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Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Welcome into a very special draft edition

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Speaker 1: of Chargers Weekly. Here with Matt Bunny Smith as always

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Speaker 1: and Dave Brugler joining us again this week to get

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Speaker 1: us prepared for Thursday. The Chargers pick seventeen overall, and

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Speaker 1: this is what we're gonna do this week, guys. This

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Speaker 1: is an early episode of Chargers Weekly. We'll do one Friday,

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Speaker 1: a quick reaction to whoever the Chargers select in the

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Speaker 1: first round, and then next week we'll dive into all

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Speaker 1: the other picks and then have Dane back to recap

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Speaker 1: what the Chargers did. But Buddy, we had fun with

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Speaker 1: this last week with Dane answering questions and ready to

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Speaker 1: do it again. Yeah, between him putting together the Beast

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Speaker 1: and all the stuff we got through last week, I

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Speaker 1: feel like I kind of covered most of it. I'm

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Speaker 1: when we were digging into seventh round picks, Dane, we

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Speaker 1: talked some punters like, yeah, feel like I almost kind

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Speaker 1: of covered a little bit. We almost covered a little

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Speaker 1: bit too much, But I guess the best place to

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Speaker 1: start is just how much change has changed, you know,

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Speaker 1: in the last six days and what you're hearing, and

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Speaker 1: you know a lot of times The best way to

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Speaker 1: follow it is just to look at the odds, you know,

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Speaker 1: and how much the Vegas odds have changed on that

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Speaker 1: number one overall pick and what could be especially if

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Speaker 1: it's you know, the rumors are true, then I'll just

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Speaker 1: plant this seat with you and you tell me kind

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Speaker 1: of what you've heard and what you think is gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: That Peterson wants to tackle, Bulky wants the edge. Who

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Speaker 1: wins that battle? Because to me, if they take a

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Speaker 1: tackle number one, that I think that just signals the

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Speaker 1: run on tackles and people are going to be jumping

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Speaker 1: into the top ten to get these four guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think you're one hundred percent right. Even if the

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Speaker 1: tackle doesn't go one, we could still see that run

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Speaker 1: on those tackles starting with three, We could see tackles

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Speaker 1: go three, four five or four five, six, Very very possible.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, one, it's funny talk about the pivot point

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Speaker 1: of the draft. You know, when's that it might be one?

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Speaker 1: You know, because we just have no idea. And the

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Speaker 1: way it was explained to me is kind of the

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Speaker 1: scouts want Hutchinson, the coaching staff wants the offensive lineman,

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Speaker 1: and the GM wants Walker if he wants the upside,

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Speaker 1: And so honestly, what the Jaguars do might come down

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Speaker 1: to what ownership wants, because we know when it comes

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Speaker 1: down to first round picks, especially the number one overall pick,

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Speaker 1: the ownership has a say in the decision, and so

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Speaker 1: that could ultimately decide who is that number one pick.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I still think I kind of lean Hutchinson

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Speaker 1: just because he's the safer pick. It's a little more conservative,

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Speaker 1: and I think maybe that's the direction that the Jaguars go.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, but I don't feel great about it. Especially

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Speaker 1: you know, the odds say that Walker is the favorite

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Speaker 1: right now, so it's hard to say. And so it

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Speaker 1: starts at one, and then that'll obviously impact that the

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Speaker 1: Detroit does at number two. Maybe it's as easy as

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Speaker 1: whoever the two defensive lineman, whoever Jacksonville doesn't take, that's

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Speaker 1: who will go too. Maybe, but you know it's we

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Speaker 1: don't know that. And then three with Houston, Houston's wide open,

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Speaker 1: wide open book here they could fill and they could

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Speaker 1: go offensive line, they go go defensive line. We know,

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Speaker 1: you know corner and love me Smith, that's a possible connection.

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Speaker 1: They've done a ton of work on Derek Stigley, a

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Speaker 1: ton of work on Sauce Gardener, so that would not

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Speaker 1: be surprising at all. And then with the Jets having

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Speaker 1: those two first round picks at four and ten, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna be a little judicious on how, okay, which we want?

