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Speaker 1: We're Gonna Lay Me Wyoming, Josh Allen, Monstrous Arm, Ethan Greemer,
Speaker 1: and Eric Allen here on the Official Jets Podcast. If
Speaker 1: there's one thing you gotta know about Josh Allen, it
Speaker 1: is that this guy has an absolute canon. He can
Speaker 1: throw at eighty yards and we're gonna dive in right now.
Speaker 1: On the Official Jets Podcast e A. The book on
Speaker 1: Allen is, like I said, the cannon of the arm.
Speaker 1: But on the other under the spectrum is the fifty
Speaker 1: six percent completion mark? Is it overblown? Well, that's not
Speaker 1: for me to decide. I will tell you that he
Speaker 1: was through forty four touchdown passes at Wyoming. He mentioned
Speaker 1: the fifty six completion percentage twenty one interceptions. Here's a
Speaker 1: guy who out of high school, had no scholarships from
Speaker 1: any Division one program. He went to Juco School, grew
Speaker 1: up in California, much like Josh Rosen and Sam Donald.
Speaker 1: But this was a fireball California, played some basketball growing up,
Speaker 1: and he can throw a ninety mile par fastball. But
Speaker 1: after he went to junior college, he was only offered
Speaker 1: by Eastern Michigan and Wyoming, and then he went to Wyoming.
Speaker 1: Statistically he had a better year in two thousand sixteen
Speaker 1: rather than two thousand seventeen. There are a lot of
Speaker 1: folks who studied the film Greens who really liked this
Speaker 1: guy because you mentioned it. Elite arm also tremendous athleticism,
Speaker 1: and a lot of people talk about his leadership and tangibles.
Speaker 1: And he is a guy even though he played at
Speaker 1: a mid major school, he might have an unbelievable ceiling
Speaker 1: in terms of his pro prospects. We're gonna speak to
Speaker 1: Robert Gagliardi of Wild Sports dot Net the Waami Boomerang
Speaker 1: in just a couple of minutes here, but real quick
Speaker 1: on Josh Allen is this is a guy who many
Speaker 1: believe Sam Donald's gonna go number one overall. But if
Speaker 1: it's not Sam Donald, the next man up that many
Speaker 1: people believe could be in play at number one for
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns is indeed Josh Allen. Because this guy
Speaker 1: has elite arm strength, He's extremely athletic, he can make
Speaker 1: all the throws that an NFL quarterback needs to and debatedbly,
Speaker 1: this is the guy that might have the most upside
Speaker 1: out of the group. I mean, this is why general
Speaker 1: managers are paid a decent amount of coin, because you
Speaker 1: have to look at a guy on film and project.
Speaker 1: How is he going to make the transition from a
Speaker 1: place like Wyoming to one of the thirty two teams
Speaker 1: and play on Sundays. Is gonna be a big difference there.
Speaker 1: When people criticize Allen, it is for that completion percentage
Speaker 1: and they automatically assume the lack of accuracy. And there
Speaker 1: are a lot of folks who say, hey, that is
Speaker 1: just not right. He's more accurate than you think. Maybe
Speaker 1: he wasn't playing with a lot of talent on the outside.
Speaker 1: Maybe Wyoming through the ball a little bit more down
Speaker 1: the field. As far as challenging throws are concerned, Allen
Speaker 1: is a guy who if you're making a quarterback and
Speaker 1: you put him in a lab and you think about
Speaker 1: six four, six five to thirty, got some athleticism, can move,
Speaker 1: can make all the throws. Also, is a good kid
Speaker 1: willing to learn. It's got a lot of upsides. Now
Speaker 1: you've got to make that projection. Is he ready to play?
