Speaker 1: The NFL draft is returning to its birthplace. He's got
Speaker 1: a chance to be as go to class that running
Speaker 1: back is with James Royce with that two out of
Speaker 1: eight row. When you watch him on tape, you just
Speaker 1: don't see separation. You could be looking at the second
Speaker 1: or third best player overall at He's the real, real
Speaker 1: intriguing guy. He's definitely an ascending guy. My top two
Speaker 1: players this year freaks. His vision is run tempo, his patience,
Speaker 1: He's a game tea to play in and play out crime.
Speaker 1: There's not a running back in today's NFL where you
Speaker 1: can really truly compare him to. You want to move
Speaker 1: back and move back to get down. I think we're
Speaker 1: gonna see a quarterbacks froll eye in this draft. You
Speaker 1: go that time with one of the guys, where do
Speaker 1: you kind of wait? Can believe you can trade down
Speaker 1: fact and to be where he is here the top
Speaker 1: guy and maybe his dreak A bayone is the biggest
Speaker 1: strongest back. This guy out him. Finally, welcome to the
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen New York Jets Draft Show. We're brought
Speaker 1: to you today. I m SEU, the Official Credit Union
Speaker 1: of the New York Jets. We're here at MetLife Stadium
Speaker 1: the fifty yard line. In fact, on stage, I'm joined
Speaker 1: by Rich Sermonello and the Mad Backer himself, Bart Scott
Speaker 1: in the building. Thousands of season ticket holders coming in
Speaker 1: here to MetLife Stadium. The annual Jets Draft Party, two
Speaker 1: thousand seventeen Draft is almost upon us. Guys got to
Speaker 1: be excited right now because the Jets are gonna get
Speaker 1: better in a couple of hours. Yeah. I think the
Speaker 1: Jets are gonna get much better with the number six pick.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question about that. We've gone
Speaker 1: through this process now for the past three months, so
Speaker 1: I think everybody's eager to see, not just the Jets,
Speaker 1: but all thirty two teams in which directions do they help.
Speaker 1: I think in the current you know, collective bargaining agreement
Speaker 1: with how gods are slotted now, I think you're going
Speaker 1: to see a lot of activity early in this draft,
Speaker 1: a lot of trades and every since they go into
Speaker 1: this new format the players are slotted. You know, it's
Speaker 1: always been exciting to see who's gonna move up, who's
Speaker 1: going to who's going to mortgage the future? You know,
Speaker 1: for right now, who's gonna try and move up from
Speaker 1: the twenties up to the top five. And I think
Speaker 1: the Jets are in prime position to want either to
Speaker 1: move up or move down, but also they can get
Speaker 1: them a Blues player right now, all right. Mike mccagnet
Speaker 1: has said he is open for business if teams want
Speaker 1: to move up, give the Jets the call, because he
Speaker 1: wants that's the stockpile draft picks in a very deep class.
Speaker 1: The Jets are sitting there at six. We know the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns hold the cards early because they had the
Speaker 1: number one overall selection in the two thousand seventeen NFL draft.
Speaker 1: A lot of noise today, gentlemen, as far as who
Speaker 1: are the Browns going to go with Myles Garrett, the
Speaker 1: pass rusher out of Texas Day and I'm or the
Speaker 1: quarterback for North Carolina Mitch Drabinsky Bart, it seems like
Speaker 1: out the late reports out of Cleveland are that it's
Speaker 1: gonna be Miles Garrett. Well, I think that I think
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns are still a ways away from being
Speaker 1: a competitive football team right now. You have to get
Speaker 1: the best players, and I think if you ask collectively
Speaker 1: the scouts around around the league, they're going to say
Speaker 1: that Miles Garrett is the best prospect. He's as you
Speaker 1: can never say I can't miss talent, But I don't
Speaker 1: think you overreach for a quarterback that's early, especially when
Speaker 1: you have three that's kind of on the same playing field.
Speaker 1: You can move down if you don't get your biscuity.
Speaker 1: You can get you know Watson and be happy with
Speaker 1: that as well. You know, you talk about two teams
Speaker 1: that have a lot of flexibility. You talk about the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, you talk about the Tennessee Titans, both of
Speaker 1: path two picks in the first round. I think you
Speaker 1: get Miles Garrett and then you're open for business. You
Speaker 1: try and get to whoever you have talent at your
Speaker 1: top rated quarterback later in the round. So Rich, what
Speaker 1: do you think about that? To the Browns grab Garrett
Speaker 1: and then try to package that twelve overall selection and
Speaker 1: move up to ensure themselves that your biscuity. I think
Speaker 1: that makes the moves since at this point, if there's
Speaker 1: if there's one player that he's can miss, it has
Speaker 1: to be Miles Garrett. I know there are some questions
Speaker 1: about maybe he doesn't have passion for football, but when
Speaker 1: you look at that combination of size, speed, tenacity. Everyone
Speaker 1: I've ever talked to said, he's a high football character guy,
Speaker 1: so he's gonna bring it in practice. I think he
Speaker 1: loves the sport. I think he's the closest thing to
Speaker 1: a short thing. And you know Artist mentioned a quarterback.
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, do you do you want a quarterback
Speaker 1: on this team that is not going to have the
Speaker 1: tools around him. How demoralizing would it be for a
Speaker 1: the Shawan or Mr Drobisky if they were a part
Speaker 1: of that organization. Well, you don't want to damage a
Speaker 1: young player. Earlier we saw car struggle in Houston with
Speaker 1: that as well. They don't have the surrounding players. They
Speaker 1: do have a blue chip Hall of Fame player and
Speaker 1: Joe Thomas. You know it's blinds out to be covered.
Speaker 1: But if you can't establish that with a solid run
Speaker 1: game and be able to build around a young player,
Speaker 1: I think you get the pieces around him. I think
Speaker 1: last year the quarterbacks they're they're about he. Well, I
Speaker 1: forget the kid from USC. He played amarably at times.
Speaker 1: I think you continue to build around him, continue to
Speaker 1: stackpole future picks, traded up and sound the board and
Speaker 1: playing moneyball right now, Sassy Brown. You know he's an
Speaker 1: analytic type of guy. I think you try and get
Speaker 1: your blue chip player. They missed the opportunity last year,
Speaker 1: but they didn't go out and get wins. I think
Speaker 1: it's not a quarterback in his draft, but though at
Speaker 1: that caliber. So you go with the short miss, you know,
Speaker 1: the short camp miss MOUs Garrett, who's a pass rusher.
Speaker 1: You think about this game, now you need a quarterback.
Speaker 1: You need a pass rusher. Used to be that the
Speaker 1: cornerbacks were the most important players, but now stopping the
Speaker 1: most important player on the opposing team, it's the pass rush.
Speaker 1: All right, Enough about the Cleveland Brian, Let's talk about
Speaker 1: the New York Jets, who do hold that number six
Speaker 1: overall selection. Tonight as the draft gets underway, Rich starting
Speaker 1: with you, who do you think is going to be
Speaker 1: available for the Green and White when they're put on
Speaker 1: the clock if they don't trade back and he offensively,
Speaker 1: I think we have to talk about O. J. Howard,
Speaker 1: the tight end from Alabama Leonard four net could be
Speaker 1: a possibility. The running back from LSU would be a
Speaker 1: splashy pick, would be a face of the franchise, type
Speaker 1: of a player. Defensively. I think we have to talk
Speaker 1: about defensive backfield. I would love to see a Jamal
Speaker 1: Adams the safety slip. Don't think it happens, but Marshawn
Speaker 1: Lattimore from Ohio State Malie Hooker from Ohio State. Those
Speaker 1: are two players that could possibly fall into the Jets
Speaker 1: lap part. Who's jumping out to you? Um? I love
Speaker 1: the Howard kid only because of the combination between him
Speaker 1: and s Paron Jakins. What that can really do to
Speaker 1: opposing defenses being that you can have two pass catching
Speaker 1: tight ends that can also help you in the in
Speaker 1: the past with Texas as well, keep one guy in,
Speaker 1: split him out. They can act as receivers as well.
