1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: And now move the sticks with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: What's going on everybody, d J Bucky here, moved the sticks. 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: Little bonus episode here, second one of the week. We've 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: got the draft in the rear view mirror, Bucky, and 5 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: now you kind of look out that windshield and we've 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: got rookie minicamps taking place and really training camp. It's 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 1: not it's not that far away. No, it's not there 8 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 1: far away. But it's an exciting time if you're working 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: in the front office because now you finally get an 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: opportunity to see the guys, not only the guys that 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,479 Speaker 1: you brought in via the draft, but some of your 12 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: Markey free agent sign and some of the guys that 13 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: you may be excited about that you were able to 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,599 Speaker 1: pluck off the street. And coaches are excited because they 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: finally get a chance to take all their off season 16 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: projects and to put them on the plate in the field. 17 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: And it means that we're just that much closer to 18 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: the regular season. We getting to start. Well, Bucky, I 19 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: know how much you enjoy draft grades. That's your favorite 20 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: thing to do. I love you asked you asked to 21 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: do these every year you're just like, please let me 22 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: do draft grades. So I want to start off with 23 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: a little, a little offstreot here on draft grades. I 24 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: want skype. We're not together, but you can see me. 25 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: I need a I need a beard grade here. I 26 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: need a beard grade. I mean, it's it's coming in nicely, 27 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: but it's kind of in the in between stage. So 28 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you like a C plus because, come on, 29 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: hasn't fully come out. Yeah, because it's kind of salt 30 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: and pepper. It's it's a little beyond the stubble, but 31 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: it's not fully yal So I'll give you an above 32 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: average grade a little more growth, and then you can 33 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: get to the beak category. Alright, mayox goatee versus my beard? 34 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: Who wins. I'm not really a big fan of his goatee. 35 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go, 36 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go with your beard on this. 37 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: I think I think potentially, I think potentially your beard 38 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: has has more growths, a little salt and pepper, the 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Osborne type. Okay, yeah, no, I'm definitely Where do 40 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,559 Speaker 1: I stop though, that's the question. I've already I've already 41 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: reached a stage where which is like crazy. Maybe you 42 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: can do to James harden thing. Maybe you can grow 43 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: it all the way out. There's no I mean which 44 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: draft anial would have that? It would make me, It 45 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: would really make me stand out in the marketplace. I 46 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: like that move, Bucky. That is a hideous hat that 47 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,119 Speaker 1: you're wearing. I'm gonna let you get away with it. Though. 48 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: The Dodgers. The Dodgers yuck. It's like it's like the Padres. 49 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: The Padres have been to the World Series and you 50 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: know more recently than the Dodgers have been. Yeah, but 51 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: the Dodgers going to win it. They win it. They 52 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: win at ninety What were you what were you twelve 53 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: years old? No? No No, no, I was in high school. 54 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: I was a junior in high school. That so, you know, 55 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: Kurt Pick, Dodger fan back in Carolina at that time too, 56 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: doing it. Dusty Baker, you were not a Dodger Why 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: so spicy today? DJ? I was more. I was more 58 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: of a Yankee was I'm just still upset and gave 59 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: me a C plus on the beer. I that's true, 60 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 1: that's true. It's it's legiticately A B minus Beard B minus. 61 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: I'll go with the guys too. Sorry, So here's the top. 62 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: Here's the topic for today though, guys, because we we 63 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: said this is going to be kind of a little 64 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: more of a brief episode here. I know we've got 65 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: somebody else coming to the podcast studio here in just 66 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: a little bit anyways, But Buck, what I want to 67 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: do is go through the divisions. We went through the 68 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: divisions and talked about which division leader we thought would 69 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: be most vulnerable, uh in the last episode. Now I 70 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: want to go through. Now that we've had the offseason 71 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: kind of run its course here with free agency and 72 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: the draft, let's look at each division and identified the 73 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: team we think did the most to help their quarterback. 74 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: So let's just focus on the offensive side of the ball. 75 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: Which team did the most in each division to really 76 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: prop their quarterback up as we go forward. I think 77 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: we can pull this off, Buck, Yeah, I think so. 78 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 1: I think We're good. All right. Let's uh, let's start 79 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: off here with the a FC East. And this one 80 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: was a little bit tricky, Bucky when you look at 81 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: these teams, because there really hasn't been a team that's 82 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: just gone all in and to really help their quarterback out. 83 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: I would say to me, when I looked at it, 84 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: I ended up going with the Patriots, And I know 85 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: they end up losing Martellis Bennett, They're gonna lose le 86 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt. But then I looked at what they were 87 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: able to get done, uh and bringing in a Rex Burkhead, 88 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: I think its kind of underrated signing. But to me, 89 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: this is all about Brandon Cooks getting him in the 90 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: fold you trade for Dwayne Allen. Um, I think this 91 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be a more explosive offense, and I think 92 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks is to add a whole new element when 93 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: you mix him in with what you already have there 94 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: and and Edelman and Amadola and Hogan and Mitchell. Um. 95 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: I think Brandon Cooks is said to have a big 96 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: year there. So if I had to look at all 97 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: those teams that division, I said, the Patriots did the 98 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,839 Speaker 1: most to help their quarterback, which is kind of scary. Yeah, 99 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: that's kind of scary because on paper, this is a 100 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: much better team than the team that just hoisted the 101 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy when it comes to their offensive personnel. You 102 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,359 Speaker 1: alluded to Brandon Cooks talked about Dwayne I'm gonna go 103 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: Mike gillisly the running back to day we're able to 104 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: plug from the Buffalo Bills and Rex Burkehead changed the 105 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: dynamic because I still don't know what you do with 106 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: James White and Dion Lewis. But then you have four 107 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 1: running backs that can play and bring a variety of 108 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: skills to the table. You can throw the ball all 109 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 1: over the yard with the previous wide receiver corps, but 110 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: now and Brandon Cooks, you have a guy that I 111 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: think is more of a true number one, someone that 112 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: can take the top off the defense. And with the 113 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: ongoing and continue development of Malcolm Mitchell, this team is loaded. 