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Speaker 1: We want the pass rusher? Do we go with the

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Speaker 1: pass rusher here at four? Can we wait and still

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Speaker 1: get Jermaine Johnson at ten? They have to be a

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Speaker 1: little strategic with how they attack it. So and the

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Speaker 1: same thing with the Giants at five and seven. So

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of fun. And I say

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Speaker 1: this every year, but I have no problem going, you know,

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Speaker 1: two to thirty two on my mock draft. I don't

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Speaker 1: care about that. Let's have a fun first round, upset school,

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Speaker 1: or let's have some surprises. That's what we're all here for,

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Speaker 1: Hey Dane. I asked Chargers fans to submit some questions,

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Speaker 1: likely scenario where the Saints jump the Panthers to take

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Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if we're getting the big

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Speaker 1: pretty good chance the Saints do look to get up

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Speaker 1: good chance the tackles aren't not going to fall. I

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Speaker 1: whichever order you have them, good chance all four of

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Speaker 1: I think you know a good chance the Ikey, Evan Neil,

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Speaker 1: think Penning his ceiling or his floors as a pick

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Speaker 1: little bit too, Dane, is just kind of where where

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Speaker 1: the tipping point is. You know, last year, we brought

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Speaker 1: this up last week, right like last year, we said, hey,

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Speaker 1: if we can get four quarterbacks, you feel about you know,

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Speaker 1: the blue chip players or however you want to describe them,

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Speaker 1: to figure out like how often, like how often? Because

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Speaker 1: the Chargers look to be in that spot where there

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Speaker 1: if there's no quarterbacks taken one through sixteen, it's possible

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Speaker 1: they may not have a first round grade on any

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Speaker 1: start to see a lot of these Well, you're trying,

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Speaker 1: think we're gonna hear a lot of screaming form move

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Speaker 1: back and back and back from from a lot of franchises.

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Speaker 1: But actually getting a deal done is going to be tough.

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Speaker 1: Even the quarterbackacks, I'm not sure many teams are are

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Speaker 1: you know, I usually we see these guys go, and

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Speaker 1: that's the conversation I keep having is Oh, yeah, these

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Speaker 1: where and it's so not quite sure. Yeah, it's hard

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Speaker 1: I think that trading back is going to be option

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Speaker 1: A for a lot of these teams. It's just gonna

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Speaker 1: some will be in the twenties, but this year more

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Speaker 1: the teams from team the team, and then from there.

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Speaker 1: A lot of teams they build their draft board. You know,

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Speaker 1: they have the one A, one B, one C, and

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Speaker 1: a question from bolt Up fifteen Dane, if there was

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Speaker 1: a surprise pick for the Charges at seventeen, who do

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Speaker 1: I think that's certainly a possibility. You know what, let's

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Speaker 1: just kind of stick in with that Dane, you know,

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Speaker 1: I like from and again, I don't want to position

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Speaker 1: because I don't. But for some reason, it's just hard

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Speaker 1: for me to watch corners, Like it's hard. There's so

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Speaker 1: much that you're trying to project when you're grading corners.

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Speaker 1: To me, it's the hardest thing to say, Oh, this

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Speaker 1: So like, give us an idea because to me, that's

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Speaker 1: where the surprise could be. Right. It just seems like

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Speaker 1: corners that they've draft and everyone's like, what the hell

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Speaker 1: they drafted that guy for in the first round. Now

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Speaker 1: it hasn't worked out for them, But what is that

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Speaker 1: next tier of corners behind the big three, behind McDuffie,

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Speaker 1: Stingley and Sauce Gardner that maybe would be a surprise

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Speaker 1: of these other players that maybe we don't have projected

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Speaker 1: to be there on the teams, but selected maybe later

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Speaker 1: But that is rare where teams want to expand that

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Speaker 1: The top two guards if we're talking about surprises, it's seventeen.

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Speaker 1: to take him? Maybe it would, just you know, not

427
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,639
Speaker 1: who knows how the Chargers have him ranked. I don't know.

428
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,480
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up Karl Aftis because, like to

429
00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,959
Speaker 1: me and Chris knows this. I have a pretty biased

430
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,919
Speaker 1: I just always have. I don't know why. I just

431
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,640
Speaker 1: feel like that, for whatever reason, no matter the head coach,

432
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,439
Speaker 1: that program just puts out ass kickers and just guys

433
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:27,120
Speaker 1: that freaking eat glass and spit nails, and like that's

434
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 1: just what I see from him. You know, you talk

435
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,520
Speaker 1: about stiffness and that sort of thing, but man, that

436
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,240
Speaker 1: it just seemed like that guy was in the backfield

437
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,479
Speaker 1: all the time all Like I would put his whatever

438
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:41,200
Speaker 1: the measurable would be, pressures whatever, I would imagine he's

439
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,199
Speaker 1: as good as anybody in this draft because it just

440
00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: seemed like he was back there all the time. So

441
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: let's let's just play best case scenario here, Dan. Let's

442
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: say that you know, one of those wide receivers slips.

