WEBVTT - LISTEN | Draft Pick Profile - Bryce Hall (5/19) 0:00:02.960 --> 0:00:06.000 Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets podcast, the 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:09.719 Draft Pick Profile series. Rolling on Here Ethan Greenberg Eric 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.680 Allen breaking down the Jets fifth round pick. That's Virginia 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.680 cornerback Bryce Hall, who e a was perhaps one of 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.759 the best value selection, not only for the Jets, but 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.760 the entire NFL draft. Well, here's a guy who a 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:26.639 lot of people thought if he came out following the 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:30.680 two thousand and eighteen season, when he led the FBS 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:34.040 in past defenses, that maybe he could have been a 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:38.280 first round pick. Then in two thousand nineteen, unfortunately, he 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:42.600 went down while blocking on a punt return as a 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:47.440 Miami Hurricane player rolled on his leg. He broke his 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:52.960 fibula and tore his delt toy ligament, dislocated an ankle. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:58.600 So Green's he only played six games last season, highly 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:02.520 productive player, and he was on the field, and he 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:07.440 lasted until the fifth round. Again, if he was healthy 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.840 for eleven games, you're talking about a player who probably 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:15.280 doesn't escape the second round. Some people, when they get injured, 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.520 they kind of fall off and they don't they're not 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.039 active with their team. Well, Bryce Hall was the opposite. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.440 He spent every game on the sideline. He was the 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:25.760 clipboard holder, the motivational guy. He was a team captain 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:28.360 and for good reason. For the while who's meticulous in 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:32.360 his preparation, he's a guy who's determined to learn and grow. 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.960 You mentioned him being a team leader. He became more 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:40.840 vocal after the injuries, so he very well liked. In 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.520 addition to the tangibles, you're talking about a Bryce Hall 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:49.840 player who played forty four games in forty four collegiate games. 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:54.320 He had forty four past defenses, including those twenty two 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:59.160 breakups in two thousand eighteens. And the Jets rightfully, so 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.360 I believe I think they found great value of Bryce 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:04.840 Hall in the fifth round. I think that's very fair 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.280 to say. And let's hear from Joe Douglas and his 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.720 staff that includes Rex Hogan and Phil Savage about what 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:16.160 they like about Bryce Hall. Yeah, unfortunate about the injury 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.480 in October derailed his season this year. But when we're 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.760 talking about Bryce's he's a guy that has unique size, 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.440 length and ball skills. You know, here's a young man 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.880 that can really play the ball when he's in phase 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.040 and find it and that that's an important attribute to 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.800 have when you're playing in in Gregg's defense and with 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.840 the Nord we feel like we have a great coaching 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.000 staff to to really develop this this young player, and 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.760 I know he's excited to get here give role and 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.400 improved to the rest of the league that he should 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.920 have been drafted higher. We trusted the board and and 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.880 having him there in the fifth round and seeing there 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:52.359 was a good value for us. This is a big 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:55.720 corner who's played outside throughout his career. He's got a 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:57.839 good size, He's got a good combination of height, weight 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.239 and speed. Obviously, we didn't get to see him run 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.160 this year in terms of a true testing at the 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.880 Combine because of his recovery, but he shown it on 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.520 tape and he shown ability with his size and length 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.799 outside to to break up passes. He had over twenty 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.600 plus pass breakups in his junior season and was well 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.040 on his way to to a significant senior year as 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.160 well until the injury, which was unfortunate. But we feel 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.120 fortunate about being able to pick him and select him 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.400 in the fifth round and and like his ability moving 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.920 forward for a fit for our defense. Well. I certainly 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.880 think relative to where he would have gone had he 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.800 not had the ankle injury back during the fall. He 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:37.080 clearly was the first three round type of prospect. I 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:40.560 mean there were mock drafts literally a year ago that 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.640 had him in the first round. I think realistically he 0:03:43.680 --> 0:03:46.040 was probably a second or third round kind of talent. 