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Speaker 1: to unveil Mike Jarecki's top ten draft prospects for twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two. Of course, none of these players are expected

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Speaker 1: with a twenty third overall pick, but who knows, and

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Speaker 1: who knows what may happen in the future. First though, A. J.

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Speaker 1: moves of the offseason. It's Cardinals Cover two, episode five

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Speaker 1: fifty four, and it starts now. Welcome to Cardinals Cover

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Speaker 1: two with Craig Grigolu and Mike Jarecki. Cardinals Cover two

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Speaker 1: Slash podcasts Going for Hopkins one tend to catch in

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Speaker 1: So we've mentioned this possibility a handful of times. Cliff

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Speaker 1: It's now official MJ. AJ Green is back on a

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Speaker 1: one year contract, and there was interest with both parties,

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Speaker 1: and there was some interests outside the Cardinals organization. But again,

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Speaker 1: you know, as he gets a little bit older and

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Speaker 1: being the same system, very similar to James Connor, even

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Speaker 1: though Connor got a three year deal, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think he wanted to come back and prove that he

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Speaker 1: can put up numbers again in this offense. And I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's going to preclude the Cardinals from still

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Speaker 1: looking at a receiver. They got to get younger at

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Speaker 1: that position, but now you had that outside guy that

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Speaker 1: do with Rondel Moore. Sounds like they want to move

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Speaker 1: him around more. And then you got Antoine Wesseley. So

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Speaker 1: it was a matter of time. But you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: glad he's back because I thought he did a nice job.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't perfect, but he definitely gave this team a lift. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: when Hop went down, not a lot of guys were

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Speaker 1: able to get separation, including aj Green. Fifty four catches,

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Speaker 1: eight hundred and forty eight yards three touchdowns as a

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Speaker 1: number two outside wide receiver. Heck, I would take that

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Speaker 1: again this coming season. The problem with AJ Green and

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Speaker 1: I understand where the Bird gang is coming from. It's

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Speaker 1: d Hop was not on the football field. And I'm

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Speaker 1: guilty as anyone on this because AJ Green has been

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Speaker 1: in this league for so many years as the guy

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Speaker 1: as the number one wide receiver. All right. So he

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Speaker 1: comes to the Arizona Cardinals in twenty twenty one, and

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Speaker 1: now you look, You've got two number ones, DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: d Hop. Now, in hindsight, that might have been a

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Speaker 1: AJ Green is gonna be thirty four when this upcoming

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Speaker 1: He's a solid number two. But I don't think what

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Speaker 1: Seventeen receptions on thirty eight targets. That's less than forty

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Speaker 1: once again the value of DeAndre Hopkins with respect to

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. But ten players remain on

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Speaker 1: your big board, MJ. And we begin at number ten.

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Speaker 1: Florida State defensive end Jermaine Johnson. The second, six, five, two,

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Speaker 1: sixty two a senior, someone who performed very well during

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Speaker 1: the regular season and also during the Senior Bowl. Oh,

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Speaker 1: he was unblockable in his wingspans about eighty three. He

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Speaker 1: ran a four to five eight. You know, talking about

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Speaker 1: a guy that's two hundred and fifty nine pounds about

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Speaker 1: six to five. He was the ACC Defensive Player of

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Speaker 1: the Year. He had twelve sacks, sixth and College Football

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Speaker 1: third and the Power five. You know, he's been He's

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Speaker 1: a guy that's had a chance to play at Georgia

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Speaker 1: his first two years and then went to Florida State.

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Speaker 1: He played twelve games last year, thirty four tackles, seventy total,

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Speaker 1: eighteen tackle for losses, twelve sacks. He did have twelve

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Speaker 1: quarterback hits. I mean he again this we talk about,

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Speaker 1: you know, Aiden Hutchinson, and you know, you look at

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Speaker 1: Thibadeau and then he got some defensive lineman. But this guy,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think he'll be there at twenty three,

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Speaker 1: but he would look good in the Cardinal uniform. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question about that. He kind

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Speaker 1: of fills out the uniform. Daniel Jeremiah on Johnson during

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl practices. He wrote, he knows how to

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Speaker 1: use his strength to generate power off the edge, and

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Speaker 1: I thought he showed a nice inside counter move this week.

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Speaker 1: That was Daniel Jeremiah on johnson senior Bowl work. In fact,

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Speaker 1: you look at Johnson being available at number twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Todd mcshay's first mock draft had Johnson peg to the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals at twenty three. Now we're talking back in January.

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Speaker 1: A lot happens between then and now, but it was

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Speaker 1: one of those players, as I say, rises and falls

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Speaker 1: during the course is several weeks in the offseason without

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Speaker 1: even playing a game. Jermaine Johnson might be the biggest

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Speaker 1: riser of anyone here in twenty twenty two. Yeah, corner

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Speaker 1: landser line, his comp is Mex Crosby. So I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know you look at it, broad through the shoulders

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Speaker 1: and press a wingspan, look thicker and stronger, and his

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Speaker 1: lower half in twenty twenty one explodes his hips into

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Speaker 1: initial contact length to separate and stay alive in place.

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Speaker 1: You know, he plays hard and fast, rarely stays on

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Speaker 1: him gets blocked. And those are the guys that you

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Speaker 1: know you look at him and yes, you want to

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Speaker 1: be a three down linebacker. But he's a guy that's

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Speaker 1: going to have a long career as long as he

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Speaker 1: can stay healthy. The consistent approaches attacking and run design

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Speaker 1: gets outside. His coverage at times needs to be more

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Speaker 1: consistent with his sets. According to sources an AFC team,

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Speaker 1: I thought his two twenty table was very was pretty impressive.