443
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,600
Speaker 1: You've got Green Bay that's got two ones, You've got

444
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,359
Speaker 1: new the Jets that got those two twos at thirty

445
00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,400
Speaker 1: four and thirty five, whatever those are, and and they

446
00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 1: want to jump to seventeen. What about you know, just

447
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 1: just below because I think I think you said, I

448
00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 1: think Carlaftus is going to go in the in the

449
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 1: first round, you know, So let's but what about that

450
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:11,680
Speaker 1: next the boy a mafe the Epichett. He's like that

451
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 1: when you talk about deep, um like how I guess

452
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,640
Speaker 1: what I want you to do is explain deep to us,

453
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,040
Speaker 1: like starter pro Bowl level player, Like what does that

454
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 1: mean if let's say the Chargers were able to trade

455
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: back and and maybe pick up those two twos or

456
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: something like that. I think somebody that's going to come

457
00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,320
Speaker 1: in and make an impact on your team. So, you know,

458
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,960
Speaker 1: even a team like the Chargers who are set as

459
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 1: their starting ends, a guy like Arnold Epiketty, it can

460
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,879
Speaker 1: come in. It would not surprise me at all if

461
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,880
Speaker 1: he's a sub package player but still has eight sacks

462
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 1: as a as a rookie, eight to ten sacks. That's

463
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,080
Speaker 1: certainly possible with him because of the motor that he

464
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 1: plays with, the length that he has, He's got twitched

465
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,560
Speaker 1: to his his his pass rush. Epicketty has been a

466
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,040
Speaker 1: fun player to study. Ten player transferred to Penn State

467
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: for his final year and uh, you know, led the

468
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 1: team and tackles for a loss. He had a couple

469
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: of block field goals. I mean he really gave tackles

470
00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,159
Speaker 1: a hard time rushing off the edge. And you know,

471
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: Logan Hall, I'm a big fan of his out of

472
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,479
Speaker 1: Houston six six two eighty. Some teams do him as

473
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,399
Speaker 1: a three technique, which is when he played at Houston.

474
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,239
Speaker 1: Other teams like him as an edge rusher. Uh, you know,

475
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 1: has that long frame where you just give him a

476
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 1: little runway and you know let him, uh you know,

477
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,800
Speaker 1: build up that momentum and go through guys or use

478
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: his quickness to get around him. So Logan Hall from

479
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 1: Houston is a player that again as a sub package player,

480
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,639
Speaker 1: I gotta can come in, give you snaps, give you

481
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 1: some little juice on passing downs. And then maybe the

482
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,280
Speaker 1: most interesting of them all is is David Najaba from

483
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:50,520
Speaker 1: Michigan who basically needs a red shirt year. Uh. You know,

484
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: a guy that's been playing football for five years, Uh

485
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 1: is still learning. But uh, you know, even though he's

486
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 1: still has a long way to go. He had a

487
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: love and sack clash year. Don't luck into eleven sacks.

488
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,639
Speaker 1: That he has a good understanding of pass rushing what

489
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,159
Speaker 1: he's doing out there, But the achilles injury at the

490
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: Pro day that that is obviously something that is una

491
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:13,399
Speaker 1: gonna drop him a little bit. Could he still go

492
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,800
Speaker 1: first round? Sure as possible? But I think there's a

493
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,800
Speaker 1: better chance he goes early second somewhere. And you know,

494
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 1: could could the Chargers be interested in a trade back

495
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 1: scenario where gave it a job of Yeah, you have

496
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: to take your medicine a little bit in terms of

497
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,679
Speaker 1: just kind of being patient and waiting, but that investment

498
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 1: might be worth it, especially when you feel good about

499
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: your current edge rush situation with your starters with Mac

500
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 1: and Bosa. Question for both of you guys, this is

501
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,800
Speaker 1: from charges, Homer, Dan, what's more likely this year? Charges

502
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,320
Speaker 1: trading up or charges trading down? Money? I'll ask you first,

503
00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 1: and then Dane. You know we talked about I feel

504
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: like there's more people that want to trade back. Um,

505
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,880
Speaker 1: what are you hearing after we are from money? Well,

506
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 1: quickly I would just say that because they don't have

507
00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 1: their two to trade up is tough. I think there's

508
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of teams because I just look

509
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: at the Packers, the Chiefs. There are teams that have

510
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: got you know, the Chiefs have two ones, two twos,

511
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: two threes. Like to me, that's the prime trade up.