Speaker 1: How quickly do you think he can play? And how
Speaker 1: is he going to adjust to your individual program. I
Speaker 1: will say, no matter what the Jets do at the
Speaker 1: number three overall selection, if they indeed do take a quarterback,
Speaker 1: I think they have a great structure in place because
Speaker 1: Josh McCown is here a guy who is the consummate professional,
Speaker 1: and Jeremy Bates has has success with a lot of
Speaker 1: quarterbacks throughout his career, most notably you think about McConnell
Speaker 1: last season, but then you can go back to a
Speaker 1: little fireball back in his day, Ja Cotler when he
Speaker 1: was a young guy. And you know, I think Bates
Speaker 1: is a guy who can take young quarterbacks and he
Speaker 1: can mold them, and he also can take veteran quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and get the bus out of them. And then we
Speaker 1: saw that last year. But I think the Jets have
Speaker 1: a good situation if they decide, indeed to take a
Speaker 1: quarterback at number three overall. Josh Allen extremely fascinating because
Speaker 1: some people are infatuated by him, some people not so much.
Speaker 1: But you know, let's check in with someone that's covered
Speaker 1: him for the three years that he's been in Wyoming,
Speaker 1: and Robert Gagliardi. Robert, thanks a lot for joining us.
Speaker 1: Let's dive in here. Josh Allen, he's a man of mystery,
Speaker 1: I'd say, because some people love him, some people not
Speaker 1: so much. So from your time covering him, what is
Speaker 1: your opinion on Josh Allen? Well, I think the first
Speaker 1: thing that comes to my mind and about Josh Allen
Speaker 1: is just how much of a competitor this kid is.
Speaker 1: You know, I've been covering college football for over twenty years,
Speaker 1: and I've seen a lot of really good players, a
Speaker 1: lot of really good athletes, but I'm not sure if
Speaker 1: I've seen anyone as competitive as this kid. And I
Speaker 1: think that fuel has been kind of been built based
Speaker 1: going back to when he was in high school because
Speaker 1: he's always everyone. A lot of people have always doubted him,
Speaker 1: you know that that he couldn't. I mean, there's a
Speaker 1: kid that didn't have offers coming out of high school
Speaker 1: at a tiny fireball California is about a six four
Speaker 1: five pound bean pole, and then went to junior college
Speaker 1: and even there, even after putting up you know, pretty
Speaker 1: decent numbers in one year are not a whole lot
Speaker 1: of people gave him munch of attention, but Wyoming kind
Speaker 1: of on a buck of the draw, so to speak.
Speaker 1: They were actually there at his junior college looking at
Speaker 1: someone else, looking at a defensive tackle. I believe I
Speaker 1: saw some potential there, and uh, I thought they'd better
Speaker 1: take a look at him. They did, and the rest
Speaker 1: is sort of history. But that's no if it's an
Speaker 1: underdog mentality, but just just just people doubting him all
Speaker 1: the time is just fueled this kid's fire. And I
Speaker 1: think it's even proven that as we get into this
Speaker 1: draft process, and you know, we all know there's there's
Speaker 1: been some accuracy issues and I think you know and
Speaker 1: Josh is even admitted to that. But then he comes
Speaker 1: into the combine. He's done every you know, since the
Speaker 1: end of last season, he's done everything he's you know,
Speaker 1: he went to the Senior Bowl and did well, He
Speaker 1: went to the Combine and did well. You know, he
Speaker 1: threw it as pro day and did well, and worked
Speaker 1: on a lot of those things that you know, people
Speaker 1: are questioning about his accuracy with and has made progress with.
Speaker 1: Now I'm not gonna sit here and say that he's
Speaker 1: he's pro ready. He's ready to step in on day
Speaker 1: on and be someone's franchise quarterback for the next ten
Speaker 1: to fifteen years. But you know, I think he just
Speaker 1: really liked the silence of doubters and that just fuels him.
Speaker 1: And I think that's one of the reasons why, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, he's going to be a very, very good
Speaker 1: professional quarterback. Robert is his athleticism underrated because everybody talks
Speaker 1: about his elite arm and there is no questioning that.