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Speaker 1: So what you do with more snaps and playing time

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Speaker 1: wasn't a surprise to me. Unquote, he lived in opponent's backfields.

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Speaker 1: You're brought up the eighteen tackles for lost twelve sacks.

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Speaker 1: So Jermaine Johnson one of those stud defensive players that

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Speaker 1: you're going to hear called early and this upcoming draft.

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Speaker 1: Another defensive player that for some might be the best

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Speaker 1: defensive player as far as athleticism and skill set checks

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Speaker 1: in at number nine on Mike Jarecki's big board. Notre

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Speaker 1: Dame safety Kyle Hamilton. He's a junior. You don't see

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Speaker 1: safety's drafted very high, but this might be the exception

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Speaker 1: to the rule. Yeah, you mean, you look at him.

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Speaker 1: He six four two twenty here going to four or

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Speaker 1: five nine. His broad vertical was six thirty eight. Suffered

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Speaker 1: a season ending injury at his right towards the end

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Speaker 1: of the year, but again twenty twenty one second team

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Speaker 1: All American AP twenty twenty third team, second team. He

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Speaker 1: started seven games before suffering an injury. He tied the

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Speaker 1: team with three interceptions. He was a team captain. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's played in thirty one games. He started nineteen. I

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Speaker 1: mean he has eight interceptions. He had three last year.

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Speaker 1: He does have an interception return for a touchdown, sixteen

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Speaker 1: passes break up, two quarterback hits. So you know, you

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Speaker 1: look at a team that maybe you have multiple picks

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Speaker 1: in the round. You know, I'm not saying he's Sean Taylor.

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Speaker 1: Usually don't see safeties goal that high. But he's got

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Speaker 1: all the attributes, and I think when you look at him,

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Speaker 1: he can do a lot of different things. Well, picks

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Speaker 1: or teams with picks multiple picks, especially in those top ten.

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Speaker 1: I mean the Giants right now, picks fifth and seventh,

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Speaker 1: I could start. We see one of those picks going

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Speaker 1: with a defensive player as far as may I would

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Speaker 1: say a read. Even even the Jets. I think the

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Speaker 1: Jets want to get a receiver and they got multiple picks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Jets at four and ten. Yeah, so you ready for

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Speaker 1: the camp Cam Chancellor. Now, according to a scouting director

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Speaker 1: for the NFC team, really great kid needs needs to

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Speaker 1: love the weight room a little bit more. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: have to get bigger. I wouldn't play him at linebacker

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Speaker 1: because I think actually it limits his impact. He's a

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Speaker 1: better pure talent than Isaiah Simmons was coming out unquote okay,

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Speaker 1: So Kyle Hamilton in at number nine, at number eight

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver. USC paske etcher Drake London junior six,

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Speaker 1: five to ten, still some question marks with him, and

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Speaker 1: the biggest question mark is just how healthy he is.

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Speaker 1: He did not run at USC's pro day, had his

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Speaker 1: own pro day. In fact, I think they pushed back

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Speaker 1: the USC pro day. He's still did not run at

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Speaker 1: that pro day. As far as A forty is concerned.

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Speaker 1: He said, everyone go look at the tape. But Drake

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Speaker 1: London certainly passes the eyeball test as far as a

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Speaker 1: six foot five frame, two hundred and ten pounds and

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Speaker 1: what he did with his hands. Last season at USC,

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Speaker 1: he missed the final four games he fractured his ankle.

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Speaker 1: He was a third team Associated Press Pack twelve Conference

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Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year. That was back in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one, he played at twenty He's played in twenty

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Speaker 1: seven games, twenty three starts, one hundred and sixty receptions,

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Speaker 1: close to twenty one hundred yards, fifteen touchdowns. He had

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Speaker 1: seven this previous season, even though he did miss four games.

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Speaker 1: You know, he played USC basketball in twenty nineteen and

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Speaker 1: twenty found football season, really didn't play a whole lot,

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Speaker 1: and he started to focus on football. But you look

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Speaker 1: at him, his comparison is Ed McCaffrey, a long time

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Speaker 1: Bronco who obviously you know, had a really good career.

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Speaker 1: He's big, long, possession receiver, the ability to play outside

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Speaker 1: from the slot. He lacks it a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a desire to went off press coverage, but he's got

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Speaker 1: elite size. Um, he's a workaholic. He spends a lot

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Speaker 1: of time in the weight room. Takes control the catch

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Speaker 1: space so he can catch it all three levels. He

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Speaker 1: can catch the flat, the intermediate routes, and he can

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Speaker 1: take the top off the defense. It says he lacks

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Speaker 1: desired foot quickness out of his release trouble eluding route

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Speaker 1: redidirection in space. Sources say that he um, I think

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Speaker 1: he's going to be going to test better than people think.