512
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: So there, and I think the price to jump because

513
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: what we were talking about earlier, how many players are

514
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,239
Speaker 1: there with those first run rades. The other issue is,

515
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: I think the contracts that are being handed out. I mean,

516
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 1: the wide receiver numbers that came out in free agency

517
00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: are going to lead to a run on wide receivers.

518
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,919
Speaker 1: So I think if that's what they're circling, if they

519
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,560
Speaker 1: want Jamison Williams or if they want Drake Lunch something

520
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: like that, I think that's I just think it's price

521
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: prohibitive for them to be able to go up to

522
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: go back, I think makes sense. But it's what Dane

523
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 1: spoke of earlier. You know, do you have someone that

524
00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 1: wants to jump into seventeen? Does one of those blue

525
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 1: chip players make it that far? You know where now

526
00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 1: you can slide back because that's you know that that's

527
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: someone that that has that kind of value for a

528
00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,160
Speaker 1: team that has got more of those second and third

529
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,199
Speaker 1: round you know, maybe they have multiple twos or they

530
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 1: have multiple threes, you know, and whatever that may be.

531
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,160
Speaker 1: Like to me, those are the two scenarios that come

532
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: up where where it makes sense. I just then I

533
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: feel like trading up is going to be really tough

534
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 1: for the Chargers without a number two. Yeah, I know,

535
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: I think I had the same thought, I thought, I

536
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,680
Speaker 1: think you nailed it without having that too. It does

537
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: make it tough. And I know this is a team

538
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,560
Speaker 1: that isn't doesn't do a lot of trading back in

539
00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: the first round. But if they have an opportunity to

540
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,320
Speaker 1: do it with say the Chiefs, I think that that's

541
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: that's the perfect team that you know. But again, it's

542
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 1: in your division. You know, there's there's just some some

543
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 1: red tape there that you know, you never know. But yeah,

544
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: team they have multiple picks in the first four rounds,

545
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 1: so you feel like they have the most ammo to Like,

546
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,399
Speaker 1: they're not drafting eight players in the first four rounds.

547
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: I'd be shot right if the Chiefs did that. So

548
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: how are they going to be creative? Where did they see? Um? So,

549
00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,679
Speaker 1: even though, like I know a lot of Chargers fans

550
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: on a wide receiver, maybe a run on receivers isn't

551
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 1: the worst thing because that means that maybe the Chart

552
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: or the Chiefs or maybe the Packers or one of

553
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 1: these other teams that really want one of those receivers,

554
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna be looking to move up and and you know,

555
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: Chargers guy could be a prime landing spot for them

556
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: to get whoever, whether it's Chris o Lava or Jamison Williams,

557
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 1: if he falls a little bit, Drake London, whoever. You know,

558
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: I think you know that the Cowboys. The Cowboys are

559
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,120
Speaker 1: a team that if let's just say Drake London fell

560
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 1: a little bit, if Drake London's available, I think the

561
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 1: Cowboys would be a team very very interested and maybe

562
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 1: given up there too, moving up to get Drake London.

563
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: I know it's a player they like a lot, and

564
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 1: so um Like I said, wide receiver run maybe, you know,

565
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: maybe not the best thing for the for the Chargers

566
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,239
Speaker 1: fans that want receivers, but it could end up being

567
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: a good thing if you're hoping for that trade back

568
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 1: opportunity and teams get a little little spooked about, Okay,

569
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: which receiver is actually gonna be a left for us?