114 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: We'll see if they play up the expectations. But expectations 115 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: for them is always the Super Bowl. We see if 116 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 1: they're able to pull it all. So are you with 117 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: me though, then? Term absolutely? I do. I do um Buffalo. 118 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: I like the fact that Dennison comes in. I like 119 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: the system that Tyrod Taylor will play in, but I 120 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: just don't know if they have enough firepower to get 121 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: it done Right now. I think the page is a 122 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: hid and showed is above the division when you look 123 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: at one the fact that they had a vice grip 124 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: on division for over a decade, and then you have 125 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: Tom Brady still playing at a high level. All right, 126 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: let's go a f C North. And when I look 127 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: at these teams inside the division, buck I ended up 128 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: going with Cincinnati, and look, you look at John Ross, 129 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: who they bring in the draft. You you look at 130 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: also the running back position with Joe Mixon, who's an 131 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: elite talent on a football field. Nobody can debate that. 132 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: And then Josh Malowe, one of the guys you've been 133 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: trumpeting throughout this whole draft process. So I think is 134 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: a really good player, and I know Sully loves for 135 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: obvious reasons. I think they've really done a nice job 136 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 1: of putting some pieces around him. Now, they lose their 137 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: left tackle in free agency in Whitworth, so you gotta 138 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: need some of these young guys and Fisher and oh 139 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: Boie to step into these town brought and I think 140 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: they brought Andre Smith back. And they did bring Andre 141 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: Smith back, who can play some guard for them and 142 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: could also kick out to tackle if they need him to. 143 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: So I think we look around the division, Pittsburgh, look, 144 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: they have they have some nice pieces in place but 145 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: in terms of new firepower, Mark Tavis Bryant comes back, 146 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: I get that, but I think Cincinnati added the most. 147 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: You know, two for two, I agree with you. Um 148 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: Ross and mixing at speed Josh Malone also as an 149 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: element of speed and play making ability down to feel. 150 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: This is an offense that desperately wants to help Andy 151 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: Dalton get back on track in terms of you only 152 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: had eighteen touchdowns. They want to push the ball down 153 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: the field, create some more splash plays. These guys on 154 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: the outside will command more attention. This should allow their 155 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: stars A. J. Green and others to step up and 156 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: had big years. And I also wouldn't forget about Tyler Eifford, 157 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: even though he's not a new hold over, but being 158 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: able to kind of lift the blanket on some of 159 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: the coveries that is directed his attention should have Andy 160 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: Dalton played a better level. All right, who do you got? 161 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: An a f C SOUTHFC South. You know this is 162 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: a tough one because I had a tie, so I'm 163 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: anxious to see where you ended up doing. I went 164 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: with Jacksonville, and I went with Jacksonville primarily because for 165 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: Blake Bortles, I think what the jackson with Jaguars have 166 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: done is really alleviate some of the pressure on him 167 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: to have to carry this team, bringing in Leonard for Ned, 168 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: trying to upgrade the offensive line with the guy like 169 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: Cam Robinson having some of the weapons that they have. 170 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: I know, Michael Riveri isn't a huge addition to tight end, 171 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: but they have some guys already in place that could play. 172 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: But the main thing is Leonard for Nette, that offensive line, 173 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: and then the new coaching staff with Nathaniel Hackett trying 174 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: to simplify and Taylor make this offense to Blake Bortles. 175 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: It should help him play better, But in reality, it's 176 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: now and never for Blake Bortles. If he's going to 177 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: be the guy that some of the Jaguars officials believe 178 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: that he can be, this the year we have to 179 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: prove it. We'll get a chance to see every very 180 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: shortly and very early in the preseason. Yeah, so I 181 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: had a tire Jacksonville. I get I totally agree with 182 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: you what you're saying there, but then I also put 183 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: Tennessee and this is really what they did in the draft. 184 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: You know, I thought, look, when you bring in a 185 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: Corey Davis, who I thought it was the best receiver. 186 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: I think you had him as the second receiver in 187 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: this draft right around there. Um, and you bring into 188 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: me John hu Smith is kind of that h back 189 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: is gonna be a nice compliment to what they already 190 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: have in place there with the Laney Walker. You bring 191 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: in a Taiwan Taylor, who we talked a bunch about 192 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: in our podcast, and to run up to the draft 193 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: is somebody that can be a vertical stretch receiver who's 194 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: also super competitive after the catch. So I thought they 195 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: really added some nice young weapons that can grow up 196 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: with Marcus Mariota. They did. You can't. I can't dispute 197 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: what they've been able to do in building this offense 198 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: in two years. They talked about wanting to play an exotic, 199 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: smash mouth style of football. They have that ability. They 200 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: can run the football with Derrick Henry Um to Marco 201 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: Murray and then now being able to throw the ball. 202 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: If Corey Davis plays, is a number one, is healthy, 203 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: does all the things that we expect him do as 204 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: a polished route runner, he should command a lot of 205 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: attention to the number one, and the game should be 206 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: very easy for Marcus Mariota provided he's able to come 207 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: back healthy from their broken leg. All right, a f C. West, 208 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: I thought this was an easy one. Honestly, where you 209 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: want on this one, Well, I'm sure you probably went 210 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: with the Chargers. If the Rivers because they made it 211 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: easy for him With Mike Williams, I'm actually going to 212 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: say the Oakland Raiders. And the reason I would stick 213 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: with the Oakland Raiders Marshawn Lynch gives them an identity 214 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: on offense that's a little different than what they had. 215 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: No disrespect to Lottavia's Murray, but Latavia's Murray was more 216 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: of a big finesse runner. Marshall Lynch is a power player, 217 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: so that power running style is going to command a 218 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: different level of attention. You should get eight man boxes, 219 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 1: more one on one on the outside. The thing that 220 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: troubled me last year about the Raiders at the end 221 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: of the year, Marty Cooper and Michael Crabtree kind of 222 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: came back to earth. They didn't produce at the same 223 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: level the last four or five games, and particularly in 224 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs, they couldn't get away from one on one. 225 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: When you have a guy like Marshawn Lynch there, it 226 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: should force more a man boxes, single coverage on the outside. 