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Speaker 1: But I doubt he runs. I don't care how fast

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Speaker 1: he is. I wouldn't, it wouldn't be against it. But

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Speaker 1: because his balls goes a really special unquote. You just

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Speaker 1: look at his size. And we talked about aj Green

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Speaker 1: earlier here on Cardinals cover Too, presented by Hunday proud

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Green six four two ten,

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Speaker 1: London six five two ten, that big target and you

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Speaker 1: just wonder, you know, all right, how's his hands? But

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Speaker 1: averaging tw point three yards to catch All state basketball

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Speaker 1: player in high school. So the athleticism is there now

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Speaker 1: making it full time in the National Football League as

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Speaker 1: a player. As far as giving up that basketball background, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And you know, we'll see how many receivers go in

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Speaker 1: the top ten, top fifteen, top twenty. I mean it'd

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Speaker 1: be interesting because you know a couple quarterbacks, so I mean,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think when you look at the Ohio

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Speaker 1: State receivers, he's probably in that same boat. And then

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Speaker 1: you look at Jamis Williams from Alabama. We'll get to

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Speaker 1: Wilson in a moment, but before we get to Wilson,

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Speaker 1: a defender checking in at number seven LSU cornerback Derek

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Speaker 1: Stingley Junior, six one, one ninety five. Someone who people

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Speaker 1: have been waiting for since he was a consensus All

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Speaker 1: American as a freshman. Has not played a lot over

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Speaker 1: the past two seasons, just ten games because of injuries,

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Speaker 1: but someone that people are very high on when you

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Speaker 1: look at the cornerback position. Yeah, he started three games,

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Speaker 1: missed the rest of the season undergoing surgery on his

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Speaker 1: injured left foot. He was first team All SEC Back

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. He's six feet, one hundred and ninety

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Speaker 1: five pounds. He's the grandson of the late NFL wide

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Speaker 1: receiver Darryl Stingley. You know, he's on that freak list

583
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Speaker 1: from Bruce Fellman or poorly A four three forty forty

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Speaker 1: two vert four to eight Shuttle. Now again, you look

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Speaker 1: at his numbers. He's played in twenty five games. You know,

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Speaker 1: he had six interceptions. He had twenty pass breakups, but

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Speaker 1: those were more in twenty nineteen and twenty twenty. Obviously

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Speaker 1: has all the attributes. It's just a matter you're not

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Speaker 1: drafting him for one year. He's one of the top

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Speaker 1: corners in football. Well, and you look at past cornerbacks

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Speaker 1: and secondary players from LSU. Immediate top of mind, Patrick Peterson,

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Speaker 1: Tyer and Matthew two players at the Cardinals draft, and

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Speaker 1: that's will we talk about certain positions in certain colleges DBU, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's LSU. Yeah. And you know the compass Stefan Gilmour

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Speaker 1: who recently signed with the Colts. Another name off the

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Speaker 1: board as far as cornerback of l Yeah, and you

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Speaker 1: know that team was They were there already last year.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately they lost the last game. But biging in Matt Ryan.

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Speaker 1: But anyways, he's a cornerback prototype, all measurables in one package.

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Speaker 1: His two thousand and nine team shows a player with

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Speaker 1: everything a team could want at corner, long arms, oily

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Speaker 1: hips and for press covers, anticipates out breaking routes and

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Speaker 1: looks to undercut. So this guy obviously is well coached there.

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Speaker 1: I know they made changes at the staff, but you

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Speaker 1: could see, as Craig pointed out, um, it's one of

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Speaker 1: those schools they put a lot of defensive backs and

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Speaker 1: just similar to Washington's. He's played in just ten games

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Speaker 1: over the let past two seasons. Tape was good enough

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Speaker 1: from twenty twenty to twenty one. Um. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: inconsistent finding the football over the last couple of years.

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Speaker 1: But again he according to the scout, he plays much

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Speaker 1: bigger than people realize. I think he'll play too heavy

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. His bruss his best pro weight should

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Speaker 1: be around two hundred and five pounds. And he's still

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Speaker 1: really fast and he's got the way to the size

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Speaker 1: to carry it when healthy, and this is always key.

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Speaker 1: But when healthy. That freshman season, six interceptions, twenty one

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Speaker 1: passes defense, and if he you know, had come out

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Speaker 1: then who knows. But staying around for two more seasons

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Speaker 1: and just that inconsistent availability as far as being available

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Speaker 1: on the football field. People still go back to that

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Speaker 1: freshman season and look at his tape and kind of

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Speaker 1: use that as the measuring stick as opposed to what

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Speaker 1: he did the past two seasons. Yeah, he played in

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Speaker 1: fifteen games, and obviously when you get a chance to

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Speaker 1: play in a national championship game, you know, he had

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Speaker 1: thirty eight eight tackles. As you mentioned, you know, six interceptions,

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Speaker 1: you know, pass breakups, a forced fumble. But yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean he was he was a five star recruit coming

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Speaker 1: out of high school. He came out of Louisi and

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Speaker 1: Baton Rouge, and he stayed there. But he's been He's

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Speaker 1: been a guy that's been touted along for a long time,

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Speaker 1: and now we'll see where he goes in the draft.

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Speaker 1: So Derek Stingley, Junior at number seven. Continuing our countdown,

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Speaker 1: Mike Jarecki's top fifty draft prospects were down to the

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Speaker 1: final ten at number six. We teased it earlier, but

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Speaker 1: another wide receiver, Ohio state wide out Garrett Wilson checks

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Speaker 1: in at number six. Go either way. Wilson's a little

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Speaker 1: bit smaller than to Drake London six feet verses six

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Speaker 1: five one ninety two verses to ten. But there are

641
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: a lot of people that have Garrett Wilson as their

642
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 1: number one wide receiver in this draft. Yeah, he appeared

643
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 1: in nineteen games last year. He played in eleven. He

644
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: had seventy catches for a thousand yards average, fifteen one

645
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: to catch, twelve touchdowns. He also returns punts and so

646
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,439
Speaker 1: he gives you a love flexibility. There a second team

647
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: Associated Press and second team All Big Ten Conference. He

648
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: played fourteen games as a reserve his twenty nineteen but

649
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: he this guy's been a touchdown machine over the last

650
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: couple of years. Actually, you start looking at the last

651
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: two years, he has eighteen touchdowns. Of course, he did

652
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: have twelve in this previous season, and those twelve tied

653
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: for the eighth most in the country. And whichever team

654
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,280
Speaker 1: lands Garrett Wilson, you're also going to have an answer

655
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 1: at punt return. He is a return specialist as well. Yeah,

656
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: he made twenty seven catches for three hundred and seventy

657
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: one yards six touchdowns over his last three games. He's

658
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 1: got a decisive speed, seems a surprise and single coverage.