570
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 1: Maybe we have to move up to get our im

571
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: and if they're able to move back a few spots,

572
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: still love a first round pick, you get back that

573
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: second round pick. Maybe that that's the ideal situation for

574
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,959
Speaker 1: this team. And we still haven't talk about the quarterback

575
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 1: run Dane when that could potentially happen, if it happens

576
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: at all, and could that happen before the Chargers select

577
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 1: at seventeen. What are you hearing about? You know, Malik

578
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: Willis and pick it are those guys who could potentially

579
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 1: go before the Chargers select or is that something that

580
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: we may see a run maybe the back half of

581
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: the first round to get that extra year. Yeah, you

582
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,199
Speaker 1: know I've mentioned this before, but just how you know,

583
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: teams they do their own mock drafts as much as

584
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 1: people mock mock drafts. Teams do their own because they

585
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: want to know, Okay, if we have the seventeenth pick,

586
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 1: who who's gonna be love for us? You know, the

587
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 1: first sixteen picks, how is that going to play out?

588
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: And you know, talking to those teams, they just have

589
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: they don't have a good feel for how these quarterbacks

590
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: if they're gonna go to top half a round one,

591
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: and if they do where you know with teams at

592
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: Seattle Atlanta wild card, I don't think Caroline has taken

593
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: a quarterback. Atlanta is a little bit of a wild card,

594
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: but I would I would lean not a quarterback. Seattle's

595
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: very much a wild card. They they do what they want,

596
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,479
Speaker 1: you know, it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks. They

597
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: always do what they want and could it be a quarterback.

598
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: It's possible that every everything's wide open for them now

599
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: with Russell Wilson no longer in town, so that Seattle

600
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: becomes very interesting. But if quarterbacks get past those spots,

601
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 1: unless the Steelers trade up, there's a good chance no

602
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: quarterbacks are off the board in the first in the

603
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 1: top half a round one, So you know, it's it's

604
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,400
Speaker 1: a it's a complete juxtaposition compared to last year. When

605
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: you know, last year doing a mock draft was not easy,

606
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: but easier because we had those tent poles. We had quarterbacks.

607
00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,160
Speaker 1: We knew quarterbacks are going to one, two, three, We

608
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: knew Justin Fields was going top twelve somewhere. We knew

609
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: Mac Jones was going to go somewhere in mid first round.

610
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: So you know, it's a little bit easier to do

611
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 1: a mock draft and to forecast these things because we

612
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: had those tent poles with those quarterbacks. This year, no

613
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: tent poles, We don't how you know, nobody, nobody in

614
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 1: the NFL has a good feel for exactly where that

615
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 1: first quarterback is going to come off the board. Will

616
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,360
Speaker 1: there be a run? Could we see? Uh? You know,

617
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: like like Matt Correll. Not a ton of buzz on

618
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: Matt Correll. But would it be a shock if a

619
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: team traded into the back half around one that to

620
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: pick thirty to get to get a guy like Matt Correll. No,

621
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: I don't think it'd be that surprising at all, just

622
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: because these these quarterbacks are such wild cards. Dan, you know,

623
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: just kind of going back to the and it just

624
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 1: popped into my head when you were talking about Drake

625
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: London sliding. You know, I don't know if you had

626
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: the same experience, but when I was at the combine,

627
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: you know I had. It was just one person, but

628
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: someone whose opinion I respect. When we were talking about, Hey,

629
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 1: what how is it laying out for you? He said,

630
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 1: trailing burchch is my number one receiver. I just think

631
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: he can do more than anybody else. I think it

632
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 1: is a size league and for you know, there are

633
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: certain teams that they have their thresholds and to me,

634
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 1: he's going to fit into one of those. And and

635
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, you know, the numbers aren't

636
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: what people want. And when you go back and watch

637
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: all the stuff, I think it is okay to do

638
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: the debout comparison. He's big, he's physical. He seems a

639
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: heck of a lot more athletic than people are giving

640
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: him credit for. Like, would that be a would that

641
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: be a surprise pick to you if the Chargers, knowing

642
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: how creative Joe Lombardi is offensively, if they grabbed trailing

643
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: Burk's and why has the buzz just kind of disappeared

644
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: from that guy? Yeah? And I mean I've think taken

645
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 1: some heat for you know, calling him a linebacker sise

646
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel, But I think it. I mean, I'm with

647
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: you when you look at his play style and the

648
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: way that uh, you know, he was used in an

649
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: Arkansas offense where basically just manufacturing touches for him, using

650
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: him in the slot, using him in motion, using him

651
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: on pitches, and all these different things just to get

652
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands because they were smart they

653
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: knew he was the best player in the field. With

654
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: Burke's I think, you know, he ran the four five

655
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: five at the on buying, which you expected better because

656
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: this is a guy that I mean, show me the

657
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: film where he gets caught from behind. It's not out there.

