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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge, presented by DraftKings. I'm Ryan mink

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Speaker 1: joined by Garrett Downing, and we are gonna break down

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Speaker 1: the biggest questions for the Ravens heading into this year's draft,

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Speaker 1: which is now Garrett, we're two days away.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to believe. It's one of those things you

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Speaker 2: talk about you feel like it's never actually gonna get here.

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Speaker 2: But and you know, forty eight hours, Eric's Cossa is

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Speaker 2: gonna be on the clock and it's gonna be exciting

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Speaker 2: to see how this weekend plays out.

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Speaker 1: The best part is that it means the end of

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Speaker 1: my minkering. I can't wait till the draft gets here

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Speaker 1: so I could just finally sleep and stop falling around

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Speaker 1: with my seven round Ravens mock draft. I know you

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Speaker 1: locked yours.

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Speaker 2: In today, well mostly locked mostly who I mean, here's

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Speaker 2: the truth. Here's the truth. You're saying it's the end

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Speaker 2: of your making, but like this is really when you're

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Speaker 2: making reaches new heights. Like you're saying it's the end,

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Speaker 2: but like you, we are in the middle of it,

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Speaker 2: like you were. This might be the eye of the

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Speaker 2: hurricane because these next like we have not recorded our

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Speaker 2: seven round mock draft episode for those of you listening,

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Speaker 2: that is going to drop tomorrow. Okay, so that is

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Speaker 2: going to come out tomorrow. That's where we do all

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Speaker 2: all the Ravens picks through all seven rounds and give

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Speaker 2: you our prediction for how this thing is going to

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Speaker 2: play out and make his famous if you're wondering what

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Speaker 2: the term mankering is, make his famous for tinkering with

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Speaker 2: his mock draft up until the eleventh hour, sometimes past that, so.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes past that. It's true, he's not wrong. He tells

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Speaker 1: now lies. All right, So let's take on the biggest

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Speaker 1: draft questions. And I think the conversation for the Ravens

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Speaker 1: has really centered on offensive tackles. We've talked a lot

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Speaker 1: about them, right, And the big question to me going

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Speaker 1: Which offensive tackles are left on the board at number thirty, Garrett,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And when you say eight, why do you say eight?

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Speaker 2: Why is that the number in your head?

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Speaker 1: That's just that's where I generally see kind of the shelf,

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Speaker 1: if they that all gets picked clean, then you know,

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Speaker 1: it's a question of whether the Ravens see it differently.

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Speaker 1: Do they see it as nine deep in first round tackles?

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Speaker 1: Maybe they see it as seven I don't know or

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Speaker 1: And I think the question for me becomes, after you

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Speaker 1: bit of time? And you have Daniel Folla, a friend

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Speaker 1: of the lounge, and he SIPs in. So those are

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Speaker 1: kind of the primary questions to me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that all makes sense when I look

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Speaker 2: at it. When you say I think one of those

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Speaker 2: It's Amarius Mems out of Georgia and Tyler Geydon out

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Speaker 2: But those two guys, like they both have similar scouting

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Speaker 2: But he was a really good player throughout college, has

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this is kind of two parts. So hey,

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Speaker 1: let's just go through the list here. Joe walt Fashanu,

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Speaker 2: And so I actually do wonder if there's any element

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Speaker 1: Right right, That's that's more like are like, look at

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Speaker 1: how valuable Tyler Linnenbaum became for the Ravens in their offense. Like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: Are you allowing me? It's interesting You're You're a guy's

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Speaker 2: so go back and check out the podcast we did

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Speaker 2: with with Daniel that drop last week. And you know,

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Speaker 2: if they were to draft to Mims and he's competing

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's tough to figure out, but

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Speaker 2: Well, I agree with you actually on the position. I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Kool A would probably be the most

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and if it's if it's receiver, the players that

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Speaker 1: Maybe Donni Mitchell would be the one that I would

