Speaker 1: Welcome into another edition of Road to the Draft. Casey
Speaker 1: Phillips here with staff writer Bree Dix. We're so close
Speaker 1: I can almost taste it. It's almost here. The draft
Speaker 1: is next week. After what feels like eons of talking
Speaker 1: about all these people, and I'm sure you all the mocks,
Speaker 1: which I mean we are culminating for you in a
Speaker 1: beauty here. We have the fitted the mock, the full
Speaker 1: mos all bucks, all bucks, all the rounds that we've
Speaker 1: done a lot of these first round mocks, and we've
Speaker 1: talked about a lot of what the other teams are
Speaker 1: going to do. Now that we're so close, we're focusing
Speaker 1: on bucks and Bucks only. And we know we've seen
Speaker 1: in recent years that that first round super important, but
Speaker 1: man do we find some gems in other rounds. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So we wanted to make sure we highlighted all of it.
Speaker 1: So this is the look at all the people here
Speaker 1: that Bree has mocked us. So tell me what stands
Speaker 1: out of you about the will start kind of just
Speaker 1: the first round dive into our first round here, and
Speaker 1: I think that that position is probably going to surprise
Speaker 1: some people.
Speaker 2: Yes, I know everybody might be in chaos mode right now.
Speaker 2: Seeing a non defensive player in the first round. But
Speaker 2: I just kind of get a feeling that this could
Speaker 2: be a potential foreseeable way that this draft goes. And look,
Speaker 2: the Bucks have put themselves in prime position by the
Speaker 2: additions they've made throughout the off season, whether it was
Speaker 2: at outside linebacker bringing in Hassan Reddick they resigned Anthony Nelson,
Speaker 2: or at inside linebacker bringing in Anthony Walker Junior kind
Speaker 2: of opposite Levante David. Then you also have Servassier Dennis.
Speaker 2: So I mean, certainly need to add some depth at corner,
Speaker 2: some depth of safety. And yes, the Bucks obviously need
Speaker 2: to load defense and that will be a big priority
Speaker 2: in the draft. But rather than reaching for a defensive player,
Speaker 2: if whoever is that top player available that's on their board,
Speaker 2: who is the best If it is a receiver that
Speaker 2: is available at nineteen, Jason, like Todd Bowles have been
Speaker 2: very adamant that there is no position, there is no
Speaker 2: player that would be off the board, and wide receiver
Speaker 2: certainly plausible. So with a guy like Matthew Golden, the
Speaker 2: receiver from Texas, Okay, the clicker, I got this. Oh hey,
Speaker 2: he is a speedster ran a four two nine forty
Speaker 2: at the combine, which was the fastest among receivers. The
Speaker 2: guy that has that fluidity you know, in and out
Speaker 2: of breaks can create separation on the posts with the corners,
Speaker 2: with kind of the his alterations at the stem with
Speaker 2: the brakes. But he's just the guy that I think
Speaker 2: could really add another dimension to the Bucks receiving room.
Speaker 2: And of course it's loaded. You have Mike Evins, you
Speaker 2: have Chris Godwin, you have Jayalen McMillan who came on
Speaker 2: last year and emerged, but adding in this speed element
Speaker 2: that he could bring in, just his feel for defensive
Speaker 2: backs and how to create leverage and kind of altering
Speaker 2: the tempo a little bit, and just how fluid he
Speaker 2: is on the comebacks of curls. I think he's a
Speaker 2: prospect that a lot of people are excited about and
Speaker 2: could feasibly. I mean, he could go top fifteen, he
Speaker 2: could be there at nineteen. But he is a player
Speaker 2: that I would not be said about the Bucks taking,
Speaker 2: even though it did feel very weird and I felt
Speaker 2: like I compromised my moral code a little bit by
Speaker 2: going with a receiver in the first round, but that's
Speaker 2: just kind of the way things fell and then in
Speaker 2: the second round, I have the Bucks taking insidelinebacker Demetrius
Speaker 2: to Night Junior, so.
Speaker 1: He probably noticing a little bit more normal position to
Speaker 1: what a lot of people were mocking rarely for the Bucks.
Speaker 2: So you went out on down Bucks fans. The wide
Speaker 2: receiver you're inside linebacker may not have been gidd Campbell,
Speaker 2: but you get Demetrius to Night Junior in the second round.
Speaker 2: And I really like the way that his skill set
Speaker 2: kind of compliments that of Levante David, who's kind of
Speaker 2: known as being one of the best off wall linebackers
Speaker 2: in the NFL, known for, you know, being that zone buster,
Speaker 2: kind of a racing tight ends over the middle of
Speaker 2: the field. Brought in Anthony Walker, which he's also known
Speaker 2: for kind of mitigating those passes over the middle of
Speaker 2: the field, and Savasi Dennis also made a big impact
Speaker 2: in those passing situations on third down. So with Demetrius Knight,
Speaker 2: his big thing is the downhill trigger, the straight line speed,
Speaker 2: the closing burst on blitzes, and is kind of that
Speaker 2: hard hitting tackler and so I think he would be
Speaker 2: a good compliment to bring in in his the way
Speaker 2: that he's able to understand protection schemes, the timing of
Speaker 2: blitzes is really advanced, and he may not be the
Speaker 2: best coverage player, but he does have really good awareness
Speaker 2: in zone at kind of mitigating some of those things underneath.
