Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast, powered
Speaker 1: by Amazon Web Services. It is Monday, April six, one
Speaker 1: thirty pm. On today's episode, double Draft Duty, here, E
Speaker 1: and I caught up with Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network.
Speaker 1: He does a great job there, and we talked, of course,
Speaker 1: all things draft, and then later on in the show
Speaker 1: we'll hear from Dane Brugler of The Athletic and Dane
Speaker 1: and I go through different Jets scenarios rounds one through three,
Speaker 1: so you don't want to miss that as the draft
Speaker 1: just a couple of weeks away here. But first things first,
Speaker 1: e A, how you holding up over there in Flora Park.
Speaker 1: Green's beautiful day. Uh Son is out gonna make sure
Speaker 1: I get my solitary exercise in. But hey, listen, the
Speaker 1: draft is only two and a half weeks away, Greens.
Speaker 1: It is happening. It is going to provide a great
Speaker 1: diversion in an outlet for sports fans, specifically NFL fans
Speaker 1: and Jets fans. So I'm getting pumped for this virtual
Speaker 1: draft off. That's not what we thought it would be,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna make do and and make this the
Speaker 1: best thing possible. Alright, First things first, NFL draft analyst
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah. Here's the interview and E and I will
Speaker 1: break down right after it goes without saying, but first
Speaker 1: things first, how has this pandemic been affecting your day
Speaker 1: to day basis and then really affecting the draft and
Speaker 1: how to evaluate these prospects? Well, you know what, first
Speaker 1: of all, our you know, our family, our thoughts and
Speaker 1: prayers everybody in your area there, because I know what
Speaker 1: we have in California is one thing. What you guys
Speaker 1: have been dealing with work is tolferent. So we're thinking
Speaker 1: about you guys, praying for for your community. But um,
Speaker 1: for me personally maybe one of the only people, it
Speaker 1: hasn't really been that different. Um, I didn't get a
Speaker 1: chance to go out to money produce, which I would
Speaker 1: have been gone out to the six or seven prod.
Speaker 1: But other than that, I mean, I'm home, I'm watching tape,
Speaker 1: I'm preparing for the draft. Uh, you know, looking at
Speaker 1: different teams on the phone, which has been It's been
Speaker 1: interesting because with the general managers all at home right now, Um,
Speaker 1: there's not as many people popping in their offices, so
Speaker 1: I've actually had more conversations with gms around the league
Speaker 1: in the last few weeks, and I have prior to
Speaker 1: any of the draft, So it's been good for me
Speaker 1: from a communication standpoint. Obviously, the kids are home, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, doing school from home. But my kids are
Speaker 1: a little bit older. My youngest is twelve, so uh,
Speaker 1: they're they're self sufficient and everybody's doing quite well. Great
Speaker 1: to hear that everybody is doing well. DJ, you were
Speaker 1: a former Area Scout yourself before you took the job
Speaker 1: at NFL Network in two thousand and twelve. How do
Speaker 1: you think it's impact in those guys, specifically Area Scouts,
Speaker 1: National Scouts, the guys who were on the ground throughout
Speaker 1: the year, and now the elimination of pro days, the
Speaker 1: elimination of the prospect visits to the facility, How have
Speaker 1: things changed in how are guys relying on the computers now?
Speaker 1: As far as getting to know the prospect at the
Speaker 1: end of the process, Well, first of all, I think
Speaker 1: you're gonna find out who was diligent during the fall
Speaker 1: and who were the guys that weren't procrastinating saying oh,
Speaker 1: I've got time, I can talk to this person on
Speaker 1: campus when I'm there for the pro day. I can
Speaker 1: catch up with this player at another point in time
Speaker 1: down the road. If you were diligent and really doing
Speaker 1: your homework on these kids through the fall as an
Speaker 1: area scout or a cross checker National scout. UM, it's
Speaker 1: gonna really benefit you during this time because again, we
Speaker 1: can all figure out the players. You can watch the
Speaker 1: tape and figure out who can play and who can't
Speaker 1: play the challenge. And a lot of times you miss
Speaker 1: on these players because you don't get to know the person.