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:51.119 He unfortunately had that that ankle fracture, and then with 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.640 the injury, he's not able to participate, saying the Reese's 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.440 senior boy, He's not able to participate at the combine, 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.000 and then with this pandemic, there was really no way 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.400 to ultimately follow up with him from a medical standpoint 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:07.040 other than just the combine, And at that point we 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.000 felt like he had made a lot of progress. The 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.360 doctors signed off on it. And I tell you, if 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.840 he returns to full health, which all indications are that 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.240 he will, I mean, this is a potential starter at 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.400 it in the fifth round. He's got long arms, he's 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.839 athletic in terms of being able to have some reaction 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.680 on the football. But what I really liked about him, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:29.680 and I think the other guys would say the same thing, 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.719 is that he has a long arm reach and he 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.280 finishes at the football. So he's the kind of player 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.680 that might be given some ground. You think Okay, he's 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.200 gonna get beat here, and then the last ten percent 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.839 of the down he's able to close and knock the 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.280 ball away or in some cases intercepted. So we really 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.560 liked his instincts and his ability to close and finish 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.839 at the reception point. This is sort of a blanket statement, 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.279 but any of the players that were injured during the 0:04:57.320 --> 0:05:00.480 season and then we're not able to fully participate during 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.240 the All Star season or at the combine, and ultimately 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.000 we're only physical at the combine. It there's no doubt 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.200 in my mind that it impacted those guys value to 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:14.280 an extent because most gyms in the league just are 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.159 not going to be willing to take a player who 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.080 they just cannot quite sign off on, or they've not 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.280 had a final look with one of the thirty visits, 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.719 or you know, going back to the school and getting 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:30.240 more UH medical insiders, actually seeing the player UH perform 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.039 in his pro day. And Bryce Hall certainly would have 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.680 been one of those players that if he could have 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.200 worked out in April in front of the NFL scouts, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.359 I think you would have seen him go probably on 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:44.560 the on the second day of this draft. In regards 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.520 to his future health with the Jets. You know, all 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:50.599 inner case, all indications are that he should be close 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.520 to being ready for training camp on a normal schedule. 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.240 We'll have to wait and see where he actually is, 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.680 but there was good feedback that he would cover fully 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:02.719 from this injury and if there's any kind of delay 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.440 at all, honestly, we just we're betting on the future 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:10.560 with Bryce Hall that if it's not just, but we're 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.039 looking at one and beyond because we think he's a 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:17.080 good player. He let's talk about Bryce Hall on the field. 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.040 You mentioned he only played six games in two thousand nineteen, 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:24.200 Well in two thous eighteen definitely his best collegiate performance, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:27.240 second team All American, first Team All A c C 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:30.640 and maybe more impressive than both of that he led 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:35.600 the FBS in past defenses. He can find the football. 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.760 A lot of guys have the athletic skill set where 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:43.240 they can run with people, but defensive backs oftentimes when 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:47.640 they're coming out of college, they can put up the way. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:52.040 They're strong, they can run, but not everybody can find 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.920 the football. So he's got a good knack for the game. 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.640 And you go back to his high school days, here's 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:01.800 a kid who played wide receiver and defensive back. So 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:05.640 that's very rare when you're talking about a collegiate player 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:09.080 who had twenty two pass defenses in just a single 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.880 season at Virginia. He was asked to do a lot 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:15.840 of different things and all some people have talked about 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:21.240 Bryce Hall being best suited in zone situations, but he 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:25.160 did play man at Virginia. They mixed up the defense 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.320 over the time he was there. He was also an 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.760 effective blitzer. You think about that junior campaign where he 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.520 was all over the field getting his hands on the football. 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.160 He also had sixty two tackles, three and a half 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.720 tackles for a loss, a pair of sacks, a pair 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:43.320 of interceptions in two forced bumbles. So not only did 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:48.440 he excel as far as breaking up passes, he filled 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.040 up the statuet. Yeah, Bryce Hall. You mentioned this a 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.680 little earlier. He was a receiver coming out of high 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:59.800 school and basically when he got to Virginia, the coaching 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.800 ads on the offensive defensive sides are basically wrestling for 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:06.920 Bryce Hall, and Bryce Hall ends up being a defensive 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.800 back and the rest is history. But this is a 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:12.320 guy who you can clearly see the receiver traits where 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:17.360 he's long, he's tall. He's five total interceptions over four seasons, 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.400 and I think what Phil Savage said kind of stands 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.080 out to me the most. Bryce Hall is a kind 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:25.200 of player where a ball can be in the air 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.800 and you might think, oh my god, Bryce Hall is 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.160 gonna get beat on this play. Well, his thirty two 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.640 and a quarter inch arms and a seventy eight and 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.120 a half inch wingspan might disagree with you, even if 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.840 it's the last second. Bryce Hall has a knack for 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.480 getting his hand in there and knocking the ball away 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.400 and basically there's no quit And I