659
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you just watched him on tape and going

660
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 1: in when you look at Chrislave, I was told that

661
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 1: maybe some of the scouts in the building like the

662
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: Lave better, but when they went to the pro day,

663
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: they thought Garrett Wilson and may have a little bit

664
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: more upside. So when you get you can watch the

665
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 1: film when you see it in persons a little bit different. So, um,

666
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: I think going in they had a different thought. But

667
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty even right now. And again, I

668
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: don't think one of these two or one of both

669
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,720
Speaker 1: of those guys will not get to the Cardinals olive.

670
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: By the way, number fifteen on your big board. And

671
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 1: when we talk about Garrett Wilson, like Drake London, a

672
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,240
Speaker 1: college or excuse me, a high school basketball player, didn't

673
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: play any college ball at Ohio State, but did receive

674
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,680
Speaker 1: several Division one college basketball scholarship offers coming out of

675
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: high school. So you're seeing a lot of those football

676
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,320
Speaker 1: players playing basketball and high school as well. Yeah, his

677
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: mother's name is Candice of football. Sometimes it's fun to

678
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: just go out physically and downondaque someone that's that's that's

679
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: what she said about her son. He literally go out

680
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: there and knock you down. All right. So Garrett Wilson

681
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: number six on Mike Jarecki's big board. Let's get we've

682
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: got five left. Number five Georgia defensive end Trey Von Walker,

683
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 1: a junior year who now according to mock Draft, could

684
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 1: be number one going to the Jacksonville Jaguars. But someone

685
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: very impressive and an explosive player as a defensive end. Yeah,

686
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: I mean he ran a four or five oney six

687
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 1: five twenty and seventy five pounds. His vertical was thirty

688
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: thirty five five. You know, you look at his production.

689
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: He's on a team obviously has really quality players. He

690
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 1: had career sacks six seven tackle for losses. He's a

691
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: guy that can do a little bit of everything. I mean,

692
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: he played in fifteen games last year. He had thirty

693
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 1: seven tackles seven seven and have tackle for losses of

694
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,320
Speaker 1: six sacks, a couple pass breakups. You know, it's depends

695
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: what you're looking for. Now, Jacksonville went out and they

696
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,439
Speaker 1: franchise take their left tackle. They went out and got

697
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: Brandon Schurff, so you would think they go defense. You know,

698
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: Eiden Hutchinson is visiting the Alliance today, so they're hoping that.

699
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: You know, it's home town kid and they would love

700
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: to see him. But I think I think Jacksonville is

701
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: definitely going defense instead of going offensive line. Even though

702
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: there's there's some quality offensive linement. We're going to get

703
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: into Walker, a defensive end, has the ability to play inside,

704
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,879
Speaker 1: and during the pro day at Georgia did go through

705
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: some linebacker drills as well, so showing some versatility. But

706
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people like that size, that

707
00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: six foot five, two seventy five frame as a defensive

708
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: edge coming off the line of scrimmage and getting into

709
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 1: the backfield. Yeah, the comparisons Chris warmly says Walker's big

710
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,359
Speaker 1: rudget run stopper, playing which the body typed a playing

711
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: a three four defensive end. He can also line up consistently,

712
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: outreaches blockers, takes on control. He's big, long, powerful at

713
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 1: the point of attack, excellent understanding how to create leverage,

714
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: transfers power, hips and hands to lift the opponent's pads.

715
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 1: Violent hands creates a jarring pop when he hits you.

716
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 1: That's impressive, certainly being able to hear that pop for

717
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: those that watch, you know, either the pro day or

718
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: you're on the field during pregame warm up. So Drevan

719
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 1: Walker number five and at number four Cincinnati cornerback Ahmed Gardner,

720
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,240
Speaker 1: and you're on who's that Sauce Sauce? He goes by Sauce.

721
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,439
Speaker 1: In fact, on the NFL dot Com on his draft

722
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: profile page, it does say Sauce Gardner. That's how he's

723
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,720
Speaker 1: referred to, not by Ahmed but Sauce Gardner. Number four

724
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: and the top rated cornerback here in twenty twenty two.

725
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: He has sixty three, two hundred pounds. He ran a

726
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: four four one. You know that that's a tall corner.

727
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,640
Speaker 1: He was two thousand and one first team All ap

728
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: All American two thousand and one American Athletic Conference Player

729
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,720
Speaker 1: of the Year, three time First Team All American Conference.