658
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: He's got that speed. But with him, I think part

659
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: of it is towards the end of the season, he

660
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: was kind of pushing two forty. That weight was a

661
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: little kind of got away from a little bit. It

662
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: was two twenty five at the combine. But you know,

663
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: just keeping the weight in check, and then just how

664
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 1: raw he is as a route runner. Um, you know,

665
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna face a pretty big transition. Uh, if you're

666
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: gonna play him as the X, you'ren play him outside. Um,

667
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: you know, facing press coverage in the NFL and defeating

668
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: press getting to his route. That's gonna be a big

669
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 1: transition for him. And so I think that's where the

670
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: hang up is. That's where you know, the doubt starts

671
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: to creep in with Traylan Burkes is just being a

672
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: route technician and that part of the game at the

673
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 1: NFL level. He's just not quite ready for that. But

674
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: it's not that he can't do it. It's just he's

675
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: a little more proven some of these other guys when

676
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: it comes to being a true outside route runner. But

677
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: if Burks went, you know, to the Chargers in the

678
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: first round, I don't think that'd be a huge surprise

679
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: because he is still a He's a big time playmaker.

680
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: This guy had eleven touchdowns last year in the SEC.

681
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: He is dangerous with the ball in his hands, throwing

682
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: the Alabama tape and watch these Alabama defensive backs trying

683
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: to catch this guy. They couldn't do it. So I

684
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 1: think of Burks is a weapon, and I think somewhere

685
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: in that probably the back half a round one is

686
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: where he's going to going to go. Could be as

687
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,560
Speaker 1: early as you know, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, could slip to

688
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 1: twenty four, twenty five, twenty six, but he's right there

689
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: in that mix. Dan. Last one for me, it's just

690
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: just two guys that we didn't talk about today but

691
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 1: we've talked about in the past is Devin Lloyd from Utah.

692
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure if the Chargers are gonna go

693
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: linebacker in the first round. And I really just think

694
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: that they're gonna stick and pick because there's so many

695
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: different scenarios in which you know, you get a good

696
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: player that can make a difference in twenty twenty two.

697
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: Someone's gonna be there. Devin Lloyd, What are you hearing

698
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: about him? And then I keep going back to Chris Alave,

699
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: Like you know, we talked about all these wide receivers

700
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: and all the money that's being handed out. I think

701
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: the Chargers are in a good place with Mike Williams

702
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: and Keenan Allen right now, but Chris Alave could be

703
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: that that compliment to both of them that really makes

704
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: this offense go. Yeah. I mean, Devin Lloyd's just such

705
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: a fun player. It's one of the best defensive players

706
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: in this draft because he could do everything. You don't

707
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: need to take him off the field. He's a true

708
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: four down player and so a guy with his blend

709
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:36,240
Speaker 1: of instincts, the way he sees the field, the explosiveness,

710
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: the fact that you know, he had over one hundred tackles,

711
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,399
Speaker 1: he had twenty two tackles for loss, he had four interceptions.

712
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: He impacted the game in so many different ways. And

713
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: you know, coming off a first round last year where

714
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,800
Speaker 1: we saw Michael Parsons go twelve overall and have the

715
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,760
Speaker 1: rookie season he did, Devin Lloyd is not Michael Parsons.

716
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: He doesn't have the same type of size, he's not

717
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: doesn't have that build, he's not the same type of athlete.

718
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: But in terms of impacting the game in all these

719
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: different ways that Michael Parsons is able to do. Devin

720
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: Lloyd can do some of that. That that versatility that

721
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:11,319
Speaker 1: he brings is big. The way he can uh you know,

722
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: defeat blocks, uh not strictly by being a take on player,

723
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: but the way he can weave through traffic, the way

724
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: he gets a head start and beats blockers to the

725
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: point of attack. I mean that that's what he does.

726
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: And so as an offball player, as an offball linebacker,

727
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: a lot of teams they don't necessarily target that position early.

728
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: So I Devin Lloyd could absolutely be on the board

729
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: in the late teens, early twenties, and it'll be interesting.

