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

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Speaker 1: traff Pick Profile series. Continuing on here Ethan Greenberg Eric

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Speaker 1: Allen breaking down the jets first fourth round pick. The

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Speaker 1: Jets at three of them and with one twenty overall,

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Speaker 1: they take La Michael p Ryan. But he let's bring

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Speaker 1: this up to speed here, because the Jets. Originally we're

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Speaker 1: supposed to have a single fourth round pick, which turned

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Speaker 1: into La Michael p Ryan. But at the end of

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Speaker 1: day two, Joe Douglas makes a trade. They got the

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Speaker 1: one hundred one overall selection from the Seattle Seahawks when

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Speaker 1: the Jets moved back from forty to fifty nine and

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Speaker 1: then picked up Denzel Mims, and then they had the

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Speaker 1: hundred first pick. They trade out of that spot to

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots, of all people, and they get

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Speaker 1: pick one, pick one twenty nine and they reacquire their

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Speaker 1: one six round pick, which they gave up for Damarius

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Speaker 1: Thomas last September. Good for Joe Douglas. Listen, you gotta

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Speaker 1: do whatever is in the best interest of your team,

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Speaker 1: in your organization, So if that means trading with the

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Speaker 1: New England Patriots, you do just that. Greens. Yeah, when

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Speaker 1: you look at what Joe d had entering the weekend,

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Speaker 1: six picks and all. So by the end of the

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Speaker 1: weekend Saturday night, we were talking in terms of ten

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Speaker 1: players obtained nine picks, and he also traded his final

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Speaker 1: sixth rounder to Indianapolis Colts in order to obtain veteran

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Speaker 1: cornerback of the Colts. So Jets entered the draft with

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Speaker 1: a number of holes on the roster, so you had

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Speaker 1: to do as much as you could to fill those holes,

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Speaker 1: and that meant moving back a couple of times. He

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Speaker 1: made three trades on draft weekend, and this was a

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Speaker 1: rare deal Greens, because you're talking about the Jets had

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Speaker 1: the hundred overall selection, the hundred overall selection and then

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Speaker 1: one nine because of that trade with the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: So prior to selecting pron the Jets, they're sitting there saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: we have three picks over the next nine. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: thought it was a great trade for Joe Douglas, and

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Speaker 1: I thought at the end of the day, this was

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Speaker 1: a draft where the meat and potatoes in the middle

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Speaker 1: rounds were deeper than most years, and the Jets loaded up. Frankly,

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Speaker 1: they had three fourth round picks, and let's start with

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Speaker 1: p Rhyan because I don't think that a lot of

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Speaker 1: pundits necessarily thought about running back as a need for

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Speaker 1: the Jets. Obviously the offensive line, receiver, edge, and corner,

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Speaker 1: and then after that, i'd say almost in the second tier.

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Speaker 1: I think running back is right at the top of

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Speaker 1: that list because at the time of the draft in

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Speaker 1: the Jets backfield was Levy on Bell and then question

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Speaker 1: mark question mark because Time Montgomery and Balal Powell, the

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Speaker 1: second and third stringers from last year, both available on

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Speaker 1: the free agent market. Yeah, on the surface, I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of people follow the Jets are probably like, well,

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Speaker 1: why are they going with a running back at overall?

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Speaker 1: And then coming full circle here, why you turn six

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Speaker 1: depth on this roster. And when you draft a kid

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Speaker 1: like Lea Michael p Ryan, you're not thinking that he's

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Speaker 1: going to be the number one back in two thousand

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Speaker 1: the number one back on this offense, and p Ryan

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Speaker 1: you're getting a guy who took over as a starter

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Speaker 1: part of a team. What I like about him is

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Speaker 1: another college captain right fits that mold that Joe Douglas

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Speaker 1: Dan Mullen took over, but by the time that p

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Speaker 1: Gators over the last couple of years were twenty one

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Speaker 1: and five. Before we dive into p Ryan at Florida,

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Speaker 1: let's hear from the Jets personnel that includes Joe Douglas Chat,

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Speaker 1: Alexander rex Hogan, Phil Savage on what they like about