227 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: Those guys should be able to win on that they 228 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: couldn't win in the postseason. I think Lynch is going 229 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: to really help Derek Carr. I like Marshawn Lynch about 230 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: you're right, you knew you know me well enough. I 231 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: had the Chargers, and to me, when you really kind 232 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: of look around the league, UM, I put them right 233 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: up near the top in terms of what they've done 234 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: for the quarterback. Now, first of first of all, let's 235 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: start with just getting back a Keenan Allen healthy. You 236 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: get back Keenan Allen Allen healthy, You're talking about a 237 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: guy with a hundred plus catch potential there in this offense, 238 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 1: so he's a big time player. Then you drafted Mike 239 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: Williams in the first round and plug him in as 240 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: a Day one starter, third down, red zone gonna have 241 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: an immediate impact. But Forest lamp and Dan Feeney two 242 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: interior offensive lineman with some versatility, some flexibility. I thought 243 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:32,439 Speaker 1: they were the best to interior offensive lineman in the draft. 244 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: So to get both those guys, I think they're plugging play. 245 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: I think you can upgrade along the offensive line, and 246 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: even a little bit later on in the draft. Another 247 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: guy from Utah who we didn't talk a lot about, 248 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: but Sam Tevy who's a very athletic tackle for the Utes. 249 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: Maybe at four those five lineman drafted from Utah, so 250 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: it's a good group. But I think he's got some 251 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: developmental potential. But just looking at those guys coming back 252 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: healthy with Keenan Allen and then you mix in and 253 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: Mike Williams too offensive lineman, and maybe a third is 254 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: a developmental guy. I thought they didn't shops trunding their quarterbacks. 255 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: They absolutely did a nice job. Philip Rivers has let 256 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: it be known that he wants to play another four 257 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: or five years, and it looks like based on what 258 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: the Charges have been able to do and what they 259 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: committed to him during the draft, they believed that he 260 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: can play for the next three or four years. Big 261 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: time weapon and Mike Williams you talked about fortifying that 262 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: offensive line. They can run the ball. Melvin Gordon showed 263 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: last year that he was everything that we thought he 264 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: could be when he was drafted high. So this offense 265 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: looks up and on paper right now, the Chargers look 266 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,719 Speaker 1: like the nice dark horse contender to not only get 267 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, but maybe make a run. Yeah no, 268 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: I I'm look, I've been beating this drum for a while. 269 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: I think this team is a lot better than what 270 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 1: their record looked like last year. All right, Bucky, NFC East, 271 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: this is an interesting one. Where don't you go? I 272 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: went Eli Manning the New York Giants, and the reason 273 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: I went with that this is a team to struggle. 274 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: Last year, they average fewer than twenty points per a game. 275 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: They they couldn't push the ball consistently down the field, 276 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: and he was off the mark, didn't really have a 277 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: good year. So you bring over end and Morris to 278 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: help him in the re zone. You get a tight 279 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: end and Evan Ingram, what I thought was the most 280 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 1: polished rout runner of all the tight ends. And then 281 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: when they play small ball, they have the ability to 282 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: create mismatches all over the field. Eli Manning can generate 283 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: explosive plays without having to push the ball down the field. 284 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: I think this should help his completion percentage go up. 285 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: It also should help the explosive play rate go up 286 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: as well. All right, well you don't I didn't have 287 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: to tell you. You You know where I'm going. I don't 288 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: know where you want. Yeah, NFC East, I mean, I 289 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: mean buck, Look look just look at look at these 290 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: names compared to what they had last year. Okay, you 291 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: bring in al Shan Jeffrey Tory. Smith is back from 292 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: Siberia where he was out in San Francisco. I think 293 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: he's still got some good football. He's still relatively young guy. 294 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: You're bringing those two wide receivers. You draft mc collins 295 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: from North Carolina, who we talked a bunch, your Tar Hill, 296 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: who's got a chance to be a vertical receiver. You 297 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: draft Sheldon Gibson from West Virginia, who's a big time 298 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: vertical stretch guy. And then you get don Help Humphrey, 299 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: who's going to be kind of the air apparent to 300 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: Darren Sprowles. You can use in the slot and do 301 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: some different things with them. Uh So, man, I think 302 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: they've really given their quarterbacks some weaponry. Now. The one 303 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 1: position they didn't really address is that full time back, 304 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: which leads me to my next question for you. I 305 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:16,599 Speaker 1: saw this floated around the other day. I want to 306 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: see if what you thought of this trade. There was 307 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 1: a trade float around because the Eagles have so much 308 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: depth on the offensive line that maybe they could send 309 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: Kelsey to New Orleans, who now seems to have a 310 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: little bit of a log jam at running back for 311 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: mark Ingram. What do you think of that trade? Man, 312 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: That's interesting because I saw a similar thing ne necessary 313 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,839 Speaker 1: with Ingland, but I saw it with Jeremy Hill from 314 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals. But I think with a mark Ingram 315 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: or Jeremy Hill, they do need a feature back. And 316 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: when Philly has always been good, even back in the 317 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook days, they always had a big back that 318 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 1: could kind of handle some of the power games, some 319 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: of the four minuted offensive responsibilities. They need to find 320 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: that bag because a good running game will prevent them 321 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: from having to explo olds Carson Wentz to too many 322 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: past attempts. I still kind of want to keep it 323 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: right around thirty thirty two. I don't want him to 324 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: have to be a guy who has a thort thirty 325 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 1: five to forty times a game for them to win. 326 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,959 Speaker 1: What about the option of that trade. You got that 327 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: option there, you pick up Ingram and a swap for 328 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: Kelsey or uh, you try and move some things around 329 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: financially and just figure out a way to get a nice, 330 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: team friendly deal for La Garrett Blunt. What would you rather? Do? 331 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: You know? I like the Garret Blunt. The Garret Blunt 332 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: still being available, It's kind of a mystery to me. 333 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: Um guy had over eleven hundred yards eight team Russian touchdowns. 