: What kind of field did you get before the Jets
Speaker 1: offensive system when you talk to the coaches, Um, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a great field. You know, we've got Sam Donald,
Speaker 1: and I mean, that's a great quarterback. And I can't
Speaker 1: wait to get to work with him and make think
Speaker 1: a lot of things happen with him. Have you had
Speaker 1: an opportunity to watch Sam over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: He's just twenty two years old. He's already got two
Speaker 1: years of professional experience under his belt, and uh, he
Speaker 1: is a very accurate past or when given time, and
Speaker 1: he can make plays on the run almost that I mean,
Speaker 1: I had had time to watch them and just to
Speaker 1: actually be playing with him and be on the same
Speaker 1: team as him, in the same office with him, and
Speaker 1: when he's unbelievable. What about this receiving corps have taken
Speaker 1: a look at the Jets a little bit in that aspect.
Speaker 1: Brashott Perriman coming over former first round pick himself and
Speaker 1: in two thousand and fifteen, and this team has one
Speaker 1: of the better slot receivers in football. Jamison Crowder. Um,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be great to play with them,
Speaker 1: you know. Um, there was an unbelievable guys. They're very talented,
Speaker 1: a very great football players, and um, just to play
Speaker 1: with them and learn a lot of things from him,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be very great. Do you take pride in
Speaker 1: the fact that Joe Douglas selected you obviously wanted to
Speaker 1: be in the National Football League. But with that being said,
Speaker 1: the Jets general manager said, we have to surround Sam
Speaker 1: Donald with more speed and explosive playmakers. Yeah, almost definitely
Speaker 1: on me and the most definitely got player, playmaker and
Speaker 1: grace Be you know, and can't wait to get to
Speaker 1: work with him. I'd like to ask guys this, after
Speaker 1: they get drafted, what kind of scouting report would you
Speaker 1: give yourself scouting report? Yeah, Um, he's a great guy.
Speaker 1: He's an unbelievable player, football player. I mean, he makes plays,
Speaker 1: he's fast, he's physical, I mean he's got everything. Is
Speaker 1: um that you wanted to receive it, and you're really
Speaker 1: happy tonight. But one thing that is stuck out to
Speaker 1: me about you and McKay Beckton said that last night
Speaker 1: as well the Jets first round pick, is that you
Speaker 1: carry a chip on your shoulder. Don't you almost definitely,
Speaker 1: almost definitely carry a chip on my shoulder? I mean,
Speaker 1: and he's he's gonna always be there. What do you
Speaker 1: think about coming to New York? I can't wait to come.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see the big album. I'm ready
Speaker 1: for it turns out. Congratulations, We appreciate your time. Thank you. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's take a look now where Denzel Mims can fit
Speaker 1: in to this Jets roster. And you think about the
Speaker 1: kind of remaking of this receiving corps. Jamison Crowder's and
Speaker 1: trenched in the slot, but at the end of last season,
Speaker 1: the Jets had Robby Anderson. He now goes to the
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers, and now the Jets have for Shot Perriman,
Speaker 1: Denzel MIM's. They signed Josh Doson in the off season.
Speaker 1: Clint j Noton was a question mark. Maybe he'll return.
Speaker 1: And I think the Jets and Joe Douglas really have
Speaker 1: a different brand of receiver on this roster right now
Speaker 1: than the end of last season. Yeah, they do. You know,
Speaker 1: Braxton Barrios and Vincent Smith. We should add them into
Speaker 1: the mix as well, and we'll have to see how
Speaker 1: the chart all shakes out. But when you say different receiver,
Speaker 1: I think the one thing that you look back at
Speaker 1: with the Jets season in particular their passing game was
Speaker 1: maybe the lack of ability to get the contested balls.
Speaker 1: Um So in Perriman and Mim, now these are guys
Speaker 1: that you're going to expect to win it when it's
Speaker 1: in the air, when it's up, and they have that
Speaker 1: good size speed combination and actually rare size speed combinations.
Speaker 1: Now for Mims, it's going to be how quickly can
Speaker 1: he make the transition to a National Football League offense.
Speaker 1: He was asked to run a lot of vertical routes
Speaker 1: at Baylor because you have a freaky athlete, so let
Speaker 1: him run. Let him go down the field and take
Speaker 1: the top off the defense. There were all a lot
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks and college football who could run with him.
Speaker 1: Now it's going to be and Adam Gates thinks he
Speaker 1: can handle it, and they would not have taken him
Speaker 1: in the second round had they thought he couldn't handle it.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be about developing a different route tree
Speaker 1: because he's gonna be running a lot different system on
Speaker 1: Sundays than he did on Saturdays. Well, I'm glad you
Speaker 1: mentioned that because at the Senior Bowl that was one
Speaker 1: of the questions heading into the week. How big of
Speaker 1: a route tree does Denzel Mims possessed? And I think
Speaker 1: that a lot of the football world was pleasantly surprised
Speaker 1: at what Denzel Mims could do, especially in the one
Speaker 1: on ones. And the other part is Adam Gates told
Speaker 1: you and me and the media this that he thinks
Speaker 1: that Denzel Mims has a lot more room to grow.
Speaker 1: And even though Denzel Mims not the pre draft process
Speaker 1: out of the park and he's shown tremendous growth even
Speaker 1: from the end of his bailor career to present. There's
Speaker 1: so much more that he can do that Sean Jefferson
Speaker 1: and Hines Ward and Adam Gates are gonna try to
Speaker 1: get out of him where he can be a Day
Speaker 1: one contributor and potentially a Day one starter for this team.
Speaker 1: Awesome points about Sean Jefferson and Hines Ward. What better
Speaker 1: room would you want to enter the National Football League
Speaker 1: under than a pair of guys who were so productive
Speaker 1: on the NFL level. So I think this is the
Speaker 1: perfect spot for Mims to wind up. And I know
Speaker 1: he was pissed Greens, and make no mistake about it,
Speaker 1: he was upset that he was the thirteenth receiver taken
Speaker 1: in this deep draft class. But this might be a
Speaker 1: blessing in disguise because he's gonna come in and get
Speaker 1: the opportunity to play right away and contribute right away.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be asked to do a lot of things,
Speaker 1: and the Jets have a lot of confidence in him.
Speaker 1: And the other thing that I liked about the kid
Speaker 1: is he has said that he loves to block. I
Speaker 1: know their body styles are different, but what better person
Speaker 1: to learn how to block at the receiver spot for
Speaker 1: Denzel Mims and Hinzward. Hindeward was obviously notorious as a
Speaker 1: blocker on the outside for the Pittsburgh Steelers for many years.
Speaker 1: And I really like Denzel mims answer where he told you,
Speaker 1: you know, I want to earn my stripes first as
Speaker 1: a blocker, and then the ball will come to me.
Speaker 1: That was the second edition of the Draft Pick Profile
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