think that's something 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:47.800 that the Jets really like about Bryce Hall. Yeah, and 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.439 this is another guy where you talk about his background 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:56.400 and firstile skill set. He was a very good basketball 0:08:56.480 --> 0:09:00.520 player in high school at the AU level and effect 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.839 there were times when he thought that I'm gonna go 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.280 I'm gonna become a basketball player. But let's see where 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:11.600 he's at medically again, we talk about the pandemic right 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:16.080 now and what everybody's facing with COVID nineteen, and the 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:20.440 big thing for all will be when he actually comes 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.320 to the Jets and arrive at one Jets Drive is 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.480 where is he at in terms of his rehab. But 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.480 one thing we can be sure about, one thing that 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:34.320 we're certain about just by reading his background and talking 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:38.320 to people who know Bryce Hall. He is a diligent worker. 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.680 He's gonna get after it, and he thinks he's gonna 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.080 be ready to go. And the other thing that Phil 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.480 Savage said about Hall that I really liked is, hey, 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.240 we're betting on Bryce Hall. We think he's gonna be 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:54.280 no matter what the timeline is. And Bryce Hall fully 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.240 expects to be ready for your training camp. But the 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.920 Jets like his future and the possibilities of what he 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.040 can bring to the table for this team. In a 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:07.000 typical world, if you get hurt in the sixth game 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:11.080 of the year and you have the combine, you have 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.960 the medical rechecks, you have top thirty visits, all of 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:18.440 which didn't exist except for the actual combine. So Bryce Hall, 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:20.880 in a perfect world, even if he had the injury, 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.520 still could have been a day to selection. But because 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:28.679 teams couldn't sign off on him a hundred percent without 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:32.160 having them take their physical with their doctors and going 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:35.400 back to Indianapolis for the medical rechecks, it feels like 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.200 that's the reason why he slipped and I'll tell you what, 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.679 like a fifth round pick for Bryce Hall for a 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.079 day to talent when fully healthy, it just feels like 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.600 it's a good bet to make if you're Joe Douglass 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.240 and the Jets, because a year from now we could 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.040 be talking about Bryce Hall as a potential starter. I 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.200 think a lot of people probably were sitting there, if 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.840 you're a Jets fan, at across in your fingers and 0:11:01.080 --> 0:11:04.600 hoping that Joe Douglas takes Bryce Hall there because there's 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.600 an argument to be made that there was outstanding value 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.160 for a guy like Hall in the fourth round, and 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.280 the Jets, of course had the three picks in the 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.400 fourth round, and I think teams with needs at cornerback 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.679 or looking up to looking to shore up the position, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.400 there were a lot of fans of those respective teams 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.080 who were drafting in the area the Jets were in 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:28.640 the fifth round, hoping that their club would take a 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.000 flyer per se on a Bryce Hall. But the Jets 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:36.480 got him, and yeah, he does have the potential to 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.600 be a start in the National Football League. I found 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:43.320 it interesting there's some people think that Bryce Hall ultimately 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.120 suited to be free safety in the National Football League. 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.400 With that being said, no talk of that from the 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:54.360 Jets perspective. I think they're going into this thinking full go. 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.440 Bryce Hall is a cornerback and when we get them 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.880 up to speed, that's exactly where he's going to be. 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.079 All right, Well, let's hear from Olivia Lands, who caught 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.360 up with Mike Barber of the Richmond Times Dispatch, who 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.880 covered Bryce Hall at Virginia. You cover Virginia Tech as 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.800 well as Virginia and Bryce Hall, who was taken in 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:18.199 the fifth round of the NFL Draft a hundred and 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:22.319 fifty eight overall by the New York Jets. He's an 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.880 individual who back in twineteen originally thought he was going 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.120 to go in the first round of the NFL Draft, 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:32.840 but opted to go back and play his senior season. 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:35.760 What kind of growth did you see from him in 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:39.479 the games that he was able to play before his injury. Yeah, 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.600 you know, Bryce came back and it's surprised a lot 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.160 of people because he was on that path to be 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.520 first or a second round draft pick. He had led 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.760 the nation and pass breakups, his one on one coverage 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.079 skills were through the roof, and NFL scouts were really 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:58.000 excited about him, and I think most people I spoke 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.880 to projected that he would leave. He would leave, and 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.040 he would be a high pick. But there were some 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:06.400 things that that Bryce wanted to improve on personally. One 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.679 of those was his ball skills. Um. He you know, 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.319 like I said, he led the nation and pass breakups. 