Speaker 1: I think, um, you can't go roll before Nette um he.
Speaker 1: I think he's a guy who's been carried a load.
Speaker 1: I saw him yesterday. He looks great. It looks like
Speaker 1: he's keeping that water weight off. You know, he was
Speaker 1: there with his family, had a huge entourage. Happy for
Speaker 1: the kid. It's always a great time. You know. You
Speaker 1: see guys that work so hard to come to this
Speaker 1: point and really enjoy the night before you know you
Speaker 1: have to go to work and get that business done.
Speaker 1: I would love the combination between him and Allow Paul,
Speaker 1: who you know. I believe it's earned the right to
Speaker 1: get a lot more playing time. He's still relatively young
Speaker 1: in his career. He has little trade and he still
Speaker 1: has a lot of trade left on the tires. But
Speaker 1: if I had to pick, I think the biggest matchup
Speaker 1: in any draft is that tight end. They've revolutionized the
Speaker 1: game because their matchup nightmare. The Jets are fortunate to
Speaker 1: have two of those guys and you can do a
Speaker 1: lot of things with the two tight end personnel. Okay,
Speaker 1: so Rich Sermonalo and the mad backer south part Scott say,
Speaker 1: if O. J. Howard is on the board, they'd like
Speaker 1: the Alabama tell you down to come in here and
Speaker 1: be a Jet. With that being sad, there are six
Speaker 1: picks Friday and Saturday for the Jets. Bottom line is
Speaker 1: not only do you have to hit early, but here
Speaker 1: is a draft a lot of talent, a lot of
Speaker 1: tal important part you're a guy who wasn't drafted. I
Speaker 1: mean how important our Friday and Saturday When you're a
Speaker 1: team in transition and you're trying to build, well, if
Speaker 1: you're picking in the top ten every year, then you're
Speaker 1: not a pretty good team, so you hope that this
Speaker 1: is the just last time up in here, so they
Speaker 1: have to make sure that they win. But then you
Speaker 1: think about in the second rounds, that's when the teams
Speaker 1: are really made. That's when you get guys that are
Speaker 1: coming hungry. They're going to be positional type of players.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be role players. But also those are guys
Speaker 1: that you know, may just need a little bit of
Speaker 1: developments from coaching and they can turn into and become
Speaker 1: you know, you think about Leon Washington, I think about
Speaker 1: Drew Coleman, I think about Eric Smith. I think about
Speaker 1: some of the guys that are major contributors to some
Speaker 1: of the teams that I was a part of. You know,
Speaker 1: they were guys that came in as late draft picks,
Speaker 1: but they contributed, they were well and they're always going
Speaker 1: to be cheap. The team can't be full of high
Speaker 1: price creators and high draft picks. You know, if you're
Speaker 1: the great, teams have guys that they find and that's
Speaker 1: where your scotting department really comes in. The rich What
Speaker 1: ups off to you about the second round and beyond
Speaker 1: as we'll start Day two Friday night, Well, listen, the
Speaker 1: Jets are gonna choose, in my opinion, either the tight
Speaker 1: end or a defensive back with that first pick, and
Speaker 1: you look deeper in the draft. Those are two positions
Speaker 1: that are very deep. I mean defensive backfield in general, corners, safeties,
Speaker 1: tight ends on offense a tremendous amount of debt. So
Speaker 1: if it's Howard the first you can still get some
Speaker 1: quality dbs, second round and beyond if it's one of
Speaker 1: the defensive backs. Tremendous tight ends. One of the deepest
Speaker 1: tight end classes I can remember, So you could go
Speaker 1: deeper even beyond that second and third round and still
Speaker 1: get a playmaker at that tight end position. So a
Speaker 1: lot of talent, and a lot of talent in areas
Speaker 1: where the Jets need help. No offensive line. I think
Speaker 1: the Jets can use some offensive lineman. But this draft
Speaker 1: is different because, yeah, usually every year you can say, hey,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be in the top ten. When when is
Speaker 1: the first offensive linement going to go in this draft?
Speaker 1: It could be Forest lamp and he's not even a tackle. Well,
Speaker 1: I tell you what, when you think about the tackle position,
Speaker 1: how it's changed. I played with the likes of Willie
Speaker 1: Rode Jonathan Ogden. You know young Joe Thomas, you know
Speaker 1: Walter Walter Jones, you know, uh, big Willie out in Cincinnati's.
Speaker 1: They don't make those players anymore. Those guys don't exist.
Speaker 1: Now you have positional guys. It's not that six eight
Speaker 1: and six seven, three fifty pound dominant lineman tackle anymore.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know when you think about the
Speaker 1: tackle position, and I think it's a big disconnect between
Speaker 1: the collegiate level and the program level because now these
Speaker 1: guys are used there, used to playing basketball getting in front.
Speaker 1: You're going side to side, and you know the league
Speaker 1: you have to drop back and protect that seven step
Speaker 1: drop and then they're just not used to doing that.
Speaker 1: They're not big enough to really handle, you know, the
Speaker 1: bull rushes and things those sorts. So I think, you know,
Speaker 1: you get you a tackle late in the draft. You development. Um.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Jets off season to day that
Speaker 1: released a number of prominent veterans, Brandon Marshall, the Roll,
Speaker 1: revus Um, Nick Mangold, Brenda Jakamini, Nick Folk, uh part.
Speaker 1: Some of these guys you played with them, A lot
Speaker 1: of these guys who played with them, But it's a
Speaker 1: salary cap era. The Jets won just five games last year.
Speaker 1: There's obviously a youth youth movement going on here. A
Speaker 1: lot of these players over thirty years of age. What
Speaker 1: stands out to you as far as making those necessary
Speaker 1: of moves here this offseason. But when you can't win
Speaker 1: with a high stylary cap, you have to do you
Speaker 1: don't have to do a money permos and that's just
Speaker 1: a business. You have to go young. It's a time
Speaker 1: for these young guys have an opportunity to play into
Speaker 1: develop because you're studying their growth, so to speak. Because
Speaker 1: every year you're trying to win, but the young players
Speaker 1: don't get to get an opportunity. The only way you're
Speaker 1: gonna get better is about actually playing in real life moments.
Speaker 1: And I think the Jets having a very young football team.
Speaker 1: I remember being a part of a football team after
Speaker 1: a lot of veterans got pursed. When you think about
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, you think about Shanny Sharp, Charles Woodson, Adams,
Speaker 1: Rob Burnett, all those guys who we came in the
Speaker 1: root of youngest team in NFL history. But it allowed
Speaker 1: us to get some experience. We took our lunch and
Speaker 1: allowed us to create a foundation and that those were
Speaker 1: the teams that were consistently in the playoffs and brought
Speaker 1: in Joe Platteau and Ray Rich and some of those
Speaker 1: old players, and that's how we're able to be consistent
Speaker 1: with all right, So so everybody can hear us at
Speaker 1: Montlife Stadium, I'm gonna ask both of you guys to
Speaker 1: pick off your mix and speak right into them because
Speaker 1: we're on the board throughout mount Life Stadium. Thanks the
Speaker 1: Jets Nation for attending the Jets Annual Draft party here
Speaker 1: at Montlife Stadium. We're getting under way here at seven o'clock.