730
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: There are a few teams in there that you know,

731
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: you could see a fit, you know, whether that's uh,

732
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: you know, the Patriots of twenty one or you know,

733
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,439
Speaker 1: even going into the twenties, the Titans at twenty six,

734
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: and there's a few teams that make a lot of

735
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: sense of Packers at twenty two. So I think Devin

736
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: Lloyd is the favorite to be the first linebacker drafted,

737
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: not not a lock. Some teams still like Nakobe Dean.

738
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: Some teams have Quay Walker, his teammate at Georgia, as

739
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: the top linebacker, So where we see that first linebacker

740
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: come off the board will be interesting. And then yeah,

741
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: you mentioned Chris Olave and he's such an easy player

742
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: to appreciate. You just enjoyed watching him and you know,

743
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: coming from California, like, I'm an Ohio guy, so you

744
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 1: know watching Ohio State week in week out, Christal Lave

745
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 1: that he was a three star recruit, like the third

746
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: lowest recruit in Ohio States class that year it was

747
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: two as an eighteen, and you know he's making these

748
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,959
Speaker 1: plays as a freshman. It's like, Okay, who is this guy?

749
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: And you know, why is he scoring touchdowns against Michigan

750
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: when you know these other highly towed receivers aren't doing it.

751
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: And then you just I think Ohio States fans have

752
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: just been spoiled with Christal Lave because he's been so smooth,

753
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: so consistent the last four years. It's easy to appreciate

754
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: his game. Now, is he livinged in some of those areas. Yeah,

755
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: he's not the biggest guy physicality, worry about the yak's

756
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: yak productions not there. But a guy that's just a professional.

757
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 1: The way he goes about his business, the way he

758
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: can create separation, you add that to a charger's offense

759
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: that has already has, you know, the firework potential with

760
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: the talent with Mike Williams and Keenan Allen, and you know,

761
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: even though they did go wide receiver the third round

762
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: last year with Palmer, you add a Lava to that mix.

763
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: I mean again, I think you you keep going back

764
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: to part of your decision making is you want to

765
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 1: draft someone that everyone else in your division is going

766
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: to go, oh crap, and a Lava could be one

767
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: of those guys where the other teams in your division

768
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: are like, Okay, how many corners do we have now

769
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: because we got to cover all these guys and Chris

770
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: a Lava could be one of those oh crap guys

771
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: for the rest of the teams in the in the

772
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: AFC West. All right, So my eyes have been wandering

773
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: on the video here because I was just kind of

774
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: taking a peek at the draft capitol chart to see,

775
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: if you know, since we're doing this before the first round,

776
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: we're going to reconvene and we can talk about days

777
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,839
Speaker 1: two and three after the first round. But let's just say,

778
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,319
Speaker 1: you know, Green Bay scot the two ones. Let's say

779
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 1: they want to trade the Chargers twenty eight and their second.

780
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 1: That would line up in terms of the number for

781
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: seventeen if the Chargers throw them the fourth, so they

782
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: give them their one and their four, Green Bay gives

783
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: them their last one and their two, and you're talking

784
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: about an even number. That's a fair trade. Now here's

785
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 1: what I'm going to propose. Tell me if this is crazy,

786
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,439
Speaker 1: and Chris you can weigh in on this as well.

787
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 1: Just I think about what Jonathan Taylor has meant to

788
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: the Colts and how the Chargers are looking for that

789
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: compliment Austin Eckler. And for people that have watched Austin,

790
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,280
Speaker 1: they know he's not a running back. He's a weapon.

791
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: Now he is a hell of a running back. He

792
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: will bang between the tackles. But I think about Lombardi

793
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: and he was with Sean Payton when you had Deuced

794
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: and you had Reggie Bush at the same time. And

795
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,439
Speaker 1: we know that there are ways to work with two

796
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: guys like Breece Hall and Austin Eckler because they are

797
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: full service running backs. Does that make sense to you?

798
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: Could you see there being value in the number one

799
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: running back in the draft being taken at the back

800
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: end of that round. Well, hey, what do we say

801
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: Right before Buddy came on, I said, Zia Johnson trade

802
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: back and Bruce Hall, Like, I feel like that would

803
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: complete charge his offense. Yeah, no, we did. We were

804
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,919
Speaker 1: talking about it before we hit record. H Yeah, that's

805
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: fascinating and and and I don't I don't hate it.