Speaker 1: And you've had chances now with a with a good
Speaker 1: number of these guys to to be around a little
Speaker 1: bit in the fall out of practices, talking with coaches
Speaker 1: and seeing them practice live in person, go to games,
Speaker 1: see him at All Star Games, see him at the Combine.
Speaker 1: To me, I think there's enough there to really get
Speaker 1: a good handle on these guys if you've been doing
Speaker 1: your work now. Uh, in terms of some of the
Speaker 1: scheme stuff, as the coaches come into the process, how
Speaker 1: do these guys retain your information that you want to see? Uh?
Speaker 1: You know, teams are trying to be creative with that
Speaker 1: was was skype and phase time doing something like we're
Speaker 1: doing right here. Um, get a chance to email the
Speaker 1: kid a you know, a playbook, a really you know,
Speaker 1: tiny playbook, and then say, hey, we're gonna skype you
Speaker 1: get in touch with you tomorrow and we'll go over
Speaker 1: these things. And you're you're really it's it's almost like
Speaker 1: recruiting because you're allowed a couple of contacts with these
Speaker 1: kids per week. So I know some prospects and talking
Speaker 1: to them. You know, some teams, you know multiple times
Speaker 1: a week. They're having basically these sessions with them to
Speaker 1: really get to know them. So look, you find a way. Um,
Speaker 1: don't be the guy that that uh is sitting in
Speaker 1: your in your house as a general manager saying well,
Speaker 1: we're screwed this year. You know what am I supposed
Speaker 1: to do? Now? Figure it out? Find a way and
Speaker 1: figure it out. And I think most people are doing that.
Speaker 1: So the Jets have four picks in the top seventy nine,
Speaker 1: and if you were to look at their needs per
Speaker 1: se and entering this offseason, you probably say receiver, tackle, edge,
Speaker 1: and corner. So if you're Joe Douglas, like, what's your
Speaker 1: ideals Mario here in those top seventy picks the four
Speaker 1: selections there, well, I would look at it and just
Speaker 1: say a couple of those positions being filled. I think
Speaker 1: you pretty much hit on all of them. Um, in
Speaker 1: a perfect world, you get one of your top tackles
Speaker 1: to fall to eleven, and you know, is that guy
Speaker 1: gonna be there? I mean there could be you know, three,
Speaker 1: or potentially even the top four guys go. If the
Speaker 1: top four guys are gone, I don't see them taking
Speaker 1: the fifth player at that spot. And to be honest
Speaker 1: with you, I don't know the order that they have them,
Speaker 1: but I would imagine it might even be a case
Speaker 1: where it's the top three. You know, if one of
Speaker 1: your top three tackles is there, you pick them. You've
Speaker 1: got to address that. You know, even with what you've done.
Speaker 1: I like Fan and you know it's a high upside
Speaker 1: signing there in free agency. Chuma Dogas got a lot
Speaker 1: of ability, but he's not there yet. I still think
Speaker 1: there's a need at the tackle positions. So that's the
Speaker 1: perfect world where that's there for you eleven. Now with
Speaker 1: these picks, with the two and the two threes, now
Speaker 1: you get a combination of a receiver or corner, an
Speaker 1: edge rusher. You know what, whoever the best available player is.
Speaker 1: And I have a feeling that if they don't go
Speaker 1: receiver at eleven, man, they're gonna have some really intriguing
Speaker 1: options there in the second round. You've been doing some
Speaker 1: great things on your Twitter account at Move the Sticks.
Speaker 1: I watched you every day. Very recently. You were looking
Speaker 1: at Jets wide receiver coach Sean Jefferson son Ban Jefferson,
Speaker 1: and you have a lot of good thoughts. Starred sam Um.