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Speaker 2: Yeah, may save you're worthy, you know, depending on how

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Speaker 2: and so you could wait, you know, And that's part

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Speaker 2: And so that's all part of the balancing act. But

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, I don't know that

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Speaker 2: all right, doll, let's take our first round receiver or

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Speaker 1: Tackle, right. I think it could play out that way

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you could be right. I just I

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Speaker 2: Chop Robinson if he's there, like, he could certainly be

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Speaker 1: Darius Robinson would be another guy I would say that

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Speaker 1: that would not shock me. It would be a guy

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Speaker 2: that would surprise me, right, And and then like I

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Speaker 1: I mean, the other one would be like one of

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Speaker 2: those trades happen, like it's it's exciting and it's shocking.

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Speaker 2: So if the Ravens move up to get a player,

431
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Speaker 2: I think it would be surprising just because that's typically

432
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 2: not their mo.

433
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 1: I take a lot of times more likely to go back.

434
00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,320
Speaker 2: Like and I guess I should. I should refine my

435
00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:47,240
Speaker 2: statement a little back because if they trade back from thirty,

436
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,639
Speaker 2: then would not shock. That would not be a shock,

437
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,040
Speaker 2: and I don't think it would be kind of a

438
00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 2: go of course, yeah they Yeah, if they if they

439
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,760
Speaker 2: move back into the second round, it wouldn't be a shock.

440
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 2: It would just be for a newbody that's stayed up

441
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 2: late Thursday night. It would just be a disappointment, that's correct,

442
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,199
Speaker 2: but it would make it would make for a very

443
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,200
Speaker 2: exciting Friday. It would make for a very exciting Friday.

444
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 2: But it already is an exciting Friday. You know, this

445
00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,639
Speaker 2: is just me speaking selfishly here, but it already is

446
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,200
Speaker 2: the exciting Friday. So you know, having that pick that

447
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,280
Speaker 2: that Thursday is you know you want that, you want that.

448
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 1: It's a big womp womp. If you finished Thursday without

449
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 1: a player, it's a.

450
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Speaker 2: Wild So that's why. Actually, the next the next big

451
00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 2: question here is the trade, which we've kind of arrived

452
00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 2: here naturally, Like, how likely do you think it is

453
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Speaker 2: that the Ravens trade that thirtieth pick.

454
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Speaker 1: I think that I would probably put it at about

455
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Speaker 1: forty percent.

456
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,280
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, now, now break down that percentage more

457
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 2: Which direction are you going with that?

458
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: I would put it more likely back, but I would

459
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Speaker 1: I am certainly not ruling out a move up. You

460
00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: know what, you know what, I'm gonna Manker, I'm gonna

461
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,560
Speaker 1: maker this. I'm actually gonna go sixty percent. I'm going

462
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: sixty percent. It's more likely than it's not that they.

463
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 2: Trade they trade that, and then and then and then

464
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 2: it's more likely that they trade back right up.

465
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, like I just wrote, in fifty words or less,

466
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: I think I think people are not talking enough about

467
00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,320
Speaker 1: the possibility that they move up. And the reason that.

468
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 2: I say that is because Pickwick sides you're on here, buddy.

469
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,200
Speaker 1: Well no, no, I'm just saying, like, I think it's

470
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,879
Speaker 1: more likely back. But like nobody's talking about moving up,

471
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: and I think they should be because if one of

472
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,520
Speaker 1: those if they really want covet one of those top

473
00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,000
Speaker 1: offensive tackles, let's say a Mimes, Let's let's uh, you know,

474
00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 1: say a Geiten or a Fashan, who one of those guys,

475
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,400
Speaker 1: let's just say, like they get within striking range. Ericdcosta

476
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: already said that, or Faltanu not for Shana. Eric Tacosta

477
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,520
Speaker 1: already said that, Like, the depth in this year's draft

478
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 1: is not great, so it would depend on how much

479
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 1: you have to give up. I don't think he really

480
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 1: wants to give up like third picks and all that stuff, like,

481
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,800
Speaker 1: but fourth rounders. If you're talking move up a few

482
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,880
Speaker 1: spot and you're giving up an extra fourth rounder, okay, right,

483
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 1: I'm fine with it, because they have they have an

484
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: obvious need.

