WEBVTT - NFL Report: Caleb Williams' Pro Day & Colts CB Kenny Moore II 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.840 Welcome into the NFL Report on a Thursday, James Palmer, Steve, 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.680 whitch with you. I Am heading for vacation next week. 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:14.760 Steve's gonna be heading to the owners meeting, so him 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.720 and Judy Batista are gonna have a dynamite show on Monday. 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.560 Check out the guest list for that one when Monday 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:22.320 rolls around. But how about our guest list. You saw 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:25.480 him right there, Kenny Moore. The Indiapolis Colts resigned their 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.040 Starslock Corner to a massive new contract. We love to 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.280 talk about that position on this show, Steve. Also we 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:35.160 have Brian Baldinger breaking down which three teams improved themselves 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.839 the best through the trenches on the Lancer line. Speaking 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.319 of the trenches, talks about the top edge rushers in 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.479 this draft where they could potentially go off the board. 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.720 We'll also have Alvin Rbie who in an inspire change 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:50.560 initiative with the NFL. 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:50.880 Steve. 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:54.400 He is the founder of Barbershop was It Books, which 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:57.640 is an incredible initiative to get kids to go out 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.959 there and read. And I know, Steve, you spent some 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:04.280 time in a higher institution. That was the University of 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.920 Southern California at their pro day with Caleb Williams. I 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.640 need to know what happened at that pro day when 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.560 everybody knows he's going number one to the Bears. 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.080 Yeah, I mean, look a really interesting thing real quick. 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.959 Kenny Moore, by the way, JP is the first repeat 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:20.360 performer I think here. 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.800 Second time around. Yes, it is on the NFL report. 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.280 So Kenny Moore, right, I Caleb Ford to have I 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.720 love for it, asould say either having you back on. Well, 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.520 let's get to Caleb Williams because again we're all assuming 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.760 safely that he's going to be the first overall pick 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.880 on the Chicago Bears who have that pick. They came 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:42.840 about eight d James. It's standing right behind Caleb during 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:45.319 this workout was Matt e Reflus to head coach Ryan Poles, 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.559 the assistant GM. You're seeing eb Reflus and Polls right 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.560 there right behind him over his right shoulder, keeping a 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.680 close eye on. And there's a lot of communication between 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.960 all the Bears, Brass and Caleb throughout the morning. So 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.320 but the one with Caleb that we saw was that 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.640 you know, he stayed in the pocket, right, nothing real 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.840 flashy like this is how good I can be under 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.280 calm circumstances, I said, is the case for most of 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.040 his junior season at USC, even though the year before 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.840 he was absolutely fantastic and winning the Heisman. So after 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:19.280 this workout, which is calm, Google actud fifty scripted throws, 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.760 no tight ends is part of that workout. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:22.760 I caught up with Caleb. 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:24.280 But here's what he had to say about some of 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:28.120 the next moves coming up. Yeah, I'm sitting here with 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.359 Caleb Williams and Caleb a nice a nice workout right there. 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.720 Just your assessment and also the fun. 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.920 You had because we saw you laughing with you guys, 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.680 hugging up everybody after the workout. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.760 Yeah, that's always one of the most important things. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:42.959 Is to have fun. 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.880 I made sure my guys heard that a bunch of times, 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.240 whether it was last night when I sent him a text, 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.640 and then throughout this you know, this morning, in this 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.960 day so far, making sure that was the first and 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.560 first thing that I said to them in the text 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:57.960 or when I'm talking to him. So I had to 0:02:57.960 --> 0:02:59.440 go out there and show that I was having fun 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.239 and by example, and then obviously go out there and 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:03.359 handle business. 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:03.920 Now we do. 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:06.000 The majority of your workout is gonna be from the pocket, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:07.720 just kind of assess how do you think things went? 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:12.359 Yeah, I missed a couple. I missed a couple of 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:16.800 passes down the field deep ball, wise, vertical, and then 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.280 I had I think one or two I think one 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.880 behind my receiver. So you know, work on those things, right, 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:23.359 It's all right. 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.240 It still was a very good workout. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:25.600 Thank you. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.639 Look, we know you're the presumpted number one pick yep. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.080 The Bears had a large contingent here in fact, coach 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.920 Matty Ebrafolus and GM mind Poles right behind you. Just 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.200 the fact that they traded justin fields and they cleared 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:36.760 some runway for you to land. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.240 Is that your full expectation to be headed there? 