334 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: I know he's a thirty year old back, but you 335 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: would think that the market would have opened up to 336 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: a guy who is Um. The last couple of years, 337 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: he's been a very, very effective player in New England. 338 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: Maybe there's still kind of scared off on the last 339 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: time he left New England went to Pittsburgh. It didn't 340 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: go so well. Maybe that's affecting his market ability. But 341 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: if I'm the Eagles, I definitely would explore that because 342 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: he does have the ability to find pay dirt and 343 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: that's something that they need. And he brings a level 344 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: of toughness that they also don't have a to running game. 345 00:14:57,920 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, when I look at their roster 346 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: here and nels Nay better have him a heck of 347 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: a heck of an off season here in a heck 348 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: of a training camp. I don't know how he makes 349 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: his football team. It's gonna be tough. I think the 350 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: only thing that he has kind of hanging over his 351 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: head or helping him is the fact that he was 352 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: the number one page. But yeah, is just on him. 353 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: He is on the alert. And also the Quan trail 354 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: will in Minnesota is also Oh yeah, man, they can't help. 355 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 1: They keep searching for more. Every time they search for 356 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: another wide receiver. I'm thinking, man, that that's not going well. No, 357 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: it's not going well. Not a good situation, all right, 358 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: NFC North, This is another one where I had a tie. 359 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: Bucky interested to see which team you think helped their 360 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: quarterback the most. So it's funny because I just mentioned 361 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: the quantrel Well, I'm gonna say Minnesota help Sam Bradford 362 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: a lot, and some of it is with their personnel, 363 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: but a lot of it is with their coaching staff. 364 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: Having passed Sherman elevated to the offensive coordinator position on 365 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 1: a full time basis should help him last year. Like 366 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: it's crazy when you look at Sam Bradford's numbers, he 367 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: had best had a good year completion percentage seventy one. 368 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 1: He had his best passer rating get nine point three 369 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: and then nine point five. Did a pretty good job 370 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: of taking care of the ball, getting the ball out 371 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: and being a run They couldn't run the football and 372 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: they didn't have that, so they go and take care 373 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: of that. Dalvin Cook. Let Tavis Murray, we've already mentioned. 374 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: Let Tavis Murray been a big finesse bad but he's 375 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: a one cup runner. He can play in that scheme. 376 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 1: But Dalvin Cook, to me, is someone who is special 377 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: not only is a runner, but as a receiver. He 378 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: should ask some juice to that offense and help them 379 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: out on offense. They go I means, as recently as 380 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: this week, they get a Michael Floyd, the quantrel world 381 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: was supposed to be the guy who's gonna be too 382 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: more receiver, but if he is not able to get 383 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: on the field, he can't make a contribution even down 384 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: in the red zone. Michael Floyd is a guy that 385 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: can make contributions in the red zone but also helped 386 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,160 Speaker 1: them when they may need that big play down the 387 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: field because he's average over fourteen yards per cares. By 388 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: the way, we'll see maybe Lakan Tredible will get this 389 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: thing turned around and he'll end up having a great career, 390 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: but does not look good at this point in time, Bucky, 391 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: And this is to me, it's a good reminder because 392 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: scouts take a lot of criticism and profession takes a 393 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: lot of criticism from the media, and one of the 394 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: things they say, and we heard this a little bit 395 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: about Deshaun Watson this year, although I think we were 396 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 1: in agreement that we liked Deshaun Watson. But I don't 397 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: know what you guys, I mean, it's not that hard looking. 398 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: He dominated in the in the best conference in football, 399 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 1: and said we always have to warn and say, whoa, 400 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,479 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if it's the best conference in college football. 401 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: It's a different game at the next level. And the 402 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: measurables and those physical tools, that's what you have to evaluate. 403 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: You can't evaluate a box score. And I remember dread 404 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: was coming out. Remember, I mean, I think we both 405 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: had him like in the twenties or in there. I mean, 406 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: there's people that say he should be a top five pick. 407 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: Just look at his production, like, whoa, he's a four 408 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: six guy. Now you don't see that burst, you don't 409 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: see that second and always covered. Yeah, he's always covered. 410 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 1: And he didn't play with the level of physicality or 411 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: toughness that Mike Williams displayed. He didn't play um bullyball 412 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: on the age he didn't play in the style that 413 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: was much like Dez Brian. When I watched him coming out, 414 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,719 Speaker 1: I kind of compared him to all Shan Jeffrey and 415 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: all Shan Jeffrey to me is someone that doesn't have 416 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 1: explosive speed, but it's a great um ali you player. 417 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: Um he has outstanding balls, because I think lak One 418 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: has nice ball skills like that. But for whatever reason, 419 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: he hasn't been able to make his mark in Minnesota. 