Speaker 2: So I think he would be a fun addition for
Speaker 2: Todd Bowles to utilize on the defense, and then in
Speaker 2: the third round have the Bucks getting their cornerback in
Speaker 2: Noel Williams, who Todd Bowles has talked at great lengths
Speaker 2: about wanting ballhawks at every single level of the defense,
Speaker 2: and that is the name of his game. He has
Speaker 2: outstanding ball skills. The FBS in interceptions in twenty twenty
Speaker 2: four with seven had the fastest backpedal at the combine,
Speaker 2: so really really controlled to the top of routes and
Speaker 2: then also sets a really good edge against the runs.
Speaker 2: So I really really think he could be a fun
Speaker 2: addition to that sounds great to this cornerback room.
Speaker 1: And again a couple of positions that Bucks fans have
Speaker 1: been thinking about of the highly likely ones of looking
Speaker 1: at defense, looking at some of the depth as we
Speaker 1: discussed this, and of course on Insider this week, we're
Speaker 1: going to go over some of the depth at certain positions,
Speaker 1: and I know inside linebacker and corner are going to
Speaker 1: be some of the ones that we definitely talk about, right.
Speaker 2: And I mean they did bring back Bryce Hall added
Speaker 2: some elements, but I think you know a lot of
Speaker 2: Bucksperiens are hoping you and I, hey, I double dipped
Speaker 2: a corner, you know, And I think if less You're
Speaker 2: taught us anything, it is that you can never have
Speaker 2: too many corners, that you can never.
Speaker 1: Have too many ten years I've been here, that is
Speaker 1: the most frequently said thing by Scott Smith. You can
Speaker 1: never have too many carters. So in honor of him
Speaker 1: not being here, we still wanted to get his phrase.
Speaker 2: Scott Yes. And then next up the Bucks going with
Speaker 2: an edge in David Walker from Central Arkansas. And again
Speaker 2: really big thing with him was production. He was a
Speaker 2: three time consensus All American and just to note, he
Speaker 2: posted eighty two and a half tackles for loss and
Speaker 2: thirty nine sacks over the previous war seasons.
Speaker 1: Not bad.
Speaker 2: That is absolutely absurd and certainly has the numbers. And
Speaker 2: then he dropped more in twenty twenty four, so seventeen
Speaker 2: percent of his snaps came on passing downs, so kind
Speaker 2: of showcased his well rounded ability, which we all know
Speaker 2: that Todd Bowles likes to move guys around, so to
Speaker 2: be able to see him have that element. But also
Speaker 2: he's able to kind of mix up his rushes with
Speaker 2: strength with power and kind of adding in some of
Speaker 2: the speed stuff and has a powerful punch. So I
Speaker 2: really think that the production is there for him and
Speaker 2: kind of adding him into the rotation with hasan reddick
Speaker 2: with Yaya Diabi. So I was a big fan of
Speaker 2: his production, and I think he can end up being
Speaker 2: a huge deal in this draft that you get in
Speaker 2: kind of the middle rounds with the production that he
Speaker 2: was able to put up, So it's gonna be interesting,
Speaker 2: all right, next up and that kind of headlines, and
Speaker 2: then we had in the fifth I went with another
Speaker 2: corner in ZAWF Frasier and then in the seventh the
Speaker 2: Bucks get their safety.
Speaker 1: I think if you look at this, based on all
Speaker 1: the mocks, all the things people have talked about, this
Speaker 1: makes so much sense from a again depth and position
Speaker 1: standpoint of addressing some of the needs while also still
Speaker 1: being able to do a best player available if you
Speaker 1: believe that that is Matthew Golden at wide receiver at
Speaker 1: that position. I think that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: It hits a bunch of different things, and I think
Speaker 1: that would it would be really interesting to watch, especially
Speaker 1: in some of these later rounds, being able to get
Speaker 1: multiple corners where you talking about just more depth, more people,
Speaker 1: because you never can have too many, right, So I
Speaker 1: like it. Look at you.
Speaker 2: I like that and the you know, the versatility too
Speaker 2: for a lot of the guys that can do multiple things.
Speaker 2: Speed is the name of his game. But also a
Speaker 2: guy like Crawford, I mean you had him playing nickel,
Speaker 2: he lined up in the post at free safety.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: So being able to get guys that can do different
Speaker 2: things make an impact on special teams. You know, you
Speaker 2: can never go wrong with having that versatile guide that
Speaker 2: can do a lot of different things for you. I mean, heck,
Speaker 2: we saw Christian Izzian playing horner of this last year,
Speaker 2: which she hadn't played since high school. You know, so
Speaker 2: having guys that can do a lot of different things
Speaker 2: can kind of round out that depth chart.
Speaker 1: So all right, well that's it.
Speaker 2: You heard it.
Speaker 1: One week left essentially until the draft, we were coming
Speaker 1: down to the wire. Here we have full coverage of it,
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Speaker 1: of that leading up to next Thursday night,