485
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,399
Speaker 2: Yeah right, I mean, no, I agree, and I just

486
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 2: think all that makes sense. You know, having nine picks

487
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:23,400
Speaker 2: in a draft that that Eric said is not that

488
00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:28,400
Speaker 2: deep in comparison, there's fewer draftable players compared to other years.

489
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 2: It seems like a lot of picks. It just seems

490
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 2: like you would want less than that. You know, maybe

491
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,360
Speaker 2: you trade picks aim at a pick in the future year,

492
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 2: maybe you put a package together, or maybe he was

493
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 2: lying and he actually thinks it's the deepest draft of

494
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 2: all time, and he's just saying that to throw everybody

495
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,280
Speaker 2: off a sand don't know, really.

496
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,919
Speaker 1: What he's saying is, you know, there's just not as

497
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 1: many draftable players, and the reason is because there's just

498
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: fewer juniors in this year's draft. Yeah, fewer underclassmen declared.

499
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: Now that's that's really speaking to like six seventh round

500
00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,240
Speaker 1: or whatever, that's Day three, late Day three, Like you're

501
00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 1: just not going to have the quality that you would otherwise.

502
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: So it's not like I'm not trying to say, oh,

503
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,720
Speaker 1: a third round pick, fourth round pick is less meaningful

504
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 1: this year, you know what I mean? Like, that's more

505
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,240
Speaker 1: you're willing to part with Day three picks so I

506
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: don't think that the Ravens are really going to be

507
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 1: a team that's willing to part with big time ammunition

508
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: to make a big jump up. But if one of

509
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 1: those tackles is getting into the mid twenties, like, okay,

510
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: what's it take, I'm picking up the phone.

511
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm, I think that they at of course, there's

512
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,320
Speaker 2: a lot of factors that go into it. I don't

513
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 2: really see them moving up. I feel like if all

514
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 2: of a sudden, I feel like they can just be patient.

515
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 2: I really just feel like they can be patient. And

516
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 2: if all of a sudden the tackles do get picked clean,

517
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 2: then I go back to what we said earlier. Okay,

518
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 2: now you take a corner who you feel like is

519
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,719
Speaker 2: a is a great player there, and then you're like, man,

520
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 2: and then it's we've seen this tape. You know. It's

521
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 2: Daniel Jeremiah and Melkiper saying on the podcast, how did

522
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 2: this guy get to the Ravens at the end of

523
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 2: the first round. This is unbelievable. I can't believe the

524
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,120
Speaker 2: league that this happened. And so I feel like they

525
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 2: can be patient. I actually only in terms of a trade.

526
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 2: I'm putting it at twenty percent. I say eighty percent

527
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 2: that the Ravens end up picking at number thirty. I

528
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,480
Speaker 2: think they stick and pick. I just laid out not

529
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 2: trading up, and in terms of trading back, I've been

530
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 2: saying this for a few weeks now. I know you

531
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 2: don't really see it the same way. But I just

532
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 2: think that that fifth year option that comes with the

533
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 2: rookie contract comes at a value. And so you know,

534
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 2: when I asked Eric that question at the pre draft

535
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 2: fresh conference, he made the point, if we're giving that up,

536
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,959
Speaker 2: it better come at a premium. So of course he's

537
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,160
Speaker 2: you know, he's he's not going to just say, yeah,

538
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 2: we'll let that pick go for cheap. He's letting everybody

539
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 2: know that it's going to cost a pretty penny. I

540
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 2: think that it would, of course, depend on the players