420 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: And it would be interesting to see as they transition 421 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: from what they did with north Turner to a true 422 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: West Coast offense. How does he find his fit? Yea, no, look, 423 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: I like when you look at the what the Vikings 424 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: did in the offseason. Pat pet alf Line, I think's 425 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: got a chance to play for them. Very earlier third 426 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: round pick out of Ohio State center Rodney Adams, the 427 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,880 Speaker 1: wide receiver we talked a little bit about from South 428 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: Florida in the run up raft. He's got some big 429 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: time juice. Stacy Coley, who's uh, you know, kind of 430 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 1: you didn't like him or you hated him from Miami, 431 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: but he's got big time speed, so they've added some 432 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: speed there. Danny is a door another interior offensive lineman 433 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 1: uh from Miami, who they got in the fifth round. 434 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: I think has starting potential. And then Bucky Hodges kind 435 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: of a wild card. You've got Kyle Rudolph, You've got 436 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,200 Speaker 1: Bucky Hodges. You've got two tall trees you can throw 437 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 1: out there in the red zone. But I'm glad you 438 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: mentioned that on Sam Bradford because he did have a 439 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: sneaky good year last year with zero running game. Zero 440 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: running game was very very effective and efficient. More of 441 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: a shotgun team Minnesota. So that's why they had to 442 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: move on from Agent Peterson. You had two contrasting styles 443 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: and approaches. With Agent Peterson. You had to play one way. 444 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: With Sam Bradford. You can play a completely different way. 445 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: You get Agent Peterson out. Now this is Sam Bradford's offense, 446 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 1: this is his team. He should be set up to 447 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 1: have a lot of success next season. Um. And then 448 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: the other team, because I said it was a tie, 449 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: I thought, I like what Detroit did in the offseason 450 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 1: that in free agency, when you bring over t J. 451 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 1: Lange and Ricky Wagner upgrades at right guard and right tackle, 452 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: you draft, in my opinion, UM, I thought was a 453 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 1: steal getting Michael Roberts, the tight end from Toledo in 454 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: the fourth round. Uh, he's gonna get a chance to 455 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: play for this football team. And then Kenny Golladay, the 456 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: receiver they got in the third That was a little 457 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: rich for me. I didn't have him all the way 458 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: up there, but he does have some tools to work with, 459 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: so I thought that had a nice job of giving 460 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford some support, mainly there in the offensive line 461 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: trying to get good there. I think what we're seeing 462 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: is a shift in the approach, the offense approach for 463 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: the Detroit lines. For so long, we treated Matthew Stafford 464 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: as the gun slinger. They were gonna play bombs away 465 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: ball in Detroit, and then you're see in a more 466 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: controlled environment, the pieces around him kind of dictate that 467 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: they need to play more of a control style on offense, 468 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 1: a little more ball control, a little more short intermediate 469 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 1: pass as opposed to find it down the field. He 470 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: has responded in splendid fashion. In fact, last year, Um, 471 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: there was a time to where I thought he was 472 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: going to be the m v P. And if they 473 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: can get that level of play as to continue to 474 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: surround him with weapons, Uh, Detroit could be a major 475 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: factor in the playoff. All right, let's go NFC South 476 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: with Carolina and now when we can and what they 477 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: were able to do with Cam Newton. A lot of 478 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,239 Speaker 1: it stems from their ability to take what I call 479 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: these offensive hybrids, uh Christian McCaffrey, Curtis Samuel, guys that 480 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 1: can play in the backfield and the slot out wide. 481 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: They can bring a variety of different things to the table, 482 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: be it wildcat, jet sweep, traditional running back, or wide receiver. 483 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 1: They will give the defense a lot to think about. 484 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: The biggest challenge UM for them would be how will 485 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: Mike Sheuila deploy his personnel? Um, they took a tackle 486 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: Taylor Morton, who could go outside and replace Michael or 487 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: they have all these young pieces that are dynamic. Can 488 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: he act as a maddened player and really controlled the 489 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: sticks from the sideline. Yeah, this offense is really build 490 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: inside out. Now when you look at their weaponry, and 491 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: we'll see Calvin Benjamin, it sounds like he's a biscuit 492 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: away from being a tackle the way they've talked about 493 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: him in the offseason. Devin Funch's big, physical wide receiver. 494 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: So they're huge on the outside, but really they're their 495 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: difference makers. Their matchup guys are the tight end and 496 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: these two new backs that they that they are going 497 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: to incorporate into this offense. So they're gonna have to 498 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,360 Speaker 1: be a little creative and how they build this thing 499 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: inside out. Yeah, I mean, but I think it's part 500 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: of a growing trend. When I look at the way 501 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,159 Speaker 1: teams are playing. The best teams are kind of working 502 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: inside out. They're mixing the slot receivers with the running 503 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: backs and using them in the passing game. Last year, 504 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots who won the Super Bowl, through to their 505 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: running back. Of all past attempts, that's a lot of production. 506 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: On average, league average, just nineteen percent goes to the backs. 507 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: But the Carolina Panthers a season ago they only threw 508 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: forty four passes to running backs of their temps. They 509 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: needed to up to any to give Cam Newton an 510 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: opportunity to really hit some layups. He only completed fifty 511 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: two percent of his passes. They need some shorter throws, 512 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: some things that can really result in high payoff, easy 513 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: stuff for him. Yeah, no question. Um. Look, I also 514 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: wrote down here in Tampa with what they did. I 515 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 1: like what I like what Tampa did Sean Jackson, and 516 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: you bring in O. J. Howard, I mean that's going 517 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: to have a two game changes did Sean Jackson changes 518 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: the game as an outside playmaker. When you look at 519 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: the books, UH twenty two touchdowns over sixty yards, that's 520 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: only behind Jerry Rice who has six three of sixty plus. 521 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: He has fifty seven receptions of forty plus yards. He 522 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: is a legitimate threat to score from anywhere in the field. 