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Speaker 1: La Michael p Ryan versatility, big playability, he can help

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Speaker 1: both run in pass game, really good and pass pro

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Speaker 1: He's gonna be a great fit to our culture in

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Speaker 1: same components for us. Is in terms of his versatility

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Speaker 1: shown that throughout his career. So we're excited about what

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Speaker 1: throughout his career, and we were excited about a seeing

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Speaker 1: Bob Cooter, they identified that as one of the aspects

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Speaker 1: that well. I think with LaMichael p Ryan, you know,

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Speaker 1: in terms of not only this coming season, as a rookie,

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Speaker 1: But I think even rolling into the future, he's got

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Speaker 1: of his versatility. How about this, Michael p Ryan, a mobile,

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Speaker 1: Alabama native, went to theado Or High School, the same

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Speaker 1: little bit of a mobile connection coming up to the Northeast,

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Speaker 1: especially when you throw Phil Savage in the mix there,

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Speaker 1: who was the executive director of the REESEA Senior Bowl

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Speaker 1: for a couple of years. Look at you dropping some knowledge.

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Speaker 1: How about p Ryan's father, Terrence, actually played at Auburn

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Speaker 1: and p Ryan LaMichael. In fact, he said that to

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Speaker 1: Auburn coaching staff they recruited him a little bit, but

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Speaker 1: they didn't think he was fast enough. So he always

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Speaker 1: had a chip on his shoulder for Auburn. And as

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Speaker 1: we just heard, what the Jets liked about him was

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Speaker 1: he can do a little bit of everything. You can

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Speaker 1: run the football, catch it out of the backfield, a

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Speaker 1: he also was a contributor on Florida's special team. So

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Speaker 1: when you look at the Jets roster again, you needed

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Speaker 1: something at the running back position. From a depth perspective,

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Speaker 1: Ryan's father playing football at Auburn. Well, how about this.

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Speaker 1: His mother, Sabrina Haywood, won a state shot but title

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Speaker 1: P Ryan clearly has the bloodlines. And I want to

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Speaker 1: a hand. So and this is a tough kid, low

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Speaker 1: You mentioned the two thousand seventeen season when he took

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Speaker 1: forty catches in five more receiving touchdowns. So that's uncommon

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Speaker 1: for a college back to give that kind of production

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Speaker 1: in the past game when you're thinking about somebody coming

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Speaker 1: University of Florida. Forty catches last year, and that knack

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Speaker 1: One yards overall, that's rushing and receiving combined and three

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Speaker 1: down the Virginia Cavaliers. So yeah, that's what the Jets

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Speaker 1: You caught up with the Michael p Ryan and we'll

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Speaker 1: hear that interview in a couple of minutes. But how

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Speaker 1: about Auburn. They thought he was too slow. P Ryan

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Speaker 1: took matters into his own hands. He purchased a bus

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Speaker 1: he didn't really have a lot of offers. At that camp,

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Speaker 1: he gets m v P honors, he earns a scholarship,

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Speaker 1: you want to find guys that hate to lose almost

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that speaks volumes to the person

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Speaker 1: of La Michael p Ryan. Well, I think p Ryan

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Speaker 1: and he's been calm with that. The knock on him,

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Speaker 1: I think again from a lot of Punit's out there

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Speaker 1: is he's not a burner four point six to forty

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Speaker 1: the film does not lie. La Michael p Ryan plays

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Speaker 1: faster than four or six two. There's a football speed,

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Speaker 1: then there's also forty yard time speed in Indianapolis. I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying he's running away from everybody in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. My point is is he does not play

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Speaker 1: like a four point six two guy. Again, why did

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Speaker 1: this is a guy who can do a little bit

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Speaker 1: of everything. We're gonna talk about the state of this

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Speaker 1: p Ran. So let's get right to it. Here's e

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Speaker 1: a one on one with La Michael p Ryan right

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Speaker 1: after he was drafted. La Michael, earlier this afternoon, you

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Speaker 1: tweeted patients, what was it like when you finally got

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Speaker 1: the call from the Jets. Um, just the opportunity of

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