541
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,640
Speaker 2: who are there, and if someone's trading up, it would

542
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,719
Speaker 2: probably be if the Ravens are going to get what

543
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: they want there, It probably, I think would be somebody

544
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 2: coming up to get a quarterback. But I just don't

545
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 2: really see unless those quarterbacks are there and a team

546
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 2: wants to trade up, just like the Ravens did five

547
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 2: years ago with Lamar Jackson. I don't know that there's

548
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 2: gonna be a situation that makes sense, and I don't

549
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 2: know that. I think that the Ravens will value that

550
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,439
Speaker 2: rookie contract and I don't see them moving back, and

551
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 2: they have holes to phil. So I think that eighty

552
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 2: percent they stick and pick at number.

553
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: Thirty eighty percent. That's high.

554
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 2: It is high. That is very high.

555
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: Okay, strong, take strong. I think this is more selfishness.

556
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: I think you just want to pick so bad, like

557
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 1: you were talking about earlier.

558
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe that's I'm trying to speak it into existence.

559
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,879
Speaker 1: It's exactly right, that's exactly right. Well, you bring up

560
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: the quarterback situation that is always every year a big

561
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: player in this.

562
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, and before we dive into the quarterback, let's take

563
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 2: a quick break and then we'll come down and break

564
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 2: down that whole quarterback dynamic and how they could impact

565
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Speaker 2: so the quarterback situation, so just real quick, the first

578
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 2: four picks are going to be gone well before the

579
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 2: Ravens are on the clock. And those four first four guys,

580
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 2: that's Caleb Williams, Jake May, Jane Daniels, and JJ McCarthy,

581
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 2: they're going to be gone. I mean they might be

582
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 2: the first four picks in the draft. Then the wild

583
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 2: cards there you have Michael Pannix Junior out of Washington,

584
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 2: and you have Bo Nix and out of Oregon, and

585
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 2: so you know, do all six of those guys get

586
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 2: picked before the Ravens are on the clock. Do you

587
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: just see one through four all quarterbacks go off the

588
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 2: board and then everyone's waiting around. How do you see

589
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 2: the quarterback situation playing out.

590
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that's that's the big question. And I

591
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: think the it's really Nicks and Pennix. Are they gonna

592
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: be already taken before the Ravens are on thirty which

593
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 1: would be great because that would push two other players

594
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: at positions of potential need down to the Ravens. That

595
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: would be a great scenario. And if they're not taken already,

596
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 1: then could a team take them trade up with the

597
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: Ravens to take them at number thirty Like the Ravens,

598
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: you know when they got Lamar Jackson, they traded to

599
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,000
Speaker 1: thirty two with the Philadelphia Eagles and got Lamar. Could

600
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: somebody do that, Somebody make a move up like let's

601
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: say the Raiders, let's say the Saints. Those are two

602
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: teams that are in the quarterback market. The if for

603
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: some reason the Patriots didn't take a quarterback at number three,

604
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 1: they could be a team that would move up. So

605
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 1: those two players are gonna be, as always, the fascinating

606
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: two fast pieces to watch. The Denver Broncos to me,

607
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: are a real wild card because they need a quarterback

608
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: first of all, and I just saw they just traded

609
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: for Zach Wilson. That does not preclude them from taking

610
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: a quarterback in the first round, let's make that clear. So,

611
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: but they don't have a second round pick, So like

612
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 1: they're a trade back team, right If they're gonna take

613
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: bow Nicks, most likely they could stick and pick, but

614
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: they're probably gonna trade back. And I think that's a

615
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: big question of whether, like they trade back far enough

616
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: where do they still pick him before the ravensh do

617
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: they trade with another team? My whole trade up scenario

618
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: is kind of based on bo Nicks. I think the

619
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Speaker 1: Chargers might trade him their pick, and then the Ravens

620
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 1: traded the Chargers to move up, and that's all around

621
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Speaker 1: bow Knicks, And so I think the quarterbacks are just

622
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 1: a fascinating group to watch.