730
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: He so basically the last three years he's played in

731
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,760
Speaker 1: you know, he's played in thirty seven games. He started,

732
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: he started twenty two over the last two years. He

733
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: has ninety nine tackles, five tack for losses, three and

734
00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: a half sacks, nine interceptions he actually had three he's

735
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 1: and he also has two touchdowns and returning form pick

736
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: sixes for eighteen pass breakups, a couple quarterback hits. So

737
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: um he I don't I think he's going to be

738
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: one of the first corners off the board, him and Stingley. Um,

739
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 1: he's got it. He's got all the attributes. Um. His

740
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: nickname is Sauce. It came from his youth football coach

741
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: aka coach Taz, who he described him as extra sauce

742
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: on the field. His mother, Alice calls her son by

743
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: his government his government name, brother Alante. I find this

744
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: kid fascinating, Yeah, because it's not a you know, you

745
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: go to Cincinnati and it's not one of those Power

746
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: five conferences, but it's a school that certainly over the

747
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: last several years has elevated his reputation in college football

748
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: to where and all of a sudden, you have Sauce

749
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: Gardner on your big board number four. Yeah, and and

750
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 1: you gotta give Loup Fickle a lot of credit. A

751
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 1: lot of people maybe he's gonna get the USC job now.

752
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: And they they've done a really good job. And he

753
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: came from Ohio State, and you know, Ryan Day's done

754
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: a really good job. So they you know, they're they're

755
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,280
Speaker 1: they're on the rise. It's just like I think Texas

756
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: A and m IS. But you're right, Cincinnati under Luke Fickle,

757
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: they were in the college football playoff there, you know,

758
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: to the very end there. Obviously, you know when you

759
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: play one of the Power of five conferences is probably

760
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,359
Speaker 1: not going to go as as you planned. And by

761
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: the way, Sauce not lacking for confidence. A recent tweet quote,

762
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: I'm the best player in the draft, so hey that

763
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: you have to have that mindset playing corner like we'll see.

764
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's got the size and you know

765
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 1: he didn't play in the SEC. But again they played

766
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: against good teams down the stretch when he had to

767
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: get in the playoffs. All right, three more names to unveil.

768
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:54,720
Speaker 1: At number three, Alabama offensive tackle Evan Neil six seven

769
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: three fifty, A three year starter, someone that is going

770
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: to be drafted in plugged in right away at the

771
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: tackle spot. Six seven three fifty. Okay, he's played in

772
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: forty one games. He started all forty one games, pass

773
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 1: block snaps fourteen hundred and twenty five. He's only given

774
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 1: up five sacks five sacks, and according to our guy

775
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: Bruce Feldman, he reportedly box jump forty eight. He benched

776
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: four hundred and seventy pounds, he squatted six to fifty,

777
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:30,719
Speaker 1: and he hit eighteen point five miles on a GPS.

778
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: This guy's six seven three fifty. It's a big boy

779
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 1: who Again we talked about the tackle position, but did

780
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,320
Speaker 1: also start thirteen games at left guard in twenty nineteen,

781
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 1: thirteen games at right tackle in twenty twenty one career

782
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: snap at right guards. So versatile. But he's gonna be

783
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 1: plugged in at one of the two tackle positions. Yeah,

784
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: he's much quicker after dropping fifteen pounds in the offseason.

785
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: You know. This is with executive for an NFC team

786
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 1: said he'll be a good pro, But I don't see

787
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 1: him the best tackle to come out in the of

788
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: this class. He's getting Alabama push from the media in

789
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 1: my opinion unquote okay, which is fair. Semi finalist for

790
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: the Outland Drill Fee and Lombardi Award. Evan Neil number three,

791
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: number two, another offensive tackle, North Carolina States ekem at

792
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: One who otherwise known as Ikey, but another big boy.

793
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: Not nearly as big as Neil, but Ikey sixty four

794
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: three twenty and again a physical freak as far as

795
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: what he's able to do as far as drills are concerned,

796
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: but you like what he's able to do at the

797
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:43,240
Speaker 1: left tackle position. Does have some experience at left guard. Yeah,

798
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 1: and you look at him twelve hundred and fifty six

799
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 1: pass block snaps. He'll give ten sacks and give up three.

800
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: Last year he's appeared in thirty one games. You know,

801
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,760
Speaker 1: you look at him two thousand and one, first team

802
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: I'll pe All American Outland Trophy finalist, and then in

803
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty he's got the size obviously, you know, maybe

804
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 1: you know in the NC state, I don't think that

805
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: Cardinals will have any options to pick him up, but

806
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 1: you know, you look at him as just as a

807
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: whole collecchi Omisselli from the was the Ravens. That's the

808
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: comp there. Excellent locker room with culture, building, personality traits

809
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: to fit any blocking scheme. A wrestler and weight room

810
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 1: success shows up front flips on run blocks sources source state.

811
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,919
Speaker 1: I like watching It's like watching Greg Robinson all over again.

812
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: He came out of Auburn. He's got the same run as,

813
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 1: some protection and power in the run game. He is

814
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 1: more thoughtful player and likely he'll be able to play

815
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: for a long time in the NFL. Nicknamed Ikey by

816
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,240
Speaker 1: his former youth football coach because he looked like former

817
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 1: Bengals running back Icky Woods. That's a big boy. No

818
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: longer this was a youth Okay, No longer the size

819
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: or the physicality of a running back anymore, not when

820
00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: you're six four three twenty So all right. So one

821
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 1: name to go number one on Mike Jarecki's big board,

822
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,880
Speaker 1: Michigan defensive end Aiden Hutchinson. I wouldn't say consensus number

823
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: run around the league, but maybe the most consistent name

824
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: many people have put at the top of mock drafts,

825
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: and it's the one that finished second in the Heisman

826
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: Trophy voting First Team AP, All American Big Ten Most

827
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, and Defensive Lineman

828
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 1: of the Year. Talking about Aiden Hutchinson, Yeah, I mean

829
00:45:40,520 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 1: it's you would think he's going to be the first

830
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: overall pick in the draft, but I think Trey Von

831
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 1: Walker and I don't. I don't think Jacksonville is going

832
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: to take a lineman. So I mean, and again, he

833
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 1: is visiting the Lions and they would love to have him.