Speaker 1: But the more folks I've spoken to over the past
Speaker 1: few months, they've said, hey, listen, this guy's got a
Speaker 1: lot of speed, and his feet are underrated as far
Speaker 1: as getting out of that pocket and maybe throwing on
Speaker 1: the run and also maybe talking it sometimes. Absolutely, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say he's got four four speed. He
Speaker 1: is very athletic and not just what he can do
Speaker 1: if a play breaks down and you know, getting out
Speaker 1: of the pocket and throwing on the run. But one
Speaker 1: thing I noticed that at Wyoming was is just how
Speaker 1: hard he was to bring down. And that goes back
Speaker 1: to his athleticism and just his physical stature. At six
Speaker 1: ft five two thirty five Hounds. But no, he he
Speaker 1: runs awful well and and you know, he ran a
Speaker 1: lot of Wyoming sometimes more often than not he's running
Speaker 1: for his life. But also, I mean there were times
Speaker 1: where look Whyoming at trouble running the football last year
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen, I mean, you know, yes, he was
Speaker 1: a pro prospect and you know, and everything like that.
Speaker 1: I mean, they they ran Josh Allen a lot of times.
Speaker 1: He Josh Allen was often Wyoming's best running option last year.
Speaker 1: So yeah, the athleticism is certainly there, along with the
Speaker 1: arm strength and and things like that. But I would
Speaker 1: say if I'd say his athleticism maybe is a little
Speaker 1: bit underrated, but him his ability with that athleticism to
Speaker 1: extend plays and and move the pocket and things like
Speaker 1: that are are also wants some of his stronger attributes.
Speaker 1: I got a two part for you, is that you
Speaker 1: mentioned the fifty percent accuracy. Someone asked me on Twitter,
Speaker 1: and I defer to you, is are those stats overblown? One?
Speaker 1: And two is I know when people say that, people
Speaker 1: meaning pundits around the league say that, yes, the completion
Speaker 1: percentage mark is overblown. It's largely in part of the
Speaker 1: talent surrounding him. So I just wanted you to touch on,
Speaker 1: you know, what talent was surrounding Josh Allen because you
Speaker 1: just mentioned and you said he was Wyoming's off and
Speaker 1: top rushing threat as well, and obviously he plays quarterback. Look,
Speaker 1: I'll admit I think some of it has blown up
Speaker 1: about his accuracy. Now, I'm also not going to sit
Speaker 1: here and say that it's completely overblown, because there are
Speaker 1: some issues there. And again, I think he's been addressing
Speaker 1: some of those things in the off season and his
Speaker 1: training and stuff. And how that will transfer to, you know,
Speaker 1: when guys are coming after him in practices and in
Speaker 1: games remains to be seen. But I'll take you back
Speaker 1: to two thousand sixteen, and look, he had a you know,
Speaker 1: his leading rusher, you know, a guy that ran for
Speaker 1: over four thousand yards at Wyoming. Took a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure off Josh Allen in two thousand sixteen. He had
Speaker 1: some pretty talented receivers and even a talent to tight end.
Speaker 1: So you fast forward to two thousand seventeen, all those
Speaker 1: guys are gone, along with his starting center who was
Speaker 1: playing for the Washington Redskin this season. And you look
Speaker 1: at that and you know that there were some issues.
Speaker 1: Now I'm not gonna say Josh Allen had every throw
Speaker 1: and you know everything was perfect. Yeah, there were some
Speaker 1: drop passes, there were some growing pains there, but there
Speaker 1: was certainly a lack of quote unquote a talent gap
Speaker 1: from the production he lost in two thousand sixteen to
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen. But one thing that also stood out
Speaker 1: about Josh to me was his character about it. I mean,
Speaker 1: he look, he didn't have to come back after two
Speaker 1: thousand sixteen, but he wanted to. And when even when
Speaker 1: things were a little rough at times, he never threw
Speaker 1: was guys under the bus. He always was, you know,
Speaker 1: doing everything they can to to encourage them and to
Speaker 1: work with them, whether that was working late after practices
Speaker 1: or even in the off season or or things like that.
Speaker 1: So he never once threw anyone under the bus that way.