623
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting because I don't know what's better. Is

624
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: it better that Bonnix and Pennix are gone, yes, or

625
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 2: that one or both is sitting there? And now the

626
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 2: Ravens have teams that are in the second round. They

627
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 2: are getting really hungry to come up and get them.

628
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of teams, Like they could go

629
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: up with any number of teams, right, Like, they don't

630
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: have to the Ravens because it's not like the forty

631
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 1: nine Ers are going to draft a quarterback. No, no,

632
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 1: they could, but like the Chiefs an't going to draft

633
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: a quarterback at thirty two. No, but all the top

634
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: teams in the second round all already drafted their quarterbacks.

635
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: They don't have to move up there. So like, I

636
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: don't know that those teams, the Raiders, the Saints, those

637
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,200
Speaker 1: teams that might draft a quarterback in the second round

638
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: or consider trading up to the first round, Like if

639
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: there's a ton of incentive to move up.

640
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 2: There isn't. But all those same teams could be having

641
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 2: the same conversations, the forty nine Ers and the Chiefs

642
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 2: could be having the same conversations with the same teams. Basically,

643
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 2: they could try to manufacture a bidding war out there

644
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Speaker 2: at the end of the first round. If those quarterbacks

645
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Speaker 2: are still on the board, and Eric Tacosta is such

646
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 2: a master at working the board and guessing how this

647
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Speaker 2: thing's going to play out, I do feel like there's potential.

648
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Speaker 2: And this would be where edc is, you know, like

649
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 2: kind of in his wheelhouse, where he could go to work,

650
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Speaker 2: and there could be a bit of a bidding war

651
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 2: there if a team wants to move up and well

652
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 2: I'm talking to this other team they're going to trade up,

653
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Speaker 2: and they call the forty nine ers and all that

654
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 2: stuff is happening. I feel like that would be a

655
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 2: very interesting dialogue if those quarterbacks are on the board.

656
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Speaker 2: Generally speaking, it's just simpler, get those guys gone, have

657
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: a good player. Faull to you, that's great, that's just

658
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 2: the best case scenario. And like, but I do feel

659
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Speaker 2: like if these teams are getting quarterback hungry, they're getting

660
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Speaker 2: real nervous thinking about someone else jumping them, and they

661
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Speaker 2: don't want to go to sleep Thursday night without getting

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Speaker 2: their quarterback, then like you could have a scenario where

663
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Speaker 2: you can have a mini bidding war and then maybe

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Speaker 2: get higher value. As we know, you know, Tacasta loves value,

665
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Speaker 2: and if he feels like you're gonna he's gonna get

666
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Speaker 2: blown away by a pick to move back into that

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Speaker 2: second round. For a team coming up to get a quarterback,

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Speaker 2: then like, if you're coming up to get a quarterback,

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Speaker 2: you're generally willing to pray pay a premium already, and

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Speaker 2: so like the Ravens could stand to benefit in that scenario.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's definitely a possible scenario. I think that.

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Speaker 1: I think what's gonna be more interesting for the Ravens

673
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Speaker 1: to look out for are teams coming up to either

674
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Speaker 1: trade ahead of them or with them to take a tackle. Now,

675
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,640
Speaker 1: teams are gonna know the Ravens if they have a

676
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Speaker 1: tackle sitting there, the Ravens are probably gonna take them.

677
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Speaker 1: But like again back to my original point, I just

678
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Speaker 1: don't know how the Ravens have these tackles all ranked right,

679
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: like they might think Kingsley's Swamatia is every bit as

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Speaker 1: good as Jordan Morgan, who might be as good a

681
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: guard or a better guard as a tackle, right, and

682
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Speaker 1: so like if a team or like whatever they might think,

683
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: Tyler Goyton, like some of these guys are just have

684
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: just as high upside as as Tyler Guyiton, do they

685
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: trade back? I mean, I'm just ESPN's latest mock drafts

686
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Speaker 1: that they released this morning from Jason Reid's has the

687
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Speaker 1: Ravens trading back from thirty with the Commanders to take

688
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Speaker 1: Tyler Goyton. The commanders say, Tyler.