806
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: I mean with like, personally, I think Kenneth Walker's the

807
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: best running back in his in his draft, but I

808
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: know plenty of other people believe Bruce Hall is that guy.

809
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: But either one of these players I think you're adding,

810
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: you may add that to the offense. You add that

811
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,720
Speaker 1: to the recipe here. You could do a lot of things.

812
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: I mean to think about a guy like like Greecee

813
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: Hall and Austin Eckler on the field at the same time,

814
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: and you know, kind of like what you're saying, Austin

815
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 1: Eckler can go out, you know, motion them out in

816
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 1: the slot, you know, keep them in the back, whatever

817
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: you want to do with them. Yeah, if you if

818
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: you have the offensive coordinator, if you believe that he

819
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 1: the Lombardy has the creativity to use all these guys,

820
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: then should absolutely be part of your thought process. So

821
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: I love the out out of the box. Thinking on

822
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: that one, Dan, the last installment of Crossfire is coming

823
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: out today. We're taking this on a Tuesday. You give

824
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: us your selection for the charges of seventeen overalls. Check

825
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: that out. And then also you're doing something at a

826
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 1: draft house in Vegas, a live show on day's one

827
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: and two. Tell us about that. Yeah, yeah, for the Athletic,

828
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: we're doing a live covering every pick Thursday night, Friday night, myself,

829
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: Robert May's, Nate Tye. It's gonna be a lot of fun.

830
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,720
Speaker 1: And so uh yeah, we've got a house in Vegas,

831
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: and so uh, you know, it's gonna be fun to

832
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 1: you know, go over these picks as they happen. And

833
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: and like I said, this is gonna be such an

834
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: unpredictable draft that it's gonna be fun to experience these

835
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 1: picks real time with everybody else and and figure it

836
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,879
Speaker 1: out as we go. So I cannot wait for It's

837
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of fun. Hopefully people check it out,

838
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 1: you know, just check on the Athletic or on Twitter

839
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: at DP Brugler. I'll definitely be posting the links, so

840
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: hopefully people check it out. So if you're the house.

841
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: Does that mean like I come to the the Athletic

842
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: Draft House and and I'm gambling with against you, Like

843
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,800
Speaker 1: you're the house and you're dealing blackjack and you're running

844
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: the craps table and I'm now gambling against. Is that

845
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 1: what you mean by you guys have a house, Like

846
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: you're going to be the house now that you mention it.

847
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: I mean draft props have become a pretty big thing.

848
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: It's over unders, over under two and a half quarterbacks

849
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 1: in the first round. I mean that's tough. Some of

850
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: the uh you know, over under the tenth pick, Like,

851
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: it's it's crazy some of the props out there. So hey,

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Speaker 1: we could have some fun with that. I like that

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Speaker 1: you're not getting Nevada Gaming Commission. No, we're not gonna

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Speaker 1: have fun, okay, yeah yeah, no, no, yeah, you're not.

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Speaker 1: You're not giving the address away to this house. I

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Speaker 1: take it exactly. No, no, no, And I actually I

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Speaker 1: don't even know the address yet. I I'll find out

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Speaker 1: when I land in Vegas tomorrow. Oh hey, next week,

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Speaker 1: um Money's gonna have some punter questions. Get your punter

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Speaker 1: rankings out. We'll see what happens. I know, Ariza punt god.

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Speaker 1: Maybe over under two and a half punters drafted. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'd go over. I think i'd go I think i'd

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Speaker 1: go over. Um right, it seems like it seems like

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Speaker 1: you got the three with Comar to be in the third.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that, right, right, so good. Jaymarta could be

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Speaker 1: uh could be the fourteen Georgia player drafted, which would

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Speaker 1: which would record just incredible. Yeah, yeah, it could could be.

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Speaker 1: Uh could be. Hopefully he does get drafted and the

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Speaker 1: name something something more to talk about. That's right, thanks

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Speaker 1: to the punters, see punters or people too. Were not

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Speaker 1: for that guy, Georgia wouldn't have the record of drafted players.

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Speaker 1: We're on a we're on a three episode streak of

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Speaker 1: closing the podcast talk Yeah day, safe travels, man money,

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Speaker 1: you're the best, and guys, we will reconvene next week

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Speaker 1: and talk about what the Chargers did