523 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: And then O J. Howard, we're talking about a big, 524 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 1: physical pass catcher that ship really kill it in between 525 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: the hashes. Jameis Winson has a lot to work with. 526 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: I just couldn't put him over top of what Cam 527 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: and the Panthers did, but I like what they've done. 528 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: A couple other guys to Jeremy McNichols, who we've talked 529 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: about in the Boise State joining his boys and Boise 530 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: State brethren there with Doug Martin in the backfield, and 531 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: Chris god Went in the third round, who's got some 532 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: jump ball ability again, would be a nice pairing when 533 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: you get down the red zone with Mike Evans and 534 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: having god One out there as well as UH as 535 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: well as O. J. Howard camer Break. You've got a 536 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 1: lot of guys that can do some work down there, 537 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: all right, NFC west Buck. I went with the Rams, 538 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: and I want to Rams for what they were able 539 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: to do to help Jerry god First to start with 540 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 1: the coach, Sean muve coming in a bit of a 541 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: quarterback whisper the work that he did, and Washington with 542 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and that staff. Uh, he deserves Kudo's young 543 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: guy energetic. I think he'll have a better connection with 544 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: uh McVeigh. And then I look at the weapons that 545 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: they tried to add on the outside. Cooper Cup comes in. 546 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: He should automatically be their most dependable receiver. He's going 547 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: to be the guy that I think he leans on 548 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: the third down situation. I like Robert Woods. Robert Woods 549 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: can be that de facto number one receiver. Uh. He's 550 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: more of a probably a B level receiver, but I 551 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,360 Speaker 1: think he can handle it. I think he can handle 552 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: the responsibilities of being the guy in that offense. And 553 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: then Jod Evert is a guy that could really come 554 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: out of nowhere and helps them out. If they can 555 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: get all those guys going in the right direction, you'll 556 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: see better play from golf. How about Andrew Wentworth two. 557 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: I know he's he's getting up there in age, but 558 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: you've got a chance to hopefully solidify that left tackle position. 559 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds, who they got in the fourth round, Cooper 560 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: Cup in the third. So they've added a bunch of 561 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: young players there on that offense. I'll give you one though, 562 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: that's kind of sneaky. Look, the quarterback position is what 563 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: it is. I think we're gonna end up seeing Brian 564 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: Hoyer trot out there as a starter of this year 565 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 1: for the forty Niners. Their future quarterback probably is either 566 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins or one of these college kids we're gonna 567 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: see come out next year. But in terms of trying 568 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 1: to build, we talked about, you know, plugging all the 569 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: holes in the boat with the Browns before they inserted 570 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,959 Speaker 1: their quarterback. I think when you look at the forty Niners, 571 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: yere Pierre Garson coming over as a veteran who knows 572 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: the system, Kyle Shanahan's gonna be a huge help to whole. 573 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: You're obviously some some experience there and their relationship, but 574 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: Pearre Garson gonna be there to help him right away 575 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 1: on the field. But I think he's gonna be able 576 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: to mentor some of these guys on offense, in the 577 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 1: meeting room and off the field, so he'll have some 578 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: value there. But then you also look at some of 579 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: the other pieces that they put in place here, offensively, 580 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: um Joe Williams, who yeah, they really really really like him, 581 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 1: really really like him. But he can play, and I 582 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: think he's a perfect fit for what they want to 583 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: do scheme wise, so he'll be a nice fit for them. 584 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: And then underrated, underrated guy in this draft who we 585 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: saw at the Senior Bowl who everybody had a tough 586 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: time covering. Buck Trent Taylor, that little that little slot 587 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: receiver from Louisiana Tech. He is a good player. I 588 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: think he's got a chance to really flourish in this 589 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: system once he gets comfortable. He does have a good chance. 590 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,640 Speaker 1: He wasn't unguardable down to the Senior Bowl. His quickness, 591 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,719 Speaker 1: his stoff start ability really allows him to get big separation. 592 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: Trying to figure out a way to fit him into 593 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: the role, I would envision that he's probably going to 594 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: play the Jamison crowded rolled into offense um or do 595 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: some of the things that maybe Taylor Gabe role or 596 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 1: Justin Hardy did downe in Atlanta. But there's a nice 597 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: role for him to play in that offense. They can 598 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: get him the ball, he has to make things happen. Um, 599 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 1: I kind of like with it. I'm not in love 600 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 1: with the quarterback, but I do believe they have enough 601 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: weapons now to be a functional offense based on what 602 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: they had last year. Yeah, look, I'm with you. I 603 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: think the quarterbacks to come. I think that's gonna come 604 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 1: down the road here. But I think they do have 605 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: some some nice young pieces in place here to see. 606 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: If this offensive line, some of these younger players can 607 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 1: continue to develop, they'll have a shot. But as I 608 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 1: look at it, Bucky, we look at this roster overall 609 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 1: for the forty niners, they're picking in the top what's 610 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: seven or eight next year? I think, so, I think, 611 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: no matter what, they're able to sell, this still UM 612 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: missing some key players, some blue chair players, and some 613 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: key positions. I don't know offensively, where all their blue 614 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: players are. I mean to me, they don't have blue 615 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: players like stars at wide receiver or running back. So 616 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,680 Speaker 1: I don't know who you hang your head on. Quarterbacks, 617 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: not the star they just need to continue to upgrade 618 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: the level of talent that they have. All right, buck, 619 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: you the teams you were with, were you guys a 620 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: national team of blessed though, or were you unaffiliated with 621 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: a scouting service? We were national teams. Both teams are 622 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: work with the Seattle Seahawks and the Carolina Fans, and 623 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: we both use National Scouting Service. I thought it would 624 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: be cool just to explain to some folks here in 625 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: the last few minutes what goes on during this time 626 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 1: of year, because people always asking, Okay, scouts, the season 627 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: is over, what do you do? And really, at a 628 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: time of year where you'll do some you'll do a 629 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: little bit of pro work. Usually we get a couple 630 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: of teams they would get send each of us the 631 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: area scouts. You would get two pro teams you'd be 632 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: responsible for, and all you're doing is watching the guys 633 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: that are gonna be their free agents for the next year. 634 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 1: So if I was working for the Eagles, they might 635 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: give me the chargers in the Seahawks, and I got 636 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: that each you're gonna have, you know, nine or ten 637 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: free agents come up the next year, so I would 638 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: watch them and put reports in, put grades in the system. 