Speaker 1: Let me ask you something, though. The wide receiver group
Speaker 1: this year tremendous depth, and everybody like yourself has been
Speaker 1: talking about that. Give me a couple other position groups
Speaker 1: that really you really like down the line, maybe beyond
Speaker 1: the first round in terms of depth. Yeah, well, look,
Speaker 1: you've got the receiver position. I think the running back
Speaker 1: position is a really solid deep group. I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna kind of go into the third, fourth round. You're
Speaker 1: gonna see good backs there. Another one when you look
Speaker 1: at the linebacker position before the combine, you know, I
Speaker 1: kind of done a once over on this linebacker class.
Speaker 1: I wasn't super excited about it. And then man, you
Speaker 1: watch all these guys run and work out, go back,
Speaker 1: you watch more tape. I think there's more depth there,
Speaker 1: uh than maybe we initially thought, now that's an area
Speaker 1: the Jets are in good position. I don't see them
Speaker 1: go on linebacker anytime early in the draft, but there
Speaker 1: is some depth there. Corner is solid. Um, it's a
Speaker 1: solid group. Maybe a little bit disappointed with where we
Speaker 1: ended up in that position, but I think there is
Speaker 1: some depth in that second third round. Guys like Damon Arnett,
Speaker 1: guys like Jeff Gladney from TCU. I think those are
Speaker 1: good second round type players. They're gonna be there when
Speaker 1: the Jets are picking if they wanted to go with
Speaker 1: the corner. But really, you know, to me, I would
Speaker 1: say that the position that really stood out the most
Speaker 1: outside receiver, probably running back. So in terms of receiver
Speaker 1: for somebody like e A and you talked about it
Speaker 1: on your Twitter, like Van Jefferson, even somebody like Brian
Speaker 1: Edwards out of South Carolina who didn't have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to participate in the Senior Bowl of the Combine, Like,
Speaker 1: how much is their stock affected by not being able
Speaker 1: to show these teams that won they're healthy and to
Speaker 1: just not having the athletic testing that they could have
Speaker 1: proved at the Combine. I think the athletic testing is
Speaker 1: not as big a deal. Um, the medical is that's
Speaker 1: the whole thing, you know, So where are they health wise?
Speaker 1: And this is the challenge for for these players and
Speaker 1: for these teams. It's really the biggest hurdled have to
Speaker 1: overcome is trying to get updated medical information on these players.
Speaker 1: So you know, in free agency they were very proactive
Speaker 1: in terms of sharing information and uh, and be interesting
Speaker 1: to see how this thing all comes together with these
Speaker 1: combine rechecked players that aren't going to be available to
Speaker 1: be rechecked. So it's gonna be kind of on those
Speaker 1: agents to to get updated information to these clubs so
Speaker 1: they can be comfortable with where these guys are at
Speaker 1: health wise. But I do think there's probably around penalty,
Speaker 1: which means, you know, Van Jefferson probably there's a chance
Speaker 1: he could have gotten the second round. I think it's
Speaker 1: a phenomenal player, but because of this a little uncertainty there,
Speaker 1: maybe that he drifts into the third maybe potentially even
Speaker 1: to the fourth round. But I would say the third
Speaker 1: round is probably his sweet spot. Um. And it's it's
Speaker 1: like that for a whole host players. There was another one, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, there's a little bit of a concern with
Speaker 1: his top speed, but his game is all about physicality
Speaker 1: and toughness and uh contested catches, So I don't think
Speaker 1: that will cause him to drop. Just trying to get
Speaker 1: again the updated medical information is going to be the challenge. DJ.
Speaker 1: Do you like the way Joe Douglas did approach free agency?
Speaker 1: He targeted needs, He set ceilings in terms of his targets.