Speaker 1: And another thing I guess with the accuracy is is
Speaker 1: that this is a you know, pretty traditional pro style
Speaker 1: offense the Wyoming runs with with coach pick bowl, there's
Speaker 1: not a lot of gimme throws. The screen game really
Speaker 1: wasn't much of an option for this team. Perhaps maybe
Speaker 1: it should have been, but it wasn't you know, when
Speaker 1: you look at college football today, guys, and you've seen enough.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of spread offenses out there and this
Speaker 1: and that, and that's fine. There's also a lot of
Speaker 1: quote unquote layups as far as throws the quarterbacks can make,
Speaker 1: and they're just simply weren't a lot of those for
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. So I think that's where some of that
Speaker 1: accuracy issues come in. Again, I'm not saying that he
Speaker 1: doesn't need to improve his accuracy, but also some of
Speaker 1: some of his body of work in some of the
Speaker 1: systems he was in, and even personnel that he had
Speaker 1: also lent to maybe some of those struggles at least
Speaker 1: numbers by Robert, Do you think this jump is going
Speaker 1: to be bigger for Josh Allen compared to maybe a
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen who obviously played at U C. L A.
Speaker 1: Or or Baker Mayfield, who again he played a lot
Speaker 1: in a shotgun himself. So he's gonna have to make
Speaker 1: a significant transition to the National Football League in terms
Speaker 1: just looking at system and taking that ball from behind center.
Speaker 1: And then also Sam Donald considering Alan playing at the
Speaker 1: mid major level, Carson Wentz had a lot of success
Speaker 1: right off the bat, but do you think this is
Speaker 1: a bigger jump for him or that's not fair to say, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna be you know, you're going against
Speaker 1: NFL guys in NFL defenses and guys who are bigger
Speaker 1: and faster, and the competition certainly, you know, goes up
Speaker 1: exponentially for all these guys. But I'm not sure if
Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, it's a big jump and it's certainly
Speaker 1: gonna be a big adjustments for all But I don't
Speaker 1: I'm not. I don't know if any of them is
Speaker 1: that daunting do that well, Josh Allen played at a
Speaker 1: mid major, I don't know if he can make that move,
Speaker 1: you know, or like you mentioned, guy like Rosen who
Speaker 1: was mostly out of the shotgun and can't take snaps
Speaker 1: under center. I have confidence that Josh Allen can handle those.
Speaker 1: I'm not to say that, you know, I'll come naturally.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be a lot of work and a lot
Speaker 1: of things involved, and I'm sure he's been working on
Speaker 1: some of those things in kind of a controlled environment
Speaker 1: and his training at this point. But I don't think
Speaker 1: it's anything that's so daunting to say, well, we can't
Speaker 1: take this guy because he didn't play against the competition
Speaker 1: that say that Donald did or we can't take a
Speaker 1: rose and for instance, because all I ever did was
Speaker 1: play out of the shotguns. So I think for all
Speaker 1: these guys in the draft, at least these quarterbacks, I
Speaker 1: think all of it's going to be a pretty significant
Speaker 1: jump for them. You mentioned Allan's competitive spirit. I just
Speaker 1: want to know, is there a specific anecdote that either
Speaker 1: you saw or you've heard from teammates, coaches, other reporters
Speaker 1: that really exemplifies how much of a competitor Alan is. Well,
Speaker 1: I've heard from even teammates of his, like even when
Speaker 1: they're hanging out and they're playing video games or or
Speaker 1: something like that, where where Alan is just it's kind
Speaker 1: of like kind of a cutthroat. I mean, he's even
Speaker 1: you know, whatever it takes to him. But I think
Speaker 1: my best example of the competitiveness that Josh allen An's
Speaker 1: came in two thousand and sixteen and they're playing San
Speaker 1: Diego State. I believe it's in the Mountain West Championship
Speaker 1: game and Josh Allen throws an absolutely awful path. I
Speaker 1: mean he even admitted afterwards he throws a pick six, okay,
Speaker 1: and he's and he's so standeva State defensive back Reddit.
Speaker 1: You know, Allen didn't have a good read on it.
Speaker 1: The guy's returning, it looks like it's an easy touchdown,
Speaker 1: but Josh Allen runs nearly halfway across the field to
Speaker 1: make a tackle or try to knock this guy at
Speaker 1: a bound, and not only does he knock him out
Speaker 1: of bound, he knocks the football out before that he
Speaker 1: can cross the plane. The ball goes into the end
Speaker 1: zone and it's a touch back for Wyoming and they
Speaker 1: get the ball back. Now. You know, look, I've seen
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, quarterbacks make those throws and
Speaker 1: bad plays, and granted good plays on the defense, but
Speaker 1: that's that's a pick six. You regroup and go from there.