Speaker 1: The general public is going to be in as well.
Speaker 1: Remember we are presented today by m c U. It's
Speaker 1: the official credit union of the New York Jet uh Rich.
Speaker 1: We're talking about offseason transactions by the Jets. Any surprises
Speaker 1: to you of the moves that Mike mccagnan made as
Speaker 1: far as the departures are concerned, I don't know so
Speaker 1: much about surprises. I think it's uh for the fan base.
Speaker 1: Sometimes you've grown accustomed to the Nick Mangold, Darrell Reeves.
Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit difficult to not have
Speaker 1: those faces in the building. Anymore. But to Bart's point,
Speaker 1: part of the business necessary transition. Have to move on,
Speaker 1: have to do the purge, have to get younger. I
Speaker 1: think Mike mccagnan did a good job of resisting the
Speaker 1: temptation to mortgage the future. You adda Morris Clayborne. I
Speaker 1: like Marris Clayborne. I think if he's healthy, he is
Speaker 1: a quality defensive back. He's an upgrade and Kelvin beach him. Listen,
Speaker 1: he's he's not gonna be a top of tier. He's big,
Speaker 1: he's athletic guy. I had mentioned you off the air
Speaker 1: that uh, you know, June Jones had once told me
Speaker 1: one of the most athletic tackles he's ever each before.
Speaker 1: That's of you. So I think it's important to tap
Speaker 1: the brakes and improve through the draft. At this point,
Speaker 1: what about Josh McCown. That's a guy that you faced
Speaker 1: off against. Talk talking about you know, Hackenburg, and talk
Speaker 1: about Bryce Petty. You know what better pro to learn
Speaker 1: to than a guy that's been a lot of different systems.
Speaker 1: You know, a guy that can really tutor and mentor
Speaker 1: these guys to teach him how to be a pro,
Speaker 1: teach him how to prepare um and I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna you know, if you want to find out what
Speaker 1: those guys have, sometimes you have to put somebody in
Speaker 1: there that can lead them and teach them. You know,
Speaker 1: the IDEO Sncracy's are playing a position how to prepare
Speaker 1: what to look for in film. And I think you
Speaker 1: know that it would be great for the Jets because
Speaker 1: he's a pro. He's gonna come out, he's gonna put
Speaker 1: him in positions, he's not gonna lose the game. And
Speaker 1: I'm excited about this young receiving corps. I love a
Speaker 1: new Wak. You know, he reminds me of a Kwa Bolden.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a beast. You talk about a guy
Speaker 1: that's willing to do the dirty work. But I think
Speaker 1: last year showed his ability to separate and kind of
Speaker 1: be a one to one B type of receiver that
Speaker 1: Decker comes back. You know, then if you can get
Speaker 1: a tight end or or if we can get Safren
Speaker 1: Jenkis to kind of step up a little bit. We
Speaker 1: know what bla Pal has been able to do because
Speaker 1: he's a guy that steps on the football field and
Speaker 1: you don't know because he's tough in between the tackles,
Speaker 1: He's a great receiver of the football, but he'll shorten
Speaker 1: your neck as well and pass cover, so you know,
Speaker 1: I think they have a lot of flexibility. I'm excited
Speaker 1: about this offense that they have. I think it can
Speaker 1: only get better. A new offensive coordinator and John Morton,
Speaker 1: new quarterbacks coach, and Jeremy Bates from the Jets this year.
Speaker 1: McCown he's got some gun slinger mentality and him doesn't
Speaker 1: it absolutely. You know, he's a guy that's not afraid
Speaker 1: to fail. You know, when you've been around the league
Speaker 1: for as long as he has, and you think about
Speaker 1: I think about a couple of years ago when he
Speaker 1: was in you know, he had huge receivers like he'll
Speaker 1: have with the Jets, and you know, you look what
Speaker 1: he was able to do in Chicago pushing the ball
Speaker 1: down the field, and you talk about some of the
Speaker 1: numbers he's able to put up. I think you should
Speaker 1: be inspired if you're a young receiver, because he's gonna
Speaker 1: throw the ball with the ball, but the defense dictates
Speaker 1: the ball as supposed to. Oh, he's not gonna make
Speaker 1: many mistakes. You know, he's just gonna be incumbent that
Speaker 1: these young guys make plays for the quarterback you mentioned Claiborn. Uh,
Speaker 1: we're talking about him a little bit, and he played
Speaker 1: his best football last season in Dallas. That's something Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett told me at the NFL owners meetings when he
Speaker 1: was asked about Claiborne. He said, listen, he's a guy
Speaker 1: who wanted to have back in Dallas. Rich mentioned before,
Speaker 1: here's a former top ten pick. If you're him, Barton,
Speaker 1: are you looking at this as a chance to kind
Speaker 1: of get a fresh start. You're still a young player,
Speaker 1: you still have a lot of upside, and now you're
Speaker 1: gonna go to a new organization and a very good
Speaker 1: medical staff handed by John Molly. Absolutely, John Belly is
Speaker 1: one of the best in the business. But also I
Speaker 1: think Clayborn health is gonna be key. He was healthy
Speaker 1: last year. You know, coming coming in this year, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be him coming. He's a very physical, competitive quarterback
Speaker 1: at the at the point of attack. He's somebody that
Speaker 1: you can you know, he's gonna have his man can
Speaker 1: road covers opposite. It's just gonna be incombing in the Jets.
Speaker 1: With the Jets as always, you're gonna have to find
Speaker 1: a way to generate a pass rush without Blitzen, and
Speaker 1: you may be able to find one of those players
Speaker 1: in the second term round. First, all right, that's the
Speaker 1: man backer, Bart Scott. I'm here on stage with Rich
Speaker 1: Sermonello as well. It's the Jets annual Draft party. You're
Speaker 1: watching live basically all our platforms right now. We're brought
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Speaker 1: Union in the New York Jets. Let's continue to talk
Speaker 1: some offense and bring in a former Jets running back
Speaker 1: right now in Zach Stacy. Zack, thank you so much
Speaker 1: for joining us. So from a three person set, we
Speaker 1: go to four. And since your former running back, let's
Speaker 1: talk about the running backs and you played in that
Speaker 1: sec what do you think about Leonard four Nett and
Speaker 1: his running style and what excites you about that prospect?
Speaker 1: Oh man, it's crazy. Um, I'm just glad I didn't
Speaker 1: come out this year because the draft lasses loaded outer
Speaker 1: this year. You know, guys like fort as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: you know David Cook, uh, you know Christian McCaffey, But
Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette brings us a special element to the table
Speaker 1: just because you don't see guys two forty pounds run
Speaker 1: like he does. Waterway. Absolutely, but it's actually good because
Speaker 1: a report said that he actually lost weight. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: he's done like two two pounds now, so I'm eager
Speaker 1: to see how he does. But once in the I mean,
Speaker 1: he's probably the niche, closest thing to Adrian Peace in
Speaker 1: my in my opinion. You know, we said a lot
Speaker 1: about that about Todd. Gurley obviously had a down season
Speaker 1: last year, but I think you know he's gonna be
Speaker 1: for net Is, gonna have a chance to have a
Speaker 1: splash last Eliot did part What do you think about
Speaker 1: that coison here? I see the comparison, but that's gonna
Speaker 1: house doing the next levels be able to be a
Speaker 1: receiver of the ball because it's a different game now.