689
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Speaker 2: See Jason Reid my guy over there, predicting that the

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Speaker 2: tackles not only on the board of thirty, but then

691
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Speaker 2: he lasts to the second round.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sorry, Jordan Reid bad your guy, Jordan Reid.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jordan Reid, yes, thank you.

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Speaker 1: So Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I just think

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Speaker 1: that there's the lack of consensus on the tackles. Like yeah,

696
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Speaker 1: in the media sense, there's been kind of that continental

697
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Speaker 1: shelf that I talked about, but I'm not so sure

698
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Speaker 1: that that same shelf exists the way we see it

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Speaker 1: necessarily on teams boards.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The other thing, teams could trade up for a wide receiver,

702
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 1: like teams want wide receivers. You know, if Donnie sitting there,

703
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: could some team come up and get them, Xavier Worthy,

704
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 1: Kean Coleman, some team could look move up to get

705
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Speaker 1: one of those guys.

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Speaker 2: They could. But when you look at the teams who

707
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Speaker 2: are drafting there at the end of the first particularly

708
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 2: the Ravens and the Chiefs, they could also be in

709
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Speaker 2: the receiver market, so they may not.

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Speaker 1: Be looking to have one if the Chiefs don't have to.

711
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 1: If the Chiefs are sitting there next and sometime once

712
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 1: a wide receiver before the before the Chiefs are on

713
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: the board. You know, we got the forty nine ers

714
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Speaker 1: who could take a wide receiver considering the whole brand

715
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Speaker 1: AYUK situation, and we have the Chiefs who could take

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver considering the Rashieve Rice and just the

717
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Speaker 1: lack of receivers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it did. Somebody wants to get.

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Speaker 1: A receiver before those teams are on the clock. They

720
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Speaker 1: could certainly call up the Ravens if one of those

721
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Speaker 1: guys is still there.

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Speaker 2: All this trade talk, should I should I amend my

723
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Speaker 2: eighty percent prediction?

724
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe I'm making a good case.

725
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 2: All right, so the the you know an interesting factor

726
00:35:57,120 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 2: that that you pointed out the possibility of doing it

727
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 2: trade with the Chargers. At some point we got this email.

728
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Speaker 2: As always you can email us at the lounge at

729
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 2: Ravens dot NFL dot net. This email comes to us

730
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Speaker 2: from Barth, who says, could you address this point because

731
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 2: it always bothers me. It's about how it's about teams

732
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 2: hiring our scouts and how it impacts the strategy going

733
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Speaker 2: into the draft. Let's take for example, ge Ortiz. He

734
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Speaker 2: went to be the GM of the Chargers. He was

735
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Speaker 2: very involved in the scouting and draft strategy with the

736
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Speaker 2: with the Ravens before leaving, so he has a good

737
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Speaker 2: idea of how the players that the Ravens like and

738
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Speaker 2: they will be targeting. That's his concern. So how does

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Speaker 2: that impact the Ravens draft strategy when you have a

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Speaker 2: situation like this year where Joe Ortiz leaves. Obviously he

741
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 2: was scouting these guys, he has been for years. You know,

742
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Speaker 2: he leaves during the off season. Now it becomes the

743
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Speaker 2: GM of the Chargers. What impact does that have on

744
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Speaker 2: draft strategy?