Speaker 1: Josh Allen didn't let that happen. To me, that was
Speaker 1: the best example I've seen of him, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: there were others of the competitiveness of that kid, and
Speaker 1: to me, that showed a lot. Yeah, it was a
Speaker 1: bad throw and he knew it, but he did everything
Speaker 1: he can to directify it into to make a tackle,
Speaker 1: to put his body out there, and he ken pretty
Speaker 1: much dope at the guy to try to make the tackle.
Speaker 1: And he not only made the tackle, knocked the ball out,
Speaker 1: got the ball back for Wyoming, and prevented a pick six.
Speaker 1: So to me, that was that exemplify the kids competitive.
Speaker 1: What has Josh's reaction ben when I asked about potentially
Speaker 1: playing in New York? Obviously a lot of people are
Speaker 1: talking about him in the top five category, you got
Speaker 1: the Giants sitting there at number two overall, the Jets
Speaker 1: at number three overall, and you know, depending on what
Speaker 1: day you look out there at these my draft Robert,
Speaker 1: as you know a lot of people haven't paid going
Speaker 1: to New York. Sure, you know, I think you know,
Speaker 1: you know, I think Josh has been saying just pretty
Speaker 1: much all the right things, like probably a lot of
Speaker 1: these other guys saying, whether it's it's the Jets or
Speaker 1: the Giants or whatever, he just wants to go and
Speaker 1: and learn and compete. And you know, one thing that
Speaker 1: was interesting to me because after the two thousand and
Speaker 1: sixteen season there were thoughts that he would come out.
Speaker 1: Then in fact, he had decided he was going to
Speaker 1: come out, not he didn't announce it, but then had
Speaker 1: a gut just his gut feelings, and now I want
Speaker 1: to come back to Wombing and play one more year.
Speaker 1: But he told me after he made the decision to
Speaker 1: come back to Wind, he goes, I just don't want
Speaker 1: to play in the NFL, he goes, I want to
Speaker 1: have an NFL career. And whether that's it with the
Speaker 1: Jets or the Giant Scats, it's not in day from
Speaker 1: coming from Wyoming or even from tiny Firebox California where
Speaker 1: he's from, to the Big Apple. But I think he
Speaker 1: I think he's looking forward to wherever it's going to
Speaker 1: be to just go and compete and fulfill his dream.
Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, I think it's a different scenario that
Speaker 1: if you're in New York as as opposed to Cleveland
Speaker 1: or Buffalo. And again, no disrespect to those cities or
Speaker 1: those franchises, but I think he knows that. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can really how you can
Speaker 1: prepare for that necessarily, But I think I have enough
Speaker 1: faith in Josh Allen that you know, he's a very
Speaker 1: adaptable young man and and and you know, um, if
Speaker 1: it is New York in the fish bowl that that
Speaker 1: media market is, I think it was just just fine
Speaker 1: and uh and make the most of it and other
Speaker 1: plus you have to look at in terms of Josh
Speaker 1: Allen as he's not gonna blink in terms of the
Speaker 1: cold where maybe obviously Josh Rose and Sam Donald, you're
Speaker 1: not playing in too many cold weather games. I gotta
Speaker 1: imagine that Josh played in Wyoming and some of those
Speaker 1: road games in some less than ideal conditions. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: In fact, it was interesting at his pro day here
Speaker 1: and Laryer me a couple of weeks ago, and now
Speaker 1: looking looking Wyoming, we can get snow in June here,
Speaker 1: fellas lift you're long enough to where I'd seen that, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: but springing Wyoming, it's it's one of these things. Right now.
Speaker 1: I'm looking out my window and it's snowing right now.
Speaker 1: You know. It's one of those things where you can
Speaker 1: get snow one minute, Nick can be sixty five the next.