834
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, won the Lombardi Award, a Ted Hedrick's Award,

835
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 1: a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, First Team

836
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:05,120
Speaker 1: All p AP. You know, you look at his He's

837
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: not related to former Michigan NFL star Stephen Hutcherson, but

838
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: his father, Chris, was an All American defensive line and

839
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: captain at Michigan five time champ never lost to Ohio State.

840
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: Chris signed with Belichick and Nick Saban when he worked

841
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,839
Speaker 1: with the Browns, so he's got some family history there.

842
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: According to Bruce Feldman, he ran a six three to

843
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: seven under the three cone, thirty six vert and his

844
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,440
Speaker 1: shuttle at twenty yards, which you know sometimes you got

845
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,560
Speaker 1: to run down the field was four. The numbers pop out. Really,

846
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 1: he only played three games in two twenty, so he

847
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:43,919
Speaker 1: came back and played fourteen last year. Throughout his career,

848
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 1: he's played in forty three one hundred and sixty total tackles,

849
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:50,760
Speaker 1: twenty eight tackle for losses. Last year he had fourteen sacks.

850
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: Prior to that, he only had four and a half

851
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. Eleven pass breakup, seventeen quarterback hits, forced fumbles,

852
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: and four fumble recoveries. So the guys and the compass

853
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 1: kyle Vandenbosch, and that's when you look at kyle Vandenbosch.

854
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: Now he wasn't a first round pick, but these guys

855
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: don't take place off. These guys are work out in

856
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: the weight room. These guys are built a little bit

857
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,719
Speaker 1: different where you know they want to take your head

858
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 1: off when they put that helmet on. You mentioned the

859
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: injury he suffered his junior season, a leg fracture that

860
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: required surgery. So three games as a junior, comeback for

861
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: his senior season and just dominated, winning virtually every award

862
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, and now put

863
00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: his name in the mix to be called first by

864
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: a commissioner. Roger Goodell. Yeah, and according to an executive

865
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: for the NFC, it won't be close between him and

866
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: Cavan Thibadeau. Hutch is a dude. He's a worker, he's stronger,

867
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 1: he's more productive, he knows how to play both fastest

868
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,360
Speaker 1: of the game. You know what you're getting out of him? Yeah,

869
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:55,040
Speaker 1: I mean just the fact that you know and he

870
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 1: Michigan they had a really good team this year and

871
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 1: maybe got overshadowed just based on, you know, the other

872
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: talent he had them that side of the ball, or

873
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 1: maybe the offense this year because Hardball finally found a quarterback.

874
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 1: But Michigan, they that defense came him in a lot

875
00:48:08,520 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: of games and he was very productive. Now in the

876
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: Bull game, you could see that he was a target.

877
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: He didn't really play as well, and people were questioning that.

878
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 1: But all week he knew that he was going to

879
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: be a guy that they're gonna have to try to contain,

880
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:24,239
Speaker 1: and they did a good job in the Bull game.

881
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: All Right, m Jay, how do you feel The top

882
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 1: fifty draft prospect Mike Drecky big board has been unveiled

883
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:35,839
Speaker 1: over these last several weeks here on Cardinals Covered two,

884
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 1: presented by Hunday, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals. Yeah,

885
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: and it's it's it's not a mock draft. Um. I

886
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: like doing this exercise. This year was a little bit

887
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,799
Speaker 1: more difficult though, just because you know, when you get

888
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: the Boasters coming out and Quentin Williams and you know

889
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and you know even Mario Williams back in

890
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: the day, and you think there can't miss prospects. But

891
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: this year, I mean again, if you go from maybe

892
00:49:00,320 --> 00:49:02,640
Speaker 1: to forty five, depending on what you like, I think

893
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: the grades are very similar across the board. I mean

894
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean there's not going to be a Pro

895
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: Bowl player. Last year we had a couple of rookies

896
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:11,879
Speaker 1: made the Pro Bowl. It's not mean doesn't mean we're

897
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 1: not gonna get a Hall of Famer for this class.

898
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,279
Speaker 1: But it's really a meet and potatoes drafted depending on

899
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 1: what you want. If you missed any of these unveilings

900
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 1: we did ten at a time, just go to the

901
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: archives where you ever you get and download Cardinals cover

902
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:30,280
Speaker 1: two presented by Hunday, probably partner of the Arizona Cardinals.

903
00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 1: But it is in the books and now we kind

904
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,839
Speaker 1: of wait to see how these names are an now

905
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: it's coming up one week or in one week's time.

906
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: But there's there's one name I know you want to

907
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: do touch on again, Purdue outside linebacker George carl Loftus,

908
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: who checked in at number twenty. But as we say,

909
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,920
Speaker 1: there's still a lot of research that goes into these picks,

910
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: and not so much that you want to change where

911
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:57,360
Speaker 1: you have him slotted. Just a little bit more information

912
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 1: on Carloftus. Yeah, when I when I looked at him,

913
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: and I didn't know if you know, if you see

914
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: more of a four to three or a three to

915
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 1: four guy. But he can play his hand the dirt.