Speaker 1: He also said, we're gonna wrap a bowl around Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: We gotta protect our franchise quarterback. And also he talked
Speaker 1: about flexibility in terms of, hey, listen, I don't want
Speaker 1: to go into the draft and have this glaring need. So, um,
Speaker 1: what did you think about how he kind of maneuvered
Speaker 1: throughout the first couple of weeks of free agency. Well,
Speaker 1: I thought he had a good job. You know, Joe
Speaker 1: had a plan and talking with him prior to free agency,
Speaker 1: he had had it mapped out of kind of what
Speaker 1: he wanted to do and what he wanted to get accomplished.
Speaker 1: He wasn't gonna come out there, you know, fire, and
Speaker 1: in that first wave they were gonna have numbers and
Speaker 1: stay within that budget. And you know, the good thing,
Speaker 1: the exciting thing if you're a Jets fan, out there
Speaker 1: is you know, this team right now, they filled holes.
Speaker 1: They can take the best available player at pick number eleven.
Speaker 1: That's the first thing. And the second thing is when
Speaker 1: you forecast into the future and uh, you know, let's
Speaker 1: we got this year coming up. But once you get
Speaker 1: to one and get to that free agent class, there
Speaker 1: is tremendous flexibility and opportunity for the Jets to make
Speaker 1: a big push, uh in the next offseason with free agency.
Speaker 1: The way this is set up, with the one year contracts,
Speaker 1: with some other contracts, are gonna be able to get
Speaker 1: out from under. There's gonna be a lot of freedom
Speaker 1: and a lot of liberty there to make a big push.
Speaker 1: So this is exciting. It's kind of like, you know,
Speaker 1: I feel like with Joe, if you to a pool,
Speaker 1: you kind of go down to the bottom, and then
Speaker 1: you can really you can spring up. And and I
Speaker 1: think right now you're getting a chance to see them
Speaker 1: kind of come up off the bottom. And I think
Speaker 1: next year you're gonna see this thing really take off
Speaker 1: with some of the people they're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: add to this mix. But to me, this this offseason
Speaker 1: was gonna be about the draft first and foremost, and
Speaker 1: free agency was gonna supplement what they do in the draft.
Speaker 1: But to me, the the key additions for the Jets
Speaker 1: in the off season have yet to come. They're coming
Speaker 1: here in a couple of weeks. DJ so E and
Speaker 1: I have talked about this too. Joe Douglas is the
Speaker 1: first time as general manager, so you can't really get
Speaker 1: a feel for how he wants to operate outside of
Speaker 1: seeing who we learned from and you think of guys
Speaker 1: like Azi knew So and Howie Roseman, and when talking
Speaker 1: about trading up, not at eleven, but the Jets have
Speaker 1: capital in the third round to potentially make a move
Speaker 1: up into the second round or even to the back
Speaker 1: end of the first round. Can you just kind of
Speaker 1: talk about philosophically why that could benefit Joe Douglas and
Speaker 1: the Jets. Well, I think you can make a you
Speaker 1: can make an argument for that. I don't see that happening.