Speaker 1: The pro day was held in the school's indoor practice facility,
Speaker 1: but actually, Josh Allen said, I was hoping it would
Speaker 1: snow because he wanted to go out there and throw
Speaker 1: about twenty balls to prove to people that he could
Speaker 1: throw in the bad weather. Unfortunately, was just windy, which
Speaker 1: is pretty much every day out here in Wyoming. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you know, he's he's played in some cold weather.
Speaker 1: He's you know, he's practiced in it. I know it's
Speaker 1: not something he loves to do. You know, he'd take
Speaker 1: nicer weather just like anyone else. But he's certainly not
Speaker 1: shy at that. He's certainly played in it, and he's
Speaker 1: played some pretty good football in some of those poor
Speaker 1: weather games. So that's also I guess probably you could
Speaker 1: look at that as as a plus this if you
Speaker 1: look at compared to maybe a guy like Darnald or
Speaker 1: Rosen that playing in much better climates. But he's certainly
Speaker 1: he I can certainly tell he's not shy of playing
Speaker 1: in in adverse weather conditions. You know, when you're talking
Speaker 1: about snow in one minute and sixty five the next,
Speaker 1: it sounds a lot like my alma mater in Syracuse,
Speaker 1: because Syracuse it actually snowed on my graduation day and
Speaker 1: the day before it was like seventy degrees. But I'm
Speaker 1: not here to reminisce on that. I want to ask
Speaker 1: you a little more about Josh Allen is that in
Speaker 1: his three years at Wyoming, if you could pinpoint, you know, water,
Speaker 1: a couple of areas where you've seen the most growth
Speaker 1: in his performance on or off the field, where would
Speaker 1: that be. You know, obviously he got he physically, he
Speaker 1: got bigger. You know, he probably put on at least
Speaker 1: twenty pounds since he's been at Wyoming of of muscle.
Speaker 1: You know, I think he's studied the game better or
Speaker 1: taken more of an effort without at least from the
Speaker 1: first time that he got here. But I think probably
Speaker 1: the biggest thing that anything is just his leadership. Look,
Speaker 1: we know, guys, we've seen enough football. The order back position,
Speaker 1: no matter where, it's kind of the leadership position, whether
Speaker 1: you like it or not. But Josh Allen has really
Speaker 1: really taken to that. Even you know, when his first
Speaker 1: year when he only played basically what I think it
Speaker 1: was seven or twelve plays before he broke his collar
Speaker 1: bone and seven in seven places after getting drilled by
Speaker 1: a defender. Guys just gravitated this kid. And Josh has
Speaker 1: taken people under his wings, and just that leadership ability
Speaker 1: and things like that have have really grown up that
Speaker 1: he was bad at it before. Again, I think when
Speaker 1: your quarterback, you're kind of trust into that position. But
Speaker 1: just how he's how he's grasped that and how he's
Speaker 1: embraced that those qualities, you know, and and whether it's
Speaker 1: his guys on his offense or his defense or had
Speaker 1: you know, I see him out there with you know,
Speaker 1: before practice, is joking with the managers and having fun
Speaker 1: with them. Just how he's gravitated to the whole team
Speaker 1: aspect and embracing what it's like to be not just
Speaker 1: the face of maybe a team or a fanchise, but
Speaker 1: just a leader of guys and how they look up
Speaker 1: to him and stuff that growth in him and maybe
Speaker 1: superstes anything that he's even done physically or statistically on
Speaker 1: the field or on the statue. How much do you
Speaker 1: think he's benefiting working with Jordan Palmer right now? And
Speaker 1: also has he enjoyed getting close to Sam Donald in
Speaker 1: this process as I gotta imagine both those guys are
Speaker 1: fierce competitors, but you know, they've lived together and they're
Speaker 1: getting the same kind of mentorship right now. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it's it's worked out well for Josh. You know,
Speaker 1: got to know, uh, you know Donald a little bit,
Speaker 1: and he's worked with other quarterback coaches in the past
Speaker 1: on his own and stuff. But I really think what
Speaker 1: the work that he's done with Jordan Palmer has been great.