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Speaker 1: Well, you know, Joe Ortis isn't around by the time

746
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: that teams that the Ravens set their board, right, he

747
00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: doesn't know the ranking, so you know, he knows which

748
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: players scouts are looking at. And I'm sure there are

749
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Speaker 1: some conversations about some guys, so he might know some

750
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Speaker 1: of the players that the Ravens kind of Oh there's

751
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: a little buzz, like my scout came back and he

752
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 1: liked that guy, you know what I mean. But he

753
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: doesn't know what Eric DeCosta is thinking exactly. And I'm

754
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: sure Eric Acosta also knew of the possibility that Joe

755
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: Ortiz could get a job, and so like there's some

756
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 1: strategery there.

757
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 2: You know, they were they were having they were having

758
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 2: meetings back in November. Draft meetings George is coming by,

759
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 2: like na, na, Joe's coming by. No, you gotta sit

760
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 2: this one out.

761
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's that, but you know, like

762
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,280
Speaker 1: once the season ends, a it starts to move pretty quickly, right, Yeah,

763
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: so it really And Eric DeCosta is not in like

764
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: heavy draft meetings during the season. Yeah, right, so that

765
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: stuff is all kind of being done within the scouting department.

766
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: And and Joe Ortiz is of course a part of that.

767
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: So he's like hearing probably who scouts like and who

768
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: stood out, but he doesn't know the board. And it's

769
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 1: easy to like players right, Like, but until you hear

770
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: from Eric Takosta what the board, how the board is set,

771
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: you don't have a ton of information.

772
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,959
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's you're limited, and you're you're dealing with you're

773
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,000
Speaker 2: really dealing with partial information, which to some extent means

774
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: like you're dealing with no information. But but I do

775
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 2: think like where it could come into play is, you know,

776
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 2: using the we talked about this earlier, like the Adnnie

777
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 2: Mitchell example. If he's there for the Ravens at that

778
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 2: spot at thirty and it's like, oh, the Joe's like,

779
00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 2: I know that the Ravens love this guy. I know it,

780
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 2: no doubt, like he was their guy, and so like

781
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 2: that's where it could come into come into play or

782
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: one of the tackles. I know that they love Guiden

783
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 2: or they love Mems. Like you may have that knowledge,

784
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 2: but you also to your point, like you don't know

785
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: what calls DaCosta is getting to trade up or to

786
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,919
Speaker 2: trade all of that stuff is like you're you're dealing

787
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 2: with the incomplete information. I do think like for one

788
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 2: year it has probably some level of impact. I don't

789
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 2: think it's like totally draft strategy changing, but I think

790
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 2: that there's naturally some impact and knowledge that exists. And

791
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: then like moving forward from there, then you just from

792
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 2: from a strategy and a philosophy standpoint, like you have

793
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 2: an understanding of the types of players that they like.

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00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 2: On the same token, the Ravens have that same information

795
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 2: in theory about Joe and the Chargers, Like you know,

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00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: if there's a player on the board like and and

797
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 2: the Ravens are looking at how things are playing out,

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00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,720
Speaker 2: they could certainly say, I know that Joe loves whoever

799
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 2: and that they're gonna take this guy because Joe was

800
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 2: all about this guy. So I think it probably cuts

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00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 2: both ways. It's you know, it's similar to when coaches leave.

802
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 2: The difference is that, like it's a much tighter turnaround.

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00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:59,919
Speaker 2: It's the off season, you know, a few month gap

804
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 2: rather than an entire year in some situations for the

805
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 2: coaches before you have to play a team again. But

806
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Speaker 2: so yeah, I think it's a good question though, Barth,

807
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 2: really really good.

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00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 1: We had another question come in here real quick, Garrett.

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Speaker 1: This one's from Jordan Fitchett. This one came in while

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Speaker 1: we're recording here, so.

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Speaker 2: Nice, good time and timing is everything.

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Speaker 1: Yes, he says for the positions of need for depth

813
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Speaker 1: in the future that no one is talking about linebacker, safety,

814
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Speaker 1: and running back, who would you guys stand on the

815
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Speaker 1: table for going back to George Conkin's interview here, or

816
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Speaker 1: be happy that the Ravens got them at any point

817
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Speaker 1: in the drafts. So do you have any guys, Garrett?