Speaker 1: I think if you see the Jets move around in
Speaker 1: this draft, they're gonna move back. Joe is very confident
Speaker 1: his evaluating ability. He's confident in the group that he's
Speaker 1: assembled around him, you know, led by guys like Phil Savage,
Speaker 1: Rex Hogan. He's as you're outstanding. So to have confidence
Speaker 1: there in a draft it's this good in those middle rounds,
Speaker 1: I think you're trying to add to that number, not
Speaker 1: subtract from it. So you know, short of potentially their
Speaker 1: number one tackle being on the board at number nine, um,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe they could go up just two spots
Speaker 1: and wouldn't be quite as costly. I think that would
Speaker 1: be you know, potential opportunity there, But again I would
Speaker 1: say more than likely. You're talking about if you're gonna move,
Speaker 1: you're moving back to get extra picks. There's still a
Speaker 1: lot of holes on this roster, and uh this year,
Speaker 1: the second third round picks, those are too valuable to
Speaker 1: part with, in my opinion, do you think there would
Speaker 1: be a group of players there at eleven if there
Speaker 1: is a run on quarterbacks early where maybe a team
Speaker 1: calls Joe and says, okay, we'll give you an extra
Speaker 1: two or an extra three to move back two or
Speaker 1: three slots in that first round, where you might potentially
Speaker 1: do you think there's a situation where you could have
Speaker 1: a group of players together at that tackle position and
Speaker 1: potentially wide receiver and say, hey, maybe it's our best
Speaker 1: bet to go back because I do have a stack
Speaker 1: here that have similar ratings on our board. Yeah, I think,
Speaker 1: especially if the top tackles go UM. To me, there's
Speaker 1: a case you can make to trade back because there's
Speaker 1: you know, if you're gonna go receiver, there are so
Speaker 1: many good options there. So if somebody else is one
Speaker 1: that they're particularly in love with, UH and they want
Speaker 1: to give you a nice price, a team like Denver
Speaker 1: that's picking fifteen, where you wouldn't have to slide back
Speaker 1: too far. Um, the Raiders picking right behind him, a
Speaker 1: team that looks to be in the wide receiver market
Speaker 1: could be one of those deals where you get a
Speaker 1: little something just to slide back one spot. So UM,
Speaker 1: I think those those opportunities would present themselves. I just
Speaker 1: don't see if there's a tackle that they really like.
Speaker 1: I can't envision a way they would trade off of
Speaker 1: that pick instead of sitting there right then filling a
Speaker 1: need on this football team, and goes back to the
Speaker 1: theme that you guys mentioned. You know, Joe uh knows
Speaker 1: he's got to protect Sam Donald. It's gonna go as
Speaker 1: far as Sam Donald can take this team. So that
Speaker 1: to me is number one priority. And if you've got
Speaker 1: to tackle that you feel good about. You don't trade
Speaker 1: that pick. All right, DJ, we appreciate you coming on
Speaker 1: New York Jets dot Com. And stay safe out there
Speaker 1: in California. You guys, be safe, man. It's great to
Speaker 1: catch up with you guys. All the best, Okay. So
Speaker 1: obviously a great interview with Daniel Jeremiah, who's, like he said,
Speaker 1: one of the only people who's not affected by the
Speaker 1: stay at home effect here and the quarantine rules because
Speaker 1: this is basically his time to self quarantine preparing for
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. But what I thought was interesting in
Speaker 1: terms of Daniel Jeremiah's interview was that he basically said,
Speaker 1: the way that the Jets have gone about their free
Speaker 1: agency so far it allows them so much flexibility in
Speaker 1: one and same thing for the draft. And it seems
Speaker 1: like the emphasis that DJ place was really on next season. Well,
Speaker 1: he's the first guy who actually has spoken about one
Speaker 1: with the Jets, saying that the free agency class next
Speaker 1: year looks very good on paper. And the one thing
Speaker 1: that I got out of Joe Douglas last week that
Speaker 1: struck with me, well, I guess a ton of things,
Speaker 1: but what struck with me was depth. He wanted to
Speaker 1: build the depth of this roster, and he certainly did
Speaker 1: that so far in free agency. Now, if you're looking
Speaker 1: for the Jets to make a splash, maybe they make
Speaker 1: a splash in the draft, maybe they make a splash
Speaker 1: or two in one in free agency, but that was
Speaker 1: definitely not the plan here this spring and free agency.
Speaker 1: All right, and looking ahead, Now, let's hear from Dame
Speaker 1: Brusler of the Athletic who, like I said, we do
Speaker 1: a weekly segment on New York Jets dot com, so
Speaker 1: you can also check it out there in video form.
Speaker 1: But Dan and I break down different scenarios for the Jets.