Speaker 1: I mean, the thing that impressed me about Josh's pro
Speaker 1: day at least was not just the arm strength that
Speaker 1: a lot of people have known about, but the work
Speaker 1: that he's done with his footwork was amazing to me.
Speaker 1: And the accuracy and the touch on the ball, the
Speaker 1: work that he's done with Jordan Palmer, and obviously you
Speaker 1: know Josh you know, going, you know, going all in,
Speaker 1: take not taking that, you know that that coaching and
Speaker 1: that tutelage was probably was far and away the thing
Speaker 1: that impressed me the most. And I think being around
Speaker 1: guys like darn Olgin to know them, I know, you know,
Speaker 1: he's been to the Manning Passing Academy before to get
Speaker 1: to know some of those guys. He's worked with George
Speaker 1: Whitfield in the past. I think just just absorbing kind
Speaker 1: of like a sponge, just absorbing all of that information
Speaker 1: and knowledge that he can get from anyone and everyone
Speaker 1: that's credible out there in this profession. I think is
Speaker 1: really benefited Josh a lot. And he and he certainly
Speaker 1: takes to what he takes to learning. He's not shy
Speaker 1: to work, He's not shy to learn and I think
Speaker 1: that's certainly helped him to this point. That's Robert Gagliardi,
Speaker 1: the senior sports editor and beat writer for the University
Speaker 1: Wyoming and Mountain West Conference sports for newspapers all over.
Speaker 1: Gianne and Larry, why, we're very excited to see what
Speaker 1: happens here for the Jets in the draft. And I
Speaker 1: know it's an ex sighting time for a lot of
Speaker 1: folks out there in Wyoming. I'm sure is it's been
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. Certainly keeps us all on our
Speaker 1: toes and uh here in a few weeks will have
Speaker 1: some solid answers. I think what stood out to me
Speaker 1: there about Robert Gagliardi is that he just thought that
Speaker 1: Alan's competitive nature stood out more than anything, even more
Speaker 1: than his athleticism. I think that is something that goes
Speaker 1: unnoticed about him. And you know, obviously, when you think
Speaker 1: of Josh Allen, you think of the arm and you
Speaker 1: think of his strength. But he is extremely competitive and
Speaker 1: his teammates love him. And I think what gagli already
Speaker 1: said about playing video games and still being competitive, that's
Speaker 1: something that I think a lot of NFL quarterbacks have
Speaker 1: is that they hate to lose, and so Josh Allen
Speaker 1: is extremely interesting on a number of different levels. I
Speaker 1: think I think it's pretty cool that him and uh
Speaker 1: Sam Donald about working together throughout this process. They develed
Speaker 1: that relationship. Yeah, and when we were at the combine
Speaker 1: and we heard both of those guys speak, you could
Speaker 1: really tell that they were very friendly and that they
Speaker 1: push each other to try to become the best quarterback
Speaker 1: that they can be. Yeah, I think there's some mutual
Speaker 1: respect there, and those guys know ultimately that Sam donald
Speaker 1: success is not going to impact Josh Allen and the slightest.
Speaker 1: They might be forever lenked and forever compared, but you
Speaker 1: have no reason to root against the guy you're coming
Speaker 1: out with, because bottom line, you're going to a different situation.
Speaker 1: That competition is probably over for the most part, but
Speaker 1: you will be forever linked being part of the two
Speaker 1: thousand and eight team draft class. One thing on Josh
Speaker 1: Allen's arm. You mentioned that he throws a fastball and
Speaker 1: high school he throws the ball eight yards. You don't
Speaker 1: like those nerf balls that have like the tail on
Speaker 1: the end of it. He said he could throw one
Speaker 1: well over a hundred, So, I mean that's crazy. I
Speaker 1: don't want to get too crazy. Yeah, you're getting a
Speaker 1: little bit too crazy. Is that I would ask you this,
Speaker 1: how many times in the NFL game are you throwing
Speaker 1: ball eight yards? I'm not I'm not sure. I didn't
Speaker 1: say that you are. I'm asking you a question. You're
Speaker 1: probably not throwing it a lot of doesn't mean that
Speaker 1: it's not impressive. It is impressive. That's crazy. My point
Speaker 1: is it's like the deep outs, the throws in the
Speaker 1: Show Football League that we're talking about, or can you
Speaker 1: throw the ball across the field to the other boundary
Speaker 1: and things like that. Very few times are gonna throw
Speaker 1: the ball seventy yards on a rope. But he he
Speaker 1: does throw it differently than anybody else coming out. There's
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. He has to be refined. I
Speaker 1: don't want to call him a project, because I don't
Speaker 1: think he is a project. But you can make the
Speaker 1: argument all these guys before the International Football League are
Speaker 1: somewhat of a project. The thing with Alan is that
Speaker 1: he's one of the guys where you don't really see them.