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.600 It's a good question. I wouldn't say it's my full expectation. Obviously, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:48.360 things can happen, things can change throughout this time. I 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.040 think it's around thirty three days or so, thirty days 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.920 until you know April twenty fifth, and so you know 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.040 a lot can change. You take it day by day, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.160 handle it and handle and control which you can control. 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.200 And with that is your head coach here at USC 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.040 Lincoln Riley, and he said, expectations is something you've dealt 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.320 with even coming out of high school today, all thirty 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:10.000 two teams were here. How have you and how do 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.040 you deal with everything that's going to be expected of you? 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:16.800 Yeah, first and foremost, I have a great mom and dad. 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:19.760 It starts there, started there, from when I was born 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.159 and them raising me to this twenty two year old now. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.800 And then you know, I took and I took my 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:29.320 own road, and and and you know, as I got older, 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.119 and then obviously I got coach Riley. I've had coaches 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.680 in high school Coach Andy Driver's uh, Danny Schefter and 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:36.320 and things like that. 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.680 So you know, help keep molding me. And I'm still molding. 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.440 I'm not gonna be the man I am, you know 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.760 many years from now, twenty years from now when I 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.800 retire hopefully and and can play ball hopefully for a 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:47.440 really long time. 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:49.840 Great last question, just what what's next? 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.080 I mean, what's on your schedule in terms of visits 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:52.920 things like that. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:53.839 Yeah, so we're still. 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.000 Figuring the visits out. We'll have all of that solved 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.560 pretty here, pretty soon. We wanted to make sure we 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.280 came out here, put on a show for everybody, and 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.320 and focusing on my training for you know, my first 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.320 my first game and o t as of of the NFL. 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.799 I know it's the last question, but quickly Keenan Allen, Yeah, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.200 receiver was here. What about seeing him? It was right, 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:13.279 you guys, hang it up for a minute. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.240 Yeah, so I've known I've known Keenan for a little 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.400 bit now hung out. He was at the he was 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.719 at the Chargers of the time obviously, and then you know, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.640 now he's at the Bears for like I says, here 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:25.960 for a fourth round pick, which is crazy last year. 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.920 You know, he's a beast, good guy, awesome dude to 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:30.240 be around. 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:31.719 He can give you a lot of knowledge. 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:33.960 All right, Caleb, Hey, thanks for the time, man, Well done, 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:35.200 Thank you, good luck, Thank you. 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:37.599 There'd be a couple of. 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.200 Things I just wanted to make sure to clarify coming 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.520 out of that interview. First off, even though he failt, 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.719 he's going to go on his visits after the workout, 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:45.080 the Bears brass was there. 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:46.280 I was told by someone there. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.560 They got there Monday, They had dinner with Caleb, they 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:49.640 spent time with him. 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:51.440 So they've done a tremendous amount of homework. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.920 The communication going on to the Bears and Caleb really 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.320 leaves no question as to what's going on and what 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.159 I said, you expect to be the pick. 0:05:59.080 --> 0:05:59.599 By the Bears. 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.839 He was like, well, I can't expect it. You wanted 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.960 to say yes, but he says, look, you know they 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:05.560 could trade the pick. They can do this or that. 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:07.400 Add Some folks on social media like, well, he didn't 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.800 sound too enthusiastic. You'll be just fine to be get 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.360 drafted by the Chicago Bears. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.360 Yeah, I completely agree. I love that Keenan Allen was there. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.880 I mean, I've never seen a player that is probably 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.560 going to be the number one target of that quarterback 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.720 that's going to go number one at the Pro Day. 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:25.240 I've just never seen it. You see guys go back 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.080 to the ra Alma mottern. Keenan Allen's a cow guy, 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.560 so this is usc. He was there to see his 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.599 future quarterback, which I thought was really cool. The second 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.599 part of it, Steve, is I love that you described 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.320 this as the exact opposite of what we've seen from 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.360 a lot of top quarterbacks and what can they do 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.400 with wow throws? What can they do moving? I remember 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:45.719 going to a variety of these, from Trevor Lawrence to 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.240 Mac Jones to CJ. Stroud, what can you do athletically 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.280 outside of the pocket. That's what we need to sell 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.320 these scouts on. That's not anything Kayleb Williams needs to 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.640 sell anyone in the NFL on on what he can 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.880 do with his legs outside of the pocket, creating scrambling, 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:02.000 what he was able to do inside the body. And 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:03.520 the big thing I hear as I throw this back 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.760 to you around the league is his footwork staying within 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:10.360 the pocket is maybe unmatched in this draft coming up, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:13.679 and that is extremely important with messy pockets in the NFL. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.520 And I love that that's the kind of the approach 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:16.880 he had with this pro. 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:18.240 Dem and that's one of the things that a lot 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.920 of people say give the comparison to Patrick Mahomes, not 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.200 that he's Mahomes, but footwork and things like that. Somebody 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.280 who knows a lot about Caleb Williams, head coach Lincoln Riley, 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.160 brought him from Oklahoma to USC. 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:30.520 I caught it with him. 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.760 Here's some thoughts about Caleb's future as you go to 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:34.400 the NFL. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.440 Yeah, I think he probably will be just about as 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.080 prepared as you could be to go into situation like that. 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:45.320 And that's one of those things that you probably can't 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.200 completely simulate it until you actually get in the middle 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.680 and experience it. But you know, winning a Heisman Trophy 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.480 at USC, you know, in the middle of Los Angeles 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:55.800 is probably about as close. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:56.240 As you can get. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:08:00.240 And so he's used to being under the microscope, used 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.320 to kind of having his game and everything he does 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.280 and everything that he says dissected every which way. There's 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.320 certainly some new challenges and I know he's going to 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.480 have some ups and downs, just like every rookie that 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:12.520 goes into that league. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:14.559 But you know, he loves the game. 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:16.960 I think he's going to continue to improve and I 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.120 think you know, whatever team he ends up with will 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:20.640 be very happy with him coach. 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.320 Lastly, just when you look at the metrics of everything 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:27.520 he's done for only fourteen interceptions in his three years 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.360 as a starter, one that tells you he's accurate, but 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.840 too he's a good decision maker. In coaching him and 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.760 seeing all of that high touchdown to low interception ratio, 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.839 how do you think that translates to the NFL, because 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.440 we know those are two things that are significant at 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:43.319 playing at that level. 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:44.960 Yeah, I think it's important. I mean, I think it 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:48.120 shows that he values the ball. You know, sometimes I 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.360 think people turn on a highlight and they think he's 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:54.680 just this reckless player, that's this gunslinger, and honestly he's not. 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.599 He's he's at times, even early in his career, was 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:00.320 even maybe even more conservative than I wanted him to be. 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.560 But he always valued taking care of the ball. He 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.880 always had a patience that honestly was even better on 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:09.199 game day than it was on the practice field, which 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.200 for a lot of young qbs it's the opposite. He 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.920 always seemed to kind of calm down and settle down, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.920 even be a little bit more patient on game day 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.000 even as a young player, which I loved and so 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.000 so Yeah, it's going to be obviously very important as 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.920 the windows tightened down in that league as you face 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.840 the type of pass rushers that he's getting ready to face. 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.160 But to show that he's already had that ability at 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.560 a young age, I think bodes well for him. 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:38.360 What insight from Lincoln Riley with you there, Steve into 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.520 the makeup of Caleb Williams, The main things that jump 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:43.960 out at me. One is the way he maybe takes 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.600 more risks in practice, which is probably where you should 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.040 be with the football at the quarterback position a little more, 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.000 you know, deliberate with the way he throws it during 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.040 the games. When you have one thousand and ninety nine 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:59.760 pass attempts in fourteen interceptions over three years, I think 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.080 is pretty good at protecting the football. Because the last 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.240 three years with the Bears, they had fifteen interceptions, fifteen 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:09.280 interceptions and twenty interceptions Kayleb Williams fourteen over his last 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.720 three I look at the receiver group that he's going 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.200 to walk into, Steve, and you look at Keenan Allen 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.160 and Dj Moore and Cole Kament and Gerald Everett. All 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.600 of these guys have high football IQs and they're where 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:21.720 they're supposed to be. And I think that's huge for 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:23.680 the system that he's walking into and. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:24.360 That's going to be perfect. 