Speaker 1: So this week we talked about potential defensive players for
Speaker 1: the Jets at eleven, offensive tackle options in round two,
Speaker 1: and then of course capped off by wide receiver prospects
Speaker 1: in round three. Dane, let's take a look at some
Speaker 1: scenarios here for the Jets as the draft just a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks away, and an unpopular opinion, I'll say,
Speaker 1: in terms of mock drafts, as if the Jets in
Speaker 1: fact take an offensive player at eleven and so, do
Speaker 1: you see that more as a trade back scenario or
Speaker 1: are there in fact players not named Jeff Kuda not
Speaker 1: named Chase Young, that are worthy enough of that eleventh pick. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think so, and a trade back is always an option.
Speaker 1: But if they stay put at eleven, um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think most of us, uh, both fans and analysts,
Speaker 1: we would agree that offensive tackle wide receiver. That looks
Speaker 1: like the two biggest needs and probably the two most
Speaker 1: realistic options in the first round. But you know, if
Speaker 1: the draft played out exactly like we expected every year,
Speaker 1: this wouldn't be any fun. So let's keep it open mind,
Speaker 1: and let's talk about, you know, players on the defensive
Speaker 1: side who could be there at eleven and would be
Speaker 1: worthy of consideration. And I think it starts at edge
Speaker 1: rusher with Clavian Chason Uh. After Chase Young, there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of a drop off at pass rusher, but
Speaker 1: good chance that Chase on from l s U is
Speaker 1: that next pass rusher off the board somewhere in the
Speaker 1: top fifteen or sixteen picks. He has that twitchy athleticism,
Speaker 1: the body bend where you can capture the corner, he
Speaker 1: can drop playing space. Is still maturing physically and technically,
Speaker 1: but you know, I think you'd like to see him
Speaker 1: a little more advanced with his counters, how he uses
Speaker 1: his hands, but he's a high ceiling edge defender. And
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the Jets and you know,
Speaker 1: bringing back Jordan Jenkins on one year deal, that looks
Speaker 1: like a smart move. But I think that no one
Speaker 1: would look at that depth chart and say, Okay, they're
Speaker 1: done building at pass rusher. They could use more some
Speaker 1: more help, and I think Chason would certainly give them that.
Speaker 1: Now if they want to go in the secondary, I
Speaker 1: think that's also an option that would make sense. And
Speaker 1: it's similar to pass rusher, where you know there's an
Speaker 1: Ohio State defender at the top. You look at cornerback
Speaker 1: jeff A. Kuda, the almost near consensus top corner in
Speaker 1: this draft, but there's a little bit of a dry
Speaker 1: up off after him, and then Florida's C. J. Henderson.
Speaker 1: I think he's, like chas On, projected to go somewhere
Speaker 1: in the top fifteen sixteen picks, and he would make
Speaker 1: a lot of sense right there at eleven. He's over
Speaker 1: six one, he's a fourth three athlete, plays sticky coverage.
Speaker 1: I wish you were a little bit better of a tackler.
Speaker 1: I wish he was more of a playmaker when you
Speaker 1: watch him on film, but he's gonna be a starting
Speaker 1: corner in the NFL for a long time and the
Speaker 1: Jets could certainly use a guy like that. So the
Speaker 1: Jets and Joe Douglas clearly want to build this offensive line.