Speaker 1: You know me personally, I'm stuck between Dalvin Cook and McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: I love McCaffrey because he's tough in between the tackles,
Speaker 1: but I just don't think he's a good fit for
Speaker 1: this team. But I think he's the best. He may
Speaker 1: not have the best career, but I think he's gonna
Speaker 1: have the most impact. You talk about a guy who
Speaker 1: touches the ball in the in the in the return game,
Speaker 1: he can run the ball in between the tackles. He's
Speaker 1: more physical than you think. You talk about pedigree. We
Speaker 1: talk about this all the time with the Matthews and
Speaker 1: Legacy and all that stuff. You know, his dad was
Speaker 1: a tough s ob and his dad knows and he
Speaker 1: can go in and his dad's not gonna not gonna
Speaker 1: pacify Hi. He's gonna tell him what he needs to
Speaker 1: do to be a pro. He's gonna be business and working.
Speaker 1: Like in the offseason he played for David Shaw, who
Speaker 1: who I've worked with before, remember of the Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 1: So he's been in the pro style offense and he's
Speaker 1: a great receiver of the ball. He could be a
Speaker 1: matchup nightmare because you go empty and you put him
Speaker 1: in that slot and you get stuck with that linebacker
Speaker 1: on him, that safety he can he can go to work. Rich.
Speaker 1: Why is Dalvin Cook's stock possibly falling or is that
Speaker 1: something that's just made right now? He's like Bartres mentioned,
Speaker 1: you watch Dalvin Cook on tape and you say, this
Speaker 1: guy is dynamic, he's explosive. He is perfect for the
Speaker 1: National Football League. How can he How can he fall
Speaker 1: out of the first round? Yeah, listen, if you watch
Speaker 1: the tape, I mean, I see the second coming of
Speaker 1: Jamal Charles. I mean just an absolutely explosive, violent runner.
Speaker 1: Once he gets through the second level, he will go
Speaker 1: the distance. He was productive, He played through injuries. There's
Speaker 1: two things that I think are concerning NFL teams right now.
Speaker 1: He's had a history of shoulder problems, so I think
Speaker 1: there is the potential for health. And there are red
Speaker 1: flags that have begun to pop up about some off
Speaker 1: field issues. So I think there's some concerns about character.
Speaker 1: Not football character, but off field character. Listen, I think
Speaker 1: he's the best running back in this class. I think
Speaker 1: five years from now we're talking about a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: running back. He might slip, he might wind up with
Speaker 1: the buck can years, but this is an elite running
Speaker 1: back of this class. The phone is over here, I
Speaker 1: having a side conversation about that. Is a big fan.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. But the bunting cooked to
Speaker 1: me reminds me of Freeman. And I said a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago and Freeman was coming out, I said, listen,
Speaker 1: this guy has an NFL style game. I watched the
Speaker 1: guy that was tough to be doing the tackles, that
Speaker 1: had that all great running backs had that tremendous jump
Speaker 1: cut where you you can't quite get around him. I
Speaker 1: like my running backs about five ten and shorter, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, because I think it's less body
Speaker 1: target to hit and they're always gonna take hits on
Speaker 1: the top of the shoulder pass which concerns me because
Speaker 1: you talk about his shoulder and that's what reasons gonna
Speaker 1: take a lot of his hits as he protects his
Speaker 1: legs at some of the still we called my jihenas
Speaker 1: you know that the quarterbacks try and cut his toes out. Well. Uh,
Speaker 1: we're enjoying up here on stage by Chi Sermonalo Park Scott,
Speaker 1: and Zach Stacy. People are filing in here than the
Speaker 1: Jet's annual draft party at My Life Stadium. We're outside
Speaker 1: a beautiful night fifty yard line and just about an
Speaker 1: hour not if our draft is going to kick off, Zach,
Speaker 1: since we have the off period, what do you think
Speaker 1: about Christian McCaffrey did everything at stand for the guy? Uh,
Speaker 1: you know when you think about somebody who who averaged
Speaker 1: more than two hundred all purpose yards per game, and guys,
Speaker 1: he was the vocal point. I mean, it was McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: Every defense set, we gotta stop this guy, and he
Speaker 1: could do everything. You run between the tackles, your line
Speaker 1: of off as a receiver, and he is also a
Speaker 1: threat on special teams exactly. Hey, very very dynamic player,
Speaker 1: very dynamic player. For the most part, he does a
Speaker 1: great job, which is being versa and that's where the
Speaker 1: name of the game is changing. For a running back,
Speaker 1: you have to be able to do it all. You
Speaker 1: have to be able to run, obviously, block catch balls
Speaker 1: at the batfield. That way you see guy like the
Speaker 1: monthday Freeman Haass, says Timman taman Coleman's houses say this
Speaker 1: those guys is all is all about this past lead
Speaker 1: and the best way to get your hands on the
Speaker 1: ball is any way possible. I think the best fit
Speaker 1: for mccaffnick is with the Panthers. Obviously take a little
Speaker 1: pressure off Cam Newton, and also the Panthers need that
Speaker 1: prolific offense with the running ballast he brings the impact.
Speaker 1: I see that we all spending bart because you know this,
Speaker 1: this's not that's not gonna be very popular what I'm
Speaker 1: about to say, But unfortunately in the NFL is still stereotypes.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we hear the stereotype about the black quarterback, and
Speaker 1: you talked about his height. I think Christie McCaffrey is
Speaker 1: suffering from the stereotype of a white tailback, and that's
Speaker 1: just the guy out of the truth, because if he
Speaker 1: was a black running back, I think we'll be talking
Speaker 1: about him as the same likes as Reggie Bush. Remember
Speaker 1: Reggie Bush was like, is Reggie Bush going first or second?
Speaker 1: And we're taking Mario Williams and Reggie Bush. This guy
Speaker 1: is every bit the player Reggie Bush is, but I
Speaker 1: think he's a little bit tougher and I think he
Speaker 1: can be. He's you know, we're talking about Reggie Bus.
Speaker 1: Reggie Bush was always bounces outside. This guy doesn't mind
Speaker 1: going in between the tackles. He's got blazing speed, he
Speaker 1: has everything. I think everybody still suffers with the stereotype
Speaker 1: that what does it, what does the white tailback? Because
Speaker 1: they haven't seen it in a long time, not since
Speaker 1: what's what's the hercles guy from U from from Denver.
Speaker 1: You know that was on the cut to the cover
Speaker 1: of Batten And it comes to me later, I know
Speaker 1: you're talking about that was up Payton hillis and that
Speaker 1: that was a different type of rutter. This guy is
Speaker 1: the modern day Reggie Bush, better, more doable, and more experienced,
Speaker 1: more seasons. How about that. We have a great crowd
Speaker 1: here at My Life Stadium tonight. You're taking a look
Speaker 1: live here as people continue to file in. Yeah, some
Speaker 1: noise out there. How about a couple of side usually
Speaker 1: get out of it, get excited. Here Eric Allen alongside
Speaker 1: Richard Ronello, Bart Scott and Zach Stacy. We're talking running
Speaker 1: backs and since worth. Since we're broadcasting live right now,
Speaker 1: are we? I thought we've tamed it. We're gonna edit
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Let's talk about the statement. Let's talking
Speaker 1: about broadcasting Bart, because the guys here a lot just
Speaker 1: got back from broadcasting bootcast. Was that was JB there?
Speaker 1: I don't think he was this year. I think he was.
Speaker 1: But it was a great experience, man. I definitely to
Speaker 1: hol at you before I leave the end of the day.
Speaker 1: It was a great foundation, man, just getting your food
Speaker 1: into the industry and a lot of this stuff about learned.