639 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 1: It was helpful because you kind of see how these 640 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: players are playing, uh, to just see your college what 641 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: you thought of some of these guys in college versus 642 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: how they're playing the NFL. But then just kind of 643 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 1: helping out the pro department as well get those early 644 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: reports and on those free agents. So that was one 645 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,200 Speaker 1: of the assignments we had going on this time of year. 646 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: Really for the teams that I worked for, I was 647 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 1: lucky we didn't have much going on. UM. We would 648 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: go to get we would get up have some kind 649 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 1: of meetings in June where we would come together, we 650 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: would get the initial list forward to come to a 651 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: mini camp, right, come to a mini camp, or we 652 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: would just come in the middle of o t a 653 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 1: s um and say there for a couple of days, 654 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: look at our juniors, whish through the tape on the 655 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: guys that are the rise and seeing us the crown 656 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: jewels of the class in your area, put preliminary grades 657 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: in and just kind of get a jump start. So 658 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: you knew how to kind of set your territory. But 659 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: I'll be honest, when I work for the Panthers in Seattle, 660 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: this was easy, breezy. It was easy breezing unto we 661 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: get to about try you yeah, you get nice break 662 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: and most teams are pretty good about that break. But 663 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,479 Speaker 1: did you go did you go to the actual national 664 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: meetings a couple of years down at the end of Carolina. 665 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: So the way this works is there's the National Scouting Combine, 666 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: which we broadcast on NFL Network. Everybody watches it, you know, 667 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: called Underwear Olympics, what have you. But that's an organization 668 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: where you have teams assigned. Usually most teams that are 669 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 1: members to this service, they pay for the service and 670 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,080 Speaker 1: they have to each contribute a scout, a young scout, 671 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: and so those guys they have like their own it's 672 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: like a thirty third team. They kind of form their 673 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 1: own scouting staff even though they're members of the individual teams, 674 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: and they go out and scout these players a year 675 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: ahead of time. So they're gonna have already gone into 676 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 1: these schools and got heights and weights and written reports 677 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 1: on all of next year's seniors. So the guys are 678 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna come back to college football and play another year. 679 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: They've already gone into school, has got their background, all 680 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. Well, that information gets sent out 681 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: to all the teams that are members, and I think 682 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: there's probably a national which you guess Bucky have fifteen 683 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: sixteen teams from yeah, probably, and then and then there's 684 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,479 Speaker 1: another organization Blessed, which probably has another eight to ten teams, 685 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: and then there's a handful of teams that are unaffiliated. 686 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: But what you do is they have these spring meetings there, 687 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: usually like at Marco Island or some kind of a 688 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 1: nice RESSORTI type area. So you'll go in there and 689 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: use a lot of teams will fly the Scouts and 690 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: their families out there. It's like a nice little vacation. 691 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: And if say you're the you're the West Coast Scout. 692 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: You would go into the meetings when the guy would 693 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: present all the players that he wrote up from the West, 694 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: so the comp Scout that went through there. So you'd 695 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: sit in there and usually I don't care what Grady 696 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: gave him, but if there was some character alerts that 697 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: he had early on in the process, you'd make a 698 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: note so that when you went into the school in 699 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,320 Speaker 1: the fall, um you knew what to look for. But 700 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: the big thing is they get the list, and the 701 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: list is the list of prospects that have draftable grades. 702 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: Or free agent grades, so that when you're over the 703 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: summer and you've got some time on your hands and 704 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: you want to get ahead and maybe say, Okay, I 705 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: want to just I'm gonna watch Utah's draftable seniors today. 706 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: You have the list with their official height, weight speed 707 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: before you start to tape. Yeah, that's very very important. 708 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: I think the interesting thing that you brought up with 709 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: national in these scouting services, a lot of times the 710 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: guys that are hired by them to scout are your 711 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: most inexperienced scouts. So a lot of the conversation that 712 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: we're here at the beginning of the twenty eighteen season 713 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: about which guys carry big grades, and then we wonder 714 00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: sometimes what happened to those guys in the draft process. 715 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes the inexperience of those scouts as they go out 716 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: and throw those big grades, comes back to buy them 717 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: because that word leaks out about who has the big grades, 718 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's unwarranted when more people get in the 719 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 1: process and start to really evaluate what these players bring 720 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: to the table. Yeah, a good example, and I think 721 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: they had Matt Barkley is like the number one player 722 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: UM and would always exact from Virginia tech people would 723 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: always uh people would always hit me up and be like, 724 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: how did he drop so farm like he was never 725 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,200 Speaker 1: up there? No know, I heard the scouting service had 726 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: him as the number Well scouting that that's not that's 727 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: not like, that's not a team. That's a young individual 728 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: scout that working for usc IT saw the helmet and 729 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: kind of brought into that. But the higher ups or 730 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: or the regular scouts have been doing this for a 731 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: long time never really had him there. So that's kind 732 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: of the challenge. Really, all I wanted. I don't care 733 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: about the grades. I just want the names of the 734 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: senior starters, the guys that are gonna be on the 735 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: field plane that I need to evaluate. And it's very 736 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 1: helpful to have their official height and weight, the speed. 