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.440 He watched video of those plays and thought that, you know, 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.640 three or four or five six of them should have 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.160 been interceptions. Uh So that was a big area of 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.319 emphasis for him. He didn't really play in enough games 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.520 to to show off whether or not he had he 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.520 had improved in that area, And honestly, a lot of 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:33.320 teams in this past season threw away from Bryce. He's 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.080 that kind of a corner. He's able to play physically 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.000 at the line, he's able to cover off the line, 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:42.360 and teams were pretty content about not taking a chance 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:45.960 throwing at Bryce Hall before the injury. So I don't 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.080 know that he got to show all that he had 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.560 worked on and focused on and improved. But another big 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.280 part of his decision to come back was he felt 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.440 that there was some unfin finished business for Virginia. You know, 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.199 this was a team that has been on the is 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.280 under the new coaching staff, Bronco Menden Hall and that crew, 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.400 and Bryce Hall has been a huge part of that. 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:08.600 And you know, his injury happened playing special teams. He's 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.240 one of those do everything for the team guys, and 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.040 he really wanted to come back and help this team 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.280 win a championship and uh, you know he played part 0:14:17.320 --> 0:14:19.000 of the year then he got hurt. The team did 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.840 go on to win a Coastal Division title and playing 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.320 the Orange Bowl, and uh, those were things that Bryce 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.160 really wanted to be a part of. In the few 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.000 games that he was able to play in the twenty 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:33.240 nineteen season, what did you see from his game that 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.040 stood out to you that, Wow, this is skill set 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.720 that he can take to the next level. Yeah. Well, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.240 he's just a guy that can blanket you in terms 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.880 of if you're a defensive coach and you're putting together 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.320 your game plan and where are you gonna help, when 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:47.880 are you gonna blitz, how are you going to use 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.000 your safeties? All that? If you've got Bryce Hall, he 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.760 to me is uh the epitome of a lockdown corner. Uh, 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.280 certainly he was in the A c C. He's a 0:14:57.320 --> 0:14:59.960 guy that can take away a third of the field 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.480 like coaches like to say. And that really showed up. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.560 And again it showed up in the way teams chose 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.240 to attack him or not attack him. It showed up 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.120 in the fact that sometimes Bryce Hall would get locked 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:14.440 on a guy and you could tell that offensive coordinators 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.920 and play callers they were saying to themselves, Okay, that's 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.200 not an option. Now, we're not going to throw at Bryce. 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.800 And you know, the best players at that position in 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.200 the NFL, and certainly the New York Jets have had 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.640 a number of them, are guys who teams are essentially 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.480 afraid to throw at. And I think Bryce Hall showed 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.240 that at the college level. He's going to be coming 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.520 to a team with the New York Jets and defensive 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:41.400 coordinator Gray Williams, who makes and he's very vocal about this, 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.320 He makes all of his defensive players learn at the 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:48.400 very least two different positions. What other ways do you 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.600 think he can be flexible in his game to fit 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:54.280 into Greg Williams scheme. Yeah, Bryce Hall is the kind 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.680 of guy who won't have any trouble. Um. You know, 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:58.880 we got to know Greg a little bit when the 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.680 Washington Redskins and Bryce Hall is a guy who one 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.040 of the things his coaches talk about most with him 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:09.160 is his time studying film, learning the entire defense. Uh, 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:13.480 He's just a guy who's ready to mentally tackle everything 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.760 when it comes to football. He helps other players. Yes, 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.960 he helped the other corners at Virginia, but he helped 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.240 the other safeties. He could work with the linebackers. He 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.160 understood the entire defense. So one, I think Bryce Hall 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.000 is someone who will mentally be able to learn and 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.600 play anywhere in the secondary. I think he has a 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.960 little more physicality maybe than people realize. If you're thinking 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.800 about defending in the slot, could be as a nickel. 0:16:39.240 --> 0:16:40.960 But then you also think about you know, and it 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.120 certainly was sad his injury. His injury came on special 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:48.960 teams because he's unafraid to play on punt return, punt coverage, 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.840 kick return, kick coverage, and as a young player in 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.040 the NFL, I think he's gonna be willing to do 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.600 all those. So, yes, he's coming from a pedigree of 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:01.080 being the starting corner and the number one updown guy, 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.600 but he's shown through the college career willingness and an 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.040 ability to contribute in special teams and really all over 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:12.080 the field. And how ready. Do you think Bryce would 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:16.919 be come NFL season if his names were called to 0:17:17.000 --> 0:17:20.119 be a starter. Yeah, it's it's a great question. You know, 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.800 a year ago, I would say he's ready to step 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:25.399 in and start. Now with the injury, you just have 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.040 the physical question. And you know, we've talked to Bryce 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.560 a few times since the injury. We got to see 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:32.280 him at the Bowl game. I got to speak to 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.800 him just before the draft, and he's not a hundred 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.280 percent yet. Now he's a hundred percent healed, which is great. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:42.920 His posis is great, but he hasn't fully gotten back 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:45.159 to the range of motion and to all the things 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.639 that he was able to do and he needs to 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:51.720 do physically with that ankle. So I think mentally Bryce 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:53.960 Hall is ready to step in and and start in 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:57.240 the NFL. I think skill set wise, he's ready to 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.920 step in and start in the NFL. I just haven't 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.639 seen the kid run or cut or do anything physically 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.320 since the injury. So for him, it's about how hard 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.120 has he been working. And you know, my personal experience 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:12.919 with Bryce's he's not gonna cut corners. Whatever he needed 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.080 to do to be physically ready for camp in the NFL. 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.879 He was going to do it. His expectation when I 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.480 spoke to him was that he would be a pent 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.360 and able to do everything by the time camp started, 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.680 and that meant even rookie mini camp. And obviously we're 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.160 not sure the schedule or when will be but um 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:33.199 my guess as Bryce Hall is going to come in 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.399 physically and mentally ready. I think it's gonna take a 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.440 little while to get his timing back, but a few 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:41.960 weeks and if there's a preseason I think he's somebody 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.680 the Jets could turn to much of a chipper on 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.919 his shoulder. Do you think he has if any You know, 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:51.800 it's interesting because Bryce isn't necessarily the kind of kid 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.720 that that needs that negative fuel. He's a very grounded, 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:59.920 very religious, faith based all of those things. That being said, Olivia, 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:03.159 think you're right that I think he has something to prove, 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.359 and I don't know that it will come out um 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:08.919 in some of the ways sometimes we hear in the media. 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.720 I don't think he's gonna say I'm gonna show people 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.120 they made a mistake. I don't think he's gonna say 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.040 I'm gonna show people, uh you know that they messed up. 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:19.679 I think he just wants to show people that the 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.120 New York Jets made a good discis and I think 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:24.760 he wants to show people that he is the first 0:19:24.840 --> 0:19:27.800 or second round pick that everybody thought he could be 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.800 before the injury. So I think it fuels him. I 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.320 don't think it will fuel him in that really negative 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.360 kind of you know. I don't think there's teams out 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:37.960 there that passed on him that he particularly wants to 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.640 play well against. I think he wants to play sixteen 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.440 great games to show everybody that the New York Jets 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.800 were right and that he is that caliber player. Mike, 0:19:46.840 --> 0:19:50.280 before I let you go, what is one thing about 0:19:50.760 --> 0:19:54.360 Bryce that may surprise not only the Jets but fans 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.680 when he comes on the field. Well, I think he's 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.760 got a tremendous personality. He has a real joy for 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:04.600 the game. He's always smiling. You see that off the field. 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:08.160 You know about his background, his religion, all of those things. 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:10.800 You know how hardy studies. I don't know that people 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:14.040 realize just how competitive he is. And you'll see that. 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.680 You'll see that when he gets locked on one on one. 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:18.800 You'll see it when he's got a jam a receiver 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:21.440 at the line, like for all the great things about 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:23.840 his personality and what a great kid he is. He 0:20:24.000 --> 0:20:28.000 is a a nasty, angry, fiery competitor once the ball 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:30.600 is snapped, and you know, yeah, he switches it off 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:33.440 between plays and he's great to be around all week 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:36.480 and he kind of gives off this you know, friendly 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:40.520 almost teacher kind of vibe, but he wants to win. 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:44.000 He's incredibly competitive. Um, you know, he was a great 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:47.560 athlete high school receiver and defend back. So I think 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:50.280 people are going to be impressed by the competitive streak 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:52.640 of Bryce Hall as they get to see the other 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.280 side of him, which is kind of laid back, smiley 0:20:55.359 --> 0:21:00.000 and very easy going. He Let's now talk about where 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.879 Ice Hall can fit in on this jet secondary, assuming 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:08.040 he's fully healthy. This is a crowded cornerbacks room compared 0:21:08.080 --> 0:21:10.520 to even before the draft. So where do you think 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:12.800 he fits in Off the top, Well, we know off 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:15.240 the top to Brian pulls your nickel corner that was 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:21.199 key resigning by Joe Douglas. Then on the outside you 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:25.879 would figure that pencil and Pierre Dessier at one of 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:33.280 the starting outside positions again another long cornerback. Joe Douglas 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:36.199