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.800 Look the one thing again, ninety three career touchdowns as 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.760 a collegiate starter, fourteen interceptions. He has put the ball 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.960 on the ground with fumbles. Okay, again the numbers are 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:34.720 all over the place. Of what we've seen, he has 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:36.840 put the ball on the ground, hasn't lost many, but 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.320 that's something he is going to have to tighten up. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.160 But like you said, when he goes to Chicago, the 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:46.040 situation is much better than what Justin Fields walked into 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.080 a couple of years ago when he was the first 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.800 round pick. Well, coming up, we're talking about quarterbacks going 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.480 into good situations. Ryan Baldinger is going to let us 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.880 know which teams have moved in the trenches, including those 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.560 teams that might be rafting a rookie quarterback. Next on 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.200 the NFL Report, roll that tape, ELC. 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.920 Welcome back into the NFL Report, James Palmer, Steve Whitch, 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.000 I have my popcorn. That means, Baldy, we're back in 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:26.559 the thickest things. We're evaluating everything post free agency. Brian 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:30.000 Baldinger joins us for Baldy's favorite films, and Baldy, we 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.960 came to you with this question your three teams that 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.800 during free agency improved themselves in the trenches. We'll start 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:42.559 with number three, Carolina Panthers. Two massive guards come there 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.240 and Robert Hunt and Damian Lewis. What do you see 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.120 out of what Carolina did I do like that those 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.040 guys have blocked for shorter quarterbacks in their past. In 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.319 Russell Wilson into a tongue of Iolo I'm not sure 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.240 if that matters, but they have. 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.360 Well, you know, Bryce Sengi is the biggest guy, but 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.760 he needs better protection than what we saw last year. 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:02.880 You're gonna take Bryce number one like they did, and 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.520 there was this struggle by everybody in that organization. Coaches fired, 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:10.520 gms fired, everything changed. You got to do your very 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:14.080 best to support your franchise quarterback and give them every 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.880 opportunity be successful. And I think Robert Hunt played very 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.840 good for the Miami Dolphins. They ran the ball very strong. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.360 Tua had a good season, back to back good years there, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.640 especially when healthy, and Damian Lewis has been doing that 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.360 you know in Seattle. So I think they got two 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.200 really good guards. I think they got to figure out 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.439 the center position still, but it's a good draft for centers. 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:38.240 I would expect them to draft one. You know, Austin 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.079 Corbett got hurt last year and it just kind of crumbled. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:46.280 But I think Carolina they look better inside right now. 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.560 With Hunt and Lewis than they did at any point 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:49.160 last year. 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:49.880 And Baldy. 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.720 You know, when you look at Carolina right now, the 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:54.360 way they're you know, they're trying, I guess, to remake 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.920 their team Is this the best way to for them 0:12:57.960 --> 0:12:59.400 to kind of start. We keep talking about how they 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.360 didn't have any why receivers, but to fortify that interior, 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.400 Is this the best first step, so to speak. 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.600 Yeah. And I always think that it's like everybody's going. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.760 To pay attention to the tackles, especially in this draft, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.360 and it's a good class for tackles. But I mean, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.079 if your interior, if your center isn't strong, if your 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.520 guards can't just keep the pocket flat. I don't care 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.839 if you're Bryce Young or if you're Joe Burrow or 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.080 if you're Mahomes. I mean, you've got to get those 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.719 positions fixed so that your quarterback has a chance to 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.040 deliver the ball short yards goal line. 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:31.120 You got to get a yard. 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.360 You better be able to move people up front and 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.640 be able to retain possession, finished strives in the end zone. 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.800 All those kind of things are really important to the 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:43.040 success of any offense, but especially in offense that's trying 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.160 to be rebuilt and try to you know, compete right 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.680 now this year, I think it starts up front and 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:49.440 in the trenches. 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.600 I think they got two you know, guys that are 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:52.199 still young. 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.600 You have the best football right in front of them 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:56.160 on their second contracts. 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.160 You can build with those guys and around those guys. 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.000 Your quarterback sack sixty two times, protecting him up the 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.760 middle obviously extremely important. I just want them to change 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:08.600 their identity as well. I want the Panthers to kind 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.839 of have that, you know, in your face identity. I 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.040 love that Damian Lewis said that when he was you know, 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:14.679 at his press conference, I'm going to be the type 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:16.600 of guy that puts your face in the ground. They 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:20.120 need that in Carolina. Let's go to your second team. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:24.440 In terms of the trenches. In the Houston Texans, Nikosara 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.000 not a big spender in free agency usually, but he 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.480 went out and made a number of moves to help, 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.920 especially this defensive line. We know the way Demiko Ryans 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.000 thinks that if you need an elite defense, the D 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:37.440 line's a big part of it. And if you want 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.440 to be a contender in the AFC Baldy, you got 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.160 to go after these AFC quarterbacks. No question. 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.600 That's how Nick's thinking, That's how Demico's thinking, James, and 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.560 so you know, Demiko comes from, you know, a franchise 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.760 in San Francisco where they wanted to be eight deep 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:55.000 on the defensive line, and so look Malik Collins, Sheldon Rankins. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.000 They were good last year, but they. 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.520 Have now added you know, obviously Daniel high Turn after 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.760 Chris Jones was signed re signed by Kansas City and 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:06.800 giving that big, huge signing bonus. I thought Danil Hunter 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.160 was the next best free agent and all free agency, 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.520 coming off his best season playing opposite of Will Anderson 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.840 right now. Then you add Deniko Autrey and I know this, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:20.000 I know Deniko got Nick Casario excited. This guy is 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.440 just one heck of a football player wherever you play 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.840 in Tennessee. Yeah, I thought he was part of the 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.560 best defensive line of football three years ago. He can 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.040 rush inside, outside, he's got counting the playoffs, James, He's 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.160 got thirty sacks the last three years with the Titans. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.840 He's used to being in a dominant front four defensive team. 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.200 That's what this looks like. Then you add fully Fooicosi 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.640 and Mario you know, Williams, and you add some of 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.600 those guys in front. You know, fully you know, can 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.120 really be that that guy that can eat up the 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:53.760 double teams, the free up Aziz al Shai here and 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:57.160 you know, all the linebackers Christian Harris that they have there. 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:01.600 I think this is quickly being built into one of 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:03.600 the better defensive fronts and all the football. 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:05.720 They were already great last year against the run. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.280 At one point last year they were number one in 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.000 the NFL against the run. I think they finished number two. 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.520 So they already kind of have that mindset that we're 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.480 gonna stop the run. That's the first phase of getting 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.800 after Mahomes and Josh Allen and Lamar and some of 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.400 these teams that you got to get pasted in the AFC. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.200 They're on the way right now. I thought this front 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.160 really took a step up in I life. I love 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.600 Jonathan greenerd but when he's left to sign of Minnesota 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.400 and they went after and got to Neil Hunter, I said, 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.440 they just upgraded that position. 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.320 Which is crazy because I mean, you're talking about how 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.360 Grenard was just so good down there. But Hunters of 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.200 guys continues to win, right He can win those individual 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:46.640 and those double teams, and you got to consistently have 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:49.280 that guy, but you also have to have tackles to 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:52.480 keep those guys off your quarterbacks. This leads us to 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:56.640 your number one team that is upgraded in the trenches. 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.240 Who you got, Baldy, because I do think these moves 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:03.200 are actually more hit or miss. You hit big or 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:04.840 you miss big with these moves. 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.760 Well, the New York Jets and so you know, obviously 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:09.440 the Jets were a mess last year. 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.919 Aaron Rodgers four plays. I mean, we know the story. 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.000 But you know they have to get this thing right 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.800 that nobody has been a more fractured injured offensive line 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:22.760 than the New York Jets. They've just missed on players. 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:27.240 And so Tyron Smith comes in. Look, he has protected 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.439 the backside of Tony Romo and Dak Prescott over the 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.720 last eleven years. He's been excellent, but he has miss time. 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.919 You know, he did play fifteen games last year, So 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.600 that's if they could get thirteen to fifteen games out 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:42.400 of Tyrant. 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:42.800 That's a win. 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.359 Three years ago, the ahead Morgan Moses and he played 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.680 great for him, and then they let him walk. 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:50.600 To the Baltimore Ravens, where you literally, you. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:53.280 Know, was the starting right tackle a team that led 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:57.640 the league in rushing, was a dominant player there. He's 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.880 going into his eleventh season. He did miss a couple 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.840 of games last year with an arm injury, but for 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.960 the most part he's been healthy. They get Morgan Moses back, 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.879 and then they went and signed John Simpson was a 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.240 big fan of he came out of Clemson. He started 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.120