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Speaker 1: Have you done your your deep dive into those positions.

819
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Speaker 2: I honestly, I don't have a guy at any of

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Speaker 2: those positions that I'm like, that is the the safety

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Speaker 2: in the sixth round. Who I would stand on the table.

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Speaker 1: I got my guys, I got my guys you're.

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Speaker 2: Gonna change, Do you worry?

824
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Speaker 1: Don't you worry?

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Speaker 2: Nah My, I have them when I finalized my seven

826
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Speaker 2: round mock to okay tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah all right, all right, we'll see here. But now

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Speaker 1: I'm putting my flagging, so don't take my guys. Okay.

829
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Speaker 1: So I the safety is Malik Mustafa from Wake Forest.

830
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,240
Speaker 1: This dude's the best tackling defensive back in the draft.

831
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 1: He's a tank. Not just like I'm not talking like

832
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: highlight like just blowing people up, but this dude is

833
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 1: just a really good tackler. And I think, I think

834
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Speaker 1: if you're looking for kind of that box, you know,

835
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Speaker 1: guy that can come down and hit hard, good and

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00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: run defense all that stuff, like, yeah, that's that's my guy. Now,

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Speaker 1: Gino was more of a free safety, you know, he

838
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 1: was interceptions ballhawking kind of guy. But I like, I

839
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Speaker 1: like Malik Mustafa. I think he's got something, all right,

840
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 1: And then I'll give my my running back here. Uh

841
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: So my running back that I like is Trey Benson

842
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 1: from Florida State. And he might he might go a

843
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: little earlier than you want. He probably would, but the

844
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: speed on this dude in the frame that he has

845
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: he's kind of a bigger guy six one, three and

846
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Speaker 1: and he he can move. I think Trey Bens is

847
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty good.

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00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 2: They just they just run it back with like the

849
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 2: big running back, Gus Bus of course, Derrick Henry just

850
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 2: the big running back.

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00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 1: He's not quite Gus Territory.

852
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 2: He's not that six, you know, he's not quite Gus

853
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 2: Territory or Derek Henry. But that's that's a big back.

854
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:22,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but that's a big back.

855
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 2: So, as I mentioned, tomorrow, we're gonna drop our full

856
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 2: seven round mocks, so we're gonna dive into some more

857
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,799
Speaker 2: of these these conversations and the details around that. And

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Speaker 2: then also coming up on Thursday, we're gonna do a

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Speaker 2: live episode of the podcast, which is going to air

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Speaker 2: at seven thirty pm coming up Thursday night. You'll be

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Speaker 2: able to watch that on our app, our website, uh,

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Speaker 2: and our YouTube channel. We're doing that at ah at

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Speaker 2: a draft party that we're having for PSL owners, a

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Speaker 2: select number of PSL owners who got tickets to that. Uh.

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Speaker 2: You know, we've got all that construction going on at

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Speaker 2: the stadium this year as we're as we're getting that

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Speaker 2: in place for the season so we couldn't do a

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Speaker 2: big draft party at the stadium like we've done in

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Speaker 2: past years. That'll be back in the future, but so

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Speaker 2: it's a smaller draft party for some select PSL owners,

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Speaker 2: but anybody can watch the podcast, so we're gonna do

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Speaker 2: kind of set the table for everybody. Tune into us

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Speaker 2: seven point thirty Thursday night again. You can watch that

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Speaker 2: on our app, our website, our YouTube channel, and we're

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Speaker 2: gonna get you just set the table for what's about

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Speaker 2: to unfold Thursday night. So it's a fun week. We

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Speaker 2: can't wait for everything that's in store over the next

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Speaker 2: couple of days. But thank you for listening and we

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Speaker 2: will talk with you again soon