Speaker 1: It's all about credibility. That's why there's a certain train
Speaker 1: that's going on right now with PAM players getting into
Speaker 1: this industry. I think that's good because the credibility factor
Speaker 1: is a big thing. It's in his industry. When keeping
Speaker 1: it real goals wrong, you just can't be afraid to
Speaker 1: step out there if you believe it saying and don't
Speaker 1: apologize about it. You know you might get some text
Speaker 1: message from some former teammate and listen, you got a
Speaker 1: family to feed. You're trying to boot make the transition
Speaker 1: to the next phase of your life, and you have
Speaker 1: to be honest, old you don't say it in a
Speaker 1: condescending way. If you mess up, you mess up. I
Speaker 1: love you, but I got to do you. I gotta
Speaker 1: call you out. When did you know that, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: after my career is over, because we always talked about
Speaker 1: it at the Jets facility, said, and you're gonna play
Speaker 1: until everything falls off, so all the wheels are gone.
Speaker 1: But when did you know that? Hey, listen, once I
Speaker 1: make the transition, because you're a successful businessman, um, we're
Speaker 1: gonna do some broadcasting. So you know what. I never
Speaker 1: intended to go into broadcasting. What happened is people told
Speaker 1: me they thought I would be a natural. And what
Speaker 1: I've learned along my my journey is you never know
Speaker 1: what other people seeing you. But you don't discredited because
Speaker 1: somebody can see something you didn't you don't see it yourself.
Speaker 1: And listen, I'm never afraid to fail. So I said
Speaker 1: I would try it. You know I tried it. I
Speaker 1: got a great opportunity coming right out the gate at
Speaker 1: a great network CBS, and you know we were taking
Speaker 1: it from there. But you know, I never had a
Speaker 1: plan um to step off that way. But when when
Speaker 1: people told me about it, I just start planning seats.
Speaker 1: Let me, let me, let me look into the jests
Speaker 1: in case. You know, so TV was my jest in case,
Speaker 1: and it was a good jest in case. No doubt
Speaker 1: you're doing this job. Everybody in Jet the nation continues
Speaker 1: to watch part of Scott and follow some uh zack.
Speaker 1: When you look ahead to the draft and tonight, what
Speaker 1: are you most looking forward to? As far as a
Speaker 1: Jets perspective is concerned. We were talking about it when
Speaker 1: we came on Live tonight. The Jets head obviously the
Speaker 1: number six overall selection. Mike mcagnet has said he would
Speaker 1: like the stockpile picks, but he said, I'm fine where
Speaker 1: we're at two. So if we're gonna select somebody, we're
Speaker 1: in good shape. From a Jets fans perspective, what should
Speaker 1: they be looking out for? I think that's she looking
Speaker 1: at O. J. Howard from from Alabama. Other vote for O. J. Howard.
Speaker 1: I think L J. Howard is the best missfit foroo
Speaker 1: is with his office right now, we don't do what
Speaker 1: you know, it's just obviously you know chan he didn't
Speaker 1: really utilize the tighten a lot. Uh. We you know
Speaker 1: we had can we see do a lot of things
Speaker 1: with you know, miss matches and stuff. But you know
Speaker 1: O J. Howard, with him being six six, two towns
Speaker 1: and athletic, he's basically a beat receiver. And one of
Speaker 1: the things that I watched whatn't we approved on was
Speaker 1: this blocking. Each and never year he got better at blocking,
Speaker 1: so he's able to cover guys and he as a
Speaker 1: running back extra tight end blocking in that scheme, it's
Speaker 1: very valuable, all right. A curveball for the followers before
Speaker 1: we let you go, Zack, um, see if the guys
Speaker 1: can follow me back in the studio. You want the Vanderbilt.
Speaker 1: So I gotta ask you about Zack cunning Hammer too.
Speaker 1: Was it tackling machine down in Nash Forward? Uh? What
Speaker 1: can you say? Give US a scouting report on Cunning happened. Well,
Speaker 1: he's a lone guy rangie guy. Uh, he's has that
Speaker 1: versatility to play inside and out because you know, Benny
Speaker 1: played that three fourth games, so he unfortunately had to
Speaker 1: move for opponents. I say unfortunately for opponents because he
Speaker 1: made a lot of plays in the inside, but also
Speaker 1: he made plays on the outside too. So a very
Speaker 1: long rangie player kind of reminds me of that just
Speaker 1: Lon Chandler Jones type player able to get to the
Speaker 1: quarterback great motor. Uh, He's he's special, man, He's special.
Speaker 1: That's Stacy. Everybody give him a round of applause. Here
Speaker 1: at my Life Stadium. Uh, you're watching the two thousand
Speaker 1: seventeen Draft show at all Jets platforms were brought to
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Speaker 1: of the New York Jets. Rich Sermonel alongside myself and
Speaker 1: Bart Scott as well. Guys. Moving on, let's talk about
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Mitch Drabinsky. Um, we talked touched upon him
Speaker 1: a little bit before. Looks like Cleveland has some interest
Speaker 1: even if they take Myles Garrett number one. Overall, how
Speaker 1: about the Shawn Watson give me a breakdown. Rich Well,
Speaker 1: I'm surprised to be quite honest, that he has slipped
Speaker 1: in terms of projections. I think this time of year,
Speaker 1: I think we all suffer from a little bit of
Speaker 1: paralysis through analysis. We overthink it. I've watched Deshaun Watson
Speaker 1: over the past three years, even going back to his
Speaker 1: high school days in Georgia. If I'm drafting a quarterback,
Speaker 1: I want someone who has those intangible somebody who's smart,
Speaker 1: somebody who leads, somebody who knows how to win. And
Speaker 1: that's not a suggestion that he doesn't have the measurables.
Speaker 1: As the reg was at measurables, he could make the throws.
Speaker 1: He needs work ea with his accuracy and his decision making.
Speaker 1: But he's three years out of high school. I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna get there. I think you can win a
Speaker 1: lot of football games. I think he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: very good quarterback at the next level. The most important
Speaker 1: stat I think when we talk about Deshaun Watson is
Speaker 1: thirty two and three. That was his record and money
Speaker 1: time you talk about, you know, experience throwing the throws
Speaker 1: in big spots, understand the situational football, and you gotta
Speaker 1: be careful with Mr Busy. Is he talented, yes, but
Speaker 1: it's the ultimate boom of bus y'all played with Kyle Boehler,
Speaker 1: who didn't have a lot of experience in college, came
Speaker 1: in and couldn't make the adjustment. You talk about Josh Freeman,
Speaker 1: who couldn't make the adjustment. You talk about you know,
Speaker 1: some people even make the argument about Mark Sanchez maybe
Speaker 1: should have stayed in a couple of years long, you know,
Speaker 1: a couple more years to get experienced, because what happens
Speaker 1: is you have to be in these situations. And what
Speaker 1: happens is you know now Martin, Joe Flacco, Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: they set the bar, Dak Prescott, they set the bar
Speaker 1: so high that guys come in. If Mr Bisky comes in,
Speaker 1: he's not gonna get a red shirt year. He's gonna
Speaker 1: be forced to step in either. Later in the first
Speaker 1: part of his rookie season and had to produce and
Speaker 1: sometimes team just guys just need to sit back, have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to think about what Carson Parmer had when
Speaker 1: he had kidnap, was able to sit back, learn how
Speaker 1: to prepare, be easing too it get comfortable with making
Speaker 1: the calls to checks, not being a shotgun taking your
Speaker 1: proper drops. I love to see a rookie with no
Speaker 1: experience because if he hasn't seen everything in college, he
Speaker 1: definitely isn't prepared for a defense that I played for.