916
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:08,400
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that he really had a

917
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,720
Speaker 1: really good pro day And you know, I started sniffing

918
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:14,160
Speaker 1: around and he did come in for a visit and

919
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: not that I was able to see him, but you know,

920
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: obviously you can bring in thirty players and a lot

921
00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:23,160
Speaker 1: of times, you know, come as smoke screen. But if

922
00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,359
Speaker 1: he's there at twenty three and you don't, you don't

923
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:27,319
Speaker 1: address it in free agency. And I know, you know,

924
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:30,560
Speaker 1: maybe because aj Green, maybe you feel like the receivers

925
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 1: are deep enough you get them in there. Maybe with

926
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,320
Speaker 1: Jeff Gladne. Maybe you don't need a corner there. Clearly

927
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 1: you need a pass rusher, and this guy would be

928
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: perfect for the next four or five years. Uh. You

929
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:48,319
Speaker 1: know the comp is Ryan Kerrigan. So if you watch

930
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: Ryan Kerrigan in Washington, now he's in Philadelphia. I just

931
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: don't want to pooh poo it to where I to me,

932
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 1: you find out what his skill set it and he's

933
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 1: got to fit your scheme. But I when I initially said,

934
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 1: I didn't think he could fit the scheme, but now

935
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,719
Speaker 1: I'm starting to hear there's a lot of things he

936
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 1: can do and their teams are encouraged with that one

937
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:10,440
Speaker 1: or an what not. Didn't win, but was the finalist

938
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 1: for the Ted Hendricks Award, which is given the nation's

939
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,960
Speaker 1: best defensive end but has the ability to be that

940
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: stand up outside linebacker. In fact, mel kiper junior first

941
00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:24,520
Speaker 1: mock draft going back a couple of weeks had Karloftis

942
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 1: to the Cardinals at number twenty three. So not out

943
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:28,920
Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility that that might be a

944
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: name mentioned on Day one of the twenty twenty two

945
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: NFL Draft. Yeah, I mean, you know, he opted out

946
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:37,720
Speaker 1: of the Bowl game to get ready for the draft.

947
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,319
Speaker 1: But you look, just look at it from an analytics

948
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:44,440
Speaker 1: analytics standpoint or analyze it. He's a guy that you know,

949
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 1: he twenty one on the bench, thirty thirty eight vertical

950
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,120
Speaker 1: for four point three shuttle. That's not bad. He's just

951
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 1: very active. And again Ryan Kerrigan, Kyle Vanenbosch, these guys

952
00:51:57,120 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: just they don't they don't take plays off. That's just

953
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,000
Speaker 1: how it is. But he's a guy that he will

954
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: be drafted. It's just everyone's in love with some of

955
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,919
Speaker 1: these other pass strutters than him. But I do think,

956
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,359
Speaker 1: you know, if he's there at twenty three, I think

957
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,440
Speaker 1: if the Cardinals were gonna have to make a decision

958
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 1: there well, speaking of the draft, Thursday, April twenty eighth,

959
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:19,560
Speaker 1: the Cardinals twenty twenty two Draft Party presented by Arizona

960
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:23,359
Speaker 1: four Dealers, taking place on the Great Lawn outside State

961
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: Farm Stadium from four until nine. Admission and parking are

962
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,959
Speaker 1: both free. You got asy Cardinals dot com for more

963
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:33,880
Speaker 1: information if you want to be out and abouts Bird Gang.

964
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: First time since twenty nineteen that the Cardinals have had

965
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 1: a draft party outs on the Great Lawn at State

966
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:43,600
Speaker 1: Farm Stadium. Yeah, you look at Coropholis. You look at

967
00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:47,520
Speaker 1: his size, Craig six four two seventy five, right, Aiden

968
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,959
Speaker 1: Hutchinson six six two sixty five, So he's a little

969
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: bit heavier, but also packs more of a punch. So

970
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 1: just to kind of comparison. But you know, hey, listen,

971
00:52:57,760 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: if they don't address that position, and they can go

972
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: byatt or Davis d line. And because you know I

973
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,680
Speaker 1: was thinking about this, um, clearly Marcus Colton is going

974
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 1: to be a starter, but then you got Kinnard and

975
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:15,800
Speaker 1: Victor d mckeichee. They're gonna be your backups. So you

976
00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: gotta add you gotta add another starter there to that mix.

977
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:21,840
Speaker 1: I think there's any question. And much like the wide

978
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 1: receiver position, sign a veteran I e. AJ Green, draft

979
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,600
Speaker 1: a young player. I think that's what the Cardinals need

980
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:31,400
Speaker 1: to do. And Edge Russian will see whether that happens

981
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 1: before the draft or they wait until after the draft. Yeah,

982
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:39,399
Speaker 1: and we got some unfortunate news and again and when

983
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: it comes to Kylie Fits, he announced his retirement because

984
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,320
Speaker 1: of concussions. He was a great locker room guy, very smart,

985
00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 1: He cut his teeth, you know, playing on special teams.

986
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 1: So you pray for him and he obviously dealt with

987
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:55,919
Speaker 1: it last year, and so it's you know he's doing

988
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:57,920
Speaker 1: He's making the right call for him and his Family's

989
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,959
Speaker 1: only twenty seven years old, but really a nice guy

990
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 1: and just he shit in that locker room. He was

991
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:05,839
Speaker 1: never about a mean guy. He was always a team guy.

992
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna miss him, just from my standpoint of

993
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,799
Speaker 1: because when we started looking at the backup linebackers, he

994
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: was always in the mix, and he was always playing

995
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,960
Speaker 1: on teams. Yeah, a standout, core special teams player the

996
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:20,360
Speaker 1: past three seasons with the Cardinals only six games last season.

