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Speaker 1: Welcome to an own edition of the official Jet podcast,

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Speaker 1: The Draft Podcast, presented by PEPSI. The Draft is over

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Speaker 1: Ethan E. A. Becktam Coleman on the other side of

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Speaker 1: the bed MGM studio. The Jets started with ten picks.

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Speaker 1: They shuffled around. They still have ten picks. That's how

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Speaker 1: they end up the two thousand twenty one NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: I'm just curious what everyone thinks of the draft class

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Speaker 1: as a whole. Let's start with I'm worried about your

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Speaker 1: mental well being. What you love the draft. I love

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Speaker 1: that this is one of your favorite weekends of the year.

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Speaker 1: Might be the top weekend of all. The draft. The

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Speaker 1: first padded practice of training camp is right up there, too,

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Speaker 1: but the draft is definitely I think it's up there.

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Speaker 1: It's gotta be one a for me. Yeah, listen, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it's an exhausting weekend. But for the New

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Speaker 1: York Jets in their France base, they should be enthused

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Speaker 1: about what actually transpired over the course of three days.

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Speaker 1: Starts with Zach Wilson at number two overall. He will

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Speaker 1: be the headliner. He will be the person that we

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Speaker 1: will come back to in five, in ten years and

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Speaker 1: say how do the Jets do in the draft. While

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be largely based on what happens with this

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Speaker 1: guy who wore number one at b y you so

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Speaker 1: he comes in there and Joe Douglas adds around him

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Speaker 1: with the next three picks, and then here on day three,

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Speaker 1: we're finishing it up. Here the Jets go final six

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Speaker 1: picks with the defensive flavor. I think in all, Joe

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Speaker 1: Douglas was very active three trades and like you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: a lot of wheeling and dealing, but the Jets still

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Speaker 1: finished with ten picks. Another good thing is the Jets

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Speaker 1: have a lot of capital for next year's draft that

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Speaker 1: you're already looking forward to Green's two first round picks

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Speaker 1: in two second round picks, Anthony, your thoughts, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think they got a lot of production out of their

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Speaker 1: draft this year. I think that, you know, the players

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Speaker 1: that they felt like they got have more value than

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Speaker 1: the spots that they actually drafted them in, and I

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Speaker 1: think that's great, you know, so they really feel good

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Speaker 1: as an organization. Uh, I'm gonna make an early prediction.

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Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be at least five starters out

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Speaker 1: of least ten. Uh in in in week one. How

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Speaker 1: about that? So that would be unprecedented if you can

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Speaker 1: figure that one out and get those guys going. So

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Speaker 1: um listen, this team needs competition. Robert Sale has been

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Speaker 1: talking about that pretty much all weekend. These guys are

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Speaker 1: gonna get a chance to compete. And you know, depending

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Speaker 1: on who else comes in undrafted free agents. Uh, this

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Speaker 1: could be a really, really, really good job by Joe

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Speaker 1: Douglas and his staff putting this draft class together. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I thought they did an excellent job. And when I

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Speaker 1: look at the overall draft, I mean, obviously you have

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Speaker 1: Zack Wilson, Elijah Vera Tucker, but from then on, it's speed, speed, speed,

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Speaker 1: and and that's what Robert Salad likes. He loves that speed.

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Speaker 1: And you look at the defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: Two former safeties in Sherwood and uh in nationally. Two

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Speaker 1: guys who are big, they're six three, their their long arms,

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Speaker 1: they're they're physical, they come down in the box. They

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Speaker 1: can cover tight ends. But at the same time they're

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Speaker 1: not afraid to come down in the box and lower

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Speaker 1: the boom. These guys are gonna transition the linebackers covering

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Speaker 1: from sideline to sideline. Then you have the defensive backs

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Speaker 1: who who are very agile. You know, they can play

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Speaker 1: multiple positions, cornerback, nickel, safety. All these guys are versatile. Uh.

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Speaker 1: They added a lot of speed this weekend and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be exciting to see them. You know, Coleman, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna pinball it back to you and we'll go in

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Speaker 1: reverse order. The Jets had seven picks on Day three.

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Speaker 1: Is there one person that stands out to you, maybe

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Speaker 1: not even as a player, but a pick that you

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Speaker 1: think with Sherwood and Nasrel Dean. But if you used

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Speaker 1: to go in a different direction, that's fine. If you

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Speaker 1: I'm a love Sherwood. I well, I like Jason Pinnock

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Speaker 1: gonna have to mix things up. So getting a cornerback

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Speaker 1: like Jason Pinnock is gonna be a big addition to

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Speaker 1: about what they can what a kid can do for

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Speaker 1: the system. And uh so listen, you know he played

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Speaker 1: little bit of that hybrid backer whatever you want to

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Speaker 1: You know, that are in the league right now, and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, look, I want to see what he's got.

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Speaker 1: What you know we need. We need those components on

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Speaker 1: but go for it. I'm going Michael curR Yeah. Just

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Speaker 1: for the record, I'm also going Michael Carter. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: you might be taking the guy from Duke. I will say,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go right in the research triangles, staying right

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Speaker 1: there and say Michael car because I see parallels to

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Speaker 1: what happened to the Jets on Day two of the

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Speaker 1: draft where they were crossing their fingers. Elijah Moore was

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Speaker 1: get Michael Carter in. You need offensive weapons to win

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Speaker 1: in the National football it does start up front, but

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Speaker 1: this guy can do it in all phases. He fellas

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Speaker 1: this stat is just ridiculous. Thirty three abated tackles, third

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Speaker 1: most in the FBS. Last year, he rushed for more

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Speaker 1: was one of my favorite Joe Douglas lines. He said,

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Speaker 1: we're really cornering the market on Elijah's and Michael Carter's

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Speaker 1: and and you're right, the Jets did draft another Michael Carter.

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Speaker 1: But my favorite selection of Day three was the U

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Speaker 1: really see the vision and the stop startability, that's what

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Speaker 1: camp and developing your players. So Anthony, let's start with you,

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Speaker 1: and it seems like this roster has been overhauled by

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Speaker 1: thinking about Michael Carter, Guys, he's split the carries. I mean,

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Speaker 1: gonna love to have him. You're gonna need a spark plug.

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Speaker 1: So again I'm excited and we have you know, we're

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Speaker 1: start adding those pieces and put them in place. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: and you you talk about the rest of the roster,

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Speaker 1: you know, everyone, it's easy to forget about C. J. Mosley.

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Speaker 1: you're adding these other pieces. LaMarcus Joiner is the safety

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Speaker 1: all the speed that you see, all the agility that

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