Speaker 1: So it can be either boom or bus. What I
Speaker 1: like about the Shawn Watson You're talking about two championship
Speaker 1: games when he did against Nick Saban and that defense
Speaker 1: put up those type of video game type number us,
Speaker 1: but coming up big when encountered the most, putting the
Speaker 1: team on us back when they needed to drive in
Speaker 1: marching down the field and making the planes that his
Speaker 1: team needed to win a national championship. I wore winners
Speaker 1: to quote Mike Singletary, my old friend. How about that part, Scott,
Speaker 1: Do you think Watson is deserving of a top ten
Speaker 1: selection tonight? Well, it's tough, and it has to be
Speaker 1: by the need of your team, right, certain teams. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: if you feel he's your guy, you gotta go get him.
Speaker 1: If you have other needs, if you're a team that
Speaker 1: maybe need to address some other needs, you're gonna get
Speaker 1: the best player available. But if you have a team
Speaker 1: that can support of Watson, like Dallas had, last year
Speaker 1: like we had when we have Flato, like where we
Speaker 1: have Mark Sanchez. We had a strong running game, a
Speaker 1: tremendous offensive line, We had outstanding special teams. When you
Speaker 1: have that, then you can go get the story defense
Speaker 1: right and bring um up to speed. And I'm trying
Speaker 1: to think who has that type of situation. It would
Speaker 1: be to Houston, Texas. That's the perfect place for the
Speaker 1: Shi Watson to go, a place that has I believe
Speaker 1: Lamar Biller home run hitter. You talk about the receivers
Speaker 1: on the outside, Hopkins, DeAndre Hopkins, will Fuller, talk about
Speaker 1: the speeds and Tach the top of the defense. All
Speaker 1: all they need is a young quarterback that can only
Speaker 1: get better as the season progressive win the game ugly.
Speaker 1: You talk about the top defense in the NFL with
Speaker 1: about J. J. Watt. Okay, so we'll have to see
Speaker 1: where Watson goes tonight. But Rich, after Trabinsky and Watson,
Speaker 1: what do you looking at Because a name that's been
Speaker 1: really hot of late. If Patrick mahomes out of Texas
Speaker 1: Tech playing that air Raide system, that's a monstrous jump
Speaker 1: to the National Football League. I know Bart has some
Speaker 1: comments on that, but let's start with you. Ray Listen.
Speaker 1: The one thing I would want to just spell is
Speaker 1: that Pat Mahomes is strictly a system quarterback. Now right
Speaker 1: now we're gonna go head to head. There isn't he
Speaker 1: with Texas Tech. Yes he is. But but this is
Speaker 1: not Cliff Kingsbury, This is not Graham Harrold, this is
Speaker 1: not d. J. Simmons. Cliff Kingsbury is the coach. Yes,
Speaker 1: and there's gonna be a transition, there's no question about it.
Speaker 1: A different offense he's gonna have to run. But I
Speaker 1: look at the armed talent bard, I look at the
Speaker 1: ability to improvise and make froze outside of the pocket.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's a year one starter, but I
Speaker 1: think in the in the landscape of Texas Tech Air
Speaker 1: Raid quarterbacks, he is a good level or two above
Speaker 1: what we've grown a customer, unbelievable arm talent. You have
Speaker 1: to say that he's a tremendous athlete when we're talking
Speaker 1: about Mahomes, and he's very interesting because he throws the
Speaker 1: ball at all different angles. Bark God take it away.
Speaker 1: So so was Kyle Bowler talk about that Cows system
Speaker 1: as well. And I'm from Detroit. I grew up a
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions fan, and I remember a guy who threw
Speaker 1: the ball all over the place. And I swear he
Speaker 1: couldn't hit the ocean if he was in a boat.
Speaker 1: When I watched him playing else Andre Ware, you know
Speaker 1: he he couldn't. And one of those systems system quarterback,
Speaker 1: and and I wonder, can this kid stare down the
Speaker 1: barrel of the gun and still deliver the football? Is
Speaker 1: he tough? Because what happens is when you're playing college
Speaker 1: with these spread offenses, then what happens is you rarely
Speaker 1: get hit because people play coverage. They don't let you.
Speaker 1: So now you get a false sense of security. Guess
Speaker 1: what you you you go empty? Are you? You? You
Speaker 1: you have one back in the back field? You have
Speaker 1: no tight end. He spread out. People are gonna attack
Speaker 1: you and see, hey, they're gonna let you complete the ball.
Speaker 1: They're gonna see how you like getting off the ground.
Speaker 1: I want to see if he's tough, is he accurate?
Speaker 1: Is endurable? And that's one of the course you have
Speaker 1: when you talked about a younger like that, and him
Speaker 1: jumping up the board like that means that he's pretendingly
Speaker 1: to the first round means that he may have to play.
Speaker 1: Can I give him a Micraine and you can do
Speaker 1: what you want through Terminalo And that is that way
Speaker 1: that is gonna is that way they heard making friends.
Speaker 1: They might talk about the je pretty quickly. I see Hits.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's the sick coming. I see Hinson
Speaker 1: style of play to Yeah, has all time interception brecerd
Speaker 1: So we've prett Bart you're talking about alright, So accommodation
Speaker 1: other quarterbacks in the mix early in the draft, of course,
Speaker 1: the Sean Kaiser on a Notre Dame. He's got wonderful
Speaker 1: armtown and himself played with some pro passing concepts at
Speaker 1: Notre Dame under Bryan Kelly, and he Kentucket and run Um.
Speaker 1: And then you think about guys like Josh Dobbs, guy
Speaker 1: who played at Tennessee, a successful quarterback there. Nathan Peterman
Speaker 1: out of Pittsburgh participated in the Senior Bowl. Well, let's
Speaker 1: talk about the Jets quarterbacks. We touched upon Josh mcnow
Speaker 1: McCown before, but what about the young passers. Christian Hackenburg
Speaker 1: a second round pick out of Penn State last year,
Speaker 1: he had a red shirt season. Then Bryce pretty fourth
Speaker 1: round pick up Mike mccagnet and mccagnet first draft. So
Speaker 1: let's touch upon two thousand fifteen and talk about Petty First.
Speaker 1: To me, I I was not impressed by Petty late
Speaker 1: last year. I mean, it might have been an unfair
Speaker 1: situation that he was thrust into. Uh, he is transitioning
Speaker 1: from a system that's an athema to what he's obviously
Speaker 1: seeing in the pros. In terms of Christian Hackenburg, listen,
Speaker 1: I thought it was a curious choice at the time.
Speaker 1: I was concerned about him coming out of college. Did
Speaker 1: not see the progression that I expected initially under Bill O'Brien.
Speaker 1: And you know, I look at Christian Hackenberg and two
Speaker 1: words come to mind for me. Trace McSorley. Trace McSorley
Speaker 1: takes over at Penn State last year, and that is
Speaker 1: a completely different program winning a Big Ten title. Uh,
Speaker 1: Hackenburg was not able to get it done. Listen, If
Speaker 1: the Jets draft a quarterback in the first three rounds,
Speaker 1: to me, that's a that's a blatant signal that they're
Speaker 1: not happy about the future of Hackaball here a couple
Speaker 1: of things. Uh. Hackenburg then tent always was that he
Speaker 1: was gonna have a red shirt ear Remember Ryan Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: won ten games. The Jets tried to put the band
Speaker 1: together again after they set a franchise record in terms
Speaker 1: of total yards. So Hackenburg came into a situation where
Speaker 1: the plan always was for him to absorb the system.
Speaker 1: Now he will be working with the quarterbacks coach and
Speaker 1: Jeremy Bates and a new offensive coordinator in John Morton.
