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

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Speaker 1: Draft Pick Profile series. Wrapping up here Ethan Greenberg Eric

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Speaker 1: Allen breaking down the jets sixth round pick. That's punter

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Speaker 1: Brandon Man out of Texas A and M. And on

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Speaker 1: this podcast, you're gonna hear from Joe Douglas and his

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Speaker 1: staff on why they like Bradon Man. You're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: from Braden Man himself. He caught up with Olivia Landis

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Speaker 1: right after he was drafted and Ea. The Jets originally

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Speaker 1: had two six round picks heading into the draft, and

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Speaker 1: with their first and there what became their only six

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Speaker 1: round pick, they elect to help out brandpoor your special

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Speaker 1: teams unit with Bradon Man. Yeah, you know what, Lachlan

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Speaker 1: Edwards last year was solid. He didn't approve his hang

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Speaker 1: time from his previous two seasons and had a few

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Speaker 1: twenty yard net kicks is are Randy Lang pointed out,

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Speaker 1: But you look at the numbers forty five point nine

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Speaker 1: at forty one point six yard net, which was twelve

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League, and Edwards actually had the

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Speaker 1: second but inside twenty two touchback ratio in franchise history

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Speaker 1: nine point three to one. So I'm throwing all these

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Speaker 1: superlatives out about Lochlan Edwards. With that being said, I

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Speaker 1: think obviously says he entered the spring as a free

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Speaker 1: agent and the Jets thought they could upgrade the position.

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Speaker 1: This is not a knock on Edwards to me. It

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Speaker 1: speaks to just how highly they thought of Brandon Man.

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Speaker 1: And when you look at what he did at Texas

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Speaker 1: the last two because he was planning the last two seasons,

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Speaker 1: this kid was the top pointer in all of college football.

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Speaker 1: And after he was drafted, a lot of the pundits,

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Speaker 1: whether it was Daniel Jeremiah or Mel Kuiper ever, all

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Speaker 1: thought that he had Pro Bowl or all Pro capabilities

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Speaker 1: in his first couple of seasons entering the NFL. And

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Speaker 1: I just want to hit this real quick before we

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Speaker 1: hear from Joe Douglas and his staff. You mentioned that

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Speaker 1: Brandon Man was punting the last two seasons. Well, what

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Speaker 1: does that mean he was doing his first two seasons

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Speaker 1: at A and M. Well, he was the kickoff specialist

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Speaker 1: place when he arrived to College station. And we'll talk

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Speaker 1: about Brandon Man's career at A and M right after

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Speaker 1: we hear from Joe Douglas and his staff on what

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Speaker 1: they like about Brandon Man. Yeah, another another guy, highly

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Speaker 1: productive Ray Guy Ward winner and um, a guy that

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Speaker 1: Brandt was really excited about when when when we were

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Speaker 1: going over the special teams guy. That was a guy

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Speaker 1: that Coach Boy stood on the table for it and

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Speaker 1: it was an opportunity when we were able to acquire

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Speaker 1: the extra picks that we required to say, Okay, this

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Speaker 1: know at that punter spot. So another young man that

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Speaker 1: is a high character guy and it's going to be

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Speaker 1: which is obviously the highest highest award that you can

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Speaker 1: receive as a putterer in college football. The guy's got

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Speaker 1: ability to directional kick and to hit deep balls, which

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Speaker 1: is going to flip the field for us. So in

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Speaker 1: terms of moving on for him and having him under

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Speaker 1: contract for the next four years. Will will be good

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Speaker 1: and significance for our special teams, especially for Brant Well.

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Speaker 1: He's another player who you know, obviously there was some

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Speaker 1: conviction on between coaching and scouting and Brant Bowyer and

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Speaker 1: Jeff Hammersmith had looked at him and thought he was

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Speaker 1: the top or in this class. And you know, one

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Speaker 1: thing about him, he's not your classics six ft four

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Speaker 1: he's got a real strong leg. Obviously, Ineen, he had

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Speaker 1: a tremendous year where he was the Ray Guy Award winner.

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Speaker 1: But he's somebody that we think can flip the field

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Speaker 1: and obviously, with the hang time and the ability of

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Speaker 1: some of the field position battles that will be you know,

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Speaker 1: brad Man just seem like it represented really good value

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Speaker 1: for us. He a Bradon man. His first year punting

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Speaker 1: came on the scene hot he won the Ray Guy Award,

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Speaker 1: precision kicker as well or punter should I say as well, Well,

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Speaker 1: He was one of the top players coming out of

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Speaker 1: high school from a kicking perspective. I think he was

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Speaker 1: thousand and eighteen year where he won the Ray Guy

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Speaker 1: sixty point eight yards per point and also he had

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Speaker 1: terms of placement. And that's what you have to do

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Speaker 1: and Denzel Mims, and rightfully so, or perhaps understandably so.

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Speaker 1: But Brandon Man might have the best chance to be

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Speaker 1: a high impact player at his position across the league

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Speaker 1: from day one. And we talked about his twenty eight

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Speaker 1: and that's fellow Aggie and former NFL punter Shane Leckler,

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Speaker 1: think there's a lot to be excited about if you're

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Speaker 1: a Jets fan, And I just want to clear up

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Speaker 1: this common misconception about punting. It's so much more than

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Speaker 1: that he can kick it, and he can kick it high.

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Speaker 1: you're relying on depth players to become your fixtures in

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Speaker 1: picking him, you're hoping that's a position that will stick

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Speaker 1: for a number of years. And that's what kind of

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Speaker 1: potential he certainly does have. And the Jets, again we

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Speaker 1: can make the argument that Joe Douglas certainly improved his

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Speaker 1: Jets just thought, hey, we have a grade on this guy,

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Speaker 1: and this is great value at this point. And Bill

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Speaker 1: Parcels always used to talk about hidden yardage. Well, special teams.

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Speaker 1: get you over the hump. Remember the Jets finished seven

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Speaker 1: caught up with Olivia Landis after he was drafted. Brandon,

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Speaker 1: and that something that Shoan is really good at. So

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