Speaker 1: And the draft is predicated on unpredictability. So let's say
Speaker 1: that the Jets don't go offensive tackle and round one,
Speaker 1: and to your point, do take an offensive player if
Speaker 1: they were to go offensive tackle and round two? Who
Speaker 1: are some names that makes sense there? The one that
Speaker 1: really stands out is Isaiah Wilson from Georgia. A massive
Speaker 1: human being six six and a half three fifty pounds,
Speaker 1: thirty five and a half inch arm length, and he's
Speaker 1: not a bad athlete for a guy that size. He
Speaker 1: makes it tough on rushers to run the arc to
Speaker 1: win inside so and then in the run game he
Speaker 1: creates movement with that that brute strength and meanstreak that
Speaker 1: he has. Uh, you do wish he was a little
Speaker 1: more technical, technically refined with his hands. Uh. He's only
Speaker 1: read shirt sophomore, so the fundamentals I think are still
Speaker 1: catching up with the natural skill, and that leaves him
Speaker 1: leaning in space laboring a little bit, so a little
Speaker 1: bit of a work in progress as a technician, and
Speaker 1: his personality might not be for everybody, but that's what
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Him in a second round, not the
Speaker 1: first round. So he has NFL starting potential. He just
Speaker 1: might need a little bit of time. And I tell
Speaker 1: you that second round is tough for these tackles because
Speaker 1: we're gonna see six or seven going the first round,
Speaker 1: and then there's a little bit of a drop off
Speaker 1: that I don't see many of those tackles falling to
Speaker 1: the mid second round. But then I don't think that
Speaker 1: it might be or it it might be a little bit
Speaker 1: of a reach to take one of those third round
Speaker 1: tackles like Matt Parrot from Yukon or uh take a
Speaker 1: Wino Go from Auburn. Some of these guys might be
Speaker 1: you know, where the Jets are sitting in the second
Speaker 1: round might be too early for them, So I Zeah
Speaker 1: Wilson might be kind of that perfect compromise there in
Speaker 1: the mid second You know, if we were to talk
Speaker 1: about receiver now in the third round, a lot of
Speaker 1: fans would be like, you know, what's going on here,
Speaker 1: why didn't you select receiving rounds one or two. But
Speaker 1: you and I have talked about this before, and I
Speaker 1: think it's pretty well documented across the league how rich
Speaker 1: this receiver classes. So if the Jets were to select
Speaker 1: a receiver on in round three, they have two picks
Speaker 1: in the third round. Like, are we talking about a
Speaker 1: Day one contributor even potentially a Day one starter? And
Speaker 1: who are some names that you think makes sense? Yeah,
Speaker 1: And that's exactly it, because of the volume of receivers
Speaker 1: in this draft that are gonna go on Day two,
Speaker 1: especially uh, guys that can make an incident, impact guys
Speaker 1: that can come in and be productive. So one of
Speaker 1: the guys I have my my eye on for a
Speaker 1: team with the Jets is a prospect too. Unfortunately hasn't
Speaker 1: had a great draft process, but that's also why he
Speaker 1: could be available in the third round. And that South
Speaker 1: Carolina is Brian Edwards. He had a knee issue, a
Speaker 1: minor knee issue that force him to miss the last
Speaker 1: game of the year, forced him to miss the Senior Bowl,
Speaker 1: and then he broke his foot training for the for
Speaker 1: the Combine. So he's missed basically entire predraft process. Uh,
Speaker 1: and that could cause him to slip a little bit
Speaker 1: because we don't have the testing numbers on him before
Speaker 1: the draft. Uh. And in this crowded receiver class, that
Speaker 1: could be the difference. You know why a guy like
Speaker 1: Colin Johnson or UH. You know, some of these other
Speaker 1: receivers could go ahead of him. Van Jefferson was also
Speaker 1: dealing with his own injury stuff, but that could be
Speaker 1: great news for a team picking in the third round
Speaker 1: looking for receiver help. And with Edwards specifically six three
Speaker 1: fifteen pounds, big bodied receiver. You see that on slants, screens, crossers. Uh.