Speaker 1: You know, you could close your eyes and you can
Speaker 1: physically hear the ball whistle by you. And that's something
Speaker 1: that was set in an interview with Daniel Jeremiah and
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks on their podcast Move the Sticks. And I
Speaker 1: think that Alan, like you said, the deep outs is
Speaker 1: something that's very intriguing and small windows too, because he
Speaker 1: can really plant and deliver right, And you're right about that.
Speaker 1: And the one one of the knocks on him too
Speaker 1: was that does he have taught? Does he have one speed?
Speaker 1: And I think he's developing that as we go. And
Speaker 1: the other thing that it seems like Jordan Palmer is
Speaker 1: working on with him especially is footwork. You hear so
Speaker 1: many guys talk about this Jam Pattington as a great example.
Speaker 1: So you think about the head and the feet. Where's
Speaker 1: the head, where's the feet? Because the head's got to
Speaker 1: set up the protections. The head has to go through
Speaker 1: the progressions. The head has to look at the defense
Speaker 1: and say this is what the coverage is. While that's happening,
Speaker 1: your feet have to be on schedule. And then the
Speaker 1: last part of that is the arm. Something with Alan
Speaker 1: is that he said even at the Senior Bowl back
Speaker 1: in January, the thousand thing he wanted to work on,
Speaker 1: and you've seen him improved from the Senior Bowl to
Speaker 1: the combine to the Pro day and Laramie, Wyoming with
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer right there, and that one of the things
Speaker 1: that Jordan Palmer wanted to help Alan do was kind
Speaker 1: of widened his base a little bit to help his
Speaker 1: footwork to deliver a more accurate strike. And the one
Speaker 1: thing about Alan that I'd say the top three picks
Speaker 1: as it stands now have in common is inclement weather,
Speaker 1: which with an arm like that makes you an appealing option.
Speaker 1: Because we talked about it just now with Gagliardi, is
Speaker 1: that it's snowing, it's hailing, it's raining. Alan can throw
Speaker 1: through it. And old school guys gonna tell you hand
Speaker 1: size are important, right and Josh Allen is a monster
Speaker 1: of a man and you're a big man. He's got
Speaker 1: big hands too. You know. He didn't turn it over
Speaker 1: that much last year in terms of interceptions are concerned.
Speaker 1: But ball security is imperative in the national football If
Speaker 1: you can't protect the football, you're not gonna have a
Speaker 1: chance to play. Uh. It's gonna be interesting to watch
Speaker 1: his transition. The natural comparison as Carson Wantz because once
Speaker 1: once to North Dakota State, there is some coaching familiarity there.
Speaker 1: That's how Alan wound up at Why all I mean
Speaker 1: because coach who was with once North Dakota State saw
Speaker 1: this guy and said, we gotta get this guy to
Speaker 1: wild Loon mean as well, so big dude can make
Speaker 1: all the throws. Good personality. Will have to see if
Speaker 1: his career is that kind of ascension that Carson Wentz did,
Speaker 1: because I'll tell you what in his second professional season
Speaker 1: wants it looked like down I follow MVP before he
Speaker 1: went out, but the Eagles won a Super Bowl anyway,
Speaker 1: But I digress. I'm getting off point. There you have it.
Speaker 1: The Josh Allen episode on the Official Jets Podcast, Ethan
Speaker 1: Greenberg and Eric Allen again the draft just around the corner.
Speaker 1: Next episode, Next man Up, Baker Mayfield. Stay tuned