997
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:24,439
Speaker 1: He posted this on Instagram quote, due to too many

998
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 1: concussions and the severity of my recent one, it is

999
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,160
Speaker 1: no longer safe for me to continue to play. I'm

1000
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 1: so grateful for this game and everything it has taught

1001
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:36,240
Speaker 1: and brought into my life. Twenty seven years old, sixth

1002
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 1: round pick of the Bears in twenty eighteen. But he

1003
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: is calling at a career after four seasons. Yeah. Was

1004
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 1: he one of those guys they claimed when they had

1005
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 1: the first claim? That's a good question. I don't know.

1006
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:48,479
Speaker 1: I'd have to look back on that. I know Tanner

1007
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,239
Speaker 1: Valajo was. Yeah, I think fits he's always kind of

1008
00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 1: been in this system. Again, a sixth round pick, but

1009
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: he carved out a nice career. Obviously, probably doesn't spend

1010
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:02,840
Speaker 1: his money lavishly. He's got a great family, so, you know,

1011
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 1: twenty seven years old, hopefully you know there's something he

1012
00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 1: can do where he doesn't have to put that helmet

1013
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 1: on anymore. Another shoutouts and another retirements. Cardinals long time

1014
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: equipment manager Mark all Meyer forty one years stepping away.

1015
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,120
Speaker 1: Someone one of the few that actually joined the Cardinals

1016
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 1: when the team was still in Saint Louis. He's been

1017
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:29,000
Speaker 1: with the organization since nineteen eighty one, twice named the

1018
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:33,960
Speaker 1: NFL Equipment Manager of the Year. Congratulations to Mark all Meyer,

1019
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: a name that not many Cardinal fans are aware of,

1020
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,880
Speaker 1: but one of those that works hard behind the scenes

1021
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:43,840
Speaker 1: that players certainly know and respect because it's those people

1022
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:47,319
Speaker 1: behind the scenes that allow the players to do what

1023
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:50,960
Speaker 1: they do on the football field. Yeah, Michael Bidwell did

1024
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 1: a nice tribute for him in the cafeteria, and this

1025
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:56,239
Speaker 1: the first time I've been in the cafeterias. The cafeteria

1026
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,680
Speaker 1: was packed, players, coaches. Cliff went up there and spoke

1027
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,400
Speaker 1: um and then you know they had a couple of

1028
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:06,080
Speaker 1: videos from Tim Delaney um and one was Joe Buck.

1029
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: Joe Buck was a ball boy at the age of

1030
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 1: fifteen and sixteen. He didn't know what it was like

1031
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:13,839
Speaker 1: to work a day in his life, and Mark put

1032
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,840
Speaker 1: him to work and he got great respect because it

1033
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 1: taught him, you know, to be on time, just stuff

1034
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:22,840
Speaker 1: that you know. Obviously he grew up around the ballpark

1035
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 1: and that was fascinating. And Mark made the Peter King

1036
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:30,439
Speaker 1: column today. And then they had Larry Fitzher, so really

1037
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,680
Speaker 1: it was two ball boys. Larry Fitzher was a ball

1038
00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 1: boy and Larry was all three if you count Michael

1039
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:38,280
Speaker 1: as well. That's true, Yeah, that's right. And and Larry

1040
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: was really good, just you know, when he got drafted,

1041
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,880
Speaker 1: and you know, they had an quon Bolden and you

1042
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 1: know he obviously the people knew that he had a

1043
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,719
Speaker 1: relationship with Danny Green being the ball boy, and he

1044
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 1: said he didn't really know anybody. And when he came here,

1045
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 1: Mark kind of sat down and explained the history of

1046
00:56:55,040 --> 00:56:57,680
Speaker 1: the franchise to him, and he said it was good

1047
00:56:57,719 --> 00:57:00,360
Speaker 1: because I you know, I didn't I didn't know anybody.

1048
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,279
Speaker 1: I didn't go out in public, so when I came here,

1049
00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: I can be myself and I got the chance to

1050
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,320
Speaker 1: meet him. And he can't tell you all the times

1051
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,239
Speaker 1: that you know, you know, because he's the guy that

1052
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: said packs the bags for the uniforms. You know, sometimes

1053
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: Larry had you know, different change different shoes. So I

1054
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: can't say enough. But and the actually Michael flew in

1055
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:22,600
Speaker 1: pizza from Saint Louis. So that's how big of a

1056
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:25,680
Speaker 1: deal with this was. Now the really the last guy

1057
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:29,520
Speaker 1: standing is Jeff Herndon and he's he's the only other

1058
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: one that came from Saint Louis. So I mean between

1059
00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:39,720
Speaker 1: you know, Machine Stein, Mark almost almost father. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's the change of guard Mark Almyer eight hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty three games and worked with more than thirty six

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Speaker 1: hundred players, seven different presidents, longevity, he's ready, I think,

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Speaker 1: quite the career for Mark Allmyer. We tip our cap

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Speaker 1: to him as we close out this edition of Cardinals

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Speaker 1: Cover two, and on that note, we will put a

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Speaker 1: lid on This edition of Cardinals Cover two presented by

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Speaker 1: Hunday Probab partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special

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Speaker 1: thanks to our executive producer Jim Molmandro for Mike Jarecky.

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Speaker 1: I'm craig Riel Loup. We'll talk to you next time

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Speaker 1: you're on Cardinals cover two.