Speaker 1: It needs to be a little bit more reliable finishing catches,
Speaker 1: especially down the field. But the athletic skills, the physicality,
Speaker 1: that's what really can make him an NFL weapon inside
Speaker 1: or outside. You mentioned Brian Edwards. You also mentioned Van Jefferson,
Speaker 1: two people that have been dealing with injuries in this
Speaker 1: pre draft process tests. Given the status of the world
Speaker 1: right now with the coronavirus pandemic, you know, how does
Speaker 1: this affect their stock With no pro day, with no
Speaker 1: medical recheck, how is the evaluation process changed. It's definitely
Speaker 1: an unprecedented process. Um. And you know with UH not
Speaker 1: having the pro days, not having the medical rechecks, not
Speaker 1: having the visits, the thirty visits, that's really the big
Speaker 1: thing because when teams invite these guys to the facility,
Speaker 1: that's when they can have their medical team, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: do the check up and find out more about a
Speaker 1: guy like Van Jefferson and who had the Jones fracture
Speaker 1: and his foot. They can get an update on that,
Speaker 1: how is that healing. Brian Edwards had the broken foot,
Speaker 1: get an update on that, what's going on with that?
Speaker 1: Uh even you know, from a broader perspective to a
Speaker 1: tongue of aloa, how will that affect him? In the
Speaker 1: early portion of the draft. So it's really going to
Speaker 1: have a ripple effect, and some teams are gonna be
Speaker 1: a little more uh risk adverse with how they you know,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a little more conservative with the you
Speaker 1: know guys that were they know the testing, they know
Speaker 1: the medicals. But then you have a team that might
Speaker 1: have a little more appetite for the risk and take
Speaker 1: a chance on one of these guys who might fall
Speaker 1: a little bit. He's got that discount sticker on him
Speaker 1: because there's a little more risk involved, but it could
Speaker 1: be a high reward type of situation. Uh, and that
Speaker 1: could be the case with a guy like Brian Edwards
Speaker 1: or Van Jefferson. So basically what you're saying is, Jets
Speaker 1: fans don't be alarmed if Joe Douglas decided to take
Speaker 1: a receiver in Round three, considering this receiver class has
Speaker 1: a chance to be historic. Dane, thanks a lot, and
Speaker 1: we'll talk to you next week. Great things, all right,
Speaker 1: There you have it Brugler's draft board, and that was
Speaker 1: Dane Brugler. E A. You watch a lot of college football,
Speaker 1: and Dane talked about somebody out of South Carolina named
Speaker 1: Brian Edwards, the receiver who had a lot of hype
Speaker 1: coming into this year. What do you think about a
Speaker 1: guy like Brian Edwards? Well, I go back to South
Speaker 1: Carolina and think about the receivers they had on the outside.
Speaker 1: He was a teammate at Deebo Samuels. Now different player. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's not a burner in any means, but he's a
Speaker 1: guy who's tough. Uh, he'll run good routes, he'll get
Speaker 1: the contested ball. In a deep wide receiver class, he
Speaker 1: is a guy to really watch out four, probably on
Speaker 1: Day three, right Green's Yeah, Brian Edwards would stuck out
Speaker 1: to me what Dane said. He's one of those guys
Speaker 1: that has the discount sticker on him because teams can't
Speaker 1: access medical information or they don't they can't have their
Speaker 1: teams conduct physicals that you would normally do on a
Speaker 1: top thirty visit because they just don't exist anymore, the
Speaker 1: Top thirty visits unless it's through FaceTime and it's virtual.
Speaker 1: So the independent doctors might, to Dane's point, might not
Speaker 1: be so independent, it might be a little biased to
Speaker 1: try to help a player improve his draft status. So
Speaker 1: a player like Brian Edwards, Van Jefferson another one, Labisco
Speaker 1: Chenal just going off different receivers who banged up during
Speaker 1: the pre draft process and don't have an opportunity to
Speaker 1: really prove themselves and improve their draft status. So I
Speaker 1: think it'll be interesting to see where guys who have
Speaker 1: medical questions go. Obviously two attack of Bolo as a
Speaker 1: headliner there, But we'll see what happens in just a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks again April April, and it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a weird, weird draft considering it's probably all going to
Speaker 1: be virtual in some capacity. We just don't know the
Speaker 1: details yet. That was another edition of the Official Jets
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Speaker 1: to you tomorrow, all right, brother,