Speaker 1: Jeremy Bates has been lauded for his work with a
Speaker 1: lot of quarterbacks throughout the National Football League, including most
Speaker 1: notably Jay Cutler. So if you're Hackenburg, you're looking at
Speaker 1: this as a reset in Todd Bull said, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: we're having an open competition as the quarterback position. But
Speaker 1: what I like in this in this offensive system, they
Speaker 1: unilst of tighten, which is a young quarterback's best friend.
Speaker 1: You know, that outlet, somebody that you can dump the
Speaker 1: ball to, somebody that's always a lot of site. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think for Bryce Petty, it's it's time for him
Speaker 1: to make the next step. You talk about going into
Speaker 1: his third year, the game to start to slow down
Speaker 1: for him. He's gonna have a competition last year. You know,
Speaker 1: the uncertain of what's Ryan coming back? Is he coming back?
Speaker 1: I think that could have stirred the room up a
Speaker 1: little bit. But coming in with an open competition, you know,
Speaker 1: you gotta do your mess. You know you gotta step
Speaker 1: up because this this thing is wide open. You know,
Speaker 1: Josh McCollen is a short term solution. So one of
Speaker 1: these guys have to step up and dare to be great.
Speaker 1: And it starts in the classroom and starts in the offseason.
Speaker 1: It starts by we're trying to become a leader. You
Speaker 1: talk about young guys are gonna have to step up
Speaker 1: on his jet team and be leaders now because they
Speaker 1: can't depend on the real reevers. They can't look to
Speaker 1: their left and see Nick Main go. You know you
Speaker 1: got David Harrison. That's it. So it's time for somebody
Speaker 1: else to come up. And I don't want to discredit
Speaker 1: Mohammed Wilkers sent some of the older players that's been here,
Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is it's time for some of
Speaker 1: these younger guys to step up and be leaders. It's
Speaker 1: okay since the first Fridays tonight, I want to talk
Speaker 1: about two players two years ago that Jett said the
Speaker 1: number six overall selection in the draft, they took a
Speaker 1: guy by the name of Leonard Williams, and Mike mccagnet
Speaker 1: stuck to his guns. Best player available. Leonard Williams played,
Speaker 1: participated early on and he was a factor as a
Speaker 1: rookie when he took a sophomore lead last year and
Speaker 1: he ended up in the Pro Ball. This is a
Speaker 1: young guy. I think the sky is the limit for him.
Speaker 1: And then last year the Jets at their successful campaign
Speaker 1: where unfortunately they finished out of the playoffs. Um they
Speaker 1: took Darren lead in the spring. The guy who played
Speaker 1: next year Buddy David Harris, and got a chance to
Speaker 1: learn on the run. So what I'm gonna ask you,
Speaker 1: Bart Scott, is can Darren Darren Lee now take a
Speaker 1: similar jump that Leonard Williams did from years one to two.
Speaker 1: I believe so because now he's more comfortable with the bourbage,
Speaker 1: and you know, the biggest lead comes that second year
Speaker 1: because you stepping a rule with What he has to
Speaker 1: guard against is being we're confident, because sometimes you come
Speaker 1: and you think you know more than when you really know.
Speaker 1: He has to keep that humility. All he has to
Speaker 1: do is look to his left and see David Harris,
Speaker 1: a guy that's a workman, like, a guy that puts
Speaker 1: in the time, puts in the effort, a true professional.
Speaker 1: If he can take and learn a little bit of
Speaker 1: what David has with his speed athleticism, he definitely can
Speaker 1: be every bit the player I believe with Sasire is
Speaker 1: up in Pittsburgh. Yeah, and that would be tremendous for
Speaker 1: this Jets team. And he's still playing next to the
Speaker 1: heart of the defense and David Harris. And who better
Speaker 1: learned from than a guy like David Harris who's seen
Speaker 1: it all and all by the way, he's second and
Speaker 1: franchise history in terms of all time stops. Um let's
Speaker 1: stay at the linebacker position the Jets a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago. It took Lorenzo Malden. He has a new
Speaker 1: outside linebackers coach in Kevin Green. What were your thoughts
Speaker 1: when the Jets uh signed Kevin Green to lead their
Speaker 1: outside rushers? But I did. I think he's in such
Speaker 1: energy personality. I think he's going to yeah, credibility, has
Speaker 1: the track record, has the resume. I think the young
Speaker 1: guys who even never saw him play, I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna realize very quickly that This is somebody who knows
Speaker 1: what he's talking about and is passionate about the sport,
Speaker 1: and I think that resonates throughout a locker room. I
Speaker 1: think Todd Bowlds first first practice, official practice needs to
Speaker 1: get a Kevin Green highlight tape. This man was. He
Speaker 1: played we we always say he played with his hair
Speaker 1: on fire. And I think he should have been in
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame a lot sooner than he did.
Speaker 1: But he's a great player. What a person, what a
Speaker 1: what an asset to a resource for a young outside linebacker.
Speaker 1: You know Kevin Green playing as a d N. He
Speaker 1: played as a stand up in Pittsburgh. You know the
Speaker 1: really lean on his knowledge and learn some of the
Speaker 1: tricks on the trade. I think Molden could do well.
Speaker 1: I mean he may need to move into his guesthouse
Speaker 1: and some tipsy he may need to move in full time.
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Speaker 1: to ask you about Kevin Green, he started talking about
Speaker 1: the credibility he brings to the Jets. Um, what do
Speaker 1: you think about Kevin Green as a wrestler, Because folks
Speaker 1: at home right now are watching the little action package
Speaker 1: of Kevin Green in the w c W. That's funny now,
Speaker 1: I remember those days too. You know that's a man
Speaker 1: after my whole heart. You know I love wrestling Kevin Grid.
Speaker 1: I forgot who he was aligned with me. I mean
Speaker 1: it just finished personality. He was an animal mart Rick
Speaker 1: Flair and well, I think he has size of bash
Speaker 1: on the Nature Boy. But the Nature Boy had to
Speaker 1: swang over him and probably hit him with a high
Speaker 1: gal a flip over the rope when a clothes line
Speaker 1: came on. I gotta been a finger four lea. I
Speaker 1: love that. You know I love wrestling you. You give
Speaker 1: me all exciting. You know what you're doing. You're trying
Speaker 1: to give me loose. So here's the deal. Kevin Green
Speaker 1: is Mr Intensity. He's gonna bring that on the field
Speaker 1: for to the Jets. Young edge rushers Jordan Jenkins played
Speaker 1: really well for the Jets down the stretch last year.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo Malden enters critical season four himself. But Bert, one
Speaker 1: more question about wrestling. What about you and TNA, because
Speaker 1: is I got a stay at home? We're watching you
Speaker 1: right now with Kurt Angle getting you in the ankle
Speaker 1: lot the tap bot. You know I want to rematch,
Speaker 1: especially not a curse a little bit older, not that
Speaker 1: next stepping up a little bit. But how about me
Speaker 1: and Kevin Green getting our old tag team. Let the
Speaker 1: fans come up with the name, and let's go out
Speaker 1: and go to Restabania SummerSlam next year. So Kevin Green
Speaker 1: and Part Scott is a tag team? What do you
Speaker 1: all think about that? Probably Emy and Ivory Ivory. Okay,
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Speaker 1: couple of minutes here on stage, webbing. Tremendous fun up here.
Speaker 1: Eric Ellen on stage at Ltlife Stadium alongside Rich Serminalo
Speaker 1: and part Scott. The folks are really happy. Bark Scott
Speaker 1: in the house. Um, guys, we just had a little
Speaker 1: bit of fun. But let's touch on something really serious here.