737 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: Usually don't get it, you don't get a lot of 738 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: it in the spring, A lot of guys don't. Alabama 739 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: actually does, so you'll get official times for them on 740 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: the forty. But just have that height weed and potentially 741 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: their height, weight and potentially the speed is a huge 742 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: help when you sit down to watch tape because you 743 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: you know, as you know, you click on the website, 744 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: go to uh, you know, Utah's website again and it 745 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: has the tackle list that at six six while he's yeah, 746 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: I mean it makes a huge difference. That's why you 747 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: can't go on media gut uh dimensions. You have to 748 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: investigate and hopefully the scout has been able to go 749 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: into and get those guys measured up. UM. To me, 750 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: it helped me set my schedule. And the reason to 751 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: helped me set my schedule, uh, the number of draft prospects, 752 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: like guys that were legitimate prospects that kind of rated 753 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: over the third round mark I would always be. I 754 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: would kind of count my days based on that. If 755 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: I had a team with more than six seven eight 756 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: of those guys, I knew I would have to spend 757 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: more time. But it helps me with that. The small 758 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: schools was helpful small schools because because a lot of 759 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: times if those guys were rejected, we wouldn't have to 760 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: cruise through there. So you want to make sure that 761 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: they take care of all the small schools. UM get 762 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: those guys out, but you know, sometimes and take care 763 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: of the small schools. I I went to with Lamit 764 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: University right outside of Poortland. I saw I think it 765 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: was a thirty three year old offensive Lineman. Who those 766 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 1: poor those poor national scouts get dog custs more than 767 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,719 Speaker 1: anybody too, because they'll go to a small school and 768 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: they know if they put a raft grade on this guy, 769 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: everybody has to go through. Everybody's got to go through 770 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: that school to see this kid. So a lot of times, Uh, 771 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,080 Speaker 1: you'll be at school and what the heck did they 772 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: give this This guy stinks? I came out here for nothing, Like, 773 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: what what are they doing to me? This is in 774 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: the middle of nowhere and this guy can't play. But 775 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: a lot of times, look, they hit it on the 776 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,879 Speaker 1: head and you need to go check these guys out. 777 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: So that was usually you knew where you're gonna go 778 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,799 Speaker 1: in the fall coming out of these meetings based on 779 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: the number of prospects at schools. And then you kind 780 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 1: of could build in some of these small school visits 781 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: because you knew they had a guy. Yeah, you can 782 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: build in some of those. And to me, I'd like 783 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,800 Speaker 1: to get those small school business out the way on 784 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: the first go around, so if I can eliminate them. 785 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes off tape, it just helps, uh make the planning 786 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: part of it early. But after about another week or so. 787 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,520 Speaker 1: During this time, I'm kind of chomping at a bit 788 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: to get on some table and start kind of working 789 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: throughout the day. So go to these small schools too, 790 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: though you could, you could scout which restaurants are the 791 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: best around there. Yeah that what? What hotels have the cookies, 792 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: the whole nime, the best bathrooms like that. That's it, 793 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: That's it, that's the key. I know, this is what 794 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 1: we need to do. We need to or a podcast 795 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: sometime over the summer. I'm going to get a list 796 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: of the random schools that me and Bucky have been 797 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: to and see if we can remember anything about some 798 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 1: of these schools visits I've been in some man, I've been. 799 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:16,240 Speaker 1: I've been uh Caroll College, in restaurants for small towns, geez, 800 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: all over the place. Had interesting experience. Hey, I know 801 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: we gotta run, guys, but hey, we do not. I 802 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: know we are me Andy's once a week here, but 803 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: I do want to mention even though we're not going 804 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: to go through our entire read which we we love, 805 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:35,279 Speaker 1: we love, we love me Andy's. But so we'll save 806 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,879 Speaker 1: that for next time. So I know there's some people 807 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 1: that tune in just to hear the med's reach, but 808 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,720 Speaker 1: it's a great problem. I gotta give you guys props 809 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: out of all the podcasts, and I'm working on all 810 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 1: of them. Obviously, this is this is the main one. 811 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: No one, no one does about, but no one does 812 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: it better than say you guys for a read, popcorner, 813 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,640 Speaker 1: back and forth. It's just it's already there. No, it's 814 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,800 Speaker 1: just a built in, it's a look. And we share 815 00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: in Bucky. We share a passion and a love for 816 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: scouting and and me and and hand. All right, we're 817 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,839 Speaker 1: still looking to get over five hundred on the on 818 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: the ratings on iTunes. So I'm not begging, but I'm 819 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: kind of begging. Come on, guys, get us over. Get 820 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: there that little thresholder we passed through it, Bucky, I 821 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: promised the next time you see me, the beard will share. 822 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get be minus. Please don't shave that thing. 823 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 1: Oh this thing ain't getting shaving. But good good, we're 824 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:34,240 Speaker 1: gonna get Oh yeah, let's do it. So I always 825 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: under though, when when we're doing this stuff, I get 826 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: I get text from people inside the newsroom because they 827 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: can pull up this raw feed on there. Yeah, I 828 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: will get a lot of beard. I'll get a lot 829 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: of Beard text messages, Well, we're obviously gonna blast out 830 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: the v I d WE tape today. Check it out. 831 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 1: It's about a previewing top hundred um. But I also 832 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: played on taking a screen grab of your your Skype 833 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 1: feet and tweeted it out as well, so listeners got 834 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: to see it. Yeah. I like that c Plus, you 835 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: know what, I gotta give it to Bucky. Friends tell 836 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: the truth. Friends are honest, you know, friends don't sugarcoat. 837 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,359 Speaker 1: I got some work to do. I'm gonna I'm gonna 838 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: put it in. Yeah, it's almost there, It's almost there. 839 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: By next week, it'll be great. Yea yea update the Beard, 840 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 1: Update the Beard Grade next week. Hey, thank you guys 841 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,839 Speaker 1: for listening checking out movie six. We'll be back next 842 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,280 Speaker 1: week with a brand new episode. Until then, enjoy the padres. 843 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,320 Speaker 1: Continue to lose a bunch of baseball games. That's what 844 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm doing time. Thanks for downloading Move the Sticks with 845 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks. For more, go to NFL 846 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,800 Speaker 1: dot com Slash Podcasts