Speaker 1: Character and medicals play an important part of the draft process,
Speaker 1: and let's talk about Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon punched
Speaker 1: a female student and later the video was released. Ohio
Speaker 1: State quarterback Gary and Connelly has been accused of sexual assault.
Speaker 1: Just days leading up to the draft, Florida defensive tackle
Speaker 1: Caleb Brantley was charged on suspicion of misdemeanor battery following
Speaker 1: a physical altercation with a woman where Brantley allegedly struck
Speaker 1: a woman with a closed fist. Um Mike mcagnant addressed
Speaker 1: this issue because he was asked about, Hey, Joe Mixon
Speaker 1: on your board, He said, for competitive reasons, I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna say whether he is on our board or off
Speaker 1: our board. He said, I would say simply we don't
Speaker 1: take it lightly. I had no problem whatsoever taking players
Speaker 1: off the board. From that standpoint, I'd rare refocus on
Speaker 1: players that are good players and ideally good people and
Speaker 1: good members of our society as a person who used
Speaker 1: to lace them up and being the locker room on Sundays,
Speaker 1: Bart Scott, Bart Scott, your thoughts. But for me, you know,
Speaker 1: for everybody out they don't know. I was a mentor
Speaker 1: to Ray Rice, you know, and I've watched you know,
Speaker 1: him basically lose his NFL career. But I've also watched
Speaker 1: what he's done after the incident and him become an
Speaker 1: ad advocate for domestic violence. And listen, it's not about
Speaker 1: him trying to look good to get back into the NFL.
Speaker 1: He's continued to do the work even though he knows
Speaker 1: now there's no chance for him to get back into
Speaker 1: the NFL. So everybody deserves a second chance, but they
Speaker 1: have to truly be sorry and truly be willing to
Speaker 1: put into work to try and address the issues and
Speaker 1: understand the reasons why and understand that his conserquences. And
Speaker 1: you talked about an incident that took place in two
Speaker 1: thousand four, team he hasn't had any incidents since then,
Speaker 1: you know, so, I think you go and you do
Speaker 1: your research, You go and find out what type of
Speaker 1: person is because at one point in my career I
Speaker 1: was suspended and kicked off the team because people thought
Speaker 1: I had bad character. I think anybody know these since
Speaker 1: they understands that that wasn't the case. Sometimes you're making
Speaker 1: pulsial decisions not not apologize to make the chances for
Speaker 1: what he's done. But if he's truly sorry, everybody deserves
Speaker 1: a second chance. Because talking about a young kid that
Speaker 1: was eighteen years old, you know that can't be the
Speaker 1: narrative for the rest of his life. He still has
Speaker 1: an opportunity to change the narrative ritual. What are your
Speaker 1: summary your thoughts there? Because obviously, like Cobart said, uh,
Speaker 1: folks get a chance for second for second chances, an
Speaker 1: opportunity for second chances. But with that being said, if
Speaker 1: you're a team and you're not comfortable with the player
Speaker 1: for an egregious mistake and you don't think this person
Speaker 1: has learned from it, hey do you take him off
Speaker 1: the boy? I mean, this is potentially a toxic situation.
Speaker 1: I think it's a fascinating situation because if we look
Speaker 1: just at talent, this is a first round running back.
Speaker 1: I think this is a back end of the first
Speaker 1: round running back. He's a fantastic prospect for me. I
Speaker 1: think this is a decision that really reaches the level
Speaker 1: of an owner. I think an owner probably has to
Speaker 1: give a blessing on a Joe Mixon because I think
Speaker 1: it could really affect the franchise from the public relations standpoint,
Speaker 1: He's gonna have a very thin margin for error, and
Speaker 1: now he's been vetted over the past couple of months psychologically,
Speaker 1: so I think teams know whether or not this was
Speaker 1: an isolated incident or this is a potential powder keg
Speaker 1: that could erupt again in the future. I completely concur
Speaker 1: with bart. Eighteen year old kid deserves a second chance.
Speaker 1: Has been cleaned at Oklahoma ever since. Then. Let's hope
Speaker 1: that that trend continue. Bottom line, Uh, there's no place
Speaker 1: in society for domestic violence. And we all know that
Speaker 1: there's no place in society for domestic violence. And I
Speaker 1: think it's good that teams are paying more attention to
Speaker 1: this as far as the character is concerned. And then
Speaker 1: you talk about the medicals as well. We're here at
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium, Eric allen Rich Sermonalo part Scott. It's the
Speaker 1: Jets annual draft party. The Green and White Faithful on hand.
Speaker 1: We got about five minutes lost in the show, um Rich,
Speaker 1: we haven't even talked about the defensive backs at length,
Speaker 1: so quickly, just how deep of a class is this?
Speaker 1: And if you don't take a guy like a Marshawn
Speaker 1: Lattimore in the first round or Quincy Wilson from Florida,
Speaker 1: how can you attack that position and day two and
Speaker 1: feel awfully comfortable about it? Yeah? I mean there's a
Speaker 1: real preponderance of talented corners and safeties. So if it's
Speaker 1: not a Marshawn Lattimore in the first round, I think
Speaker 1: the Jets can clearly take a give the defensive back
Speaker 1: in the second round. I think about someone like Kevin King,
Speaker 1: who was overshadowed in Washington. Great size, great measurables, and
Speaker 1: you know, not to make this into a Husky infommercial,
Speaker 1: but you know someone like Sydney Jones who was phenomenal
Speaker 1: for the past three years. Yeah, but he has the
Speaker 1: achilles injury. But you know what, that Achilles injury is
Speaker 1: gonna heal and I don't see a drop Hall remember
Speaker 1: this name bouda biker safety and Washington. Oh yeah, I
Speaker 1: love Bloody Berger. But I'll tell you I notice kind
Speaker 1: off the subject. But I would love to see mccagnet
Speaker 1: moved back into the first round and go get an
Speaker 1: outside pass rusher like Derek. Where's my guy, Derek Barnet?
Speaker 1: If he could pull that one off, Because you talk
Speaker 1: about the great interior pass rush, we have a registering
Speaker 1: litterard uh Wilberson date with the Jets have always missed
Speaker 1: that outside pure passed rushing. When you have that, that
Speaker 1: makes up of the sands. We play standing up bart
Speaker 1: and I play standing up real quick. I think he
Speaker 1: can who cares? I remember it around to real sucks
Speaker 1: and he never dropped the covers in his life. He
Speaker 1: turned out to be a pretty good one. So Barnett,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can get them in at
Speaker 1: the back end of that first round. You might have
Speaker 1: to get him early so that the Jets have a
Speaker 1: ton of options Tonight. Mike mccagnet has said, hey, listen,
Speaker 1: we're in a good position at six, but you want
Speaker 1: to call me, give me a call. And by the way,
Speaker 1: the Jets phones are working at one Jets Drive and
Speaker 1: we're going back to the facility. But before we go
Speaker 1: back to the facility, because I gotta cover the draft.
Speaker 1: You have a Mick draft to where the Jets taken
Speaker 1: to night. Run through one through five really quick. Who's
Speaker 1: the sixth overall selection? Yeah, Myles Garret number one. I've
Speaker 1: got you call Adams number two, Marshaw and Lottimore to
Speaker 1: the Bears at number three. Four net So, Jacksonville had
Speaker 1: number four Solomon Thomas, I think is probably my favorite
Speaker 1: player in this draft. Stafford defensive lineman number six. J E.
Speaker 1: T S Jets. Jets Jets. O J. Howard about back
Speaker 1: red Sermonal says O J. How from Alabama? The Jets
Speaker 1: start there? What has been Jets that I concur the
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Speaker 1: Jets are getting better tonight and they're getting better this weekend. Thanks. Thanks.
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